Jodi Arias hatched a desperate plan to beat a prison sentence during her murder trial — even trying to drag The National ENQUIRER into a twisted scheme that left her exposed as a calculating sicko! Jodi was trying to beat the rap for the grisly 2008 murder of her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander when she decided to trash the innocent man’s reputation. That involved faking correspondence meant to portray her doomed lover as a violent, sex-crazed deviant who abused her in horrific ways. Jodi was planning to use the letter to back her earlier claims that she’d killed him in self-defense — and she even recruited her mother to contact The ENQUIRER with the “incriminating” evidence…
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The bizarre letters were allegedly written by Alexander during his romance with Jodi — with The ENQUIRER later learning a judge had already dismissed them as inadmissible evidence before the trial started. "Jodi is certain these letters
are her ticket to freedom," said a source. "She knows her only chance at acquittal is to convince the jury she was abused, and that her ex-boyfriend was a bad guy."
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The bizarre letters were allegedly written by Alexander during his romance with Jodi — with The ENQUIRER later learning a judge had already dismissed them as inadmissible evidence before the trial started. "Jodi is certain these letters
are her ticket to freedom," said a source. "She knows her only chance at acquittal is to convince the jury she was abused, and that her ex-boyfriend was a bad guy."
Jodi's mother Sandy met with an ENQUIRER reporter in Phoenix and handed over photocopies of two letters allegedly handwritten by Alexander. In the first letter, dated Nov. 27, 2006, Alexander asks Arias to wear "boy's briefs"that he can "rip off." He also "asks" her to wear one of his shirts with his engraved cuff links so he could see his initials while she performs oral sex on him.
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The bizarre letters were allegedly written by Alexander during his romance with Jodi — with The ENQUIRER later learning a judge had already dismissed them as inadmissible evidence before the trial started. "Jodi is certain these letters
are her ticket to freedom," said a source. "She knows her only chance at acquittal is to convince the jury she was abused, and that her ex-boyfriend was a bad guy."
Jodi's mother Sandy met with an ENQUIRER reporter in Phoenix and handed over photocopies of two letters allegedly handwritten by Alexander. In the first letter, dated Nov. 27, 2006, Alexander asks Arias to wear "boy's briefs"that he can "rip off." He also "asks" her to wear one of his shirts with his engraved cuff links so he could see his initials while she performs oral sex on him.
The second letter was dated March 2, 2008 — just three months before Alexander's murder. In it, he "admits" that he once hit Arias "in the face." He also claims that marrying her would help erase his "deviant" thoughts. "Jodi wanted me to get these letters out to the public," her mother tearfully told the reporter. "I am only doing this because she asked me to."
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The murder trial had transfixed America, as Jodi changed her look from a blonde bombshell to a demure brunette for the televised trial. She had first Alexander as an aspiring photograher at a Las Vegas convention in September 2006. They immediately hit it off, and soon began dating — but her romance with the motivational speaker turned stormy within months.
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The murder trial had transfixed America, as Jodi changed her look from a blonde bombshell to a demure brunette for the televised trial. She had first Alexander as an aspiring photograher at a Las Vegas convention in September 2006. They immediately hit it off, and soon began dating — but her romance with the motivational speaker turned stormy within months.
Alexander's mangled and bloodied body was soon found decomposing in his Mesa, Ariz., home on June 9, 2008. Jodi denied any involvement in Alexander's death,
but eventually confessed while claiming self-defense. Prosecutors, however, insisted that she murdered him in a jealous rage.
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The murder trial had transfixed America, as Jodi changed her look from a blonde bombshell to a demure brunette for the televised trial. She had first Alexander as an aspiring photograher at a Las Vegas convention in September 2006. They immediately hit it off, and soon began dating — but her romance with the motivational speaker turned stormy within months.
Alexander's mangled and bloodied body was soon found decomposing in his Mesa, Ariz., home on June 9, 2008. Jodi denied any involvement in Alexander's death,
but eventually confessed while claiming self-defense. Prosecutors, however, insisted that she murdered him in a jealous rage.
As her trial unfolded in Phoenix, jurors and spectators listened in horror, some wiping away tears, as a member of the Maricopa County Medical Examiner's office described how Alexander was stabbed at least 27 times and shot in the face with a gun that was reportedly stolen from the California home of Jodi's family.
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The murder trial had transfixed America, as Jodi changed her look from a blonde bombshell to a demure brunette for the televised trial. She had first Alexander as an aspiring photograher at a Las Vegas convention in September 2006. They immediately hit it off, and soon began dating — but her romance with the motivational speaker turned stormy within months.
Alexander's mangled and bloodied body was soon found decomposing in his Mesa, Ariz., home on June 9, 2008. Jodi denied any involvement in Alexander's death,
but eventually confessed while claiming self-defense. Prosecutors, however, insisted that she murdered him in a jealous rage.
As her trial unfolded in Phoenix, jurors and spectators listened in horror, some wiping away tears, as a member of the Maricopa County Medical Examiner's office described how Alexander was stabbed at least 27 times and shot in the face with a gun that was reportedly stolen from the California home of Jodi's family.
According to that same testimony, Alexander's throat was also slashed so brutally that he was nearly decapitated. Jodi's attempt to influence public support with the letters failed after they were analyzed by a handwriting expert — just as the court had done earlier. Meanwhile, revelations of X-rated photos
shattered Jodi's sweet and innocent image at the end of her murder trial.
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Photo credit: Getty Images
The murder trial had transfixed America, as Jodi changed her look from a blonde bombshell to a demure brunette for the televised trial. She had first Alexander as an aspiring photograher at a Las Vegas convention in September 2006. They immediately hit it off, and soon began dating — but her romance with the motivational speaker turned stormy within months.
