Well we didn’t get much on Monday but we did get a little temper tantrum from Nurmi. I actually liked Nurmi in the beginning. I know he is up Shits Creek without a paddle and really wanted off this case long ago, but he needs to man up and quit acting like the fat little sister of the prom queen. It’s unbecoming. I don’t share in the vitriol y’all have for defense lawyers. I have a lot of respect for them in general. I can’t think of a much of a worse defendant to be dealt than Jodi. I think part of the Jodi and Willmott interaction that y’all don’t like is Willmott keeping Jodi under control. Making her feel heard so she stays calm at the table. As annoying as all the mistrial motions are, that’s the job of the defense. It’s also Jodi’s right under the law. From our perspective, we need to ensure all the i’s are dotted and the t’s are crossed for the inevitable appeal.
After getting it wrong yesterday regarding what to expect, I shouldn’t tell you what I think about today, but I will anyway. I expect the defense to rest without calling any other witnesses. They got what they wanted in from Bryan and I think they are done. Martinez has 15 rebuttal witness on his list. He can call one or all 15. He has one psychologist, Dr. Janeen Demarte, on the list that I expect he will call early on to debunk Samuels and LaViolette. She had done a full psych report on Jodi. She is young and has shiny newish credentials and training and is practicing with a full client roster. The interesting thing about this witness is that in February her house was burglarized and her laptop with a psychological profile of Jodi Arias on it was taken. Lots of speculation about that….
I am worn out and emotionally frayed by the Boston Bombing so that is all I have for today. Thoughts are with all of y’all affected by the tragedy. As always, we will try to provide up dates as much as possible here for those who can’t watch at work. Welcome to all the new readers once again. Sorry if I made anyone other than the people I replied to directly feel uncomfortable about posting. I try not to do much comment regulation, but sometimes it is necessary to meet disrespect with unkindness to show it won’t be tolerated. On a happier note, all reasonable comments are welcome and appreciated. Happy trial watching! ~tt
Just wanted to say “thanks”, love your blog and you are doing a great job!
I have to agree, Great job. I enjoy reading it. Thanks
I just found your blog, and so far, I think you must be my sister or one of my wonderful cousins. You are right on with your comments, and a
WONDERFUL writer, sans the poor English exhibited by most. Keep up the good work!
You do a wonderful job! You are soooo honest and in integrity. Like a girl Donald
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Sorry, I had to scroll back up and reread this post like a billion time before the words connected and they still make no sense. Honest and integrity and Donald trump. A girl that looks like Donald Trump…. You know what, I’ll just keep scrolling.
I just finished watching what happened in court today via YouTube. I actually felt a little bit sorry for Nurmi. He has nothing to hang his hat on but he is trying. He was snarky, though, calling Martinez a ‘star’, saying he was playing the shell game when Martinez mentioned Ariar’s tweeting and saying something like ‘this is not second grade’. I did laugh when he said Martinez had a ‘pattern’ of intimidation and bullying. Guess Nurmi took a page out of MLV book, so to speak! MLV would be so proud!
Has anyone looked at the bathroom sink reflection? It is a photo that Jodi took. You can see her hand clearly on the right side of the sink with a rag or something…but she is cleaning. Due to todays eye trial..I looked at that picture again and maximized my screen. You can clearly make out ITS reflection. She is reflected straight on in the sink reflection and if you look closely next to that reflection you can see her arm out cleaning the sink. If you ever look at your reflection in the sink..you will notice it shows your reflection 2 ways..straight on and a side picture..due to the curvature. I really believe it is her and it gave me the creeps. I know nancy grace brought this up and she said it was a police photo. This is not the one with the ruler in it…and I just rewatched Juan and he stated it was from her camera. I will try and post the link to different pictures of the sink..and you can tell it is not an evidence photo.
Has anyone noticed that there are two left hands on the sink??? The one on the left appears to be a man’s hand with the chewed thumb nail. The one on the right appears to be a woman’s hand holding something…Could it be the knife??
http://m.facebook.com/Justice4Travis/posts/414964491913032
The webpage has two links to the many photo’s of the sink. Let me know if you do look and see anything….i love this site…thank you for managing 🙂
I agree with you totally, TT! JA has a right to defense counsel and they are doing their jobs, as JM is doing his.
As much as I do not like Jodi or her defense council I have to say they are trying their best to represent her. And yes she has a right to everything they are doing for her. I just get upset that they are dragging Travis through the mud with their attempts to make him look like an abuser and someone who likes little boys. That part is disgusting.
I agree, that is when things took a turn for the worse. When Alcye presented her first week of testimony, I think we all understood she was explaining DV and the history. When Alyce the following week, started trashing Travis and displayed her extreme bias, that is when all the outrage started and people grew to also dislike the defense. There was just a sudden turn to public outrage the last week Alyce testified. I feel their strategy to attack the victim after he had already been slaughtered, is just too much for us to swallow and handle emotionally.
Tamara – Just found your blog last night, and after reading for a couple hours I believe it’s the best on the internet! Thanks so much for your (obvious) hard work. Also love the comments — most of which are intelligent and insightful…not to mention those that are REALLY funny! Nuthin’ like a good laugh-out-loud to start my day. Again, thank you! MJ
Jodi should have pleaded ‘guilty by reason of insanity’ as it would have been far easier to prove than the abuse defense. They would have spared the Alexander family the horror of the trial especially the attempted distruction of Travis. She is a psychopath and no one could challenge that fact. Two or three expert witnesses and bang, you’re done. She would have avoided thee death penalty and who knows, she may even have had a chance of being freed after serving a decade or two. I’m always amazed at how people like Arias actually think that people believe the crap that flows from their mouths. Probably the telltale sign of a psychopath. I just want to get in that courtroom and yell out, ‘hey, you moron, NO ONE BELIEVES YOU and no one sympathizes with you.’ Oh well, I’ve vented, thank you.
