Remember she also said she didn't think he shaved that day at all.
I think you're missing my point.
I've watched that piece of trial video more than many times, same with that piece of the original interrogation tape, and have all but memorized the tape transcript.
I don't hear what you hear, or we don't interpret in the same way what we both hear.
I hear that what JM keeps repeating is the convincing part, because it's the convincing part that's relevant to him. Yes, the tries to connect the convincing part to when he was shaving months before. The shaving part of the convincing isn't what JM is focused on, IMO. He just uses the shaving part to discredit what else she's said, including about sex.
In that piece JM played she says- no, you're right, he was uncomfortable at first. He stood there and said...I feel gay. That's while IN the shower.
(Also in that tape, easier to catch in the transcript, she says, trying to extricate herself from her mangled and revealing replies on the topic of shaving and convincing and consent--yeah, they (the shaving photos) didn't work out so good, and I " WAS GOING TO DO THEM AGAIN LATER.."
I wouldn't stress-out over it if I were you, geevee. I honestly doubt Travis even saw that full face shot of himself that was taken while he was sitting down in the shower. I mean, as it is, she's got the granny gun trained on him with one hand and is holding the camera with the other hand, right? Is she really able to maintain eye contact with TA and still whirl the camera around 180º with one hand and press all kinds of buttons in the menu on the back of the camera with just her right thumb to preview a pic for him? All that with one hand using a camera she's vaguely familiar with and also keep her eye on Travis so he doesn't lunge out at her (or be prepared if he did)? Because if so, she really missed her calling as a blackjack dealer in Vegas. Actually, Vegas would have been the perfect place for her to live and work. Lots of deep pockets there for her to glom on to. Not to mention added income from upscale hooking on the side. So I've heard. From a friend.
Here's my version...
Travis wanted out of his life for good. had no idea how receptive he would be of her when she showed up. 'He was happy to see me' was a bald faced lie. The friendly over-12 hours of togetherness- lying storyline is even more egregious and totally inconceivable to me. Once her presence was known, she had to kill him soon after. He might tell. Murder 101.
The ' single biggest concern on June 4th would have been- What if someone saw her near T's house on the way in, or on the way out. She had a backup plan. She would plant the sex photos in T's camera before Travis woke up. In case she was seen, she would simply admit she was there and lie they had sex.
-Some time while Travis was sleeping (doesn't matter when she did the transfer under this scenario) : She transfers the sex photos with altered dates to T's camera. It really is a simple process. No cables necessary. She does need her laptop with the pre-June 4th nudes saved on it. She will also need a card reader which Travis would already own as he was using the memory card for his camera. ex) A photo taken on March xx, 2008 1:44 pm would be changed to June 4, 2008 1:44 pm. And that's the date Det Melendez got later on. When I did the experiment, my computer let me change the date, but not the time.
-She snoops to her heart's content in the office. She could shoot him while he sleeps but she preferred to use the knife while he takes a morning shower.
-About 10 am Arizona time (~5 pm GMT camera time): Travis wakes up. Finds her in the office. Finds his camera nearby her.
He finds and deletes the sex photos, gets disgusted with her.
She starts sweet talk- I was just waiting for you to wake up, I stopped by to do x y and z.
He ignores her, begins to set up floor cleaner, says thanks for stopping by, tells her be gone by the time he finishes his shower. He goes up. Shaves.
She is mad. She sneaks in the bathroom and starts to take photos.
She kills him.
She begins to stage the scene.
Texts Chris, showers, deletes shower photos, puts on makeup, eats...
Sleeps in his bed, starts laundry- sheets and duvet first, then bloody clothes and towels next.
Uses T's computer.
Spends a loooooooooooong time admiring her work(she just couldn't leave the bathroom even though it was time for to go), says I beat you brat over and over.
Total time spent together including getting killed - less than an hour. No long gap time (interaction-wise).
Phew, I've rejected all evidences presented at trial and utterly rejected all of the ' testimony.
PS, I have the utmost respect for JM and his strategy used in this trial. I'm in awe of him.
Here's my version...
Travis wanted out of his life for good. had no idea how receptive he would be of her when she showed up. 'He was happy to see me' was a bald faced lie. The friendly over-12 hours of togetherness- lying storyline is even more egregious and totally inconceivable to me. Once her presence was known, she had to kill him soon after. He might tell. Murder 101.
The ' single biggest concern on June 4th would have been- What if someone saw her near T's house on the way in, or on the way out. She had a backup plan. She would plant the sex photos in T's camera before Travis woke up. In case she was seen, she would simply admit she was there and lie they had sex.
-Some time while Travis was sleeping (doesn't matter when she did the transfer under this scenario) : She transfers the sex photos with altered dates to T's camera. It really is a simple process. No cables necessary. She does need her laptop with the pre-June 4th nudes saved on it. She will also need a card reader which Travis would already own as he was using the memory card for his camera. ex) A photo taken on March xx, 2008 1:44 pm would be changed to June 4, 2008 1:44 pm. And that's the date Det Melendez got later on. When I did the experiment, my computer let me change the date, but not the time.
-She snoops to her heart's content in the office. She could shoot him while he sleeps but she preferred to use the knife while he takes a morning shower.
-About 10 am Arizona time (~5 pm GMT camera time): Travis wakes up. Finds her in the office. Finds his camera nearby her.
He finds and deletes the sex photos, gets disgusted with her.
She starts sweet talk- I was just waiting for you to wake up, I stopped by to do x y and z.
He ignores her, begins to set up floor cleaner, says thanks for stopping by, tells her be gone by the time he finishes his shower. He goes up. Shaves.
She is mad. She sneaks in the bathroom and starts to take photos.
She kills him.
She begins to stage the scene.
Texts Chris, showers, deletes shower photos, puts on makeup, eats...
Sleeps in his bed, starts laundry- sheets and duvet first, then bloody clothes and towels next.
Uses T's computer.
Spends a loooooooooooong time admiring her work(she just couldn't leave the bathroom even though it was time for to go), says I beat you brat over and over.
Total time spent together including getting killed - less than an hour. No long gap time (interaction-wise).
Phew, I've rejected all evidences presented at trial and utterly rejected all of the ' testimony.
PS, I have the utmost respect for JM and his strategy used in this trial. I'm in awe of him.
Good work, sidestepping ALL the evidence presented at trial, AND all her lies.
But really....
Do you really find it impossible to believe that the determined sociopath couldn't have manipulated Travis just enough, one more time?
For all we know, she told him something on June 2 related to whatever she'd done to make him so angry on May 26, perhaps removed a threat she had made, maybe, for example, telling him she had found her cellphone with the sex tape on it, and had erased it.
Not enough to make him like her or trust her, but enough that he no longer felt threatened by her. And, reinforced by all the "peace" offerings she probably told him she'd mail, but then brought in person, items that were extremely important to him, including his handwritten book chapter, perhaps even his 2 journals that he had told her he considered his legacy, precious to him beyond words.
Admitting that she had these things would have been to give him the confession from her he had demanded, and more.
Again, not enough to make him forgive her or like her, but maybe enough that he felt he could let go of his hatred of her. And that , IMO, would have been all she needed to get in the door and to stay there long enough to manipulate him enough to be able to kill him.
