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NARRATOR:
In the criminal justice system
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the people are represented by two
separate yet equally important groups,
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the police
who investigate crime
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and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.
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These are their stories.
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Just think what a disaster it would
be if the Cubs ever won the Series.
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You mean for the fans?
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What would they talk about? The whole
Cub culture's based on failure.
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Like the Red Sox.
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But look at the success they've had last
couple of years winning the wild card.
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They're flirting
with disaster.
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Well, now that Boston's actually
won the whole enchilada?
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Catastrophe.
Huge.
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Beantown implodes...
Watch it.
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(CRASHING)
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ED: Looks like everybody
came out for this one.
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FONTANA: Keep this area clean and try
and remember it's a crime scene, okay?
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Shot once in the
left love handle.
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Was he a likely?
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He was still running
his mouth pretty good
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when they took him
away in the bus.
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While he was shooting
his mouth off,
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did he happen to
mention who shot him?
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On that point,
he was not forthcoming.
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Witnesses?
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Those two over there.
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Said he fell or was dumped out of the
back of a black Lincoln Town Car.
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A car service?
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Maybe, but we got
no plate number.
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FONTANA: Well, do we at least
have a name on the victim?
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You're gonna love this.
Cristof.
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Is that a first name
or a last name?
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And only.
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Cristof? The shock jock?
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Cristof from the
Ministers of Justice?
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You ever listen to his show?
No,you?
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You couldn't pay me. Too bad he's not
likely, you know what I'm saying?
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I'd love to see Homicide
catch this case.
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I guess he don't
like Cristof.
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Ministers of Justice. The subway
vigilantes? The ones with the hats?
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Yeah, you remember them?
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Yeah, they had
a branch in Chicago.
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Pains in the asses. Always getting
in the way of the real police.
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Some people thought
they were angels.
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Yeah, angels
with dirty records.
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Guy has his
own talk show?
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Yeah. Now he gets paid
to shoot his mouth off.
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Well, looks like somebody
finally shot back.
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So, we called the hospital.
They already patched him up
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and they're gonna
send him home tomorrow.
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Go talk to him. See if he's got
any idea who might've done this.
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Excuse me, Lieutenant,
but why?
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Unless this guy dies, and it
doesn't look like he's gonna,
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don't we send this one
back to the squad?
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Not yet. He's got
a history of this.
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Okay, history of what? Am
I missing something here?
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That's right.
Back in the day,
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he staged an attack on himself
as a publicity stunt.
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He had himself shot
as a publicity stunt?
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Jumped. Happened
a couple of times.
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This was, like,
before I was on.
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Like 15, 20 years ago,
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in the height of the
Ministers of Justice craze.
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They were on the news
every single day.
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Cristof was on the news
every single day.
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Yeah, fighting crime
in the subways.
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Protecting the public
because the police couldn't.
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Made us look bad.
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And of course there was always
a cameraman on the scene
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and it always ended up
on the 10:00 news.
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So Cristof had himself mugged
and the muggings were staged?
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We all thought so.
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Well, a mugging
is one thing.
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But even for a publicity
whore, you'd have to be
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pretty desperate to have somebody
shoot a hole through you.
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Agreed. That's why
I want you guys
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to investigate this like it's
a genuine attempted murder,
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and if it's not...
Put a stop to it.
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All right.
All right.
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Detective Green,
Detective Fontana.
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We're here to
talk to Cristof.
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Oh, he's in the day room
having a press conference.
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Press conference?
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Thank you.
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Nothing like a speedy
recovery, right?
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I guess.
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(REPORTERS CLAMORING)
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All right,
listen. Listen!
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I've been walking the walk and talking
the talk in this town for two decades.
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If they think they're
gonna back me down now,
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they don't
know Cristof.
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REPORTER 1: Who's the "they"
you're talking about, Cristof?
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REPORTER 2: Who shot you? Back down
from who? REPORTER 3: The mob?
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You listen to my show.
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You know who I been
ragging on recently.
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Michael Ruffino.
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The Zircon Don himself.
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REPORTER 4: Police
have any suspects?
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Not yet.
But we're working on it.
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So if you will excuse us,
ladies and gentlemen,
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we have a shooting
to investigate.
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Thank you very much.
Have a nice day.
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Excuse me.
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Please excuse us, ma'am.
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That's my wife, Liz.
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We'd like to talk to Cristof
alone, if you don't mind.
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It's okay, honey.
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I'm right outside
if you need me.
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Is it something we said?
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She doesn't like cops.
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Really?
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We heard it runs
in the family.
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I get the feeling
the feeling is mutual.
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But while you're here...
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Yeah, since we're here, why don't
you tell us what went down?
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Why don't you buy me
a cup of coffee?
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Sure.
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I finish my show.
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I jump in the car
to go home,
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everything's like
normal, right?
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Then the guy riding
shotgun turns around,
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pulls out a piece, points
it right at me. (LAUGHS)
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I nearly browned out
in my Bermudas.
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There were two guys
in the front seat?
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Yeah, yeah. Yeah, the second one
said he was, like, a limo trainee.
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So what'd you do?
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I dropped my cell phone
and grabbed the gun.
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ED: Damn.
That was pretty gutsy.
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Let me tell ya,
if I hadn't,
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we'd be down
at the morgue
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and you'd be doing all the
talking, I guarantee.
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Can you describe
these guys?
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White. You know, heavyset.
You know, mugs.
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The driver guy had a scar
behind his right ear.
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Ajag, kind of
like a blade makes.
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You mentioned
Michael Ruffino.
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Now, what would the last big mob
boss in New York wanna hit you for?
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'Cause I tell it
like it is on my show,
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and frankly, he can't
handle the truth.
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Which is what?
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That he's a heavyweight drug dealer.
Scum of the earth.
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Not fit to breathe
other people's air.
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Well, did Ruffino ever
threaten you directly?
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He tried to have his punk
kid come around the studio
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to brace me one time
while I was doing the show.
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Michael Jr.?
Mmm.
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What'd he say?
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He said, "You better watch your
mouth, you know what's good for you."
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I said, "Hey, Mikey, you're on the air.
You wanna take some calls?"
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Sent him home to daddy with
his tail between his legs.
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Well, is there anybody else beside
Ruffino that we should be looking at?
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I rubbed a lot of important people
the wrong way over the years.
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Okay. So let's start with the
name of that limo company.
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We usually pick him up every
afternoon, drive him home.
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Varies. Anytime
between 2:00 and 6:00.
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Someone from the studio gives
us a call when he's good to go.
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What time were you supposed to
pick him up the day he got shot?
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Uh, 3:15.
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So what happened that day?
Why didn't you pick him up?
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Somebody called back at 3:20.
Canceled the ride.
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Who?
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Doesn't say. "Something came up.
Client to make other arrangements."
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Thanks a lot.
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Yeah, I called the limo
service that day.
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Told them Cristof
was ready to roll.
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But I didn't cancel it.
Any idea who did?
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You mean who set
him up to get shot?
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No. Sorry.
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Do you think the
shooting was legit?
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I think Cristof would do just about
anything to get his name in the papers.
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Promote his show.
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Cristof said that there were two big
white dudes in a black Lincoln Town Car.
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Whitestone
might've seen them.
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He and Cristof walked up
outta here together.
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Wait, Whitestone?
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Yep.
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Jarret Whitestone.
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Jarret Whitestone,
the martial arts dude?
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The Lethal Muscle
man himself.
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Lethal Muscle? I saw that movie.
It was a stinker.
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The man done lost it.
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He was Cristof's guest
on the show that day.
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The two of them
were on a roll,
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ripping and riffing
the whole hour.
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Who were they
ripping and riffing on?
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Michael Ruffino, mostly.
They tore him a new one.
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We sent out a Finest message
on the driver, the shooter
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and a banged up
Lincoln Town Car.
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We wanna talk to Whitestone so he can give
us a better description of the two guys,
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but his PR person keeps
giving us the run around.
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Well, what's
your gut so far?
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Well, he could
have set it up.
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It was minimal tissue damage,
through and through wound.
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So it was probably
a full jacket.
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Well, a hollow-point
would've stayed in the body.
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On the other hand, he's not the most
popular guy in New York City, either.
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Loudmouth, obnoxious shockjock.
What's not to like?
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Well, he's definitely
back in the news.
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He was in the tabloids
again this morning.
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Yeah, I saw it.
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Look, before you talk
to Ruffino or Whitestone,
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see if you can find any of
Cristof's old running buddies.
