Lynn Scott - Defense Witness 1 (FULL Testimony) — Yella Beezy/MO3 Murder Trial

[00:00:00] Lynn Scott: yes ma'am could you introduce yourself to the judge yes my name is lynn scott l-y-n-n-s-c-o-t-t [00:00:16] Speaker 2: thank you and do you swear that the testimony they're about to give will be the truth and [00:00:23] Speaker 3: yes ma'am thank you thank you miss scott how are you doing today i'm good good i'm good all right would you reintroduce yourself to the jury and spell your first and last name yes good evening lynn l-y-n-n [00:00:42] Speaker 4: scott scott and miss scott could you tell the jury a little bit about your background in entertainment [00:00:49] Lynn Scott: yes i am a music marketing executive i've been in the business for over 30 years i've worked with clients many that you'll know some that you don't uh anywhere from cv oneser and uh princess catalog to erica badu ndi rey uh jennifer lopez i mean the list goes on and on i've been doing it a long time [00:01:13] Speaker 3: okay and just so the jury will know a little bit uh tell us about your education where did you go to [00:01:18] Lynn Scott: college i went to school at north carolina aant state university okay did you study business administration i did i did not graduate but i definitely had good grades though and there was [00:01:30] Speaker 3: a reason uh yes you ended up having an opportunity to get into the entertainment industry is that correct absolutely um just briefly was that uh how did that come about uh so i had a girlfriend who was dancing [00:01:43] Lynn Scott: for queen latifah queen latifah came to perform at my school um i got to know her and her team and when they were looking to expand the company back in new york i'm from new york um i got to see them in a club and they made a job offer and so i decided to take the leap never looked back and what are some of the [00:02:04] Speaker 3: uh what are some of the uh entities in the entertainment industry that you work with as far as [00:02:12] Lynn Scott: what you took that leap of faith sure i started off at flavor unit um i had my own company where i represented shaquille o'neal's music career 3d entertainment i've worked for motown universal republic i've worked at warner i've worked at capital so i've worked at all of the majors except for suddenly [00:02:33] Speaker 3: now back and i'm gonna take you back to uh how did you come in contact with uh mr conway [00:02:41] Lynn Scott: uh while i was working at hitco uh and he was an artist that was signed to our label and what is an [00:02:48] Speaker 3: artist what is his name as an artist yellow bz in hitco uh that's located in california is that correct yes and who was the main executive for hitco l.a reid okay and so the jury will know if they know who is [00:03:04] Lynn Scott: ballet ring he is the ultimate music man he is usher um uh oh my gosh why am i drawing a blank because we're in front of the jury right um yeah usher outcast pink i mean he's he has um been the head [00:03:27] Speaker 3: of deaf jam he's been the head of arista he's i mean he's he's legendary um zellie reid was he part of america's has talent yes he was yes and so you guys when you hire a uh when you signed an entertainer uh as uh my client uh they get an advance is that correct yes and part of once once the uh company signs an entertainer uh then you do marketing and try to sell records for that person is that correct that is correct and your job for hitco at the time was in marketing is that right yes i was a marketing executive so i would lead and tell the jury briefly a little bit about what you do for an artist as a marketing executive for that company uh what i do is we put together the strategy and the [00:04:19] Lynn Scott: marketing plan to go to market to be able to discover audiences engage audiences and grow audiences so that way we are building on streaming and any physical sales really ultimately building an artist [00:04:30] Speaker 3: to be a household name and when you came in contact with mr conway here did you do a marketing plan for him i did okay and uh when you do a marketing plan uh do you have to get approval to [00:04:48] Lynn Scott: have the marketing plan implemented yes and how do you do that so once the uh so the way that we worked at hipco is the artists would come in they would play the music uh all of us would be gathered we listen to the music uh once la has helped to identify what songs are going to be the singles then we would put then we would put together what the strategy is