Jodi Arias Trial Day 44: The Fiasco in Phoenix

Today's ridiculous cross-examination by persecuting attorney Juan Martinez of defense expert witness Alyce LaViolette continues at 9:30 PDT.

We will get more circular questioning, more trying to get only "yes" or "no" answers when the answers cannot be answered in a "yes" or "no" fashion, more mischaracterizing of Alyce's testimony, more hypotheticals, more screaming, more showboating, and more diversionary tactics from Juan to divert attention from the simple fact he can't prove first-degree premeditated murder.

Juan's pathetic cross tried to put words in ALV's mouth via semantic games about "stalking." Travis was shown be a liar and a manipulator in his dealings with women. He would go and trash-talk previous girlfriends in an attempt to get in a potential girlfriend's pants, to put it crudely. Furthermore, there was never any evidence Jodi stalked him; that was bullshit peddled by Travis's Mormon friends and "friends" like liar Chris Hughes who got up on national television and told the exact opposite of what really happened as revealed in the trial. He warned Jodi about Travis in emails, not warned Travis about Jodi, as far as we know, because Travis had a bad reputation as a player and a user.

Most damning of all was the simple fact you do NOT continue contact with your "stalker" via emails, phone sex messages, IMs, and text messages. You do NOT invite your stalker to visit your house and have sex with her twice, and have lurid pictures taken of both you as mementos of your encounter with your own camera. Not to forget you hired your "stalker" to clean your house and even suggested to your "stalker" she wear a French maid outfit.

Stalking is a serious offense. Travis did nothing whatsoever legally to stop Jodi from "stalking" him. That's because she wasn't a stalker but a friend with "benefits."



Trial can be viewed at the Arizona Republic website, among live streams or can be viewed here on the blog: