All language subtitles for Law.and.Order.S03E11.Extended.Family.1993.DVDRip.x264-TVV_track3_[eng]-en

(male narrator)
In the criminal
justice system,

the people are represented
by two separate
yet equally important groups:

the police who
investigate crime,

and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders,

These are their stories.

[people chattering]

Look at this.
Which one's your favorite?

Yeah, that's pretty.
Come on, let's go.

Would you like to sample
our new fragrance?

Sure.

It's called Tango
from De La Cuesta.

We're offering
a complete makeover
with every purchase.

Ah, should we make
ourselves pretty
for Daddy, Samantha?

Such marvelous skin.
You must be Scandinavian.

I'm originally from
Copenhagen, actually.

You know, De La Cuesta
does make a moisturizer
with the sun block mixed in.

Uh-huh.

And you could also go
a little bit darker
on the eyebrows, okay?

Samantha, how do I look?

Samantha?

My God! Samantha?

Samantha?

Samantha!

Saman...

Samantha!

Samantha!

Samantha!

Did you check the east wing?

What are you waitin' for?
Get going.

We're from the 27.

Oh, lucky you,
you're first on line.

The borough commander's
pulling manpower
from four precincts.

Now, ESU,
they made three passes.
Nothing.

Parents here?

No. Only the nanny.
I called the father,
Gary Silver. Know the name?

Yeah. Big Broadway producer.

He's got more Tonys
than Southern Italy.

Ma'am? Ma'am.

[sobbing]
She wouldn't go anywhere
without Brown Dog.

Now listen to me.

Where was the last place
you saw the girl?

Here.

Sitting right here.

Now did you see anybody
around her? Would you--

No, I'm--I'm the father
ofthe girl. Christina!

What the hell happened,
Christina?

Well, she's gone.

Gone?
Where the hell were you?

[sobbing]
I don't know.

(Briscoe)
Are you the girl's father?

Are you in charge?
Who's in charge around here?

Take it easy.

Has my daughter
been kidnapped?

We're trying to figure it out,
Mr. Silver.

There's nothing to figure out.
She's here or she isn't.

Has she been kidnapped?

She'll be all right.
They'll find her.

Isn't that right?

(Gary)
For God's sake.

(Christina)
I know she will.
They'll find her, right?

[police chattering
over radio]

And that's all I can do?
Wait?

Until somebody calls.

And m-make a list

of anybody
who might wanna get at you.

People who don't like me
send lawyers,

not kidnappers.

I thought this only happened
in South America.

Aren't you
supposed to call

the FBI or something?

Only after
a ransom request.

We'd like you to give us
any information you can

on your staff.

My staff?

Lola, my housekeeper,
has been with us for 12 years.

Look, Christina,
Samantha's, uh, nanny,
is so upset

she had to be sedated
by the doctor.

Believe me,
she's not involved.

Is she involved with you?

Look, do me a favor,
will you?

Don't give the newspapers
any more to play with. Okay?

Aren't you
and the girl's mother
divorced?

We share joint custody.

Janet left
the day before yesterday
for Majorca. Some spa.

Of course,
they don't have a phone.

My agent's trying to contact
the consulate right now.

I mean, why don't they call?
I mean...

They want money,
I'II--I'II give them money.

Mr. Silver, it's possible
that this isn't about ransom.

Children get taken
for all kinds of reasons.

Oh, God.

You vote for a perv?

Hey, there's a lot of guys
out there

who think that's what
7-year-olds are for.

Just doesn't feel
like a pro, Don.

She was picked up
in the store,

not in the street,

and in nine hours,
not one phone call.

Yeah. When you
wanna score big,

you call
before we set up the tap.

137 people there.
Nobody sees the kid?

What did you get
offthe picture?

A 2-by-2 out of Dad's wallet,

and he doesn't even think
it looks like her.

All right,

let's get the new picture
out to the papers.

I'll have the 19
do everybody again.

[knock on door]

What?

[telephone ringing]

Just one tape?

They got no cameras
on the escalator.

Security guards
only hit the tapes

when they see
something suspicious,

when an item's picked up.

Here, toy department.

(Logan)
That's her.

And that's not the nanny.

Freeze it.

Look at that jacket.

Go forward,
maybe he turns around.

