Jane Doe 5 testified Thursday in the sexual misconduct trial of former NFL tight end Kellen Winslow. She detailed two incidents in which the defendant performed lewd acts at her. First, he stroked himself in front of her while she was using an exercise machine at a gym, and second, there was an incident weeks later when he was masturbating at the jacuzzi, she said. During cross-examination, defense lawyer Marc Carlos pressed her on whether she saw what she claimed.
#KellenWinslow – Jane Doe #5, 77-years-old, said Winslow stood right in front of her, in front of the machine she was using. She said his penis was erect. “Do you see this, so you like it?” Defense atty Marc Carlos questions why she didn’t report to a manager, pic.twitter.com/TopTOM3vY6
— Cathy Russon (@cathyrusson) May 30, 2019
#KellenWinslow – JD #5 under cross. The jacuzzi had a lot of bubbles, chemical foam. She wasn’t able to see what Winslow was exactly doing under water. His hands were under the water, right shoulder moving up & down. “You don’t know if he was rubbing his leg or anything?” yes pic.twitter.com/BwhGUv6G0Q
— Cathy Russon (@cathyrusson) May 30, 2019
Prosecutors say Winslow raped three women in incidents dating back years, and also preformed lewd acts involving two others.
There’s been a bit of theme among analysts appearing on the Law&Crime Network so far. They’ve often touched on whether prosecutors packaging the five cases together helps or hurts each individual case. On one hand, the collection of alleged wrongdoing seems to indicate a pattern. The alleged victims tend to be older. Doe 5 is 77. Only Jane Doe 4, who was 17 when she was allegedly raped in 2003, is below the age of 50. On the other hand, perceived weaknesses in a case might, at the very least, fail to buttress the allegations in another. For example, Jane Doe 1 misidentified Winslow in a preliminary hearing last year. During the trial, the defense tried to call her memory in question.
Defense lawyer Ecleynne Mercy construed the cross-examination as a boon for Winslow’s legal team.
“He was able to really stump her on really fundamental parts of her testimony to prove that, hey, what she thought saw, she probably just thought she saw it, and it wasn’t what really actually happened,” she said.
Mercy said she didn’t know why prosecutors even put this case in the trial.
“Personally, I think they should’ve kept it to just Jane Doe number 4,” she said. “But I think what they thought she [5] would add to the case, actually took away from the case. It brought more question marks. It brought more doubt.”
Jane Doe 4 testified Wednesday.
#KellenWinslow – Jane Doe #4 says Winslow was holding onto her hair, she was trying to push him off with her hands, she was telling him to stop, she was crying. (This is in 2003) pic.twitter.com/V2FedXote1
— Cathy Russon (@cathyrusson) May 29, 2019
#KellenWinslow – JD #4 said Winslow finally stopped because Matt kept telling him to stop. “Kellen gets off of me, I see somebody else standing by him that wasn’t Matt.” Kellen left the room and Matt started to help her get dressed. Kellen returned, “She’s just a stupid bitch” pic.twitter.com/sSjDK9ET4k
— Cathy Russon (@cathyrusson) May 29, 2019
[Screengrab via Law&Crime Network]
