1 00:00:01,390 --> 00:00:04,810 Previously on L .A. Law. The Bentley Continental R. 2 00:00:05,070 --> 00:00:06,070 You ever seen one? 3 00:00:06,190 --> 00:00:09,690 No, I haven't. Do you see any reason they shouldn't buy it? If you're not 4 00:00:09,690 --> 00:00:13,670 bothered by the display of wealth and you enjoy arousing the feelings of envy 5 00:00:13,670 --> 00:00:15,190 others, I think you should. 6 00:00:15,610 --> 00:00:18,190 I'm sure people tell you all the time how you don't look like a private 7 00:00:18,190 --> 00:00:19,810 investigator. Yes, they do. 8 00:00:20,030 --> 00:00:21,030 Yeah, I figured they did. 9 00:00:21,240 --> 00:00:22,980 Is that something you were planning on saying? 10 00:00:23,220 --> 00:00:27,980 Me? No. A correctional officer was killed as an indirect but proximate 11 00:00:27,980 --> 00:00:28,980 your client's actions. 12 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:33,340 What's fair is that he served the next 20 years of his life in prison. Mr. 13 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:37,540 Rollins, since, as I understand it, you'll be the one trying this case, I 14 00:00:37,540 --> 00:00:41,020 like to know if you are willing to defend my husband in the manner in which 15 00:00:41,020 --> 00:00:42,020 wants to be defended. 16 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:45,000 Well, Stewart's absolutely right that this is a long shot. 17 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:48,040 As long as you understand that, I'm willing to see where the evidence leads. 18 00:00:48,340 --> 00:00:51,960 If we can build a credible case that Horace Washington's life was in danger, 19 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:54,360 then, yeah, I'm willing to go to court with that. 20 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:56,920 You want me to testify, Mr. Rollins? 21 00:00:57,740 --> 00:00:58,740 Yes, I do. 22 00:00:58,860 --> 00:01:02,040 You tell me where and when you want me to show up. 23 00:01:03,060 --> 00:01:04,060 I'll be there. 24 00:01:24,170 --> 00:01:25,570 Nice day to have the top down. 25 00:01:26,770 --> 00:01:28,730 I'd rather be driving what you're driving. 26 00:01:28,930 --> 00:01:31,290 You can appreciate the view more fully from the inside. 27 00:01:32,030 --> 00:01:33,610 Are you offering me a ride? 28 00:01:33,990 --> 00:01:34,990 Absolutely. 29 00:01:35,110 --> 00:01:38,150 Generally, I make it a rule not to get into cars with strangers. 30 00:01:38,530 --> 00:01:41,810 But there's an exception for every rule, isn't there? And are you the exception? 31 00:01:42,190 --> 00:01:44,070 Yes, I am. I am the exception. 32 00:01:44,530 --> 00:01:48,290 So what I suggest we do is, if you follow me back to my office, you park 33 00:01:48,290 --> 00:01:51,950 car in my space, and we take a ride right now. Where's your office? 34 00:01:52,650 --> 00:01:53,770 444, Tess Flower. 35 00:01:53,990 --> 00:01:55,370 And you want me to follow you? 36 00:01:55,990 --> 00:01:57,790 Right this minute. 37 00:04:03,310 --> 00:04:05,990 United States versus Ellison. Trial starts today. 38 00:04:06,250 --> 00:04:07,250 What's your defense? 39 00:04:07,270 --> 00:04:08,690 That the action taken was justified. 40 00:04:09,090 --> 00:04:10,870 Aiding and abetting an escape was justified? 41 00:04:11,150 --> 00:04:12,910 Right. What about smuggling in a gun? 42 00:04:13,110 --> 00:04:16,370 He didn't do that. Stewart, are you in accord with this approach? 43 00:04:16,769 --> 00:04:18,910 Jonathan's trying this case. I'll defer to his judgment. 44 00:04:19,269 --> 00:04:22,830 Tomba versus Tomba. Arnie asked me to take this one over. We're representing 45 00:04:22,830 --> 00:04:24,450 Gretchen Tomba, who's suing for divorce. 46 00:04:24,690 --> 00:04:28,230 Her husband says he wants desperately to stay married or, in the alternative, to 47 00:04:28,230 --> 00:04:30,110 receive $50 ,000 a month in spousal support. 48 00:04:30,450 --> 00:04:32,070 Morning, Arnold. Where do you stand? 49 00:04:32,540 --> 00:04:36,520 We're in depositions. And you're comfortable dealing with California law? 50 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:39,240 dealt with it when I was handling divorces in New York. Plus, I'll be 51 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:42,720 California bar exam soon, so I'll be boning up on it. When is the exam being 52 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:45,700 given? Is anybody in here at all interested in what happened to me this 53 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:49,660 Is anybody interested in why I am late? In why I am sitting here utterly 54 00:04:49,660 --> 00:04:50,660 distraught? 55 00:04:53,460 --> 00:04:55,780 I got rear -ended sitting at a light. 56 00:04:56,420 --> 00:04:57,399 You're Bentley? 57 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:01,320 Yes. My Bentley. It'll be in the shop for six weeks. It'll cost five figures 58 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:04,700 it costs a diamond. Do you know who hit me? Or rather, do you know the ethnicity 59 00:05:04,700 --> 00:05:07,460 of who hit me? The ethnicity? I'll give you a hint. 60 00:05:07,780 --> 00:05:10,400 They are the worst drivers on the face of the earth. Chinese. 61 00:05:10,900 --> 00:05:12,760 Bingo. Is that really irrelevant? 62 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:16,640 Is it even accurate? What do you mean? I know who it was who hit me. You know 63 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:20,660 that he was Chinese? You know he wasn't Japanese or Korean or Thai? He was 64 00:05:20,660 --> 00:05:21,740 Oriental, okay? 65 00:05:22,060 --> 00:05:23,660 D -W -O. 66 00:05:24,210 --> 00:05:28,590 Driving while oriental. You know that oriental is considered a derogatory 67 00:05:28,810 --> 00:05:33,190 Oh, is it? Excuse me, what is the correct term? Asian. All right, Asians 68 00:05:34,110 --> 00:05:36,570 Asians can't drive. They don't know how. 69 00:05:36,890 --> 00:05:39,950 They make right -hand turns from the center lane. They stop in the middle of 70 00:05:39,950 --> 00:05:44,170 street, and they run into cars sitting at a dead stop. No doubt there are Asian 71 00:05:44,170 --> 00:05:47,470 people who aren't accustomed to driving a car, who are unfamiliar with the city. 72 00:05:47,490 --> 00:05:51,110 Why wouldn't you attribute it to that? I don't know what to attribute it to, 73 00:05:51,190 --> 00:05:55,030 Jane. I don't know whether it's cultural or physiological or what it is. 74 00:05:55,350 --> 00:05:58,010 All I know is that it's true. They can't drive. 75 00:05:58,230 --> 00:06:02,230 And because they can't drive, my Bentley, Continental R, go ahead. 76 00:06:03,390 --> 00:06:06,030 I'm going home. I can't stay here right now. I'm going home. 77 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:11,700 Move along, Douglas. 78 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:13,440 Mr. 79 00:06:14,220 --> 00:06:17,820 Weeks, I'd like for you to tell us where you were and what you were doing in the 80 00:06:17,820 --> 00:06:18,900 spring of 1968. 81 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:22,720 I was a correctional officer at the Eastern Idaho Federal Prison. 82 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:25,280 Was Horace Washington a prisoner at that time? 83 00:06:25,540 --> 00:06:26,439 Yes, he was. 84 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:31,620 Would you describe the event that you observed on June 19, 1968? 85 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:33,720 Mr. Washington tried to escape. 86 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:35,080 How did he do that? 87 00:06:35,260 --> 00:06:36,940 By commandeering a laundry truck. 88 00:06:37,260 --> 00:06:38,260 And what happened? 89 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:39,320 He was ordered to stop. 90 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:45,440 at which point he opened fire, killing Donald Foley, a fellow officer. 91 00:06:46,060 --> 00:06:48,520 We returned fire, killing Mr. Washington. 