There was no pretense of civility as Robert Blake took the stand to defend himself in a wrongful death civil case.



Blake was acquitted earlier this year for the murder of wife Bonny Lee Bakley. He did not testify in the criminal case, but was compelled to answer questions posed by the lawyer representing Bakley's four children. Blake and Earle S. Caldwell, his bodyguard and alleged coconspirator, are the targets of the trial. Blake had turned down a pretrial settlement of $250,000.



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