Day 4: Reporter’s updates from Wayne Bent trial

NM vs. Wayne Bent / December 11, 2008

KOB-TV Investigative Reporter Jeremy Jojola continues to make contributions here as a special correspondent to Beyond90Seconds.com. Jojola’s e-mails, text, pics and even some of his Twitter updates will appear below.  I’ll also include the time (MST) the information was sent to this blog.

9:18am (MST)
(From Jeremy Jojola’s Twitter page.)

Bent trial resumes 9 minutes ago

9:41am (MST)

Gabriel Travesser, current church member, on the stand for Defense

10:21am (MST)
(From Jeremy’s Jojola’s Twitter page.)

Gabriel Travesser: people have “twisted” the view of his church / 13 minutes ago

10:44am (MST)
(Jeremy Jojola has just filed a phone report with Beyond90Seconds.com.  He reports that court is currently in a 15-minutes recess.  Gabriel Travesser has finished testifying.  Jeremy Jojola sees former LOR member Prudence Welch just outside the courthouse.  Jeremy’s phone report will appear here shortly as an audio/mp3 file.)

11:06am (MST)
(AUDIO:  Jeremy Jojola’s phone report to Beyond90Seconds.com appears below.  Jeremy filed the report at 10:38am MST today.)

Jeremy Jojola interview (8)

11:09am (MST)

Allasso Travesser on stand, current church member, says he kissed Wayne Bent on lips during religious experience.  Sounds like defense is trying to establish that Bent kisses everyone

12:19pm (MST)
(Court is now in recess for lunch.  Just spoke with Jeremy Jojola.  Some interesting “behind the scenes” insights shared by Jojola.  I’ll post the audio here shortly.)

12:57pm (MST)
(AUDIO:  Interview with Jeremy Jojola conducted at 12:08pm MST appears below.)

Jeremy Jojola interview (9)

1:20pm (MST)
(Last night, I asked Jeremy Jojola asked if he could send me a picture of the KOB-TV satellite truck at the Wayne Bent trial.  He took the photo below today.  Suddenly, “timely”.)

1:16pm (MST)

Bent just took the stand

1:39 (MST)
(From Jeremy Jojola’s Twitter page.)

Bent on stand. Denies touching “intimate” parts of alleged victims

1:54PM (MST)

Bent: youngest girl wanted to be “skin-to-skin” with me less than a minute ago from twitterrific
Bent says he doesn’t remember kissing alleged victims but doesn’t deny it may have happened. Says he kisses everyone. 5 minutes ago from twitterrific
Bent: I put hand on sternum of alleged victim. 7 minutes ago from twitterrific

2:01pm (MST)
(…more Twitter.)

Bent says he doesn’t remember much about statements he gave to police / 6 minutes ago

2:09pm (MST)
(...more Twitter.)

Judge to prosecutor Tomas Benavidez: I’m getting frustrated. Get to the point (during Bent cross examination) / 3 minutes ago

2:16pm (MST)
(...more Twitter)

Bent admits to “permitting” girls to get naked in his bed. / 20 seconds ago

2:24 (MST)
(…more Twitter.)

Bent says he’s required under his religious beliefs to allow girls to get naked. He claims he can’t disobey their requests / less than 20 seconds ago

2:28 (MST)
(…more Twitter.)

Bent’s testimony ends. Religious expert Stephen O’Leary on stand for defense / half a minute ago

2:47 (MST)
(…more Twitter.)

Religious expert for defense says lying naked in bed once part of ancient Christian church to “test celibacy” / 5 minutes ago

3:07pm (MST)
(…more Twitter.)

Defense, Prosecution rest. Jury dismissed. Closing arguments set for tomorrow morning / 1 minute ago

3:13pm (MST)
(VIDEO:  Backing up a little more than two hours for moment, here’s a look at Jeremy Jojola’s report for KOB-TV at noon today. It may take a moment for the video to appear here.)

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3:22pm MST
(Just spoke with Jeremy Jojola on the phone.  Audio report coming soon.)

4:03pm MST
(AUDIO: Beyond90Seconds.com interview with Jeremy Jojola appears below.  Interview conducted at 3:15pm MST.  Court had concluded for the day just minutes earlier.)

Jeremy Jojola interview (10)

8:03pm (MST)
(Jeremy Jojola’s 5pm MST live report for KOB-TV can be seen below.  The report features Wayne Bent on the witness stand and a defense expert witness.)

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