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It is Wednesday, January 14th, and the au pair at the center of the so-called O'Pair Affair murder trial continues

her testimony. Cross-examination has gotten underway. A lawyer had some questions for her, and now

a lot of us are going to have some questions with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J.

Robes, can I start with, first of all, of course, the good defense attorney is going to do his job.

He's going to put some holes in the story.

She seems to be pretty steady and hasn't necessarily seemed to be shaken just yet by this lawyer.

I've been impressed by her composure. She started off

on the stand first yesterday, a little shaky, a little emotional. She seems composed. She doesn't

seem to rattle easily, which is good in terms of her ability to keep her emotional level steady,

which I think must be a pretty difficult

thing to do given what she's admitted to and what she's accusing someone who she once loved

deeply according to her. And he's just a few feet from her. That cannot be easy. I mean,

she seemed annoyed at times, but never combative. She never

took it that far. And I'll give the attorney credit as well. He has been very steady and respectful

with her. You know what? It's interesting. Defense attorneys are known oftentimes to be sharks,

and, you know, they are going to go to bat for their client no matter what. He has a,

like a fatherly, grandfatherly warmth about him that is unusual in a defense attorney, but I find

it to be very effective because you're almost, he's very likable, which is an unusual

quality in a defense attorney. And he's not being a showboat like what you would expect

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