I might have to pop some popcorn for breakfast!
So gangsters not only kill people, but they kill random people and then extort other people to keep quiet about it? And then when those gangsters go to jail, other gangsters extort the people those gangsters were extorting, even though they didn’t kill the original person? Sure.
When she actually listened would be interesting! I swear she told Isom she didn’t listen until after 11 because she wasn’t paying attention to her phone. Which is weird because she also says 1) she had no landline so just her cell 2) she was making a lot of calls and sending texts that morning, and we know from phone records she talked to DA that morning and had multiple calls with CA.
Well, Charlie seemed just terrified of gang members in this Dolce Vita tape quote!
Yes, Rivera is a rock solid witness. Going to be interesting to see how Rashbaum approaches this.
I'm not saying it's going to work...they gotta argue something. Not sure what other options they have. Plus, CA is all bluster I think. JMO.
In the previous trials when defense attorneys tried to make lots of hay about the Latin Kings connection, LR had no trouble standing firm that this event had nothing to do with Latin Kings. That SG (who was never a Latin King member) was his best friend, so when SG asked him to “take a ride” he was down without question.
It’s odd that she wasn’t, and it’s almost inexcusable that they all weren’t arrested when Katie and Sig were. We will never know what that was about. But arresting both Charlie and Donna at the same time would at least mean they would have to get different lawyers. They could’ve tried them together, like with Katie and Sig. Or not. There are advantages and disadvantages to doing that, I don’t remember right now what they are. I don’t know if it would be better to try them together. It didn’t work in Katie’s first trial.
I read LaCasse the same way, although it was interesting that someone on here new to the case wasn’t buying his story. He does say more and more as time goes on, he seems to be always going back and remembering new things that make Wendi look guilty. That’s odd, to me, that his memory would improve over time. This is the first time he said that he saw the broken TV. I guess the explanation is that he wasn’t asked about that before. It wasn’t as relevant to Katie’s trial. He didn’t mention it to the police either, but that’s probably because he didn’t yet know that it was her alibi for the morning of the murder. I still think he’s telling the truth, even if his interpretation of some facts may be self-serving. I don’t think she was deliberately trying to frame him, for example.
AND!!! You forgot that the people extorting the money — they only demand a 10th of the original million dollar bribe ($100,000) and then they split that 3 ways. GENIUS!!
I have a feeling they’re going to say Charlie actually paid them MORE- they alluded to that in opening. Because he was so rich. And so scared. And then he ran out of money, so he had to go to Mom. But I do remember hearing Rash say “you will hear that he paid MORE.” Because sure. That’s what you do. And he also said Sig hated ChArlie. Hated him. Wanted to hurt him. So…he killed someone for him? None of it makes any sense. if they were going to extort ChArlie, why didn’t they just extort Charlie? Is the argument that they were going to make it look like he did it, and so he was afraid of being framed, so he paid them? That’s even more reason to go straight to the cops. The whole thing falls apart as soon as you take a good look at it. But, jury consultants are good at their job.
He took a 100 pages worth of notes for crying out loud! What’s that about? This time around he came across like a try hard. Off-putting imo. I can imagine some jurors seeing him as a scorned lover who had his head and heart and other parts turned by a beautiful woman. Naive and lacking discernment. I’m also doubtful that she was really trying to frame him! JMO
I agree with all that, though I think he’s basically truthful in the sense he’s not lying as to any facts. He is focused mainly on Wendi and her possible guilt, (100 pages!) but that makes sense considering he had a relationship with her in which he feels he was treated badly. And he apparently does believe she was trying to frame him. Main character syndrome.
I forgot about this too! His claimed work injury aside, and of course a hand or arm or back injury could make it very hard to work in his profession — I wonder if his livelihood was affected by the large amounts of publicity for the case — I know he worked for his dad but also for other dental practices on a contract basis. It’s been out there since 2016 that law enforcement was implicating him as the main guy in a murder for hire conspiracy. He was free for about 6 years after that, how many people wanted to be his patient or in the periodontist business with him since 2016?
It does seem in his first police interview he was very anti-DM— talked a lot about what a jerk he was. In later interviews much more negative about WA, that she was a liar, etc.
