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[Announcer] THE MURDER. [Woman] THIS WAS THE SCENE FOUR YEARS AGO...

AS TOM VAN ALLAN WAS ELECTED GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA.

THIS WAS THE SHOCKING SCENE JUST HOURS AGO.

[Man] POLICE SOURCES SAY A WOMAN, NOW IDENTIFIED AS SHARON ROONEY,

HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR THE MURDERS.

[Announcer] BATTLE LINES ARE DRAWN.

I WAS WITH THE D.A.'s OFFICE. I RESIGNED EARLIER TODAY. I WANT TO REPRESENT YOU.

YOU'RE A DEFENSE LAWYER NOW, BUT WHAT I CAN'T FATHOM...

IS WHY YOU EAVESDROPPED ON A PROSECUTION TEAM'S WORK PRODUCT CONFERENCE...

WHEN YOU KNEW YOU WERE NO LONGER A PART OF THIS OFFICE.

WHEN THAT DISCUSSION TOOK PLACE, I HADN'T EVEN DECIDED TO TAKE THE CASE.

OH, BUT WE GAVE YOU ENOUGH TO MAKE YOUR DECISION, DIDN'T WE?

EVERY COP IN THIS DEPARTMENT FEELS GUT-PUNCHED BY WHAT YOU DID.

USED TO BE US AGAINST THEM. NOW, YOU'RE THEM.

I WAS UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE NOTION OF BEING BOUGHT OFF WITH A JOB.

IT'S NOT HOW YOU GET THE JOB. IT'S WHAT YOU DO WITH IT.

- IF YOU COME ON BOARD, I PROMISE YOU WILL BE HEAVILY INVOLVED. - I'LL TAKE THE JOB.

[Announcer] THE RICH AND POWERFUL.

I GATHER YOUR PERSONAL LOAN WAS APPROVED.

- HOW DO YOU KNOW ABOUT MY PERSONAL LOAN? - I CONTROL THE BANK.

- I WANT TO PUT YOU ON RETAINER. - AND I DON'T WANT YOUR BUSINESS.

[Announcer] THE CONFESSION.

I DID IT, MR. WYLER. I SHOT TOM VAN ALLAN AND THAT GIRL.

THAT IS THE LAST TIME THAT YOU SAY THAT TO ANYONE.

I'M SAIDA PAGAN, OUTSIDE SUPERIOR COURT IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES,

WHERE CAROLINE VAN ALLAN, WIDOW OF THE SLAIN GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, HAS JUST ARRIVED.

MRS. VAN ALLAN, DO YOU BELIEVE THE WOMAN ABOUT TO GO ON TRIAL...

FOR YOUR HUSBAND'S MURDER IS GUILTY?

- THAT'S FOR THE JURY TO DECIDE. - I'M SURE YOU MUST HAVE FEELINGS ABOUT HER,

- WHAT SHE'S ACCUSED OF DOING. - MY FEELINGS ARE MY OWN BUSINESS.

MR. WYLER, HOW IS SHARON ROONEY DOING?

SHE'S FINE, EAGER FOR THE TRIAL TO BEGIN.

- [Man] ANY CHANCE OF A LAST-MINUTE PLEA BARGAIN? - NO. WE'RE GONNA WIN THIS CASE.

[Woman] ANY CONCERNS GOING AGAINST YOUR FORMER COLLEAGUE, MIRIAM GRASSO?

I'M SURE THAT MIRIAM WILL PRESENT HER CASE WITH HER USUAL COMPETENCE AND STYLE.

THANK YOU. [Gavel Bangs]

GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

THOUGH WE'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW EACH OTHER A LITTLE BIT DURING THE PROCESS OF JURY SELECTION,

LET ME OFFICIALLY INTRODUCE MYSELF.

FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS MIRIAM GRASSO.

AND MY JOB IS TO PRESENT TO YOU CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE...

IN SUPPORT OF THE STATE'S CONTENTION THAT THE DEFENDANT,

MS. SHARON ROONEY, WITH PREMEDITATION AND DELIBERATION, MURDERED...

GOVERNOR TOM VAN ALLAN, ALONG WITH HIS COMPANION, MS. MARLEE DONOVAN,

ON THE NIGHT OF AUGUST 19, 1996.

IT WOULD BE LESS THAN HONEST OF ME NOT TO CONCEDE...

THAT TOM VAN ALLAN WAS A MAN OF FLAWED CHARACTER.

HE HABITUALLY WAS UNFAITHFUL TO HIS WIFE.

HE WAS A CHRONIC WOMANIZER.

BUT HOWEVER MUCH THE DEFENSE TRIES TO FOCUS ON THESE DEFECTS,

THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS TRIAL'S ABOUT.

WHAT THIS TRIAL IS ABOUT IS MURDER TIMES TWO,

COMMITTED BY THAT YOUNG WOMAN.

NOW THE QUESTION IS WHY? AND THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE,

CLEAR AND ALL TOO FAMILIAR.

SHARON ROONEY WAS A SPURNED LOVER.

SHE WAS ANGRY AND JEALOUS, AND SHE WANTED REVENGE.

AND IT WAS MARLEE DONOVAN'S SAD MISFORTUNE...

THAT SHE WAS WITH THE GOVERNOR WHEN SHARON ROONEY TOOK THAT REVENGE.

SHARON ROONEY AND GOVERNOR VAN ALLAN HAD BEEN LOVERS,

AND EARLIER IN THE SUMMER, WHEN SHE TOLD HIM THAT SHE WAS PREGNANT WITH HIS CHILD,

HE INSISTED THAT SHE HAVE AN ABORTION, AND THEN AFTERWARD...

- MAY WE APPROACH, YOUR HONOR? - YOUR HONOR, I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF MY OPENING STATEMENT.

COUNSEL, APPROACH.

I NEED A RECESS.

WHAT'S THE MATTER? I'M INDISPOSED.

AND IF I DON'T GET A RECESS, I'M NOT GONNA NEED TO TELL YOU HOW.

- MY CHAMBERS WHEN YOU'RE DONE. - THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I'M SORRY, MIRIAM. IF YOU GOTTA GO, YOU GOTTA GO.

[Bangs Gavel] BRIEF RECESS.

[Buzzer]

DID YOU HAVE AN ABORTION? YES.

WAS IT TOM VAN ALLAN'S BABY?

YES.

HOW IN THE HELL CAN I BUILD A DEFENSE FOR YOU?

- WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THIS BEFORE? - WHY WOULD I TELL YOU?

ABORTING MY BABY'S THE WORST THING I'VE EVER DONE.

WORSE THAN KILLING TWO PEOPLE IN COLD BLOOD?

LOOK, SHARON.

THEY WANT TO EXECUTE YOU FOR MURDER.

DID YOU KILL THOSE PEOPLE?

[Cell Door Opens]

JUDGE WANTS YOU IN CHAMBERS, NOW.

[Buzzer]

I DON'T THINK SHE DID THESE MURDERS. LIKE THAT'S GONNA MATTER.

YOUR FORMER ASSISTANT IS IN THE KITCHEN.

GWEN?

SAID SHE PREFERRED TO MAKE HER OWN COFFEE.

GATHER THE TROOPS, WOULD YOU?

THESE ARE THE PAINT CHIPS FOR YOUR OFFICE REDO.

PERSONALLY, I'M FOND OF THE BISCUIT.

YEAH. BISCUIT SOUNDS GREAT.

HMM.

NO ONE EVER MAKES IT STRONG ENOUGH.

WHAT'S GOIN' ON, GWENNIE?

I'M REALLY EMBARRASSED ABOUT BEING HERE.

