Do you remember Jefferson Davis McGee, the inmate brutally beaten in the county lockup? Doctors removed his spleen, after a group of inmates mistakenly thought he was the main suspect in the rape and murder of an 8 year-old girl, and gave him a severe pounding. David Schmidt played the "good Samaritan" and bailed McGee out of jail. Well, today on the KFYI Charles Goyette show, David was a guest again, this time taking issue with today's column by Richard Ruelas in the AZ Republic that lamblasts Schmidt for taking advantage of McGee's peril. Ruelas phoned in and he and Schmidt exchanged barbs in dispute over Schmidt's involvement with McGee ...

Best known for getting minor celebrities such as Tonya Harding and LaToya Jackson to pose in skin magazines, Schmidt is going through a nasty custody battle that has included wild allegations of child abuse. He doesn't like the way he's been treated by the justice system.

Schmidt latched on to McGee - and his potential multimillion dollar claim - to exact a bit of revenge.

"If there's a little justice that falls in my lap . . . yeah, gee, how about that?" he said. "Maybe justice happens to be a matter of happenstance once in a while."

Schmidt convinced McGee to sign a power of attorney agreement with him, enabling Schmidt to hire lawyers and broker deals. Schmidt won't say how much cash he expects to receive for his trouble.

Ruelas claims that Schmidt is acting in the spirit of greed, and should have set McGee up with a competent defense attorney and stepped aside. Smith took issue and offense with Ruelas remarks that Schmidt is "... best known for getting minor celebrities such as Tonya Harding and LaToya Jackson to pose in skin magazines".

I wondered what Smith's motivation for bailing McGee out of jail was initally, and now it has been revealed. The KFYI callers are an angry lot - justifying McGee's beating as valid punishment... I don't understand where all the venom is coming from ...