Calling the accused ‘boys’ or ‘men’
WARNING: This post contains graphic details.
The fifth and final defence lawyer, Julianna Greenspan, who represents Cal Foote, is now cross-examining E.M.
Foote is accused of doing the splits while naked overtop of E.M.’s face while she lay on the floor in the hotel room early into June 19, 2018.
Greenspan asks E.M. why she has been calling the five accused “men” and not boys throughout her testimony, which began on May 2.
Throughout cross-examinations, the lawyers have been calling the accused “boys,” whereas E.M. has been referring to them as “men.”
“You have specifically refused to use the word ‘boy’ at this trial, isn’t that right? It was a conscious decision by you to say ‘man’ or ‘men?’” Greenspan asks.
“It’s not a conscious decision,” E.M. replies. “They were 18 or 19; they were that age.”
In her initial statement to police, E.M. referred to the accused as boys, says Greenspan, who shows her the transcript of her police interview on June 22, 2018, two days after the alleged assaults.
