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Sooo, any bets court may be delayed in the morning due to this kerfuffle?
My personal opinion is that, after the trial was over and we are in the time period of Masipa figuring out her judgement.
Thats when they wanted to release the video, in the hopes of shoring public opinion and swaying masipa outside the court room.
But it seem's something went wrong, i am surprised it aired in Australia, i can imagine they gave it to us aussies, and because we are such a backwater country no one thinks about, they kind of forgot about it.
It does seem to have been made quite awhile ago and prepared beforehand, just after Pistorius' time on the stand.
1. It’s standard practice to tell interview subjects when the report will air.
2. Though, in exclusive like these, to stop leaks (irony) producers may tell the subjects only just before the airing/preview (contracts differ).
3. I think Roder definitely, and to a lesser extent Steenkamps, the lawyer et al, would have had prior notice (if only day/s before preview/promo aired)
4. Obviously Roder and his company ‘The Evidence Room’ had the greatest input in the construction and of the special, his interview seems to be the lead, therefore it appears that Pistorius team were planning on this release of information.
5. I think Steenkamp & friend's lawyer informed Nel when the special would air - probably they would have had general hints about The Evidence Room involvement.
6. Unfortunately Nel could not know exactly what was in Roder/Evidence Room’s video and recreation details beforehand.
7. Nel may have keep Derman on stand longer because of this, but he obviously still needed time to query the Weskoppies psychiatrist’s about the overly sympathetic psychologist’s report and investigate findings on disability mindset.
Anyway, still confuses me how/if this was obtained "illegally." Hard to imagine Roger from The Evidence Room wants international, bad publicity? Or that whatever the station paid him upfront can be worth more than a future lawsuit would cost? He is an avowed OP supporter. So it makes me wonder, since this video to a large extent contradicts OP's verson (running vs. statement of not running; when his legs were put on; arm exteded with gun, for example), how did Roger think it would help OP to release this?!<snipped>
Still think its unlikely Scott Roder would work on this report without Pistorius’ support, the company has too much to lose for a one-off payment from a channel. It’s problematic for Pistorius team to say the channel “agreed to not air the footage” until a certain date. As other have posted, that actually seems to show they've been negotiating with the channel for some time.
IMO, it’s a misdirection strategy for the Pistorius team, trying to re-direct blame from the client.
- Like the latest story about ‘House That Reeva and Oscar Were Going To Live’ (but he was looking to relocate pre-Steenkamp…
it’s about trying to encourage or implant a beneficial narrative.
- The strategy is to that the public understands how ‘wronged’ their client is – hence use of ‘illegal breach” of an agreement and mercenary “staggering of trust”…
- For the defense the possible benefit is that it may cause a mistrial, though it’s unlikely, still the speculation is useful
- Benefit is in public relations trying to get a section of the public to see their client, on stumps, highlighting disability, as victimized by society, media and ‘betrayed’ by their own ‘people’ they trusted.
- Trying to create a misdirection to focus again for amorphous ‘reasonable doubt’.
- The footage may seem detrimental if seen from a legal/technical perspective, yet the tactic may be for longer benefit?
- They hung out Pistorius’ mother’s ‘anxious’ and ‘alcohol-abusing’ mothering, they now show Pistorius’ stumps and gait to perhaps gain sympathy. They appear to want the ‘tragedy for all’ angle - the important point is that Pistorius is the victim too.
Brian Webber is part of the DT. The statement issued earlier today clearly says the defense hired The Evidence Room for trial preparation purposes.
Nel will have a FIT if a mistrial is declared because of this.