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Mary: Lani Chamness Treated ‘Very Nicely’

As you can imagine, Mary Souza had a very different interpretation re: what went on in Judge Charles Hosack's courtroom Friday than the Berry Pickers providing blow-by-blow reports from the same courtroom. In fact, she had a very different interpretation re: how John Chamness's wife, Lani, was treated than I did -- after I'd talked directly to John Chamness about it. Amazing. Earlier in the week, John was told me how disgusted he was with the way a private investigator who had a Brannon subpoena in her hand had misrepresented herself to his wife and tried to secretly record Friday night, Sept. 10. He was equally disgusted with the way Team Brannon attorney Starr Kelso had dismissed the subpoena for his wife earlier in the week -- and then without warning left a phone message on Thursday telling her to be back in the courtroom in a half hour. (You can read about this her.) However, Mary assures you that Lani Chamness was treated sweetly despite what her husband told me. You can read Mary's latest OpenCDA.com spin here.

Question: Who do you thing knows best re: how Lani Chamness was treated -- her husband John Chamness or Mary Souza?



Huckleberries Online

D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.