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THE LATRELL CASE.
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POLICE HAVE ARRESTED
BASKETBALL GREAT, RICKEY LATRELL...
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FOR THE MURDER OF LAS VEGAS
STORM OWNER SANDY FORTAS.
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GET ME OUTTA HERE.
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HE'S PREPARED TO PUT UP ALL OF HIS
ASSETS, INCLUDING HIS MOTHER'S HOME.
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BAIL IS SET AT $10 MILLION.
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THE RIVAL AGENT.
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KEN'S BEEN TRYING TO REPRESENT
ME SINCE I WAS IN COLLEGE.
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SOME GUYS NEVER
TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER.
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AND YOU'RE ONE OF THEM. I AM.
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A CHANGING OF THE GUARD.
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WOULD LEE MICHAELSON PLAY FAST
AND LOOSE WITH PEOPLE'S MONEY?
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OH, YEAH.
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I HAVE NEVER STOLEN
MONEY FROM A CLIENT,
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AND I DIDN'T KILL SANDY FORTAS.
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I THINK IT'S PROBABLY BEST FOR ME IF I
GOT SOMEONE ELSE TO BE MY AGENT FOR NOW.
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AS OF TODAY, I'M RICKEY
LATRELL'S NEW AGENT.
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RICKEY NEEDS FOR US
TO GET ALONG, JIMMY.
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THE WIFE.
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WERE YOU EVER ROMANTICALLY
INVOLVED WITH SANDY FORTAS, MS. LATRELL?
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YES, I WAS.
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SO WHEN THE DEFENDANT MET WITH
SANDY FORTAS ON THE DAY OF THE MURDER,
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HE WAS AWARE OF THE FACT
THAT YOU HAD HAD THAT AFFAIR.
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YES.
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A BOLD TACTIC.
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THERE'S NO QUESTION BUT
THAT THE JURY WANTS TO HEAR...
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A DECLARATION OF INNOCENCE
FROM RICKEY'S OWN MOUTH.
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IF WE DON'T PUT
HIM ON THE STAND,
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WE'LL NEVER OVERCOME THE INFERENCE
THAT HE'S GOT SOMETHING TO HIDE.
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SANDY FORTAS INSULTED YOU BY NOT
PAYING YOU WHAT YOU WERE WORTH.
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HE THREATENED YOU WITH
DISCLOSURE OF THE FACT...
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THAT YOU HAD SHAVED POINTS
OFF A GAME TO PAY A GAMBLING DEBT.
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AND HE ADDED YOUR WIFE TO A VERY LONG LIST
OF ATTRACTIVE AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN...
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THAT HE HAD SLEPT WITH... TRUE
OR FALSE? WAIT A SECOND, JIMMY.
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I'M NOT GONNA WAIT A SECOND,
AND DON'T CALL ME JIMMY.
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ONCE AGAIN, SANDY FORTAS.
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HE DIDN'T PAY YOU,
HE THREATENED YOU,
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AND HE HAD SEX WITH YOUR
WIFE... TRUE OR FALSE? TRUE!
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PUT ALL THOSE THINGS TOGETHER. DIDN'T
THAT MAKE YOU WANT TO MURDER HIM?
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IN FACT, DIDN'T IT CAUSE
YOU TO MURDER HIM? YES!
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WHAT? I HAD TO KILL HIM.
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AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
I DID. I SHOT THAT SUCKER.
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MORNING, EVERYONE.
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I GATHER, BY THE
COLLECTIVE GLOOM,
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THAT YOU'RE ALL CURRENT ON OUR
CLIENT'S REVELATIONS OF LAST NIGHT.
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- I FILLED EVERYONE IN.
- ANY SUGGESTIONS?
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OBVIOUSLY, WE DON'T PUT HIM ON THE
WITNESS STAND. THAT MUCH WE KNOW.
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UH-HUH.
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I THINK WE CAN CONTINUE TO AT LEAST
SUGGEST AN ALTERNATE THEORY OF THE CRIME.
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- ATTACK THE VICTIM?
- ALWAYS IN GOOD TASTE.
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DO OUR BEST TO CREATE A SYMPATHETIC
VIEW OF RICKEY, EVEN KNOWING WHAT WE KNOW.
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THEY'RE ALL SOUND APPROACHES. DOES ANYONE
HERE THINK THAT ANY OF THEM WILL SAVE OUR ASS?
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- ME NEITHER.
- WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE?
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- WE HAVE RICKEY.
- WELL, YOU CAN'T PUT HIM
ON THE STAND NOW THOUGH.
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- THAT WOULD BE
SUBORNING PERJURY.
- ONLY IF YOU LIE.
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IF HE TAKES THE STAND, THE QUESTION OF WHETHER
HE PULLED THE TRIGGER IS GONNA COME UP.
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- AND WHEN IT DOES,
HE WILL TELL THE TRUTH.
- AND CONFESS TO MURDER?
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RIGHT.
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- IS HE CHANGING HIS PLEA
TO GUILTY?
- NO.
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I'M LOST. IT'S JURY
NULLIFICATION.
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WITHOUT REALLY SAYING IT, WE ASK THE JURY TO
IGNORE THE LAW AND THE JUDGE'S INSTRUCTIONS...
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AND COME BACK WITH A
VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY.
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- ON WHAT GROUNDS?
- ON THE GROUNDS
THAT THEY WANT TO.
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AS A RULE, JURIES TEND TO TAKE
THEIR OATH PRETTY SERIOUSLY.
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- YES, THEY DO.
- THAT'S A HELL OF A GAMBLE
YOU'RE TAKING, DON'T YOU THINK?
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- ABSOLUTELY.
- I DON'T WANT TO TRY OUT
EXPERIMENTAL LEGAL THEORIES.
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THEN GIVE ME SOMETHING ELSE.
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I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.
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THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE ASK
OUR CLIENT TO COMMIT SUICIDE.
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- THAT'S NOT WHAT HE'S DOING.
- THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT HE'S DOING.
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE
JURY, I SHOT THIS MAN IN COLD BLOOD.
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BUT PLEASE, SOMEHOW, FIND IT WITHIN
YOUR HEART TO FORGIVE ME. WHAT IS THAT?
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IT'S ALL WE HAVE. IT'S AN ACT OF
DESPERATION, AND IT WON'T WORK.
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UNLESS YOU CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING
BETTER, THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING.
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THEN YOU SELL IT TO
HIM, BECAUSE I WON'T.
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WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? THAT YOU'RE NOT
GONNA SUPPORT ME IN FRONT OF THE CLIENT?
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I'M SAYING IF I WERE IN HIS SHOES, AND
YOU TOLD ME THIS WAS MY ONLY CHANCE,
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I'D HANG MYSELF.
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HEY. HEY.
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IS THIS A BAD TIME FOR A CHAT?
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THIS IS NOT ABOUT
JURY NULLIFICATION, IS IT?
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OH, NO.
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WELL, THEN FIRE AWAY.
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REMEMBER I WAS TELLING YOU TOMMY AND
I WERE THINKING ABOUT GETTING SERIOUS...
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ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIP?
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UH-HUH.
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WELL, LAST NIGHT HE GOT SERIOUS.
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WOW.
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CONGRATULATIONS.
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YOU GONNA BE ABLE TO TYPE
WITH THAT BOULDER ON YOUR HAND?
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WELL, THAT'S THE THING.
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THIS KIND OF MAKES
MY WORK SITUATION...
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A LITTLE BIT COMPLICATED.
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TOMMY WANTS TO GET
MARRIED RIGHT AWAY...
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BECAUSE HIS COMPANY IS
TRANSFERRING HIM TO NEW YORK.
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AH.
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AND, AS A GOOD WIFE,
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I SHOULD PROBABLY GO WITH HIM.
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IS THERE ANYTHING THAT I CAN SAY
TO GET YOU TO CHANGE YOUR MIND?
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MARRY ME, GWENNIE.
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I'M REALLY, REALLY,
REALLY GONNA MISS YOU.
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I'LL CALL THE EMPLOYMENT AGENCY
AND SET UP SOME INTERVIEWS.
