Smart Family Hires Entertainment Lawyer

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Smart Family Hires Entertainment Lawyer

SALT LAKE CITY, April 5, 2003

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Elizabeth Smart with her father, Ed (AP/Deseret News, Tom Smart) Elizabeth with her parents Lois and Ed (AP Photo/Deseret News, Tom Smart)

(AP) Elizabeth Smart's family has hired a Los Angeles entertainment attorney to help them screen movie and book proposals about Elizabeth's abduction and remarkable return.

Kelly Crabb, who reportedly has negotiated contracts for Paul McCartney, Dave Matthews and Muhammad Ali, was hired a week ago, said Chris Thomas, the family's spokesman.

According to his firm's Web site, Crabb's areas of practice include motion picture, television and other programming production and financing; composer agreements, personal appearances and motion picture distribution.

"These kind of contracts are very specialized," Thomas said.

Crabb received bachelor's and master's degrees from Brigham Young University before earning a law degree from Columbia University in 1984. He also worked for the Salt Lake Organizing Committee.

Elizabeth, now 15, was abducted from her bedroom on the night of June 5. On March 12, she was found in a Salt Lake suburb with her alleged kidnappers.

[Illbay]

A child was murdered, the evidence was overwhelming against the man who was ultimately convicted, and yet you had people here defending him strenuously.

And they did so with a sneering sort of superiority that angered many who simply thought the guy was guilty based on that evidence, because the Westy-defenders had their "chaff" routine down to a science, hitting anyone who dared disagree with them with both barrels.

It was such that the verdict was a SWEET victory for those like me who were inclined to believe he did it. That shouldn't have even been the focus.

[Illbay]

You have FReepmail.

[JesseShurun]

billy doesn't believe in God, therefore he has fashioned himself as "God" and since there can't be two of them, the One that Jews and Christians worship is defaulted to the false god position, and to make himself feel better, billy blasphemes the One True God

[Freedom2specul8]

Thanks for clearing that up Spec... I'm just thinking that I would get as emotional over a child abuse case..and that is what this is..as I would murder. It's a terrible terrible crime...and living nightmare that doesn't end. :( But because of the dw' case, I will never get "attached" to any case like that again..ever.

[Illbay]

At least with the Peterson case, it looks more and more like a classic case of "the spouse did it," which fits the pattern the police typically are used to seeing.

Abduction by person or persons unknown is far more difficult.

[Yeti]

The new, unemotional, stolid, stoic Yeti:

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Expessionless. Detached and unflappable.

"What? My mother wears army boots? Well, I guess there could have been some things I didn't know about, but I'm not sure how that's relevant to the topic of this thread."

See? Nothing gets under my fur anymore. Really.

[Illbay]

Here's a good example of what I mean.

[JesseShurun]

I can post the rant for all the world to see, blasphemingbilly if you want me to

[Freedom2specul8]

I'm starting to like you more everyday. you are cute! :)

[spectre]

"It's tough that you can't take the scorn that represents only a tiny fraction of that which you and others like you hurl toward the Smarts. Oh, and what is the difference between them, and you? Their daughter was kidnapped. You are a piece of work.

Tsk, tsk...Illbay, another personal attack? Oh, I am so depressed...giggle, giggle. The difference between "them" and "me" is I would NEVER compromise my daughter for any amout of money in the world..as God is my witness.

Do you need a course in reasoning? What part of the Smarts are exploiting their daughters saga do you not understand??? How is this hurling insults at them?

Truth, dear Illbay, is stranger than fiction, and this is funny as hell.

The kid is alive, the kidnappers are in jail and I praise God for it.

The parents are being really cagey...not letting anything leak out about Elizabeth, UNTILL the deal is cut. You can't see where this is going? LOL...Wasn't it W.C. Field's who said "one is born everyday"....grins.

sw

[Freedom2specul8]

LOL I needed that laugh today, more than you could possibly know. :D And with that, I'm off to do some chores.

[CCWoody]

It is an "attack" when you start in with the lies about the "evil things" that my Church does, etc. That's poppycock, you know it, but you say it anyway. ~ Illbay

No, you are clearly a liar in that you speak lies. I have no personal interest in talking to the FR pet. Be off now before I spank you with a newspaper.

Woody.

What a wonderfully "Free" Republic we have.... Free to speak lies about the faith of the Founding Fathers.

[CCWoody]

Not meaning to appear rude, but what religion has a brutal, uncaring and hateful God?

The religion of the Founding Fathers of this country. I complained about it once, but got slapped by Jim Rob.

Woody.

[JesseShurun]

this is easily resolved..billy tell us the truth then, as you say, about the evil things that your church has done (you're the one what said it, not me)

[spectre]

"But because of the dw' case, I will never get "attached" to any case like that again..ever."

Yes, Kim...we both swore to each other this would never happen again. With that, I've made my point and will bow out of here too...Be well, sw

[CCWoody]

"billy"... as in a goat?

[JesseShurun]

well he's not in the cabal, so it can't be club

[Illbay]

Yes, you can. And it will show that in response to your rejection of my religious beliefs, I reject yours.

We'll let God Himself decide between us.

[Illbay]

You may consider an attack on your spurious opinions to be "personal" if you want.

Adults are typically less sensitive.

[JesseShurun]

Billy, sweetboy, I only reject your Jewishness, your doubledecker priesthood that takes over and kicks out the Holy Spirit and I reject you as God, and your prophet as the new Jesus. The rest I don't necessarily have a problem with-- you know I have 33 wives