Once the jaw-dropping announcement from Judge Sherry Stevens had been made that a juror had been booted off the Jodi Arias murder trial, it was back to business as usual in the dramatic case.

As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, the Maricopa County Court judge dismissed controversial Juror 5 from the panel Tuesday for misconduct, but denied the defense team's request for a mistrial.

The axing came in light of Monday’s complaint from Arias’ lead attorney, Kirk Nurmi, who asked that the female juror be removed, claiming that: “statements Juror 5 made in front of her fellow jurors amounts to misconduct that inserted partiality in what is supposed to be an impartial body.”

For the rest of the day, the remaining 17 jurors – 12 to deliberate and five alternates – heard testimony from domestic violence expert defense witness, Alyce LaViolette, as she offered her opinion on the sex fueled raunchy details in Arias' secret diary describing her alleged murder victim Travis Alexander's two-timing ways.

Travis was cheating, but Arias believed thinking good things and ignoring bad would result in a positive life, claimed LaViolette, according to Arizona Republic reporter Michelle Lee.

"That mindset is bad in domestic-violence situations, that positive thinking would change the other person's behavior," she testified.

The dysfunctional couple broke any semblance of trust between each other long before the devout Mormon's