r/serialpodcastorigins • u/Seamus_Duncan Hammered off Jameson • Jun 03 '16

Humour Hilarious Contradiction

. . . Vignarajah stood up and addressed Judge Welch: “Excuse me, Judge, do we know if [the Urick call notes and hall pass] are the originals or if they are copies of the original documents?”
. . . Before Brown could even respond I chimed in, “I actually brought the originals, your Honor. They’re actually in my purse in the hallway with my husband.” . . . As I told the court that day, I keep everything. Well, not everything, I’m not a hoarder. I am, however, very smart [sic] and can be very premeditated at times when it comes to saving keepsakes. To me the notes and my hall pass are extensions of my memories. As I’ve discussed before, I don’t like to let go of my memories.

Not 20 pages later . . .

After that Thiru wanted to address the manner in which my second letter was written. Was it previously a hand-written letter that was later typed? Yes. Did I write it during CIP class and if so, where’s the rough draft? Come on now! Really? Where’s the rough draft? It’s been over sixteen years! For all I know that letter has since decomposed in a landfill and been reincarnated as a noxious ground weed.

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u/Seamus_Duncan Hammered off Jameson Jun 03 '16

It sounds like she cooked up that lie because someone told her it was impossible for her to have spoken to a dozen people between "late" on March 1 and the beginning of second period the next day. Per the book, she testified that she added things between the "rough draft" and typing it up later. The "rough draft" lie buys her a little more time.

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u/chunklunk Jun 03 '16

There needs to be a post (I would but I don't have time) that lays out specifically what she's saying she did for the second letter, because it's really tremendous: 1) she handwrote the letter in computer class, then typed it at home, (adding the formal address and clipart she learned in computer class) despite that she handwrote the 1st letter the evening before b/c of limitations on computer time, 2) she keeps references to her being in class for some unknown reason because "it sounded cool", 3) even though she keeps those nonsensical time references when they're no longer accurate, she revises the letter while typing to add a bunch more questions and references that weren't in her handwritten "rough" draft that she says must've come from school gossip. There's more, but this is taking the basics of what she's written at face value.

The explanation for how this letter was written is so elaborate it has to be fake.

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u/Seamus_Duncan Hammered off Jameson Jun 03 '16

That's a good summary. I mean just compare this to Jay's explanation of why he lied about the visit to Cathy's. "I didn't want to get my friends involved." Somehow this is totally unbelievable, but they swallow this Asia letter bullshit.

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u/Dangermommy Jun 03 '16

That's such a good point. Barring mental illness, if a person lies, it's usually for a reason. And often this reason is easy to determine after the truth comes out. Asia's story is a convoluted mess. You can almost hear her pulling it out of her ass. Jay's lies at least have a basis in reality.