She, Jodi, did actually offer to plead to 2nd degree. JM said no thank you. Afterwards, she sent another letter where she told JM that if he did not accept that plea, she would drag Travis’ name through the mud and also the Church of Latter Day Saints. In the letter she said all of this would be very painful for Travis’ family. Like she cares.
Well, that would certainly explain the prosecutors attitude and determination to discredit Arias and all her witnesses. I read on another blog that at one time Arias planned to represent herself!! Now wouldn’t JM have had a field day with that!
Yes, also heard she wanted to represent herself. Defendents who think they can do a better job than a lawyer think they are smarter than anyone. Remember Jodi’s IQ is as smart as Einstein. Ha ha ha!
She did represent herself for about 10 days, despite her terribly low self esteem. The judge reinstated her court appointed atty at that time.
kh
peachteachr-I hadn’t heard that about Jodi threatening to drag Travis thru the mud when her plea offer was denied. What a vile and disgusting little blackmailer she is-seems very plausible that she was also blackmailing Travis to continue their relationship.
Jim, I believe a lot of people would like to tell Jodi Arias a few things! I’d personally like to rub that smirk and/or smug look off her face. And take that stupid little pencil away from her so she would stop writing and bugging Willmott to read what she wrote!
Rose, join me in the pleasure that I get each day at trial that all the artist, JA, gets to use are those little stub pencils. She has a child’s pencil top eraser and a child’s pencil sharpener that she is NOT allowed to use. All those beautiful pens and hi-lighters on the table and she is not allowed to touch them. Bet that just eats her up!
Thanks, Jim. I hadn’t thought about that little pencil in those terms but I will smile now and remember your comment every time I see her write with it.
I read that she sold one of her scribbles from court for $880!! What kind of person buys her stuff do you think? And why would anyone want something from her? I find that creepy!!
I never understood people who buy stuff from famous murderers. To me it is just so creepy and filled with bad energy. And the fact that we have to have laws to keep murderers from profiting from their crime tells you there are a lot of people who will pay a lot of money for stuff from these people.
Apparently ebay has banned the sale of ANY of her stuff, so she has to flog it on her own self-named website. And the prices are REALLY high for her “art” (and I use the term very, very loosely. The aforementioned term “scribbles” is far more accurate). Fortunately, once the trial is over and Jodi disappears back into the twilight zone, prices will bottom out, the interest disappears and those fools with more money than brains will never be able to re-sell at the same price they paid. Just expensive bird-cage liners…
I AGREE 100 percent!
The insanity plea almost never flies. It’s really, really difficult to prove insanity, especially for someone who’s never been institutionalized in the past. The only woman I remember it working for was Andrea Yates and she really, truly was crazy…Jodi’s just evil.
I did read an article by a criminal psychologist who said almost what you said about JW and JA. They all know things look very bleak for the defense. The article said that her lawyers’ job would be to say positive things about how court was going to keep her calm in court. One word about KN. The things I’ve read is that he has built his law practice defending child abusers and perverts. That will be his own cross to carry. JW actually mentors young lawyers and teaches some. Dr. DeMarte also teaches at the U of Arizona. Watch out Dr. Dick and ALV. I’m just dying to know what was done in the judge’s chambers re: ALV. Rebuttal today. Buckle up, buttercup!
I do wonder if we will hear what was discussed in chambers yesterday. The judge did say the record was sealed.
Me too but didn’t I read here that if ALV is wacked by Judge for perjury the Jury would be informed and possibly asked to disavow some or all of her testimony?
I think the judge will at least have to release/excuse Alyce who is still under subpoena and sworn in. …. she may not say anything else until instructing the jury when they begin their deliberations? i.e., her testimony was impeached and they are not to consider it? kh
Don’t the instructions from the judge at deliberation says something like if you have found a witness to be untruthful, you are free to use that to evaluate any or all of that witness’ testimony? That should just about do it for ALV.
Not sure how I found your blog, but glad I did. Thanks for doing such a good job here. I’ve been following this case for the last couple months and it’s good to find a place with like minded people sharing their comments. I really hope this case ends with some justice for Travis and his family. Look forward to reading many other articles of your blog. You are a very good writer in my opinion.
I love the title today for this post return of the chosen Juan. 🙂 Made me smile.
Did anyone wonder why Willy defense attorney thought it would be acceptable to sit in front of Alexander family? Why didn’t she raise a question or remark on it…I think that was so cruel to the Alexander family….they have been through way more then enough. I cannot even get close to fathoming what they are going through.
As far as IT being insane…I honestly believe she is cold and calculated. I was listening to Juan opening statements and after…don’t you find it eerily creepy that they said someone cleaned up around the sink. In her “accidental pic of the sink you can see her hand in bottom of right photo with a sponge or rag swiping the blood up. It gives me the chills to think that she wiped up around the blood and left the splatter there on purpose. Sometimes I honestly wonder if she literally thought she could be like Casey Anthony and have her name everywhere and then get off scott free. I just don’t understand how someone is so calculated and cold.
When the chosen Juan was showing quite a bit of the interrogation tape (I was shocked, totally forgot about it) detective Flores was saying. Jodi we have your blood and Travis’ mixed and your palm and fingertips impression on the wall – I do believe she left it on purpose..she did tons of cleanup but left very obvious evidense…I think on purpose. She was not in a fog. Also Jodi answered the question “I wasn’t there…really I wish Travis was here because he would tell you what happened.” She knows she did it and she knows they know and yet she answers the question knowing how crazy she would sound.
It gives me the creeps!
we didnt really dislike the def at first. We made fun of kn socks and jw voice. The anger started as they slowed this down to less than snails pace. Since feb 04 we got 3 witnesses. The most important 3 witnesses. And all we got was them dragging things on endlessly. No credible testimony in months. As annoying as all the mistrial motions have been that removes ineffective council from appealable issue bag. And the def attys had to with what ja told them to do. Ultimately they and experts are jodi victims too
TT-you are doing a great job with the blog. Thanks for the outlet to discuss this trial. I am thoroughly enjoying reading and sharing thoughts on it with everyone.