HOW'S IT GOIN' WITH BARRY VOLMER?

IN THE AREA OF LETTING YOUR LITTLE CAPTAIN DO THE THINKING FOR YOU,

OUR EX-GOVERNOR HAS NOTHING ON BARRY.

HE'S INAPPROPRIATE WITH YOU?

ON GOOD BEHAVIOR, HE WAS INAPPROPRIATE.

- HORNY, HE WAS A GROPER. - YOU WANNA SUE HIM?

NO. I JUST WANNA GET OUT, JIMMY.

I ASKED YOU TO COME WITH ME EIGHT WEEKS AGO.

THE OFFER IS STILL GOOD.

[Sighs] YOU'RE THE BEST, JIMMY.

BUT I DON'T WANNA LOUSE IT UP FOR ANYBODY HERE, YOU KNOW?

LOUIS IS ON A WEEK-TO-WEEK.

I'LL TALK TO HIM, FIND OUT WHAT HIS PLANS ARE.

- REALLY? - REALLY.

COME ON.

I'LL CALL YOU TOMORROW, AND WE'LL FIGURE SOMETHIN' OUT.

THANKS, JIMMY.

IT'S OKAY.

SHE'S... LOOKIN' TO CHANGE JOBS.

GWEN WAS YOUR ASSISTANT FOR A LONG TIME. SEVEN YEARS.

I ASKED HER TO COME WITH ME...

IN THE BEGINNING, BUT SHE WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE BENEFITS AND...

ANYWAY, UH, I JUST, UH...

IT'S NATURAL TO WANT THE ASSISTANT WITH WHOM YOU'RE MOST COMFORTABLE.

APPRECIATE THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT, LOUIS.

I SUPPOSE I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW...

THAT IT'S A FUNCTION EXCLUSIVELY OF FAMILIARITY WITH GWEN.

OH, ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY.

IN TRUTH, THIS MAY BE FORTUITOUS.

I HAVE A BUNCH OF FREQUENT-FLIER MILES ABOUT TO EXPIRE.

I'VE NEVER SEEN THE MEDITERRANEAN.

THERE'S NO RUSH. YOU TAKE AS MUCH TIME AS YOU NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU WANNA DO.

THANKS.

JIMMY CONFRONTED HER ON WHY SHE'D HELD BACK,

AND SHE SAID THE ABORTION WAS THE WORST THING SHE'D EVER DONE.

ALL ALONG, SHE'S BEEN SAYING SHE BLEW TWO PEOPLE'S HEADS OFF.

NOW I'VE GOT SERIOUS DOUBTS THAT SHE DID IT.

[Chris] WHY DOES THE ABORTION EXCLUDE THE SHOOTINGS?

DEVIL'S ADVOCATE, JIMMY. IF HER RELIGIOUS FEELINGS WERE STRONG ENOUGH IN HER MIND,

THE ABORTION BEING FORCED ON HER MIGHT HAVE JUSTIFIED THE SHOOTINGS.

IF SHE'D HAVE DONE THE SHOOTINGS BECAUSE OF RELIGIOUS CONVICTIONS,

SHE'D HAVE SAID THAT.

YOU'RE NOT A D.A. ANYMORE, JIMMY. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BELIEVE YOUR CASE TO WORK IT.

AS A PRACTICAL MATTER, THE FACT THAT SHE HAD AN ABORTION...

BUYS US A BIG PROBLEM WITH JUROR NUMBER SIX. [Aaron] SIX.

THAT'S LLOYD CONNOVER. CATHOLIC, POLITICALLY CONSERVATIVE, SUPPORTS PRAYER IN SCHOOLS.

IT'S GONNA BE IMPOSSIBLE TO ESTABLISH ANY KIND OF RAPPORT WITH THIS GUY.

- CONNOVER WAS CLEAN AS A WHISTLE DURING VOIR DIRE. - I WANT THAT JUROR GONE.

GET FRANK SYZMANSKI TO LOOK AT HIM AGAIN.

OKAY. [Wyler] THAT'S IT.

CHRIS, YOU GOT A MINUTE?

I DON'T NEED A PRIMER ON HOW TO BE A DEFENSE ATTORNEY, AND I DON'T NEED YOU HURTIN' MORALE.

SO THAT WAS YOU BOOSTING MORALE? SAYING YOU THOUGHT SHE WAS INNOCENT?

LOOK, I'M NOT REAL DIALECTICAL, CHRIS.

I TEND TO SAY THE THINGS I THINK AROUND PEOPLE I'M SUPPOSED TO TRUST.

DON'T ACT LIKE A PISSED-OFF SCHOOLBOY...

'CAUSE YOU'RE DISAPPOINTED AT NOT CATCHIN' THE SECOND CHAIR.

I'M SORRY YOU TOOK IT THAT WAY.

THAT A LITTLE WORD DANCE? "I'M SORRY YOU TOOK IT THAT WAY."

FORM OF AN APOLOGY WITHOUT SUBSTANCE? THAT'S PURE PISSED-OFF SCHOOLBOY.

ALL RIGHT.

- WHAT COLOR IS BISCUIT? - WHAT?

WHAT COLOR DO YOU THINK BISCUIT WOULD BE?

[Scoffs] I DON'T KNOW, UH... LIGHT BROWN, MAYBE?

THANKS.

[Sighs]

IN THE LATEST POLL TAKEN SINCE THE ASSASSINATION OF GOVERNOR TOM VAN ALLAN,

ROGER GARFIELD HAS ASSUMED A FIVE-POINT LEAD OVER...

KNOCK, KNOCK.

AFTER DRIVING EVERYONE CRAZY AT NEIMAN'S, I NEED YOUR OPINION.

WHICH ONE OF THESE SHOULD I WEAR TO THIS DINNER WITH YOUR MOM?

THE HERVE LEGER FITS THE BEST BUT SHOWS A MODICUM OF CLEAVAGE,

WHICH MAY NOT BE THE BEST WAY TO GO.

- WHY ARE YOU BUYING A NEW DRESS? - I WANNA MAKE A GOOD FIRST IMPRESSION.

AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM SPENDING A SMALL FORTUNE TO DO IT.

OR DO YOU LIKE THE DOLCE GABBANA BETTER?

YOU'RE TURNING YOURSELF INTO A PRETZEL OVER A LITTLE OLD LADY.

FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS, YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT YOUR MOTHER...

LIKE SHE'S THE NEXT FACE ON MOUNT RUSHMORE, AND I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A LITTLE NERVOUS?

THEN THERE'S THE VERSACE.

[Sighs] LAURA, HONEY,

IN CASE YOU'VE BEEN LIVING IN A PARALLEL UNIVERSE WITHOUT TELEVISION OR NEWSPAPERS,

I HAVE A LITTLE CHORE TO ATTEND TO...

THAT INVOLVES DEFENDING A WOMAN ACCUSED OF A DOUBLE HOMICIDE.

THE GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA IS INVOLVED ALSO, BY THE WAY.

THERE'S NO NEED TO BE SNIPPY.

[Zipper Zips]

I'M SORRY. I JUST NEED TO GO OVER MY OPENING STATEMENT.

YOU READ IT TO ME TWO DAYS AGO.

IT WAS BRILLIANT.

IT'S GOTTEN BETTER. MMM.

BUT MIRIAM WAS GOOD TODAY.

I'VE JUST... I'VE JUST GOTTA GO OVER IT ONE MORE TIME.

THEN YOU'RE GONNA FALL ASLEEP IN YOUR OFFICE...

AND LOOK ALL RUMPLED IN COURT TOMORROW.

WHEREAS, IF YOU COME HOME WITH ME NOW,

I WILL FEED YOU AND FONDLE YOU...

