Robert "Baretta" Blake - The Civil Trial

[Jeana (DP)]

I somehow managed to miss the fact that Blake's civil trial started this week. BLAKE IS ON THE WITNESS STAND TODAY!!!! Here's the CourtTV link with all the info:

http://www.courttv.com/trials/blake/

[Marine Mom]

Now THAT's entertainment!

(I think Blake's cheese has slipped off his cracker.)

[Bobbisangel]

Now THAT's entertainment!

(I think Blake's cheese has slipped off his cracker.)


Jean (CTV) is at the trial. I can't help but laugh when she describes some of the things Robert does on the stand. I can just picture him sitting up there answering for the judge...judge.."sustained"...Robert repeating "sustained" while eyeballing the other attorney. The other attorney says to Robert...isn't it true that you did such and such and Robert yells "I did not." He reminds me of a kid up there...an obnoxious kid. Obnoxious but funny.

I don't know how the verdict will turn out but it sounds like the jury are quite taken with him. He refers to Bonnie as "toots."

I have always wondered who was raising Bonnie's youngest daughter....before Rosie when Bonnie was living in CA and running to and fro working her "career." The girl was about 12 yrs at the time. I know she wasn't with her mother. Mom was to busy trying to hunt a celeb husband.

Christian Brando is supposed to be taking the stand one of these days.

I clearly remember that Bonnie named the baby after Christian Brando but changed the name once the blood tests came back. Her kids flat deny that.

It came out in this trial that Bonnie thought she was pregnant before she actually was and she called Robert and told him....he was furious because she knew he didn't want any more children. Ended up that she wasn't. She promised him that she was on birth control pills but what she was actually on was fertility pills. I guess she was going to make sure she snagged someone known...Blake or Brando...must not have mattered to her. She probably figured Christian Brando would eventially get dad's money.

[mysteriew]

The son of actor Marlon Brando repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment to protect himself from self-incrimination at Robert Blake's wrongful death trial.

Blake's lawyers have portrayed Christian Brando as a possible suspect in the killing of Blake's wife, Bonny Lee Bakley. Blake has been acquitted of murder, but is being sued for wrongful death by Bakley's family.
http://www.newsnet5.com/entertainment/5174676/detail.html

[mysteriew]

Christian Brando was on the stand for nearly an hour Tuesday in Robert Blake's civil trial, but he divulged nothing, pleading the Fifth Amendment on more than two dozen questions about his troubled relationship with Blake's murdered wife Bonny Lee Bakley.

"At any point in time, sir, did your father Marlon Brando become upset with you on the subject of whose child Miss Bakley was carrying?" Blake's defense attorney Peter Ezzell asked Brando.

His attorney, Bruce Margolin, stood by his side at the witness stand, continually objecting on the basis that Brando might incriminate himself.

"At any point in time, did you pay Duffy Hambleton to kill Bonny Lee Bakley?" Ezzell asked, referring to a stuntman who was an acquaintance of both Blake and Brando.
http://www.courttv.com/trials/blake/102505_ctv.html

[mysteriew]

Actor Robert Blake's lawyer said today he will seek to have Marlon Brando's son sanctioned for mouthing the word "guilty" to jurors during Blake's civil trial in the murder of his wife.

Jurors told the judge today that Christian Brando, who testified Tuesday, pointed at Blake and silently mouthed "guilty" at one point during the proceedings, according to lawyers.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge David Schachter quizzed jurors individually today and then consulted behind closed doors with lawyers for Blake and Bakley's children.

"We are going to seek a contempt citation against Christian Brando," Blake's attorney, Peter Q. Ezzell, said during a recess.

Lawyers said jurors offered different accounts of Brando's gesture and mouthed words. Some believed jurors were the object, but others said they thought he might have been addressing Ezzell.

One juror reported seeing Brando point at Blake and mouth the words: "(expletive), he killed her."
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-102605blake_lat,0,6287956.story?coll=la-home-headlines

[mysteriew]

The judge in the Robert Blake civil trial quizzed a Burbank jury Wednesday about a report that Marlon Brando's son had signaled them as he left the witness stand that he believed the actor had killed his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley.