As for Boston, as a lifelong resident, I can promise you, we will not be cowed by this horrific and hateful act. The Marathon is our party with the world, and yesterday was a shocking reminder that not everyone in the world is interested in peace and harmony. I am praying that we will remain strong. I am hoping that the Bruins will play tomorrow night, and I am planning on being in my usual seat after meeting friends at our usual crowded bar. Hate can’t win and it starts with all of us
So true, While I live in RI, my husband is in Boston everyday. Neither of us thought twice about him going today, it was never in our mind that he would not go. Boston is an amazing city and the Yankee perseverance has seen them through tougher times in history. I have no doubt Boston will be stronger.
The stories of the citizens of Boston who helped out and opened their homes and businesses serve to remind all that while a few have hate in their hearts there are many many more who have love, peace and acceptance. Last night, caught up in the coverage and knowing a person who is in Brigham & Womens hoping to keep her foot, I was stuck in my grief, how will I take my daughter to Boston Commons, to my favorite shops on Boylston street?
Today in the new light, it is how can I not take her. Fear will not paralyze me and I hope it does not paralyze Boston.
Now, back to the trial, I feel bad for the defense, it has to suck to be forced to represent someone like JA. Sadly a good defense if never attacking the dead,
KWM-I hope that you and your friend are comforted by the fact that she is receiving world class care here in Boston…so very sad to see so many people injured at what is always a great day.
Absolutely heartbreaking, crushing… such loss…long roads of recovery ahead… we send prayers from the Pacific Northwest.
I don’t get the anger toward the defense and their witnesses either. They did not commit the crime and their just doing their job. Somebody has to. Hell, if I was on trial and my life depended on it, I would want my lawyers delaying, coming up with all kind of mistrial motions, and other foolery. I’d want some fancy expert explaining how it wasn’t really my fault but my momma’s, my dog’s, and that one time the ball hit my head. Especially if I did it.
@Seriously, great remarks and points to make. I will speak for myself, the only problem I have with the defense is the “defense strategy” in attempting to murder the memory of Travis after his life was already savagely taken. I do have to admit also Nurmi has a way about his personality that makes him seem seedy, unlikeable and unprofessional.
Our thoughts are with you and your city, Cammie. I like that you said the marathon is your party with the world, keep partying, hate will never win. Im a Texas girl, haven’t been to Boston but i only hear wonderful things about it. Plus, CONAN, my fav is from there. Love me some Team Coco!!!
If she gets death penalty she will be all alone in her cage until it is implemented. I hope it takes 30 yrs to do it. If she gets LWOP she will have friends and activities and will be a bigshot there cuz she been on tv and beat death. The only way to punish her deeds is to totally remove her from people she can manipulate. GO JUAN PUT HER AWAY FOREVER
Any idea what time they’re starting?
Return of the chosen JUAN, love it Tamara. MAY THE FORCE BE STRONG WITH YOU TODAY, OBI JUAN KANOBI!!!!
sweettea. Too funny. MAY THE FORCE BE WITH HIM
“Chosen Juan”… priceless! “Obi Juan Kanobi”…
Bet JM never thought in a million years… (which makes it all the more deserving, all the more fun & adds to the mystic!)
Keep those “cute bastardizations” coming!
Juan night in heaven
You guys are hilarious!
Let’s go Airforce JUAN! Fly Jodi to her own Life in Prisonville, nonstop please. JA, Pens and highlighters do not count as a carry on during your flight. #covetmycoolpenscrazy. #idontwanttoworktoday
“Airforce Juan”… (hope someone is collecting/compiling these… Juan-by-Juan!)
I admit to experiencing Juanderlust.
Dlister rocks!
Praise the Lord, the defense has rested! kh
It’s ON and it’s Dr. DeMarte. I think JA has on that tacky white sweater. Just seems to me that whether you bought it at Sak’s or Dollar General you would know to clip off that little bow.
Um hello, we are trying to STOP Jodi from cutting! 🙂
lol. Sorry for the trite comment. I’ll try to be on topic next post. JW has objected 3 Xs and has been denied 3Xs.
YAY. I got one right! Also, I have changed the set up of comments so we can read them better. Newest on top and up to 500 on a page. Let me know if this is better or worse.
The newest on top is much better. And a lot of comments on the page is good also. Thanks! I love the blog – just found it.
I like it better this way. Less scrolling. I’m so used to scrolling, scrolling to the bottom that I was a bit confused at first when I got there.
Obi Juan has a REAL clinical psychologist on the stand. kh
Jodi won’t like her because she’s prettier than she is.
BINGO!!
My job? Oh I was the supervisor of people like the defense witnesses…
JA is not wearing her glasses today. She always mirrors whomever she believes to be most important around her. Today she must believe Dr. DeMarte is the most important person. Note the hair. BTW, Dr. DeMarte sounds pretty smart.
I am pretty sure JW has allowed Jodi to wear mascara today, hence the reason for the glasses coming on and off, LOL. Jodi must be having a hard time with the testimony if Jennifer Wilmont let her wear make-up -to feel better. I can’t pin down the reason but there is something with the hand/broken finger. Her left hand is ALWAYS holding a pencil so that those fingers are bent. I think she may be able to manipulate that finger more than she has said so in order to make sure the jury never sees the finger straight, she has been coached to always have that hand busy or holding something. Just a guess…
JA’s finger has always bothered me – Used to have a girlfriend in high school who had those same “creepy” looking slender hands and she was double jointed. She could make certain fingers do “creepier” things than the others. I’ve heard it discussed on HLN it appears to look like a severed tendon !! Wonder why no one ever required a medical exam of it – since it seems to still be an issue – Looks like she can hold it “funky” when she wants to. Also ~ noted JA looked quite frightening to me today…. was that “seething” I saw ?
Big surprise. Most psychologists don’t base their diagnosis or treatment plans on the movie “The Secret” kh
Oh yea, the the “law of attraction” is not an actual law. kh
I think it is a philosophy.