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OKAY.
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HEY. HOW YOU
DOIN', MRS. LATRELL?
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I'M JUST FINE, THANK YOU.
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SHE'S GONNA BE GREAT. OH, YEAH.
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HI. CAN WE TALK TO
YOU FOR A MINUTE? SURE.
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IS THERE A PROBLEM?
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CEED WITH THE CASE IN
LIGHT OF WHAT YOU TOLD US.
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AND?
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WE NEED YOU TO TESTIFY.
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YEAH, I FIGURED ON IT.
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EXCEPT WE NEED YOU TO TELL
THE TRUTH. WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
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WE WANT YOU TO ADMIT THAT
YOU KILLED SANDY FORTAS.
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YOU'RE KIDDIN' ME, RIGHT? YOU
DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER CHOICE.
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YEAH, I HAVE A CHOICE. I GET UP THERE
AND SAY I DID NOT KILL SANDY FORTAS.
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YOU MEAN LIE. RIGHT.
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THIS FIRM IS NOT GONNA SUBORN PERJURY,
NOT TO GET YOU OFF, NOT FOR ANYTHING.
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ARE YOU GUYS ON BOARD WITH THIS?
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WE DISCUSSED IT, AND I'M NOT GONNA
TELL YOU IT WASN'T A HEATED DISCUSSION,
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BUT IN THE END WE ALL
AGREED IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO GO.
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WHAT IF I DON'T TESTIFY?
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IF YOU DON'T TESTIFY, ALL WE'VE
GOT ARE CHARACTER WITNESSES.
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GIVEN WHAT THE PROSECUTION
HAS, THAT'S NOT ENOUGH.
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YOUR ONLY OPTION IS TO TELL THE JURY WHAT
FORTAS DID TO YOUR WIFE AND WHAT HE DID TO YOU,
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AND TO TELL IT IN SUCH A WAY THAT EACH AND
EVERY JUROR UNDERSTANDS WHY YOU KILLED HIM.
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THEN THEY LET YOU GO
IN SPITE OF WHAT YOU DID.
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SOUNDS LIKE A VERY INTERESTING EXPERIMENT,
GUYS. TRY IT ON SOMEBODY ELSE, OKAY?
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- RICKEY, IF THERE WAS
A BETTER ALTERNATIVE...
- THINK OF ONE!
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THERE'S NO WAY YOU'RE
GONNA GET ME TO DO THIS.
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MRS. LATRELL, UNTIL YOUR SON
BOUGHT YOU A HOME IN CHEVIOT HILLS,
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WHERE DID YOU LIVE?
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SOUTH BUDLONG, OFF MARTIN
LUTHER KING BOULEVARD.
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THAT'S GANG TERRITORY, CORRECT?
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UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WAS
QUITE A BIT OF VIOLENCE DOWN THERE.
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DID RICKEY EVER JOIN A GANG
OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE?
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HE STAYED AWAY
FROM THOSE PEOPLE.
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WHY DO YOU THINK HE DID THAT?
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HE SANG IN THE CHOIR...
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AT COCHRAN AVENUE BAPTIST
CHURCH SINCE HE WAS 10 YEARS OLD.
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HE WASN'T ASHAMED TO BELIEVE
IN GOD OR FOLLOW HIS WORD.
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AND HE FOLLOWED
YOUR WORD TOO. MMM.
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OR HE REGRETTED IT. HE
KNOWS WHAT'S IMPORTANT.
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HE LOVES HIS WIFE
AND HIS CHILDREN.
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HIS MONEY AND HIS
FAME NEVER CHANGED HIM.
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HE PUTS HIS FAMILY
ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE.
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WHAT DOES HIS WIFE
MEAN TO HIM, MRS. LATRELL?
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OBJECTION. COUNSEL'S ASKING THE
WITNESS TO READ THE DEFENDANT'S MIND.
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SHE HAS FIRSTHAND OBSERVATIONS UPON
WHICH TO BASE AN OPINION, YOUR HONOR.
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I'LL ALLOW IT.
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MY SON TRULY LOVES CARLA...
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AND TRUSTS HER.
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SHE'S THE PERSON HE
SHARES HIS DREAMS WITH.
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I KNOW THIS
BECAUSE I LOVE HER...
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AND THAT COULDN'T BE UNLESS
SHE WAS A PART OF RICKEY'S HEART.
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THANK YOU, MRS. LATRELL.
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NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
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YOU CAN GO OVER IT. YEAH.
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MRS. LATRELL, YOU SAY YOUR SON IS A LOVING
HUSBAND WHO HAS A STRONG AVERSION TO VIOLENCE?
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THAT'S RIGHT.
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ON OCTOBER 18 OF THIS YEAR, TWO
DAYS BEFORE SANDY FORTAS WAS KILLED,
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YOU WERE IN LAS VEGAS
VISITING YOUR GRANDCHILDREN...
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WHILE YOUR DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
WAS IN LOS ANGELES.
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IS THAT RIGHT? YES.
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WHEN SHE RETURNED, A DISPUTE
ENSUED BETWEEN YOUR SON AND HIS WIFE,
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DURING WHICH SHE
CALLED THE POLICE.
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IS THAT RIGHT? YES.
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WAS THERE VIOLENCE
INVOLVED IN THIS DISPUTE?
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NO, THERE WAS NOT.
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BUT CARLA TOLD THE POLICE THAT SHE
HAD LOCKED HERSELF IN THE BATHROOM,
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AND RICKEY HAD
KICKED THE DOOR DOWN.
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ISN'T THAT VIOLENT? I WAS DOWNSTAIRS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT HAPPENED.
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- RICKEY NEVER HIT CARLA?
- NO!
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- AND YOU'RE TELLING US
THE TRUTH TODAY?
- YES, I AM.
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MA'AM, DO YOU KNOW A GENTLEMAN
BY THE NAME OF KENNETH EISLEY?
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HE WAS ONE OF RICKEY'S
COLLEGE COACHES.
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HE WAS ALSO A MAN WHO, TWO MONTHS
AFTER RICKEY SIGNED A LETTER OF INTENT,
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SOLD HIM A NEARLY NEW
Z-28 CAMARO FOR $900.
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ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
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RICKEY WAS ONLY 18 YEARS OLD WHEN HE
BOUGHT THAT CAR. HE DIDN'T KNOW BETTER.
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HE DIDN'T KNOW THAT A CAMARO COSTS THOUSANDS
OF DOLLARS MORE THAN WHAT HE PAID FOR IT?
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HE GREW UP POOR. HE WAS
MISLED BY A MAN HE TRUSTED.
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DID NCAA INVESTIGATORS COME TO
YOUR HOUSE AND ASK YOU AND YOUR SON...
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ABOUT THE OWNERSHIP OF THE CAR?
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YES.
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AND WHO DID YOU TELL THEM
THE CAR WAS REGISTERED TO? ME.
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- WAS THAT A TRUE STATEMENT?
- NO.
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RICKEY STOOD THE CHANCE OF LOSING HIS
FRESHMAN ELIGIBILITY IF THE TRUTH CAME OUT,
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SO YOU LIED TO
PROTECT HIM, RIGHT?
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- I DON'T THINK I LIED TO...
- AND YOU'D LIE AGAIN IF YOUR SON
WAS IN TROUBLE, WOULDN'T YOU?
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EVERYTHING THAT I AM SAYING
HERE TODAY IS THE TRUTH.
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SO YOU'D LIE TO PROTECT YOUR SON
FROM LOSING HIS FRESHMAN ELIGIBILITY,
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BUT YOU WOULDN'T LIE TO SAVE HIM FROM
GOING TO PRISON FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.
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MY SON NEVER HIT CARLA,
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AND HE DIDN'T KILL MR. FORTAS.
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WERE YOU PRESENT THE DAY
SANDY FORTAS WAS MURDERED?
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- NO.
- SO YOU DON'T KNOW
IF YOUR SON SHOT HIM OR NOT.
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DO YOU?
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NO.
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LEE MICHAELSON
IS HERE. SEND HIM IN.