AND SEE THAT YOU GET A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP,

SO THAT WHEN YOU STAND UP IN FRONT OF THE JURY TOMORROW,

YOU'LL BE RELAXED AND WEARING A CLEAN SHIRT.

[Kisses] COME ON, JIMMY.

WELL, I DO TEND TO BE A LITTLE MORE ELOQUENT WITH A FRESH CHANGE OF UNDERWEAR.

MMM.

GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

MY NAME IS JAMES WYLER.

NOW SOME OF YOU MAY RECALL THAT I USED TO BE A PROSECUTING ATTORNEY.

DURING MY TENURE WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE,

I TRIED 43 MURDER CASES...

AND WAS FORTUNATE TO WIN 43 CONVICTIONS.

AND I CAN TELL YOU HONESTLY THAT IF I WERE STILL PROSECUTING,

I WOULD NEVER HAVE BROUGHT THIS ONE TO TRIAL.

THE CHARGES ARE SIMPLY NOT SUPPORTED BY THE EVIDENCE.

OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR. COUNSEL'S INJECTING HIS PERSONAL OPINION,

WHICH IS IRRELEVANT AND HIGHLY INFLAMMATORY.

IN ADDITION, YOUR RÉSUMÉ HAS NO STANDING IN THESE PROCEEDINGS, MR. WYLER.

OBJECTION SUSTAINED.

AND THE JURY IS ADMONISHED TO DISREGARD COUNSEL'S REFERENCE TO HIS BACKGROUND.

NOW A GHASTLY CRIME HAS BEEN COMMITTED,

AND ITS PERPETRATOR DESERVES TO BE PUNISHED.

BUT JUSTICE ISN'T SERVED IF THE WRONG PERSON IS MADE TO PAY.

THE PROSECUTION IS GONNA PRESENT A HOST OF WITNESSES,

NOT A SINGLE ONE OF WHOM WILL BE ABLE TO TELL YOU THAT SHARON ROONEY...

HAD A HISTORY OF ANGER OR VIOLENCE DISPOSING HER TO MURDEROUS INTENT.

NOT ONE WILL BE ABLE TO TELL YOU THAT THEY SAW HER COMMIT THE CRIME SHE IS ACCUSED OF.

NOW AN ILLICIT LOVER MAKES A TANTALIZING SUSPECT.

BUT YOUR JOB IS NOT TO PASS JUDGMENT...

ON A YOUNG AND IMPRESSIONABLE SHARON ROONEY...

FOR ANY INDISCRETIONS SHE MAY HAVE COMMITTED WITH GOVERNOR TOM VAN ALLAN.

YOUR JOB IS TO DETERMINE...

IF SHE IS GUILTY OF THE CRIME OF MURDER BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WHEN WE'RE DONE HERE, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

[Man] NUMBER TWO WAS A MIDLINE POSTERIOR ENTRY WOUND...

JUST ABOVE THE BASE OF THE SKULL.

ITS TRAJECTORY WAS LEFT TO RIGHT AND SLIGHTLY UPWARD,

ENTERING THE REGION OF THE OCCIPITAL SQUAMA,

TRANSVERSING THE MIDSAGITTAL LINE AT THE BASILAR ARTERY,

SEVERING IT AND LODGING IN THE RIGHT FRONTAL LOBE.

WOULD YOU DESCRIBE WOUND NUMBER THREE, PLEASE?

YES. THIS ALSO WAS AN INSTANTANEOUSLY FATAL WOUND.

THE TRAJECTORY AGAIN LEFT TO RIGHT AND UPWARD,

THROUGH THE LEFT TEMPORAL LOBE AND LODGING IN THE THALAMUS.

AND WAS WOUND NUMBER FOUR SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE DEATH AS WELL, DOCTOR?

YES. TURNING OUR ATTENTION NOW TO THE OTHER VICTIM,

MS. MARLEE DONOVAN,

WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE NATURE AND THE EXTENT OF HER INJURIES AS WELL?

YES. MS. DONOVAN SUSTAINED FOUR WOUNDS.

NUMBERS ONE AND FOUR WERE NONLETHAL.

NUMBER TWO AND THREE, HOWEVER, WERE MORTAL WOUNDS.

NUMBER TWO ENTERED THROUGH THE THROAT, SEVERING THE EXTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN,

AND NUMBER THREE ENTERED THE RIGHT TEMPLE AT THE GREATER WING OF SPHENOID,

SEVERING THE INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY.

IN YOUR INVESTIGATION, WERE YOU ABLE TO DETERMINE...

IF EITHER VICTIM STRUGGLED AGAINST THEIR ATTACKER?

AS I'VE INDICATED, THE GOVERNOR SUSTAINED A WOUND TO THE CLAVICLE ON THE RIGHT,

WHICH MAY SUGGEST THAT HE TURNED TO SEE THE ASSAILANT.

WOULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN EVIDENT TO THE SHOOTER THAT WOUND NUMBER TWO WAS A FATAL HEAD SHOT?

IN MY OPINION, YES.

AND YET THE KILLER FIRED TWO MORE TIMES.

SO THIS WAS A COLD-BLOODED, SAVAGE MURDER, WAS IT NOT, DOCTOR?

YES, IT WAS. THANK YOU. NOTHING FURTHER.

YOU DIDN'T DESCRIBE ANY EXIT WOUNDS IN EITHER VICTIM. WHY IS THAT?

A .22 ISN'T AS POWERFUL AS HIGHER-CALIBER WEAPONS ARE.

THEREFORE, THE BULLET OFTEN LACKS THE REQUISITE FORCE IT TAKES TO EXIT THE SKULL.

[Wyler] INSTEAD, IT RICOCHETS AROUND INSIDE THE BRAIN, CAUSING CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE...

AND ALMOST INSTANTANEOUS DEATH, RIGHT?

THAT'S FREQUENTLY THE CASE, YES.

A HEAD SHOT WITH A .22 IS SO EFFECTIVE...

THAT IT'S BECOME THE SIGNATURE HIT FOR ORGANIZED CRIME, HASN'T IT?

OBJECTION. DR. YAMASHITA'S A MEDICAL EXPERT, NOT AN AUTHORITY ON UNDERWORLD ACTIVITIES.

SUSTAINED.

EIGHT SHOTS FIRED, FIVE OF THEM INSTANTANEOUSLY FATAL.

IS THAT DEGREE OF PRECISION...

CONSISTENT WITH OTHER PROFESSIONAL HITS YOU'VE INVESTIGATED?

AS I'VE TESTIFIED EARLIER, THESE SHOTS WERE FIRED AT POINT-BLANK RANGE.

YOU'D EXPECT A HIGH LEVEL OF ACCURACY.

THAT WASN'T THE QUESTION.

IS IT TRUE, YES OR NO,

THAT THE MANNER IN WHICH TOM VAN ALLAN AND MARLEE DONOVAN WERE KILLED...

RESEMBLES THE MODUS OPERANDI USED BY PROFESSIONAL KILLERS...

IN OTHER MURDERS YOU'VE INVESTIGATED?

IN SOME WAYS, YES.

[Chattering]

[Man] JIMMY. LOVED YOUR OPENING.

YOU HAVE GOT... REAL PRESENCE.

YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH OF A CASE, BUT YOU SURE DID LOOK GOOD.

LES, LOOK. I'M TRYING TO EAT MY LUNCH HERE, OKAY?

SHOULDN'T YOU BE PERCHED OVER A TYPEWRITER, SLANDERING CELEBRITIES?

[Chuckles] JIMMY, I'M STRICTLY HARD NEWS NOW.

