Yes, I always believed that was a part of the problem. What got me to scratch my head is that she looked uglier and uglier as the trial went on. Her face was an absolute mask of hatred - and yet some guys still were fixated on those photos of her dancing. As a friend of mine used to say - in the unexpurgated version - sex can pull freight trains.
Once she flirted, she calculated the sympathy factor. She is an expert at this kind of manipulation. Men are more susceptible to it in her world, I’m sure. It’s probably a “gift” that most pathological liars share. The victims don’t even know they’re being played.