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I ASSUME, BY THE SUBPOENA, THAT YOU GOT
WHAT YOU NEED TO ACCUSE ME OF MURDER.
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I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T WANT IT TO
BE SAID THAT I WAS UNCOOPERATIVE.
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NOBODY IS GOING TO
ACCUSE YOU OF ANYTHING, LEE.
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WHAT WE WANT IS FOR YOU TO
TESTIFY ABOUT SANDY AND RICKEY.
205
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WHAT ABOUT 'EM?
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WE WANT THE JURY TO KNOW THAT
SANDY WASN'T THE BENEVOLENT PATRIARCH...
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AND RICKEY WASN'T
THE UNGRATEFUL SON.
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YOU WANTED SOMEBODY
TO PUT THE KNOCK ON SANDY,
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YOU COULD HAVE THROWN
A DART IN THE PHONE BOOK.
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AS FAR AS RICKEY'S CONCERNED, YOU
COULD HAVE GOTTEN HIS NEW AGENT.
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YOU'RE TRYING TO SANDBAG ME. IF I WAS GONNA
DO THAT, I WOULD HAVE DONE IT ALREADY.
212
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I TOLD YOU THAT NO ACCUSATIONS WERE
GONNA BE MADE UNLESS THEY COULD BE PROVEN,
213
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AND I'VE BEEN TRUE TO MY WORD.
214
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WE WANT YOU AS A WITNESS BECAUSE
WE THINK YOU CAN DO US SOME GOOD.
215
00:12:45,665 --> 00:12:47,810
AND THIS SHOULD
MATTER TO ME WHY?
216
00:12:47,834 --> 00:12:52,136
I DON'T THINK YOU WANT TO SEE RICKEY IN PRISON
FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE BECAUSE HE FIRED YOU.
217
00:12:59,746 --> 00:13:03,848
I KNOW YOU'RE NEW AT DEFENSE WORK,
COUNSELOR, SO HERE'S A QUICK REMINDER.
218
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YOUR JOB IS TO GET RICKEY
LATRELL ACQUITTED, NOT EXECUTED.
219
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HOW I DEFEND MY CLIENT,
MR. HICKS, IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.
220
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GETTING HIM TO CONFESS TO MURDER...
THAT'S YOUR IDEA OF A DEFENSE?
221
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I'M A LAWYER, JIMMY.
222
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THE PRIVILEGE OF
CONFIDENTIALITY APPLIES TO ME TOO.
223
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OUR BEST SHOT IS
TO TELL THE TRUTH...
224
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AND THEN ASK THE JURY TO UNDERSTAND
WHY RICKEY LATRELL DID WHAT HE DID.
225
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OH.
226
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BECAUSE BLACK PEOPLE ARE
NEVER WRONGFULLY ACCUSED,
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IT WOULD BE FUTILE TO TRY TO
CONVINCE A JURY OTHERWISE.
228
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IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING?
229
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ACTUALLY, WHAT I'M SAYING
IS, IT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.
230
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I'VE MADE IT MY BUSINESS,
231
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THE SAME WAY I'VE MADE IT MY
BUSINESS TO KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE...
232
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THAT CAN HURT ME.
233
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TOP OF THE LIST?
234
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RICKEY LATRELL'S BUDDY, HILLY
JACKSON, HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
235
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HE'S LOOKING AT 15
YEARS ON DRUG CHARGES.
236
00:14:02,626 --> 00:14:06,477
THE D.A.'s OFFICE IS
AT HIM DAY AND NIGHT.
237
00:14:06,545 --> 00:14:08,346
WHERE DID YOU HEAR THIS?
238
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I HEARD IT. TRUST ME.
239
00:14:11,317 --> 00:14:13,701
WHY WOULD I TRUST YOU, KEN?
240
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BECAUSE, JIMMY, I HAVE AS MUCH AT STAKE
AT KEEPING LATRELL OUT OF JAIL AS YOU DO.
241
00:14:23,296 --> 00:14:25,216
YOU SURE YOU WANNA KNOW?
242
00:14:25,281 --> 00:14:28,550
I'M NOT GONNA TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT. IF
THERE'S A SOURCE, I WANNA KNOW WHO IT IS.
243
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PAIGE WEIKOPF.
244
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THE DEPUTY D.A. IS
SELLING OUT HER OWN CASE.
245
00:14:38,394 --> 00:14:40,390
SHE WANTS TO BECOME
A SPORTSCASTER, JIMMY.
246
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I HELP MAKE IT HAPPEN, SHE TELLS
ME WHAT I WANNA KNOW. OH, COME ON!
247
00:14:44,101 --> 00:14:47,719
YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO
WANTED OUT OF THE D.A.'s OFFICE.
248
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PAIGE WEIKOPF IS
SELLING OUT HER OWN SIDE?
249
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CONSIDER IT AN ASSET...
250
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AND MAKE THE MOST OF IT.
251
00:15:05,638 --> 00:15:09,006
PAIGE WEIKOPF WANTS TO DUMP HER
CAREER TO BECOME THE NEW HOWARD COSELL?
252
00:15:09,075 --> 00:15:11,108
IS SHE NUTS? WHO CARES?
253
00:15:11,178 --> 00:15:13,155
SHE'S JUST GIVEN US THE
PROSECUTION'S PLAYBOOK.
254
00:15:13,179 --> 00:15:17,215
WELL, WE DON'T WANNA BE IN THE BUSINESS
OF ABETTING PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT.
255
00:15:17,284 --> 00:15:19,384
THE OLD TUG OF WAR BETWEEN
ETHICS AND OPPORTUNITY.
256
00:15:19,453 --> 00:15:22,147
WELL, ACTUALLY IT'S A CONFLUENCE
BETWEEN ETHICS AND OPPORTUNITY.
257
00:15:22,171 --> 00:15:24,434
WE TURN IN PAIGE WEIKOPF,
258
00:15:24,458 --> 00:15:27,152
AND SCOTTO MAY PETITION THE
COURT TO DECLARE A MISTRIAL.
259
00:15:27,176 --> 00:15:29,210
AND THAT HELPS US HOW?
260
00:15:29,279 --> 00:15:31,545
IT BUYS US SOME TIME.
OUR MAN STAYS FREE.
261
00:15:31,614 --> 00:15:33,592
WITNESS OR TWO COULD DROP OUT.
262
00:15:33,616 --> 00:15:36,613
AND WE COULD MAKE A MEAL OUT OF WHAT THE
D.A.'s OFFICE IS DOING TO HILLY JACKSON.
263
00:15:36,637 --> 00:15:39,488
WON'T DOUBLE JEOPARDY ATTACH
IF SCOTTO MOVES FOR A MISTRIAL?
264
00:15:39,556 --> 00:15:42,022
ONLY THE JUDGE CAN
DECLARE ONE SUA SPONTE.
265
00:15:42,091 --> 00:15:45,727
AND IF SHE DOESN'T? WELL, THEN WE'VE
STILL DONE THE RIGHT AND NOBLE THING.
266
00:15:45,796 --> 00:15:49,230
NOT TO MENTION ROLLING A
GRENADE INTO THE D.A.'s TENT.
267
00:15:49,299 --> 00:15:51,539
YOUR INTERVIEWS ARE HERE.
268
00:15:54,621 --> 00:15:58,039
IT SAYS HERE THAT YOU
ARE A, UH, A CYBER-PSYCHIC.
269
00:15:58,108 --> 00:16:00,642
WHAT IS THAT?
270
00:16:00,710 --> 00:16:03,978
WELL, IT'S A NEW
ENDEAVOR I'M INVOLVED IN...
271
00:16:04,047 --> 00:16:07,349
WHICH MERGES TWO OF MY
MOST MARKETABLE ATTRIBUTES...
272
00:16:07,417 --> 00:16:09,868
MY FAMILIARITY
WITH THE INTERNET...
273
00:16:09,936 --> 00:16:11,870
AND MY GOD-GIVEN ABILITY...
274
00:16:11,938 --> 00:16:13,988
TO INTUIT THE FUTURE.
