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Previously on L .A. Law. Look, we don't
need to talk this through. All I need is

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for you to not see Brian behind my back
and for you to stay out of it.

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Where is she? What?

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Sarah. Sarah's not here.

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What do you mean she's not here?

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I mean she left early this afternoon.

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She never came home.

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I've been approached about filling out
the city council term of Art Middleman.

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Really?

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Well, that's wonderful, Jonathan.

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Well, look at me. I'm hardly the kind of
girlfriend who's likely to do a black

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politician any good. That's ridiculous.

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That shouldn't matter. It shouldn't, but
it will.

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Well, I won't let it.

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This is about the McConnell case.

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Actually, it's about more than that.

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During the hearings, a document, a
letter came into my possession.

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Now, the only ones who knew about it,
other than Mary and McConnell and her

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husband, were Gwen and I.

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Somehow, the other side got wind of it,
laid a subpoena on us.

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End of case.

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Do you have any idea how they discovered
its existence?

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Yeah. I think Frank Kittredge told them.

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What? You're going to have a hard go
proving my client was in any way

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responsible for your client's cosmetic
surgery.

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I don't think that's what's going to be
on the jury's minds.

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Dr. Shearer, when you first saw Cheryl
Brennan last year, she'd already

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experienced complications from her
silicone breast implants.

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Is that correct?

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Yes. Excess scar tissue formed around
the implants and constricted, causing

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disfiguration of the breasts and extreme
pain.

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Well, my guess is he won't bite unless
we go higher. I'm sorry, but there's no

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way my studio is responsible for what
happened to that woman. Yeah, but you

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see it, though. The jury does not
sympathize with a rich Hollywood studio,

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They sympathize with maimed women like
Cheryl Brennan.

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Sorry, pal, I didn't see you.

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We're even.

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Why,

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thank you, Miss Lamb.

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Okay, so how do you know it's me?

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The blind have mysterious powers.

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Also, I recognize your perfume.

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Actually, I know a great deal about you.

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Like what?

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Would you like to know?

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I know worldwide studios had a hell of a
short list before deciding on you to

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represent them. I know our male jurors
find you very appealing, but you don't

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seem to have alienated the women.

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I know you are wearing a pink jacket
with a vest and no blouse.

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And Judge Lobel does not approve of the
length of your security.

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And I know you're a blusher.

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How do you know that?

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I can feel your heat.

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And I know a good line when I hear one.

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Is this how you throw opposing counsel
off her game?

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No.

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My curiosity about you is special.

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Isn't this a little improper?

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Not unless our resolve to win our
respective cases is somehow compromised.

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Oh, well, there's no chance of that.
Agreed.

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So did your assistant mention the warts
on my nose?

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No.

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There are limitations to my method of
research.

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Well, why don't you see for yourself?

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Really? Until this case is over.

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All right, we'll put it on hold.

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Until I win.

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Until you win?

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Sure you won't wait that long?

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Moving on, Brennan versus Worldwide
Studios.

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Yeah, settlement offer was rejected. The
trial's continuing.

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McCoy playing hard to get?

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Nothing I can't handle.

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You sure? Beautiful young actress maimed
by breast implants?

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Look, Cheryl Brennan is sympathetic, but
she's suing the wrong party, and I

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think the jury will see that. Next up,
Bob Steinlage versus Florence Leach, a

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.a. Madam Eldemira, I'm afraid to ask.
Madam Eldemira, psychic to the stars?

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That's the one.

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My client went to her Beverly Hills
Center of Psychic Understanding for help

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with his love life. She took him for
$160 ,000 in cash and merchandise.

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So now he's suing her for fraud. Oh,
come on. Any guy who forks over six

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to a psychic deserves what he gets.

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No, she convinced him he was being
controlled by his dead wife's spirit.

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Oh, well, why don't you say so? Look,
we've tried to settle this, but Madame

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Eldemira seems determined to have her
day in court. Well, maybe she knows

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something you do not know.

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Why doesn't she just tell you the
outcome of the trial now and save

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lot of time and money?

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This meeting is over.

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How did you know that?

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Please.

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Mr. Steinlage, why did you go to see
Madame Eldemeyer?

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My wife had been dead about a year, and
so I thought I should start dating

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again. In three months, I must have
asked out 50 women.

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None of them would even agree to a cup
of coffee. It was very weird. What did

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Madame Eldemeyer say was wrong?

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She said that my wife didn't want me
seeing anyone else, so she was

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my love life from beyond the grave.

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And did you believe her?

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Naturally, I was skeptical at first, but
my wife had resented my luck with the

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ladies when she was alive, so... Madame
Aldemira got me thinking.

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And then, uh... Then she did that
chicken thing.

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Could you please describe the chicken
thing to the court, Mr. Steinlogy?

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She had me breathe into the mouth of
this chicken.

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And then, uh...

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A couple of minutes later, the chicken
was dead.

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And what did she say that meant?

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She said the evil presence of my dead
wife was inside me, and that's what

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the chicken. And what did Madame
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your wife's spirit?

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Give her the 250 grand from Julie's life
insurance.

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She said that evil lived in money, and
she would bless it and give it back to

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me. And did she give it back?

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Most of it. She kept 50 ,000. She said
it was still cursed.

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What else did Madame Eldemira ask for?

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Stuff to appease Julie's vengeful
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Gourmet foods, designer clothing, and a
Lincoln town car

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to drive my wife's spirit out of town.

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Quiet down.

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Mr. Steinlogge, did Madame Aldemira
solve your dating problems?

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No. But did she promise that she would?
Absolutely.

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I think I'd drop that kind of dough in a
maybe. Thank you, Mr. Steinlogge. No

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further questions.

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Mr. Steinlogge, did my client at any
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She said something awful might happen if
I didn't do what she said. What kind of

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awful thing?

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She wasn't specific.

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Before coming to see you, Madam
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psychotherapist? Objection. Relevant.

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Establishing a pattern, Your Honor. I'll
allow it. You can answer the question,

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Mr. Steinlogge.

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Yeah, I went to see a shrink.