92 00:06:48,780 --> 00:06:53,540 That would indicate that Mr. Washington had a gun in his possession. Is that 93 00:06:53,540 --> 00:06:58,220 right? That's right. Tell us, Mr. Weeks, have you ever seen the defendant before 94 00:06:58,220 --> 00:06:59,220 today? 95 00:06:59,380 --> 00:07:00,820 I saw him at the prison. 96 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:05,020 What were the circumstances surrounding that visit? He was visiting Horace 97 00:07:05,020 --> 00:07:06,900 Washington. I have no further questions. 98 00:07:09,390 --> 00:07:12,250 What kind of prisoner was Horace Washington, Mr. Weeks? 99 00:07:12,570 --> 00:07:15,570 Objection. Irrelevant. The witness's attitude toward the prisoner is directly 100 00:07:15,570 --> 00:07:18,770 relevant to whether or not the prisoner's life was in danger. I'll 101 00:07:19,450 --> 00:07:20,450 Mr. Weeks? 102 00:07:20,470 --> 00:07:22,850 He was a pain in the ass. What else would you like to know? 103 00:07:23,650 --> 00:07:25,970 What made him a pain in the ass? 104 00:07:26,210 --> 00:07:27,210 He was a militant. 105 00:07:27,870 --> 00:07:32,870 He'd stir up the other convicts, and he'd file a different writ every week. 106 00:07:32,870 --> 00:07:34,570 always had to keep transporting him to the court. 107 00:07:34,850 --> 00:07:38,630 He was always having visits from his supporters, like your friend over there. 108 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:40,700 And he had a big mouth. 109 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:42,520 I had a foul mouth. 110 00:07:42,860 --> 00:07:45,600 I didn't like him. I didn't like what he stood for. Did you ever strike a 111 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:46,600 prisoner, Mr. Weeks? 112 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:47,960 Only when it was necessary. 113 00:07:48,300 --> 00:07:49,740 And what would cause it to be necessary? 114 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:51,280 They'd act up. 115 00:07:51,740 --> 00:07:54,860 I'd have to show them who was in charge. Was that a need that arose with 116 00:07:54,860 --> 00:07:58,560 particular frequency when the prisoner also happened to be a Black Panther? 117 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:01,300 I don't know. I didn't keep track. 118 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:02,920 Oh. 119 00:08:03,260 --> 00:08:05,740 You testified that Horace Washington opened fire. 120 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:08,940 Did you personally observe him opening fire? 121 00:08:09,290 --> 00:08:10,289 No, I did not. 122 00:08:10,290 --> 00:08:11,290 No, you did not. 123 00:08:11,630 --> 00:08:14,730 What do you base your testimony on? On the fact that a fellow officer was dead 124 00:08:14,730 --> 00:08:15,730 on the ground. 125 00:08:16,990 --> 00:08:20,250 You think that Horace Washington was a great man, don't you? Mr. Weeks. You 126 00:08:20,250 --> 00:08:21,250 think his life was in danger? 127 00:08:21,670 --> 00:08:25,490 My life was in danger. Every hour of every shift of every day that I went to 128 00:08:25,490 --> 00:08:28,430 work in that prison, my life was in danger. Mr. Weeks. As far as I'm 129 00:08:28,630 --> 00:08:31,710 he got what was coming to him, and you got what's coming to you. Mr. 130 00:08:32,090 --> 00:08:34,510 Weeks. I have no further questions. 131 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:40,419 When did you start Roy Tombaugh Seminars, Mr. Tombaugh? Gee, I guess it 132 00:08:40,419 --> 00:08:45,020 have been around 1988 when I first came up with its concept. 133 00:08:45,380 --> 00:08:48,160 Would you describe for us what that concept was? 134 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:53,080 Well, essentially it was a series of workshops and weekends during which I 135 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:57,400 talked to couples interested in improving upon and deepening their 136 00:08:57,400 --> 00:08:58,700 with one another. 137 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:01,700 Well, did this prove to be a money -making prospect at first? 138 00:09:02,170 --> 00:09:06,110 No, it did not. As a matter of fact, it wasn't until year four that it started 139 00:09:06,110 --> 00:09:07,990 making a profit at all. That is correct. 140 00:09:08,310 --> 00:09:13,570 And you also have rather extensive expenses, is that right, sir? Yes, I do. 141 00:09:13,790 --> 00:09:17,710 Yeah, you rent hotel ballrooms, you travel around the country, you produce 142 00:09:17,710 --> 00:09:20,550 and audio tapes, you buy commercial time on television. 143 00:09:20,990 --> 00:09:22,630 Where does that money come from? 144 00:09:22,850 --> 00:09:24,110 From my wife. From your wife. 145 00:09:24,410 --> 00:09:25,970 And I want to say something. 146 00:09:26,290 --> 00:09:27,830 We're going through a little bit of a... 147 00:09:28,090 --> 00:09:32,170 Tough time right now. She has the urge to sprout her wings. 148 00:09:32,370 --> 00:09:38,090 Okay. But what I feel is it's time for us to roll up our sleeves and work on 149 00:09:38,090 --> 00:09:39,670 marriage. Could we get on with this? 150 00:09:39,870 --> 00:09:44,010 Yes. So it was your wife using money that she inherited from her family who 151 00:09:44,010 --> 00:09:47,330 provided the startup capital. It was your wife who covered your overhead. 152 00:09:47,570 --> 00:09:50,530 And you're in here now asking for a lump sum payment of $4 million. 153 00:09:51,310 --> 00:09:53,650 And spells will support $50 ,000 a month. 154 00:09:54,280 --> 00:09:58,220 Can you tell us how you justify that? He doesn't have to justify it. I call this 155 00:09:58,220 --> 00:10:04,060 one of the three dividers. I'm being used, I'm being ignored, I'm being made 156 00:10:04,060 --> 00:10:07,020 of. Gretchen feels as though I'm using her. 157 00:10:07,420 --> 00:10:13,020 What she needs to see is that I value her, that I value the experience of 158 00:10:13,020 --> 00:10:17,960 your husband, one of the four building blocks to respect, to communicate, to 159 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:18,960 understand. 160 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:20,279 To value. 161 00:10:20,280 --> 00:10:23,940 You know, Eli, I can't stay here. You don't have to. Gretchen, the nine 162 00:10:24,180 --> 00:10:25,059 are you forgetting? 163 00:10:25,060 --> 00:10:25,859 No, Roy. 164 00:10:25,860 --> 00:10:30,780 I am not forgetting the nine pillars or the four building blocks or the seven 165 00:10:30,780 --> 00:10:33,520 wake -up calls or the five life -affirming gestures. 166 00:10:33,900 --> 00:10:38,220 My problem is one that you don't address in your seminars or your audio tapes. 167 00:10:38,340 --> 00:10:43,480 My problem is that I become physically ill every time I realize that I am still 168 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:44,480 married to you. 169 00:10:50,350 --> 00:10:54,550 I want to say something, and I want to say it for the record. Whether or not we 170 00:10:54,550 --> 00:10:59,210 manage to get our marriage back on track, that lady is a hen. 171 00:11:08,590 --> 00:11:12,950 Where were you and what were you doing in the spring of 1968, sir? I was a 172 00:11:12,950 --> 00:11:15,450 prisoner at Eastern Idaho Federal Prison. 173 00:11:15,750 --> 00:11:17,710 What had you been sentenced to prison for, sir? 174 00:11:17,950 --> 00:11:18,950 Bank robbery. 175 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:21,700 Were you affiliated with any particular organization at that time? 176 00:11:21,940 --> 00:11:24,980 I was a member of the Black Panther Party. Was the treatment received by the 177 00:11:24,980 --> 00:11:28,820 members of the Black Panther Party different from the treatment received by 178 00:11:28,820 --> 00:11:29,860 general prison population? 179 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:31,480 You could say that. 180 00:11:31,620 --> 00:11:32,720 In what way was it different? 181 00:11:33,060 --> 00:11:34,220 There were threats. 182 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:39,340 There were beatings. I saw a guard shoot a prisoner from a tower in the yard. 183 00:11:39,860 --> 00:11:43,420 It was made clear to us on a regular basis that to be a member of the Black 184 00:11:43,420 --> 00:11:46,080 Panther Party, you were a target. 