The AP has so effectively embarrassed themselves here that no comment is required other than to point out that what the AP is reporting on is not an entertainment-related event but a fraud trial. We don’t make this stuff up … because we don’t have to. The only question that remains is how Ms. Barry manged to write while at the same time biting down on her knuckles to restrain the desire:
The AP’s Colleen “Breathless” Barry:
George Clooney radiates cool on witness stand
It’s no wonder the Italian businessmen claimed George Clooney was behind their fashion line — the actor knows how to wow an audience whether he’s on the red carpet or the witness stand.
Maintaining his trademark aura of cool, Clooney delivered a few wisecracks Friday as he testified against three defendants accused of co-opting his name with the goal of launching a fashion line.
The appearance of the star, who maintains a villa on nearby Lake Como but is rarely seen here in public, sent the normally staid courthouse into full celebrity tilt. Clooney had to push his way through a wall of cameras into the courtroom, saying “scusa, scusa,” — “Excuse me” in Italian — and warning “Don’t crush my lawyers.”
Throngs of fans packed the tiny courtroom. The judge repeatedly told spectators to be quiet and tossed out one woman who snapped a photo of Clooney.
The 49-year-old actor wore a navy blue suit, crisp white shirt and red-spotted blue tie as he addressed the court through an interpreter, throwing in occasional words in Italian and apologizing for his lack of fluency.
More vaporous reporting here.
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