FL v Anthony Todt Trial - Defense Closing Arguments & Prosecution Rebuttal
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- Опубликовано: 13 апр 2022
- LIVE COVERAGE: FL v. Anthony Todt Trial - Physical Therapist on Trial for Allegedly Murdering His Family
Happening in Court:
Prosecution Closing Arguments
Defense Closing Arguments
Prosecution Rebuttal
Jury Instructions
Verdict watch - Jury deliberating
A man is on trial for allegedly murdering his wife and kids, and killing the family dog. Anthony Todt, 44, stands trial in Osceola County, Florida. Opening statements are scheduled to begin Monday, April 11, at 9 am ET.
Todt, a physical therapist who worked in Connecticut and lived in the Sunshine State, allegedly killed wife Megan Todt, 42, as well as their three children Alec Todt, 13, Tyler Todt, 11, and Zoe Todt, 4. He even slew the family dog Breezy.
Federal authorities had been seeking him at the time, saying he charged Medicaid for unworked hours. Naturally, a fraud case pales in comparison to the grisly state prosecution for four counts of first-degree murder, and one count of cruelty to animals. With that in mind, federal prosecutors filed a motion to dismiss without prejudice because they did not want to stand in the way of Florida officials. They can refile later.
The family also faced eviction from their home in a case filed Dec. 22, 2019, just weeks before deputies found defendant Todt at the residence with the bodies.
Booking photo via Anthony Todt.
Anthony Todt.
Investigators say Anthony Todt confessed to the killings in interviews shortly after his arrest. Though a judge suppressed an early portion of that because a detective failed to give a proper Miranda warning, the admission of guilt is ultimately making it to trial because Todt allegedly kept on talking to authorities, repeating the confession in a follow-up interview.
Associate Medical Examiner Jennifer Nara found the deaths to be homicide, though she could not determine “the exact mechanism of death,” and had to rely on the alleged confession and other circumstances in her decision.
Defendant Todt walked back that confession. He blamed his wife for the killings in a letter to his father, according to the document obtained by The Orlando Sentinel from the prosecutor’s office.
[Booking photo via Osceola County Jail]
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I feel horrible for the defense lawyer. She probably had to chain smoke and drink herself to sleep after delivering on this case
Yes because she knew it was over before it started. He already admitted to killing everyone, so honestly it was just going through the motions.
She hurried to get thru it. I wonder how many Ave Maria s she needed to say to get rid of the guilt.
@@skyblue2636Tip my cap to his defense council. Its often a thankless job, and they had absolutely nothing within reason, to build a foundation with for his defense. They defend the indefensible and i appreciate them. In the end, he was given the sentence he deserved, but goes without saying, his council did great.
@@skyblue2636she does not need to feel guilty about anything. She did her job. You can't point the finger at his council for merely defending him. They defend the indefensible and were handed a nightmare client.
Defense attorney speaking way too fast. Almost as if she just wants to get it over with!
I agree! I have a difficult time understanding her.
Also ,if a word has a D on the end of it , she needs to pronounce it . What is bluu, ( blood)
SOUNDED LIKE BLUB BLUB BLUB
Of course she wants to get out that hotspot….I guess someone has to represent the evil
Is it a time thing? Do they only have a set time to deliver a closing argument and she was trying to make as many points as possible?
After Todt's very coherent and concise confession to police, then his bogus testimony on the stand, there was absolutely nothing the defense's closing arguments could change, adequate delivery or not.
Affirmative action attorney for su
All she could really do is throw out a legal word salad basically giving us the formal definition of reasonable doubt over and over…and over again.
Why did Todt not just shut up during interrogation, and exercise his constitutional right to remain silent?
Narcissist
This woman had absolutely nothing to work with so I don’t blame her for this disaster. But I’m gonna need her to NEEEVVVVVEEEERRRRR use the word “Now” again. She should be penalized for using it😂
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Same as with the Jodi Arias case, people should stop hating on the defense attorneys. These people are doing a difficult and extremly thankless job. Especially with clients like this.
Yes didn’t her defense attorney Kirk Nurmi try to get off the case several times? And then he wrote a trial tell all book and get disbarred over it?
Completely agree. The attorney is doing her best to make legal points for the case she's working, and it's Todt's right to receive that service.
