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Forum Name: old depo and interview threads
Topic ID: 43
Message ID: 5
#5, semantics battle
Posted by jameson on May-17-03 at 10:11 PM
In response to message #4
Q. Are you aware from your investigation of any statements by John Ramsey or Patsy Ramsey that
they thought that Fleet White or Priscilla White or both killed their daughter JonBenet?

A. Yes, if those transcripts serve memory correctly, yeah, they cast suspicion on the Whites, yes.

Q. Well, then, I mean, please, with all due respect, casting suspicion by saying that you suspect
someone is different than saying that you believe that they killed your daughter, can we not agree on
that, sir?

A. I believe the Ramseys only sat down a couple times with --

Q. I didn't ask you that, sir.

A. -- the government and -- please.

MR. DIAMOND: You may finish.

MR. WOOD: You may but I mean at some point I'm going to have to maybe get the judge to direct
him to answer the question. She certainly would if in fact he were in front of her. I didn't ask him
about how many times the Ramseys sat down with the government. I asked him, please, with all due
respect, casting suspicion by saying you suspect someone is different than saying that you believe --
strike that. Let me go back. Please, with all due respect, casting suspicion by saying that you suspect
someone is different than saying that you believe that that person killed your daughter; can we agree on
that, sir.

MR. DIAMOND: And he was answering that question.

MR. WOOD: Would you answer that question, Mr. Thomas, and if you do not want to answer that
question then I'm going to consider upon recess whether I'm going to adjourn this deposition and get
some guidance today on another occasion to have this witness quit wasting time by being non
responsive to the question. Why don't you counsel him on a break here and let's take two minutes and
let me talk to Mr. Rawls because I'm kind of reaching the end of my rope with you and him.

MR. DIAMOND: We're not -- we're going to stay on the record.

MR. WOOD: Let him answer the question then.

MR. DIAMOND: He may in any way he sees fit. Do you want the question reread?

THE DEPONENT: Yeah, please.

MR. DIAMOND: Madam reporter?

MR. WOOD: Ready. Do you want to read it back to him maybe he'll understand it. He didn't seem to
have this problem with Mr. Hoffman's questions.

MR. DIAMOND: Could be a reflection on Mr. Hoffman.

MR. WOOD: Could be a reflection on woodshedding by the lawyers more appropriately. I don't think
anybody skilled in litigation is going to have any questions about what this witness and his lawyers have
done and told him to do. It's pretty obvious. Thank goodness we have the record both video and
stenographically.

(Page 279, line 23 through page 280, line 2 read.)

A. I think the Ramseys were very careful in how they cast that suspicion and I would have to
review those transcripts as to their verbatim language to refresh myself because as I sit here today,
four years later, I don't recall that.

Q. (BY MR. WOOD) You can't answer that question today, is that what you're telling me?

A. I don't recall their language, no.

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