Cross-examination of Brian Kato Kaelin (part 5)

📄 Cross-examination of Brian Kato Kaelin (part 5) — Thursday, March 23, 1995

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Witness: Brian "Kato" Kaelin
Examiner: Robert Shapiro
Called by: Prosecution • Date: Thursday, March 23, 1995 • Utterances: 24

Shapiro cross-examines Kato Kaelin about OJ Simpson inviting Kaelin and his young daughter to a Pediatric AIDS charity event, attempting to establish OJ as a caring, family-oriented man. Clark objects repeatedly to relevance, but is overruled. The excerpt ends mid-line as Shapiro pivots to ask whether OJ shared the same desire to spend time with his children.

# 1 (THE FOLLOWING PROCEEDINGS WERE HELD IN OPEN COURT:)

# 2 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. YOU MAY CONTINUE.

# 3 Q:

BY MR. SHAPIRO: AND FOR THE PEDIATRIC AIDS --

# 4 MS. CLARK:

OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR. WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THIS.

# 5 THE COURT:

AT THIS POINT FINISH THE QUESTION.

# 6 Q:

BY MR. SHAPIRO: FOR THE PEDIATRIC AIDS, O.J. INVITED YOU AND YOUR DAUGHTER TO COME?

# 7 A:

YES.

# 8 Q:

DID YOU GO?

# 9 A:

YES.

# 10 Q:

HOW OLD IS YOUR DAUGHTER?

# 11 MS. CLARK:

OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR. WHAT IS THE RELEVANCE?

# 12 THE COURT:

OVERRULED.

# 13 Q:

BY MR. SHAPIRO: HOW OLD IS YOUR DAUGHTER?

# 14 A:

SHE WAS NINE AT THE TIME.

# 15 Q:

DOES SHE LIVE WITH YOU?

# 16 A:

NO.

# 17 Q:

I TAKE IT THAT WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE TO BE AROUND YOUR DAUGHTER THAT YOU LIKE TO SPEND AS MUCH TIME WITH HER AS YOU CAN?

# 18 A:

YES.

# 19 MS. CLARK:

YOUR HONOR, OBJECTION, RELEVANCE.

# 20 Q:

BY MR. SHAPIRO: AND WOULD YOU SAY --

# 21 MR. SHAPIRO:

FOUNDATIONAL.

# 22 Q:

WOULD YOU SAY THAT IS THE SAME FOR O.J.?

KEY QUOTE

# 23 THE COURT:

OVERRULED.

# 24 MS. CLARK:

ASK FOR AN OFFER OF PROOF.

KEY QUOTE

Temperature

procedural

Key Quotes (2)

Robert Shapiro

WOULD YOU SAY THAT IS THE SAME FOR O.J.?

The strategic pivot — Shapiro uses Kaelin's parental bond with his daughter as a mirror to humanize OJ and suggest he too was a devoted father.

Marcia Clark

ASK FOR AN OFFER OF PROOF.

Clark's last-ditch move after two overruled objections, signaling she sees Shapiro building toward a character-witness argument about OJ's fatherhood.

Evidence (1)

Informal

Pediatric AIDS charity event that OJ Simpson allegedly hosted and invited Kaelin and his daughter to attend

discussed

Notable Exchanges (1)

Robert Shapiro•Marcia Clark

Clark objects three times to Shapiro's line of questioning about Kaelin's daughter and OJ's relationship to fatherhood; Ito overrules each time. Clark escalates to requesting an offer of proof.

strategic

Objections

3 objections (0 sustained, 2 overruled)

Proceeding 5390 • 24 utterances • Prosecution witness

Criminal Trial

Department 103