MY EDITORS, THEY'VE ASSIGNED ME TO THE SHARON ROONEY CASE,

WHICH BRINGS ME TO YOU.

HERE'S MY COMMENT.

NO COMMENT. NOT NOW. NOT EVER.

YOU KNOW, JIMMY, YOU MISUNDERSTAND ME.

I COME BEARING GIFTS.

IN EXCHANGE FOR AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH SHARON ROONEY...

AFTER THE VERDICT, NO MATTER WHICH WAY IT GOES,

I'M PREPARED TO GIVE YOU...

AN ADVANCE LOOK AT NEXT WEEK'S COVER STORY FOR THE NATIONAL INQUISITOR.

EVEN IF I WANTED TO SAVE THE 35 CENTS,

WHY WOULD I BE INTERESTED IN ANYTHING THAT YOUR RAG PUBLISHES?

[Clicks Tongue] I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, JIMMY.

YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU SEE, WE DON'T DO ANY BUSINESS.

IS THIS ON THE LEVEL?

OH, YEAH. AND IT'S CORROBORATED BY FOUR DIFFERENT SOURCES.

I'LL SEE TO IT THAT YOU GET YOUR INTERVIEW.

[Indistinct] JIMMY, YOU'RE AN HONORABLE MAN.

[Man] AT APPROXIMATELY 2400, AROUND MIDNIGHT,

I WAS IN THE KITCHEN IN MR. LANCASTER'S HOUSE, MAKING COFFEE,

WHEN I HEARD A WOMAN SCREAM.

[Grasso] OFFICER BEIDEN, USING THIS DIAGRAM,

WOULD YOU PLEASE INDICATE TO US WHAT YOU DID AT THAT POINT?

I, UH... I WENT UP THE STAIRS TO THE GOVERNOR'S BEDROOM AND KNOCKED ON THE DOOR.

UPON HEARING NO RESPONSE, I ENTERED THE UNLOCKED ROOM...

AND OBSERVED THE GOVERNOR AND MS. DONOVAN IN BED.

THEY HAD BOTH BEEN SHOT SEVERAL TIMES.

WHAT DID YOU DO THEN? I CHECKED BOTH THE GOVERNOR AND MS. DONOVAN FOR SIGNS OF LIFE.

THERE WERE NONE. I THEN RADIOED FOR BACKUP AND FOR THE PARAMEDICS.

AT THIS POINT, I NOTICED THE WEST-FACING GLASS DOOR WAS STANDING OPEN.

I WENT TO IT AND OBSERVED A WOMAN RUNNING DOWN THE BEACH.

WHAT DID SHE LOOK LIKE? APPROXIMATELY 5-FEET-7, 110 POUNDS.

SHE HAD MEDIUM-LENGTH HAIR,

WHICH UNDER THE FLOODLIGHTS ALONG THE BEACH APPEARED TO BE STRAWBERRY BLONDE.

- DO YOU SEE THAT WOMAN IN THIS COURT TODAY? - YES, I DO.

SHE'S, UH... SHE'S SITTING RIGHT OVER THERE.

LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT THE WITNESS IDENTIFIED THE DEFENDANT, MS. SHARON ROONEY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NOTHING FURTHER.

JUROR NUMBER NINE ALSO FITS THE DESCRIPTION YOU JUST GAVE, DOESN'T SHE?

I'M CERTAIN I SAW THE DEFENDANT.

HOW LONG DO YOU ESTIMATE...

THAT IT TOOK YOU TO GO FROM MR. LANCASTER'S KITCHEN TO THE BEDROOM,

KNOCK, WAIT, ENTER THE ROOM, CHECK FOR VITAL SIGNS,

RADIO FOR HELP, THEN GO TO THE OPEN DOOR TO SEE THIS FLEEING WOMAN?

FIFTEEN SECONDS.

WE TIMED SOMEBODY RUNNING FROM THE KITCHEN TO THE BEDROOM.

THAT ACTION ALONE TOOK EIGHT SECONDS.

OBJECTION. YOUR HONOR, WE HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING HOW RELIABLE THIS DEFENSE HYPOTHETICAL IS.

SUSTAINED.

YOU'RE NOT USUALLY ASSIGNED TO THE DETAIL TO PROTECT THE GOVERNOR, RIGHT?

- I GENERALLY PROVIDED SECURITY FOR THE GOVERNOR'S WIFE. - AH. SO WHAT HAPPENED?

TWO OF OUR SECURITY OFFICERS WERE OUT SICK, SO I WAS REASSIGNED.

IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING PROTECTION FOR CAROLINE VAN ALLAN,

WASN'T ONE OF YOUR DUTIES TO HAVE A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH HER?

- OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR! - YOUR HONOR, WE WOULD LIKE TO ENTER INTO EVIDENCE...

DEFENSE EXHIBIT "E"...

THIS ARTICLE THAT WILL APPEAR IN THE NATIONAL INQUISITOR ON MONDAY,

DETAILING THE AFFAIR BETWEEN OFFICER BEIDEN AND CAROLINE VAN ALLAN.

YOUR HONOR, RANK HEARSAY. THIS IS NOT FOR THE TRUTH, BUT TO SHOW STATE OF MIND.

APPROACH?

THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS. COUNSEL HAS FAILED...

UNDER THE LAWS OF RECIPROCAL DISCOVERY, TO PROVIDE US WITH ANY OF THIS.

YOUR HONOR, MADAM PROSECUTOR HAS GOT HERSELF SO RATTLED,

SHE'S FORGOTTEN THAT THAT'S HER OWN WITNESS.

I'M UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON HER OWN MAN.

THIS IS UNSUBSTANTIATED TRASH, AND IT SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO PREJUDICE THESE PROCEEDINGS.

OFFICER BEIDEN'S WIFE SOLD THESE PHOTOS OF CAROLINE VAN ALLAN AND HER HUSBAND...

AND A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THEIR AFFAIR.

NOW, ALL WE'RE ASKING IS THAT WE BE PERMITTED...

TO EXAMINE THE WITNESS ON THE UNDERLYING EVENTS.

TAKE A DEEP BREATH, MS. GRASSO. NOW YOU CALLED THIS WITNESS.

MR. WYLER HAS THE RIGHT TO CROSS-EXAMINE AS TO THE ISSUE OF CREDIBILITY.

NOW STEP BACK.

OFFICER BEIDEN, UM, LET ME ASK YOU THIS AGAIN.

- WERE YOU HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH CAROLINE VAN ALLAN? - YES.

WERE YOU CONDUCTING THAT AFFAIR WITH MRS. VAN ALLAN AT THE TIME OF HER HUSBAND'S MURDER?

- YES, I WAS. - WERE YOU JEALOUS OF THE GOVERNOR?

NO. I WASN'T JEALOUS.

YOU KNOW, IN THIS ARTICLE,

IT STATES THAT YOU LEFT YOUR WIFE AND CHILD FOR MRS. VAN ALLAN.

IS THAT TRUE?

MY MARRIAGE WAS OVER A LONG TIME AGO, EMOTIONALLY AT LEAST.

I NEVER WOULD HAVE GOT INVOLVED WITH CAROLINE OTHERWISE.

WITH THE GOVERNOR DEAD, THERE'S NO OBSTACLE TO YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH CAROLINE, IS THERE?

IF YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE I HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS MURDER...

- DID YOU, OFFICER BEIDEN? - NO! ABSOLUTELY NOT.

WHATEVER ELSE I DID, MY JOB WAS TO PROTECT THE GOVERNOR.

BUT YOU DIDN'T DO YOUR JOB, DID YOU?

BECAUSE YOU WANTED HIM DEAD, RIGHT?

