Miss Cleo’s lawyer has taken the offensive, calling Florida’s prosecution of her a modern-day witch trial. The hilarity includes …
The birth certificate, made public by the Attorney General’s Office last month, indicates she was born in Los Angeles to American-born parents, casting doubt on her claims of being a psychic Jamaican shaman.
“Does it make her any less Jamaican because she may or may not have been born in the U.S.?” Cone asked, though not stating that she was born in Jamaica.
Rather than say the birth certificate was illegitimate, Cone offered seven scenarios that could account for her having a Los Angeles birth certificate while still being the shaman she claims she is.
Among them:
– “A child is born in America and leaves shortly after birth to live in Jamaica, returns many years later with the Jamaican culture and accent.”
– “Child is born in a country where births and deaths are not recorded as efficiently as they are here. Child is raised from 4 years on in the United States.”
– “Biological father is Jamaican, mother is American, stepfather adopts the child at birth, and he is American. What goes on the birth certificate?”
When pressed, Cone said one of the seven scenarios is true. He wouldn’t say which.
The Jamaican government has said it wants to wash its hands of Miss Cleo — a spokesman noting there is no such thing as a shaman in his country.
Will she beat the rap? Only Miss Cleo knows … or does she?
(Also via the ShanMonster)
my husband was writing a story some time ago.
“what’s that word?” i asked.
“i made it up. it’s the russian word for shaman.”
“huh?”
“i’ll look up the real word before i send it out.”
later…i look up shaman in the dictionary. yep. russian.
Heh. Heh heh heh. I like it.