I saw that and laughed out loud. Some people know how to speak volumes with a touch of sarcasm.

Love the defenses expert witness, she knows her stuff! All the while she's talking about Jodi and her diagnosis of Jodi she will not look at her the expert at all. Jodi keeps drawing or writing as if the diagnosis has absolutely nothing to do with he.

The diagnosis is:

Borderline Personality Personality
Individuals with BPD usually have several of the following symptoms, many of which are detailed in the DSM-IV-TR:

Marked mood swings with periods of intense depressed mood, irritability and/or anxiety lasting a few hours to a few days (but not in the context of a full-blown episode of major depressive disorder or bipolar disorder).
Inappropriate, intense or uncontrollable anger.
Impulsive behaviors that result in adverse outcomes and psychological distress, such as excessive spending, sexual encounters, substance use, shoplifting, reckless driving or binge eating.
Recurring suicidal threats or non-suicidal self-injurious behavior, such as cutting or burning one’s self.
Unstable, intense personal relationships, sometimes alternating between “all good,” idealization, and “all bad,” devaluation.
Persistent uncertainty about self-image, long-term goals, friendships and values.
Chronic boredom or feelings of emptiness.
Frantic efforts to avoid abandonment.

Laviolette had worked under this expert at one time. I wonder how the defense will try to discredit this expert?

That sounds just like Arias' personality description to me!!! I like her. She's slick as silicone.

I'm so pleased with this expert, finally someone who I don't think it's being deceptive and knows what she's talking about, I had a hard time listening to the last two, but I love her. I also love the way she's giving examples to make it clear to the jury.


Ann, you had her diagnosed from the beginning. Post 5. "Jodi very clearly has mental health issues, has identity problems (meaning, she doesn't really have a firm one, she adapts it to others), is very submissive to men (while also being passive aggressive), is a compulsive liar, has narcissistic tendencies, and for sure has borderline personality disorder. Great job!

OMG - that is so freakin' true when you read it from this angle! :eek:

Def sounds like her. She's gotta have *something* on the narcissistic axis too though! I wonder if we'll hear anything about that. She may not have scored high enough though, who knows.

The way Jodi just absolutely refuses to even acknowledge that anyone is currently on the stand giving testimony makes her look like an immature little 2 yr old. If I was on the jury, that would stand out to me.

LOL, I forgot I already diagnosed her :D :p! I feel totally PHD now. Hey, maybe I can be an EXPERT witness and make $300 an hour!!!

You're worth twice that!

LOL.... I thought the same thing it looks like Jodi's coloring in a coloring book.I was hoping the expert would have said, "Like Jodi's doing right now."

I didn't catch the experts name, but she's now testifying point by point as to why she does not agree with the PTSD diagnosis, she doesn't feel she has any memory loss either. This woman is spot on!

I just heard her name is Janine.....Love her!

Janeen really nailed that memory loss problem about the knife. She didn't remember anything about what she did with it when she was tested and interviewed by Janeen and yet remembers disposing of it when she spoke with the male psychologist, which took place before she met with Janeen. Only problem - she lost memory between the two! Not hardly possible with the way humans retain memory around traumatic events all things being equal. They gain memory as time goes on and they talk and think about the events, not lose it. I can speak from experience there. You may have memory gaps around traumatic events but what you do remember grows in time, not lessens!!! Jodi messed up there.

Arias IQ is 119 and she thought she was smarter that Einstein! What a joke!!!

That cracked me up as well. :)

hmm....She's a genius yet her azz is in a jail cell?.....Genius move :rolleyes:

Indeed. :D

Yeah, I was expecting that as well.

Oh good grief...anyone watching today? This defense attorney thinks she can interpret the psychological test results??? ROFLMAO

Looks like some straw grasping going on....I cannot help but wonder if she is saying what she has been advised to say by her client.