Rather than feeling remorse for butchering her former boyfriend Travis Alexander in 2008, accused killer Jodi Arias was already plotting how to become "famous" - or infamous - while waiting behind bars to go to trial.

That disturbing revelation emerged from the Phoenix, Ariz. courtroom on Monday where Arias, 32, is attempting to convince a jury she killed Alexander in self-defense.

But instead of portraying Arias as an abused victim during day 43 of the trial, defense expert witness Alyce LaViolette, a psychologist, left the courtroom with an image of Arias as a fame hungry woman who was desperate to cash in on the grisly death.

LaViolette revealed that Arias, from Yreka, Calif., authored a manifesto and autographed books and then gave it to a friend to take home from jail, reported HLN.

While LaViolette told the court that she didn't know if Arias believed she would ever be famous one day, the media frenzy surrounding the epic three-month trial suggests that she already is.

Indeed, HLN anchor Nancy Grace tweeted that sadly she will one day "be able to sell that manifesto for a lot of money."