Had Bell and friends been questioned they may have even been arrested for solicitation of prostitution due to the nature and content of the conversations inside the strip joint according to accounts in the press. Maybe that is why the tried so hard to flee the scene. Especially if you are to me married the next day. Although I haven't heard anything about where the reception was to be, or the wedding party, or anything of that nature regarding the plans for the special day.
Indeed. The witness testimony had, I believe, Benefield more or less blatantly negotiating for a sex party with one of the dancers - a conversation which set the whole matter in motion, since the solicitation apparently aroused the ire of her "manager."
Maybe that is why the tried so hard to flee the scene.
Good point. After all, Sean Bell could not afford another arrest. He had already been arrested twice for dealing crack in the previous few months. Those cases were pending and he apparently could barely afford the terms of the first two bail hearings.
Especially if you are to me married the next day. Although I haven't heard anything about where the reception was to be, or the wedding party, or anything of that nature regarding the plans for the special day.
I had actually expected when that angle first started being reported that it would be a matter of hours before there were pictures in the paper of her wedding dress, the reception hall, etc.
None were forthcoming.
Also, he was first described as "an unemployed electrician" - and apparently the last time he held down a straight job was two years before.
Who spends money on a bachelor party and a wedding when he has been unemployed for two years? Especially when he has already been living with his girlfriend without benefit of marriage for several years?