COVINGTON - A prosecutor says members of the quasi-religious Nuwaubian sect are trying to taint potential jurors in the child molestation trial of their leader by spreading defamatory fliers. <br>
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Malachi York is the leader of the Nuwaubians. <br>
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He had his trial moved from Putnam County to Covington four weeks ago because of concerns that pretrial publicity would prevent jurors from being impartial. <br>
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District Attorney Fred Bright says that since then, the Nuwaubians have traveled to Covington to hand out fliers at shopping centers and to leave tabloid newspapers on car windshields. <br>
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York faces charges of sexually abusing children in a 208-count state indictment and a four-count federal indictment. <br>
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Bright says he's not pleased with the fliers but there's no way to stop them because they have freedom of speech rights.
