Jun 8, 2023 · At the trial, Berry denied it, saying he had laid on the bed in his clothes for ten minutes, before falling asleep on the floor. He claimed he had never even wanted to have sex with Escalanti. However, in his autobiography, he suggested that Janice had “proceeded to undress right before me and climb into my bed,” while in Denver.

Mar 21, 2017 · The story of Berry and Janice Escalanti (often misspelled Escalante) is murky, and the young woman herself disappeared not long after Berry's trial.

Oct 18, 2010 · Janice Escalante was a full-blooded Apache Indian and a 14-year-old runaway from Yuma, Ariz. (she told Berry she was 21). On a whim, he invited her to work as a hostess at his nightclub, Club Bandstand, back in St. Louis; his idea was that she would dress in Pocahantas-style garb.

Mar 27, 2025 · Berry was already on the authorities' radar but he ran into more trouble with the law due to allegations that he'd slept with a 14-year-old waitress named Janice Escalante. He had transported her across state lines, hiring her to work at his club.

Oct 27, 2008 · The so-called “Apache trial” was over Berry’s relationship with Janice Escalante, an American Indian with roots in the Apache tribe. The two met at a bar near El Paso, Texas, in the late...

Apr 27, 2017 · Janice Escalante was a full-blooded Apache Indian and a 14-year-old runaway. She told Berry she was 21. On a whim, he invited her to work as a hostess at his nightclub back in St. Louis; his idea was that she would dress in Pocahantas-style garb.

Nov 18, 2019 · the US Attorney asked Janice Escalanti, at the start of Chuck Berry's trial. "Fourteen years old," she said, quietly. It was her quietness that first appealed to Berry. The attorney often had to ask Escalanti to speak louder, to clarify, to repeat what Berry had said to her, word for word.

Explore the gripping story of Janice Escalanti, the young Mexican girl whose testimony against Chuck Berry in 1959 sent shockwaves through the music world. Uncover the...

Nov 16, 2009 · Three weeks after being fired from Berry’s nightclub, 14-year-old Janice Norine Escalanti took a different story to the St. Louis police, and Berry was arrested two days later, on this day in...

By telling the uniformed people that the owner of the place was on the road, they explained what was taking them there: Janice Norine Escalante had been caught practicing prostitution on the streets of the city. The serious thing was that it was only …