Defendant Faces Hostile Cross-Examination: Jealous Husband Murder Trial
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- Опубліковано 29 гру 2024
- A South Carolina Prosecutor grills defendant Willam 'Bud' Ackerman about constantly calling his estranged wife the night of the deadly encounter. Ackerman admitted during cross-examination that he was not jealous and he "absolutely did not" intend for the victim to die.
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Don’t you have the entire trial?
Sickening 😢 To so many that have separated and divorced having a remotely similar event it's so triggering!
The title should be The AH jealous husband...😢😢
Sounds like he meant to hit him but I haven't been following this case and this is actually the first I've heard of it. But on a side topic, I was reading the chiron at the bottom of the screen and noticed it said, "Jewish communities everywhere reacted with horror at last year's Oct. 7th attack by Hamas on Israel". I don't know who came up with that line but communities of all kinds of people everywhere reacted with horror after learning of the unprovoked, barbaric attack against innocence men, women, and children in Israel. Everyone except radical Left liberals on college campuses I suppose who seemed to celebrate the carnage. I can't believe I ever considered myself a liberal. The Democrat party has become malevolent and mentally deranged, largely. Or maybe they were always that way and I just couldn't see it. They were the party of slavery, the KKK, Jim Crowe, and segregation after all and now they're still all about racism, the mass murder of unborn babies, censorship, 'elite' authoritarianism, gender derangement, mass depopulation, and all many of perversion and sadism. I am deeply troubled by the number of good people who I care about who are still members of the demonic cult that is the Democrat Party. The indoctrination, propaganda, conditioning/programming, and brainwashing is very difficult to see through and get free from and it breaks my heart. But I digress. Sorry for the rant. Didn't plan on saying all this but hopefully at least one person will read this message and it'll shake them out of their trance long enough to see the deception being deployed by the Democrat apparatus via their tentacles in the mainstream media, big tech, Hollywood, and academia. God bless.
I would like to watch the entire cross-examination without interruptions because when they break the feed to discuss their thoughts and cut back to the live feed, they don't start from where they cut away, they continue with the live cross-examination and we miss whatever was said during the time it was cut away from. I can't find the cross-examination anywhere else which is extremely frustrating. Why don't they just play the full cross-examination without cutting away and then do their analysis later during a break or after court is adjourned for the day? It's great to here experts discuss what they're hearing in court but not at the expense of missing substantial portions of testimony. Seems odd. Why do you guys do it that way?
"I was NOT jealous"
Sir, the trial is called "the jealous husband murder trial", I think the world has officially agreed you were jealous.
Lololol
And saying he wasn't upset? I call BS on that
Court TV likes to label these trials long before any testimony has been heard. Maybe from pre-trial hearings.
😂😂😂😂😂
His "just wanted to talk" defense is more ridiculous than his haircut. 😒💇🏻
I'm pretty sure he's wearing a hair piece. 💇
@@369blueneptune Lawd hammercy.😳🤦🏽♀️
@@369blueneptuneIt does look like a toupee🤔
'I just wanted to talk' is the battle cry of the controlling, jealous, and cruel abuser
@LoveOfLam you don't know that. Bud said that didn't happen.
Wow. You know I might even believe something like this could happen but you call for an ambulance immediately. The fact he didn't call an ambulance, to me it just says he wanted him dead
"just wanted to talk" bruh she was done with you and your sad ass couldn't deal with it.
Yeah these types never get that she didn’t want to talk. 😂. All he cared about was what HE wanted.
I might have believed this story if he’d called 911 afterwards.
@@EffSharp Yea, that IS bizarre! And why in the world didn't his parents?? Do you happen to know which family we see sitting there in the gallery at 10:50 minutes in~? His or McClendon~? Thanks.
Wanting to just talk is often used to justify murder.
Grown male, 10 years in the body shop business and doesn't know the kind of car his wife's lover drives.... ya...totally believable.
@@CW-pf3zh 💯 😅
Oooops! He forgot the Jury might put that together, too. You would think a thoughtful defendant would think ahead as to what type questions there would be either no good reason to fudge an answer to and/or or it will get you into trouble if you do.
