| Former Ars Technica Peter Bright Told
FBI He Was Flattered By 14 Year Old Flirting
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Exclusive, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Feb 18 – ArsTechnica
writer Peter Bright took the
witness stand on February 13
and called himself an "age
player" and a Daddy. He said
he prefers full bodied women
with a lot of body hair - but
denied that he actually likes
children.
Inner City Press,
which first reported Bright's
presentment on the charges on
May 23, here,
started a Twitter thread about
Peter Bright's matter of the
fact statements about himself,
here.
More on Patreon here.
On
February 18, the jury still
had the case. They passed out
a note asking questions,
including to see able the
video of Bright's Q&A with
FBI agents. This was played in
the courtroom, in whose
gallery were only Inner City
Press and two older adults.
But the FBI
Q&A concerned girls of 17
years old - who told Bright
she was "turning tricks" and a
14 year old who Bright said
emailed him photos in panties.
Bright was
asked by the FBI, why did you
respond? Bright said it was
flattering to be flirted with.
But he insisted he prefers or
preferred adults *playing*
young teenagers to young
teenagers themselves. He was
also asked by the FBI why he
was telling an interlocutor
about his foreskin, if he did
not intend to show it to the
young children she
described. What will the
jury think? Inner City Press
has asks for notice when a
verdict comes, but continues
to pass by the courtroom again
and again, to check. Watch
this site.
Back on
February 13 Judge P. Kevin
Castel of the U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York let the
jury go to lunch from 12:30 to
1:30 pm, then told the lawyers
to return to discuss the jury
charged at 1:15 pm. Inner City
Press reported, It's coming to
endgame, and it has.
Assistant
US Attorney Alexander Li in
his closing statement
emphasized to the jury the
Peter Bright went to Duane
Park with condoms to meet what
he thought would be children.
Li said Bright is not an
age-playing vigilante trying
to catch the FBI agent but
rather a man attempted to have
sex with children, with a
lesson plan to teach about his
foreskin.
Many
Federal Defenders were in the
gallery for the closing
arguments. Amy Gallicchio had
argued, in writing, that "Mr.
Bright actively engages in
role-playing involving
bondage, discipline, dominance
and submission, sadomasochism,
commonly referred to as BDSM.
He is particularly interested
in ageplay." But what
will the jury think of it?
Watch this site.
Yet more on Patreon here, including on the
case's reference to... Justin
Bieber.
The case is US v.
Bright, 19-cr-521
(Castel).
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