>> reporter: while violet's testimony was calmed and measured, the vitamriol was anything about. she was personally attacked and a petition was started to stop her from speaking in conferences and the reason battered women say with their accusers was hit with online mud slinging reviews. >> she got hundreds and thousands of those kind of remarks over the internet. people calling her office, threatening her, they had to call the police. if i were to walk up her in the halfway of the courtroom and say i don't like your testimony and i may hurt you, and i'm going to try to ruin your career, that is a felony. >> reporter: and she wasn't the only target. michael kiever reported that jodi's lawyer also received threats. jodi also took to social media with a twitter account that drew more than 51,000 followers. she did it through a friend she