Yeah, I worked at a car dealership for only 3 years (not even selling cars) and I know nearly every vehicle on the road and can even tell you some vehicles by their headlights in my rear view mirror in the dark!!!
@@charrielyn1231 If you see me waving, wave back!!
@@charrielyn1231If he was enraged, his mind have been out of it.
Victim had NOTHING to do with the break up
@@barbmurray8557 I don't understand some folks. Look where he's at. The divorce still went through after this event. She was done with him. He has no say over who she dated or keeps company with now. Accident or not, he had no business going to meet him. Davis was just a guy who met a gal. Mr. Ackerman just couldn't face the fact that his wife didn't want anything to do with him. Jealousy is a terrible trait.
@@LoveOfLam I understand that. We didn't know, or I should say he didn't know whether or not Davis was a "Creep". So she should be deprived of any future relationship she may enter into in the future?? That's why we have custody orders to insure that the children are protected. I really don't think the children should be subjected to the situation "Bud" has now put them in.
(so, I hear your daddy ran over your Mommy's boyfriend)🤨. I think jealousy is creepy trait. He couldn't control himself. That to me is a red flag in any relationship. Just my own personal observation.
@@vickymartin9361agree
@@LoveOfLam, Really🤔🤔🤔, you are either a relative of this psychopath or possibly someone who should seriously not ever be in a relationship SMH 🤦♀️ because are you freakin kidding me???
@@vickymartin9361the courts should have no control over our children. The government doesn't own us. But so many weak people in this country or we could stand up to this crooked government!
Let's face it, ol' Bud was going to fight him but took advantage of the situation and mowed him down. He broke the axel on the car FFS. No 911 call... Bud you are a LYING MURDERER. You deserved for her to divorce you and you didn't want her with anyone else. Bud is not just jealous, he was obsessed
The title should say 'COWARDLY jealous husband trial'.
2 sentences in and I recognize the voice as one of the attorneys in the Murdaugh trial 😂
Which one? Which side?
@@Katrina-qs2rl the one who did the closing argument for prosecution for this case also did against Murdaugh
I know me too!! 😊
Yep John Meadors 👏🏻👏🏻
OMG, Inthought something was familiar about his voice, but I couldn't quite put my ear on it! 😂
Guilty. Angry, jealous, and drunk. He purposely ran into that man
💯
L0L yup😅
If it's an accident you call the cops right away
He was envious of the man who his wife cared for. Jealously is a terrible vibe. He wasn't man enough to just let her go. 😒
💯💯💯💯. Children and coparenting aside, let people leave!!
Also...just a thought. Could any father be completely okay with his wife moving on and his kids having another "father figure" in their lives so quickly? Heard the divorce wasn't yet finalised. Lots of emotions to deal with there.
Or a man worth keeping
@@mgibson5181your point?
@@onelifedontwasteit8568 Lots of emotions for children to deal with. Think a little more time to allow all to adjust to their new lives wouldn't have been a bad idea?Speaking from experience, and feel so sorry for the people left behind in the wake of such a tragedy. 🥲
Why, other than confrontation, would a husband want to meet with his wife's boyfriend? Compare notes? This idiot should have taken a plea if it was offered.
Out of control anger ruins many lives.
The boyfriend requested the meeting.
This guy is going to be making license plates in prison for a long long long time.
Yep 45 yrs
So it that haircut 😅
Body Language says so much. He is terrified about going to prison. He never thought the evidence would come out the way it did, his own truck told on him.
His own truck told on him? CHRISTINE? 😂😂😂
My thoughts exactly. Perfectly stated!!
@@gaylavogel4335 makes you wonder doesn't it
@@MaxANDChewy-db8ny my thoughts as well
@@MaxANDChewy-db8nyActually, his truck did 'tell on him' just like in Alex Murdaugh's SC murder trial. In both cases, their pick-ups' onboard computer/GPS gave law enforcement/prosecutors exact details regarding times, speeds, acceleration, routes/location, stops, door openings, brakeing, etc. This data is invaluable during interrogations because investigators already know all of that and can frame questions to quickly determine if the suspect is lying about their movements before, during and after the crime! Conversely, such info can help exonerate a suspect as well.
