Ashley Merchant
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807 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Nov 2025
last heard 10 Jun
Ashley Merchant’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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But he set himself up for this entire event.
And he never testified.
So we didn't even get to hear from him.
They didn't do the jury the courtesy of having him explain his self-defense defense.
Of course, the defendant has a Fifth Amendment right not to testify.
But when you are alleging you're not guilty because it was self-defense, it's extremely rare not to put the defendant on the stand.
And it's not like they had some amazing eyewitness who was right next to him who could testify.
Austin attacked him.
Austin punched him in the face.
Austin had him by the neck.
therefore vitiating the need for Carmelo Anthony to actually give testimony.
That didn't happen.
The defense witnesses, by all accounts, were weak, didn't really see much, didn't have eyes on the tent, or came in too late to really be of much help.
So it's a very interesting question why they didn't put him on the stand.
Obviously, they did not believe he'd make a good witness.
And one wonders why.
What was it that they saw on the defense team that led them to that conclusion?
So it's 309.
We are continuing to await word from the jury that is in.
For those of you just joining us, we've just gone live on YouTube on the Carmelo Anthony verdict, which is in.
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