A year after their son's death, they founded The Matty Eappen Foundation, dedicated to education and the prevention of shaken baby syndrome. But she handled herself in court in a mature way.
I don't keep in touch and I have no intention of doing so," she said. As long as nothing happens to the child, this will show people she didn't do anything to Matthew. That's one inference people may draw from this. These are crucial predictors. ABC Audio. ABC News Radio. News Pages. News Topics and Headlines Business News.
I am entitled to enjoy my life. I am not going to apologize for being happy. A year after their son's death, they founded The Matty Eappen Foundation, dedicated to education and the prevention of shaken baby syndrome. Elaine Whitfield Sharp, the lawyer who first represented Woodward, said she "never had any doubt at all" about her client's innocence. But she handled herself in court in a mature way. Sharp said that the job with the Eappens was her second as an au pair because the first family lived so far out of Boston, "she couldn't go out at night.
Woodward "didn't' have great experience with kids other than the usual babysitting," said Sharp. As for the death of Matthew Eappen, Sharp said, "I never saw her cry over it, although she cried when she was convicted. I don't keep in touch and I have no intention of doing so," she said. As long as nothing happens to the child, this will show people she didn't do anything to Matthew. That's one inference people may draw from this. Woodward would be charged with assault and battery charges after she was accused of causing massive brain damage to Matthew.
She was ordered to stand trial in October of that same year. During the three-week trial, the prosecution would put forward their theory that Woodward had violently shaken Matthew before slamming his head against some kind of flat, hard surface, causing a fatal injury that ultimately caused him to die five days later. The prosecution would suggest that Woodward was more interested in the Boston nightlife than taking care of Matthew, and his brother, Brendan, who was two years old at the time.
They would portray her as being extremely resentful of the fact that Sunil and Deborah had imposed a midnight curfew and annoyed at having to care for a fussy baby. They said that they were unhappy with her late hours and issued her an ultimatum to be more diligent around a week before Matthew died. Woodward would be called to testify on her own behalf. She was overcome with emotion on the witness stand as she denied that she had harmed Matthew.
She said that on the day of the incident, he appeared to be fine, other than being cranky and sleepy until she found him gasping and listless after having an afternoon nap.
She would admit from the witness stand that the demands that Sunil and Deborah imposed on her as an au pair could often frustrate her and that she was working much longer hours than she expected.
She said that despite this, she would never have harmed Matthew. She admitted that Sunil and Deborah had enforced a curfew on her but noted that when she interviewed, she said she would not agree to a curfew and that was the reason she had left her previous au pair job. Both the prosecution and the defence would paint vastly different pictures.
The defence team would be putting forward their theory that Matthew had suffered from an undetected head injury that had been inflicted before the day he was rushed to hospital which then started to re-bleed spontaneously or because of mild jarring.
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