FL v Sarah Boone: State Rebuttal | Suitcase Murder Trial

"A courtroom is a place for justice. Not a suitcase." Prosecutor William Jay presents the state's rebuttal in the Suitcase Murder Trial. #SarahBoone was convicted of murdering her boyfriend, #JorgeTorres Jr., who died after he was left in a suitcase overnight.
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[@RipRider916]

Is it just me. Or does Will J look like her could be related to Sarah Booner.

[@RipRider916]

He hadn’t enough energy to get out of the case. If he got out he’d of been gasping for air and recovering for 15mins at least. He couldn’t of come out fighting if he wanted too. Know that.

[@gregshell8570]

Brian and son: Find a place in the sun. NEVER!!! respond to any calls from this killer. She gave up any connection to you or YOUR son. Go be free and find a place in the sun. Seek truth and be happy.

[@CR-cd3bx]

Justice for Jorge! He never had a chance!!! He was the victim NOT SARAH! I hope JudgeK gives her a life sentence!

[@SugarTots24]

I couldn't agree more, Brian & their son have suffered enough as have Jorge's family..I wish them all nothing but peace going forward.

[@dutchmandave6605]

Yes!! He should find someone who loves him for who he is, not what they can get from him, or for their own self image and security. This woman is a leach to everyone she meets, a sapper of the human soul. She's only interested what's good and beneficial to herself. No ability to feel compassion and empathy, yet deathly afraid of feeling left alone. She believes that she should be coddled and spoiled, taken care of, and shouldn't have to inconvenience herself in anything or with anyone. Entitlement in its most extreme form. She's always a victim in her own mind, because she only perceives others faults and shortcomings, especially towards her, and never respects or appreciates their attributes or qualities. She views the entire world through a lens of self victimization. When she doesn't get what she wants, it's because it's unfair, and a sign of disrespect. She's incapable of feeling love.

[@pennyphebey8617]

Live long and prosper 🥰

[@princessbuttercup5928]

Amen!

[@stayclassybeautiful4530]

This rebuttal was perfection!

[@Sweet-Sheva]

Yes it was she nailed herself

[@iveliserojas612]

It crazy that she recorded him being upset hitting a tv but never had hide a camera to catch him abusing her my kids dad abused me a lot I didn’t have a cellphone she did I wasn’t allowed to have a phone !!!but if I would’ve had one I would’ve recorded him !!abusing me but yet all she recorded was him hitting a tv which i honestly believe she told him to for what reason we don’t know to have a batter defense I honestly don’t believe Jorge hit or abused her I’m sorry her bruises are probably from falling outside many people said she be drunk falling and walking drunk and when I heard him tell the cops crying saying but she hit me look what Brian said he scratched him hit him she the aggressor as he told the detective I believe Sarah started it what she did then go get him at he’s parents home get him drunk as Jorge family stated then she would get him drunk then call cops at 1 walk barefoot to Brian and lie about Jorge he get woken up with cops waken him up she evil she always calls cops on him she coach him to let her of her choking it why she has no record to me she set this up she even texted he’s family she will get rid of him hide seek in the text she was the aggressor the abusier Jorge was in love with he didn’t want her to lose her son so she coached him to take every abuse to him it so sad

[@mandystrong8196]

@@iveliserojas612I don’t think he ever abused her. I think he was always defending himself against her attacks therefore recording the entire events would get her arrested every time.

[@mandystrong8196]

@@iveliserojas612nailed it.

[@made-line7627]

The State had the force for reals

[@Tuesdaypuddles]

I laughed so hard when he said "You don't have to believe her when she says she is playing hide and seek. You don't have to believe her; she doesn’t know the rules." Finally said what we were all thinking!

[@iveliserojas612]

Because she is lying in her sentence she added more stuff of Jorge I was shocked she said he beat her made her drink etc it ridiculous she add more and more and Owen sit down u look like a clown defending her when she also abused her ex to come and she hasBSS no Jorge she was in control u look like a fool not one of ur attorneys had talk after sentence but u have I knew it was for fame and she sign of hr right u disgusting to use B SS when u seen who is the real bully aggressive one

[@taraerskine3954]

That's a really good point ☝️ I'm glad she's in prison for life. She can't hurt anyone anymore!!!

[@taraerskine3954]

Great Job!!!❤

[@cosmicwzrd]

@@iveliserojas612 That was so disgusting. I think they said his family left the courtroom when she started reading that hate speech. I hoped the judge would cut her off, but he's way more respectful than I am.

[@francesmartel7948]

@@cosmicwzrdI’m glad his family left the Court room. His family has been through more than enough.

[@hellypoppy5739]

The rebuttal was great! ‘You don’t have to accept this story’ She lied to the cops, changed her story 3 times…..she treated Jorge worse than a dog

[@macm3081]

But no one told them they had to. His statement means nothing. Its up to the jury to decide what to and what not to accept. Don't look at the man behind the curtain is actually saying yes! For sure look at the man behind the curtain. If you catch my drift.