NO. AS SOMEONE WHO HAS A LAW ENFORCEMENT BACKGROUND,

YOU DO KNOW, DON'T YOU, THAT A PERSON NEEDS MOTIVE AS WELL AS OPPORTUNITY...

TO BE CONSIDERED THE SUSPECT IN A CRIME.

YOU FILL THE BILL ON BOTH COUNTS, DON'T YOU, OFFICER BEIDEN?

OBJECTION. CALLS FOR A LEGAL CONCLUSION.

NOTHING FURTHER.

YOUR CALLS.

CAROLINE VAN ALLAN IS HERE TO SEE YOU. I PUT HER IN YOUR OFFICE.

THANKS.

MRS. VAN ALLAN.

I GATHER BOTH FROM YOUR OPENING AND THE THRUST OF YOUR CROSS-EXAMINATION TODAY...

THAT YOU INTEND TO SADDLE ME UP AND RIDE ME AROUND THE COURTROOM...

AS A SUSPECT IN MY HUSBAND'S MURDER.

I HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO MY CLIENT...

TO EXPLORE ANY AND ALL POSSIBILITIES THAT MAY SUGGEST REASONABLE DOUBT.

THEN YOU'LL PROBABLY WANT TO LOOK INTO THIS.

I FOUND THIS GOING THROUGH MY HUSBAND'S PAPERS.

PLEASE SIT.

WHO'S TERRY PHILBRICK? AN OPERATIVE MY HUSBAND PLANTED IN ROGER GARFIELD'S CAMPAIGN.

I THOUGHT THIS INTELLIGENCE REPORT FROM HIM MIGHT INTEREST YOU.

ESPECIALLY THE QUOTE FROM GARFIELD:

"THE ONLY WAY TO PREVENT VAN ALLAN FROM REELECTION WOULD BE TO HAVE HIM KILLED."

COULD HAVE SIMPLY BEEN A FLIP REMARK.

BUT IF I WAS DEFENDING YOUR CLIENT, I'D WANT TO PUT IT UNDER A MICROSCOPE.

IS IT A COINCIDENCE THAT I BEAT YOUR BOYFRIEND UP ON THE STAND TODAY...

THAT YOU BRING ME THIS INFORMATION NOW?

MR. WYLER, MAYBE MAKING A SIDESHOW...

OUT OF MY AFFAIR WITH MICHAEL WILL HELP YOUR CLIENT,

BUT HE DIDN'T KILL TOM, AND NEITHER DID I.

YOU'LL UNDERSTAND IF I NEED MORE THAN YOUR ASSURANCE ON THAT.

MR. WYLER, MY HUSBAND ONCE SAID TO ME...

IF HE WAS EVER FOUND FACE DOWN WITH A BULLET IN THE BACK OF HIS HEAD, LOOK TO MALCOLM DIETRICH.

BECAUSE HE WENT AFTER HIM WHEN HE WAS ATTORNEY GENERAL.

IT MADE TOM'S POLITICAL CAREER, COST DIETRICH MILLIONS,

AND NEARLY LANDED HIM BEHIND BARS.

WHEN TOM DECIDED TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR,

HE'S THE ONE WHO FINANCED THE SMEAR CAMPAIGN.

HE NEVER UNDERESTIMATED HOW FORMIDABLE DIETRICH COULD BE.

[Cell Phone Rings]

[Ringing Continues]

- ARE YOU GONNA ANSWER THAT? - THEY'LL CALL BACK.

MR. WYLER, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT...

WHATEVER THE FAILINGS OF OUR MARRIAGE, I LOVED MY HUSBAND,

AND I WANT WHOEVER DID THIS TO BE PUNISHED.

I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE MORE TO SAY, BUT I CAN'T, UM...

I CAN'T QUITE PUT IT INTO WORDS.

YOU WANT ME TO TAKE A FLIER AT IT?

ALL RIGHT.

DO I FIND YOU SEXUALLY ATTRACTIVE?

DID I ENJOY THE LEG SHOW?

VERY MUCH.

WILL THIS GET YOU A FREE RIDE IN COURT UNDER MY CROSS-EXAMINATION?

CAN'T ACCOMMODATE YOU, MRS. VAN ALLAN.

WELL,

MAYBE I DIDN'T SHOW ENOUGH LEG.

WE'LL CALL TERRY PHILBRICK.

GOOD-BYE, MR. WYLER. MRS. VAN ALLAN.

LAST YEAR WE UPGRADED TO PENTIUM PROS, AND NOW WE CAN RUN WINDOWS NT.

WITH A I.S.D.N. CONNECTION, YOU CAN BE IN AND OUT OF WESTLAW IN NO TIME.

HIGH TECH AT THE D.A.'s OFFICE WAS A SMITH CORONA WITH...

I HEARD A RUMOR THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE WORLD WAS COMIN' BACK TO THE FOLD.

FRANK. HOW YOU DOIN'?

SO WHEN YOU GONNA RUN AWAY WITH ME?

SOON AS I GET THAT NOTE FROM YOUR WIFE THAT SAYS IT'S OKAY. [Groans]

HOW'S RETIREMENT? ARE YOU KIDDIN' ME?

JIMMY'S GOT ME WORKING MORE HOURS THAN WHEN I WAS A COP.

MORNING, FRANK. GWENNIE. LOUIS GETTING YOU SETTLED?

- YEAH. I FEEL AT HOME ALREADY. - [Louis] THEY'RE WAITING FOR YOU IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM,

AND YOU AND FRANK HAVE A MEETING WITH TERRY PHILBRICK AT 9:00.

MMM. THANKS, LOUIS. FRANK, WHAT DO YOU GOT FOR ME ON JUROR NUMBER SIX?

I'VE BEEN GOIN' OVER CONNOVER'S JURY QUESTIONNAIRE WITH A MAGNIFYING GLASS.

NOTHING SO FAR.

I GOTTA GET RID OF THIS GUY. MORNING, PEOPLE.

MORNING. [Chris] MORNING.

ARNOLD, I WANT TO BE READY WITH A MOTION TO COMPEL THE PROSECUTION...

TO TURN OVER DETECTIVE BIGGIO'S NOTES, REPORTS AND RECORDED INTERVIEWS FROM YESTERDAY ON.

DONE. EVEN MONEY HE WON'T REINTERVIEW MICHAEL BEIDEN AS A SUSPECT,

AND WE CAN USE THAT TO EMBARRASS HIM WHEN HE TESTIFIES.

- WHERE ARE WE ON THE CHARACTER WITNESSES? - I'VE INTERVIEWED EVERYONE...

ON THE LIST SHARON GAVE US.

HER MOTHER'S A STRONG CONTENDER. MOTHERS ALWAYS ARE.

WHICH IS WHY I WANT SOMEBODY WHO COMES OFF AS BEING MORE OBJECTIVE.

THE PRINCIPAL OF THE SCHOOL WHERE SHARON TAUGHT IS PRETTY SOLID... BETH ANDERSON.

GOOD. LET'S TALK TO HER. THAT'S IT.

TERRY PHILBRICK'S IN RECEPTION.

I DON'T LIKE THE TERM "DIRTY TRICKS."

IT'S KIND OF DEMEANING.

I PREFER TO CALL WHAT I DO AS "POLITICAL PERFORMANCE PIECES."

WHETHER IT'S JUST TO HECKLE A CANDIDATE...

OR SHORT-CIRCUIT HIS TELEPROMPTER, YOU KNOW,

THE GOAL'S NOT JUST TO DESTABILIZE BUT TO KINDA ENTERTAIN.

NOW, DICKIE TUCK, DON SEGRETTI, THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT.

TERRY, UH, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS REPORT?

