"However, Mr. Jordet was to his family and friends, what Mr. Ferrer knew was a drunk, homophobic individual"; defense claims "he fell on that knife"

"If you believe Mr. Rees story, you will find Mr. Ferrer guilty," said Mr. Marek Reavis, who is representing Juan Ferrer. "What you heard are selective pieces that don't tell the entire story."

Mr. Reavis then told the jury what those of us who covered the entire preliminary hearing already heard before. That Douglas Anderson-Jordet had lunch with his ex-girlfriend the same day he was stabbed, they shared a bottle of wine. According to Mr. Reavis, she will testify they went back to her place, she was fixing soup, that according to her, Anderson-Jordet had "four or five beers" then she stopped socializing with him because "she didn't want to be around drunk Doug."

Later that night, Mr. Reavis said the victim went to many bars but "primarily Everett's, and had more beers and three shots" according to Everett's bartender. "He was very drunk."

Mr. Reavis said that the night Anderson-Jordet was stabbed was Ferrer's first night off in a while. Ferrer was an in-home care worker who used to take care of his grandmother. Ferrer was also looking forward to going to San Francisco for Thanksgiving with Sophie Rocheleau's family.

Prior to jury selection, Mr. Reavis asked that portions of the interview that will be played for the jury and transcripts be redacted that Rocheleau's family wasn't happy about her dating his client because that would be prejudicial. That information will not be available to the jury.

Mr. Reavis said that Ferrer and his two friends, Rocheleau and Nicholas Stoiber, don't recall seeing Anderson-Jordet at Everett's but according to testimony that will be given, someone else saw the victim get upset because someone at the bar insinuated to Anderson-Jordet that he and the man he was talking "were gay."

Mr. Reavis said that both Stoiber and Ferrer were very drunk, Rocheleau less drunk. "The video will show Mr. Stoiber stumble.

"Mr. Ferrer identifies as bisexual. Besides his normal attire, " he had the punk, goth look said Mr. Reavis. Again Mr. Reavis related the same scenario from previous accounts, that on the video, the three friends are walking single file and the victim is walking on the opposite side of the street, "staggering. At some point, the three hear yelling but words are not clear."

"Mr. Anderson-Jordet is a stranger yelling insults, fucking this and fucking that," said Mr. Reavis. According to Mr. Reavis, Anderson-Jordet said, "What do we have here? A couple of fucking faggots and a fat bitch." A witness will testify she heard an "enraged voice saying Fuck you and your fat girlfriend."

"Mr. Ferrer will testify, Mr. Stoiber will testify; Ms. Rocheleau will testify."

Mr. Reavis told the jury that Stoiber and Rocheleau were charged with felonies and were co-defendants in this case and due to "their truthful testimony" , the DA plead them out to simple assault with probation.

This deal was made by former DA Paul Gallegos who botched the case leading up to the jury trial and who okayed the former plea that was thrown out by Presiding Judge Joyce Hinrichs. All that detailed coverage is on this blog.

What Mr. Reavis stated in his opening today from this point forth about the incident has not been mentioned mentioned previously. If proven by testimony, it does bolster the defense claim.

Mr. Reavis said that Ferrer "stepped up and told Anderson-Jordet "Fuck you too, man." Then he said that Anderson-Jordet turned around and came at Ferrer with his right hand in his pocket. "Mr. Ferrer and his companions thought this stranger who was hurling insults now came at them physically." Mr. Reavis explained that his clients thought that the victim was in his 30s and not 50s and therefore did not make the connection when the death was reported in the news.

Mr. Reavis said his client was scared, that this guy was bigger than him. "Mr. Ferrer holds out a pocket knife and says, Hey stay back you dick."

"Mr. Anderson-Jordet pauses and holds his hands out." At this point, Mr. Reavis said that Ferrer saw that Anderson-Jordet was unarmed and that he was holding the knife out and that Anderson-Jordet took a "blow at his client and falls onto the knife."

Then Mr. Reavis describes that Rocheleau kicked Anderson and Stoiber punched him because he kept getting up after falling on the ground and got up. Mr. Reavis said Rochealeau is autistic and has difficulty communicating. When Stoiber punched Anderson-Jordet and he fell, Stoiber said, "Don't fuck with us." The defense claims that the victim was still yelling when the trio left.'

The text messages were explained by the defense as them trying to figure out if Anderson-Jordet was the guy they had the altercation with and that there had been another stabbing that night so they were not sure.

"However, Mr. Jordet was to his family and friends, what Mr. Ferrer knew was a drunk, homophobic individual," and :he fell on that knife" is how Mr. Reavis ended his remarks to the jury.