We’ve had a huge murder trial going on recently here in Austin. Some pretty ugly stuff, and I haven’t been following it too closely, though it did get more interesting when he started trying to say he was defending himself from the woman and her five year old son. Yes, defending himself from someone he tied up and stabbed 107 times (the woman) and her small son, who was stabbed four times. As one can imagine, this defense didn’t fly with the jury, and he was found guilty.

The punishment stage of the trial began a day or so ago, and this is where it’s really gotten interesting. Probably not surprising, but Gobert has a history of violence, especially against women. That’s not the interesting bit though. Nope, what’s interesting is that not one but two female jail guards were found to have had romantic relationships with him while he was sitting in jail charged with stabbing a woman 107 times. One of them even went so far as to sneak a cell phone to him, for which she is now sitting in the prison she used to guard and facing a third degree felony herself.

I’m pretty much WTF?! The most beautiful man or woman on the planet could be coming on to me, but the fact they were doing so from the other side of heavy metal bars in a jail cell would be pretty much an instant turn off. The fact the person has been charged with stabbing someone 107 times and has a history of violence, would have me running away at top speed. What kind of mojo must this guy have to get women supposedly in a position of power to submit to him and fall in “love” with him?! It’s just insane. He must be some kind of smooth operator, that’s all I can say.

Anyway, that’s been in the news lately, and I’ve been trying to figure out what would possess anyone to get involved with this guy while he’s sitting around waiting to find out whether the jury will decide he’s someone who just needs killing or whether he will rot in prison for the rest of his life instead. I have to think he might have been able to pull off a life sentence, but the fact that he’s been able to manipulate two guards already isn’t going to go well for him during the punishment phase of the trial. I mean, not only did that one woman get him a cell phone, she let him out of his cell to help her clean the prison. I can’t imagine the jury isn’t going to be wondering if he wouldn’t also be able to manipulate some other totally weak-willed and stupid female guard into bringing him a weapon or just freaking letting him out of jail. I know I would wonder about that, just about as much as I would wonder what kind of woman gets involved with someone like Gobert while he’s sitting in prison charged with such an awful crime.