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...says he never followed the car but took pictures outside the hotel, then headed off to a dinner party only to come upon the crash scene while driving across town. Nikola Arsov of Sipa, another agency, says he also came upon the accident scene by chance after following the decoy cars sent out by the hotel. "I took five or six photos, but I forgot to turn on the flash and they didn't come out," he says. The photographers who admit to chasing the car claim they were hundreds of yards behind when it crashed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHO SHARES THE BLAME? | 9/15/1997 | See Source »

...time Diana and Dodi's last meal ended, 20 or more photographers were still waiting outside the hotel. Inside, it was decided that Dodi's Mercedes and the black Range Rover that Diana had used for shopping, both cars familiar to the paparazzi, would be used as decoy vehicles to lure them away. To complete the illusion, Dodi's regular driver was assigned to the Range Rover. Meanwhile, Dodi, Diana and a Fayed bodyguard, Trevor Rees-Jones, 29, would be driven away by Paul in a smaller Mercedes 280 leased by the hotel. At 12:20 a.m. Paul pulled that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHO SHARES THE BLAME? | 9/15/1997 | See Source »

Investigators said that Henri Paul, the Ritz Hotel's number two security man, had a blood alcohol level of 1.7 grams per liter of blood ? more than three times the legal limit. Paul was not Fayed's regular driver, who was instead used as a decoy for the paparazzi that were hounding the couple...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diana Driver had 'Criminally High' Blood Alcohol Level | 9/1/1997 | See Source »

...Denise, convinced that Simpson would somehow hurt her. The Browns were also concerned about logistics: How would they get into the courthouse when the verdict came down without going through the media-and-heckler gauntlet? They sent an emissary to scout a back entrance and consider a front-door decoy or diversion for verdict day. As it turned out, when the verdict came down by the early evening of Feb. 4, the Browns found themselves two hours away from Santa Monica--behind the Los Angeles rush-hour gauntlet. By the time they got to the courthouse, a crowd...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE INSIDE STORY OF HOW O.J. SIMPSON LOST | 2/17/1997 | See Source »

...case of a street robber, the CID may set up a decoy (a person posing as a good victim) and wait to catch the suspect...

Author: By Laura C. Semerjian, | Title: HUPD Dept. Focuses on Investigations | 11/16/1996 | See Source »

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