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Show Sunday. December 7. By RICHARD DE ATI.EY that Deputy District Attorney Lael Rubin was not aware of the evidence which Stevens handed over to Minn. "No attorney presently in the district attorney's office who has participated in the prosecution of the defendants has ever seen or was aware of the existence of ( the evidence! prior to Nov. 12, 1186," the day defense attorneys filed their motion, the prosecution said. District Attorney Ira Reiner said Associated Tress Writer LOS ANGELES (AIM The last two defendants in the McMartin - V ' A v Preschool molestation case are a judge to clear them, based on screenwriter Abby asking Mr.nn's tapes of a former prosecu-- t .?t who alleges the charges have been kept alive by misconduct and lies. Superior Cour: Judge William Pounders, who recently took over case from the origithe nal judge, will hold a hearing Monday on a motion to throw out the remaining charges. The actions of Mann, whose scripts often examine prosecutorial and police misconduct in highly charged cases, and former Deputy District Attorney Glenn Stevens have outraged parents of children rKV allegedly molested at the The last two defendants in the McMartin Preschool molestation case are asking a judge to clear them, based on screenwriter Abby Mann's tapes. Herald Correspondent - HEBER CITY Representatives of the Wasatch County Jr. livestock Committee appeared before the county commission recently to request funds to build a new 60' by 60 foot pavilion on the county fairgrounds. I They reviewed their previous meeting with the commission during which they first presented the idea when the commissioners said ! Jhey would try to provide matching funds, if the committee could raise half of what was needed. Val Warnick. U.S.U. Extension Service director, said they estimated the building would cost between $17,000 and $20,000 and that the kids had raised $10,000 through various activities and donations. ' Commission Chairman Pete Coleman commented, "The Jr. Livestock Show is one of the highlights of our fair." However, he pointed out the county had lost $165,000 in revenue sharing and had other expenses and budget problems. He said. "We will seriously earlier the defense allegations were efforts to disrupt an emotionally charged case. The attorney general's office has asked the State Bar to look into Stevens" conduct in the case and is considering allegations by the parents that Mann and his wife. Myra. illegally interfered with the case by contacting and interviewing Stevens. The two remaining defendants. Raymond Buckey. 28. and his mother. Peggy McMartin Buckey. 59. face trial on 101 counts of child molestation and conspiracy. Charges were dismissed in January against the school's founder and family matriarch, Virginia McMartin; teachers Babette Spitler. Betty Raidor. and Man- Ann Jackson; and Peggy Ann Buckey, sister of Raymond. Stevens says in the tapes that he and Deputy District Attorney Lael Rubin lied about criminal filings in the case to keep defendants on a hold during the state-recorpreliminary hearing, and withheld evidence which would have seriously harmed the credibility of a key witness. Mann, who won an Oscar for "Judgment at Nuremburg," also d now-close- Manhattan Beach preschool. Mann, who has purchased book and movie rights fiym Stevens, said he handed over the 30 hours of tapes to both the defense and the attorney general's office on the advice of his lawyer. Transcripts of the tapes have been obtained by several newspapers. But Gregory Mooney. an attorney for the parents, said Mann had clearly injected himself into the case for maximum publicity. He said Stevens discussion of the case with Mann after the lawyer quit the district attorney's office was the delivery of goods to his new employer. He wants to make it sound as sensational as possible." Stevens responded that " Mooney s basing his entire allegation on what he has read in newspapers. He hasn't heard the tapes, he hasn't interviewed me, and he hasn't talked to the defense." in On Wednesday, prosecutors the McMartin case responded to the dismissal motion by claiming Heber stock pavilion wanted By SONNI SCHWINN THE HERALD. Provo. Utah. - Page 29 Abby Mann tapes throw change in molest case t I lit 1986 - il the building." Steve Ivie. a member of the committee, described the proposed center with building as a multi-us- e inside bleachers that could be added to as needs expand and money is raised. He said the committee would proceed to get specific estimates and said they hope to be able to complete the construction next spring in time for the fair. Warnick added they also hope to be able to eventually build a 100" bv 200 arena which could be used disappearances that occurred between 1979 and 1981. and blamed by authorities for 22 others. "There's certain parallels here," Mann said of the McMartin and Williams cases. But despite the effect that Stevens i statements. Stevens was contacted by the for book and movie rights after he resigned in January as a prosecutor and issued a statement saying he had doubts about the case, from which he asked to be removal the preceding October. Mann refused to discuss details of any consideration Stevens, who now works as a defense lawyer for indigents, or others may have received in return for the rights. d Manns Child Murders," which alleged that police destroyed evidence that the Ku Klux Klan was involved in the slaying or disappearance of several to Gul7 XJ XJ Shop Our Huge Holiday Sale . . . and Save! Oneuch ASSEENONW! ' (S p-- it r. Perhaps the Wireless Remote Control Programmable Recording! This camera sells around town for over SI40. 199 1 uull Quasar Model 5162 most important test your child will take all semester. allegations could have on the case, the writer said he does not want to take a stance on the guilt or innocence of the Buckey s. can't characterize it a great deal." Mann said. "I don't want to get into innocence or guilt, because I don't want to say something before the trial starts! I am simply a vehicle of the man's conscience." But in transcripts of the tapes it is made clear that it would be more beneficial to the Manns and Stevens if the Buckeys are acquitted or have charges dismissed. T il tell you one thing though, Glenn, people are very scared of a book deal ... where they think the outcome is going to be bad news," Mrs. Mann says at one point. "Conviction would be bad news to a publisher." 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