JAMES FAYED TRIAL - QUICK LINKS

T & T TRIAL COVERAGE
This page will be periodically updated.
Update: 6/5/11: Every day of testimony is now posted. I still will at some future time, go back and edit any rough drafts still remaining of the opening statements and closing arguments. Sprocket.

PLAYERS
Judge: Kathleen Kennedy
Prosecution team: Alan Jackson and Eric Harmon
Defense team: Mark Werksman and Steve Meister

James Fayed - Defendant
Pamela Fayed - Victim
Jeanett Fayed - Only daughter of James & Pamela
Desiree Goudie - Pamela's oldest daughter by previous relationship
Scott Goudie - Brother of Pamela
Dawn Opoulos - Sister of Pamela
Jose Beltran - Witness to stabbing in parking garage (not called during trial)
Jose Luis Moya - "Joey" Fayed's "go to" man, Goldfinger employee, courier and Happy Camp Ranch manager. Accused of being the head ring-leader of the murder-for-hire team.
Gabriel J. Marquez - co-conspirator in murder, hired by Moya
Steven Vincente Simmons - accused co-conspirator and actual killer of Pamela, hired by Moya


SENTENCING
11/17/2011 James Fayed Formal Sentencing
09/28/2011 September 22nd Post-trial Sentencing Hearing

JURY FOREMAN SHARES HIS THOUGHTS

JURORS VOTE DEATH IN PENALTY PHASE

PENALTY PHASE VERDICT WATCH
Penalty Phase Verdict watch Day 1 (also Closing Arguments) 5/24
Penalty Phase Verdict watch Day 2 5/25
Penalty Phase Verdict watch Day 3 5/26
Penalty Phase Verdict watch Day 4 5/27
Penalty Phase Verdict watch Day 5 5/31

PENALTY PHASE
Penalty phase Day 1 May 20th
Penalty phase Day 1 Part II May 2oth
Prosecution Case
1. Dawn Opoulos - Older sister to Pamela
2. Christina Holland - Close personal friend of Pamela's
3. Scott Goudie - Brother of Pamela.
4. Shelbi Hamilton - Close personal friend of Pamela's
5. Greta Baught - Oldest sister to Pamela
Penalty phase Day 2
Penalty phase Day 2 Part II May 23rd
6. Renee Goudie - Scott Goudie's wife
7. Desiree Goudie - Pamela's eldest daughter
Defense Case
1. James Sadler - Friend of defendant from high school
2. James Tyler - Friend of defendant in mid 90's
3. Melanie Jackman - Long-distance Friend of defendant from high school forward
Penalty phase Day 3 Closing Arguments (Also Day 1 Verdict watch)

GUILT PHASE VERDICT WATCH
Verdict watch Day 1 May 17th
Verdict watch Day 2 May 18th
Verdict watch Day 3 May 19th
James Fayed Found Guilty

GUILT PHASE CLOSING ARGUMENTS
Closing Arguments to be Heard Today
Closing Arguments Part II (Rough Draft Notes, NOT EDITED!)

THE TRIAL
May 4th, 2011 James Fayed Murder-For-Hire Trial Starts
May 4th, 2011 Day 1: Opening Statements Part I

PROSECUTION CASE-IN-CHIEF
May 4th, 2011 Day 1: Part II, Testimony
1. Desiree Goudie - oldest daughter of Pamela Fayed.
2. Delilah Urrea - friend of victim and former employee of Fayed's company, Goldfinger.
3. Gregory Wallace Herring - family law attorney representing Pamela Fayed at the time of her death.

May 5th, 2011 Day 2
4. Mark Avis - Federal prosecutor for US Attorney General's Office (testimony complete)
5. David Willingham - Criminal defense attorney; first one Pamela had, later disqualified (testimony complete)
6. Carol Nebe - "Best friend" of Pamela since 1989
7. Jean Nelson - Criminal defense attorney; took over for David Willingham

May 6th, 2011 Day 3
8. Matthew Grode - Attorney; witness who observed attack from office across street
9. Eric Spear - Detective-in-charge at the scene
10. Edwin Rivera - Witness at scene; saw Pamela die
11. Dr. Stephen Schultz, MD - L.A. County Deputy Coroner; performed autopsy
12. Mark Newhouse - FBI Special Agent - assisted in search warrants at various locations

