escoto was a man with a history escoto was a man with a history of mooching off girlfriends.s. this former lover testified she this former lover testified she supported escoto for years. supported escoto for years. >> how much money did you give >> how muc him a month? him a month? >> approximately $1,500. >> approximately $1,500. >> go figure, the state said. >> go figure, the state said. for whatever reason, women threw for whatever reason, w gifts at escoto. giat one bought him the motorcycle, one bought him the motorcycle, another a car. another a car. but still another former lover but still another former lover who also supported him for years who also supported him for years would be the prosecution's star would be the prosecution's star witness. witness. >> yolanda serrio. >> yolanda serrio. >> the prosecution argued she was the girlfriend with intimate knowledge of how escoto carried out this brutal crime. she had been given immunity in exchange for her testimony here. wiping away tears she recounted how it all started, how she fell hard for the defendant she thought

for whatever reason, women threw for whatever reason, w gifts at escoto. gifts at escoto.otorcycle, one bought him the motorcycle, another a car. another a car. but still another former lover but still another former lover who also supported him for years who also supported him for years would be the prosecution's star would be the prosecution's star witness. witness. >> yolanda serrio. >> yolanda serrio. >> the prosecution argued she was the girlfriend with intimate knowledge of how escoto carried out this brutal crime. she had been given immunity in exchange for her testimony here. wiping away tears she recounted how it all started, how she fell hard for the defendant she thought to be a charmer. >> have you ever had a man you thought you could share your life with? >> i thought it was michel. >> only to realize he was dumping her for the younger, more attractive wendy. yolanda then said she confronted escoto in this restaurant parking lot and heard for the first time that his impending marriage to wendy was all a sham. that in the end he would come back to yolanda with

under cross-examination by escoto, he explained just why it was he suspected escoto of killing his wife before you killed her, to get the life insurance. to me, that was very clear. >> judge, give me a second. i want to say something that i shouldn't. e. >> escoto lost it. >> objection. >> see all those guys. >> had mr. nerd inadvertently shown the jury the lava boiling within? that threat won a contempt of court citation from the judge. >> be quiet! >> what appeared to be near disaster for the defendant could be spun as a play to his advantage. >> i think one of the important advantages that he has here is that human connection that he's getting, standing up there. with every witness who says you're a murderer, you're this, you're that, him not backing down. he has never backed down. >> escoto, the hapless underdog, still needed to convince jurors he was not violent. especially when it came to women, wendy in particular. >> i'm going to be as gentle as i can, judge. >> he carefully questioned his former mother-in-law. he may have won points when he got her to admit that wendy had once