1 00:00:01,430 --> 00:00:03,710 Previously on L .A. Law. Did you ever meet Gail's husband? 2 00:00:04,210 --> 00:00:06,550 No. He was never in the office when you were there? 3 00:00:07,370 --> 00:00:08,630 I don't know what he looks like. 4 00:00:09,030 --> 00:00:11,070 Can you tell me where you were in the morning Gail was killed? 5 00:00:11,550 --> 00:00:12,529 Yeah, within my room. 6 00:00:12,530 --> 00:00:14,390 Can you think of anybody who might have seen you in your room? 7 00:00:14,930 --> 00:00:15,930 No. 8 00:00:16,110 --> 00:00:18,390 I want you to change the plea to insanity. 9 00:00:18,930 --> 00:00:22,510 I won't do that. You hired me to be your son's attorney, and I'm going to do 10 00:00:22,510 --> 00:00:23,510 what's in his best interest. 11 00:00:23,660 --> 00:00:27,540 Do you think it's in his best interest for him to be on the street? I think 12 00:00:27,540 --> 00:00:31,320 in his best interest to be in a controlled therapeutic environment. That 13 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:34,660 mean locking him up, particularly when he's innocent of the crime with which 14 00:00:34,660 --> 00:00:35,660 he's been charged. 15 00:01:00,420 --> 00:01:02,420 Counselor, I'd like to talk to you for a moment. 16 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:04,039 By all means. 17 00:01:04,540 --> 00:01:05,540 Catch up. 18 00:01:18,060 --> 00:01:22,220 Isn't it customary to have the proof before you make the charges? 19 00:01:22,900 --> 00:01:24,640 I'll take it in whatever order it comes. 20 00:01:25,140 --> 00:01:29,140 In other words, you're turning up the heat in the hope that I might panic and 21 00:01:29,140 --> 00:01:30,140 make a mistake? 22 00:01:30,580 --> 00:01:31,580 Something like that. 23 00:01:31,620 --> 00:01:32,620 Why? 24 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:33,840 Won't it work? 25 00:01:34,060 --> 00:01:37,500 What exactly is it that you think happened? 26 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:41,320 I think that you were involved with Pamela Risenfeld and with every 27 00:01:41,320 --> 00:01:42,320 remaining involved. 28 00:01:42,340 --> 00:01:45,180 I think that your wife, had she known, would have been deeply wounded by your 29 00:01:45,180 --> 00:01:48,270 infidelity. so much so that remaining married to you would have been out of 30 00:01:48,270 --> 00:01:53,350 question. And you're suggesting that I chose murder rather than divorce? 31 00:01:53,710 --> 00:01:54,710 Yes, I am. 32 00:01:56,390 --> 00:01:57,830 Why would I do that? 33 00:01:58,070 --> 00:01:59,270 Your wife was an heiress. 34 00:01:59,870 --> 00:02:01,650 Maybe you wanted to get your hands on her money. 35 00:02:02,070 --> 00:02:05,110 Maybe you didn't want to be mired in a long, melodramatic divorce. 36 00:02:05,470 --> 00:02:08,870 Or maybe you felt as though you were a genius, and that gave you the right to 37 00:02:08,870 --> 00:02:09,829 whatever you wanted. 38 00:02:09,830 --> 00:02:13,490 And so, not only did I kill my wife... 39 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:18,060 I manipulated events and circumstances so as to implicate your client. 40 00:02:18,340 --> 00:02:20,580 Yours is a prodigious talent, Mr. Berkey. 41 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:23,160 I have no doubt but that you're capable. 42 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:27,860 What if I told you... you were right? 43 00:02:28,700 --> 00:02:29,700 What if you did? 44 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:31,640 I would have confessed to you. 45 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:34,400 What would you do with that? 46 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:36,300 I would resign as trial counsel. 47 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:40,200 I would take the witness stand, and I would testify. 48 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:43,220 Naturally, I have no intention of confessing. 49 00:02:44,940 --> 00:02:45,940 I was just curious. 50 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:46,760 The Bentley Continental R. You ever seen one? 51 00:04:47,020 --> 00:04:49,200 No, I haven't. Few people ever have. 52 00:04:49,820 --> 00:04:53,800 Even fewer have contemplated owning one. And how long is this contemplation 53 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:56,920 going to go on for, Arnie? We've only been talking about it for, what, less 54 00:04:56,920 --> 00:04:57,439 a month? 55 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:01,060 Given that I can't afford it and given that I do want it, do you see any reason 56 00:05:01,060 --> 00:05:04,360 that I shouldn't buy it? If you're not bothered by the display of wealth and 57 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:08,580 enjoy arousing the feelings of envy in others, and if you have no better use to 58 00:05:08,580 --> 00:05:10,620 put that kind of money, I think you should. 59 00:05:10,860 --> 00:05:14,340 Have we concluded our biweekly discussion of Arnold's Bentley? 60 00:05:15,180 --> 00:05:16,180 Yes, we have. 61 00:05:16,300 --> 00:05:18,800 In that case, Douglas, can we get started with the meeting? 62 00:05:19,330 --> 00:05:20,850 Wilton versus Wilton. 63 00:05:21,130 --> 00:05:25,090 That's mine. I'm representing the wife, the husband, a CEO of Western and 64 00:05:25,090 --> 00:05:26,490 Telecom, and a very rich man. 65 00:05:26,810 --> 00:05:30,970 I'm seeking to set aside a prenuptial agreement, and if I succeed, the wife 66 00:05:30,970 --> 00:05:32,730 become a very rich woman. Where does it stand? 67 00:05:32,990 --> 00:05:35,510 We're in depositions. People versus Sandy Morrison. 68 00:05:36,030 --> 00:05:37,030 The trial's underway. 69 00:05:37,230 --> 00:05:40,550 I think pretty much my only shot is to make the kid look as likable as possible 70 00:05:40,550 --> 00:05:44,250 and to point the finger at someone else. That someone else being the husband. 71 00:05:44,430 --> 00:05:47,450 Right. You think the husband actually did it, or are you just looking to stir 72 00:05:47,450 --> 00:05:48,139 the pot? 73 00:05:48,140 --> 00:05:49,140 Yes to both. 74 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:52,300 Without the husband, there is no reasonable doubt, and I think he's 75 00:05:52,540 --> 00:05:55,180 May have been a mistake getting Tom Mulaney off this case. 76 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:59,220 Why? If there were questions to be asked of the husband or anyone else, I 77 00:05:59,220 --> 00:06:01,240 suspect that Tom would be willing to ask them. 78 00:06:01,820 --> 00:06:03,320 Are we done with that? I don't know. 79 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:04,539 Are we done? 80 00:06:04,540 --> 00:06:07,860 I'm done. I just wanted to know if we were done, because if we are, I'd like 81 00:06:07,860 --> 00:06:11,980 discuss this renovation a little bit. I don't know when it's going to be 82 00:06:11,980 --> 00:06:15,100 finished. I don't care when it's going to be finished. I care about why we're 83 00:06:15,100 --> 00:06:16,100 doing it on the cheap. 84 00:06:16,140 --> 00:06:17,140 As opposed to what? 85 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:20,000 As opposed to doing it right? From the drawings, this place is going to look 86 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,800 like we specialize in hack licenses and drunk driving arrests. 87 00:06:23,060 --> 00:06:25,900 What are you saying? I'm saying it's low rent. It's not supposed to be that, 88 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:29,480 Douglas. It's not supposed to be low rent. Daniel, I don't understand how you 89 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:31,960 can tell this or anything else for that matter just from looking at the 90 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:33,960 drawings. I got my undergraduate degree in architecture. 91 00:06:34,460 --> 00:06:35,620 Ah, then I have a suggestion. 92 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:37,100 Why don't you deal with it? 93 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:41,420 You meet with Lauren Chase, you pick out fabric samples, you pick out furniture. 94 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:44,920 I have never wanted to be the one to be in charge of this. Believe me, I've been 95 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:46,920 ducking this woman for days. I'm not angling for the job, Douglas. 96 00:06:47,340 --> 00:06:50,940 Excuse me, I don't know the procedure here, but there's a Lauren Chase who's 97 00:06:50,940 --> 00:06:53,540 been waiting about 45 minutes. Tell her Mr. 98 00:06:53,780 --> 00:06:58,060 Morales will be out to see her momentarily. In fact, take her directly 99 00:06:58,060 --> 00:06:59,220 office. All right. 