[@iveliserojas612]

Isn’t funny how Owen always objects but get mad when they do it it just like Sarah narcissistic

[@taraerskine3954]

What a joke Owens is!!! Makes sense only a fool would want to deal with her & her dumb rants! I feel so awful for Jorge & his family 😢

[@macm3081]

@taraerskine3954 it still boggles my mind how he got sarah to go along with him. but still she wanted to do things her way. I think owens did a great job the whole way. I think he knew sarahs case was a total lost cause but did things she wanted him to do just to keep things moving. I think he knew all the motions he made would go nowhere. He filed them to placate her. I suppose we will never know why she kept him. I dont think doing what he did should hurt him. It all ended as it was inevitably going to. I think owens is a sly fox.

[@taraerskine3954]

I don't even think Jose Baez could get her off but, hey she's where she should be!!! In prison for life!!! I feel so bad for Jorge & the Torres family!!! Nobody deserves what she did!!!

[@carajssavannahga]

Mr. Jay and Mr. Cacciatore are a great team.

[@ClaireHarper-ke8dj]

I thought so as well, I heard ppl in live chats saying it was weak and I said NO they don’t need to be aggressive they put their point across calm and collective manner.

[@recycledgeekco5081]

I thought the same thing and has seen similar reactions to how they were handling the case. I thought there cross of her was very well done and was shocked that others I listened to were very unhappy with it. He proved that the minute she was asked anything off script she couldn't remember. Other things she can remember with great detail, but not what she had for breakfast. They completed what they needed to do without attacking.

[@davinastanton3865]

They were both amazing. Guilty as charged. I live in Scotland. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 I didn't go to bed until 5am to see exactly what most of us knew. The live comment section I was with made it easier to stay awake. Well done guy's.♥️

[@RipRider916]

I am so happy they did not let her get away with murder.

[@tamararutland-mills9530]

@@davinastanton3865Let’s hope 🙏 that she gets a full life sentence.

[@micheledematteis2072]

I can never get enough of Jay's rebuttal. It was perfection. I'm very happy he is the one prosecuting Stephan Stearns in the Madeline Soto murder and capital se*ual battery trial. ShooooWeeeee!!!! Go get him Mr. Jay. I want Jennifer Soto behind bars for life too.

[@lindsaymiller1406]

We all do, but she is not being charged. 😢

[@katherineweber8955]

Oh, wow, I didn't know that. He's so good.

[@Lez_awake]

@@lindsaymiller1406I’m still hoping that they will charge her later

[@dorissmith7072]

@WOW I did not know that, Mr Stearns needs to rot in jail, too bad Sarah in not his jail mate.

[@pennyphebey8617]

I just found this out yesterday - brilliant news - big fan of Will Jay 🎉

[@JUICYTRUECRIMETALK]

He was treated like a dog and a beaten one at that! She wasnt the abused one she was the abuser 💯

[@ajordan1976]

I've been saying that for a few years. The state did an excellent job. The jury understood the assignment!

[@asafoster7954]

Yeah, I am starting to truly believe this. If anyone had BSS and was reasonably lashing out with violence. It was Jorge...

[@lanehennefer5896]

Difference is a dog is smart enough not to let a dangerous person lock them inside a suitcase without a struggle. That guy was a moron that kinda got what he was asking for by being that stupid.

[@made-line7627]

​@@lanehennefer5896After everything brought up throughout the trial, it genuinely wouldn't surprise me in the least had she incapacitated him with the bat (or something else), and _put_ him in the suitcase herself. Alcohol, aggression, and a heavier body weight are a perfect combination to enable the strength she would have needed to do something like this.

[@made-line7627]

@lanehennefer5896 After everything brought up throughout the trial, it genuinely wouldn't surprise me in the least had she incapacitated him with the bat (or something else), and _put_ him in the suitcase herself. Alcohol, aggression, and a heavier body weight are a perfect combination to enable the strength she would have needed to do something like this.

[@dorothydickinson7976]

I thought the states rebuttal was spot on . Both state prosecutors were excellent 👌

[@TheKoolbraider]

I think most of us believe she took a bat to him before putting him in the suitcase.

[@digitalwasabi2]

Sarah thought she was the smartest person in the room. Now she can think she’s the smartest person on her cell block. 😂😂😂

[@taraerskine3954]

In jail, every inmate is either a nurse, lawyer, chef, bartender, business owner, cosmetologist, phlebotomist, minister, chaffeor a beauty queen, I could go on & on it's insane, but all you have is time & why not entertain & believe your own BS.

[@theresafeeney2756]

Hahahaha!!!

[@lovelyms32]

One of the best rebuttals!!

[@deni8688]

Powerful, Mr Jay. Now, that is what you call saving the best for last-a true defender of the law, a steadfast defender of truth. I loved all of your ‘smoke’, sir. Great use of Star Wars as a metaphor to accentuate the story. You made me a fan, Mr Jay and now I need more of you. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 🥰🥰🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@iveliserojas612]

At first I said worst state closing but I guess it what they do and leave the rest of the bombshell for after

[@RipRider916]

Sarah Boone had some big balls. Telling all the lies she made up.

[@michellebarrassjones9653]

You will see him soon I believe he is state attorney for Stephan sternes 😊

[@iwantthe80sback59]

@@michellebarrassjones9653. Yeah, I just found that out. Great news.

[@spieldose]

You know you're a boss lawyer when you can work Star Wars into the rebuttal.

