Brian Buckmeyer
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He looked like he was in a jovial mood, smiling at people in the courtroom. He clearly enjoys when his family comes to court. It is noticeable. For a while, his attorneys were pointing out who was who in the courtroom, so the judge had a sense of who was in the room, and the judge actually welcomed his family to court, which I had never really heard before.
He looked like he was in a jovial mood, smiling at people in the courtroom. He clearly enjoys when his family comes to court. It is noticeable. For a while, his attorneys were pointing out who was who in the courtroom, so the judge had a sense of who was in the room, and the judge actually welcomed his family to court, which I had never really heard before.
How he's going to be when he's on trial, there's no telling, because what's coming is going to be fairly graphic and potentially damning.
How he's going to be when he's on trial, there's no telling, because what's coming is going to be fairly graphic and potentially damning.
There is one other optic and that's who's at the other table. The prosecutor's table is all women who are bringing a case against an accused sexual abuser. And I think that's another powerful image that the jury may well notice too.
There is one other optic and that's who's at the other table. The prosecutor's table is all women who are bringing a case against an accused sexual abuser. And I think that's another powerful image that the jury may well notice too.
Criminal cases could put him in jail. Civil cases could cost him money. But there's one that may be more important than any other, and that's the civil case since settled brought by Cassie Ventura, his former girlfriend, because that's the one that caught the eye of federal prosecutors.
Criminal cases could put him in jail. Civil cases could cost him money. But there's one that may be more important than any other, and that's the civil case since settled brought by Cassie Ventura, his former girlfriend, because that's the one that caught the eye of federal prosecutors.
Federal prosecutors do what you and I do, right? They read stuff. They read the papers. They watch TV. And if they look at something and they say, man, what's alleged here? This could be criminal. So the prosecutors are reading these things and it does give them at least at the outset, a place to start.
Federal prosecutors do what you and I do, right? They read stuff. They read the papers. They watch TV. And if they look at something and they say, man, what's alleged here? This could be criminal. So the prosecutors are reading these things and it does give them at least at the outset, a place to start.
And that's when they start to figure out with, in this case, federal agents from Homeland Security Investigations, where they need to search, what they need to look for, and where it all might be.
And that's when they start to figure out with, in this case, federal agents from Homeland Security Investigations, where they need to search, what they need to look for, and where it all might be.
And yet it does do an injustice because the freak-offs, which the defense and prosecutors characterize certainly in different ways, are either these orgies that women are forced to participate in or it's a prudish government snooping into somebody's private bedroom activities.
And yet it does do an injustice because the freak-offs, which the defense and prosecutors characterize certainly in different ways, are either these orgies that women are forced to participate in or it's a prudish government snooping into somebody's private bedroom activities.
yep and the case in some ways turns on how our sensibilities about sexual assault have evolved right because we now have a a more discerning sense of of what it means to consent or not or to be put in situations where consent is possible or not and and i think we as a society may look differently upon that type of argument than we would have 20 years ago.
yep and the case in some ways turns on how our sensibilities about sexual assault have evolved right because we now have a a more discerning sense of of what it means to consent or not or to be put in situations where consent is possible or not and and i think we as a society may look differently upon that type of argument than we would have 20 years ago.
According to prosecutors, there was no consent. These women had no choice. They were drugged. They were held against their will. There's a kidnapping that's part of this. There's an awful lot of deviant behavior that's described in the indictment.
According to prosecutors, there was no consent. These women had no choice. They were drugged. They were held against their will. There's a kidnapping that's part of this. There's an awful lot of deviant behavior that's described in the indictment.