We started nearly half an hour late because Jodi was late for some reason. Or something. Willmott is really worried about all of the potential for impeaching this ridiculous witness so she brings up a few more of his past issues in previous cases that will make him look bad so he can talk without […]
Jodi Arias Trial 12/17 To All Then Men She’s Loved Before …Hey She Only Killed the One
Today, in the center ring we continue with the direct examination of Geffner the defense’s shrink who says Jodi has PTSD. Today it appears we will focus on her relationship history. The theme of Jodi the victim continues. Her first boyfriend was Bobby Suarez. Geffner says he was abusive to Jodi. Bobby was into […]
Jodi Arias Trial Recap 12/16
Everyone is in court on time this morning and then there is an announcement the trial will be delayed an hour. Something is afoot. Or it just Because, Arizona. Also the third ring of the circus involving Jodi’s secret testimony, the appellate court gave their official opinion today. She can’t testify in secret and the […]
Jodi Arias 12/15 Afternoon Session
I’m reverting back to living on west coast time, eating lunch with the Arias jury and staying up too late. We are back and Geffner is talking about PTSD. I’m pretty sure she has it, FROM VICIOUSLY MURDERING HER SEX PARTNER. I don’t see how they can seriously try to attribute that to any prior […]
Jodi Arias Trial 12/15 Morning Session
Last week there was a report that Juror #3 was arrested for some reason on the day after Thanksgiving. That report was from the National Inquirer. BTW, Radar Online and the National Enquirer are owned by the same people so the exact same story ran on ROL. No actual mainstream media in Pheonix that I […]
Here’s Another TT Question!
Will you guys be watching the Whitney Houston movie on Lifetime? It’s Angela Bassett’s directorial debut. I will most definitely be watching. After the Aaliyah movie that everyone but me HATED, I’m not sure how this will be received. When the family refuses to allow the artist’s music to be used that is not usually a good […]
Jodi Arias: Porn Hearing Part 2 Second Verse Same As The First
Today’s hearing began with a rain delay. I am not making this up. Apparently, in Arizona when it rains everyone goes batshit or something. Perhaps there is a state law requiring everyone to strip nude and do an interpretative dance when it rains? I do not know. But I do know the trial is delayed. […]
Jodi Arias Trial Update: Same Shit Different Day
We returned to court with the same witness, Dr. Forseca who both Nurmi and Martinez questioned. Then juror questions were read. Then they both questioned her some more. Forseca was a hostile witness with Juan Martinez. She refused to answer questions and would randomly turn to the jury and say that Martinez was mischaracterizing her […]
Arizona Court of Appeal Has Ruled on Media Shutout In Jodi Arias Case
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be […]
Jodi Arias11/25 Afternoon Recap: The End Of Slime Highway
If you missed this mornings recap, go here. After burritos everyone got back in the car. I’ll spare you the details but the smell is horrendous and I wanted to roll down the window but Juan has the child locks on and won’t let me. “So was Jodi a master manipulator because she didn’t discuss […]
Jodi Arias Morning Recap 11/25 Back on the Slime Highway
This morning we all woke up at Howard Johnson’s Motor Lodge and everyone is in a bad mood. We got zero sleep arguing about the situation in Ferguson and watching the No True Bill announcement. Martinez called the prosecutor a pussy all night and said he would just have thrown the case out and dared anyone […]
Jodi Arias Afternoon Session 11/24 Part II of Scenic Drive Down Slime Highway
Okay. I got really bored trying to make heads or tails of this so I went a little off the deep end. Sorry. It was basically a whole lot of back and forth about anal sex and such between Juan and Dr. Forseca. That’s the short version. The following version is sort of like bad […]
Jodi Arias Trial Recap for Monday 11/24: Driving Down Slime Highway
Things ran a bit behind this morning as the usual morning band of criminals took a little bit longer to finish up. Then Nurmi gets up and has a hissy fit again over the media in the room during a public trial. This time is problem is that the news pool photographer chosen to take […]
Jodi Arias Hearing Over Porn on Travis’ Laptop (Recap)
In more bizarre news on Friday, there was a hearing due to a motion by the defense that alleged the prosecution deleted porn off of Travis Alexander’s laptop. I completely forgot to recap this yesterday but I am going to do a whiz bang short version really fast. (I hope). We started out with Jodi’s […]
Jodi Arias Trial Update for 11/20
Today is a magical day in Pheonix, Arizona. Much like a whale watching trip, where you board the boat and get your cameras ready and hope to get lucky and find a whole pod of whales to delight in. Maybe you will see whales all day. Maybe you will just see a glimpse of what […]
Jodi Arias Update For Monday 11/17
It’s a crappy day out and there is a lot going on in the home office of TamaraTattles.com today and Jodi Arias updates are about the last thing I am up for doing. However, I’m going to give you the rough outline of the day just so we will all stay up to speed, because […]
Jodi Arias Afternoon Session: Videotape of Sidebars and Real Time Sidebars
If you missed my recap of the morning session you can read it here. After an early lunch, which was shortened to an hour so they could kick off early today to rest up for bottomless margarita day tomorrow and the Phoenix house of tacos, it seems that some collaboration of morons has gotten the […]
Jodi Arias Morning Recap For Thursday
Court began a bit this morning and after the requisite sidebar the jury was called in and the mitigation witness Dr. Forseca returned to the stand. She continues to go over emails between Travis Alexander and Chris and Skye Hughes. In the emails, Travis expresses remorse for wasting seven years of Deanna’s life because he was […]
Jodi Arias Trial Finally Completes a Full Day: Mitigation Witness Dr. Michio Forseca
Well, this is going to take a while. There is a lot happening today in the Jodi Arias case. And I’m three hours behind because I have a yard guy that needs supervision working outside. So, let’s get started with Nurmi’s appeal to the appellate decision. He says that the only person willing to testify in […]
Jodi Arias Trial Bombshell As New Evidence Could Set Aside Guilty Verdict!
