This was an exchange where prosecutor Martinez responds to Dr. Fonseca’s claim that Travis Alexander was just thinking about sex in his relationship with Jodi Arias. To make that claim Fonseca referenced a line Travis wrote to Jodi: “I think I was little more than a dildo with a heartbeat to you.” Martinez said that the sex went both ways and mentions that Jodi responded to that with: “But you weren’t just a piece of meat.” Martinez also suggested that Jodi was just described as someone being “in heat” and that Travis did not like that.
Jodi’s defense strongly objected to Jodi being referred to as being “in heat” likely because it strongly contradicted the case they were trying to make that she was a victim. Being “in heat” usually refers to animals (female mammals) when they are in a state of sexual excitement. Animals in the wild can become aggressive when they are in heat. When looking at Travis Alexander’s crime scene photos one could have easily imagined that this was an animal in the wild that did this.
