I don't think they had a choice. It was a scheduling issue. And that is why their witness today was so far past their other witnesses because of their own scheduling issues.
I thought it was perfect timing for the State. The jury watched two days of Rudin, the bumbling math professor, not really nailing anything down. Saying he needed more data, further investigation to make a final determination...
Then BOOM....LK on the stand placing DK in Hawaii. And I don't think they did any major damage in cross, or we would have seen tweets about it. I haven't watched that last part yet though.
Here are some t6weets about the cross by Maline:
40m40 minutes ago
#McStay - Under Cross-examination by Rajan Maline he showed Lauren a series of emails between her and Dan Kavanaugh There was an email on Jan 28, 2010 from Lauren to Dan Kavanaugh "When are you coming back?" The were no other emails between them until March 5, 2010.
37m37 minutes ago
#McStay - When asked where she was asking DK to come back from (last tweet, 1/28 email) Lauren said she didn't know then said, "It was probably something like the store." But, said she doesn't remember.
#McStay - Maline asked Knowles if she recalled in 2016 when an investigator came to her mother's house. She said yes, her mother told her that. Maline: "Did you reach out and contact us after our investigator was there?" Knowles said her mom never gave her any contact info.
#McStay - Knowles said her mother only said a detective (it was defense investigator) had come by. Maline asked her why she didn't ask her mother why that person came by. She said, "I had a feeling what it was about but I didn't have any contact information".
#McStay - Lauren Knowles told detectives in 2014 she & Dan Kavanaugh didn't have money when they were in Hawaii. "Oh God, not at all. We had like no money..." Maline: "What about when you got back from Hawaii? Was Dan spending money frivolously?" Knowles: "I believe so, yes."
20m20 minutes ago
#McStay - Maline: "Did you wonder where Dan Kavanaugh got all that money when you got back?" Prosecutor: Objection, relevance. Judge: Sustained, calls for speculation Maline: "Did Dan tell you where he got all the money?" Prosecutor: Objection -sustained
16m16 minutes ago
#McStay - Maline asked how DK got money, "He worked selling water fountains." Do you know who he worked for? "He was currently being bought out by Joey."
#McStay - Maline: He told you Joseph still owed him money? Objection, hearsay, sustained. Maline: Do you know if Mr. Kavanaugh accessed Joseph's bank accounts. Objection. Sustained.
15m15 minutes ago
#McStay - The defense told the judge they DO have more witnesses for tomorrow. A juror has to leave by 3pm. Court will be in session 10am-3pm tomorrow. Looks like no closing arguments this week.