That said, I didn't get the impression she's convinced of his innocence. She's raising points of law and some possible shortcoming in the Prosecutions case but there's no passion there.
@@roxyandlilo O wow. I didn't know that 😳
I agree. Just as the medieval guillotine operators had a very hard and thankless job to do; someone has to do it.
@@polly6336
Agree, good point. She didn’t put her heart in her speech. Whether attorneys believe their innocence or not which doesn’t matter anyway, she needed to act as if she believed him.
Pretty much a slam dunk case. The prosecutor absolutely crushes it. The defense had very little to work with, that's why she had to talk so much. How do you defend someone who confesses?
I think everyone in this case needs to slow down and enunciate-the defendant, the prosecutor and the defense attorney.
When a murderer waits for a month after killing his family to make sure their bodies would be decomposed so there would hard to determine matter if death, the murderer shouldn’t be rewarded for it. Otherwise God forbid every murderer would do the same and blames his victim. Especially after he tells his sister lies about his wife.
Really tough defense. That confession and his demeanor on the stand is a cut and dry case of guilty. Who thought it was a good idea for him to testify? Oh, wait I bet it was him. Lock em up.
I agree. His ego told him he could convince the jury of his innocence. However, he was so combative, sarcastic, argumentative and arrogant that he did himself no good at all. I did not believe a word he said since all he said was he did not remember anything from the time of the killing until he 'woke up' or became lucid in jail.
“I bet it was him”… right? The judge asked like, twice if he’s sure he wants to do this and he said YES. I think you’re spot on - it was Tony’s idea to take the stand - but his recorded confession to the police kinda put a kibosh on the whole reasonable doubt even he even said he’s not hiding behind a lawyer.
He went against his lawyer’s advice and testified 🙄
@@croach2194 he shook his head no the whole time the verdict was read to him knowing dang well what he did, and he thought he was going to get away with it.
I also wondered whose idea it was. His testimony was the last nail in the coffin. It was one of the most bizarre testimonies I've seen.
When he was given a chance to speak before sentencing, he was so awful (no remorse, pleading for leniency etc) that his attorney interjected and told him it wasn't helpful. That's something I've never seen before.
What a nightmare client for those lawyers.
What horrifies me is knowing whichever he killed first it was either a mother knowing her children wr murdered or the kids knowing mummy was murdered and he has no concept of feelings or emotions a true sociopath and so arrogant and u c that irritation when cross examined vs defence questions
I think he wouldn't have the b@lls to outright kill them. He would have drugged them with the benadryl first and then stabbed them in their sleep. He's too much of a coward to do it any other way.
Her lack of confidence makes me sad for her, but happy for Tony. He can burn.
Every single murder defense that relies soley on “reasonable doubt” never, ever works. Its basically admitting guilt and hoping just 1 juror eats the bullcrap.
It's that "Yeah he did it, but they didn't really prove it" flavor
Actually, there are a lot of "reasonable doubt" acquittals. It's not at all uncommon for the state not to prove its case. There are even extreme cases where the judge directs a verdict of not guilty. However, when somebody tells you that sat around with the dead bodies of their families for weeks because they couldn't figure out how to kill themselves with Benadryl, there's not a whole lot of doubt to work with.
It worked for Casey Anthony
Drinking game - Whenever Defense Attorney says “now…”🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🤢🤮☠️
Ok I’d be dead 💀
@@rusteeheiressme too.
Kudos to this defense lawyer who still made an attempt to find reasonable doubt. Unwinnable after her client made a full on-video confession. Perhaps insanity would have been a better option for Todt .... he really isn't well. And his outburst at the end of the sentencing ... pathetic ... he says he didn't kill his family, but he admitted to killing each of them. Knutz
Agreed, I think she did a great job considering. I wondered the same thing re: insanity but I think that would have been a riskier decision ultimately. Insanity is rarely successful. He also doesn’t seem to have any history of mental illness that would qualify, so it’d be tough. Tbh I’m still confused about if his wife was involved or not. They didn’t really go there. Unless I missed something?
@@haleyp6680 I don't think anything would have prevented this man from going to jail. I believe the wife was in agreement per his video confession but unsure of any evidence. I just wonder why he didn't go buy more drug store drugs to finish himself off with ... he sat in the house for what must have been months with the corpses of his family .... saying all he wanted to do was be with his family .... drink up dude - hideous man.
