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HOUSTON (AP) -- The sexual assault case against former NBA star Calvin
Murphy was the result of hatred, revenge and a fight over money, his lawyer
said Friday in opening statements.
Murphy, accused of abusing five of his 10 daughters, is ``unequivocally''
innocent of the charges, attorney Andy Drumheller said.
Murphy, 56, was a Houston Rockets guard from 1970-83 and was inducted into
the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1993. His daughters say the abuse occurred
between 1988 and 1991.
Prosecutors say Murphy tried to maintain a public image of having only one
family, even though he has 14 children with nine women. He married just one
of the women, according to prosecutors, and accepted her children. They said
his children with the other women were told not to call him ``Dad.''
``They were taught to lie out in public about their relationship with Calvin
Murphy from the day they were born,'' Lance Long, Harris County assistant
district attorney, told jurors. ``Calvin Murphy had three women pregnant at
the same time.''
Drumheller, meanwhile, said three of the five daughters had been trying to
claim $52,408 in death benefits left in a teachers retirement account
belonging to their mother, Phyllis Davidson. Murphy had a 20-year
relationship and four children with Davidson, who died in a car accident in
1996.
This year, the three daughters continued their grandmother's attempt to stop
Murphy from receiving the benefits. He was listed as the account's
beneficiary, according to court records.
On Feb. 20, letters went to Murphy, his three daughters and their
grandmother that Murphy was the account's rightful beneficiary. The money
was never paid.
A month later, Murphy was arrested and charged with sexual abuse and
indecency with the five daughters, including three with Davidson.
``This case is about resentment, it is about hatred and it is about revenge
on a father,'' Drumheller told jurors.
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``They were taught to lie out in public about their relationship with
Calvin
Murphy from the day they were born,'' Lance Long, Harris County assistant
district attorney, told jurors. ``Calvin Murphy had three women pregnant
at
the same time.''
Err, didn't the three women have anything to do with it?
The sentence implies that the responsibility was all his.
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In article <py8jd.3843$_3.43738@typhoon.sonic.net>, "Michael Snyder"
<msnyder@redhat.com> wrote:
``They were taught to lie out in public about their relationship with
Calvin
Murphy from the day they were born,'' Lance Long, Harris County assistant
district attorney, told jurors. ``Calvin Murphy had three women pregnant
at
the same time.''
Err, didn't the three women have anything to do with it?
The sentence implies that the responsibility was all his.
Yeah, but when a woman gets pregnant from three men all
at the same time, they call her a... oh, wait...
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