by Patrick H. Moore
Andrea Sneiderman’s claim of innocence may not hold up at her perjury trial. She is vulnerable in two specific areas. At Hemy Neuman’s trial and in various other statements, she has repeatedly claimed that she and her former employer were never lovers. She has also insisted that she was unaware that her husband Rusty Sneiderman had been shot until she arrived at the hospital. On the second day of testimony at her trial in the DeKalb County Courthouse, both of these claims were challenged by key state witnesses.
Melanie White’s Testimony:
Dunwoody realtor Melanie White is a former friend and confidante of Hemy Neuman. She helped Neuman and his former wife buy a home in 2006. While on the witness stand Tuesday morning, White described in considerable detail how beginning in July of 2010, Neuman confided in her that not only had he left his wife but he was was having an affair with a co-worker named Andrea,who just happened to be a married woman with two children. White later discovered that the woman’s last name was Sneiderman.
As part of her testimony, White stated that Neuman described a business trip he and Andrea Sneiderman had taken to Greenville, South Carolina, during which the two of them had become intimate to such a degree that they had decided they were “soul mates.” After that, according to White, Neuman kept her abreast of how his love affair was proceeding. At times he would forward White email exchanges between him and Sneiderman, ostensibly for the purpose of eliciting White’s advice.
“I told him to leave her alone,” White recalled.
White also testified that after Neuman’s business trip to London with Sneiderman, he reported that he and the defendant had grown even closer and that Andrea “gave in.” Now we all know what “gave in” means. It means that Neuman and Sneiderman became lovers, performed at least one act of sexual intercourse.
It is noted that during Neuman’s 2012 trial, while on the witness stand, Sneiderman repeatedly denied having an affair with Neuman.
Don Sneiderman’s Testimony:
Rusty Sneiderman’s father, Don Sneiderman, was the last witness to take the stand on Tuesday. While under oath, Don stated unequivocally that Andrea Sneiderman called him the morning Rusty was murdered and told him “Rusty’s been shot.”
Prosecutors played video clips of Andrea Sneiderman’s testimony during Neuman’s murder trial in 2012 which clearly contradicts Don Sneiderman’s claim.
“No one was talking. No one was saying a word,” Andrea Sneiderman stated in the taped testimony. “No one would tell me what happened.”
Andrea Sneiderman’s contention is that she did not learn that her husband had been shot until she arrived at the hospital.
Either Don Sneiderman or Andrea Sneiderman is lying.
“She called, she was very excited, her voice was very high pitched,” Donald Sneiderman said. “She said Rusty had been shot, she was so, so sorry and she was going to Dunwoody Prep to see what had happened.”
When asked why he was so sure about the specifics of his phone call with Andrea Sneiderman when he couldn’t remember other details surrounding Rusty Sneiderman’s murder, Don Sneiderman stated:
“There are some calls you never forget, and that one was one of them.”
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My initial reaction is that Andrea Sneiderman’s defense team may have a tough time convincing the jury that Melanie White and Don Sneiderman are simply lying on the witness stand, which, it would appear, is exactly what they are going to need to do to keep their client from being convicted on at least some of the perjury charges. Shooting down White’s testimony may be the easier task. Although convicted of murder, Hemy Neuman has also been judged to be insane. He suffers from bipolar disorder, a condition characterized by a tendency to vastly exaggerate. The statement that he and Andrea had decided they were “soulmates” could be simply Neuman’s grandiose interpretation of whatever had been said. The same could be said about Neuman’s alleged claim that Andrea “gave in.”
I would be surprised if Sneiderman’s defense team does not attack Neuman’s claims, as reported by Melanie White, as being totally unreliable. To overcome Don Sneiderman’s testimony may be much harder for the simple reason that the jurors are bound to feel at least some sympathy for the grieving father.
Click here to view our previous post concerning the Andrea Sneiderman trial:
Andrea Sneiderman Is Taking a Huge Risk by Going to Trial