I see the disputed accuracy of these newspaper writers in that that would have been impossible for them to be arguing all day of the 25th.. it was on the morning of the 25th that Michael put Terri in a world of hurt. He said he saw her on the evening of the 24th when he got home before 12:00. Michael is huge and if Terri was pretty thin and not a lot of muscles how hard would it be for him to deprive her of oxygen without putting any bruises, etc.?
Not very. His accounts do not match up which means he was involved in what happened and is lying otherwise his story would have stayed consistent. You can tell he is dissembling. The madness needs to stop and we need to demand of our elected officials, etc. to stop it ASAP.
It might be educational to see a chart contrasting Michael's testimony BEFORE the Jury award, vs his ACTIONS after the Jury award...
Michael in Nov.1992
UNDER OATH, shortly BEFORE the JURY award:
Here I'm brushing her teeth.
17 Q. Do you take her to the dentist from time-to-time?
18 A. Yes, we do.
19 Q. How often do you do that?
20 A. We try to do it twice a year. As a matter of
21 fact, she has an appointment Monday.
22 We try to keep her teeth as clean as possible. It's
23 very hard for us to get into the back of her mouth. She
24 clamps down and bites down on the toothbrush. I've had
25 problems before using the suction catheter and she bit the
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1 suction catheter there.
2 Q. What are you doing now?
3 A. I'm putting on makeup. I put on her makeup
4 everyday and I'm finishing up her lipstick.
5 This is the speech pathologist who comes in and works
6 with Terry.
7 Q. This is the speech pathologist you say?
8 A. Yes, it's the speech pathologist.
9 Q. What does he do for her?
10 A. He comes in and massages her lips and uses
11 different flavors to try to help her swallow. You'll
12 notice he's moving her lips and it helps massage the side
13 of the mouth so the mouth doesn't tighten up.
14 Q. You hoping he can get her to the point where she
15 swallows?
16 A. Yes. You see here rubbing the bottom of her
17 throat, that's, I don't know what the word is, gets them to
18 swallow when you rub the bottom of their throat. She just
19 swallowed that time. Sometimes they use ice on her face,
20 too. It's a stimulation.
21 Q. What is that, Mike?
22 A. That's a -- that is basically used to stimulate
23 her tongue and the back of her tongue to help with her gag
24 reflex. And like I said, sometimes they use different
25 flavors.