Local News in Brief : Molestation Case Not Expected to Use TV Testimony of Girls
Closed-circuit televised testimony will probably not be used in the child molestation trial of Northridge private school teacher Campbell Greenup, the prosecutor in the case said Wednesday, although such testimony was used in Greenup’s preliminary hearing.
Prosecutor Kenneth Freeman said he has no plans to use televised testimony, allowed under a state law approved Monday by Gov. George Deukmejian. Freeman broke legal ground in June at a preliminary hearing when he used televised testimony of seven of the eight girls Greenup is accused of molesting.
Freeman had claimed that use of televised testimony from the alleged victims freed them from possible intimidation by Greenup. Greenup’s attorneys appealed the use of television, but the state Supreme Court refused to hear the case.
Freeman said he may change his mind as the trial, set to begin Sept. 3, nears. “It’s too soon to tell,” he said.
Greenup, 58, who owned the now-closed Greenup School in Northridge, is charged with molesting eight girls, ages of 5 to 8, from 1979 to 1984 while they sat on his lap.
His trial has been delayed about a year while defense motions regarding the televised testimony were debated.
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