In this courtroom sketch, Salman Rushdie testifies on the witness stand gesturing how the attacker slashed his throat when he was attacked at the Chautauqua Institute, during the trial of Hadi Matar, in Chautauqua County court, in Mayville, N.Y., Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)
In this courtroom sketch, District Attorney Jason Schmidt, left, questions Salman Rushdie, right, on the witness stand, as Judge David Foley presides during the trial of Hadi Matar, in Chautauqua County court, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Mayville, N.Y. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)
In this courtroom sketch, Hadi Matar, second from left, stares at Salman Rushdie as he walks into court to testify at Chautauqua County Court, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Maryville, N.Y. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)
In this courtroom sketch, District Attorney Jason Schmidt, left, questions Salman Rushdie, right, on the witness stand, as Judge David Foley presides during the trial of Hadi Matar, in Chautauqua County court, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Mayville, N.Y. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)
In this courtroom sketch, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Salman Rushdie's wife, second left, is seated in the courtroom as her husband testifies, during the trial of Hadi Matar, in Chautauqua County court, in Mayville, N.Y., Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)
In this courtroom sketch, District Attorney Jason Schmidt presents his opening statement in the trial of Hadi Matar, iin Chautauqua County court, in Mayville, N.Y., Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, as Judge David Foley is seated on the bench. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)
In this courtroom sketch, the first trial witness Deborah Moore Kushmaul, Director of Programming at the Chautauqua Institute, describes being handed the knife that was found on the stage after the assault on Salman Rushdie , during the trial of Hadi Matar, iin Chautauqua County court, in Mayville, N.Y., Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, as Judge David Foley is seated on the bench. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)
In this courtroom sketch, Public Defender Lynn Shaffer asks her client, Hadi Matar, left, to stand while giving her opening statement in his the trial iin Chautauqua County court, in Mayville, N.Y., Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)
In this courtroom sketch, Chautauqua Institute former Director of Education Jordan Steves, right, testifies how he attempted to disrupt the attack on Salman Rushdie, as Judge David Foley presides on the bench, in the trial of Hadi Matar, in Chautauqua County court, in Mayville, N.Y., Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)