Claus von Bülow
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| Lahir | Claus Cecil Borberg 11 Agustus 1926 Kopenhagen, Denmark |
| Meninggal | 25 Mei 2019 (umur 92) London, Inggris |
| Almamater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Pekerjaan | Pengacara, sosialita, kritikus |
| Suami/istri | Sunny von Bülow (1966–1987) |
| Anak | Cosima von Bülow Pavoncelli |
Claus von Bülow (nama lahir Claus Cecil Borberg; 11 Agustus 1926 – 25 Mei 2019) adalah seorang sosialita Inggris[1] berdarah Jerman dan Denmark. Ia dituduh melakukan upaya pembunuhan terhadap istrinya Sunny von Bülow (nama lahir Martha Sharp Crawford, 1932–2008) pada 1979 yang membuatnya koma dari saat ia kemudian pulih[2] namun dakwaan dalam pengadilan pertama tersebut ditangguhkan dan ia dinyatakan tak bersalah di pengadilan keduanya.[3] Dalam pengadilan yang sama, ia juga dituduh berupaya membunuh istrinya dengan memberikan insulin secara berlebih pada 1980 yang membuatnya berada dalam keadaan vegetatif persisten selama sisa hidupnya, tetapi dakwaan dari pengadilan pertama tersebut juga ditangguhkan dan ia dinyatakan tak bersalah di pengadilan keduanya.[4]
Referensi[sunting | sunting sumber]
- ^ Leitch, Thomas (2002). "Reversal of Fortune and the Lawyer Film". Crime films. New York: Cambridge University Press. hlm. 254. ISBN 9780521646710.
socialite Claus von Bülow
- ^ Alan M. Dershowitz (1986). "Setting the Stage". Reversal of Fortune: Inside the von Bülow Case. New York: Random House. hlm. xxii. ISBN 0394539036.
Sunny von Bülow recovered quickly from the first coma she suffered during the Christmas holiday in 1979 ... Sunny fell into an irreversible coma during the following Christmas season ... The prosecutor ... [presented] his own "true or false" offense: "true or false - Claus von Bülow administered ... insulin to his wife in an attempt to kill her on two separate occasions." The jury [at the first trial] checked the "true" box, convicting von Bülow of both crimes ... the Newport, Rhode Island, jury convict[ed] Claus von Bülow of twice attempting to murder his wife
- ^ Alan M. Dershowitz (1986). "The Jury Decides". Reversal of Fortune: Inside the von Bülow Case. New York: Random House. hlm. 237. ISBN 0394539036.
'the clerk asked the foreman of the jury "On the charge that the defendant committed on December 27, 1979, the crime of assault with intent to murder, how do you find, guilty or not guilty?" Without pausing even for dramatic effect, the foreman responded, "Not guilty."
- ^ State v. von Bülow, 475 A.2d 995 (R.I. 1984).
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