100 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:05,399 Thank you. 101 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:06,400 Bye. 102 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:07,800 I'm Daniel Morales. 103 00:07:08,500 --> 00:07:09,500 How do you do? 104 00:07:09,860 --> 00:07:12,840 Other than the fact that I've been waiting for nearly an hour, I'm fine. 105 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:14,120 My apologies. 106 00:07:14,180 --> 00:07:16,580 I need your approval on fabrics and window treatments. 107 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:20,040 Tell you what, I've got a client coming in ten minutes. Why don't you leave the 108 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:22,620 samples here, I'll look at them, and I'll get back to you. No. 109 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:26,140 What do you mean, no? I mean I've been chasing one member of your firm or 110 00:07:26,140 --> 00:07:29,160 another around for three months trying to get answers, trying to get one of you 111 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:32,920 to focus on what it is you've hired me to do. I know that to be the attorney, 112 00:07:33,060 --> 00:07:35,040 architect's time can't be all that valuable. 113 00:07:35,690 --> 00:07:41,090 Let me assure you that while my hourly rate may pale next to yours, my time is 114 00:07:41,090 --> 00:07:42,410 indeed quite valuable to me. 115 00:07:42,770 --> 00:07:45,590 Let's you and me go to the Pacific Design Center tomorrow afternoon. 116 00:07:47,310 --> 00:07:48,890 I'll meet you at the entrance at two. 117 00:07:49,110 --> 00:07:50,110 Two it is. 118 00:07:50,150 --> 00:07:51,750 You've got a ten -minute grace period. 119 00:07:52,170 --> 00:07:53,170 After that, I'm gone. 120 00:07:58,860 --> 00:08:02,000 Mrs. Wilton, when you signed this agreement, did you understand it to say 121 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:05,440 in the event of a divorce, that your husband would relinquish to you your 122 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:09,640 in Hancock Park and pay you the sum of $20 ,000 a month for the next five 123 00:08:10,860 --> 00:08:15,320 Yes. Did you further understand that anything either of you owned prior to 124 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:18,600 marriage, as well as all income subsequently derived from his holdings, 125 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:21,680 remain each individual's sole property should this marriage be dissolved? 126 00:08:23,540 --> 00:08:27,260 Yes. And did you have your own lawyer representing you when you signed this 127 00:08:27,260 --> 00:08:28,260 agreement? 128 00:08:30,060 --> 00:08:31,060 Yes, I did. 129 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:33,860 Someone who frequently did work for my husband. 130 00:08:34,159 --> 00:08:37,059 But you did have both the time and the opportunity, did you not, to make a 131 00:08:37,059 --> 00:08:40,220 thorough investigation of your husband's record of assets before signing this 132 00:08:40,220 --> 00:08:43,039 document? I would have signed anything you'd ask me to, Matthew. 133 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:47,400 I loved you and trusted you. I was your mentor at a point in your career when 134 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:48,400 you needed one. 135 00:08:48,700 --> 00:08:51,640 You attached yourself to me like a remora to a shark. 136 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:55,040 Can we try not to have this degenerate into a series of recriminations? 137 00:08:55,660 --> 00:08:59,260 When you resigned from your husband's company, he provided your seed money for 138 00:08:59,260 --> 00:09:01,100 you to start your own, didn't he? Yes, he did. 139 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:06,800 And six months ago, after I'd poured seven years of sweat and caring and 140 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:11,340 imagination into it, he sold the company out from under me. I owned 51 % of the 141 00:09:11,340 --> 00:09:14,020 voting stock. I was well within my rights to act as I did. 142 00:09:14,220 --> 00:09:16,780 You knew how much it meant to me. Look, I have a few more questions I'd like to 143 00:09:16,780 --> 00:09:20,120 ask you. It was not a well -run business. I ran it the way I wanted to 144 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:21,380 thought that was my prerogative. 145 00:09:21,580 --> 00:09:22,880 Prerogatives have their limits. 146 00:09:23,599 --> 00:09:26,480 especially when you're dependent on other people for your finances. 147 00:09:27,020 --> 00:09:31,840 For our anniversary one year, I bought him a painting he'd admired, a 148 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:35,720 I thought he'd be thrilled. Look, I'd like to get into the area of that. Do 149 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:36,259 know what he did? 150 00:09:36,260 --> 00:09:37,900 He returned it. 151 00:09:38,680 --> 00:09:42,360 He said it was a bad investment. It was. It was a gift. 152 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:44,560 We have more money than we could ever spend. 153 00:09:44,780 --> 00:09:47,620 What good is it if it doesn't bring pleasure to you or to other people? One 154 00:09:47,620 --> 00:09:51,580 thing you have never been capable of, Jessica, is calculating the proper value 155 00:09:51,580 --> 00:09:55,000 of things. You don't have a clue what's really valuable, Matthew. 156 00:09:55,780 --> 00:09:57,360 And that's why I'm divorcing you. 157 00:10:02,500 --> 00:10:03,500 Yeah, come. 158 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:08,040 Hello, Mr. Robinson. 159 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:09,200 Mr. Mullaney. 160 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:11,200 To what do I owe the pleasure of this visit? 161 00:10:12,110 --> 00:10:13,850 I want to talk to you about the Morrison case. 162 00:10:14,150 --> 00:10:15,250 It's not my case anymore. 163 00:10:15,510 --> 00:10:16,510 I know that. 164 00:10:17,310 --> 00:10:18,310 So why are you here? 165 00:10:18,430 --> 00:10:21,170 Because Beverly Halloran's not going to listen to me. I was hoping you would. 166 00:10:22,170 --> 00:10:25,130 I think you've got the wrong man. In case you've forgotten, your client 167 00:10:25,130 --> 00:10:27,550 confessed. My client is mentally ill. 168 00:10:27,810 --> 00:10:31,870 He was browbeaten into confessing by an overzealous cop, and your office was 169 00:10:31,870 --> 00:10:34,110 happy to take the path of least resistance. Are you kidding? 170 00:10:34,350 --> 00:10:35,350 No, I'm not kidding. 171 00:10:35,650 --> 00:10:38,350 I think your office is more interested in getting a conviction than they are in 172 00:10:38,350 --> 00:10:39,350 convicting the right man. 173 00:10:40,020 --> 00:10:43,460 I think it's safe to say that this conversation is over. 174 00:10:45,680 --> 00:10:49,000 Want to hear who I think murdered Gail Berge? Not particularly, no. Well, I'm 175 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:51,880 going to tell you anyway. I think it was Jonah Berge. I think he murdered his 176 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:55,060 wife because he was cheating on her, because he wanted her money, because he 177 00:10:55,060 --> 00:10:57,680 thought he could get away with it. And I think you're doing what any defense 178 00:10:57,680 --> 00:11:00,040 lawyer who doesn't have two facts to rub together does. 179 00:11:00,300 --> 00:11:03,380 You are flailing around and you're looking for somebody else to point the 180 00:11:03,380 --> 00:11:04,380 at. 181 00:11:07,970 --> 00:11:11,110 Leland McKenzie has a pretty high opinion of you, you know that? He thinks 182 00:11:11,110 --> 00:11:14,510 don't care about office politics, about conviction rates or anything else if it 183 00:11:14,510 --> 00:11:15,770 goes against what you think is right. 184 00:11:16,670 --> 00:11:17,990 Nice try, Counselor. 185 00:11:19,930 --> 00:11:20,930 Thanks for your time. 186 00:11:24,950 --> 00:11:30,530 Detective Riley, would you describe the events of July 28, 1993 for us? I was on 187 00:11:30,530 --> 00:11:33,890 duty in the homicide unit of the Los Angeles Police Department. 188 00:11:34,310 --> 00:11:35,350 I got a call. 189 00:11:35,980 --> 00:11:40,420 I went to the social services walk -in facility located on 6th near La Brea. 190 00:11:40,740 --> 00:11:44,820 At that location, I found the body of Gail Berge. Would you describe the 191 00:11:44,820 --> 00:11:46,140 condition of Gail Berge's body? 192 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:51,280 She had been stabbed numerous times and was lying face down, fully closed, on 193 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:51,959 the floor. 194 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:53,900 Did you recover a murder weapon at the scene? 