Cross-examination of Brian Kato Kaelin (part 5)

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

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TRIAL

▲ Day 44 of 167

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Witness: Brian "Kato" Kaelin
Examiner: Robert Shapiro
Called by: Prosecution • Date: Thursday, March 23, 1995 • Lines: 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. Shapiro completes the question asking whether the same was true for OJ; Ito overrules, and Clark asks for an offer of proof.

# 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.

Notable Exchanges (1)

Robert Shapiro•Marcia Clark

Clark raises two objection episodes during Shapiro's questioning about Kaelin and his daughter; Ito directs counsel to finish the question after the first and overrules the second, a relevance objection. Clark later asks for an offer of proof.

strategic

Objections

3 objections (0 sustained, 2 overruled)

Proceeding 5390 • 24 lines • Prosecution witness

Criminal Trial

Department 103