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Maybe they have a line on
what went down the other day.
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Us and C, we ran together,
what, eight, nine years?
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Yeah. First it felt good,
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like we were
doing some good.
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Giving people without
some hope.
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Getting kids protecting the community
instead of ripping it off.
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So what changed?
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Cristof changed.
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He started getting
a big head.
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Yeah, all he wanted to see was his name
in the papers and his face on the news.
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You're talking about
the muggings?
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Those were a setup, man.
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We were trying to get some
publicity for the Ministers.
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His idea. Cristof's.
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But y'all were in on it?
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PEDRO: Oh, yeah.
Start to finish.
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I broke his nose the first time.
(LAUG HS)
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Man, was he pissed!
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"Why'd you have to hit me so
hard?" I thought he was gonna cry.
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So when we heard
he got shot...
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We figured he did it to get
back in the limelight.
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See, Cristof. .. Yeah, he wants
to take his show national,
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like that Rush Limbaugh.
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All he talks about.
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Well, a mugging is one
thing, but a shooting?
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I could see it.
Flesh wound?
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Only somebody who's
never been shot
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can talk about a flesh wound
like it's no big deal,
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which it definitely is
when it's your flesh.
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Yeah, well, see, you're a cop.
You know about these things.
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But Cristof?
What does he know?
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All he knows is what he got off
TV and the movies and stuff.
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The whole Ministers
of Justice thing,
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that was straight
outta the comic books.
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Hey, those muggings were on
the square, man. I got beat.
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I got the scars to
prove it, all right?
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The Gonzalez brothers, they say that you
staged those muggings for publicity.
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Sour grapes. Cristof
made it, they didn't.
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Oh, come on. You take a bullet at
close range and all you lose is
242
00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:14,910
some fat on one of
your love handles?
243
00:10:14,980 --> 00:10:16,380
What is that
all about, anyway?
244
00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:19,210
I think it's a little
homemade liposuction myself.
245
00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:21,370
He got shot,
for God's sake.
246
00:10:22,820 --> 00:10:24,680
You've always
had it in for him.
247
00:10:24,750 --> 00:10:27,350
Since the day he started
the Ministers of Justice.
248
00:10:27,420 --> 00:10:28,750
It's all right,
it's all right, honey.
249
00:10:28,820 --> 00:10:30,950
Next time they try
and I'm dead,
250
00:10:31,030 --> 00:10:32,390
then they'll believe me.
251
00:10:32,460 --> 00:10:33,990
The day you got shot,
252
00:10:34,060 --> 00:10:36,030
you left the studio and
went straight to your car?
253
00:10:36,100 --> 00:10:37,530
That's right.
254
00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:40,590
Now, your assistant said that you
were walking with Jarret Whitestone?
255
00:10:40,670 --> 00:10:42,330
He was a guest
on my show that day.
256
00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:43,840
Yeah, we're gonna
wanna talk to him.
257
00:10:43,910 --> 00:10:45,570
Good. Talk to him.
258
00:10:52,350 --> 00:10:53,840
Who do you want me
to make it out to?
259
00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:56,980
How about to all the boys
down at the Homicide Unit?
260
00:10:57,050 --> 00:10:58,780
I never killed anyone.
261
00:10:58,850 --> 00:11:00,290
Except on film,
of course.
262
00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:03,550
Hey, you were at Cristof's
studio the day he got shot?
263
00:11:03,630 --> 00:11:04,750
I do his show
now and then.
264
00:11:04,830 --> 00:11:07,560
A local talk show? Big-shot
movie star such as yourself?
265
00:11:07,630 --> 00:11:08,790
It may be local,
but believe me,
266
00:11:08,860 --> 00:11:10,330
people talk about it
the next day.
267
00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:13,100
Did you see the two dudes
that picked him up?
268
00:11:13,170 --> 00:11:14,860
Couple of palookas
in suits.
269
00:11:14,940 --> 00:11:16,700
They didn't ask you
for your autograph?
270
00:11:16,770 --> 00:11:19,400
Trust me, these guys,
not star-struck.
271
00:11:19,470 --> 00:11:21,700
All they do is drive
celebrities all day long.
272
00:11:21,780 --> 00:11:22,800
It's unbelievable.
273
00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:27,210
We heard that you and Cristof were
raking Michael Ruffino over the coals.
274
00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:29,810
Ah, Ruffino was
Cristof's hobbyhorse.
275
00:11:30,390 --> 00:11:31,820
I didn't go there.
276
00:11:31,890 --> 00:11:35,580
We have to make sure we ask Ruffino
if he caught the show that day.
277
00:11:35,660 --> 00:11:37,060
No need to
mention my name.
278
00:11:37,130 --> 00:11:38,960
You're not worried,
are you?
279
00:11:39,030 --> 00:11:41,120
I mean, you could always
pull one of those, um,
280
00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:44,170
really groovy kung fu moves
that you use in the pictures.
281
00:11:44,230 --> 00:11:46,560
Yeah, that's gonna go over
real well with Ruffino's
282
00:11:46,630 --> 00:11:48,730
soldiers with them
semiautomatics.
283
00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:50,670
I love your work, man.
284
00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:55,370
ED". Mr. Ruffino?
285
00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:57,780
Don't bother, gentlemen.
No need.
286
00:11:57,850 --> 00:12:00,010
I can spot New York's
finest a mile away.
287
00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:01,480
Take a shower.
288
00:12:01,550 --> 00:12:02,540
What can I do for you?
289
00:12:02,620 --> 00:12:05,180
Yeah, we need to talk
to you about Cristof.
290
00:12:05,250 --> 00:12:07,120
Yeah, I heard he was
spreading it around
291
00:12:07,190 --> 00:12:08,680
that I had something
to do with that mess.
292
00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:09,750
Well, did you?
293
00:12:09,820 --> 00:12:11,990
(SCOFFS) Please.
What do I care about him?
294
00:12:12,060 --> 00:12:13,590
We heard he was
busting your onions
295
00:12:13,660 --> 00:12:15,820
pretty good on that
radio show of his.
296
00:12:15,900 --> 00:12:17,800
You know, I listen
to Howard Stern.
297
00:12:17,870 --> 00:12:19,160
What about your son?
298
00:12:19,230 --> 00:12:21,290
Cristof told us he came
by the studio one day.
299
00:12:22,070 --> 00:12:25,060
You know, Mikey Jr. took offense to
something the jerk said about me.
300
00:12:25,140 --> 00:12:26,500
I told him
forget about it.
301
00:12:26,570 --> 00:12:28,300
Yeah? We still need
to talk to him.
302
00:12:28,380 --> 00:12:30,400
You knock yourself out.
He lives in Miami.
303
00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:32,670
I'll give you
his number, huh?
304
00:12:34,580 --> 00:12:40,580
Look, if I wanted that fat
little mozzarella off the air,
305
00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:43,280
you really think I would
arrange something
306
00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:46,160
as half-assed as what
went down the other day?
307
00:12:46,230 --> 00:12:47,460
Did you?
308
00:12:48,260 --> 00:12:49,590
(CHUCKLES)
309
00:12:51,130 --> 00:12:53,070
Man, I hate to admit it,
but the old man's right.
310
00:12:53,130 --> 00:12:54,620
That ain't
really his style.
311
00:12:54,700 --> 00:12:58,140
No. Michael Ruffino's
enemies have a history
312
00:12:58,210 --> 00:13:00,730
of just disappearing
off the face of the earth.
313
00:13:00,810 --> 00:13:03,900
Although, if you could get
DNA from skyscrapers,
314
00:13:03,980 --> 00:13:06,210
I'm sure you could find a few of
them in Midtown, (CELL PHONE RINGS)
315
00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:08,410
mixed in with
a little concrete.
316
00:13:08,550 --> 00:13:09,710
Hello?
317
00:13:10,290 --> 00:13:11,380
Yeah?
318
00:13:12,990 --> 00:13:14,980
Okay. We'll check it out.
319
00:13:16,020 --> 00:13:18,320
Speaking of the mob, we got a
shooting at a mob pizzeria.
320
00:13:18,390 --> 00:13:19,520
Why call us?
321
00:13:19,590 --> 00:13:21,650
The detective on the scene
heard our Finest message.
322
00:13:21,730 --> 00:13:24,030
The victim's got ajagged
scar behind his right ear.
323
00:13:24,100 --> 00:13:27,560
Could it be this little bastard
is telling us the truth?