They said as soon as
she talked to an employee,

the tape was shut off.

Yeah, they recognized
the jacket, too.

Let's get a list.
Every employee in the store.

Four hundred people?

What in the hell
could they all be doin'
in stock rooms?

A lot ofthings
you don't wanna know about.

Now, here's a guy, 1-to-3
for receiving stolen goods.

You hire him
as a stock clerk?

(Logan)
Hey, hey.
Hey, we just got a bite.

Zorn, Harold.

From school teacher
to stockroom.

On parole when hired.
Three years ago.

Charged with sex abuse one.

Pled down to 3,
a misdemeanor.
Didn't serve any time.

Sexual abuse of who?

[people chattering]

10-year-old girl.

Where does he work
in the store?

Fifth floor stockroom.

Children's toys.

(Fairfield)
He's an excellent employee.

The stuffed animal display
was his idea.

He knew children get bored
shopping with parents.

Now, wait a minute.
This man had a Ph.D.

and he wanted to be
a stock clerk?

I mean, doesn't that
raise a flag for you?

In this economy?

We have investment brokers
down in shipping.

What time did his shift
usually start?

Oh, he won't be in today.
He called.

Said he has the flu
or something.

Well, I guess
we should make a house call.

Mr. Zorn, police. Open up.

Hey, you gonna break it down?

Why don't you save us
the bruises?

You got a warrant?

We're lookin' for
a 7-year-old girl.

Now open it.

Jeez.

You mean he's one ofthose?

[sighs]

(Briscoe)
Porno?

Cartoons.

[sighs]

Mama,

Lennie.

Mama,

It's chocolate.

What does he do,
roll around in it?

(Logan)
No.

What he does
is a night shift.

Pay-check stub,

Schroeder's Fine Chocolates,
631, East 88th Street.

[machine whirring]

Is your inclination
the same as mine?

You wanna stick his head
in the vat?

We know that
ain't gonna work.

Molesters are all wimps.

If we spook him,
he's gonna freeze.

And then no Samantha.

So it's kinder, gentler.

[woman chattering
over speaker]

Hi, Harold Zorn?

I haven't done anything.

Take it easy, Harold.
I'm Det. Briscoe,
this is Det. Logan.

Am I being arrested?

No, why?
You haven't done anything.

Harold, Harold,
we just wanna clear up
a few points.

Now, maybe
this isn't the best place
to talk, huh?

It's about the girl.

Just a few questions.

Okay,
I wanna get this settled.

I'm not denying
I spoke to her.

I've never denied that.

And then?

Then, I left the store
to have coffee
at Bennie's on my break.

You know all this.

Why aren't you
checking it out?

People are
checking it, Harold.

It's--it's... I don't think
we have the full picture.

Yeah, like I don't understand
why you ran.

Ididn't run.

I tried
to go back to the store,
but I was locked out.

I've done everything
I'm supposed to
about my problem,

counseling, medications,
ask my parole officer.

I'm trying to deal with it.

Look at that picture.

You still wanted her,
didn't you, Zorn?

Harold,

what--what was Samantha like
when you talked to her?

What did you talk about?

I asked her
if she liked the giraffe.

She pointed
to the stuffed gorilla

and said
a woman at the register
was buying it for her.

That's all. I left.

[knock on door]

[telephone ringing]

His lawyer?

His alibi. It checks.

They know him
at the coffee shop.

He was there
when they were shutting down
the store.

[sighs]

Square one.

Square minus one.

I think you're right.
Get back to me, all right?

(Briscoe)
Who's got Silver's house?

I do, but there's nothing yet.
No calls, no ransom notes.

Silver's probably
taking tranquilizers.

Mike,

They, uh, checked
the register tapes.

Somebody bought
the stuffed gorilla

maybe three minutes
before they locked the doors.

$400. Cash.

$400?

What was it stuffed with?

Oh, wait, three minutes
to take the escalator

down from the 5th Floor
with a little girl,
a big stuffed animal

and get out the front door
before it's sealed?

Who did the interviews
at the back door,
the loading entrance?

Uh, it was the 26.
15, 20 guys, plus uniforms.

Okay, so the order goes
out to seal the place.

How much you wanna bet
the news traveled faster

to the main floor
than the loading dock?

