Arizona Boyfriend Killing: Jodi Arias Trial Carries On As Defendant Faces Possible Death Penalty

The trial of Jodi Arias just keeps getting weirder. 

A 32-year-old photographer charged with the the gruesome first-degree murder of her boyfriend Travis Alexander in his Arizona home in 2008, in which she allegedly stabbed the then 30-year-old man 27 times, before slitting his throat and shooting him in the head. After first claiming she wasn't at Alexander's home period, she then said masked intruders were to blame, and then eventually backtracked to say she killed the victim in self-defense when he attacked her, forcing her into the situation. Arias faces the death penalty if convicted, the Associated Press reported.

Arias has already testified in court about her lover's supposed double life: a saint on the surface but a "sexually deviant" abusive control freak underneath. As proceedings got back underway Monday, Arias continued to elaborate her increasingly bizarre tale. She claimed Alexander was aroused by young boys and that she had once discovered him pleasuring himself to pictures of them, according to ABC News. 

"I'm surprised the judge let this in," said ABC News legal analyst Dan Abrams. "This is incredibly inflammatory and it fits conveniently into the defense's theory."

"This is a risky move for Jodi Arias because if these jurors don't believe her already, this is just going to make them angry at her," Abrams added.

Arias' lawyers are also expected to present 10 letters Alexander wrote as evidence to support the claim, according to ABC.

The defense also told a story of Arias once waking from sleeping in Alexander's bed to find him having sex with her, according to the Associated Press. 

Arias has testified throughout the trial about the couple's equally violent and volatile relationship, claiming he abused her and was "emotionally detached." But the portrait she's painted of the victim is nothing like the man Alexander's friends knew, according to the Associated Press. 

One of Alexander's friends, Julie Haslem, who has been watching the trial, claimed her allegations that he was abusive were entirely untrue. 

"It's bad enough that she took his life. Now she's trying to take his reputation, too," Haslem said outside court.

Alexander's friends claim Arias was stalking him and was "possessive and jealous."