a view from the inside: observations from our own court observers #3

[kaRN]

Rushing out the door but just wanted to say as I have to....$HAME on those defen$e expert$ for agreeing to perpetuate the FANTA$Y that this abuser is the abused and turning the tables and instead of using this story as a cautionary tale for MEN who are abused by this kind of stalking, obsessed and MURDEROUS female, they are digging in those stereotypes even further.

It is so incredibly disappointing that a female who has apparently devoted her life to helping TRUE abuse victims has turned on her people in this way. Now the only way my pre made perception of Alyce LaViolette could be reversed is if she uses that time on the stand to be a stealth witness and educate that jury on who was the TRUE abused (and murdered) in this equation.

Rant over...I need to catch a plane!:seeya:

Great post! Have fun and be safe!

 

[kaRN]

Why would the jury be with Juan? Since when is a lawyer allowed to hob-knob with the jury away from proceedings?

Oh. Wait a sec. Do you mean, they are WITH HIM as far as agreeing with him?

(Insert head scratch)

With as meaning on the same page as Juan in case it wasn't answered. :great:

 

[seguek9]

I personally feel there is too much pressure on our Katiecoo. Moo

 

[Dewey2Me1MoThyme]

Did JA really say "I was the only lady I knew of going on the camping trip" LADY? REALLY?

 

[garthmax]

who is katiecoolady?

 

[kayice]

Please tell Janine how proud we are of her. . She moved me to tears last night on Dr Drew and I wanted to reach out and give her a big hug. I knew I liked that lady!! Blessings for you both, have a lovely evening!!

Yes, Janine--I mixed her up with another body language expert--but she is the best! She's funny, down-to-earth and honest. Janine telling her story of being with an abuser in her early twenties helped a lot of women, no way should she feel bad. Her emotions are real, raw and honest and she doesn't use this to manipulate people. Arias on the other hand, to me is the abuser ...poor Travis was caught in her web.

Janine said she was watching the jury, mostly the back row. I'm worried about the front row. Thanks KCL for all you do, you are so appreciated for all you do and we value your opinion and time. Same for all the others that wait in line and post. Thanks to you all.

 

[KarmicLaw]

I just want to give another bigass hug to KCL! You have had to process more emotions and experience in the last week than most people will ever have to process in a lifetime. The divine in me honors the divine in you. Namaste...

 

[pferrin]

Katie..with love I say. ..take time to process all that you have been thru this last couple of weeks. Enjoy your new friends. Take time for your sadness and take care of you.

None of us here at WS will de-edify you ever.

Post here when you feel like posting and when you dont feel like it dont post. Remember to put yourself first. Get some well deserved rest.

Thanks for all you have given...especially to TA's family.

 

[katiecoolady]

Dropping off Janine and eeking out the last seconds of her on dr drew while illegally parked at the curb lol what a night!!! I have a new BFF )))). Will read when I get home

 

[CourtsInSession]

She was terrific on DD. I felt so horribly bad for her when she started talking about the DV situation she had been in previously. I couldn't help but tear up with her and just wished I could reach through the TV and give her a huge hug. I don't know how you keep going day after day at this pace. The last couple days have given you wonderful opportunities that we are all anxious to hear about. First, take care of yourself, you need a little time to decompress. You must be exhausted from the adrenaline rush from all you've experienced the last few days.

 

[Ladylub]

Agree with others take the night off of notes and post when you can tomorrow or whenever. While I love reading the notes you have had a long couple of days. Mental break is needed.

 

[PASA]

Did JA really say "I was the only lady I knew of going on the camping trip" LADY? REALLY?

LOL! I thought the same when I heard that come out of her mouth.

 

[Deebest49]

Ummm... That's not the one we've had verified from the family. I donated through this facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/Justice4Travis and the email address for paypal is [email protected]

I would call paypal back if I were you and tell them you made a mistake. KatieCoolady has verified the Justice4Travis facebook and email address with Travis' sisters. I also donated and got a very nice email back from Samantha.

I also donated to the [email protected] address on Paypal, and know this is the correct donation sight set up by Samantha Alexander! Good advice to contact Paypal and see if you can stop payment or get the payment back.

