simplymama

For those keeping up with the #NareshBhatt trial… I was in the courtroom today after waiting in the decently long line to get in and let me just say that this jury is NOT buying what the defense is trying to sell them. The first thing I noticed is how tall Naresh is. The crowd was mostly made up of Nepali/Indian people and Naresh appeared to be one of the tallest by a lot. For reference, I am 5’10, and I would guess he is close to 5’8. Mamta’s brother and mother are incredibly petite. I assume Mamta was close to the same size as her brother and he was MAYBE 5’2. And that’s a big maybe. Her mother is even smaller. Which made me very sad thinking about Mamta being abused by Naresh, who probably towered over her. Not only does he appear to be taller than average, but he does NOT take his eyes off of the witness AT ALL, no matter who is talking or what’s happening in the courtroom. He sits leaning forward and appears to be staring a hole through the person testifying. When Attorney Sweet asked Dr. Rosenfeld if he thought Naresh was a narcissist, Naresh seemed annoyed and grabbed the interpreter to angrily ask a question. He appears to be really rude to the interpreters to me. The jury has 17 people. 11 are female and only one of them appeared to be less than 35 years old. The 6 male jurors all looked to be over 40 years old except for one who looked to be in his 30s. So the average age of the jurors is around 50 based on what I could see. A majority of the jury is white. No one on the jury appears to be from Naresh’s home country… Wherever that may be. During Dr. Rosenfeld’s testimony about Naresh’s alleged childhood trauma, the jury seemed like they do not believe anything Naresh has to say at this point, and rightfully so. Their faces are all either blank, bored or come off like they’ve already made their decision. I noticed that many of the female jurors raised their eyebrows like they were disgusted by Naresh when the prosecutor brought up Naresh saying someone was more attractive than Mamta in front of her. The ladies were not happy about that or Naresh calling Mamta “dirty” on her period. Some of the jury seemed to want to laugh with the audience when it was brought up that Naresh was kidnapped by terrorist. No jurors were taking notes. The jury seems to really listen and wake up when Attorney Sweet is at the podium. They laugh at his jokes and many people came up to him during the break to thank him for his work. Attorney Sweet is very tall and seems to genuinely want justice for #MamtaBhatt. One thing I know to be a fact is Mamta was very well loved and everyone in the crowd seemed to want justice for her. People from their local community were fighting to get seats in the court room. I talked to a few people in line that knew Mamta and Naresh personally and they all think he’s guilty and are deeply disturbed by what he did to Mamta’s body, much less him taking her away from her baby. They all said there’s no way she would have unalived herself. I tend to agree! Naresh seems to be doomed, in my opinion.