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Yuki asked her to tell the jurors how she became involved in this case Chase explained that the victim had called to report a sexual assault and then came to the police station to make a statement
“He told me that he had been raped He was very emotional, and he said that he was afraid there would be workplace ramifications if he reported this rape to the police He showed ature ht brown color, on his wrists and ankles That would be consistent with bruising after two to three weeks He told us that it took hiet his mind around the fact that he had been raped”
Chase went on
“My partner and I investigated this charge There were no eyewitnesses to this sexual assault, which is true in nearly all the rape cases I have handled in the last fifteen years But in this case the victiht table, and soon after the beginning of this attack, he recorded the event”
Yuki said, “Did you ask why he had this hidden camera?”
“He explained that he’d bought it years before when he had a roo wo sex in Mr Christopher’s bed The rooht hiain until the night in question Based on the recording, we made an arrest”
After Chase’s testimony Yuki called Frank Pilotte, the police tech specialist Pilotte had been with the SFPD for ten years, had a degree in electrical engineering, and was a specialist in computer science
Pilotte testified that he had reviewed the digital recording, and while the lighting and sound were not the best—“think nanny ca had not been doctored
After Pilotte left the room, Yuki called Paul Yates, copywriter at the Ad Shop Yates took the stand He fidgeted, sighed, and generally looked as though he wished he were anywhere but on the witness stand in front of a jury
Yuki couldn’t afford to worry about Paul Yates’s nerves
She said, “Mr Yates, please tell us about your experience with Briana Hill”
Hequestions I’m not much of an extemporaneous speaker”
“That’s okay, Mr Yates We can do it that way Did you date Ms Hill during June of this year?”
“I went out with her once We had dinner”
“And what happened after that dinner?”