[@MichelleMastrullo]

While wearing a tie with cartoons on it 😂

[@MissOhio1980]

It was pretty obvious, the comparison....brilliant !!😂

[@surpriseandterror9698]

"Darth Vader is a government agent who is trying to retrieve some classified documents" took me right the hell out

[@diannefurey7990]

I love Mr Jay' rebuttal tie!! Yes!

[@Munchkin.199.-.]

I loved the hand painted tie 😂

[@cherylmosley797]

I can't believe she thought that it was ok to kill this man. “ Sarah” “That’s my name don't wear it out”. The fear he must have felt😢

[@kellyegan9824]

It’s awful watching. He’s panicking and he was twisted in a closed suitcase and she recorded it

[@ruthfield4083]

excellent rebuttal.....well done

[@ShannonFord1977]

This was so powerful. A pivotal moment for the entire case. He’s very precise in describing exactly what happened. I really loved his response to the reporters at the end. Sarah tried to manipulate the system and for a long time she got away with it. I actually felt like she was a victim and snapped when they brought out the pictures. But when they played the video of Jorge sitting on the floor I instantly realized she was the aggressor. She was the one poking and provoking and he through reactive abuse fought back. Sarah is an undiagnosed narcissistic psychopath. She implemented the narcissistic cycle of abuse in her relationships. The prosecution did an amazing job of explaining exactly what happened here. Owens too .. he tried to fight for her and I believe he went into it knowing that she would not win. She only has her own self to blame because she wanted to be in control. I’m ready for the sentencing so that Jorge’s family will have their moment to be heard and true healing can begin. Let me add Judge Michael Kranick was a fair judge who maintained order and was very considerate in allowing the arguments fairly. Pretty sure he felt she was guilty from the start. Especially when he seen the video.

[@nicoleangel4383]

Good comment! 👍 You summed everything up perfectly..

[@mandystrong8196]

You nailed it,

[@TamTam-qe1hr]

Great analysis 👏🏾👏🏾 I also give respect to Mr. Owens for stepping in to help Sarah at the last minute. I think most lawyers, including Owens himself, knew that this was a losing case. It was cut and dry for the Prosecutors but they swooped in and gave her a fair shot. This thing would've been a complete mess of explaining each and every step to Sarah had he not jumped in. She complained for so long about having a fair trial and Mr. Owens and team helped to ensure that she got exactly that. Now, we wait to find out her fate. I think she's going to blame everyone under the sun except herself when Judge K kindly hands her those decades she has to spend in Prison 😬😳

[@micheledematteis2072]

When he SAW the video

[@mikemanjo2458]

Brilliant rebuttal. I love the way you argue (giving her every benefit of the doubt: AS YOU SHOULD). Great prosecutorial work! (Jane in SC)

[@anneritchie426]

Great job, this man is a fantastic lawyer. Anne from Scotland ❤❤

[@ajordan1976]

Indeed. The Judge was phenomenal too! Great team from the State.

[@sarahmurphy8030]

Absolutely the prosecution saved the best for last and destroyed Sarah Boonshine.

[@charrielyn1231]

@@sarahmurphy8030 Boonshine 😂😂😂

[@ajordan1976]

@@sarahmurphy8030 Sarah Booneshine is epic.

[@made-line7627]

Och, aye

[@jerikmitchell7575]

If you think about it all she had to do if she was feeling threatened was put the suitcase outside, open it up a little bit, go inside, shut the door and call 911

[@lydibug51]

Exactly. Call the Cops while he's in there in the living room. Leave, go to a neighbor, flee like she did many times, call the Cops like she did many times. I honestly believe she's clueless and delusional and believes she's the smarttest and most convincing person in the room. Because if she was of normal sound mind, she would have taken the plea deal. Aldo, she absolutely loves the attention. She was on a Nickelodeon game show when she was in her late teens, early 20s. She's a control freak that abused Jorge and she really thinks she has no blame.

[@NickyRikki]

Exactly she calls the police so many times except the day she felt her life was being threatened and she thought he would kill her.

[@jborrego2406]

The thing is she called her ex husband when he was in the suitcase at 11:40pm

[@Srarlight1212]

​@@lydibug51I honestly don't think she remembered a thing. Maybe up to the point of going upstairs but from that point on the story is so confusing. She probably saw tue evidence against her 4 years ago and filled in the times with some made up story.

[@beckydavis747]

I thought that also push it outside lock the doors call police or his brother to let him out she knew what she was doing the whole time

[@John-bo1sz]

This Prosecutor is awesome! She got everything she deserved. I'm so glad the jury saw right through her lies. RIP Jorge Torres ❤😢

[@bryankstark]

It's good to see an example of the judicial system working the way it should

[@RipRider916]

And Boone hurt so many people. She never even apologized to the families of Jorge Torrez. Not a tear. Not a word or remorse. She seems happy with herself. She is smiles a lot. Smirks. Try’s to order snacks for a trial. Over and above what any other inmate is entitled too. That in itself is wrong. They let her break the prison policy’s and keep boxes of flammable carbon. Which she in turn hid snacks inside her paperwork. Wtf.

