Indictment: The McMartin Trial Page #4

same reason I did: because it's a great case.

The media are gonna

be all over it. They're gonna be

on this...

Shall I state the obvious? You are an opportunist

of the worst kind. You're using these

little children

to aggrandize yourself. They deserve better than that.

I intend to see

that they get it. One other thing. Whatever happened

to the presumption

of innocence? Yuppie scum. Man:

KSDL Mobile One to base. This is Mobile One in position. (overlapping chatter) (overlapping chatter continues) Man:

This is KABC News Van 12. We are transmitting

color bars and tone.

Do you have audio and video? (inaudible) Reporter:

Shock and disbelief is the reaction

in Manhattan Beach today as the horrified parents

and former pupils

at the McMartin Preschool... Reporter 2:

Raymond Buckey

also brandished a gun to terrorize the children...

Reporter 3:
Deputy

District Attorney Lael Rubin says she'll be

charging 400 new... It's a parent's nightmare.

The person entrusted

to guard and teach their child is suspected of...

Female reporter:
The scale

of this shocking... ...the children

were used for pornography. Remember how vulnerable

they were feeling during

the time they were abused. They need to feel they have

power over their own destiny. Satz:

And cut. Reporter:

The children's stories...

How was that? It was terrific.

It's even better

than before. Woman:

Yeah. And all this

in sweeps week, too. Here they come. Female reporter:

And here comes

Virginia McMartin, who was granted bail

two weeks ago

along with her granddaughter... Male reporter:

A poll conducted by District

Attorney Philobosian's reelection committee

identifies child abuse as the number one voter concern

in the upcoming elections. We're talking about

such acts as rape, sodomy, oral copulation and fondling. (shouting) Hi, did they see

all the kids? Shame on you, Mr. Davis. (metal detector wand whirs) (indistinct chatter) Bailiff:

Uh, we cleared a space

for the chair up there. Man:

Where? Right there. Sorry. Hi. I'm here. Excuse me.

Could you... We'll be out of here

in just about an hour, okay? Okay. Come on.

Get my brother released, too,

not just us women. On a million dollars bail?

One step at a time here.

Just sit down, please. You all right? So I'm gonna be five

or ten minutes here. I have a few things

that I have to present.

Just a formality. Then we'll have you

out of here and you'll be

on your way home. Okay? Perfect typecasting.

They could be

Buchenwald guards. Look at the old woman. Man:

All rise. Department 100

in the Superior Court of the State of California

is now in session, Judge Ronald M. George

presiding. Miss Rubin. Your Honor, the people move

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