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FLASHBACK 2003: When Judge Sam ended the Olympic bribery trial, did he shift the blame?
When Salt Lake Olympic bidders got caught, red-handed, giving unauthorized cash and gifts to International Olympic Committee (IOC) members to influence their votes on who would host the 2002 Winter Games, questions quickly arose. Who knew about the payoffs and when did they know about them? More important, who participated in the palm-greasing campaign?
Spoiler Spence: Witness Spence Eccles emerging from the courtroom after delivering "bombshell" testimony, as filmed by a KSL camera crew. D-438: The "naked man" exhibit. When Joklik was shown this exhibit and asked what he saw he replied, "I can see a naked man behind me."
His flippant remark brought howls of laughter from the courtroom. Indeed, closer examination shows a statue in the background, the statue's penis just to the right of Joklik's left shoulder.
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