Dead Sea Scrolls cyber-bully admits lying to authoritiesIt 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."
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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Background here.