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    21.12.14

    Brad Pitt gets a pass on LA jury duty because his presence is too distracting

    Actor Brad Pitt dutifully arrived at the downtown Los Angeles courthouse on Friday after he was summoned to jury duty.
     
    But after waiting several hours to be questioned he was told he wouldn’t have to serve because his presence on a jury would be too distracting, reports the Daily Mail.
     
    “You just can’t stick Brad Pitt in a jury box and expect 11 jurors to ignore him,” attorney William Lively of Santa Monica told the newspaper when asked for his thoughts about celebrity jury service. “It’s only natural that those jurors would be watching to see how Brad reacts to what’s being said and that they could be influenced by his opinions once the jury goes behind closed doors to render a verdict.”
     
    He said it is common practice to dismiss a major celebrity who shows up in response to a jury summons.
    That didn’t happen last year, when Tom Hanks wound up on a jury hearing a domestic violence case. However, that case quickly concluded in a favorable plea deal for the defendant after a recent law graduate working as a volunteer for the Los Angeles district attorney’s office approached Hanks in a stairwell to compliment him on his civic spirit. (Source: http://www.abajournal.com)
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