you can have harassing phone calls. they are all against the law and blogosphere and twitter to actually stand up to some of these people, trying to ruin her name, i think it s nothing short of pathetic. if you want to be law and order, respect law and order. jean, real quick, i want you to weigh in on the possibility that there may be other experts awaiting their turn on the witness stand who may think twice because of what has happened to laviolette. well, let s talk about the penalty phase. friends, family, associates to come to try and save her life, maybe they decide it s not worth it and not show up. i want to say very quickly, some of the juror questions are very personal to laviolette. i mean, do you hate men,
the jodi arias murder trial has become such a huge case that even the witnesses are getting thrown into the national spotlight but not in the way that they d like to. the defense s domestic violence expert, alyce laviolette has been on the stand for 11 days now and in that time she s been absolutely ee viscerated online. cnn ted rowlands has this story. reporter: prosecutor juan martinez isn t the only one going after alyce laviolette. the domestic violence expert has become the target of trial watchers who want to see arias convicted. on twitter, the attacks are nearly constant while she s on the stand. many of them personal and extremely profane. on amazon.com, laviolette s
reporter: gus who testified in january on her behalf, he says he was not prepared for the hate mail he received after getting off the stand. i had no idea there would be so much character assassination associated with it. reporter: alyce laviolette is going to finish her testimony today leaving the stand for testimony that is going to bring out unwanted enemies. cnn, ted rowlands, phoenix. alyce laviolette is going to be answering more jury questions. with every new day comes harassment online. one of her friends told the arizona republic that she s getting angry phone calls and e-mails at her office in long beach, california. one of them so serious that her colleagues had to call the police. in fact, her friends servnt hero the hospital for anxiety and
heart palpitation. she ended her testimony early last week due to illness. wednesday she had dinner with her defense attorney and someone followed her, took photos of her, and posted the photos online. it is quite a new phenomena. i want to bring in jean casarez who is outside the courthouse in phoenix and criminal defense attorney jose baez who defended casey anthony. jean, you re there every day. you see the throngs of people who come from out of state, a long way away, to watch this trial. but even you as a regular court watcher and reporter, this has to be surprising to you, the level to which people have gone to harass this witness. i ve never seen this level. i truly have not. and sitting in that courtroom we continually see laviolette along with the defense attorney go through the door to the judge s
0 leftover peanut butter? it s actually back in the fridge. reporter: waiting for oden, the german shepherd, when he wants second. careful what you eat out of their fridge. who cares about peanut butter and jelly. we prefer peanut butter and shepherd. jeanne moos, cnn. it s so funny. reporter: new york. i don t know what to say. i m carol costello. have a great weekend. cnn newsroom continues right now. hello, everyone. i m ashleigh banfield and we begin with a story line that we re hearing all too frequently about lately, teenagers, allegations of sex assault, cell phone photos, social media, and now suicide. gone is this girl, 15-year-old audrey putt. she hanged herself after learning about being sexually assaulted while drumpg ank and d out. here is cnn s affiliate kgo. reporter: all of the 16-year-olds are accused of attacking audrie pott. i hope that they are brought to justice. reporter: on december 2nd of last year, audrie was at an unsupervised house party.