Attorneys for a woman who claimed to be raped by the Backstreet Boys singer in 2001 filed a motion this week to have the singers counterclaim dismissed. She tells me, like, I'm an Asian whore. Lance Landholm. "She scares me.". Questions were also raised when Linda Cooney contacted her son via a cell phone while he was in hospital. Because, he will argue, Linda's parenting style could be her best defense. The state called Christopher Cooney, 30, Kevin's brother and Linda's younger son. Her family had a farm in Wisconsin. Cooney pleaded guilty in a 2011 shooting that left her son paralyzed. There have been reports of violence in the Cooney home for years. Kevin Cooney testified on his mothers behalf in her Florida first-degree murder trial over the slaying of his father, when he was 11 years old. District Judge Ronald Israel ordered Cooney released from custody on her own recognizance after she was given credit for time served for the misdemeanor count, court records show. Under oath, he would have to detail what he and his mother talked about on the phone just minutes after the shooting. Nobody is gonna have him if she can't keep him. [Jim] would go to pick up the kids for his weekend and they would not be there but if Jim would give her some money, they might appear, said Jims brother, Bob Cooney. Watch Live: Closing arguments underway in double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh, Top McCarthy aide, House Oversight chair each met with Ashli Babbitt's mother, Colon cancer rates rising in younger age group, study finds, Garland testifies before Senate panel amid ongoing special counsel probes, Ex-Georgia star Jalen Carter was racing in deadly crash, arrest warrants allege, Fiery train crash in Greece kills dozens, many of them students. "She's so verbally abusive. Becker has a way to counter Clarita Kendall's testimony -- and it's not what anyone expected. A judge ordered the release of a 74-year-old woman this month after she pleaded guilty in a 2011 shooting that left her son paralyzed. After he was shot in the neck, Kevin Cooney lay partially paralyzed and unconscious. View the profiles of professionals named "Kevin Cooney" on LinkedIn. Linda claimed Kevin hit her. "If Linda is strange," said Becker said, "isn't that why Kevin snapped? She understood that you can move into Vegas and nobodys asking questions., Jose Lambiet on interviewing Linda Cooney. There are 100+ professionals named "Kevin Cooney", who use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas, and opportunities. The couples marriage with riddled with problems. But the version of the meme posted by the officers brother replaces the face of one of the characters with Pepe the Frog a once-harmless cartoon that has devolved into a hate symbol. Follow @k_newberg on Twitter. Hello? He is deemed as one of the popular influencers. A jury convicted Cooney in 2014 of attempted murder and other charges, and she was sentenced to 13 to 41 years in prison. Linda Cooney: Never went through with it. Prosecutors said messages he posted on Facebook suggest Kevin was finally ready to move out. If she is convicted of attempted murder, she faces up to 65 years in prison. The boys were beneficiaries of Jim Cooney's million-dollar life insurance policy. All Rights Reserved. During the trial, the judge allows the prosecutors to tell the jury that the .357 Magnum used in the shooting was the same gun that was used over 20 years ago when Linda shot and killed her ex-husband, Jim Cooney, in Palm Beach, Florida, and that she was acquitted. However, multiple witnesses in the case have said Kevin Cooney told them his mother fired the gun. Why do you think she used this one?" But it was the timing of a very dramatic 911 call that may be the most damning evidence: "He tried to kill mePlease, He's got a knife," she told 911. According to prosecutors, that could explain why the bullet was fired at a downward angle. A new trial is set to begin later this year. "She understood that you can move into Vegas and nobody's asking questions," said Lambiet. Det. / CBS News, Produced by Patti Aronofsky and Jonathan Leach. Christopher was finishing his shift as a police officer when his mother called him instead of 911. That was the last day of Jim Cooney's life. "He would go to pick up the kids for his weekend and they would not be there but if Jim would give her some money, they might appear," said Bob. She sent text messages to Karina's supervisor at a nonprofit where she volunteered. But the calls came after a 15-minute call between Cooney and Chris. Now, he's 32 years old, paralyzed, possibly for life due to a bullet fired by his own mother. Lawyer accused of pursuing client-poaching 'modus operandi' hit with $2.3M verdict, How Shakespeares 'Hamlet' can shed light on legal bias, Family law gave this lawyer some ideas about what clients really want. "The next thing she knew was, bang," Christopher testified, "and Kevin went down. He wants her back, which is his bias on that stand, said Prosecutor Shanon Clowers. She is set to be sentenced for the felony battery charge on June 6. Like I'm after this