People v. Gribaldo CA1/3

BACKGROUND

Gribaldo and B.K. were friends, but they had a falling out in June 2023. In mid-June, he contacted B.K. via Facebook and sent her three videos, which were played for the jury. The first video depicts him in a cemetery, apparently urinating on the grave of B.K.’s mother and on her “headstone.” He added text to the video: “That nigga don’t wanna fade so ask her mom if she likes the golden shower.” Another video shows the headstone on a car seat, and the added text reads: “Got her head stone too.” The third video

1 depicts him in his backyard, standing on top of the headstone. After B.K. reported the videos to law enforcement, a sheriff’s deputy spoke with her, watched the videos, and went to the cemetery, where he found the headstone “broken into several pieces” with an embedded plaque detached. The deputy arrested Gribaldo, who admitted he “pissed on [B.K.’s] mom’s grave and I–I stole her mom’s . . . [g]ravestone.” When asked how the headstone was broken, he said, “probably me throwing it back over there on to [the grave].” He also admitted to filming himself and placing the videos on Facebook to make sure B.K. saw them. The district attorney charged Gribaldo with…