![]() Grier said Sirhan had "a right to do what he has to get justice," but would not comment on whether he believed Sirhan had been hypnotized, or was worthy of parole. District Court in Los Angeles is set to rule on a request by the 68-year-old Sirhan that he be released, retried or granted a hearing on new evidence, including Rhodes-Hughes’ firsthand. Evidence wise, I believe police did their job in finding out where the bullet came from." But, he said: "All I know is that he was the man who had the gun. Grier told ABC that he didn't know for sure if Sirhan acted alone. Rosey Grier, a former NFL player who had joined Kennedy's security team, entered the kitchen just after the shots were fired and helped subdue Sirhan. Sirhan continued to fire, emptying all the bullets in his pistol from his immobilized hand as bullets ricocheted around the kitchen. Sirhan entered the kitchen, fired on Kennedy and was soon subdued as bodyguards smashed his hand against a steam table. senator from New York, was making his way through the hotel's kitchen soon after winning the Democratic primary. Sirhan might not remember what took place in the kitchen of L.A.'s Ambassador Hotel on June 14, 1968, but history has not forgotten. "He doesn't remember anything, Kennedy's Bodyguard Remembers " has whole blocks in his mind that are missing," Pepper said. Sirhan was convicted of killing Senator Robert Kennedy in Los Angeles in 1968 The Palestinian immigrant has said he has no recollection of the shooting Witnesses have said they believe there was. Pepper said Sirhan had been examined by Daniel Brown, a psychologist on the faculty of Harvard Medical School, who found he was "easily hypnotized" and was not faking his inability to remember the crime.īrown was travelling and could not be reached by for comment. Pepper said he believes Sirhan was "hypno-programmed," essentially brainwashed to kill Kennedy and his memories were then erased. Kennedy, Pepper plans to introduce new evidence that suggests there was a second gunman who fatally shot RFK in the kitchen of a Los Angeles hotel, following his victory in the 1968 California presidential primary. Taking a page from the conspiracies that have dogged the assassination of Kennedy's brother President John F. ![]() It is the first time he will be represented by Pepper. ![]() ![]() Sirhan will appear before a California parole board on Wednesday for the 14th time since his May 1969 sentencing. "There is no question he was hypno-programmed," lawyer William F. Kennedy, plans to present new evidence at a parole board hearing suggesting that he did not act alone, was potentially brain washed and cannot remember anything about the 43-year-old shooting. March 1, 2011— - A lawyer for Sirhan Sirhan, the confessed assassin of Robert F. ![]()
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