DID YOU CALL ME TERRY? ALL RIGHT. I LIKE THAT.

LIKE I ALWAYS SAY, "FAMILIARITY BREEDS CONTENT."

YEP. THAT'S MY NAME, ALL RIGHT.

BUT HEY, EASY TO FORGE A SIGNATURE, RIGHT?

[Chuckles] OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AMONG FRIENDS? YEAH, I WROTE IT.

SO GARFIELD DID THREATEN TO KILL TOM VAN ALLAN?

WHAT HE SAID WAS SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT THAT, UH...

"THE WAY THE POLLS ARE GOIN', IN ORDER TO BEAT THIS GUY, WE'D HAVE TO KILL HIM."

SO IT WAS A JOKE? YEAH.

BUT YOU DON'T GET PAID 2K A WEEK TO SEND IN JOKES.

CERTAIN EMBELLISHMENTS HERE AND THERE. IT'S KINDA GOOD FOR BUSINESS.

DO YOU KNOW IF GARFIELD HAD ANYBODY IN THE VAN ALLAN CAMPAIGN?

CONVENTIONAL WISDOM THESE DAYS IS YOU GOT TO HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE IN THE OTHER GUY'S STAFF.

BUT IF GARFIELD DID HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE IN VAN ALLAN'S CAMPAIGN,

I THINK I'D KINDA BE OBLIGED TO, LIKE, BRING IT BACK TO MY OWN PEOPLE.

UNLESS YOU WERE SHAKIN' THE GUY DOWN FOR ANOTHER SOURCE OF INCOME.

BUT IF I KNEW WHO GARFIELD'S MOLE IS, I MEAN...

I DON'T THINK THAT IT WOULD BE KIND OF ETHICAL FOR ME TO DIVULGE THAT.

WE WOULDN'T WANT TO COMPROMISE YOUR ETHICS.

YEAH. BUT THEN AGAIN, ON THE OTHER HAND, SINCE THE GOVERNOR'S BEEN KILLED,

MY SPECIAL SERVICES ARE NO LONGER REQUIRED.

LICKIN' ENVELOPES, 500 BUCKS A WEEK. IT'S...

I DON'T KNOW. IT'S NOT MY IDEA OF A FUTURE.

HOW MUCH OF A CONTRIBUTION TO YOUR FUTURE WOULD IT TAKE TO, UH, GET THE NAME OF THIS MOLE?

[Sighs] OKAY, BARGAIN BASEMENT? $25,000.

I'D HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT.

ALL RIGHT, MR. WYLER. OKAY. BUT TIME'S NOT ON YOUR SIDE HERE, OKAY?

EVERY DAY THAT YOU THINK ABOUT THIS, IT'S GONNA COST YOU AN EXTRA THOUSAND BUCKS.

WE'LL CALL YOU. ALL RIGHT. TICKTOCK, TICKTOCK.

- [Door Opens, Closes] - WE IN THE BIDDING?

NAH. I NEVER BOUGHT A WITNESS AS A D.A. I'M NOT GONNA START NOW.

YOU KICKED PLENTY OF FELONIES DOWN TO MISDEMEANORS TO BUY COOPERATION.

- THE ONLY DIFFERENCE HERE IS THE CURRENCY OF EXCHANGE. - HMM.

SALLY VAUGHN. V-A-U-G-H-N.

I LIVE AT 421 PALMS BOULEVARD, APARTMENT 210.

DID YOU SHARE THAT APARTMENT WITH THE DEFENDANT? YES.

SHE MOVED IN WITH ME AFTER HER MARRIAGE FELL APART.

AND ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE CIRCUMSTANCES...

UNDER WHICH THE DEFENDANT CAME TO KNOW GOVERNOR VAN ALLAN?

I INTRODUCED THEM. SHARON'S EX IS A MED STUDENT, SO SHE WAS ALONE A LOT.

ONE EVENING LAST SPRING, MY BOYFRIEND AND I... HE ALSO WORKS FOR THE CAMPAIGN...

WERE GOING TO A VAN ALLAN FUND-RAISER.

SHARON TAGGED ALONG. THAT'S WHERE THEY MET.

SUBSEQUENT TO THAT MEETING,

DID MR. VAN ALLAN AND THE DEFENDANT DEVELOP A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP?

I DON'T HAVE ANY FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE OF THAT.

DID MS. ROONEY CALL THE GOVERNOR REGULARLY?

I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KEEP TRACK OF WHO MY FRIENDS TALK TO.

WELL, THE TELEPHONE COMPANY DOES.

THEIR RECORDS INDICATE THAT 37 CALLS WERE PLACED...

FROM YOUR APARTMENT TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE DURING MAY AND JUNE OF THIS YEAR.

- DID YOU PLACE THOSE CALLS? - NO.

- IF YOU DIDN'T, WHO DID? - I DON'T KNOW.

MY BOYFRIEND, MAYBE. AS I SAID, HE WORKS FOR THE CAMPAIGN AS WELL.

- DO YOU OWN A .22-CALIBER SEMIAUTOMATIC PISTOL? - YES.

DID YOU FILE A POLICE REPORT SIX DAYS PRIOR TO THESE MURDERS,

IN WHICH YOU STATED THAT THAT WEAPON HAD BEEN STOLEN?

YES. ANYTHING ELSE TAKEN?

NO. NO SIGNS OF FORCED ENTRY?

- NO. - DID THE DEFENDANT KNOW WHERE YOU KEPT THE WEAPON?

I COULDN'T SAY FOR SURE.

IF YOU WILL LOOK AT PEOPLE'S EXHIBIT 47 ON YOUR MONITOR,

COULD YOU IDENTIFY WHERE THAT PHOTO WAS TAKEN?

AT A WOMEN'S CLINIC IN MAR VISTA.

DID YOU ACCOMPANY THE DEFENDANT TO THAT CLINIC SO THAT SHE COULD OBTAIN AN ABORTION?

- YES. - AND DID THE DEFENDANT TELL YOU...

THAT GOVERNOR VAN ALLAN WAS THE FATHER?

YES. SO, GOING BACK TO ONE OF YOUR EARLIER ANSWERS,

IN FACT YOU DID HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA, DIDN'T YOU,

THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS HAVING A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOVERNOR VAN ALLAN?

WOULD YOU LIKE TO CHANGE YOUR ANSWER?

I KNEW THEY WERE HAVING AN AFFAIR.

I JUST DON'T BELIEVE SHE'S CAPABLE OF DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

DID SHARON ROONEY EVER TELL YOU THAT SHE WAS ANGRY...

BECAUSE SHE FELT PRESSURED BY TOM VAN ALLAN INTO HAVING AN ABORTION?

SHE WAS UPSET. THAT'S ALL I KNOW.

NOTHING FURTHER.

- YOUR PISTOL WASN'T UNDER LOCK AND KEY, WAS IT? - NO.

SO IT'S POSSIBLE SOMEONE OTHER THAN SHARON HAD ACCESS TO THE WEAPON.

SURE. BESIDES, SHARON HATES GUNS.

EVEN WITH ALL THE RAPES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, SHE TRIED TO TALK ME OUT OF GETTING ONE.

IF SHE KNEW WHERE I KEPT IT, BELIEVE ME, SHE'D NEVER GO NEAR IT.

DID YOU EVER HEAR SHARON THREATEN THE GOVERNOR...

IN ANY WAY, AT ANY TIME, EITHER DURING THEIR RELATIONSHIP OR AFTER IT HAD ENDED?

NEVER. SHE LOVED TOM.

