We're back in court for another day and things don't look good for Damian Cain. Xavier and Wolff seem to have found virtually every girl that Damian has slept with in the last decade. They're all taking the stand and testifying that Damian left them hurt and jaded. It's like the same story is coming out of each of their mouths and it's not looking good. We know that none of this proves anything, but the jury might be feeling swayed in the direction of hating him. I'm wishing Damian could've warned us about just how many girls he had sex with and then dumped so that we wouldn't feel so blindsided by their testimony. Of course, we didn't think the opposing counsel would use these women as evidence of his reputation. I should've thought to ask him about all the other women, or anybody that might've had a grudge against him. I wish I would've known that the prosecutors would go there.

Again, it's a competency thing with me. I have to win this case. This goes on record with the firm as the first case I'll have won since my promotion. And Marcus needs to step it up too, considering he's new also.   

I look at Jason and Marcus and I can tell we're thinking the same thing. This isn't good. But before we can discuss a new tactic for overcoming this hurdle, the prosecuting attorneys bring in old business rivals of Damian's to testify against him. One after the other they say that Damian was unethical and immoral in dealing with them. They say he's got a mean streak and that they witnessed it. This is all defaming his character and it's probably making the jury think he's more capable of such a serious crime as murder than they may have previously thought. It's like everything we're working to prove has gone out the window. If I don't get a handle on this thing we may lose.

I write a note to Jason and Marcus, "What are we going to do?"

They look at me and shrug their shoulders like they don't know and they too realize how badly this could go.

Before we know it things go from bad to worse. Damian, who is sitting next to me gets just furious at what one of his ex-business partners is saying.

He yells out of turn, "That's not fucking true, Bobby! You're such a liar. You just can't get over all the money you lost by not investing with me. Get over it man, you are such a loser!"

And then Damian does the worst thing ever; he tries to lunge at the guy, just seeing all rage. In the process, he knocks me over and it looks just terrible in court, like a circus or something. Jason and Marcus are immediately at my side, and even Xavier comes over and I see the worried looks on their faces. All of them look like they want to kill Damian for doing this.

"I'm fine. I'm fine. Thanks."

I take Xavier's hand and let him help me up. He checks to make sure I'm ok. Then he returns to his table.

How am I going to approach this with the judge and jury?

"Thank you all, I am fine. I guess we see here what the threat of prison does to an innocent man. Just consider for a moment if you will, that you are my client, Damian, sitting here as an innocent man looking at prison, and there was a host of people defaming your character and telling lies, and you feel convicted by that alone instead of by proof of any crime. It is not crime, ladies, and gentlemen, to make a host of bad business deals, or to break up with some of your girlfriends. These acts are not proof that my client laid an abusive hand on Emma. If it were proof enough then we wouldn't still be here, the case would be closed.

The prosecution is fumbling for answers in light of the fact that they have no feasible evidence, that is always what character defamation means, it means they've got nothing on our client and despite his outrage and uncourteous behavior in court today, it doesn't mean he is guilty of this crime."

My statement seems to make a difference, and the jury seems impressed, the judge seems impressed, and most importantly to me, the looks on Marcus, Jason, and even Xavier's face tells me that I have done a good job setting the course right again in court today. Damian has proved to be an unruly client, but I do not want this trial to look like a joke. There's so much media attention on this that I have to keep things sailing smooth. I hope above hope, that the fact that Damian is innocent is enough here, but a part of me doubts that it is. We are going to have to come up with concrete evidence before anyone will see the light of truth here. We just have to find something real to go on, otherwise, this case may be lost. I have Damian's entire future in my hands, and it's up to me and my team to pull out all the stops and to get this thing locked into place. It's also up to us, to prove, for Emma, that someone else is the perpetrator.