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“He tells the defendant that he is wasted Can’t Doesn’t want to Needs to sleep So what does the defendant do? She opens Mr Christopher’s closet and brings out a handful of his neckties She demands that he tie his feet to the footboard or she will shoot him”

Yuki continued, walking slowly in front of the jury box, taking the time to look at each of the jurors

She went on

“Mr Christopher says, ‘You’re being ridiculous, Briana Come to bed’ But that’s not what happens The defendant taunts Mr Christopher, tells hiain Mr Christopher asks her to ‘knock it off’ He says, ‘Briana, stop’

“But she doesn’t stop She waves her gun in his direction and again orders him to tie his ankles to the footboard Mr Christopher knows that the defendant is drunk and un is loaded and o off by accident

“The defendant is not slurring her words, but she is acting totally unhinged, and now Mr Christopher has gone from stupefied to irritated to terrified This crazy wooes directly to the victim’s state of mind

“Mr Christopher will tell you that he tries to convince himself not to panic; rather, he tries to otten into you? Are you okay? You’re freaking un down’

“That’s when the defendant screams at him, ‘Do what I tell you, you little bitch’”

Yuki paused and saw that the jurors looked stunned

Then she went on

“Mr Christopher gets it The defendant is not joking He is shaking, and as he ties up his ankles, the defendant makes her next demand She tells him to tie up his left wrist to the headboard

“Thinking he may be in his last htstand”—Yuki acted it out—“and surreptitiously presses the Record button on his clock, which is in fact a disguised spy ca if the defendant murders him, at least the police will be able to find who killed him

“And the terror does not stop Now that Mr Christopher’s left hand is tied to the headboard, the defendant secures his right hand, leaving Mr Christopher lying naked, spread-eagle, faceup on the bed

“He’s staring down the barrel of a gun

“I urge you to iine how that must have felt”