185 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:50,400 for anything that the guards thought they could get away with. Objection. 186 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:54,120 Speculation. Sustained. The last part of the witness response is stricken. 187 00:11:54,340 --> 00:11:57,280 Was Horace Washington a member of the Black Panther Party? 188 00:11:57,560 --> 00:11:58,560 Yes, sir, he was. 189 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:02,960 Did you have any reason to believe that in the spring of 1968, Horace 190 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:05,640 Washington's life was in danger? Objection. Leading the witness. 191 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:08,400 Overruled. The witness may answer. 192 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:14,460 Horace was about to have his book published. The guards had said on more 193 00:12:14,460 --> 00:12:15,460 one occasion. 194 00:12:15,770 --> 00:12:19,610 That they would kill him if that happened. Objection. Here's safe. 195 00:12:19,610 --> 00:12:23,250 stricken, the jury will disregard. Did you yourself observe a change in the 196 00:12:23,250 --> 00:12:27,390 behavior of the prison guards toward Mr. Washington when it became known that 197 00:12:27,390 --> 00:12:28,670 his book was going to be published? 198 00:12:29,850 --> 00:12:31,890 Observe them beat him half to death. 199 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:54,940 Were you ever privy to any prison directives regarding the Black Panther 200 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:56,200 Not official ones. 201 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:57,980 Well, then how about unofficial ones? 202 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:02,700 Did you ever witness a warden or assistant warden giving a guard a direct 203 00:13:02,700 --> 00:13:07,760 to threaten or harass or abuse members of the Black Panther Party? They don't 204 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:11,200 give direct orders. That's not the way it happened. Asked that the witness be 205 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:13,840 directed to answer the question that he's been asked? 206 00:13:14,540 --> 00:13:17,760 I was never a witness to... 207 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:21,520 A direct order being given. Is it possible, Mr. Hovey, that what the 208 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:25,280 correctional offices were doing was nothing more than maintaining order? 209 00:13:25,500 --> 00:13:27,080 They brutalized us, Mr. 210 00:13:27,300 --> 00:13:29,180 Shale. Were not you yourselves brutal? 211 00:13:29,790 --> 00:13:34,110 Were not you yourselves nothing more than a group of violent criminals who 212 00:13:34,110 --> 00:13:38,450 treated the way violent criminals are always perforce treated? Does that mean 213 00:13:38,450 --> 00:13:40,870 murder? Who, Mr. Hovey? Who has been murdered? 214 00:13:41,070 --> 00:13:45,190 Horace Washington was murdered. Isn't it a fact, Mr. Hovey, that Mr. Washington 215 00:13:45,190 --> 00:13:47,270 fired the first shot? No, Mr. 216 00:13:47,470 --> 00:13:51,750 Schell, it is not a fact. It's a lie. They lied about it when it happened, and 217 00:13:51,750 --> 00:13:55,770 you're lying right now. Moved that the witness's last remarks be stricken from 218 00:13:55,770 --> 00:13:59,650 the record. So stricken. Horace never fired a gun. Horace didn't have... 219 00:14:14,690 --> 00:14:15,930 What's happened, Douglas? 220 00:14:16,330 --> 00:14:20,210 Someone dented your car, Arnold. It doesn't require you to reevaluate your 221 00:14:20,510 --> 00:14:21,510 I think it might. 222 00:14:22,490 --> 00:14:25,290 For some time now, everything I touch turns bad. 223 00:14:26,670 --> 00:14:29,390 And it isn't just the car, Douglas. It isn't just the car. 224 00:14:30,070 --> 00:14:31,070 What else is it? 225 00:14:31,630 --> 00:14:33,430 I'm not going to bed with me anymore. 226 00:14:34,050 --> 00:14:35,770 Has it been more than a week, Arnold? 227 00:14:36,230 --> 00:14:37,230 Yes, it has. 228 00:14:38,310 --> 00:14:42,250 I engage them, I talk to them, and they don't respond. 229 00:14:43,290 --> 00:14:47,230 They look at me like I'm some mildly amusing throwback to another era. It's 230 00:14:47,230 --> 00:14:50,410 the secret council of women has met and voted unanimously. 231 00:14:51,030 --> 00:14:52,490 Becker doesn't get any. 232 00:14:53,810 --> 00:14:54,810 Well, you know... 233 00:14:55,790 --> 00:15:01,330 It is possible that your career as a stick man is coming to a close. 234 00:15:02,390 --> 00:15:07,530 You've had a good run, a longer run than most, and now maybe it's time for you 235 00:15:07,530 --> 00:15:11,130 to live life like the rest of us, for whom the world isn't a smorgasbord of 236 00:15:11,130 --> 00:15:12,930 sexually willing and adventurous females. 237 00:15:13,790 --> 00:15:17,690 Every three or four weeks, you have sex with your wife, assuming she's speaking 238 00:15:17,690 --> 00:15:19,510 to you, and that's about it. 239 00:15:19,770 --> 00:15:23,430 Douglas, I'm not ready for that. Buck up, Skipper. 240 00:15:23,670 --> 00:15:24,810 You've got a great car. 241 00:15:31,620 --> 00:15:33,520 Eli? Jinx, what are you doing here? 242 00:15:33,820 --> 00:15:35,340 You wanted to see me. We have an appointment. 243 00:15:36,220 --> 00:15:37,220 That's right. 244 00:15:37,540 --> 00:15:40,200 The husband's name is Roy Tamba. 245 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:43,100 I need to set up some kind of surveillance on him. Here's the file. 246 00:15:43,380 --> 00:15:44,379 What am I looking for? 247 00:15:44,380 --> 00:15:46,880 Well, he's been rather mercenary in this divorce. 248 00:15:47,100 --> 00:15:48,580 I'd like anything that would make him go away. 249 00:15:48,980 --> 00:15:50,180 I'll see what I can find. 250 00:15:50,420 --> 00:15:53,100 Thanks. I thought you were headed back to New York. 251 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:54,540 I decided to stay. 252 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:56,300 Having second thoughts? 253 00:15:56,960 --> 00:15:58,400 I can find something in you. 254 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:00,039 Of course. 255 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:02,940 I was just lying over there in the midst of a full -on anxiety attack. 256 00:16:03,180 --> 00:16:04,180 Why? 257 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:08,360 In the interest of being spontaneous and groovy, I acted precipitously. 258 00:16:08,740 --> 00:16:12,340 I sublet my apartment, I took a leave of absence from my firm, and I moved out 259 00:16:12,340 --> 00:16:13,340 here. Yeah? 260 00:16:13,460 --> 00:16:14,700 I think I made a big mistake. 261 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:19,940 I went from a great apartment in Manhattan to a hotel room in Los 262 00:16:19,940 --> 00:16:22,680 don't know how to drive. I don't know any places to eat. 263 00:16:23,420 --> 00:16:24,420 You don't drive? 264 00:16:24,740 --> 00:16:26,980 I know it's inconceivable to anyone who lives out here. 265 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:28,200 How do you get around? 266 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:30,220 Bus, cab, people give me rides. 267 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:33,620 The other night to get back to my hotel from the restaurant, I decided to walk. 268 00:16:33,780 --> 00:16:37,840 Halfway back, I started to panic and hyperventilate and feel a sense of total 269 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:41,200 disorientation. I said to myself, great, this is all I need. Now I'm coming down 270 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:42,200 with agoraphobia, too. 271 00:16:42,500 --> 00:16:44,020 What kind of restaurant do you like? 272 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:45,560 All kinds. 273 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:47,760 Chinese, Italian, Jewish dairy restaurants. 