his office affair with shannon crowley. ven revealed that when he heard something had happened to denita, he immediately suspected shannon. >> and one of the things that popped in my head based on my recent interactions with shannon was that maybe she had done something. >> he told everything on the stand. >> but he didn't hold back. >> no. he really didn't hold back. the story is out. so you have to go ahead and tell the truth because if you don't, you look like a liar now. >> so in that sense, jermeir did do the right thing. >> he did. >> the defense argued shannon was being framed for a murder jermeir, alone, committed. >> shannon crowley's lawyers trying to paint jermeir as a crooked cop. you know, everything kind of elevates shannon crowley as she couldn't do anything like this. it has to be this bad cop over here. >> i didn't know what he had done. and i didn't know what he was going to do to me. >> it's often considered risky for a murder defendant to take the stand. but shannon crowley insisted on telling her story.