possible jury tampering?
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This publicist, Rick French, for the CHEF juror who wanted money for an interview, says that the MEDIA was giving letters to the jurors WIFE – a full SIX WEEKS BEFORE the VERDICT was handed down … and way BEFORE the juror’s names were UNSEALED — and while the jurors were SEQUESTERED!
So, if the media had their names and were already camped out at their homes and contacting their families BEFORE the jury went into deliberations — it is common sense that the goons working for the DEFENSE TEAM also had access to all of the jurors and their families and most likely had influence over the jurors BEFORE they made their decision on the VERDICT.
That smells like JURY TAMPERING to me!
The VERDICT came down July 5, 2011.
Juror names were not released until October 25, 2011.
The CHEF juror’s WIFE contacted the publicist SIX WEEKS BEFORE the VERDICT!
Also, interesting that this publicist has headquarters in RALEIGH, NC and an office in TAMPA …. two places that killer Casey is rumored to be in recently.
Quinco Electric/Deese also has an office in RALEIGH, NC.
killer Casey’s bankruptcy attorney Schrader lives and works in the St. Petersburg/Tampa area.
Juror Chef Brian Berling lives in St. Petersburg.
It was posted in April this year that killer was moving to RALEIGH, NC
Publicist Rick French
President and CEO
French, West and Vaughn
112 East Hargett Street
Raleigh, NC 27601
2211 East 7th Avenue
Tampa, FL 33605
http://www.wral.com/news/local/video/9834358/parent company is CBS
Full interview: Raleigh publicist of Casey Anthony juror
Rick French, chief executive of French, West and Vaughn, represents one of the Casey Anthony jurors.
Jul 7, 2011 – 9:51pm
excerpts from VIDEO
Rick French
we have an office down in Tampa and we were approached by the wife of one of the jurors, about six week ago because media had descended upon her home
her husband was sequestered with the jury in Orlando and she felt like she needed some help – at that time we declined to take the assignment on
she called back the day that the verdict was coming down and said we really need help, we think the media swarm is going to be more than we know what to do with and can handle, and would you guys reconsider and take this on
and I consulted with the head of our Tampa office and said yeah we would go ahead and do that – they sounded almost desperate, not knowing what to do, with soooo many people wanting this particular juror’s time
and the fact is that networks have been approaching him, giving letters to his wife, saying that they were willing to pay him for his time to do this
so he asked us to explore this – we said what are you thinking – and somehow that figure ends up – I never spoke to the New York Times, I didn’t speak to any other media outlet about that figure and so that’s fallicy
the jurors in that trial – their names were sealed
there were profiles that were released of the 12 jurors and the alternate jurors that told a little bit about their backgrounds
but their names were supposed to be sealed
what that means is that they are sealed from the PUBLIC knowing who they are
it doesn’t necessarily mean that the media doesn’t know who they are
and therefore enterprising reporters have been camped outside of his house before this making overtures about when a verdict came down what they would be willing to do
so what he said, look, these are letters given to my WIFE
there are people who have — he has had to change his phone number since yesterday [VERDICT and Casey got out of jail July 5, 2011] to give you some perspective
and who are making offers, will you talk to them and see what they are thinking
plain and simple – so we did that
reporter – you all refused at first – why?
at the time there were several reasons
one we’re a national firm, with a national footprint and I just didn’t feel we hadn’t any time or capacity to take this on
second reason is I also am very familiar with the laws associated with this, so it made me very uncomfortable that media outlets were approaching this juror’s wife, when their names were sealed – and that bothered me – so we did not want to be part of the conduit to talking to these media outlets who aren’t supposed to be talking to her
so that was the other reason
I think at some point he’ll talk – I just think that, what he told me, is that the jury knew when, before they were released, they were given a package of information from the courts and a list of every media outlet that had requested they do an interview
and you know that the media was hoping that the jury would speak on the verdict after and none of them did, that’s because they all received a package with phone numbers and emails and information, and that package, quite frankly, synched up with some of the overtures that were made before that jury verdict was ever handed down
reporter – harrassment?
yeah, call it what you want – I don’t think anybody felt like it was threatening or harrassment – but you can coin it whatever you choose – but the fact is that they were given a package and said that they would like to talk to you
and each juror – I mean there were jurors, as I understand it, of course I wasn’t in that room, but what I’ve been told, that immediately were talking about engaging legal counsel, engaging public relations counsel, to deal with exactly what this particular juror did
and so I guess we’ll see
reporter – is this the first juror you have represented?
yeah it is – it is not a client segment that we go out seeking
we did it as a favor – and I would do it again as a favor
they were a family that felt completely overwhelmed
and as I said, it was a friend of a friend down there