Straight Talk with Celebrity P. I. John J. Nazarian’s guest tonight at 7 PM PST – 10 PM PST is California divorce and criminal Attorney Jeffrey Sklan

Among tonight’s topics will be Mark Berndt, Neng Yang and convicted honeymoon killer, Gabe Watson who goes on trial on Feb. 13th.

Mark Berndt, 61, had taught at Miramonte Elementary School since August 1979. According to the Los Angeles Times, the former teacher had no disciplinary record in his over 30 years of teaching. On Monday, Berndt was arrested and charged with 23 counts of lewd conduct on children. The counts relate to boys and girls between the ages of seven and 10 who had contact with Berndt between 2008 and 2010. On Wednesday, a judge increased his bail to $23 million or $1 million per count at the request of prosecutors.

The investigation began over a year ago when a film processor contacted police and showed them pictures the teacher dropped off to have developed. Parents are angry and new alleged victims are coming forward.

Police arrested Neng Yang last week, after the alleged victim’s mother asked the second-grader why she wasn’t in her physical education class at her Clovis school. The girl said she was in Yang’s classroom playing “the lollipop game.” Yang denied any abuse to investigators. But police say they found nine videos on his cellphone that showed the child performing oral sex on him while blindfolded.

Yang entered his not guilty plea to 45 counts on Wednesday in Fresno County Superior Court. He previously pleaded not guilty plea to 45 counts on Wednesday in Fresno County Superior Court in the case. The 43-year-old was being held on $4.5 million bail.

Gabe Watson, honey moon killer serves time in Australia and now Alabama to try him for same death but as 1st degree murder.

The trial of Gabe Watson will start on Feb. 13. The lawyers expect it could take three weeks, but the judge is setting aside a full month just in case.

One of the major factors emerging today is that the attorneys for Watson and the state don’t like each other very much, and the judge doesn’t like how they’re treating each other.

Judge Tommy Nail today told both sides today to “quit acting like children and act more like adults,” saying he was tired of getting “childish” letters from both sides.

“Any case of this magnitude is going to have inflamed passions on both sides,” said Joe Basgier, one of Watson’s attorneys. “Both sides are working very hard for their respective positions. It’s fairly typical of a case of this magnitude.”

Watson faces a capital murder charge. State prosecutors believe he killed his wife Tina during a scuba-diving trip on their honeymoon in 2003. Defense attorneys say the death was an accident.

The international attention given this case makes it a logistical headache.

Flying in experts and witnesses from Australia and making sure they’re here when prosecutors or the defense is ready for them makes scheduling tough. Today the assistant attorney general in charge of the case revealed how he’ll start his case.

“We’ll be starting with the police from Australia, or some other witness,” said Don Valeska. “If the plane’s delayed you can’t hold me to it.”

Judge Nail said because of the pre-trial publicity he’ll have 70 potential jurors ready in February to try and whittle it down to 12 who will decide the case.

Watson is accused of killing his newlywed wife Tina Watson during a 2003 scuba diving trip in Australia while the couple was honeymooning.

Today in the pre-trial hearing, attorneys will discuss evidence with the judge, as well as the logistics of scheduling the witnesses who live in Australia. Watson has been charged with capital murder. His defense attorneys say Tina Watson’s death was accidental.

The trial is set to begin Feb. 13.

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Straight Talk with John J Nazarian will be covering the latest news including the Global Positioning System tracking, GPS, ruling by the U. S. Supreme Court and other news story that has hit the news in the last few days.

John’s show tonight will have a lot of classic John Nazarian’s view on what is going on in the world and the U. S. and his uncensored opinion of how that might affect all of us depending on the topics he covers from the news headlines.

Kingston, Ontario —

“A Canadian jury Sunday, January 29, 2012, convicted three members of a family of Afghan immigrants of the “honor” murders of four female relatives whose bodies were found in an Ontario canal.

Mohammed Shafia, 58; his wife, Tooba Mohammad Yahya, 42; and their son, Hamed, 21, were found guilty of first-degree murder in the deaths of Shafia’s three teenage daughters and his first wife in his polygamous marriage. Sunday’s verdicts followed a three-month trial, in which jurors heard wiretaps of Shafia referring to his daughters as “whores” and ranting about their behavior.

