Stevens juror: I lied about dad, went to horse race
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A juror who vanished during Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens' corruption trial told the judge Monday she lied about her father dying and flew to California for a horse race.
Marian Hinnant was identified as juror No. 4 during the trial.
She disappeared while the jury was trying to decide whether Stevens was guilty on seven felony counts.
U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan delayed deliberations because Hinnant told officials her father had died and she had to fly to California. Sullivan replaced her a few days later when she wouldn't return telephone calls.
The jury convicted Stevens.
Hinnant admitted Monday that her father hadn't died and she was at the Breeders' Cup in Arcadia, California.
She started a long rambling story about horse breeding, the Breeders' Cup, drugs, President Ford's son Steven and her condo in Florida being bugged.
Sullivan interrupted her and said it was obvious that she would not have been able to continue deliberating.
He excused her from his court.
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