Routh continued, “It smelled like sweet cologne. “It was the smell in the air that morning. “That’s how I felt that day,” Routh said on the recording. Routh didn’t trust the Navy SEAL and his friend after their first meeting, he told Schmidle. Routh described being annoyed with Kyle and Littlefield as they made the 90-minute drive from his home to the countryside gun range. Portions of the recorded conversation were played for the jury. In May 2013, Routh did a phone interview from jail with New Yorker magazine writer Nicholas Schmidle. I’m sure they’ve forgiven me,’ ” Cole said. I feel bad about it, but they wouldn’t talk to me. They were just taking me to the range so I shot them. I was just riding in the back seat of the truck and nobody would talk to me. Routh say, ‘I shot them because they wouldn’t talk to me. Jury hears taped confession in 'American Sniper' trial “It is my opinion that he was suffering from a severe mental disease or defect that caused him not to know his conduct was wrong,” Dunn testified. Mitchell Dunn said his opinion was that Routh’s “psychosis was not substance-induced.” Randall Price, a forensic psychologist who testified as the prosecution’s medical expert, said Routh’s heavy marijuana use caused a “substance-induced psychotic disorder,” Dr. The arguments were in direct contrast to one another. Prosecutors argued that Routh is a “troubled man” who struggles with a “personality disorder,” not insanity. Routh’s attorneys said the former Marine suffers from psychosis, paranoia and schizophrenia. Instead, the jury heard a series of bizarre explanations for why Routh allegedly turned the guns on Kyle and Littlefield. Littlefield was shot five times in the back. Kyle was shot four times in the back and once in the face. Yet Routh didn’t reveal a clear reason in the fatal shootings. We will see if American sniper will strike an Oscar next month.'American Sniper' widow breaks down on witness stand Speaking of success – six nominations for Academy Awards, including Best picture, Best actor and Best adapted screenplay, is great achievement. So far the entire box office is doubling the initial investment – $119 mil. The opening weekend of mass release showed great results – $90 mil. Production’s budget reach solid numbers of $58,8 mil. So far American sniper received positive critical response. The official limited public release of the movie have been set for December 25 2014, while the mass opening was held few days ago – on January 16. Bradley Cooper played the character of Chris Kyle, while Sienna Miller was selected to transform into the sniper’s wife Taya. The legendary director was replaced by another well known name in the industry Clint Eastwood. His ideas for development of the plot weren’t matched by the producers. Steven Spielberg was set to be the initial director, but he wanted to make longer production. Check out here more about the court sessions.įive months after the book’s release on JanuWarner Bros. from the first trial against Kyle’s estate, and currently is suing the publisher HarperCollins. Chris Kyle described in the memoir a bar fight with him, while the politician is firm that this kind of brawl never occurred. It involved the former Minnesota Governor and pro wrestler Jessy Ventura. 4.5/5 stars from 6100 reviews).Īdditional interest towards the book have been put on media’s headlines because of a segment that was later removed by the publisher HarperCollins. In the last two months American Sniper is part of Top 20 most ordered Amazon’s Kindle editions (av. Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice were the shadow writers of the memoir, which became huge hit.įor 37 weeks the book was part of New York Times bestselling list. In 2012, three years after his honorary dismissal from the army, Chris Kyle published an autobiography American Sniper. He participated in Iraqi War and according to the official stats his rifle killed 255 victims. The Texas solder was known as The Devil of Ramadi. Two years ago the legendary sniper was killed in very strange circumstances by his fellow army veteran Eddie Ray Routh. The name of Chris Kyle is one of the most popular in the USA.
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