[Apologetics] Lawyer: Dan Brown evidence suspect

[Art Kelly]

Lawyer: Dan Brown evidence suspect
'Da Vinci Code' case nears ending

LONDON, England (AP) -- A lawyer who accuses
best-selling author Dan Brown of stealing ideas for
his mega-selling conspiracy thriller "The Da Vinci
Code" said Monday that the writer's evidence should be
treated with "deep suspicion."

Making his closing submission at the end of a
three-week trial, attorney Jonathan Rayner James also
asked why Brown's wife, Blythe -- who did a large
chunk of the research for the novel -- was not called
as a witness in the copyright-infringement case.

Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh are suing "Da Vinci
Code" publisher Random House, claiming Brown's book
"appropriated the architecture" of their 1982
nonfiction book "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail."
Both books explore theories -- dismissed by
theologians -- that Jesus married Mary Magdalene, the
couple had a child and the bloodline survives.

In a written statement handed to the court Monday,
Rayner James said Brown had copied from "The Holy
Blood and the Holy Grail," but acknowledged he may
have done so "unwittingly because of the research
materials supplied by Blythe Brown."

"His evidence should be approached with deep
suspicion," the lawyer said.

The complete article is at
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/03/20/uk.davinci.court.ap/index.html

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