274 00:16:48,140 --> 00:16:50,580 The other day what I wanted more than anything in the world was a hot dog. 275 00:16:50,860 --> 00:16:51,860 You free tonight? 276 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:53,500 I'm free every night. 277 00:16:53,740 --> 00:16:55,020 I'll pick you up at 7. 278 00:16:55,380 --> 00:16:56,760 Really? Mm -hmm. 279 00:16:57,520 --> 00:16:59,740 Wait for me downstairs so I don't have to park. 280 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:07,980 Do you deny taking part in the attempt to assist Horace Washington's escape 281 00:17:07,980 --> 00:17:13,000 prison? No, I don't. Would you tell me with some specificity exactly what part 282 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:16,859 you played? I attended meetings of the Committee in Solidarity with the Black 283 00:17:16,859 --> 00:17:17,779 Panther Party. 284 00:17:17,780 --> 00:17:19,980 I met with Horace Washington at the prison. 285 00:17:20,589 --> 00:17:26,089 I obtained false identification and rented a car that I left for Horace by 286 00:17:26,089 --> 00:17:26,949 side of the road. 287 00:17:26,950 --> 00:17:29,270 Did you smuggle a gun into the prison? 288 00:17:29,790 --> 00:17:33,750 No, I did not. To the best of your knowledge, was a gun in fact being 289 00:17:33,750 --> 00:17:36,070 in? No, there was no gun. 290 00:17:36,330 --> 00:17:39,030 Would you tell us why you saw fit to play a role in the plan? 291 00:17:39,310 --> 00:17:42,930 I was convinced that if Horace Washington remained in prison, he would 292 00:17:42,930 --> 00:17:46,710 killed. What was it that convinced you of that? A conversation I had with 293 00:17:46,710 --> 00:17:48,470 when I visited with him at the prison. 294 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:52,540 What was said? He told me that he had been beaten two nights before. 295 00:17:52,940 --> 00:17:56,160 Objection. Hearsay. Goes to the witness's state of mind, Your Honor. I'm 296 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:59,960 to allow it. The objection's overruled. Did Horace Washington show physical 297 00:17:59,960 --> 00:18:01,160 signs that he had been beaten? 298 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:06,480 Yes, he did. He had both his eyes blackened. There were several bandages 299 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:11,280 face and head, and he walked with a pronounced limp. What specifically made 300 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:12,700 believe that his life was threatened? 301 00:18:13,040 --> 00:18:16,980 He said that the guards had told him that if his book was published... 302 00:18:17,210 --> 00:18:20,770 They'd kill him. Objection, Your Honor. This is now double hearsay. Your Honor, 303 00:18:20,850 --> 00:18:23,110 once again, I maintain it goes to the defendant's state of mind. 304 00:18:23,590 --> 00:18:24,590 I'll allow it. 305 00:18:24,670 --> 00:18:28,170 What, if anything, made you believe that this threat was imminent? 306 00:18:28,790 --> 00:18:31,970 Well, Horace's book was going to come out at the end of the month. 307 00:18:32,650 --> 00:18:33,650 I have nothing further. 308 00:18:38,570 --> 00:18:40,250 Let me ask you something, Mr. Ellison. 309 00:18:41,590 --> 00:18:44,570 If Charles Manson's life were in danger... 310 00:18:44,830 --> 00:18:49,030 Would you help him to assume? Objection. I'm entitled to pursue this issue, Your 311 00:18:49,030 --> 00:18:52,270 Honor. It was the defense who brought it. As it pertains to Horace Washington, 312 00:18:52,350 --> 00:18:56,130 not Charles Manson. I'm going to allow the government to pursue this. The 313 00:18:56,130 --> 00:19:00,810 objection's overruled. Well, Mr. Ellison, how about it? In my opinion, 314 00:19:00,810 --> 00:19:02,570 Manson is not a political prisoner. 315 00:19:04,050 --> 00:19:08,850 The last time I looked, Horace Washington was in prison for bank 316 00:19:08,850 --> 00:19:09,850 murder. 317 00:19:09,930 --> 00:19:13,510 Now, what was it exactly that made him a political prisoner? 318 00:19:13,790 --> 00:19:17,590 What made Horace Washington a political prisoner was the fact that his treatment 319 00:19:17,590 --> 00:19:21,930 in the criminal justice system followed from his political activities, not from 320 00:19:21,930 --> 00:19:22,930 his so -called crimes. 321 00:19:27,890 --> 00:19:29,010 So he was innocent. 322 00:19:30,510 --> 00:19:34,830 I don't know whether he was innocent or not. Did you ever think about the public 323 00:19:34,830 --> 00:19:38,010 safety considerations of releasing a killer onto the streets? 324 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:43,680 No. Did you ever think of the people who might die, who did die as a result of 325 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:44,519 your adventure? 326 00:19:44,520 --> 00:19:50,680 Look, we were... We were trying to... We were interested in doing something. 327 00:19:51,180 --> 00:19:55,160 I don't know. Maybe we just wanted to be outlaws. Maybe we wanted to violate 328 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:57,820 every middle -class convention possible. I don't know. 329 00:20:00,180 --> 00:20:05,640 I can't say with absolute certainty that what we did was right or justified. 330 00:20:06,700 --> 00:20:09,160 Your Honor, may I have a moment to confer with my client? 331 00:20:09,420 --> 00:20:10,800 I have no further questions. 332 00:20:11,020 --> 00:20:13,560 Counsel can confer with his client as long as he wants. 333 00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:15,920 You may stand down, Mr. Ellison. 334 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:21,220 I have lived with having played a part in the death of two men for most of my 335 00:20:21,220 --> 00:20:22,059 adult life. 336 00:20:22,060 --> 00:20:24,300 Now, I will not concede that that was wrong. 337 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:30,100 And I... And I won't insist that it was right. 338 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:33,920 The truth is that I don't... that I don't know. 339 00:20:41,550 --> 00:20:48,430 After all this time, the one thing I am sure of is I have 340 00:20:48,430 --> 00:20:49,430 to tell the truth. 341 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:07,440 I didn't do it on purpose. I just found that I could not say what was on my 342 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:10,540 mind. You might have thought to indulge yourself in that outside the presence of 343 00:21:10,540 --> 00:21:11,399 a jury. 344 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:14,940 Oh, you think I was being indulgent? Yeah, man, I think you're being 345 00:21:14,940 --> 00:21:16,480 indulgent and not real smart. 346 00:21:16,820 --> 00:21:20,120 All right, Jonathan, let's try to be a little constructive here. 347 00:21:21,140 --> 00:21:24,860 We know Vernon Weeks was lying. Is that an ideological position or are you 348 00:21:24,860 --> 00:21:26,020 possessed of some information? 349 00:21:26,360 --> 00:21:27,760 Why are you being like this? 350 00:21:28,020 --> 00:21:29,920 Because you're tired, because we're all tired. 351 00:21:30,180 --> 00:21:31,920 Well, why don't we just call it a day then? 352 00:21:32,140 --> 00:21:33,400 Is it a lost cause, you guys? 353 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:36,460 We have to turn the jury against the government. The government then and the 354 00:21:36,460 --> 00:21:37,219 government now. 355 00:21:37,220 --> 00:21:39,600 And how do we do that? You make the actions of the government appear 356 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:43,460 sufficiently evil, sufficiently brutal, so that they refuse to reward the 357 00:21:43,460 --> 00:21:45,040 government with a conviction. That's how you do it. 358 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:47,100 Where's the file in the prison guard? 359 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:49,180 You should have one in some place. 360 00:22:07,120 --> 00:22:09,420 My God, what kind of car is this? 361 00:22:09,780 --> 00:22:10,780 It's a Ferrari. 