Romance novelist Nancy Brophy's trial continues | Day 3 morning session

[@brookestanley2237]

Trying to watch this trial has been so beyond frustrating! The quality and sound! Come on people it's 2022 and we can't get audio down? FFS! All court rooms should be like a stage and mic everyone!

[@WobblesandBean]

I know. I think it might just be the defense lawyer though, she's utterly incompetent and she's probably nowhere close to the mic. Edit: Nope. The sound quality is just atrocious.

[@MelancholyRequiem]

I think in general this courtroom was entirely unprepared for filming/streaming, and I think a major problem is where they set up mics. On some days, the only thing you can hear is the poor court reporter's every waking move, and somehow the mic becomes 4K anytime someone makes a cough or sniffle or any mouth noise that will set off everyone's misophonia.

[@jr7845]

My heart goes out to Dan's mama, I hope justice is served

[@EllerthePeridot]

One gentle suggestion for the next trial this channel streams: please please please more clearly organize the titles and videos. Day 2 seems to be missing completely, and my guess is that if you use a mix of numbers and words, the algorithm cannot properly suggest the next chronological video. For example, "day one" vs "day 3." I started with day 22 (I think) and the same issue exists.

[@jenmdawg]

Yes, it would greatly benefit them if they organized into playlists for viewers. There happens to be a lot of renewed interest in this case and looking for each day is very time consuming (let alone the audio issues) which has cost them views.

[@jenniferwaddell552]

Guess this channel didn’t stream Day 2 of this Trial.? Why?

[@MirandaLovesPathology]

I noticed that as well 😩

[@mcsquared1987]

And yet they say they will have full coverage of trial. Guess they forgot.

[@StellaFl]

For what it's worth, I saw a recap of day 2 on Court TV and it was just more student statements from the day of the murder.

[@hoppy6141]

I wonder if they had difficulty with the video or didn't have someone available to run the camera for the constant jury in/out!

[@Sarah24871]

@@StellaFl Thanks!! 🙏

[@zanpsimer7685]

I was hoping to watch this entire trial but if the audio issues aren’t addressed I’ll have to pass.

[@Traceishere]

I know so annoying, in this day of technology too

[@othername1000]

11:17 the broadcast professionals, after due and careful consideration, decided they should enable audio. 48:51 jury back from their short break. 1;25;14 recess. 1:46:00 back from recess. 2;37;47 off the record, nothing follows.

[@maggsgirl56]

Thank you for the time stamps.

[@tummyfungus]

Y'all need to start hiring younger people so they can fix the audio issues and electronics, microphone placements and settings etc 😭

[@shuggieee9467]

It’s Webex and it sucks a lot. I had to do jury duty and it’s the worst thing

[@tummyfungus]

@@shuggieee9467 Oh goodness 😭

[@tummyfungus]

@jen-jen that's fair!

[@mjz16]

That's age-ism.

[@awright119021]

I cannot believe that stupid defense attorney said the witnesses telephone number in court when its being live streamed. That was completely unnecessary and inappropriate. As a seasoned defense attorney she would know this. I'm sure the witness had to change her number by now.

[@josephmarzullo]

That was funny 😂

[@rsera420]

Idiotic, at best! 🙄

[@Kaymeron]

@@josephmarzullo You have a weird idea of 'funny'. Do you work for the defense attorneys?

[@jenmdawg]

The defense attorney is not obligated to refrain from confirming a phone number for the record. It’s KGWs duty to beep it out as they are the broadcasters - this is so blatantly their first trial - every issue was avoidable.

[@Kaymeron]

@@jenmdawg 😂 umm not obligated??! she’s a human being., isn’t she? You don’t utter the phone number of an elderly grieving mother in open court. PERIOD. Hope you never practice law…

[@keepingitreal71]

His poor Mom... I cannot imagine what she was feeling this day....

[@mal5678]

I'm surprised by the lack of objections in this trial

[@admdwyn]

Well I'm pretty sure it didn't matter what anyone said lol.. she was clearly guilty. I personally have thought about it a lot... I think her lawyer just knew she was fucked. I mean in her own words... Everyone loves him. He helped the community..she was the only one who had any motive.... And what a surprise, she wrote murder books.

[@WobblesandBean]

It's the judge. Most lawyers have a relationship with the judges that they work with, and in this case I'm pretty sure the judge simply ignores any objections regardless. So both of the lawyers here would know that, and wouldn't bother to object because I know it's pointless. There is an objection during Nancy's testimony, where her lawyer is asking blatantly leading questions, and while there's an objection from the prosecution, the judge completely ignores it.