@@thenightwatch2096 yeah, still so many questions. maybe he chickened out and didn't know what else to do except sit there. or maybe he felt like he needed to wait it out until police showed up for some sort of insanity defense.
@@haleyp6680 I think they should have gone for the insanity ... nobody in their right mind plans how to kill their spouse and children and themselves, then lives amongst their rotting for months corpses like ... they're napping .... umm no they aren't napping. If he really wanted to be with this family, he would have bought more allergy medicine and finished himself off ... he really is crazy ... he even pleaded with the Judge after the verdict .. I didn't kill them ... wtf ... he's nuts
The defense didn't have much to work with. These are about the worst facts as any I've seen.
Lawyers involved in this case certainly don't seem like the best and brightest.
Leave her alone. She did the best she could under the circumstances. The pettiness of these comments is offensive. Hate him, not her. PDs do a job few of us could.
she's a public defender? Not a paid for defense lawyer beast? She's doing alright, either way. Some coaching in delivering speech would be could though. She says "now" a lot and her tone of voice is kinda sharp. Not easy to listen to and I think jurors miss the content she's conveying because of that. Because her content is good, pointing out every imperfection in the evidence. Work beyond PD minimal levels I must say. Compliment to her.
I can only imagine how difficult it must be to defend someone that you know did it. And this was not just a parking ticket or a dui. This man killed his family. He is a narcissist, and I'm sure he was just a pleasure to work with outside court.
@@JeremiahLOsborne ugh yeah I can only imagine how he is as a client :( The defense did more than required, they could just have made sure he got a fair trial, like the PDs did with Chandler Halderon, but they actually put up a defense.
I can't imagine what it takes to defend a monster like this. I mean, you do the best with what you have, but I could not have done what she and her team did.
I guess literally EVERYTHING about this case was a God damned catastrophe.
With his ego, I'm surprised he didn't choose to defend himself and give his own opening/closing statements! Some people do do that (although it's usually a big mistake!).
He did defend himself.....scroll the evidence
I know he defended himself on the witness stand. I was talking more as acting as his own lawyer. Although there was a point when he rambled on from the table (which the lawyers that he did have didn't seem too happy about)@@chris2costacosta264
@@chris2costacosta264lol they mentioned opening and closing statements. Defending oneself means acting as your own lawyer. And lawyers also do opening and closing lol. Yikes.
As a former trial lawyer...this woman is the worst trial lawyer I've ever seen. Zero command, zero confidence, just reading a poorly written script. How many times can she say "Now..."
the content of her words is good though. Delivery could be much much worse. You must not have seen many bad lawyers.
@@bumblebaa2327 The content was good??? Wow
Link us to one of YOUR closing statements then...
@@MsWaggydog cameras weren't allowed in the courtrooms, I didn't do criminal law, I did civil trial law. But, you can look up some of my jury awards.
Without trying to pick on or make fun of her, why did she not, at the very least, work out how to pronounce "diphenhydramine?"
So the four victims all had Benadryl in their system, knife wounds in their stomach, all assumed strangled/suffocated, yet they are saying Meaghan did it. I wonder whether she strangled herself first or stabbed herself first?
According to his testimony he want you to believe that she stabbed herself then drugged herself then stabbed herself again after praying to bleed out........
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He said she stabbed herself in the abdomen and then no doubt he smothered her to help her along
His defense was awful.
They had nothing to work with though, so I feel for the.
The older gentleman should retire, bless his heart and the female “attorney” needs to choose a different career path. This was incredibly hard to watch. So bad in fact, I couldn’t stop watching. Like a car wreck.
After his confession, defense had no chance. The defense is telling the jurors to just ignore that fact. If he didn’t confess, they had a chance.
Who finds their kids dead & doesn’t go for help? Who leaves the house with their dead family at home & goes back? Even without the confession case closed.
@@HandbagDiva Not to mention his own entertainingly catastrophic behavior on the stand - this oompa loompa is just a total shitbag crammed into a suit. He could have at least made an effort to perfect his fake-crying technique, come on.
@@HandbagDiva but why didn't he ever run? Nobody asked that question. I truly think he did have a meltdown in those weeks between the murders and them being found.
He easily could have fled to Mexico or anywhere N.E.
