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Rice, Spikes and King testify at Donald Watkins' fraud trial

Watkins and his son are accused of spending investment cash on person debt.

Rice, Spikes and King testify at Donald Watkins' fraud trial

Watkins and his son are accused of spending investment cash on person debt.

WEBVTT HE LOST? REPORTER: THE FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICK AND ALL-PRO LINEBACKER INVESTED $1 MILLION IN WATKINS BUSINESS. AND TODAY TAKEO SPIKES JOINED AN ALL-STAR CAST OF WITNESSES CALLED TO TRY AND PROVE THE GUILT OF A LEGENDARY LAWYER. WATKINS WALKED INTO COURT FOR THE SECOND DAY OF HIS FEDERAL TRIAL THIS MORNING. HE AND HIS SON ARE ACCUSED OF POCKETING MILLIONS OF PRIVATE INVESTMENT DOLLARS OVER A NINE YEAR PERIOD. FORMER U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE CONDOLEEZA RICE WAS FIRST UP ON THE STAND. SHE TESTIFIED HOW SHE MET WITH WATKINS ABOUT A BIO-FUEL COMPANY INVESTMENT. BUT NEVER COMMITTED. FORMER AUBURN FOOTBALL STAR ALL PRO LINEBACKER TAKEO SPIKES WAS NEXT. HE INVESTED $1 MILLION INTO THE BUSINESS, CALLED MASADA BETWEEN 2007 AND 2009. SPIKES TOLD THE JURY WATKINS FAILED TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL RECORDS. THEN UNDER CROSS EXAMINATION BY WATKINS, WHO IS REPRESENTING HIMSELF, SPIKES WAS ASKED, SO, EVERY TIME YOU HAVE COME TO ME, I HAVE ANSWERED ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS? SPIKES SAID YES. BUT EARLIER PROSECUTORS SUGGESTED WATKINS WAS NOT TRANSPARENT WHEN THEY ASKED, DID HE TELL YOU HE SPENT MORE THAN HALF OF YOUR $500,000 ON BACK TAXES? SPIKES REPLIED, NO, HE DID NOT. THAT WOULD HAVE TOTALLY AFFECTED MY DECISION TO NOT INVEST WITH HIM AT ALL. SO WE HAD A SECRETARY OF STATE AND AN NFL ALL PRO. THEN THIS AFTERNOON PROSECUTORS CALLED MARTIN LUTHER KING III. HE TOLD THE JURY ABOUT A MEETING HE HAD WITH WATKINS ABOUT POSSIBLY CALLING PRESIDENT OBAMA ABOUT BIO-FUEL INVESTMENT. BUT WHEN THE JURY ACTUALLY SAW AN EMAIL WATKINS HAD WRITTEN STATING KING HAD MADE THAT CALL TO THE WHITE HOUSE, KING CALLED THAT CLAIM UNTRUE.
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Rice, Spikes and King testify at Donald Watkins' fraud trial

Watkins and his son are accused of spending investment cash on person debt.

Condoleeza Rice, Takeo Spikes and Martin Luther King III highlight testimony in Donald Watkins fraud trial.

Condoleeza Rice, Takeo Spikes and Martin Luther King III highlight testimony in Donald Watkins fraud trial.

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