[@bruceevans2719]

This poor Mom. Heartbroken, frail and elderly. "I'm not proud of the fact that I didn't go" to check on her son. Sad state of affairs, the murder of her beloved son.

[@frankyzee]

I worked for Nancy Brophy several times, Dan Brophy was one of my instructors at the Western Culinary Institute in 1995/96. I have my gut feeling about all of this... guilty

[@enwardy]

What makes you say that?

[@Army4life82]

@@frankyzee Well you were definitely right guilty as hell

[@Army4life82]

@@enwardy Because she is evil old witch killing her husband in cold-blooded murderer omg she makes so sick

[@carriesickler4543]

What a gentleman for him to help the elderly mother off the witness stand.

[@WobblesandBean]

I like how at 1:04:50 He glances around like "really? No one's going to help her? Looks like it's up to me". I dunno if there's some rule saying Nancy isn't allowed to leave her seat, but if there's isn't one, that's her MIL! And she just sat there as she struggled to walk over to the witness stand!

[@debidriscoll8108]

Courts need to higher people who know how to properly work the audio so those of us on line can actually hear what's being said

[@cmn4734]

Hire

[@hoppy6141]

Ms Maxfield doesn’t care if a living person’s current telephone number or child’s name is spoken in court for anyone to hear and use…she’d practiced law for decades!

[@vernareed2692]

Hoppy61 right!! Mayfield intentionally used the child's name out loud televised on PURPOSE!! She thinks she's big & bad,and using the child's name to try to get to her daddy,to manipulate,try to worm into his emotions!! To take him off guard,distract!! WHY didn't the judge call her on that?? Pretty lowdown if you ask me!! I'm thankful the daddy called her on it!! And he did it so mannerly, gentleman!! Lawyer deserved a harsh rebuke!! She doesn't let her precious little nb be treated that way! And the way she tries to act so dumb about guns and other things at times, manipulation again in my opinion!!

[@Kaymeron]

Maxfield is useless.

[@Army4life82]

If I ever wanted to jump kick someone it would definitely be Nancy and her POS attorney!!

[@markschindler172]

Have to agree I wouldn’t have Ms. Maxfield with her man suit and beer gut hanging over her belt argue a parking ticket for me . She is useless.

[@debidriscoll8108]

VOLUME PLEASE. M9m 9n the stand and I can't hear anything

[@ashleykane4951]

The defense attorney thinks if she keeps asking the same question , the answer will be different!!!! Gosh bless!

[@midnightrun2764]

That’s the definition of insanity isn’t it? 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@jenn451]

I feel so incredibly bad for his mom, so very sad 😞

[@bettywhite6672]

Volume starts at about 11:00 but the quality isn't very good. Alot of echoing. Using cc with listening helps.

[@masterofcrumpets]

Thanks!

[@Scorpio-unicorn14]

Dan's mom should not be having to go thru this

[@christinebrophy3683]

Volume/audio is terrible !!!!

[@vernareed2692]

The sound on this is almost zero!! And I even have ear buds in my ears!!!

[@alitn588]

I really want to know what she did and how she felt from 7 o'clock that killed her husband till one of her friend called her (3 hours) later sand told her about a incident ?!

[@blueneptune825]

Once she got poor Dan out of the way I imagine she wasted no time adding up the expected windfall from insurance and planning her trip to Portugal. The woman is a menace.

[@Traceishere]

The volume is so low,

[@pattiburns1280]

Too bad we can't hear the lawyer, but the witness on Zoom is too loud.

[@vernareed2692]

Patti Burns yes she about blasted me but then going back to the lawyer couldn't hear!! So hard to adjust back and forth!!

[@ElizabethKlimas]

People stop calling her “romance novelist” she is neither one. “How to kill your husband” it’s a romance to you? it’s not a novel either, it’s a hardly an essay or more appropriately rambling article on “is there a way to kill husband & get away with it” I am not positive that she would pass college admission test with this rambling. It takes the entire blue book for one thing (essay) & essay must demonstrate meaningful value(s)

[@factsmatter8667]

She wrote at least one "romance novel," called _The Wrong Husband._

[@ElizabethKlimas]

