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Trial in assault case highlights conflicting witness accounts and surveillance video; defense disputes edited footage
Summary
Witnesses at the trial of Mariano Rendon described a large physical altercation at a nightclub; the defense and prosecution disputed what surveillance video shows, with defense witnesses saying they did not see a knee strike while prosecution played recorded phone audio and surveillance excerpts.
A jury hearing in Bexar County examined testimony and surveillance evidence in the case against Mariano Rendon, who faces aggravated-assault allegations stemming from a brawl at Joe’s Volcano.
Prosecution and defense witnesses gave conflicting accounts of how a violent encounter unfolded on the club’s dance floor. Witnesses described a security guard, Anthony, being overpowered by multiple people while other staff and porters attempted to intervene. Several witnesses testified they saw wrestling, people “jumping on” a man and a tug of war over a radio and a drink. One witness (Tina Jimenez) acknowledged on cross-examination that she told the defendant in a recorded phone call, “He had a little more to drink. It was his birthday,”…
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