All three were sentenced to life in prison immediately after their convictions, with no chance of parole for 25 years.”

John’s topics for tonight will range from what is happening in Europe throughout the U. S. including covering current events, or any other headline that has caught John’s attention this week and John’s take on those issues, check back throughout today to see a few that will be listed.

John’s Sunday’s shows always will run the gambit to crumpled you over with laughter from bizarre headlines; to educate you with society’s tough topics.

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Straight Talk with Celebrity P. I. John J. Nazarian’s guests tonight at 7 PM PST – 10 PM PST are retired homicide detectives and partners for the L.A.P.D., Robert A.”Bob” Jakucs and William “Bill” Cox.

Robert Jakucs and William Cox will be discussing two or three top cases they worked as partners while at the L. A. P. D. as homicide detectives that have been totally adjudicated.

John Nazarian with Robert Jakucs and William Cox worked on some cases in the world of a celebrity P. I. in Hollywood, Bob and Bill will discuss the meticulous job John did with two of his favorite go to guys on his cases, what were the cases, and how did they remain friends after working with John.

If there is time they will also talk about congress not working out a budget in the “super committee” which then pushed the have to button that the defense department had to make deep cuts; and now to go forward President Obama’s decision to save the boots on the ground and cutting some of the U. S. Marine Corps troops and spending the money on drones in the future for the protection from war for the U. S. and as a first strike and like have been used to get Osama Bin Laden and keeping Gaddafi pinned down in Libya.

Robert A. Jakucs – Retired Det. L.A.P.D
Robert A. Jakucs is a retired Los Angeles Police Department Detective with over 30-years of investigative experience. During his distinguished career with the L.A.P.D he worked such high-profile assignments as Homicide, Hollywood Vice, SWAT, Robberies, Burglaries, Complex Thefts, and gang-related shootings. He was a member of the Night Stalker Task Force that investigated the serial murderer Richard Ramirez. Robert Jakucs is also a consultant for national television specializing in private and police investigation issues and has appeared on the news shows Nightline, 20/20 and Inside Edition.

William Cox was a Los Angeles Police Detective who retired in 2007 after 32 years
William Cox worked in a variety of assignments including uniformed patrol, CRASH (gang detail) in South-Central and West Los Angeles areas. He also worked homicides for over 20 years and finished his career in Robbery-Homicide Division (RHD) which handles major cases including serial killers, multiple murders, media and high-profile cases, officer-involved shootings, and assaults and murders on police officers. He also worked the Rampart Corruption Task Force for two years. William Cox was also involved or handled several high-profile cases over the years including the Kimes (mother-son grifters who were responsible for 3 murders in LA, NY, and the Bahamas); the Goetz of the West case; the murder of the pregnant mother at LAX; plus several others.

William Cox has appeared on Investigative Discovery channel, 48 Hours, and E-entertainment. He is currently employed by the US State Dept. as a background investigator.

William Cox’s last case he worked on at RHD was a Chinese immigrant student attending USC who had gone to a frat party and had attempted to pull a gun and start shooting students. He was wrestled to the ground by other students who then called police. After a search warrant was served on the suspect’s apartment Cox and three other detectives were sent to NY City to investigate and attempt to identify approximately 20 persons he had targeted to possibly kill. (This incident occurred shortly after the mass murders at West Virginia Tech.) Cox was also working on a murder where a husband set his car and wife on fire on the Golden State Frwy. Cox had also been working (for the past four years) on a double homicide that had occurred in 2002 wherein two victims were killed in their car and their car set on fire. That murder was the story that 48 Hours has done and shown on television in February 2011.

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Straight Talk with Celebrity P. I. John J. Nazarian’s guests tonight at 7 PM PST – 10 PM PST are Dr. Glenn Lipson, Jefferson Fietek & Dawna Kaufmann.

Dr. Glenn Scott Lipson is a Clinical and Forensic Psychologist trying to reduce the incidence of sexual misconduct in schools through education. He is a topic expert in this area and is available to discuss and inform the public about the range, causes and effects of school based sexual misconduct. It is his intention is to lower the incidences of such misconduct, which currently affects from 1 in 10 students. He is the creator of the online training program, Making Right Choices (MRC). At the request of a large San Diego school district, he created MRC, which to date has trained 4,000 educators to date, with another 100,000 slated in one county alone. Unique to this program, in addition to the outstanding feedback it has received, is the collaborative, community-based way in which it has been developed. More about this approach can be found at www.makingrightchoices.com.

