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cbabe

(4,163 posts)
Sat Oct 15, 2022, 11:29 AM Oct 2022

Update: Juror in Gretchen Whitmer kidnap case dismissed for flirting with defendant

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/15/juror-gretchen-whitmer-kidnap-case-dismissed-flirting-defendant-michigan

Juror in Gretchen Whitmer kidnap case dismissed for flirting with defendant

Associated Press in Jackson, Michigan
Sat 15 Oct 2022 12.15 EDT

A judge dismissed a young woman from the jury hearing the trial of three men in connection with a 2020 plot to kidnap the governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer, after attorneys accused her of flirting with a defendant.

Judge Thomas Wilson announced on Friday that the woman had been removed from the jury, two days after attorneys raised concerns she was having too much non-verbal communication with the defendant Paul Bellar, the Jackson Citizen Patriot reported.

“It didn’t just happen on one day – it happened over multiple days,” Wilson said of the juror’s behavior. “I decided it’s safer to err on the side of caution.”

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Update: Juror in Gretchen Whitmer kidnap case dismissed for flirting with defendant (Original Post) cbabe Oct 2022 OP
That was different ..... Lovie777 Oct 2022 #1
She must be desperate to flirt with this goober CurtEastPoint Oct 2022 #2
My head is exploding. badhair77 Oct 2022 #3
Never too early to line up some prison penpals, I guess. tanyev Oct 2022 #4
On a first date long ago, I asked the girl about the picture of a guy she had in her place. PSPS Oct 2022 #5

Lovie777

(15,006 posts)
1. That was different .....
Sat Oct 15, 2022, 11:42 AM
Oct 2022

maybe they will hook up later through visitations re: prison. Or they could hook up on RWer's dating apps.

PSPS

(14,136 posts)
5. On a first date long ago, I asked the girl about the picture of a guy she had in her place.
Sat Oct 15, 2022, 12:26 PM
Oct 2022

"Oh. That's a guy I know. He's in prison." PASS

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