275
00:16:14,057 --> 00:16:16,841
AND THIS IS A HOBBY?
WELL, ACTUALLY, NO.
276
00:16:16,910 --> 00:16:18,843
SEE, I HAVE A WEB SITE.
277
00:16:18,912 --> 00:16:20,845
CUSTOMERS LOG ON,
278
00:16:20,914 --> 00:16:24,533
AND I GIVE THEM PROGNOSTICATIONS
ABOUT THEIR FUTURE.
279
00:16:24,601 --> 00:16:27,452
I MEAN, NOT TO APPEAR IMMODEST,
280
00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:30,538
BUT I AM DEVELOPING
SOMETHING OF A FOLLOWING.
281
00:16:30,607 --> 00:16:33,058
HMM. MM-HMM.
282
00:16:33,126 --> 00:16:35,104
AND WHEN WOULD YOU DO THIS?
283
00:16:35,128 --> 00:16:37,479
OH, I ALWAYS
MANAGE TO MAKE TIME.
284
00:16:37,548 --> 00:16:39,548
I SEE. I SEE. YEAH.
285
00:16:40,684 --> 00:16:44,352
SO, AT THE RISK OF
SEEMING OVEREAGER,
286
00:16:44,421 --> 00:16:48,890
ANY THOUGHTS AS TO WHETHER
OR NOT I'D BE RIGHT FOR THE JOB?
287
00:16:50,477 --> 00:16:52,410
YOU'RE THE PSYCHIC.
288
00:16:52,479 --> 00:16:54,462
YOU TELL ME.
289
00:16:56,133 --> 00:16:58,132
I HAVEN'T GOT A CHANCE.
290
00:16:59,219 --> 00:17:01,652
YOU'RE GOOD. YOU'RE GOOD.
291
00:17:01,722 --> 00:17:04,656
I CAN GIVE YOU THE
NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS,
292
00:17:04,725 --> 00:17:07,726
BUT THEN I'LL NEED FOUR
MONTHS' MATERNITY LEAVE.
293
00:17:10,397 --> 00:17:13,998
I'M A PERSON WHO SWEATS THE
DETAILS. KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
294
00:17:14,067 --> 00:17:15,767
I DO.
295
00:17:15,835 --> 00:17:19,303
BY THE WAY, THE WORD
"COURT" HAS A "U" IN IT.
296
00:17:32,519 --> 00:17:34,519
IT'S TONY CHIN'S OLD OFFICE.
297
00:17:36,656 --> 00:17:39,124
DOING QUITE NICELY
FOR YOURSELF, PAIGE.
298
00:17:39,192 --> 00:17:42,493
YOU KNOW THE DRILL, JIMMY...
LONG HOURS AND ELBOW GREASE.
299
00:17:44,147 --> 00:17:46,080
TELL ME SOMETHING.
300
00:17:46,149 --> 00:17:48,148
WHAT'S YOUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH KEN HICKS?
301
00:17:49,319 --> 00:17:52,420
ACQUAINTANCE. WHY?
302
00:17:52,488 --> 00:17:55,206
WELL, I HAVE IT ON GOOD
AUTHORITY THAT, UH,
303
00:17:55,275 --> 00:17:58,793
YOU'VE BEEN FEEDING HIM CONFIDENTIAL
INFORMATION ABOUT THE LATRELL CASE.
304
00:17:58,861 --> 00:18:00,761
WHAT?
305
00:18:00,830 --> 00:18:02,808
WHY WOULD I DO
SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
306
00:18:02,832 --> 00:18:05,784
DO YOU HAVE ANY INTEREST
IN BEING A SPORTSCASTER?
307
00:18:05,852 --> 00:18:08,252
YEAH. IT'S SOMETHING
THAT I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT.
308
00:18:08,288 --> 00:18:10,555
WHAT DOES THAT HAVE
TO DO WITH ANYTHING?
309
00:18:10,624 --> 00:18:13,374
WELL, HAS KEN HICKS ASSISTED
YOU IN PURSUING THIS INTEREST?
310
00:18:13,443 --> 00:18:17,378
THERE IS NOTHING ILLEGAL
OR UNETHICAL ABOUT KEN HICKS,
311
00:18:17,447 --> 00:18:19,425
A NONPARTY TO THIS ACTION,
312
00:18:19,449 --> 00:18:21,427
OPENING A FEW DOORS FOR ME.
313
00:18:21,451 --> 00:18:24,230
THERE IS IF YOU ARE GIVING HIM
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION ABOUT WITNESSES...
314
00:18:24,254 --> 00:18:26,187
IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS HELP.
315
00:18:26,256 --> 00:18:29,202
HE'S HELPING ME BECAUSE
HE THINKS I HAVE TALENT.
316
00:18:29,226 --> 00:18:30,975
COME ON, PAIGE.
317
00:18:36,249 --> 00:18:39,409
I HAVEN'T GIVEN HIM ANYTHING THAT
HE COULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN ON HIS OWN.
318
00:18:39,452 --> 00:18:42,369
THEN HE WAS JUST GUESSING WHEN
HE FOUND OUT THAT HILLY JACKSON...
319
00:18:42,439 --> 00:18:45,023
WAS BEING SKEWERED BY
YOUR PEOPLE AT CENTRAL MEN'S.
320
00:18:51,264 --> 00:18:53,504
I HAVEN'T HURT YOUR CASE.
321
00:18:54,985 --> 00:18:56,917
AS A MATTER OF FACT,
322
00:18:56,987 --> 00:18:58,919
I'VE HELPED IT.
323
00:19:01,257 --> 00:19:04,109
PLEASE DON'T DO
THIS TO ME, JIMMY.
324
00:19:04,177 --> 00:19:07,094
IF I LOOK THE OTHER
WAY AND YOU GET CAUGHT,
325
00:19:07,164 --> 00:19:09,531
THEN I AM IMPLICATED
ALONG WITH YOU.
326
00:19:09,599 --> 00:19:11,577
NOTHING'S GONNA
KICK BACK ON YOU.
327
00:19:11,601 --> 00:19:14,052
WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?
328
00:19:14,120 --> 00:19:17,455
I'LL DO ANYTHING TO
MAKE THIS GO AWAY.
329
00:19:19,693 --> 00:19:21,859
ANYTHING.
330
00:19:21,928 --> 00:19:23,828
I'M SORRY, PAIGE.
331
00:19:23,897 --> 00:19:25,880
I CAN'T HELP YOU.
332
00:19:40,346 --> 00:19:43,698
WHAT KIND OF MAN WAS SANDY
FORTAS, MR. MICHAELSON?
333
00:19:43,766 --> 00:19:46,267
SANDY FORTAS ENJOYED
CONTROLLING PEOPLE.
334
00:19:46,336 --> 00:19:50,038
DIDN'T MATTER WHETHER YOU WERE
HIS GIRLFRIEND OR PARKING HIS CAR.
335
00:19:50,106 --> 00:19:52,106
IF YOU WERE UNDER HIM,
YOU WERE REALLY UNDER HIM.
336
00:19:52,175 --> 00:19:54,603
YOUR HONOR, WHAT IS THE
RELEVANCE OF THIS TESTIMONY?
337
00:19:54,627 --> 00:19:57,540
THE CENTRAL ELEMENT OF
THIS CASE IS THE RELATIONSHIP...
338
00:19:57,564 --> 00:19:59,658
BETWEEN RICKEY LATRELL
AND SANDY FORTAS.
339
00:19:59,682 --> 00:20:03,100
IT IS ONLY FAIR THAT THE JURY BE ALLOWED
TO SEE THIS RELATIONSHIP FROM ALL SIDES.
340
00:20:03,169 --> 00:20:06,304
I'LL ALLOW IT. GO
AHEAD, MR. DOCKNOVICH.
341
00:20:06,372 --> 00:20:10,925
YOU REPRESENT A FORMER STANDOUT FOR
THE LAS VEGAS STORM NAMED ROMULUS KELLY.
342
00:20:10,994 --> 00:20:15,180
- IS THAT RIGHT?
- USED TO REPRESENT HIM. MR. KELLY RETIRED IN '93.
