Crash Into Me_ A Survivor's Search for Justice - Liz Seccuro [54]
ME: About two to three inches shorter than the hem I’m currently wearing.
QUAGLIANA: Okay. You—I take it that before—this is sort of a dumb question, but before you left the room, you put on the clothes that you could find, correct?
ME: Yes.
QUAGLIANA: Including your shoes, is that right?
ME: Yes.
QUAGLIANA: And you would testify that your foot had been injured the night before from having to try to kick the door down where your friend Hudson was, is that correct?
ME: Correct.
QUAGLIANA: And your toe had already, according to your account, begun to swell, is that right?
ME: Yes.
QUAGLIANA: And would you say you had trouble getting your feet into your shoes?
ME: I had trouble getting my right foot into my right shoe.
QUAGLIANA: Okay, and was your toe bleeding at that point?
ME: No.
QUAGLIANA: Okay. And when you put on your clothing, and particularly your skirt, did your skirt make contact with any blood, if you know?
ME: I stepped into it, so I’m not quite sure.
QUAGLIANA: Did you have other opportunities during the morning to examine yourself to ascertain your condition after this occurred?
ME: Certainly.
QUAGLIANA: Okay, and did you see any blood on your clothing?
ME: After sitting—subsequently sitting, that, yeah, there was a bit on the hem on the back.
QUAGLIANA: Okay. And tell me what injuries you would say you sustained as a result of this incident?
ME: My toe, which became, you know, just worse later on was most certainly broken and I know this because I was a classical ballerina and I had broken my toes many times. A few of my ribs were bruised. I had a bruise in the back of my head on the center left side and I had a contusion on my right cheekbone.
QUAGLIANA: Were there any other injuries?
ME: There had been—because I photographed them, I do recall just some fingerprints on my arms.
QUAGLIANA: [When] did you photograph your injuries?
ME: I photographed my injuries on Saturday.
QUAGLIANA: And do you still have those photographs?
ME: I do not.
QUAGLIANA: Okay, who did you show them to, if anybody?
ME: I didn’t take the photographs. My friend, who came down from D.C., took them. I showed them—I’m not sure who I showed them to.
QUAGLIANA: How long did you have the photographs after this incident occurred?
ME: For quite some years. I believe I lost track of them during my first marriage.
What I would give for those pictures now!
QUAGLIANA: How many photographs were there?
ME: I’m not sure.
QUAGLIANA: Was it a stack or two or three?
ME: No, it was not a stack. No, it was more like four or five photos.
QUAGLIANA: Okay. Was there anything damaged with regard to your mouth.
ME: No, not that I recall.
QUAGLIANA: And when you say you had a contusion on your cheek, what did that look like?
ME: It merely looked like a small bruise and it was visible, but easily covered up with makeup.
QUAGLIANA: Okay. And when you say that there were fingerprints on your arm, what did that look like?
ME: They looked like blue bruises. They looked like fingerprints.
QUAGLIANA: And was that on one arm or on both arms?
ME: There were more on my right arm than on my left arm.
QUAGLIANA: Okay. Was any of your clothing torn?
ME: No.
QUAGLIANA: Were you having your menstrual period during this time?
ME: I was not.
QUAGLIANA: Okay. And when you left the house, I think you testified that it was daylight and about eight A.M., is that correct?
ME: Between eight and nine to my best recollection.
QUAGLIANA: Okay, could it have been any later than that?
ME: It could have.
QUAGLIANA: But you believe it was sometime prior to, say, noon for sure?
ME: Yes, because I saw people—I saw people on their way to class as I was walking.
QUAGLIANA: And you left the house on the exit that takes you out to Rugby Road, is that correct?
ME: No, I left the house on the exit that takes me to Madison Lane.
QUAGLIANA: Okay. And did you walk down Madison Lane?
DAVE CHAPMAN: Judge, I’m going to object to this scope of the examination. We ceased asking questions upon her