324
00:13:30,570 --> 00:13:31,560
Frank Tourno.
325
00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:32,700
He's the owner?
Yeah.
326
00:13:32,770 --> 00:13:34,440
Not that he ever
twirled any dough.
327
00:13:34,510 --> 00:13:37,170
He's a made guy, member
of the Ruffino family.
328
00:13:37,250 --> 00:13:38,270
What happened here?
329
00:13:38,350 --> 00:13:40,510
Witnesses say a couple of
white guys walked in,
330
00:13:40,580 --> 00:13:43,110
ordered a calzone, then
told everybody to freeze,
331
00:13:43,180 --> 00:13:45,150
double-tapped Frankie twice
in the back of the head.
332
00:13:45,220 --> 00:13:46,650
(CELL PHONE RINGS)
Excuse me.
333
00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:47,710
See that scar?
334
00:13:47,790 --> 00:13:50,090
Mmm, that could definitely
be Cristof's driver.
335
00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:53,180
That doesn't necessarily mean that
this is connected to that, does it?
336
00:13:53,260 --> 00:13:55,360
But if it is, and this
is payback for Tourno
337
00:13:55,430 --> 00:13:57,060
and his friend messing
up the Cristofjob...
338
00:13:57,130 --> 00:13:59,160
Then we're waiting for the
other shoe to drop? Exactly.
339
00:13:59,230 --> 00:14:01,290
Looks like one of those days.
Now what?
340
00:14:01,370 --> 00:14:03,570
Same MO downtown,
by the university.
341
00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:05,970
That noise you hear, by the
way, is the other shoe.
342
00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:07,840
I'll meet you down there.
All right, man.
343
00:14:11,110 --> 00:14:14,080
Witness said two guys walked
up to him on the sidewalk,
344
00:14:14,150 --> 00:14:16,450
popped him twice,
jumped in awaiting car.
345
00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:19,110
You got a make and
a model on the car?
346
00:14:19,190 --> 00:14:20,210
And a plate number.
347
00:14:20,290 --> 00:14:21,690
Oh, rock on.
Good work, bro.
348
00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:24,190
Great work. Car's stolen,
plates are stolen
349
00:14:24,260 --> 00:14:27,320
and it's being stripped for parts in a
chop shop in the Bronx as we speak.
350
00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:28,450
No doubt.
351
00:14:28,530 --> 00:14:29,760
What'd you find out, bro?
352
00:14:29,830 --> 00:14:32,030
Victim's name is
Angelo Simonetti.
353
00:14:32,100 --> 00:14:34,540
I called my ex-partner,
works Organized Crime,
354
00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:36,430
said Simonetti
is not a made guy,
355
00:14:36,500 --> 00:14:38,600
but he is a known
Ruffino associate.
356
00:14:38,670 --> 00:14:40,660
He doesn't look like
an outfit guy to me.
357
00:14:40,740 --> 00:14:43,180
Guess Cristof was telling the truth.
They were trying to whack him,
358
00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:44,940
they blew it, now
Ruffino's cleaning house.
359
00:14:45,010 --> 00:14:47,910
I've known plenty of mobsters,
and I haven't met one yet
360
00:14:47,980 --> 00:14:52,750
who carried around a copy oi A
History of Western Civilization.
361
00:14:52,820 --> 00:14:54,720
In a backpack, no less.
362
00:14:57,260 --> 00:14:58,920
The phone call
to the car service
363
00:14:58,990 --> 00:15:00,930
that canceled
Cristof's pick-up
364
00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:03,900
was made from a payphone
on Elizabeth Street.
365
00:15:03,970 --> 00:15:06,160
Hey, that's not so far from
the Ruffino Social Club.
366
00:15:06,230 --> 00:15:07,930
We also got the
number of the woman
367
00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:11,060
who called Cristof's cell
just before he was shot.
368
00:15:11,140 --> 00:15:12,500
You're thinking she was
part of the setup?
369
00:15:12,570 --> 00:15:14,700
Well, she may have been
a distraction or a signal.
370
00:15:14,780 --> 00:15:16,940
Anyway,
her name's Tina Reese.
371
00:15:17,010 --> 00:15:18,640
She owns a gallery.
372
00:15:18,710 --> 00:15:19,840
Okay.
373
00:15:22,980 --> 00:15:23,970
TINA: I don't
know Cristof.
374
00:15:24,050 --> 00:15:25,710
You called him
on his cell.
375
00:15:25,790 --> 00:15:27,280
You were talking to him
when he got shot.
376
00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:29,590
Look, Miss Reese, if you were
having an affair with Cristof,
377
00:15:29,660 --> 00:15:30,920
that's your business.
378
00:15:30,990 --> 00:15:33,290
All we're looking for is any help
that we can get on who shot him.
379
00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:35,190
I'm not having
an affair.
380
00:15:35,260 --> 00:15:37,460
I must've dialed
awrong number.
381
00:15:37,530 --> 00:15:39,330
Now, if you'll excuse me.
ED: Okay, Tina, stop!
382
00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:40,730
Come here.
383
00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:48,570
Over the last month, you dialed
the same wrong number 36 times,
384
00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:50,840
so you have been talking
to Cristof at length.
385
00:15:50,910 --> 00:15:52,680
And he's called you
numerous times also.
386
00:15:52,750 --> 00:15:55,340
Now, I can understand you wanting to be
discreet. He's a married man and all.
387
00:15:55,420 --> 00:15:56,940
(slsl-ls) It's...
388
00:15:57,320 --> 00:15:59,790
It's not his wife
I'm worried about.
389
00:16:01,190 --> 00:16:02,620
It's my boyfriend.
390
00:16:04,130 --> 00:16:05,650
Well, who's
your boyfriend?
391
00:16:09,130 --> 00:16:12,730
Man, of all the women in New York City you
could've stepped out on your wife with,
392
00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:15,130
you chose a mob
boss's mistress?
393
00:16:15,770 --> 00:16:17,360
I met her first.
394
00:16:17,740 --> 00:16:20,140
About eight years ago
at her gallery.
395
00:16:20,210 --> 00:16:21,970
I fell for her hard.
396
00:16:22,910 --> 00:16:25,850
We've been seeing each other
off and on ever since.
397
00:16:25,910 --> 00:16:27,570
Must've thrilled
your wife to no end.
398
00:16:29,050 --> 00:16:31,280
She thinks it ended
a few years ago.
399
00:16:31,350 --> 00:16:33,080
You know Tina was seeing
Ruffino, too, right?
400
00:16:33,150 --> 00:16:34,520
I didn't like it.
401
00:16:34,590 --> 00:16:36,920
But I was in no position
to tell her what to do.
402
00:16:36,990 --> 00:16:38,430
Does he know about you?
403
00:16:38,490 --> 00:16:40,790
I don't think so.
Wait a minute.
404
00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:45,030
You don't think that's why he might've
tried to bump me off, do you?
405
00:16:45,100 --> 00:16:47,090
Hmm, let me take a guess.
406
00:16:47,170 --> 00:16:48,160
Yeah, it's a thought.
407
00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:50,500
Well, no way.
She would never do that.
408
00:16:50,570 --> 00:16:53,940
This is about what I said about
him on my radio show, all right?
409
00:16:54,010 --> 00:16:55,980
All right. Anyway,
410
00:16:57,380 --> 00:16:58,810
take a look at this.
411
00:16:58,880 --> 00:16:59,870
That's the driver.
412
00:16:59,950 --> 00:17:01,440
ED: You sure?
413
00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:03,610
You kidding me? Where you
gonna see a scar like that?
414
00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:04,670
Who is he?
415
00:17:04,750 --> 00:17:07,080
That's Frank Tourno. He's
one of Ruffino's soldiers.
416
00:17:07,690 --> 00:17:09,180
Ruffino's soldier?
417
00:17:09,260 --> 00:17:10,850
They put two in his cod.
418
00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:13,020
Why?
419
00:17:13,090 --> 00:17:14,650
I'm just spitballing here,
420
00:17:14,730 --> 00:17:17,860
but I'm thinking maybe it's because
they botched the job on you.
421
00:17:19,700 --> 00:17:20,900
ED: Look at this one.
422
00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:23,470
Nah, sorry.
423
00:17:23,540 --> 00:17:24,560
ED: He's not the shooter?
424
00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:27,730
The guy who shot me
was bigger, older, fatter.
425
00:17:27,810 --> 00:17:30,300
This guy, I never
laid eyes on before.
