Wednesday, September 29, 2010

More Golb testimony in DSS identity-theft trial

MORE ON GOLB'S TESTIMONY in the Dead Sea Scroll identity-theft trial:
Dead Sea Scrolls cyber-bully admits lying to authorities

By DAVID K. LI (New York Sun)

Last Updated: 9:54 PM, September 28, 2010

Posted: 2:39 PM, September 28, 2010

A prosecutor today hammered the "deranged" Dead Sea Scrolls cyber-bully for lying to investigators about the defendant’s scheme to discredit his dad’s academic adversaries.

During tedious and testy cross-examination, Manhattan lawyer Raphael Golb was forced to admit he lied throughout his 2009 video-taped interview with authorities, who were grilling him about fake e-mail addresses created to wage cyber war against rival scholars.

"In my deranged state of mind, yes!" a frustrated Golb blurted out, admitting to his series of deceptive answers.

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The defense claims Golb initially lied because he was so stunned he was arrested for exercising his freedom of expression.

"Yes, I lied over and over again during the interview, the interrogation," an exasperated Golb admitted.

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It doesn't seem to me that he has helped himself much with his own testimony, but we'll see what the jury thinks. The AP has more analysis in "Att'y: Son in NY Dead Sea Scroll case not criminal."

Background here.