Dr. Lipson is Program Director as well as Associate Professor of the Forensic Psychology Program at Alliant International University, San Diego Campus. A Diplomate in forensic psychology he has evaluated victims, perpetrators and has been retained in suits involving clergy, youth organization and internet exploitation. He has appeared in Expert capacity on local media outlets, Court TV/Sessions and the Verdict with Paula Todd. Dr. Lipson has worked with HBO and the Discovery channel. As a Diplomate in Forensic Psychology he has testified in homicide, sexual assault and other high profile cases.

Dr Lipson can be contacted at:

Web University: glipson@alliant.edu

Web private: DrGlennLipson@gmail.com

Dr Lipson works and lives in San Diego and Los Angeles California.

Jefferson Fietek was awarded on Friday night, January 6, 2012, with the esteem Stonewall DFL’s “Alan Spear Award” for his outstanding work towards equality for ALL youth.

Jefferson Fietek is an outspoken advocate for LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender and Questioning) youth. He is the Vice President and Program Director for the newly formed LGBTQ youth program Justin’s Gift and has been working on a local, state and national level to ensure that schools are safer and more inclusive of LGBTQ students and their allies.

Fietek’s views about creating schools that are truly inclusive of LGBTQ youth has been featured extensively in local media as well as in the New York Times, the national news magazine Mother Jones and in the CNN documentary entitled “Don’t Teach, Don’t Tell”. His work lead to the creation of the first ever middle school level Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) in Minnesota’s largest school district. He has met with School Board and Superintendent to work toward the creation of better anti-bullying policies and classrooms that are more inclusive of LGBT students and/or LGBT parents. Fietek also continues to work closely with community members as they work to create a proactive anti-bullying curriculum and training for all adults who work with students, so that they can be more sensitive to the needs of LGBTQ students and families.

In 2011, Mr. Fietek raised nearly $6,000 through theatrical events and other out-reach to bring attention to LGBTQ youth who have lost their lives to suicide. The money was donated to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Most recently GLSEN named Jefferson Fietek the runner up for the 2011 Teacher of the Year for his continued work to create safer schools for LGBTQ youth.

Dawna Kaufmann will be on to discuss the late Randy Stone who was the co-founder of the Trevor Project and was a co-worker of Kaufmann. Randy died way too early, of a heart attack. He had worked with Jodie Foster for years, after leaving Fox as a casting expert. Kaufmann knew him much earlier, when he was doing casting at a production company where Kaufmann worked. He was also a musician and put on tape some songs she happened to discover again recently. A nice man with a lot of talent. Before Kaufmann knew him he was wed to Streisand’s sister, Rosalind Kind. And he was about the handsomest guy you can imagine.

Dawna Kaufmann is an accomplished true crime journalist.

Her latest book, “From Crime Scene to Courtroom: Examining the Mysteries Behind Famous Cases,” written with Dr. Cyril Wecht, blasts open the death probes involving Michael Jackson, Casey Anthony and five other criminal cases.

You can pick up is a brief synopsis of the book and the cases covered, a must read, at Straight Talk with John J Nazarian:

Kaufmann has covered hundreds of high-profile homicide and missing person cases for national publications. She is also an award-winning producer and writer, with a multitude of credits in television, including late-night comedy programming and prime-time network variety series.

Join us tonight for this top panel of experts and call in and be part of the discussion. Comment telephone lines are always open to call in throughout the one hour show at 818-572-8030 (long distance charges do apply). We encourage you join in the discussion.

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Don’t become part of the “contagion of suicide”. If you are a GLBTQ teen and you feel suicidal there are people to talk to and they will understand you. Call The Trevor Project Saving young lives at 866-4-U-TREVOR (866-488-7386); there mission statement is that “The Trevor Project is the Leading National Organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Youth.”

You can also reach out to John here at Straight Talk at John J Nazarian and John will see you get a list of resources including Face Book groups and Twitter groups. You are not alone, you are loved!

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