I don't see him as "calm and composed"....I see him as TERRIFIED, ready to jump out of his skin for "hoping the Jury believes my lies !!"
Totally. "Deer in the headlight" eyes, dry mouth, stiff boy....he is absolutely terrified.
He looks angry to me. Controllered anger here. I would bet he is quick to anger
Such a liar!! Jealous creep thought he owned Meredith. Guilty as sin. Pathetic coward!!!
Omg. That's, John Meadors, one of the Alex Murdaugh prosecutors. The one that did the amazing rebuttal. He is great.
I knew his voice day 1 of this trial ! Really like him as a prosecutor!
Absolutely fabulous lawyer! So is Jack Swerling, the Defendant's atty.
Ahh I thought his voice was familiar!
He's a really great lawyer
He's as famous as Georgia in the Adelson family murder of Dan Markel. Bravo...to VICTIM JUSTICE!
Stalking by phone, car, email, is never OK. In combination, it is at least harassing. And at worst threatening. Neither is OK
He was drunk, he was angry
Which guy?
@@Amy-zs8tx the defendent. Bud
And stupid
@@texasmamaw6555 agree.
So was the guy (Davis) without a shirt, and a criminal history of DUI's and open containers in his vehicle.
Murderer first said he didn’t know what kind car Davis drove , then said he knew what Davis drove 🙈
i caught that too!
Yes!
He also said he didn't know that was Davis' car at the bottom ofnthe hill in the beginning of his testimony, then later he clearly said, "I knew it was his car"🙄
LIES!
His eyes are completely dead inside. I have seen this look in the eyes in people who commit murder.
The fact he never called 911 is the nail in the coffin… if he called 911 he may have been found not guilty what a shame
Defense: Objection your honor he's making my client look bad
I think he already looks bad by his actions
Bad idea to testify, hopefully his lawyer tried to stop him from going on the stand.
I don't know anything about this case.I just found it (watched all of 2 minutes).
But I agree with you. Many defendants do not because their lawyers don't recommend it.
Again...I don't know anything about this case, but I wonder....if this guy was such a control freak maybe he's a narcissist too. Thinks everybody will buy his lies
This jealous murder was stalking his soon to be exwife all evening and was angry she was dating someone. This guy wanted to kill the victim due to his jealousy. The fact that he left the scene of an accident says it all.
Guilty! No 911 call. Can’t see him? Runs him over 35mph???
The moment you realise your going away for a very long time
Such a weasel what on earth did Meredith see in this coward.
Good hair?
Clearly, a future she no longer wanted
@@Katrina-qs2rl Just has to be his fantastic hair!!! What woman could recist that head.
He literally looks like Jim Carey in dumb and dumber.
😂😂
😂 and sounds like forest gump 🤦🏻♀️
Who agreed to give him a bowl haircut
In his defense i think he's been detained. Quite sure there's a limited number of hairdressers in jail.
@@waterrat6915A shaved bald head would have been better than this 🍄 cut! They definitely do THAT in jail! 😂
The hopelessness and devastation this man has caused himself and family,due to his own horrible choices and jealousy. It takes a strong man to keep emotions in control. This was not so.
What did Ackerman yell when he got out of the truck? I couldn’t understand what he yelled.
Get him Meadors!! 💪🏼
This is great stuff. The prosecutor is so slick.
Prosecutor James Meadors is fantastic. He tried Alex Murdaugh also.
@esmurphy9405 I agree you can tell he loves his job and fighting for the victims so many prosecutor's don't
@@heatherann1560 yes. He's really sought out every question. Thinking of the possible responses in a algorithmic way. Preparing for either answer.
