Man accused in alleged deadly hate-crime stabbing testifies

>>> CHILLING TESTIMONY IN THE MURDER TRIAL OF SAMUELWORD WHO -- SAMUEL WOODWARD WHO IS ACCUSED OF A HATE CRIME. >> AND WE GO TO HETTY CHANG WITH THE LATEST. >> JOHNATHAN AND KATHY, THIS IS DAY FOUR OF THE TESTIMONY OF SAMUEL WOODWARD. IT HAS BEEN SLOW UNTIL NOW WHEN HE DESCRIBED IN DETAIL HOW IN A FIT OF RAGE HE REPEATEDLY STABBED BLAZE BERNSTEIN AND BURIED HIM IN A SHALLOW GRAVE. >> Reporter: WITH HIS HEAD HANGING DOWN AND THE LONG HAIR COVERING HIS FACE. HE TESTIFIED HOW HE A STABBED HIS FORMER CLASSMATE AND HE COULD NOT STOP. HE SAID HE PICKED UP BERNSTEIN AND DROVE THEM TO BORREGO PARK AND THE TWO HUNG OUT. HE TESTIFIED THAT THE TWO LAY THERE AND HE FELT BERNSTEIN GETTING CLOSE TO THEM, AROUND BERNSTEIN STARTED TO TOUCH HIM IN A SEXUAL MANNER, AND HE SAID, I SAW A HAND ON MY CROTCH WITH HIS HAND ON HIM, AND HE FEARED THAT BERNSTEIN WAS TAKING PHOTOS AND TEXTING THEM OUT TO PEOPLE. AT THAT MOMENT, BERNSTEIN WAS SO ENGAGED HE DROVE THE KNIFE DOWN AGAIN AND AGAIN. WHEN THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY ASKED HIM WHAT HE WAS THINKING AT THE TIME, WOODWARD SAID HE FELT THE ANGER LIKE NOTHING HE FELT HIS WHOLE LIFE. THE PROSECUTORS SAID THAT HE KILLED HIM IN A HATE CRIME BECAUSE HE WAS GAY AND JEWISH. HE ALLEGES THAT HE KILLED HIM NOT BECAUSE HE WAS GAY AND JEWISH. THE ATTORNEY SAYS THAT HE SUFFERS FROM MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND HE WAS CONFLICTED WITH HIS OWN SEXUALITY. SAMUELWO WOODWARD'S TESTIMONY CONTINUES UP THERE, AND WE SAW THE FAMILY VISIBLY SHAKEN AND

Channel: NBCLA

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Keywords: blaze bernstein, orange county, sam woodward, testimony

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Length: 2min 18sec (138 seconds)

Published: Fri Jun 21 2024