"If he wasn't sure he stabbed him or know extent of the injury, why get rid of the knife?"

Thursday as DDA Rees cross examined Sophie Rocheleau, she admitted that she, Nicholas Stoiber and Juan Ferrer ran off because they did not want to get "arrested for assaulting Doug and being drunk in public."

I find it ironic that she referred to the victim as "Doug". She only used Doug in this one instance, usually she says, "the guy" or "the person" but Mr. Rees use of Doug has humanized his loss beyond his family.

Mr. Rees: "Later that week, when you were in San Francisco, was your weekend ruined?"

Rocheleau: "Yeah, Joey was worried about the person being hurt."

Mr. Rees: "Did he ever say he felt bad that the guy was hurt or about stabbing him that night?"

Rocheleau: "No."

Then she added that she didn't have any specific recollection of Ferrer saying he accidentally stabbed Anderson. This contradicts her own testimony in court where she said "Joey" told her and "Nick" that he may have stabbed Anderson.

Mr. Rees asked her that initially she terminated her interview with the police and then changed her mind about "getting her side of the story out" and he asked her what changed her mind.

Mr. Rees: "Did you have a plan you would deny involvement?"

Rocheleau: "No."

Mr Rees: "Did the prospect of getting arrested cross your mind?"

" Mr. Rees asked her "Do you recall telling former DA Paul Gallegos and DA Investigator  about why they ran away? "Do you recall saying that we got off Alliance so not to be seen by police?"

Rocheleau: "No, not for that," she continued by saying that she did not think that Anderson would end up being dead.

She repeated what Ferrer and she have stated earlier that while she saw newspaper articles and media coverage that she did not associate it the death with Mr. Anderson. She said she did discuss it with "Joey.

Then Mr. Rees asked her about what her thoughts were, "When Joey said, I think I may have stabbed him? Rocheleau response was about the same as she had responded before to this question they weren't sure he was hurt or seriously hurt. She reiterated that Ferrer said, "I think I need to get rid of this knife."

Mr. Rees: "If he wasn't sure he stabbed him or know the extent of the injury, why get rid of the knife?"

Mr. Reavis objected so she was not allowed to answer.

Mr. Rees: "At no point after the stabbing incident, did the defendant tell you it was an accident?"

Rocheleau: "He probably did, I was upset and didn't want to talk about it."

Mr. Rees: "This is an important event in your life and you have no recollection of specific words?"

Rocheleau: "Not in so many words, I guess?"

On a very brief re-direct, Mr. Reavis asked Rocheleau, "Could you have done anything differently that night?"

Rocheleau responded, "Other than not be there, no."

Then Mr. Rees got up for re- cross examination and said, "You could have turned and walked down 11th and H. The defendant could have not said, 'Fuck you too', the defendant could have not pulled out his knife. Instead of all that you saw the defendant throw a punch at Doug."

Mr. Rees then restated her testimony where she said she saw Ferrer punch Anderson. Rocheleau tried to talk her way out of it. Mr. Rees then asked her that to this day, she thinks this was an accident, that the defendant did not mean to kill "Doug."

She answered in the affirmative.

Mr. Rees: "You don't think the defendant's arm accidentally came into contact with Doug?"

Rocheleau: "I mean, no."