343
00:20:15,248 --> 00:20:17,210
BECAUSE OF A SERIOUS
INJURY, RIGHT? RIGHT.
344
00:20:17,234 --> 00:20:20,635
COULD YOU DESCRIBE THE
CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THAT INJURY?
345
00:20:20,704 --> 00:20:23,171
PLAY-OFFS WERE APPROACHING.
ROMULUS WAS HURTING.
346
00:20:23,239 --> 00:20:25,506
HE'D HAD TROUBLE WITH
HIS ANKLE SINCE COLLEGE.
347
00:20:25,575 --> 00:20:29,277
THE KID WAS TOLD BY TWO DIFFERENT DOCTORS
TO REST IT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SEASON.
348
00:20:29,345 --> 00:20:33,464
WHEN SANDY FORTAS HEARD THAT HE
WAS GONNA LISTEN TO THEM, HE FLIPPED OUT.
349
00:20:33,533 --> 00:20:35,967
COULD YOU BE MORE SPECIFIC?
350
00:20:36,035 --> 00:20:39,436
HE SAID IF ROMULUS CARED ABOUT HIS
TEAMMATES, HE WOULD PLAY THROUGH THE INJURY,
351
00:20:39,506 --> 00:20:42,207
THAT IF HE DIDN'T,
THERE WOULD BE FALLOUT.
352
00:20:42,275 --> 00:20:44,292
I REMEMBER HE USED
THAT WORD... "FALLOUT."
353
00:20:44,361 --> 00:20:47,212
WHAT DID YOU UNDERSTAND
THAT WORD TO MEAN?
354
00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:49,530
THAT IF ROMULUS SAT
OUT THE PLAY-OFFS,
355
00:20:49,599 --> 00:20:51,766
SANDY WOULD SEE TO
IT THAT HE WAS BENCHED.
356
00:20:51,834 --> 00:20:53,801
THEN HE WOULD
PUT HIM ON WAIVERS.
357
00:20:53,870 --> 00:20:55,986
WHAT DID ROMULUS KELLY DO?
358
00:20:56,055 --> 00:20:58,355
HE IGNORED THE ADVICE OF
HIS DOCTORS AND KEPT PLAYING.
359
00:20:58,424 --> 00:21:02,994
NEXT GAME, HE RUPTURED A LIGAMENT IN
HIS ANKLE AND THAT WAS IT: 24, CAREER OVER.
360
00:21:03,063 --> 00:21:07,198
DID MR. FORTAS EVER ATTEMPT TO MAKE AMENDS
TO ROMULUS KELLY THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF?
361
00:21:07,266 --> 00:21:09,183
SANDY FORTAS DIDN'T MAKE AMENDS.
362
00:21:09,252 --> 00:21:12,153
THE WORD IS NOT IN HIS
VOCABULARY. THANK YOU.
363
00:21:12,222 --> 00:21:14,839
NOTHING FURTHER, YOUR HONOR.
364
00:21:16,309 --> 00:21:18,243
MR. MICHAELSON,
365
00:21:18,311 --> 00:21:21,546
WEREN'T YOU ONCE DESCRIBED
BY MR. FORTAS IN THE L.A. TIMES...
366
00:21:21,614 --> 00:21:26,484
AS "THE MOST UNPRINCIPLED
SNAKE I'VE EVER DEALT WITH"?
367
00:21:26,553 --> 00:21:29,721
PROBABLY. SOUNDS
LIKE SANDY'S STYLE.
368
00:21:29,789 --> 00:21:32,551
YET YOU CLAIM TO BE GIVING AN
ACCURATE, UNBIASED ACCOUNT OF THE MAN.
369
00:21:32,575 --> 00:21:35,326
I HAVE TRIED TO OFFER
AN HONEST IMPRESSION.
370
00:21:35,395 --> 00:21:37,662
WELL, AS LONG AS
WE'RE BEING HONEST,
371
00:21:37,731 --> 00:21:40,726
ISN'T IT A FACT THAT THE DEFENDANT
RECENTLY DISMISSED YOU AS HIS AGENT?
372
00:21:40,750 --> 00:21:43,684
- YEAH.
- HOW MUCH WILL THIS COST YOU
NEXT YEAR IN COMMISSIONS?
373
00:21:43,753 --> 00:21:47,205
IT DEPENDS ON THE SIZE OF RICKEY'S
NEXT CONTRACT, IF THERE EVER IS ONE.
374
00:21:47,273 --> 00:21:50,252
BUT IT WOULD BE ACCURATE
TO SAY, WOULD IT NOT,
375
00:21:50,276 --> 00:21:53,255
THAT YOU HAVE DIRECT FINANCIAL INTEREST IN
GETTING BACK INTO RICKEY'S GOOD GRACES...
376
00:21:53,279 --> 00:21:57,365
BY PROVIDING TESTIMONY THAT WOULD HELP HIM,
EVEN IF IT MEANS SPEAKING ILL OF THE DEAD?
377
00:21:57,434 --> 00:22:00,785
I DON'T NEED A FINANCIAL INTEREST
TO SPEAK ILL OF SANDY FORTAS...
378
00:22:00,853 --> 00:22:02,787
OR TO STAND UP
FOR RICKEY LATRELL.
379
00:22:02,855 --> 00:22:06,774
THE QUESTION ISN'T WHETHER OR
NOT YOU NEED ONE, MR. MICHAELSON.
380
00:22:06,843 --> 00:22:08,821
IT'S WHETHER OR
NOT YOU HAVE ONE.
381
00:22:08,845 --> 00:22:12,696
I'M DOING WHAT I'M DOING BECAUSE I DON'T
WANT TO SEE AN INNOCENT MAN GO TO JAIL.
382
00:22:12,765 --> 00:22:14,699
PERIOD.
383
00:22:14,767 --> 00:22:17,702
DO YOU KNOW THE DEFENDANT,
MR. COOGAN? YES, SIR.
384
00:22:17,770 --> 00:22:19,704
HOW DO YOU KNOW HIM, SIR?
385
00:22:19,772 --> 00:22:23,273
I USED TO BE A PARK ATTENDANT AT THE
SCHOOL YARD WHERE HE PLAYED BASKETBALL.
386
00:22:23,342 --> 00:22:25,276
AND HOW LONG AGO WAS THAT?
387
00:22:25,344 --> 00:22:27,478
I RETIRED IN 1986.
388
00:22:27,547 --> 00:22:30,481
- HAVE YOU KEPT IN TOUCH
WITH HIM SINCE THEN?
- YES.
389
00:22:30,550 --> 00:22:33,484
HAS HE EVER HAD OCCASION
TO SEND YOU MONEY?
390
00:22:33,553 --> 00:22:35,653
OBJECTION. IRRELEVANT,
YOUR HONOR.
391
00:22:35,722 --> 00:22:38,656
YOUR HONOR, WE'VE HAD TO
LISTEN TO WITNESS AFTER WITNESS...
392
00:22:38,725 --> 00:22:41,959
COME UP HERE AND, AT
MR. SCOTTO'S PROMPTING,
393
00:22:42,028 --> 00:22:44,762
IMPUGN THE OVERALL
CHARACTER OF THE DEFENDANT.
394
00:22:44,831 --> 00:22:48,132
NOW, I BELIEVE I AM ENTITLED TO PROVIDE
WITNESSES WHO CAN PROVIDE FOR US...
395
00:22:48,201 --> 00:22:50,179
AN ALTERNATIVE POINT OF VIEW.
396
00:22:50,203 --> 00:22:54,405
THE OBJECTION'S OVERRULED.
THE WITNESS MAY ANSWER.
397
00:22:54,473 --> 00:22:56,908
IS THIS WHERE I TELL IT?
398
00:22:56,976 --> 00:22:58,954
THIS IS IT.
399
00:22:58,978 --> 00:23:01,245
RICKEY PAYS MY RENT...
400
00:23:01,314 --> 00:23:03,247
AND MY MEDICAL INSURANCE.
401
00:23:03,316 --> 00:23:05,282
WHY DO YOU THINK
HE DOES THAT, SIR?