Oh, so this is what an expert witness looks like. Well dressed, well groomed, well spoken, not defensive, nothing to hide.
“Objection! She’s too smart, well prepared and professional?” “Overruled”.
“May we approach?”
kh
Love the new setup!!! Makes it easier to keep up with the new comments 🙂 it’s going to be a good day in court today!!
yes me too! threw me off at first, so used to scrolling ALL the way to end of page to read everything – like this set-up better – thanks TT!!
it does not seem like it will take 2 days to hear her qualifications either. I wonder if the bailiff checked the jury box to see if ja carved her initials there. Seems like something she would do
Tamara – love your blogs! I’m so glad you recap this as I’m in an office all day. This witness blows the other witness away with her demeanor and she is so well spoken and answers questions so well. The complete antithesis of Alyce. Jackpot for the state! I’ve worked as a court report for many years and can tell you that this dog and pony show happens in every court room I’ve ever been in. It’s normal. The defense is doing it’s job and throwing out all the stops hoping something will stick in just one juror’s mind. It’s what they are supposed to do. Has anyone else noticed Jodi writing with her left hand and sketching (or vice versa) with her right? She seems to be trying to prove the point that she is ambidextrious to everyone watching. I do agree with the other poster that Wilmott is just trying to keep her from acting out and calm.
“…………. She seems to be trying to prove the point that she is ambidextrious to everyone watching. ………..”
Not something I would want to advertise should I ever be accused of stabbing someone 30 times and slitting their throat.
kh
Love how Jodi completely ignores all witnesses that don’t benefit her in any way. Juan’s doing a great job helping this expert witness to discredit the other two “experts” called by the defense.
Ps. I will forever associate the word “typically” with the Jodi arias trial. Every time someone says it I cringe now!!
Jodi’s behavior, today, is very revealing. Such scary avoidance, withdrawal, cold shoulder… possible we’re seeing her more authentically afraid right now than she’s been to date? The jig’s up. Thanks to DeMarte, the jig’s really, truly up.
Love the way JM asks her when she apologized to the defendant, and acted incredulous when the response on her face was, “Like, huh, dude?”
What? No shuffling of papers, no comment @ I don’t do written reports, no ‘I must have left it in at the office’ reply? This is such a stark contrast to the defense witnesses. The justice train is headed to the station and picking up speed!
Peachteachr, I only got to watch a few minutes of the doctors testimony today and that’s what I missed…shuffling through page after page of papers and then replying, “Oh, I must have left that on my desk!! Can’t wait to get everything done at home tonight so I can sit at my computer and watch it on YouTube. It has become the highlight of my day! Is there something wrong with me???
This is almost painful to watch. kh
All test results invalidated by answer that Jodi gave that trauma was at the hands of a stranger.
Ouch.
kh
I’ve never seen Nurmi move so fast when the witness called JA a liar.
Hello, working folks! Nothing really exciting to report. We have an actual expert on the stand. She is invalidating all of ALV and Samuels testimony in a very calm, precise manner. She just said that Jodi lied on a test (I believe she said lied on ANOTHER test but don’t hold me to that.) Willmott objected and asked to approach and is now having a complete hissy fit to the judge. BUT BUT SHE CAN’T CALL JODI A LIAR! THAT’S MEAN! or something… we can’t hear. Speculation. blah blah blah.
thanks for the update!!!!
DeMarte says if person lied about trauma that caused PTSD, makes the entire test invalid (Dr S gave test while #JodiArias was using intruder story) kh
but didn’t Dr. Dufus say, when asked about his opinion of her PTSD, that if she was lying about intruder story that caused her trauma, then test results would be invalid? Dufus said, “no, even though her story was a lie, she still experienced trauma so test results were still valid”…HUH? Of course, none of that made ANY sense to me – as a lay person. And apparently doesn’t make sense to Dr. DeMarte either…
Love that comment, tt…’actual expert on the stand’. To quote Dr. Dick from yesterday’s hearing, “Even a blind person occasionally runs all the bases.” This is a massacre! Even I don’t need to point a finger at JA today. Hopefully this trial will come to be about the death of Travis Alexander and no longer about JA! Love, love, love how JA is looking like Dr. DeMarte today…no glasses and similar hair style. That’s one empty woman!
Tamara thanks for your blog and giving us a place to write our thoughts.
I certainly agree with everyone that the defense is “doing its job” and that Jodi Arias deserves to have a fair trial – but will Nurmi and Willmont really be able to sleep nights if their antics get Jodi a lesser sentence?
Um, yeah! It will make the whole damn thing worth if for them. Feather in their caps. If you can defend JODI ARIAS and get any sort of lesser sentence, you must be pretty damn good.
seems as though JA may be redoing her notes. probably taking out all the negative stuff for the Law of Attraction.
I was wondering wtf she was doing… Never seen this recopying stuff before.
119 Overall IQ is no Einstein level!
Too bad they didn’t have the camera on Jodi when she gave the overall score. That must have been a huge disappointment to her. I also hate the way Jodi refuses to even glance at a witness when Jodi doesn’t like what the witness has to say. “If I just ignore her long enough, she will go away!” says Jodi’s little voice in her head.
As a retired teacher, a score of 119 is very acceptable. It certainly is not MENSA level, but a high score nonetheless. But let’s get to MMPT, it will describe personality disorders.
Ha! Is there such thing as being a jerk? Well, the jerk store called…
Jodi has been writing (appears to be copying something, her own journal?) since court began this morning glancing up only briefly when the witness is asked to identify her to the court. She is apparently going to spend the rest of the day in her happy place and ignore the proceedings altogether.
kh
Same observation, kh. Head down, smirk gone, face pale… too intent to be intent? Coloring, like a preschooler, w/ her little nub… as if the world wasn’t crashing down around her. Look at the face… eerie blank.
Seems about time for a migraine or a hunger-faint? Or, perhaps, something altogether new?
