the scariest thing that you will ever go through. my whole world crumbled. cara was the kind of teacher students just love. she was a rock star at her school. with the same man for 20 years, enjoying life together by the beach. the balcony was like our second living room, you can hear the waves on the shore. but she was all alone that night when, according to her, an intruder burst into her bedroom. i was scared to death. i didn t have any other choice. you shot him? i shot him. she said the man attacked her. he told me he was going to kill me. she d been assaulted. she defended herself. so why did others call it murder? my very first words were, she set him up. cara s account kept changing. it hit me just how different all of these stories were and how unbelievable they were. lies. it s all lies. what really made cara pull that trigger? the rug was pulled out from underneath her. she was shocked. and she was angry? yes. a jury would
him. in self-defense, she said. and now she set about telling the detectives about the real j.j. same thing she told us. not a pretty picture, she said. right after we got married, the compulsive gambling became the big issue. and there were days where he could go from sundown to sunup. and there s no windows in the casino, so, he would just lose all track of time. did you go with him? i did, and i didn t like it. cara was a school teacher, remember. and one day, she said, she got a nasty letter from the florida department of education. the state was going to pull my teaching certificate, because he hadn t paid my student loans. he paid the bills in the early days of their marriage, she said. so, i started looking at the accounts, thinking, what s going on here? i don t understand. what was going on, cara said, was they were broke. i felt really betrayed and lied to and hurt.
cara was a school teacher, remember. and one day, she said, she got a nasty letter from the florida department of education. the state was going to pull my teaching certificate, because he hadn t paid my student loans. he paid the bills in the early days of their marriage, she said. so, i started looking at the accounts, thinking, what s going on here? i don t understand. what was going on, cara said, was they were broke. i felt really betrayed and lied to and hurt. so, she said, she laid down the law. took over the financial stuff. and told j.j. he had to get help for his gambling addiction. but you know, a gambling addiction, it s probably as hard or harder to kick than smoking or drinking or it s very hard. but i loved him. i made vows. i made a commitment. so, as long as he was willing to go to gamblers anonymous, then i was willing to support
vance s time is almost up and he can make a decision whether to charge anyone in this case including the trump organization or former president before he leaves office. thank you very much with the new reporting there. i want to go to ellie, senior legal analyst and former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. so you know what is going on. cara is reporting prosecutors could decide whether or not to indict allen weisselberg in nine days. now, that s just the beginning of the month. i understand can it can go longer. when cy vance leaves office, now it s summer and july. does this timeline sound realistic to you? absolutely, yes, erin. prosecutors have to be moving as quickly as humanly possible and thinking about end game. first of all, as cara said, cy vance has six months left in office and cannot leave this for his replacement that will be
remember. and one day, she said, she got a nasty letter from the florida department of education. the state was going to pull my teaching certificate, because he hadn t paid my student loans. he paid the bills in the early days of their marriage, she said. so, i started looking at the accounts, thinking, what s going on here? i don t understand. what was going on, cara said, was they were broke. i felt really betrayed and lied to and hurt. so, she said, she laid down the law. took over the financial stuff. and told j.j. he had to get help for his gambling addiction. but you know, a gambling addiction, it s probably as hard or harder to kick than smoking or drinking or it s very hard. but i loved him. i made vows. i made a commitment. so, as long as he was willing to go to gamblers anonymous, then i was willing to support him. and we went to marriage counseling. that helped. cara told detectives that