Sarah Koenig

When I first asked him what their friendship was like, what Jay was like as a person, Adnan really had to reach.

He was like, um, Jay worked?

He wasn't that into sports.

We wouldn't necessarily be kicking it per se, as Adnan speak for, yes, we smoked weed together, but we weren't close.

However, Adnan was close with Stephanie, Jay's girlfriend, very close.

And Adnan says that's the only thing he can think of now that might have turned Jay against him.

Stephanie was smart.

She was a top athlete at the school.

She was beautiful by any standard.

She looked like a model.

She came from a family of achievers who did not approve of Jay, but had no problem with Adnan.

So maybe Stephanie's relationship with Anon, how affectionate they were with each other, the constant talking on the phone, the prom prince and princess stuff, maybe that was gnawing at Jay.

Christina was Adnan's lawyer.

Adnan says he didn't feel betrayed by Jay exactly because, again, they weren't good enough friends for betrayal.

He says it was more a feeling of injustice.

A year after Adnan was arrested and the case came to trial, Jay walked up to the witness stand, and there was a moment when Adnan muttered something to him.

He says he couldn't help himself.

The judge called the attorneys up to the bench.

Quote, I was just informed by my sheriff that the defendant made a comment to the witness as the witness approached the stand, indicating that he was pathetic, the judge said.

I want to advise Mr. Syed that up until now, he has been perfect.