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Cast of CharactersDebra Ballentine: Jones' Arkansas friend, Ballentine says Jones told her in great detail about Clinton's actions about an hour and a half after the alleged incident.
Pamela Blackard: Working with Jones at the Excelsior Hotel the day of the alleged incident, she says that Jones told her about Clinton's alleged actions in exacting detail about 10 minutes after they occurred, and Jones was visibly upset.
Lydia Cathey: Jones' sister, Cathey was deposed by Clinton's lawyers Oct. 15. Her testimony about what Jones told her about the alleged incident could figure prominently if the case goes to trial.
Delmer Lee Corbin: Jones' mother, Corbin was deposed by Clinton's lawyers Oct. 15. Her testimony about what Jones told her about the alleged incident could be important if the case goes to trial.
Danny Ferguson: The Arkansas state trooper has backed Jones' claim that he escorted her to then-Gov. Clinton's hotel suite. But Ferguson says Jones did not appear upset after the encounter, and says she expressed an interest in being Clinton's girlfriend. Jones charged Ferguson with defamation in her suit, in response to comments attributed to him in the American Spectator magazine.
Kathlyn Graves: Based in Little Rock, Ark., Graves is the president's local attorney in the Jones' case.
Monica Lewinsky: Lewinsky, a former White House intern, is at the center of independent counsel Kenneth Starr's expanded investigation. Investigators are looking at whether President Clinton encouraged her to lie to Jones' lawywers about whether Lewinsky had a 18-month-long affair with the president. Both Lewinsky and Clinton's lawyer have denied such an affair.
The Supreme Court: By a vote of 9-0, the justices in May 1997 shot down Robert Bennett's argument that because of the demands of the presidency, Jones' case should be delayed until Clinton leaves office. Stuart Taylor: This legal journalist touched off an orgy of self-examination among the news media (which had largely disparaged Jones' claims), with his November 1996 article in the American Lawyer, where he called parts of her case "highly persuasive." Daniel Traylor: Jones' first attorney specializes in real estate law, and orchestrated the spectacularly poor strategy of launching Jones and her claims publicly at a Washington forum sponsored by Clinton-bashers. He has since removed himself from the case. Susan Webber Wright: The federal judge overseeing the case, Wright is a conservative Republican appointed by George Bush. She is the same judge who presided over the bank fraud trial of Clinton's Whitewater partners Jim and Susan McDougal. John Whitehead: A born-again Christian, Whitehead leads the Rutherford Institute, a legal-advocacy group he founded to fight discrimination against religious believers, and which has become Jones' primary source of financial backing, to the tune of $200,000 as of November. Insisting he bears no personal animus against the president, Whitehead says Jones' case is important as a "human-rights issue." Whitehead says, "I think she's telling the truth." |