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-- escorted back in session on the docket today accused murderer and Olympic athlete Oscar historians openly cried in court today.
As his defense lawyer presented in extraordinary detail.
The athletes own account.
Of how he shot his model girlfriend to death.
Claiming Oscar had mistaken her for an intruder.
But did he do more harm than good to his own case today.
Brady's -- is a former prosecutor now defense attorney Mercedes -- is a Fox News legal analyst and let's just start with the affidavit this extraordinary for the defendant to be this explicit.
In exactly what happened on the night of the alleged murder.
This is what he says.
I'm acutely aware people gaining entries to homes to commit crime I've received death threats I sleep with my nine millimeter under my bed.
I woke up close to close the sliding door and heard a noise in the bathroom I was scared and didn't switch on the light.
I got my gonna move toward the bathroom I screamed at the intruder because -- did not have my legs on I felt vulnerable.
I fired shots to the bathroom door and told -- to call police and he said -- he found out of course.
But it was Riva who was in the bathroom and that he claims it was all a big accident proceeded wanna start with you because.
Just armchair -- American point -- so many holes in this account and that's exactly with the prosecutors gonna do.
I mean exactly right in principle he lives in an exclusive communities stonewalled electric wired fence around this community.
There's gates -- their security.
You're going to be feeling vulnerable -- somehow an intruder came into your home and LPS when the burglar did come into your home they're gonna lock themselves into the bathroom.
I'm complete them at the prosecutor's going to stay -- and it just doesn't know Brooklyn -- and the bathroom and prickly.
This happened in your girlfriend fleeing from you because we have witnesses that they that they -- you partnering with your girlfriend moment.
Before the -- -- -- that but he claims in this in this affidavit darker.
-- that.
He I screamed at the intruder because I didn't have my legs I felt Boller rolled that I fired shots in the bathroom door.
You're telling me if Revis dying camp is in that bathroom it's all -- -- -- -- just using the bathroom and suddenly she -- since.
-- think he doesn't say honey it's me.
And it does the -- screams and inspired for the door.
It's not plausible.
Well it's not plausible and in in the com and and and the serene atmosphere of a newsroom.
But none of us can put ourselves back into that moment.
-- -- -- -- What -- the story -- was experiencing.
Perhaps that -- perhaps that bad PR that terror where we do things without thinking but remember something what he did you set it.
What's extraordinary you don't give your defense away he dated for two reasons.
One he wants to get out on bail.
And he needs to show exceptional circumstances what he's really doing is saying hey judge.
I got nothing up my -- I've got nothing hi I'm not going anywhere.
This is my defense and it sounds a lot more plausible -- premeditation.
He's also letting people know who will be standing in judgment of him.
Start thinking about me now he's planning his actual.
Proper -- while -- -- nothing and you guys both know is that the peninsula but the attorney don't wanna be locked him like that and and he's locked himself in.
What first of -- he still terrified of these break ins and his gated community Mercedes.
Why is it with a sliding glass door open has a sliding door open it meant a beautiful thing and they exactly right why are you sleeping with an out and on an entry.
Into your home by the way much bigger than your bathroom window that he allegedly was opened by some contracts -- -- a letter there it is completely suspicious and somehow that that that window.
Came entry -- flooding door open all night that's -- a pair.
It was one of those bathrooms where the toilet is walled off we know -- -- -- -- endorsing he claims he walked into the bathroom he saw that that there was the window in the bathroom.
He thought the intruder went Reagan to the toilet.
And then just opened fire -- -- here's the other problem major problem for him.
And I caution because these are unconfirmed reports right but they came out yesterday they're citing a source close to the case who said.
That this cricket paddle this cricket bat that was found in his house.
Had blood all over it.
And that they had established that Revis dying -- skull had been crushed now if that is true and that is an if if that is true.
-- his his defense completely falls apart that's not part of the story.
Well look if that's -- that I I wanna take Mercedes side and be the prosecution right but it is an unconfirmed report.
When you talk about -- plausibility and remember he's charged with premeditated.
Murder.
What we call malice aforethought whether it's ten seconds ten minutes or an hour.
Is it plausible if you plant at any level to kill your girlfriend would you shooting through a bathroom door.
Would you have come up with this entire -- -- Well in hand running -- that's what that's what the prosecutors say that -- he's not name when she realized the what was happening to.
Are the evidence doesn't support the premeditation.
On his worst day the evidence supports.
A -- violent and heat of passion and rage which doesn't it light which doesn't -- to life in prison and another doesn't particulate -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Yet the angle we'll tell us I will say this it has South Africa has some as a really bad crime rate.
But it also has some of the world's worst rates of violence against women and the highest rate in the world of women killed.
By an intimate partner to debate thank you both will be I thank him don't go.
