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MR. TYSON: That’s correct, your Honor.

THE COURT: Please do so.

MR. TYSON: Thank you, Judge. Good
afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. You have heard a lot of
preliminary stuff. Now you know what the facts are.
October 31, Sunday night, Halloween 1999, about 10:30
p.m. the Defendant, Robert Minton took, what he alleges
was a protest sign, and shoved it in the face of Richard
Howd.

Now, before we get into that, let’s start
at the beginning of the day. Early in the day Mr. Minton
comes into town. It will no be secret here that Mr.
Minton doesn’t like the Scientologist and vice versa.
They don’t like each other. No doubt about that. Mr.
Minton shows up at The Fort Harrison Hotel about 3:00
Sunday afternoon October 31st. He is holding a sign.
will show what he has got. I am sure that you will be
seeing this quite a bit today.

He is walking with a protest sign. A
little banter back and forth, people getting close.
Close to each other on purpose. He is walking holding
the sign. He leaves The Fort Harrison after a period of
time protesting. Then Mr. Howd and some other
Scientologists find out that he is at the Belleview
Biltmore, so they go down. They want to keep an eye on