426
00:17:32,780 --> 00:17:34,770
Then who the hell is this?
427
00:17:38,620 --> 00:17:40,780
Angelo was a good boy.
428
00:17:41,620 --> 00:17:43,390
Everybody liked him.
429
00:17:44,060 --> 00:17:45,460
He was kind,
430
00:17:46,060 --> 00:17:47,430
thoughtful.
431
00:17:47,630 --> 00:17:48,650
(SOBBING)
432
00:17:48,730 --> 00:17:50,790
My Angelo had
a head for books.
433
00:17:50,870 --> 00:17:53,490
He was gonna make
something of himself.
434
00:17:54,870 --> 00:17:57,100
FONTANA: Mrs. Simonetti,
we're very sorry.
435
00:17:57,970 --> 00:18:01,270
And I don't mean any
disrespect by this, but...
436
00:18:02,780 --> 00:18:04,770
Say what you have to say.
437
00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:09,280
We have some information
438
00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:12,980
that your son, Angelo,
was somehow
439
00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:16,650
involved with the
Ruffino crime family.
440
00:18:18,030 --> 00:18:20,150
So that's what
this is about.
441
00:18:21,630 --> 00:18:23,430
I was afraid of this.
442
00:18:24,100 --> 00:18:25,690
Soon as I heard.
443
00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:28,190
So you know something
about this, ma'am?
444
00:18:29,970 --> 00:18:32,700
They shot the wrong Angelo!
445
00:18:33,340 --> 00:18:37,070
His older second cousin
is the one they were after!
446
00:18:37,650 --> 00:18:40,510
His name is
Angelo Simonetti also.
447
00:18:40,980 --> 00:18:44,920
He runs with the Ruffinos.
He's the gangster!
448
00:18:45,990 --> 00:18:47,480
Not my Angelo.
449
00:18:47,860 --> 00:18:48,980
(SOBBING)
450
00:18:52,130 --> 00:18:53,650
Mrs. Simonetti?
451
00:18:55,030 --> 00:18:58,520
Do you know where this other
Angelo Simonetti lives?
452
00:18:59,330 --> 00:19:00,660
Oh, no.
453
00:19:02,100 --> 00:19:03,800
Sorry, no.
454
00:19:06,070 --> 00:19:09,170
Excuse me, ma'am, if you
don't mind me asking,
455
00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:11,070
where'd you get
this photo?
456
00:19:11,150 --> 00:19:14,050
Oh. His Uncle Carlo
gave it to him.
457
00:19:15,120 --> 00:19:17,480
Angelo loved
that man's movies.
458
00:19:17,950 --> 00:19:19,110
Uncle Carlo?
459
00:19:19,190 --> 00:19:20,650
Carlo Tresca.
460
00:19:21,360 --> 00:19:22,950
He's a producer.
461
00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:26,590
He and Mr. Whitestone
did a movie together.
462
00:19:31,370 --> 00:19:34,060
The mob produced
Whitestone's last picture?
463
00:19:34,140 --> 00:19:37,770
Uh-huh. Pinochle Pictures,
owned by Carlo Tresca.
464
00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:39,470
One of Michael
Ruffino's capos.
465
00:19:39,540 --> 00:19:42,510
So, was Whitestone aware of
who he was in business with?
466
00:19:42,580 --> 00:19:45,710
Well, he had to be. His telephone
records indicate hundreds of calls
467
00:19:45,780 --> 00:19:49,220
to Tresca and other Ruffino
associates during the last year.
468
00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:51,880
There was one more call to
that Elizabeth Street payphone
469
00:19:51,950 --> 00:19:53,280
the day that
Cristof got shot.
470
00:19:53,350 --> 00:19:55,220
The one where the car
service was canceled?
471
00:19:55,290 --> 00:19:58,260
Mmm-hmm. The timeline works, too.
The studio called the car service,
472
00:19:58,330 --> 00:20:00,260
and then Whitestone
called the payphone.
473
00:20:00,330 --> 00:20:03,060
After they hung up, somebody from
the payphone calls the car service,
474
00:20:03,130 --> 00:20:04,390
cancels Cristof's ride.
475
00:20:04,470 --> 00:20:06,260
And then they tried
to cancel Cristof.
476
00:20:06,330 --> 00:20:09,200
So they were smart enough
to use the payphone,
477
00:20:09,270 --> 00:20:11,470
but Whitestone
uses his own cell?
478
00:20:11,540 --> 00:20:12,970
He's an actor.
479
00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:16,200
Well, Mr. Whitestone's
got some explaining to do.
480
00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:21,680
The Ruffinos financed
the picture.
481
00:20:22,820 --> 00:20:24,250
The movie tanked.
lowed them money,
482
00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:26,620
a lot more than
I could ever pay back.
483
00:20:26,690 --> 00:20:30,120
ED: So what did Tresca ask
you to do to repay the debt?
484
00:20:30,890 --> 00:20:32,620
Get close to Cristof.
485
00:20:32,690 --> 00:20:34,820
Fill him in on his
comings and goings.
486
00:20:34,900 --> 00:20:36,990
So, then on that day?
487
00:20:37,060 --> 00:20:39,400
I called Tourno
at the payphone.
488
00:20:39,970 --> 00:20:43,160
Tourno canceled his car and
picked Cristof up himself.
489
00:20:43,970 --> 00:20:45,910
You knew what
he was gonna do?
490
00:20:45,970 --> 00:20:47,840
(SIGHS) I had an idea.
491
00:20:48,340 --> 00:20:51,210
Did Tourno tell you why
he wanted him hurt?
492
00:20:52,610 --> 00:20:55,710
He was sleeping with
Michael Ruffino's mistress.
493
00:20:56,350 --> 00:20:57,880
Oh, so you knew that, too?
494
00:20:57,950 --> 00:20:59,040
Everybody knew.
495
00:20:59,120 --> 00:21:02,150
Worst kept secret
in New York. Page 6.
496
00:21:02,220 --> 00:21:06,390
"What New York radio personality is
seeing which goodfella's girlfriend?"
497
00:21:07,230 --> 00:21:08,390
Who ordered the hit?
498
00:21:08,460 --> 00:21:09,730
Had to be Ruffino.
499
00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:13,830
Come on, things like that don't happen
without the boss signing off on them.
500
00:21:15,970 --> 00:21:18,740
Mr. Whitestone, I hope you got a
whole lot of scripts to read because
501
00:21:18,810 --> 00:21:20,900
you're looking at some
serious jail time.
502
00:21:20,980 --> 00:21:22,640
You think so, huh?
503
00:21:27,250 --> 00:21:30,740
Think of it as research
for your next part.
504
00:21:31,690 --> 00:21:33,450
Only, if I were you,
505
00:21:33,750 --> 00:21:36,590
lwouldn't write
any roles for women.
506
00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:47,590
What now?
507
00:21:47,670 --> 00:21:49,860
Michael Ruffino, you're under
arrest for attempted murder.
508
00:21:49,940 --> 00:21:51,370
For whom?
Whom?
509
00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:52,840
Cristof, that's whom.
510
00:21:52,910 --> 00:21:54,640
I had nothing
to do with that.
511
00:21:54,710 --> 00:21:56,680
I'll make bail before
youse get home tonight.
512
00:21:56,740 --> 00:21:59,180
Don't sleep too easy, 'cause we're still
looking at you for the murders of
513
00:21:59,250 --> 00:22:00,710
Angelo Simonetti
and Frank Tourno.
514
00:22:00,780 --> 00:22:03,940
You know those knuckleheads you hired
killed the wrong Angelo Simonetti?
515
00:22:04,020 --> 00:22:05,040
What?
Yeah.
516
00:22:05,120 --> 00:22:06,710
Now you're gonna have to hire
some more to fix that one.
517
00:22:06,790 --> 00:22:10,120
Just can't find good help these
days, can ya, Mikey boy?
518
00:22:13,190 --> 00:22:14,250
Charge?
519
00:22:14,330 --> 00:22:16,230
Conspiracy to commit murder,
Your Honor.
520
00:22:16,300 --> 00:22:17,320
JUDGE: Plea?
521
00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:21,060
Mr. Ruffino enters a plea of not
guilty and requests bail, YourHonoL
522
00:22:21,140 --> 00:22:22,660
The People seek remand,
Your Honor.
523
00:22:22,740 --> 00:22:25,500
Mr. Ruffino has dual
citizenship with Italy
524
00:22:25,570 --> 00:22:27,230
and the resources
not only to flee,
525
00:22:27,310 --> 00:22:29,710
but to finish off what he
started with Mr. Cristof.
