you re there with your significant other, she s behind you texting her lover? they weren t repairing things. so gil had no reason to kill tom, the defense said because he didn t think the affair was over. reporter, james nani. linda admitted on the stand that up to the night before mr. kolman died that they had still seen each other, they had still spoken via text. i think that weakens the prosecution s narrative that there is an obsessive person that ll do anything to get this person, to get linda to go back into his arms. the defense was trying to say that you re telling tom one thing, you know, that you wanna patch things up, you re telling gilberto another, stringing him along. yeah, i was. was there any truth in that? or did you feel that was unfair? no. there was some truth to it cause, you know, i i was stringin him along.
linda told me she had had an affair with gil. she was crying on the phone, crying that this had happened and she didn t use the word, responsible, but i know that s what she felt. tom s daughter jillian, who d been close with her step-mom, was now furious. why would you do this, how could you be so irresponsible, just mad really and confused and trying to process, it took a long time to process. i stopped talking to linda at that point. linda s sister was also finding out about the the affair for the first time. she was just very sad and very upset. and i think embarrassed or ashamed for having been in a relationship other than her marriage. what did you tell her as the protective older sister? it s not your fault. she s blamed herself from that moment on. you didn t choose this. people have affairs.
kids away for the weekend. i think it was really that weekend that i realized that i just want i just wanna be with my husband. [light laughter] he s my best friend. i love him. i don t want i don t wanna do this anymore. i ve been stupid and foolish and ridiculous and it s i don t wanna do it anymore. you chose tom? i chose tom. a couple of weeks later, it was thanksgiving. still on friendly terms, gil shared the holiday with tom, linda and their family. monday, linda met with gil alone, but decided to postpone telling him their affair was over. what was that discussion like with gilberto? what did you tell him? the holidays are here. we have all these kids. like, we can t you know? after the holidays. and he was, like, okay, i ll wait for your decision, you know? do you think he knew?
far from a united front. tom s parents still weren t speaking to linda and tom s daughter, jillian, had limited contact with her while in town for the trial. i just knew i had to be there for as much of it as i could be. i needed that closure and i wanted to hear everything that i wasn t being told for all those years. gil s supporters were also there his new wife, employees and several loyal patients. zach sklar was one of them. why did you feel the need to be there? we live in a society where you re innocent until proven guilty. i saw nothing that would lead me to believe that this could possibly be true. and so i went there to support him, to show him particularly because he is dominican in a very white area, that there are people who will support him. but the prosecution s case would be difficult for gil s friends to hear. the state s theory, gil killed tom because he wanted linda all to himself.
they were like, do you think he could have? i was like, no, he would never do that to him. but after digesting what investigators told her, she realized there were signs of trouble with gil, and over several more talks with police she began revealing details that suggested their love triangle was far from tension free. in fact, linda said gil made it clear he was making long-term plans for them. in fact, he bought her a ring. we were having dinner and he proposed. and i was like, i can t. how did he take that? i know. i know. we have a lot to get through. i said yeah you re a little premature with that. it looked to investigators that gil was growing impatient.