SO WHEN YOU TESTIFIED JUST NOW THAT SHARON WAS UPSET IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE ABORTION,

WAS IT YOUR IMPRESSION SHE HAD VIOLENT FEELINGS TOWARD THE GOVERNOR?

NO. IF ANYTHING, SHE BLAMED HERSELF MORE.

GOT YOUR MESSAGE. WHAT'S UP? I DIDN'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT ON THE PHONE.

GOD KNOWS WHO'S LISTENING. JIMMY, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

[Frank] THE GUYS REDOING THE WALLS, THEY FOUND THESE IN THE OUTLETS.

MICROPHONES.

THEY SEND AN F.M. SIGNAL TO A RECEIVER, PROBABLY SOMEWHERE NEARBY.

I'M GONNA HAVE THE WHOLE PLACE SWEPT.

IS THERE ANY CHANCE THAT TED HAD THIS OFFICE BUGGED?

I'D BE REAL SURPRISED. NO, THESE WERE INSTALLED FAIRLY RECENTLY.

- THIS KIND OF MIKE'S ONLY COME ONLINE THE PAST YEAR OR SO. - WE SHOULD GET AHOLD OF LOUIS,

FIND OUT THE LAST TIME MAINTENANCE PEOPLE HAD ACCESS TO THIS OFFICE.

IN THE MEANTIME, WE SHOULD ASSUME...

THAT SOMEBODY WANTS A BACKSTAGE PASS TO SHARON ROONEY'S DEFENSE.

- PROSECUTION? - IT'S NOT MIRIAM'S STYLE.

I WOULDN'T PUT IT PAST ROGER GARFIELD.

I BETTER GET IN TOUCH WITH TERRY PHILBRICK.

IF SOMEONE IN GARFIELD'S CAMP KNOWS HE WAS WILLING TO SELL THEM OUT,

[Man] I WAS GOVERNOR VAN ALLAN'S CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR COORDINATING HIS SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS,

HANDLING PRESS RELATIONS,

FORMULATING OUR POSITION ON POLITICAL ISSUES AFFECTING THE SOUTHLAND.

DID THE GOVERNOR MEET THE DEFENDANT THROUGH YOU?

YES. SHE AND MY GIRLFRIEND, SALLY VAUGHN, WERE ROOMMATES.

[Grasso] WERE YOU AWARE THAT THE GOVERNOR AND THE DEFENDANT WERE HAVING AN AFFAIR?

YES. WERE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE CIRCUMSTANCES...

OF HOW THAT AFFAIR ENDED? YES.

WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES FOR US, PLEASE?

GOVERNOR VAN ALLAN CALLED ME INTO HIS OFFICE IN LATE JUNE.

HE TOLD ME THAT HIS WIFE KNEW ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH SHARON...

AND INSISTED HE BREAK IT OFF.

HE ASKED ME TO TAKE CARE OF IT.

MEANING THAT YOU SHOULD GIVE HER THE BAD NEWS?

RIGHT. AND HOW DID SHE TAKE THAT NEWS?

NOT WELL. SHE WAS PRETTY UPSET.

AND YET YOU GAVE HER A JOB WITH THE VAN ALLAN CAMPAIGN. WHY WAS THAT?

WHEN THE GOVERNOR FOUND OUT THAT SHE WAS PREGNANT WITH HIS CHILD,

HE WANTED HER TAKEN CARE OF, SO I HIRED HER TO ANSWER PHONES.

WHAT, IF ANY, ROLE DID YOU PLAY IN SHARON'S DECISION TO HAVE AN ABORTION?

I TOLD HER THAT I THOUGHT IT WAS IN HER BEST INTEREST,

AND I GAVE HER MONEY FROM TOM TO PAY FOR IT.

WAS THERE ANY NOTICEABLE CHANGE IN HER DISPOSITION SUBSEQUENT TO HAVING THE PROCEDURE?

SHE SEEMED TO BECOME EVEN MORE DEPRESSED AND ANGRY.

AT MR. VAN ALLAN? THAT WAS MY STRONG IMPRESSION, YES.

THANK YOU. NOTHING FURTHER. MR. WYLER?

YOU SAID THAT SHARON WAS UPSET...

WHEN YOU INFORMED HER THAT THE GOVERNOR WANTED TO END THEIR RELATIONSHIP.

- DID SHE THREATEN HIM THEN OR ON ANY SUBSEQUENT OCCASION? - NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.

WOULD YOU SAY THAT HER BEHAVIOR FELL IN THE NORMAL RANGE OF HUMAN EMOTIONS...

FOR SOMEONE WHO HAD JUST BEEN JILTED?

OBJECTION. THE WITNESS IS NOT A PSYCHIATRIST.

MS. GRASSO OPENED THE DOOR. [Judge] OVERRULED.

YOU WOULDN'T HAVE APPOINTED SHARON TO A CAMPAIGN POSITION...

IF YOU THOUGHT SHE WAS GONNA TURN AROUND AND SHOOT THE GOVERNOR, WOULD YOU?

OF COURSE NOT. BESIDES ORGANIZING SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS...

AND HELPING FORMULATE POLICY,

DIDN'T YOU HELP WRANGLE TOM VAN ALLAN'S LOVE LIFE?

LOOK, I WASN'T HIS PIMP, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE IMPLYING.

I'M NOT IMPLYING ANYTHING.

I'M ASKING. DURING YOUR TENURE AS ADVISER TO THE GOVERNOR,

YOU WERE AWARE OF OTHER AFFAIRS HE HAD THAT HAD ENDED ABRUPTLY, WEREN'T YOU?

YES. AND WERE YOU EVER ASKED TO SMOOTH THINGS OVER...

WHEN THESE WOMEN WERE UPSET BECAUSE HE DIDN'T RETURN A PHONE CALL...

OR BECAUSE HE REFUSED TO SEE THEM?

I MAY HAVE. I CAN'T REMEMBER SPECIFICALLY.

THIS WAS TOM VAN ALLAN'S M.O. WITH WOMEN, WASN'T IT? HIT AND RUN.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS TOM'S M.O., BUT IT WASN'T THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED.

TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE, DID THE GOVERNOR EVER RECEIVE...

THREATENING LETTERS OR PHONE CALLS FROM DISGRUNTLED CONSTITUENTS,

WACKOS, PERSONS WHO DISAGREED WITH HIS POLITICAL AGENDA?

UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S WHAT POLITICS HAS COME TO.

MEANING THAT THERE WOULD BE AT LEAST A DOZEN PEOPLE...

WHO WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO HAVE TOM VAN ALLAN OUT OF THE WAY,

FROM THE CONSPIRACY NUT WHO BLAMED HIM FOR THE HOLE IN THE OZONE LAYER...

TO MS. GRASSO'S BOSS, WHO IS CURRENTLY CAMPAIGNING FOR HIS OFFICE IN SACRAMENTO.

OBJECTION. NO QUESTION PENDING.

I'M DONE WITH THIS WITNESS, YOUR HONOR.

[Grasso] START SAVIN' UP, JIMMY, BECAUSE LOSER BUYS.

AND BENEATH THIS HUMBLE EXTERIOR... [Cell Phone Ringing]

LURKS A TASTE FOR FINE WINE AND EXCELLENT RESTAURANTS.

[Reporters Shouting] TOODLES!

YEAH. WHERE ARE YOU?

JUST SIT TIGHT. I'LL BE RIGHT THERE.

SEE YOU BACK IN THE OFFICE.

[Shutter Clicks]

[Frank] THE BAD NEWS IS HE'S DEAD.

THE GOOD NEWS IS YOU'VE SAVED YOURSELF THE MORAL DILEMMA...

OF WHETHER TO SCRAPE TOGETHER 25 GRAND.

