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And then Yuki called Paul Yates to the stand From the first -hot mess

Responding to Yuki’s questions, Yates replied that he worked at the Ad Shop as a copywriter, that when his creative group shot a coe

Yuki asked, “Did you ever have a social relationship with the defendant?”

“I wouldn’t call it a relationship We went out once”

“Please tell the court about that date, Mr Yates”

He sighed, then said, “I took Briana to a Chinese restaurant after work It wasn’t a fancy place She seemed to like me We weren’t far from my apartment I asked her, ‘Do you want to coht she’d say, ‘No way’ She said, ‘Sure’”

“Please go on”

Yates said, “We startedtoo fast I didn’t know her very well I started thinking what it would mean to have sex with her and hoould handle that at the office I was in my head too much I didn’t think I could do it if I tried So I kind of patted her back and told her, ‘Sorry, no offense or anything, I have an early ’”

“How did she take that?”

“She got mad She leapt off the couch in a huff, and when I looked up, she had pulled her gun out of her purse She dropped her purse and showed me her other hand It was clenched, like this”

Giftos shouted, “Sidebar, Your Honor”

“Approach,” said Rathburn, waving them in toward the bench

When both legal tea with barely controlled anger, “Judge Rathburn Evidence of an uncharged crime is prejudicial and should not be allowed”

“Ms Castellano?”

“Your Honor, Mr Yates didn’t go to the police out of fear of retribution by the defendant But his testiun shows her pattern of abuse The jurors have a right to hear what the witness has to say”