Ash Kelley
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36,445 appearances
61 recordings
2 series
first heard Dec 2025
last heard 6d ago
Ash Kelley’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Which it does.
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It does.
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Yeah.
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So speculation and hearsay aside, the sexuality angle took hold and the public was hooked.
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Then two days later, the jury was introduced to the very male sex worker that Michael had been exchanging emails with.
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Oh boy.
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I left their name out of this.
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It's reported on in some places, but I don't know.
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They might not want to be dragged into this this many years later.
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Yeah, it's whatever.
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On the stand, he explained that at the time of his email exchanges with Peterson, he was advertising his services on an escort website for men seeking sex with other men.
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He said he received an email from Michael in late August expressing interest in his services.
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But ultimately they never met in person and they never had sex.
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But they talked about it.
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So as Thomas Mayer had pointed out, the existence of nearly 3,000 gay and pornographic images on Michael's computer and his email exchanges were not evidence that Michael or that Kathleen had discovered his bisexuality.
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That you can't just say that because they existed because they're there.
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And that is true.
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But for the prosecution, that might not have been the point.
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By bringing Michael's sexuality into the trial, showing the jury lurid and pornographic images of gay sex at that time and introducing them to the very male sex worker that Michael had been communicating with, Hardin had effectively undermined the perception of the marriage as perfect.
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Of course he did.
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