Jodi Arias on the Stand Day 3

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Jodi Arias is really talkative on the stand and appears to be having a good time.  She smiles as if she is sharing the secret to a patent she intelligently dreamed up.  You’d never guess by just watching her face that she is talking about a man who she killed in self-defense (no, I do not buy that!).

When I watch Jodi, I see a manipulative, self-adoring, deceptive and cunning person.  She has learned to display her demeanor in a way that people think she is a meek little mouse so she can pull of her scheming without notice.  Thankfully, one of Jodi’s ex-love interests has been on Dr. Drew sharing that Jodi is anything but meek and timid as she wants the jury to believe!  He is being completely honest.  Jodi?  Not at all.

People who play the meek mouse role often don’t realize they give themselves away with direct eye contact as Jodi does here. It’s flat out contradictory to her message, but clearly Jodi doesn’t realize this in her scheming.

Jodi shows many traits of a psychopath:  arrogance, self-adoration, supreme belief in her intelligence, lack of sexual boundaries, etc.

Jodi, if you want my opinion, LOVES talking about sex on the stand.  She loves the shock value of it and I think that is what makes her smile.  I think she has always been one who had no issues making other people uncomfortable. 

Another well known trait of psychopathic liars is to blame others for what they themselves do and are blamed for. And here Jodi talks about an ex-girlfriend of Travis who was jealous–when likely she was recalling what people said about her.  I’ve seen this more times than I care to recount.

Mindy McCready and David Wilson

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This is an interesting video of Mindy McCready, a country singer, whose fiance was found shot outside their lake home in Arkansas in mid-January. When I watch Mindy, I see oblique eyebrows and true sadness, but I am pinged by one element. And while that element is not enough for me to say anything conclusive, it is begging me to look at more.

Mindy allegedly called the police and said that David had tried to commit suicide with a self-inflicted gunshot, if I understand the story correctly, but in this video she doesn’t seem to stand by that. Now she acts like anything is possible.

And there could be other evidence that she knows about that we don’t which police may have uncovered, or they may not have. Without knowing, I don’t know if this is significant or not, so I want to see more!

Does anyone know if this has aired on Dateline yet or will air on Dateline?

Please keep me posted if Mindy speaks out again. Thanks.

Jodi Arias Take the Stand

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To the surprise of many people, Jodi Arias took the stand in the murder trial of Travis Alexander yesterday.

We see a cold, calculating and manipulative woman playing the jury when we watch her talk.  She’s answer the questions looking straight at the jurors–hoping to convince them by the old myth of “direct eye contact” that she is being honest.  It’s going to backfire on her, if you ask me. I suspect the jurors will feel it is contrived and fake–playing to them to score points.

Jodi is a steely woman, and what many would call an “ice queen”–the typical traits of a psychopath.

Her soft near whisper demeanor is a weapon in her tool box as is her “innocent” and “frail” looks.  If you notice Jodi is wearing a short sleeve shirt to show off her small stature. She is hoping to convince a jury that she killed in self-defense, but if you know anything about this story, you will find that laughable.

When Jodi first killed Travis, she denied any involvement at all.  She told police she wasn’t at the scene.  Then when police confronted Jodi with evidence that she was at the scene (nude photos being one), she then tried to tell the police that two masked gunman broke into Travis’ house in the middle of the day and they simply killed him and left her go free. Her story was full of holes than as well–the biggest being a lack of supportive emotions–which I suspect we will continue to see as she tells her latest story.

But when Jodi found out she could get the death penalty, all of the sudden her latest story emgered:  she killed Travis in self-dense.  Yeah, she just happened to grab a gun and a knife in 50 seconds WHILE BEING ATTACKED (photos show the timeline) and killed him. I don’t think anyone will buy it.   This should not be the Case Anthony trial of the year. 

Jodi Arias is chillingly void of emotions.  She has them for herself, but no one else and trying to convince people that she was so scared for her life that she killed Travis will be entertaining to watch.

I can’t wait for the cross-examination. That’s when we’ll get to see this manipulator at her best!  Will she crack under pressure when she feels her life is on the line?  Will she be able to show any emotions at all?  That’s what I’m looking forward to.

 Stay tuned…

Ronaiah Tuioasosopo on Dr. Phil: Part 2

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Having watched both episodes of Dr. Phil with Ronaiah Tuioasosopo, I am just flabberghasted at this story. There are so many lies flying around that it is absurd, and keeping them all straight is a real challenge–even for someone like me.  Let me explain.

