Professional Handwriting Analysis Concludes Moore Signed Accusers Yearbook
Beverly Young Nelson, an accuser of Roy Moore, appeared at a press conference with her attorney, Gloria Allred. The two women discussed Nelson’s allegation that when she was 16 years old, Moore, who at that time was an assistant district attorney in Etowah County, Alabama, signed Nelson’s yearbook and later sexually assaulted her in his car. As part of their presentation, Allred released a professional assessment of the yearbook inscription. The report, which appears below, was solicited by Allred and written by Arthur T. Anthony, a court-certified document examiner in Georgia.
It compares the handwriting in the yearbook to several known samples of Moore’s writing, including his 1985 marriage license application. It also examines the handwriting on a high school graduation card that another woman, Debbie Gibson, says Moore wrote and gave to her in 1981. Anthony concludes that all of these samples were written by the same person. According to his determination, Moore wrote both the yearbook inscription and the graduation card.
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Several elements of the report are significant. First, on the opening page, it says of the yearbook inscription: “[T]he handwritten notation after the signature ‘D.A. 12-22-77 Olde Hickory House’ is not in question.” This echoes what Allred disclosed at the press conference: Nelson wrote those notes. Four weeks ago, when Nelson and Allred initially displayed the yearbook to reporters and read the inscription aloud, they didn’t mention that Nelson had written any of the words on the page. They should have. The report doesn’t address whether these notes match Nelson’s handwriting on other documents.
Second, the report includes, as its first exhibit, a full-page color image of the yearbook inscription. Presumably, this image came directly from the yearbook, since the book is in Nelson’s possession. The image shows a yellowed background, which implies that color differences between different inks should be visible as well. Contrary to derivative, TV-based images that have circulated on the internet, which depict a color shift from black to blue, the image in the report shows no color shift.
That doesn’t mean two different pens weren’t used. Moore, his attorney, and Nelson have all signaled, in various public comments, that one person wrote the inscription and another wrote the notes below it. But the absence of a color shift is important, because some derivative images circulated on the internet portray a shift between “Roy” and “Moore.” That would imply deception on Nelson’s part beyond simply adding notes about who Moore was and where and when he signed the yearbook. If the image shown in this report is accurate, then the images that have circulated on the internet appear to have been doctored.
It’s worth noting that the letters of the word “more” in the inscription look just like the letters of the word “Moore” in the signature. This supports the claim made in various ways by Nelson, Allred, and Anthony that she didn’t add anything before the letters “D.A.”
Third, Anthony’s explanation for his conclusion—that he found “excellent and significant agreement” among all the samples, based on “relative size, slant, skill level, letter designs, beginning or initial strokes, ending or terminal strokes, pressure patterns, height relationships between letters and punctuation”—is backed up by what meets the eye. It’s extremely improbable that two different people could have written the yearbook inscription and the graduation card. It’s also extremely improbable that one person other than Moore could have written both of them, since the yearbook and the card were in the possession of two women in different states who didn’t know one another. Anthony points out that both samples appear “freely and rapidly written,” which would be virtually impossible for a forger to execute twice.
Fourth, this report was solicited by Allred. If it hadn’t reached a conclusion favorable to her client, she was under no obligation to disclose or release it. Moore’s attorneys argue, rightly, that they should be allowed to submit the yearbook to their own expert, who might produce a contrary assessment. Allred says Nelson is willing to submit the yearbook for independent examination, but only in the context of a formal proceeding, such as a Senate investigation, in which both Nelson and Moore can be called to testify under oath.
Moore is a sick fuck. I am ashamed Trump is supporting him.
I understand it's about politics, but some times you just have to draw a line.
Trump is a sick fuck. There is documented evidence of him using his imported teen models (Eastern European slaves) from his modeling agency to service his friends and himself at numerous high roller parties. Funny how the anti Hillary crowd never even investigated all of his crimes against young girls specifically and humanity in general.
Nobody in the GOP seems to care about morals anymore.
Lets see the proof.....
Otherwise it is bullshite.....
Didn't you basically say the same thing about this yearbook?
Moore has lied about signing this yearbook, and that he ever knew Nelson. His credibility is shot.
Nelson lied about the inscription being completely written by Moore. Her credibility is shot.
And its customary to have something examined by experts on BOTH sides. Allred wanted to play games and it blew up in her face.
To be honest, this doesnt require a professional handwriting analysis. It is obvious that the same person wrote the yearbook message and the Debbie Gibson graduation card.
The handwriting analysis just makes it official. Moore signed the yearbook. The only issue is who cares.
She only added date time and place.
You mean things that just happen to back up her story about the time and place of the alleged crime?
How convienent.
The ex FBI analyst that the Post used when the story broke claimed the entire inscription was written by the same person. He has called on Allred to release the yearbook for multiple experts.
The key is the fact that Nelson and Gibson, people who don't know each other and now live in different states, both have a sample of Roy Moore's handwriting. That match. That is what you call a smoking gun that proves both samples are what they say they are.
Are we to assume that it takes a serial child molester to defend a serial child molester? Shame on all of you sick fascists.
Skirting the CoC [ph] can't win on issues so you drop accusations right before elections with zero proof and use the biased media to keep repeating lies so often that everyone starts to believe them.
Let's see Nelson claimed that Moore wrote EVERYTHING that was seen in that yearbook, Moore claims that not only did he NOT write in that yearbook but that he didn't even know Nelson........the difference is only one of these two people was found out to be a complete and utter liar regarding these facts.....and it wasn't Nelson!
Sounds a little Benghazi-ish don't you think? When don't want to accept the facts in this case, let's do another investigation until we get the results we want!
Dude.....the handwriting analysis backs up her story! Not to mention it also confirms Moore was lying about not knowing her!
Here's what Mark Songer who was asked by the WaPo has to say when the story first broke:
“Looking at the yearbook entry,” [Songer] said, “it looks pretty spontaneously prepared” — that is, it doesn’t look like the writer stopped and restarted, as though someone were tentative in writing perhaps because they were trying to imitate another writer. “It looks very fluid. I don’t see any indications of unnatural writing.”
“The writing seems consistent with one writer,” he added, though he pointed out that ‘Old Hickory House’ and the second date appear to be different stylistically — though he’d need to see examples of Moore’s hand-printed writing to be able to determine whether it’s authentic.
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End of quote. If someone is going to make a last minute accusation against somebody in the most closely watched Senate race this month they had better be clear, concise and honest.
As opposed to Moore who was flat out lying about EVERYTHING regarding this yearbook!
Could you please explain who you are talking about?