pot of gold that Kevin has.". "He told me -- she had issues with his girlfriends in the past, and that she was crazy, and that she didn't like when he would date people," she told Schlesinger. But even after the case was settled, the fighting continued. In all, the state called 26 witnesses, including nurses who testified that Kevin was afraid of his mother. But Las Vegas prosecutors are concerned. His intent was to go on the record and make sure if he didn't survive his mother would not be blamed," he said. On Wednesday, she cried as she was sentenced to 13 to 41 years in prison and told the judge that she had been wrongfully convicted, the Las Vegas Review Journal reported. Linda Cooney has said that her sons injury was his own doing. The probe was triggered after Cooney changed his profile photo on Facebook to a shot of himself outside the Capitol building on the day a four-hour riot left five dead, including a Capitol Police officer. It was to the tabloid program, "Hard Copy": Linda Cooney: No, no I'm not, definitely not. Jim Cooney with his sons, Kevin and Christopher, One gun, two crimes? "I was just so angry that night.". Linda Cooney reacts to hearing the verdict. "She had no marks, no scrapes, no nothing," he said. Police spokesman Aden OcampoGomez confirmed Friday that the investigation into the officer, Christopher Cooney, is closed. While Kevin never testified that he actually saw his father wielding a knife, the implication was enough. 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The states medical expert, Dr. John Fildes -- a surgeon who operated on Kevin Cooney, testified that the bullet trajectory was slightly downward and slightly to the left. 977.4K Followers. "This woman is a clear and present danger to everyone in society, and anyone that crosses her path. Nearly three months later, Linda went back to court for her sentencing. Testifying from a motorized chair, he said that she had shot him after he attacked her. Prosecutors added that Taylor was genuinely fearful of Cooney, and this led to the argument on June 28, 2011. "Linda Cooney is extremely dangerous," Kendall said. 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Yet, I always protected, defended and loved my son and I would never have intentionally harmed him What happened was his fault. But not everyone in Palm Beach saw it that way. But that's not what detectives were hearing now: Det. He had been shot in the neck. He says working under his "legendary" former skipper, Clary Anderson, "was too much to turn down." Just like in Palm Beach, Lindas first call was not to 911; it was to her other son, Christopher, a Las Vegas police officer. Schlesinger asked. As he and his father drove by the ballpark after watching a game, Cooney, then a New Jersey youth, said, "Someday I'm going to play there." The dream didn't subside as years passed. Is she a victim as the defense says? "He said it could have been a key, it could have been a knife, he didn't know," said Smith. "I've lived in fear of this woman for a very long time," she said. But the Cooney brothers told the jury a vastly different story, placing the blame on Kevin Cooney. The argument that led to the 2011 shooting came after years of tension over Kevin Cooney's girlfriend, Karina Taylor, whom he met in 2009 but did not tell his mother. "The serial numbers were an exact match," said Landholm. The high court found that jurors should not have been allowed to hear evidence that Cooneys son was shot in the neck with the same gun she used to kill her husband decades before. Hello? Taylor began dating Kevin in 2011. "He was laying on his back, deceased from multiple gunshot wounds. "Imagine the potential ongoing abuse that Kevin might be subjected to inherent with visits from his mommy dearest," Bob Cooney continued. View the profiles of people named Kevin Cooney. He said, I was just in a rage. "It was an accident," said Michael Becker, Linda Cooney's attorney. The State saved its most critical witness for the last day. Following her 2014 conviction of attempted murder and other charges, Cooney initially was sentenced to 13 to 41 years in prison. A group of Native American activists have planned a rally for Saturday in support of the alleged victims of Nathan Chasing Horse. "I don't think there's any motive.". "Linda had injuries that were inconsistent with anything other than having been attacked," Becker said in court. "He says that he's gotta be so careful about--how he's gonna separate himself from his mother," Staudaher explained. If you read the next paragraph, and this is to Karina from Kevin, it says, 'Honey, by the way, I'm just kidding.". That call lasted nearly 16 minutes. I told her I was going to kill her," he told the court. "That's the story. "I think she had planted something in his head and he knew he saw something," said Smith. Schmidt: Do you know how he got shot?". "And all these different things," said Staudaher. "There was only one person in this world who would shoot Jim and it was Linda," said Bob Cooney, Jim's younger brother. Linda Cooney: I told you to stay away from him you (expletive) bitch! October 