Sorry I have gone through the thread and just wanted to ask...
Do we know that grandad smokes? If so do we know he was actually smoking? I don't think he was.
Also I have seen comments on here about him possibly of having been drinking....again no accounts say he was, I think?
So to paint a picture of a man as tipsy and smoking isn't very helpful.
Respectfully disagree.
Actually it's very helpful as people are trying to figure out this man's state of mind.
IF he was drinking (according to the lawyer SA is a non-drinker) or wanting a smoke that would
make this more understandable.
Because only a drunk person or someone craving a cigarette --and thus distracted --would deliberately place a baby in an open window and either drop her or lose his grip; or possibly whilst 'playing a whoopsie game'.
If he was doing none of those, and sound in his mind (no early onset dementia) that leaves other options on the table.
Some of us are open to other options because that's what's left.
Chilling and completely horrifying to contemplate.
If the video showed an intentional dropping (where he opened his hands outward and let her fall), we'd be seeing more serious charges.
So for negligent homicide, he probably looks as if she slipped out while he was still holding on to her.
This does not make me feel any better for Chloe.
Sounds like he will not say anything more than "...They can't do anything more to me than what's happened..." (paraphrased)
Take what the lawyer says with a huge grain of salt as he does not know this family other than being hired by them to be a 'spin doctor' and a PR spokesperson.
And that is his job --he's a maritime lawyer who also represented the young lady who fell off another cruise ship while drinking and blamed the ship for 'allowing her to drink so much' --among other grievances.
You literally can't make this up.