when you lie to a jury, when your witnesses lie, get on that stand, especially police officer, and lie, the jury s not going to forgive you. and he lied. reporter: well, maybe, but the defense still had to account for the prosecution s strongest evidence against cara. her shifting versions, her many different stories about what happened. my story didn t change. i just got it out of sequence. he came in the door. he raped me. he was enraged. he came in the door, and he yelled at me. he left. he came back. it was just the same thing just a little muddled. it was a little more than muddled. things happened at different times in different tellings basically, right? i just got things out of sequence. hm. i was in shock. i was scared out of my mind. i had never seen him like that. reporter: at the trial, attorney futerman had an expert attorney futerman trauma can affect how you remember things.
you say he assaulted you. what, he raped you? he did things against my will. yes. then, cara told the detectives, j.j. dressed and drove off, and she called him six times, to try to get him to calm down. i called him right away and i told him how sorry i was, and how it s not serious with scott, and that i was going to call it off. and a few minutes later, when he came storming back into the house, cara said she knew exactly who it was. i heard him come through the door and he told me he was going to kill me or he was going to make it to where nobody would ever want me again and he came in the room and that s when i grabbed the gun. a story which, as you ll see, would be rather important later. after they heard it, the detectives sent cara to the rape crisis center. but the results there? only raised more questions. and something she said, while
maybe cara ryan was a victim who defended herself. and maybe she was something else altogether. what i m asking you for is consent for us to go in there. okay? obviously it s a crime scene right now. what really happened in this little house by the beach, in paradise? coming up cara was about to tell her story in greater detail, but it would only raise more questions. i thought maybe i had grazed him. i said, why isn t the ambulance leaving and deputy vaughn said, he doesn t need an ambulance. and i thought, oh, [bleep], now he s really going to be mad. wait, did cara know the man she d shot? who was she talking about? when dateline continues.
for an examination at a rape crisis center. later, they looked at the tapes of cara, recorded during that drive to the station. did she appear to be emotionally battered or anything? i mean, if you watch the in-car camera, she s just kind of casually talking with him about being in the law enforcement community and knowing different people. yaz was on my husband s softball team. it was just kind of, you know, general conversation. she didn t seem so upset in that video. it was around 2:00 a.m. at police headquarters when cara revealed why j.j. was at her place that night, even though he d left her, moved out, three weeks earlier. it was quite a story. remember, cara met a new man after the breakup with j.j. also a sheriff s deputy, his name was scott. scott holderbaum. for a week or so, you were seeing this guy. you were having some it was fun. it was fun. i was giddy. i was like a school kid and i my teacher in the room next to me, i d run over there and say, he just te
officers of the pinellas county sheriff s office was not simple at all. maybe cara ryan was a victim who defended herself. and maybe she was something else altogether. what i m asking you for is consent for us to go in there. okay? obviously it s a crime scene right now. what really happened in this little house by the beach, in paradise? coming up cara was about to tell her story in greater detail, but it would only raise more questions. i thought maybe i had grazed him. i said, why isn t the ambulance leaving and deputy vaughn said, he doesn t need an ambulance. and i thought, oh, [bleep], now he s really going to be mad. wait, did cara know the man she d shot? who was she talking about? when in the bedroom continues. new pronamel mineral boost helps protect teeth against everyday acids. pronamel boosts enamel s natural absorption of calcium and phosphate - helping keep teeth strong, white