Go for it.

(Bova)
Aunt Polly gives them
a flowered tie,

they exchange it
for a toaster oven.

Too many Aunt Pollies,
my back goes out.

Merry Christmas.

We locked the gate.

Anybody ask you
if you saw the little girl?

Only about 40 cops.

I had 20, 30 customers here,

kids, loading stuff into cars.

I mean,
even if I was looking...

Anybody load
a big stuffed gorilla?

End ofthe day,
you could give me a box
of thousand-dollar bills,

I wouldn't notice.

Gorilla?
I--I helped her.

She had a kid with her.

You get a look at the lady?

Dark hair. Kinda old,
40 or something like that.

I didn't really get
a good look at her.

What about her car?

It was real nice,
uh, brand new,

um, grey, with one ofthem
black leather tops.

Landau.

Is that what they call it?
It was a Lincoln.

Huh, lucky
she didn't get towed, man.

I tell her,
"Over here you get towed."
All she got was a ticket.

(Logan)
Three square blocks,
11:00 am. to 1:00 pm. shift?

I mean, how many tickets
can two meter-maids write?

Looks like
they nailed over 200 cars,
most ofthem Japanese.

Oh, there's another reason
to buy American.

[exclaims]

61st and Lex. 1:45.

Green Lincoln.
Street cleaning.

Street cleaning?
They still do that
in New York?

Red zone, 63rd and 3rd.
2:00. Grey Lincoln.

How you doin'?
You Alan Fischer?

Yeah.

You own a grey Lincoln?

What happened?
Somebody steal it?

Ah, look,
we wanna ask you
a few questions, okay?

I drove it an hour ago,
it's okay.

The question's about
Samantha Silver.

Look, you guys
have a warrant?

'Cause if you don't,
I'm afraid--

We don't need a warrant.

(Briscoe)
Stay right there.
Don't move.

Samantha,
come here, honey.
Mommy!

Are you Samantha?

Get your hands off her!
Who the hell are you?

This your daughter?

Don't touch my daughter.

All right,
we made a mistake.

Alan, what's going on?

Mike.

(Myra)
Jennifer, it's okay, honey.

No one's gonna hurt you.
It's gonna be okay.

It'll be all right.

This is crazy.

I bought that for my daughter.

Ah, sure you did.

That's why
you wouldn't open the door.

Your car, Mr. Fischer.
It was ticketed
right outside the store.

(Alan)
I couldn't find a spot.

I had to pick up some...

Some, uh,

Airplane tickets?

Clothes? Shoes?

What'd you have to pick up?

Where'd you park the car?

62nd Street.

63rd. Your wife drove the car.

We have somebody
who can identify her.

Is the little girl dead, Alan?
Is that it?

Somethin' go wrong
before you could write
the ransom note?

Why did you take her?

What did you wanna do to her?

Was it your wife?

We had nothing to do with it.

You bought
the stuffed animal.

The store had six of 'em.
Now they have five.

We bought it
downtown somewhere.

Somewhere in the village.

Keep diggin', Mrs. Fischer.

Spencer's is the only place
that sells them.

You have a daughter.

You wanna trade
Christmas presents with her
in a prison waiting room?

We did nothing wrong.

[telephone ringing]

I wanna see my husband.

You can't keep us here
like this.

Well, you can
always have a lawyer.

We don't need a lawyer.

You can't be as stupid
as you sound, Mr. Fischer.

Kidnapping's
just like murder.

25 years to life.

We didn't kidnap her!

Really?

What did you do, huh?

Invite her home
to play with your daughter?
Where is she?

[knock on door]

Mr. Fischer's clean.

Myra Fischer,
one count trespassing
in 1991.

She handcuffed herself
to the front door
of Gracie Mansion

protesting starter enforcement
of child support payments.

Job history as a volunteer

for Abused Children's
Legal Defense Fund.

[clears throat]

Thanks.

[sighs]

[phone ringing]

Of course our justice system
affords protection.

Thousands of children abused
and nobody cares.

And nobody gets convicted.

So we rescue the children
ourselves.

Does that include
Samantha Silver?

Who's Samantha Silver?

All right.
You can call it rescue.

A grand jury
calls it kidnapping.

Is that a threat, Detective?

No, it's penal law.

