Michael Shoar

Prosecutor Ann Rundle established on cross-examination that Shoar is currently embroiled in a bitter dispute with his former employer over the treatment of his wife, also a Saks employee, at another store location.
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Shoar made no attempt to deny that as early as two weeks ago he stood outside the Beverly Hills Saks Fifth Avenue passing out pamphlets laden with accusations against the store and its executives.

He also acknowledged that his wife had filed suit against the company, that Geragos had agreed to discuss his case with him after Ryder's trial concluded, that he was banned from the Costa Mesa Saks where he worked before quitting, and that he made a number of calls to Saks executives threatening to sue them.

"Isn't it true as you sit here today that you're angry with Saks Fifth Avenue?"asked Rundle.

"No," said Shoar as the packed gallery and even jurors erupted in laughter.
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Barring any unforeseen evidence presented Monday morning, Ryder's defense case consisted of testimony from Shoar, two members of the Beverly Hills Police Department, and a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office.

Geragos spent only three hours Friday afternoon with his four witnesses, emphasizing two themes: that four security tags Ryder allegedly cut from clothing and then ditched in the store did not appear in initial reports filed by security personnel, and that Beverly Hills police claimed initially to have videotape of her cutting the Sensormatic tags free.

During the prosecution's four-day, six-witness case, head security guard Kenneth Evans testified that he watched Ryder from a closed-circuit station in the basement of the store for an hour and a half as she selected merchandise - from a $1,500 Gucci dress to an $80 pair of cashmere socks - and then ducked into dressing rooms.