Superior Court Judge Michael Hecht spent the better part of five days listening as witnesses in his trial on charges of felony harassment and patronizing a prostitute talked about him, his character and his actions.
On Monday, Hecht spoke for himself.
Taking the witness stand in his own defense, Hecht emphatically denied ever buying sex from or threatening to kill anyone.
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And he described his relationship with another male prostitute as platonic, not sexual as portrayed by assistant attorney general John Hillman, who is prosecuting the case.
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Hecht’s relationship with Pfeiffer is the basis of the patronizing a prostitute charge.
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Hecht said he never told his friends to tell Pfeiffer to leave town so the prostitution charge would go away, even though Hillman presented cell phone records that appeared to show a pattern that could suggest so.

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