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Groveland Four accuser Norma Padgett speaks publicly for the first time since 1952

Por: Orlando Sentinel Crime February 04, 2023

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From a wheelchair, Norma Padgett, now 86, the accuser of the Groveland Four, spoke publicly for the first time since 1952 when she testified in the retrial of Walter Irvin, who was convicted a second time largely on her word alone. She opposed pardons for the four black men she said raped her in a car on a dark road in Okhumpka in 1949. Here’s what she said Friday: “My name is Norma Tyson Padgett Upshaw and I’m the victim of that night.... + full article



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