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(Mind-blowingly, this was locked over in LBE due to being not "Important news of national interest", as explained there. ??? So, please pardon the repost here.)
EXCLUSIVE: Judge Mark Fuller's Attorney Says 'Drunk' Wife Kelli Faked Being Beaten on 911 Call
Barry Ragsdale says audible smacks likely 'attempt by Kelli Fuller to imitate sounds of slapping'; Says she was 'drunk', 'hysterical'...
The Birmingham attorney for U.S. District Court Judge Mark Fuller says that, despite 911 audio which seems to suggest otherwise, his client "never hit, punched, slapped or kicked" his wife Kelli in an Atlanta hotel room last year. The federal judge was simply defending himself from the "hysterical" rage of his wife who, the attorney now tells The BRAD BLOG, blatantly lied to police about the entire incident before his client was subsequently arrested on charges of domestic battery.
Moreover, Barry Ragsdale tells us, Kelli Fuller was "drunk" when she called 911. He says "slap" sounds heard clearly on the audio tape as she told the 911 dispatcher she was being beaten and needed an ambulance were either an attempt by Judge Fuller's wife to "imitate the sounds of slapping" or just "random background noises produced by someone who was intoxicated and hysterical."
In several emails sent to The BRAD BLOG in recent days, Ragsdale provided the most detailed public defense yet of his client, a lifetime appointee to the federal bench in Alabama's Middle District...
FULL STORY: http://bradblog.com/?p=11100
Ilsa
(61,697 posts)NoJusticeNoPeace
(5,018 posts)by the slime.
The slime puke fuck lies to attorney and attorney has to do what he says.
Love Bradblog
BradBlog
(2,938 posts)(Cuz I still have no explanation from the LBN moderator why this exclusive story is NOT, "Important news of national interest," as I was told over there when the thread was locked.)
GReedDiamond
(5,316 posts)...as if a story like this would not be of national interest and/or significance.
A Federal Judge who is also a violent wife abuser is of significance on a national level, for what I think should be obvious reasons.
Here's hoping Fuller is an ex-Judge in the very near future.
KnR.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)Of course his wife knows what to do.
Thank you for the news, Brad! Outstanding reportage.
madokie
(51,076 posts)Only thing between us living in a quasi utopia and what we live in is the rightwing asshole jackass republiCONs who can't be having anyone enjoying themselves no matter what the occasion is. If they can't have it all they don't want anyone to have any. Sorry bastards
Octafish
(55,745 posts)U.S. Judge Mark E. Fuller, the guy who helped railroad Gov. Don Siegelman.
Fuller just happens to be the owner of a company that's made a huge fortune off the Pentagon and War Inc via no-bid crony War on Terror largesse.
The Pork Barrel World of Judge Mark Fuller
By Scott Horton
Harper's August 6, 2007, 5:14 pm
For the last week, weve been examining the role played by Judge Mark Everett Fuller in the trial, conviction, and sentencing of former Alabama Governor Don E. Siegelman. Today, we examine a post-trial motion, filed in April 2007, asking Fuller to recuse himself based on his extensive private business interests, which turn very heavily on contracts with the United States Government, including the Department of Justice.
The recusal motion rested upon details about Fullers personal business interests. On February 22, 2007, defense attorneys obtained information that Judge Fuller held a controlling 43.75% interest in government contractor Doss Aviation, Inc. After investigating these claims for over a month, the attorneys filed a motion for Fullers recusal on April 18, 2007. The motion stated that Fullers total stake in Doss Aviation was worth between $1-5 million, and that Fullers income from his stock for 2004 was between $100,001 and $1 million dollars.
In other words, Judge Fuller likely made more from his business income, derived from U.S. Government contracts, than as a judge. Fuller is shown on one filing as President of the principal business, Doss Aviation, and his address is shown as One Church Street, Montgomery, Alabama, the address of the Frank M. Johnson Federal Courthouse, in which his chambers are located.
SNIP...
Doss Aviation and its subsidiaries also held contracts with the FBI. This is problematic when one considers that FBI agents were present at Siegelmans trial, and that Fuller took the extraordinary step of inviting them to sit at counsels table throughout trial. Moreover, while the case was pending, Doss Aviation received a $178 million contract from the federal government.
CONTINUED...
http://www.harpers.org/archive/2007/08/hbc-90000762
You know there's a special place for Judge Fuller, madokie-san, and it's not on the bench.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)Kick for Democracy.
madokie
(51,076 posts)Barry's probably a wife beater too
Only people who can stand an abuser is an abuser themselves.