the timeline the marketing the partners that we would go to uh to be able to promote it and there would be an accompanying budget that would get approved and then once everything is done we start to execute uh your honor now approach the witness [00:05:29] Speaker 3: yes ma'am and permission to move uh freely about yes miss god i'm showing you what's been marked as defense exhibit 82 uh are these right these are they've been admitted into evidence is this hipco uh records uh with jp morgan chase as far as setting up scheduling for mr conway coming to and from dallas to california in different places uh yes and so the jury will know whenever you get a client to go and you have them travel from dallas to uh one of your locations you have an independent uh company that will go ahead and set up that [00:06:24] Lynn Scott: scheduling is that right yeah we uh we say independent company when i say a third part yes it was at uh frost entertainment yes for our travel agency okay yeah and frost would set up those um [00:06:38] Speaker 3: they would go ahead and take care of all the transportation is that correct that is correct and these records right here does these reflect the times that mr conway flew throughout the year 2020 oh yeah and was that in the ordinary course of business say that again please was that in the ordinary course of [00:06:59] Lynn Scott: yes [00:07:18] Speaker 3: so these records right here show that mr conway was traveling throughout the year of 2020 uh at hitco's direction is that correct that is correct and you would plan marketing adventures for him to fly either to new york atlanta or california is that right yes and part of that is to go ahead and sell the records promote the records and make a lot of money is that right ultimately yes that's what he would do now did you back in november 2020 did you do a marketing plan and have mr conway come out yes yes and did you when you do a marketing plan and you do your budget what is the protocol to go ahead and have an artist fly out can you just do that on your own no how does that work so we put together once [00:08:13] Lynn Scott: we've identified what the music is going to be that's going to lead we would put together the um the promo schedule right so you come up with a list figuring out what it is you put you assign a budget once the budget gets approved then we start making the calls to be able to try to to get everything kind of locked in [00:08:31] Speaker 3: okay so back in november of 2020 did you end up uh having marquise come out for your marketing plan yes and what was the original time frame for that do you recall i do not [00:08:47] Speaker 2: i'm showing you [00:09:05] Speaker 5: one defense exhibit 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 [00:09:40] Speaker 3: and 163 ma'am i'm showing you right now that's exhibit uh defense exhibit 155 is that a marketing timeline you prepared for mr conway to come out to california back in november of 2020 yes and i'm showing you defense exhibits oh yeah yeah okay you see that i do okay and then um i'm showing you what's [00:10:05] Speaker 5: i'm showing you what's been marked as defense exhibits 156 and 157 158 [00:10:15] Speaker 3: and uh look at these do these records right here or were they kept in the regular course of business for hipco yes and those records fairly and accurately depict the dates and times for your marketing plan for mr conway to come out to california yes and is there hipco uh representative uh named miss marie lewis was she working for hipco at the time she was and once this marketing plan was uh approved by the executives did she go ahead and prepare tickets and send emails to mr conway's team [00:10:49] Speaker 5: to have to come out yes yes at this time i'm going to show you also defense exhibits 159 160 161 162 [00:11:04] Speaker 3: these photographs were these photographs taken uh by you and prepared by you to show some of the uh events that mr conway was doing back in november of 2020 yes did that help you in describing to the jury what what the purpose was this yeah yes okay judge at this time state would offer a defense would offer defense exhibit is 155 [00:11:41] Speaker 5: 156 157 158 [00:11:49] Speaker 3: 159 160 161 161 162 for all purposes for all purposes and just to identify for the court defense exhibit 155 is going to be miss scott's marketing plan for my client mr conway uh defense exhibit 155 is going to be uh it's a marketing timeline yes defense exhibits 156 157 158 are going to be hit codes uh plane