195 00:11:54,180 --> 00:11:55,180 Yes, I did. 196 00:11:56,080 --> 00:11:59,660 Located in close proximity to the decedent's body was a hunting knife. 197 00:12:00,250 --> 00:12:04,290 The police lab report revealed that there were fragments of tissue and blood 198 00:12:04,290 --> 00:12:08,130 belonging to the decedent on that knife. Is this the knife, detective? 199 00:12:08,670 --> 00:12:12,350 Yes, it is. Ask that said knife be admitted into evidence of people's 200 00:12:12,350 --> 00:12:16,450 one. So ordered. Ask that a aforementioned lab report be stipulated 201 00:12:16,450 --> 00:12:18,930 evidence of people's exhibit two. So stipulated. 202 00:12:19,330 --> 00:12:22,010 Detective, were there any fingerprints found on this knife? 203 00:12:22,290 --> 00:12:24,530 Yes, the fingerprints of the defendant. 204 00:12:25,230 --> 00:12:28,670 Sandy Morrison were found on it. And were you involved in the apprehension 205 00:12:28,670 --> 00:12:29,670 arrest of Mr. Morrison? 206 00:12:29,910 --> 00:12:33,250 Yes, I was. What statement, if any, did Mr. Morrison make following his 207 00:12:33,250 --> 00:12:34,250 apprehension and arrest? 208 00:12:34,410 --> 00:12:36,670 He admitted having committed the murder of Gail Berge. 209 00:12:37,650 --> 00:12:41,390 I have here a copy of a confession signed by Mr. Morrison and asked that it 210 00:12:41,390 --> 00:12:43,290 admitted into evidence in People's Exhibit 3. 211 00:12:43,590 --> 00:12:44,590 So ordered. 212 00:12:44,670 --> 00:12:45,670 I'm no further questions. 213 00:12:47,970 --> 00:12:50,130 You're a pretty good interrogator, aren't you, detective? 214 00:12:50,410 --> 00:12:51,930 I'm good at my job, counselor. 215 00:12:52,130 --> 00:12:56,540 And one of the primary aspects of your job... is interrogating suspects and 216 00:12:56,540 --> 00:12:58,540 exacting confessions. Is that not the case? 217 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:02,380 Yes, it is. Did you have an occasion to interview the husband of the deceased 218 00:13:02,380 --> 00:13:06,200 detective? Yes, I did. Did he say anything that led you to suspect Sandy 219 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:08,020 Morrison of having committed this crime? 220 00:13:08,500 --> 00:13:13,480 Yes, he did. So, at the point you brought the defendant into that room, 221 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:16,840 a murder weapon with his fingerprints on it, you knew he had a history of mental 222 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:20,120 illness, and you knew he had been to see the deceased on the day she was killed. 223 00:13:20,620 --> 00:13:24,020 As far as you were concerned, was there even a possibility he didn't commit that 224 00:13:24,020 --> 00:13:27,660 crime? No, there wasn't. So you didn't bother investigating anyone else, did 225 00:13:27,660 --> 00:13:32,160 you? No, I didn't. Tell us, how long did you question the defendant before you 226 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:33,320 got him to sign that confession? 227 00:13:33,940 --> 00:13:34,940 Approximately ten hours. 228 00:13:35,100 --> 00:13:36,100 Did he ask to leave? 229 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:38,060 Yes, he did. How did you respond? 230 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:40,380 I said that he couldn't. What else did he ask for? 231 00:13:40,640 --> 00:13:42,560 He asked if he could lie down and go to sleep. 232 00:13:42,780 --> 00:13:43,820 How did you respond to that? 233 00:13:44,140 --> 00:13:46,440 I said he couldn't do that either. What was his response? 234 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:47,960 He started to cry. 235 00:13:48,060 --> 00:13:52,040 And at that time, you informed him, did you not, that the only way he was going 236 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:56,720 to leave that room or lie down and go to sleep or get away from you was by 237 00:13:56,720 --> 00:13:57,720 signing a confession? 238 00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:00,280 I may have used words to that effect, yes. 239 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:05,700 It wasn't a casual conversation at that point. He was my prisoner. He was the 240 00:14:05,700 --> 00:14:07,560 primary suspect in a murder investigation. 241 00:14:07,860 --> 00:14:10,440 And he wasn't leaving that room till I was done with him. 242 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:13,620 I have no further questions. 243 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:23,160 There you are. 244 00:14:24,740 --> 00:14:28,340 Were you looking for me? I was just thinking I never properly welcomed you 245 00:14:28,340 --> 00:14:31,260 the firm. Never said how glad I was that you were going to be working here. 246 00:14:31,500 --> 00:14:32,339 Thank you. 247 00:14:32,340 --> 00:14:35,380 I was hoping that I could steal you to lend me a hand on this Wilbur case. 248 00:14:35,980 --> 00:14:39,220 Sure. Just let me know what you need me to do. 249 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:43,240 The first thing I want you to do is accept my apology for trying to initiate 250 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:45,440 personal relationship before you were even hired. 251 00:14:46,330 --> 00:14:47,330 Apology accepted. 252 00:14:47,490 --> 00:14:51,130 Good. Now, given that you are hired and given that we are colleagues, what would 253 00:14:51,130 --> 00:14:52,310 you say to a collegial dinner? 254 00:14:53,930 --> 00:14:56,110 I would say, well, thank you. 255 00:15:03,850 --> 00:15:06,110 You are a striking -looking woman, you know that? 256 00:15:06,650 --> 00:15:08,090 What am I, your backup position? 257 00:15:08,430 --> 00:15:11,290 No, I was just noticing you for the first time. 258 00:15:11,550 --> 00:15:13,690 You're Eli's secretary, right? 259 00:15:14,740 --> 00:15:15,900 Let me ask you something. 260 00:15:16,300 --> 00:15:17,540 Don't. Don't what? 261 00:15:17,760 --> 00:15:20,060 Don't embarrass yourself twice in one day, all right? 262 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:27,820 My net worth at the time of the prenuptial agreement was exactly what I 263 00:15:27,820 --> 00:15:30,960 was. Would that have been inclusive or exclusive of the venture in Palo Alto? 264 00:15:31,460 --> 00:15:35,100 That was a highly speculative venture, Mr. Becker. I doubt that it would have 265 00:15:35,100 --> 00:15:37,480 impacted on my net worth one way or another. 266 00:15:37,820 --> 00:15:41,020 What would you estimate your net worth is today, sir? I really don't know. The 267 00:15:41,020 --> 00:15:42,020 market's still open. 268 00:15:42,430 --> 00:15:45,510 How does $300 million sound with another $50 million coming your way in December 269 00:15:45,510 --> 00:15:48,370 when you can exercise your Western and telecom stock options? 270 00:15:48,630 --> 00:15:49,630 You're in the ballpark. 271 00:15:50,650 --> 00:15:54,730 What's Western's connection with Raleigh Microsystems? We acquired Raleigh in 272 00:15:54,730 --> 00:15:56,990 1986, shortly after I became president. 273 00:15:57,230 --> 00:16:00,690 And who was responsible for the Raleigh acquisition, Mr. Wilton? I made the 274 00:16:00,690 --> 00:16:03,490 decision to take over Raleigh. Who brought it to Western? 275 00:16:03,690 --> 00:16:05,250 A great many people were involved. 276 00:16:05,490 --> 00:16:06,490 I did. 277 00:16:07,710 --> 00:16:09,690 All right, Jessica, you did. 278 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:13,080 At this point, I'd like to ask that we be provided with all corporate bank 279 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:16,020 records going back to the beginning of Mr. Wilton's tenure at the company. 280 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:18,840 You're not entitled to that. I think the fact that he was actively concealing 281 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:20,220 assets suggests that I am. 282 00:16:20,940 --> 00:16:23,660 There's no reason for us to quibble about it. Tomorrow morning, I'll be in 283 00:16:23,660 --> 00:16:25,240 court. I'll make my request to the judge. 284 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:26,480 You know what? 285 00:16:27,140 --> 00:16:28,380 I'm not going to give you anything. 286 00:16:28,860 --> 00:16:32,340 You're going to disrupt not only my life, but the operation of a business. 287 00:16:32,380 --> 00:16:36,940 where do you get off thinking that you are entitled to do that? Just talk to 288 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:39,460 Mr. Wilton. I'm the lawyer. I'm the one making the request. 289 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:44,220 Could we possibly take a little break? 290 00:16:44,740 --> 00:16:47,660 As far as I'm concerned, we're done. 291 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:50,680 We'll be objecting to that request. 