obstacles? >> everything came back to the recording. >> instead he led jurors in a different direction, beverly's personal life. >> you said this case is about secret lives. what did you mean by that? >> in order for our defense to be correct, she would have to be living a life was basically secretly doing something that other people didn't know about. >> here's where louis's story got even stranger. he was no longer implying that he had sex with beverly. >> he claims he was out of the house at the time? >> that's what he said, yes. >> louis said the tryst was between beverly and crystal. he said beverly accidentally died during rough sex. >> she died while with -- with his wife and he was only just protecting his wife and trying to cover up for her. >> to further bolster this story james suggested to the jury that beverly had been prone to poor judgment. he pointed out that she was broke but driving a brand new cadillac and getting expensive plastic surgery. >> i'm just saying she made some bad decisions, maybe she made another one.