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There are so many holes in Erin's story that I can't even. The kids said that they weren't at the lunch because there "adult things" to discuss, yet Erin is saying the kids weren't interested? Yet she hosted the lunch because the kids enjoyed the last one they had with their grandparents? Tasted the blend, thought it was bland, added dried mushrooms "Now I think that there was a possibility that there were foraged ones in there as well," but doesn't taste it again afterwards to double check?!
I NEED POPCORN.
I get the impression she's a compulsive liar that might not even know what the truth is herself. That was what made it so weird initially, when I read the story I assumed it was an accidental poisoning, it was really just her not giving a straight account of where the mushrooms came from that made it look sus. If she'd just gone with "oops, I foraged mushrooms and obviously made a terrible mistake" it probably would have just been another tragic story of mushrooming gone wrong.
Absolutely! She can't seem to do anything without a lie being exposed, nothing she says is straight. Someone yesterday called that she'd bring her eating disorder into it and claim she threw up lunch and that's why she wasn't as sick as the others and that's exactly what she's just done.
I think that's why she's on the stand, to clear things up but instead it's a fucking car crash. ๐ฟ
I honestly wish I could see what's happening because everything is saying is just mental and nothing seems to line up.
Why did her legal team think it was a good idea to put her on the stand? The prosecution is going to destroy her credibility.
She's destroying what little she has just with her own lawyer! I wonder who had the idea of putting her up there.
I need popcorn as well! I know it's morbid, but I'm really interested in true crime and court proceedings - I usually get my fix from US YouTube videos of courts. My favourite are when narcissists self-represent and get into the witness box.
It's refreshing to have an Aus court proceedings so well documented!
Idk what Erin was thinking, I want to give her the benefit of the doubt and believe it was manslaughter, but... It's really sounding like she knocked them off purposefully.
I honestly feel like I can't look away and honestly, I'm not that big into true crime or court proceedings. I can understand how riveting they are they though!
I thought she was having the lunch to ask her relatives how to tell her kids she had cancer?
Yeah, so many holes.