292 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:59,420 Did you ever talk to your wife about Sandy Morrison, Mr. Berge? 293 00:17:00,020 --> 00:17:01,120 Yes, I did. 294 00:17:01,660 --> 00:17:02,660 Why was that? 295 00:17:03,580 --> 00:17:07,760 Because after her sessions with him, she came home a complete wreck. 296 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:09,599 Objection. Overruled. 297 00:17:09,950 --> 00:17:14,030 And what, if anything, did you suggest she do? I suggested that she stop seeing 298 00:17:14,030 --> 00:17:15,109 him. How did she respond? 299 00:17:15,930 --> 00:17:20,970 You have to understand something about Gail. She felt that no one was beyond 300 00:17:20,970 --> 00:17:26,390 redemption, and she took the responsibility of redeeming them 301 00:17:26,390 --> 00:17:29,930 first, she insisted that she could get through to Sandy. 302 00:17:31,010 --> 00:17:36,910 His condition continued to deteriorate, and she finally agreed that he needed to 303 00:17:36,910 --> 00:17:38,730 be in some sort of controlled environment. 304 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:43,060 The day that she was killed was the day that she told him that. 305 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:44,440 Objection. Hearsay. 306 00:17:44,580 --> 00:17:49,100 Sustained. The day that she was killed was the day she told me that she planned 307 00:17:49,100 --> 00:17:50,100 to tell him. 308 00:17:50,260 --> 00:17:51,600 Objection. Hearsay. 309 00:17:51,860 --> 00:17:53,500 Sustained. The jury will disregard. 310 00:17:53,900 --> 00:17:57,720 Would you describe your wife's condition when she left for work that day? She 311 00:17:57,720 --> 00:18:00,380 was utterly terrified. 312 00:18:00,860 --> 00:18:01,880 I have no further questions. 313 00:18:04,540 --> 00:18:06,120 What do you do for a living, Mr. Berge? 314 00:18:06,910 --> 00:18:09,550 It's a little difficult to encapsulate in a few words. 315 00:18:09,950 --> 00:18:16,010 Use as many words as you like. I do a variety of things. I design what I call 316 00:18:16,010 --> 00:18:17,990 epigrammatic signage. What is that? 317 00:18:18,250 --> 00:18:19,250 Words and phrases. 318 00:18:20,450 --> 00:18:23,810 Painted, projected, or digitally superimposed. 319 00:18:24,110 --> 00:18:28,610 Designed to alter people's view of art and of the world. 320 00:18:28,810 --> 00:18:33,790 I also compose electronic greeting cards, interactive computer games, 321 00:18:33,790 --> 00:18:34,950 holograms. 322 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:39,460 Trained in a number of different disciplines, and I draw on all of them. 323 00:18:39,460 --> 00:18:41,820 much did you make last year, drawing on all of them? 324 00:18:42,100 --> 00:18:45,360 Objection. Overruled. I made about $30 ,000. 325 00:18:45,620 --> 00:18:48,980 Are you familiar with an individual by the name of Pamela Reisenfeld? 326 00:18:50,760 --> 00:18:55,460 Yes, I am. Would you characterize for us the kind of relationship you have with 327 00:18:55,460 --> 00:18:56,460 Ms. Reisenfeld? 328 00:18:56,800 --> 00:19:00,840 Counselor. Although I know that you're barely able to control yourself from 329 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:05,100 springing forth with some damning piece of evidence, let me move us beyond that 330 00:19:05,100 --> 00:19:11,280 point. The kind of relationship that Ms. Reisenfeld and I had was that we were 331 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:12,280 lovers. 332 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:16,320 Was your wife aware of that fact, Mr. Berge? To the best of my knowledge, she 333 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:19,940 was not. You testify that your wife discussed Sandy Morrison with you. Is 334 00:19:19,940 --> 00:19:24,960 right? Yes, I did. Did you ever have occasion to read your wife's journals 335 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:26,500 regarding Sandy Morrison? 336 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:28,240 No, I never have. 337 00:19:28,500 --> 00:19:31,600 Asked to receive into evidence said journal as a defense exhibit one? 338 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:32,960 So ordered. 339 00:19:33,420 --> 00:19:38,260 Would it surprise you to learn, sir, that nowhere in your wife's journal is a 340 00:19:38,260 --> 00:19:41,300 single entry that indicates that she was afraid of Sandy Morrison? 341 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:44,680 Oh, it wouldn't surprise me at all. She was ashamed to admit it. 342 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:49,480 Are you aware of the fact that what is recorded in her journal are numerous 343 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:53,720 entries expressing her affection for Sandy, and one which states that he had 344 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:55,620 turned his knife over to her for safekeeping? 345 00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:58,320 No. I was not aware of any of that. 346 00:19:58,700 --> 00:20:03,180 If, for the sake of argument, you had been aware of the fact that Sandy's 347 00:20:03,180 --> 00:20:06,860 was in her office, it would have been possible, would it not, for you to have 348 00:20:06,860 --> 00:20:11,700 gained entry to your wife's office, put on gloves, and used that weapon to stab 349 00:20:11,700 --> 00:20:13,680 your wife to death. Objection! Mr. Levinson! 350 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:16,280 Wait until Sandy left the office. You would have known that his fingerprints 351 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:19,240 were on the murder weapon. Objection! Because after all, you knew that it was 352 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:20,240 his knife. Mr. Levinson! 353 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:24,780 In the state of California, when an objection is made, the attorney asking 354 00:20:24,780 --> 00:20:25,780 question stops. 355 00:20:26,250 --> 00:20:27,650 until a ruling is made. 356 00:20:27,870 --> 00:20:28,870 Do you understand? 357 00:20:29,250 --> 00:20:30,250 Yes, Your Honor. 358 00:20:30,390 --> 00:20:31,690 The objection is sustained. 359 00:20:32,030 --> 00:20:33,030 Move on. 360 00:20:33,230 --> 00:20:35,890 The house you live in is valued at $4 .5 million. 361 00:20:36,310 --> 00:20:40,570 Who paid for it? It was purchased with money that my wife inherited from her 362 00:20:40,570 --> 00:20:43,870 grandmother. Are you aware of the fact that an inheritance is not considered 363 00:20:43,870 --> 00:20:45,450 community property in the state of California? 364 00:20:45,870 --> 00:20:47,210 No, I wasn't aware of that. 365 00:20:47,450 --> 00:20:51,450 So you weren't aware of the fact that had you and your wife divorced, you 366 00:20:51,450 --> 00:20:53,070 wouldn't have received any of the money that she'd inherited. 367 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:56,640 Neither my wife nor myself ever considered getting divorced. 368 00:20:56,960 --> 00:21:00,240 How much did you inherit when your wife was killed, Mr. Berge? Objection. 369 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:01,740 Irrelevant. Overruled. 370 00:21:02,480 --> 00:21:05,320 I inherited about $11 million. 371 00:21:07,620 --> 00:21:09,080 I have no further questions. 372 00:21:15,940 --> 00:21:21,280 So you like this couch, right? 373 00:21:21,930 --> 00:21:23,850 It's a cabotier. What's not to like? 374 00:21:24,330 --> 00:21:25,330 Right. 375 00:21:25,610 --> 00:21:27,370 It's a lot more money than I was told to spend. 376 00:21:28,190 --> 00:21:31,430 You shouldn't be dictated to by the timid. You were hired to design a new 377 00:21:31,430 --> 00:21:34,350 office. You should design a new office. And I don't have to get approval from 378 00:21:34,350 --> 00:21:37,870 anyone else. They turned this over to me, and I want offices that have a 379 00:21:37,870 --> 00:21:40,330 sophistication, a little refinement, you know. 380 00:21:41,670 --> 00:21:44,870 From my experience, attorneys are not usually inclined to spend money for 381 00:21:44,870 --> 00:21:45,509 like that. 382 00:21:45,510 --> 00:21:48,350 You've obviously been dealing with a more vulgar class of attorney. 383 00:21:50,670 --> 00:21:54,210 I take it, then, that you have an appreciation for architecture and 384 00:21:54,550 --> 00:21:55,550 Yes, I do. 385 00:21:55,890 --> 00:21:57,190 Do you come by that naturally? 386 00:21:57,470 --> 00:22:01,990 To some extent. My father was an engineer, and I studied architecture 387 00:22:01,990 --> 00:22:02,990 in college. 388 00:22:03,290 --> 00:22:04,290 What stopped you? 389 00:22:05,470 --> 00:22:07,350 Challenge, the lack thereof. 390 00:22:07,590 --> 00:22:10,670 The architects I admired were geniuses, and the best I could hope to be was 391 00:22:10,670 --> 00:22:11,670 ordinary. 392 00:22:11,730 --> 00:22:13,070 Who were the architects you admired? 