Posted on 09/30/2008 6:53:27 PM PDT by BBell
An attorney for Mychal Bell claims Bell's father attacked her Wednesday after a hearing with the Louisiana High School Athletic Association.
Carol Powell Lexing of Monroe, an indigent defense attorney, filed a report with Baton Rouge police stating that Marcus Jones spat in her face and pushed her down in an elevator after the LHSAA denied Bell an extra year of athletic eligibility.
Bell, one of the “Jena Six” defendants accused of beating up a fellow high school student, sought to regain the year of eligibility he lost while awaiting trial. Bell was convicted of second-degree battery, a conviction that was later overturned because Bell was tried as an adult instead of a juvenile.
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I think you misunderstood the post—I read it to mean the man knocked the attorney down, angry that she did not prevail for him. This is the result of providing legal help for him?
Oh I apologize, I now understand your post, I was the slow one.
Well, if it weren’t for the attorney arranging the plea agreement, the young man would be in prison, not appealing eligibility issues.
...was this the guy who made the YouTube film of him rolling around in all the money that his supporters had sent in to pay for his legal protection? From what I understand, that guy used a government paid attourney too.
I thought that was one of the other ones.
Not apples, my friend. This is a perfect example of the theory of anti-gravity - “Sh*t floats to the top of the water”
The father is a thug and the son is too.
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