“And isn’t all your testimony today really due to the Quinns’ money? You took a self-guided tour of their landmark home, coveting their priceless artifacts, because you want that life, correct? And when Billy felt smothered, you panicked, didn’t you? Isn’t it true my client said he wasn’t ready to talk about the future? But you wouldn’t let it go, correct? You pushed harder. So, he told you about a prenup, hoping to deter you, correct? But it didn’t. Instead, you continued to press him on a commitment, correct?”

“Objection! Badgering the victim.”

“Your Honor,” DeFiore says. “The defense is allowed to explore whether or not the victim’s outcry is truthful, as well as any motivation she may have for her claim of rape.”

“I’ll allow it, but rephrase your questions, and move away from this portion.”

“Thank you, Your Honor. Ms. Holly, in the previously identified texts, you remind my client that you love each other, and you beg him to ‘not do this,’ correct?”

“Objection to characterization of begging,” Anderson says.

“Overruled.”

“But he didn’t respond, which made you even more desperate. So you invited him to a party, where you could seduce him, correct? He didn’t want to come, but you kept pushing, correct? And when he finally showed up, you encouraged him to drink and smoke pot. And you drank so much you became uninhibited, correct? So uninhibited, you brought him to the playground and had sex with him. The same way you had all those other times, correct? But my client still refused to resume your relationship, correct? This hurt you, didn’t it? So you saw an opportunity. A nurse suggested you didn’t want to have sex, that you had been assaulted. And you thought, ‘I can make him pay for hurting me.’ So, you went along with the rape accusation. Yet the fact remains: there was no rape, correct? You drank until you blacked out. And you wanted to have sex because you wanted—”

“Objection!” Up on her feet, Maggie Fleming is railing, “Objection! The victim is clearly upset.” Meanwhile, Diana is sobbing. “No, this is not correct. Billy raped me. I said no.”

DeFiore is cool. “Your Honor, we are allowed to examine her motivations. However, we will stop for now. We have no more questions.”

McKay turns to Anderson. “Anything further from the State?”

“Yes, Your Honor.” Anderson asks Diana to clarify her testimony about the night of the party. He moves slowly through his questions, but Diana is too shell-shocked to answer. Mumbling incoherently, she confuses the sequence of events, and contradicts herself a few times, muddying her earlier statement. “I don’t know,” she keeps repeating. “I don’t know.”

Finally, Anderson gives up. “No more questions, Your Honor.”

“You may step down, Ms. Holly,” the judge tells her.

Blinking, she appears confused. Step down? That’s it? I’m done?