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Edwards trial: Wife of main witness on hot seat
May 02, 2012
May 02, 2012
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At the end of the day, Edwards' lawyers showed a home video that Cheri Young shot inside the hideout of Edwards' mistress, Rielle Hunter. The defense argued the tape was an attempt at extortion, but Cheri Young said she was trying to document what her family was going through.
"This was proof that there really was a Rielle Hunter," she said.
During the cross examination, Cheri Young acknowledged that she and her husband made money off the scandal, saying, "Income, yeah. I'll take income," she said. "That's reasonable."
Some legal experts say the testimony could hurt the prosecutors' case.
"It
At the end of the day, Edwards' lawyers showed a home video that Cheri Young shot inside the hideout of Edwards' mistress, Rielle Hunter. The defense argued the tape was an attempt at extortion, but Cheri Young said she was trying to document what her family was going through.
"This was proof that there really was a Rielle Hunter," she said.
During the cross examination, Cheri Young acknowledged that she and her husband made money off the scandal, saying, "Income, yeah. I'll take income," she said. "That's reasonable."
Some legal experts say the testimony could hurt the prosecutors' case.
"It
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