Now, where did the Fischers
take the girl?

The Fischers
have nothing to do
with this organization.

Oh, so you've heard
ofthe Fischers,

but you've never heard
of Samantha Silver?

(Logan)
Well, let me just inform you,

the Fischers are in a cell
at Central Booking.

Would you care to join them?

This is the last stop
on the train.

Unless we find Samantha,
you're it.

Maybe you should talk to--

Sally--
Ned.

We gave her money,

what she does with it
is not our responsibility.

You have to talk
to Ramona Stark.

She's a child psychologist.
Very well known.

You better hope
she's still on
the train, too.

Where do we find her?

[dog barking]

[girl laughing]

[car honks]

Lennie, Lennie, come here.

Do you hear that?

(girl)
Why? I can...

[door opening]

What do you think?
No warrant.

Well, we've got
exigent circumstances.

[children chattering]

All right, you wanna get away
from the door, ma'am?

It's the police.

[children chattering]

Ramona Stark?

Yes.

Nice to meet you.

You're under arrest
for the kidnapping
of Samantha Silver.

It's okay, Samantha.
We're gonna take you home
to your daddy.

No!

I'm Janet Silver.
Samantha's my daughter.

She wasn't kidnapped.

She's here at my request.

Mrs. Silver,
your daughter was abducted
from a department store

and from your husband's
legal custody.

She was taken
for her protection.

My husband
will never see her again.

I want charges
brought against him.

Samantha has told us
that her father
repeatedly molested her.

You're not gonna do anything?

Does Samantha
have to spell it out for you
in her alphabet soup?

She took showers with him
and his live-in girlfriend,

naps with them
when she was naked.

My child
was living in terror.

Mrs. Silver, we are sorry
for your daughter,

but an accusation
is not enough
for us to prosecute.

(Dr. Jenner)
Oh, no.

I examined the girl.

No, there is no doubt
what happened.

Dr. Jenner, you examined her
two weeks ago.

It's too late for us
to corroborate your report.

Is my integrity
in question here?

You have a history
of testifying in these cases.

That'd be brought out
in court.

We'd like to have
Samantha examined
by our psychiatrist.

Dr. Stark has a Ph.D.
in child psychology.

She has dedicated
her life to this.

Is she not
a good enough expert?

Nothing changes, does it?
A child is in danger

you're refusing
to protect her.

I won't give her up.

I'll go tojail
before she goes back to him.

There is not enough evidence.

It is as simple as that.

Come on, Ben.
Is this about evidence,
or is it visibility?

Sexual abuse.

(Preston)
Public figure.

It scares the hell
out of you, doesn't it?

You guys are supposed to be
the white knights.

(Preston)
Look, you tell Schiff

I'd like charges filed today

or I'll make sure
his amour gets real tarnished

on the front pages tomorrow.

Mr. Preston is threatening me?

Huh?

Arrogance of the young.

Good lawyer,
always on the right side.

Which doesn't make
his client a saint.

[police siren wailing]

Wife sues for full custody,
doesn't get it.

Sudden charge of molestation.

Have we heard
that story before?

I don't know, Adam.

Showering with the kid,
sleeping nude.

My grandson
plays Little League.

I tell him,
"Go get 'em, tiger,"
I pat him on the can,

and you'd haul me
away in leg irons.

A medical report,
the psychologist,

you don't wanna believe
any of it?

It doesn't matter
what I believe.

The man has no history
ofthis.

An accusation alone
could destroy his life.

We pursue it,
it doesn't stick,

we end up
with high-profile egg
on our face.

There's gonna be
high-profile egg
no matter what we do.

We need corroboration.

You get a court order
to examine the child.

No corroboration,
no indictment.

What does that do
to Samantha?

My client is concerned.

The effect of
a psychiatric exam.

We can't ignore the charge.

(Gary)
Did you see the papers
when we got divorced?

"Wife calls producer
selfish and brutal."

She smeared me
all over the papers.

And now you're helping her
do it again.

And just because I'm in love
with my daughter's nanny

does not make me
a child molester.

We're fighting
the court order.

Insufficient grounds.

Counselor,
we have a medical exam.

Well, of course, you do.
I mean, whose doctor?

I read about
this Ramona Stark.
She's a nut.

