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Melvin Belli — Part 8

40 pages · May 10, 2026 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Melvin Belli · 40 pages OCR'd
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f a Life. magazine photcgrapher; ‘Toni . Nichols. Once, in- the.. course of”: thei short and‘ stormy marriage, - nore * spectacular, Belly showed up. at ‘a-law conven- ; { _ —_. . |. ‘The Wore Adequate Awara,” ind. “Richard, ‘27; an. seamntaaL who . 1 Medical Malprae ctice,”! ». For: the:- has decided ‘to: ‘enter: Jaw rehools. - : j Popular trade, .he: has written'a. “Melvin ‘Jr.,. 247: who “has” entered: * {sz 25 paperback. in which he good-. a Trappi ist” “monastery: in Cali: i of hers scar Lissut [natured)y | . defends: -his -_ vazzle-. - “fornia; ean, 21, who is a student: : aAtNINg Belli'likés.oe dazzle’ technique against charges: ‘nurse,-and Susie, 18;,who -wante -0.. | ef “ambulance chasing.” “to: becomé a teacher. booed i ying, than He ahi “He has also invaded. ‘the vécord “Belli’s second -wife’ w ‘field, in a three-disk’ album, “The: | | Voice’ of -Modern-Trials,” in which: the ‘recreates « his’ arguments * in’ ! some -- of - i cases: One. is-chis: zpleasi in behalf. Mi hieai o-with-a scratched 5 ‘of Mauréen (Little: Moy Connolly, Bes in:€ 3 : : 16 = one-time temis:Star, ‘Who. wasin-| - ~~ He: ‘explained th: ‘ “ jured when a truak-frightened the. 1 a-Fow ‘with his wife.” ; .? ‘horse she’ was. riding. ' Belli-.col-? ~ lecturing” ‘to. the’. convention f ‘lected. $95, 000'for*he : : pain’ and suffering’ in a seminar? ar he: and I’ hibit A,” shi “9 ’. ¢@ringe™ from. ‘publicit ; :0- : Pane -the: Tine. cy fe + 3 . 2° tied: unsu 76 ‘the stands “in 23° “1 He seen ; ; | Belli. to-Joy Gurney: whe. quit her’ 24° WV ‘allace’s":xepord nthe sis ja rline job to become .the third. ° Aor Mrs. Belli.’ ‘They. spent. their: 25 | honeymoon in Yuma, A tiz., where. 26 j-he was trying’a case, - j The - Bellis live’ most of- the ” 27° time. in an elegant, : Learly-Cali i fornia ‘style =home™ (it: reight - ‘be. | that Belli, looks “pon: dimeclf as - \a-thréwback to that gaudy, free. wheeling... eva)s, ¢ rn”: “Telegraph: "Hill, "an a aime ‘after dit:; | time: in an- Htalianate villa 2 though “y might be interested | own in the Hollywood Hills. Their . .. 12 . d let me nilay the part. ite revolves around thei G-year- ,z of a crooked Insurance “adjuster.” 'old son, Caesar Melvin Belt. . 2 Ea ; . Boo | Bel! 2etcs on little Cacsar. Sa es of:the’ . t's up to} Yearly Seininar ude ae -jauteh so that he vot only fevned : ithe’ courageous doctors and law-! Always Cre weed ‘aver iitle of his Belli B, pee ing tS. ‘toninsist_ that doctors rejoin F : the buy, but insists on pre he. | Mezstly, : 2s. -his ali. prospectice tenants to hoa; of ae JY SEE SAA __ i¢ourtrcom appearances to a o> ECaesar- doesn’t gnprove the angli- VIF" his rtroom™-tech : dy seminar, ‘always: crowded | with; ~~ | cants, they don’t. get in, thus : -theatrical,> Be lawyers eager to learn ‘frorn'-the- i making the lud the- only 6-year- . .| | ample eu itication fe ‘for. ite: To ex- | “master. vIt features: films, . lec. j ald laxdlord arenuud, * i0 | tplain,“hezcites the-case in-which ; I A desire-to leave.a page jn his-__ tL E n feel ‘artificial }eg,) tory for his son’s.sake probably _ . . ; was a contributory factor in Belli’ s- 4 lye {j decision to defend Jack Ruby. .i¢#. s r fo Theroeked : He. has all the money he'll eve mene! point + < was”: é need. His reputation, ‘though lim 44 {jury iwhat cit: means to wear.an ‘teasing’. eae iiéd,- is secure. Buz: his: friends -;, 45 ‘artificial leg,” * Belli ‘said: ‘The'jury | ! Se pl head a My | feel that Bell has een salting: : ot the: point; awarding $100,000. ia ca +e jal: his -life for-‘the-jone big case,:) 16 fa the "young. woman who had, ‘to. - illustrate‘sher . thesis, Patti. | that would’ elevate: him toa the’ = $7 : : | dtted per. oR and tal fbpped: stature of Carnes ns lay , {hig : Hee Most” often,” it ‘is Belli’s: ‘op: ‘out of her sip,.and to rer, = ‘country’s most famous lawyer. 0: 18 !tentive audienc . peers i modern times.: ° 19 ¥ Ponents swho * complain of . Such: | “Fyom this poin | Such a case would. ct course, : | reasonab! le doubt.” : have to be historic, highly dra-_ 3790 i” “Belli’s fancand:garies approach ; ! matic and, from the foint of: 31 i to Efe, plus his-long.ablzences. at: view of the defense, 2 batile 52 Raed trials, nae. cn [poeainst 3 almost insuperable odds. ? i2 i - his share o2 .m ; The incredible sevies of events - ot the ee: of" presenting cases.” i appropriately for a goer, his third, he Kennedy - Oswalt. tuby - 53 a Hfs’mflamboyant,” says Belli, t :in the Kennedy - uby - fford to be.” : |: and current wife: is: a former ‘air H tragedy will occupy the attention | 24 | cet j ine . hostess. _ ‘ of historians for generations: 55% . mes _ His first wi e divorced him ‘in sheer drama it at leas - ote DT: ‘under his) flamboyance is! (185i after. 16 years: of: mareiage, | the assassination of 36 | £2-a ‘solid body: of legal. knowl- ‘ mdinly because ‘she. -wanted some century ago, and the old 47 ; “edge.” His::. dozens . of. “published (continuity in her’ home “tife. She i Jack Ruby, the oniy kiiler : necepted a $50,000 home “in sub-} ennals, of murder wl > took “1 books | -inglude; such proiessional i Ie and” ‘Tort: i mban San: Francisco. and $62 000 | ‘a. ‘Settlement...
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