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Knyut. ed ^n-extin-000ichbyredlin-ut-)W*irt-redore s a dona-toMiss Hanseniat!?«takes standat |' in Flynn easeyi- * Jite LOS ANGELES. lt;/P. Gazing pd squarely and severely at movie star Errol Flynn, 17 year old Betty ho Hansen told a jury Thursday he ,ar disrobed her and was intimate with her in an upstairs bedroom following a dinner party at a Bel ige Air home last Sept. 27.to The Blonde Lincolnf Neb., sc hool-3Se girl, the state’s first major wit-es- nesa in Flynn’s trial on three ?d: counts of statutory rape involving us her and another girl, gave her testimony unhesitatingly. Flynn, jmr-ier trayer of romantic movie roles, ie-s watched her closely, chin in hand.Betty said the act occurred at he- the home of Fred McEvoy, formernd British sportsman, after a dinner ,6* party for six. Before dinner, she lite said. Flynn gave her a drink of 'on liquor she could not identify. She said she sat on his lap a while in a sunroom outside the livingroom.tin “At dinner, I ate a little soup 'ol_ and went back to the sunroom, to the girl told the superior court jury of nine women and three men. Then I went back, had aome dessert and returned to the sunroom.The defendant’’- as she referred to Flynn thruout her testimony—“came out and told me 1 wasn’t feeling well. He said he’d take me upstairs where I could lie down. She said they were in the room about a half hour.Betty began her testimony by saying she turned 17 last Sept. 21 and that she had never been married.She was preceded on the witness stand by her older sister, Mrs Patricia Marsdcn, who testified Betty was born at Lincoln, Neb.Mrs. Marsden said that last Sept. 14, while Betty was residing with her here, they had a dispute and Betty left the house.In two other counts against Flynn, the state alleges statutory rape offenses against Peggy Larue Satterlee, 16, Hollywood entertainer, on the actor's 75-foot yacht Sirocco on Aug. 3, 1941.
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Lincoln Evening State Journal
Lincoln, Nebraska, US
Thu, Jan 14, 1943
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