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“If I truly believed that I could orove the case beyond a reasonable doubt, then there’s nothing to apologize to Mr. Lukas about just oecause the jury found him not guilty. The system worked, and it worked to his advantage by a not milty verdict, Wambach said.During the three-day trial, the defense painted the woman as a streetwise liar and hustler who was after millionaire Lukas’s money.The prosecution tried to portray ler as a single mother attempting to provide for children who was also ashamed and reluctant to resort the assaults immediately after they allegedly occurred.In an effective closing argument, VIcCrory summarized the defense ,'ase:The couple had not agreed that heir marriage would be devoid of sex. The prosecution failed to corroborate her testimony. The lack )f physical evidence of a struggle, \nd Lukas was an older man with a sexual dysfunction who would nave difficulty having sex under normal circumstances, let alone as the result of a stressful assault on a jmung, fit woman who was resist-nghis unwanted advances.“This lady has a lousy reputation for telling the truth, McCrory told the jury. “Why should you con-rict a man of five counts of sexual assault when her friends, lovers, employers and neighbors come here and say she doesn't tell thetruth
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Janesville Gazette
Janesville, Wisconsin, US
Thu, Nov 20, 1997
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