Day 15 - May 30, 2019
Google records were admitted before Daniela completed direct testimony about leaving for Mexico, obtaining identification and helping Camila. Cross-examination addressed false IDs, theft, her relationship with Raniere and hacking instructions, and remained unfinished at adjournment.
Full day summary
2. Daniela — Direct (Recall, Part 1)
Daniela concluded direct examination with testimony about her isolation, departure for Mexico, recovery of identification documents, and efforts to help Camila.
Highlights
Daniela — Direct“So the one thing I would not stop doing was my writing because that was my only way out.”— DanielaExplains Daniela's understanding of why she continued writing to Keith during her isolation.Daniela — Directtestimony highlightDaniela described returning money she had taken before leaving, traveling toward the border, and receiving 1,500 pesos and a watch from her father before crossing into Mexico.Daniela — Directtestimony highlightDaniela explained how a lawyer helped her obtain a birth certificate through the Human Rights Commission and how having identification changed her independence and employment opportunities.Daniela — DirectrulingFollowing a contested hearsay and relevance dispute, the court allowed Camila's statements only to explain their effect on Daniela and gave the jury an express limiting instruction.
3. Daniela — Cross (Recall, Part 2)
Daniela's cross-examination began with questions about false identification, theft, her relationship with Raniere, and hacking instructions. It remained unfinished at adjournment.
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Daniela — Cross Daniela Marc Agnifilo
3 sidebars inside this proceeding
- Good-Faith Basis for Cross-ExaminationPenza questioned the good-faith basis for cross-examination, and Agnifilo said he would confront the witness with her own writing.
- On-Record Sidebar Outside the Jury’s HearingAn on-record sidebar was held outside the jury’s hearing.
- Questions About the Sheriff's Identification CardPenza objected that questioning about Daniela's sheriff's ID misleadingly suggested she was pretending to be a law enforcement officer.
Highlights
Daniela — CrossimpeachmentConfronted with her handwritten breach-plan list of stores and repayment entries, Daniela recognized her handwriting but said she did not remember the entries and that parts of the list were exaggerated.Daniela — CrossconfrontationCounsel contrasted Kristin's email listing hacking targets with Daniela's account of instructions from Keith. Daniela acknowledged the email but maintained that Keith had already conveyed the targets and recalled no corresponding email from him.Daniela — Crosstestimony highlightDaniela explained that the displayed Loperfido compilation consisted of selected passages copied from noisy key logs into an organized text file; she did not know who printed the exhibit.Daniela — Cross“Okay. So I grab the logs from the server. They're very noisy. I select the relevant parts. I copy and I paste it onto a text file, which would be this one.”— DanielaShe described her role in selecting and compiling captured computer information.