That was not an admissible confession because the evidence contradicted almost all of his account. It should not have been admitted at all probably, but it is all the prosecution had... Aside from imagination.
The confession didn’t make it into the trial. The jurors didn’t know about it. The detectives didn’t properly read him his Miranda rights so that entire confession was deemed trash.
Horrible closing by defense. She was consistently stumbling over her words and using the word now to the point of annoyance. Of course they couldn’t find a definitive answer about means of death because the bodies lay rotting in the house for almost a month and after the degree of decomposition of course they couldn’t positively identify everything that was done to the bodies. U haven’t shown any reasonable doubt…what terrible defense. They got paid for this? So obvious Anthony Todt was Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt..Justice served for the Todt Family…Gone too soon.
don't let emotions cloud your judgement on this one. Content of this closing argument is good. Delivery good be better. Not sure they got paid, they could be Public Defenders. Judge said they both are senior and well respected lawyers so I'm going with that.
Right!!!!! The defense actually tried to use the advanced state of decomposition as a reason to vote not guilty. That was embarrassing😂😂
Completely disagree with you. She is 100 times more competent and hard working than the prosecution.... And she should have won if the jury knew the law better.
Completely agree...it was all over the place, stumbling over and mispronouncing scores of words, superfluous information...dreadful defense.
I feel sorry for the defense because he's as guilty as sin.
This is why I couldn't never be a defense attorney. I couldn't sleep at night if I had to defend a loathsome piece of human garbage like this guy.
That's exactly what I was thinking .. She probably needed trauma therapy after working to defend this complete piece of human sh#$
Why did he do it, why kill his family and dog??
I don’t!!!
I could barely understand the female defense attorney. She speaks much too fast and her words often meld together. And she mispronounces a lot of words. Bizarre for a professional attorney. But I suppose that’s what you get with a public defender. She needs to slow. Down. Her. Words.
What she's saying is irrelevant!!! She is just talking to make it seem like she's making an effort, but her efforts are in vain because they're meaningless!!!
Nothing she said had anything to do with probable cause or anything of that sort! She needs to give it up!
I get that there are big words, but you’re an attorney. Learn how to pronounce the words when you’re in closing arguments. Even just out of respect. Take the prosecutor for the Cruz school shooting. That man knew every first and last name, every direction and location of the murders/injuries. Here, she can’t use names and terminology because she can’t pronounce it. I guess it’s good that Tony had bad legal support.
I just don't understand why he didn't run. He had tons of opportunity to flee to wherever he wanted.
What I don't understand is WHY did he kill his family and the family dog. WHY??
Guy was even sick enough to harm the dog!
Defense had nothing but still put on a good closing, made some good points, so good infact the jury became deadlocked until judge told them he will mistrial... jury came back really fast guilty on all counts.
The defense lawyer was the worst I've ever heard!
Reading a script, mumbling, mispronounced words, looking down, croaky uninteresting voice.
I sense some box ticking has gone on to get her here!
Thankfully, she didn't jeopardise the defendants chances. He did that fine without her!
@@ursamajor6546 yeah, but waaay better than the prosecutor who made no effort to be logical or intelligent. Or awake.
@@sstorm1328
Nah, with a defence as weak as his, he needed a top, top defense lawyer. And he chose her!! 🤷🏻♂️ 😂
@@ursamajor6546 I doubt he chose her. She looks like more professional and less unkempt than the prosecutor, but gives off a public defender vibe.... He probably was not wealthy enough to pay for a private law firm....
@@sstorm1328
Yep, fair comment 👍
There's no reasonable doubt when someone lives in a house with the rotting corpses of his family.
That has to be gross, the smell and all!!
When did he go out and buy the roses that he put in all of their hands?
@@didibolter9362 Youre right...
If he gets off this it will be the biggest injustice since Casey Anthony . He convicted himself on the stand imo - I reckon they allowed him to take the stand as they had nothing to lose, how can you defend the indefensible?
He got life.
You cannot stop people like him. He expected the police to find his story so compelling he would spend a few months in a mental hospital. When that did not work he picked a new story for the jury and of course that did not work because his entire personality came out on cross.
Justice was served for Casey. It's called not enough time evidence.
@@thetruepatriot7733 Why not the Death Penalty? He certainly deserves it!!