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I thought maybe it was something I was
doing that was scaring the girls off.

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how much did you spend on psychotherapy?

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About 7 ,000 bucks. And did your
psychotherapist solve your problem?

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not, or I wouldn't have gotten mixed up
with Madame Voodoo. Move to strike the

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voodoo reference, Your Honor. Granted,
the jury will disregard.

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When you terminated your treatment, did
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would be better off if you continued to
see him? He may have said something like

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that, but I... And are you suing him?
It's not the same thing. She played me

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a fool.

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So, you can't get a date, you can't
solve your own problems, you feel like a

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fool, and that makes my client a fraud?

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Objection. Withdrawn.

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I'm finished.

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They'd read me for the role twice.

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Then my agent called and told me Jeffrey
Stern wanted to take me to lunch.

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And what happened when you met Mr.
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He said how much he wanted me, but there
was a problem.

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He'd always pictured the character as
more voluptuous, fuller, riper.

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That's how he put it. Unless I could
solve his problem, they'd have to find

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somebody else.

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At which point he suggested implants.

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Yes, he said there was a great doctor in
Beverly Hills who would take care of

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everything.

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Then he looked me right in the eyes and
told me how much he believed in me and

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about all the wonderful pictures we were
going to make together.

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But I had to agree to the implants
within 48 hours.

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And what was your reaction to all of
this, Cheryl? I didn't know what to do.

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This was a chance of a lifetime.

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But I was scared to have the surgery.

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And why did you go through with it?

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What would you do if somebody offered
you your dream?

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Could you just walk away?

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No. Objection.

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Counsel is now testifying, Your Honor.
I'm sorry, Your Honor.

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Cheryl, in the years after the surgery,
you suffered multiple capsulary

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contractures, four separate surgeries to
remove and replace the silicone, and

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finally a ruptured implant.

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Were you able to work during this
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Barely. I was in and out of hospitals.

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I had to drop out of two pictures, and
since the mastectomy, I haven't had a

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single offer.

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Not even from Jeffrey Stern, the man who
believed in you?

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No. He said his hands were tied.

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I make audiences feel uneasy.

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Thank you, Cheryl.

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Cheryl, you didn't always regret...

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Thank you, Miss Lamb.

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You didn't always regret your decision
to get implants, did you, Cheryl? I

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wanted them.

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Well, isn't it true that one year after
the surgery, you said in an interview,

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I've never been happier, I owe
everything to Jeff Stern?

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Jamaica Rain had just opened. It was a
big success.

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But then you made two films that failed
at the box office.

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And isn't that the real reason no one
will hire you?

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No.

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After I got sick, I wasn't offered the
best scripts anymore.

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Do you blame everything on the implants?

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I was fine with my body the way it was.

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He forced me. Well, did he also force
you to get your teeth capped, your nose

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done, your eyebrows reshaped, the
liposuction you had done on your...

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things didn't make me sick. They didn't
leave me looking like a freak. You're

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right. I look hideous. I can barely look
at myself.

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So ordered. The jury will disregard.

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Ms. Brennan, please stick to answering
the questions.

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Cheryl, if he'd asked you...

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Would you have had sex with Jeffrey
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Objection. That calls for speculation.

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Your Honor, Ms. Brennan has testified.
My client wielded so much power, she was

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helpless to resist. I'm trying to
establish the limits of Mr. Stern's

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influence. Ms. Lamb has a point.

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I'm going to allow it.

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So, Cheryl, if the choice had been sex
or no role, no dream, would you have

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slept with him or walked away?

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I would have walked away.

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But you didn't choose to walk away from
implants.

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No, that was... Thank you. I have
nothing further.

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You may step down.

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This court is adjourned until 10 o
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Good work.

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Don't ever do that again.

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What, neutralize your client's
testimony?

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Don't treat me like an invalid. I can
find my own chair.

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Oh, come on. I was only helping. You
were showing the jury that even as you

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attacked Ms. Brennan, you are basically
a decent and caring person, and you

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accomplished that at my expense.

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You're the one playing the sympathy
angle, David. My case can be won on its

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merits.

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Sarah. Hi.

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I went to pick up Maddie at daycare, but
the Haley's had already gotten him.

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That's right.

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Don't you want me to babysit for you
anymore?

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Sarah, you haven't been home since
Friday night.

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When your mother called you at Brian's,
you hung up on her. You haven't notified

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me or Ann? It's because this is between
my mom and me.

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I don't have any problem with you.

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You've been playing us off against your
mother over this boyfriend.

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I have not.

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You liked Brian.

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Why are you taking her side?

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Because she's your mother and she knows
what's best for you. I'm 17 years old

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and she keeps treating me like I'm a
child.

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Well, if you behave like a child, you're
going to get treated like one. You drop

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into my life after 17 years and suddenly
you think you know everything there is

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to know about being my father?

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I don't give a damn what you call me. I
am your father.

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And if you insist on living with this
boy and disregarding your mother's

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you will not be welcome at my house.

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Fine. Fine.

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You're up early.

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Yeah, I think I'm going to call her.

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Well, honey, she's not going to make the
first move.

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She kind of painted herself into a
corner.

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That's exactly what she did.

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And that's why we have to let her stay
there.

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I think we were too tough on her.

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We could have said no babysitting, but
at least she could come and visit.

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But we didn't.

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Look, I'm as bad as you are.

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I drove by Brian's on the way home
yesterday to see if her car was there. I

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almost stopped.

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You remember when Maddie had colic when
she was a little baby?

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You told me not to worry.

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It'll grow up. It'll get easier.

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I lied.

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I know it's hard, but, you know, you
were right.

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More than anything else, right now,
Sarah needs for us to give her some room

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make her own decisions.

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I'll wait one more day.

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Mr. Gerard, were you Cheryl Brennan's
agent in 1987?

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That's right. We parted ways three years
ago. Did Mr. Stern ever tell you Cheryl

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would have to get breast implants before
he'd put her in his movie? All Jeff

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said was she'd be more castable if she
got the implants.

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And have you ever known Mr.