[@JE4-1]

I felt a bit sorry for her until witnessing HER ABUSE/POWER over Jorge. I worked in the DV field for years and know DV when I see it. I felt that she was so conniving,playing with his mind. He was under her spell. Jorge a victim who occasionally rebelled. He actually seemed to be a gentle spirit! .The level of deceit and manipulation by Sara takes my breath away. So sad to watch the videos. Very disturbing.

[@ldolan4051]

Exactly, call a severe alcoholic over... dum de dum dum... What was she doing calling him over?

[@ajordan1976]

She got off on abusing Jorge. She played mind games with him and dominated him. She's cruel and sick.

[@jborrego2406]

Yes he was a alcoholic that everyone likes to point out. But he the relax I love every one type. Sara really had to abuse him emotionally an physically to get him to defend himself. She has done way worse then what we saw

[@CR-cd3bx]

@@JE4-1 Yeah! Sarah’s pure evil! She deserves a LIFE SENTENCE! Her theatric is over…..we see the real evilness in Sarah now!

[@CR-cd3bx]

@@JE4-1 Great statement!

[@Catherine-u4k]

I heard from her attorney that she was shocked over the verdict. Didn’t she listen to Mr J ‘s argument and finally realized what she had done ? There is something wrong with her thinking it’s delusional or she is just pure evil 😮

[@horvathsogranfume658]

delusional & evil, imo

[@kerrib2568]

I mean yeah, she’s sadistic / evil. She’s also highly delusional. Whatever cocktail of cluster B personality disorder she has…narcissistic…borderline…etc, doesn’t allow her to see things / and mainly herself clearly. She has no ability or desire to be introspective…so they never improve. Or go to therapy. Why should they- they’re right and everyone else is wrong. lol. We laugh at that “I’m an exceptional mother, a straight A student, I excel at everything” line she uses (because it’s funny…and so absurd) …but she is serious as a heart attack about it. That is how she sees herself. It’s called a False Self. A defense mechanism she’s manufactured to protect herself from reality (a drunken bad mom, an abuser, a murderer). That’s why they scream and yell to protect that false self so ferociously. Without it….they don’t know who they are. They’re an empty shell. That’s why she turned down that 15 year plea deal (and probably out in 8 years). She cannot admit fault. All she had to do was say: I killed Jorge, and I’m sorry. “ She couldn’t. She would melt like the Wicked Witch when you dump water on her. She would not exist (in her warped mind). Kraynick gave her life. 🎉 It’s a good thing…these types are dangerous, because they cannot learn or apply introspection. She would kill again, imo.

[@Rita-n3r2m]

Mr. Jay is one excellent prosecutor! Watched this rebuttal 3 times!

[@theresafeeney2756]

I’m on my second time and not my last!

[@spiritwalker9903]

I wonder if each of us, when we grab our suitcases again, will we not think of Jorge'? Just looking at a suitcase affects me. It's heart wrenching.

[@Nikalette100]

I cried the first time I saw the suitcase in the court. And at sentencing his sister says she can’t zip a suitcase all the way shut anymore. She leaves a few inches unzipped.

[@12from121]

For me this rebuttal is where they won the case, they tore apart the defense.

[@mandystrong8196]

I honestly think they won the case at opening statements.

[@ToastJelly]

@@mandystrong8196they won the case when miss sarah boone esquire opened up her phone camera while she murdered someone!

[@mandystrong8196]

@@ToastJellyAmen! And she would record herself abusing Jorge! My heart breaks for him and his family. She lived to humiliate him. He was sick and needed help. He needed help getting and staying away from him abuser. Jorge stood no chance.

[@melissaanderson4682]

Owens kept getting so mad he was red faced and scowling. That is why he was off his game. His closing was horrible and he said the dumbest 1950 mentality crap.

[@GrannySmith123]

Have you googled his name and looked at the street view of his thriving law practice? 😂😂 crumbling storefront, ripped awning, right close to bail bondsman. Maybe he thought this would help PR for their practice. It looks like Tony Henderson has star billing on the door....

[@lindsaymiller1406]

@@GrannySmith123 Oh wow! I just did and you are right!

[@horvathsogranfume658]

​@@GrannySmith123tbf thats just 95% of Florida >.>

[@nightshadewinter6915]

For real! When he started ranting about hitting women not being ok and completely disregarding Jorge and how he was abused my jaw dropped. That rant alone had to have turned the jury against him and Sarah! There's no way that didn't piss off the jury.

[@belleslettres354]

I'm still grateful he stepped up and protected her rights. It helped Jorge's family in the long run. I think he was burnt out and believed she was guilty. Most of his interviews talk about protecting her rights not her innocence.

[@TopherChris2]

After viewing all the evidence it looks, at least to me like George was the battered spouse.

[@TerrysQuest]

Mr. Jay is a study in excellence. The law students are lucky to observe this (insert Law and Order sounds here).

[@LollyGagger05]

“Dun dun!”

[@sarahmurphy8030]

The students looked so impressed with the prosecution closing 👏

[@kristis4147]

GREAT CLOSING. VERY POWERFUL!!