526
00:22:29,780 --> 00:22:33,410
Mr. Ruffino had absolutely nothing to
do whatsoever with shooting Cristof.
527
00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:35,110
He's a mob boss...
Alleged.
528
00:22:35,180 --> 00:22:39,380
...who's currently under investigation
for two murders related to this case.
529
00:22:39,450 --> 00:22:42,480
Charge him with an actual
murder or two, Miss Southerlyn,
530
00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:44,620
and I'll be
happy to remand.
531
00:22:44,690 --> 00:22:47,860
You got your bail, Counselor, but
it's gonna cost ya. Million bucks.
532
00:22:47,930 --> 00:22:49,830
Your Honor, that's no
deterrent to flight.
533
00:22:49,900 --> 00:22:52,530
What about house arrest
or an electronic bracelet?
534
00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:54,760
Now that's a little extreme,
Miss Southerlyn.
535
00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:57,900
How about Mr. Ruffino
surrenders his passports?
536
00:22:58,240 --> 00:22:59,430
Both of them.
537
00:22:59,510 --> 00:23:01,000
(GAVEL BANGS)
538
00:23:02,310 --> 00:23:04,840
You weren't gonna get remand
on a conspiracy charge.
539
00:23:04,910 --> 00:23:07,510
Well, I had to try. At least
I got his passports pulled.
540
00:23:07,580 --> 00:23:08,880
You have time for lunch?
541
00:23:08,950 --> 00:23:11,880
No, I'm actually on my way to
prep Jarret Whitestone for trial.
542
00:23:11,950 --> 00:23:13,980
Remind him that part of his
plea agreement is that
543
00:23:14,050 --> 00:23:17,490
he be forthcoming about all his
dealings with the Ruffinos.
544
00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:19,320
You don't trust him?
545
00:23:20,060 --> 00:23:21,360
Gone? What do
you mean gone?
546
00:23:21,430 --> 00:23:22,490
Left this morning.
547
00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:25,030
Said he had a movie
to shoot overseas,
548
00:23:25,100 --> 00:23:27,230
gone for a few months,
would I hold the mail.
549
00:23:27,300 --> 00:23:28,860
Where overseas?
550
00:23:28,940 --> 00:23:31,230
Asia, somewhere.
Thailand.
551
00:23:31,870 --> 00:23:33,770
Or maybe it was Taiwan.
552
00:23:36,580 --> 00:23:39,740
I googled him. According to the
trade papers, he's making a movie
553
00:23:39,810 --> 00:23:42,250
about Tibetan Buddhism
in Mongolia.
554
00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:44,750
Correct me if I'm wrong,
but Whitestone is the link
555
00:23:44,820 --> 00:23:46,750
that connects
the victim to Ruffino?
556
00:23:46,820 --> 00:23:50,280
Yes. He's the one who placed the
call to Tourno to set Cristof up.
557
00:23:50,360 --> 00:23:54,090
Tourno being the dead driver
who botched the Cristofjob?
558
00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:56,190
And a known
Ruffino associate.
559
00:23:56,260 --> 00:24:00,200
And the whereabouts of this other
mobster, the one who shot Cristof?
560
00:24:00,270 --> 00:24:01,630
Angelo Simonetti?
561
00:24:01,700 --> 00:24:04,830
He's disappeared. We don't know if
he's in hiding or if he's dead.
562
00:24:04,910 --> 00:24:06,670
Will Miss Reese testify?
563
00:24:06,740 --> 00:24:08,170
Against Ruffino?
(PHONE RINGS)
564
00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:09,970
Branch.
565
00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:12,840
I don't need her to
testify against Ruffino.
566
00:24:12,910 --> 00:24:14,900
If she talks about
how wonderful he is
567
00:24:14,980 --> 00:24:16,710
and how long they've been
seeing each other...
568
00:24:16,780 --> 00:24:18,880
She makes
our case for us.
569
00:24:18,950 --> 00:24:21,080
Michael Ruffino
found out that Cristof
570
00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:24,680
was having an affair with her
and tried to eliminate him.
571
00:24:25,360 --> 00:24:27,730
But what if she
won't cooperate?
572
00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:31,320
Well, you don't need to worry about
Tina Reese's testimony anymore.
573
00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:37,830
ED". Who found her?
574
00:24:37,910 --> 00:24:39,300
Her assistant, about 9:00
this morning.
575
00:24:39,370 --> 00:24:41,360
Cause of death?
Plastic bag over her head,
576
00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:43,540
empty bottles of pills,
couple shots of bourbon.
577
00:24:43,610 --> 00:24:45,240
Hmm, that'll do it.
She leave a note?
578
00:24:45,310 --> 00:24:46,340
Still in the printer.
579
00:24:46,410 --> 00:24:48,400
Hey, this morning, was the
door locked or unlocked?
580
00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:50,310
According to the
assistant, locked.
581
00:24:50,380 --> 00:24:51,650
How about
the victim's keys?
582
00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:52,810
In her purse.
583
00:24:52,890 --> 00:24:54,380
Hmm, sounds open
and shut to me.
584
00:24:54,460 --> 00:24:56,750
Picture perfect.
See for yourselves.
585
00:24:56,820 --> 00:24:58,660
Wow. What do we got here?
586
00:24:58,730 --> 00:25:00,130
Well, I'll tell you
what it looks like.
587
00:25:00,190 --> 00:25:03,790
Looks like she dissolved most of a bottle
of tranquilizers in a glass of bourbon,
588
00:25:03,860 --> 00:25:06,830
chugged it, put a bag over her
head, suffocated herself to death.
589
00:25:06,900 --> 00:25:08,730
Well, you're right.
That's what it looks like.
590
00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:10,700
Well, we won't know for certain
until we get her on the table,
591
00:25:10,770 --> 00:25:12,600
run a tox screen,
etcetera, etcetera.
592
00:25:12,670 --> 00:25:14,440
Ah, here's the note.
593
00:25:16,110 --> 00:25:17,580
Let's see.
594
00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:20,980
"I don't deserve to live. I hurt the
only man who ever truly loved me.
595
00:25:21,050 --> 00:25:22,850
"I'm sorry. Tina."
596
00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:25,150
Anything here that says
this isn't a suicide?
597
00:25:25,220 --> 00:25:26,620
Well, bruise
on her forehead.
598
00:25:26,690 --> 00:25:29,320
But that's consistent with passing
out, hitting her head on the desk.
599
00:25:29,390 --> 00:25:30,720
You got a time
of death?
600
00:25:30,790 --> 00:25:32,850
Between rigor, lividity
and body temp,
601
00:25:32,930 --> 00:25:35,120
I'd say about
9:00 last night.
602
00:25:35,460 --> 00:25:37,590
Thank you.
FONTANA: All right, thanks.
603
00:25:39,270 --> 00:25:41,560
We're not gonna find anyone
else's prints on that note.
604
00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:43,660
Like the man said,
picture perfect.
605
00:25:43,740 --> 00:25:44,730
You don't believe that,
do you?
606
00:25:44,810 --> 00:25:45,970
Oh, hell no.
607
00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:47,510
Neither do I.
608
00:25:50,210 --> 00:25:52,540
I met her at the gallery
about five years ago.
609
00:25:52,610 --> 00:25:54,510
When was the last
time you saw her?
610
00:25:54,580 --> 00:25:57,710
Jesus, last weekend.
We had dinner.
611
00:25:57,790 --> 00:25:59,650
What'd you talk about?
612
00:26:01,620 --> 00:26:03,060
I don't know.
613
00:26:03,120 --> 00:26:04,750
Stuff. This and that.
614
00:26:04,830 --> 00:26:05,920
How can you remember?
615
00:26:05,990 --> 00:26:07,090
You have a fight?
616
00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:10,100
Nah, hardly. Uh, after
dinner, I took her home.
617
00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:12,900
Her assistant said that you two
were having some problems.
618
00:26:12,970 --> 00:26:15,700
No, no, never.
No, it's news to me.
619
00:26:15,770 --> 00:26:19,100
Uh, on the other hand,
you know broads.
620
00:26:19,670 --> 00:26:23,170
They get mad at you, half the
time, you're the last to know.
621
00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:24,570
I mean, she was always
breaking up with me.
622
00:26:24,650 --> 00:26:25,640
Mmm, why?
