Celebrity Trial Pool

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Flinty_McFlint
I have no idea. But there's a lot more upside for her in a civil suit, don't you think?

Of course, because there's money, which is why I figured it was a shakedown to begin with.

But if her concern is how awful it would be to take the stand and have her sexual history paraded out before the courtroom, won't the same concern apply in a civil suit? The defense lawyers move for an early deposition of her asking about all sexual conduct, with the clear import the same will happen at any trial. From what I understand, that could go on for days. Can she hold her bluff long enough to get something more than a token payment, after having cracked on testifying in the criminal case?

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
Forgive me if I'm wrong, but isn't it the State that decides whether or not to pursue a criminal case?

It used to be that prosecutors would drop cases when the complaining witness expressed unwillingness to testify voluntarily. Then a bunch of academics decided that this let too many domestic violence perps off the hook, because economically dependent women just wanted their man to cool off for the night in jail, and then he was back earning money for the family and hitting the little woman at his pleasure. So Ps started pursuing DV cases notwithstanding the desire of the complaining witness that the case not go to trial and their primary wage earner not be put in jail for a year or more. And then the academics started wondering about who really benefitted from enforcement of these social values over every relevant person's objection.

Imagine a world in which rape victims are forced to testify against their will. It's a world that's worse than one in which some rapists go free, if only slightly so.

[Aloha Mr. Learned Hand]

ABC news is reporting that the prosecution in the Kobe Bryant case has filed a motion to dismiss all charges against Bryant with prejudice...

[c2ed]

Originally posted by Aloha Mr. Learned Hand
ABC news is reporting that the prosecution in the Kobe Bryant case has filed a motion to dismiss all charges against Bryant with prejudice...

Indeed. The criminal charges have been dropped, but the civil trial will continue.

[Fugee]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
I think the concern is that compelling testimony from your principle witness is particularly dicey.

And when she is also your principal witness, it is dicier yet.

Fu(homophones Timmy)gee

[Aloha Mr. Learned Hand]

Originally posted by c2ed
Indeed. The criminal charges have been dropped, but the civil trial will continue.

Just to confirm, no winners. Not that there was a prize anyway...

[Anne Elk]

Phil Spector charged with murder.

[Anne Elk]

According to cnn.com, the jury has informed the Judge that they may be unable to reach a verdict. No details yet, I saw it on the red Breaking News banner.

ETA: Link to CNN article.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by Anne Elk
According to cnn.com, the jury has informed the Judge that they may be unable to reach a verdict. No details yet, I saw it on the red Breaking News banner.

ETA: Link to CNN article.

That's probably because the lawyer on the jury is messing with the other jurors' heads.

Granted, I know that there is no hard physical evidence against Scott, but puhleeze. A stranger kidnapped her from Modesto and JUST HAPPENED TO KILL HER AND DUMP HER BODY 40 MILES AWAY ON THE SAME DAY IN THE SAME PLACE WHERE SCOTT WAS ALLEGEDLY FISHING?
Come on. Coincidence?

And when they arrested him in San Diego, while he was attempting to flee to Mexico, he had dyed his hair blonde (pool chlorine my ass) had $10,000 (is that the amount? I know it was a lot - maybe that was OJ) in his car, had his mother's Mercedes and had tabs of Viagra on him. Who takes Viagra to Mexico?

[Anne Elk]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
That's probably because the lawyer on the jury is messing with the other jurors' heads.

Johnny Cochrane's on the jury??

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by Anne Elk
Johnny Cochrane's on the jury??

No thank god. That would really suck. There's a doctor/lawyer in the jury. They're saying that the other jurors are probably looking to him for guidance. That's why I believe that lawyers should not sit for jury duty. There's too much influence.
That said, there's a woman on the jury who put off a surgical procedure to finish the trial, but they're thinking she won't be able to stall much longer and so an alternate might take her place.

We get TMI on the Peterson trial here.

[Anne Elk]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
No thank god. That would really suck. There's a doctor/lawyer in the jury. They're saying that the other jurors are probably looking to him for guidance. That's why I believe that lawyers should not sit for jury duty. There's too much influence.
That said, there's a woman on the jury who put off a surgical procedure to finish the trial, but they're thinking she won't be able to stall much longer and so an alternate might take her place.

We get TMI on the Peterson trial here.

There's a Swan contestant on the jury??

[dtb]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
No thank god. That would really suck. There's a doctor/lawyer in the jury. They're saying that the other jurors are probably looking to him for guidance.

Too true.

I sat on a jury once, and the entire rest of the jury turned to me to ask about some arcane point of constitutional law (for a car accident case?!).

Huh?

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Who takes Viagra to Mexico?

Bob Dole is on the jury??

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Bob Dole is on the jury??

Eww. That's just a creepy thought - that whole Bob on Viagra thing. I get the willies just thinking about it.

Unfortunately, the jury will never hear about the Viagra as it was deemed too prejudicial. Along with the fact that Scott refused a polygraph.