Overview
- U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled an eight‑minute video of Carla “Sissi” Smith filmed in a kitchen is inadmissible, finding it irrelevant.
- Carla Smith testified for roughly an hour as the defense’s final witness, offering limited background and no testimony about the alleged crimes.
- Closing arguments are scheduled for Thursday morning with jury deliberations expected to begin later that day.
- Prosecutors say Darrell Smith abused four women from 2019 to 2021 and sought to show a pattern of ignoring pleas to stop, while the defense argues incarcerated women fabricated accusations for personal gain.
- The judge plans an evidentiary hearing next week on Smith’s court‑funded legal assistance after testimony about property transfers raised questions about his financial affidavit.