tickets for mr conway and emails to his team and then defense exhibits 159 161 162 are photographs of events that uh miss scott has uh captured by her camera or phone showing some of the events that took place during that time out there 163 as well 163 i believe this is a plane ticket from frost entertainment it may be an extra attachment um i think i wasn't going to offer right now i think it's already been offered in the evidence we had it we'll go ahead and offer it that's a plane ticket it's a travel itinerary for frost [00:13:28] Speaker 2: i'm not sure okay okay man i'm on the air yes [00:13:58] Speaker ?: not that it matters i mean the last thing that i can just hold it for uh the defense was one uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh [00:14:26] Speaker 5: uh [00:14:45] Speaker 3: judge i believe my last exhibit one six was at 163 [00:14:50] Speaker 2: okay okay i'm not talking about the batch that you're attending now i mean the last exhibit before this [00:15:09] Speaker ?: uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh [00:16:10] Speaker 3: uh uh This is, uh, this is a return. [00:16:25] Speaker 6: Your Honor said it has an objection to 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, and 162. So that's 155 through 162. [00:16:44] Speaker 2: How about 164? [00:16:46] Speaker 3: I have not had a chance to look at it, Your Honor. Judge, I'm tender to counsel. The fest exhibits 163 and 164. These would be the return ticket, uh, the ticket out to California on November 10th and the return ticket for November 13th. [00:17:08] Speaker 2: So 164 is the return ticket? [00:17:10] Speaker 6: Yes, Your Honor. Thank you. One, uh, no, uh, no objection to 163 and 164. [00:17:22] Speaker 2: All right. Defensive said it's 155 through 164 or in 12 purposes. [00:17:30] Speaker 3: Judge, may I have permission to public to the jury? Yes. Yes. Yes. This is the record. This was shown to the jury. This business record with J.T. Norman Chase, uh, travel, Frost Entertainment. When I asked you earlier, uh, right here, Hitco Entertainment, that's you and your company back in November of 2020. Is that correct? [00:18:28] Lynn Scott: That is correct. That is correct. [00:18:29] Speaker 3: That's the L.A. Reed company that we were just talking about, correct? Correct. All right. And this travel, uh, with air travel, Frost Entertainment handles the travel for entertainers as they travel all around the country of the world to do business for Hitco. Is that correct? That is correct. And so when we look here at page one and we look, I'm going to flip through these, but this is Marquis Conway. This is Yellow Beesie, our client. That was your client at the time. Is that right? [00:19:00] Lynn Scott: Correct. [00:19:01] Speaker 3: And this reflects. Let's see if anyone wants to zoom in on that. Yes, ma'am. Okay, Jerry. Can we see that better? Can you see that pretty good? [00:19:14] Lynn Scott: Me? [00:19:15] Speaker 3: Yeah. Okay. All right. Um, what we're going through is an air activity for Mr. Conway throughout the year. And these are his travel records as we go from, you know, January of 2020 at the bottom of the page, August of 2020. These travel records were done in the ordinary course of business with Hitco with my clients travel around and do different marketing. Uh, for, uh, for the, uh, for, for the company and selling records. Is that right? [00:19:50] Lynn Scott: Correct. [00:19:51] Speaker 3: Okay. Now, as we go through the records here, Hitco pays for this travel. Is that correct? [00:20:00] Lynn Scott: That is correct. [00:20:01] Speaker 3: And before Hitco can pay for the travel, there's a protocol that you have to go through as a marketing executive to get your entertainer out there. Is that correct? [00:20:12] Speaker 5: Correct. [00:20:13] Speaker 3: And so you prepared an entertainment plan, a timeline for Mr. Conway back in November of 2020. Is that right? [00:20:23] Lynn Scott: That is right. [00:20:24] Speaker 3: And we're looking here at defense exhibit 155. Can you tell the jury a little bit about preparing a marketing timeline and how you do that? [00:20:34] Lynn Scott: Yes. So you put together a timeline. It, uh, really, it creates a highlight, top level for the activity that you're either looking to do or you already have locked in. And you, the marketing plan would build in the details, right? So it would give you the times, the dates, maybe who the contact is, their email, different things like that. When, when, when the activity may run, if