Deborah Tarasoff's Legal Expenses Paid From Trust Fund Revealed

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During the trial, Deborah Tarasoff was presented with emails and invoices that Jeffrey McConney had testified about earlier in the day. One email from February 14, 2017, instructed Tarasoff to pay from the Trust, post to legal expenses, and include 'retainer for the months of January and February 2017' in the description.

Another version of the email was shown to Tarasoff with an 'ACCOUNTS PAYABLE' stamp on it. Tarasoff confirmed that the stamp belonged to her and indicated that the payment was made from the entity for the revocable trust. The accounts payable stamp had the coded number 51505, which signifies legal expenses.

An email instructed Tarasoff to pay from the Trust and include a retainer for specific months.

Deborah Tarasoff received emails and invoices related to legal expenses during the trial.

An 'ACCOUNTS PAYABLE' stamped email was shown to Tarasoff during the trial.

The jury was presented with a voucher form that had 'retainer' mentioned in the description line. Tarasoff explained that she derived the information for the voucher from the invoice.