Overview

• Vanessa LeMaistre took the stand on the trial’s first days, describing an alleged rape in 2016 that she says led to a pregnancy and a later abortion.
• Her lawyers moved for a mistrial, alleging the defense improperly raised her sexual history before the jury without a prior judicial ruling.
• Metro Boomin’s attorney denies the allegations, argues the sex was consensual, calls the suit a shakedown, and says Metro plans to testify alongside expert witnesses.
• Jurors were told the case could conclude by Friday, with the court noting tense exchanges between the legal teams during openings.
• Evidence presented or discussed included clinic records, journal notes, text messages, a 2017 song lyric, and a post-ayahuasca letter in which LeMaistre outlined a plan to go public; the defense says she tried to alter medical information.