362 00:22:14,420 --> 00:22:16,980 You're not an overly fast driver by any chance, are you? 363 00:22:34,410 --> 00:22:35,750 You're completely without fear. 364 00:22:36,070 --> 00:22:37,070 That's not true. 365 00:22:37,210 --> 00:22:41,150 You do drive at an excessive rate of speed. I hope you realize that. I drive 366 00:22:41,150 --> 00:22:44,630 both conditions permit. What I was doing was not unsafe. 367 00:22:45,630 --> 00:22:46,629 You're insane. 368 00:22:46,630 --> 00:22:47,549 You're insane. 369 00:22:47,550 --> 00:22:49,170 You live in a state of total fear. 370 00:22:50,030 --> 00:22:53,230 While in the car just now, that was a reasonable apprehension of death. 371 00:22:53,470 --> 00:22:55,210 That's not living in a state of total fear. 372 00:22:55,410 --> 00:22:57,730 But you do live in a state of total fear. 373 00:22:58,150 --> 00:22:59,150 Not really. 374 00:22:59,210 --> 00:23:00,250 I'm afraid of death. 375 00:23:01,090 --> 00:23:02,090 I'm afraid of illness. 376 00:23:03,169 --> 00:23:07,630 I'm afraid of different kinds of illness, prostate cancer, adult onset 377 00:23:07,870 --> 00:23:09,070 embolisms of all forms. 378 00:23:09,630 --> 00:23:11,150 You think about those things. 379 00:23:11,650 --> 00:23:13,950 You could say they cross my mind every once in a while. 380 00:23:14,170 --> 00:23:17,610 I never think about those things. I like to live as good a life as I can. I 381 00:23:17,610 --> 00:23:18,970 don't like to fill it with bad thoughts. 382 00:23:21,250 --> 00:23:23,630 You do know some good places to eat. I like this place. 383 00:23:25,130 --> 00:23:26,170 I love this place. 384 00:23:26,470 --> 00:23:27,970 I had a feeling you'd like this place. 385 00:23:28,310 --> 00:23:30,770 If I could face the prospect of riding a car with you. 386 00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:32,720 I'd ask her to give me a tour. 387 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:35,200 I'll give you a tour. 388 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:38,420 I'll drive. No. 389 00:23:48,260 --> 00:23:50,000 Yeah? Burning Weeks. 390 00:23:50,460 --> 00:23:52,560 Yeah? My name is Storm Markowitz. 391 00:23:53,100 --> 00:23:54,100 You're one of the lawyers. 392 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:55,680 Yes, I am. 393 00:23:56,300 --> 00:23:57,300 May I come in for a minute? 394 00:24:08,010 --> 00:24:09,730 So what can I do for you? 395 00:24:11,010 --> 00:24:13,430 I'd like you to help me understand something, Mr. Weeks. 396 00:24:14,230 --> 00:24:18,250 The Department of Corrections forced you into an early retirement because of a 397 00:24:18,250 --> 00:24:19,330 medical problem, right? 398 00:24:19,850 --> 00:24:24,990 And judging from the number of grievances that you filed, it's obvious 399 00:24:24,990 --> 00:24:25,990 feel you got screwed. 400 00:24:26,750 --> 00:24:28,810 I'm trying to understand why you're standing up for him. 401 00:24:29,910 --> 00:24:31,570 How am I standing up for him? 402 00:24:32,470 --> 00:24:33,470 You're lying. 403 00:24:34,030 --> 00:24:36,270 You know what happened in the prison yard that day. 404 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:37,680 You know there was no gun. 405 00:24:38,120 --> 00:24:41,040 You're about to send a man to jail, and I'm trying to figure out what you're 406 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:42,040 doing it for. 407 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:44,320 You know, I bet you're not even supposed to be here. 408 00:24:44,540 --> 00:24:47,940 What I don't understand, Mr. Weeks, is what you think you're getting out of 409 00:24:47,940 --> 00:24:48,940 this. 410 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:53,180 I don't want to talk to you. Are they taking care of your medical costs? 411 00:24:53,180 --> 00:24:54,039 none of your business. 412 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:57,100 Are they going to take care of your wife, Mr. Weeks? Hey, I don't have to 413 00:24:57,100 --> 00:25:00,040 some smart Jew lawyer come in here and stick his nose into my affairs. 414 00:25:03,740 --> 00:25:04,740 Mr. Weeks? 415 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:07,960 I'm going to give you a reason to change your testimony. 416 00:25:08,360 --> 00:25:11,700 If you get up on the stand and tell the truth about what happened that day, 417 00:25:11,780 --> 00:25:15,120 you're going to buy yourself the services of one smart Jew lawyer. 418 00:25:16,020 --> 00:25:20,280 And he's going to make sure that your pension and your disabilities and your 419 00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:22,920 medical needs are completely taken care of. 420 00:25:23,460 --> 00:25:26,100 You're trying to bribe me, Mr. Markowitz. 421 00:25:26,380 --> 00:25:30,260 No, I'm trying to induce you to tell the truth, Mr. Weeks. And because I'm just 422 00:25:30,260 --> 00:25:35,240 some dumb old redneck, you figure the way to do that is to throw me something. 423 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,460 I don't think of it that way. The hell you don't. 424 00:25:40,020 --> 00:25:45,140 It never occurred to you that if I was lying that I would have my reasons and I 425 00:25:45,140 --> 00:25:48,280 would be thinking about the men that I worked with and I would feel some 426 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:49,920 to them, some obligation. 427 00:25:51,780 --> 00:25:53,460 You just don't think that that matters. 428 00:25:53,700 --> 00:25:55,160 I think there are things that matter more. 429 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:56,199 Like what? 430 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:57,200 My pension? 431 00:25:57,800 --> 00:25:58,960 My health benefits? 432 00:25:59,760 --> 00:26:01,460 A fistful of $100 bills? 433 00:26:01,900 --> 00:26:03,000 No, how about... 434 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:08,600 Being able to die a little bit easier knowing that you didn't send a man to 435 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:09,600 with a lie. 436 00:26:23,900 --> 00:26:30,200 Look, Mr. Weeks, I'm sorry I tried to buy you off there. That was a stupid 437 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:31,200 to do. 438 00:26:32,110 --> 00:26:35,890 In the end, this has got nothing to do with pensions or medical benefits or 439 00:26:35,890 --> 00:26:40,270 whatever else it is a smart Jew lawyer can give for you. 440 00:26:54,990 --> 00:26:59,450 Gretchen, yesterday we talked about your contribution to your husband's 441 00:26:59,450 --> 00:27:00,450 business. I'd... 442 00:27:00,650 --> 00:27:03,890 I'd like to talk today about your husband's contribution. 443 00:27:06,170 --> 00:27:08,630 To the best of your knowledge, who ran the company? 444 00:27:08,950 --> 00:27:10,210 My husband ran the company. 445 00:27:10,650 --> 00:27:16,050 Who was on the road three days out of every five to different cities all 446 00:27:16,050 --> 00:27:19,070 the United States? Your husband was, wasn't he? Yes, my husband was. 447 00:27:20,250 --> 00:27:24,910 You could say he was being a hunter -gatherer, couldn't you? 448 00:27:25,370 --> 00:27:27,170 Are you taking his seminars? 449 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:34,300 Yes, I am. And I find that what they've done is to increase by a 450 00:27:34,300 --> 00:27:39,360 factor of a thousand the intimacy and closeness that my wife and I are capable 451 00:27:39,360 --> 00:27:40,720 of. Well, that's great, Seth. 452 00:27:40,940 --> 00:27:42,940 Could we move on with the questions and answers, please? 453 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:46,600 All right, now you're... 454 00:27:46,860 --> 00:27:50,580 You're aware, are you not, that Roy Tomba Seminars is about to take some 455 00:27:50,580 --> 00:27:52,240 dramatic steps toward expansion? 456 00:27:52,460 --> 00:27:56,280 I don't know what Roy Tomba Seminars is about to do. Well, you know that Roy has 457 00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:58,940 been actively pursuing a number of celebrity endorsements. 