“Because there is simply no evidence to suggest that you have any insight whatsoever to the person that you were, perhaps even still are, and the harm that you caused someone that was very kind to you.”

“I was hoping to find remorse and acceptance or responsibility as mitigating factors in this case, but I can’t,” Berry said. (Zarzycki contended that Bell has CTE, a claim that Pastner’s attorney Scott Palumbo disputed on the grounds that, among other things, CTE can be diagnosed only in an autopsy.) She said she also considered his mental-health issues - while acknowledging that that she believes that Bell exaggerates his medical issues and “uses them to whatever ends he wants or sees fit” - as a mitigating factor, saying that they would be impacted by jail time.

She told him that she was assigning great weight to the “emotional and financial harm” caused to Pastner as an aggravating factor, especially considering that Bell orchestrated the allegations - that Pastner had sexually assaulted Bell’s girlfriend, Jennifer Pendley, more than a dozen times - not only for financial gain but also for revenge. On the other hand, they’ve caused great - if not irreparable, in some respects - harm to Mr. Wayne also spoke harshly about Native Americans when asked if he felt any empathy for them, considering they played an essential role in his films.Bell’s attorney, Jeremy Zarzycki, contending that his client was suffering from mental illness and that prison time would be an undue hardship that would prevent him from getting the help that he needs, had sought unsupervised probation.Īddressing Bell, who was in the courtroom, Berry said that “this is a really difficult sentencing for me on the one hand, because these are misdemeanors, and the court can’t lose sight of the fact that they are misdemeanors. I wish they’d tell me where in the world they have it better than right here in America.” I will say this, though: I think any black who can compete with a white today can get a better break than a white man. It’s just a fact of life, like the kid who gets infantile paralysis and has to wear braces so he can’t play football with the rest of us. I don’t feel guilty about the fact that five or 10 generations ago these people were slaves. Otherwise, the academic society is brought down to the lowest common denominator. But if they aren’t academically ready for the step, I don’t think they should be allowed in. Even if they don’t have the proper credentials for college, there are courses to help them become eligible. “They were allowed in public schools wherever I’ve been. “I don’t know why people insist that blacks have been forbidden their right to go to school,” continued Wayne.

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