PETE IACOBELLI, Associated Press
The Columbian
12-12-1999
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Leslie Price sometimes shaken, sometimes resolute and frustrated stood by her story that she was sexually assaulted by Charlotte Hornets owner George Shinn through relentless cross examination Saturday.
Price will return to the stand Monday, when the trial resumes for a second week.
Shinn's attorney, Bill Diehl, questioned Price about several claims she made about their encounter in September of 1997. They included the ride Price took in Shinn's car from a Charlotte-area drug rehabilitation facility to Tega Cay. Price alleges Shinn groped and grabbed her in the car.
'That's what you want the jury to believe?' Diehl asked.
'It's not that I want anybody to believe it. I'm telling the truth as I have since that day,' Price said.
Price has said for the past two years that Shinn lured her to his home, took her on a tour of the house and, when they reached the bedroom, forced her to perform oral sex.
She said Shinn brought her there on the pretext of meeting Diehl to discuss her divorce.
Shinn admits the encounter, but says the sex was consensual.
Diehl, who Friday had Price admit she lied to authorities at first about a sexual relationship she had with another clinic patient, continued to try to chip away at the women's credibility.
He asked about the route she and Shinn took, about whether the two made a U-turn or left turn onto the road from a gas station, and about when the owner allegedly called a maid, Frances, and told her not to come to the house.
And Diehl again asked why Price didn't simply bolt from the car or the house to call for help.
Price, nearly in tears, replied: 'Because he had the ability to grab anything, break the window and bust my head in.'
Diehl reminded Price of her statement to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police on Sept. 10, 1997, that she told a clinic counselor that she was to meet Shinn and Diehl would be her lawyer. Or that the phone call to the maid came after she and Shinn parked in his garage at Tega Cay. Did Price recall those? $00:9900097380: $199:A9900097380 $01:Copyright 1999 The Columbian Publishing Co. $02:$?
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PORTLAND -- Going into the Class 4A state championship game, No. 8 Beaverton had all the inspiration in the world to win a state title.
Saturday, that's just what the Beavers did.
Beaverton completed its inspired run through the playoffs with a 20-0 win over Sprague Saturday at Civic Stadium, giving the Beavers a state title just a month after lineman Brendan FitzPatrick died of heart arrhythmia following a Nov. 4 team practice.
'We all appreciate what we have, and we are still together,' Beaverton coach Faustin Riley said. 'To be honest, we were torn up the first couple weeks. We were still emotional and these guys came through the whole thing.'
Eric Hillison ran for 197 yards and a touchdown and quarterback Ryan Wilson passed for 196 yards and two touchdowns on 13-of-26 passing as the Beavers (12-2) absolutely dominated the Olympians (12-2). For the game, Beaverton had a 460-86 advantage in total yards and 20 first downs to Sprague's six.
'The main thing is we have kids who can make the big plays and when we had to make them we did,' Riley said.
Sprague, which averaged 39 points a game coming in, advanced past midfield only once. That came on the Olympians' opening drive, when they moved to the Beaverton 47. But a quarterback sack and punt followed, and it was downhill the rest of the way for Sprague.
'We just came out and smacked them around,' said Hillison, who was named the player of the game.
Hillison, who was converted to tailback this season, rushed for 102 yards on his first three carries and set the tone on the game's second play by running 67 yards to the Sprague 6-yard line. The Beavers ended up losing yardage on the next four plays and turned the ball over on downs, but Hillison opened the Beavers' second possession with a 42-yard run. One play later, Austin Allen caught a 22-yard touchdown pass from Wilson to make it 6-0.
Midway through the second quarter Wilson hit Luke Dreyer from nine yards out to make it 12-0, and Hillison finished the scoring with a 12-yard touchdown run with 6:08 left in the third quarter. He added an interception in the fourth quarter that effectively ended Sprague's hopes.
'At 17 years old,' Hillison said, 'nothing comes close to how great this is.'
Sisters 35, Burns 6 Chris Small made the most of four catches and No. 1 Sisters made the most of two years as the Outlaws claimed the Class 3A state championship Saturday with a 35-6 win over Burns at Civic Stadium.
Small caught four passes for 235 yards and two touchdowns as the Outlaws (13-0) won their 26th game in a row to clinch their second consecutive state title. Quarterback Dusty Macauley threw for 291 yards on 9-of-17 passing to lead the determined Outlaws to back-to-back undefeated seasons.
'I just remember the feeling,' Macauley said of the Outlaws' loss to Junction City in the quarterfinals of the 1997 state playoffs. 'We didn't want to ever feel that again.'
The Outlaws gained 470 yards. The unranked Hilanders (11-3) managed only 249 yards and committed three first-half turnovers despite strong games from Kellen Clemens, who threw for 174 yards, and Jesse Bartley, who ran for Burns' lone touchdown.
Small's first touchdown, a 96-yard score with 2:34 left in the first period, set a Class 3A touchdown pass reception record, breaking the old record of 86 yards set in 1968 by Wahtonka's Greg Bliss.
'This was the greatest way to go out,' the quarterback said. 'For us seniors, who started together in the seventh grade, to go back-to-back in our last two years, it's a beautiful story.'
PETE IACOBELLI, Associated Press writer
Copyright 1999 The Columbian Publishing Co.
