Below is some robot testimony by a five year old girl. Why would a prosecutor introduce such outrageous testimony? BTW the prosecutor "won" this case. Gerald remains in prison and Patty Bernstein works in the attorney general's office. Attorney General Harshbarger was the DA in Middlesex County who strongly supported this prosecution. ------- [From Commonwealth vs Gerald Amirault, "Fells Acres trial #1" 1986] Direct Examination by Prosecutor Patty Bernstein page 33-64 to 33-65 Q: Can you tell us if you ever saw a robot at the old school? Ms. Balliro: Objection The court: Overruled. A: Yes. Q: Did the robot do anything to you? A: Yes. Q: Can you tell us what the robot did? A: He threw me around in circles. Q: Did the robot ever touch you anywhere? A: No Q: Did the robot ever bite you on your arm? Ms. Balliro: Objection. The court: Overruled. A: Yes. Q: Did the robot scare you? A: Yes. .... Cross Examination by Defense attorney . Julliane Balliro. [33-80] Q: Do you remember telling somebody, Sara, that a robot at the school bit you on the arm? A: We already did that one. Q: I know, we did. But it bit oy on the arom; is that right. Q: Yes. Q: Tell me a little bit about this robot, Sara. What color was the robot? A: Silver. Q: Did it have lights on it? A: Yes. Q: Was it a big robot, or was it a little robot? A: Big. Q: Okay. How big was it? Was it this big (indicating)? A: Yes. that big (indicating). Q: Well, you tell be because you just did a different big than I did. Is it this big (indicating), or is it this big (indicating)? You show us. A: That big (indicating). Q That big, okay. Ms. Balliro: May the record reflect that the child is standing with her arm stretched over her head? The Court: Yes. Q: And it was silver? A: Yes, silver. Q: And it had lights on? A: Yes. Q: How did ti move around, Sara? A: With wheels. Q: With wheels, okay. Did it have any blue on it? A: Yes. [More testimony about which other colors the robot had] .. Q: Did he talk in robot language? A: Yes. Q: Did he talk like..do you know who R2-D2 is, Sara? A: Yes. Q: Okay, R2-D2 is from Star Wars, huh? ... Q: Well, did this robot at the school look like R2-D2? A: Well, yes. Q: Did he talk like R2-D2? A: Yes.