Posted on 04/07/2003 8:04:25 AM PDT by Hillary's Lovely Legs
Smart Family Hires Entertainment Lawyer
SALT LAKE CITY, April 5, 2003
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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.
The Smarts are not wise.......Parents are responsible to provide and protect their family.
Rewarding the family with a book and movie deal is to reward bad behavior.
I agree with the statement both ways. But even dimwits don't deserve to have their children kidnapped. [I am not arguing with you Eileen.]
There are times when tabloids hit upon a truth. Like the numerous stabs-in-the-dark on the Smart threads, full of mainly buckets of garbage - once in a great while, a pinch of an insight.
I confess to having purchased both a Globe & a National Enquirer when Elizabeth was found. But since I have come to detest hairdressers, & cut my own hair (if Gina Lolabrigida can do it, so can I), I haven't read any tabloid.
Sounds as if YOU'RE the one who frequently reads them, or you wouldn't know about Castro & Area 51.
I can hear you now..."Maybe she staged her own death to make Scott look bad...I never liked Laci's parents. They give me the creeps. They have a wierd religion, you know."
Do you also believe Jessica Lynch staged her own capture because she had some 'hidden desire to be ravished by a Republican Guard soldier'?
Or do you save these twisted theories just for 13 year old Mormon girls?
Though I have read a couple of Laci threads, the reason I have not posted on any of them is that it has been obvious from the beginning that Scott Peterson is guilty. On the Smart threads, it was obvious that Richard Ricci was NOT guilty! Get that!
You're the twisted one, adam henry, & not even very original at it.
Next time, do your homework until your old enough to work with the grownups.
Brian David Mitchell and Wanda Barzee, the two accused of kidnapping Elizabeth Smart and holding her for nine months, made their first in-person court appearances Tuesday afternoon.
Brian David Mitchell Douglas C. Pizac, Associated Press |
Barzee did not say a word during her brief hearing and did not look at the people sitting in the courtroom gallery. But watching her was Barzee's mother, Dora Corbett.
"I just wanted to see her and see what's going on," Corbett told reporters outside the courtroom.
She said she had not talked to her daughter since her arrest and the last time she saw her was about a year ago at her stepfather's funeral.
Corbett said she was "shocked" when she heard Barzee was arrested in connection with Smart's kidnapping. And as for the situation her daughter is in, "I think it stinks, myself."
Nevertheless, Corbett conceded, "They caught her with him."
Mitchell was the first of the two to arrive for his hearing. He wore a yellow jump suit from the jail and orange shoes. His legs were shackled and his hands were handcuffed behind his back.
Mitchell, with his long scraggly beard and long hair, did not say a word during his brief hearing before Judge Judith Atherton. Security was tight with nine deputies watching over the courtroom. No one in the gallery was allowed to sit in the row directly behind Mitchell.
The purpose of the hearing was for the court to get an update on the mental competency evaluations for both defendants.
Mitchell's attorney, David Biggs, said his client's evaluation would not be completed for at least another 30 days, perhaps much longer.
"No significant progress has been made," Biggs said.
As Mitchell was led back to his holding cell by deputies, he looked into the gallery, apparently seeing who was present.
After a short recess, Barzee was brought into the courtroom. She wore a blue jumpsuit from the jail and white shoes. She had her legs shackled and her hands were handcuffed in front of her.
Wanda Barzee Douglas C. Pizac, Associated Press |
Barzee appeared stone-faced and said nothing as she walked in and out of the courtroom.
"She looked very different," Corbett said afterward. "She doesn't have that cheerful smile she used to have."
When asked what caused her daughter to change, Corbett said it was probably a combination of a lot of things but did not elaborate.
"She sure is a different daughter than what she used to be. I don't know what happened," she said.
As for Mitchell, "He used to be a kind, fun man. They used to go to church and do what they were supposed to," Corbett said.
Corbett said if she could deliver a message to her daughter she would simply tell her, "I love her."
Both Mitchell's and Barzee's roll-call hearings were continued until a date to be determined when the mental evaluations are completed.
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