393 00:22:13,870 --> 00:22:18,010 Neutra, Alto, Farnan, Louis Kahn. 394 00:22:20,420 --> 00:22:22,140 You're right. Those guys are geniuses. 395 00:22:24,820 --> 00:22:26,540 So you're a little impressed now, right? 396 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:29,660 When's the last time you talked to a lawyer who knew about Neutra? 397 00:22:31,340 --> 00:22:32,780 I am a little impressed. 398 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:34,040 Good. 399 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:36,780 I like to think I got something out of four years of calling. 400 00:22:39,340 --> 00:22:41,060 So what do we think of this building we were just in? 401 00:22:42,420 --> 00:22:43,440 I think it's great. 402 00:22:44,060 --> 00:22:45,060 Cesar Pelli, right? 403 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:48,380 Right. You're impressed, right? 404 00:22:49,420 --> 00:22:50,420 I am impressed. 405 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:52,380 All right, now I can stop. 406 00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:04,540 Up until he was 14, Sandy was a normal kid. 407 00:23:04,780 --> 00:23:07,700 In what way at the age of 14 did he cease to be a normal kid? 408 00:23:07,940 --> 00:23:09,860 He stopped having a normal life. 409 00:23:10,540 --> 00:23:14,060 He stopped going out with his friends, stopped going to school. 410 00:23:15,500 --> 00:23:19,680 He'd leave our apartment in the morning and just go drifting around New York, 411 00:23:19,860 --> 00:23:24,440 riding the subway, walking, drinking coffee at McDonald's. 412 00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:28,720 He'd be expelled from one school and we'd enroll him into another. 413 00:23:29,060 --> 00:23:33,240 What kind of schools did he go to? Every kind, public schools, private schools. 414 00:23:33,700 --> 00:23:37,200 We tried every approach from Trinity to Montessori. 415 00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:39,720 Sandy just didn't want to be in school. 416 00:23:39,980 --> 00:23:42,780 What kind of behavior did your son manifest when he was around the 417 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:44,240 He stayed in his room. 418 00:23:44,780 --> 00:23:48,080 There were periods he wouldn't sleep, and there were periods he'd sleep all 419 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:53,000 time. I'd wake him up in the morning and make a point of having bowls of cereal 420 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:56,440 and eggs, toast, coffee, orange juice all laid out. 421 00:23:56,820 --> 00:24:00,860 I'd prod him to have a good breakfast, get his day started right. 422 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:05,440 His mother would, too. We both would. He'd sit there and pick at the food and 423 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:07,620 sooner or later make it back to his room. 424 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:09,400 Did you see professional help for your son? 425 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:12,640 Sandy saw one psychiatrist or another. 426 00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:14,780 Since he was 15. 427 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:19,300 He also was treated at Austin Riggs on and off for about four years. 428 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:22,440 And what mental condition was your son diagnosed to be suffering with? 429 00:24:22,780 --> 00:24:25,000 Chronic recurrent dysthymia. 430 00:24:25,500 --> 00:24:26,500 Depression. 431 00:24:27,420 --> 00:24:32,240 My son is a young man who finds a great deal of difficulty coping with the world 432 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:33,139 around him. 433 00:24:33,140 --> 00:24:35,460 His response to it is retreat. 434 00:24:35,740 --> 00:24:38,900 Objection. The witness is not qualified to render a psychiatric opinion. 435 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:41,520 Sustained. My son was never violent. 436 00:24:42,220 --> 00:24:46,340 He was never cruel, and I would stake my life on the fact that my son never 437 00:24:46,340 --> 00:24:47,340 killed anyone. 438 00:24:47,360 --> 00:24:48,500 I have no further questions. 439 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:53,360 I don't have very many questions for you, sir. 440 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:58,620 I would like to know how long prior to the arrest of your son for the murder of 441 00:24:58,620 --> 00:25:00,700 Gail Berge had it been since you'd seen him? 442 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:01,879 Six years. 443 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:07,220 So if, in fact, during that six -year period, your son had become violent, you 444 00:25:07,220 --> 00:25:10,280 wouldn't know, would you? I didn't stop knowing my son. 445 00:25:10,860 --> 00:25:14,380 No matter how long it had been, I never stopped knowing him. Would you, sir? 446 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:17,000 Do you know what a sweet, happy little boy he was? 447 00:25:17,220 --> 00:25:19,600 Do you know how hard it was to watch him change? 448 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:24,240 Mr. Morrison. To see him desperately try to stay sweet and happy and not to be 449 00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:28,720 able to? Mr. Morrison. Not to be able to get out of the way of this dense, black 450 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:32,600 cloud that he carried around inside of his skull? Mr. Morrison, I have to 451 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:34,420 admonish you to stop this outburst. 452 00:25:34,910 --> 00:25:38,850 I'll ask you once again, sir. Would you have known it if in the last six years 453 00:25:38,850 --> 00:25:40,230 your son had become violent? 454 00:25:42,270 --> 00:25:43,270 No. 455 00:25:43,430 --> 00:25:44,630 I have no further questions. 456 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:57,660 Your Honor, the attorney who advised my client to sign this prenuptial was an 457 00:25:57,660 --> 00:25:59,440 associate of her then soon -to -be husband. 458 00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:02,680 Be that as it may, Your Honor, there's absolutely no evidence of collusion 459 00:26:02,820 --> 00:26:05,380 Do you have any evidence of undisclosed assets, Mr. Beckman? We know that Mr. 460 00:26:05,540 --> 00:26:08,500 Wilton had proprietary interest in at least one computer venture that was 461 00:26:08,500 --> 00:26:09,860 disclosed. How do we know that? 462 00:26:10,100 --> 00:26:13,720 As an addendum to our motion is a copy of a letter memorializing said interest. 463 00:26:13,820 --> 00:26:16,720 When the prenuptial was signed, his interest in that venture was worth 464 00:26:16,900 --> 00:26:18,120 It's not worth nothing now. 465 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:22,160 Moreover, I can't determine the full extent of nondisclosure or negligent 466 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:25,460 representation without access to Mr. Wilton's corporate records. Your Honor, 467 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:28,660 Mrs. Wilton blames her husband for her bad choices and professional failure. 468 00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:31,800 She's pursuing this simply because she knows what kind of a burden fulfilling 469 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:34,960 this motion will create for him right now, a scant two days before his 470 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:38,020 shareholders' meeting. I really don't care about your client's meeting, Mr. 471 00:26:38,120 --> 00:26:40,560 Fine. We're talking about a great deal of money here. 472 00:26:41,120 --> 00:26:44,060 Mr. Becker and Mrs. Wilton have a right to take a look at these documents. 473 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:45,840 I'm going to uphold Mr. Becker's request. 474 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:47,560 It's an invasion of privacy, Your Honor. 475 00:26:47,980 --> 00:26:48,980 It's done, Mr. Fine. 476 00:26:53,820 --> 00:26:59,400 Jessica, I'm really very tired of dealing with this whole business. 477 00:26:59,900 --> 00:27:03,280 Now, whatever vendetta you're trying to satisfy by upsetting my life to the 478 00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:07,120 scavenger hunt, will it be satisfied with $2 million in cash? 479 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:11,960 Barney? Could you excuse us? Don't let this guy push you around, Jesse. 480 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:15,220 I think I ought to take it. No. 481 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:17,420 Matthew brought a lot of that money to the marriage. 