Some people are compulsive or pathological liars–that is when they talk they find it easier to lie than to tell the truth. It’s as if these people are compelled to lie, and that lying feels more natural to them than being honest.

If you’ve ever talked to a confessed compulsive liar, they will tell you that they don’t know why they do it. Even worse, they are often aware that they can tell the truth because there is no consequence for doing so, but they lie anyway– for no reason at all.  Read about compulsive liars here. 

I believe that Ronaiah is likely on of these people.  For him, I suspect, it is equally as easy to lie as it is to tell the truth.  Another person you may remember who clearly did this was Casey Anthony.  She could lie as easily as she could tell the truth.  There was no difference.  If anything, there is a comfort in being deceptive for these people, which drops their clues to deception at times.

It doesn’t mean they don’t leak clues–both Casey Anthony and Ronaiah Tuioasosopo leak clues, but they won’t leak clues in every lie they tell, if that makes sense, because there is little pressure on them like normal people.  It’s a completely different ball of wax, if you will.

With normal liars, its quite easy for me to pick out the truth and the lies and delineate them.  With a compulsive liar, I can pick out many of the lies, but when I see compulsiveness, I am hesitate to trust what comes across as believable.  Thankfully there are not a lot of compulsive liars.

Ronaiah is smooth as can be with Dr. Phil.  I was amazed at how he turned around his perpetrator confrontation and managed to make himself out the victim.  That’s quite an incredible feat, wouldn’t you say?   The twists and turns in this story just do not support reality, no matter how you slice it and he keeps coming up with story after story, if you want my opinion.

Worse, did you catch what he leaked with his words?   Dr. Phil asked if he had ever forgotten to use the Lennay voice with Manti? 

Ronaiah said, “I’m not trying to be funny, but that’s a rookie mistake.” 

Clearly, Ronaiah does not consider him to a be a rookie liar!  Wow.

I think that says it all.

Dr. Phil even calls Ronaiah out on the senseless lies he told to him in the video above–where it served absolutely no purpose for Ronaiah to lie to Dr. Phil– think compulsion! 

According to Dr. Phil, when Ronaiah met him, he told Dr. Phil that he had called him before and watched his show, which he later confessed was all nonsense. Dr. Phil has to remind him a second time!  Go to the time 34:10 in the video above.  Classic compulsion.

Even with all of this, I still do not trust Manti Te’o and his story. I do not believe Te’o is just a blind victim in this story. There is so much more that will hopefully come out in the coming months, if not years…

Last, while someone may be a compulsive liar, it by itself is not a diagnosis.  You can read more here.

I hope you enjoyed my thoughts and perspective. Please give me a + 1 on Google if you did!  Thanks!

Ronaiah Tuioasosopo on Dr. Phil

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Ronaiah Tuioasosopo was on Dr. Phil last night and what I saw wasn’t a surprise. I saw a man who, if you want my opinion, shared a lot of attributes with a woman we all know well:  Casey Anthony.  Dr. Phil even called him a “scam artist”.   Yes, I think that is accurate.

But do I think that he is the “mastermind” of the Te’o hoax?  No, I don’t.  Was he a player?  Yes. Were there more than two players (Ronaiah and Manti) who concocted this story?  Yes.  Ronaiah revealed that in his interview with Dr. Phil.  He leaked it out, if you caught it!

Do I believe Ronaiah was in love with Manti?  No, I don’t believe him–not at all.  Do I believe Ronaiah believes he is gay?  No, I don’t.

Ronaiah is someone who can look you straight in the face and say something he knows is not true–without any hesitation.  But you don’t even have to see through that to spot his dishonesty.

I have said from the beginning that the voicemails of Lennay are that of a woman, and the true test for Ronaiah would be to demonstrated that voice–exactly as Dr. Phil did, and as you can see in the video, he can’t do it.  Who is surpised?

According to Dr. Phil’s experts, the chances that was Ronaiah’s voice is one in ten million.  And what that tells us is Manti never heard a woman on the phone all these months as he tells us, and that means his story is deceptive as I have said from day one!  Yes, these two talked and they knew who they were talking to–I have no doubt about that. 

Ronaiah gives so many hot spots to the story he tells us on Dr. Phil that I could literally write a book about him, like I could on Manti Te’o.

One of my favorite clues is how both of these men talk in third person when they are giving us “fudge”, and then go back to first person when they recount something true! It’s fascinating to watch.

I also can’t help but notice how Ronaiah is manipulative and thinks on his feet as he talks most of the time. He is not a man who talks from the heart — a good indication of sincerity.

Ronaiah leaked out the real reason he did what he did–to help out his friend — yes, that is the truth.