And no glasses on La Arias today…
HAH “another example of Ms Arrias Lying” oh my!
elizabetherwin CBS news: Still no questions in the jury basket. #JodiArias kh
Okay it’s time for lunch! Brief recap of the morning. Defense rested first thing. Juan called his psychologist as the expert witness. He very briefly had her state her credentials and moved right into questioning. He asked questions and she provided expert testimony. No leading her around by the nose. The defense made several objections here and there but the only memorable one that they one was when the witness went beyond the scope of the question and called stated that Jodi had lied on another test. The jury was instructed to unhear that part. 🙂 Jodi is unhappy with the testimony so she is copying some text from one journal to another to distract herself. The witness put her overall IQ at a 119 which is high, almost two standard deviations above the mean but not genius level. However, her verbal interpretation skills are much higher… I forget exactly I believe in the 130s. This put her in the highest rated category. After essentially very politely eviscerating the testimony of all the former “experts” in her field who testified, the witness is beginning to testify to the personality traits of Jodi. So far she has said she is an aggressive person with a lot of anger who tends to project blame onto others. She was just going down that path when the lunch bell rang.
I am watching the live feed and Juan asked Dr. Demarte if she ever wrote her evaluation answers of Jodi on a yellow legal pad in pencil! An obvious reference when Dr. Samuels had his pencil-written “answers” on a yellow legal pad!
She said no, then explained that the scoring was entered into a computer to get accurate information for the answers. Quite the contrast to Dr. Samuels half-assed assessment!
Let me just say, Juan is brilliant! 🙂
Like watching a magnicent race horse stretch it’s LONG legs and run free. Buh Bye Jodila.
Demarte, thank you! At last, an expert with expertise… ethics, professional boundaries, personal maturity, … not the least bit interested in (or prone to) seducing or being seduced by Miz Borderline-a-go-go.
Just heard that the defence can rebut rebuttal. Can anyone on the post fill me in on this. (O, noooo! More opportunity for Nurmi to shoot his cuffs, scratch his dome and say “if you’d be so kind”… ick!!)
Tamara , wasnt Alice supposed to be in court today??Whatever happened with that? Anyone know???
She was in court yeterday for a 1:15 in chambers closed hearing. I guess she figured there was no sense in prolonging the enevitable. Not a word about that in court today.
kh
Do we have any clue as to what LaValamp may be getting charged with, if at all?…. Would find it humerus if they made her pay back all the money she was given for watching movies to prepare for this case… There goes your retirement plan Alyce! No pity for you! Greed will get you no where!!! Sorry you dropped your basket, but you brought it upon yourself.
“LaValamp!” How perfect is that! I’ll nevermore refer to her as anything but! I love you, sammiejane. And, yes, she should be made to payback all monies & tough titties re: retirement. Maybe defence council could scrape their pennies together and buy her a magazine subscription… retirement being so boring and all.
OMG Sammiejane! I just had dental surgery this morning & it took me a few seconds to decipher your reference to “LaValamp”, but then it clicked! Started laughing so hard I was afraid I’d lose some stitches! Too, TOO funny!
Hey, I LOVE my lavalamp! What did my 70s iconic furnishing accessory do to deserve such a humiliating comparison? 🙂
Showing my age — everything is groovy — and I love it! (Incense and peppermints, too!)
Thanks, ladies! However I think TT maybe responsible for the LaValamp reference. I just fell in love with it. And anyone comes between me and my incense will get punched in the throat!!! Showing my age now as well!! LM~effin~AO
All respect to atmospherics of yore! But, jeez, LaVa’s SUCH a colossal ninny… can’t you just picture her apologizing to the psychopath (talk about contriving false intimacy!!!), and, when she said “if i had you in group, Mr. Martinez, I’d make you take a time out,” I thought I’d fly through the laptop screen and rip the crewcut right off her head.
However, we must try to contain our gallows humor, at least until Mary Jo’s stitches heal. Oral health (at our apparent age) is no laughing matter!
Following along on HLN blog, DeMarte is blowing Samuels and ALV out of the water with real info and how bringing presents such as books or magazines completely makes their testimony invalid as the relationship changes when too much time is spent with the defendant. Said it was extreme to have to spend 40 hours with her because it becomes a counseling session. Lol So this is what a REAL EXPERT thinks and acts like.
We are actually going to get to see actual angry texts from Jodi. Life is good!
Martinez has entered a new journal entry, it seems to have taken the defense by surprise. Sidebar. I wonder what it is? kh
Correction… it’s an Email. kh
What’s the context of the email?
#Arias wrote she’s kicked holes in walls, kicked down doors, smashed windows and broken things.
And lots of other crazy shit.
kh
WoW!! She wrote that??!!! OH I wish i could watch
Good Sweet Jaybos! I love this witness. On HLN I think Obi-Juan just had to stop her a little bit and I thought I detected a slight grin on him. Oh NO Questions. Hmmm…. I am biased I admit but she is so professional and is just obliterating ALV and Dick.
This witness is killing it
Whaddya wanna bet La Arias suddenly comes down with another migraine…? (Bird flu, bubonic plague, in-grown toenail).
It’s great to finally put a name to Jodi’s brand of crazy: borderline personality disorder. I was nodding along when she was listing the symptoms.
Jodi’s behavior in Court ever since Dr. DeMarte took the stand is downright rude, in my opinion. What the hell is she writing that’s so important she can’t even look up?!? Isn’t she required to be in Court to listen to all testimony? Since obviously she doesn’t give shit, if I was the Judge I’d admonish her. It reminds me of the video taken when she was at some gathering with Travis and all his friends (the one where Travis is describing to his friends his horrible ordeal when he was held up), and Jodi was next to him on a couch LAYING DOWN with her head in his lap, CLEARLY agitated that he wasn’t paying any attention to her, while all his friends’ were on the edge of their seats listening to his story. Makes me just wanna SHAKE her!!! I’m amazed her attorneys aren’t telling her to at least act interested — after all, THIS witness may have a GREAT weight in deciding her fate! Arghhhhh!!!
