Joey Dauben, Ellis County's New Face of Evil

Its no longer charged with, its no longer we think he will be, he is now a convicted sexual predator on young children.  Presley Dauben choose to connect her life to this monster, she is now literally known as a pedophile lover, by technical definition.

I must admit, even I was blown away by the details in this case.  Joey blitzed this poor innocent, unsuspecting boy with cold calculation and callous.  Joey had a plan, executed on it and before the boy really knew what was happening, he was being raped by a man who seemed exhibiting all the signs of a professional and seasoned sex predator.  Its the sad end to the story of Joey Dauben, whatever he goes on to do, this will be what he is remembered for.  All those that were slandered by him can now rest in the fact that they were slandered by convicted felon.  In a way they are forever exonerated, at least in the online world.  Mommy, Daddy, and all the Daubenistsas are left holding the bag as their blind faith in all things Joey is now backfired on the very things they said they were against.  Its a bitter-sweet ending to a fascinating story.

GUILTY!!!!!!! ALL 4 COUNTS

Breaking news, Joey Dauben is found guilty on all four counts.

The Jury Has Gone Into Deliberations

There really is no other drama and anticipation like when a jury, who hold the freedom of one man in their hands, goes back into their room to come up with a verdict.  That is where we stand now.  The longer they take, the better it is for Joey, at least in terms of a reduced sentence.

Apparently there was some last second drama as the Judge allowed the case to be re-opened and Bruce was asked to give more testimony, against the objection of the State.  Heh, maybe Jimmy really did stop the presses.  I think Joey's attorney is doing his best to pull a rabbit out of his hat, but either way its in the hands of the jurors.

The Jury Will Have a Tough Decision Today

First lets get a quick recap of where we are in the trial:

For the prosecution we have:
The boy's detailed emotional testimony
Joey's "shower waiting" reference well after the event
Professional testimony that Joey engaged in grooming the boy for sex
Brandy Owen's testimony which contradicted Joey's
Officer Bobo backing up Owen's version of events

For the defense we have:
Who bought the wild turkey
Did Joey give it to them or did the boy steal it from his dad
Why did his dad go missing shortly after this event
The boy made a hypothetical threat of accusing Joey's friend of sexual misconduct
Joey says he didn't do it and....its a big conspiracy aimed at him by the political machine in a neighbouring county.


Joey made several fatal errors when he took the stand against his attorney's advice.  One is he forgot which lie he was going with and contradicted a the one he told earlier.  The other thing he did is made the jury not like him.  He gets up there and right off lets the jury and everyone in there know just how insane he really is by saying he will one day run for President of the United States.  Then he goes on to demonstrate to the jury a consistent disregard for the rules of the court and then excusing it all because he was "passionate".  The problem is "passion" probably had something to do with what happened that night as well, and its not one of the approved excuses.  Then he goes conspiratorial and I can't imagine how lost that poor Navarro jury must have been at that point.

So today they will head back to deliberate Joey's fate.  I think the question for them will be where do the convict him?  To prison or to a mental institution, or one of those that does both?  But no matter how you slice it, last night was Joey's last night as a free man for quite a long time.

Joey Dauben Defiantly Puts on the Tinfoil Hat While Brandy Gets the Last Laugh

http://therarereporter.blogspot.com/2013/01/former-texas-blogger-chooses-to-testify.html

Wow, that's all I can say.  Joey, against his attorney's wishes, takes the stand and almost immediately goes into the "Powers that be in Ellis County orchestrated this" conspiracy.  The Dauben delusion and rage comes out as he has to be stopped by the Judge's gavel mid-sentence as he lashes out at everything he can think of.  This would include Joey saying he thinks the father of the boy set him up for some reason, even though he really didn't even know Joey.  Joey then says this set up was payback for his Kevin's House story, even though no logical person can see any connection.

Then Joey goes into a Connie IBedellesque rant about how the boy falsely accused him.  Joey said he only had a swig of the wild turkey and did go out on the boat but only because the boy wanted to so badly.  Joey said halfway out in the boat he decided to think "hey this doesn't look right, what am I doing out here" and then paddled back to shore and went to bed (notice he didn't say anything about the shower room).

So now here comes, OMG I just can't take the irony here, his former co-editor of the Ellis County Press, Brandy Owen herself.  Brandy was forced to appear, but once she did her testimony was devastating to Joey.  Brandy said:
"Owen said Dauben spoke to her about the allegations in late 2011, and that he told her he went out on the lake with the teenager and that they went to the restroom before going to their respective tents. Although she initially supported Dauben, Owens said she had doubts about the veracity of his explanation. "It just didn't sound right," she said."

Ooops, did everyone notice what Joey left out in his testimony that he did admit to Brandy?  Yes that's right, he forgot to mention his little excursion to the restroom with the boy.  I can just see Joey's attorney's face and palm meeting at this point.

David Webb mentions that Joey rejected 4 different plea's including 10 years probation (no prison time) but registered sex offender.  I think at this point just about no one can feel sorry for this impudent monster as he chose his fate, all the way to the ugly end.  Tommorow, his freedom will end as the jury will have their chance to tell Joey what they think of him.