Crime

Burned dancer speaks about sentence, her life

Roberta Busby, the exotic dancer who was severely burned outside a Tarzana club, testified today at the sentencing of one her attackers to life in prison. She also talked on camera about her life, including that she and her two children are about to lose their home. Video is from KTLA, with a brief ad at the front end.


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