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on the issue of 'contamination' - the theory
that the allegations of sexual abuse spread because Edenton's parents shared with each other their
children's detailed disclosures.
The ah, experts have also talked about
contamination. They've try to the suggest to you, ladies
and gentlemen, that because Edenton is a small town and
because people did come in contact with each other during
the day and during the week, that somehow there was a
little section where people would get together and
discuss all of what was being said, and all of what
should be said, sharing information. And that's what
they said in their opening statement and they've never
shown that.
They have never shown that unless somehow at
the children's birthday parties or at the other times the
kids played in the neighborhood, they went off somewhere
where the parents couldn't see them and had little skull
sessions about how they would get Bob Kelly and what they
needed to think up to say to really get good evidence
against Bob Kelly. There's been indication that nobody
ever got together and really shared information. Yes,
there were contacts in any town. Even in a large town,
you're going to have to have some contact. But
especially in a small town people are going to come in
contact with other from day to day. They have things in
common. And what are they going to talk about? Yeah,
they're going to talk about how they feel. We're going
to talk about, "Have you heard anything about the
investigation? Are there charges going to be brought?
How are you doing? How is your family doing? Are you
dealing well with it? How are you dealing with it
emotionally?" Talking meetings. Talking about court
hearings. Things like that. Yes. There was all kinds
of talk about that. And you've heard people -- even good
friends. You remember, ah, Randy Hollowell and, ah, Jay
Swicegood coached together, head coach, assistant, coach
of the football team. They've been friends for years.
And Jay went to Randy and told him that they had
problems. They were -- 'Andy' had said some things and
that he couldn't tell him what he had said. And he knew
that Randy didn't think there was anything going on. And
he told him, "I can't tell you. Okay. There's problems
and I believe what my child has said. But I can't tell
you anything about it." I can't tell you what to do.
But you need to get a third opinion." That's the kind of
things people talked about. People talked about their
feelings. People talked about their frustrations, the
court process, what to do. They didn't talk about the
detailed disclosures that the children were making.
There's just no evidence of that whatsoever. There's
suggestions that it could have occurred and we don't know
whether it occurred. But on cross-examination, on
presentation of any witnesses in this case, there's been
no showing that there's any kind problem with
contamination.
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