Continued from thread #2...Post1706...Page 68...Interview #3
Dr. P..When was the first time you heard the allegation that she supposely was making that you had molested her?
GA...In a letter that was released that she was having a correspondance with another inmate and this inmate was talking about her life and how she probably could have been molested and KC agreed and she said well maybe somethin happened with my brother and or my dad, I just don't remember and I saw that I was hurt, I was hurt deeply to think my daughter could even concocted something like that and I said you know somethin their coming after me now and sayin that I did somethin wrong ,I'm the one thats bein looked at in the wrong direction.
Dr. P..Ya know legal analysts have called this the social media trial and that perhaps the defense monitered facebook and twitters and determined that there were people out there that didn't like you and there fore you became a good target. Do you believe that any of that contributed to you being selected as a fall guy here or someone to point the finger at?
GA...Oh, absolutely I do. I believe everything they did they were pointing stuff at me , making me be the one thats gonna help get my daughter aquitted of charges against her of first degree murder, of aggravated child abuse or felony murder, whatever it was going to be , Ya, I was the one that was targeted because they had to cause reasonable doubt and they did. They did their job.
Dr. P...Did you know when you walked in there that they were going to lead with this molestation theory as to why she lied.
GA...In that particular time that CA had met with Jose Baez at our attorneys office ya, that was the speculation but for him to say that specific opening statement that he said, OH NO, that was an extreme low blow.
They play JB OS..KC..8 years old..going to school like nothing happened..blah..blah
GA upset during next comments, finding it difficult to spit words out.
GA...The hurt.... the anger inside of me.... even right now to hear that st-...again that hurts, to think that could be concocted and that could be an opening statement and the judges ruling was we could be in court , we could not have any kind of reaction what so ever and to sit there and look straight ahead or look down for a moment and just hold your composer, that was very hard for me to do. I wanted to go and jump over this little railing that we had and.. and.. I wanted to confront Mr. Baez on what he said. I didn't care for him from day one. I..I just had that bad feeling but when he said that , I thought you know pal, you've already destroyed me, your just tryin to destroy me some more. But ya know somethin, I stood up in front of him and I told him your not takin away my joy no more.
They play video of GA on stand saying this to JB
Dr. P..GA, did you ever touch your daughter inappropiately?
GA...No sir, I did not.
Dr.P...Did you ever sexually molest her at any age, in any way, at any time?
GA..No sir, I did not...did not. I couldn't do that, would not do that.
Dr. P...DP looks at CA...Do you believe that?
CA...Absolutely
Dr. P...So, do you believe that this defense theory was not truthful?
CA...Absolutely. I know it's not truthful.
Dr.P...So if that defense theory contributed to this aquittal on those 3 charges , then those aquittals, in your opinion, are based on misinformation given to the jury.
CA...No...because...I don't think the jury based their decision on that statement. I think they based their decision on lack of evidence that the state was unable to prove. If I was sitting on that jury, I've would have done the same thing that the jury did because they did not prove, the state did not prove their case.
Dr. P...Alright, but let me ask you something in you said you absolutely do not believe what they said about GA, so I want to be very clear here because you were in this home, you were there in the mornings, you were there during the day, you were there at night. Do you know to the absolute core of your heart that this man never molested your daughter.
CA...Absolutely, because if I knew that, he would not be sitting here today because I would have either killed him myself or had him arrested and I would have moved him away.
Dr. P...You never saw anything?
CA...Absolutely not
Dr. P...No warning signs ever goin off in your head...no maternal instinct ever triggered?
CA...Absolutely not
Dr. P...Cause I'm of the opinion you can be kind of a polyanna sometimes, I've said that to ya, I know cause you try to not see ugly things but this is something you wouldn't turn a deaf ear to?
CA...Absolutely not and he knows that, if he would have ever laid a finger on any of the kids or myself he would have been gone.
Dr. P... Were you ever bathing her or dressing her or around her and see any physical evidence of touching or inappropriateness or the result of inappropriateness at all, did you see any indication what so ever?
Ca...No...No...No...and I feel that during the time of our separation if there was anything of that , that that was KC's time to tell me because it was us and she could have used that to keep her dad away, I mean if she would have said something like that I would have never reconciled with him. That would have been a deal breaker for me.
Dr. P...She was lookin for ammunition?
CA...Absolutely
Dr. P...She wanted him out
CA...Absolutely and if there was, she could have given it to me then and she left Caylee alone with him alot. GA babysat quite a bit while KC and I would do stuff soGA...Yup, which I enjoyed so much
CA..Oh yes
GA...enjoyed that time with her
CA...So for her to put her daughter in that position, I don't believe it for a minute
Dr. P...Did they confide in you at any time before the trial that they were going to accuse him of molesting her?
CA...Um, the states attorneys office did. We found out within a week after I found out that Caylee had drown, we knew they were going to point the finger at GA somehow and they were going to go on that molestation theory.
Dr. P...Once you heard this did you ever ask GA if it was true?
CA...No, I never had to
Dr. P...Did you want her to take the stand?
GA...It would have been interesting but I think she would have been mentally destroyed by the prosecution. I think they would have really grilled her like probably
Dr. P...Did you want her to be cross examined?
GA...It would have been very interesting to have her answer some of the things of the particular day of June 16th, her explanation on what happened on that particular day, what time all this stuff happened, who was all there, what was said, what was done, but she never had the opportunity to say that.
Dr. P...So that was one major prong of their defense, this is why she kept the secret, why
GA...Right
Dr. P...she had learned and had the pattern of keeping the secret. They dropped another bombshell in there about the pool and all that which ya all knew was coming.
GA...Right
Dr. P...Lets take a look at that
They show video clip of JB OS...GA saying to KC..wheres Caylee..wheres Caylee
Dr. P...What was your reaction when you heard that articulated in detail down, that you were there, you were yelling , you were screaming, you were threathening and you were cowersing her?
GA... I wanted to jump up and just say listen, I had nothing to do with this but you can't, you've gotta let him do his job. Did it bother me, it still bothers me even to hear even again today. I know it didn't happen the way their talkin about it happening. How could I have pulled my grandaughter out of a pool, hold her there, give her off to KC and then go off to work that day? It makes no sense to me. I'd be the one to call 911, try to resuscitate my grandaughtrer, why wouldn't I done the right thing. I've been trained to do that.
Dr. P...As a police officer, would you know that an accidental drowning would not wind up with somebody spending the rest of their life in jail?
GA...Oh, absolutely they wouldn't, I mean it's an, thats an accident, it's stuff that happens.