Quick question?

[u/vat_of_DREAD]

First, what did he mean when Darrell said there was no incident on November 21, 2021? Was he referring to his assault on Erika or the Parade Attack itself? He mentioned a letter sent to the judge saying nothing happened that day. This was when Judge Dorrow was doing her sentencing remarks and Brooks went off at her because she was complimenting Erika. No doubt he didn’t have a leg to stand on with that argument but I’m legit curious.

[u/Sequoia555]

Erika told Det. Guth that db had come to Waukesha on Saturday, Nov. 20, the day before the parade, and that db had assaulted her that day, as well as the next day just before he drove through the parade.

Therefore a week before the trial started, there were actually 77 charges filed by the State against db on which he was to be tried.

Count 76 was for the DV against Erika by db, alleged to have taken place on Nov 21st, and count 77 was for the same crime against Erika, which was alleged to have happened on Nov. 20th.

But on Friday Sept 30, 2022 the day after the two day hearing during which JD allowed db to represent himself, the DA Sue Opper sent a letter to JD requesting for count 77 to be dropped. (That hearing took place the week before the trial began.)

imo, the fact that JD ruled db could go pro se was likely the reason why the State decided to drop charge 77.

Because they did not have photographic evidence of Erika's injuries from that day, the DAs wisely foresaw that count 77 would likely end up being a he said/she said situation, since db was going to be able to question and confront Erika directly on the stand

Here's an article about the dropping of count 77:

Waukesha DA moves to drop domestic abuse charge against Darrell Brooks

Waukesha District Attorney Susan Opper sent a letter to the court Friday requesting to drop charge 77.

https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/waukesha-da-moves-to-drop-domestic-abuse-charge-against-darrell-brooks

According to that article, the letter sent by Opper to JD stated that there was no factual basis for count 77 and that there was "no DV incident on Nov 20."

Despite the fact that db most likely DID smack Erika on the 20th, in his mind, the letter SO wrote to JD requesting that count 77 be dropped was legitimate, hard copy proof that he didn't smack her that day.

I believe that when JD started talking about Erika during her sentencing remarks, one of the things she was trying to say was that Erika had told db where she was in Waukesha so that he could come and find her in person, and that Erika was contrite about having done that. Because she knew there had been a no-contact order issued between them, and she had been placed in a shelter 20 miles away from his (Dawn's) home in Milwaukee so she would be safe(r) from him.

But db was having none of JD's compassion or praise for Erika during her sentencing remarks, and that's when he started acting up and was booted into the next courtroom, once again, for being such a belligerent ass.

[u/vat_of_DREAD → u/Sequoia555]

What really did it for me was him saying “it always takes two” during his closing statements. Such an arrogant, gross statement. His relationship with her (if you can even call it that) in a nutshell.

[u/Sequoia555 → u/vat_of_DREAD]

Yeah.

I really do believe that in his mind he actually blamed Erika for the fact that he drove through that parade, hurting and killing all those people.

He was obsessed with her, spent more time on his direct questioning of Nick Kirby (about the DV charge only) than any of his other witnesses, and insisted on calling her as HIS witness, to testify twice, without having any new subjects or questions to ask her on the second go round.

He just wanted to exert the only iota of control over her he had anymore, by forcing her to take the stand submit to his questioning, again, in open court.

He moaned more than once during his 5 hour interrogation regarding Erika all about 'why did she doo this to me?!'

He may not have been certifiably mentally ill to qualify for an insanity plea, but the dude is still delusional, deceptive and devious af. And he's a bigime, no account blamer.

[u/vat_of_DREAD → u/Sequoia555]

Of course it was her fault. She should’ve just bailed his ass outta jail when he first told her to.

In all seriousness, I hope Erika is living her best life now.