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Stern to use his position to exert
inappropriate influence on a

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No. Jeff is one of the most decent and
respected executives in town.

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He's got integrity and vision.

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Do you remember Cheryl Brennan being
reluctant to have breast implant

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No, I remember her being enthusiastic
about the break she was getting. Thank

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you. Nothing further.

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Mr. Gerard, do you recall a phone
conversation in which Jeffrey Stern

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a plastic surgeon, a Dr.

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Ludwig?

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Jeff and I have had hundreds of
conversations. I can't remember each

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is a copy of your phone log for March
15th, 1987.

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Please note the call from Jay Stern at
203. Note also your scribbled

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reference to Dr. Ludwig next to a doodle
of two large bosoms and a dollar sign.

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Now, would this have been when Mr. Stern
offered to pay for Cheryl's surgery?

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Maybe. I vaguely remember the call.
Didn't you tell Cheryl that if she

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get the implant, she may as well just
get on the bus back to Minnesota? That

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a joke.

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But the reality is, girls with more up
top get more work.

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But if Mr. Stern never expressed this as
an ultimatum, why did you imply to

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Cheryl that it did? Look, he gave me the
doctor's number, and he said he saw the

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part going to a big girl.

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He didn't have to say any more. So you
understood Mr.

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Stern is saying if Cheryl didn't get the
implant, she would not get that role.

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That was my understanding, but it was
never... Mr. Gerard, isn't it true that

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you are currently negotiating two multi
-million dollar film packages with Mr.

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Stern's studio?

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We're discussing two projects, yes. So
you are, in a very direct way, beholden

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to Mr. Stern for your livelihood.

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Our relationship is based on mutual
respect.

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Jeff is a man of very high... Don't call
me a man of integrity and vision. And

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you're scared to death of him, aren't
you? Afraid of Jeff? That's crazy.

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Then why, during your testimony, have
you been looking to Mr.

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Stern for approval?

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And if the kind of subtle pressure which
Jeffrey Stern exerts can intimidate an

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experienced agent, imagine what kind of
influence he might have over a naive 18

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-year -old girl.

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Objection, Your Honor.

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Withdrawn. Nothing more, Your Honor.

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I hear your group's concerns, but
thousands of people need low -income

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We've got to build it somewhere.

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All right, how's 1130 tomorrow?

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Great. I look forward to it.

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I'll call him back. I'm late.

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Is this Councilman Rollins' office?

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So, baby, I tried to call. I have to
cancel lunch. I have a press conference

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with the mayor in one minute. I thought
your constituents came first.

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They do, but he's the mayor.

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Besides, you don't live in my district.

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What is that?

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Bourbon.

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For you to put in your desk.

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Isn't that what politicians drink?
Bourbon and branch water?

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Maybe in Kentucky, yeah.

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Hello?

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Uh,

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Paul, Zoe, Paul Gimbel, special
assistant to the mayor.

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Zoe Clemens.

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Sorry we are on the run. I understand.
Oh, what time is that dinner on

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Imitation says six.

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Well, I'll have to reschedule a hearing.

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If you're talking about the Brotherhood
Award, they never start on time.

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Well, I'm hoping I don't miss Jonathan's
first speech.

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You gotta get going.

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Yeah, I'm outta here.

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Listen.

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I'll see you tonight.

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Mrs.

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Leach, do you believe in evil spirits?

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I believe in spirits, good and evil.

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And you honestly believe that an evil
spirit is interfering with Mr.

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Steinlage's happiness?

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Yes. His late wife is very angry with
him. Move to strike.

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My client's wife is dead.

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00:20:20,260 --> 00:20:23,860
Granted, the jury will disregard Mrs.
Leach's last remark.

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Mrs. Leach, to the average person,
uneducated in the ways of the spirit

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your methods may seem rather unorthodox.

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Why the gourmet food, the designer
clothing, the car?

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Mrs. Steinlage never got what she wanted
from her husband when she was alive.

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Now that she's dead, she is determined
to change that. Your Honor. Mrs. Leach.

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I warned you about speaking for Mrs.
Steinlage. Mrs. Leach, if Mr.

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Steinlage had stuck with your program
and completed his treatment, what would

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have happened? His wife would be
satisfied, and he'd be dating someone

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by now.

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Thank you. No further questions.

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Mrs. Leach, do the names Lady Wanda,
Madame Solane, and Miss Lorena mean

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anything to you? They are some of the
personas who have helped me in the past.

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Aren't those, in fact, aliases that you
have used in other states?

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00:21:18,830 --> 00:21:22,370
Yes, but alias is such a judgment -laden
term.

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Mrs. Leach, why didn't you return all of
Julie Steinloggy's life insurance money

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to Mr.

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00:21:29,570 --> 00:21:33,790
Steinloggy as you said you would? The
curse was still on the portion I kept.

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I was able to condense the negative
energy into a smaller sum, but you can

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get rid of it completely. Did you
threaten my client that...

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Terrible things would happen if he did
not meet your demands.

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They weren't my demands.

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Mr. Steinloggy's wife... Mr.
Steinloggy's wife is dead, Mrs. Leach.

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do with designer clothes, caviar,
champagne, and a Lincoln town car?

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Loan them to you?

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Objection. This is badgering.

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Overruled. Witness will answer the
question.

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Spirit. are unable to rest when they
pass over to the other side if their

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earthly desires were left unsatisfied.

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I allow myself to be the vessel for
these spirits.

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If they can experience the fulfillment
of their desires through me, then they

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rest.

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I may have drunk the champagne.

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But Mrs. Steinlage enjoyed it. Does she
also enjoy the Mercedes 300 SL and the

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diamond bezel Rolex and the Faberge egg
that you have gotten from your other

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client? Objection.

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Irrelevant. The spirit world is
obviously not a reality for you, Ms. Van

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I don't expect you to understand.

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But I do understand, Mrs. Leach.

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No further questions.

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Hi. You sure you have time for dinner?
You bet.

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Let me just get rid of this stuff.

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00:23:07,500 --> 00:23:10,420
This is Frank Kittredge. Leave a message
after the beep.

