PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Jurors heard criminal defense lawyer Gerard Donley Thursday through recorded grand jury testimony explain why he paid a convicted felon $6,000.
"...his injury was what he was being paid for," Donley said of payments he made to Michael Drepaul's girlfriend on behalf of his ex-client Jamaal Dublin, who is accused of stabbing Drepaul.
"I would never, ever, ever, ever have tried to pay somebody to change testimony or to ...ah...not testify or if it weren't for the injury, that would never have hit the table," he said.
Jurors also heard a wiretap conversation between Donley and Drepaul at federal prison. "You could be unsure of things ... you know what I mean?" he tells Drepaul.
Prosecutors accuse Donley of conspiring to bribe Drepaul not to testify against Dublin.