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11-18-2005, 05:49 PM
Nov 18, 6:34 PM EST
Civil jury says Blake behind wife's murder
By GREG RISLING
Associated Press Writer
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http://hosted.ap.org/icons/spacer.gifhttp://hosted.ap.org/icons/spacer.gifBURBANK, Calif. (AP) -- Eight months after Robert Blake was acquitted at a criminal trial of murdering his wife, a civil jury decided Friday the tough-guy actor was behind the slaying, and ordered him to pay Bonny Lee Bakley's children $30 million.
The jury deliberated eight days before ruling in a 10-2 vote that the former "Baretta" star "intentionally caused the death" of Bakley, who was gunned down in 2001 in the actor's car outside a restaurant where the couple had just dined.
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Civil jury says Blake behind wife's murder
By GREG RISLING
Associated Press Writer
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http://hosted.ap.org/icons/spacer.gifhttp://hosted.ap.org/icons/spacer.gifBURBANK, Calif. (AP) -- Eight months after Robert Blake was acquitted at a criminal trial of murdering his wife, a civil jury decided Friday the tough-guy actor was behind the slaying, and ordered him to pay Bonny Lee Bakley's children $30 million.
The jury deliberated eight days before ruling in a 10-2 vote that the former "Baretta" star "intentionally caused the death" of Bakley, who was gunned down in 2001 in the actor's car outside a restaurant where the couple had just dined.
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