When she began "listing" at the defense table I knew immediately that she was pulling a carbon copy of Cindy's breakdown on the witness stand. KC was beginning to assume the same posture (slumping over) and I wondered if she would actually duplicate the posture where the head was nearly on the table. She almost did. KC is a mimic and we're all onto her. The reason that it was so draining on her to have to keep up the act was no one at the defense table consoled her. At one point I saw her "peek" out from her straightjacket-y pose to check to see if Mason was looking at her! (He wasn't!) When Jose is "nice to her" she's compliant. When Jose and/or the others are distant she feels she needs to go for the histrionics. She worked herself up into a state probably saying things to herself like "why isn't Jose fighting harder for me!"
ITA!! As I watched the videos from today and she started acting like she might be sick, the moment her head started to fall to the table, I knew she was faking. She mimiced Cindy's grief. Look at the sympathy and love everyone showered CA with during and after her testimony. KC saw that. And she "tried to be Cindy" to get the attention that she was NOT getting.
Also, I have had panic attacks and suffer from anxiety. It doesn't matter how many attacks you have, every time you have a new one, you experience fear. Your heart is racing (you think you are having a heart attack), you can feel the blood pumping through your head, you're nauseous, your knees buckle, you shake and you have a look of fear on your face. Everyone around you, regardless of whether they have experienced an attack with you before, are frightened. She did not have an ounce of fear on her face. This was an act to get sympathy.
Another thing I noticed....KC did not look at the photos. She did not "see" what others saw. She saw their reaction, hence, the breakdown. If she was paying attention to what was being said, yes that could be heartbreaking for a normal mother, but one, she hasn't really listened to the proceedings (she zones out) except when her mom was on the stand. KC saw the reaction the photos had on others and she felt she needed to act. Did JB know this...I think he has encouraged this behavior all along. So, today was the day she was going to imitate her mother because she felt like, hey, it worked for my mom, now I need to act this out to pull the jury back into my world as the victim.
I could have sworn that after lunch, at one point, I saw her begin to yawn and she put her hand (with a tissue) over her mouth to hide it. I rewound the video and played it again, twice, and yep, it looked like the beginning of a yawn.
Another observation...why is it that when all this was going on today, the MSM that was not in the courtroom, but in studios around the country, all went on about how KC was ill? That the photos got to her, blah, blah, blah...playing right into the drama Especially that Summer girl, out of NYC, actually believing this act. The MSM that was actually in the courtroom that tweeted in real time said they thought it was an act...then when the reporters get out of the courtroom, all the talking heads in the studios change their minds and decide that KC is faking it. It is so frustrating....
Just my thoughts. Thanks for letting me vent!
Respectfully,
BeagleMom
