Post by Master-9 on May 18, 2004 17:56:00 GMT -5
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MAY 18, 2004
Second Nuwaubian recants testimony
Witnesses say York never molested them
BY PAT HOGAN
United States District Attorneys are suffering their second setback in less than two weeks in the case against Malachi York, highly publicized figurehead of the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors, after a second important witness and alleged victim has come forward to recant earlier testimony that York molested her.
In a video recording that, as of Monday afternoon, had been released only to The Covington News, Samaiyah Jamiylah Ellis, one of 14 alleged victims listed in the original York indictment, recanted her original allegation to the FBI that she was molested by York as a juvenile.
The video, dated April 20, was produced by a videographer with Ellis' personal attorney present, according to Frederick Johnson, a York legal supporter and Nuwaubian member.
In the taped statement, Ellis, who was reportedly pulled out of a high school class by FBI agents investigating York, said that she told the agents "what they wanted to hear" because she was frightened.
According to Ellis, the FBI agents instructed her not to tell anyone, including her mother, about the interview, which reportedly took place within the school.