[@irminakoza5185]

The best Rebuttal ever! Mr J is very talented lawyer

[@JMAC123]

the video was enough to convict. zero remorse. delay tactics for 4 years, 9 lawyers? gascon needs removed

[@mortalclown3812]

Gascon isn't going anywhere.

[@mattb8754]

Lol what does this have to do with a DA from another state?

[@Mewsette1]

In Florida?

[@iwantthe80sback59]

Who / what is Gascon pls?

[@mattb8754]

@@iwantthe80sback59 The DA for los Angeles county who just got voted out of office.

[@amandamoses9564]

Him using Star wars as an example for the point he was trying to make was pure gold 😆🤣 I will always remember her as Sarah Vader

[@digitalwasabi2]

And every time we watch those scenes, we will think of Sarah Boone.

[@Milburt]

or Darth Boone

[@amandamoses9564]

@@Milburt Yes!! That sounds way better 😄

[@sarahmurphy8030]

The Judge looked impressed as was I 😂

[@rosepugh7177]

The world is safe tonight knowing Sarah Boone is locked behind bars hopefully for life 🤞 Prayers for The Torres Family 🙏 RIP Jorge Torres

[@christinefleming8435]

I think the judge was glad they found her guilty.Not only for what she did to Jorge,but what she put him through 😮

[@anniehills3580]

Great point😅

[@nicoleangel4383]

I know. I agree. I loved this judge. He reminds me a lot of a Senator in Texas named Ted Cruz. He's awesome and tough when need be. This judge looks and carries himself like him.

[@RosieDozie]

This judge knew she was guilty from day one!

[@swan-neck]

@@nicoleangel4383excuse me, Ted Cruz is not awesome and it’s frankly an insult to Judge Kraynick who is legitimately awesome.

[@bfg1836]

I was expecting this exact closing argument. When the first attorney didn’t make it like this I was a little concerned. Then came the rebuttal and I realized they saved the best for last.

[@IratePuffin]

She had videos of herself psychologically abusing Jorge. She had him bash the TV so she could film him and claim it was proof of his violence. She liked to film things… so you’re telling me that this poor poor battered woman never turned the phone on to record him when he was actually being violent and abusing her? Not even once when he was being verbally abusive to her? Bish, please!! 🙄 Clearly she controlled every aspect of their relationship. She infantilized him. She berated him. She treated him like trash. All so she could feel better about herself. She was just as much an alcoholic as he was and the thought that she, the smartest person who excels at everything, was actually a loser was eating her up inside. Not enough to stop drinking and get her life together but enough that it made her feel better about herself to think, “at least I’m not as much of a loser as Jorge.” So she constantly made sure to tell him what a loser he was. She constantly picked fights with him. She regularly called the cops to punish him and play victim. All so she could feel better about herself because she’s a malignant narcissist who was no doubt massively insecure even before she became a drunk.

[@MiriamMonroe]

And why does nobody ever mention the blue tarp on the floor like obviously she told him to do that to the TV for some weird reason probably just so she could film it.

[@theresafeeney2756]

I wondered why the state didn’t object more and now I know why. This rebuttal is perfection at its best! I’ll bet Sarah was fuming 😡 mad at this!!! Too bad Sarah you had it coming!!😡😡😡 RIP Jorge 🕊️🌹🕊️🌹🕊️🌹🕊️🌹

[@lisagaikowski2533]

This poor man was treated so horribly didn't even have a chance to be a man, no wonder he stayed intoxicated. Tragic end and Justice for Jorge. 😔⚖️🙏💓

[@davidgilmour9447]

I was juror #3 We all are. Thank you, Judge K.

[@SmilingSynic]

This was the ultimate "open and shut" case.

[@birdwatcher2846]

😀

[@sarahmurphy8030]

Literally

[@IratePuffin]

Yep, the prosecution had it zipped up tight from the start.

[@MissOhio1980]

1 week and then 1 hour...

[@SgtFuckOff]

@@IratePuffinI’d say it was an airtight conclusion

[@whocares7368]

Love how they got the absolute worst picture of Sarah for the thumbnail lol hope she sees it😂

[@c.b5996]

I've never seen a decent thumbnail of her. She looks like she crawled out of the garbage 🤮

[@andsuddenly4252]

I must admit I was so upset with Mr. Jay after his cross of Sarah Boone that I walked around with a dark cloud and crying that he had lost the trial and that horrible murder was going to walk. I didn’t even want to continue watching I was so angry that he didn’t hold her feet to the fire over her lies. Then I watched the rebuttal case and the videos she took of Jorge, I was shocked and with this brilliant rebuttal following the defenses “ ahh shucks ma’am , we ain’t nothing but good ole country folk “ closing I was celebrating. I feel foolish over my tantrum and grateful that Mr. Jay works for the state of Florida.

[@melissaanderson4682]

Me too...then after watching him during all the pretrial hearings. I thought he really gave that to defence..When I seen that rebuttal start strong and I hung on to every word, Jay was done with Sarah and owens..

[@andsuddenly4252]

@@melissaanderson4682 For a minute I was even upset with Judge K because he seemed to favor the motions on the defenses side. I had to get my head on straight and realize that when he heard Owens motions and often made the case for him by providing the case law that Owens didn’t even have in the motion , I understood that Judge K was doing all kinds of homework while Owens ate lunch just to make sure that Sarah wouldn’t have any reasons, or shall I say defendable reasons for her appeal.