UPDATE: There is an unsubstantiated theory that the porn sites were redirects from a virus. The virus redirected the computer to the porn sites. This makes sense, especially if they were all from a specific time and not spread out over a longer period. Of course we have no information on when the […]
Another WTF? Day In Jodi Arias Sentencing Trial
I really have no insight or explanation for what happened in court today. They jury was not there they were told to return tomorrow so the judge and defense could get their shit together. Basically, Nurmi went on a rampage about how the media is going to cause a mistrial by reporting on the case. […]
The Jodi Arias Circus Adds New Performers
The square wheels of Arizona justice continued to thud along today in the Jodi Arias trial. When last we left off, Nurmi had convinced Judge Stephens to seal the courtroom from the public and allow a mystery mitigation witness for the defense to testify to the jury in secret. Then we found out that […]
Jodi Arias’ Allocution from 2013
Please check out all of croakerqueen123’s Jodi Arias Youtubes. She’s the best! In case you missed it or just want to refresh your memory here is what Jodi said in her allocution last time. It is expected that her statements to the court would be something similar to this. The transcript is below. She could […]
Jodi Arias Case Has Now Changed Arizona Law, I Think, Maybe.
Last night, I updated the post about the mystery witness in the Jodi Arias trial who required that the entire courtroom be cleared except for the victim’s family who have the right to be in all portions of the trial even those that are closed to the public or even held in chambers. Surprise! The mystery […]
UPDATED!!Jodi Arias Trial: My Guess On The Mystery Mitigation Witness
WELL! Now we know what sort of mystery witness for defense can refuse to testify if she can’t do it in a closed proceeding. That would be the damn defendant. Jodi Arias. Details in short video here. Judge Stephens is an idiot. Based on something posted on twitter, (please click the link) my new guess […]
Jodi Arias Morning Session: Victim Impact Statements, Then All Hell Broke Loose
Courtroom is packed for the first time today. There is a lottery to get in. The rest will watch in overflow room. After much delay, sidebars, etc, Court gets underway. We will begin with two impact statements from Travis’ family. This is new. First up, Travis’ younger sister Tanisha Sorenson. I’ve pieced together tweets to […]
Jodi Arias Afternoon Session Recap 10/28
And we are back. Nurmi asks Flores again if the bullet is a hollow point. Flores says he would need to review the ballistics report to answer that. Then he questions the sex tape and asks if was authenticated. Flores says no. Um Nurmi, this is YOUR evidence that YOU brought in. He goes on […]
Jodi Arias Morning Recap 10/28
We begin the morning with a sidebar. Juan has some scheduling questions. Nurmi has some objections, I’d presume. It’s taking a while. I think Juan left the courtroom briefly. The plan if we make it that far is for Nurmi to cross Flores today. I think Nurmi will be playing the sex tape to show […]
Jodi Arias Afternooon Update 10/27/14
Everyone is back in court, including Juror 12 and we are back to listening to Flores conversation with Jodi. Actually, this sounds like the interrogation video. Flores tells Jodi they found the camera. She says she has never seen Travis’ camera, she had recently helped him pick a good one but she is not sure […]
Jodi Arias Morning Recap For Monday October 27th
Well, the Jodi circus is up and running again in Arizona. We begin the day with a motion to dismiss the states intent to seek the death penalty due to state misconduct. Basically, Nurmi got his hands on some texts between Detective Flores’ wife and an unknown party about the forged letters that Jodi had […]
Jodi Arias Trial Unable to Proceed After Lunch Break. Juror 17 Is a Problem.
UPDATEE 10/24/14 I just zipped through Dr. Drew and he confirms that he did not put up his tweet until AFTER court was adjourned for the day. Which confirms to me that he booked the old Juror 17 after the new Juror 17 situation arose. He did that because everyone wants to know the […]
Jodi Arias Trial Day Three Morning Recap: Hissyfits and Crying Jags
The day begins with a sidebar at the bench. Because, Arizona. Up first is Esteban Flores. Nurmi is finally getting to cross-examine him because for some reason Horn had to be on the stand yesterday. If this is your first trip to the rodeo, Flores was the lead investigator in the murder of Travis Alexander. […]
Jodi Arias Trial Day Two Afternoon Recap: It Was A Slow, Boring Afternoon
We are officially down two jurors in two days. Yesterday one was excused for a family emergency, today one decided to wander out front, take her badge off, have a smoke and watch the live news interviews. That was juror 9 and she has been sent packing. Back to the showdown between Willmott and Horn. […]