I'm curious about the ASA cross examination of this witness.
Prosecutor Cross-examine:
- Prosecutor asked Jenkins for details of whether Madison hit Rudolph with a punch or a slap. Jenkins said he's not entirely sure because it was fast. Prosecutor points out that when she interviewed Jenkins last week that he said the whole group looked intoxicated.
- Prosecutor asks if he's an FSU student and an FSU fan, and he says yes. Jenkins then says again that he wasn't drinking that night, but there will be charges on his credit card from that night because he owed a friend money and paid him back by buying drinks.
- Prosecutor asked why he didn't provide his friends' phone numbers to investigators. Jenkins says they (investigators) never called him back to ask for their numbers. (to verify his story)
- Jenkins said he got involved in the case because he saw ESPN article about case and knew he had info that would help. So he made a Facebook post venting about the Justin Rossi witness. Said he didn't call police earlier because he didn't want to get involved in the case.
- Prosecutor asks if he [Jenkins] ignored phone calls or voice mails from investigator Federico. He says
"that's a lie." He said he doesn't have any calls from the investigator.
- On redirect from defense, Jenkins says he hasn't been paid by anyone to help defense. No one asked him to help defense, etc. ... He also says he wouldn't have left the scene if the girls were in trouble. He says he would have called 911 himself if he saw girl get hit.
- Prosecutor asks one final followup -- asks Jenkins for his phone number.
/end cross examine
Of Note:
-- Officer Federico back on stand. On cross, the defense gets Federico to admit that Justin Rossi told him a "guy named Grant [Jenkins]" was at the scene and gave him a phone number. But he never tracked Grant down.