[@lydibug51]

I think Mr. Jay was easy on her whiie on the stand because he didn't want to come across to the jury as uncaring. She was going with the BSS defense so i believe he asked the right questions that pertained to her inconsistencies and when he said, You don't remember much that day, do you? Was the one question i was waiting for because you can't have it both ways, be that intoxicated that you only remember certain events and whatever that she deemed wasn't relevant. She's so dumb that she was willing to purjur herself when she explained to the jury that she did indeed remember making the video. If she went with her original story, she would have had no defense. So she had to admit to hurting him and taunting him ehile he was trapped so she could say she was abused daily from Jorge. I was really hoping she was going to stay pro say because that would have been a whole other trial 😅

[@RockyNikolashin]

I was worried too after his cross was so short, but then I thought if he had continued crossing her, he'd be giving her the attention she wanted. So he insulted her even more by not giving her as much attention, then bringing it all out in the rebuttal, where she couldn't argue back. Chef's kiss.

[@lydibug51]

@@RockyNikolashin i love how they did the rebuttal as the last thing the jury heard.

[@deborahfox8782]

This was one of best rebuttal closing of all time. Mr Jay went step by step on using Sarah’s own actions, videos, lies, manipulation, and entitlement, that will get her sent to prison all by herself. Karma is real, it’s alive, and it has now taken Sarah Boone to a place she deserves PRISON 💙 rest easy Jorge Torres 💙

[@lyontex]

The more Mr. Jay reveals her lies the redder her nose gets 😂

[@anniehills3580]

I think her nose was growing while she was on the stand😅

[@solmyrpendergast8387]

An excellent use of references to Vader and the original trilogy! This prosecutor is awesome.

[@02jaguilar]

Do she really thinks she have fans the world is looking at her like a monster

[@em-gem8386]

If she does have any I pray they seek counseling sooner rather than later.

[@kellyegan9824]

She is the most unlikable person

[@MissOhio1980]

Comparing her to Darth Vader, using the force from a distance is brilliant!!

[@micheledematteis2072]

It was AMAZING!!!!! Will Jay is an absolute Boss Lawyer. I have a crush on him!

[@Trina-k8s]

She beat that man with a bat and threw him down the stairs in that suitcase 25+ to life

[@micheledematteis2072]

LWOP will do

[@SydMountaineer]

I think that after Sarah beat him badly, thinking he might die from the injuries (he might’ve been partly or fully unconscious after the head injury) she remembered what CPS told her when they questioned her about the photos of her son in the suitcase (that it’s dangerous & causes suffocation) so she decided to allow him to die from suffocation in the suitcase rather than possibly die from her beating him - it distances her from it in her mind, via her distorted, dark, narcissistic lens that she experience reality through. Narcissists get rid of any information that challenges the narrative they construct that excuses their behaviors. Then, they concoct fillers, invent plug-in stories for the gaps in their memory of what really happened (confabulations) that often change, and is what we see as lies. I think she put him in the suitcase (maybe he was partly or fully unconscious at the time) to ‘distance’ herself from his possible death from the beating, and to give herself time to think - she’d rather him die than be arrested for beating him so badly, and maybe she pushed it down the stairs with him in it to ‘finish the job’ so she wouldn’t have to SEE him die - like with how she delayed calling the police the next morning when he WAS dead, I think she was scared of being arrested for his beating, so she put him in the suitcase to blame it on that, like the suitcase is a perpetrator that distances her. She KNEW the beating she gave him was so bad that it couldn’t be hidden, that he’d have to get medical care, but IF she let him out, getting medical care would also mean her being arrested ASAP. I think her narcissism convinced her (dissociation & confabulation) that he would die from suffocation rather than the beating she gave him (like she said to police “maybe he suffocated”) which, in her mind, *distances HER* from the cause of his death, so she’d rather let him die from suffocation so she could blame it on that, rather than possibly from the other injuries she caused (she likely hit him in the head with the bat) and she couldn’t know exactly how severe it was, so she might’ve thought, at least for a while, if he was unconscious at some point, that he would die regardless, from the beating, so she *made the decision to keep him in the suitcase to suffocate,* it distances her, in her mind, from being his murderer. The majority of the time when narcissists lie, it’s not for the purpose of deceiving others, it’s because they TRULY believe their lies - dissociation & confabulation (confabulation is what we see as lies) - it’s what the defense mechanism of narcissism makes them believe to “protect” their inner self.

[@jannwebb]

I watch this over and over. I

[@Milburt]

Me too. I

[@jessicafiles2386]

I I I

[@ginagelia2880]

IV !

[@swan-neck]

V

[@inaturner7907]

Yes so do I..he is using the best words for the liar she is😅

[@Diana-ch8cv]

you could tell he was PISSED by the way the threw that suitcase 😅, honestly I don't blame him there were parts of the defense's closing that were really offensive (in addition to it being long, rambling and disorganized) because it completely contradicted the evidence

[@robroy488]

So, Sarah was "terrified for her life" and so wouldn't release him from the suitcase. Also, she believed he had enough room and the ability to let himself out of the suitcase. And so, scared in the knowledge of George inevitably letting himself out of the case and murdering her, what did Sarah do and where did Sarah go? Did she, run to a neighbours house? Did she run to her ex's house? Did she call the police? No, 100% confident that George could let himself out of the suitcase and in mortal fear for her own life, Sarah went to bed.