482 00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:21,640 Maybe he was right about my company. 483 00:27:22,700 --> 00:27:24,700 I'm not a gold digger, Ernie. Listen to me. 484 00:27:25,140 --> 00:27:28,320 You made a significant contribution to his wealth with your work at Western 485 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:31,220 Intellicum. You spent ten years trying to make a marriage work with him. 486 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:34,860 The law says you're entitled to share in the marital assets as an equal partner. 487 00:27:35,500 --> 00:27:37,260 Giving that two million dollars is nothing. 488 00:27:54,100 --> 00:27:55,840 Okay. The suit looks good on you. 489 00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:57,920 Yes, it does. 490 00:27:58,400 --> 00:27:59,400 It's big on me. 491 00:27:59,540 --> 00:28:01,140 Eli thought it should be a little big. 492 00:28:01,360 --> 00:28:03,680 Your clothes are too big. You generally look a little smaller. 493 00:28:04,060 --> 00:28:05,600 A little less threatening to the jury. 494 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:08,140 Well, not that you look all that threatening to begin with. 495 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:10,440 It's just something lawyers do. 496 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:12,280 But it's a trick. 497 00:28:12,780 --> 00:28:15,330 Right. That's why we need a lawyer, Sandy. 498 00:28:15,570 --> 00:28:16,710 They know these things. 499 00:28:19,610 --> 00:28:21,630 I'm going to need to put you on the stand today, Sandy. 500 00:28:22,390 --> 00:28:23,870 You said maybe you wouldn't have to. 501 00:28:24,290 --> 00:28:26,810 I think we need to let the jury hear you speak for yourself. 502 00:28:27,410 --> 00:28:30,010 Why? I think we should help ourselves where we can. 503 00:28:30,450 --> 00:28:31,850 I think this will help us. 504 00:28:33,330 --> 00:28:36,230 Well, you think I could be alone in this room for a minute by myself? 505 00:28:37,030 --> 00:28:38,030 Sure. 506 00:28:46,190 --> 00:28:47,190 Excuse me. 507 00:28:48,050 --> 00:28:51,570 Yeah? Um, are you going to be in court when I testify? 508 00:28:54,750 --> 00:28:56,050 I'll be there if you want me there. 509 00:28:56,910 --> 00:29:00,110 Well, every day I go to court, I look to see if you're going to be there. 510 00:29:01,190 --> 00:29:05,830 I mean, it's like I don't even know you, but every day I'm there, I look to see 511 00:29:05,830 --> 00:29:07,210 if you're there. 512 00:29:08,390 --> 00:29:09,510 It's a nice thing to say. 513 00:29:09,810 --> 00:29:11,150 Well, I wish you didn't have to be in court. 514 00:29:11,930 --> 00:29:12,859 I know. 515 00:29:12,860 --> 00:29:18,040 I wish I could be getting a hamburger in a coffee shop or going for a drive, 516 00:29:18,180 --> 00:29:21,120 taking a walk, something good. 517 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:25,220 Sandy, listen to me. You can get through this. 518 00:29:26,060 --> 00:29:30,120 Yeah, well, you don't know that because I can't do a lot of the things that 519 00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:33,040 everybody else can do. 520 00:29:33,660 --> 00:29:35,300 Well, I think you can do this. 521 00:29:35,500 --> 00:29:36,500 Really, I do. 522 00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:39,200 Well, you're going to be there, right? 523 00:29:39,740 --> 00:29:40,740 Yeah, I'll be there. 524 00:29:44,219 --> 00:29:45,219 Bye. 525 00:29:51,220 --> 00:29:53,880 Sandy, could you tell the court how you met Gail Berge? 526 00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:59,500 She came up to me in the park and she offered me a sandwich. 527 00:30:00,020 --> 00:30:03,480 She said it was part of the outreach program, she called it. 528 00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:06,960 And I started talking to her and she seemed all right. 529 00:30:07,460 --> 00:30:08,460 What happened next? 530 00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:11,540 She told me she was a psychiatric social worker. 531 00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:13,200 She gave me a card. 532 00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:17,500 She said if I ever wanted to come see her, then I could. 533 00:30:17,780 --> 00:30:18,619 Did you? 534 00:30:18,620 --> 00:30:19,700 Yeah, eventually I did. 535 00:30:19,980 --> 00:30:21,060 How often would you go? 536 00:30:21,420 --> 00:30:26,180 Well, sometimes it was like once a week, and sometimes it was every day. 537 00:30:26,540 --> 00:30:29,620 What, if anything, changed as a result of your seeing Gail? 538 00:30:29,980 --> 00:30:33,720 I got a place to live, and I got in touch with my mom. 539 00:30:34,260 --> 00:30:39,540 And Gail helped me work out a way so my mom could send me enough money so I 540 00:30:39,540 --> 00:30:41,100 could get a place. 541 00:30:42,940 --> 00:30:46,590 She got me to... and she got me to change my clothes a little more often 542 00:30:46,590 --> 00:30:49,650 had been. How did your knife come to be found in Gail's office, Sandy? 543 00:30:50,030 --> 00:30:53,450 She asked me to give it to her, so I gave it to her. She said, since I wasn't 544 00:30:53,450 --> 00:30:56,430 staying in the park anymore, that I didn't need it. 545 00:30:57,930 --> 00:30:59,450 Did you kill Gail, Sandy? 546 00:31:00,710 --> 00:31:01,710 No. 547 00:31:02,490 --> 00:31:03,630 I have no further questions. 548 00:31:07,270 --> 00:31:10,690 That is your signature on the confession, isn't it, Sandy? 549 00:31:11,830 --> 00:31:14,440 Yeah. Yes. And yet you're in here claiming to be innocent. 550 00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:18,800 I guess my question is, why would you confess to a crime you didn't commit? 551 00:31:19,380 --> 00:31:20,359 Because I was tired. 552 00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:21,360 You were tired? 553 00:31:21,580 --> 00:31:22,900 Yeah, sometimes I get tired. 554 00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:26,700 Are you telling us that you confessed to murder because you were tired? 555 00:31:26,980 --> 00:31:28,220 I couldn't keep my head up anymore. 556 00:31:28,780 --> 00:31:31,540 I couldn't keep hearing the detective ask me the questions. 557 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:33,980 I couldn't keep listening to him talk. 558 00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:36,780 He kept saying he knew what happened, so I thought maybe he did. 559 00:31:37,060 --> 00:31:40,300 If I were as good at asking questions as the detective, would you confess to me? 560 00:31:40,820 --> 00:31:41,900 Objection. Sustained. 561 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:46,000 I want to answer that question. Do you understand the concept of truth, Mr. 562 00:31:46,060 --> 00:31:47,039 Morrison? 563 00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:51,000 Yeah. Your father sat up here yesterday and testified that in all the time he 564 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:54,420 was around you, you had never gotten violent. Was he telling the truth, 565 00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:58,180 Your father knew he wasn't telling the truth, didn't he, Sandy? Your father 566 00:31:58,180 --> 00:32:01,640 he wasn't telling the truth because you had, in fact, become violent in his 567 00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:05,400 presence. Wasn't what happened, Sandy, that you attacked your father with a 568 00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:09,860 screwdriver? He had all these ideas. He kept wanting to make lists, and he kept 569 00:32:09,860 --> 00:32:13,140 wanting to make plans, you know? Kept wanting me to be happy. Isn't the reason 570 00:32:13,140 --> 00:32:16,820 you left New York that your parents were ready to put you in an institution, and 571 00:32:16,820 --> 00:32:19,440 it wouldn't have been Austin Riggs, and you wouldn't have been able to check 572 00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:22,780 yourself out? It would have been a secured mental hospital, and you would 573 00:32:22,780 --> 00:32:25,580 been locked up. I'm different now than I was then, right? Are you, Sandy? 574 00:32:28,420 --> 00:32:29,420 Yep. 575 00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:30,700 I have no further questions. 576 00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:39,680 The background noise level is rather high. I think there are things we can do 577 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:41,680 reduce it. Not surprisingly, they cost money. 578 00:32:42,100 --> 00:32:45,300 What kind of things and how much money will they cost? 579 00:32:45,620 --> 00:32:49,000 We can use a better grade of ceiling tile, we can use fabric on the walls, 580 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:50,980 we can consider an electronic masking system. 