I agree. There are many reasons why I found Rivera's testimony credible, this being one of them. There is really no benefit to him falsely implicating WA. His plea deal was established - 19 yrs, concurrent, for truthful testimony. Mainly, the state needed him to confirm that he and Garcia were indeed hired, that Garcia was the shooter, and that Magbanua was the conduit. He wasn't needed or expected to implicate the family. He knew so little about who hired them, and he has obviously been oblivious to the media coverage. I just don't see how or why he would have made the Wendi sighting up. If anything, I think there is a small chance he or Garcia could have been mistaken. But I doubt it.
rbbm.
The defense might say that SG was drunk, drugged up, ect. and paranoid that " the lady " was WA, or even DA, when it might have just been a stranger looking at him ...
But then, how to explain the phone call with KM about the "lady" sighting, would that part be made up too?!
imo, speculation.