Defense attacks OTF Jam’s credibility on cross-examination

Defense attorney Brian Steel spent the day attacking Hester’s credibility. He confronted the witness with his history of armed robbery and murder, pressed whether a cooperation deal and a hoped-for early release — Steel suggested Hester had told his wife he could be out in 18 months if he testified — were driving his testimony, and used phone records to challenge his account of who called whom, after which Hester adjusted his story. Steel repeatedly noted that little beyond Hester’s own word corroborated his claims. — Los Angeles Magazine · AllHipHop

• Kacey Hester (“OTF Jam”) — Cooperating witness — an OTF associate who pleaded guilty to his role in the August 2022 shooting that killed Saviay’a Robinson. Under cross-examination by Brian Steel, was confronted with his armed-robbery and murder history, a cooperation deal and hoped-for early release, and phone records that contradicted his account of who initiated the calls.