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Bob Jarvis, J.D., Speaks to New Times About Dalia Dippolito Guilty Verdict
When Dalia Dippolito’s trial began on charges that she tried to have her husband killed, her defense attorney dropped a bombshell. Attorney Michael Salnick claimed in opening statements that Dalia’s husband, Michael, had planned the whole thing in an attempt to get on reality TV.
Bob Jarvis, a legal ethics professor at Nova Southeastern University’s law school, wasn’t surprised by the reality TV defense. He had been following the case closely, and thought Salnick’s move initially made sense.
“It’s a defense that says a lot about the times we live in,” Jarvis said. “I assume they had at least some basis to prove there was a reality TV connection. And really, everybody thinks they are worthy of a reality TV show these days.”
Jarvis says the idea that a couple would stage a murder-for-hire plot to get on TV was reminiscent of Colorado’s balloon boy or the couple that crashed a White House party, all to get on TV.
You can read the entire article on the Broward/Palm Beach New Times website here.