Prosecutor: Jodi Arias was a stalkerBy Graham Winch
updated 8:21 PM EDT, Tue April 09, 2013
Prosecutor Juan Martinez ended another day of cross-examining defense expert Alyce LaViolette with another shocker on Tuesday.
Martinez accused Arias of being a stalker. He said Arias' refusal to "let go" after she broke up with her several boyfriends was evidence of her stalking behavior.
LaViolette has testified that physical and sexual abuse by Arias' ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander culminated in a fight that forced Arias to kill him in self-defense.
On Tuesday, Martinez asked, "Actually what we’re really talking about is that, that is a pattern of stalking, isn’t it?"
"No, it isn’t," said LaViolette.
Martinez asked, "Well, she’s gone and contacted Bobby Juarez on the telephone two times after the break-up, right?"
"She has," said LaViolette.
Martinez asked, "And she left things at his door after they’ve broken up, correct?"
"Stalking implies fear," said LaViolette.
Martinez asked, "Yes or no."
"Stalking implies fear," said LaViolette.
Martinez asked, "Yes or no."
"Incorrect," said LaViolette.
Willmott objected, saying, "She clearly cannot answer the question with a yes or no answer."
"Alright, overruled. Restate your question," said Judge Sherry Stephens.
Martinez asked, "Isn’t it true that she, with regard to Mr. Juarez, she left things in a, at his doorstep? Correct?"
"Yes," said LaViolette.
Martinez asked, "And isn’t it true with regard to Mr. McCartney, one of the things she did is that she went and spoke to the person that she believed that he was seeing, correct?"
"Correct," said LaViolette.
Martinez asked, "And then she slept in his bed, right?"
"She did," said LaViolette.
Martinez asked, "And with regard to Mr. Alexander, isn’t it true that one of the things that you know with regard to the Reagan Housley, uh,
Instant Messaging, was the Mr. Alexander was exceedingly afraid of the defendants stalking behavior?"
Willmott objected, and Judge Stephens overruled Wilmott.
"I don’t know that he was exceedingly afraid. I don’t get…" said LaViolette.
Earlier Tuesday, Martinez accused LaViolette of subjectively picking and choosing the evidence she believed in evaluating Arias' case. The aggressive prosecutor even mocked LaViolette, calling her a "human lie detector."
Martinez said Monday that LaViolette ignored police interviews with Arias' family, friends and co-workers that said Arias was a liar, manipulative, and "liked to play the victim."
LaViolette stuck to her guns, and said, in light of all the materials she reviewed in the case, Arias was not a manipulative person.
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