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Live coverage: Griego rape trial

Follow The Billings Gazette's live coverage of the Toby Griego trail. Griego is accused of committing a series of home-invasion sexual assaults.

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Pierce is now moving to admit the next batch of images that have been associated with the attack on victim 3 on May 27 #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/7/2014 9:34:06 PM
Now Pierce and Woog are repeating the process: Going over the file names, when they images were taken, etc. #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/7/2014 9:36:29 PM
Griego & his counsel are watching on their own monitor (also turned away from the gallery) as Pierce & Woog go thru the images #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/7/2014 9:47:01 PM
Woog is now going over the time stamp data, etc. for four videos he says were taken on Jan. 27 #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/7/2014 10:19:09 PM
And now Pierce is admitting as evidence videos and still images taken from videos she says Griego took during the May 27 attack #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/7/2014 10:24:08 PM
Woog is again explaining about how he was able to determine when the videos were taken. #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/7/2014 10:24:56 PM
Woog, the forensic examiner, just testified that a still photo taken from a video during the May 27 attack shows Griego #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/7/2014 10:31:28 PM
Woog: Some of the videos were large enough that they could not have been messaged to him, they were created on Griego's phone #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/7/2014 10:32:49 PM
Pierce is done examining Woog, and now defense counsel J. Thomas Bartleson is cross examining the forensic examiner #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/7/2014 10:38:31 PM
Bartleson is asking Woog if he found "selfies," possibly from a previous owner on Griego's phone #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/7/2014 10:40:35 PM
Woog says some may have been found. He noted 25,000 images were found, but he focused specifically on 1s related to the attacks #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/7/2014 10:42:29 PM
Woog: Doesn't think it's possible the photos he recovered could have gotten on the phone if he hadn't taken them. #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/7/2014 10:59:58 PM
And that's it for testimony today. Court is in recess for the day. #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/7/2014 11:02:54 PM
"Looks like my apartment," she says, as she looks thru photos handed to her by Souza. He admitted the photos as evidence #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/8/2014 4:11:48 PM
Victim 1 says she went to sleep at about midnight. #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/8/2014 4:13:30 PM
Victim 1: "I woke up to a hand over my mouth and a knife to my throat and someone telling me not to scream." #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/8/2014 4:13:57 PM
Victim 1 says that at first she thought it was a prank. She tried "swatting" the person away and was punched #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/8/2014 4:14:33 PM
Victim 1: The man told her he wasn't afraid to use the knife if she looked at him. So she did not look at him. #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/8/2014 4:16:12 PM
Victim 1: She said the attack was "pretty close" to the scariest thing she has experienced. #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/8/2014 4:16:46 PM
Victim 1: She was on her stomach and the man bound her and shoved a piece of cloth in her mouth. #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/8/2014 4:17:42 PM
Victim testimony has begun in the #griegotrial . Follow @TheEddieGregg or go here for updates. bit.ly/1g2C1ZX

by billingsgazette via twitter 4/8/2014 4:17:59 PM
Victim 1 says she was blindfolded and the lights were off #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/8/2014 4:18:08 PM
Victim 1: I heard him go thru my room, open and close doors. He was also asking for my purse, jewelry and money. #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/8/2014 4:18:58 PM
Victim 1: He specifically asked for her money bag, which she thought was odd. She is a server and keeps a money bag. #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/8/2014 4:19:44 PM
Victim 1: he talked in a soft "hissy" voice. She wondered if he was someone she had met at work. #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/8/2014 4:20:18 PM
Victim 1: He found an object and used it to rape her #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/8/2014 4:21:31 PM
Victim 1: "I was very much so" resisting. But when she did this he would hit her or push her into the mattress #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/8/2014 4:22:22 PM
Victim 1: "It was painful, it was scary." #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/8/2014 4:22:45 PM
Victim 1: This went on at least five minutes. He then flipped her over and raped her again. "It was very much so painful." #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/8/2014 4:24:25 PM
Victim 1: She cried out, and he hit her again. #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/8/2014 4:25:02 PM
Victim 1: He said something about her avoiding him and asked how she liked to be hurt. #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/8/2014 4:25:45 PM
Victim 1: At this point she couldn't breath. He took the gag out when she agreed not to scream #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/8/2014 4:26:48 PM
Victim 1: She asked him where she knew him from, he said it wouldn't make a difference. He started getting fed up w/ the conversation

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/8/2014 4:28:01 PM
We're taking a 15 minute recess at the request of the state

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/8/2014 4:28:45 PM
Nobody should EVER have to go through this hell. This girl is so courageous for testifying. And thank you Eddie for keeping us updated.

by Cami 4/8/2014 5:05:50 PM

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This is unbelievably difficult to listen to ... there are details that I can't repeat #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/8/2014 5:07:12 PM
Victim 1: He put her face in a pillow and told her not to scream or move until she left. #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/8/2014 5:08:20 PM
Victim 1: He pretended to leave and then came back and said "good job, good girl" for not screaming. #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/8/2014 5:09:26 PM
Thanks @TheEddieGregg you are doing a tremendous job with coverage of the #griegotrial and you're keeping it respectful! #classyjournalist

by Minch_BGSports via twitter 4/8/2014 5:09:28 PM
Victim 1: He something like same place, same time tomorrow and then left. She went and locked the door #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/8/2014 5:09:58 PM
Victim 1: She put some clothes on, but couldn't find her phone. She went to her immediate neighbor's door & banged on the door #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/8/2014 5:11:16 PM
Victim 1: That neighbor wasn't home, so she went to another neighbor and got home. All of this took 5-7 minutes #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/8/2014 5:12:10 PM
Yes, Mr Gregg....hang in there :( heartwrenching

by Jacqueline 4/8/2014 5:12:55 PM

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Victim 1: After police arrived, she went to the hospital. #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/8/2014 5:13:19 PM
Victim 1: "If I had to estimate, it (the attack) would probably be two hours. It seemed to go on forever." #griegotrial

by Eddie Gregg via twitter 4/8/2014 5:14:04 PM