Brian Buckmeyer

So I'm looking to see how she describes events, how she describes her participation in this relationship, describes her participation in the freak-offs. And I'm trying to find the avenues where I can say, yes, you were absolutely abused. No one's disputing that. But the decision to go across state lines, the decision to participate in these freak-offs, you did that because you loved him.

So I'm looking to see how she describes events, how she describes her participation in this relationship, describes her participation in the freak-offs. And I'm trying to find the avenues where I can say, yes, you were absolutely abused. No one's disputing that. But the decision to go across state lines, the decision to participate in these freak-offs, you did that because you loved him.

and you wanted to be with him. You understood this relationship, but it was a violent relationship. Why did you go off and do these freak-offs? Why did you go across state lines? Because it was a part of the relationship and it wasn't part of control.

and you wanted to be with him. You understood this relationship, but it was a violent relationship. Why did you go off and do these freak-offs? Why did you go across state lines? Because it was a part of the relationship and it wasn't part of control.

But when you got there, the part of the relationship when you went out for dinner, when you went to freak-offs, when you went to award ceremonies, he beat you because he's a domestic abuser, but he's not a sex trafficker. It's about making a very logical distinction between the two to try to say he's guilty of something, but not what he's being charged of. I saw you moving.

But when you got there, the part of the relationship when you went out for dinner, when you went to freak-offs, when you went to award ceremonies, he beat you because he's a domestic abuser, but he's not a sex trafficker. It's about making a very logical distinction between the two to try to say he's guilty of something, but not what he's being charged of. I saw you moving.

But real quick, and Bernardo I think is saying it better, far better than the government is doing, nothing that Bernardo said was about trafficking. Everything that Bernardo just talked about was about domestic abuse. And I think the defense can say, yes, all of that is true, and that's what we call domestic violence, but that's not trafficking.

But real quick, and Bernardo I think is saying it better, far better than the government is doing, nothing that Bernardo said was about trafficking. Everything that Bernardo just talked about was about domestic abuse. And I think the defense can say, yes, all of that is true, and that's what we call domestic violence, but that's not trafficking.

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So from a legal standpoint, there are a few quotes that I want to look at that I think kind of run the gambit of what we're talking about here. We have Cassie Ventura here and some of her quotes saying here, after the freak off, the room was pretty bad off. The candle wax, all over the place. And then she described having a pungent smell.

So from a legal standpoint, there are a few quotes that I want to look at that I think kind of run the gambit of what we're talking about here. We have Cassie Ventura here and some of her quotes saying here, after the freak off, the room was pretty bad off. The candle wax, all over the place. And then she described having a pungent smell.

And she brought us into those rooms in a way that made us think no one wants to be in there. The only way you can be in there is to be compelled. I think that fed into the government's argument of coercion. But we also heard something that I think the defense is going to jump on, where she talked about that she was insanely jealous.

And she brought us into those rooms in a way that made us think no one wants to be in there. The only way you can be in there is to be compelled. I think that fed into the government's argument of coercion. But we also heard something that I think the defense is going to jump on, where she talked about that she was insanely jealous.

And we remember from Tenny Garagos, she said that this case was about love, infidelity, jealousy, and money. And so I think something like this, Sean Cohn professing to be a man of many women and Cassie potentially being jealous and maybe starting some of those fights or participating in the fights, that's something the defense is going to jump on.

And we remember from Tenny Garagos, she said that this case was about love, infidelity, jealousy, and money. And so I think something like this, Sean Cohn professing to be a man of many women and Cassie potentially being jealous and maybe starting some of those fights or participating in the fights, that's something the defense is going to jump on.

And then, of course, this, saying that she's super young and naive, people pleaser, getting her personality. I think her testimony really drove home the idea that this was a horrible interaction, that it was a toxic relationship, as Erin is quoting the defense.

And then, of course, this, saying that she's super young and naive, people pleaser, getting her personality. I think her testimony really drove home the idea that this was a horrible interaction, that it was a toxic relationship, as Erin is quoting the defense.