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Although seven of the twelve jurors said they believed the nine child witnesses were molested "in some sense by someone," the prosecution was unable to show that the children were abused at the McMartin Pre-School in Manhattan Beach, Calif. Nonetheless, Peggy McMartin Buckey, 63, and her son Raymond, 31, spent two years and five years, respectively, in jail before their acquittal on 52 criminal counts. They have lost everything, including their good standing in the community...
This week jury selection continues in Los Angeles in the notorious McMartin Preschool case. In a trial expected to last more than a year, Peggy McMartin Buckey, 60, and her son Raymond, 28, face charges involving 99 counts of sexual molestation. But similar charges against the school's founder and four former teachers were dropped because of insufficient evidence. The five, who are pursuing a joint $50 million defamation and negligence suit, claim their lives were ruined. "It cost us our home," says Betty Raidor, 67, who spent three months in jail until she could make the $750,000 bail...
...year-old girl marched into the chambers of Los Angeles Judge Aviva Bobb two weeks ago and said she was afraid to tell the truth in court. Clutching a large teddy bear for support, she had already testified that Raymond Buckey, a preschool teacher, had sexually molested her, then killed a turtle in her presence and warned that her parents would also be killed if she told what had happened. Though she did finally complete her testimony, the girl's father pointed out that Buckey's presence caused her fear, "a good argument for closed-circuit...
McMartin's grandson Raymond Buckey, 25, was arrested in connection with that incident, but was later freed for lack of evidence. The arrest sparked a wider investigation, and in November the school shut down. Twenty-five families have filed civil suits against the nursery, some asking more than $1 million in damages. "Virginia McMartin was a sweet little old lady," said an incredulous father, whose three-year-old son and seven-year-old daughter were, in his words, "brutalized" at the center. "We thought it was the best place for our children...
...Altieri 5 62 192 3.1 9 1 Tom Beatrice 5 36 120 3.3 17 0 Burke St. John 5 18 49 2.7 20 2 Charles Sandor 3 11 42 3.8 13 0 John Morrissey 1 1 16 16.0 16 0 Lou Teresi 1 1 6 6.0 6 0 Brian Buckey 4 3 49 -- -- 0 PASSING G Cpl/Att Pct Yds Int Td Burke St. John 5 37-69 .536 447 4 5 Brian Buckley 4 2-13 .154 16 0 0 PASS RECEIVING G Ct Yds Lg Td Gary Confer 5 18 231 35 4 John Davison...