Eric Faddis

You know, when you look at it, your stomach kind of turns, right?

That's a grotesque sight.

You have this bright red blood coming off of her face.

Certainly the jury is going to have a visceral reaction when they see that.

It just shows how harrowing and physical and violent this altercation was.

I think defense is going to try to argue that this was self-defense, but that's a bit of a tall order when you look at that photo.

Well, yeah, that wouldn't be my argument.

It would be something along the lines of, you know, hey, there was this acrimonious relationship and things had been escalating.

There was a scuffle that ensued as defenses characterized it.

Ariel started that.

She was the initial aggressor.

This thing got a bit out of hand.

But the client was protecting himself because he's going to claim that he was struck with a rock.

And so that's essentially how the defense is going to style it.

you know, it'll be up to the jury whether they accept that version or Ariel's version.

Depends on the day.

But keep in mind, that wouldn't be necessarily the argument I would make in this case.

But they kind of have to own the facts that they can't deny.

Clearly, this person, Ariel, has been bludgeoned.

And so what sort of legal avenues do you explore on the defense side?