yep, many thought that his appearance thought he might gain sympathy from the jurors, I guess not.
Yup.
The trial on Court TV was most interesting.
What disgusted and nauseated me was the cross of the victim. I swear Shanley was getting off when his lawyer asked the victim to describe details of the sex act Shanley performed on the victim when he was six years old.
There was a civil suit last year in which dozens of boys claimed to be molested. The boys won their case against Shanley, including this victim in the current trial. I believe the civil suit was entered as evidence.
They had four other victims who were going to testify in the criminal trial, but they had to drop out - not sure why. It's a pretty frightening thing to relive abuse in trial and to be attacked by slimeball defense attorneys. A lot of the victims have drug and alcohol problems. Perhaps the prosecutors thought this was their most reliable witness.
Yes, there is really very little to this case. The witness had a epiphany and suddenly remembered being raped one day. Right when the stuff was hitting the fan in the media.
One wonders if this was not another case like the molestations at the day care center that turned out to be bogus.
One wonders, but I doubt we will dwell on it long.
The guy's testimony was very credible. I guess you had to be there. I cought a lot of it on Court TV. There were other victims but they chickened out on testifying. There was a ton of stuff besides the victim's testimony. There was a lot that the jury wasn't even allowed to know. The guy believes in man/boy love. I think the church had already made a settlement to some of the victims, but I may be wrong on that.
It is no longer alleged.