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Brawley trial set after 10 years
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allegations took on him: insom
nia, stomach ailments, anxiety at-
After years of legal wran
- the case finally has a start
' Both sides say they are eager to
go to court. Pagones — now a 36-
year-old assistant state attorney
general — says he hopes to clear
his name, for his own sake and the
sake of his young daughter. The
advisers, who kept Brawley from
cooperating with authorities, will
finally get a chance to present their
“evidence,” although it’s not clear
if they'll seize the opportunity.
. “lam looking forward to dealing
with it, closing the books and mov
ingon,” says Sharpton, whose sur
prisingly successful political ca
reer is still dogged by the Brawley
episode.
+ While Sharpton has thrived, his
fellow advisers have fallen. Mason
wasdisbarred in 1995 for price goug
ing, theft and abandoning clients.
Maddox was suspended from prac
ticing law after refusing to cooper
ate with an ethics panel probing his
eonduct in the Brawley case.
- Almost from the beginning, the
¢onduct of Brawley’s advisers
shared the spotlight with the teen
#ger’s horrendous story.
The 15-year-old girl, her body
smeared with feces and scrawled in
charcoal with racial slurs, wasfound
in Wappingers Falls on Nov. 28,
1987. She had been missing for four
days.
Asked what happened, the dazed
teen wrote two words on a sheet of
paper: “White cop.” Sharpton, Ma
son and Maddox, key figures in the
successful 1987 prosecution of a
white gang which killed a black
youth in Howard Beach, quickly
seized on the case.
. Tyson visited with Tawana and
‘gave the girl his high-priced watch.
‘Cosby offered a $25,000 reward for
the arrest of her attackers; no one
ever collected. Sharpton raised her
‘hand, like a boxing champion, in
‘side a cheering Brooklyn church.
¢ Brawley soon disappeared, refus
to speak with authorities or the
ia, as her advisors’ allegations
jgrew wilder and wilder.
g Maddox accused state attorney
:general Robert Abrams, special
tor ;nh the mfnml -
g:hngover otos of Miss Brawley.
‘Sharpton compared Abrams, aJew,
‘with Adolf Hitler. The three linked
iGov. Mario Cuomo to organized
‘crime and the Ku Klux Klan.
? “The three advisers, Sharpton,
“Mason and Maddox, behaved in a
‘ruthlessly irresponsible manner,”
“Abrams says now. “Their actions
‘and statements are unforgivable.”
* Pagones, in an unusual move,
‘waived immunity to testify for a
'grand jury empaneled to investi
gate Brawley’sclaim. Thirteen alibi
';witnesses testified on his behalf.
-There was no forensic evidence
-against Pagones, no eyewitnesses.
+(Brawley refused to testify.)
% Inits 170-page report, the panel
“denounced the case as a hoax and
"specifically exonerated Pagones.
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Sharpton’s response? Abrams, he
said at the time, “is not after people
whonpobhckgirfll;”
Sharpton says advisers are
considering two possible defenses
in the Pagones suit. They could
argue that Pagones’ position as a
public figure invalidates his defa
mation claims. Or they could, fi
nally, present evidence to support
their claims.
Will Brawley, after a decade of
silence, appear in court and provide
her version?
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Pagones’ attorney, William E.
Stanton, said Brawley’s name did
not appear on a preliminary list of
witnesses provided by the defen
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