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-1 pernon in England in January.■B S' m ' »mWi—Errol Flynn to take stand in own defenseHOLLYWOOD (UP*. Attorney* n for Errol Flynn said Saturday f night he will testify at his trial y beginning Monday and deny sto-s of two teen-age girls that h« n had intimate relation* with them.Flynn goes on trial on three count* n of statutory rape. y Betty Hansen. 17, screen-struck c Lincoln schoolgirl, testified at t Flynn's preliminary hearing that i- Flvnn was intimate with her m an upstairs bedroom at a Hollywood party in the home of Fred McEvoy, wealthy sportsman.Peggy LaRue Satterlee. 17, Hollywood dancer, asserted at the hearing that Flynn invited her to view the moon from a porthole of his palatial yacht, the Sirocco, t during a trip to Cherry Cove at Catalina island. She added thatshe submitted twice to his advances.“Frank Personal Defense.w“When the defense gets its inning, Flynn will take the stand in a complete and frank personal defense,” Attorney Jerry Giesler, one of the west s outstanding criminal lawyers, revealed.The actor has steadfastly maintained his innocence and appealed to his screen audience to withhold judgment. Flynn returned a week ago from a vacation in Mexico The defense was expected to develop statements of Peter Staek-pole, photographer for Life -«nd Time magazines who took pictures of Flynn and Miss Satterlee lt;»n board the star s yacht. His tesri •P mony at Flynn’s hearing last No-h vember hinted at possibility of a I “shakedown” attempt.Free on $1,000 bail, Flynn ha* worked overtime at Warner Brothers studios to finish his last two films, “Gentleman Jim,” which has yielded a box office return lar above the average, and 41 Edge of Darkness.” not yet released. Would Face Long Sentence.If Flynn is found guilty he would face a maximum of 50 years imprisonment and ruin of his mo-r* I tkm picture career, s Three other Hollywood men were p- accused along with Flynn of at-* tacking Miss Hansen Two, Joseph *n Geraldi, 20, song writer, and Mor-j rie Black, 22, since have received i- I suspended sentences and been put on probation after being found 8t guilty. The third, Armand Knapp, a_ 18, was cleared when the girl re-ct j fused to testify against him. ofnisISfakStst-»ni-p-ih11Zi
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Lincoln Sunday Journal and Star
Lincoln, Nebraska, US
Sun, Jan 10, 1943
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