She doesn’t HAVE to be there, She has the right to be at anything related to her case but she can stay in her cell and draw all day if she prefers and just let her lawyer handle it. It is of course in her best interest to be there and to act appropriately.
I’m not sure how I would act if someone was pulling my life apart and looking at it under a microscope. And maybe she has to transport herself to la-la land so she doesn’t kick or throw something or hit Willmott or Nurmi over the head with her notebook!!!
I love the picture you’ve conjured up in my mind, Rose. I can just see JA jumping up and bopping Wilmott and Nurmi over their heads with her notebook. Thanks…I needed a good laugh this evening.
MJ
Excellent connection, Mary Jo, re: head-in-lap footage (“I’ll force these clods to see me by acting soooo removed.”) If she’s “genius” at anything, it’s passive aggression.
Hope jury is watching her carefully today. Look at her act the psychoanalytic peer, diligently taking verbatim notes and only looking up to confer with her colleague. You’d think she was in a Harvard lecture hall or at a professional conference. O, how she proves the borderline diagnosis – empty shell, playing whatever character is cued by environ of the moment. She’s been doing it since Day 1 of trial. Switch, switch, presto-chango… if you don’t like me now, wait a minute, I will change.
Thanks, Jane. Actually, I was so put off by her behavior I never even thought about how the JURY would react seeing it! You’re absolutely right! And I’ll bet ya’ anything they took notice — how could they not?
Shellebelle, they put up an email that Jodi sent to Travis where she talks about her anger and how she “hasn’t hit anyone” but that she has punched walls and broken doors and broken other things. She ends it saying that she hopes to go on to be as Christlike as possible despite her anger. Or something. Meanwhile the expert has shown that she meets the diagnosis of Borderline Personality and not PTSD. Some of her symptoms of BPD include fear of abandonment, history of unstable relationships, taking on the identity of those she is involved with and having no sense of self, suicidal thoughts and acts, inappropriate and intense anger, affective instability (mood swings) etc. Basically the expert is kicking ass. And Jodi has spent the whole day in her happy place writing stuff and pretending like nothing is happening.
This is fascinating testimony. Then again I was a psych major. Anyone else counting up the number of symptoms they have? No? Me either. That would be crazypants!
Finally someone on the stand is making sense of Jodi Arias. Meanwhile, Jodi sits there, shuffling papers and drawing….very very weird
Let’s just say some of them sound a little too familiar for my comfort. HA!
La Arias is purposely ignoring Ms. Demarte’s expert testimony as if to convey to all and sundry that it is of no importance to her whatsoever. What is more important to JA is whatever she is doing at the defense table with all her papers, in other words, trying to make herself look MORE important than the expert prosecution witness. She is probably writing that “nothing significant happened today”. But what she doesn’t realize, because she has such an exalted opinion of her herself, is what all the rest of us, and hopefully the jurors too, will see as nothing more than revealing JA’s true nature, that of a self-serving, conniving and delusional manipulator.
Your comment cracked me up. “Nothing important happened today….”
I live with PTSD, and this witness absolutely nailed it. She clearly and concisely laid the symptoms, the meaning of those symptoms, and the unlikelihood that Arias suffers from them. It’s awesome to again watch a witness answer questions without equivocating.
Also, I have a measured IQ of 165; I was tested in high school, a LONG time ago, and since half of my brain cells are now dead it’s extremely likely that my IQ is currently half of that, but I still na-na-na-na-na-naaaaaaed at Arias nonetheless.
Too funny, Tamara! After reading your comment, I went right to my “significant other” (an M.D. – Internist) and, laughing, told him what you wrote & that I was doing a checklist of the symptoms for myself! haha! He said I’ve got a couple. Guess who’s not getting any tonite? And maybe the rest of the month! I’m officially addicted to your website. Again, keep of the great work. P.S. Only disappointment is that you make no mention of MY favorite show — Mad Men.
So here’s a question: In the police interview with Jodi’s parents, one of them said that after Jodi came back from Utah (via Mesa), she blurted out (in that first weekend after June 4th), that Travis had been murdered. But the body wasn’t discovered until Monday the 9th! Am I the only one that noticed this, or have I missed something?
Did you notice that in her father’s testimony, he said ja called him and said Travis was either “dead” or “killed” (can’t remember which) – and her dad said HE immediately said to ja “what did you do”?….
LOVE the new witness…didn’t notice voice fry b/c I was mesmerized by her testiony. Listened to every word. Smart, succinct, articulate – and capable of answering “yes”, “no”!….JW will be unable to rattle her. She is cool under fire, despite JW’s attempt to attack her education/experience.
Y’all KNOW I meant “testimony”… 😉
help! My live feed went out..anyone else having an issue?
Hi Tamara I’m back and actually functioning pretty good after yesterday if I say so myself. Thanks for all the support from you and your readers to my trauma from the Boston Marathon. Talked to my son a few times always to hear him say “Ma, stop calling me, I told you I am okay” and my response is always “count your blessings that I am controlling myself when all I want to do is get on a plane and crawl in a bed with you to watch you sleep safe”. His response “Ma your sick you know that don’t you”. His knee injury that he got which I am so thankful for is just an inflammation of the illiotibial band and that injury was enough to slow him down so he didn’t hit the finish line at the moment of the bomb detonation.
What is amazing is how resilient these young men and women in their 20’s are. They grew up with September 11 and a ton of bomb threats so the emotional trauma to them is a lot less than it is to us older folks. Sounds crazy to be grateful that your kid has learned to handle tragedy but for now it seems to work. He has heard from all his friends who were also running or spectators and all are fine. While I thank God for my blessings I still pray for those who weren’t as lucky.
Glad you are feeling better. Now leave the boy alone. LOL. I am sure he appreciates your attn, but he will never admit it.
