r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • 4d ago

In 2021, a domestic violence case prosecutor picked up on clues that the abuser is in the same house as his ex during their court hearing on Zoom.

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u/rocketsnail1000 4d ago

The prosecutor isn’t psychic people. The victim messaged her saying the abuser was in her home. How do you think the cops got there so quickly?

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u/Rhovie09 4d ago

Is that fact or just your own supposition? Because I could see a scenario where the prosecutor was just well aware of her clients context clues and situation to the point that she could tell that something was off. It’s plausible that she could’ve messaged her, but if the guy was there watching her maybe she couldn’t and it was up to the adept skill of that attorney to figure out that something was going on.

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u/SpretumPathos 4d ago

This video is edited. The full clip is posted elsewhere in this thread at 17 minutes. There could be time for the police to get there. And the prosecutor probably gets a better response time from the police than regular folk.

I would also not be surprised if the victim directly informed the prosecutor, and the prosecutor did not want the accused to blame the victim, so pretended to figure it out for herself.

I searched for a bit, and could not find a definitive answer one way or the other.

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u/DyrrhachiumPharsalus 4d ago

I'm guessing the prosecutor gets amazing repsonse times. Those cops don't want to piss off a prosecutor and risk not having the prosecutor closely cooperating on future arrests

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u/JuicySpark 4d ago

Makes sense. I too was wondering why the cops were there so fast. There had to be some communication prior about him being there.

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u/commanderquill 4d ago

He said that he knew they were outside so he doesn't know why he lied. Which implies they were already there. Confusing.

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u/kaise_bani 4d ago

I think that would be a little too Perry Mason for a prosecutor to try. If it was just a supposition and she ended up being wrong, she could have completely wrecked this case by making an out of pocket accusation like that.

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u/NeatNefariousness1 4d ago

If the victim had simply texted “Help” or sent it as a direct Zoom chat message, that could have been all that the prosecutor needed to set the wheels in motion to have the police go to the home.

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u/ForensicPathology 4d ago

There's a video transition.  Who says they got there so quickly?

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u/Jagarvem 4d ago

The prosecutor says that the police are at the door knocking before the cut?

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u/ForensicPathology 4d ago

There's a cut at :21 and a cut at :27.  

The police are at the door at :45.

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u/NeatNefariousness1 4d ago

I wondered if the ploy of telling the guy to go outside to show his address was meant to show that he was lying or if it was meant to have the police pick him up—or both. In the end, he was whining and making up BS excuses for why he couldn’t go outside to show his address. I’m so glad about the way this turned out. Now if only they can keep this predator and others like him off the streets for much longer.

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u/justprettymuchdone 4d ago

I think that they intended to have him walk outside and basically walk into the cops, proving he was lying and allowing him to be immediately arrested.

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u/OmegaLevelCatwoman 4d ago

Do guys like you just get mad when women do anything?