Caylee Marie Anthony MURDER TRIAL- DAY 32

8:54am Thurs, June 30, 2011 Court is in session.
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Ms Sims has a scheduling question for the judge before trial starts. They all went to sidebar without the court reporter.

Baez is talking about Gentiva records they got from the State. He can't understand why he got it now, it is still a discovery violation. He says they waited to late to get it to him and they knew about it the whole time. He might want a continuance to depose these people. He wants to subpoena other records for days they know she wasn't at work and it showed she was still there. It would show someone else could clock in for her. The judge says you have all night tonight till midnight to depose people and you knew what Cindy was going to testify to. He said it is logical that if someone is going to testify to A then B is going to follow. They will do a Richardson hearing to see if there were any discovery violations. Judge says it is time for court now. 9:00am

The jury is being returned to court.

The first defense witness is Krystal Holloway.

Baez is up........

Are you known by any other names? Yes, River Cruz. She met George Anthony at a tent when his grand daughter was missing. How often did you go to the tent? Every day. Did you develop a relationship with Mr Anthony? Yes. Was this an intimate relationship? Yes. How many times did he go to your home? About 10 -12 times. Sidebar...sidebar over. Did there ever come an occasion when you had a heart to heart conversation with Mr Anthony? Yes. What happened? He said that it was an accident that snowballed out of control, his eyes filled with tears. Was this before Caylee's remains were found? Yes, around Thanksgiving. She didn't ask him any questions about it. I had told him that she didn't look like Casey was someone who could hurt her child and that is when he said that. The last time she was with him was at a balloon memorial for Caylee. When the Anthony's held their memorial for Caylee were you still in a relationship with Mr Anthony? Yes. Did you go to LE to tell them about the accident that snowballed out of control? Did you go to LE? No, they came to me. The LE came to her house and asked her if she had an affair with George, they showed her texts. They asked her for any documentation, she gave them her phone and the letters he had written her. He is showing her a photo of a text message. The date is Tues Dec 16, Just thinking about you, I need you in my life. How did the relationship end? He was suppose to come over to her house after the balloon memorial but he didn't show up, she thought if she was good enough to sleep with she was good enough for him to show up when he said he was going to. Her sister found her crying and that was the end of the relationship. Is there a guard gate at your residence? Yes. After the LE found you, was your name exposed to the media? Yes. Sidebar.....sidebar over. When the LE first asked you about the affair did you deny it? Yes. Why? Because I felt he would get in trouble and I thought the media would find out about it and I was embarrassed and I was in a relationship at the time. She was in a relationship the whole time she saw George. She eventually told the LE the truth about the affair, that was after being confronted with all the info. Prior to the LE finding you and your name was released, did you sell your story to a tabloid magazine? No. The gentleman that did an interview, told me I could tell my story in full, so I did it, I did get paid for it, so did my sister. Are you here testifying truthfully today? Yes.

Jeff is up.........

Ms Cruz at the time you inserted yourselves in the Anthony's lives they were already celebrities? Yes. You sought them out? Yes. How much money did you get for selling your story? 4 thousand dollars. You chose the National Enquirer? Yes, because the National Enquirer was the one place she could tell her story in a fair and honest way. The story is much, much better if you are having an affair with George? I did have an affair. You do not agree that this story is better if your sleeping with George? That is not true. You say that George also sent you letters? Yes. Jeff is showing her one of the letters, George sent her. Sidebar talking about the letter.....sidebar over. Miss Cruz in early Jan 2008, you received a letter from George about his attempt to leave messages with your daughter and your husband and security? Yes sir. Were you in a relationship then? Yes. Did you do anything to make George think this could be your husband? Yes. Did he send you a letter that was from both he and his wife? Yes, he did. The day he sent this letter was 5 days after the remains were found? Yes, sir. You gave a statement to LE under oath and swore if the info you gave were going to be true? Yes sir. You gave a statement to LE Feb 2010. that you were not having a romantic affair with George? Yes. When is the first time you changed that statement? My sister went to the media with it and I told the LE the truth. My sister went to the media with the story that I had an affair and then I told the LE the truth. How did contact with the media change your story about the affair? You lied to the LE? Yes, I did lie. I changed my story in the same week, that I first talked to the LE. When did you first talk about giving the story to the National Enquirer? The week after I told the LE that I did not have an affair. It gets very confusing, Jeff is asking one question and she is answering another one. Sidebar...sidebar over...Jeff says, what George says was, I really believe it was an accident and Casey tried to cover it up and it snowballed from there? Jeff is having her read the statement. He didn't tell you that he was present when this accident occurred. No. I never said he said anything else. He never said that he knew it and he never said that Casey said it? Your right. Was there another incident that he relayed to you about the death of Caylee? Did he tell you that he threw his daughter up against the wall and choked her? Sustained. Sidebar.....sidebar over.

Baez is up.......

The statement that Mr Ashton read to you saying that, he believed it was an accident, do you remember that? Yes. That statement was taken out of context? Yes. Baez is approaching the witness. Before you said that he said what? That IT WAS an accident that snowballed out of control. This was a statement he made, while he was still out making media appearances after he told you this? Yes. After he told you that Caylee was dead he was still making media appearances? Yes. Were you still having a relationship with Mr Anthony when her remains where found? Yes. How long was it that you kept quiet about this affair? 2 years. I never went to anybody, they came to my door. Who did? The LE. Why did you go the National Enquirer? I didn't want it to be edited and the guy told me he would let me tell my story in full. The media said I have a criminal background and I do not. I wanted the truth to be known.

Jeff is up.........

Kyrstal is crying. Jeff is having her read out loud. She is reading her statement to LE. "He said I really believed it was an accident and it just went wrong, Casey? No verbal response" Baez says it is not being read in context your honor they went to the bench. Jeff is having her read again. "Did he tell you what he thought happened to the child, its alright take your time, he said it was an accident that went wrong and it snowballed, you know how you tell a small lie and it goes wrong, what type of accident? he was sitting on a couch and I was sitting on the floor and he I really believe it was an accident that went wrong and she tried to cover it up. Did he say that this was an accident or he believed it was an accident, he just said that it was an accident that went wrong" Sorry I didn't get all of that, she was reading fast. Jeff is saying, George was telling you that he did not have any first hand knowledge of what happened to his grand daughter? Correct.

Baez is up......

You made a statement that Casey told him, that he knew that it was an accident that snowballed out of control? What you conveyed to the Le. All sustained. Did you tell the LE that he knew it was an accident that snowballed out of control? Yes.

Jeff is up.........

In the statement, you said that he didn't say that he like, he knew? Yes.

Baez is up.........

Sidebar.....sidebar is over. Sidebar again..........judge is recessing for a short break. Jury is leaving the room.

Judge is talking, he wants this cleared up now. He let them go ahead and use the facilities, lol. They better get back quick the judge does not look very happy.
10:20am judge just left the courtroom.