They really gave this guy the clean cut look for court lol
I dont think the prosecutor had a hard job. This is so obvious what was going on and not even calling 911 No one would believe this was an accident
If they had talked what would they had talked about, the weather? Bizarre
Bud didn't plan on having any talk and he certainly doesn't look or sound like a man that would get into a physical or verbal altercation that's why he used his vehicle to mow that man down he's a wuss
I can imagine him driving towards the meeting, then seeing him there he got so enraged that he floored the gas. like heat of passion or temp insanity but leaving the scene and getting no help makes him a murderer.
what words did he yell at the guy?
Forget it, guy, no one is believing your lies.
"I just have to object your honor..." "Go ahead. Overruled." lol
That hair should be a felony! 😂
😂😂
If it's his own hair, he's one lucky guy.
It is in 48 states
@@Katrina-qs2rlit is not
The real criminal is whoever gave him that Haircut
wig
So you "just want to talk"...uh huh. So you're going to arrange to meet at 1:00am...in the dark, outside on a deserted street..."just to talk." If you were "in fear for your life"...why didn't you have this "meeting" at 12:00 noon at a busy restaurant, crowded with customers and close to the Police Department? I feel like his wife is VERY lucky to be alive also.
The boyfriend requested the meeting.
Correction.. ex wife
"Don't interrupt my mans during his cross examination with all your objections! lol Love that prosecutor
Just Move On!
If you have children, be friends & raise your children!
Stop this stupid 💩💩💩💩!
Facts!
Sooo easy to say......
@@gingerwoo5589 I get what you’re saying but sure would be a lot easier than being in prison
Baby mama evil ruined 2 men lives 😂 she should be charged 💯
@@Ghost-1980 She had nothing to do with what her loser ex did.
calm? he is cold blooded
His he supposed to be having a panic attack?
His he supposed to be having a panic attack?
@@DrivenA111 how long are you visiting earth? Humans who kill other humans usually feel a great amount of guilt, sadness, remorse etc. He has no such emotions. He rattles of the facts with zero empathy. Especially if he didnt hate the victim and if it had been a genuine accident, the feelings described above would be heightened. It is really chilling to look at him and there is just nothing there.
@@Ferengi23 Pretty sure I’ve seen plenty of testimonials/interviews where you don’t see emotions. Doesn’t mean there’s nothing there. You are just speaking out of bias. Heck, anger is something that will make you mask emotions. He might be angry.
@@Ferengi23 Pretty sure I’ve seen plenty of testimonials/interviews where you don’t see emotions. Doesn’t mean there’s nothing there. You are just speaking out of bias. Heck, anger is something that will make you mask emotions. He might be angry.
I wouldnt agree to meet an angry estranged husband at 1AM ... but then again I wouldnt get involved with woman that has this entanglement
@@tomlabarb2640 yea and the boy friend set the meeting up!
Those are some famous last words if we ever heard them...the latter half of your statement~! ha ha. But most definitely, the first is a wise calculus, always obtainable. It makes me think that very angry words we haven't heard in this trial were exchanged by these two men during those phone calls. Davis's shirt off and his wallet left in his car also speak to that *Davis was indeed expecting a physical confrontation* so he must also have been welcoming one, being as how he agreed, and did go to meet him. I recall from earlier testimony that Ackerman had given him an out at least once by saying that he changed his mind about the meet. He should have taken it.
That's for sure. It was a recipe for disaster.
I really not a fan of court tv interrupting constantly- just play the trial like Law & Crime does 😳
Yes!!!
Yes and holding back on showing parts of the trial. I couldn't find anyone else covering this trial. I had to read about the verdict and sentencing. I really wish Law and Crime covered this trial. Then I could see the closing arguments before knowing how long the jury took (22 minutes).
@@mystique4eva990 The jury was back in 22 minutes? No doubt in their minds of his guilt.
@@mystique4eva990I like to see the defendants reaction to the guilty verdict
@@heatherann1560
Me too!!!! WTH?!!!
Guilty verdict returned on Saturday after 22 minutes of deliberations.
Ackerman sentenced to 45 years.
Ruining so many lives.
