Featured Fact: Alleged Lies
One of the reasons people tell us they believe Scott is guilty is because of "all the lies". While we do intend to cover the lies that Scott did tell, in this Featured Fact we want to outline some lies that Scott was wrongfully accused of telling.
The Alleged 'Golfing' Lie
It was widely publicized and presented in court that Scott lied and said he was golfing on December 24th, 2002. Although we have touched on this topic before, we want to offer a more complete set of facts. As we've stated before, Scott never hid the fact that he went fishing. The day Laci went missing, testimony revealed that Scott told the following people that he had been fishing:
1. On December 24th, 2002, at 2:17pm, Scott called Laci when he was leaving the Berkeley Marina and left her the following message on her cell phone, "Hi, beautiful. I just left you a message at home. 2:15. I'm leaving Berkeley. I won't be able to get to Vella Farms to get the basket for Poppa. I was hoping you would get this message and go on out there. I'll see you in a bit, sweety. I love you. Bye."
3. At around 8:00pm, Ron Granski approached Scott and asked how his golf game had been that day, Scott corrected Ron and told him he had not played golf that day, but that he had gone fishing. Ron had made the 911 call to report Laci missing. In that call, he stated that Scott had gone golfing that day. It was disclosed during trial that Sharon had assumed Scott had gone golfing that day and relayed that information to Ron prior to the 911 call.
4. Officer Letsinger was present when Scott told Officer Spurlock that he had been fishing that day. Officer Letsinger also overheard Scott tell Ron Grantski that he had not played golf, but that he had gone fishing that day.
5. Scott told Officer Spurlock he had been fishing that day.
6. When Sharon Rocha questioned Scott that evening about where he'd been that day, Scott told her he had been fishing.
7. Sharon Rocha's cousin, Gwen Kemple, asked Scott where he'd been that day and he told her that he had been fishing.
8. Scott took Detective Brocchini and Sergeant Evers to his warehouse that evening and showed them his boat and fishing gear. He also reiterated to Detective Brocchini in his one hour taped interview that evening that he had gone fishing that day at the bay.
9. On Christmas Day, in an interview with Agent Mansfield from the Department of Justice, Scott again recounted his activities from the day before with no contradiction.
Of the dozens of people that Scott spoke with on the 24th and 25th after Laci went missing, there were only three people who testified that Scott told them he had been golfing that day. The first was Amie Krigbaum, a neighbor across the street. The second was Terra Venable, who lives with Amie Krigbaum and allegedly heard the same instance of Scott saying he was fishing. The third was Harvey Kemple (Gwen Kemple's husband, listed above).
Harvey testified that he told his wife and multiple others that Scott told him that he'd gone golfing on December 24th . However, no one testified that Harvey had told them that. Harvey did not tell the police until June of 2003 that Scott told him that he'd been golfing, despite the fact that Harvey knew his wife had been told by Scott that he was fishing and the police were publicly trying to corroborate Scott's alibi for December 24th . Harvey Kemple also testified that he saw Scott lose his temper once and slam the lid to their barbeque. Scott and Laci's barbeque didn't have a lid. And finally, Harvey testified that he was told that Scott had been hanging out at the Del Rio Country Club while Laci was missing. When asked who told him that, he identified Dennis Tobin and a Country Club employee named Stephanie. Detective Grogan testified that when they followed up on Harvey's claims, they found that Dennis Tobin never saw Scott at the club while Laci was missing and there was no employee named Stephanie. So with Harvey Kemple's credibility in question, that leaves two people testifying to one instance of Scott saying that he had been golfing on December 24th . (Unlike Harvey, Amie Krigbaum did tell police in late December that Scott said he had been golfing that day. It is unclear when Terra Venable first told the police that she heard Scott say he'd been golfing.)
The prosecution suggested in their closing argument that Scott had originally planned on spending a little time on the computer for part of his alibi, then he was going to secretly drive to the bay to dump Laci's body, then head to the Country Club for a drink so he could say he was there. The prosecution's best theory was to suggest that Scott logged on his computer at work from 10:30 to 10:56 am to create a partial alibi, and that he was not going to have another 'alibi' until he showed up at the Country Club four hours later. They suggested "he just screwed up": that he ran out of time so he didn't have time to go to the club and he had been seen at the marina so now he had to say he'd been there.
To suggest that Scott somehow had 'alibi confusion' is totally contrary to the evidence. The prosecution (and media) would have you believe that Scott was walking around stumbling over his words trying to get his story straight, bouncing between his account of going to the bay and some golfing story. This simply was not the case. Officer Spurlock did testify that Scott could not immediately name what type of fish he went fishing for, but also testified "it could have been just a natural response to what everything was going on at the time". (His pregnant wife was missing!) At no time did Scott forget that he had been fishing and at no time did Scott attempt to hide the fact that he had gone fishing. Scott began with a phone call to Laci stating that he was at the marina and continued to tell the same consistent story. Even going so far as to correct Ron and tell him that he had not played golf that day.
It is not reasonable to call Scott a liar when the abundance of evidence and testimony reveals that he was being truthful about his whereabouts on December 24th , 2002. As previously outlined in our article, "Scott's Timeline", there were eighteen sources and/or witnesses from court that show how truthful Scott was about the details of his day on December 24th. This alleged lie to Amie Krigbaum and Terra Venable is the only exception.
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