Re: Evidence in car may point to drug use, tiger taunting, documents state
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- Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:30:38 -0500
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Evidence in car may point to drug use, tiger taunting, documents state
John Coté,
San Francisco Chronicle Staff Writer
Thursday, January 10, 2008
(01-10) 19:23 PST San Francisco - --
The San Francisco City Attorney's Office contends the car of the two
brothers who survived the tiger attack at San Francisco Zoo contains
"apparent evidence of drug use" and may have evidence linking the men
to objects found inside the tiger's enclosure, according to court
documents.
That could help show the victims pelted or taunted the tiger that
escaped and killed a San Jose teen, the documents state. The survivors
have denied any wrongdoing.
While a police investigation into such accusations has been described
as "inactive" by city officials, any evidence that the survivors
teased the big cat could be used to defend the city and zoo against
any lawsuits filed by the victims, said a spokesman for the City
Attorney's Office.
Also in the new documents is an account by a zoo security guard, who
said two young men in hooded sweatshirts sought to take the car from
the zoo parking lot the day after the Christmas Day attack. They were
denied entry by security guards, according to a statement a guard
filed Thursday in San Francisco Superior Court.
The young men who tried to retrieve the car described themselves as
friends of Paul Dhaliwal, 19, and Kulbir Dhaliwal, 23 - brothers who
were injured in the attack that killed Paul Dhaliwal's close friend,
17-year-old Carlos Sousa Jr.
After security guards refused requests to release the car, the two
hooded young men asked if they could retrieve belongings from the
black BMW M3, including a cell phone, according to the statement by
Lamar Harris-Walker, the guard.
The two young men left the security post immediately after they were
asked for their names and contact information, Harris-Walker said.
Those disclosures come as the City Attorney's Office is seeking a
court order allowing them to search the Dhaliwal brothers' car and
cell phones, which police confiscated after the attack.
A hearing is scheduled in San Francisco on the issue Friday, although
attorneys for the Dhaliwals contend state law requires the issue be
decided by a judge in Santa Clara County, where the two brothers
reside.
Their attorney, Mark Geragos, did not return a call seeking comment on
the latest allegation raised by the city attorney in court documents.
Sousa's mother said Thursday that Paul Dhaliwal told her they did not
tease the tiger or throw anything into its outdoor exhibit.
Sources have told The Chronicle that Paul Dhaliwal was intoxicated and
had smoked marijuana before the attack; his brother had been drinking
and also using marijuana, the sources said.
Those documents do not specify what "foreign objects" were found
inside the tiger grotto shortly after the incident. The documents also
do not elaborate on the potential evidence of drug use but say that a
<<<<<half-empty bottle of clear alcohol was also visible in the car.
Thanks for the update, I hope the hearing tomorrow goes well. Notice how
Geragos clams up when the news isn't favorable to his clients.
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