watching in the gallery, nissim's girlfriend, neketa roberts, and their daughter, imani. >> are theree defense needs to call at this time? >> reporter: cindy would be the first, telling the judge that, yes indeed, a tape would tell the story of what happened. but not the undercover dea tape. at was nonsense, she said. the true tape, the one that told the honest story of what she went through that day back in 2008, was her recorded 911 call. after she shot nissim. >> oh my god, oh my god, oh my god. >> reporter: that was the true cindy, the defense said, tearing out of the house, hysterical, panic-stricken, telling the operator she was sure he was going shoot her. >> i thought he was gonna fire at me. so i fired and then i run. i -- i panicked, i panicked, please help me. >> reporter: sitting here on the witness stand, cindy swore her story was the same now as the one she told the cops from the start, that she was home alone when nissim, showed up uninvited. and attacked her. >> he got aggravated and aggressive with me and he grabbed me by my shirt. >> and it was at that point in time