Cross-examination of Kathleen Delaney

📄 Cross-examination of Kathleen Delaney — Wednesday, June 21, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 100 of 167

◀ Direct examination of Kathleen Delaney Adjournment ▶

Witness: Kathleen Delaney
Examiner: Johnnie Cochran
Called by: Prosecution • Date: Wednesday, June 21, 1995 • Utterances: 30

Cochran briefly cross-examined Kathleen Delaney, a custodian of records from the Mirage hotel in Las Vegas, establishing that the subpoena she responded to was limited solely to Paula Barbieri's records and did not cover other reservations potentially made by Michael Bolton. Cochran introduced context that Bolton hosted a celebrity softball game on June 12th and a concert at the Thomas and Mack Arena on June 13th, and that Barbieri had appeared in Bolton's music video — details Delaney was unaware of.

# 1 THE COURT:

Mr. Cochran.

# 2 MR. COCHRAN:

Just one or two questions. Very briefly, your Honor.

CROSS-EXAMINATION BY MR. COCHRAN

# 3 MR. COCHRAN:

Good afternoon, counsel.

# 4 MS. DELANEY:

Good afternoon.

# 5 MR. COCHRAN:

With regard to the records we've just seen, are you aware that on that particular weekend, Michael Bolton was hosting a celebrity softball game in Las Vegas on Sunday, June 12th?

# 6 MS. DELANEY:

I'm not aware of that in particular. I remember the event taking place at some point in time.

# 7 MR. COCHRAN:

All right. And you knew it was on that particular date, on or about June 12th?

# 8 MS. DELANEY:

I'm not aware of what date it was.

# 9 MR. COCHRAN:

All right. But you--from checking your records as a custodian of records, you are aware that he had maintained and brought a number of people in and guaranteed their rooms at the Mirage, had he not, during this time frame?

# 10 MS. DELANEY:

I know that he was staying there personally. I'm not aware of what other reservations might have been made by him or under his name.

# 11 MR. COCHRAN:

You didn't--you didn't have occasion to check those?

# 12 MS. DELANEY:

They didn't appear in correlation to Miss Barbieri's records, and the subpoena was limited to that.

KEY QUOTE

# 13 MR. COCHRAN:

It was limited to just Barbieri; isn't that correct?

# 14 MS. DELANEY:

Correct.

# 15 MR. COCHRAN:

Okay. So there may have been others and other people who were there as his guests, but you weren't asked to look at that; is that correct?

# 16 MS. DELANEY:

No.

# 17 MR. COCHRAN:

Is that correct?

# 18 MS. DELANEY:

That's correct.

# 19 MR. COCHRAN:

Okay. I just wanted to make sure. Thank you. And with--are you--were you aware also that on that Monday, which I guess would be June 13th, that Michael Bolton had a concert at the Thomas and Mack Arena there in Las Vegas unveiling his new video?

# 20 MS. DELANEY:

I was not aware of that.

# 21 MR. COCHRAN:

Were you aware of whether or not Paula Barbieri had been in that video, his musical video?

KEY QUOTE

# 22 MS. DELANEY:

No, I'm not aware of that.

# 23 MR. COCHRAN:

You were not aware of that either?

# 24 MS. DELANEY:

No.

# 25 MR. COCHRAN:

All right. Well, thank you very kindly.

# 26 MR. COCHRAN:

Nothing further, your Honor.

# 27 THE COURT:

Miss Clark, anything else?

# 28 MS. CLARK:

Nothing further, your Honor.

# 29 THE COURT:

Thank you very much, counsel. You are excused.

# 30 MS. DELANEY:

Thank you.

Temperature

procedural

Key Quotes (2)

Kathleen Delaney

They didn't appear in correlation to Miss Barbieri's records, and the subpoena was limited to that.

Establishes the narrow scope of the hotel records search, opening the door for the defense to argue that fuller records might show more context about Barbieri's Las Vegas trip.

Johnnie Cochran

Were you aware of whether or not Paula Barbieri had been in that video, his musical video?

Cochran plants the suggestion that Barbieri had a personal and professional relationship with Bolton, contextualizing her Las Vegas presence as more than a casual trip.

Evidence (1)

Informal

Mirage hotel records for Paula Barbieri, produced in response to a subpoena

discussed

Notable Exchanges (1)

Johnnie Cochran•Kathleen Delaney

Cochran walks the witness through the limited scope of the subpoena, getting her to confirm that Bolton's other reservations and guests were never searched, leaving open the implication that a fuller picture exists.

strategic

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 6478 • 30 utterances • Prosecution witness

Criminal Trial

Department 103