Well you messed this up for me. Now I've got to find another trial to watch.
thank you for saving me the time it would take to find update
This guy. He's just like a little kid who cannot admit to his mommy that he broke a window. My gosh this is ridiculous 😢
Those children deserve better. I feel sorry for them.❤. RIP to Mr. Mcclendon & healing to his friends and family.
If the divorce was to be finalized in 4 weeks, why kill the man?
There’s always a Courtroom Cougher, but this one really took the cake for me in the first half.
"My son told me which street the guy stays". Nothing more evil than a parent involving children in adult problems.😢😢😢
he is unbelievably calm, bc he doesn't have any feelings.
at least none for the victim...
Thanks!
It’s about time Court TV - why can’t y’all play them in order 😮
He constantly stalked her and would not leave her alone.he was full of jelousy and rage he would not except the relationship was over.
Gosh, he makes me sick.
What an absolute coward and a stalker one at that.
He also contradicted himself. He said earlier that he’d driven down Davis’s street to check out what cars were there, trying to find their cars etc and yet then he said a little later that he didn’t know what Davis drove. What a joke.
He absolutely knew.
No one called 911 in 30 min of the accident. Jeez.
He wanted to be sure the victim was dead and couldn't testify against him.
He looks so nervous.Anyone would think he is up for killing someone.
I think he originally wanted Davis to come to his home so if he shot him he could claim self defense and get away with it. Then in his mind, Davis is gone out the picture and he can get his wife back.
This man is evil and felt that he owned his soon to be ex-wife. He was NEVER gonna allow her to move on. Now he'll spend decades thinking about who his ex-wife is with.
RIP Davis Mc Clendon🙏
Bingo -- I think you hit the nail on the head thinking his original plan was to lure the victim to his house, shoot him and then claim self defense. However, when his jealousy fueled Plan A didnt work out, he drove around in an intoxicated state and came up with Plan B. HOWEVER, after hitting the victim (and realizing he was dead or dying), he suddenly realized that even if the cops believed it wasn't intentional, he would still get charged with vehicular manslaugher for being intoxicated -- an open and shut case resulting in 5-10 years. So, he bailed and didnt call 911 knowing it would be recorded and place him at the scene. Plus, he probably imagined no one saw what happened. So, he thought he could quickly repair the damage to his truck and be free and clear. What he didn't realize was his pick-ups' computer/GPS; phone (and others); and, CCTV/ring cams would seal his fate. He is guilty as hell personified by not calling 911. Anyway, excellent observation!
@@iriewaregl Thank you.
I agree with your observations as well. He must not have watched the trial of the century in his state "Alex Murdaugh" where his vehicle's GPS/computer showed everything he did and went in his vehicle. I know that was the 1st time I learned just how much information they can retrieve from your vehicle.
These men believe that women should be with them for the rest of their lives. If women grow you out and want to move on leave us alone. We didn’t born with you. We’re not twins. Move on grow up
This should be entitled: "Man Faces Horrifically Ridiculous Haircut at the end of Stylist's Defective Scissors".
Woooooooow!! 30-40 mins before he called an ambulance!? He just wanted to make sure the guy was dead? Lock him up for life please!
This man is such a liar he deserves life in prison . He was jealous & he ran this man down & drove off. What a coward. Bud attempting to act calm shows he is totally showing how vile & vindictive and jealous he truly was/is. Nobody believes this man. He intentionally ran this man down he was a drunk jealous controlling gutless man.
Yay, I get to see the cross!!
I know, right? I was quite upset when the direct video just stopped 😮
Yay!
Could tell by his haircut dude is either from SC or is a 4 year old boy.
While out today, take notice how fast 35 per miles an hour is 😢😢
honestly the constant interruptions with the anchors and the ads besides the youtube ads are frustrating and highly annoying.
UA-cam premium is my absolute favorite thing. No ads for most content. But court tv puts in ads anyway. Bummer.
ex wifes smiling while testifying was just so inappropriate
Maybe she was nervous? There’s something much more inappropriate she did. Hint: it led to all of this. But her smiling is the problem?
