Jennifer Crumbley’s attorney says prosecution orchestrated smear campaign, spent $100k on PR firms
There are claims that the suspect’s father received the pistol he used as a gift, which is similar to the Oxford event of 2021 and the mass school massacre in Georgia.
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In a new filing Monday, Jennifer Crumbley’s attorney claimed the prosecution violated a gag order and orchestrated a smear campaign against the mother of the Oxford High School shooter
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Prosecutors granted access to national media outlets during trial preparation and spent $100,000 on public relations, attorney Michael Dezsi argued in a new filing
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Jennifer Crumbley is trying to get her involuntary manslaughter conviction overturned and granted a new trial
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In a new filing Monday, Jennifer Crumbley’s attorney claimed the prosecution violated a gag order and orchestrated a smear campaign against the mother of the Oxford High School shooter
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Prosecutors granted access to national media outlets during trial preparation and spent $100,000 on public relations, attorney Michael Dezsi argued in a new filing
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Jennifer Crumbley is trying to get her involuntary manslaughter conviction overturned and granted a new trial
(FOX 2):According to a recent filing, the mother of the Oxford High School shooter’s defense lawyer accused the prosecutors who heard her case of planning a smear campaign against Jennifer Crumbley.
In addition, Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald’s office “suppressed” agreements it had with two witnesses who testified during the Crumbley parents’ trial, according to a petition filed Monday by lawyer Michael Dezsi, undermining “the entire trial and verdict in this case.”
We know:
Multiple charges against prosecutors were made in a fresh motion submitted by Jennifer Crumbley’s lawyer on Monday.
Among the allegations made by lawyer Michael Dezsi against the prosecution are:
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McDonald’s team retained two public relations firms to smear the defendant’s name
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That they violated a gag order by opening up access to media outlets to shadow trial preparation
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The prosecutors withheld information about deals it made with school officials that were called during last year’s trial
In the filing on Monday, Dezsi claimed that both student dean Nick Ejak and counselor Shawn Hopkins had signed pre-trial agreements that the prosecution had not revealed.
Additionally, he claimed that prosecutors hired public relations agencies for a “public smear campaign” at a cost of $100,000, even though a judge had banned “pre-trial publicity.”
The opposing viewpoint:
The claim that the jury pool was swayed by stories from national media outlets was denied by the Oakland County Prosecutor’s office.
Chief Assistant Prosecutor David Williams said, “The two stories defense counsel references came out after the jury verdicts, not before, and the suggestion that they had any impact on the jury is ridiculous.”
Williams stated that the county administration “provided the resources needed to get reliable information to the public and the media” in order to convey a clear message. We owed the public and the victims that.
Next steps:
Last December, Jennifer Crumbley’s lawyer urged that she be released from prison after she challenged her conviction.
Crumbley’s lawyer reiterated his December argument, claiming her conviction was the result of a misconstrued legal interpretation.
He asserted that in Monday’s case, Crumbley “owed no legal duty” to protect others from her child’s behavior.
Jennifer Crumbley’s lawyer is calling for her release from jail while she attempts to appeal her sentence as the mother of the Oxford High School gunman.