The jury finally got to see today why no relatives took the stand to beg for Jodi Arias life.
They didn't like her according to Dr. Janeen DeMarte.
She testified that Arias' cousin Amy said in an interview in 2008 that at family functions Arias was snide, smirky, sarcastic and a total bitch.
DeMarte quoted Arias's maternal grandparents saying in an interview in 2008 that Arias was mean to her mother and would tell her how to raise her younger brothers and sister. They also said Arias didn't want anyone running her life and if you spoke to her you had to use perfect grammar or she would correct you.
DeMarte says this is overbearing and aggressive. She said the most problematic issue for the relatives was Arias acting rude and over bearing.
Juan says this isn't suffering in silence or a wilted flower as was testified to by Fonseca and Geffner.
Nurmi tried to keep this testimony out claiming it was character assassination of Arias and that isn't allowed in the mitigation phase.
The judge overruled him and let the prosecution actually say something negative against the murderer finally.
This is only fair because the jury needs to see the true side of Arias to decide whether she deserves to live or die.
We saw this side of Arias in her cross examination with Martinez. She corrected his grammar and was snide, sarcastic, smirky and a total bitch. So we know Amy isn't lying. Arias' witnesses who said she was always sweet and nice and perfect are.
But Martinez won't get a chance to bring that side out in her in front of this jury. At the secret testimony, she put on an act of being an innocent victim who was beaten by mean abusive drug addicted parents, being cheated on by boyfriends and was truly remorseful for this "horrific crime." She spoke so quietly the judge had to keep asking her to speak up so the jury could hear her. At the allocution she will put on an act of being a prim and proper and caring person who donated her hair, glasses and artwork to charity.
According to Jenn Wood, DeMarte rebuted the testimony of Fonseca and Geffner that Arias:
1- Lacked self esteem by reading an interview from Gary Brinkman, owner of the Purple Plum where Arias worked as a waitress which she says shows Arias is assertive. Brinkman said he knew her since she was 17 and she would flirt with the good looking guys and ignore female customers. He said Arias flirted with and used men. He said she would tell guys she was new to Yreka and ask them to show her around. This shows she more of her lying to manipulate men because Arias lived in Yreka most of her life.
2- Never asserted herself in the sex games but always did what Alexander dictated by reading smutty text messages where Arias says if he will give her a facial, she'll give him a BJ or they can just grind and she wants to "lick him up and F" him like a horny schoolgirl.
3- Was physically abused by testifying that she found no documentation of physical abuse and it was never in Arias' journals and she told inconsistent stories to different psychologists and while being tested and she knew domestic violence should be reported because she wrote that in her journal.
4- Was not sexually inappropriate with men by reading an interview in which a waitress named Nichole at the Purple Plum quoted Arias as saying she was a goddess, smelled like a goddess, looked like a goddess and was all over the men. JA was all over the young men and couldn't stay focused. She was very inappropriate with men. She would sit and kiss Edgar.
As for the text messages from Sky and Chris Hughes to Alexander, DeMarte said Sky Hughes told her the skank comment was a joke and Alexander called Arias late at night because of her work schedule and Lisa Andrews told her Alexander was concerned about the pay of a teacher, not the career choice and any sexual contact between them was consensual and that Arias was in his house turning the lights off and on when Lisa was there with Travis.
Court adjourned for the day without DeMarte mentioning anything about the tires being slashed so either the judge won’t let that come in or she hasn’t got to it yet.
They didn't like her according to Dr. Janeen DeMarte.
She testified that Arias' cousin Amy said in an interview in 2008 that at family functions Arias was snide, smirky, sarcastic and a total bitch.
DeMarte quoted Arias's maternal grandparents saying in an interview in 2008 that Arias was mean to her mother and would tell her how to raise her younger brothers and sister. They also said Arias didn't want anyone running her life and if you spoke to her you had to use perfect grammar or she would correct you.
DeMarte says this is overbearing and aggressive. She said the most problematic issue for the relatives was Arias acting rude and over bearing.
Juan says this isn't suffering in silence or a wilted flower as was testified to by Fonseca and Geffner.
Nurmi tried to keep this testimony out claiming it was character assassination of Arias and that isn't allowed in the mitigation phase.
The judge overruled him and let the prosecution actually say something negative against the murderer finally.
This is only fair because the jury needs to see the true side of Arias to decide whether she deserves to live or die.
We saw this side of Arias in her cross examination with Martinez. She corrected his grammar and was snide, sarcastic, smirky and a total bitch. So we know Amy isn't lying. Arias' witnesses who said she was always sweet and nice and perfect are.
But Martinez won't get a chance to bring that side out in her in front of this jury. At the secret testimony, she put on an act of being an innocent victim who was beaten by mean abusive drug addicted parents, being cheated on by boyfriends and was truly remorseful for this "horrific crime." She spoke so quietly the judge had to keep asking her to speak up so the jury could hear her. At the allocution she will put on an act of being a prim and proper and caring person who donated her hair, glasses and artwork to charity.
According to Jenn Wood, DeMarte rebuted the testimony of Fonseca and Geffner that Arias:
1- Lacked self esteem by reading an interview from Gary Brinkman, owner of the Purple Plum where Arias worked as a waitress which she says shows Arias is assertive. Brinkman said he knew her since she was 17 and she would flirt with the good looking guys and ignore female customers. He said Arias flirted with and used men. He said she would tell guys she was new to Yreka and ask them to show her around. This shows she more of her lying to manipulate men because Arias lived in Yreka most of her life.
2- Never asserted herself in the sex games but always did what Alexander dictated by reading smutty text messages where Arias says if he will give her a facial, she'll give him a BJ or they can just grind and she wants to "lick him up and F" him like a horny schoolgirl.
3- Was physically abused by testifying that she found no documentation of physical abuse and it was never in Arias' journals and she told inconsistent stories to different psychologists and while being tested and she knew domestic violence should be reported because she wrote that in her journal.
4- Was not sexually inappropriate with men by reading an interview in which a waitress named Nichole at the Purple Plum quoted Arias as saying she was a goddess, smelled like a goddess, looked like a goddess and was all over the men. JA was all over the young men and couldn't stay focused. She was very inappropriate with men. She would sit and kiss Edgar.
As for the text messages from Sky and Chris Hughes to Alexander, DeMarte said Sky Hughes told her the skank comment was a joke and Alexander called Arias late at night because of her work schedule and Lisa Andrews told her Alexander was concerned about the pay of a teacher, not the career choice and any sexual contact between them was consensual and that Arias was in his house turning the lights off and on when Lisa was there with Travis.
Court adjourned for the day without DeMarte mentioning anything about the tires being slashed so either the judge won’t let that come in or she hasn’t got to it yet.