Are the parents being charged also for not calling and reporting a murder?
I don't believe so. First of all, what parents are going to believe their son committed murder, especially since he more than likely told them it was an accident? My understanding is that although it's unlawful to make a false report to the police, it is not unlawful to fail to report a crime..
That sounds like the lawyer that did the “remember Bubba” closing in the Murdaugh trial. I love that guy!
Thinking about all the hundreds of thousands of men that have thrown their lives away and killed other men just because she cut you off from that Good Good and you can't stand the fact that she's giving it to someone else and not you anymore smh.
Wow, it's a very sobering thought!
It's the South what do you expect...that's my woman!
@@LeahDyson-kq4bd Yes, except it's "what do y'all expect"?
That was no accident!!! He was mad and hit him on purpose
I’d be scared right off against this state prosecutor! He’s from Murdaugh trial!
There is something wrong with Billy!!!!! He's just not right !!!!
He told his parents? Why didn’t they call 911? Isn’t his dad a Doctor?
This guy is creepy and he absolutely was jealous and intended to hurt that man
When is a cross examination not hostile? That is kind of the point having an adversarial theory as to what happened😂
True, and it's why most defense attorney's strenuously advise against their client taking the stand.
If I don't have you then no one else will. Just as they always do with DEATH
Did you hear the sireeens? I heard the sireeens.
Hos parents were doctors? Why didnt they render help?
I wonder what he actually said to them. He was inebriated. They were asleep so it was probably very confusing to wake up to that mess.
Ok. Getting really tired of the sound cutting out. Especially around 59:00. Wtf?
My question is….is that a toupee because if not it sure looks like a bad one 😂
I think it’s just a bad haircut
It’s these SC boys. Bad hair.
Beetles tribute band..
@@xcav8rnh97Beatles or beach boys lol
Too bad that he couldn't move on! She did everything right but he couldn't move on! So Senseless 😢
😂😂😆🤣🥹🤣If Messy Meredith did everything right, her lover wouldn't be dead and her husband wouldn't be going to prison, and their children won't have Dad anymore taking them on family trips.
I agree. No matter what happened he's a murderer
Guilty
She is just so beautiful he could NOT let her go man! he should have dated others! Only way OUT!!
@@steelhurricane4041agree
He was a jealous stalker and just could not let it go. Something bad was bound to happen eventually.
He appears to be stewing over the prosecutor's questions. Rage doesn't have to be loud. The convenience of being unsure is a pitiful excuse.
The judge needs to be schooled. There is such a thing as "Legal Separation"......
Not in S.C
@@LindaLedford-nu7qe I stand corrected. Thanks for the correction. 😉👍
Such an insipid coward of a human being.
Says he didn’t have time to brake, but he had time to supposedly change direction’s, from driving right to left. Everybody who drives knows that if something pops up in front of you, you automatically brake. It’s a natural response.
He absolutely is as guilty as they come.
He’s not jealous or angry, but literally spent the night stalking her. He makes me sick.
Thank you both for this easy watch catchup of this trial !
Are you guys aware of how many sound gaps there are in this viewing ?
Or are they redactions ? Only some of the defendants words are crucial to hear in his answers!!
Hey Ashley, I Love your necklace !! 😍
This guy is such a DOLT! I wonder if he has any personality. He should have admitted that he was upset and show remorse!
He is toast
How dare he touch muh property.
🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
Same prosecutors in the Alec Murdaugh trial. This tragedy in Greenwood happened 30 miles from me.
Wait is it Meadors? Or Waters?!? Sounds like Meadors!
I really like this duo of presenters.
Poor family! Sidenote this guy’s wig moves every time he talks 😅
"I was waitin' for the sirens, but all I could hear was the sareens."
💀💀💀
Bud: Davis is f’ing Meredith.
Danny: I don’t know what you’re talking about.
This guy is a lunatic!
Bruh your Guilty ⚖️
he threw a knockout punch using his truck. what a numb nut!
Met in a deserted place because no witnesses?
premeditation could have been formed at that last minute!