Who should I believe, someone who works for Rush or CNN. Hmmmm! Hard decision, NOT!
Twelve years ago, Ms. Bowman stood on the opposite side of the courtroom from Mr. Black when she accused William Kennedy Smith of raping her. A cornerstone of Mr. Black's defense was portraying the Jupiter woman as psychologically unstable. To do that, he and his legal colleagues repeatedly sought access to her medical and psychological records.Roy Black's credibility is unimpeachable.At one point, Circuit Judge Mary Lupo scolded the defense team for its methods. The attorneys served subpoenas to numerous health-care providers who had treated Ms. Bowman during the 10 years before the trial. Their records requests included information about where and when she had had an abortion and the drug rehabilitation programs she attended. Even information about contraception was requested.
Mr. Black and his associates did not bother to tell health-care providers that the matter was under judicial review, so many of them unwittingly complied and gave up records that should have stayed sealed.
Prosecutors called the defense's actions "unconscionable." Judge Lupo was so irritated that she denied the records' admittance.
"The court will not excuse defense counsel's abuse of the rules," the judge said. "(Smith) may not use the medical records wrongfully obtained."
But by then it was really too late. Mr. Black's team had the records, and somehow, some way, by someone, they were leaked to the media. Ms. Bowman was smeared, Mr. Smith was acquitted, and Mr. Black's rise to prominence was launched.