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Frank? Frank, are you there?

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Pick up, you son of a bitch.

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If you think your help with Mother's
estate is all you hope... What are you

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00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:19,920
doing?

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00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:21,960
Call me or... That's Laura McConnell.

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00:23:22,260 --> 00:23:25,680
You did tell her about the letter. Gwen,
I can explain. You used me and you lied

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00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:26,680
to everyone. Listen.

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00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:30,400
I do know Laura McConnell, but I did not
tell her about that letter. You expect

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00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:33,500
me to believe that? It sounds like you
were sleeping with her.

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00:23:33,780 --> 00:23:37,940
It started long before I came here, and
it's over. You asked me about the case,

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00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:40,840
Frank. You worked on nothing else for
days. What else were we going to talk

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00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:43,680
about? I don't know. Gwen, please,
settle down and listen to me.

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I didn't expect to feel this way for
you, but I do. I care about you very

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00:23:49,300 --> 00:23:50,640
You erased the tape.

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00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:52,840
It could be misunderstood.

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I think it's very clear.

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Before you run off telling any wild
story, you should consider how it's

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make you look.

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You're the one who was discussing a
boss's business in bed.

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You son of a bitch.

402
00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:29,380
No one's disputing Cheryl's beauty.

403
00:24:29,620 --> 00:24:32,960
She had a unique softness and
vulnerability.

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But the truth was, she looked like a
child. I wanted to go with Cheryl, but

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00:24:39,460 --> 00:24:43,040
that picture, I felt I had to have a
woman up on the screen.

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So you discussed implants with her? Yes,
it was discussed, but the decision was

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hers, and hers alone.

408
00:24:48,860 --> 00:24:50,960
But you only gave her 48 hours to
decide?

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00:24:51,260 --> 00:24:55,240
We were on a tight production schedule,
but there was never any mention of 48

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hours. I told her we'd talk after a
weekend.

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00:24:58,930 --> 00:24:59,930
What if she'd refused?

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00:25:00,150 --> 00:25:01,570
Would you still have given her the role?

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00:25:01,770 --> 00:25:02,689
I don't know.

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00:25:02,690 --> 00:25:06,890
I never had to face that. The next thing
I knew, I got a call saying that she

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00:25:06,890 --> 00:25:07,890
was having the surgery.

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00:25:07,990 --> 00:25:11,990
And were you ever told by the late Dr.
Ludwig that breast augmentation was

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anything but a simple cosmetic
procedure?

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00:25:14,070 --> 00:25:15,610
No. Perfectly safe.

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00:25:16,150 --> 00:25:18,230
Those were the exact words he used.

420
00:25:18,430 --> 00:25:19,430
Thank you.

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00:25:19,790 --> 00:25:20,790
Your witness.

422
00:25:24,270 --> 00:25:28,390
Are you saying you might have cast Mrs.
Brennan even if she'd refused the

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00:25:28,390 --> 00:25:33,910
surgery? As I said, I don't know. In
some circumstances, we can pad costumes

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00:25:33,910 --> 00:25:37,910
employ a body double. Well, did you
mention exploring these options when you

425
00:25:37,910 --> 00:25:39,670
lunch with Mrs. Brennan? I don't recall.

426
00:25:39,890 --> 00:25:43,910
You testified that Dr. Ludwig advised
you that the implants were safe.

427
00:25:44,550 --> 00:25:49,210
Now, did you rely solely on his advice,
or did you seek out other medical

428
00:25:49,210 --> 00:25:51,350
opinions? Why would I seek other
opinions?

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00:25:51,550 --> 00:25:53,690
The man was a first -class plastic
surgeon.

430
00:25:54,090 --> 00:25:57,550
We'd used him before without any
trouble, and he never once said anything

431
00:25:57,550 --> 00:26:02,910
complications. No? Hadn't he notified
you the year before Cheryl's operation

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00:26:02,910 --> 00:26:08,130
a letter that implants could rupture and
cause scarring and disfigurement just

433
00:26:08,130 --> 00:26:11,350
exactly how it happened with Cheryl
Brennan? Counsel, approach.

434
00:26:14,580 --> 00:26:18,100
Your Honor, this document is hearsay and
without foundation. The letter was

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00:26:18,100 --> 00:26:20,620
written on Dr. Ludwig's letterhead and
was found in his files.

436
00:26:20,820 --> 00:26:22,640
It is not signed, Your Honor. It was
addressed to Mr.

437
00:26:22,940 --> 00:26:26,640
Stern and warns of precisely the kinds
of complications my client has suffered.

438
00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:29,840
You can't prove it was ever sent or that
my client ever received it. Why would

439
00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:32,620
the doctor write a letter if not to send
it? Why would he continue to perform

440
00:26:32,620 --> 00:26:36,000
implant surgery for four years after
it's dated if he was so concerned?

441
00:26:36,340 --> 00:26:37,079
I think...

442
00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:41,420
I have to agree with Ms. Lamb. This
cannot be connected to Dr. Ludwig.

443
00:26:41,420 --> 00:26:43,600
could have written... But it was found
in his file.

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00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:47,860
That's not enough. Your Honor... Sorry,
Counselor. You cannot use it. Step back.

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00:26:51,060 --> 00:26:52,060
Mrs. Stern.

446
00:26:52,650 --> 00:26:57,430
Is it your testimony that Dr. Ludwig
never warned you in writing? Your Honor,

447
00:26:57,450 --> 00:27:01,090
look what he's doing. The jury should
know that this piece of paper in Mr.

448
00:27:01,170 --> 00:27:04,990
McCoy's hand is in no way relevant and
should be totally disregarded. Did Dr.

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00:27:05,210 --> 00:27:09,550
Ludwig warn you in writing that implants
could cause scarring and painful

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00:27:09,550 --> 00:27:13,010
hardening and might rupture as they did
in Cheryl Brennan's case?

451
00:27:13,270 --> 00:27:15,630
He never warned me in writing or any
other way.

452
00:27:16,530 --> 00:27:18,330
I have nothing further for this witness.

