9:53 a.m. She says she didn’t know if Crump had her phone number.
West asks if Crump called her back during the interview. She says yes.
West tells her she has done nothing wrong. She says she know she didn’t do anything wrong.
West asks the judge that he be allowed to ask leading questions.
She says she remembers a tall person she later saw that evening, she calls him “TC.”
She says she doesn’t know who was in the other car.
She asked to speak up.
West asks who was in the car with her.
She says TC was.
Judge Nelson asks her speak up and face the microphone a bit better.
She says TC, a “bald-headed dude,” which is pointed out as De la Rionda, and another person.
She says another lawyer from the Martin family, a big guy, was there. She doesn’t know his name.
9:48 a.m. West asks if Mr. Martin was there, but not in the room.
She says Martin left, but doesn’t know if he left the residence.
West asks if a Martin family attorney was also in the room.
She says she doesn’t know her name.
She says Natalie Jackson was on the stairs.
She says Crump left, but she saw him that afternoon.
Jeantel says Crump and Fulton picked her up at a friend’s house to take her to the interview.
The interview took place at Fulton’s home.
She says two cars arrived to get her and one included detectives.
West asks if she knew why law enforcement allowed Crump and Fulton to be there.
She says Fulton is the only person that knew where her friend lived.
9:44 a.m. West asks when she talked with the reporter from ABC News. She says it was before she talked to the state attorney.
She says the reporter didn’t know her real name. She says she got a text from an ABC woman who wanted to know what kind of person Martin was.
She says she agreed to have a separate interview.
She says she used the nickname “Dee Dee.”
She says the reporter didn’t ask how she was.
West asks if she had any other interviews. She says no.
West asks about her interview with the state attorney on April 2.
He says the Jacksonville State Attorney’s Office was involved and asked if De la Rionda introduced her to the FDLE agents and Investigator Mr. Osteen.
He asks her to tell him who else was in the room.
She says Sybrina Fulton was and sitting beside her.
De la Rionda objects to West repeating the answers and nature of the questions.
Judge Nelson says if he wants to ask a new question, he should ask a new question.
9:36 a.m. West asks if she didn’t say it to Fulton because it was offensive.
She says she doesn’t think its offensive.
Jeantel says she didn’t think it was important.
West asks her about the event being a racial thing.
She says yes.
He repeats her previous answers.
West asks about April 2 and Jeantel meeting with the prosecutor, mentioning that is the first time she spoke with law enforcement.
She says “they” couldn’t find her because of the fake name.
West asks about Sybrina Fulton having Jeantel’s phone number, and if Fulton could have given it to the police.
Jeantel says she shut her phone off and she got a lot of phone calls.
West asks for how long.
She says in a day it would be three or four hours.
She says she watched TV and thought the police were already involved in the case. She says its when her voice was on TV and she payed attention.
9:30 a.m. West asks what she based her answer on that she determined it was racial.
She says because of how it happened.
West asks her to tell him.
She says because Martin was being followed in the rain.
She says Martin was standing under a shade, but West asks if she actually knew that.
She says she asked Martin where he was and he told her he was under a shade.
“You didn’t see anything, you weren’t there?” West asks. She says no.
West asks if everything Jeantel has said is based on what Martin told her and what she interpreted it to mean.
She says yes.
West asks about her thinking it was a racial event.
“Somebody just watching him and then he described the person that was watching him and following and that was kind of strange that a person keep watching him and following him,” she says.
West asks for one thing that made her think it was racial.
She says describing the person that was watching and following him.
West asks if that was the “creepy [expletive] comment.
She says no.
West asks why she didn’t tell Fulton or Crump the racial slur comment.
West asks the same question about De la Rionda.
She says she did say “creepy.”
She says no one asked her to say what exactly Martin said about the person that was following him.
9:24 a.m. West asks her why she concluded it was a racial thing. She answers it was because of the situation.
She says the interview happened with Crump before the news was national.
West asks about her talk with Tracy Martin and if he said they were calling it a racially charged murder.
She says no. West asks the same question about Sybrina Fulton. Jeantel also says no.
West says Jeantel seems different than yesterday.
He asks if someone talked with her about her demeanor yesterday. She says no, she went to sleep.
De la Rionda objects to questioning.
West asks to approach, but Judge Nelson says no.
9:21 a.m. West asks Jeantel told Fulton what the man said when Martin asked “Why you following me?”
Jeantel says she told her Zimmerman said “What are you doing around here?” She says the conversation wasn’t that long.
West asks if she is sure those are the words Martin said.
She says she is sure.
She says she cannot hear West.
West asks about the interview with Mr. Crump.
She says Crump asked her if it was a racial thing.
Judge Nelson asks West to break his questions up.
He asks Jeantel if she has ever listened to the interview recording.
He asks if she heard her answer to the question.
Judge Nelson says Jeantel can only testify to what she heard.
West asks about finding Crump's question in the recording or transcript.
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