Haleigh’s Parents Continue to Battle Each Other via Lawyers

Ronald Cummings’ defense team continues to fight back against Crystal Sheffield as the search for their missing 5-year-old daughter Haleigh continues.

Yesterday, the lawyers from Kimball & Snider, P.A., fought back against Sheffield’s allegations of child abuse.

Today, the legal team is refuting statements attributed to Ronald Cummings, Jr., Haleigh’s younger brother.

Citing an interview with Crystal and Junior conducted in early March by Craig Rivera, the lawyers say “shabby journalism” is what led to reports of ‘Junior’ saying a black man came into the house the night Haleigh disappeared.

They say the statements were made by the young boy while he was in his mother’s arms, and that she coaxed his answers by putting them in her questions, and that the boy’s response was “mystification and/or passive agreement” to what he was being asked.

Specifically, the lawyers say terms used by the 4-year-old such as “squeaking shoes” and “dressed in black” are not normal language for a child of that age.

Kimball & Snider also say that they have heard speculation that Crystal Sheffield received “a substantial amount of money” from Geraldo at Large, the show for which Craig Rivera conducted the interview. They add that they do not know any of that to be fact.