Originally Posted by
Aedrys
and we all know Terri didn't stop using her cellphone the minute she got a lawyer or we wouldn't know about her sexting. What is there to say that she hasn't been trying to contact DS? DS may not be answering, but if she's such a good friend, why cut off Terri completely and distance herself by getting friends to come out and say how innocent Dede is?
This is a series of assumptions not based on any facts. It is an assumption that TH has been trying to contact DS. It is an assumption that DS has cut off TH. It is an assumption that DS asked her friends to come to her defense.
and yet it doesn't seem like Terri tried to take up for Dede at all. Terri has been totally silent, yet she's not going to speak up when a good friend is being interrogated and has her house and several properties searched? She just stays quiet and lets her friends be dragged into this? That's the problem I have. Terri should at least be shouting her innocence from the rooftops and not letting everyone else suffer for it. That's not right to me. So I say it is, in part, up to Terri to at least stand up for her friends if she isn't going to stand up for herself. Yet she won't do either of that. She just stays quiet and lets her friends be dragged into this? That's the problem I have.
Terri has been silent. Period. She hasn't come to her own defense. At this point, I don't expect her to come to anyone else's defense. At this point, even if she shouted her innocence from the rooftops, most people would diagnose her with some condition that would negate her proclamation of innocence and would, instead, be used as further proof of her guilt (re: NPD, sociopath, MBP, etc.).
And what of Desiree and Kaine's statements about DS and her not being cooperative, advising TH in ways that were not helpful to the investigation? Is it possible that DS told TH to stop talking?
I never said they didn't mention Terri,
In the post to which I was responding, you said:
And now, Dede has her friends coming out and saying Dede is as pure as the driven snow, but not mentioning TH even once. The reporter didn't ask them about TH at all, just Dede? I find that hard to believe.
what I am saying is, the only opinion they have is about Dede. It's obvious this was done to declare Dede's innocence, but not Terri's. I'd think Terri would be justifiably angry about her supposed bff distancing herself from Terri. If Dede isn't guilty, who does that leave to be guilty? TH.
Actually, they have an opinion about Terri via their knowledge of Dede:
Karen Gjerning, another friend said, "If DeDe felt that Terri had anything to do with this, DeDe would not be standing next to Terri."
That's because she didn't testify in front of the Grand Jury. It has been talked about, even with verified lawyers here, that that happens because the person wants immunity before they are willing to speak. She is supposed to go back in front of them in a few weeks - that tells me she needs something before she testifies, which would be immunity.
The lawyers were speculating. It is not a proven fact that DS has requested or has been granted immunity. There could be other reasons DS didn't testify, immunity is only one of them.
To me, it's saying that Dede is NOT going to go down for what Terri did, that she was willing to stand by Terri if Terri is innocent, but she won't go to jail for any wrongdoing on Terri's part. Dede was willing to be the good friend when Terri needed one, but she's not willing to be that good friend in the jail cell with Terri. It very much so seems like a line drawn in the sand now. Makes me think those ten days were spent arguing over how they were going to handle what was happening, and they never agreed.
These are assumptions about what may or may not have gone on, with very little or no facts to back up those assumptions. Kaine and Desiree said Dede was advising Terri, not vice versa.
Again, you are putting words in my mouth. I never said Dede has it out for Terri, just that Dede is going to protect Dede and no one else.
That deduction and choice of words was as a result of this statement with periodic emphasis:
If I were Terri, I'd be terrified. Dede sounds like someone you just. don't. cross.
Terri is alone in this if she harmed or killed Kyron. And yes, I would imagine Dede would listen to her lawyer when her own dad is a police officer. She's not going to do anything to draw anymore attention to herself now that she's talked to the police. Any way you slice it, she can't and possibly won't help Terri out in any way. There are no leaps and gaps here. I respect your right to think they're both innocent, so you should respect my right to believe otherwise.
All red is me.
How is debating an opinion not your respecting your right to believe whatever you want to believe? I'm respectfully debating your opinion, not resorting to personal attacks or improper language. On a discussion board, there is discussion. I'm just discussing and debating the complexities of this case and the opinions expressed about it.
