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While not directly aiding Strohmeyer in Iverson's
molestation and murder, by his own admission, Cash did nothing to
stop his friend either.He claimed "I don't feel
there is much I could have done differently."[1687]
Cash reportedly told a
grand jury that he
did not see Strohmeyer molesting Iverson, only that he saw her
being restrained and muffled by his friend in a bathroom
stall.This turned out not to be true.Jeremy Phillips, a friend of both Cash and
Strohmeyer, told an investigator that Cash did witness Strohmeyer
fondling the little girl; he reportedly heard the story from Cash
in a telephone
conversation shortly after the murder occurred.Phillips also said Cash wanted to see Strohmeyer get
acquitted.Phillips cited a pattern of unusual and cruel behavior
between Cash and Strohmeyer, such as driving up to a prostitute grabbing her
purse, and then driving away
with her still holding the purse, while on at least on occasion,
they drove over a prostitute's unspecified body part.[1688]
Cash never testified at
Strohmeyer's trial.At the time, there was no law in the state of Nevada
against not reporting a crime.However, Cash's inaction led
to the passage of NevadaState
Assembly Bill 267, introduced by Nevada State Assembly Majority
Leader Richard Perkins (D-Henderson).The law
requires individuals to report to authorities when they have
reasonable suspicion that a child younger than 18 is being sexually
abused or violently treated.Violating the law can
lead to a fine and possible jail time.
Personal Life
David
Cash went on to study nuclear engineering at the University of California,
Berkeley.The incident would very likely have
ended with David Cash, Jr. fading into obscurity had it not been
for a fellow student who reported on it to the student senate in
September of
1998.[1689] This arroused a great deal of
outrage on campus from
students who objected to Cash being their fellow student.Calls were made for the Senate to pass a resolution asking
Cash to leave U.C.Berkeley voluntarily.[1690].People came
from as far away as Los Angeles to participate in demonstrations against
Cash.The outrage against Cash at Berkeley caught
international media
attention.[1691]
By several accounts, Cash
showed no remorse and made no excuses during the outrage over
him.Rather, he revelled in it.Cash claimed the publicity over the incident made it easier
for him to "score with women."He told the press
that he wanted to sell the movie rights to the incident: "I'm no
idiot… I'll get my money out of this."[1692] To date, no movie is known to
have been made about David Cash, Jr, Jeremy Strohmeyer, or Sherisse
Iverson.
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