Father Blinded by Son Says Reconciliation "Ain't Happening" – NBC 6 South Florida
Christopher Sutton says his dad turning on him “isn’t anything new.”
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Christopher Sutton says his dad turning on him “isn’t anything new.”
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His parents came to visit they all had a wonderful time together. hardly a dysfunctional family in the story the photos told. >> were you happy to be with your parents? >> i was very, very happy to see my parents. i loved them very much. >> reporter: he had given the jury an alternative. he tried at least to diffuse the samoa motive, enough? not nearly, said prosecutor keagan. >> what motive did garrett kopp to go in and attempt to assassinate both of those people? none. what motive did christopher sutton have to want both his parents dead? plenty. >> and what's the story here? they have the s...
>> what happened if anything with your relationship with garrett kopp after he was arrested? >> i didn't speak to him for a while. or he didn't speak to me i should say for a while. >> was he mad at you? >> yes. >> reporter: so was it pay back time, now, yes, says christopher it must have been. thus his theory of the murder. christopher said he had nothing to do with it. told the jury he never asked kopp to kill his parents. kopp made it all up. the police had it all wrong. what really happened he said, was that kopp stormed into the house that night to steal christopher's hidden stash. boxes ...
>> he felt he was wrongfully prosecuted. the only way we could tie up a lot of things and actually prove things or disprove things is by him testifying. >> give me the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. >> i do. >> reporter: how would he convey his innocence first by describing his hospital vigil, a concerned son on the night of the shooting. >> did he acknowledge that you were there? >> yeah, he could squeeze your hand but couldn't speak. >> how did you feel when you saw your father at the ryder trauma center? >> shocked, hurt, worried, scared. >> reporter: not that christopher...