Questions for Craig Titus?
Fitness professionals Craig Titus and his wife Kelly Ryan are charged in the murder of their assistant Melissa James. Titus apparently fired his lawyers, because they would not let him give press interviews.
The Review-Journal scored the first interview with Titus since his December capture (when Titus and Ryan were either vacationing or on the lam, depending on whose interpretation of events you believe). In the interview, Titus proclaims both his innocence and his general good virtue as a person. "My wife and I are caring people. We are loving people," Titus says.
According to the Review-Journal, "Titus said the only thing he is guilty of is bad judgment on the night James' body was set ablaze in the trunk of Ryan's red Jaguar in the desert off Blue Diamond Road."
Titus doesn't mention it, but if he is responsible for the fire, in my opinion it wasn't very caring and loving of him to be involved in that.
On this same subject, according to the Review-Journal's account of the police interview conducted just after his arrest, Titus claims he allegedly told police he found James dead of a drug overdose in the car. He also described this now-beloved friend's body as "stinking up my (expletive) car."
Then there was the newspaper's account of his initial interview with police, after which came the fleeing/vacation thingy, when he claimed to know nothing about James death at all, nor how her body wound up in his wife's car.
Even less caring and loving is the paper's description of the police's version of events, which involves Titus and Ryan allegedly using a Taser on James, then drugging her and duct-taping her face.
And according to all the Review-Journal articles so far, Titus seems poised to admit being involved with putting James' dead body in a car trunk and setting it afire.
I will, of course, contact Craig Titus' new lawyer and request an interview. My guess is that his lawyer will not allow him to answer questions directly about certain elements of the case. The lawyer would not let the him answer any questions about the night James died in the Review-Journal interview. But I still hope Titus' love of press interviews continues long enough to talk to the Buffet. Please feel free to post your questions here for Craig Titus.
(Photo: Jae C. Hong / AP)
How does he feel about Duane "Dog" Chapman ?
How does he feel about Dina Titus?
Posted by: poip | September 14, 2006 at 03:40 PM
A more interesting interview would be with his former lawyers who are clearly not happy about being terminated from the case. Check out our site for updated information on the case.
Posted by: titus and ryan | September 14, 2006 at 09:07 PM
There's something creepy about the competitive bodybuilding world, based as it is not just on countless hours hanging out weightlifting at the gym, but the weird closeted homo trip of grown men ogling laughably huge artificial physiques in teeny micro bikinis, and the whole illegal steroids underworld inhabited by drug-dealer sharpies who lurk and provide the pills & hypodermic needles. In the past Craig Titus has hosted the "after-party" following the Mister Olympia contest at Mandalay Bay, since he was quite the big shot "bad boy" of bodybuilding (known more for sneering attitude than caring & loving). Just curious Craig, how many of your friends from Golds Gym have dropped by to bring flowers & cupcakes to the Clark County Detention Center in the 9 months you've been behind barbells, err behind bars.
Posted by: RussBBinVegas@aol.com | September 14, 2006 at 10:04 PM
Duane captured a rapist who terrorized women and was about to do the same thing in Mexico. He never received the bounty for his capture of Luster, but he is proud of his accomplishments. Luster’s victims said Chapman gave them their lives back – and there would have been many more future victims had Duane not put an end to it all.
Again, many thanks for your support! Please pass this on and let’s send a message out there that doing the right thing should not be punished, but rewarded!
Please email Alberto Gonzales at AskDOJ@usdoj.gov. and ask them to drop all warrants against Duane, Leland his son, and Tim Chapman
Please sign the petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/dwayne/petition.html
Posted by: John Buffam | September 15, 2006 at 03:36 PM
Richard,
What's up with the Times? Your blog hasn't been linked for two days now. The Times has apparently been hiring their blog linkers from the Home Depot parking lot.
Posted by: Big Karl | March 07, 2007 at 12:47 PM