458 00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:06,020 You know that he's approached Frank Gifford, Joe Piscopo, Alan Fick, that he 459 00:28:06,020 --> 00:28:10,780 has gone about doing all of this, confident that you would be there for 460 00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:11,629 Excuse me. 461 00:28:11,630 --> 00:28:16,830 And Gretchen, now you're saying you won't be there. Excuse me. This is a 462 00:28:16,830 --> 00:28:19,370 deposition. That means a question and answer format. 463 00:28:19,650 --> 00:28:22,130 It doesn't mean testimonials for Roy Thomas seminars. 464 00:28:22,410 --> 00:28:24,530 And it doesn't mean long self -serving speeches. 465 00:28:24,810 --> 00:28:27,650 Ask a question or let's get out of here. Gretchen. 466 00:28:28,220 --> 00:28:32,280 Have we really reached this point? Have we gone through the entire 467 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:34,200 troubleshooting guide to marital repair? 468 00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:39,180 Do you have any idea how annoying you are? Am I annoying or am I tenacious? 469 00:28:39,500 --> 00:28:43,800 Annoying. Am I annoying or am I determined to use the principles that 470 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:48,280 developed, the pillars, the building blocks, and so forth, to help our 471 00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:51,480 in the same way that I've helped so many other people's marriages? 472 00:28:51,820 --> 00:28:57,020 Well, not this one, Roy. I can't live inside of a 24 -hour -a -day 473 00:28:57,020 --> 00:29:00,980 so... Seth, why don't you ask me whatever you have to ask me, let's get 474 00:29:00,980 --> 00:29:03,120 deposition done, and then let's go to trial. 475 00:29:03,340 --> 00:29:06,360 Don't let's get ahead of ourselves. I am not getting ahead of myself. We've made 476 00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:10,940 very generous offers. He has rejected every single one. So, if a settlement 477 00:29:10,940 --> 00:29:14,740 can't be reached, let's get into a courtroom and let's go to war. 478 00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:17,940 Gretchen, Eli, why the hostility? 479 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:23,960 Excuse me. 480 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:25,780 Yes? Are you Mr. 481 00:29:26,020 --> 00:29:27,020 Arnold Becker? 482 00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:32,580 Yes? I understand that you're involved in an automobile accident with a member 483 00:29:32,580 --> 00:29:33,580 of a Chinese community. 484 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:36,820 Yes, I was. Please, come in. Have a seat. 485 00:29:38,380 --> 00:29:40,120 Hi, I'm Zhu Hua. 486 00:29:40,340 --> 00:29:41,340 Hi. Hi. 487 00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:47,500 I'm here representing the Chinese -American Benevolent Society. We just 488 00:29:47,500 --> 00:29:52,020 make sure that everything is being done that can be done to remedy this great 489 00:29:52,020 --> 00:29:54,980 wrong. The insurance companies are taking care of it. 490 00:29:55,660 --> 00:30:00,380 If the insurance companies don't take care of it, please, Mr. Becker, make 491 00:30:00,380 --> 00:30:01,980 that you feel free to call on us. 492 00:30:02,540 --> 00:30:06,140 If you don't mind my asking, why are you taking such a special interest in this? 493 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:12,740 Well, Mr. Becker, ours is a very close -knit community. 494 00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:17,500 If our driving skills aren't where they should be, we'd like to make amends for 495 00:30:17,500 --> 00:30:19,900 that. There's nothing wrong with your driving skills. 496 00:30:20,460 --> 00:30:22,920 Well, many people feel otherwise. 497 00:30:24,190 --> 00:30:29,470 A quirk that we can laugh about becomes instead fodder for those who fall to 498 00:30:29,470 --> 00:30:30,470 racism and violence. 499 00:30:31,390 --> 00:30:35,210 If anything, I would attribute a lack of skill in driving to someone being a 500 00:30:35,210 --> 00:30:39,170 recent immigrant rather than their belonging to a specific ethnic group. 501 00:30:39,730 --> 00:30:44,110 Maybe they aren't accustomed to driving a car. Maybe they're unfamiliar with the 502 00:30:44,110 --> 00:30:49,050 city. What an unusual man you are, Mr. Becker. I don't think I'm so unusual. I 503 00:30:49,050 --> 00:30:51,790 just try to understand the forces that make us the way we are. 504 00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:55,440 that divide us, that turn us against one another. 505 00:30:56,100 --> 00:31:01,200 Oh, Mr. Becker, it seems that you're a man for whom race isn't really a 506 00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:03,340 I love people of all races. 507 00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:05,640 Well, 508 00:31:08,940 --> 00:31:12,120 when I came up here, I wasn't expecting anyone like you. 509 00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:18,900 Listen, being a white male, being a very affluent white male, I understand that 510 00:31:18,900 --> 00:31:20,740 I have an incredibly privileged life. 511 00:31:21,500 --> 00:31:23,440 I consume an inordinate amount of resources. 512 00:31:23,860 --> 00:31:27,320 I have a standard of living that can only be called grotesque when compared 513 00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:28,500 that of the rest of the world. 514 00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:33,020 I find myself wanting to get to know you, Mr. Becker. 515 00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:34,920 You ever been over to Kim Choi's on Broadway? 516 00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:37,560 I don't believe I ever have been. 517 00:31:37,780 --> 00:31:39,060 King of Choo Chow one time. 518 00:31:40,860 --> 00:31:42,100 You want to take me there? 519 00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:44,280 Yes, I do. 520 00:31:51,530 --> 00:31:56,910 Well, Mr. Becker, I wouldn't go to eat Choo Chow Wonton with you if it meant 521 00:31:56,910 --> 00:31:58,710 never eating Choo Chow Wonton again. 522 00:31:59,770 --> 00:32:00,770 What do you mean? 523 00:32:00,910 --> 00:32:02,570 I mean you're a racist pig. 524 00:32:03,130 --> 00:32:06,710 I'm not here from the Chinese -American Benevolent Society. 525 00:32:07,350 --> 00:32:11,470 I'm here at the request of the McKenzie -Brackman Minority Alliance. 526 00:32:12,090 --> 00:32:15,790 And I believe that whatever you may have said to me just now was said for one 527 00:32:15,790 --> 00:32:16,790 reason only. 528 00:32:17,450 --> 00:32:20,270 You want to go to bed with me, Mr. 529 00:32:20,490 --> 00:32:22,980 Becker? That's just not going to happen. 530 00:32:25,460 --> 00:32:30,440 Now that you know that, you may drop the pretense and go back to being who you 531 00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:31,440 really are. 532 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:35,920 Mackenzie Bragg, the Minority Alliance. 533 00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:42,640 Boy, 534 00:32:44,740 --> 00:32:46,640 have I got some good news for you. 535 00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:47,919 What's that? 536 00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:50,900 Roy Tombe's not exactly your true blue kind of guy. 537 00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:52,059 No? 538 00:32:52,060 --> 00:32:54,540 Your names, pictures, the work. 539 00:32:59,620 --> 00:33:00,620 Boy, you're good. 540 00:33:00,780 --> 00:33:01,780 Thanks. 541 00:33:04,660 --> 00:33:06,260 I had a pretty good time last night. 542 00:33:06,460 --> 00:33:07,439 Me too. 543 00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:08,660 You think we could do it again sometime? 544 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:10,560 You're willing to get back in the car with me? 545 00:33:10,780 --> 00:33:11,780 Yes, I am. 546 00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:13,820 I'm willing to get back in the car with you. 547 00:33:14,250 --> 00:33:17,550 Mr. Weeks, I'm going to ask you some questions that you answered the other 548 00:33:17,630 --> 00:33:19,330 I'd like you to answer them again. 