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“I can’t think too much because it could cause another stroke,” she said.

She couldn’t even recall her own 2002 conviction for assault causing bodily harm.

“I don’t know how to explain it. It’s a mystery,” she told court.

“I’m going to suggest that you are lying to the court about your memory,” the prosecutor pressed.

The accused ringleader said she could only recall small details that come back to her. She recalled that she had a record for fraud and shoplifting, but said she had no convictions for violence, which the prosecutor established wasn’t true.

The prosecutor said the witness had a selective memory, and one that was convenient when it bolstered her defence.

In a July 2015 lie, she told police the alleged victim opened the door to her apartment, which, as the prosecutor noted, was a lie about Ilunga having permission to enter the apartment. In fact,Ilungatestified, she actually had a key and entered the apartment without the alleged victim’s consent.

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Ilunga told court that she lied to police on the advice of her sister.

On Friday under cross-examination, she admitted that she took photos and videos of the naked woman against her will, but denied they were taken for blackmail or out of jealous rage. The alleged victim was having an affair with the accused ringleader’s boyfriend at the time.

“I didn’t do it out of anger. I did it out of love,” she testified.

She insisted that she wasn’t trying to humiliate the naked woman in the videos posted on Facebook, and she denied kidnapping her.