I mean, my wife
wants to destroy me

and you'll ruin my--
my daughter's life.

For what?
Public spectacle, page 6!

[door opening]

[door slamming]

Ramona Stark
as your prime witness?

I wouldn't go to trial
with that.

[door opening]

Who's Silver worried about?

His daughter? Or himself?

He may be right about Stark.

So let's find out
what other cases
she's been involved in.

She's a saint.

They should put
a statue of her
in front of Family Court.

Hmm.

She testified for you
against your husband.

And gave us a place to hide,

until they put
that swine in jail.

Did your child testify?

She was very frightened.

But, uh, Ramona helped her.

By getting her ready
to testify.

My daughter didn't invent it.
It happened.

If Ramona helped her
put it into words,
that's not a crime.

The fact that
you're worried about Ramona,

and not Gary Silver,

proves
you're part ofthe problem,
not the solution.

I never had much faith
in divorce laws

and nothing's happened
to change my mind.

You lost custody of your son.

You want a shotgun offence?

I'll give you my ex-wife,

her fleabag lawyer
and Ramona Stark.

Now, you were charged
with molesting your son,
Mr. Sanders.

I was charged with it,
but it never went to trial,
did it?

(Mr. Sanders)
I caved in.

I gave my wife
what she wanted.

Suddenly she decides
not to testify.

You people don't have a case.

I never touched my son.

But people are accused
all the time.

They defend themselves.

[exclaims]

I sat in her lawyer's chair

and I watched a tape.

My little boy saying that
I put my hand on his "dupe."

I knew I was dead.

(Mr. Sanders)
I haven't seen him since.

$1,100 child support.

I don't even get visitation.

And what does that prove?

She's a busy lady.

We got a Chinese menu here.

Column A, she's the savior
of all molested children.

Column B,
she scares innocent men
into giving up their kids.

Silver's lawyer is right.

With Stark's history,
we put her on the stand
they'll eat her for lunch.

We don't put her on the stand,
they will.

[telephone ringing]

Paul Robinette.

Hmm-mmm.

Thanks.

We got the order.

Olivet sees Samantha Silver
in the morning.

Good.

What are your favorite pets,
Samantha?

Mommy tells me
you like puppies.

Sometimes Brown Dog barks.

You can't hear it.
But I can.

What's Brown Dog barking at?

Secrets.

That's very good.

I have an idea.

Why don't we draw a picture
of your family?

Who's that?

Mommy.

I need blue for her eyes.

And what about you?

That's fine.

What's Daddy look like?

[whispers]
It's okay. Go ahead.

Remember
what I told you about

"good touches"
and "bad touches", Samantha?

How did Daddy touch you?

When's Mommy coming back?

She'll be here soon.

Where did Daddy touch you?
Show me.

Just draw a circle
where he touched you.

I don't wanna talk anymore.

Her behavior's
consistent with abuse.

Avoidance, reluctance
to discuss details, guilt.

I'm sure
that's what Ramona Stark
reacted to.

But she did not say
that her father molested her.

Which doesn't mean
it didn't happen.

What about
the medical report?

Do you agree with Jenner?

If I'd seen her at the time,
I might be sure.

Jenner says

there's scarring
near her labia
and she's not intact,

but there are no
bacterial traces

which you'd expect
with a recent abuse.

Why does every word you say
sound like maybe
and then maybe not?

I think it happened.
But is it conclusive?

Not to mention
that she's confused.

Too much prompting
from Stark and her mother.

(Olivet)
She's not a terrific witness.

This gets better
every minute.

What about the father?
Does he fit the portrait
of a molester?

Mid-50s, no prior record,
you wouldn't think so.

Unless he's a "preferential."

(Stone)
What's that?

Only family members.

Wasn't he married before?

Twenty years ago.

Did they have any children?

The night I was born,
Hair opened on Broadway.

Guess whose premiere
Daddy attended?

Doesn't sound like
you've patched things up.

Oh, as far as
he's concerned,

I'm a show that closed
on opening night.

Anyhow, I moved out
when I was 7.

Jesus Christ Superstar.
Mom's big break.

Mary Magdalene
sends me to Grandma's
in Greenwich

for the length ofthe run.

Grandma never sends me back.

(Leslie)
She hated him.
She still does.