HOPE THAT'S THE SMELL OF DEATH.

FRIEND OF YOURS? WE'VE MET.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HIM? NOT MUCH.

HE WAS A CAMPAIGN OPERATIVE FOR GARFIELD.

YOU BEING SUCH A BIG GARFIELD SUPPORTER, WHAT, YOU AND THE DECEASED...

STRUCK UP A FRIENDSHIP IN THE COURSE OF THINGS?

YOU FIGURE IT WAS AN O.D.?

YOUR FRIEND MEDICATE HIS NOSE ON A REGULAR BASIS? WE DIDN'T SOCIALIZE.

NEXT TIME YOU FIND A DEAD BODY, YOUR FIRST CALL OUGHTA BE TO THE COPS,

NOT TO YOUR PALS IN THE LEGAL ESTABLISHMENT.

[Shutter Clicks] [Police Radio, Indistinct]

DO WE THINK IT'S A COINCIDENCE THIS GUY PAYS US A VISIT AND THEN PARTIES HIMSELF TO DEATH?

NO. WE THINK WE GOT THIS GUY KILLED.

[Chattering]

JIMMY. PULL UP A CHAIR. BREAK BREAD WITH US.

NO, THANKS. YOU SURE?

- MALCOLM'S PAYING. - HIS FATHER HAD HIS PRIDE TOO.

BUT HE AND I DECIDED TO PUT ASIDE OUR DIFFERENCES A LONG TIME AGO.

I'D HOPE YOU'D DO THE SAME. SIT.

I DON'T HAVE MUCH OF AN APPETITE JUST NOW.

THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR PICKIN' A LOSER CASE LIKE THIS ONE TO LAUNCH A NEW CAREER.

IF YOU EVER DECIDE YOU WANT YOUR OLD JOB BACK, GIVE ME A CALL.

THERE'S A BUG IN YOUR SOUP, ROG.

I APOLOGIZE FOR MY FRIEND HERE.

HIS TABLE MANNERS LEAVE A GOOD DEAL TO BE DESIRED.

CAN I ASSUME THE D.A.'s OFFICE IS GONNA PROMOTE THE CHARADE...

THAT TERRY PHILBRICK'S DEATH WAS A SUICIDE?

NOW THAT YOU'VE MOVED ON TO BIGGER THINGS, THAT'S NOT YOUR CONCERN.

WHY DON'T YOU TURN AROUND AND WALK OUT OF HERE...

OR I'LL ASK THE MANAGEMENT TO HAVE YOU REMOVED.

WHY DON'T YOU TWO BOYS GO OUT BEHIND THE KITCHEN,

SETTLE YOUR PROBLEM, WHATEVER IT IS, LIKE MEN?

THAT'S NOT ROGER'S STYLE.

OR YOURS.

SHALL I ASSUME THAT IT WAS TRAFFIC AND NOT DISRESPECT...

THAT'S KEPT ME WAITING HERE FOR HALF AN HOUR?

YOU'RE HERE YOUR USUAL HALF HOUR EARLY...

SO THAT YOU CAN FEEL AGGRIEVED AND ACCUSE ME OF BEING LATE.

I CAME EARLY TO ENJOY MY COCKTAIL.

THE GIRL IS LATE AS WELL. SHE HAS A NAME, MOM.

SO WHAT ARE YOU SO CHEERFUL ABOUT?

THIS CAME IN THE MAIL TODAY.

I TOLD YOU I WAS TAKING OUT A LOAN BECAUSE I WANT TO START A BUSINESS.

BUT YOU FAILED TO MENTION THAT THE TITLE TO THE HOUSE...

IN WHICH YOU WERE BORN AFTER 36 HOURS OF LABOR...

NOW BELONGS TO A BANK OWNED BY MALCOLM DIETRICH.

MALCOLM DIETRICH DOESN'T OWN THE FIRST CALIFORNIA BANK.

HE'S ONE OF A NUMBER OF DIRECTORS ON THE BOARD.

THAT MAN HAS NEVER BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY ENTERPRISE IN WHICH HE WAS A PASSIVE AGENT,

EXCEPT, PERHAPS, THE ACT OF INTERCOURSE.

[Footsteps Approaching] SHE'S HERE.

LAURA CRIMMINS, THIS IS MY MOTHER.

PLEASURE, MRS. WYLER. I'VE HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT YOU.

AND YOU'RE JUST AS LOVELY AS MY SON REPRESENTED.

I'M SORRY I'M LATE. THE BOSS PULLED ME INTO HIS OFFICE AS I WAS LEAVING...

AND GAVE ME SOME GOOD NEWS.

- I GOT A PROMOTION AND A RAISE. - WELL-DESERVED, I'M SURE.

WHAT LINE OF BUSINESS ARE YOU IN?

ACTUALLY, I'VE JUST BEEN APPOINTED...

SENIOR V.P. OF CORPORATE FINANCE AT FIRST CALIFORNIA BANK.

- [Clears Throat] - IS THERE A PROBLEM?

[Laughing] HEAVENS, NO.

DIETRICH HAS JUST ANOINTED YOU HIS VICE-WHATEVER,

AND MY SON IS BEHOLDEN TO HIM FOR SOME GOD-AWFUL AMOUNT.

MOM, LET'S NOT DO THIS. THIS IS ALL HAPPENSTANCE, ISN'T IT?

IT HAS NOTHING WHATSOEVER TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT YOU'RE AFTER HIS PUPPET, ROGER GARFIELD.

THIS IS NOT A CONVERSATION THAT WE NEED TO DRAG LAURA THROUGH.

I NEVER THOUGHT I'D LIVE TO SEE DIETRICH GET HIS FANGS INTO ANOTHER GENERATION.

MALCOLM DIETRICH DOES NOT HAVE HIS FANGS IN ME OR ANYONE AT THIS TABLE.

I WANTED A LOAN, AND MY GIRLFRIEND WAS KIND ENOUGH TO INTERCEDE ON MY BEHALF...

SO I COULD GET IT... END OF STORY.

NOW COULD WE PLEASE JUST ENJOY EACH OTHER'S COMPANY, HAVE A NICE MEAL?

I HAVE LOST MY APPETITE.

[Exhales]

I THINK SHE LIKES YOU.

WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT ALL ABOUT?

LET'S JUST SAY THAT MALCOLM DIETRICH AND THE ANTICHRIST...

ENJOY EQUAL ESTEEM IN THE WYLER HOUSEHOLD.

NO KIDDING.

LOOK, THE SHORT HISTORY OF IT IS THAT, UH,

MY FATHER WAS A LABOR ORGANIZER WHO WENT AFTER ONE OF DIETRICH'S COMPANIES.

AND AT A CERTAIN POINT, UH,

THINGS GOT... GOT TIGHT FOR THE FAMILY.

SO DIETRICH DID TO MY FATHER WHAT HE DOES TO MOST PEOPLE.

HE BOUGHT HIM OFF.

AND MY FATHER DROPPED DEAD AT 54,

AND MY MOTHER'S BEEN CALLING DIETRICH A MURDERER EVER SINCE.

THAT'S THE DIRTY LITTLE SECRET OF THE FAMILY.

SHOULDN'T WE GO FIND HER, MAKE SURE SHE GETS HOME OKAY?

NO, NO, NO. SHE'S FINE. SHE'S FINE.

SO, UNLESS I QUIT MY JOB,

I'M NOT COMING TO CHRISTMAS DINNER ANYTIME SOON.

NO, NO, NO. SHE'LL COOL DOWN.

THEN THIS ISN'T GONNA BE A PROBLEM FOR US DOWN THE ROAD?

NO. NOT A PROBLEM AT ALL.