Was just coming to ask about live feeds mine is down too. I’m on channel five some south fl station. Is it down for the AZ feeds too?
Feeds are back up nevermind.
Just getting to the trial today on HLN, will watch the you tube videos later. Love this witness and was so excited to hear that she was able to slip in that Jodi lied. We all know you can’t unring a bell so the jury heard it. So strange to see Juan nice and controlled and an articulate intelligent witness actually make sense and answer the questions. I am laughing at Jodi without the glasses, this chick is nuts. I feel for Wilmott who has to suck up to Jodi, pretend she likes her just to keep Jodi calm and thinking Jennifer is her friend. I bet she goes home and takes 5 showers a night, lol.
While I am sure Wilmott wants Jodi to draw and look busy so she controls her psycho self, I think it will backfire (yippee). Jodi looks like she is in her own private world in the padded cell room. She is perfecting this to such an arty form makes me wonder why she didn’t understand that pleading crazy was a much better option to self defense cuz she sure looks crazy to me sitting at the defense table playing with her little notebooks. Must be thinking of good twitter lines.
Thanks for the updates folks, it is such a treat when you can’t sit and watch all day like usual.
DeMarte worked with domestic abuse clients for four years during her training and before she earned her PhD. michaelbkiefer
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And the hits just keep on coming……….
Jodi is paying attention now and thinks her lawyers are so smart. Barf
And, the minute JW got up to begin her cross, JA put her glasses on for almost the first time today. Guess she now sees JW as the most important person in the room for her now.
Jwow is trying trying but no luck and unlike Obi-Juan, JWow is coming off as an oafish clown. She no Juan
I know! Foolish move! She’s trying to don the Juan and it’s backfiring like crazy.
Who the fuck is “Jwow?” Isn’t there a disclaimer here about stupid-ass nicknames? Seriously!
Calm down. Ms Wilmont is who “the fuck” Jwow is. Trying to be joyful and make some folk smile. Over your head?
Adam Friedman: Thank you!!
Whoa, Nellie… !
Ditto thanks to Adam. Joy taken!
(Sheesh!?)
today finally – a pace I can tolerate. I like this JM tone better. I think the other was so distracting & now I’m wondering if all that with the other witnesses was purposeful so it would be impossible to focus on anything he or the witness said due to being so annoyed by the whole exchange. I got my 1st degree in psych and I think this witness is very good at relaying the info & relevant decision making etc. now I am really super interested in hearing jury qs for her to see what their reactions are. and that 119 IQ is only considered high avg – not super genius smart. it means in everyday terms, she can learn quickly & process quickly. and that’s what gives her that good memory she has (albeit selective….) I said hung jury before, but this witness is making me say I might be wrong (or I misspoke lol.) she’s giving me some hope that she can cut thru the bs & get this done 🙂
Hey Peach, I just saw the bow. I would not have cut it off. 🙂
That was a GREAT trial day. I actually paid a lot of attention. I can’t believe that the DT is going to try to diminish her credentials. LOL. They are screwed.
I think we saw our first “expert” witness on the stand today. Kudos, Juan! I can’t wait to see the DT try to tear her down…. bit out of their league I believe. She was excellent at showing the incompetence of both Dr. Dick and LaValamp.
I think so too. Today was a good day for the State of AZ and Travis’ family….
I think I am in love with this witness, lol. The doc is just so damn articulate and pleasant. It is so funny to watch Jodi to continue to try tp pretend it doesn’t bother her. Travis’ family should ask that all her toys be taken away from her. Then let’s watch the real Jodi come out. She is talking the language I am familiar with from years of having my kid tested for learning disabilities. Much better than that babble BS that Dr. FogHorn testified to. Wonder if Alyce is watching the trial and just dying to tweet how this witness is not correct that she and Fog are the only ones who understand Jodi. This case gets better and better for a First Degree Guilty.
ok first of all, I hate to say something negative, because I love this blog, but if we’re voting…I HATE the new format. Now I have to read from the bottom to make sure I haven’t missed a follow up comment to a thread I was interested in, but did not comment on. And if I just want to pop in and make a quick comment, I have to scroll alllll the way past all the comments-unless there’s some way to just post w/o using the fill-in box at the bottom of the post that I am unaware of, this can sometimes be a (tiny) pain in the neck.
And while I’m being critical, hopefully nicely lol, I also love this re-buttal witness EXCEPT for one, small thing. She has the worst case of vocal fry I have ever heard and it’s driving me crazy…other than that, she’s brilliant, and articulate and professional. She needs to take a speech class so she stops sounding like a valley girlllllll
Blame her fucking generation; all girls under the age of 30 think that way of talking is “cute and sexy.” Truth is, it’s horrible and makes them all sound like vapid bimbos. However, that said, I do not hear vocal fry in this witness at all.
CORRECTION: Cammie– you are correct about vocal fry and this witness. I’m listening again and dang if I do hear it. Forgive me my last sentence and strike it. However, I do blame that generation. It is NOT “cute and sexy.”
How about leaving the f-bomb out of your comments. I’d rather listen to vocal fry than foul language. Must be a product of your generation.
Sandra, how about tough shit? What are you, a fucking bible thumper?
Oh grow up. You sound very immature. Maybe you need some analysis for Borderline Personality Disorder…
Oh dear Lordy, ignore Sandra, Dlister. She is obviously “above” us. :-p I’m sure TT appreciates Sandra’s policing of her blog for her. GOY (get over yourself)
Such vitriol. I rest my case.
Sandra, I think we are all a bit trial worn and grumpy. Or maybe they are just initiating you into the group. Don’t sweat it. I mean, seriously, Fuck them, right? 🙂
Feel better now that you used such a BIG word? Vitriol? Really? Sounds to me like you have a deep-rooted need to use fancy and inapplicable words to make an over-the-top characterization of someone who is just telling you to STFU about the use of others’ language. Ignore the comments even if your eyes (or your brain which apparently likes to vocalize those nasty words behind closed doors) are far too dainty and sensitive. Good job at proving that your similarity to a certain Dana Carvey character on SNL.