 

[katiecoolady]

Guys, it was an incredible day with Janine...so many things to share. But I won't be posting for awhile or attending court tomorrow. Just brought my brother to stay at my house who is having an acute exacerbation of his schizophrenia over the last few days so will have to either get him in the hospital or somehow managed tomorrow..while managing my day job.

Before this unfortunate realization my day with Janine was capped off with us listening to her on the Dr. Drew show in my car in the cell phone lot at the airport as she had just a few extra minutes and on commercial breaks she was reading me letters that were pouring in from DV victims thanking her...we were both in tears,, ran up to the terminal as we heard her say "Juan Martinez was on FIRE" and high fiving and tears and she said "I love you..I love you" and that she will be back next week.

My brother is safe in my home right now but of course we are disappointed as his schizophrenia has been stable for several months now..he got a leg infection last week that started his destabilization and he's really in a bad way tonite. He willingly came to my house so here we are...luckily he's not alone anymore and I'm happy to manage him because I do know this world and he feels safe with me.

I'll be posting my notes when I can. Thanks for the love. Yes, it's been an incredibly *I don't even know the words* last few days...all over the map. And I still have my own clients to see in the morning.

Gonna wind down a bit now and ....... catch you guys later. :seeya: Please if you are a praying sort, throw up some good ones for my dear brother whos in the weeds right now.

 

[Tsunvirtual]

Bless you Katiecoolady.

My son is bipolar with pyschotic episodes. I feel ya. Take care of family and yourself first. I'm happy about new BFF! I hope it lifts your spirits to know people care about you.

Come back when your able.

 

[Frigga]

Katiecoo~ Sending you and your brother prayers right now as I head off to sleep~Frigga

 

[KBisMe]

Oh Katie, I'm so sorry to hear your brother is going through such a rough time. He's very lucky to have you. I will definitely pray for you both!


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[Tsunvirtual]

who is katiecoolady?

Katiecoolady is a wonderful WS-er who has been attending the trial and reporting back to us. Filmed a RickI Lake show this weekend and then attended the trial today with Janine Driver as her guest. Great person. Has a lot on her plate right now. You can listen to her on Tricia's last two Blog radio shows. Check it out, she's wonderful!

 

[PASA]

Guys, it was an incredible day with Janine...so many things to share. But I won't be posting for awhile or attending court tomorrow. Just brought my brother to stay at my house who is having an acute exacerbation of his schizophrenia over the last few days so will have to either get him in the hospital or somehow managed tomorrow..while managing my day job.

Before this unfortunate realization my day with Janine was capped off with us listening to her on the Dr. Drew show in my car in the cell phone lot at the airport as she had just a few extra minutes and on commercial breaks she was reading me letters that were pouring in from DV victims thanking her...we were both in tears,, ran up to the terminal as we heard her say "Juan Martinez was on FIRE" and high fiving and tears and she said "I love you..I love you" and that she will be back next week.

My brother is safe in my home right now but of course we are disappointed as his schizophrenia has been stable for several months now..he got a leg infection last week that started his destabilization and he's really in a bad way tonite. He willingly came to my house so here we are...luckily he's not alone anymore and I'm happy to manage him because I do know this world and he feels safe with me.

I'll be posting my notes when I can. Thanks for the love. Yes, it's been an incredibly *I don't even know the words* last few days...all over the map. And I still have my own clients to see in the morning.

Gonna wind down a bit now and ....... catch you guys later. :seeya: Please if you are a praying sort, throw up some good ones for my dear brother whos in the weeds right now.

It was a dream come true. Thank you!!

I hope this is a bump in the road for your brother and he is stablized very soon. I'm sorry to know he's not doing well.

Your brother needs you, and you need to unwind from the last few days. Don't worry about notes from today, they can wait.
Thank you for all you do for WS.

:hug::hug:

 

[katiecoolady]

Thanks guys. I'm up for awhile while my brother is still up and smoking on my patio so I won't go to bed until he comes in and goes up. So...I may as well share some of my experiences from today.

