Son of Murder Victim Fires Back at Defense During Tearful Statement

Added: 2026-05-12

[00:00:12][snorts] >> Welcome. Thank you so much. Please state your name for the record. Evan Barron.

[00:00:36]>> [snorts] [snorts] >> Where do you want me to start?

[00:01:05]Do you want to start with my son?

[00:01:09]He was born during a murder trial.

[00:01:15]And he will never understand why his arrival in this world was in a courtroom seeking justice for his grandfather.

[00:01:24]What should I tell him? What should I tell his sisters who are 4 years old and 2 years old?

[00:01:32]You want to know what we've had to do for the past 14 months? We've had to lie to our own children about why pops isn't here.

[00:01:42]We've had to lie because the truth is too hard to tell.

[00:01:46]>> [snorts] >> How do you tell your child that their grandfather was murdered in the middle of the night through a locked door and not expect them to deal with the trauma the rest of their lives like I have to now.

[00:02:00]Where do you want me to start next?

[00:02:04]Is it with Britney?

[00:02:07]Who I had to leave at the hospital after a C-section to go [snorts] testify about the truth about my dad while baseless accusations slandered his name. How do you think she really feels?

[00:02:21]For the past year, the resounding question in our daily lives from others are constantly, "What's the latest news on the trial?" Don't you think we want to talk about anything more than that?

[00:02:32]How can you not think that our lives and our relationship should be centered around the positive impacts of raising a family, not haunted by the events of March 8th?

[00:02:45]>> [snorts] >> Who should we discuss next?

[00:02:48]You know, the defense team loves posing statements as questions. So, who should be? My employer? My friends? My family?

[00:02:56]They're all here, here in this room.

[00:02:59]Listening online and watching all over the United States. These people that have been here every day of this trial cared about dad in every chapter of his life because he was a great man.

[00:03:11]>> [snorts] >> I'm truly not going to spend this whole speech talking about how to defend my dad because I don't think the moment calls for it.

[00:03:20]We all know who he was.

[00:03:24]If I felt that he had even tipped off the edge of the pedestal that I hold him on, then I would most certainly certainly would.

[00:03:31]But there are enough people out there and in here that have heard the lies, the admission of lies, and even the paid for lies.

[00:03:42]>> [snorts] >> No one believes a single word out of the entirety of the defense team's mouth.

[00:03:51]Your honor, this is the hardest part.

[00:03:55]Is this what a victim's impact statement is supposed to sound like? Is this what it's supposed to be?

[00:04:01]Should I be waiting for an objection by the defense team for saying how I feel?

[00:04:06]If this is supposed to be the forum to let you know how the loss of my father has affected me, then how should I phrase it?

[00:04:14]You [snorts] already know that I'll never see him again. I'll never hold his finger again. I'll never have French toast again. Never hang Christmas lights again. Never have him my kids again.

[00:04:21]Never hug him again. Never hear his laugh again. Never get to work with him again. Never have him teach me again.

[00:04:27]Never go to a football game again. Never hear his voice again.

[00:04:36]I've sat here listening and watching the graphic and gore of my dad.

[00:04:42]And I'm [snorts] supposed to say nothing, express nothing, do nothing as if he were still here. I know that dad would be proud of how I've handled this situation.

[00:04:52]But to be perfectly honest, your honor, I hope you're proud of this entire family in your courtroom.

[00:05:01]This is the level of class that I expect our family to uphold just as dad taught us.

[00:05:09]We [snorts] have been patient, respectful, and diplomatic.

[00:05:16]But do you think that's how we really feel right now at this moment?

[00:05:20]Does anyone know the comments that we've had to hold under our breath or the outcries for the falsities that we've had to keep quiet?

[00:05:27]I speak on behalf of this family and represent the voices of those wishing to say the things we could for dad and for all other victims before him of Suzanne's actions.

[00:05:40]>> [snorts] >> It's been a year of waiting for this moment and we've had time to be sad, but I look around at the people that are here with us now and we're just angry.

[00:05:54]I've grown empty and tired of holding my head high without some relief of letting you know how angry I am that you took my father away from me.

[00:06:10]There's a litany of things I want to say to that people to those people on that side of the room.

[00:06:18]The last year and the last 2 months have brought my family immense sadness, immense anger and above all a resolve with Colt and I to make sure that our dad's legacy is defined by what it actually is as opposed to what Suzanne and her team have callously and falsely portrayed it to be. You all should be ashamed of yourselves.

[00:06:41]You let the world you broadcast to the world to see over the course of this trial how you smeared him with the lies.

[00:06:48]You've tried to embarrass me, embarrass my family, embarrass my business.

[00:06:55]You took him from us and you've attempted to take down his good name with you and it's pathetic.

[00:07:04]I don't care what people say on what a victim's impact statement is supposed to mean and frankly I don't care what parameters this fits within but it's how I feel.

[00:07:15]I've already had to give a eulogy speech for my father once. I'm not going to do it again.

[00:07:22]I ended that speech by asking if I had said all the words I wanted to say and should say and I find myself in the situation asking myself the exact same thing.

[00:07:31]The boiling point of emotion I feel for my family behind me is the one final thing we'd all like to say.

[00:07:40]>> [sighs] >> Let's hear the sentencing as defined by the rule of law and the sentencing that should be given so that everyone can start forgetting who she ever was.

[00:07:58]Thank you for your very brave, accurate, and personal testimony. Thank you.

[00:08:02]We there's no other victim impact statements are there?

[00:08:07]The I was just taking this down for you.

[00:08:13]Before we turn our attention to the defense um