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Sex, Cyanide And A Doctor On The Run Case
S1, EP14 "Defending His Brother"
The Defense brought in the background of Yazeed Essa's marriage to Rosemarie. On the stand was his younger brother, Firas. They were close and had been in business together in the years leading up to Rosemarie's death. Firas claims he was out of the country when Rosemarie died. Yazeed's defense team stressed the defendant's emotional state following his wife's death. But the jury would later decide - was he a grieving husband or a guilty murderer?
S1, EP15 "The Panicked, Fugitive Doctor"
The long testimony of Yazeed Essa's younger brother was not over yet. Firas told the jury about Yazeed's emotional state and demeanor after his wife, Rosemarie, died, the lead-up to her funeral and the police's initial investigation. Firas even claimed that it was his idea to have Yazeed flee the country after he was questioned by police. The Defense tried to paint Yazeed as a grieving husband who panicked and fled the country when his secret life was going to be exposed.
S1, EP16 "Younger Brother Wraps Up Testimony"
Jurors listened to the man who was accused of helping Yazeed Essa when he was a fugitive. That was his own brother who was under a long cross examination. Things got very personal while Firas Essa was on the stand. He told the jury that Yazeed gave his wife, Rosemarie, an STD after all the sexual partners that he had kept secret from her. Firas recalled how reckless his older brother was while he was married. He gave his wife and mistresses herpes.
S1, EP17 "Dr. Sudesh Kedar"
Fellow doctor and good friend of Yazeed Essa testified in his murder trial about the weeks following the death of his wife, Rosemarie. According to Dr. Sudesh Kedar, Yazeed told him about his infidelities and suggested that loneliness and going into hiding was best for him. This was just weeks before Yazeed fled the country. Jurors then learned about emails between the defendant and his good friend and colleague. The communication happened when Yazeed was living in exile after fleeing the U.S.
S1, EP13 "Secret Life Of Mistresses And Affairs"
Yazeed Essa's lifestyle was the focus of testimony from his brother who was on the stand. During his marriage to Rosemarie Essa, prosecutors said the defendant had numerous mistresses and he kept that a secret from his wife. Firas testified that, Rosie was special to him but he always had women around. Firas even claimed that at one time Yazeed had sex with 6 different women in a 24-hour period.
S1, EP12 "Firas Essa"
Yazeed Essa's defense began its cross-examination of his younger brother. Firas gave jurors more details about the events leading up to and following the death of his sister-in-law, Rosemarie. The jury could end up weighing the credibility of Yazeed's brother just as much as the defendant himself. What did they know about Rosemarie's death and everything that happened afterward?
S1, EP11 "Dealing With A U.S. Fugitive"
The brother of Yazeed Essa read a letter to Yazeed's mistress out loud in court. The State claimed it was the defendant's philandering ways that motivated him to use poisoned calcium pills to kill his wife, Rosemarie. Jurors learned of the Yazeed"s two main mistresses. Firas was testifying for a second day in a row. He denied covering up for his brother after he fled the country and became a U.S. fugitive for the murder of his wife.
S1, EP10 "Fleeing The Country"
Jurors learned of his plan to flee the country after his wife, Rosemarie, died of cyanide poisoning. On the stand was his brother, Firas, who helped him travel in three continents ending up in Lebanon, a country that had no extradition treaty with the U.S. prosecutors went into detail about the days and weeks following the death of Rosemarie. After it was undetermined how she died, police questioned her husband, Yazeed.