Maybe because
Mom moved you to Grandma's
for other reasons.

(Robinette)
They say in families,

it usually doesn't happen
only once.

I suppose
you've spoken with your Dad
in the last few days.

Okay. There are some memories
that seem strange.

I remember
being alone in bed,

and I'd hear their door open
down the hall

and Daddy walking
towards my room.

I'd wet the bed.

I thought
that would protect me.

Protect you from what?

Look, I don't wanna talk
about this anymore.

You absolutely convinced?

Doesn't leave me
with any doubts.

It's not showers and sleeping
in the same bed anymore,
Adam.

If he molested
the first one,

the chances of his
not doing it again
are almost nil.

(Robinette)
I checked the older daughter's
new apartment.

Silver paid for it,
closed 10 days ago.

He bought her off.

What about his girlfriend?

She's the child's nanny.

His lawyer
won't let us near her.

Your medical doctor
is questionable,

this Ramona Stark is tainted.

She makes Joan of Arc
look modest.

The child is
a terrible witness.

So you wanna plead him?

He molested
his own child, Adam.

Plead him. Sex abuse two.

He won't do better
from ajury.

Sexual abuse two.

Considering what he did,
it's a gift from God.

I didn't do anything
to Samantha.

What about your
first daughter?

Leslie's mother was,

for years,
clinically depressed.

(Gary)
Of course,
Leslie has problems.

My understanding is

that Leslie has
absolutely nothing negative
to say about me.

Odd time
to buy her an apartment.

Come on,
if you had anything new

we wouldn't be here.

Our psychiatrist says
Samantha was probably abused.

Ten minutes
with Ramona Stark,

she'll accuse her father
of being a serial killer.

(Teller)
My client
comes out of this clean

or his life's over.

I'll see you in court.

You're bluffing.

Let's go.

You'll ruin
my daughter's life.

Mr. Silver,
that process was well underway
before now.

I'm glad you're so sure.

[door opening]

What do you mean,
the psychiatric examinations
aren't enough?

You have all that.

You have Miss Stark's report.

I believe he did it,
but we don't have enough
to convince a grand jury.

What do you want?

Do you think
Gary's gonna stand up
and say he did it?

7 million people
in New York are convinced.

Go anywhere
and mention his name.

Grand jury doesn't indict
by Gallup poll.

David, let's give them
the tape.

I've been around the law
enough to know

one doesn't sit idly by.

This takes it well beyond
any reasonable doubt.

(Ramona)
Do you miss your daddy?

Don’t you wanna see him?

Did he ever touch you?

(Samantha)
Yes.

[whispers]
Tell me, Samantha.

It’s bad
where Daddy touched me.

Can you tell me why?

Because.

Can you show me where?

Here.

And?

He made me touch him, too.

(Stone)
Turn it off.

Yup. Very convincing.

If we had done it.

It convinced the grand jury.

Come on,
even her mother's lawyer
knows it's trouble.

Homemade evidence.
I don't like it.

The courts like it less.
Who's yourjudge?

Wally Schreiber.

You expect to get this in?

Schreiber thinks
the admissibility rules

were made in Heaven,
not Albany.

A man's own daughter.

I hope there's an afterlife.

For some crimes,
the penal law is inadequate.

Mrs. Silver
had the tape made.

She's a lunatic.
And so is Ramona Stark.

Their state of mind
does not make the tape
inadmissible.

Doesn't it, Ben?

We don't know what was said
before the tape was made.

There's no reason to believe
that it wasn't spontaneous,
Your Honor.

About as spontaneous
as the Pledge of Allegiance.

Your Honor, Dr. Olivet said
the child was subjected
to trauma.

Without that tape,
we have to put her
on the stand.

We don't wanna do that.

(Teller)
How warm-hearted of you.

The kid was coached, Judge.

It's all made up,
every bit of it.

Now, easy, Nick,
I read Olivet's report.

It's not all made up.
Gentlemen.

Ben, do you remember
a case in Rhode Island?

Insulin, needles,
the lady in the coma?

They go into the man's house,
take the black bag--

Which was admitted
as evidence.

Yeah, in my view, a mistake.

And the basis, I might add,
for a successful appeal.

Now here, we have
an out-of-court statement
and the witness is available.