453
00:27:22,060 --> 00:27:26,040
You're listening to the unfounded
accusations of some frustrated young

454
00:27:26,140 --> 00:27:27,880
I'm listening to someone I trust.

455
00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:30,580
Give it up, Kittredge. Just pack up your
office and get out.

456
00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:33,120
Aren't you forgetting I don't work for
you? I work for Susan Bloom.

457
00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:35,160
But you work on Mackenzie Brackman
property.

458
00:27:35,500 --> 00:27:39,000
And at 5 o 'clock this afternoon, I'll
have your office locked up tight.

459
00:27:39,260 --> 00:27:42,160
And if you attempt to return to these
premises, I'll have you removed.

460
00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:45,300
And I intend to report you to the bar.
Careful, gentlemen. The McConnell

461
00:27:45,300 --> 00:27:48,400
conservatorship isn't the only Mackenzie
Brackman case I'm well acquainted with.

462
00:27:48,810 --> 00:27:52,030
If I'm the man you're accusing me of
being, I could bring this firm crashing

463
00:27:52,030 --> 00:27:53,030
down.

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00:27:53,710 --> 00:27:55,950
Cross me, and you won't know what hit
you.

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00:28:09,890 --> 00:28:11,230
Jonathan, you have a sec?

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00:28:11,690 --> 00:28:14,950
Don't tell me. It's the Pico
development. Paul, I got business

467
00:28:14,950 --> 00:28:17,110
my right ear. I got community leaders
chewing the left.

468
00:28:17,530 --> 00:28:20,750
Which side do you want? Neither. The
mayor's taking a courageously neutral

469
00:28:20,750 --> 00:28:24,010
stance on this one. I wondered if you
wanted to ride to the awards dinner

470
00:28:24,010 --> 00:28:25,710
tomorrow. Thanks, but I've got to pick
up Zoe.

471
00:28:26,830 --> 00:28:31,050
Now, Jonathan, it's not really my
business, but considering that this is

472
00:28:31,050 --> 00:28:34,030
to be your first major public
appearance, do you think that's a good

473
00:28:35,110 --> 00:28:39,130
Are you saying I should hide the fact
that I'm seeing a white woman? Of course

474
00:28:39,130 --> 00:28:42,660
not. But you might want to consider the
timing of this kind of personal

475
00:28:42,660 --> 00:28:46,680
revelation. Just so you know,
girlfriends, black or white, aren't

476
00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:48,040
included at political events.

477
00:28:48,660 --> 00:28:49,660
Wives, yes.

478
00:28:49,820 --> 00:28:50,860
Fiances, maybe.

479
00:28:52,820 --> 00:28:54,900
How serious are you two, if you don't
mind?

480
00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:56,400
We're pretty serious.

481
00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:57,480
You live together?

482
00:28:59,260 --> 00:29:00,260
Not yet.

483
00:29:00,500 --> 00:29:04,400
Look, who you bring or don't bring is up
to you.

484
00:29:05,140 --> 00:29:07,540
I just want you to know what you might
be getting yourself into.

485
00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:09,480
I understand.

486
00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:17,460
The defense calls the late Julie
Steinlage to the stand.

487
00:29:18,660 --> 00:29:22,940
What? Mrs. Leach has agreed to act as
medium for Mrs. Steinlage. Your Honor,

488
00:29:23,060 --> 00:29:24,060
this is ridiculous.

489
00:29:24,460 --> 00:29:26,280
Counsel, approach the bench.

490
00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:34,800
Your Honor, this whole case hinges on
whether or not my client is a fraud. The

491
00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:37,080
jury has a right to see what she does
and judge for themselves.

492
00:29:37,300 --> 00:29:40,100
The jury wouldn't know Julie Steinlage
from Eleanor Roosevelt.

493
00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:41,219
But your client would.

494
00:29:41,220 --> 00:29:43,720
This is asinine. Be quiet, both of you.

495
00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:48,300
Frankly, Counselors, I'm still trying to
figure out why this case wasn't settled

496
00:29:48,300 --> 00:29:49,700
a long time ago.

497
00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:52,280
Maybe in another life.

498
00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:58,360
However, since we've come this far, Mr.
Pavlik, I'm going to give you some

499
00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:03,600
leeway. Your Honor. If you turn my
courtroom into a sideshow, I'm going to

500
00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:06,400
bounce you out of here on your crystal
ball.

501
00:30:07,100 --> 00:30:08,280
Now step back.

502
00:30:35,060 --> 00:30:36,060
Steinloggy? Yeah.

503
00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:38,460
Could you please state your name for the
court?

504
00:30:40,980 --> 00:30:42,240
Julie Steinloggy.

505
00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:46,680
And who is this man? A lousy,
philandering pig!

506
00:30:47,740 --> 00:30:50,760
Objection! Mr. Stain, Mr. Pavlik, if you
can't control Mr.

507
00:30:50,980 --> 00:30:55,580
Steinlog... Your witness, we're going to
end this right now. What are you going

508
00:30:55,580 --> 00:30:56,259
to do?

509
00:30:56,260 --> 00:30:58,160
Throw me into purgatory for contempt?

510
00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:01,100
It's great being dead.

511
00:31:01,580 --> 00:31:05,320
You don't have to listen to anybody, Mr.
Pavlik. I'm sorry, Your Honor. Mrs.

512
00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:10,200
Steinloggy, if you could just please
tell the court something about Mr.

513
00:31:10,700 --> 00:31:12,320
Steinloggy that only his wife would
know.

514
00:31:13,860 --> 00:31:16,580
Bobby Steinloggy likes to wear women's
underwear.

515
00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:20,520
You said it didn't bother you. I guess
we both said things we didn't mean, eh,

516
00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:21,259
buddy boy?

517
00:31:21,260 --> 00:31:25,460
Your Honor. You are ruining my life. At
least you still got a life. Everybody,

518
00:31:25,500 --> 00:31:27,540
shut up. Bobby, please sit down. That's
enough.

519
00:31:28,540 --> 00:31:29,540
Thank you.