402
00:23:05,351 --> 00:23:09,520
WELL, HE TOLD ME ONCE HE
BELIEVES IN TAKING CARE OF HIS OWN.
403
00:23:09,588 --> 00:23:12,334
AND IN WHAT WAY ARE
YOU "HIS OWN," MR. COOGAN?
404
00:23:12,358 --> 00:23:16,494
- I USED TO BE A PROFESSIONAL
BASKETBALL PLAYER.
- WHEN WAS THAT, SIR?
405
00:23:16,562 --> 00:23:18,996
I PLAYED FOR THE
SHEBOYGAN REDSKINS IN 1949,
406
00:23:19,065 --> 00:23:21,865
THE FORT WAYNE PISTONS IN 1950,
407
00:23:21,934 --> 00:23:26,537
THE MINNEAPOLIS
LAKERS IN 1951 AND IN 1953.
408
00:23:26,606 --> 00:23:30,007
YOU KNOW, NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE
KNOW THAT THEY'RE CALLED THE LAKERS...
409
00:23:30,076 --> 00:23:33,111
ON ACCOUNT OF ALL THE, UH...
ALL THE LAKES IN MINNESOTA.
410
00:23:33,179 --> 00:23:35,157
OKAY.
411
00:23:35,181 --> 00:23:37,392
HOW MUCH DID YOU
MAKE IN THOSE YEARS, SIR?
412
00:23:37,416 --> 00:23:40,051
MY BEST YEAR, I MADE $5,000.
413
00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:42,453
AND DO YOU RECEIVE A
PENSION FROM THE LEAGUE?
414
00:23:42,521 --> 00:23:47,341
YOU HAD TO PLAY FIVE SEASONS TO BE ELIGIBLE
FOR A PENSION, AND I ONLY PLAYED FOUR SEASONS.
415
00:23:47,410 --> 00:23:50,177
AND SO RICKEY TAKES CARE OF YOU.
416
00:23:50,246 --> 00:23:52,380
YES.
417
00:23:52,449 --> 00:23:55,282
BESIDES RICKEY, YOU
AND RICKEY'S ACCOUNTANT,
418
00:23:55,351 --> 00:23:57,284
WHO ELSE KNOWS ABOUT THIS?
419
00:23:57,353 --> 00:24:00,454
- UP UNTIL TODAY, NOBODY.
- THANK YOU, SIR.
420
00:24:00,523 --> 00:24:02,473
I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
421
00:24:02,541 --> 00:24:05,287
WERE YOU AT THE MEETING BETWEEN
THE DEFENDANT AND SANDY FORTAS...
422
00:24:05,311 --> 00:24:07,289
ON THE DAY THAT
MR. FORTAS WAS KILLED?
423
00:24:07,313 --> 00:24:09,330
NO.
424
00:24:09,399 --> 00:24:13,584
- SO THEN YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT
ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN THERE?
- NO.
425
00:24:13,653 --> 00:24:16,737
THANK YOU, SIR. NO
FURTHER QUESTIONS.
426
00:24:22,245 --> 00:24:24,679
HOW YOU DOIN', MAN?
427
00:24:24,748 --> 00:24:26,681
I BEEN BETTER.
428
00:24:26,750 --> 00:24:28,683
IS THE D.A. LEANING ON YOU?
429
00:24:28,752 --> 00:24:30,685
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
430
00:24:30,754 --> 00:24:32,834
WHAT ARE THEY SAYING?
431
00:24:36,559 --> 00:24:40,511
THEY'RE SAYING I DON'T OWE YOU TO
SPEND 15 YEARS IN PRISON. YOU DON'T.
432
00:24:40,579 --> 00:24:43,113
WE BEEN FRIENDS A LONG TIME.
433
00:24:44,684 --> 00:24:46,600
I'D SAY I OWE YOU SOMETHIN'.
434
00:24:46,669 --> 00:24:48,536
YOU'RE IN A TOUGH SPOT.
435
00:24:50,523 --> 00:24:54,908
US BEIN' FRIENDS, USUALLY THAT'S
THE BEST THING I GOT GOIN' FOR ME.
436
00:24:56,779 --> 00:24:58,629
IT'S NO GOOD IN HERE.
437
00:25:00,050 --> 00:25:03,334
I DON'T HAVE A BIG-TIME
LAWYER LIKE YOU, RICKEY.
438
00:25:03,403 --> 00:25:05,470
I GOT NOBODY LOOKING OUT FOR ME.
439
00:25:07,323 --> 00:25:10,141
I CAN GET YOU A LAWYER, HILLY.
440
00:25:12,711 --> 00:25:17,081
I REMEMBER A TIME I COULD
KICK YOUR ASS PLAYIN' BALL.
441
00:25:17,149 --> 00:25:19,450
I REMEMBER. REMEMBER THAT?
442
00:25:19,519 --> 00:25:21,435
I REMEMBER.
443
00:25:21,504 --> 00:25:24,771
I DIDN'T HAVE WHAT IT TOOK...
444
00:25:26,242 --> 00:25:28,242
TO MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF IT.
445
00:25:31,631 --> 00:25:33,631
THERE WAS A TIME...
446
00:25:34,867 --> 00:25:37,434
I COULD KICK YOUR ASS.
447
00:25:43,925 --> 00:25:46,460
YOU TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.
448
00:25:46,528 --> 00:25:48,562
YOU HEAR ME?
449
00:25:51,650 --> 00:25:53,633
I LOVE YOU, BROTHER.
450
00:25:53,702 --> 00:25:55,535
I LOVE YOU, MAN.
451
00:26:21,646 --> 00:26:24,114
HE'S GONNA GIVE YOU UP, RICKEY.
452
00:26:24,182 --> 00:26:26,016
HE ALREADY HAS.
453
00:26:42,401 --> 00:26:44,378
THERE THEY ARE!
454
00:26:44,402 --> 00:26:47,671
- ARE YOU GONNA TAKE THE STAND?
- WE CAN'T COMMENT RIGHT NOW!
455
00:26:47,739 --> 00:26:50,607
- I WANT TO, YEAH.
- YOU WILL TESTIFY, THEN?
456
00:26:50,675 --> 00:26:53,655
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO HIDE. I'M
INNOCENT. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THE TRUTH.
457
00:26:53,679 --> 00:26:56,524
GUYS, YOU KNOW WE DON'T DISCUSS
TRIAL STRATEGY WITH THE MEDIA.
458
00:26:56,548 --> 00:27:00,917
FRANK, I WANT YOU TO SIT
ON RICKEY AND KEEP HIM QUIET.
459
00:27:00,986 --> 00:27:06,523
NO PROBLEM. I'LL TELL HIM ALL ABOUT MY DAYS AS
A POINT GUARD IN THE POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE.
460
00:27:06,592 --> 00:27:09,525
MS. GRASSO, HAVE YOU
INVESTIGATED THIS CHARGE?
461
00:27:09,595 --> 00:27:14,196
NO, YOUR HONOR. BEFORE I DO, I
WANTED TO APPRISE YOU OF THE SITUATION.
462
00:27:14,265 --> 00:27:16,745
MS. WEIKOPF, DO YOU
HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? YES.
463
00:27:16,769 --> 00:27:18,746
IT'S A COMPLETELY
UNFOUNDED ALLEGATION.
464
00:27:18,770 --> 00:27:22,839
IT'S A DESPERATE ATTEMPT ON
MR. WYLER'S PART TO IMPUGN MY CREDIBILITY.
465
00:27:22,907 --> 00:27:25,842
I RESPECT YOUR SKILLS AS
A LITIGATOR, MS. WEIKOPF,
466
00:27:25,911 --> 00:27:29,246
BUT I AM NOT IN AWE OF THEM SO MUCH THAT
I NEED TO GET YOU REMOVED FROM THE CASE.
467
00:27:29,314 --> 00:27:31,247
I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE CASE.
468
00:27:31,316 --> 00:27:35,485
I'M TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOU
DID TO ME AT THE D.A.'s OFFICE.
469
00:27:35,553 --> 00:27:37,888
EXCUSE ME?
