FL - Sarah Boone, 42, charged with murdering boyfriend Jorge Torres, 42, by leaving him locked in suitcase, Winter Park, Feb 2020 #2

[Observe_dont_Absorb]

Is that her actual fluorescent white legs or is she wearing pantyhose?

 

[Izzylizzy]

Evidently SB disagreed with her attorneys' strategy to not seek JT's medical records into evidence. She wanted them in, her attorneys did not. It must have been a big enough deal because the Judge got involved and clarified with her that she was still in agreement with her attorneys' strategy and still pleased with their performance.

I am waiting and watching her, if she feels it is going sideways is she going to tell the judge she is no longer happy with counsel?

What happens then if she's "no longer happy"?
I know that the judge is really trying to cover all his bases but what sway does she actually have in relation to the trial if she's not in agreement?

 

[nodamselindistress]

What happens then if she's "no longer happy"?
I know that the judge is really trying to cover all his bases but what sway does she actually have in relation to the trial if she's not in agreement?

Great questions, wish I knew!

 

[Izzylizzy]

Is that her actual fluorescent white legs or is she wearing pantyhose?

Don't know, we'd have to ask her personal dresser.(chuckle)

 

[Observe_dont_Absorb]

What happens then if she's "no longer happy"?
I know that the judge is really trying to cover all his bases but what sway does she actually have in relation to the trial if she's not in agreement?

She's legally allowed to discharge her representation at any point in time. I think the Judge is predicting the inevitability of this and hence is checking in once or twice a day.

The thing she can't do, again, is to change her story and her defence again. Her inconsistencies cannot be allowed to continue indefinitely IMO.

 

[stripehaven2]

Have they got some really elderly people in the jury or something LOL

I’m elderly myself! Lol

 

[stripehaven2]

I can't believe that Owens was allowed to coach SB through her testimony all the way from where she was born to what age she was when her grandparents died and what the names of her dogs are. As if she's the one reading out an impact statement.

Jorge is the victim here and he has a family and three children who will never hear from him again, including a disabled boy. For the rest of their lives everyone who interacted with JT will have to live with it on their conscience that they knew something wasn't right and should have encouraged him to flee the relationship.

I've never heard of a trial where the court room is being used as a showcase for someone's lies and deceptions.

So much promoting! It was crazy!

 

[Izzylizzy]

Great questions, wish I knew!

Maybe Peter LYK will address it or be asked by one of his members?
Could be that he already addressed it.
Tonight @ 8:30 pm he's on.

Betcha all her old attorneys are watching the trial closely.
She's such an unsympathetic defendant.

 

[Izzylizzy]

I’m elderly myself! Lol

What's elderly here? lol

 

[arielilane]

I can't believe that Owens was allowed to coach SB through her testimony all the way from where she was born to what age she was when her grandparents died and what the names of her dogs are. As if she's the one reading out an impact statement.

Jorge is the victim here and he has a family and three children who will never hear from him again, including a disabled boy. For the rest of their lives everyone who interacted with JT will have to live with it on their conscience that they knew something wasn't right and should have encouraged him to flee the relationship.

I've never heard of a trial where the court room is being used as a showcase for someone's lies and deceptions.

@Observe_dont_Absorb, thank you for saying something.

So disappointing. Unbelievable the court allowed such grandstanding in a court of law. moo

 

[Izzylizzy]

She's legally allowed to discharge her representation at any point in time. I think the Judge is predicting the inevitability of this and hence is checking in once or twice a day.

The thing she can't do, again, is to change her story and her defence again. Her inconsistencies cannot be allowed to continue indefinitely IMO.

So she or anyone can stop their trial whenever they want and keep delaying and delaying because they're not satisfied with their legal counsel?

I know she fired some lawyers and some of her old lawyers resigned but to give any defendant that power during a trial is madness.

 

[Observe_dont_Absorb]

I am no spring chicken myself but 'video tapes' seem like a distant memory!