623
00:26:27,210 --> 00:26:29,440
I knew I'd never
leave my wife.
624
00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:33,380
Just for the record, where
were you last night?
625
00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:37,920
I had dinner at Chanterelle with
Shirley and another couple.
626
00:26:37,990 --> 00:26:39,390
All evening.
627
00:26:43,700 --> 00:26:45,430
I thought this
was a suicide.
628
00:26:45,500 --> 00:26:47,800
Well, it's an
apparent suicide.
629
00:26:47,870 --> 00:26:49,960
There's nothing
official yet.
630
00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:52,270
Not until we say
it's official.
631
00:26:54,810 --> 00:26:57,140
You don't like me
for this, do you?
632
00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:01,070
I don't like you, period.
633
00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:04,510
But for this,
you tell me,
634
00:27:05,550 --> 00:27:07,110
who else should we like?
635
00:27:11,130 --> 00:27:13,250
I don't know.
I really don't.
636
00:27:14,360 --> 00:27:16,490
Do you think she could've
done this to herself?
637
00:27:17,530 --> 00:27:20,020
No. I never would've
thought so, no.
638
00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:30,270
Hey, you know she was
seeing Cristof, too?
639
00:27:31,010 --> 00:27:32,480
That's a lie!
640
00:27:32,550 --> 00:27:34,450
Uh-huh. The same time
you were. Ciao.
641
00:27:39,420 --> 00:27:41,680
I'm telling you, I thought the
guy was gonna have an aneurysm.
642
00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:44,020
If he already knew about Cristof and
Tina, he's a pretty good actor.
643
00:27:44,090 --> 00:27:45,750
Look, I'm notjumping
to any conclusions,
644
00:27:45,830 --> 00:27:48,560
but I'm not buying his act
right off the rack, either.
645
00:27:48,630 --> 00:27:50,560
Ladies.
Detectives.
646
00:27:50,630 --> 00:27:52,260
ED: Hey, Miss Southerlyn,
Doctor.
647
00:27:52,330 --> 00:27:53,320
What do we got?
648
00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:55,430
Miss Reese had enough
Valium in her system,
649
00:27:55,500 --> 00:27:57,630
combined with the
alcohol, to kill her.
650
00:27:57,700 --> 00:27:59,500
Certainly would have
rendered her unconscious.
651
00:27:59,570 --> 00:28:01,200
So what was the
cause of death?
652
00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:05,300
Suffocation. Before the pills and
alcohol could take full effect.
653
00:28:05,380 --> 00:28:06,710
You mean it was suicide?
654
00:28:08,020 --> 00:28:09,810
The bruise
on her forehead?
655
00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:14,450
As you might expect, she has a
corresponding injury to her frontal lobe.
656
00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:16,580
So she passed out, fell
forward and hit her head.
657
00:28:16,660 --> 00:28:19,490
No, her head was thrown
forward into the desk.
658
00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:20,760
How do you know that?
659
00:28:20,830 --> 00:28:23,660
The brain bounced
inside the skull,
660
00:28:23,730 --> 00:28:27,000
and left a corresponding
injury to the occipital lobe.
661
00:28:27,070 --> 00:28:29,040
It's what we call
a contrecoup injury.
662
00:28:29,100 --> 00:28:31,830
So, somebody comes up from
behind, grabs her by the hair.
663
00:28:31,910 --> 00:28:33,170
Yeah, bang,
the light goes out,
664
00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:36,110
and then somebody pours a booze and
pill cocktail down her throat.
665
00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:38,040
I'm calling it a homicide.
666
00:28:38,110 --> 00:28:40,380
I think that's
a very good call.
667
00:28:41,350 --> 00:28:43,910
Ruffino's the only one who
could benefit from her death.
668
00:28:43,980 --> 00:28:45,510
I hate these mob cases.
669
00:28:45,590 --> 00:28:49,110
Collateral damage, like Tina
Reese and the young Simonetti.
670
00:28:49,190 --> 00:28:52,750
If we can put Ruffino away, he's
just about the last don standing.
671
00:28:52,830 --> 00:28:57,260
Maybe we're worried about the wrong missing
witness. Forget Jarret Whitestone.
672
00:28:57,330 --> 00:29:02,100
The man who shot Cristof, the right Angelo
Simonetti, is still out there someplace.
673
00:29:02,170 --> 00:29:05,470
Assuming he's not in that mob
graveyard over in Queens.
674
00:29:05,540 --> 00:29:08,910
You know, I think the only person we haven't
interviewed about Angelo Simonetti yet
675
00:29:08,980 --> 00:29:11,450
is his grandmother
in Bay Ridge.
676
00:29:11,510 --> 00:29:14,000
Have Fontana and Green
check it out.
677
00:29:17,450 --> 00:29:20,720
(SPEAKING ITALIAN)
678
00:29:27,930 --> 00:29:29,450
Do I need to translate
that for you?
679
00:29:29,530 --> 00:29:31,050
No, I think I caught
the gist of that.
680
00:29:31,130 --> 00:29:32,390
Tell her that it
would be better
681
00:29:32,470 --> 00:29:34,960
if we found her grandson
first before Ruffino does.
682
00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:37,030
(CURSING IN ITALIAN)
(SPITS)
683
00:29:37,100 --> 00:29:38,300
Don Ruffi no, sf.
684
00:29:38,370 --> 00:29:40,070
(SPEAKING ITALIAN)
685
00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:42,840
And don't think
for one second
686
00:29:42,910 --> 00:29:45,740
that I buy into this "I don't
speak English" routine.
687
00:29:45,810 --> 00:29:48,140
(BOTH SPEAKING ITALIAN)
688
00:29:51,050 --> 00:29:54,890
Excuse me, ma'am, but who do you
know in Washington Heights?
689
00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:57,050
No offense, grandma, but
I'm sure you ain't got
690
00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:58,320
a whole lot of
Dominican friends.
691
00:29:58,390 --> 00:29:59,860
Look at that name
and that zip code.
692
00:29:59,930 --> 00:30:01,020
Yeah.
693
00:30:01,430 --> 00:30:03,660
And how about that?
No return address.
694
00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:06,960
Warrant.
695
00:30:07,630 --> 00:30:08,930
She know that word,
don't she?
696
00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:12,840
Yeah, and here's two more.
No problem.
697
00:30:12,910 --> 00:30:15,600
Because I'm staying right here while
my friend goes and gets a warrant,
698
00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:19,110
just in case you get the urge
to talk to your grandson.
699
00:30:20,550 --> 00:30:22,210
(SPEAKING ITALIAN)
700
00:30:41,030 --> 00:30:42,700
ANGELO: Yeah?
Who is it?
701
00:30:42,770 --> 00:30:44,260
Angelo Simonetti?
702
00:30:44,340 --> 00:30:45,600
What do you want?
703
00:30:45,670 --> 00:30:47,540
NYPD, open the door.
704
00:30:47,610 --> 00:30:49,200
Show me a badge.
705
00:30:55,020 --> 00:30:57,110
Okay. Coming out.
706
00:30:57,180 --> 00:30:59,980
Nice and easy, Angelo,
with your hands up.
707
00:31:00,050 --> 00:31:02,750
I'm gonna open the door now.
Don't shoot.
708
00:31:04,260 --> 00:31:05,750
I ain't armed.
709
00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:14,530
We been wanting to
talk to you, Angelo.
710
00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:16,370
Pleasure would be mine.
711
00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:18,560
Thank God you're cops.
(SIGHS IN RELIEF)
712
00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:20,700
For a minute there,
thought I was a dead man.
713
00:31:20,770 --> 00:31:22,900
All right, come on.
Let's go.
714
00:31:27,910 --> 00:31:29,440
Son of a bitch
tries to kill me
715
00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:32,420
and the morons he hires kill
my little cousin instead?
716
00:31:32,490 --> 00:31:34,280
You want us to help you
put Ruffino away?
717
00:31:34,350 --> 00:31:35,690
What are you
looking for?
718
00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:38,120
Full immunity
and protection.
719
00:31:38,190 --> 00:31:41,680
Your client shot Cristof. He's
got to plead to something.
720
00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:45,820
Assault. Second Degree. He gets
probation, you get Michael Ruffino.
721
00:31:47,700 --> 00:31:50,930
I'll talk to the US Attorney
about witness protection.
722
00:31:54,270 --> 00:31:57,110
Frankie Tourno and I were
supposed to take out Cristof.
723
00:31:57,710 --> 00:31:58,740
What went wrong?
