“She was extremely upset,” Ellis testified. Ellis claimed Almánzar yelled obscenities at her, cut her left cheek with a three-inch fingernail, and spit on her. “I was deeply traumatized about what happened,” Ellis testified. In the report, Ellis admitted she was pressing her personal cell phone to her ear around the time the encounter started. Editor’s picks“She touched my nose, but she scratched my cheek,” Ellis replied on the witness stand.