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Source: The Palm Beach Post, Fla.mini storageOct. 24--WEST PALM BEACH -- Update 3 p.m.: Closing arguments have begun. State prosecutors just finished saying that the presumption of innocence for Lopicola is gone, and the state has proven its case. The defense is now doing its closing statements.Update noon: Lopicola said he asked the teen to send nude pictures, but he refused.Update 11:45 a.m.: Lopicola speaking from witness stand says texts with teen were part of fantasy world he described as a "pornographic movie."Update 11 a.m.: Lopicola says he "sexted" a lot. He turned off texting ability on his phone because it was too distracting. While he says he never met his alleged victim in person, Lopicola said he saw the teen's Craigslist ad. "I was under the impression he was 18." He was not.Update at 10:45 a.m.: Upon taking the stand, Lopicola says that the first time he saw the teen he's accused of having sex with was in the courtroom yesterday. He said they had neither met nor had sex. He told the court the "accusations are humiliating."Former TV weatherman Rob Lopicola, who faces charges of sexual activity with minors, as well as computer pornography and child exploitation, will take the stand in his own defense, his attorneys said this morning.This morning, state prosecutors rested their case against Lopicola after questioning Palm Beach County Sheriff's Det. Linda Anderson, one of the lead investigators in the underage sex case since March 2011. Anderson interviewed Lopicola in July 2012, and prosecutors played back one of those video-taped interviews in which Lopicola described how he searched for hookups through online Craigslist ads.After the prosecution rested, Lopicala's defense attorneys moved immediately for an acquittal on the second count, which accuses charges the the former WPTV-Channel 5 weekend weatherman of touching or soliciting a person under 16 to commit lewd or lascivious act.The prosecution disagreed with the assertion saying soliciting means act must be done. Palm Beach County Court Judge Barry Cohen denied the defense motion.Today is the second day of testimony in the highly publicized case. On Wednesday, the儲存seven jurors heard from a young man, now 18, who tearfully described meeting Lopicola and the text messages they exchanged.The texting began when the boy, formerly from west Boca Raton, moved to Michigan after his sexual encounter with Lopicola. When he reached out to him again, the young man testified, Lopicola didn't immediately remember him, but the two quickly began talking about being in a relationship together and having sex. Lopicola, according to the teen, said they could act like father and son and still be lovers."All kidding aside, would you call me dad from now on please?" Lopicola allegedly asked in one of the texts.The teen said he and Lopicola had phone sex, discussed child and incest porn, and even discussed the possibility of the boy's willingness to have sex with Lopicola's "older friends".Prosecutors Michael Kugler and Jessica Kahn say although the boy's ad on Craigslist listed him as 18, Lopicola knew the boy was underage before they were intimate. Lopicola's attorneys, Assistant Public Defenders Kristy Militello and Bill Glenn, say Lopicola thought he was simply role-playing a fantasy with an adult male, adding that they believe the accuser was trying to set the former meteorologist up following the pattern of Dateline NBC's "To Catch a Predator" program.Lopicola faces up to 35 years in prison if a jury convicts him of lewd and lascivious battery and other charges related to his interactions with the boy he met through a personal ad on Craigslist.Lopicola, who abruptly resigned from WPTV in 2006 after eight years as their weekend meteorologist, first spoke with police about the case in April 2011, when the mother of the 17-year-old caught Lopicola hiding in her son's shower. Lopicola reportedly told police at that time that he met the Palm Beach Lakes High School student as the boy was walking on Village Boulevard.Check back for updates to this breaking news story.Staff writer Sonja Isger contributed to this report.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach, Fla.) Visit The Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach, Fla.) at .palmbeachpost.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