I'm so struck that SB had zero emotions about handling the suitcase JT died in... she has absolutely no feelings it seems. She hasn't seen that case for nearly five years. It used to be inside her home, the home filled with her son's clothes, with her personal possessions, with her dogs, with her relationships and people...

If that were me, I'd probably collapse on the ground with the overwhelm and sadness of everything's that's been lost, if I'd killed someone in an alcoholic blackout -or- I'd be shaking with fear and panic of the horror, guilt, shame, of what I'd done and be paranoid as heck that everyone's hating on me. She's just like breezy oh yes let me do my air cabin crew demonstration of the zipper... dah da...

 

[Kittybunny]

AB: "I didn't want to die that night."

Sorry - who is AB? Is that a nickname for Sarah Boone (SB)?

 

[Observe_dont_Absorb]

So she or anyone can stop their trial whenever they want and keep delaying and delaying because they're not satisfied with their legal counsel?

I know she fired some lawyers and some of her old lawyers resigned but to give any defendant that power during a trial is madness.

The case would not stop. Owens cannot step off the case as he's committed to it but SB retains the right to reject his assistance at any time. Were that to happen I feel sure Kraynick has a contingency plan in order to ensure a ruling is reached in this courtroom.

 

[Izzylizzy]

Sorry - who is AB? Is that a nickname for Sarah Boone (SB)?

lol
I had mentioned Ashley Benefied/AB in relation to SB earlier in the day and when I wrote that I slipped and wrote AB instead of SB.

 

[Izzylizzy]

Any minute now if you're interested on Peter's take.

 

[Izzylizzy]

The case would not stop. Owens cannot step off the case as he's committed to it but SB retains the right to reject his assistance at any time. Were that to happen I feel sure Kraynick has a contingency plan in order to ensure a ruling is reached in this courtroom.

Sigh of relief here.

 

[TTF14]

Serious question. Does Sarah have any diagnoses? I haven't followed the trial in its entirety. Has she been dx with borderline personality disorder? Just curious. I'm not a mental health professional, but her actions, behavior and history of losing everyone close to her a youngish age make that diagnosis obvious to me, a layperson. (My opinion)

Also, what's the deal with all the childish games? Arts and crafts, puzzles, hide and seek, etc. Was he mentally challenged? Or is she crafting some kind of narrative by saying those are the things she would "entertain" him with? Was it a way to explain why they, as adults, were allegedly playing hide and seek?

Again, sorry for what may be dumb/oft discussed questions.

As always, AJMO.

 

[Observe_dont_Absorb]

Serious question. Does Sarah have any diagnoses? I haven't followed the trial in its entirety. Has she been dx with borderline personality disorder? Just curious. I'm not a mental health professional, but her actions, behavior and history of losing everyone close to her a youngish age make that diagnosis obvious to me, a layperson. (My opinion)

Also, what's the deal with all the childish games? Arts and crafts, puzzles, hide and seek, etc. Was he mentally challenged? Or is she crafting some kind of narrative by saying those are the things she would "entertain" him with? Was it a way to explain why they, as adults, were allegedly playing hide and seek?

Again, sorry for what may be dumb/oft discussed questions.

As always, AJMO.

She has not been formally diagnosed with any mental health issue for the purposes of this case. However, I think to many of us armchair psychiatrists it's pretty obvious what's being dealt with here... personality wise.

Re JT she was treating him like some sort of object or infant, seems to me he didn't have agency over himself. Some types of personality disordered people tend to treat people like they're toys to be picked up, put down, manipulated, discarded, and importantly only do what they're told and don't ever get to answer back. JMO

 

[Izzylizzy]

After cataloging all of these injuries and incidents when Jorge hurt Sarah, will the jury get to hear about all of the injuries and incidents when Sarah hurt Jorge? They both have criminal records of assaults against each other with time in jail for both of them. This isn't a situation of just one person hurting the other.

Is SB's criminal record available?