DDA Rees exposes yet another key defense victim and Ferrer's former girlfriends's testimony; even on direct her testimony further sinks Ferrer's defense case

When Sophie Rocheleau took the stand today, Mr. Marek Reavis questioned her briefly on cross. Today, she said she did not specifically remember Ferrer tossing the knife. She said she was "shaken up" when Ferrer said he thought he had stabbed Douglas Anderson. Then just a few minutes later, she remembered Ferrer did toss the knife in between the time when they were on 12th before they turned on Alliance.

They heard sirens but did not associate them with the altercation they just had with Anderson. Yet, her explaination was that they took a different route home "because they were concerned about getting arrested for being drunk in public and they were concerned about the guy calling the cops on her and her friends."

Mr. Reavis asked her if she told the truth when law enforcement first questioned her and she said no. She said it didn't seem like the same incident they were involved in on H Street and she was scared. This is basically the same thing Ferrer said. Then Mr. Reavis asked her if she gave "the full accountwhen she met with former DA Paul Gallegos and DA Investigator Jack Bernstein and got a simple plea of assault and grant of immunity for her testimony.

DDA Roger Rees got to question Rocheleau for about half an hour. He started his questioning on cross by asking her,  to describe that night in one word. Rocheleau responded with, "Scary."

Mr. Rees: "was it a self defense kind of night?"

Rocheleau: Yes."

Mr. Rees: "A night where you got away without being hit?"

Rocheleau: "yes."

Mr. Rees: A night where your boyfriend protected you?"

Rocheleau: "Kinda"

Mr. Rees: "Would you call it a violent punk night?"

Rocheleau: "no."

Then Mr. Rees showed her a facebook page with a post that Nicholas Stoiber had made, "It was a violent punk night."

And he pointed out that she liked that post. Rocheleau said she did not associate that post with the incident between Ferrer and Anderson.

Mr. Rees: "So you made a deal with the DA's office? Have you met with the DA's office after that?

Rocheleau responded no. Mr. Rees got her to admit that she never met with the DA's office about her testimony.

Mr. Rees: "Did you tell the officers you ran away from the incident."

Rocheleau responded no. Mr. Rees said, "I'll come back to that."

 He asked her this again at the end of today's session and then her answer was that technically they were running away to avoid confrontation with Anderson.

Mr. Rees asked if Rocheleau said in her statement to police, "I told him (Ferrer) not to say anything." She answered, "I don't specifically recall what my statement was." Pressed, she added, "I don't remember saying anything like that."

Mr. Rees asked if Rocheleau remembered Ferrer saying, "I think he accidentally fell on my knife." She said "I don't recall."

Mr. Rees turned to how much time Rocheleau and Ferrer spent together at her parents' home. She said he didn't spend the night, that he stayed at his grandmother's and occasionally with other friends.

Mr. Rees asked Rocheleau about the whereabouts of Ferrer's personal belongings. At first she answered, "Some of it was at my house, most of it was at his grandmother's." This contradicted her statement to Sgt. Ron Sligh, whom she told, Ferrer stored "very little, just like his travel bag" at her parents.' On follow-up she said "There was a lot of it there, yeah" meaning her parents' house.
and that Ferrer received his mail there as well. "He was not allowed to spend the night," she said again.

Mr. Rees asked if Ferrer brought up the subject of going to police the day after the incident. Mr. Reavis asked to approach the bench which he did a couple of times this morning and once again, time clicked away.

Mr. Rees showed Rocheleau the transcript with Sgt. Sligh, in which she was quoted as stating, "Well, Joey didn't bring it up, he just wanted to go south."  Again, She answered, "I don't remember that specifically." And again, "I still don't recall saying that specifically.

Then Mr. Rees asked a series of brief questions about the incident:

Mr. Rees: Would you characterize it as a fight?
Rocheleau: "Yes I would."
Mr. Rees: "And did you feel you were losing that fight?"
Rocheleau: "Not specifically, no."
Mr. Rees: At any point did you feel at risk of being killed?
Rocheleau: "I would say that that crossed my mind."
Mr. Rees: At any point did you feel at risk of serious bodily injury?
Rocheleau: "He appeared really big and aggressive."
Rocheleau said she didn't believe Anderson had a gun, and said "I don't know" when asked about a knife.
Mr. Rees: Did Doug throw a punch at you?
Rocheleau: "No"
Mr. Rees:Did he throw a punch at the defendant?
Rocheleau: "I don't know; not specifically."

Asked if she heard Anderson yell, "I'll fucking kill you, I'll fuck that fat bitch up," Rocheleau said "No I did not hear that." She said she was always behind Ferrer.

Mr. Rees asked asked if Ferrer said, "All right, that's far enough you fucking lunatic!"

Rocheleau responded,"I don't recall."

She affirmed her prior testimony that she saw "Joey" punch Anderson, saying "I believe so."

Rocheleau could not corroborate if "Doug's body touched the defendant." She said, "I don't recall if any part of Doug's body touched the defendant. I don't recall."