Rachel Jeantel, the last woman to talk to Trayvon Martin before he died, took the stand for a second day of questioning today, and it was once again a distinctly combative affair. Judge Debra Nelson had to step in repeatedly as defense attorney Donald West grilled Jeantel, telling the lawyer to lower his voice, and to give Jeantel a chance to answer one question before asking the next. At one point, she even had to ask the lawyer to take a step back as he leaned over Jeantel to discuss Martin's cell phone records, USA Today reports.
But the money quote came when West suggested that Martin may have lied to her so that she wouldn't know he was going to attack George Zimmerman. "That's real retarded, sir," Jeantel calmly replied. For full coverage on the increasingly sensational trial, click here. (More George Zimmerman stories.)