MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- A defense attorney for casino owner Milton McGregor told jurors they won't hear the word "bribe" on any of McGregor's phone calls wire tapped by the FBI because he didn't offer any bribes.
Defense attorney Joe Espy gave his opening statement Thursday after prosecutor Emily Rae Woods accused McGregor of managing a bribery scheme to buy legislators' votes for pro-gambling legislation.
McGregor and five others are on trial in federal court in Montgomery on charges accusing them of buying and selling votes for pro-gambling legislation.
Defense attorneys for the other defendants will follow Espy.
The jury for the trial is largely female like the jury was for the original gambling corruption trial last summer. That jury could not resolve 32 counts against the six defendants.