Funny thing about this. I can't find Jackie Rhoades testimony from a 1996 hearing. All I can find is her testimony from a 1/26/2000 hearing. And nowhere in that testimony does she mention signs of physical injury, such as bruises.
Duh. You didn't find the right testimony. But here's an item about the testimony you did find. You didn't mention -- why? -- that it, too, was damning to Michael, even if Jackie didn't refer to bruises this time. She did report the fight Michael and Terri were in that night, and vividly described Terri's distress -- only hours before she suffered the near-fatal injuries.
'In testimony on January 26, 2000 -- testimony largely ignored by the mainstream media -- a friend named Jackie Rhodes stated under oath that the last time she spoke to Terri, February 24, 1990 -- the day before her "collapse" -- Terri was "very, very upset" and "sounded like she had been crying. I asked her if she was okay. She said she had a fight with Michael."'
Funny thing about this. I can't find Jackie Rhoades testimony from a 1996 hearing. All I can find is her testimony from a 1/26/2000 hearing. And nowhere in that testimony does she mention signs of physical injury, such as bruises.
Is she the person who said one thing in her deposition and another at trial? I vaguely remember reading something like that in the past, but don't recall details. I'm wondering if the discrepancy you found is the difference between the deposition and the trial testimony.