Listening to these awful lawyers is torture! Do they not teach public speaking in law school? 🤔
no, they teach law in law school
@@drvonnostrum2671 public speaking is also a HUGE part of being an attorney that's common sense.
@@marykcherry yes, it is
Well said. I thought the incoherent rambling of the prosecution’s closing statement was as bad as you could get until I heard the defence statement. Yes the defendant’s representative had an impossible task, but this did not prevent her from talking clearly, precisely and coherently, which she comprehensively failed to do
@@drewedmin999 if you want to see horrible attorneys look up Chandler Halderson's opening and close. His defense was horrific. I can't mention anything during the trial because they didn't call any witnesses and rarely questioned the prosecutor's witnesses.
She needs to get her diction sorted I find it difficult to understand many words She is also talking too fast
Closing argument had to try to turn a poop sandwich into an ice cream sundae. There’s just no way but bless them for doing what they could. I wonder if the jury problem was over whether there was premeditation for at least the first murder.
You're a little old to use such a tasteless phrase....totally invalidates your comment.
The prosecutor had to love this case (considering the circumstances). Between his lies, narcissistic behavior and eagerness to testify. She sunk her teeth in.
Defense atty SLOW DOWN...
Also reminds myself of when I was in school having to write a 5000 word paper... McRepeaterson.
Most of you can’t even finish your bachelors so please….leave good sis alone.
The defense lawyer is not adequately prepared. She should definitely have learned how to pronounce the medications found properly and specifically what they do. She also does not explain how the findings she is claiming show the murder was not proved actually do prove that. She rarely looks ata the jury. Perhaps she is fairly new and has not learned how to addrerss a jury but again that required praticsing at home until you can do it.
As a pharmacist myself, I can tell you the generic for Benadryl is diphenhydramine, not the garbled mess this attorney gave you. And the ethyl alcohol is what she probably meant to say, not “ethagol” or whatever that next mess she fumbled all over was.
Speaking clearly and correctly is always important, especially in delivering a closing argument. I also noticed she said "anti mortem", instead of "ante mortem".
She's a terrible speaker. The hand waving and self soothing swaying around is very distracting. Probably one of the worst closing arguments I've ever ever heard in my life. 99% utterly pointless. She rambles on but never gets to a point.
Someone else pointed out her constant use of the word “now”… now it’s driving me insane
@@drh0rrible omg…I went back and listened. She says it over and over. Very distracting and extremely irritating 😠 lol
One of the worst closing arguments I’ve ever heard- I’m sorry, but she cannot articulate her words- it is difficult to follow and comprehend bc her inability to clearly speak is so distracting- you need to spend so much energy on following the words rather than understanding her argument this is a super fail. I just don’t understand why she closed. that being said I’m thrilled he was guilty but if I was on trial this is the last person I would want closing for me.
She was unprepared. No other reason for the stumbling…..
@@pcwolfie Her client was just guiltily
I don't understand anything she's saying!! Where is she going?
This is why I could never be a public defender.
You also destroyed the world of Breezy. As to count five for the premeditated murder of the dog Breezy, you’re sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Exactly. LOL
If I were Todt, I’d kill myself in that courtroom while listening to his defense attorney giving the defense closing argument. She’s delivering that statement while READING the statement. She got multiple medical terms wrong, bumbling their names.
While I certainly respect her achievement of getting through law school, I’d never hire her to be my defense attorney. She sounded like a law student.
Still, I’m glad justice was done.
Is this the defense lawyer's first ever case? Disjointed mumbling, mispronounced words, trailing off croaky sentences and obvious she's not committed to what she's saying. Absolutely dreadful!!!
I wouldn’t want a defense attorney who cannot pronounce diphenhydramine.
I find it morally reprehensible and an insult to justice and the legal institution to defend accused individuals who are guilty. The defence attorney should only ensure that the punishment is proportional to the crime and not overzealous. They should ensure that legal procedure is followed and that the accused is given the opportunity for a fair and transparent trial. The defence should NOT be charged with the task of fighting to prove the guilty innocent and have their client walk free.
I can’t understand this defence attorney. Regardless it doesn’t matter what she’s saying, he’s guilty
Same here, too much talking and not much to help decipher
i can say what the cause of death was. it's pronounced murder.