470
00:27:37,956 --> 00:27:40,991
I WON'T BE INTIMIDATED,
JIMMY. I WON'T KEEP QUIET.
471
00:27:41,059 --> 00:27:43,593
QUIET? ABOUT WHAT, MS. WEIKOPF?
472
00:27:43,662 --> 00:27:46,763
ABOUT MR. WYLER'S INAPPROPRIATE
ADVANCES TOWARD ME...
473
00:27:46,831 --> 00:27:50,399
OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL MONTHS
WHEN I FIRST BECAME A PROSECUTOR.
474
00:27:50,469 --> 00:27:52,869
PAIGE... THIS ALLEGATION
IS A PREEMPTIVE STRIKE...
475
00:27:52,938 --> 00:27:55,383
TO DISCREDIT ME FOR FEAR
OF A SEXUAL HARASSMENT SUIT.
476
00:27:55,407 --> 00:27:57,607
HAVE YOU FILED A SUIT
AGAINST MR. WYLER?
477
00:27:57,642 --> 00:27:59,409
I'M PREPARING ONE.
478
00:27:59,478 --> 00:28:03,913
UNTIL I CAN INVESTIGATE BOTH
OF THESE ALLEGATIONS FULLY,
479
00:28:03,982 --> 00:28:07,851
I WANT ALL THE PARTIES IN THIS ROOM
TO STEP AWAY AND THINK CAREFULLY...
480
00:28:07,919 --> 00:28:10,554
ABOUT HOW THEY WANT TO PROCEED.
481
00:28:10,622 --> 00:28:13,023
I'M PLACING EVERYONE
UNDER A GAG ORDER.
482
00:28:13,091 --> 00:28:15,725
I HEAR SO MUCH AS A
WHISPER ABOUT ANY OF THIS,
483
00:28:15,794 --> 00:28:18,361
YOU'LL ALL BE UP IN
FRONT OF THE STATE BAR.
484
00:28:32,110 --> 00:28:34,043
MIRIAM.
485
00:28:34,112 --> 00:28:37,046
THAT STORY WAS A
COMPLETE FABRICATION.
486
00:28:37,115 --> 00:28:39,048
BUT MY DILEMMA IS,
487
00:28:39,117 --> 00:28:42,051
I HAVE WORKED FOR FOUR
YEARS WITH PAIGE WEIKOPF,
488
00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:44,553
AND I'VE NEVER SEEN SO
MUCH AS A HINT OF IMPROPRIETY.
489
00:28:44,622 --> 00:28:47,624
MIRIAM, COME ON. THIS
IS ME YOU'RE TALKING TO.
490
00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:51,695
JIMMY, WE'VE BEEN
THROUGH A LOT TOGETHER.
491
00:28:51,763 --> 00:28:53,697
YOU'RE MY FRIEND.
492
00:28:53,765 --> 00:28:55,699
SO IS PAIGE.
493
00:28:55,767 --> 00:28:59,202
THAT'S WHY RIGHT
NOW I CAN'T TALK TO YOU.
494
00:29:06,044 --> 00:29:08,044
MOMENT OF YOUR TIME?
495
00:29:10,048 --> 00:29:13,983
BEING INAPPROPRIATELY PHYSICAL JUST
GIVES ME AMMUNITION, DON'T YOU THINK?
496
00:29:14,052 --> 00:29:16,030
HERE'S WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO.
497
00:29:16,054 --> 00:29:19,033
YOU'RE GONNA GO TO GRASSO
AND BORNSTEIN AND TELL THEM...
498
00:29:19,057 --> 00:29:22,036
THAT YOU FABRICATED THE WHOLE
STORY TO GET YOURSELF OUT OF A JAM.
499
00:29:22,060 --> 00:29:25,540
BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, I AM GONNA SLAP
YOU WITH A DEFAMATION SUIT FOR SLANDER,
500
00:29:25,564 --> 00:29:28,498
AND I'M GONNA DRAG YOUR ASS
IN FRONT OF THE BAR ASSOCIATION.
501
00:29:28,567 --> 00:29:31,000
I'M GONNA STAND BY WHAT I SAID,
502
00:29:31,069 --> 00:29:34,203
AND I'LL ASK YOU NOT TO MAKE
UNWANTED REFERENCES TO MY ANATOMY.
503
00:29:34,272 --> 00:29:36,172
YOU'RE A COLD SLICE.
504
00:29:36,241 --> 00:29:38,201
THERE'S A REMARK
THAT I COULD INTERPRET...
505
00:29:38,243 --> 00:29:41,222
AS HAVING A DEMEANING AND
OFFENSIVE SEXUAL CONNOTATION, JIMMY.
506
00:29:41,246 --> 00:29:44,726
YOU'D BETTER BE CAREFUL. HARASSMENT
ACTIONS ARE THE SUIT DU JOUR.
507
00:29:44,750 --> 00:29:47,450
YOU ARE FROM MARS.
JURIES ARE FROM VENUS.
508
00:29:47,518 --> 00:29:50,486
YOU WANNA PLAY IT THE
HARD WAY? IT'S YOUR CALL.
509
00:29:50,555 --> 00:29:52,455
TAKE YOUR BEST SHOT.
510
00:29:54,893 --> 00:29:57,327
WHAT DO YOU DO FOR
A LIVING, MS. BROWN?
511
00:29:57,396 --> 00:29:59,836
I RUN AN ESCORT SERVICE
IN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA.
512
00:29:59,898 --> 00:30:02,332
DID YOU KNOW SANDY
FORTAS? YES. HE WAS A CLIENT.
513
00:30:02,401 --> 00:30:04,767
OBJECTION. THE WITNESS'S
TESTIMONY IS IRRELEVANT...
514
00:30:04,836 --> 00:30:07,815
AND CALCULATED SOLELY TO INFLAME
AND PREJUDICE THESE PROCEEDINGS.
515
00:30:07,839 --> 00:30:09,772
WE WILL ESTABLISH
RELEVANCE, YOUR HONOR.
516
00:30:09,841 --> 00:30:12,775
AND AS TO WHETHER THIS
WITNESS'S TESTIMONY IS PREJUDICIAL,
517
00:30:12,844 --> 00:30:15,823
HOW CAN COUNSEL OBJECT TO
SOMETHING HE HASN'T EVEN HEARD?
518
00:30:15,847 --> 00:30:17,927
BELIEVE ME, I GET YOUR DRIFT.
519
00:30:17,983 --> 00:30:20,517
THAT'S ENOUGH, MR. SCOTTO.
THE OBJECTION'S OVERRULED.
520
00:30:22,287 --> 00:30:25,921
WAS THERE ANY TRAIT OR CHARACTERISTIC
HE PREFERRED IN THE GIRLS YOU SENT HIM?
521
00:30:25,990 --> 00:30:29,725
SHE HAD TO BE BLACK. THAT WAS
HIS ONLY HARD AND FAST RULE.
522
00:30:29,794 --> 00:30:33,095
HOW MUCH DID YOU CHARGE
MR. FORTAS FOR THESE ESCORTS?
523
00:30:33,164 --> 00:30:37,166
BETWEEN $1,000 AND $2,000, DEPENDING
ON WHAT HE WANTED THE GIRL TO DO.
524
00:30:37,235 --> 00:30:39,569
DID HE PAY THESE GIRLS IN CASH?
525
00:30:39,637 --> 00:30:41,570
IN THE BEGINNING, YES.
526
00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:43,572
AFTER HE BECAME A REGULAR,
527
00:30:43,642 --> 00:30:46,587
HE'D TELL THE GIRL THAT HE'D PAY 'EM
LATER OR TO PUT IT ON HIS ACCOUNTS.
528
00:30:46,611 --> 00:30:48,278
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
529
00:30:48,346 --> 00:30:50,992
SO HE WOULD HAVE SEX WITH THESE
WOMEN AND SEND 'EM AWAY EMPTY-HANDED.
530
00:30:51,016 --> 00:30:52,949
MOST OF THE TIME, YES.
