Coming up next, New developments
in the civil lawsuit against for
NFL punter Matt Ariza. Day two
of Comic Con. The strike is on, but so is
the fandom details coming up.
A recent Escondido High School
graduate dies from an accidental
fentanyl overdose tonight.
His family speaks out in hopes
of preventing another tragedy
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Attorneys defending former NFL punter
Matt Ariza will be allowed to vw
sex videos taken at a party where a 17
year old girl claims she was ra.
Good evening. Thanks for joinin.
I'm Marcella Lee.
I'm Carlo Chicato.
No criminal charges were filed n
the case involving five former
San Diego State football player.
But as CBS Eight's David Goffertson reports,
the Girls lawsuit is moving ford
along with the battle over evid.
SCPD is in possession of 12 sho,
what we'll call video clips.
They run anywhere
from 5 seconds,
you know, to maybe less than a minute.
San Diego police say they have the sex
videos recorded at an off campun
Diego State party in October 20,
but the city attorney says they can't
release them to attorneys becaue
they depict a 17 year old girl.
Engaged in sex acts with
several Aztec football players,
they depict a sexual encounter engagement
act with a minor at that time. o
criminal charges were filed in
the case, but the girl is suing
the players in civil court,
including former NFL punter Matt Ariza,
alleging she was gang raped.
We're not going to publicize and we are
not going to distribute these videotapes.
Rises attorneys say they need the videos
to prove the sex acts were consensual
and that Arisa was never in the bedroom
where the alleged rape took pla.
Those videotapes will tell us
whether she was raped or not ra.
We believe that she was consentg
and a willing participant to what was
going on in that bedroom that n.
Attorneys representing the girly
the videos don't actually show y
of the football players involve,
so there's no point in releasing them,
even with a protective order
prohibiting dissemination to the public.
It's point of view camera angles
of my client and my client only.
Their ten second clips?
They show no identity of
any of the individuals.
And that's all you see is my cl.
In the end, the judge ordered
both sides can view the videos,
but for now the attorneys
will not be provided copies.
Don't you think it would behoove both
parties to know what's on those tapes?
Maybe it's all irrelevant.
They're covered by a protective order.
So attorneys from both sides wil
now be able to view these videotapes,
but it remains to be seen whether the
judge will allow the jury to see these
videotapes should the case go to trial.
The next hearing is set for Augt
4th at the downtown courthouse.
David Goffertson, CBS8.
We're deep into Comic Con Day 2 with 10s
of thousands of fans in downtown San Diego.
From the Convention Center to
the Gaslamp Quarter to the East
Village and everywhere in betwe,
your favorite TV show charactere
sure to be found in downtown Ths
weekend as we all get a taste of fandom,
let's go live to CBS8's Kirsten
Holmes, who's downtown in the
thick of it all, Kirsten.
Yes, I am. I am standing in the middle
of 5th Street in downtown San D.
If you take a look behind me,
you can see the Convention Center off in
the distance and you can see all of the
fun going on here in the Gaslamp Quarter.
Because Comic Con doesn't
just stay in the building,
it spills into the streets of downtown
and all throughout the Gaslamp Quarter
we have the nearby hotels build.
I got to tell you guys,
there is a Jurassic Park installation
in the East Village you can do
Interview with a Vampire to.
Who hotels down this way?
Comic Con is everywhere.
And you know,
with news of the strike taking place,
a lot of people wondered if it would still
be worth it to come out to Comic Con.
Here's what we found out.
As Jurassic Park celebrates
its 30th anniversary,
Comic Con fans got up close and
personal with their favorites.
Back at the Convention Center, e
cosplay was the star of the sho.
I'm Spider Mars. I'm from Earth 24, bringing
that 24 Karat magic. Spider
Gwen His Hype girl. What's your
favorite part about Comic Con so far?
Just cosplaying.
See other other people's work?
For some fans, the missing Hall
H presentations mean they spent
big money on big ticket items
that are not available this yea.
But for others, they're callings
the retro or even the vintage Comic Con.
I feel like the people are still here
enjoying themselves, which is g.
Love to see it,
you know It's back to the rootsf
Comic Con because at the end of the day,
it's really all about the cospl.
Village. Yeah, it really took a village.
I am the taskmaster.
Not to be confused with Disney's Taskmaster.
Well, like the original OG one, for me,
it's pretty easy to get dressed.
It's just like tight shorts,
putting things on.
Why
do you come back every year
for Comic Con? Because it's
amazing. It's so much fun.
You see like so many
things and it's like a gazillion
fandoms all in one place. I also
just like to take pictures
with other class players.
I'd never come for the panels anyway.
I've just come for the picturesI
think it's kind of awesome
because Comic Con is like comin.
Back to its roots of like all cs
and less like celebrity signings
and like an Entourage following.
The celebrities
fans we talked to today
say that without all of the
big production of Hall Age and
all those big movie studios,
it really like you just heard h.
Running back to the Comic Cons roots,
they say they had shorter lineso
wait in and they got access that they
don't normally get in years pas.
And isn't it just like Comic Co?
To turn lemons into lemonade.
Reporting live for CBS8, I'm Kin
Holmes. Back to you and
it doesn't want lemonade.
Sound refreshing right now, Kir.
It's so fun that fans are still.
They're having a good time.
They're not letting any of
the negatives affect them,
turning them into positives.
