TV & VIDEO - Dec. 20, 1990
The Geraldo Defense: A bank robbery suspect in Palm Bay, Fla., said that Geraldo made her do it. Kathleen Meka, 19, said that she and her boyfriend watched a segment of Geraldo Rivera’s syndicated television show that featured thieves and were inspired to rob a bank. They pulled it off Friday, netting $2,215, but Meka surrendered two days later while her boyfriend remains at large. A spokesman for Rivera said that the show should have acted as a deterrent because it focused on ordinary people who committed crimes and were caught.
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