Sneddon Stifling Speech & Lying to the Media about it? MJEOL Bullet #168 Just when you thought the prosecution in the Michael Jackson case couldnt look any more ridiculous, comes word out of Canada that the current district attorney of Santa Barbara may have been caught breaking the gag order in the Michael Jackson case, then later lying about it. Tom Sneddon, speaking at the National District Attorneys Association(NDAA) Summer conference in Vancouver, admitted to a number of things that now warrant further investigation and discipline from a higher authority. Veteran journalist for The Globe and Mail, Robert Matas, witnessed Sneddon breaking the gag order by talking about the case, admitting to sending out letters telling people they were witnesses in the case to keep them off TV, and who knows what else. Then allegedly lying about what he did to the medianamely to AP reporter Linda Deutsch.
Day: July 25, 2004
Matas Stands by his report; Trouble follows Sneddon all the way to Canada
Trouble follows Sneddon all the way up to Canada Santa Maria Times Michael Jackson prosecutor Tom Sneddon is in trouble