The defense attorney is very ineffective. She’s focusing on too much detail and never tells the jury what conclusions to draw from the details. What point(s) is she trying to make? “L” wound or “Y” wound? Please? Who cares if Megan drank alcohol? Ineffectiveness of counsel.
cant understand the attorney, never a good sign
Love the prosecutor pushing up her sleeves for rebuttal. Very much, “I’m gonna shut this crap
Down NOW.”
The defence attorney needs to speak slower and clearer , she's just gabbling
I hate the guy, but this woman did a terrible job. Passionless, inarticulate and seemingly in a rush to finish.
She did a great job, he was convicted. Do you really think a lawyer could be this bad without trying? I hope she defends all the low lives that get arrested.
Listening to her speak makes me cringe. I’m sorry.
Does it bother anyone else that the defense attorney giving closing arguments repeatedly mispronounces multiple medical terms? DI-PHEN-HY-DRA-MINE, A-SPHYX-I-A-TION, and “decompensation” instead of “decomposition.” That and her constant use of ‘’now…” is distracting.
Is that Camille Vasquez Johnny Depps lawyer sat on the left facing judge 👩⚖️.??
Can’t understand a word she sayin.Guys guilty wit this garbage defence
I had never heard the word indicated this much before!!!!
I'm still trying to figure out why he hired Flava Flav as one of his defense attorneys.
OBJECTION! Hey, excuse me. I don't need reasonable doubt explained to me. Show me where the evidence contradicts the testimony!
That just made it worse, gruesome. She should've just said: "He changed his mind, now he says he didn't do it, trust him, he's a doctor.🙄 Thank you"
If I was this defense I would’ve just told Todt to write what he wanted me to say because this poor attorney lol how can you close for a monster like this. Just a lose- lose.
Somebody's gatta do it.. defense attorneys are important, they do more than defend the guilty, they protect the innocent!
@@thetruepatriot7733 so true. I applaud her. I find it really gross how people would even attack her for it.
And she still wouldn't have been able to read anything he wrote.
I totally get believing in making sure that everyone receives a fair trial, or wanting to make sure death penalty is off the table. I truly do. BUT in situations like this… I just don’t know how these defense attorneys can live with themselves. Or how they look through every piece of that shocking evidence- and then the testimonies- and yet still have it in them to defend + try to legitimately prove this man was innocent. Going after credibility of the ppl who had to diligently work on this case & yet still somehow go on w their lives.
The focus of her closing blew my mind.
“I just can’t wrap my head around it. Bless this poor family who deserved the world… and instead had that world taken from them.”
I agree with you 100%! What I can't understand is WHY, why did he kill his sweet precious family and their dog, I just don't understand!!!
I used to think like that before and asked an attorney who defended a police officer who was charged with possession of child pornographies.
Everyone is innocent until proven guilty. When you are on trial, you are still presumed innocent. They have a right to hire defense and the attorneys need to defend the defendant until they are found guilty. That’s the principle of lawyers i think.
A couple of suggestions to the young defence gal. Almost 10% into reading a speech as if words have no meaning, the defence has still not offered any facts to refute the state’s case. As a potential juror, I would need you to dig in. Be bold with the facts, not with promises to wow me.
Careful! Wasting jury’s time-and telling them that they’ve done nothing all this time-is insulting. Juries take this seriously. And they have “seen” a lot and done a lot-looking at autopsy photos of a 4-year old child is hard. Careful.
2. After such a strong state closing, gotta do better.
3. Take a couple of practical education courses with the toughest practicum supervisor, you can find: Grade 5 students. You’ll do better. You’re young but you have to try to improve. Never give up if this what you want to.
Ok, the defense said, " Mr. Todt took responsibility after what happened. Not before, and not during." Well maybe i am wrong here, but i do not see a person admitting to the crime of murdering someone before they murder that person, or while they are murdering them.
Whay always that buzz on audio? Why is so difficult to have a cristal clear audio sound!? If you went to the moon, how comes that you forget the earth!?
So a Christian is a liar, a big scammer in business, thinks he's owns his family and when caught, kills everyone to avoid humiliation and doesn't kill himself cause he's a conman liar. Sounds Right.
I totally agree!
Do you know WHY he killed his family and the family dog? I just can't understand it?
Good defense attorney but she mispronounces a ton of medical terms. She might want to work on that in the future.
I feel so bad that she had to defend this monster!
It's a tough job! Especially for public defenders, they usually don't have a choice in who they represent. Private defense attorney have more say, they don't have to represent anyone but somebody's gatta do it! Defense attorneys don't just defend the guilty, they protect the innocent!
She also spoke way too fast!!!
This lawyer SUCKS.
NOW He is in jail for life!
I don't understand why he killed his family and the family dog, I just don't understand it, WHY?
She should just not speak any big word she fumbles over like she was drinking it.
Affirmative action
It’s awkward that the defense attorney doesn’t even know the victim ALEK’s name.
How difficult can it be to say "diphenhydramine?"
Too fast and too much “lawyering” bad lawyer!, ☹️
The defense attorney is killing me. Can't spend 5 minutes learning to pronounce 'diphenhydramine' or 'decomposition'. One minute the wounds are 1/4" apart, the next they're 3/4" apart. Refers to Carswell as a 'toxicologist' when the witness herself stated that she isn't. Absolutely all over the place.
Regarding Tony the Todt's defense, Alicia Smith and Robert Wesley had absolutely zilch to work with. Pronouncing the chemical name for Bendryl was the least of the issues (but yeah. I can see how it's bothersome; bugged me a bit too).
The PD didn't want him to testify - he did anyway. They obviously wouldn't have wanted him to confess to the police detectives - he did, anyway. TWICE!
Then he started on how his mother was in the room as well as his deceased father in law trying to show he was insane enough to see dead people and people who lived far away.
Tony the Todt simply made his own attorney's job so difficult, I give Ms. Smith and Mr. Wesley a LOT of credit for even giving the effort they gave. They are required to but given they are NOT high priced attorney's like Robert Kardashian, they did a great job and deserve a high five.
Slapping a mosquito on the wrist is NOT premeditation. Its an impulsive kill
What a terrible speech delivery. I'm 30 seconds in and starting to zone out.
Soooooo annoying that the defense lawyer starts EVERY sentence with a drawn out NOWWWWWWWW! I can’t stop hearing it!
NOWWWWWWW I can't stop hearing it. Her voice in general gives me a headache and she's hard to understand.
My god she is talking WAY too fast!
Omg she can’t even pronounce diphenhydramine. I’m cringing so hard
i bet you couldn't either
I knoow❗ She can't pronounce a lot of words.
So? I know I would have trouble saying that.
if u knew anything about the law, you would know this was an amazing closing argument, period...
I know! She should have practiced that word. Jeez.
ENUNCIATION FOLKS!!!
She is zipping through her closing and she doesn't seem very passionate about what she is saying
Everyone slamming on this defense lawyer should be ashamed. I think she did the best she could do considering that their client told on himself. I do not understand why he would even plead not guilty. it is obvious the confession was not beaten out of him or is it obvious? yes, I think she should have spoken on this confession or made a case of insanity instead of going for the gold of a not guilty verdict.
You don’t understand why he would plead not guilty? Just take a few moments to think about that.
There is not a jury on earth that would believe Todt’s testimony.
Defense of a literal monster aside…his attorney is an embarrassment. One of many examples is that in her closing she said “decompensation” instead of decomposition. Have some respect for those victims, unlike your client who left his entire family to liquify into the bedding. His concerns were to run out for milk and McDonalds, despite claiming to be focused on ending his own life. He wouldn’t even allow himself to feel hunger pains for a day.
Well. There may or may not have been a receipt. So i guess he isn't guilty then. Wtf 🤦♀️
Yes, that was a Perry Mason moment! A crime scene tech discovered a receipt on the same lilypad where Mr. Toad sat. Hmmmm...cue dramatic music. lol
What about the pie - was their evidence of a pie?? Anyone?
You mean the "blue, purple- ish, mushy substance with a brown crust" that he saw "remnants" of on the children's plates? That pie? Lol... the way he described the pie was ridiculous.
@@thetruepatriot7733 I hate the way he pronounces the word "pudding"! Everything about him is the worst thing ever.
As a dog lover and fur baby mama, referring to the family dog as a K-9, doesn't sit well with me. She's trying to make Breezy seem less-than.
This is reaching. Dogs are canines, which is just a descriptor for that species of animal.