The unusual examination was sparked by an unnamed juror, who told court personnel that Christian Brando pointed to Blake and mouthed the word "guilty" after Brando's testimony Tuesday in a wrongful-death lawsuit against the former "Baretta" star.

Those familiar with the questioning said some jurors told Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge David M. Schacter they thought Brando was gesturing at Blake's defense attorney, Peter Q. Ezzell. At least one juror said Brando had mouthed the word "guilty," while another believed he had shaped the phrase, "He killed her."

Brando's lawyer, Bruce M. Margolin, said he had been unable to reach his client to ask about the jurors' reports.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-brando27oct27,1,4940504.story?coll=la-headlines-california

[Jeana (DP)]

VERDICT WATCH - the jury has the case.

[BillyGoatGruff]

I have a sneaking suspicion that the jury will find for the plaintif, but will assign the damages re the loss of Bonnie Lee Bakeley extremely low: like a nickle or fifty cents or something like that.

[Jeana (DP)]

I have a sneaking suspicion that the jury will find for the plaintif, but will assign the damages re the loss of Bonnie Lee Bakeley extremely low: like a nickle or fifty cents or something like that.


That's very interesting!

[kato]

No verdict yet?

[Jeana (DP)]

No verdict yet?


No!!! I can't believe it either. If he's not not liable, I think some people might actually jump off a bridge or something.

[kato]

No!!! I can't believe it either. If he's not not liable, I think some people might actually jump off a bridge or something.

Yeah, cuz they are dealing with some wacky people.

[Jeana (DP)]

Jury is out. Will resume deliberations on Thursday.

[kato]

Jury is out. Will resume deliberations on Thursday.

Thanks for the update. Thursday meaning next week? I know tomorrow is Veteran's Day but what about the early part of the week?

[Jeana (DP)]

Thanks for the update. Thursday meaning next week? I know tomorrow is Veteran's Day but what about the early part of the week?


I wish I knew Kato. I went to courttv's website and that's all it said. I am glad that the jury is considering this case carefully though.

[kato]

I wish I knew Kato. I went to courttv's website and that's all it said. I am glad that the jury is considering this case carefully though.

Ok, thanks. Guess we'll know Mon..

[kato]

Jeana:

I just read that the week delay of deliberations is due to a juror illness.

[Jeana (DP)]

Jeana:

I just read that the week delay of deliberations is due to a juror illness.


Thanks Kato!

[PrayersForMaura]

November 17, 2005 8:22 PM



The Associated Press

BURBANK, Calif. Still no verdict in the Robert Blake wrongful-death civil case.
Jurors have ended their sixth full day of deliberations in Burbank, California.

The jury will resume its work Friday, beginning at nine a-m Pacific time.

The "Baretta" star was acquitted of murder in the death of his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley, in a criminal trial that ended earlier this year. Now, Bakley's children are seeking civil damages.

http://www.kbcitv.com/x51828.xml?URL=http://10.56.1.26/APWIREFEED/d8duleao0.xml&NewsSection=NationalHeadlines

[chicoliving]

Gosh, and most dressed so nicely today and taking pics of each other too. lol Can't predict a jury is right. :)

[Marine Mom]

The verdict will be read today at 4:00 p.m. ET.

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/entertainment/5357031/detail.html

[amandab]

Have they said anything? Ugh, I have NO patience - LOL

[amandab]

According to Drudge, they found him responsible, and ordered to pay $30 million in damages.

[Marine Mom]

Blake found responsible for Bonnie's death and ordered to pay 30 million. The feedroom link I supplied looked like it was being recorded from the janitors closet, so I didn't get ANY details.

[concernedperson]

CTV is providing info. Dubin is going to talk with the jury now and will be back to talk more. I believe a few jurors want to talk about it. He was extremely happy.

[BillyGoatGruff]

According to Drudge, they found him responsible, and ordered to pay $30 million in damages.Yeah, well, good luck on collecting that. Although the judge could adjust that downward.

