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Jodi Arias Alleged Murder Victim Didn't Lead A Secret Sex-Centric 'Double Life' As The Defense Contend, Says Friend

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Jan. 14 2013, Published 7:11 p.m. ET

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The Jodi Arias trial continued Monday, and while defense attorneys contend that her alleged murder victim Travis Alexander was a sexual predator who abused Arias, his best friend tells Breaking Celebrity News exclusively that the motivational speaker did not have a split personality or a seedy secret double life.

"The whole narrative of him having a double life isn't true," Taylor Searle, who was both best friends and business associates with Travis, maintains. "He wasn’t like that more than anyone is, I had a unique enough relationship with him that I had a behind-the-scenes insight into both his polished face at speaking events and then hanging out with his bros and talking like one of the guys."

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As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, Jodi, now 32, shot the 30-year-old motivational speaker in the face, stabbed him 27 times and slit his throat from ear to ear in his Mesa, Arizona home in June 2008 — her defense team claim it was in self defense.

There has been much speculation about the sexually explosive nature of the couple's relationship thanks to their raunchy text messages and nude photos found on his camera, but his friend and former roommate said that while Travis had a very fun side, he didn't break the fundamental rules of his Mormon religion.

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"The Mormon church has a very unique culture that is hard to understand to others, but he definitely was living within that culture," Taylor explains. "I have no first hand account that he was having sex with others – a lot of things I hear, especially from Jodi, I take with a grain of salt.

"I don’t doubt that he had sex with people, but a lot of what we are hearing about on this subject is coming from her," Searle says.

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He went on to explain how Travis' outgoing nature was one of his best traits, but when it is dissected in court it can easily be misunderstood.

"Travis had a very flamboyant personality and would say things on in