581 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:52,720 How important is all that? 582 00:32:53,380 --> 00:32:56,620 I don't know. How important is it that the secretaries out here be comfortable? 583 00:32:57,060 --> 00:32:58,060 Not very. 584 00:32:58,740 --> 00:33:00,900 But think about this, Douglas. 585 00:33:01,140 --> 00:33:05,140 There are eight secretaries and four paralegals working out here. 586 00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:09,580 In the aggregate, that comes to, what, almost half a million dollars in salary, 587 00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:14,320 right? It comes to $640 ,000 a year in salary. Well, if noise accounts for them 588 00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:19,300 being distracted 5 % of the time, we're losing over $30 ,000 a year. Did you two 589 00:33:19,300 --> 00:33:20,660 work out this formula together? 590 00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:24,640 Actually, this is the first I'm hearing of it. You're overseeing this job, 591 00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:29,200 Daniel. If you feel the money is well spent, let's spend it. By all means, we 592 00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:32,240 don't want to have bad acoustics and distracted secretaries. 593 00:33:34,530 --> 00:33:35,570 That was pretty good. 594 00:33:37,850 --> 00:33:38,850 Douglas? 595 00:33:39,270 --> 00:33:40,270 What's all this? 596 00:33:40,510 --> 00:33:42,230 Matthew Wilton's corporate records. 597 00:33:42,830 --> 00:33:43,830 Thanks. 598 00:33:45,150 --> 00:33:46,150 Douglas, 599 00:33:46,410 --> 00:33:48,430 I'm going to need all hands on deck tonight. 600 00:33:48,650 --> 00:33:51,770 Why? I've got to get through all these files before the Western and Telecom 601 00:33:51,770 --> 00:33:53,490 stockholders' meeting convenes on Friday. 602 00:33:53,690 --> 00:33:56,530 I'll stay if you need me. Great. Jane said that you would stay, too. She's 603 00:33:56,530 --> 00:33:58,170 to be working with you here at night, Arnold? 604 00:33:58,490 --> 00:34:03,030 Yeah. Stuart, try to prevent this from resulting in a sexual harassment suit. 605 00:34:06,900 --> 00:34:08,500 Beyond a reasonable doubt. 606 00:34:09,060 --> 00:34:11,179 You've heard the phrase thousands of times. 607 00:34:11,739 --> 00:34:13,520 But what exactly does it mean? 608 00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:19,520 The court in U .S. v. Pfizer said, reasonable doubt is such as would cause 609 00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:23,860 prudent men to hesitate before acting in matters of importance. 610 00:34:24,100 --> 00:34:26,300 Let's consider why you might want to hesitate now. 611 00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:31,860 Jonah Berge had access to his wife's office. He had access to his wife's 612 00:34:31,860 --> 00:34:35,860 journals. He knew she had a knife belonging to the defendant in her desk. 613 00:34:35,860 --> 00:34:40,000 the opportunity to kill her and the information necessary to implicate the 614 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:41,000 defendant. 615 00:34:41,420 --> 00:34:42,940 He also had a motive. 616 00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:48,139 He was involved with another woman, and he wanted out of his marriage. 617 00:34:48,780 --> 00:34:52,179 The only problem was he had gotten used to living on his wife's money. 618 00:34:52,570 --> 00:34:54,250 Of course, that problem could be overcome. 619 00:34:54,590 --> 00:35:00,770 The terms of Gail's will left $11 million to him. All he had to do to get 620 00:35:00,770 --> 00:35:02,470 was to kill her. 621 00:35:03,690 --> 00:35:06,710 On the other hand, Sandy Morrison confessed. 622 00:35:07,730 --> 00:35:11,430 You may well ask yourself, why would anybody do that if they weren't guilty? 623 00:35:11,830 --> 00:35:15,470 That's a good question, and I'm going to try to answer it. The young man who 624 00:35:15,470 --> 00:35:17,430 signed it is mentally ill. 625 00:35:17,650 --> 00:35:21,150 He lives enshrouded in a depression so deep... 626 00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:25,980 that the simplest human interactions are altogether unbearable. A skilled 627 00:35:25,980 --> 00:35:29,060 interrogator locks him in a room for ten hours. 628 00:35:29,340 --> 00:35:34,220 He grinds down whatever resistance Sandy is capable of, and by the end, unsure 629 00:35:34,220 --> 00:35:39,400 himself of what he did or didn't do, Sandy confesses. What you now have to 630 00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:43,380 ladies and gentlemen, is look beyond the four corners of that document. 631 00:35:44,140 --> 00:35:45,380 You have to look. 632 00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:49,000 Please look at the young man who signed it. 633 00:35:49,750 --> 00:35:53,770 You've listened to his father. You have listened to him. I submit to you that 634 00:35:53,770 --> 00:35:54,770 he's not a killer. 635 00:35:54,990 --> 00:35:59,390 I submit to you that he mourns this woman's death more than anybody in this 636 00:35:59,390 --> 00:36:03,530 room. And I ask that you find him not guilty. 637 00:36:04,930 --> 00:36:05,930 Thank you. 638 00:36:09,090 --> 00:36:14,490 What I am going to ask is that you distinguish between fact and fancy. 639 00:36:15,530 --> 00:36:19,310 Now, my adversary has invented an elaborate scenario whereby Gail Berge's 640 00:36:19,310 --> 00:36:21,890 husband is guilty and his client is innocent. 641 00:36:22,170 --> 00:36:28,370 Now, the problem with this scenario is there are no facts to support it. The 642 00:36:28,370 --> 00:36:30,810 problem is my adversary made the whole thing up. 643 00:36:31,030 --> 00:36:32,290 Jonah was having an affair. 644 00:36:32,590 --> 00:36:36,590 Gail was rich. Jonah must have killed his wife. Well, ladies and gentlemen, 645 00:36:36,610 --> 00:36:37,710 Jonah didn't kill his wife. 646 00:36:37,970 --> 00:36:42,750 The man who's charged with killing her did. The defendant has a long history of 647 00:36:42,750 --> 00:36:43,750 mental problems. 648 00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:48,900 And contrary to the sworn testimony of his father, he does have a history of 649 00:36:48,900 --> 00:36:53,480 violence. He came to trust and depend on the young woman who was attempting to 650 00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:57,100 treat him. And when she determined that she couldn't treat him anymore, when he 651 00:36:57,100 --> 00:37:01,880 felt betrayed and abandoned by her, he reacted in the same way he had reacted 652 00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:04,200 before, with violence, with rage. 653 00:37:04,420 --> 00:37:08,740 And so he raised up his knife and he stabbed her to death. That, ladies and 654 00:37:08,740 --> 00:37:12,000 gentlemen, is the only scenario supported by fact. 655 00:37:12,490 --> 00:37:17,430 There's no reasonable doubt here. There's no doubt at all. I ask that you 656 00:37:17,430 --> 00:37:19,570 the defendant guilty as charged. 657 00:37:35,490 --> 00:37:36,490 Stuart? 658 00:37:36,990 --> 00:37:40,530 Oh, Stuart, wake up. What time is it? 659 00:37:40,830 --> 00:37:42,810 It's about 7 .30. I thought you left when I did. 660 00:37:43,950 --> 00:37:47,390 Yeah, I had a few questions, so I came back. 661 00:37:47,610 --> 00:37:50,910 Oh, right. Well, I can't believe you slept here all night. 662 00:37:51,310 --> 00:37:53,170 Did you bring any donuts? 663 00:37:54,450 --> 00:37:55,450 Just as well. 664 00:37:55,850 --> 00:38:00,530 So, well, your guy walks a very thin line, doesn't he? 665 00:38:01,250 --> 00:38:04,110 He's definitely feathered his own nest using his Western and telecom 666 00:38:04,110 --> 00:38:08,190 connections, and he had several ultimately profitable deals pending at 667 00:38:08,190 --> 00:38:12,000 of the prenup that he didn't mention to anybody. but there's no slam dunk there. 668 00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:13,560 Anything? 669 00:38:14,540 --> 00:38:15,860 I don't know. Take a look at this. 670 00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:24,420 Now, you see there's a whole series of unexplained one - and two -night trips 671 00:38:24,420 --> 00:38:25,118 St. Louis? 672 00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:31,080 Yeah, well, couple that with some small but what I would call very odd stock 673 00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:33,120 purchases. What makes them odd? 674 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:35,840 Well, he's buying up World Electronics. 675 00:38:36,780 --> 00:38:38,260 That's his company's main competition. 676 00:38:40,879 --> 00:38:43,840 And they're located in? You got it. St. Louis. 677 00:38:45,340 --> 00:38:46,980 Now, this could mean nothing. 