well leticia stoke was back in court today or should i say not back in court today her hearing
was today but leticia decided not to show up again now the intention of today's hearing was to show
new evidence that the defense was actually planning on introducing
and it had to do with a mental health issue for leticia or about leticia after the murder of
gannon now if that evidence was to be introduced then leticia would have to get evaluated and
this is why this hearing happened today now this is separate from an insanity plea
and remember she's already been deemed competent twice already so i guess this is a little work
around in my opinion so the last time in court judge werner said hey both sides need to have a
plan for this mental health evaluation and that's what today was about but in true leticia's style
over and over and over again leticia comes on but she's doing that via webex and says
hello yes sir i can hear you now and the judge says i understand that you refuse to
come over this morning is that accurate and then apparently the audio cuts out now i'm following
lauren scharf's tweets today typically i follow spencer wilson and lauren except spencer's no
longer with the network so he has moved on to a different place now spencer is the one who
actually interviewed leticia way way back in the beginning when she showed the back of her head in
an interview so i miss him already but lauren did update us so lauren says it sounds like the judge
is going to have someone bring a laptop into the jail cell so they can have a better connection the
audio keeps cutting in and out judge says this is not working and he says he wants to find out why
leticia is not present in the courtroom so then josh tulini spoke up who is leticia's attorney
and he said he was only made aware that she refused to come to the courthouse when he came
in today and then they had to wait for a deputy to either bring a laptop lauren said with a better
connection to where she is or for her to come to the courtroom now this is all kinds of crazy to me
you're supposed to show up so you show up i'm not sure why this is you know optional remember
a couple months back she didn't come to her own preliminary hearing so the judge gets up leaves
the courtroom and then he comes back and a deputy apparently testified that he had learned leticia
wasn't there due to not receiving medication she says your honor i've refused it's not
safe for me to be in the courtroom when i'm not on my medication now since when in my opinion is she
ever worried about other people's safety i'm just saying judge says you don't have control over this
process you have certain obligations other than rights you need to be here and you don't have
a choice about that there is an extraction team that simply removes you and puts you in restraints
some have biceps the size of my neck it's not good for anyone the jail is no longer in covet protocol
you didn't provide anyone with notice leticia decides to respond and says i told my attorney
on tuesday about my medication so the judge then advises her that she must file a motion
seven days before the hearing if not they'll restrain her every time it gets worse and worse
so then they discussed leticia's mental state it wasn't very detailed in the tweet so i'm not too
sure what went on in there but it says the defense is claiming she suffers from disassociative
identity disorder and dissociative disorders are mental disorders that involve experiencing
a disconnection and lack of continuity between thoughts memories surroundings actions and
identity people with dissociative disorders escape reality in ways that are involuntary
and unhealthy and cause problems with functioning in everyday life dissociative disorders usually
develop as a reaction to trauma and help keep difficult memories at bay symptoms are ranging
from amnesia to alternate identities depend in part on the type of dissociative disorder you have
times of stress can temporarily worsen symptoms making them more obvious
treatment for dissociative disorders may include talk therapy psychotherapy
and medication although treating dissociative disorders can be difficult many people learn new
ways of coping and lead healthy productive lives here are some more symptoms from the mayo clinic
it says signs and symptoms depend on the type of dissociative disorders you have but may include
memory loss amnesia of certain time periods events people and personal information
a sense of being detached from yourself and your emotions a perception of the people and things
around you as distorted and unreal a blurred sense of identity significant stress or problems
in your relationships work or other important areas of your life inability to cope well with
emotional or professional stress mental health problems such as depression anxiety and suicidal
thoughts and behaviors there are three major dissociative disorders defined in the diagnostic
and statistical manual of mental disorders published by the american psychiatric association
dissociative amnesia is the main symptom is memory loss that's more severe than normal forgetfulness
and that can't be explained by a medical condition you can't recall information about yourself or
events and people in your life especially from a traumatic time dissociative amnesia can be
specified to events in a certain time such as intense combat or more rarely can involve
complete loss of memory about yourself it may sometimes involve travel or confused wandering
away from your life that's interesting that makes me think of how she traveled with gannon allegedly
an episode of amnesia usually occurs suddenly and may last minutes hours or rarely months or years
the next one is dissociative identity disorder formerly known as multiple personality disorder
this disorder is characterized by switching to alternate identities you may feel the presence of
two or more people talking or living inside your head and you may feel as though you're possessed
by other identities each identity may have a unique name personal history and characteristics
including obvious differences in voice gender mannerisms and even such physical qualities as
the need for eyeglasses there also are differences in how familiar each identity is with the others
people with dissociative identity disorder typically also have dissociative amnesia and
often have dissociative fugue this we've seen a little bit in the past in the court hearing
where in my opinion she was pretending to spin around and act like she was trying to act crazy
but you can't fake that hence why she's had two um competency uh she's passed them the next one
is depersonalization derealization disorder this involves an ongoing or episodic sense of
detachment or being outside yourself observing your actions feelings thoughts and self from a
distance as though watching a movie other people and things around you may feel detached and foggy
or dreamlike time may be slowed down or sped up and the world may seem unreal you may experience
depersonalization derealization or both symptoms which can be profoundly distressing may only
may last only a few moments or come and go over many years let me know your thoughts below and
the judge talked about the state hospital having a 352 plus wait list as of two weeks
ago and there's a slim chance that she would get that done soon the state says that they
would rather have leticia get the evaluation done at the state hospital rather than the jail
we've heard that before that was their their wishes and the judge ordered the new evaluation
to be done at the state hospital this is good news in my opinion this new evaluation will be
able to have info from the two previous competency evaluations where leticia was deemed competent so
i'm wondering what's up her sleeve maybe that's the ace in the hole like she always talks about
but it's ridiculous now there's a new court date for emotions hearing on thursday january 13th
at 1 30 p.m there's also one on january 6th i don't know if now that'll be canceled out
and this one will take its place or if there's going to be two i'll be double checking that
and i'll let you know so the judge actually told leticia that she's expected to be in the courtroom
she'll have to file a motion as i said if she doesn't plan to be present in the courtroom and
the judge did advise leticia that she may remain silent during the evaluation that's weird let me
know your thoughts below they don't know when the evaluation will happen the judge is concerned she
will be at the bottom of the waitlist for the competency evaluation at the state hospital
super weird so number one uh she gets to do what she wants apparently and gets away with it number
two i wish judge judy was in there number three i wish leticia was in there for another reason
because al stoke was walking in the courtroom with a woman beside him and they were holding hands so
that would have been very interesting for leticia to see that maybe that's why she's being a coward
didn't cower it out before but uh yes she is now those are her shenanigans you know and i know
it's going to be a constant circus her trial is coming up in march it's going to be six weeks long
if she keeps up these shenanigans i don't know it might be a 10-week long trial or
hopefully judge werner will crack down and say you get your arse here right now or else
and then maybe that'll stop her from her shenanigans every single time let me know
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