I can't allow the tape, Ben.

Your Honor,
the interests ofthe child--

Balanced by
the interests ofjustice.

Ifthe man did it,
then put him away

but we have to have
the girl testify.

I'll be glad
to do it in chambers
with closed-circuit video,

make it as painless
as possible.

Think about it, hmm?

Children have special ways
of telling us what happened.

Please describe for the court
what you expect
in cases of sexual abuse.

Children
who have been molested

often cry when asked
about the incident.

(Ramona)
They show anger,

fear and sadness

and in almost all cases,

the child is unwilling
to discuss

the specific details
of what happened.

(Stone)
In your expert opinion,

does Samantha Silver
fit this profile?

Yes, in virtually
every respect.

And Dr. Stark, is it possible

that the alleged sexual abuse
of Samantha Silver

is totally invented?

Oh, no, I don't think
that's possible.

I--I can't tell you
in explicit detail
what went on

but something
certainly happened.

Thank you.

Your witness.

Something happened.

That's fairly vague,
isn't it?

I'm a psychologist,
not a psychiatrist.

But none ofthis
is an exact science.

The girl went through
a serious trauma
concerning her father.

That could mean anything.

Can you state
with medical certainty

that Gary Silver
molested his daughter?

I can't say with certainty
the sun will rise tomorrow.

But, yes,
short of absolute certainty,

I think he molested
his daughter.

(Teller)
You testified

that Samantha Silver
had been subject to trauma

involving her father.

Could that include
her mother convincing her
Daddy molested her?

If you're suggesting

that her mother
planted the accusation
in her head,

no, I don't believe
that's true.

Suppose I find cereal spilled
on the kitchen floor.

I ask my son,
"Did you do this?"
What does he say?

I don't know your son,
Mr. Teller.

He'll lie, Dr. Stark,

because he's afraid
Daddy will be angry.

But if I say I won't be angry,
he'll admit it, won't he?

Possibly.

(Teller)
He will.

Because he wants to please me.

Now, Samantha Silver
was taken from
a department store

and held in
a strange environment.

If she thought
the only way out

was to accuse Daddy
of bad things

isn't it possible she'd lie?

It's possible, yes,
but she didn't need to lie.

She just told us
what happened.

I was naive
when I married Gary.

I was his third wife.

I thought
I would be the one
to make him settle down.

I was wrong.

Well, what made you feel
you were wrong?

I thought
that Gary was obsessed
with Samantha,

that he was using her
to make up for neglecting
his first child.

(Christina)
It--it,

It seemed unnatural.

In what way, Mrs. Silver?

Objection.
This is all speculation.

She can talk about
her own feelings, Counselor.

(Judge Schreiber)
Overruled.

Mrs. Silver.

He, uh,

he wanted to take her
everywhere.

He wouldn't let her
out of his sight,
he was hugging her,

picking her up all the time.

It was too possessive.

But why did you ask
Ramona Stark to help you
hide Samantha?

(Christina)
Samantha said

that she was taking nude naps
with Gary and...

(Christina)
Well,

the nanny, his girlfriend.

I, uh, I tried to ask

if anything else
was going on

but, uh, I scared her.

I didn't-- I didn't know
how to ask the question.

It was--it was so ugly.

My--

My attorney said
that Ramona Stark
would know how to ask.

(Stone)
Fine, thank you,
no further questions.

So, uh,

you couldn't talk
to your own daughter,
is that right?

I didn't know if--
if my suspicions were right.

I--I needed a professional.

Oh, so you did think

your husband
had done something wrong?

[coughs]

Look, I--I didn't know.

Or was it just
that you were jealous

because he abandoned you
for a younger woman?

I was worried, okay?

I'm--I'm allowed
to be worried.

Of course, you are.

But you are not allowed
to brainwash
your own daughter.

Objection.

We--we didn't brainwash her,
for God's sake.

We got a doctor.

I'm a pediatrician
with a subspecialty
in internal medicine.

Have you consulted
on other cases

involving the sexual abuse
of children?

I volunteer my services
for the Abused Children's
Defense League.

I'm on call at no charge.

(Stone)
Now please tell the court

the results
of your physical examination
of Samantha Silver.

I found scarring
and bruising on the labia,

and the hymen
had been ruptured.

