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- Jan 23, 2024
The big points the defense brought up were:Was there even a defense? I had difficulty figuring out if there even was one. And then given his only opportunity to defend himself, he pussied out on even taking the stand (probably because his lawyer realizes he is so fucking repulsive he would have changed his chances of losing from barely under 100% to over 9000%).
- Mary had hearing issues and ADHD, so her testimony isn't reliable.
- Dave directed his want for the 10K at Joe, so Mary wasn't harassed about that in particular.
- Dave was practicing free speech and is a journalist.
- Mary got the detail about the child porn wrong, so her testimony couldn't be trusted.
- Mary could have rolled up her window when Dave was berating her
- Dave was just trying to seek justice for all the wrong done to him

- Joe and Mary considered a slander and libel lawsuit against Dave in order to silence him. But decided against it when they realized Dave is as broke as a joke.
Edit: frankly, there was no defense that could really stand up to exhibit 4. I feel like that was the smoking gun, it was basically an admission of guilt on Dave's part.
Nothing dramatic. The judge asked if Dave was going to take the stand and he meekly declined the offer.how did that refusal go down? Did he get up on stand and then refuse, or did his lawyer make the announcement that he wasn't going to testify?

