Fortune Teller Rapes 2 Girls. He Didn't See This Coming?(no pun intended)

TORRANCE, Calif. -- A Southern California jury on Thursday deliberated the fate of a fortuneteller accused of convincing two teenage girls he could turnaround bleak futures if they had sex with him. Cesar Duran is charged with nine counts, including forcible rape, lewd acts on a 14-year-old and unlawful intercourse with a minor. The nine-woman, three-man Torrance jury heard closing arguments and began deliberations late Wednesday. Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Lana Kim said the 47-year-old Inglewood fortuneteller tricked the girls into having sex with him by telling them bad things would happen and he could help. Defense lawyer Gregory Humphries said Duran didn't commit any crime and the accusations were fabricated. The attorney also said Duran's videotaped confession came about because he was cold in a police interrogation room and wanted to end questioning. One of the girls has testified that during the spring and summer of 2007, she was 16 when she met Duran on a street. She said he told her to pick up a leaf and crumple it so he could read her fortune. Kim recalled for jurors that Duran told her she was lonely, going to die and bad things would happen to her family. Kim said Duran met the girl at his home the following day and told her: "I can help you, but I have to be in you."

Heyyooooo we have a nomination for one liner of the year. "I can help you, but I have to be in you." Classic! Just too funny, too clever to ignore. I can picture a drunk Sellberg saying this and I'm not sure how I feel about it yet so let's move on. I'm not gonna go out and say these girls asked to be raped but come on. A dude tells you to crumple up a leaf so he could tell you your fortune and you think he's legit? Nothing wrong with that? I bet she went home and told her friends all about he was such a renaissance man. But I feel like I've heard this story a thousand times before. Fortune tellers getting arrested for all sorts of shenanigans and them not seeing this in their futures. How do they still have jobs? Honestly. How are psychics still in the money making business and talented individuals like Lance Bass don't?