I've been reflecting on ALV's behavior and testimony and find some patterns (cough) striking in her style of presenting herself. They all seem to fall in to a category, to me, of arrogance and entitlement. May I present my case? Thanks for indulging me.
First, let's look at the interruptions in proceedings she's demanded. Week before last, she refused to return for the afternoon session claiming she was too ill. She determined this a good 2 hours before that afternoon session would start. She was unwilling, apparently, to see if she could recover from this over the lunch break and deemed herself unable to proceed derailing the Judge, jury, staff, attorneys, defendant, families, media etc. I watched her up to the moment she requested this early break (and refusing to return) and she at least appeared to be not in acute distress. The next morning I also watched her and she seemed not to be ill in the slightest. We later learn that days AFTER this episode, she purportedly went to the ER but it was for anxiety and heart palpitations. Last I knew , you can't derail a testimony for anxiety.
Then of course we all know about the next time she asked for an early break, just days later. A break 5 min early as apparently she had a matter so urgent she couldn't wait that 5 min. So she's controlled the environment once again for her "needs". Yet, that "need" wasn't quite so "needy" as she managed to pit stop en route for the bathroom to ambush the victim's family to again, meet one of her own "needs".
Laviolette cherry picks what she deems important to tell the truth about. When asked about her CV and claiming she was a "Keynote Speaker" about her Snow White talk, instead of admitting she'd made a mistake (or embellished) her CV to inflate her professional image, she instead tries to spin to the jury that apparently all speakers at seminars are various versions of "Keynote". "Keynote breakout" speaker. She manages to diminish a Keynote Speaker to justify this embellishment when all she really needed to say was "that was a mistake". I realized though, from her, that I apparently am a Keynote Poster! Yay me!
As we saw this week, when asked a direct question by the jury about when she's previous testified in a criminal court in support of a man, she gets vague and answers "one or two". Now, considering this is likely one of the most stressful events of her life, wouldn't it make sense she'd be reflecting back on the "one or two" times she's ever done this kind of thing in her life before? Wouldn't that be just basic human nature? She can't remember the number of times and thinks she will go unchecked on it. In reality of course she can remember the number, which is ZERO. Again the arrogance thinking this will go unchecked and her ease in attempting to justify it is , interesting. Again a question from the JURY themselves.
I was recently interviewed about her behavior I witnessed in court in her approach to Samantha and although I might not have thought it was perfect how I handled it (when Dr. Drew asked me what I did, I admitted I went straight to his producer which was the TRUTH because I was so stunned, I walked out in the hall and Bill was the first person I saw so I vented it to him). This may not have made me look good but it was the truth. One of the Alexander siblings recently thanked me for that and remarked that it was obvious I was telling the truth for that reason, that I was just telling it honestly as it went down. Which is what a normal person does when you are being questioned to be accurate about something..and I wasn't even sworn in! Again, ALV's arrogance slip is showing all over the place.
Then finally, she apparently talks to the media either herself or through an intercessor (otherwise why would they know of her ER visit?). WHich is again a big no no. SHe's an active witness! If Juan Martinez having his photo taken on the front steps is prejudicial, how about an article in the local paper and beyond about the witness being "stalked" (wrong) and having to go to the ER? Boo hoo boo hoo. The Spin Dr's in full force. Unfortunately one of them being a local news reporter.
So she's being "harassed" and "stalked" yet on Thursday, end of court, decides with the defense team to waltz in to dine at the ONE place in the entire city of Phoenix, she's most likely to be seen and photographed. The very hotel where most the out of town media stay. Again, the arrogance and hypocrisy!
My conclusion is Alyce LaViolette has been a big fish in a small pond for a long time. She's been used to her word not being questioned and getting away with 'catchy titles" and soundbites but not substantive TRUTH to what she espouses. I think, personally, this makes her dangerous professionally and I'm not just talking as an expert witness (which imo is over for her).
I think it also speaks to certain personality traits in her that make her think it's appropriate to give a prosecutor in a high profile case on camera , a "time out". Her inappropriate grins, her baiting, then playing the victim.
Finally, I think all of this destroys her reputation as an expert in the field she's devoted her entire life to. That's some serious karma going down there.
I often give deference to people in the web of a sociopath knowing that sociopaths ability to manipulate is the one thing I do define as "evil" in this world.
Yet in this case, I think Alyce LaViolette walked in to this on her own accord driven by her own weakness and she's going out in to her golden years on this note which is a sad tragedy all on it's own. Hope she learns something, but I doubt it.
Nevertheless I leave this on one note:
DO NOT EVER APPROACH A VICTIM IN A CRIME AGAIN MS LAVIOLETTE WHEN YOU ARE CHAMPIONING THE PERP!
You've been checked hard on that one. And I hope it sticks.
Thanks for indulging this long caffeine induced post.