Now, this comment may be yrs after the trial, but this video will be viewed for more yrs to come because of the absolute horror that this evil monster destroyed his family. Now, that he actually believed he did the right thing. Now, I don't know about you, but I wasn't able to follow her jumbled non linier non logical nonsense, delivered Way too fast statements. Now, after the 1st 2 dozen "nows" I found myself anticipating the next "now". Now, I was actually counting. Now, I was embaressed for her. Now, her rapid, get it over with worst speach I've ever heard was made worse by the constant "nows". Now, were you counting? Now, a 50 minute speach designed to defend a man's life had 486 sentences which started with "now". Now, has this woman Ever watched professional attorneys? Now, how did she pass the bar? Now, did she go to law school? Now doesn't law school have classes on how to speak in court? Now, don't you think her client is shocked that his life is being defended by this shocking lack of professionalism and absolutely bizarre way of talking? Now, much less in everyday, but in formal court. Now, how could she be so unaware? Now, how could she Not hear herself? Now, does she do this in rear life? Now, for how long? Now, Why hasn't anyone, someone stopped her from embaressing herself? Now, it's bad enough how fast she speaks but the "nows" completely distract from the message. Now, if she was aware, and she should have been, WHY didn't she stop?
Now, I'm still shocked after watching this a few times out of disbelief. Now, do you think anyone pointed this out? Now, do you think she was surprised or was embaressed? Now, do you think she still has a job? Now, is she still allowed to be an attorney? Now, how many people watched this and didnt hire her when she might have had their business? Now, how much $$$ has she lost due to this one televised trial? Now, is she continuing or did she learn? Now, has she watched this video? Now, if you think I'm exaggerating, re watch. Now, how would you feel to hear this mess-word salad? Now, I wouldn't let this woman-not attorney because to give her that title would be an insult to professional attorneys-defend me for a minor traffic ticket. Now, I will think of her when I see the skill of any court attorney, prosecutor or defense, speak as professional attorneys do. Now,as a normal person speaks. Now, I will appreciate them no matter how awful they are. Now, as I write this, I can't stay focused on my message because of using "now"in front of every sentence. Now, how did she? Now how could she nor see, hear the difference between herself and Anyone? Now, I've Never, ever heard a person speak like this. Now, the question is.... why? Now, where did she learn to speak this way? Now, has she always done this disrespectful, annoying way of speaking? Now, again, how could she not hear herself? Now, is the word written in her notes? Now, Why didn't the judge or fellow attorney pull her aside? Now, can you imagine how embarrassed they all were? Now, are you sick of hearing "now"? Now, again, I can't stay focused because I'm having to deliberately start 9.9 % of my sentences with "now". Now, you try it. Now, do you think I'm exeragerating? Now watch again and count.
I reckon he would have had more chance of acquittal if his defence had addressed the jury at half the speed she spoke and in clear English. No commitment at all. The defence sounded bored and rushed like they had better things to do.
His lawyer who did the closing spoke so fast that I couldn’t understand her.
I will never understand why instead of fleeing the country, he lived with the dead bodies. That’s why I feel as though he must have been trying to kill himself albeit very cowardly. He was afraid to hurt himself fr. He thought I’ll just murder my whole family and drink some Benadryl for my eternal dirt nap.
Just like Leon Jacob narcissists really think getting on the stand eill help them but it exposes hiw evil they are.
This defense attorney did her job. She had nothing to work with, AT testifying made her job more difficult and i guarantee they told him not to get up there. This reminds me of the Chandler Haldron case. His defense had absolutely, nothing to work with. If youre looking for another trial, i highly suggest that one
Horrible defence
Tip my cap to his defense council. Its often a thankless job, and they had absolutely nothing within reason, to build a foundation with for his defense. They defend the indefensible and i appreciate them. In the end, he was given the sentence he deserved, but goes without saying, his council did great, all aspects considered.
She didn’t even prepare enough to learn how to pronounce words. These weren’t mistakes she had no idea how to say these words. She clearly never tried to speak them out before or she would have realized she didn’t know how to say them and figured it out. Or she couldn’t be bothered? All the commenters defending her, would you like to defend that?
Stop acting like him testifying was something admirable!!! He testified because he’s a freakin NARCISSIST!! Smh
She doesn't believe what she's saying.
Why was the Defense speaking so unnecessarily fast?? It certainly didn't help "prove" their defense right at the end... Just saying.