Hey everyone. I'm Ashley Banfield, and this is Drop Dead Serious, and we are picking up with a daily recap after a day off in the Karen Reid trial, because Karen apparently wasn't feeling well yesterday, and so the court went dark.

But today in court, we were treated to a fresh batch of evidence, a new forensic witness,

and some very real questions about whether the hair and the glass found on Karen Reed's SUV

could have actually survived a snowstorm and a 60-mile trip, just, you know, sitting there on the bumper.

And wait until you hear how that Red Solo Cup evidence landed with the jury.

Let's just say some of their jaws actually dropped, not hyperbole.

So let's get into it, shall we?

Court kicked off with two videos for the jury,

both of them featuring Karen Reid herself. Remember what I always say. If you find yourself

in a legal predicament, shall we say, it's not a good idea to do any media. I'm shooting myself in the foot here because I am

media and I need interviews, but they will be used against you always. That said, Karen Reid did

interviews. I think she and her legal team strategized. This was her way of testifying without getting on the stand under oath.

Just get it out there.

Get it out there to the jury pool.

Let them watch the docu-series.

Let them watch NBC.

And you don't have to get up on the stand.

However, as I said before, anytime you do media, they will clip it, they will play it, and they will use it against you.

So that was effectively what we were seeing today.

In the other clip, Karen Reid opened up about some flirty text messages that she and Brian Higgins exchanged.

You know, Brian Higgins, the ATF agent,

who was at the party at 34 Fairview Road

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