From Geragos' opening statement:
This is also a guy, understand, kind of private prior to this happening, who had just -- was making good money working for Trade Corp. I think the last tax return he filed the previous year, sixty-six thousand dollars, as a representative for this European company that was trying to break into the market.
He and Laci were excited about having the kid. They had just purchased this country club membership. And that was this December. This idea that somehow there is a timeline, he's going to chuck his whole life I think is belied by the evidence of the fact that they spent quite a bit of money to buy this country club membership. It was in excess of $20,000 to buy the country club membership. Was excited about that.
He purchased this boat -- which, by the buy, they say he didn't tell anybody about. There is a friend who knew about the boat. One of the reasons they didn't tell Ron is they specifically were going to tell Ron on Christmas morning, because Ron was an avid fisherman. And this idea that Laci didn't know about the boat, they know better than that. They know that there is a witness, and that witness will tell you that Laci was at the warehouse on December 20th.
She was there at the warehouse on December 20th, had seen the boat, was in the boat, and then went from that location because she couldn't -- Mr. Distaso accurately, on one point yesterday, indicated you couldn't get to the bathroom in the back of the warehouse, because it's stacked up with the fertilizer. She was worried about getting anywhere near that liquid fertilizer, so she went next door to use the bathroom in one of the other warehouses. And a woman there saw her and talked to her.
And they know that. They know that she was there, that she saw the boat. She didn't tell her mom about the boat. She didn't tell her stepfather about the boat. And she had talked to her mom after she had been to that warehouse, never mentioned a word about it.
No, that's NOT a lot of money, considering how they lived. $20,000 country club membership, on an annual income of $66,000? And considering the cost of living in California is high, it's even less money. Were they living beyond their means?
"She was at the warehouse Dec. 20th... saw the boat"
I thought the "witness" was going to say Laci was at the warehouse on Dec. 23rd??
$66,000... frankly, the way they lived, it sounds like they were just biding their time till that inheritance came in. And here she was, in the meantime, pawning jewelry so he could take Amber out.
And, regarding their excesses, IMO most of them had to do with Scott, not Laci. Yes, she apparently loved to buy fancy gourmet foods, and she went to the spa, but that's not much, compared to buying a boat and spending almost $25,000 on the country club membership, which was clearly done for Scott to be able to indulge his love of golf. And the pool... that's a joint thing, not just for Laci, but for Scott, too. Where were the fancy new vehicles and trips to exotic places and boats, etc., for Laci??