520
00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:31,880
Mr. Pavlik, do you have anything more?

521
00:31:33,700 --> 00:31:35,160
Nothing, Your Honor. I'm finished.

522
00:31:35,740 --> 00:31:36,800
Ms. Van Owen?

523
00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:38,520
We thoroughly questioned Mrs.

524
00:31:38,740 --> 00:31:42,280
Leach when she took the witness stand
yesterday, Your Honor. We have no

525
00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:43,780
questions for her today.

526
00:31:45,300 --> 00:31:47,880
Boots, you're still as stubborn as ever.

527
00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:51,040
Who's Boots?

528
00:32:00,910 --> 00:32:03,530
What do you think you're doing with
Frank Kittredge? He stole privileged

529
00:32:03,530 --> 00:32:07,590
information from this firm and used it
against one of our clients. You can't

530
00:32:07,590 --> 00:32:11,250
prove that. And you cannot fire a man
who represents 30 % of my bottom line.

531
00:32:11,450 --> 00:32:17,490
Susan, you and Frank Kittredge have
brought a lot of money into this firm.

532
00:32:17,490 --> 00:32:22,310
would shut my doors and sit on my front
porch before I would continue to do

533
00:32:22,310 --> 00:32:24,190
business with an unethical attorney.

534
00:32:24,470 --> 00:32:28,050
I am not defending Frank Kittredge.
Hell, I've almost fired him myself a

535
00:32:28,050 --> 00:32:32,270
times. But I cannot accept you going
over my head with this. Frank is my

536
00:32:32,270 --> 00:32:35,830
associate. He has my responsibility. You
should have come to me with this.

537
00:32:36,050 --> 00:32:41,830
Susan, any time I have ever come to you
expecting cooperation, I have received

538
00:32:41,830 --> 00:32:42,830
nothing but trouble.

539
00:32:43,130 --> 00:32:48,350
Why would I bring any matter to you? You
are without a doubt the most obnoxious,

540
00:32:48,350 --> 00:32:50,910
arrogant... You're a self -righteous,
high -handed windbag.

541
00:32:51,130 --> 00:32:52,290
Are you planning to change?

542
00:32:52,530 --> 00:32:53,530
Not on your life.

543
00:32:53,730 --> 00:32:54,730
Well, neither am I.

544
00:32:55,830 --> 00:32:56,830
Frank's history.

545
00:33:11,660 --> 00:33:18,280
In 1987, Movie Times Magazine ranked
Jeffrey Stern the sixth most powerful

546
00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:20,220
man in all of Hollywood.

547
00:33:21,460 --> 00:33:25,220
Cheryl Brennan was an 18 -year -old
actress just starting her career.

548
00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:31,560
Today, she has no career, and numerous
painful surgeries have left her

549
00:33:31,560 --> 00:33:36,960
permanently disfigured, and all because
the sixth most powerful man in Hollywood

550
00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:38,480
made her get breast implants.

551
00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:42,400
Jeffrey Stern claims that it was... Just
a suggestion.

552
00:33:43,140 --> 00:33:47,140
But he knew precisely what he was doing
when he promised her a part in his

553
00:33:47,140 --> 00:33:52,860
movie. He told her he would pay for the
surgery. And then he gave her 48 hours

554
00:33:52,860 --> 00:33:54,360
to make up her mind.

555
00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:59,820
That's not a suggestion. That is an
ultimatum. And by making it, he assumed

556
00:33:59,820 --> 00:34:04,880
duty to warn Cheryl about possible
complications from this procedure. A

557
00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:06,120
clearly failed to perform.

558
00:34:08,659 --> 00:34:09,800
Now today...

559
00:34:10,219 --> 00:34:15,659
When Cheryl looks in the mirror, she
sees one breast missing, the other

560
00:34:15,659 --> 00:34:19,820
misshapen. None of us can know the pain
she feels.

561
00:34:20,219 --> 00:34:25,560
If it weren't for Jeffrey Stern, Cheryl
Brennan's tragedy would never have

562
00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:26,560
happened.

563
00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:34,139
Cheryl Brennan is a young woman who has
endured a terrible tragedy.

564
00:34:35,179 --> 00:34:40,730
And we can't help but feel compassion
for her suffering, And for her lost

565
00:34:41,429 --> 00:34:47,250
But the hard truth is, Cheryl made the
decision to have her breasts enlarged.

566
00:34:47,310 --> 00:34:51,510
And I don't doubt that as an 18 -year
-old actress, she felt tremendous

567
00:34:51,510 --> 00:34:52,510
pressure.

568
00:34:53,570 --> 00:35:00,350
But Cheryl wasn't coerced by Jeffrey
Stern. She was seduced by her own desire

569
00:35:00,350 --> 00:35:05,030
be part of a glamorous industry that
prizes sensual beauty above all else.

570
00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:11,440
An industry supported by an entire
society obsessed with physical

571
00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:16,220
But we can't hold Jeffrey Stern
responsible for our obsession.

572
00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:19,620
Nor did he make Cheryl Brennan's tragic
decision.

573
00:35:20,820 --> 00:35:22,740
She made that choice herself.

574
00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:48,060
Nice clothing, Counselor.

575
00:35:49,540 --> 00:35:50,880
You changed your perfume.

576
00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:52,720
Well, I can't let you have the upper
hand.

577
00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:53,920
No, I noticed.

578
00:35:56,800 --> 00:36:01,860
Tell me, C .J., do you really think that
Jeffrey Stern had no duty to warn

579
00:36:01,860 --> 00:36:02,860
Cheryl Brennan?

580
00:36:03,340 --> 00:36:05,760
I think she'll have a stronger case with
the manufacturer.

581
00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:07,320
You're right.

582
00:36:08,140 --> 00:36:09,140
Forward.

583
00:36:12,110 --> 00:36:13,730
But how far a loser are you?

584
00:36:14,390 --> 00:36:16,350
I don't know. It's been a long time
since I've lost.

585
00:36:16,990 --> 00:36:18,790
Do you think we'll be able to call a
truce?

