I did not smear anybody. It was not a statement; it was a question.

We're not conceding that he made that statement.

Everything that I wanted to say in my statement was not permitted and that's not just me. That's everybody else from our family. You really are very limited with what you can say to the defendant. However, his family was permitted to address me however they chose. But I wasn't allowed to say my opinion on the death penalty, what I thought of Daryl, what I thought should happen to Daryl. We weren't permitted to do that, so victims really have very limited rights.

I was warned that Mr. Thomas and the Garden would launch a campaign to smear me, and I am not surprised, nor will I be, at any false and vicious accusations that they may spread about me and my family. This is all a diversion. In court, they will have no choice but to deal with the real issues of my complaint.

To be or not to be. That's not really a question.

I know that I'm not Bruce Springsteen, ... But it was a symbolic statement that I wanted to make.