capsized in the choppy water. she told police she couldn t find him. it was april after an especially cold winter so the water was only about 40 degrees. rescue crews searched the river for viafore. no luck. graswald who is a u.s. permanent resident but a latvian citizen, described the scene to a reporter. i saw him struggling a little bit. he was trying to figure out how to paddle the waves, because they were again, crazy. and then i just saw him flip. reporter: but the police don t believe that story. graswald is charged with second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. the indictment alleges that as viafore reached for his paddle to save his own life graswald pulled it away. richard portale is angelika graswald s defense lawyer. did your client try to save her fiance that night on river? well i think she did, but
some webcam cameras there in the park? why, gentlemen, there are web cams in the park but they re pointed at certain popular locations in the park, views of the lake, the headquarters, and from what we have discovered, there are no webcams up in that area up in the loop area. all right. thanks so much. and with me now former prosecutors richard portale and steve razor and now both defense attorneys. richard a lot of people are wondering why this woman is not in yale. should she be in jail? absolutely not. the bail reform act is there for a reason. there are standards. the government let her wander about freely in the community for two months after she confessed and had no new evidence when they made the motion. she said basically that, you know, he pushed her and she
here, we have someone taking responsibility in a very public way sending a message to people. both of you guys are taking a side when there really was outrage. you know what, as far as i m concerned, an arraignment is an arraignment. i understand how the public would be non-lawyers and say hey, walt a minute, this guy played the system. but here s the more interesting i shall shoe to me. do we now have social media being used as a way to confess to a crime in the hopes of getting a belter offer from the prosecution or the court. my position doesn t change. if people can use social media to affect positive change and potentially right the wrong, they re committed if they re serious about it. if you re trying to play the system, it s a different story. but if you can use it for positive change to try to fix something that you ve done, i don t have a problem with it. richard, are we in a scenario
here, we have someone taking responsibility in a very public way sending a message to people. both of you guys are taking a side when there really was outrage. you know what, as far as i m concerned, an arraignment is an arraignment. i understand how the public would be non-lawyers and say hey, walt a minute, this guy played the system. but here s the more interesting i shall shoe to me. do we now have social media being used as a way to confess to a crime in the hopes of getting a belter offer from the prosecution or the court. my position doesn t change. if people can use social media to affect positive change and potentially right the wrong, they re committed if they re serious about it. if you re trying to play the system, it s a different story. but if you can use it for positive change to try to fix something that you ve done, i don t have a problem with it. richard, are we in a scenario
former prosecutor richard portale, new a defense attorney. is this a he said she said situation, richard, or do you think the prosecution has a case here? they have a rock solid case. why? the confession is rock solid. it s likely to be true. she lied several times two day was a she lied to prosecutors or at least to the law enforcement about a text message she said she received from mr. johnson. we know she lied because just after that, she sent another text message to her friending i m going to see him. and the first text message was allegedly from him saying i m going away with a friend and she doesn t have it. right. then she comes home and sees him getting into the car. the reason is to cover up for the murder.