Eric Dubin Quotes (36 Quotes)

We're talking about a mom. No more holidays. No more birthdays. It's over. Because this wasn't Robert Blake's retirement plan, she had to go.

The fact that Robert Blake wants a do-over doesn't mean that he's entitled to one. The fact that Mr. Blake is not happy about his legacy is something Mr. Blake should have thought of before he killed his wife.

It's a new jury, so I guess we have a new alibi. I would call it a desperate and insulting attempt to create an alibi that had never been there for four years.

The argument that this particular case is about money is the standard argument made in every civil case, because every civil case can only be about money. I can't give Bonny's kids their mom back, and I can't put Mr. Blake in prison. If Mr. Blake would like to volunteer for either of those, we'll withdraw all claims for money.

hearing about people trying to kill her mom.

How many times would you say you changed your story on the night your wife was murdered

I think it's easy to say that I'm ready for this trial, ... We've been ready for three years, and we're excited and I feel great about my case. I feel great about the rulings today and we're ready to go.

I think it was 100 percent a fair verdict and there never was any reason to disturb it. There was no juror misconduct. It was the Blake private investigators digging up a bunch of dirt that in the end was both disputed and meaningless ... I'm grateful that I was able to get these children justice for the killing of their mother.

Husbands don't get to decide whether their wives should die, ... There are no more holidays or Christmases with their mom because it wasn't good for Robert Blake's schedule. This was not Robert Blake's retirement plan.

This was a crusade for Rosie. They thought they were doing the best thing for her.

We feel that Bonny was murdered twice -- once in the car and once on the stand. I plan on proving Robert Blake to be a murderer in July.

Would you say Caldwell, who was your handyman, had a hobby of murder

I ask you to listen to her kids and not the lawyers.

I have every reason to believe that Robert Blake will make good on this judgment.

It really comes down to the fact that I get to put Robert Blake on the stand. That's what separates this from the criminal trial in almost every way possible.

I'm not talking about the criminal trial, ... I said I spent a hell of a lot of money.

Your honor, I'm having a hard time seeing what the race of busboys has to do with it,

Your honour, this is a tough crowd.

I'm so excited to finally present our case to the jury. After three years preparing, I'm certainly ready and excited to present the case.

Anybody that was in the courtroom today knows that that 20-year detective was telling the truth about Mr. Blake wanting to whack his wife, planting drugs to have her sent to jail. All these things that we've been talking about for nine months, a year and a half, are starting to come out in court of law, and to me, that's justice.

How many times would you say you lied under oath since your wife was murdered on May 4, 2001

I don't know if there is any ambiguity to it. I don't take what he said lightly.

Killing a woman freaked him out more than he thought, ... He overestimated his acting abilities.

If Robert Blake got in his car after his wife was killed he would have blood on him. (Blake) had no blood on him at all.

This is the first time you ever said this.

Describe for the jury what steps you took to find the killer of your wife,

I'm going to try to show the real Bonny Lee Bakley, a mother of four beautiful children.

She was a mother of four. She loved her children. They had dinner together every night. She was in the PTA. She did some stupid things in her life. You're going to hear (from the defense) that she offered them as prostitutes. Outrageous things. This has nothing to do with her kids. They didn't know what she did for a living.

Were you afraid you would be attacked while eating your ravioli.

Robert Blake realizes the importance to his future acting prospects of not being proven a murderer in a court of law. He also wants to avoid the stigma that O.J. Simpson got after his civil conviction.

Do you realize these kids lost their mother ... Are you having fun

His heart may have been in the right place, but his head wasn't,

These kids lost their mom, and that got overlooked over the years. This was a real family. This was a real person. To have that validated in a court of law means an awful lot to those kids and I'm very proud to have kept my word to them.

We had a three-month trial. The jury took two weeks in deciding that Robert Blake killed his wife. The fact that Robert Blake wants a do-over does not mean he's entitled to one. He's no different than anybody else. He had his day in court, and he lost.

I don't have to put a gun in Robert Blake's hand to show he's responsible.

Wait, are you saying because they spoke Spanish they were illegal