The next day, David Packer was called to the witness stand. I recognized that his wholly inappropriate visit to my set must have had something to do with it. As he described the events of October 30, he seemed to preen under the attention of the crowd, as if he were on callback for a part in a feature film. But as a fellow actor, I could tell that under his charm Packer was scared—not as terrified as he was of Sweeney that night, but frightened all the same. Dad and Alex were sickened by his performance on the stand, but to my surprise, I felt sorry for him. As Dominique’s murder would forever
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