Ariel Castro’s lawyers are probably the only people in the world right now who have positive things to say about the Cleveland kidnapper. They say he is a family man who has been misunderstood.
New reports say that kidnap victims Michelle Knight and Gina Dejesus were chained, starved and beaten by Ariel Castro, but his lawyers have issued a statement saying that he is Not a monster. Speaking on May 14, attorneys Craig Weintraub and Jaye Schlachet said Ariel is planning on pleading “not guilty” to four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape.
Ariel Castro Pleading Not Guilty
Ariel’s lawyer Craig Weintraub said he is “pleading not guilty to all charges” of rape and kidnapping.
“The initial portrayal by the media has been one of a ‘monster’ and that’s not the impression that I got when I talked to him for three hours,” Craig said to Cleveland’s Wkyc-tv.
New reports say that kidnap victims Michelle Knight and Gina Dejesus were chained, starved and beaten by Ariel Castro, but his lawyers have issued a statement saying that he is Not a monster. Speaking on May 14, attorneys Craig Weintraub and Jaye Schlachet said Ariel is planning on pleading “not guilty” to four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape.
Ariel Castro Pleading Not Guilty
Ariel’s lawyer Craig Weintraub said he is “pleading not guilty to all charges” of rape and kidnapping.
“The initial portrayal by the media has been one of a ‘monster’ and that’s not the impression that I got when I talked to him for three hours,” Craig said to Cleveland’s Wkyc-tv.
- 5/15/2013
- by Eleanore Hutch
- HollywoodLife
Ariel Castro, who is facing kidnapping and rape charges over the alleged abduction of three Cleveland women, will plead not guilty, his lawyers say. "The initial portrayal of him is one of a quote 'monster,' and that is not the impression that I got," one of his two attorneys, Craig Weintraub, said in an interview that aired on Wednesday's Today show. Added Castro's co-counsel, attorney Jaye Schlachet: "He is a human being, but what is offensive is that the women and the media want to demonize this man before they know the whole story, and I think it's unfair and not equitable.
- 5/15/2013
- by Andrea Billups
- PEOPLE.com
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