NEWS LITE : SURVIVOR OF DIANA CRASH TALKS TO MEDIA.Nearly one year after the car crash that killed Princess Diana Noun 1. Princess Diana - English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles; her death in an automobile accident in Paris produced intense national mourning (1961-1997) Diana, Lady Diana Frances Spencer, Princess of Wales and two others, the sole survivor appealed for privacy for himself, his family and the families of the dead. Trevor Rees-Jones, who spoke in a taped statement released Monday in London, asked reporters ``to let us mark this tragic anniversary in our own way.'' He said he would have no further comment until the judicial inquiry into the Aug. 31 Paris crash concludes. Also killed were driver Henri Paul, who was legally drunk, and Diana's boyfriend Dodi Fayed, son of Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed. Rees-Jones, who has told investigators he remembers very little about the crucial moments before the crash, was employed by Al Fayed as a bodyguard at the time. ``I've cooperated fully with the judge who's investigating the accident and told him all I know up to this present time,'' Rees-Jones said in his statement. Rees-Jones' lawyer, Ian Lucas, said that Rees-Jones had made the statement - his first televised statement about the crash - because he has been inundated in·un·date tr.v. in·un·dat·ed, in·un·dat·ing, in·un·dates 1. To cover with water, especially floodwaters. 2. with requests for interviews, some with large offers of cash. The former bodyguard, who has livid livid /liv·id/ (liv´id) discolored, as from a contusion or bruise; black and blue. liv·id adj. scars on the left side of his face as a result of the crash, now works in a sports shop in Oswestry, in central England. Actor's father seeks new trial The father of actor Woody Harrelson on Monday sought to win a new trial for the killing of a federal judge nearly 20 years ago. Defense attorneys say Charles Harrelson, 59, was the victim of bad legal advice and prosecutorial misconduct. He is serving two life sentences for the contract slaying of U.S. District Judge John H. Wood Jr. outside his San Antonio home in 1979. Based on his prehearing affidavit, Harrelson argues - as he has all along - that he was 270 miles away in Dallas when Wood received a fatal rifle shot to the back. Jack Compton, a former Customs Service agent who worked on the case, testified Monday in Denver that he believed Harrelson was the hit man who killed Wood. During Compton's testimony, Harrelson's three sons, including the actor, listened from a front row in the spectators' section just behind their father's table. After the hearing, Woody Harrelson acknowledged he was paying his father's legal bills but he declined to discuss the case in detail. Reynolds won't go down with casino In the reel world, Debbie Reynolds survived the sinking of the Titanic in ``The Unsinkable Molly Brown.'' In the real world, the Las Vegas hotel she labored to keep alive the past five years will go on the auction block Wednesday. ``I feel like I'm in a barrel at the top of Niagara Falls,'' she said Sunday. ``I know I'm going over. I just don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what will happen. We'll just have to see where the barrel goes.'' Reynolds bought the Paddlewheel Hotel east of the Las Vegas Strip The Las Vegas Strip (also known as The Strip) is a 4 mi (6.7 km) section of Las Vegas Boulevard South, most of which has been designated an All-American Road. six years ago, spent millions remodeling remodeling /re·mod·el·ing/ (re-mod´el-ing) reorganization or renovation of an old structure. bone remodeling the 180-room structure, and then opened the Debbie Reynolds Hotel and Casino with much fanfare in 1993. The hotel was saddled with costly management and a lack of revenues from the casino - the cash cow Cash Cow 1. One of the four categories (quadrants) in the BCG growth-share matrix that represents the division within a company that has a large market share within a mature industry. 2. for most Nevada resorts - and was forced to file for bankruptcy. Reynolds, 66, is hopeful the new owner might be interested in her services. ``How can you persecute per·se·cute tr.v. per·se·cut·ed, per·se·cut·ing, per·se·cutes 1. To oppress or harass with ill-treatment, especially because of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or beliefs. 2. someone to find out whether he had an affair? . . . . . America is a strange country. Most pornographic films are made here and yet you have the president of the United States The head of the Executive Branch, one of the three branches of the federal government. The U.S. Constitution sets relatively strict requirements about who may serve as president and for how long. on trial for having an affair. Incredible!'' - Catherine Deneuve French movie star, commenting on President Clinton's alleged affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky - News Lite is compiled by Karen Duffy from Daily News staff and wire reports CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO (1) Woody Harrelson and his wife, Laura Louie, leave federal court. (2) Signed-feld A baseball fan smiles after getting a souvenir baseball from comedian Jerry Seinfeld at Shea Stadium in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of before Monday's game against the Dodgers. Seinfeld invited 400 kids to the game from a New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. summer program for public school students. Associated Press (3) Rees-Jones |
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