Jodi Arias on the stand, day 3 of her testimony
PART 2
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--There wasn't anybody else that she had a close relationship to that could baptize her.
--Travis was the only person she could think of. He was the person she was initially thinking of. He had asked her if she had decided if she was going to be baptized. Says he was happy to learn that and she invited him to baptise her. This would have been in November, doesn't remember the exact date, and was over the phone.
--Baptism took place in Palm Desert. Open to church members. The Hughes' came out, a few other people in the business came.
--Did not invite her family as they lived 11-12 hours away. Did not invite them as they wouldn't make the effort to come out there.
--Says her family had misgivings about her joining the church. Family are aunts, parents, siblings and friends. Pretty much everyone in her immediate circle discouraged her from joining the church.
--Jodi invited Daryl but he did not attend.
--Says she was nervous because she didn't know what the baptismal process was.
--There was a podium in another room, opened with a prayer, a few talks given on a few different subjects, Jodi was led into the font, Travis was already in the font. The font is a giant bathtub that is filled with waist high water.
--Before entering the font she changed into an all white jumpsuit. You walk up. Travis held his hand up and made a declaration, she was dipped into the water and brought back up.
--Being baptised gave her a very peaceful feeling.
--Afterwards she went and got changed and went into the room and there may have been more prayers.
--Drove home that day with Travis. When she got back to the house, his car was parked there as they took her car to church. When they went inside they hugged, words were exchanged, and they began to kiss and things got intimate again. Jodi says she was not thinking of going there on that spiritual day.
--After they started kissing they were in her bedroom, standing next to her bed, kissing, they were in their church clothes, kissing got more passionate, Travis spun her around, and he bent her over the bed, got on top of her, thought he was going to keep kissing her, she was face down on the bed.
--Travis' hands were wandering, he lifted up her skirt and he pulled down her underwear and was pressing against her with his whole body, she could feel his erection. He unzipped his pants and began to have anal sex with her. This wasn't something she was expecting to happen. She did not want it to happen but she didn't stop him.
--When Travis entered her she didn't tell him no. It was painful...somewhat. She probably would have let him continue as that is what he had wanted for a while. She trusted him and she went with his agenda. It went on for a few minutes. The only reason she told him to stop was the pain...she had to have him stop. Otherwise she would have continued. Travis finished by ejaculating on her back or somewhere on her and then they were finished.
--They kissed, embraced and Travis left.
--After Travis left she says she felt like a used piece of toilet paper but didn't continue feeling that way, just shortly thereafter.
--In late November 2006 after the baptism Travis drove back to Mesa.
--Next spoke to Travis, can't remember if it were that night or the next night. The subject of the anal sex....he wrote her a letter about it, did not discuss things of that nature on the phone.
--Did not voice her objection other than when they were having anal sex, during that time she said through clenched teeth, "stop, stop, stop". Says she never told him because it wouldn't have made him feel very good.
--Travis and Jodi continue to talk on a near daily/nightly basis. Phone calls get progressively later and later. The majority of them take place close to midnight and sometimes as late as 0300.
--re: talks. Pattern of phone calls continued through November and new subject matters were incorporated regarding their future. re: relationship aspect, on November 26 2006 they were not boyfriend/girlfriend. Became boyfriend/girlfriend, exclusive on February 2, 2007.
--When Jodi was in public prior to Nov 2006 her and Travis did not act like they were in a relationship in public. When they were in the motel in Erinburg they acted like they were in a relationship. Travis grabbed her butt when they were at the truck stop.
--Jodi got the impression that their relationship was to be a secret...got the hints from his friends.
--She believed that when she was having the unwanted anal sex she was complying with the vow of chastity.
--Jodi says she was discreet, she didn't tell Travis about anything to do with Daryl, she doesn't talk about her sex live.
--Jodi had never been to Arizona. The next time she saw Travis was the Friday following the Sunday she was baptised. This took place in Mesa at Travis' house. The purpose of the visit was a regional event with a speaker that was flying in. She carpooled with a bunch of other people.
--The event was in Pheonix on Saturday morning. Jodi, and some others go to Travis' house on the Friday night. There were a bunch of people coming to his house to crash. The sleeping arrangements.....Travis told Jodi he didn't want to have any sexual encounter. Travis joked about oral sex...her giving him but he was concerned about his ex girlfriend was there and he didn't want to give her the impression they were together. The ex girlfriend was Deanna.
--Travis felt he needed to warn Jodi..Martinez objects due to hearsay.
Jury is excused. Last objection is discussed.
LUNCH RECESS