If people don't dig my Janine Driver obsession then feel free to scroll on because that's what I feel like focusing on right now vs. attempting to read my horrible handwriting and I want to put some thoughts to paper that I didn't already document.

So I got there pretty early and C (another courtwatcher friend) was waiting up there..she had also been tweeting with JD (I don't do twitter) about her trip here. Apparently there was a TON of twitter action about JD coming to the trial.

It was shocking how many people were over at the public area. I'd say at least 3 times what I've been seeing over there. Many familiar faces, many totally new faces. I got a text back from JD saying she was walking over so I knew I had a little time so went over and talked with Katie DDJ and Stacey who were full of questions about my RL trip and kind of filling me in on the goings on in the public area. Let me sum it up to "Mo People, Mo Drama".

So....the family was quite late getting in ...I had prearranged JD being in the fam section so I knew that would be ok. We had a small piece of drama I won't post about but I didn't appreciate getting JD a good seat in there (nothing to do with the family at all) but ended up getting her a just fine seat and I sat to her left (did you guys see us?). Although her jacket appeared white in photos, it was really a pretty shade of mint green.

When she walked out of the elevator (with Beth) she came right over and gave me a huge bear hug (ok maybe I gave it to her but anyway). She's much taller than I anticipated (5'9) and 5 mths pregnant. She looked great. I felt instantly comfortable with her.

So we took our seats and court started a little late (shocker) so we chatted and chatted. I gave her a copy of Anita's juror list (she prefer to use numbers but she is in possession of a copy! lol). I asked her to look out for certain specific jurors I was curious about (CEO, Maureen).

She is a very natural person and exactly as you see her on TV. She's also a very accomplished person...has worked for ATF, was a cop, her book is a best seller and makes most of her living being a keynote speaker for corporations. (at least for now).

Once in the am session she poked me hard on the leg (this makes my heart melt as my sis and I used to do that all the time ...like "GIRL...!") later she told me what it was about...in one second she saw SIX jurors on the back cover their mouths at once. I will refer back to my notes to tell you the moment that was about.

She studied the jury intensely. We talked about how JM seems SO much more different in person than on TV...she thinks it's because his stature isn't so obvious on TV. He's quite short...like 5'5 ish. But on TV he seems huge. She thinks that's why he is less aggressive seeming in person.

I look over and JD has her shoes off..at one point she kicks one leg underneath her. I'm telling you she's a natural gal...just my kind.

Like most people I've met, she's prettier in person and ballsier.

She's a gal who asks for what she needs!h

She thought Jodi was smaller than she expected.

She leaned over and said "they are with Juan". Meaning they are on his side. Yay...I've said that for weeks.

She was making all of these diagram type notes..like circles with extensions to other circiles. She did express frustration at one point that Juan wasn't finishing trains of thought...then later on further reflection, she remembered he does this then ties up those loose ends later. She said "he just wanted to make her say the words".

She was astounded at how bi***y Jodi was today.

I'm sure I have more details in my notes so those will come later.

She met Beth and Jean in the courtroom and ran in to aproducer friend from Dateline who she introduced me to. So many of these producers are quite young!

I was ready to let her off the hook to go have lunch with Beth or anyone else from the media but I did invite her and was thrilled to hear her say "I'm going with these gals" to lunch. We went to anew place to me..Chloe's kitchen that was AWESOME. Julie, Travis' friend, friend she normall comes with JL was there (love her--sorry that may not have made sense..she is the friend of Travis friend Julie). She paid for all our lunch! Noticed she got a glass of wine so I was like "hey girl!" and got one for myself and C (not posting her full name cuz she's not on here...yet..she signed up today). So all of us but JD had a glass of wine. woohoo! Great lunch and we asked JD a ton of questions.

She told us the ENTIRE story of that abuse situation start to finish with details...more tears all the way around. It's clearly something up in her mind today. I can relate to how these things unearth and raise their heads and their emotions sometimes when you're not expecting it.

Ok...gonna take a break and reignite my memory..then post second part in a bit..............

Just noticed I wrote in my notes at the very beginning of court "she's asking ME so many questions.." (JD)