He said Mr. Williams took a double-barrel shotgun from his gun cabinet, opened its barrels, turned toward Mr. Christofi, swore at him, and then jerked the gun upward, closing the barrels.
Mr. Culuko went on to describe an instantaneous sequence in which Mr. Williams cursed at Mr. Christofi, the chauffeur rolled his eyes, Mr. Williams looked down at the open shotgun, and jerked the gun upward, closing the barrels.
It would get worse as the stock dropped to a low of $5.45 a share on February 12th before beginning a steady climb upward, closing yesterday at $16.34 a share.
Shares have since pulled back toward the lower limits of their wide trading range that slopes slightly upward, closing Wednesday at $12.92, or 10.6 times the consensus forecast for 2009 earnings of $1.22 per share and 10.9 times 2008 earnings.
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He said the debris and a vibration caused the gun to malfunction and fire, without a trigger pull, when Mr. Williams jerked it upward to close its barrels.
The defense contends that the gun malfunctioned when Mr. Williams pointed it toward Mr. Christofi and snapped the gun upward to close its open barrels.
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The 10-year-old shotgun is vital to the defense, which contends that it malfunctioned and fired without Mr. Williams's touching the trigger as he pointed it toward Mr. Christofi and jerked the gun upward to close its two open barrels.
