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Melvin Belli — Part 8
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a Life.
magazine photcgrapher; ‘Toni .
Nichols. Once, in- the.. course of”:
thei short and‘ stormy marriage, -
nore * spectacular, Belly showed up. at ‘a-law conven-
; {
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. |. ‘The Wore Adequate Awara,” ind. “Richard, ‘27; an. seamntaaL who
. 1 Medical Malprae ctice,”! ». For: the:- has decided ‘to: ‘enter: Jaw rehools. -
: j Popular trade, .he: has written'a. “Melvin ‘Jr.,. 247: who “has” entered:
* {sz 25 paperback. in which he good-. a Trappi ist” “monastery: in Cali:
i of hers scar Lissut [natured)y | . defends: -his -_ vazzle-. - “fornia; ean, 21, who is a student:
: aAtNINg Belli'likés.oe dazzle’ technique against charges: ‘nurse,-and Susie, 18;,who -wante
-0.. | ef “ambulance chasing.” “to: becomé a teacher. booed
i
ying, than
He ahi “He has also invaded. ‘the vécord “Belli’s second -wife’ w
‘field, in a three-disk’ album, “The: |
| Voice’ of -Modern-Trials,” in which:
the ‘recreates « his’ arguments * in’
! some -- of -
i cases: One. is-chis: zpleasi in behalf. Mi hieai o-with-a scratched
5 ‘of Mauréen (Little: Moy Connolly, Bes in:€ 3 : :
16 = one-time temis:Star, ‘Who. wasin-| - ~~ He: ‘explained th:
‘ “ jured when a truak-frightened the. 1 a-Fow ‘with his wife.” ;
.? ‘horse she’ was. riding. ' Belli-.col-? ~ lecturing” ‘to. the’. convention
f ‘lected. $95, 000'for*he : : pain’ and suffering’ in a seminar?
ar he: and I’ hibit A,” shi
“9 ’. ¢@ringe™ from. ‘publicit ;
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2° tied: unsu
76 ‘the stands “in
23° “1 He seen ; ; | Belli. to-Joy Gurney: whe. quit her’
24° WV ‘allace’s":xepord nthe sis ja rline job to become .the third.
° Aor Mrs. Belli.’ ‘They. spent. their:
25 | honeymoon in Yuma, A tiz., where.
26 j-he was trying’a case,
- j The - Bellis live’ most of- the ”
27° time. in an elegant, : Learly-Cali
i fornia ‘style =home™ (it: reight - ‘be.
| that Belli, looks “pon: dimeclf as -
\a-thréwback to that gaudy, free.
wheeling... eva)s, ¢
rn”: “Telegraph: "Hill, "an
a aime ‘after dit:; | time: in an- Htalianate villa 2
though “y might be interested | own in the Hollywood Hills. Their . ..
12 . d let me nilay the part. ite revolves around thei G-year-
,z of a crooked Insurance “adjuster.” 'old son, Caesar Melvin Belt. .
2 Ea ; . Boo | Bel! 2etcs on little Cacsar. Sa
es of:the’ . t's up to} Yearly Seininar ude ae -jauteh so that he vot only fevned
: ithe’ courageous doctors and law-! Always Cre weed ‘aver iitle of his Belli B, pee
ing
tS. ‘toninsist_ that doctors rejoin F : the buy, but insists on pre
he. | Mezstly, : 2s. -his ali. prospectice tenants to hoa; of
ae JY SEE SAA __ i¢ourtrcom appearances to a o> ECaesar- doesn’t gnprove the angli-
VIF" his rtroom™-tech : dy seminar, ‘always: crowded | with; ~~ | cants, they don’t. get in, thus
: -theatrical,> Be lawyers eager to learn ‘frorn'-the- i making the lud the- only 6-year-
. .| | ample eu itication fe ‘for. ite: To ex- | “master. vIt features: films, . lec. j ald laxdlord arenuud, *
i0 | tplain,“hezcites the-case in-which ; I A desire-to leave.a page jn his-__
tL E n feel ‘artificial }eg,) tory for his son’s.sake probably _
. . ; was a contributory factor in Belli’ s-
4 lye {j decision to defend Jack Ruby. .i¢#.
s r fo Theroeked : He. has all the money he'll eve
mene! point + < was”: é need. His reputation, ‘though lim
44 {jury iwhat cit: means to wear.an ‘teasing’. eae iiéd,- is secure. Buz: his: friends -;,
45 ‘artificial leg,” * Belli ‘said: ‘The'jury | ! Se pl head a My | feel that Bell has een salting:
: ot the: point; awarding $100,000. ia ca +e jal: his -life for-‘the-jone big case,:)
16 fa the "young. woman who had, ‘to. - illustrate‘sher . thesis, Patti. | that would’ elevate: him toa the’ =
$7 : : | dtted per. oR and tal fbpped: stature of Carnes ns lay , {hig :
Hee Most” often,” it ‘is Belli’s: ‘op: ‘out of her sip,.and to rer, = ‘country’s most famous lawyer. 0:
18 !tentive audienc . peers i modern times.: °
19 ¥ Ponents swho * complain of . Such: | “Fyom this poin | Such a case would. ct course,
: | reasonab! le doubt.” : have to be historic, highly dra-_
3790 i” “Belli’s fancand:garies approach ; ! matic and, from the foint of:
31 i to Efe, plus his-long.ablzences. at: view of the defense, 2 batile
52 Raed trials, nae. cn [poeainst 3 almost insuperable odds.
? i2 i - his share o2 .m ; The incredible sevies of events
- ot the ee: of" presenting cases.” i appropriately for a goer, his third, he Kennedy - Oswalt. tuby -
53 a Hfs’mflamboyant,” says Belli, t :in the Kennedy - uby
- fford to be.” : |: and current wife: is: a former ‘air H tragedy will occupy the attention |
24 | cet j ine . hostess. _ ‘ of historians for generations:
55% . mes _ His first wi e divorced him ‘in sheer drama it at leas -
ote DT: ‘under his) flamboyance is! (185i after. 16 years: of: mareiage, | the assassination of
36 | £2-a ‘solid body: of legal. knowl- ‘ mdinly because ‘she. -wanted some century ago, and the old
47 ; “edge.” His::. dozens . of. “published (continuity in her’ home “tife. She i Jack Ruby, the oniy kiiler :
necepted a $50,000 home “in sub-} ennals, of murder wl > took
“1 books | -inglude; such proiessional i
Ie and” ‘Tort: i mban San: Francisco. and $62 000 |
‘a. ‘Settlement...
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