it doesn't happen live. So this is a snapshot of it. [00:21:01] Speaker 3: Snapshot of a plan. Yes. You take this plan, you go to the executives at Hitco, you say it's going to cost about this much money. We got to fly the entertainer out here. We've got these vendors and these studios and these people to, to market. And it's going to cost money and they have to sign off on it before you do that. Correct. Is that right? Correct. Okay. Now you did that in this, in this situation in November of 2020. Is that right? That is correct. Now I'm showing you what's been marked as defense exhibits 160, 156. Right here, this is Marie Lewis, is that correct? [00:21:44] Lynn Scott: That is. [00:21:45] Speaker 3: Up here? That's correct. She's with Marie Lewis Hitco. Yes. And, her name was signed up, but would be on records for travel and hotel. She's working on behalf of Hitco. Yes. [00:22:00] Lynn Scott: Is that right? She, yeah, that was part of her role. [00:22:02] Speaker 3: So, if we see Marie Lewis' name in any kind of travel records, that's on behalf of Hitco preparing that schedule. That is correct. They're the ones talking to the travel agency. That person's talking to the hotel, right? That is correct. Okay. Now, this trip that was prepared by you was originally a three-day trip. Is that right? [00:22:21] Lynn Scott: That is correct. [00:22:23] Speaker 3: And so, when you had my client come out to California, you had a marketing deal set up for three days. Come in, go to the studio, meet these vendors, and get out of town. Is that right? Yes. Okay. And does this record right here reflect the plane ticket for November 10th, the email from Marie Lewis? [00:22:50] Lynn Scott: Yes. [00:22:51] Speaker 3: Okay. And that was what Hitco paid. Is that right? [00:22:57] Lynn Scott: Yes. [00:23:00] Speaker 3: And then, as we go to the next exhibit, 157, excuse me, 158. You see an email from this Marie Lewis right here? Yes. Ticket and itinerary to Mr. Conway, November 12th. Yes. Cross travel. Turn the page. And this is his return trip from L.A. to Dallas. Is that correct? [00:23:34] Lynn Scott: Yes. Yes. [00:23:35] Speaker 3: Okay. And Hitco is not going to prepare and pay for tickets and purchase them and send emails to the, to the client unless that's what's been planned by Hitco. Is that right? [00:23:51] Lynn Scott: Yes. [00:23:56] Speaker 3: And I'm showing you the plane tickets that were purchased by Hitco. This is, uh, defense exhibit 163. Can you see that? [00:24:05] Lynn Scott: Yes. [00:24:06] Speaker 3: And this is a plane ticket purchased by Hitco for leaving Thursday, Tuesday, November the 10th. From Dallas, Fort Worth to LAX, right? [00:24:26] Lynn Scott: Yes. [00:24:27] Speaker 3: Okay. And then, if I look at exhibit 164, this is the plane ticket purchased by Hitco for November, November 13th returns like 2020. [00:24:46] Lynn Scott: Yes. [00:24:49] Speaker 3: Okay. This was not a long, 22nd day pre-planned event. Is that correct? That is correct. You originally had my client come out to California for a three-day event. Is that right? That is correct. And so, you saw him out there. I did. And he also had some other people with him. Is that right? Yes. And, um, and it, this, this trip ended up changing. Is that correct? That is correct. And what was, let me go back a minute. LA Reed and the company, were they trying to get him to move out to California? [00:25:33] Lynn Scott: Yes. [00:25:34] Speaker 3: How did, why, what was the deal on that? [00:25:36] Lynn Scott: Uh, we wanted him to move out because he was always out in LA. We, that's the way we're headquartered. We wanted him to be there. [00:25:43] Speaker 3: Okay. And y'all spent a lot of money on him. Is that right? [00:25:46] Lynn Scott: For sure. [00:25:47] Speaker 3: Over a million dollars. You don't know the money. I don't know. You didn't handle the money, but other executives did. [00:25:53] Lynn Scott: Yeah, but we spent a lot of money. He, he flew to LA a lot. [00:25:56] Speaker 3: Okay. And as, uh, Mr. Noble was shot, Mo Three was shot, that set shockwaves throughout the, the entertainment world. Is that right? Yes. And did the executives want him to stay out there? Correct. Okay. And so did you guys decide to change and extend the trip? [00:26:18] Lynn Scott: Yes. [00:26:18] Speaker 3: Okay. And, um, as he did that, did he make, uh, arrangements to come back home to Dallas? [00:26:27] Lynn Scott: He did. [00:26:28] Speaker 3: Okay. Do you know why he came back home to Dallas? [00:26:30] Lynn Scott: Yes. I