Arias expert: Travis prayed on vulnerable womenBy Graham Winch and Amanda Sloane
updated 7:38 PM EDT, Wed April 10, 2013
Defense attorney Jennifer Willmott wasted no time in attacking Travis Alexander's character when she got her chance to ask domestic violence expert Alyce LaViolette questions again on Wednesday during her redirect examination.
LaViolette says she noticed a pattern in the women Alexander would go after. They were one or more of the following: Married, much younger, single parents and/or Mormon.
"Woman who could be pushed on and go along with it," said LaViolette.
She also said Alexander would fly into fits of rage, which she finds more frightening than anger.
"It is bigger than anger. It feels more out of control for most people. Rage, rage feels like a more out of control emotion... When someone has a pattern of being angry and continuing to be angry it can be very intimidating to the person on the other side of it," said LaViolette.
Earlier Wednesday prosecutor Juan Martinez wrapped his cross-examination of LaViolette. Throughout the day, he hammered home the idea that Jodi Arias was stalking Alexander in the months leading up to his death. LaViolette stuck to her guns, insisting that Arias wasn't a stalker. But at one point, Martinez got her to admit the opposite.
“Isn’t it true that Mr. Alexander was extremely afraid of the defendant, Jodi Arais, based on her stalking behavior?” asked Martinez.
“He was afraid of her, yes,” said LaViolette.
“Because of her stalking behavior, correct?” asked Martinez.
“Correct,” said LaViolette.
Martinez says Arias went to Alexander’s house late one night after they had broken up and spied on him through his window as he engaged in a sexual encounter with another woman. She wrote in her journal that day that she loved Alexander “completely.” The following day, Arias returned to Alexander’s home to confront him about the incident. Martinez says these actions support her stalking behavior.
Martinez also got LaViolette to admit that there was no evidence to corroborate Arias’ claims of physical abuse, aside from Arias’ word. The same goes for her allegation that she caught Alexander masturbating to photos of young boys.
“Have you ever seen those pictures?” asked Martinez.
“No I have not,” said LaViolette.
“You’ve looked at the journal, haven’t you?” asked Martinez.
“I have looked at the journal,” said LaViolette.
“The journal doesn’t mention anything about this incident, does it?” asked Martinez.
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