TT: Bwaaahaahaaaa! Good one!
By the way, the irony in the use of “vitriol” to describe my comment AFTER she posted her reply to Dlister does NOT escape me! LOL!!
Dear pura-whatever, if that’s what works for you…
Do you see a suggestion box here? GGGrrrrr Seriously though. if you want a quick comment after about the first 50 comments just hit your ‘end’ key and it scoots you right to the bottom. These posts with hundreds of comments are unweildly no matter what I do. Most people seem to like newest first. So um suck it.
Also, why I am being bitchy to a beloved regular commenter, I want to point out that I had to stop preparing my next post to go look up Vocal Fry. So here is an educational video for other morons like me. Also. I didn’t notice that the witness talked like that. If it starts to bother me tomorrow, I will be back to be mean to you about bringing it to my attention.
Thanks for the vocal fry video, the more you know
Yes!
God Bless you TT and I will definitely suck it lol.
I am so sorry if the fry-ingggrr bothers you tomorrow, and trust me, I considered that before I said it, because once you hear it, you can’t unhear it and I don’t wish that on you!
omg and I forgot to say thank you for posting a video of frying! I should have done that myself. Thoughtful of you. Thanks 🙂
“Vocal fry”, love the analogy. We have a tv news anchor that also suffers from vocal fry and I just cannot listen to her, so she has lost me as a viewer. Fortunately for Ms. Demarte, what she says overrides the sound of her voice enough for me to listen to her. I think the only voice type that is worse are those whose voice goes up and up and up and at the end they sound like they end everything they say as a question. “Hi, I’m John and I work for the government?”.
haha I went to Emerson College and it was required for every student to take a speech 101 course. I was there for a degree in speech therapy, and ended up learning about SO many annoying vocal habits I had never been aware of, a few of which I had myself!
thanks for writing vocal fry – I had to look that up bc I didn’t know what that was. and girl everyone I know sounds like that lol
but i hv to say in this case w this expert I like it bc it sounds condescending 😉 like omg duh, jury puhleaze forget everything u heard before bc it is sooo stupid and like totally random. 🙂
The first person I ever noticed with the “vocal fry” was Pari Hilton, but i think that was before anyone gave it a name. I did not notice it with Dr. J because her testimony was ***riveting***.
What I love about Dr. Janeen — she keeps the jury in mind when answering all questions – prosecution and defense – simple, direct, answering as crisply, clearly, succinctly as possible. No “fat” on her answers! God bless this lovely young lady!
YouTube videos of the testimony of these experts will make great training tools for young experts who have more experience testifying in depositions than at trial:
Samuels and LaViolette: Lawyer’s succinct advice would be “don’t do this.”
DeMarte: Lawyer’s equally succinct advice: “Be like her.”
If QM, the prosecutor, is successful in convincing the Jury that a more appropriate diagnosis for JA is Borderline Personality Disorder rather than the two other disorders of PTSD and Battered Womens’ Syndrome, presented by the defense. I am fearful that if the Prosecutor presents a diagnosis/mental illness that actually sounds reasonable, will the jury then fell sorry for JA and give her a lighter sentence? For almost 4 months we have been trying to figure out what is wrong with Jodi. Now that we do now, will the jury come down as harsh or more harsh since she refused to get treatment.The Psychologist did presented solid date to support her position as to why Jodi has BPD and not PTSD or BWS. I said on another post earlier, could clearly see JA got to wear “Mascara” after the lunch recess and that had lot do with her taking her glasses on and off. I don’t fee sorry for Jodi, but I am sure it was extremely uncomfortable for her to listen to Dr DeMetre’s critique of JA’a personality. I found the doc to be incredibly solid with her testimony. sending hugs to TA’s family and friends!
Lord have mercy, so many typos above! Embarrassing!
See this is what is so nice about TT’s blog, you get to learn all sort of neat shit. Vocal fry? I never heard that term before and even after the great video, I still had to make a google run to better understand it. Turns out in this case I am loving me some verbal fry. I think this cross with Wilmott is the soft side of Juan and Alyce. It was so obvious to me that Demarte thinks Wilmott and the defense are a bunch of bozos, lol. I loved her wordsmith with Wilmott over what being a Psychologist means. Wilmott was told you don’t become a psychologist due to having a PHD. Wilmott went right to getting ready to prove that a Masters would do. When Demarte explained AGAIN that you become a psychologist when you take and pass your exam to become certified. Clearly the defense has no clue which might be part of why they found Alyce on the bottom of the barrel.
Dick and Alyce are seeing Jane(en) run, run right over their inexpert “sold my soul to the devil for a buck and early retirement” testimony for just the bull donkey crap it is. Case over.
I also love this site! : ) Been peeping here forever. Today was an awesome day…I love e some Juan and Dr. Janeen soup…so after screaming OMG..not vally girl like..I then remembered that Jodi has BPD like me. That should be a song. Anywho learned 21 years ago and have been thouraghly saturated with a bunch of psych stuff..that was pretty uch helpful. My first fear was..oh dear gosh..am i going to slit someones throat..and then i thought..BPD are not known to kill..but Angry aggressive hostile Possibly Narcissitic Possibly Psycopath people do and Dr Janeen I think still has one trait or personility up her sleeve for Jodi. So if anyone has questions about BPD or feel like teasin..totally good..give it to me…i tease me…that sounds wrong..but please know BPD doesnt equal JA….
My blunders in my writing are horrible..I hate typing on a nook. ALSO….PLEASE CLOSE YOUR EYE…………i felt sorry for Jodi….because it made her human to me…but ony for about 1.5 secs..then I remembered how calculating and cold she was and just thought of the Alexander family and the feeling left me immediately…switched off like I have BPD 🙂 As far as the jury I think Juan will remind them that on the stand JA admitted to knowing she was Wrong to have killed Travis…that seems an understatement…but it also will make JA guilty.guilty……guilty!