Following a bumbling session on the witness stand the previous day, on Wednesday, both Jodi Arias' defense attorneys and their star witness attempted to mend the damage done by the prosecution's harsh cross examination.

Psychologist and sex therapist Dr. Richard Samuels took the stand once again and attempted to justify his claim that Arias had no memory of stabbing Travis Alexander 29 times, slitting his throat from ear-to-ear and shooting him on June 4, 2008, because the 32-year-old was suffering Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Samuels – who said he met with Arias more than a dozen times during 30 hours of questioning, over a three year period while she was in jail awaiting trial - went on to reveal how she had told him explicit details about her and the late devout Mormon's illicit sex life, including how the first time he tied her up for sex he used twine, which burned her wrists.

He also made the shocking revelation that when Arias was 13 she was attacked by a stranger who held a knife to her throat, revealed Arizona Republic reporter Michael Kiefer from inside the courtroom.

Previously, prosecutor Juan Martinez detailed the multiple lies Arias had told Samuels throughout the process of his evaluation - at one point getting the psychologist