This is very bad for Major's but it's not his lawyer's fault. The judge's reasoning for allowing the texts to be unsealed and read aloud in court was extremely flimsy. It seems he's forgetting who's on trial here and for what.
Johnathan Majors is on trial for an incident that occurred in 2023. The prosecution has to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he committed the crime(s) that he's been accused of. The defense doesn't have such a burden. Attacking the alleged victims character and credibility is a sound defense strategy. That creates doubt so it is relevant in the current case. These text messages read aloud in court allude to some vague incident that happened in London back in 2022. How do they prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Majors is guilty in the 2023 incident?
The judge initially had these texts under seal because they would prejudice the jury against Majors and he is correct, yet he has now allowed them to be released because the defense was too harsh on the alleged victim? How else can doubt be created in the mind of the jury if the defense isn't allowed to call out an unreliable narrator? This is the sort of shyt that gets thrown out on appeal but that wouldn't matter in this case as Majors is fighting for his career more so than his freedom. From the onset it seems as if the DA's office wanted to win a conviction in the court of public opinion and a victory in an actual court of law would just be the cherry on top.
After today all they have left to win is the cherry.
Unfortunate situations like this are why people settle out of court or even negotiate a friendly plea agreement. Once you commit to taking this sort of case to trial and proclaim your innocence the only viable strategy the defense has is to attack the alleged victim. That's not going to work in today's environment; particularly a black man being accused of crimes against a white woman.
And to be perfectly honest, I don't care if he's guilty or not. Yeah, if he did it, he shouldn't have done it but how does that affect me? I just want to be entertained. Sanction him a few million behind the scenes for allowing this trivial lover's spat to spill over into the public and move on. It's not like the DA's office cares either, they just love mounting big fish in their wall. If that's what they want to do so be it, however, this shyt here is weak but the circumstances and the public mood are on their side.