recall him saying he needed to go check on his mom. [00:26:34] Speaker 3: Okay. And did you see also his girlfriend and children out there as well? [00:26:40] Lynn Scott: Yes. [00:26:41] Speaker 3: And, um, as he goes to check back on his mom, did Hitco purchase tickets for Mr. Connell? I'm showing you what's been marked as Defense Exhibit 157? [00:26:57] Lynn Scott: Yes. [00:26:58] Speaker 3: Ms. Marie Lewis? Yep. November 19th. This is his ticket itinerary to leave on 1120 to go from California, LAX, to Dallas. Is that right? [00:27:21] Lynn Scott: That's correct. [00:27:24] Speaker 3: Now, as Mr. Connelly is out there, I'm showing you some pictures here. Could you tell the jury a little bit about this shot right here? [00:27:41] Lynn Scott: Yes. We were filming a live for promo. I forgot for which outlet, but that was something that we were filming, uh, because we still could not do things in studio. So, that's what that was. [00:27:53] Speaker 3: That's Defense 162. And, if I may show you Defense 159, what's going on right here? [00:28:03] Lynn Scott: That was him performing, that, that was for Triller, actually, an app, um, that's similar to TikTok. And so, he was performing, doing promo. [00:28:12] Speaker 3: Okay. And is this one of his songs in an acoustic version? [00:28:16] Lynn Scott: Yes. [00:28:21] Speaker 3: I'm showing you Defense 160. Could you tell a little bit about that? [00:28:28] Lynn Scott: Yeah, that was a photo shoot. We had done a photo shoot that day. [00:28:38] Speaker 3: Now, Mr. Conway does fly back, he goes to Dallas, then he comes back. I'm going to object to testify, man leading. It's the same. Um, he leaves California, does he, does he leave California on November the 20th? [00:28:57] Lynn Scott: Yes. [00:28:58] Speaker 3: Does he return? [00:28:59] Lynn Scott: He does. [00:29:01] Speaker 3: And when he returns, um, does he, uh, tell me what happens when he returns? Does he visit with you and visit with, continue to do promos? You're all right. Again, I'm going to object to testify in the meeting. Just continue. What does Mr. Conway do when he flies back from, uh, Texas? [00:29:23] Lynn Scott: Uh, he was actually looking for somewhere to live, to stay. [00:29:28] Speaker 3: And tell the jury a little bit about that. [00:29:31] Lynn Scott: So, we wanted him to stay. We had been talking about it and, um, so his girlfriend and him, they were looking for a place. I had recommended a, uh, real estate agent for them, but she had found someone on her own. And so they had found a townhouse and they were going to look to move to be in L.A. More than in Texas. [00:29:54] Speaker 3: And, uh, did they go ahead and go, uh, sign with the townhouse? Did they sign a lease or, and decide to move in or what happened? [00:30:01] Lynn Scott: Yes. Yes, they did. [00:30:04] Speaker 3: And did they eventually move in or what happened? [00:30:06] Lynn Scott: They did not. They went, they came, they went back to Dallas. [00:30:10] Speaker ?: Okay. [00:30:11] Speaker 3: Now, did you guys, uh, was he out there during Thanksgiving? [00:30:15] Lynn Scott: He was. [00:30:16] Speaker 3: Where was he during Thanksgiving? [00:30:18] Lynn Scott: He was at my home with me and my family. His family was up. We shared Thanksgiving that year. [00:30:23] Speaker 3: And a part of his family, who was part of his family that was at your house? [00:30:27] Lynn Scott: It was his children. It was his girlfriend. [00:30:29] Speaker 6: You don't object to all of insurance. Go home. [00:30:33] Lynn Scott: It was his children. It was his girlfriend's. Um, it was my family. It was my chiropractor. It was, I'm trying to think who else. Oh, and it was, um, another good friend of mine and his family. So it was a lot of us. [00:30:51] Speaker 3: And did y'all have, I understand you, uh, did you prepare that now? [00:30:55] Lynn Scott: I did. [00:30:55] Speaker 3: And everybody was stuffed full because of the great cooking? [00:31:00] Lynn Scott: I mean. [00:31:01] Speaker 3: Your great cook. [00:31:03] Lynn Scott: I think I'm a great cook, but you folks in Texas have different ideas about what's great food. [00:31:11] Speaker 4: And why is that? [00:31:13] Lynn Scott: We don't use as much butter in California. [00:31:17] Speaker 3: All right. So, uh, Mr. Conway's out there. Y'all spend Thanksgiving together. You do some promos, and then he's got to go back. Is that right? [00:31:30] Lynn Scott: Yes. [00:31:31] Speaker 3: And I believe, if I may, judge, read, publish defense 155. Uh, I see down