549 00:33:20,050 --> 00:33:23,850 When Horace Washington was trying to escape, did he fire at the guards who 550 00:33:23,850 --> 00:33:24,850 trying to stop him? 551 00:33:25,470 --> 00:33:29,950 No. Was it a bullet from Mr. Washington's gun that killed Donald 552 00:33:30,430 --> 00:33:33,330 No. From whose gun was that bullet fired? 553 00:33:34,370 --> 00:33:35,370 From my gun. 554 00:33:35,570 --> 00:33:39,170 When Horace Washington's body was examined, was he found to have had a 555 00:33:39,470 --> 00:33:44,120 No. How did the gun he was alleged to have had get there? The captain of the 556 00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:45,120 guard put it there. 557 00:33:45,140 --> 00:33:47,460 Was Horace Washington shot to prevent him from escaping? 558 00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:50,900 We shot the tires out of the laundry truck. He was not about to escape. 559 00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:54,320 He had his hands over his head when he was shot. 560 00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:55,780 Who pulled the trigger? 561 00:33:56,080 --> 00:33:57,080 We all did. 562 00:33:57,300 --> 00:33:59,340 We wanted to kill him, and we killed him. 563 00:34:01,180 --> 00:34:02,260 I have no further questions. 564 00:34:08,810 --> 00:34:15,409 Tell us, Mr. Weeks, what happened between the time you first 565 00:34:15,409 --> 00:34:17,630 testified and today? 566 00:34:18,010 --> 00:34:23,889 Nothing happened. Did either of the defendant's attorneys communicate with 567 00:34:23,889 --> 00:34:24,889 in any way? 568 00:34:25,010 --> 00:34:29,030 Mr. Markowitz spoke to me. I see. And what did he say? 569 00:34:29,290 --> 00:34:32,710 He impressed on me the importance of telling the truth. 570 00:34:32,949 --> 00:34:36,150 He impressed on you the importance of telling the truth. 571 00:34:37,070 --> 00:34:38,230 How did he do that? 572 00:34:40,250 --> 00:34:41,929 I don't know how he did that. 573 00:34:43,110 --> 00:34:50,050 What did he offer you in return for changing 574 00:34:50,050 --> 00:34:51,050 your testimony? 575 00:34:53,350 --> 00:34:57,730 Nothing. Sir, you are up here admitting to murder. 576 00:34:58,030 --> 00:35:03,350 Are you aware of the fact that you can and will be prosecuted, and if 577 00:35:03,550 --> 00:35:05,670 you will in all likelihood... 578 00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:08,740 Spend the next 10 to 20 years in prison. 579 00:35:08,940 --> 00:35:13,320 That won't happen, Mr. Shale. It won't happen. On what do you base your belief 580 00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:17,000 that it won't happen? On the fact that I will be dead inside of six months. I 581 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:18,000 have cancer. 582 00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:23,440 And even though I have no use for him or anything that he stands for, I think 583 00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:28,560 before I leave this world, I ought to own up to what I did. 584 00:35:33,580 --> 00:35:37,080 I think that I will be able to die easier that way. 585 00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:48,620 I want to talk about accountability. 586 00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:56,200 I want to talk about the absolute necessity for judging people's actions 587 00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:58,780 consistent codified standard of behavior. 588 00:36:00,020 --> 00:36:01,020 The law. 589 00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:02,380 Now the defense... 590 00:36:02,730 --> 00:36:06,770 doesn't want you to do that. No, they would rather you not be quite that 591 00:36:06,770 --> 00:36:07,770 rigorous. 592 00:36:07,990 --> 00:36:13,730 They'd rather you apply situational ethics, which are infinitely malleable, 593 00:36:13,730 --> 00:36:19,590 accommodate historical context or youthful fervor or anything else that 594 00:36:19,590 --> 00:36:21,810 to excuse what was done. 595 00:36:22,310 --> 00:36:28,190 This man participated in a conspiracy to enable a convicted killer to escape 596 00:36:28,190 --> 00:36:29,190 from prison. 597 00:36:30,190 --> 00:36:33,830 His defense is that said killer's life was in danger. 598 00:36:34,030 --> 00:36:40,110 And in lieu of proof, we are offered an array of anecdotes and conjecture. We 599 00:36:40,110 --> 00:36:45,850 are given the revised testimony of a prison guard who has suddenly decided to 600 00:36:45,850 --> 00:36:46,850 bare his soul. 601 00:36:47,090 --> 00:36:51,650 As to what he may have been offered in return for this, we can only guess. I 602 00:36:51,650 --> 00:36:54,210 object to the implication that Mr. Weeks was offered anything. 603 00:36:54,450 --> 00:36:56,830 The objection is sustained. The jury will disregard. 604 00:36:57,170 --> 00:36:58,350 Ladies and gentlemen. 605 00:36:58,890 --> 00:37:01,390 I don't know what your respective politics are. 606 00:37:02,270 --> 00:37:06,150 I don't know what you thought or think of the Black Panther Party. 607 00:37:06,950 --> 00:37:12,090 What I do know is this. A crime was committed. The man who committed it 608 00:37:12,090 --> 00:37:15,210 a fugitive from justice for some 25 years. 609 00:37:15,470 --> 00:37:20,530 To torture the facts into forgiving his crime does violence to the system that 610 00:37:20,530 --> 00:37:24,010 we are sworn to uphold and which he was dedicated to destroy. 611 00:37:26,070 --> 00:37:27,070 Convict him. 612 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:31,320 Convict him and send him to prison. 613 00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:43,840 My adversary, Mr. Shale, talks about the law and the need for obedience to the 614 00:37:43,840 --> 00:37:45,920 law. And in general, I would agree with him. 615 00:37:46,240 --> 00:37:50,880 I would ask you to remember that when police officers or prison guards 616 00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:57,780 brutalize, beat, and kill those people in their custody, they are 617 00:37:57,780 --> 00:38:03,130 breaking... The law to try and save a man's life in such an instance isn't a 618 00:38:03,130 --> 00:38:07,970 crime. The law recognizes that there are times when people must take decisive, 619 00:38:08,030 --> 00:38:11,430 sometimes violent action in defense of another person's life. 620 00:38:12,370 --> 00:38:16,390 We believe that the evidence speaks resoundingly that this is what Jay 621 00:38:16,390 --> 00:38:22,010 did. It isn't conjecture to say that Horace Washington's life was at risk. We 622 00:38:22,010 --> 00:38:25,810 all saw the sworn testimony of a man that put it at risk. 623 00:38:26,250 --> 00:38:30,410 we have all seen the sworn testimony of one of the men who killed him. 624 00:38:30,730 --> 00:38:33,330 I'm not asking you to take a nostalgic view of these events. 625 00:38:33,530 --> 00:38:39,570 I'm asking you to determine whether the actions Jay Ellison took were taken in 626 00:38:39,570 --> 00:38:43,250 good faith and whether they were justified by the conditions that existed 627 00:38:43,250 --> 00:38:44,250 that time. 628 00:38:44,710 --> 00:38:49,190 I believe that in doing so, you'll come to the conclusion that the only just 629 00:38:49,190 --> 00:38:51,310 verdict is not guilty. 630 00:39:00,810 --> 00:39:01,810 You know what? 631 00:39:02,410 --> 00:39:05,470 I'd like to see if we can't settle this matter. What do you think about that? 632 00:39:05,750 --> 00:39:07,170 Hey, Eli, we're for that. 633 00:39:07,640 --> 00:39:12,000 Honest engine, we are for that. I think it's important to stress at this point 634 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:15,820 that we're pretty much at rock bottom as to what I would consider fair. 635 00:39:16,220 --> 00:39:19,580 In other words, the $4 million up front and the $50 ,000 a month, that's pared 636 00:39:19,580 --> 00:39:21,900 down to the nub. It's not Roy who wants a divorce. 637 00:39:22,120 --> 00:39:23,840 No, it's not Roy who wants a divorce. 