Alexander's mangled and bloodied body was soon found decomposing in his Mesa, Ariz., home on June 9, 2008. Jodi denied any involvement in Alexander's death,
but eventually confessed while claiming self-defense. Prosecutors, however, insisted that she murdered him in a jealous rage.
As her trial unfolded in Phoenix, jurors and spectators listened in horror, some wiping away tears, as a member of the Maricopa County Medical Examiner's office described how Alexander was stabbed at least 27 times and shot in the face with a gun that was reportedly stolen from the California home of Jodi's family.
According to that same testimony, Alexander's throat was also slashed so brutally that he was nearly decapitated. Jodi's attempt to influence public support with the letters failed after they were analyzed by a handwriting expert — just as the court had done earlier. Meanwhile, revelations of X-rated photos
shattered Jodi's sweet and innocent image at the end of her murder trial.
Darryl Brewer, an ex-boyfriend of Jodi’s, took the stand for a bombshell revelation that she liked to snap raunchy naked photos of him showering. That testimony sensationally mirrored earlier revelations that Jodi and Alexander
had taken X-rated photos of each other on his digital camera — which later became a piece of key evidence.
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The murder trial had transfixed America, as Jodi changed her look from a blonde bombshell to a demure brunette for the televised trial. She had first Alexander as an aspiring photograher at a Las Vegas convention in September 2006. They immediately hit it off, and soon began dating — but her romance with the motivational speaker turned stormy within months.
Alexander's mangled and bloodied body was soon found decomposing in his Mesa, Ariz., home on June 9, 2008. Jodi denied any involvement in Alexander's death,
but eventually confessed while claiming self-defense. Prosecutors, however, insisted that she murdered him in a jealous rage.
As her trial unfolded in Phoenix, jurors and spectators listened in horror, some wiping away tears, as a member of the Maricopa County Medical Examiner's office described how Alexander was stabbed at least 27 times and shot in the face with a gun that was reportedly stolen from the California home of Jodi's family.
According to that same testimony, Alexander's throat was also slashed so brutally that he was nearly decapitated. Jodi's attempt to influence public support with the letters failed after they were analyzed by a handwriting expert — just as the court had done earlier. Meanwhile, revelations of X-rated photos
shattered Jodi's sweet and innocent image at the end of her murder trial.
Darryl Brewer, an ex-boyfriend of Jodi’s, took the stand for a bombshell revelation that she liked to snap raunchy naked photos of him showering. That testimony sensationally mirrored earlier revelations that Jodi and Alexander
had taken X-rated photos of each other on his digital camera — which later became a piece of key evidence.
Sandy Arias later told reporters that she did "not feel responsible" for the murder of Alexander, and couldn't even bring herself to say the name of Jodi's victim in an interview. “In the end,” insisted Sandy, “there were many victims as a result of this tragedy — including the loss of my daughter.”
The bizarre letters were allegedly written by Alexander during his romance with Jodi — with The ENQUIRER later learning a judge had already dismissed them as inadmissible evidence before the trial started. "Jodi is certain these letters
are her ticket to freedom," said a source. "She knows her only chance at acquittal is to convince the jury she was abused, and that her ex-boyfriend was a bad guy."
Jodi's mother Sandy met with an ENQUIRER reporter in Phoenix and handed over photocopies of two letters allegedly handwritten by Alexander. In the first letter, dated Nov. 27, 2006, Alexander asks Arias to wear "boy's briefs"that he can "rip off." He also "asks" her to wear one of his shirts with his engraved cuff links so he could see his initials while she performs oral sex on him.
The second letter was dated March 2, 2008 — just three months before Alexander's murder. In it, he "admits" that he once hit Arias "in the face." He also claims that marrying her would help erase his "deviant" thoughts. "Jodi wanted me to get these letters out to the public," her mother tearfully told the reporter. "I am only doing this because she asked me to."
The murder trial had transfixed America, as Jodi changed her look from a blonde bombshell to a demure brunette for the televised trial. She had first Alexander as an aspiring photograher at a Las Vegas convention in September 2006. They immediately hit it off, and soon began dating — but her romance with the motivational speaker turned stormy within months.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Alexander's mangled and bloodied body was soon found decomposing in his Mesa, Ariz., home on June 9, 2008. Jodi denied any involvement in Alexander's death,
but eventually confessed while claiming self-defense. Prosecutors, however, insisted that she murdered him in a jealous rage.
As her trial unfolded in Phoenix, jurors and spectators listened in horror, some wiping away tears, as a member of the Maricopa County Medical Examiner's office described how Alexander was stabbed at least 27 times and shot in the face with a gun that was reportedly stolen from the California home of Jodi's family.
According to that same testimony, Alexander's throat was also slashed so brutally that he was nearly decapitated. Jodi's attempt to influence public support with the letters failed after they were analyzed by a handwriting expert — just as the court had done earlier. Meanwhile, revelations of X-rated photos
shattered Jodi's sweet and innocent image at the end of her murder trial.
Darryl Brewer, an ex-boyfriend of Jodi’s, took the stand for a bombshell revelation that she liked to snap raunchy naked photos of him showering. That testimony sensationally mirrored earlier revelations that Jodi and Alexander
had taken X-rated photos of each other on his digital camera — which later became a piece of key evidence.
Sandy Arias later told reporters that she did "not feel responsible" for the murder of Alexander, and couldn't even bring herself to say the name of Jodi's victim in an interview. “In the end,” insisted Sandy, “there were many victims as a result of this tragedy — including the loss of my daughter.”