here, Saturday, December the 5th, Earl Spence fight. Mm-hmm. Okay, he's doing an intro for Earl Spence? Yes. So does he fly back from California to Dallas? [00:31:58] Lynn Scott: Yes. [00:31:58] Speaker 3: And, uh, that was part of one of the promo on the timeline that he goes to the Earl Spence fight? Yes. And sing and entertain? [00:32:07] Lynn Scott: Yes. [00:32:09] Speaker 3: Did Mr. Conway come back to California one more time? [00:32:14] Lynn Scott: He did. [00:32:15] Speaker 3: And what was the reason for him doing that? [00:32:18] Lynn Scott: Uh, to come and get his belongings and bring them to my home so I can ship them back to Dallas. [00:32:25] Speaker 3: Okay. Did HITCO pay for that? [00:32:27] Lynn Scott: No. [00:32:27] Speaker 3: Why not? [00:32:29] Lynn Scott: Because we don't pay for that. Those are personal expenses. [00:32:32] Speaker 3: Okay. And y'all had a conversation about that? We did. Okay. He, he, uh, flew back out to California because, uh, for what reason? Were there clothes? Yeah. [00:32:44] Lynn Scott: They were clothes. Yeah. They, their belongings, they wanted to get their clothes, shoes, all of the stuff that they had because they had been out there for a while. [00:32:51] Speaker 3: So, Mr. Conway has his family out in California. He flies back to California. There was going to be an extended stay. And then he didn't take the clothes back with you and asked you to do that. [00:33:05] Lynn Scott: He did. He did. And I told him he had to pay for it. [00:33:08] Speaker 3: Did you actually send the clothes back? [00:33:10] Lynn Scott: I did. [00:33:11] Speaker 3: May I re-approach those decisions? [00:33:13] Speaker ?: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. [00:34:21] Speaker 3: I'm showing you defense exhibit 165. Is this a record prepared by HITCO? Uh, uh, is this correspondence with HITCO? It is. From Marie Lewis to Mr. Conway's representatives? [00:34:45] Lynn Scott: Yes. [00:34:46] Speaker 3: And is this a ticket? Was it a business record ticket? Does this accurately reflect the ticket that was purchased for him to go to and from California and Dallas during that time? Yes. [00:35:01] Speaker 5: And this is, uh, this is, uh, this is December the, um, this is December the 12th. [00:35:13] Speaker 3: Um, this is a return flight, December the 12th. Um, uh, this is a ticket purchased by HITCO for him to travel back to Dallas, uh, from, from Dallas to California. From Dallas to California. [00:35:43] Speaker 2: From Dallas to California on December 12th. [00:35:52] Speaker 6: Your Honor, I'm going to object. [00:35:53] Speaker 2: Hold on a second. Is that correct? [00:35:54] Speaker ?: Is that correct? [00:35:54] Speaker 2: Yes. [00:35:59] Speaker 6: I'm going to object to cumulative. All the American Airlines records have been put in. We put them in, they put them in, and this is just getting cumulative at this point. What's the defendant's response? [00:36:10] Speaker 3: Uh, the best response is we're just documenting the travel. It was alleged that it was a 27-day trip out to California, and this was the longest day ever, and I'm trying to document that HITCO did purchase tickets for him to go from Dallas to California originally for three days, and then go back to Dallas to take care of his mom and come back and bring folks. [00:36:34] Speaker 2: Is this any different than the tickets that are already, um, the itinerary that's already in advance? [00:36:40] Speaker 3: So the only thing that's different, Your Honor, is those emails from HITCO representatives going to his people showing what the itinerary is, what the itinerary is. [00:36:47] Speaker 2: And what specific activities he was engaged in? Yes, ma'am. Say subjection is overruled. Defensive ticket 165 is in it. [00:36:58] Speaker 3: In 165 right here, this is again, Ms. Marie Lewis, December 9th, going to Mr. Conway's people, Mr. Gordon, showing travel, showing travel, returning, uh, to Dallas from LAX on December the 12th. Is that right? [00:37:29] Speaker 2: Yes. [00:37:30] Speaker ?: Okay. [00:37:36] Speaker 3: So, uh, Mr. Scott, um, Mr. Conway did, uh, these events were in the ordinary course of business, is that correct? Yes. And these were events that you and HITCO had scheduled for Mr. Conway? Yes. And I believe that, uh, there's been talk about when there's a record that, uh, HITCO wants to release, who is in charge of releasing that album? What is it? Who, who's in charge of releasing music once, if they're, if HITCO signs an entertainer? [00:38:11] Lynn Scott: We