The Columbian
12-12-1999
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Leslie Price sometimes shaken, sometimes resolute and frustrated stood by her story that she was sexually assaulted by Charlotte Hornets owner George Shinn through relentless cross examination Saturday.
Price will return to the stand Monday, when the trial resumes for a second week.
Shinn's attorney, Bill Diehl, questioned Price about several claims she made about their encounter in September of 1997. They included the ride Price took in Shinn's car from a Charlotte-area drug rehabilitation facility to Tega Cay. Price alleges Shinn groped and grabbed her in the car.
'That's what you want the jury to believe?' Diehl asked.
'It's not that I want anybody to believe it. I'm telling the truth as I have since that day,' Price said.
Price has said for the past two years that Shinn lured her to his home, took her on a tour of the house and, when they reached the bedroom, forced her to perform oral sex.
She said Shinn brought her there on the pretext of meeting Diehl to discuss her divorce.
Shinn admits the encounter, but says the sex was consensual.
Diehl, who Friday had Price admit she lied to authorities at first about a sexual relationship she had with another clinic patient, continued to try to chip away at the women's credibility.
He asked about the route she and Shinn took, about whether the two made a U-turn or left turn onto the road from a gas station, and about when the owner allegedly called a maid, Frances, and told her not to come to the house.
And Diehl again asked why Price didn't simply bolt from the car or the house to call for help.
Price, nearly in tears, replied: 'Because he had the ability to grab anything, break the window and bust my head in.'
Diehl reminded Price of her statement to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police on Sept. 10, 1997, that she told a clinic counselor that she was to meet Shinn and Diehl would be her lawyer. Or that the phone call to the maid came after she and Shinn parked in his garage at Tega Cay. Did Price recall those? $00:9900097380: $199:A9900097380 $01:Copyright 1999 The Columbian Publishing Co. $02:$?
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PORTLAND -- Going into the Class 4A state championship game, No. 8 Beaverton had all the inspiration in the world to win a state title.
Saturday, that's just what the Beavers did.
Beaverton completed its inspired run through the playoffs with a 20-0 win over Sprague Saturday at Civic Stadium, giving the Beavers a state title just a month after lineman Brendan FitzPatrick died of heart arrhythmia following a Nov. 4 team practice.
'We all appreciate what we have, and we are still together,' Beaverton coach Faustin Riley said. 'To be honest, we were torn up the first couple weeks. We were still emotional and these guys came through the whole thing.'
Eric Hillison ran for 197 yards and a touchdown and quarterback Ryan Wilson passed for 196 yards and two touchdowns on 13-of-26 passing as the Beavers (12-2) absolutely dominated the Olympians (12-2). For the game, Beaverton had a 460-86 advantage in total yards and 20 first downs to Sprague's six.
'The main thing is we have kids who can make the big plays and when we had to make them we did,' Riley said.
Sprague, which averaged 39 points a game coming in, advanced past midfield only once. That came on the Olympians' opening drive, when they moved to the Beaverton 47. But a quarterback sack and punt followed, and it was downhill the rest of the way for Sprague.
'We just came out and smacked them around,' said Hillison, who was named the player of the game.
Hillison, who was converted to tailback this season, rushed for 102 yards on his first three carries and set the tone on the game's second play by running 67 yards to the Sprague 6-yard line. The Beavers ended up losing yardage on the next four plays and turned the ball over on downs, but Hillison opened the Beavers' second possession with a 42-yard run. One play later, Austin Allen caught a 22-yard touchdown pass from Wilson to make it 6-0.
Midway through the second quarter Wilson hit Luke Dreyer from nine yards out to make it 12-0, and Hillison finished the scoring with a 12-yard touchdown run with 6:08 left in the third quarter. He added an interception in the fourth quarter that effectively ended Sprague's hopes.
'At 17 years old,' Hillison said, 'nothing comes close to how great this is.'
Sisters 35, Burns 6 Chris Small made the most of four catches and No. 1 Sisters made the most of two years as the Outlaws claimed the Class 3A state championship Saturday with a 35-6 win over Burns at Civic Stadium.
Small caught four passes for 235 yards and two touchdowns as the Outlaws (13-0) won their 26th game in a row to clinch their second consecutive state title. Quarterback Dusty Macauley threw for 291 yards on 9-of-17 passing to lead the determined Outlaws to back-to-back undefeated seasons.
'I just remember the feeling,' Macauley said of the Outlaws' loss to Junction City in the quarterfinals of the 1997 state playoffs. 'We didn't want to ever feel that again.'
The Outlaws gained 470 yards. The unranked Hilanders (11-3) managed only 249 yards and committed three first-half turnovers despite strong games from Kellen Clemens, who threw for 174 yards, and Jesse Bartley, who ran for Burns' lone touchdown.
Small's first touchdown, a 96-yard score with 2:34 left in the first period, set a Class 3A touchdown pass reception record, breaking the old record of 86 yards set in 1968 by Wahtonka's Greg Bliss.
'This was the greatest way to go out,' the quarterback said. 'For us seniors, who started together in the seventh grade, to go back-to-back in our last two years, it's a beautiful story.'
PETE IACOBELLI, Associated Press writer
Copyright 1999 The Columbian Publishing Co.
