The judge presiding over the Ray Lewis murder trial Wednesday rebuked prosecutors once again for withholding key information from the defense.

As a result, jurors will be read a statement given to police by one witness that contradicts testimony given last week by a man who said he saw Lewis kicking one of the victims.

On Friday, Chester Anderson, an admitted con man, testified that he saw the NFL star the night of the Super Bowl when Anderson and two friends, John and Bruno DiSiena of Cleveland, went bar-hopping in Buckhead. Later, Anderson said he saw a fracas as he walked down East Paces Ferry Road on the way to his car.

Anderson said he then heard John DiSiena say, "Ray and them are kicking someone's ass."

Anderson testified that he looked up and saw Lewis kicking one of the victims. His testimony marked the first time an eyewitness to the crime scene saw Lewis mounting an attack.

Before testimony closed on Friday, District Attorney Paul Howard called Bruno DiSiena to the witness stand to corroborate Anderson's testimony. Bruno DiSiena testified that Anderson told him later that night he had seen Lewis kicking someone, although DiSiena also testified he did not see Lewis kicking anyone.

Howard did not call John DiSiena, who could have cemented Anderson's testimony, to the stand Friday, and later said he did not intend to.

After the lunch break today, Don Samuel, a lawyer for Lewis, told Bonner that prosecutors had failed to notify the defense about a contradiction in Anderson's testimony.

Samuel noted that in a statement given to investigators May 25, John DiSiena said he was "highly intoxicated" that night and, while he was walking down East Paces Ferry Road, he "did not see Ray Lewis kicking anyone."

Bonner agreed there had been a violation and ordered that, as a remedy, lawyers can read John DiSiena's statement to the jury. She directed Howard and defense counsel to meet out in the hall and figure out a solution.

Howard jumped up in protest. "The statement we provided --"

But Bonner cut him off, saying, "I think I was clear."

Howard then asked Bonner to explain the violation.

"Mr. Howard, if you don't understand it, I'm sorry," the judge said.