The City Of Los Angeles - Intent To Annoy Absolute Waste Of Taxpayer Dollars - Celebrity Leonard Cohen
The defense’s theory of the case, stated during trial proceedings and announced in opening and closing statements at appellant Kelley Lynch’s trial, was equally straightforward: As Ms. Streeter mentioned, the relationship between Mr. Leonard Cohen and Ms. Kelley Lynch, it’s a long history. They started working together in 1988. (RT 44) Like Ms. Streeter mentioned, there were questions about the IRS and taxes. And so he panicked. (RT 45)
The plan was to get Ms. Lynch to work with Mr. Cohen and to pin the blame on his financial consultant. But Ms. Lynch refused to go along with that plan. She said no, I’m not going to falsify anything. I’m not going to go out and do what you tell me to do, and she refused. (RT 45) They said, well she’s not going to help us, that means she’s going to hurt us. So they went after Ms. Lynch the best way they knew how. Using the legal process. As Ms. Streeter mentioned, these are his attorneys. They have one job and one job only. To protect their client at all costs. That’s what the evidence is going to show happened here. (RT 45) Because if they ruin her credibility, well, that helps Mr. Cohen. And they have done everything in their power to hurt Ms. Lynch’s credibility. (RT 45) And yet they wanted to go and they went and tried to hurt her economically and to put a restraining order on her so they couldn’t have any contact during the litigation. That was their intent. That was their purpose. (RT 46) You’re going to see that a lot of this is asking for legitimate purposes to get legitimate information that she needed for her taxes, information that his attorneys did not want to give to her. (RT 46)
Ms. Lynch is presumed innocent. That means every single time she takes that chair she is presumed innocent. And it’s the burden of the prosecution -- Streeter: Objection; argumentative. Court: Overruled. (RT 47) You find out it’s their burden to prove her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. That’s what their job is. And unless they can meet that job, you must go with that presumption. Streeter: Objection; argumentative. Court: This is argument. (RT 47)
He’s a celebrity. He’s a performer. He’s an entertainer. That means - that means he’s charismatic. He knows how to get people on his side. (RT 47) Because it’s their burden to prove every single element beyond a reasonable doubt. (RT 47)
