Yella Beezy’s Salon Visit Raises Questions at Trial

[00:00:00] Speaker 1: Good morning, Ms. Willis. Good morning. How are you doing? I'm doing good. Great, thank you. Would you introduce yourself to this jury and would you spell your first and last name to the court reporter? Yes, I'm Ms. Cherie, S-H-E-R-E-E, Willis, W-I-L-L-I-S. [00:00:19] Speaker 2: Ms. Willis, could you tell this jury a little bit about where you're from, where'd you grow up, and what do you do for a living? Yes, I'm from Dallas, Oak Creek area. I'm a hairstylist. I have four grown children, eight, nine grandbabies, and I'm a braid artist. Okay, could you tell the jury what's a braid artist? It's a person that styles hair in different forms that they ask me to do. [00:00:54] Speaker 1: So, if I may, when you see someone's hair that's knotted up and braided, that takes a certain type of talent or person to do that? Yes, it takes a very dedicated skill. Okay, and how long does that take to do on somebody's head? [00:01:12] Speaker 2: About an hour and a half to two hours. If I shampoo and blow dry, it'll take about two hours. [00:01:20] Speaker 1: Now, how did you get into the hair business? [00:01:23] Speaker 2: I always had a knack for it. Even in high school, I was doing all my friend's hair, so I always loved doing hair. [00:01:30] Speaker 1: Now, so your occupation, do you have, where is your occupation located? I was trying to be on the Overton. Is that your shop? Yes. Okay. Back in November of 2020, during the 2020 year, during the pandemic, did you have a shop there? [00:01:47] Speaker 2: Yes, I was working there. Yes. [00:01:49] Speaker 1: But there were other stylists there as well? Yes, there was. And could you just tell the jury a little bit about where the shop would look like and how many people were in there? [00:02:02] Speaker 2: Maybe about seven or eight stylists in there. [00:02:08] Speaker 1: Okay. Now, when did you come into contact with my client, Mr. Conway? [00:02:15] Speaker 2: He approached me to do his hair. He asked me to fill it and see was it long enough to get it braided up. [00:02:23] Speaker 1: Now, you said you've been in that location in Sunnyvale, on Sunnyvale? Yes. On Sunnyvale? Yes. How long have you been over there? [00:02:32] Speaker 2: I came in 99. I left in 2006. And I came back in 2011. And I've been there ever since. [00:02:40] Speaker 1: So, if we add it up to years, you've been in the hair business. Almost about 30 years. You have a lot of clients. I have a lot of clients. Now, you said my client came in and asked you to start doing his hair? Yes. Okay. Do you recall when and what date that was? [00:03:04] Speaker 2: 2020 or late 2019. Somewhere along that time. [00:03:13] Speaker 1: And did you do his hair in November of 2020? Yes. Did you do his hair on November 3rd of 2020? [00:03:25] Speaker 2: Yes. [00:03:26] Speaker 1: May I approach the witness, Your Honor? Yes, Your Honor. Yes, Your Honor. 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