678 00:38:47,260 --> 00:38:48,260 I don't know. 679 00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:50,480 What are you going to do? 680 00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:53,120 Improvise. 681 00:39:03,660 --> 00:39:04,660 Warning, gentlemen. 682 00:39:07,120 --> 00:39:08,120 We need to talk. 683 00:39:08,620 --> 00:39:09,660 Not now, we don't. 684 00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:13,300 I have to finish preparing to address tomorrow's stockholders' meeting. 685 00:39:13,700 --> 00:39:16,260 $35 made me a Western and Telecom stockholder. 686 00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:17,738 Address me. 687 00:39:17,740 --> 00:39:18,740 What's this about, Arnold? 688 00:39:18,940 --> 00:39:21,880 I want him to give his wife what she's entitled to under California community 689 00:39:21,880 --> 00:39:22,880 property laws. 690 00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:24,360 That said, 691 00:39:24,940 --> 00:39:26,180 we'll settle for $50 million. 692 00:39:26,420 --> 00:39:28,860 Most people don't think I have a sense of humor, Mr. Becker. 693 00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:32,840 You've obviously seen past that. Now, if you'll excuse us. 694 00:39:34,379 --> 00:39:37,500 What do you suppose my fellow stockholders would think about their 695 00:39:37,500 --> 00:39:40,120 leader dumping Western and Telecom and joining the competition? 696 00:39:40,500 --> 00:39:43,060 Now, why would they think that? Because that's what I'm going to tell them at 697 00:39:43,060 --> 00:39:45,780 tomorrow's stockholders meeting, unless you give your wife a fair settlement. 698 00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:50,000 Are you threatening me, Mr. Becker? Just thinking out loud. 699 00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:53,900 Wondering if the other stockholders will be as curious as I am about all those 700 00:39:53,900 --> 00:39:57,040 trips you've been making to St. Louis. I mean, I guess you could just be trying 701 00:39:57,040 --> 00:39:58,300 to get a closer look at the Arch. 702 00:39:59,020 --> 00:40:00,060 But I don't think so. 703 00:40:00,350 --> 00:40:03,190 What do you think? I think you're playing to jump ship as soon as you can 704 00:40:03,190 --> 00:40:06,070 in your stock options. I think your relationship with World violates your 705 00:40:06,070 --> 00:40:09,630 fiduciary relationship with Western. I think once news of that hits the street, 706 00:40:09,730 --> 00:40:12,690 you'll be the named defendant and a great many lawsuits in your stellar 707 00:40:12,690 --> 00:40:14,050 will go into something of an eclipse. 708 00:40:14,950 --> 00:40:16,390 I'm late, Mr. Becker. 709 00:40:17,530 --> 00:40:18,690 And you're delusional. 710 00:40:20,410 --> 00:40:21,410 Am I? 711 00:40:24,690 --> 00:40:25,690 See you at the meeting. 712 00:40:33,230 --> 00:40:35,550 Can I speak to you for a moment, Counselor? Sure. 713 00:40:36,970 --> 00:40:38,130 I've interviewed witnesses. 714 00:40:38,350 --> 00:40:39,930 I've gone over police reports. 715 00:40:40,230 --> 00:40:44,670 I've done everything I know how to do. And? And nothing. If Jonah Berge killed 716 00:40:44,670 --> 00:40:47,050 his wife, he's done a good job of covering his tracks. 717 00:40:47,510 --> 00:40:53,010 Okay. So, you know, I try very hard not to send innocent people to prison. The 718 00:40:53,010 --> 00:40:56,230 prospect of doing that disturbs me at least as much as it does you. 719 00:40:56,490 --> 00:40:58,630 Counselor, the jury's better. 720 00:41:00,450 --> 00:41:01,450 Good luck. 721 00:41:02,220 --> 00:41:03,220 Thank you. 722 00:41:11,020 --> 00:41:12,960 Has the jury reached a verdict? 723 00:41:13,380 --> 00:41:15,640 We have, Your Honor. What say you? 724 00:41:16,820 --> 00:41:22,040 In the case of the state of California versus Sandy Morrison on the charge of 725 00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:27,420 murder in the second degree, we find the defendant not guilty. 726 00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:31,160 The jury is dismissed with the thanks of the court. 727 00:41:31,360 --> 00:41:32,880 The defendant is free to go. 728 00:41:33,120 --> 00:41:34,520 The court's adjourned. 729 00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:44,200 How about if we go out for a celebration? 730 00:41:44,500 --> 00:41:45,600 Would that be all right, Sandy? 731 00:41:46,900 --> 00:41:47,900 Yeah, Ma. 732 00:41:58,830 --> 00:42:02,750 Did you talk to the receptionist? Yes. Mr. Wilton hasn't left a message there 733 00:42:02,750 --> 00:42:03,830 either. Damn! 734 00:42:04,570 --> 00:42:06,210 Arnie? Jessica. 735 00:42:06,670 --> 00:42:07,770 What have you done? 736 00:42:09,810 --> 00:42:10,810 Thanks. 737 00:42:12,150 --> 00:42:13,630 Matthew called this afternoon. 738 00:42:14,590 --> 00:42:18,850 He gave me a cashier's check of $15 million. 739 00:42:20,250 --> 00:42:22,150 Yeah? How did you do it? 740 00:42:22,530 --> 00:42:24,450 A magician never tells his trick. 741 00:42:28,560 --> 00:42:31,420 I would have been here sooner, but I wanted to get you something. 742 00:42:33,220 --> 00:42:34,360 I shouldn't have. 743 00:42:40,300 --> 00:42:41,300 What's this? 744 00:42:43,060 --> 00:42:45,620 No. I noticed the brochure is in your office. 745 00:42:45,960 --> 00:42:49,020 I asked a couple of your partners. They said this is the car you want. 746 00:42:49,240 --> 00:42:50,240 Oh, it is. 747 00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:53,560 But I can't possibly accept this. It's way too much money. 748 00:42:54,340 --> 00:42:58,550 Arnie. I don't ever want to hear another man tell me how to spend my money. 749 00:42:58,690 --> 00:43:01,350 Jessica, it's not that I don't appreciate the gesture. I do. 750 00:43:04,630 --> 00:43:05,630 It's outrageous. 751 00:43:05,990 --> 00:43:06,990 I know. 752 00:43:13,350 --> 00:43:14,550 It's too extravagant. 753 00:43:15,090 --> 00:43:16,090 It's yours. 754 00:43:17,950 --> 00:43:22,550 I love this car. 755 00:43:54,940 --> 00:43:57,080 Walking after a meal is something people don't do in LA. 756 00:43:57,280 --> 00:43:58,800 One of life's great pleasures. 757 00:43:59,020 --> 00:44:00,020 Isn't it? 758 00:44:00,480 --> 00:44:05,180 Sandy, your father and I were planning on heading back to New York. 759 00:44:06,560 --> 00:44:07,560 All right. 760 00:44:08,400 --> 00:44:09,700 I'd like you to come with us. 761 00:44:10,520 --> 00:44:12,220 It wouldn't have to be permanent, son. 762 00:44:12,600 --> 00:44:16,440 We thought it would be an opportunity for us to spend some time together so we 763 00:44:16,440 --> 00:44:18,020 could figure out what your next step ought to be. 764 00:44:18,280 --> 00:44:20,080 It would also give you a chance to decompress a little. 765 00:44:20,580 --> 00:44:23,180 There's nothing like clean sheets and hot meals to help with this whole thing 766 00:44:23,180 --> 00:44:24,180 behind you. 767 00:44:24,330 --> 00:44:25,550 Yeah, well, I can't just do that. 768 00:44:26,050 --> 00:44:27,050 Why not? 769 00:44:27,410 --> 00:44:29,370 I can't keep up my end of the conversation. 770 00:44:29,650 --> 00:44:30,910 You don't have to, Sandy. 771 00:44:32,270 --> 00:44:34,550 Well, I can't pass you in the hall. 772 00:44:35,350 --> 00:44:38,610 I can't be there when you get up in the morning and go to work and still be 773 00:44:38,610 --> 00:44:39,630 there at night when you come home. 774 00:44:40,070 --> 00:44:41,290 Maybe you'll start going out yourself. 775 00:44:41,950 --> 00:44:44,610 Maybe you won't still be here. Look, I will, all right? I know I will. 776 00:44:45,310 --> 00:44:46,310 Maybe you won't, Sandy. 777 00:44:48,650 --> 00:44:50,290 I went nuts not too long ago. 778 00:44:51,310 --> 00:44:53,690 I couldn't get out of my room. I was in a mental hospital. 779 00:44:54,970 --> 00:44:56,090 I wasn't able to work. 780 00:44:56,450 --> 00:45:00,150 I wasn't able to be with anyone else, talk to anyone else. I finally trusted 781 00:45:00,150 --> 00:45:01,970 other people enough to let them help me. 782 00:45:02,230 --> 00:45:03,870 And I got so I could get out of my room. 783 00:45:04,650 --> 00:45:05,650 I'm not like you. 784 00:45:06,610 --> 00:45:07,610 Sorry. 785 00:45:09,150 --> 00:45:10,150 I have to go. 786 00:45:10,910 --> 00:45:11,910 Where will you go? 787 00:45:14,510 --> 00:45:17,930 Sandy, we can't just let you go. We have to know where you're going, what you're 788 00:45:17,930 --> 00:45:18,930 going to do. 789 00:45:27,080 --> 00:45:29,140 I don't know those things, sis. I can't tell you. 790 00:45:29,480 --> 00:45:33,720 What I know is that I gotta walk away from you and from all of you. 791 00:45:34,720 --> 00:45:35,940 Just be by myself. 792 00:45:37,100 --> 00:45:38,100 Will you call? 793 00:45:39,740 --> 00:45:41,940 Yeah. Will you call me, Sandy? 794 00:45:53,260 --> 00:45:54,260 Dad. 795 00:45:57,610 --> 00:45:59,090 Please, don't follow me.