![]() The jury is also reminded not to take Tim's outbursts into account when deciding his guilt in the felony murders.Judge Szymczyk has to tell the jury at multiple points that Tim's wild conjecture during his opening and closing statements, as well as the time he holds up a sign reading "THE CHINA CONNECTION," are not evidence.Trying to manipulate or bribe defense witnesses into giving him the most favorable testimony possible.Arguing directly with the prosecution, then with the judge when he tells Tim to stop arguing with the prosecution.Arguing, intimidating, and even attempting to assault witnesses, earning him two contempt of court charges in a single day.Asking questions to prosecution witnesses that the District Attorney readily (and validly) objects to.The things he get admonished for during his trial include, but are not limited to: Courtroom Antics: Tim commits one nearly every time he opens his mouth.Just because the prosecution had his spurious evidence thrown out doesn't mean the jury still can't use it anyway.He was just an innocent man at the scene of the crime, just like the dead victims.Gregg Turkington can't remember the difference between Star Trek II and IV, therefore his entire testimony is faulty and should be thrown out.The police department never investigated the Chinese chemical company, which is therefore proof of a criminal conspiracy between them to forge evidence against Tim.One of the victims died of an unrelated heroin overdose, so who's to say that they didn't all die of heroin overdoses?.Chewbacca Defense: Tim's defense argument is nothing but these:.Manuel is caught trying to introduce obviously forged evidence that Tim had given him.Nicholas Meyer's testimony is part of a harebrained scheme to disprove Gregg Turkington's testimony by showing he doesn't remember the Star Trek movies.Joe Estevez is useless as a character witness, while also revealing that Tim had an ongoing drug problem.Jesse Popp is outed as an actor who Tim paid to outright lie on his behalf, risking a perjury charge.Orion Jaxx reveals that Tim tried to bribe him to give a favorable testimony, and reaffirms the prosecution witnesses' claims about the lack of amenities.Backfire on the Witness Stand: All of Tim's witnesses are either ineffective at best or actively harmful to his case at worst:.As Himself: Tim Heidecker, Gregg Turkington, Mark Proksch, Axiom, Ayaka Ohtani, Jesse Popp, Joe Estevez, and Manuel Giusti all play fictionalized versions of themselves, as they have throughout the On Cinema franchise.Amoral Attorney: Tim Heidecker certainly sees Vincent Rosetti as this, referring to him as a "rat" in his closing statement.Accidental Misnaming: Tim repeatedly botches the pronunciation of Judge Szymczyk's name, misremembers his bandmate Manuel Giusti's last name as Cessi, and spells Orion Jaxx as "Orion Jacks.".Objection, defendant is clearly intimidating the tropes: He also attempts to shift the blame for the "Electric Sun Twenty's" deaths onto anyone but himself, including the paramedics, Doctor San, Mark Proksch, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, and the Chinese company that sold him the chemicals. He uses the court to settle personal scores, such as a long-running debate with his On Cinema co-host Gregg Turkington about the setting of Star Trek IV. Over the course of the trial, Heidecker chooses to represent himself, and he constantly flounders due to his short temper, lack of tact and decorum, and total absence of legal knowledge. At the Electric Sun Desert Music Festival, Tim and Luther "Doctor San" Sanchez gave out free vape pens filled with a dangerous mix of toxic chemicals twenty people died and over a hundred were hospitalized as a result of the vape pens, and Tim was charged with twenty counts of Felony Murder. Someday we'll find it, the China connection.A spinoff/interlude of the web series On Cinema at the Cinema, The Trial of Tim Heidecker (often billed as just The Trial) is a 2017 6-part web series chronicling the fictionalized Tim Heidecker's murder trial.
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