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Paul Beach is probably one of the richest places in the world boy these houses are
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unbelievable it's new money Donald Trump Howard Stern old money the Fords the Dodge
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families here in Palm Beach you're never at a loss for a story my name is Jose lambia and I'm a gossip
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columnist back up one of the biggest stories ever in Palm Beach was the Willie Kennedy Smith rape trial he was
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cleared by the way and then roxan Pitzer a socialite had a really sorted divorce but in 1993 it was the image of
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an 11-year-old boy testifying about his dad's murder that really captured the Public's imagination I was scared and
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confused 911 finish just finished shooting shot who was shot I don't know Jim Cooney who was a lawyer well known
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very popular in Palm Beach County was killed by his ex-wife Linda in front of their two children my kids are in the
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closet I got a gun [Music] who is she when she arrives in Palm Beach she's nobody she's an ambitious
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nobody so she shows up here she marries this guy she's instantly in the money the coonies were amongst the most
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established families in the palom area great political connections lawyers doctors he tried to kill me who
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did please help me she shot him three times with 357 Magnum she claims it was self-defense
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that was an execution after she had shot a couple times she actually went up to him and fired off another round Linda
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Cooney was charged with first-degree murder Kevin's testimony was everything I was just hiding behind my bed he was
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the only eyewitness that we had Kevin's testimony exonerated his mother so she was cleared of the murder in
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Florida but guess what 20 years later I was shocked she uses the same gun to shoot
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her son Kevin [Music]