May 9th, 2011 Day 4
13. Steven Eidson - FBI Special Agent - Aggregated all precious metals seized in warrants
14. Miguel Sanchez - Former employee of Happy Camp Ranch

May 11th, 2011 Day 5 Part I
No testimony; juror's questioned

May 11th, 2011 Day 5 Part II
15. Alex Samayoa - Owner/Manager of AVIS Rental Car in Camarillo, CA; presents car rental records of the red SUV by Goldfinger
16. Tenille Chacon - Police Officer in Oxnard, CA; stopped and questioned Simmons, Marquez a month before the murders
17. Edward Dixon - ATT Employee; verified phone records of Moya, Fayed, Mercedes
18. Marty McCoy - Former boss and friend of Pamela; accompanied her to a 4th of July party
19. Dan Jensen - Sprint/Nextel Employee; verified phone records of Simmons, Marquez
20. Salaam Abdul-Rahman - Robbery-Homicide Detective; took over investigation in August, 2008

May 12th, 2011 Day 6
20. Salaam Abdul-Rahman - Robbery-Homicide Detective; placed wire on Fayed cellmate Shawn Smith

DEFENSE CASE-IN-CHIEF
May 12th, 2001 Day 6 Part II
1. Patricia Taboga - Sister of James Fayed

PROSECUTION REBUTTAL CASE
May 13th, 2011 Day 7
20. Salaam Abdul-Rahman - Robbery-Homicide Detective; part of taped conversation between Jackson and Ms. Mercedes

MSM Trial Coverage
5/4/2011
Ventura Co. Star Defendant Masterminded Murder-For-Hire-Plot
LA Times Prosecutor says man accused of killing wife admits to cellmate
5/5/2011
Ventura Co. Star Fayed Murder-for-hire trial continues
5/6/2011
Daily Mail Fayed told cellmate he masterminded wife's killing
5/7/2011
Ventura Co. Star Witness watched victim fall, die after stabbing
Ventura Co. Star Two Jurors Removed From Jury Duty
5/12/2011
Ventura Co Star Tapes of Alleged Confession Played For Jurors
5/13/2011
Ventura Co. Star Tape of Fayed Sister Played in Court
5/16/2011
Ventura Co. Star Closing Arguments Presented to Jury
05/17/2011
Associated Press LA Murder Plot case goes to jury
Ventura Co. Star Fayed case goes to the jury
05/19/2011
Ventura Co. Star Jury Finds Fayed Guilty of 1st Degree Murder


INITIAL MEDIA COVERAGE
July 28th, 2008 LA Times Homicide Report Blog
July 30th, 2008 LA Times Victim Had Bitter Divorce
Aug. 5th, 2008 KEYT.COM FBI Linked Fayed to Wife's Murder
Aug. 8th, 2008 DGC Magazine Have You Seen This Guy?
Aug. 10, 2008 DGC Mag. Beginning of the End for E-bullion
Aug. 10, 2008 LA Times Lawyer May Have Known About Threats
Aug. 28th, 2008 LA Times Slain Woman Feared For Her Life
Dec. 2, 2008 ABC News Individual Sought in Century City Murder
Dec. 3, 2008 E Commerce Jrnl Police Found Pamela's Murderer


People
Judge: Kathleen Kennedy
Prosecution team: Alan Jackson and Eric Harmon
Defense team: Mark Werksman and Steve Meister

James Fayed - Defendant
Pamela Fayed - Victim
Jeanett Fayed - Only daughter of James & Pamela
Desiree Goudie - Pamela's oldest daughter by previous relationship
Scott Goudie - Brother of Pamela
Dawn Opoulos - Sister of Pamela
Jose Beltran - Witness to stabbing in parking garage (not called during trial)
Jose Luis Moya - "Joey" Fayed's "go to" man, Goldfinger employee, courier and Happy Camp Ranch manager. Accused of being the head ring-leader of the murder-for-hire team.
Gabriel J. Marquez - co-conspirator in murder, hired by Moya
Steven Vincente Simmons - accused co-conspirator and actual killer of Pamela, hired by Moya