Interviewed in the corridor outside thecourtroom yesterday, Lawson provided no cluesyesterday about how Lee would defend himself.

Asked what happened to the money, Lawson said,"I really don't want to comment on the substanceor nature of the case. It's just too early to dothat....I'm sure we'll have something to say aboutthat in the future."

Lawson defended his client's character, though.

"At issue in this case, of course, is theCommonwealth's allegation that he did certainthings in a certain position throughout a certainperiod of time," Lawson said.

"But that small period of time, that smallwindow of time is not the whole of this youngman's life. He has worked very hard, he hasachieved in some noteworthy ways, he's a decentperson.

"This is a life worth watching and a life worthsaving."

But Lee may already have given some hints abouthow he will defend himself.

In an exclusive interview with The Crimson lastsummer, Lee said he had decided during his term aschair not to make a donation to the Jimmy Fund.

He said the money had to be used instead to payoff longstanding debts and other expenses, whichamounted to $50,000.

He apologized at the time for not informing theco-chairs of the 1993 show, who had originallydiscovered that the money was missing