724
00:31:58,810 --> 00:31:59,900
ANGELO: What didn't?
725
00:31:59,980 --> 00:32:02,380
Cristof was on his cell,
totally distracted.
726
00:32:02,450 --> 00:32:06,180
I pulled my piece, I turned around
to plug him, just at that moment,
727
00:32:06,250 --> 00:32:08,720
Frank hits a pothole, my first
shot goes into the roof.
728
00:32:08,790 --> 00:32:10,690
So that's when Cristof
grabbed the gun.
729
00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:14,820
Yeah. We wrestle around, I fire a
few more times, I hit him once.
730
00:32:14,900 --> 00:32:18,200
Frankie slams into some parked
cars, the door flies open,
731
00:32:18,270 --> 00:32:19,930
Cristof falls out.
732
00:32:20,300 --> 00:32:21,890
Complete fiasco.
733
00:32:22,300 --> 00:32:23,740
Who wanted him hit?
734
00:32:24,770 --> 00:32:25,900
Don Ruffino.
735
00:32:25,970 --> 00:32:29,340
He found out Tina was stepping
out on him with Cristof.
736
00:32:29,810 --> 00:32:31,240
He told you that?
737
00:32:31,310 --> 00:32:32,680
Nah.
738
00:32:32,750 --> 00:32:34,810
He never tells nobody
nothing directly.
739
00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:38,320
I got my marching orders from
Tourno, who got his from Mikey Jr.
740
00:32:38,390 --> 00:32:40,150
Tourno's dead.
There's no way to tie
741
00:32:40,220 --> 00:32:43,050
Michael Ruffino Jr.
to the conspiracy.
742
00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:47,080
Mr. Ruffino didn't get to be such
a ripe old age by being stupid.
743
00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:54,430
WOLCHESKY: So, Michael Ruffino Jr.
told Frank Tourno
744
00:32:54,500 --> 00:32:57,130
to tell you
to kill Mr. Cristof.
745
00:32:57,200 --> 00:32:59,000
Do I have that right?
746
00:32:59,610 --> 00:33:00,630
Yeah.
747
00:33:00,710 --> 00:33:02,870
Not my client,
Mr. Ruffino.
748
00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:04,740
That's correct.
749
00:33:04,810 --> 00:33:06,840
Mr. Tourno say he got the
orders from my client?
750
00:33:07,710 --> 00:33:10,340
He didn't have to. We knew
where they came from.
751
00:33:10,420 --> 00:33:13,820
But you never got the alleged
orders from Mr. Ruffino himself?
752
00:33:13,890 --> 00:33:16,080
That's what I
been saying. No.
753
00:33:16,390 --> 00:33:20,850
Did Mr. Ruffino ever express to
you personally, at any time,
754
00:33:20,930 --> 00:33:25,160
that he wanted to see Mr. Cristof
shot or injured in any way?
755
00:33:26,170 --> 00:33:27,190
No.
756
00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:30,630
You shot Cristof
at close range.
757
00:33:31,470 --> 00:33:34,630
Pretty close, yeah.
It was deafening.
758
00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:37,540
You tried your best
to kill him.
759
00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:39,040
Didn't work out.
760
00:33:39,110 --> 00:33:41,710
Yet you weren't charged with
attempted murder, were you?
761
00:33:41,780 --> 00:33:42,980
No.
762
00:33:43,050 --> 00:33:45,140
What were you charged with,
Mr. Simonetti?
763
00:33:46,390 --> 00:33:47,440
Assault.
764
00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:49,080
In the Second Degree.
765
00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:51,720
A Class D felony.
Isn't that right?
766
00:33:51,790 --> 00:33:52,850
I guess.
767
00:33:52,930 --> 00:33:54,660
So, Mr. Simonetti,
768
00:33:54,730 --> 00:33:57,820
you were able to plead out
to a Class D felony
769
00:33:57,900 --> 00:34:01,130
in exchange for your
testimony against my client?
770
00:34:02,270 --> 00:34:05,070
Insinuate all you want.
But I ain't lying.
771
00:34:05,810 --> 00:34:07,070
Of course you're not.
772
00:34:07,140 --> 00:34:09,540
What reason would
you have to lie?
773
00:34:16,980 --> 00:34:18,040
L---
774
00:34:19,550 --> 00:34:22,890
I tried to fight the guy off, and the
next thing I know, I'm in the hospital.
775
00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:26,120
JACK: Angelo Simonetti has
testified that he shot you.
776
00:34:27,290 --> 00:34:30,060
Did you meet with detectives
after his arrest?
777
00:34:31,300 --> 00:34:32,530
They did a lineup.
778
00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:36,090
And did you identify him then
as the man who shot you?
779
00:34:37,540 --> 00:34:39,400
I said he was the guy.
780
00:34:41,510 --> 00:34:44,710
Well, I thought about it,
and now I'm not so sure.
781
00:34:46,850 --> 00:34:48,110
Not sure?
782
00:34:49,350 --> 00:34:51,340
Yeah. I thought about it,
783
00:34:52,990 --> 00:34:56,450
(SIGHS) and I think I might
havejumped to a conclusion.
784
00:34:56,990 --> 00:34:59,430
You also identified
the late Frank Tourno
785
00:34:59,490 --> 00:35:01,820
as the driver
from a photo array.
786
00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:04,000
Like I said,
787
00:35:04,830 --> 00:35:08,390
I had some time to think about
it, and I thought about it,
788
00:35:09,340 --> 00:35:11,330
and I think the driver
might've been a different guy.
789
00:35:11,770 --> 00:35:16,210
In the past, you positively
identified Frank Tourno as the driver
790
00:35:16,710 --> 00:35:19,340
and Angelo Simonetti
as the shooter.
791
00:35:20,450 --> 00:35:22,940
Was your memory
better then,
792
00:35:23,020 --> 00:35:25,710
or is it clearer now
that time has passed?
793
00:35:26,550 --> 00:35:27,950
Like I said,
794
00:35:30,420 --> 00:35:32,520
I think I made a mistake.
795
00:35:32,590 --> 00:35:35,120
Did Mr. Ruffino or one
of his associates
796
00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:37,100
threaten you to change
your testimony?
797
00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:38,150
WOLCHESKY: Objection.
798
00:35:38,230 --> 00:35:39,220
JUDGE: Sustained.
799
00:35:39,300 --> 00:35:41,100
Make sure you have
a good faith basis
800
00:35:41,170 --> 00:35:42,970
for your questions,
Mr. McCoy.
801
00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:47,840
Would a pattern of witness intimidation
and elimination be enough of a basis?
802
00:35:47,910 --> 00:35:48,900
Objection.
803
00:35:48,980 --> 00:35:52,340
YourHonon this witness has
clearly been compromised.
804
00:35:52,410 --> 00:35:55,810
Unless you have evidence
to support that allegation,
805
00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:57,780
I suggest you
move on, Counselor.
806
00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:09,730
So, where are we
on the Cristof case?
807
00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:10,790
Did you see the news?
808
00:36:10,860 --> 00:36:14,230
Satellite radio's picked up Cristof's show.
He's going national.
809
00:36:14,300 --> 00:36:16,170
You think the mob
arranged that somehow?
810
00:36:16,240 --> 00:36:18,710
I think it's possible
somebody called in a favor.
811
00:36:18,770 --> 00:36:21,170
Or someone scared him
or bought him off.
812
00:36:21,240 --> 00:36:23,800
I don't think we can win
with the witnesses we have.
813
00:36:23,880 --> 00:36:25,810
Well, we can't get
to Michael Ruffino Jr.,
814
00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:28,580
who wouldn't testify against
his father, anyway.
815
00:36:28,650 --> 00:36:32,640
And if Cristof won't identify Simonetti and
Tourno as the guys who attacked him...
816
00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:35,620
We may need Jarret
Whitestone after all.
817
00:36:36,020 --> 00:36:37,920
And why would he
come back to testify?
818
00:36:37,990 --> 00:36:42,020
I doubt that he wants to make movies
in Mongolia for the rest of his life.
819
00:36:42,100 --> 00:36:45,500
We can offer him immunity and protection
from the mob if he cooperates.
820
00:36:45,570 --> 00:36:47,800
That's all well and good, but
how do you intend to find him?
821
00:36:47,870 --> 00:36:49,430
That's easy.
Call his agent.
822
00:36:50,740 --> 00:36:52,600
Ask for a continuance.
823
00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:59,480
Just for the record, lwasn't
making a movie in Mongolia.