[@iwantthe80sback59]

Very well said.

[@robroy488]

@iwantthe80sback59 cheers dude. That poor man, the sh*t he went through in his final hours doesn't bear thinking about.

[@Fedeleness]

This rebuttal was amazing! Well done!

[@lydibug51]

Mr. JAY is one of the best prosecutor I've witnessed. He's makes so much sense. He makes sense out of Sarah's nonsense. I hate to hear when they change over to defense attorneys. I understand you make more defending the accused but the justice will always be in the state's presentation of the facts and an amazing rebuttal like his.

[@hamburgerhelperflick]

Now Jay needs to prosecute Jenn Soto.

[@micheledematteis2072]

Absolutely!!!!! She needs to be locked away with Stephan Sterns!

[@GGsDLo]

I WAS RIGHT!! I ALWAYS argued all along that she used that bat ON HIM, BEFOREHAND OUTSIDE the suitcase 29:40

[@kimberlylaszlo8768]

Yep, me too

[@digitalwasabi2]

And he was most likely unconscious and thought to be dead when (her words) “I put him in the suitcase.”

[@GGsDLo]

@ yes! And (in my best Sarah annoyed voice trying to explain this to the rest of you ‘NOT AS SMART AS ME’ ppl) hence … why the next morning she said to 9-1-1, very downtone and in an annoyed voice, very calmly and casually, probly not thinking 9-1-1 calls are recording, saying, “umm yeah, 9-1-1? Umm yeah, my bf’s dead… etc etc etc” lol smh

[@bobbyboucher3626]

I’ve listened to the prosecution statement several times. This is the first time I noticed when he says,”…due to past experience, Brian Boone ignored her drunken phone call.” 😂😂😂 Classic.

[@lucanolallo1776]

Breaking News: Defendant faces life in prison due to not knowing the rules of hide-n-seek.

[@lucindalynnxo]

She just excels at everything in life and was a straight A student.... someone please call her old school & request a transcript! It might be a long shot but wouldn't if be hilarious if she was lying. The second-hand embarassment I experienced while watching her ask that officer for a hug and was trying to be quirky/cute. 🤢😵‍💫🥴

[@starbaby849]

I think she lies about the blind and deaf dogs too 😂

[@BrianGoguen-k7k]

Let's just say this whole hide & seek thing is bullshit.He did not get in that case by himself & if he even did,he would easily be able to stop her from zipping it.

[@LuciAleksNY]

OMG this. Anyone who’s ever tried to get a cat into a carrier knows this isn’t an easy task, never mind a grown human being. No way she zipped it lightening quick in her intoxicated state.

[@Srarlight1212]

​@@LuciAleksNYI don't believe any of the story.

[@Fedeleness]

What if she told him she called the police, so he should hide in the bag?

[@drill4206]

Anyone rewatching in preparation for sentencing Monday 😂😂

[@christinegarcia3586]

This is killing Sarah. You know its so hard for her to keep quiet. She's being told the truth she doesn't acknowledge.

[@S2375wattage]

Did he say "with all the luggage she brought into the relationship" 😂? you wrong for that 😂

[@Catherine-u4k]

If there were closing argument awards this man would win!🎉

[@MichelleMastrullo]

There were some people commenting during the case that the prosecution was not covering everything. I think some trials are so bombarded with tons of unnecessary information that a jury can get restless and even bored, tuning things out. I thought the case was great with a closing that popped!!!

[@pamelaoliver8442]

Honestly I was one of those people at first. Then they played the rest of the videos they knew they had. Wow. All they really had to do was make sure all those stayed in and Sarah would do the rest of the work for them.

[@swan-neck]

@@pamelaoliver8442yeah it really was a perfectly crafted and executed prosecution. And Kraynick has been the perfect judge, he really understood the assignment. The case is virtually appeal proof thanks to him.

[@debbietownsend6015]

Excellent rebuttals! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@John-bo1sz]

How much you wanna bet she's gonna try to delay sentencing for as long as legally possible. Knowing her, she will drag her feet with all kinds of bull. But it's not gonna help at all. Sarah, you are done. Bye.🎉🎉🎉

[@horvathsogranfume658]

she will be as successful as she was at trial

[@John-bo1sz]

@horvathsogranfume658 good deal!!

[@kellyegan9824]

She wouldn’t even let him have a phone, his id and his birth certificate. This rebuttal showed the real Sarah. She has no soul

[@routeirish2503]

In ALL the Sarah Boone videos, I haven't seen ONE PERSON SAY SARAH IS INNOCENT ETC. EVERYONE HATES SARAH!!! 😂

[@kimberlylaszlo8768]

She looks like rudolph and his shiny red nose, i bet she so pissed

[@hectorperez7655]

5:10 she is the provocateur of all of it, ask her ex-husband 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣, he did manage to survive her attacks because he is a big dude!!