are the label. [00:38:13] Speaker 3: Okay, so, when an entertainer creates music, they, HITCO owns it, and they decide who and what and when it's released. Is that right? That is correct. Okay. Specifically, we're talking about one song, Keep It in the Streets. Are you familiar with Keep It in the Streets? I am. Okay, that song, um, who was in charge of releasing the date for it to go out to the public? [00:39:19] Lynn Scott: It's a label. [00:39:20] Speaker ?: Okay. [00:39:21] Speaker 3: So, the label is the one that says when they release it? [00:39:25] Lynn Scott: Yes. [00:39:25] Speaker 3: No, Mr. Connelly. [00:39:28] Lynn Scott: No. [00:39:40] Speaker 3: Judge, if I may re-approach the witness. Mm-hmm. [00:39:55] Speaker ?: Thank you. [00:40:25] Speaker 3: Judge, oh, oh, there. Oh, oh, there it is. I'm showing you what I'd like to mark as defense exhibit. This will be defense exhibit 166. Uh, I'm showing you a snippet of, did you prepare that video? Was that prepared by you or one of your cameras? Did you send this to us? [00:41:29] Lynn Scott: Yeah, this was on my phone. [00:41:31] Speaker 3: Okay, you prepared that and sent it, is that right? Yes. And would this aid you in telling the jury a little bit about, uh, keeping in the streets and Mr. Conway? [00:41:39] Lynn Scott: Yeah, this, this is him performing the song for Triller. [00:41:43] Speaker 3: Okay. At this time, I'd like to- [00:41:46] Lynn Scott: Acoustically, obviously, with a guitar as opposed to a backing track. [00:41:50] Speaker 3: I'd like to offer this, defense exhibit 166. It's just a small subject, but it's a 50-3rd. [00:42:00] Speaker 6: No objection, none other than cumulative to a verdict put in as to the video, and there's still shot at this already. So, my objection is to cumulative and relevant. [00:42:10] Speaker 2: So, it's probably, um, co-council helps me, uh, get this pointed out. Yeah. [00:42:32] Speaker 3: May I pose to the jury judge? Is that the acoustic version of Keep It In The Streets? [00:43:26] Lynn Scott: That is an acoustic version, yes. [00:43:27] Speaker 3: Okay, and this was, uh, part of his- [00:43:31] Lynn Scott: Promo run. [00:43:32] Speaker 3: Promo firm out in, in November of 2020, is that right? [00:43:36] Lynn Scott: Correct. [00:43:56] Speaker 3: An entertainer, Mr. Conway, they get in the studio and they work on this way before it's release. Is that right? I'm going to object to leaving an anti-narrative, anti-narrative, anti-narrative. It's a statement. Uh, when an entertainer, um, creates a version of a song, do they do it the same day that it's released? [00:44:39] Lynn Scott: Sometimes they can. [00:44:41] Speaker ?: Okay. [00:44:41] Lynn Scott: Yeah. [00:44:42] Speaker 3: Was Keep It In The Streets, uh, was it produced the same day that it was released? Not this version. I'm talking about the one that hit home release. [00:44:53] Lynn Scott: Oh, no, it was not. [00:44:55] Speaker 3: Would it have been, uh, created and prepared in a studio long before- [00:45:01] Lynn Scott: Oh, yes. [00:45:01] Speaker 3: -the date of the release? -Yeah. And that would go, uh, the same day on your head? [00:45:08] Lynn Scott: Um, that would go for any music that's recorded and being released. [00:45:15] Speaker 3: Once it's recorded, goes to Hitco, it's in the studio, they clean it up, and the studio executives are the ones who decide when to release the music? [00:45:25] Lynn Scott: Yes. The only time there would be a difference is if it was a live album, and then, oh, he doesn't have any live albums. [00:45:36] Speaker 3: I'll pass it with you, John. Thank you. Thank you. [00:45:40] Speaker 6: Ms. Scott, how you doing? [00:45:41] Speaker 2: I'm good. [00:45:43] Speaker 6: I'm not going to take too long. Okay. I'm going to listen to a little more artistic, but I'm going to take too long, all right? Um, so you were out in California on November 11th, uh, with the defendant, correct? Yes. And you, and you care about the defendant? [00:45:59] Lynn Scott: I care about, yes. [00:46:03] Speaker 6: Um, 917-294. Do you recognize that? [00:46:10] Lynn Scott: Yes, yes, yes. [00:46:13] Speaker 6: Do you remember, uh, sending text messages on that day about needing to craft up a response and strategize about what just happened in Dallas? [00:46:22] Lynn Scott: No, I don't remember. [00:46:25] Speaker 6: Can you look at state's exhibit 1232? Is that your number? [00:46:37] Lynn Scott: That is my number. [00:46:38] Speaker 6: Okay. And if these messages came from the defendant's iCloud texting