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Oral sex is alibi in fatal crash
We never saw this on "Columbo"...MIDDLETOWN, Conn. â A woman charged with causing a fatal car crash said she could not have been behind the wheel because she was performing a sex act on the driver. Okay! Not guilty! Need a ride home, hon? Heather Specyalski, 33, was charged with second-degree manslaughter in the 1999 crash that killed businessman Neil Esposito. Prosecutors allege that she was driving Espositoâs Mercedes-Benz convertible when it veered off the road and hit several trees. Neat trick. Was she using a periscope? Specyalski said that Esposito was driving and that she was performing oral sex on him, said her attorney, Jeremiah Donovan. He noted that Espositoâs pants were down when he was thrown from the car. Iâll bet Ted Kennedyâs kicking himself in the ass that he didnât think of this one about thirty years ago. "I was...ahhhhhmmmm...getting a beanah! Therefore, I am...ahhhhmmmmm... innocent! Superior Court Judge Robert L. Holzberg ruled Tuesday that Specyalski could proceed with the defense, despite objections by the prosecutor. Looks like Judge Holzberg wants to be on Court TV. âA defendant has a right to offer a defense, no matter how outlandish, silly or unbelievable one might think it will be,â Holzberg said. Will there be graphs? Charts? Exhibits? He added: âNo one ever told me in law school that weâd be having these kinds of conversations in open court.â He mustâve been in law school a long, long time ago. Assistant Stateâs Attorney Maureen Platt said the defense was flawed.âHis pants could have been down because he was mooning a car he was drag racing,â Platt said. âHis pants could have been down because he was urinating out of a window. His pants could have been down because he wasnât feeling well.â Counselor Platt doesnât date much evidently. Also Tuesday, Holzberg denied Donovanâs motion to use gender as grounds to eliminate jurors. Donovan had argued that women would be biased and more likely to convict. I hope we get to hear the closing arguments. They could be very interesting. Posted by: tu3031 2004-03-05 |
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