638 00:39:24,120 --> 00:39:28,620 It's Roy who wants to get under the hood of a marriage that is broken down by 639 00:39:28,620 --> 00:39:33,640 the side of the road. It's Roy that wants to fix things. It's Roy that wants 640 00:39:33,640 --> 00:39:34,640 try. 641 00:39:34,830 --> 00:39:39,370 I think he's entitled to compensation for his emotional devastation. You know, 642 00:39:39,490 --> 00:39:44,130 I'd have to think, Mr. Tama, that your image has a great deal to do with your 643 00:39:44,130 --> 00:39:46,390 success. I'm sure that's true. 644 00:39:46,750 --> 00:39:49,990 People whose marriages are foundering come to you so that you can guide them. 645 00:39:50,310 --> 00:39:53,230 From where I sit, I'd say that your image is your principal asset. 646 00:39:53,530 --> 00:39:54,950 I'd be inclined to agree with that. 647 00:39:55,250 --> 00:39:59,790 Well, what do you think that'll do to it? 648 00:40:06,570 --> 00:40:10,290 Which of the five life -affirming gestures are being performed in that 649 00:40:10,290 --> 00:40:14,510 series of photographs, Roy? Gretchen, I think that we should take a moment and 650 00:40:14,510 --> 00:40:17,990 think about how we want to deal with it. We've already thought about it. 651 00:40:18,930 --> 00:40:22,690 You aren't contemplating going public with this, are you? Yeah, I've already 652 00:40:22,690 --> 00:40:23,690 written a press release. 653 00:40:24,050 --> 00:40:26,250 Now, Gretchen, that is not being constructive. 654 00:40:26,570 --> 00:40:28,730 That is not a life -affirming gesture. 655 00:40:29,050 --> 00:40:32,530 It would, however, give me an inordinate amount of pleasure. 656 00:40:32,970 --> 00:40:35,110 Okay. What is it you're looking for? 657 00:40:35,470 --> 00:40:36,970 A divorce, that's number one. 658 00:40:37,250 --> 00:40:41,690 Number two, she doesn't have to buy him off. He can have Roy Tomba Seminars 659 00:40:41,690 --> 00:40:45,830 Incorporated in its entirety. No cash up front, no spousal support. 660 00:40:46,150 --> 00:40:47,750 Nothing? Nothing. Zero. 661 00:40:48,070 --> 00:40:49,410 Zed. Seth? 662 00:40:51,910 --> 00:40:58,650 Roy, look, I'd be lying if I said there wasn't an exposure here. I mean, if it 663 00:40:58,650 --> 00:41:03,450 were simple adultery, I think we could weather that, but the fact is we're 664 00:41:03,450 --> 00:41:04,450 talking... 665 00:41:04,870 --> 00:41:09,190 threesomes and costumes involved. 666 00:41:11,090 --> 00:41:14,710 It kind of makes me feel as though this could hurt us. 667 00:41:15,190 --> 00:41:19,530 Would it change anything if I said that I know that these sexual exploits 668 00:41:19,530 --> 00:41:23,570 correspond to a deficiency in me and not in you? 669 00:41:23,790 --> 00:41:25,530 No, dear, it wouldn't change a thing. 670 00:41:30,050 --> 00:41:31,050 Go away. 671 00:41:39,340 --> 00:41:40,500 Does that mean me? 672 00:41:46,680 --> 00:41:47,860 What are you doing here? 673 00:41:48,280 --> 00:41:51,880 You said you'd give me a ride. I came to take you up on your offer. 674 00:41:54,060 --> 00:41:55,260 How'd you find my office? 675 00:41:55,540 --> 00:42:00,200 You told me the address of the building and your parking place has your name on 676 00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:01,200 it. 677 00:42:01,300 --> 00:42:03,060 And I know what kind of car you drive. 678 00:42:03,600 --> 00:42:05,240 But the Bentley is in the shop. 679 00:42:05,720 --> 00:42:09,420 I asked the parking attendant the name of the man who drove it. Did the Chinese 680 00:42:09,420 --> 00:42:14,540 people send you? Excuse me? The Chinese people. The McKenzie Brackman Minority 681 00:42:14,540 --> 00:42:17,700 Alliance. Is another point being made is what I'm asking? 682 00:42:17,900 --> 00:42:21,060 Are you here because my attitude towards women has been found wanting? 683 00:42:21,380 --> 00:42:23,380 Who's standing outside my door now, huh? 684 00:42:25,140 --> 00:42:26,700 Maybe this is a bad time. 685 00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:29,040 Wait a minute. 686 00:42:31,800 --> 00:42:32,900 Why are you here? 687 00:42:34,030 --> 00:42:35,370 I wanted to apologize. 688 00:42:37,150 --> 00:42:38,150 For what? 689 00:42:38,810 --> 00:42:39,990 For driving away. 690 00:42:41,970 --> 00:42:43,330 Instead of sticking around. 691 00:42:44,350 --> 00:42:46,710 Just in case you needed for me to be a witness. 692 00:42:47,530 --> 00:42:48,530 That's okay. 693 00:42:50,450 --> 00:42:52,030 And I'm sorry for laughing. 694 00:42:53,710 --> 00:42:55,670 God, I love hearing a woman apologize. 695 00:42:58,510 --> 00:42:59,510 How's the car? 696 00:43:00,730 --> 00:43:01,730 It'll be all right. 697 00:43:04,110 --> 00:43:06,230 I have to tell you something, Arnold Becker. 698 00:43:07,690 --> 00:43:12,630 I haven't stopped thinking about you since the day we met. 699 00:43:14,010 --> 00:43:15,350 Do you have dinner plans? 700 00:43:15,910 --> 00:43:16,990 No, I don't. 701 00:43:18,050 --> 00:43:19,070 Let's go to dinner. 702 00:43:29,930 --> 00:43:33,310 I've got to tell you, I find car culture and all its ramifications largely 703 00:43:33,310 --> 00:43:34,350 insidious in nature. 704 00:43:34,850 --> 00:43:40,350 Eli, Eli, try not to let the clutch out all at once. It totally atomizes us as a 705 00:43:40,350 --> 00:43:45,090 society. We exist in a world encapsulated in steel. The random 706 00:43:45,090 --> 00:43:49,710 real city like New York doesn't happen out here. Eli, pay attention to what 707 00:43:49,710 --> 00:43:50,710 you're doing. 708 00:43:51,110 --> 00:43:52,130 That's the other thing. 709 00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:56,460 All the contemplative time people have while walking or riding on a bus or 710 00:43:56,460 --> 00:44:00,040 subway is totally transformed. Now I have to concentrate on driving. 711 00:44:00,380 --> 00:44:04,340 My attention for force is given over essentially to avoiding death. 712 00:44:04,980 --> 00:44:09,800 There is no more contemplative place in the world than the inside of a car. 713 00:44:11,940 --> 00:44:12,940 It is hopeless. 714 00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:17,740 Eli, it is not hopeless. Yes, it is, Jinx. I'm never going to adapt to life 715 00:44:17,740 --> 00:44:21,240 here. Hey, you think I was born doing what I'm doing now? 716 00:44:21,760 --> 00:44:25,100 It wasn't very long ago I was working at a beauty parlor on Edgecombe Avenue in 717 00:44:25,100 --> 00:44:26,100 the Bronx. 718 00:44:26,180 --> 00:44:27,680 How'd you wind up a private investigator? 719 00:44:28,840 --> 00:44:29,860 You really want to know? 720 00:44:30,280 --> 00:44:31,280 Yeah. 721 00:44:31,880 --> 00:44:36,920 I worked as a secretary for a private investigator. I watched, I listened. 722 00:44:37,360 --> 00:44:38,700 And today you're driving a Ferrari. 723 00:44:39,740 --> 00:44:41,440 I have a weakness for fast cars. 724 00:44:43,300 --> 00:44:45,900 I would think most people with cars like this wouldn't want to use them for 725 00:44:45,900 --> 00:44:46,900 driving lessons. 726 00:44:47,060 --> 00:44:48,520 I have more than one weakness. 727 00:45:02,190 --> 00:45:03,590 Has the jury reached a verdict? 728 00:45:03,930 --> 00:45:04,930 We have, Your Honor. 729 00:45:05,130 --> 00:45:09,690 What say you? On the charge of aiding and abetting escape, we find the 730 00:45:09,690 --> 00:45:15,610 not guilty. On the charge of conspiracy, we find the defendant not guilty. 731 00:45:23,120 --> 00:45:23,919 Thank you, Jonathan. 732 00:45:23,920 --> 00:45:24,799 We did good. 733 00:45:24,800 --> 00:45:27,340 Thank you. We're going to go out and celebrate tonight, right? Absolutely. 734 00:45:27,720 --> 00:45:30,280 I'm going to head back to the office. Pick a restaurant, call me, and I'll 735 00:45:30,280 --> 00:45:32,060 you there. Okay. Hey, good work. 736 00:45:32,260 --> 00:45:33,260 Thanks, Stuart. 737 00:45:34,620 --> 00:45:35,620 You came. 738 00:45:35,920 --> 00:45:36,920 Yeah. 739 00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:38,000 I'm glad you came. 740 00:45:38,720 --> 00:45:39,720 Me too. 741 00:45:47,850 --> 00:45:49,310 I feel fortunate. 742 00:45:49,630 --> 00:45:51,710 What are you going to go by, Barry or Jay? Jay. 743 00:45:51,950 --> 00:45:53,750 Stuart! What are your plans? 744 00:45:54,290 --> 00:45:56,510 I'll answer all your questions.