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II - 34 1 asked that you be sent to Mountain
Park? 2
"ANSWER: Yes, sir. 3
"QUESTION: And was it his wish
that you go to 4 Mountain Park? 5
"ANSWER: Yes, sir." 6
That was continuing on to page 21. Did
I read that 7 correctly, Mr. Blair? 8 A.
I'm not sure where you're at here. 9 Q.
Okay. On page 20, line 22. So toward the bottom. 10 A.
Yes, sir. 11 Q.
Okay. I'll read it once again. 12
"QUESTION: Do you know if your
father, Ron Blair, 13 asked that you be sent to Mountain
Park? 14
"ANSWER: Yes, sir. 15
"QUESTION: And was it his wish
that you go to 16 Mountain Park?" That's continuing on to the next page. 17
"ANSWER: Yes, sir." 18
Do you see that? 19 A.
Yes. 20 Q.
Did I read it correctly? 21 A.
Yes, sir. 22 Q.
Okay. Does that refresh your
recollection then, 23 Mr. Blair, did your father indeed wish
you go to Mountain 24 Park? 25 A.
When I answered those questions, that was before his
II
- 35 1 deposition testimony was taken. And I believe that -- 2 Q.
Actually, well, Mr. Blair, did you understand that he 3 be sent to Mountain Park. Or excuse me? 4 A.
That he be sent? 5 Q.
Strike that. Did you understand he
wish that you be 6 sent to Mountain Park? 7 A.
No, sir, not at this time. 8 Q.
And you're saying because of his deposition testimony 9 that that changes your opinion? 10 A.
Yes, sir. For reasons that because of
the Court's 11 order, the judge's order I can't go
into. 12 Q.
Do you know is his deposition is in evidence in this 13 case? 14 A.
Not that I know of, sir. 15 Q.
Okay. Very well. At the time your deposition was 16 taken, did you have that
understanding? 17 A.
Yes, sir. 18 Q.
Okay. Very good. Mr. Blair, I believe it was your 19 testimony that you arrived at Mountain
Park on October 24, 20 2001? 21 A.
Yes, sir. 22 Q.
When Mr. Stilley was asking you some questions 23 yesterday, you said you arrived in
Mountain Park in 24 handcuffs; is that correct? 25 A.
Yes, sir.
II - 36 1 Q.
Did Mountain Park put you in handcuffs? 2 A.
No, sir. 3 Q.
Did Mountain Park bring you to the campus? 4 A.
No, sir. 5 Q.
So your parents, were they the ones that put you in 6 handcuffs? 7 A.
No, sir. 8 Q.
Did your parents bring you to
Mountain Park campus? 9 A.
No, sir. 10 Q.
Very good. Continuing on with that
testimony, 11 Mr. Blair, do you recall with respect
to this alleged 12 battery, going to that claim, that Mr.
Gerhardt, Bo Gerhardt, 13 shoved you into a sink. Yesterday you told us that it didn't 14 leave a mark on your body, correct? 15 A.
Yes, sir, that I recall. 16 Q.
Okay. And indeed it didn't draw blood
either; is that 17 correct? 18 A.
Yes, sir. 19 Q.
This morning on direct Mr. Stilley had also asked you 20 with respect to where you were placed
as far as your 21 educational training at Mountain Park
and Palm Lane. And I 22 believe your response was that you
were put into fifth grade 23 work; is that correct? 24 A.
Yes, sir. 25 Q.
When you first got to Mountain Park, did you take a
II - 37 1 diagnostic test? 2 A.
Yes, sir. 3 Q.
Okay. And after that you began doing
work in the 4 curriculum that Mountain Park uses and
Palm Lane uses, 5 correct? 6 A.
Yes, sir. 7 Q.
Referring you to Plaintiff's Exhibit 10, Mr. Blair. 8 While you were at Mountain Park and
Palm Lane, you wrote and 9 sent letters to your parents; is that
correct? 10 A.
Yes, sir. 11 Q.
In fact, you've offered 28 letters that you wrote to 12 your parents while you were enrolled
at Palm Lane and 13 Mountain Park in this trial; is that
correct? 14 A.
