Man Responsible For Travolta Mistrial Not Punished
A Bahamian judge decided today that Picewell Forbes won’t be punished for ruining the John Travolta extortion trial.
[Bauer Griffin Online]
Although Forbes’ conduct — announcing that defendant Pleasant Bridgewater had been found not guilty before the jury reached its decision — resulted in a mistrial, the judge decided today that Forbes would not be punished by the court.
The judge told Forbes that because he has been “rightly ridiculed locally and internationally … It is my opinion that you have suffered enough.”
What about all the time and money that went into the trial? So-called public humiliation won’t pay back any of that, nor will it make up Travolta having to testify about his son’s death at an anticipated second trial.
Terrible.
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