with you in a group text, that would be your text messages, correct? Yes. States can offer states exhibit 1232 for all purposes. Part of the complete iCloud messages. Okay, so we're going to talk about that. We're going to talk about that. [00:46:56] Speaker ?: We're going to talk about that. We're going to talk about that. We're going to talk about that. We're going to talk about that. We're going to talk about that. We're going to talk about that. We're going to talk about that. We're going to talk about that. We're going to talk about that. We're going to talk about that. We're going to talk about that. We're going to talk about that. We're going to talk about that. We're going to talk about that. We're going to talk about that. We're going to talk about that. We're going to talk about that. We're going to talk about that. We're going to talk about that. [00:47:16] Speaker 3: Judge, previous objection we re-urged that it was objection of relevance on Frank's hearing and other issues that were raised on the violation of the Sixth Amendment right and the Fourth Amendment. Thank you. [00:47:38] Speaker 2: Thank you. [00:47:47] Speaker 6: 917-294-1904, that's your number, right? It is. And at 13:04, which would have been 3, that's 1:00 California time, there's been 3:00 in Dallas on November 11th of 2020, correct? [00:48:05] Lynn Scott: Sure. [00:48:06] Speaker 6: Would you trust me that it's plus two hours off of 1,300 to be 1,500 here in Dallas, which would make it 3:00 in Dallas time? [00:48:14] Lynn Scott: Yes. [00:48:15] Speaker 6: Okay. And then, can you read to the jury that text message you send right there at 3:05 Dallas time on November 11th? Can you read that out loud? [00:48:28] Lynn Scott: We need to hop on a call to strategize messaging around what just happened in Dallas. [00:48:33] Speaker 6: All right, and then on the bottom one at 13:08, the bottom one, the third one. Okay. [00:48:41] Lynn Scott: We need to have him craft a response. [00:48:43] Speaker 6: Melvin Noble had just been killed in Dallas, and you felt as his marketing person that it was necessary to strategize about what just happened in Dallas. What had just happened in Dallas? What had just happened in Dallas? [00:48:58] Lynn Scott: You tell me what just happened in Dallas. [00:49:00] Speaker 6: These are your text messages, and the only thing I can think of of any relevance on November 11th that relates to your client that you care about, who you had over for Thanksgiving, was that Melvin Noble just got executed on I-35. Is that fair? [00:49:12] Lynn Scott: What part is fair? What part is fair? [00:49:16] Speaker 6: That you needed to strategize with your client on what just happened in Dallas. [00:49:20] Lynn Scott: Yes. [00:49:21] Speaker 6: And you needed to craft a response. [00:49:23] Lynn Scott: Okay. Is that fair? [00:49:25] Speaker 6: Sure. [00:49:26] Lynn Scott: You're not arguing. [00:49:27] Speaker 6: No, I'm not. [00:49:28] Lynn Scott: I'm not arguing that point. [00:49:30] Speaker 6: Have you been contacted by the police at that point, about your client's involvement in the murder of Mothra? [00:49:38] Lynn Scott: No. [00:49:39] Speaker 6: Had he talked to you about hiring T1Y and said, "Kill the Melvin Noble that day?" [00:49:48] Speaker 5: No. [00:49:49] Speaker 6: But you felt that it was necessary to strategize and messaging around what just happened in Dallas and to craft a response and have him, the defendant, craft a response. [00:49:59] Speaker ?: Yes. [00:50:00] Lynn Scott: I'm a marketer. Is that a yes or no? Ask me the question again. [00:50:03] Speaker 3: Judge, I object, but for the witness, he asks a question, let her answer. It's a yes or no question. [00:50:05] Lynn Scott: Ask me the question again. [00:50:06] Speaker 6: You thought it was necessary, while Melvin Noble is still not even pronounced dead, to send out a strategy and to have your client craft a response about what had just happened to Melvin Noble in Dallas? That's what you thought was important at that moment? Yes or no. [00:50:38] Lynn Scott: I don't know if I thought that was important at that moment, as much as I thought he probably, we should be prepared. Thank you. [00:50:46] Speaker ?: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. [00:50:47] Speaker 2: Thank you. Thank you. [00:50:49] Speaker ?: Thank you. [00:50:49] Speaker 2: Thank you. [00:50:50] Speaker ?: Thank you. [00:50:50] Speaker 2: Thank you. Thank you. [00:50:52] Speaker 3: Thank you. Thank you. [00:51:00] Lynn Scott: Thank you.