- Having fired his lawyer, Tim Heidecker's murder trial continues as he represents himself. The prosecution continues to hear testimony from witnesses, one of which is taken very personally by Heidecker.
- The second day opens with an announcement by Heidecker that he has fired Dwyer as his attorney, and will instead be representing himself for the rest of the trial. D.A. Rosetti objects, but Judge Szymczyk-despite his own reservations-permits it, as it is Heidecker's constitutional right. However, he is informed that he will be held to the same standards of decorum as any lawyer. Heidecker gives his own opening statement, a bizarre and rambling affair where he denounces the trial as a sham, blames Sanchez for everything, claims a victim told him the night of the festival it wasn't his fault, and attempts to influence the jury by offering to boost their music careers if they acquit him.
The prosecution's first witness of the day is Detective Bill Ellis (Saale), a veteran of the San Bernadino County Sheriff's Department who responded to the Electric Sun Festival. Ellis describes how he saw Sanchez attempting to administer more vape to a dying victim to cancel out the first vape, and subsequently detained them. A video of Sanchez's interrogation by Ellis at the sheriff's station was played, where Sanchez explained how he worked with Heidecker to create the vape juice's formula and what went into it. Ellis also confirms that he retrieved multiple documents at the festival and in the ensuing investigation proving that Heidecker bought and paid for synthetic narcotics from China for the vape juice through the "Tom Cruise Heidecker Memorial Arts Fund." The Arts Fund, as well as many other shell companies Heidecker owns, are revealed to be funded by two million-dollar life insurance policies Heidecker took out on his infant son Tom Cruise Heidecker, who died at age two.
Heidecker attempts to cross-examine Ellis, though his first attempt-insinuating that Ellis may have been intoxicated at the time-is incoherent. He then speculates that the interrogation video was abridged to remove exonerating information, but Judge Szymczyk shuts down that line of questioning. Heidecker's line of questioning pivots towards his belief that the Chinese company sold him tainted chemicals, which the D.A.'s office covered up for reasons of political correctness. His questions about said "Chinese connection," however, are continually blocked by prosecution objections on foundation, speculation, and badgering the witness.
The prosecution's second witness is Dr. Gerard Kearny (Sowa), the county medical examiner. He ascertained the victims' cause of death was due to nervous system shutdown and cardiac arrest, and concludes that it is consistent with the effects of ingesting the chemicals found in the vape pens. During Heidecker's cross-examination of Kearny, he points out that one of the victims (named Shawn Levin) died of a heroin overdose at the festival and not from the vape pens. Heidecker makes a show of pulling Levin's photograph off a bulletin board in the courtroom with photos of the deceased "Electric Sun 20" and throwing it away. His attempt to question Kearny's credibility by comparing him to Dr. San is shot down by prosecution objections.
The third witness is Gregg Turkington, Heidecker's co-host in "On Cinema" and co-star in "Decker." Turkington testifies about Heidecker's partnership with Sanchez and promotion of products like the vape pens, though he frequently veers off to complain about how it damaged the show's ratings or Turkington's contributions to the show. Clips are shown of Heidecker endorsing and demonstrating the vape pen on "On Cinema." Turkington also blames Sanchez's influence over Heidecker for Tom Cruise Heidecker's death, specifically convincing Heidecker to avoid vaccinations and mainstream medicine for his son. Throughout the trial, but especially throughout Turkington's testimony, Heidecker is belligerent, making obnoxious noises in the background and constantly making spurious objections (almost all of which are overruled).
Heidecker's cross-examination of Turkington quickly devolves into personal squabbles, mainly attempting to blame Tom Cruise Heidecker's death on black mold in Turkington's apartment. Heidecker attempts to argue that the vapes cannot be lethal by the fact that he previously smoked them and survived, though Turkington points out that the vape recipe was changed. Heidecker promises to call back Turkington as a character witness for the defense later on, and the trial moves to recess.
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