586
00:36:19,950 --> 00:36:21,190
Only one way to find out.

587
00:36:26,750 --> 00:36:29,910
If I wind up running late, you go on and
I'll take a cab.

588
00:36:30,350 --> 00:36:32,550
You know, there'll be plenty of other
speeches.

589
00:36:32,930 --> 00:36:35,190
It's the kickoff of your political
career.

590
00:36:35,670 --> 00:36:37,990
Well, my part will only last about ten
minutes.

591
00:36:38,310 --> 00:36:41,390
Then you'll have to sit through about
two hours of boring acceptance speeches.

592
00:36:42,109 --> 00:36:44,830
Plus the fact it's a bad neighborhood,
and I don't want you going down there by

593
00:36:44,830 --> 00:36:45,830
yourself.

594
00:36:47,330 --> 00:36:48,430
You don't want me to go.

595
00:36:48,970 --> 00:36:49,970
Of course I do.

596
00:36:50,910 --> 00:36:51,910
But?

597
00:36:57,170 --> 00:36:58,170
Okay.

598
00:36:58,590 --> 00:37:03,590
It was mentioned that it might be a
better idea if I went alone. I told you

599
00:37:03,590 --> 00:37:06,890
was going to come up. It's not that.
It's just a matter of... Thinking the

600
00:37:06,890 --> 00:37:10,070
time. And this isn't the right time.
Zoe, come on, don't make a big deal out

601
00:37:10,070 --> 00:37:12,110
this. I already feel like I'm being
pulled in six different directions.

602
00:37:12,350 --> 00:37:16,650
And I'm just another thing pulling at
you? No, of course not. Yes, I am.

603
00:37:17,630 --> 00:37:19,230
This won't be the last dinner.

604
00:37:19,710 --> 00:37:22,350
It's not going to get any easier to
bring me along.

605
00:37:22,830 --> 00:37:27,370
Your job is going to be pulling us
apart, and I don't want to be the only

606
00:37:27,370 --> 00:37:28,890
trying to put us back together.

607
00:37:30,270 --> 00:37:31,270
Zoe.

608
00:37:37,390 --> 00:37:38,390
I love you.

609
00:37:38,650 --> 00:37:43,590
Then why is it so hard for you to make a
choice that includes me? Just let me

610
00:37:43,590 --> 00:37:47,590
settle into the job, and when we're
ready, then we'll take a public stand.

611
00:37:47,910 --> 00:37:48,910
I'm ready now.

612
00:37:53,530 --> 00:37:55,590
Obviously, you still have some
questions.

613
00:38:00,790 --> 00:38:01,850
I think...

614
00:38:07,720 --> 00:38:11,380
You should call me when you have sorted
out what you want.

615
00:38:20,900 --> 00:38:22,860
Has the jury reached a decision?

616
00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:24,880
We have, Your Honor. What say you?

617
00:38:25,260 --> 00:38:30,200
On both the claims of negligence and
negligent infliction of emotional harm,

618
00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:32,060
find for the defendant, Jeffrey Stern.

619
00:38:32,300 --> 00:38:34,600
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, thank
you.

620
00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:35,920
We are adjourned.

621
00:38:37,100 --> 00:38:39,900
There's never any doubt in my mind.
Well, I'm glad you were so confident.

622
00:38:40,260 --> 00:38:42,380
Any chance you're free for a celebration
lunch?

623
00:38:44,180 --> 00:38:46,880
Uh, I'm sorry. I have another
engagement.

624
00:38:55,040 --> 00:38:59,940
I heard you stopped by while I was out.

625
00:39:00,460 --> 00:39:01,460
Yeah.

626
00:39:01,660 --> 00:39:04,860
I just wanted to tell you again how
sorry I am about all this.

627
00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:06,780
Arnold told me you gave him your
resignation.

628
00:39:07,220 --> 00:39:09,520
It was really stupid of me to pillow
talk.

629
00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:12,680
Well, it was a big mistake.

630
00:39:13,820 --> 00:39:16,220
But I'm betting that you learned from
your mistakes.

631
00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:20,460
That's why Arnold and I are in agreement
that you should stay on.

632
00:39:22,240 --> 00:39:23,420
That's very generous.

633
00:39:25,420 --> 00:39:28,260
But I don't think I can work for Arnie
again.

634
00:39:29,660 --> 00:39:30,660
Well, that's good.

635
00:39:31,100 --> 00:39:34,280
Because Arnold doesn't want you back.

636
00:39:36,460 --> 00:39:39,520
Your heart really isn't in being a
secretary.

637
00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:46,060
Arnold suggested, and I agree, that with
your law school draining, we'd be

638
00:39:46,060 --> 00:39:48,800
putting your talents to better work as a
law clerk.

639
00:39:49,100 --> 00:39:51,600
Take a few days to think about it if you
need to.

640
00:39:51,860 --> 00:39:55,420
No. Yes. Yes. I mean, I want the job.

641
00:39:56,280 --> 00:39:59,960
I'm, uh... Thank you, Leland.

642
00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:02,720
We're glad you're still on board.

643
00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:11,158
Can I come in?

644
00:40:11,160 --> 00:40:12,160
Sarah?

645
00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:14,640
Is everything okay?

646
00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:18,280
Hey, what's wrong?

647
00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:19,840
Is it Brian?

648
00:40:19,880 --> 00:40:20,880
Did he do anything? No.

649
00:40:21,620 --> 00:40:23,580
No, Brian's trying to be so nice.

650
00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:25,280
It's just so obvious.

651
00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:28,620
I don't know what I was thinking.

652
00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:32,600
Just because we liked each other.

653
00:40:32,980 --> 00:40:36,500
Maybe it was a little bit early for you
to move in with each other.

654
00:40:37,080 --> 00:40:38,440
Brian's so great, but...

655
00:40:39,410 --> 00:40:40,410
Living together.

656
00:40:40,630 --> 00:40:43,490
Yeah, well, it's not such an easy thing,
even for family.

657
00:40:44,310 --> 00:40:46,090
I screwed that up, too.

