Debbie Nathan and Peter Landesman are going to be fighting over this one
Jurors deliberated less than five minutes before returning guilty verdicts in the trials of the first two defendants, who were accused of grooming the kids for sex shows in "kindergarten" classes and passing off Vicodin as "silly pills" to help the children perform. [The five-year-olds] were trained to perform in front of an audience of 50 to 100 once a week.
Then they took a hot air balloon to the moon and were sodomized by Chuck Norris.
The trial of a third defendant was delayed after it came out that two reporters covering the case had been sleeping with the prosecutor.
Comments
The linked article has the best description EVER of a small, sex crime prone, town: "Mineola, . . . is a close-knit, conservative bean-processing town of with more than 30 churches."
Posted by: arthur | June 25, 2008 3:12 PM
Well given the the history on the linked Wikipedia entry, does that mean that this case has no merit? It's all very depressing
Posted by: GG | June 25, 2008 8:03 PM
Oh, I forgot to discuss this issue from the first linked article:
"Permanent custody of the three siblings was given to John and Margie Cantrell. This week, prosecutors in California charged John Cantrell with sexually assaulting a child in the state 18 years ago. Margie Cantrell said her husband is innocent."
Again, Depressing.
Posted by: GG | June 25, 2008 8:18 PM
"...the three siblings, now ages 12, 10 and 7, and their 10-year-old aunt..."
10-year old aunts? Prosecutor's in threesomes? What kind of wonderland are they living in?
Posted by: MAtt | June 27, 2008 10:06 AM
JOHN CANTRELL ---ALL CHARGES DROPPED JUDGE COULDN'T FIND THEY WERE CREDIBLE
Posted by: TINA | March 8, 2009 7:44 AM