@@factsmatter8667 oh man, not a romance either but her plan (again) Front Cover “The Wrong Husband” Nancy Brophy Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Print Us, Oct 9, 2015 - *Fiction* - 284 pages 0 Reviews “Nicole Layton is a desperate woman. Her husband, Senator Linus Layton, not only abuses her but holds Nicole's brain-damaged niece hostage to keep Nicole in line. The teal-eyed beauty is no dumb blonde. Her plan to escape during their upcoming anniversary cruise in the Mediterranean and hide out in Spain goes array when the cruise ship wrecks off the coast of Italy. With a leap of faith, she jumps early and rows for hours. Later, weary and exhausted, she drags her inflatable raft onto the Italian mainland having no ID nor a way to get home. She's come so far on her wits and planning, but she's out of ideas. Austin Stevens knows when a woman is in trouble. Hired by the Senator's insurance company to prove foul play, Austin Stevens of Stevens Security hunts for the presumed dead woman. He's on a race against time and pitted against a clever enemy. *To collect on the multi-million dollar Insurance policy,* Layton must produce the dead body of his wife. He hires Black Adder, a private paramilitary operation to ensure that her body will be delivered. Monumental forces are at work. With chaos at every turn will Austin rescue her before Black Adder finds her? Even if he does, will her husband ever stop hunting her? This is not the first woman Austin Stephens has helped, but she is the only one who has him spinning in the wind.” It’s no longer *fiction* only reality check…

[@cb-pc1df]

It's click bait, obviously. It's draws more attention then Nancy Brothy V OR. She wrote multiple books. Didn't make any real money off the books but now she will. The media will cause an uptick in sells because of this click bait about an essay she wrote 11 years ago.

[@ElizabethKlimas]

@@cb-pc1df well, we are watching this case and will see what happens. My understanding is that she spent past 4 years in jail & hope this is where she will reside for the rest of her life. She is 71 years old, has single resort condo & 3 course meals served daily paid for by taxpayers so all the money if any she can possibly generate will go to the victims of crime & restitution. she is self published not by a reputable publisher & as such she would have to sell her own books ….not in jail. I don’t think she will ever need this $1.4 Million ….such a despicable waste of someone else’s life. Money (if any - I doubt) would go to a grieving Mother.

[@cb-pc1df]

@@ElizabethKlimas Not necessarily. When you're in jail/prison your income doesn't automatically go to victims or even court fees. You can be ordered to pay but if she doesn't what are they going to do? Lock her up? A publisher can easily say they will print her books and she can do this from prison. The victims can sue for all proceeds but that takes time. Weird people write people in prison they don't know & some like to learn about murderers, wouldn't be surprised if her essay gets sold after this. A reporter said he went into every book store in downtown Portland and they didn't have her book but that can change. She could probably sell it on Amazon or ebay.

[@poppyfield1619]

So hard to hear this

[@tourdedogue4952]

wth, this judge. Why does this judge keep kicking out the jury? What happened to side-bars? Also, if you can't hear the testimony, turn on CC. It is really lousy audio but it wasn't long ago we couldn't watch this stuff at all.

[@nanobotless864]

Could the COVID "6 ft distance to be safe" be why no side-bars?

[@everso2151]

Imagine getting to that age and your son gets murdered. That poor lady how utterly terrible

[@ferguszade5594]

What an absolute clown that defence attorney is. Giving out the poor lady's phone number. Prosecution are rightly furious with this incompetence.

[@admdwyn]

What doesn't make sense to me is the objections that the jury hears .. the prosecutor wanted to bring back up the issue of Dan being fired for an issue with a student because the lady answered that question saying yes. But the objections was held up. The jury already heard the answer. And the judge said, "oh , I'll just instruct them to disregard that ". How can someone unhear something? Like now that they know. It's not like they can act like they don't. How stupid is that.. I believe the judge was wrong for that... The prosecutor should have been allowed to address that she only heard that, and that it was for a fact.

[@markschindler172]

I totally agree with you this Judge is Pro Defense, I hope he got voted out He explains when defense says something they shouldn't but then tells prosecution to ask there next question even tho their fur question was ligitinent. He's awful prob in kahoots with ol lady Maxfield

[@Traceishere]

always spoils it when you cannot hear

[@debidriscoll8108]

Guess what the woman on the screen is saying is a secret since there is no volume

[@eleanorajones5226]

Still no sound?

[@PinkyakaAJ]

1:47:02 Wow. I thought I had seen it all when it comes to those idiot's at the defense table.

[@redstar1959]

I feel so bad for the mom, RIP Dan

[@lorinelson4158]

The sound is turned off.

[@debidriscoll8108]

Most people don't look at the time when they take phone calls so those questions are crazy to me unless you look at the phone records

[@alexf9381]

There's a specific reason for that line of questioning whether it seems that way or not.

[@45TRUMP47]

Can’t hear crap

[@AnnPorterCourtTherapist]

Here's another example of strange defense attorney questioning -- this case about the donation of food to soup kitchen vs. potluck in the park; then complaining about the Chef and how defendant defended the Chef; then how Chef was fired because of student relationship with Chef; then witness a forever friend with defendant, and then defendant helped witness with employment; then what does that mean about defendant - -- who killed the Chef -- a stressed-out student? -- an aggressive homeless person from the camp -- what does others think -- also what actress does defendant look like -- Doris Roberts of Who Loves Raymond?

