Darrell Brooks

Darrell Brooks called his ex-girlfriend as a defense witness Friday morning. His examination was cut short after an argument over some photographs.

Brooks slammed the table with his fists and suddenly became silent. Dorow ultimately decided not to bring his ex back to the stand. Brooks called Deanna Aldrich and Christopher Bertram, two witnesses who saw the SUV that crashed through the route after the parade. The prosecution did not cross-examine either witness, which made Brooks skeptical. Brooks then refused to call his next witness from a different room. Brooks became extremely agitated and disruptive at that point, leading to the early lunch break. Brooks told Dorow the photos came in a letter. The violence came minutes after Brooks is accused of striking his ex-girlfriend, with whom he shares a 15-year-old daughter, during an argument in the vicinity of the parade. Brooks attempted to show her some photographs he said she mailed to him in jail, after Nov. She asked if the witness had signed it. The state objected. He argued it would attack her credibility because she had just testified she'd had no contact with him since that date.