[@Srarlight1212]

Wonderful rebuttal!! I don't think from her responses she could remember any of the events that even happened the night before. I think she blacked out and just filled in whatever she thought would get her off the hook for his murder by her. She is at the judges mercy now for her sentence. She has zero remorse to this day.

[@tgdo]

i was worried at first when he started talking about star wars. But i got chills at 29:40. You know Jury felt free to fully disregard her story after that.

[@RipRider916]

Wow. She was drunk on her Bully Pulpit every night with him.

[@SydMountaineer]

_“And that two minute video is the _*_textbook definition_*_ of depraved mind as we define it here in Florida.”_ ~Will Jay, Homicide Prosecutor, former Asst. State Attorney & former Advanced Sex Crimes Prosecutor. (This lawyer knows what he’s doing!)

[@micheledematteis2072]

Just wait! He will be prosecuting Stephen Sterns for the M of 13 year old Madeline Soto. And 60 counts of Capital S3xu@l battery. Can't wait for that one

[@Starbeam2031]

Absolutely a wonderful rebuttal. Kudos!

[@Waylonfan-l1j]

Mr jay's speech was as we said in the 80's KILLA 😮 !!!( perfect )

[@kat.jax99]

I didn't even think about the fact that her story of hide and seek could have been a lie. Never thought about him receiving his injuries outside of that suitcase either. Jay's rebuttal sealed her fate.

[@ajordan1976]

It's never made any sense. Her putting him in the suitcase to hide? I just knew the math wasn't mathing.

[@jborrego2406]

She was going to kill him she texted him that I'm going to get rid of him and hide and seek I shall

[@Kthb80]

It’s exactly like her story of sword fighting so that he wouldn’t get in trouble for stabbing her. Sword fighting, and hide and seek I don’t buy any of it.

[@digitalwasabi2]

I NEVER believed the “hide and seek” BS. Because you don’t say “Tag you’re it” and then everyone runs and hides. And not for ONE MINUTE did I think 2 40 years olds were painting, playing and doing puzzles. It’s just plain ridiculous.

[@JessicaT-pi4bz]

The young kid behind the prosecutor with the shorter hair has been sitting in on all of the trials with Sarah Boone. I love watching him, watch the prosecution rebuttal. You can tell he is hanging on every word…just like I’m sure the jury was.

[@brodie-tzu4753]

She opened the door to all of those other horrible videos of her abusing him when she said she was a battered spouse.

[@Catherine-u4k]

What’s crazy is in Sarah’s mind as she listens to this rebuttal that things are going well for her and she believes because one of those experts said she had battered spouse syndrome. She is probably not even listening to Mr Jay since she truly believes she is not guilty.

[@rachelpride2311]

Her attorney couldn’t stand that the prosecution was doing so well in closing he had to interrupt!!

[@LollyGagger05]

25:20 She must be stressing at this moment, her LEGO hair is out of place. 😂

[@BrightSoul736]

🤭🤭🤭

[@elizabethjoclayton8892]

She beat his hand with a baseball bat when he tried to get out of the suitcase. That poor fellow didn’t have a chance against her.

[@pamelaoliver8442]

I wish she actually heard the words that came out of her mouth. "He subsided"..the whole story was horrifying

[@brodie-tzu4753]

33:05 I love how he closes reminding them dinner is waiting for them in the back like he bought it! 😂😂😂❤

[@judi_girl]

A MASTERPIECE 💯

[@Sweet-Sheva]

I am happy she was found guilty. She doomed her own self with these incriminating videos of abuse and unaliving of Jorge Rip Jorge. Thank you Sarah again for your self incriminating videos you took

[@made-line7627]

The tie 😂 What a legend 👔 💜👌🏻

[@hyperdog67]

Sarah could've been in a Vincent Price movie.. the queen of macabre.. she's a very broken, spoiled narcissist. What a horrible creature. God bless the Torres family. Sorry you had to lose Jorge to be rid of her.

[@Buttercup203]

I would LOVE to see Sarah’s face while Mr Jay is saying this!! 😅

[@lorilouwho6804]

As soon as she said I made up the sword fight story, like did she really think she had a defense?

[@kibundle]

I love this attorney's rebuttal, and his tie!

[@starbaby849]

I love it too! I though that was Homer Simpson at the top of his necktie 😂

[@hectorperez7655]

Plus, she is way smarter than all of us!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@digitalwasabi2]

😂😂😂

[@roulettegenie4379]

Think of her getting out of prison at 72 years old. No home, no money, no one to turn to. It will be worse than prison was 👏

[@jermainewashington7447]

It just blows my mind how dumb Sarah is. If she just would have admitted she was hammered and didn’t remember doing it she probably would have been out by now or at least in a few more years. And if she would have committed herself to AA from day one in jail she actually might have been a decent person when she was released. Then she rejects a deal that was absolutely best case scenario and goes with a story that makes her look a thousand times worse.

[@SydMountaineer]

I think it was First Degree Murder. I think she “staged an accident” to cover up her crime of beating him with the bat using the suitcase to cause “reasonable doubt” or “plausible deniability”.

[@freddybaumgartner3096]

Sarah's lawyer: "wait, bringing up star wars is OK? Damn, I should've used the Chewbacca defense!!"