4, 2014 / 11:06 PM The judge didn't go that far. And prosecutors were allowed to tell the jury that Linda was acquitted of murdering her ex-husband more than 20 years ago and that the same gun was used to shoot Kevin. You hear? He grew up to be a well-liked attorney. Christopher said his mother told him she believed Kevin was going for the gun so she grabbed it first and ran for the door and that's when Kevin pried it from her. Kevin Cooney is now paralyzed after being shot in the neck during a fight with his Mom in 2011. Then on Feb. 7, 1992, Jim arrived at Linda's house with a court order demanding she hand over Kevin and Christopher for a weekend visit. "I find it hard to believe.". She claimed she had shot him in self defense when he came at her with a knife. And when Linda felt she was losing control of her sons, prosecutors said she'd put an end to their relationships. He loves his mother that much. And I don't think we do it intentionally. Like us on Facebook. When police arrived, Kevin was lying down with a cloth pressed to the right side of his neck and when they asked him who had shot him, he refused to say - and kept calling it an accident. In the last few hours of the trial, the lawyers have to define Linda Cooney. He told me--she had issues with his girlfriends in the past, and that she was crazy, and that she didnt like when he would date people, said Taylor. She also contacted a non-profit cancer organization where Taylor volunteered and said that she was laundering money and dealing drugs, prosecutors said. Stapleton said, "I think people were very surprised. She calls me Shanghai Lily, Tokyo Rose. "They need to grow up, make their own decisions, have bedroom doors.". There were numerous calls to 911. 911 Operator: and how did he get this wound? A Palm Beach socialite kills her ex-husband. Linda Cooney is now charged with attempted murder, battery with use of a deadly weapon, intimidating a witness and stalking her sons former girlfriend, Karina Taylor. Investigators learned that Linda had retrieved the gun from evidence after she was acquitted of murder. Ma'am, did he do this himself or did someone else do it? Linda: No, no.911 operator: No, what?Then, her other son, Christopher, who is a police officer from Las Vegas, also called 911.Christopher: Hi there. Kevin Cooney's testimony when he was just 11 years old had been key to his mother's acquittal, the prosecutor in the case, Peter Magrino, told the Sun Sentinel. "'You don't want to see your mother anymore?' Schmidt: Has he tried to hurt himself in the past? And prosecutors believe it's been that way since that horrible moment when they were boys and Kevin saw his mother shoot his father. I'm afraid of mom. It remains to be seen whether Kevin Cooneys account of what happened will achieve the same result this time around. "I suppose that may work in the movie theatre," Becker replied. Kevin first testified from his hospital bed. Kevin never testified that he saw his father wielding a knife, but the implication was enough and Linda Cooney was acquitted. He would like to help them, and to be sure Kevin gets the medical care he'll need for the rest of his life. Prosecutors said if he held it the way he demonstrated, the gun would have been fired at an upward angle. After the trial, jurors indicated to prosecutors that they did not believe the brothers testimony. 26 Feb Feb Share this: Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest Email to a Friend. I am trying to keep myself calm but my mother just called me and she said that she was attacked by my older brother at my house and that she shot him.Incredibly, this isn't the first time Linda has claimed she shot a family member in self-defense. But three days later, Kevin woke up at UMC Hospital partially paralyzed and his story had changed. When Chris called police, he said that his brother had attacked his mother and that she had shot him, and Linda Cooney called police to say her son had been shot in the neck. Kevin didn't come to the sentencing. I got a hold of it and I jerked it up away from her. Schmidt: Miss Cooney, are you aware that this is being tape recorded? Christopher Cooney was the subject of an internal Metro investigation last year after he posted a photo on Facebook of himself with a crowd of President Donald Trump loyalists the day of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. But those charges were dropped when investigators decided that Linda Cooney was criminally culpable for shooting and paralyzing her son, who is three inches short of seven feet tall and has worked as a bouncer at Las Vegas nightclubs. "As a gentleman, may I assume 'entertain' was in quotes," Schlesinger asked, signaling with air quotes. Schlesinger asked, "Yes. She seemed like a person who was trying to cover up what had happened, said Las Vegas Metro Police Det. "What happened was his fault. Kendall said after Linda made those angry calls, things got a lot scarier. Kevin testified that his father had something with a glary shine in his hand when he entered the hallway. And police say even before she was arrested, Linda