658
00:40:47,070 --> 00:40:49,570
I wouldn't blame Mama if she never let
me come back.

659
00:40:49,950 --> 00:40:55,330
Listen, if you go away, your mom's going
to be just as relieved to see you as I

660
00:40:55,330 --> 00:40:57,170
am. She'll probably ground me forever.

661
00:40:57,470 --> 00:40:58,470
Yeah, well, maybe.

662
00:40:59,550 --> 00:41:02,750
But whatever she does, it's going to be
because she loves you. It's like she

663
00:41:02,750 --> 00:41:03,930
doesn't see I'm grown up.

664
00:41:05,510 --> 00:41:08,870
Yeah, well, maybe running away wasn't
the best way to convince her.

665
00:41:10,509 --> 00:41:17,430
But what you're doing right now, talking
to me very honestly, openly, I think

666
00:41:17,430 --> 00:41:18,430
that'll impress him.

667
00:41:19,110 --> 00:41:20,490
Sure as hell impresses me.

668
00:41:22,610 --> 00:41:24,530
Thanks, Dad.

669
00:41:47,050 --> 00:41:48,390
Has the jury reached the verdict?

670
00:41:48,630 --> 00:41:49,630
We have, Your Honor.

671
00:41:49,990 --> 00:41:54,610
In the matter of Steinlage versus Leach,
we find in favor the plaintiff and

672
00:41:54,610 --> 00:41:58,250
order Mrs. Leach to pay damages in the
amount of $50 ,000.

673
00:41:58,850 --> 00:42:03,630
The jury is dismissed, and this court is
adjourned. Ah, yes, he was right.

674
00:42:03,950 --> 00:42:04,950
Who was right?

675
00:42:05,090 --> 00:42:08,030
My astrologer. He was the one who
advised me to sue her. Thanks a lot, Ms.

676
00:42:08,030 --> 00:42:09,030
Owen.

677
00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:25,120
At first they thought I needed glasses,
but then it got worse.

678
00:42:25,320 --> 00:42:26,320
You were 16?

679
00:42:26,520 --> 00:42:28,300
Mm -hmm. Just got my driver's license.

680
00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:32,240
Wow. Suddenly there I am back at square
one, completely dependent.

681
00:42:34,320 --> 00:42:35,320
Overcompensated nicely.

682
00:42:36,600 --> 00:42:37,640
Still couldn't beat you.

683
00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:41,060
Because you didn't have a case. Oh, like
hell. Now, if the jury had seen that

684
00:42:41,060 --> 00:42:45,480
letter... Oh, that was great. What? If I
had lost... Well, I wouldn't be

685
00:42:45,480 --> 00:42:46,960
gloating over it. I am not gloating.

686
00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:51,340
And if you could see me, you would see
that I am not gloating.

687
00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:52,920
What are you doing?

688
00:42:53,060 --> 00:42:54,300
I'm admiring your cheap.

689
00:42:57,200 --> 00:42:58,500
David. What?

690
00:42:59,520 --> 00:43:01,560
I want to tell you something about me.

691
00:43:02,620 --> 00:43:04,320
Something my research has overlooked?

692
00:43:06,520 --> 00:43:12,840
I don't apologize for who I am, and I'm
not looking to reform myself, but I've

693
00:43:12,840 --> 00:43:16,040
had my share of relationships with men.
I assumed you weren't a virgin.

694
00:43:16,980 --> 00:43:20,260
And I've had my relationships with
women.

695
00:43:22,190 --> 00:43:23,210
Does that bother you?

696
00:43:24,770 --> 00:43:26,130
It surprises me.

697
00:43:27,830 --> 00:43:31,990
Are you saying that if we start seeing
each other, you'll be seeing women too?

698
00:43:32,230 --> 00:43:33,230
No.

699
00:43:33,850 --> 00:43:35,430
No, I wouldn't see other men either.

700
00:43:36,630 --> 00:43:39,330
I'm pretty bad at playing the field,
actually. Oh, me too.

701
00:43:40,810 --> 00:43:45,230
You know, if we get involved, you'll
have my undivided attention.

702
00:43:45,590 --> 00:43:47,870
And you'll have mine, for as long as
it's right.

703
00:43:48,130 --> 00:43:49,270
Oh, and that's another thing.

704
00:43:49,630 --> 00:43:51,430
I don't seem to settle down for long.

705
00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:56,200
Any other warnings? No, that's about it.

706
00:43:58,660 --> 00:44:03,460
Well, let's take this slow.

707
00:44:04,780 --> 00:44:05,780
How slow?

708
00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:24,920
Come in, Ms. Van Owen.

709
00:44:26,860 --> 00:44:30,220
I normally close at 6, but I hoped you
were coming.

710
00:44:31,280 --> 00:44:32,280
Have a seat.

711
00:44:34,620 --> 00:44:36,380
I didn't come here for a reading.

712
00:44:38,340 --> 00:44:42,380
I just want to know how you knew about
Boots.

713
00:44:43,360 --> 00:44:44,360
I don't.

714
00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:46,280
Do you?

715
00:44:48,240 --> 00:44:49,240
It's my nickname.

716
00:44:49,920 --> 00:44:51,280
My mother used to call me that.

717
00:44:52,720 --> 00:44:54,660
So, that's your mother who's so worried.

718
00:44:55,560 --> 00:44:57,640
My mother died four years ago.

719
00:44:58,780 --> 00:45:01,300
She wanted me to tell Boots to stop
feeling sad.

720
00:45:03,120 --> 00:45:04,120
I'm not sad.

721
00:45:06,260 --> 00:45:10,120
It has something to do with a man.

722
00:45:11,400 --> 00:45:12,700
Tall, dark.

723
00:45:14,680 --> 00:45:15,680
Is he Latino?

724
00:45:17,300 --> 00:45:19,260
This is crazy. I'm sorry.

725
00:45:19,640 --> 00:45:20,640
Thanks anyway.

726
00:45:21,930 --> 00:45:26,650
He's coming back What

727
00:45:26,650 --> 00:45:32,670
he's coming back