NEW ORLEANS -- Former New Orleans Saints player Will Smith was accused of bringing about "his own demise" Thursday by the friend of Smith's accused killer, Cardell Hayes, during one of the most dramatic moments to date in Hayes' murder trial.
That friend, Kevin O'Neal, testified for nearly four hours, stressing the point that Smith and others in Smith's party were acting as the aggressors in an altercation that led up to Hayes shooting Smith eight times and Smith's wife, Racquel, being shot in the legs.
O'Neal's statement came when he responded loudly to an assistant district attorney that was asking about Smith not being there anymore for Racquel and their children.