The trial day centered on a motion hearing to preserve testimony from Rosa Lopez, a housekeeper claiming she was being driven to flee to El Salvador by media harassment. Prosecutor Darden systematically dismantled her credibility through cross-examination, exposing contradictions about flight reservations, her claimed English language barrier despite fluent responses, and evidence of coaching by the defense team. Despite the credibility problems, Judge Ito granted the motion to conditionally preserve her testimony, finding caution warranted against witness unavailability.

• Rosa Lopez underwent full conditional testimony hearing under Evidence Code 1335 after threatening to permanently flee to El Salvador
• Prosecutor Darden exposed multiple contradictions in Lopez's testimony about flight reservations and the timeline of when she made travel plans
• Travel agent Zulema Iida's testimony suggested Lopez may have been coached, as Lopez called her that morning before testifying to 'remind' her of a February 15th reservation
• Darden caught Lopez contradicting herself on the same day about when she actually booked her El Salvador departure
• Judge Ito granted the motion to preserve Lopez's testimony despite finding the record deeply contradictory
• Trial day ended in scheduling chaos when the judge forgot about Marcia Clark's childcare obligations and had to negotiate with Lopez to return Monday morning