Chapter 68 Section 17

Before presenting the prosecution's case, Steven Famileti also had something to say to the jurors: "We're going to call a total of 39 witnesses... At first, you may not understand what we're asking the witnesses. Some of the questions you might be wondering about what a witness has to do with this lawsuit. But trust me, all the pieces of the puzzle will end up where they should be.” Rhode Island’s Trial regulations do not allow lawyers to explain the purpose of calling a witness, or what they intend to prove by the witness's appearance, so that jurors have enough thinking space to draw their own conclusions from the witness's testimony.

The order in which the witnesses appeared in court also showed the ingenuity of the prosecution: Prince Alexander opened, Princess Anne Lorraine concluded, and the other two key figures were Maria Singlaham and Sunny's property manager Moores Goley. Arranged after the prince and before the princess, respectively, in the middle are the servants of the von Prowes family, the medical staff of the Newport Hospital, Lieutenant John Reith and Joseph Monanda, who are in charge of the case in the Rhode Island State Police Department Doctors, and several medical experts. There was not much novelty in Alexander's testimony which lasted two days. Everyone in the court was only a little disgusted by the condescending and arrogant tone of the prince's words.For example, when talking about Sunny's second coma, the prosecutor asked: "You said that your mother's condition was very worrying, so why did you go to the 'Clark Cook Bar' to drink in the middle of the night?"

Alexander replied: "I have warned the stepparents that they are not feeling well. I think he should be very careful." Steven Vermiliti finally asked: "Remember when you were *years old, the family went to Malacca for vacation, and you saw your stepfather inject vitamins for your mother, don't you?" "yes." What the prosecution was saying was that Cross might have injected Sunny with insulin, and Sunny thought it was vitamins or something. The defendant's defense attorney Herald Fallinger first asked, "How much did you pay for Dr. Richard Kuhl?"

"Me, my sister, and my grandmother, we paid him a total of 100,000 U.S. dollars." Everyone in the auditorium gasped. At that time, 100,000 U.S. dollars was equivalent to two to three years' salary of a middle-class couple.Alexander hurriedly added: "Including the investigation costs of hiring private investigators, etc." "Did you stop by the prosecutor's office yesterday after your testimony to discuss how to respond to today's cross-examination?" "yes." "Did they teach you how to answer the question I just asked?" "This kind of boring question," Alexander whispered through his teeth, "No."

"...Did you know that your father Klos von Pro..." "Stepfather." Alexander corrected coldly. "Klos von Prow wrote a will leaving all his fortune to you, Anne Loring and Cosima?" "never heard of that." "Did no one tell you, or did you just not care?" "My stepfather's will? Why should I care?" "You doubt that's the case?" "yes." "Then do you want to see the will?" Herald reached for the briefcase. "Not interested." Alexander said, still coldly. Alexander admitted that he always called his stepfather "Uncle Cross" and that Cross helped him get into Brown University and then help him get his current job after graduation.Even so, he never saw Cross as a father.

Maria Singlaham testified the longest, and she always played against the defense.In addition to the details of Sunny's several illnesses and the black leather box, etc., Maria also said that Sunny insisted on exercising every day and was in good health. She said that she paid attention to diet to keep in shape. More than that.” Sunny only drinks occasionally, and has never experienced negative psychological symptoms such as depression and decadence.Going on, Maria said that Sunny did have some eccentricities, "It's inevitable for a rich person." Sunny forbids others to enter her closet and bathroom casually. The dogs huddled together on the same bed, snoring so loudly that Cross had to plug his ears with earplugs.Also, "when the wife is awake, the husband is always by her side on call, so he can only get up early in the morning for a walk, and that is the only time he can act alone without her."