824
00:36:59,550 --> 00:37:01,540
I was meditating
in a monastery.
825
00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:03,810
We'll alert the media.
826
00:37:06,490 --> 00:37:08,390
He'll testify to
everything that he knows,
827
00:37:08,460 --> 00:37:11,790
but he'll need immunity
and protection, God knows.
828
00:37:11,860 --> 00:37:14,350
As long as he
allocutes to his role.
829
00:37:16,430 --> 00:37:20,160
So, what more can you tell us about
the conspiracy on Mr. Cristof's life?
830
00:37:20,930 --> 00:37:24,130
I've already told you
everything I know about that.
831
00:37:24,870 --> 00:37:27,600
But I can tell you
who killed Tina Reese.
832
00:37:28,780 --> 00:37:31,610
Ruffino knew that Tina
was cheating on him.
833
00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:33,700
He said he could make
it look like a suicide.
834
00:37:34,380 --> 00:37:35,370
He said that?
835
00:37:35,450 --> 00:37:38,180
He had this book,
from the Hemlock Society?
836
00:37:38,250 --> 00:37:40,410
Tells you how to off
yourself using pills
837
00:37:40,490 --> 00:37:42,680
and booze
and a plastic bag.
838
00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:45,160
The head of a crime
family confided in you?
839
00:37:46,230 --> 00:37:48,250
He liked me.
He trusted me.
840
00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:50,660
That's what he told me.
841
00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:53,000
Hand to God.
842
00:37:55,970 --> 00:37:58,630
That actor is
a lying rat bastard!
843
00:37:58,710 --> 00:38:00,300
I never touched Tina.
I loved her, McCoy!
844
00:38:00,370 --> 00:38:01,360
Come on, come on,
come on.
845
00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:04,000
So, you couldn't nail my
client for one crime,
846
00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:05,480
so you charged him
with another?
847
00:38:05,550 --> 00:38:09,000
You knew Tina Reese was having
an affair with Cristof.
848
00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:10,710
Not until after
she was dead.
849
00:38:10,780 --> 00:38:14,620
You feared she'd be a damaging
witness in your conspiracy trial.
850
00:38:14,690 --> 00:38:17,450
She would've never said a
word that would've hurt me.
851
00:38:17,520 --> 00:38:19,290
If you didn't know they
were having an affair,
852
00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:21,260
why'd you put the
contract out on Cristof?
853
00:38:21,330 --> 00:38:23,490
Because I was sick of the
trash he was talking about me
854
00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:26,430
on that crummy radio show.
He called me a drug dealer!
855
00:38:26,500 --> 00:38:27,800
You are a drug dealer.
856
00:38:27,870 --> 00:38:29,730
Hey! Hey!
WOLCH ES KY: Easy.
857
00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:32,530
It was not his business to put
my business in the street!
858
00:38:32,610 --> 00:38:34,660
I'm afraid I don't
believe you, Mr. Ruffino.
859
00:38:34,740 --> 00:38:38,680
There was no sign of forced
entry at Tina Reese's gallery.
860
00:38:39,510 --> 00:38:42,350
So she must have known her
assailant and let him in.
861
00:38:44,150 --> 00:38:48,610
I loved that girl
with all my heart.
862
00:38:50,390 --> 00:38:54,260
Unless, of course,
he had a key.
863
00:38:57,460 --> 00:38:59,090
What's that
supposed to be?
864
00:38:59,170 --> 00:39:02,330
JACK: The key to the front
door of Tina Reese's gallery,
865
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:05,930
found in a search of your
country house in the Catskills.
866
00:39:17,950 --> 00:39:19,150
(sums)
867
00:39:19,850 --> 00:39:22,150
You got it all
figured out, huh?
868
00:39:36,300 --> 00:39:38,330
People can show through
witness testimony
869
00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:40,930
that the defendant
was angry at the victim,
870
00:39:41,010 --> 00:39:44,240
that he intended to make her
murder look like a suicide,
871
00:39:44,310 --> 00:39:46,840
and that this is consistent
with his history of violence.
872
00:39:46,910 --> 00:39:50,510
Isn't Mr. Ruffino currently being
tried on a conspiracy charge?
873
00:39:50,580 --> 00:39:52,380
The People have
dismissed that case.
874
00:39:52,450 --> 00:39:55,180
And now your client wants
to plead to the homicide?
875
00:39:55,260 --> 00:39:57,250
An Alford plea,
yes, Your Honor.
876
00:39:58,320 --> 00:39:59,590
He won't admit guilt?
877
00:39:59,660 --> 00:40:01,130
WOLCHESKY: No, Your Honor.
878
00:40:01,190 --> 00:40:02,420
JUDGE: Unusual.
879
00:40:02,500 --> 00:40:05,830
What difference does an Alford
plea make to a mobster?
880
00:40:05,900 --> 00:40:09,160
The People are willing to take an
Alford plea on a murder charge?
881
00:40:09,240 --> 00:40:12,540
The People are best served
with Mr. Ruffino in prison.
882
00:40:12,610 --> 00:40:14,870
Prosecution doesn't care
about his allocution.
883
00:40:16,110 --> 00:40:18,980
If all parties are agreed,
I won't disrupt the plea.
884
00:40:19,050 --> 00:40:20,310
Put it on the record,
Counselor.
885
00:40:20,380 --> 00:40:23,540
My client has asked to make
the statement, YourHonoL
886
00:40:23,620 --> 00:40:25,740
JUDGE: Go ahead,
Mr. Ruffino.
887
00:40:29,260 --> 00:40:31,280
I'm aware the D.A.'s office
has certain evidence
888
00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:34,790
they will use to try to prove
that I killed Tina Reese.
889
00:40:36,700 --> 00:40:39,260
Now, I know this evidence is
strong enough to convict me
890
00:40:39,330 --> 00:40:42,730
and will result in more
severe punishment
891
00:40:43,570 --> 00:40:45,230
if I go to trial.
892
00:40:45,310 --> 00:40:46,330
So,
893
00:40:47,210 --> 00:40:48,940
I'll take this plea
894
00:40:49,380 --> 00:40:51,640
without admitting guilt.
895
00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:55,270
(RUFFINO SIGHING)
896
00:40:57,250 --> 00:40:58,910
All I want to say...
897
00:41:02,690 --> 00:41:07,590
I loved Tina Reese.
I loved Tina Reese.
898
00:41:10,630 --> 00:41:11,960
That's it.
899
00:41:12,670 --> 00:41:13,860
JUDGE: The plea
is accepted.
900
00:41:14,630 --> 00:41:15,620
On the date
of sentence,
901
00:41:15,700 --> 00:41:18,170
the defendant will be
transferred to Ossining Prison,
902
00:41:18,240 --> 00:41:20,230
where he will serve
a sentence of 20 years
903
00:41:20,310 --> 00:41:22,500
without possibility
of parole.
904
00:41:23,610 --> 00:41:25,700
Congratulations, Counselor.
905
00:41:26,810 --> 00:41:29,410
You got me for the one
I didn't commit.
906
00:41:37,390 --> 00:41:38,620
(KNOCKING AT DOOR)
907
00:41:41,090 --> 00:41:42,150
You're still here?
908
00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:46,220
I just got off the phone
with the State Police.
909
00:41:47,770 --> 00:41:52,400
Michael Ruffino Jr. was cited for
speeding on the Thruway near Newburgh
910
00:41:54,310 --> 00:41:56,210
the night Tina Reese
was murdered.
911
00:41:57,740 --> 00:41:59,270
I don't understand.
912
00:41:59,350 --> 00:42:02,180
He was on his way to his
father's house in Greene County.
913
00:42:03,020 --> 00:42:05,040
I also called
the airlines.
914
00:42:05,620 --> 00:42:07,750
He flew up from
Florida that morning.
915
00:42:08,150 --> 00:42:09,450
He killed Tina?
916
00:42:11,020 --> 00:42:13,960
The old man knew it as
soon as he saw the key.
917
00:42:14,730 --> 00:42:17,290
So he took the plea
to protect his son?
918
00:42:18,060 --> 00:42:21,000
And that's why he insisted
on the Alford plea.
919
00:42:22,300 --> 00:42:24,460
He was willing
to take the weight.
920
00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:28,100
He couldn't bring himself
to say that he did it.
921
00:42:30,640 --> 00:42:32,040
That's love.
922
00:42:32,950 --> 00:42:35,180
Every which way
you look at it.