began convincing Kevin that he saw that knife in his father's hand. With Jim dead, she'd have the kids all to herself. "The children were her lifeline," said Smith. Kevin Cooney has worked for KCCI-TV since 1972, when he was a sports reporter, and began in the news department in 1974. Police received two calls alerting them to the scene - one from Cooney and one from Kevin's younger brother, Chris, a Las Vegas police officer. In 2011, she shot Kevin in the neck in Las Vegas with the same .357 Magnum after an argument about his girlfriend, whom Linda Cooney had been accused of stalking. "And she blocked your number from his phone?". And prosecutors said just like in Palm Beach, Linda did not immediately call 911 for help. "She looked like a deer in a headlight," said Det. Kevin never said it was an accident. The teen, who police say was driving 63 mph in a 35 mph zone, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count in the North Las Vegas crash. But Taylor says one thing Kevin couldn't mask was his fear of his mother. Cooney entered into a resolution on the advice of counsel whereby she did not have to admit guilt and the case was closed as a non-felony, defense attorneys Michael Castillo and Sophie Salcedo said in a statement. An earlier Las Vegas Review-Journal article reported that Linda Cooneys other son, who works as a Las Vegas police officer, testified the attack took place at the familys Summerlin home. To prosecutors, it was clear that Kevin had changed his testimony to protect his mother: Prosecutor Clowers: Your hopes of being released from the hospital, do you also hope your mom will be there to take care of you? "The kids were the key to the riches of the Cooney's," noted Schlesinger. Linda Cooney moved to Palm Beach, Florida, from the Midwest. Twenty years later, with the same gun, theres another shooting in the family. Cooney earned a combined $350 over the 1975 and '76 seasons, but the pay was immaterial. Prosecutors suspect Linda convinced Kevin back then that Jim would have killed them all had she not shot him first -- and that Kevin believes he owes his mother his life. Kevin Cooney dreamed of being a Major League Baseball player from his first experience at Yankee Stadium. Linda Cooney claimed Jim was coming at her with that knife and she shot him in self-defense, but Lt. Smith was skeptical. Whether it can happen or not with her, I don't know," he replied. Kevin never said it was an accident, Instead, Clarita testified that Kevin told her he was sitting down on the couch when he was shot. "No, it was completely unexpected," said Clowers. February 27, 2023 new bill passed in nj for inmates 2022 No Comments . This was not stalking. Taylor told authorities his friends had said she should avoid meeting Linda Cooney because she was 'crazy and it would cause nothing but problems'. I dont understand how it all happened, she said in her taped statement to police. Linda wanted more money. 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The trials of Linda Cooney, Kevin Cooney testifies in his mother's 1993 murder trial, Karina Taylor on her career in Mixed Martial Arts. Their conversation lasted nearly 16 minutes, and all the while Kevin lay dying. Please have mercy on me, Your Honor.. In fact, the jurors spent about as much time eating lunch as they did deliberating. It shocked me to no end," she replied. Little Kevin Cooney saw his mother shoot his father. "He is wanting to make it so much better for his mom, so what does he do? It was just like in 1993, when Kevin testified at his mother's murder trial. Prosecutor Clowers: What if she still loves you, would you want her around? "That was probably -- the final straw. He was called to testify, and took the stand holding an action figure: Prosecutor: and your ears were ringing? Contact Rio Lacanlale at rlacanlale@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0381. "He believed he was dying and I believe that it was a dying declaration. The department previously has declined to release the results of or further details regarding the investigation. Mom shot me,'" said Prosecutor Michael Staudaher. On April 8, 2014, more than 20 years after being acquitted of murdering her ex-husband, Linda Cooney was back court for opening arguments in her attempted murder trial. Kendall testified that she visited Kevin and he told her what happened when he was shot. Kevin Cooney had success making elaborate costumes like the Transformer costume pictured here. Now, Kevin Cooney has been left paralyzed and his mom is on trial for attempted murder. Police think Linda planted a knife in Jim's hand after she killed him to make it look like he was attacking her. He was no longer blaming his mother for shooting him. "That no one could have her son," said Kendall. He would often win prize money at local costume contests. I dont know if I got him or not, she told dispatchers. Cooney refused to answer about who was responsible for shooting her son, although at one point said: 'The gun, it's my fault, it's my fault.'. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kevin Cooney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of . Yet, he's coming to her rescue one more time. A few years later, his name and details of his home life became the subject of news stories after his mother, Linda, shot his brother in the neck. He filed for divorce. Before Linda spoke to 911, she tried to call her friend -- a lawyer. "Kevin -- was doing his best to be the buffer between his mother and I. "I couldn't get a response from her.". Kevin Cooney testifies in defense of his mother. Investigators believe that's what Kevin was doing with his mother the morning she shot him. But not long after they started dating, Kevins mother, Linda, began to call and harass her. She was a rising star in the Mixed Martial Arts fighting world, while Kevin made good money as an amateur costume designer. Prosecutors said he repeated that statement -- that his own mother shot him -- to several nurses. Authorities believe after he was shot by his mother, Kevin Cooney lay bleeding on a living room floor with a gaping hole in his neck from a bullet wound that would leave him paralyzed. But multiple witnesses in the case, including nurses and an ex-girlfriend, have said Kevin Cooney told them his mother fired the gun. He says his mother and him were fighting that he attacked his mother and that it was an accident, said Prosecutor Shanon Clowers. Schlesinger asked Staudaher. She was always considered a murderer.She knew she had to start over, says GossipExtra.com columnist Jose Lambiet. The states high court found that jurors should not have been told that Kevin Cooney was shot with the same .357 Magnum revolver used to kill Jim Cooney in 1992. Facebook gives people the power to. Keeping me hidden, said Kendall. The crash occurred around 7:25 p.m. at West Desert Inn Road and South Tenaya Way, closing Desert Inn in both directions. Prosecutor Michael Staudaher believes he was trying to save his mother, so much so that he went to the extreme and vilified himself. "And she wanted me to know that.". King World Productions Inc. 2023 Inside Edition Inc. and CBS interactive Inc., Paramount companies. "Somebody has to tell the truth and Linda Cooney wasn't doing that," said Prosecutor Shanon Clowers. I wanted to believe that the problem -- was my age. Linda Cooney was found guilty of attempted murder. And prosecutors said that could explain why the bullet was fired at a downward angle. I think that away from the home he was gregarious and friendly. Instead, Kendall testified that Kevin told her he was sitting down when he was shot. Kevin was close to death, but Linda waited nearly 16 minutes before dialing 911. But not appropriately," said Clowers. Defense attorney Michael Becker believes that once the jury heard about what happened in Florida 20 years earlier, it hurt the defense. "I was trying to ask the questions like 'where is he hit,' 'what the hell happened,' and I couldn't," Christopher told the court, overcome with emotion. He said it could have been a key, it could have been a knife, he didnt know, said Lt. Scott Smith of the Palm Beach Sheriffs Office. Linda Cooney gave only one-sit down television interview. My sons were battered as well," she told the court. But, Becker argued, while Linda Cooney is not the mother of the year, she would never try to kill her son. It was an accident. Prosecutors have told the jury Linda needed to control her sons, but Kevin said he was in control in the house -- not his mother. "She had the passwords," Staudaher said. After nine years of marriage and a report of domestic battery, Jim and Linda Cooney divorced and a custody battle for Kevin and Christopher began. "She doesn't have any barriers that the rest of us have," Prosecutor Michael Staudaher said of Linda Cooney. The officer did not include a photo caption with his post, but his older brother, Kevin, commented with a meme depicting two characters from the Star Wars universe television show The Mandalorian. The meme is captioned THIS IS THE WAY, a nod to the main characters creed to follow his ideals despite the influence of others around him. Remember the Facebook messages Kevin sent to his girlfriend Karina Taylor? "She jumps out of the car. He said it was a hint of what was to come - a violent confrontation that ended with the shooting. 'Mom does what I say or Mom gets the fist,'. "She would not let him walk out that door.". And I don't deny that Linda is strange. Linda Cooney denies stalking her son's girlfriend. Copyright 2019 Las Vegas Review-Journal, Inc. | Privacy Policy | Terms of Service, Las Vegas police officer Christopher Cooney is pictured in a crowd of President Donald Trump's supporters in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021, the day of the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol. To make sure she got the message, Taylor said Linda had given her a warning. Actor: Austin Powers in Goldmember. Schmidt: OK, has he talked about it? Listen. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. "She had expressed to me that she carried a handgun in her purse at all times," Taylor said. 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