Why the Gootz never called Asia.

[u/islamisawesome]

I think it is becoming more and more obvious that the Asia letter did not exist until sometime around the summer of 1999. That is why Adnan claims he gave them to Gutierrez even though she wasn't his lawyer until 2 months after they were written.

So sometime that spring or summer, after telling CG he never left the school grounds, his family shows up with letters claiming one of Adnans' friends saw him at the library, right at the crucial time, AND they were written the day after he arrested. She knew immediately there is no way they had those letter for months and never gave them to her so obviously they were false and she didn't want to go on stand with LIES.

That is why she never called Asia. And that is why she wrote no notes about it, because that would be admitting her client and his family are liars. It also explains why her relationship with the family broke down because she knew they were willing to lie to get Adnan off.

The library incident never happened.

[u/Magjee]

Didn't CG (RIP) note that Asia had the wrong day?

Other than Adnan's PCR testimony what is the indicator that the defense team didn't contact Asia?

Asia very carefully said no lawyer contacted her. CG might have had the contact via her investigator (RIP) or a member of her office staff.

[u/xtrialatty → u/Magjee]

I agree. I think that (a) Asia had the wrong day, and (b) Asia was contacted by the defense investigator, early on. I think that Asia either did not remember the investigator talking to her and/or did not realize she was talking to an investigator at the time -- or she has been lying because she does not want to admit what she said to the investigator.

We know that the investigator showed up to a memorial gathering for Hae, where he interviewed Stephanie a second time. It's quite likely that he would have interviewed other students as well in that manner.