Media outlets from around the country have parked their vans outside of the Loudoun County District Courthouse awaiting to hear the results of the Stefan Sopko trial. The case, which began last Monday, entered its eighth day today and at this point, no one is able to predict an outcome.
"It could really go either way," legal analyst Harry Goldman told CNN. "At this point, with more and more witnesses coming out of the woodwork, the cards seem to be stacked against Mr. Sopko. Yet somehow, his unrelenting, seemingly incoherent rants at times, have rebuked some of the prosecutors claims."
Goldman added, "I have never seen a trial like this."
As many know, Sopko was charged last August with four counts of operating a Connect-Five ring out of a bathroom in Newark, New Jersey. At the time, many thought the charges were egregious and would be dropped, given Sopko's notoriety of being a family man with "serious issues with gay things". But after seventeen children came forward, Sopko was indicted.
"I think you will see these charges are false," Sopko said in a written statement released last Thursday. "These kids need to get off their knees and stop blowing things. They're a bunch of queens. A lot of girly boys who have no idea what is to be a real man. Neck chop."
Sopko's defense attorney, Sensei Che-hoo, is also confident that the claims made against his client will ultimately be dropped.
"My client is innocent. His name, though being dragged through the mud now, shall emerge as clean as the winter snow. He must summon his inner chi to withstand these attacks."
Continued Che-hoo, "In the event that he is guilty however, I will have an opening in my rape-safety class on Tuesday and Thursday nights this February. It runs for four weeks and is great for women between 16 and 50. Remember, there is no shame in attacking an attacker's bean bag. No shame."
For now, as more and more witnesses take the stand, all the public can do is wait for a verdict.
"He seemed like a nice guy," said arresting officer Douglas Grant. "He didn't put up a fight, but he did tell us about 70 times on the drive to the jail that if he really wanted, he could break out of the handcuffs with one quick move. Those things are made of steel. I don't care how old your martial art is, you ain't breaking out of those things."
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