What's been your favorite
part of Comic Con this year?
Okay. So I am here for the cost.
I'm not making any bones about .
Hi. I'm sorry, guys.
Can I talk to Thor?
This has got to be my
favorite part of Comic Con.
Thor is here, everybody.
And he has an accent too.
Yesterday I talked to Ken and ty
I'm talking to Thor. This is Coc
Con 2023, and I'm in love. You'e
actually talking to Chris Hemsw.
Look, I I had a free weekend.
I thought I'd come down and just
check it out. So, San Diego,
thank you so much for having me.
You've been amazing.
And I will see you next year.
Yeah, I'm in love.
It's Comic Con.
Leaning into it and and Kirstens
like why not you go ahead and le
with the fantasy on both levels.
Kirsten thanks.
So fun. We will be showing your Comic
Con photos during the rest of te
hour and we want more for later.
If you are headed to Comic Con this year,
send us pictures of your cost place so
we can feature them right here on CBS8.
Go to our free CBS8 app.
There's a near mere section at the bottom.
Be sure to upload that photo and tell us
your name and what you're dressed as.
It's not as evident as Thor.
He's got a good costume for this heat. Well,
he's kind of loaded up.
But they were in the shade.
They were in the shade. That's
amazing. Arms were exposed. You
just like the the heat's going to get
worse though this weekend and nw
we get to add humidity to the m.
Who so much fun? Meteorologist
Sean Styles is here early with
when we will hit our peak Sean,
that humidity is going to make.
Stores here look a little bit.
So the great thing about Comic n
being literally on the water th,
San Diego Bay, is that is moderg
the temperatures a little bit.
So everyone that's visiting from out of town,
they're thinking, I heard aboute
heat wave in Southern Californi,
but at the coastline that includes downtown,
those temperatures not so high.
Look at the highs around the county today
and you'll see what I'm talking about.
Downtown 77, who can complain about that?
Now if you're in Ramona at 94,
that's a big difference.
93 in Alpine along with Valley
Center and in the deserts,
117 in the Borrego Springs area.
High pressure moves in.
Settles in by Thursday or make that Saturday,
and we continue to see the high
pressure make for excessive heat over
the mountains and into the dese.
We have this.
Heat advisory over the inland
microclimates and into the foothills.
And over the next three days weo
warm it up just a little bit on,
say, Saturday, Sunday and Monda.
It's the humidity that's going
to start to make things feel a
little bit more uncomfortable.
With that monsoon flow coming i,
we'll start to see a chance of
thunderstorms over the mountains
on Sunday and into Monday.
I'll explain how long that
will stick around coming up.
Thanks, Sean. In the meantime,
an outdoor enthusiast has died
after hiking in Death Valley,
the hottest place on earth.
Temperatures there have reached
nearly 130 degrees this week.
The Los Angeles Times reports tt
71 year old Steve Curry died ear
this week after an hours long he
at Death Valley National Park.
He is the second hiker to
die at the park this month.
Curry is believed to have died
from heat related causes only
hours after he talked to a
reporter about hiking in the he.
He collapsed outside a restroom and Park
Rangers were not able to revive.
Security escorted state Superintendent
of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond off
the floor of a school board mee.
It happened last night when Thud
spoke out against a new policy t
would require schools to inform parents
if their child is transitioning.
Our political reporter Morgan Rr
tells us if the policy was adop.
The school board did adopt the policy last
night and Superintendent Tony Thurmond
tried to speak for longer than the time
allowed and he was quickly shut down.
This is just the latest in the clash between
the state and local school districts.
Parents packed into Thursday night's Chino
Valley Unified School District board meeting.
The first speaker is Tony Thurm.
Superintendent Tony Thurmond spe
against the proposed policy that
requires schools to disclose the parents
if their kid is transitioning to
consider this. That the policy t
you consider tonight not only my
fall outside of the laws that respect
privacy and safety for our stud,
but may put our students at
risk because they may not be
in homes where they can be safe
time. But he is cut off after
one minute time he walks off.
But Sandra Shaw followed up. Tony Thurman,
I appreciate you being here tremendously.
But here's the problem.
We're here because of people like you.
You're in Sacramento proposing
things that pervert children.
So he walked back to the podium.
May I have as a point of order as the board?
No, this is not your meeting.
You may have a seat because if I
did that to you in Sacramento,
you would not accept it.
Please say you're not going to blackmail us.
You can see two security
guards walk up to Thurmond,
then two more surround
him and he's escorted off.
Mr. Thurman was granted more ret
and decorum than I ever have been by the
supermajority Democrats in Sacramento.
Republican Assembly member Bill Salley
spoke right after he introduceda
bill to do what the school distt
did on a statewide level. They
would not even hear my bill.
Because they said it was too hal
without even having a conversat.
Dozens of speakers later suffer
for a dead child to a trans chi.
The board passed the policy 4 t.
Tell Sacramento to back down
and then I'll back down.
Just last week, Newsom and Thurn
intervened in a different local school
district because that school district
decided to ban supplemental matl
because it named a gay rights activist.
The state said they were going ahead anyway,
purchasing that material to
provide to the students.
Thanks, Morgan. Still
ahead tonight, just in time for
opening weekend, we introduce
you to a real life Barbie.
No, not at Comic Con.
And it's going to be a
Barbenheimer kind of weekend.
What you can expect if you're
heading to the theater.