Touch My Monkey!
There was a light moment in court this morning following a slip of the tongue by Kenneth L. Lay.
During cross-examination, federal prosector John Hueston reminded Lay that his lead lawyer, Michael Ramsey, had publicly referred to former Enron treasurer -- and prosecution witness -- Benjamin Glisan as a "monkey."
On redirect, Secrest had Lay clarify that Ramsey had more fully called Glisan a "trained monkey."
"Did that make the slur any better?" Hueston asked.
"I'm not trying to defend my monkey -- I mean, my attorney," Lay said, prompting sustained laughter in the courtroom and from Lay himself.
"I'm sure glad Mr. Ramsey's not here today," Lay said. Ramsey, in fact, is recovering from two operations last month to install stents to open arterial blockage. Nothing to monkey around with, those.
By Frank Ahrens |
May 2, 2006; 11:47 AM ET
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Posted by: Robert Tunis | May 2, 2006 12:33 PM
Or how about he made a "EndRun on the bank" as he is fond of saying as to why Enron collapsed.
Posted by: Nathan Boggs | May 2, 2006 12:39 PM
hee hee. I am so glad someone else remembers Dieter.
Posted by: Liza | May 2, 2006 07:46 PM
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So, from what I've read of Lay's manueverings to get his money out before ENRON collapsed, he did an ENDRUN on ENRON (and its shareholders).