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(AP) — A “Jenny Jones Show" guest, who claimed he was so humiliated when a gay man professed his love for him that he was dri ven to kill, had sex with the victim before the shoot ing, a jury was told Wednesday. The victim, Scott Amedure, told two people that he slept with Jonathan Schmitz after the taping, ac cording to testimony. Amedure’s family is suing the show and its dis tributor, Warner Bros., for $50 million, contending a mentally ill Schmitz was lured onto the show be lieving he would meet a woman, and became en raged when his ‘‘secret admirer" turned out to be Amedure. Three days after the taping, Schmitz — who has said he is heterosexual — killed Amedure with a shotgun. Schmitz was found guilty of murder in 1996, but his conviction was thrown out on appeal. His retri al is set for Aug. 19. Lawyers for the “Jenny Jones Show” say Schmitz was told his secret admirer could be a man or woman. They contend the show is nottobir ilure’s death. Defense attorney James Feeneyt part of a videotaped deposition of Pr Amedure’s mother. Craves had told reporters after the;: her son had said he and Schmitz had • ter the show. But in her deposition, Graves said: taken Amedure’s statement seriously. ’ ’ You had to know Scott to know#-; ing up front with you or kiddingaror The defense also played a tapeofib of Ronnie Perez, a guest on the same?; said he and Amedure spoke by phone: ing. "All he said was. Til tell you somei keep a secret?"’ Perez said. “Isaid'Ve; ‘I slept with Jon."' Dr. Thomas Gutheil, a psychiatrisii) University also testified Wednesday, was no evidence Schmitz was menu when he made the decision to goonil K '•X p chi ain _F eve could local « low ns Alanis Morissette, Tori Amos headline MP3 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Music upstart MP3.Com is sponsoring a summer concert tour featuring Alanis Morissette and Tori Amos, a sign of growing acceptance by the recording industry of Internet audio sales. "The potential here is enor mous. 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