And what did you
conclude from that?

(Dr. Jenner)
These were unusual conditions
for a child of her age.

I concluded that
Samantha Silver

had, in some way,
been sexually abused.

Thank you.

Dr. Jenner,

could the conditions
you describe be caused
by anything else?

I don't think so.

Now, you say
you work on these cases
at no charge.

In fact,
don't you make it a career?

I have a thriving
pediatric practice, sir.

How many of these cases
have you testified in?

Twenty-two.

(Teller)
Very impressive.

Have you testified
for a defendant?

In all the cases
that I've worked on,

the defendants were guilty.

Really?

How many ofthem
were acquitted?

Thirteen.

Didn't you say
they were all guilty?

They were.

Not in the eyes
ofthe law, Doctor.

No further questions.

Don't have any choice.

She's a confused,
frightened little girl.

I don't know
how she'll do on the stand.

If we can get her to say
what she said to Stark...

She's talked to
too many people.

(Stone)
She can't remember
what happened.

Olivet prepped her six times.
Six different answers.

We don't put her on,
the jury's gonna wonder
what we're hiding.

The wife and...
What's her name, Stark?

Yeah, the two ofthem

tied your hands
behind your back
and then asked you to swim.

And they sullied
every piece of testimony
we needed.

Not to mention
the wife looked jealous
on the stand

and that doctor...

He defined the word "zealot."

The child's gonna
have to talk to the jury
and tell them what happened.

(Samantha)
People always
wanna talk about Daddy.

(Stone)
We’d like to know

a few things
that your daddy did.

You mean the bad things?

That's right.

Why should I talk to you?

We wanna make sure

that your daddy doesn't do
the bad things again.

Mommy says you're going
to put him in jail.

Why do you think
your mommy would say that?

Because I told her it was bad
where Daddy touched me.

And how many times
did he touch you?

Ramona said he did it a lot.

She’s real mad, too.

(Stone)
Now what Ramona
says doesn’t matter.

What matters
is what you remember.

I told you.

Daddy touched me,
and Ramona and Mommy said
he’s bad.

Aside from touching you,

what are some
of the other things
that your daddy did?

I don’t know
what I’m supposed to say.

I forgot.

Samantha, thank you.

Thank you
for talking with us.

(Teller)
Samantha, do you have
puzzles like that at home?

I have bigger ones
in my room.

At your daddy's house?

I have a big room
next to Christina’s.

(Teller)
Does Daddy do puzzles
with you?

(Samantha)
Daddy doesn ’t like puzzles.

We watch movies.

You love your Daddy,
don’t you, Samantha?

You don’t wanna see him
go to jail, do you?

Your Honor?

Let's back away from that,
Mr. Teller. Hmm?

Has your daddy
done anything to you

that you think
he should be punished for?

Mommy says
Daddy won't let me
go to France.

He won't let you
go to France?

To live with Mommy
and her boyfriend,

where I can have a pony.

No more questions.

(Stone)
You wanted to leave
the country.

To do that you needed
full custody, right?

I wanted to protect her
from her father.
What's wrong with that?

What is wrong is that
ajury can now be persuaded

that you wanted full custody
for other reasons.

You withheld
crucial information.

That doesn't change
what happened.

In ajury's mind it might.

Are you saying
Mrs. Silver lied?

No, what I'm saying is that
the clarity of the case
rests on Samantha,

and your client and Mrs. Stark
had other agendas.

They've so muddied the water
I don't know
what ajury'll believe.

We wanted
to protect the child.

You put so many ideas
in her head

she can't tell us
anything clearly.

When--when Samantha told me
about the showers,

and that--that--
that girl naked in the house,

what was I supposed to do?

Samantha was mixed up today.

The jury knows
what the father did.

I hope you're right.

(forewoman)
Yes, we have, Your Honor.

On the sole count
ofthe indictment,

the charge of sexual abuse
in the first degree,

how does the jury find?

We find the defendant
not guilty.

No.

[sighs]

[knock on door]

The girl is gone.

And Janet Silver
refuses to say where she is.

She'll have to
produce the child.

The husband has
a court order.

And now
I've got to make a victim
out ofthe mother.

She's the one going to jail.

I only see one victim here.

And she's only 7 years old.