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If she answered questions in 2010, fully cooperated. Why is she invoking her 5th amendment right two years later? IIRC, this was the Attorney, her Daddy got for her.Spicher appeared before a Multnomah County grand jury in July 2010 in response to a subpoena, her lawyer Chad Stavley confirmed then.
At the time, Stavley disputed allegations raised by Kyron's parents that Spicher was impeding their missing son's investigation by not cooperating and advising others not to talk to law enforcement.
"Well, the fact of the matter is she has been cooperating," Stavley, Spicher's lawyer, said in 2010. "She met with detectives in the case for three-and-a-half hours, and has had several follow-up conversations with detectives. She's cooperated fully. And frankly, the suggestion that she has urged others not to cooperate is absolutely false."
Stavley was present with Spicher during her deposition in the Young lawsuit, which lasted from 9:34 a.m. to 10:56 a.m. on Oct. 5.
Spicher said she was asserting her Fifth Amendment rights at the advice of her attorney.
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/...ns_friend_dede_spic.html#incart_river_default
Spicher also declined to answer questions about where she was on June 4, 2010.
"Are you aware that Kyron Horman has disappeared?" asked Young's lawyer, Elden Rosenthal.
"I'm asserting my Fifth Amendment right," Spicher replied, according to a transcript filed in Multnomah County Circuit Court.
Spicher even declined to identify a photo of Terri Horman, or whether she knew Terri Horman's husband, Kaine Horman, Young, or had ever met Kyron.
Dede Spicher, a friend of missing child Kyron Horman's stepmother, Terri Horman, invoked her Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination 142 times during recent testimony in a civil lawsuit, according to court documents.
http://www.katu.com/news/local/Dede...Terri-Horman-lawsuit-testimony-175487011.html
Refusal to testify in a civil case
While defendants are entitled to assert that right, there are consequences to the assertion of the Fifth Amendment in a civil action.
The Supreme Court has held that “the Fifth Amendment does not forbid adverse inferences against parties to civil actions when they refuse to testify in response to probative evidence offered against them.” Baxter v. Palmigiano, 425 U.S. 308, 318 (1976). “[A]s Mr. Justice Brandeis declared, speaking for a unanimous court in the Tod case, ‘Silence is often evidence of the most persuasive character.’” Id. at 319 (quoting United States ex rel. Bilokumsky v. Tod, 263 U.S. 149, 153-154 (1923)). “‘Failure to contest an assertion...is considered evidence of acquiescence...if it would have been natural under the circumstances to object to the assertion in question.’” Id. (quoting United States v. Hale, 422 U.S. 171, 176 (1975)).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
Interesting, since this is a civil case, that it appears that guilt can be inferred from invoking the 5th:
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Unbelievable...
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That makes me feel sick. What does that woman know, and where is her conscience?
I don't think she just "knows". I think she "did". Covering her own self in the process... :twocents:
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Poor Kyron.
It's been a while and I don't recall every detail of the investigation, but was the property where DeDe was doing landscaping on the day that Kyron "disappeared" ever searched?
If she answered questions in 2010, fully cooperated. Why is she invoking her 5th amendment right two years later? IIRC, this was the Attorney, her Daddy got for her.
I hope she can be compelled to answer. Although the argument that she is protecting another person seems to be a catch 22 in my book. If she does not protect Terri, she will give her own role in Kyron's disappearance away.
Hope the judge rules on this quickly.