Shaggy defense

[8] According to Josh Levin of Slate, "As Kelly's lawyers mentioned multiple times, the alleged victim in this case – now a 23-year-old woman – told a grand jury that it wasn't her."[8] In the 2010 Virginia court case Preston v. Morton, in which an allegation against a driver accused of striking a man with a tractor trailer while he was installing traffic lights was refuted by the defendant claiming that he was not the one driving the truck in question, U.S. District Judge Jackson Kiser specifically cited the alleged driver as using the Shaggy defense in his written judgement.[10] Writing about the case, Josh Levin noted the endurance of the term he coined: "The Shaggy defense, like the jury system and the principle of habeas corpus, is one of the pillars underpinning American jurisprudence."[10] Additionally in 2010, Chris Hayes accused BP of using the Shaggy defense over their refusal to accept responsibility for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.[14] Multiple commentators, including CNN political analyst April Ryan and Michael Eric Dyson, cited the song in their remarks on his conflicting explanations.
Shaggy performing in 2006
The term was coined in relation to a sex scandal involving musician R. Kelly (pictured around the time of the event).
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