It looks like the Chris Brown assault case might get dismissed. That's the incident that made headlines around the world when Brown assaulted his girlfriend Rihanna. It seemed pretty open and shut since there were many witnesses, and there were also some incriminating pictures. The pictures may be the problem. Seems Brown's attorney is claiming that the police were the ones who leaked the photos of a battered Rihanna - real name Robyn Fenty - to the press. If that's the case then their actions could've prejudiced the pool of potential jurors. That would make it impossible for Brown to get a fair trial. Now they could try moving the trial out of the jurisdiction, but since everyone on the planet, and even the crew of the international space station,. has seen the pix, it wouldn't help much. That makes throwing the case out a very real possibility.
To make matters even worse, a wife of one of the police officers was on one of the gossip sites (JustJared I think) on the day of the attack, telling everyone what she knew. What she knew was that her husband had to answer a domestic battery charge involving Chris Brown and Rihanna. No one believed the mystery poster at first. When the news broke there was even an editor from US posting on the board trying to get in touch with her. So I'm not sure that bodes well for a fair trial as far as Chris is concerned. So once again it appears that an accused person will walk because the police have dropped the ball!
Well at least Rihanna won't mind too much. Current buzz has her shacking up with Chris!
Controversy seems to go hand in hand with fame. Bearing that in mind lets take a look at the most famous sorcerer, and anthropologist, of the 20th century - Carlos Castaneda. The Peruvian born American author was way scarier than Harry Potter, believe me! For one thing he had a lot more drug related freak outs then anyone at Hogwarts ever did, with the possible exception of that little school bully who was arrested for growing pot!
Bungle in the Jungle
Findings inconclusive
While BBC4 makes a strong case against Castaneda, it's circumstantial, and far from air tight. For instance the Yaqui woman who claimed that Castaneda didn't learn anything significant wasn't proven to be Juan Matus' wife. In fact in the books Matus is depicted as single, and having abandoned his wife long ago. It is also suggested that Castaneda's female companions, who were with him at the end, killed themselves when Castaneda died. Yet their bodies weren't found (except for Castaneda's adopted daughter). Also there is no mention of who identified Castaneda's remains. We are only told that they were cremated within the week. So all we really know is that Castaneda and his party disappeared, we is exactly what he said would happen. As far as we know he really did escape into infinity.
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