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| Tawana Brawley starts paying after 25 years | |
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| Guest | Aug 4 2013, 08:12 AM Post #1 |
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The two-decade-long saga that nearly ruined Pagones’ life and career began on Nov. 28, 1987, when Brawley was found in a trash bag, with the words “n----r” and “b---h” scrawled on her body in feces. In her first meetings with police, the teenager responded to questions with blank expressions, nods and by scrawling notes. She said she had been abducted by two white men, who dragged her into the woods where four other white men were waiting. But Brawley, a cheerleader, didn’t offer much detail. She didn’t give police names or detailed descriptions of the men she claimed had brutalized her almost nonstop for four days. OUTRAGE: Tawana Brawley attends an Atlanta rally with Al Sharpton in 1988, three months before a jury would rule that her rape tale was a hoax. She had been lying low until The Post last December found her living in Virginia. What she did share — that one attacker had blond hair, a holster and a badge — sparked a media firestorm in New York City, which was still reeling from the killing of a black youth in Howard Beach, Queens, by a white mob. Firebrands Maddox and Mason and a relatively unknown Sharpton jumped into the fray. Within weeks, a suspect emerged — Fishkill Police Officer Harry Crist Jr., who had been found dead in his apartment three days after the Brawley “attack.” But Pagones, a Dutchess County prosecutor at the time, defended his dead friend Crist, offering an alibi for the cop — they were Christmas-shopping together on one of the days in question. And on the three other days of the “kidnapping,” Crist was on patrol, working at his other job at IBM, and installing insulation in an attic. Brawley’s handlers then claimed — without proof — that Pagones was part of the white mob that kidnapped and raped the girl 33 times. Celebrities lined up to support Tawana, including Bill Cosby, who posted a $25,000 reward for information on the case; Don King, who promised $100,000 for Brawley’s education; and Spike Lee, who in his 1989 film, “Do the Right Thing,” included a shot of a graffiti message reading, “Tawana told the truth.” A grand jury reached a different conclusion. The jurors, who heard from 180 witnesses over seven months, concluded in 1988 that the entire story was a hoax. They determined Brawley had run away from home and concocted the story — most likely to avoid punishment from her stepfather, Ralph King, who had spent seven years in prison in the 1970s for killing his first wife. Crist’s suicide was unrelated; he killed himself over a failed romance. “It is probable that in the history of this state, never has a teenager turned the prosecutorial and judicial systems literally upside-down with such false claims,” state Supreme Court Justice S. Barrett Hickman wrote at the time. For Pagones, the damage was done. His marriage unraveled, and he ended up leaving his job as a prosecutor. He continued to proclaim his innocence, making it his life’s mission to bring Brawley and her advisers to justice — and compel them to tell the truth. In 1998, he won his defamation lawsuit. Maddox was found liable for $97,000, Mason for $188,000, and Sharpton for $66,000 — money that was paid by celebrity lawyer Johnnie Cochran and other benefactors. Sharpton, now a national figure, has never apologized for his role in the hoax. Mason, an ordained minister who hasn’t practiced law since being disbarred in 1995, has remained mostly silent. But Maddox, whose law license was suspended in 1990, continues the drumbeat for Brawley. He even tried to petition the Surry County court to halt the garnishment of Brawley’s wages. He maintained that in New York, where the defamation case took place, two sets of laws apply. “The common law applies to whites. The slave code still applies to blacks,” he said. In a July 22 legal brief signed by Brawley and submitted by Maddox, Brawley contends she wouldn’t submit herself to the court’s jurisdiction because an appearance in the court, “which inferentially sympathizes with the Confederate States of America, would be contrary to the US Constitution and would amount to a ‘badge of slavery.’ ” Brawley did not return messages seeking comment. Pagones is still licensed to practice law but is now a principal at a New York-based private-investigation firm. He has remarried, has three daughters and a son, and lives in Dutchess County. Brawley was ordered in 1998 to fork over $190,000 at 9 percent annual interest. She now owes a total of about $431,492 — a sum she could be paying for the rest of her life. Or maybe not. Pagones said he’d forgive the debt if Brawley admits the truth. “I’m willing to consider anything,” he said. ![]() OUTRAGE: Tawana Brawley attends an Atlanta rally with Al Sharpton in 1988, three months before a jury would rule that her rape tale was a hoax. She had been lying low until The Post last December found her living in Virginia. ![]() NO E$CAPE: Tawana Brawley arrives at her nursing job in Richmond, Va., where she had been evading payment of defamation damages. http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/pay_up_time_for_brawley_8q8M98zvpApS46BonCokvI/1 =============================================== Seems to me lying Al Sharpton is responsible for much of her bill, he took her lie and stuck the race card on it and the liberal media had a field day. And low and behold Sharpton has been doing the same thing ever since. What a career. |
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| Tybee | Aug 4 2013, 11:46 AM Post #2 |
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I agree that without the participation of Al Sharpton and those two ambulance chasing lawyers (Maddox & Mason) that case would have fallen apart within days (if not hours) after she was found. Brawley was a kid and kids do stupid things. The 3 adults should have to pay 75% of the settlement money. Sharpton is still around, having found other scams to run. The 2 nitwit lawyers haven't been seen or heard from in decades. |
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| Guest | Aug 4 2013, 12:28 PM Post #3 |
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ITA Tybee, I find this interesting: It makes me wonder what Johnnie Cochran thought of the trio. He must have thought Pagones defamed or why else would he have helped pay Maddox, Mason & Sharptons tab? |
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| Guest | Aug 5 2013, 07:46 AM Post #4 |
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She was a stupid 15 year old who told a ridiculous lie in order to avoid another beating from her stepdad. Why exactly was she ordered to pay more than any of the adults who used her story to make themselves famous? And why didn't Cochran and those other benefactors pay her share, too? Fucking opportunists, all of them, including the media. The girl should have gotten the usual punishment teens who lie about crimes get (it's juvie around here, 30-90 days for the one kid I worked with who was convicted of lying to police). Also, someone should have checked on her stepfather. Instead, it was turned into a media circus, thanks Sharpton, you scumbag. If the media is going to keep hounding her, I think she should work a deal with a good publicist, do a book and go on the talk show circuit, where she could show some contrition and raise the money to pay the guy she owes, then hopefully everyone can move on. |
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| hidekimatsui | Aug 6 2013, 11:00 AM Post #5 |
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Good. This scumbag ruined people's lives just because she didn't want to get in trouble with her folks. |
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| Gee | Aug 6 2013, 02:43 PM Post #6 |
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"Sharpton, now a national figure" Thanks a lot, Tawana. |
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| Deleted User | Aug 6 2013, 02:55 PM Post #7 |
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Are FFC and Racist Shit-Stirring Troll (RSST) the same person? And if not, will they ever hookup and make little Hitler babies? We can only wait and see. |
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