[@cmn4734]

Is called reasonable doubt

[@starmiesteele1034]

She looks like Benjamin Franklin

[@DerLiesl]

1:23:40 That devastated look. I feel so sorry for her.

[@ajordan1976]

🎯 straight to the heart

[@jenmdawg]

Anyone have a link to day 2?

[@SomeOne-zw6kh]

I don't think their "around the clock coverage" included that.

[@Traceishere]

cannot hear the attorneys why no mic jeez

[@factsmatter8667]

Does anyone know where the rest of the trial can be seen?

[@ElizabethKlimas]

isn’t TV court who is transmitting? Court TV…

[@factsmatter8667]

@@ElizabethKlimas I assume thats by subscription?

[@ElizabethKlimas]

@@factsmatter8667 no, hold on let me get you the link, also you can just type in search Nancy Brophy trial and if the live court is on it should come up as a day 4 trial (tomorrow) kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZSTlZRuntmlh6c

[@judithfowler9150]

@@factsmatter8667 Court TV didn't show it today I don't know why it was on all week it's non cable TV where I am

[@factsmatter8667]

@@judithfowler9150 are you watching the trial on non subscription TV or just on KZbin? I see only about 3 hours a day posted

[@nicoledimiceli6144]

The testimony of the mom all the mics were off. Ugh

[@nonmihiseddeo4181]

Traffic in Portland can be brutal any time of day. It's just not possible to say how long it takes to get from Point A to Point B.

[@debidriscoll8108]

She's an excellent shot for someone wh9 says she's never fired a gun

[@cperm1]

Come on sound guy! You have one job and you can’t even get that right! No sound or no detectable sound. It’s so frustrating when that happens.

[@elainefinn1641]

Sidebar should return live soon

[@barrettlori9249]

59:00 "she'd introduce herself as the good Mrs Brophy" 🤯

[@vernareed2692]

I think the female police officer was out of line hugging nb!! She wanted to keep integrity and professional,yet gave in to emotions??

[@DerLiesl]

I do not see any problem with hugging victims and friends or families of victims in order to comfort them.

[@everso2151]

@@DerLieslindeed but not if you are an on duty police officer!

[@RoyalBlue4486]

It’s not uncommon at all for a judge to tell a jury to disregard something. Whether they actually do or not is doubtful but it does happen.

[@midnightrun2764]

Ugh! Shouldn’t coppers should learn to speak properly? What’s w this female copper & the sluggish language skills, like “dinnent!” And does it matter if Dans’ killer has lost weight? 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@ek2137]

@jen-jen You're being petty.

[@midnightrun2764]

@jen-jen Thanks for the heads up! Did you have to work very hard, on missing the point though? 💁🏼‍♀️ Of course, if you use words like “dinnent,” I understand your sensitivity!… Sorry if my comment, hit a little too close to home for ya!…✌🏼🇨🇦

[@jenstae]

@@midnightrun2764 My comment is also petty, but that apostrophe should come before the “s” - Dan’s😉 Cheers!

[@markschindler172]

I agree totally petty. Guess midnight is an English teacher. Here is one that will set her off, Midnight ,your petty .lol

[@caaronward7676]

How long til lunch break ends

[@alesia7470]

Why the heck doesn't Nancy have her mask on?

[@iveliserojas612]

The state trying to lol at for jurors because the defense is ridiculous

[@teresakannenberg1202]

Why wasn’t she made to wear a mask? The rest have masks on

[@DerLiesl]

Witnesses are instructed to take their mask off. Defense should wear a mask. Fits her extreme non-agreeable personality.

[@doctorvannostrand]

@@DerLiesl Masks awe extreme and non-agreeable? 😂 Tell that to the millions who died of COVID. 👌🏽

[@susanstuart6800]

this remote stuff is annoying af,hmmm

[@Beachbucket]

What's popping

[@natashagarcia9485]

I feel the defense attorney has established reasonable doubt!

[@nonmihiseddeo4181]

Good thing you're not on the jury.

[@Kaymeron]

😂

[@alexf9381]

@@nonmihiseddeo4181 Thank you. Some people are absolutely insane and massively naive. To possibly not be able to recognize the clear guilt in this case is just... sad. Stupidity like that is the reason that clearly guilty defendants are able to evade justice so often.

[@mrmtoad]

The defense attorney has only created DOUBT in her ability to practice law.