How so? It's an absurd situation that you're more likely to hear told in a stand up comedy routine than a court room. If I were in there I'd probably chuckle too
I agree, and it frankly is kind of funny, but jury trials are all about perception. He's trying to prove that he was the victim of abuse and that his career was damaged by her defamation of his character. He already slipped up the other day by saying he wouldn't take a job doing PotC 6 even if Disney offered it to him: that gave her lawyers ammo to say "Well he's the one turning down jobs: How is that her fault?"
If the jury sees him laughing about the abuse he suffered, even something this trivial, then they're less likely to take it seriously. That shouldn't be the case, but it is.
He's not doing himself any favors by laughing at that where the jury can see him.
Just saying.
How so? It's an absurd situation that you're more likely to hear told in a stand up comedy routine than a court room. If I were in there I'd probably chuckle too
I agree, and it frankly is kind of funny, but jury trials are all about perception. He's trying to prove that he was the victim of abuse and that his career was damaged by her defamation of his character. He already slipped up the other day by saying he wouldn't take a job doing PotC 6 even if Disney offered it to him: that gave her lawyers ammo to say "Well he's the one turning down jobs: How is that her fault?"
If the jury sees him laughing about the abuse he suffered, even something this trivial, then they're less likely to take it seriously. That shouldn't be the case, but it is.
While I'd agree with that usually, there's much more heinous evidence presented in this case, like the finger incident and her admitting she hit him.
Or the fact that she shit on the bed and blamed the dog.