I'm not exactly sure on the number 28, but I have 15 offered some. 16 Q.
Okay. Is it more than 20? 17 A.
I'm not sure. 18 Q.
Why don't you take a moment and count for us then.
The 19 first one is Exhibit 10 if that helps
you. And the last one 20 is your Exhibit 38. 21 A.
Yes, sir. 22 Q.
So it's correct there are about 28 letters? 23 A.
Yes, sir. 24 Q.
The first letter, Plaintiff's Exhibit 10 taking a look 25 at, isn't it correct that you wrote
this letter to your
II - 38 1 parents? 2 A.
Yes, sir. 3 Q.
Okay. And if I can find it. Referring to what I've 4 just highlighted on the screen, Mr.
Blair, and now I'll read 5 that.
"I'm having to redo my junior and senior year." Do 6 you see that there? 7 A.
Yes, sir. 8 Q.
Did I read that accurately? 9 A.
Yes, sir. 10 Q.
Okay. So isn't the truth of the matter
that while you 11 were at Mountain Park and Palm Lane,
in fact, you were 12 redoing your junior and senior year,
you told your parents 13 that, correct? 14 A.
Yes, sir. 15 Q.
Okay. And junior/senior year in high
school is not 16 fifth grade work, correct? 17 A.
Well, it depends on what system of learning you're 18 using.
See, they had an age based program which you can tell 19 by the pace that I was using it was
10/56 which the 56 would 20 indicate fifth grade level work. 21 Q.
All right. But respect to this, you
were placed 22 basically in your junior year, that's
what you told your 23 parents, correct? 24 A.
Yes, sir. 25 Q.
Mr. Blair, taking a look at Plaintiff's Exhibit 10,
II - 39 1 this letter. If you want you can take a moment and read it. 2 Why don't we start off with the date
in the upper right-hand 3 side.
And it appears to say 10/9/01; is that correct? 4 A.
Yes, sir. 5 Q.
Mr. Blair, in fact, did you write this letter on 6 10/9/01? 7 A.
Yes, sir. 8 Q.
Were you enrolled at Mountain Park or Palm Lane at the 9 time you wrote this letter? 10 A.
No, sir. 11 Q.
Okay. 12 A.
So that must have been 11/9/01. I
might have gotten 13 the months mixed up. 14 Q.
So this letter was likely written on November 9, 2001? 15 A.
I can only guess. 16 Q.
When did you leave Mountain Park and go to Palm Lane? 17 Was that around November 9th? 18 A.
Yes, sir. 19 Q.
Why don't we refer you then to the second sentence of 20 the letter at the top. And I'll read it.
"So I'm leaving 21 for Florida tomorrow morning. How are Timmy and Chris?" 22 A.
Yes, sir. 23 Q.
Did I read that accurately? 24 A.
Yes, sir. 25 Q.
Okay. Based upon the statement that
you made to your
II
- 40 1 parents that you were leaving for
Florida tomorrow, would it 2 be fair to say that this letter was
written on or about 3 November 9, 2001? 4 A.
Yes, sir. 5 Q.
All right. Taking a look at this
letter, Mr. Blair, do 6 you make any reference in there to Bo
Gerhardt committing a 7 battery against you or slamming you or
shoving you against a 8 bathroom sink or wall? 9 A.
No, sir. 10 Q.
Okay. Actually in taking a look at
Plaintiff's 11 Exhibit 10 as well, Mr. Blair, isn't
it true that in this 12 letter you don't make any reference to
your parents of having 13 to do work at Mountain Park? 14 A.
Absolutely not. 15 Q.
Moving on to Plaintiff's Exhibit 11, Mr. Blair.
Now, 16 the date at the letter on the top says
10/9/01. Mr. Blair, 17 did you write this letter while you
were enrolled at Mountain 18 Park or Palm Lane? 19 A.
Yes, sir. But, again, the date must be
wrong. The 20 month may be wrong. 11/9 probably. 21 Q.
So it's your understanding that this -- that, in fact, 22 you wrote this letter on November
19th, 2001? 23 A.
Yes, sir. 24 Q.
Where were you at that time, in Palm Lane or Mountain 25 Park? |
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