videotape yourself while having sex? yes. and whose desire was for that to take place? at his. defense expert alice violet who co-authored a book about battered women suggesting emails from travis friends to jodi showed travis took advantage of women. they advised her to move on from the relationship, that mr. alexander has been abusive to women. reporter: that testimony, heard by millions, and the jury, was stricken by the judge. jodi s defense lawyers never called to the stand the authors of those emails chris and sky hughes who say their words were twisted by the defense. it doesn t exist. the abuse does not exist. reporter: what is it like to see your words used as a murder defense when the victim was your friend? it s got gut wrenching. they are using our words to make
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