Prosecution Challenges Truthfulness Of Mistress

Angela Funk answered questions from the prosecution about her relationship Michael Roseboro, and the communications the two had in the days before and after the murder. Her 1-and-a-half hours of testimony on Wednesday followed more than four hours on Tuesday.

Angela Funk ducks down in the backseat of a car as she leaves court after testifying in week 2. Funk arrived to court in one car and left in another. She parked in the courthouse garage.

On Wednesday, District Attorney Craig Stedman challenged Funk several times, asking her about the depth of her relationship with Roseboro. She said that the relationship was deep and meaningful, not just a sexual romp. The defense has characterized the pair's relationship as "lustful banter."Funk said that she had hope for a future with Roseboro. Given the seriousness of the relationship, Stedman questioned Funk about her truthfulness with investigators. He said initially Funk did not tell investigators about her phone calls, meetings and text messages with Roseboro in the days after the murder. Funk said she didn't think that was relevant at the time and said she has been truthful.In one exchange, Stedman raised his voice and said, "Jan Roseboro is barely dead and you're making out with the defendant." Funk said, "Yes."Funk also told the court that she had a "change of heart" in her relationship with Roseboro and that she wanted to work on her marriage. Stedman asked her about that, pointing out that she sounded happy in a jailhouse phone call that Roseboro made to her in April. Stedman asked Funk if she still loved Roseboro. Funk said, "I can't just turn my feelings off, I love him (Roseboro) very deeply."Despite those deep feelings, and the fact that statements made to police were in the context of her being deeply in love with Roseboro, Funk said, "But if he killed her, I'm not going to hide anything." She also said, "If he's guilty he needs to be convicted."Stedman continued to pound on the relationship and Funk's truthfulness with investigators. He zeroed in on a quote taken from a jailhouse phone call when Funk said to Roseboro, "… they're (the phone calls) recorded and I don't want them to have anything on you." Stedman accused Funk of warning Roseboro that police might have something on him. Funk simply said, "Yes."Stedman asked Funk if Roseboro had given any indication that something big would be happening the night of the murder. Funk said, "No." Stedman also asked if it was just a coincidence that in the days before the murder, Funk and Roseboro e-mailed one another about getting married soon. Funk said the e-mails and the murder were just a coincidence. She also said that Roseboro never gave a specific plan for leaving his wife.