{"id":4362,"date":"2014-05-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2014\/05\/20\/judge-orders-sound-of-silence-from-singer-paul-simon-in-court\/"},"modified":"2014-05-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-05-20T00:00:00","slug":"judge-orders-sound-of-silence-from-singer-paul-simon-in-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2014\/05\/20\/judge-orders-sound-of-silence-from-singer-paul-simon-in-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge orders sound of silence from singer Paul Simon in court"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Grammy Award-winning singer Paul Simon held hands with his wife, singer Edie Brickell, in court on Friday at a hearing in their disorderly conduct case stemming from a domestic dispute at their Connecticut home.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Two weeks before their 22nd wedding anniversary, Simon, 72, and Brickell, 48, made a brief appearance before Judge William Wenzel at Norwalk Superior Court, who denied their plea to keep cameras out of his courtroom but agreed to delay the proceeding until June 17.<\/p>\n

Citing one of the couple’s children – a 16-year-old son – defense attorney Andrew Bowman, who represents both singers, asked the judge to bar cameras from the hearing.<\/p>\n

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\u201cEveryone who comes into this court is presumed innocent and our general policy is to allow open media access so I am overruling that request,\u201d Wenzel said.<\/p>\n

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Simon, who stood holding hands with Brickell next to their lawyer at the podium facing the judge, began to speak to Wenzel, who interrupted him.<\/p>\n

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“Let your attorney speak,” Wenzel said, silencing Simon.<\/p>\n

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“Is everything going OK?” the judge asked.<\/p>\n

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“Yes, your honor,” Bowman said.<\/p>\n

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Earlier on Friday, as they waited to enter the courtroom, Brickell, wearing a dark jacket and pink pants, rested her head atop her husband’s head. Simon, in a gray suit and red tie, wrapped his arm around her waist.<\/p>\n

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After the proceeding, they rushed from the courthouse, where a guitar-carrying supporter held Simon and Garfunkel’s 1966 album “Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme,” and got into an SUV that quickly drove off.<\/p>\n

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Disorderly conduct charges were filed against the pair, who were married on May 30, 1992, after New Canaan police were called to a cottage on their property in the wealthy Connecticut suburb on April 26.<\/p>\n

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Simon had attempted to leave the cottage, Brickell blocked the door and the incident escalated into a shoving match, their attorney said. Simon dialed 911 and hung up but later told police he made the call, according to a police report.<\/p>\n

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The singers called the incident completely out of character.<\/p>\n

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Simon was given a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003 for his work as part of the duo Simon and Garfunkel, and is a member of The Songwriters Hall of Fame, according to his website.<\/p>\n

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Brickell is best known for her 1988 hit song “What I Am,” which was released by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians. She won a Grammy this year with comedian Steve Martin for their bluegrass song “Love Has Come for You.”<\/p>\n

Source: Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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