SCOTT TRYST TWIST

The NY Post ^ | Nov 6, 2003

[clouda]

Scott's message to Laci on the 24th.

"Hey, Beautiful. I just left you a message at home. It's 2:15. I'm leaving Berkeley. I won't be able to get to Vella Farms to get the basket for Papa. I was hoping you would get this message and go on out there. I'll see you in a bit, sweetie. Love you. Bye."

[Velveeta]

Good point.

[Velveeta]

ROFL! Congrats on your little genious! We went out to celebrate both girls making high honors. Proud Moms, aren't we?

[Velveeta]

I can't wait to read the transcript of Brocchini's testimony, especially the defense cross!

[Velveeta]

Those swabs were never tested, Brocchini said under cross-examination by Kirk McAllister.

Why wouldn't the swabs have been tested???

[maggief]

Creepy, isn't it?!?

[Devil_Anse]

If the video surveillance was not picking up sounds such as conversations, and if they were just filming what could be seen by persons outside the house anyway, no.

In the above case, the videocam would just be basically a mechanization of the old law enforcement technique of "putting a man on him". That is, "tailing" him.

It all comes down to whether Scott could reasonably expect privacy in whatever areas they were videotaping.

If the videotape was also picking up sounds, including conversations, then that would be more like a wiretap and I think they would need a warrant.

The federal circuit courts disagree, to an extent, on how intrusive videotaping is. So this is not an entirely settled area of law.

[Jackie-O]

Praying all goes well for your Sandlapper's tests! I know it's hard not to worry while waiting for test results, I've done it myself. Pray instead of worrying! (if you can)
Here are LKL transcripts, couldn't find Greta's.
http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0311/06/lkl.00.html

[clouda]

Very creepy. Reading that phone message, and then reading what Amber told the cops on the 30th.

Said she met Scott in November 20th. He said he wasn't married at the time. Later, about December 9th, she found out he was married and confronted him; and he had told her that he had lost his wife and that she was -- this would be the first holiday that he would be without his wife. She said that he was still calling her. This was the 30th. He was still calling her. She said she'd heard from him on the 25th, 26th, 27th, and 28th; and he was still calling her, saying he was out of the country and he would be able to be with her more exclusively like January 25th.

[Devil_Anse]

Yeah--all that kissing up to ol' Johnnie, he loves it!

Finally, finally, someone asked him about something that IMO he is probably a master of: jury selection. IMO, that is how he helped win the OJ case. He started to wax on about picking a jury, but they cut him off with some trivial question about something else (it was probably one of Larry's "how did that make you feel" questions.)

As for CA law, I'll have to look up this Prop. 115. I am beginning to think that CA law doesn't differ all that much regarding hearsay at prelims and other hearings that occur before a trial; it just happens that they seem to have codified, in this Prop. 115, what judges in other places do just out of precedent.

[Velveeta]

Thanks, I knew you'd have the answer. I thought the MPD premise could be that they were set up in case the kidnappers called or something like that....

I have to get caught up and read the transcripts!

[maggief]

I'm puzzled about the Louis Vuitton wallet in Laci's purse. I thought SP bought her one for Christmas. ???

[Velveeta]

I'm puzzled about the Louis Vuitton wallet in Laci's purse.

I'm still trying to get caught up. Where did it say that there was an LV wallet in her purse?

[cyncooper]

Scott's message to Laci on the 24th.

"Hey, Beautiful. I just left you a message at home. It's 2:15. I'm leaving Berkeley. I won't be able to get to Vella Farms to get the basket for Papa. I was hoping you would get this message and go on out there. I'll see you in a bit, sweetie. Love you. Bye."

Thank you. I had heard he sprinkled endearments in there. I know from other trials involving cell phones they can do some sort of tracking, so it is quite helpful--potentially--that he places himself as "leaving Berkely" and even gives a time of 2:15. Of course, maybe he wanted to be placed at 2:15 in Berkely "far from home where she 'disappeared'" thinking the bodies would never be found (rank speculation on my part).

[Devil_Anse]

Exactly! Well, but he wasn't claiming it was out during the day. Oh, but he wouldn't have KNOWN, of COURSE, since he wasn't at the warehouse from at least 10:30 a.m. on, right?

The part about the fax and the suspicions it raised is detailed in the transcript of Brocchini's testimony. Turns out the fax, dated/timed 12-24-02/14:28 p.m.--Scott said that was New Jersey time, 2:30 p.m. New Jersey time--was lying on Scott's desk. And no, from the description, the fax machine was not located on or next to the desk. So this means, and meant to the cops, that Scott had definitely seen and handled the fax since it popped up in his machine. Scott specifically told them that HE was the only person who worked in that office.

So the cops commented on the fax and casually turned it over, reading it with their flashlights. Scott said something like, yeah, I got that b/f I went fishing. Well, when the fax came in was 11:30 a.m. Modesto time, so Brocchini said something like, "Oh really? Seems kind of late for you to have been here this morning...weren't you on the way to Berkeley before it came in?" And at that point Scott said something like, "Oh, well, I can't remember if I saw it b/f I went fishing, or after I came back..."

So Scott was clearly caught in a lie.

[Devil_Anse]

You have freepmail.

[maggief]

Here - scroll down to 848:

http://websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?s=15855b8d6e7f1c00816112e3cecee572&threadid=1881&perpage=25&pagenumber=7

[Attillathehon]

"He has a sexual problem and has a need to sleep with other women," the relative told Fox.

The Bill Clinton Defense rears its ugly head.

[Devil_Anse]

Thanks!!! In the transcripts, Geragos explains why he thinks the case should be subject to dismissal due to the FBI having videotaped from a neighbor's house.

Ain't gonna happen, IMO.

There are plenty of details in Geragos and Distaso's exchanges with the judge about the FBI having that videotape. Geragos blames the state for not having gotten that videotape to the defense, but Distaso makes it clear that he has done everything he can to get the FBI to turn it over to him and to Geragos.

They talk about a possible federal grand jury meeting in Fresno (must be where the local federal district court is.)

In their discussion, it is clear that they are talking about an FBI investigation that only would have started at the time of Laci's disappearance. IMO, this contradicts anything we might have thought about a federal investigation regarding methamphetamine and Scott, or any federal investigation involving Scott BEFORE Laci's disappearance.

[Devil_Anse]

Excellent performance, Scott. Bravo.