[PrayersForMaura]

Blake Liable for Wife's Murder
Jury in civil lawsuit awards children of Bonny Lee Bakley $30 million in damages.


A jury today found Robert Blake liable under civil law for his wife's murder four years ago, and awarded her children $30 million in damages against him.

The 72-year-old entertainer, best known for his roles in "Our Gang," "In Cold Blood" and "Baretta," was acquitted of murder earlier this year when a separate jury could not find evidence beyond a reasonable doubt against him for the murder of Bonny Lee Bakley.


http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-111805blake_lat,0,7792198.story?coll=ny-top-headlines

[aheddle]

Lots of luck trying to collect any money off him.

He is still the winner in it all....walking a free man when IMO he is a guilty as sin.

[PrayersForMaura]

Lots of luck trying to collect any money off him.

He is still the winner in it all....walking a free man when IMO he is a guilty as sin.
Just like OJ Simpson :(

[luvbeaches]

Just like OJ Simpson :(

And Michael Jackson. Are we that star-struck of a society that we can't convict these people? I really can't believe OJ got off...

Edited...to change "can" to "can't"

[concernedperson]

And Michael Jackson. Are we that star-struck of a society that we can convict these people? I really can't believe OJ got off...

They just didn't pick the right juries. You or I and none of these people would be walking. I don't believe most of the US is star struck it is that jury consultants and defense attorney teams are looking for the weakest link.

[Norma]

Maybe Robert and OJ could make a film together, and with all those huge profits (cough cough), try and pay off some of these bills.

[luvbeaches]

They just didn't pick the right juries. You or I and none of these people would be walking. I don't believe most of the US is star struck it is that jury consultants and defense attorney teams are looking for the weakest link.

We would have been locked up and the key tossed long ago. I just wonder how many of these people try and get selected so they can write a book once the trial is over? Something has to change. It's going to take actual video of one of these stars actually committing a crime...and even then, I'm not sure they would convict!

[luvbeaches]

Maybe Robert and OJ could make a film together, and with all those huge profits (cough cough), try and pay off some of these bills.

Or write a book. The "Dummy" version of how a star can get away with murder!

[lilpony]

This is what my husband thinks, and I tend to agree. Since Robert Blake was found not guilty in the murder of his wife. He doesn't even think he should have been found guilty in the civil trial. Which I tend to agree. I know in a civil trial, that it doesn't have to be beyond a reasonable doubt. I know what I am trying to say, not sure if I worded this right. :waitasec: So how can a jury say this man is guilty and have to dish out 30 Million, when he was found not guilty of killing his wife. Now don't get me wrong, I believe without doubt that he did kill Bonnie. But just don't think it is right that he would have to pay 30 Mil. I know he was found not guilty the first time, because of reasonable doubt, so this is the reason I don't think a civil trial would make him pay the money.
We just think if you are found not guilty of this killing. Then there should not be able to have a civil trial, to try to get him the 2nd time.

[Gozgals]

Or write a book. The "Dummy" version of how a star can get away with murder!
Ditto, but I already think Mr. Blake stole his verison from one of his episodes of the noted Baretta plots. Too bad the jury didn't find him guilty the first time around.

Sure gonna miss the guy "playing his ole' guitar on TV" and talking in his fake NJ lingo- (since his only relation to Jersey was being born there)- and gangsta jargon. I mean taking TOOTS out and parking far away for the BROADS safety was so kind of him- If you all know what I mean. Taking toots out was not his fault, as he so clearly stated. I mean he liked Toots--- because he could just have sex, and just leave.

Maybe Blake will go "COWBOY-ING" around again- seeing the countryside, a lovely time that he likes to enjoy. Just bumming around with us regular folks.

I'd like to see him pay just one dime of the money owed out. Also, I agree, I don't think most of the world is star struck, just some juries.

Robert Blake- Up for Worst Acting Performer in Civil Trial.

Sad..

Gozgals

[StareGirl]

I'm so glad they found him responsible for her death, but I'm honestly shocked at the 30 million mark. I'm glad, but still surprised that they found her life worth that much. After all the crap the defense said about Bonnie I was pleasantly shocked at the jury's monetary judgment.