Michelle Carter Trial (MA) Verdict announced Friday 11 AM

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: Ethier had never before spoke to Carter on the phone, but on July 12, 2014 she began receiving text messages from her. #carter

 

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I didn't know her very well at all," Ethier says. She was surprised by the messages

 

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Prosecutors have described #MichelleCarter as an attention seeker

 

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Around 10:21 p.m. on July 12, Carter texted Either saying her boyfriend is "going through a tough time."

"He's in a bad place right now." #Carter
Carter continued to text her about Roy.

“She told me that he committed suicide," Ethier says.

 

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OH MY GOSH!!


"Yeah and I was on the phone talking to him when he killed himself. I'm heard him dying," Carter texted Ethier.

 

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t this point, Carter had only been texting Ethier for four days. Ethier responds by gently saying she should talk to someone else about it.

 

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"I have a therapist already, haha," #MichelleCarter responded. "I already have a therapist. I talked to her about it yesterday.

 

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Defense attorney Cory Madeira begins cross examination of Aly Ethier #CArter

 

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s: "I just never thought he would actually do this," Carter texted to Ethier.

 

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On cross, the defense brings up a text in which #MichelleCarter says she feels bad for knowing what he was going through.

 

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s: Masalgo knows #MichelleCarter from softball. They knew each other since 7th grade.

 

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This afternoon, the judge plans to go for a viewing at the Kmart parking lot where Conrad Roy killed himself. #Carter

 

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She knew Carter had an eating disorder that prevented her from playing softball during sophomore year, she testifies. #carter

 

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ss: Prosecutors want to bring up #MichelleCarter's relationship with Alice, a former teammate. The defense objects.

 

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ADA Flynn: "The relationship w Alice is critical to the Commonwealth's case."

Judge Moniz calls a sidebar. Masalgo doesn't look at Carter.

 

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During sidebar Mosolgo not making eye contact with #MichelleCarter

 

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Judge Moniz listens intently as ADA Rayburn and defense attorney Cataldo fight a sidebar battle. #MichelleCarter

 

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Prosecutor Katie Rayburn giving a hushed but impassioned plea to Moniz to allow the line of questioning. Defense attorney Cataldo responds. #ccarter

 

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s: Objection. Sidebar. Pros says relationship w/a witness is "critical" to state's case.#s: Objection. Sidebar. Pros says relationship w/a witness is "critical" to state's case.#michellecarter

 

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This discussion appears to relate to this previous motion. ADAs wanted to be able to discuss Carter's "obsessive" relationship with teammate #Carter