531
00:30:53,018 --> 00:30:56,330
I USUALLY HAD TO PAY THE GIRLS
AND THEN TRY TO COLLECT FROM HIM.
532
00:30:56,354 --> 00:31:00,223
BY PAYING THESE WOMEN YOURSELF, YOU WOULD
BE ON THE HOOK FOR QUITE A BIT OF MONEY?
533
00:31:00,291 --> 00:31:04,127
THERE WAS A TIME WHEN HE
OWED ME AS MUCH AS $35,000.
534
00:31:04,195 --> 00:31:07,463
MR. FORTAS WAS AN
EXTREMELY WEALTHY MAN.
535
00:31:07,532 --> 00:31:10,466
IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE,
HAVE THERE EVER BEEN OTHER OCCASIONS...
536
00:31:10,535 --> 00:31:13,102
WHERE A WEALTHY CLIENT
DID NOT PAY HIS BILLS?
537
00:31:13,171 --> 00:31:16,105
WELL, I'VE HAD CLIENTS
WHO GET THEIR KICKS...
538
00:31:16,174 --> 00:31:19,642
FROM GETTIN' A WOMAN TO
PERFORM SEXUAL FAVORS FOR FREE.
539
00:31:19,711 --> 00:31:24,480
IT'S A CONTROL THING, HAVING SEX WITH
A GIRL AND THEN REFUSING TO PAY HER.
540
00:31:24,549 --> 00:31:27,616
ARE YOU AWARE OF THE FACT THAT
OTHER ESCORT SERVICES IN YOUR AREA...
541
00:31:27,685 --> 00:31:30,086
ARE OWNED AND OPERATED
BY ORGANIZED CRIME?
542
00:31:30,155 --> 00:31:31,620
YES.
543
00:31:31,689 --> 00:31:34,824
TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE,
DID MR. FORTAS PATRONIZE ANY OF THEM?
544
00:31:34,893 --> 00:31:36,659
I KNOW FOR A FACT HE DID.
545
00:31:36,728 --> 00:31:40,563
HOW DO MOB-RUN ESCORT
SERVICES GENERALLY DEAL...
546
00:31:40,631 --> 00:31:43,266
WITH NONPAYMENT OF
SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF MONEY?
547
00:31:43,334 --> 00:31:46,335
- WITH FORCE.
- DEADLY FORCE?
548
00:31:46,404 --> 00:31:48,337
SOMETIMES.
549
00:31:48,406 --> 00:31:50,322
BASED ON YOUR
EXPERIENCE WITH MR. FORTAS,
550
00:31:50,392 --> 00:31:54,127
IS IT YOUR TESTIMONY THAT HE BEHAVED IN A
MANNER THAT MIGHT HAVE PUT HIS LIFE IN JEOPARDY?
551
00:31:54,196 --> 00:31:56,156
OBJECTION. SUSTAINED.
552
00:31:57,566 --> 00:31:59,748
I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
553
00:32:01,953 --> 00:32:04,187
DID YOU DROP
MR. FORTAS AS A CLIENT...
554
00:32:04,256 --> 00:32:07,806
AFTER THESE INSTANCES OF
DEGRADATION YOU'VE ALLEGED?
555
00:32:07,875 --> 00:32:09,809
- NO.
- WHY IS THAT?
556
00:32:09,878 --> 00:32:13,846
IF I DROPPED HIM AS A CLIENT, I'D NEVER
SEE THE REST OF THE MONEY HE OWED ME.
557
00:32:13,915 --> 00:32:17,417
OH, "THE REST OF THE MONEY." DOES
THAT MEAN HE PAID YOU SOMETHING?
558
00:32:17,485 --> 00:32:20,002
HE'D SEND ME A CHECK
EVERY NOW AND THEN.
559
00:32:20,055 --> 00:32:23,175
WELL, DID HE PAY YOU THE
$35,000 YOU JUST TOLD US ABOUT?
560
00:32:23,241 --> 00:32:25,625
EVENTUALLY.
561
00:32:25,694 --> 00:32:30,697
SO IT'S NOT ACCURATE TO SAY HE STIFFED YOU FOR
MONEY HE OWED. HE WAS JUST LATE IN PAYING YOU.
562
00:32:30,766 --> 00:32:34,700
SANDY ALWAYS HAD TO PUT EVERYBODY THROUGH
A LOT. LIKE I SAID, THAT WAS HIS SHOT.
563
00:32:34,769 --> 00:32:39,171
FOR THE RECORD, WERE YOU PRESENT IN THE
ROOM THE DAY SANDY FORTAS WAS MURDERED?
564
00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:40,806
NO, I WAS NOT.
565
00:32:40,875 --> 00:32:43,993
DO YOU HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE AS TO THE
CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING HIS DEATH?
566
00:32:44,062 --> 00:32:46,045
NO, I DON'T.
567
00:32:46,114 --> 00:32:48,631
NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS, YOUR HONOR.
568
00:32:50,769 --> 00:32:53,686
THE OTHER GIRLS WERE ALWAYS
SAYING WHAT A FREAK SANDY WAS,
569
00:32:53,755 --> 00:32:57,356
THAT CALLING US SLUTS AND
WHORES WAS A BIG TURN-ON FOR HIM.
570
00:32:57,425 --> 00:33:00,337
AND DID HE ADDRESS YOU IN SUCH A
MANNER WHEN YOU ARRIVED AT HIS HOUSE?
571
00:33:00,361 --> 00:33:02,796
OH, YEAH. THEN WHAT HAPPENED?
572
00:33:02,864 --> 00:33:05,799
I TOLD HIM THAT IT WAS A THOUSAND
FOR A FULL-SERVICE SHOW...
573
00:33:05,867 --> 00:33:09,169
AND THAT I NEEDED THE MONEY UP
FRONT, 'CAUSE WORD WAS OUT ON HIM.
574
00:33:09,237 --> 00:33:11,187
DID HE PAY YOU? YEAH.
575
00:33:11,255 --> 00:33:14,239
BUT HE WANTED THE MONEY BACK
WHEN HE STARTED HAVING TROUBLE.
576
00:33:14,308 --> 00:33:16,592
WHAT KIND OF TROUBLE? YOU KNOW.
577
00:33:16,661 --> 00:33:18,577
WITH, UM, PERFORMANCE.
578
00:33:18,647 --> 00:33:21,648
HE HAD BEEN DRINKING, AND HE
GOT MAD AT ME, LIKE IT WAS MY FAULT.
579
00:33:21,716 --> 00:33:23,883
TOLD ME TO GET THE
HELL OUT OF HIS HOUSE.
580
00:33:23,952 --> 00:33:26,196
DID YOU LEAVE AT THAT POINT? NO.
581
00:33:26,220 --> 00:33:28,899
WHY NOT? BECAUSE HE GRABBED
MY PURSE AND TOOK BACK THE MONEY.
582
00:33:28,923 --> 00:33:31,074
HE SAID I DIDN'T DESERVE IT.
583
00:33:31,142 --> 00:33:34,782
THEN HE DRAGGED ME TO THE
FRONT DOOR AND THREW ME OUT.
584
00:33:34,846 --> 00:33:39,365
I DIDN'T HAVE NOTHIN' ON, SO I WAS BANGING ON
THE DOOR TILL HE FINALLY THREW ME MY DRESS.
585
00:33:39,434 --> 00:33:43,569
ONCE AGAIN, YOUR HONOR, I MUST STRENUOUSLY
OBJECT ON THE ISSUE OF RELEVANCE.
586
00:33:43,638 --> 00:33:46,572
YOUR HONOR, WE'RE SIMPLY
TRYING TO DEMONSTRATE...
587
00:33:46,641 --> 00:33:48,842
THAT THE BEHAVIOR AND
LIFESTYLE OF THE DECEASED...
588
00:33:48,910 --> 00:33:51,544
EXPOSED HIM TO HARM
FROM ANY NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
589
00:33:51,612 --> 00:33:55,247
- LIKE WHO? DID SHE KILL HIM?
- THE OBJECTION IS OVERRULED.
590
00:33:56,918 --> 00:33:58,851
SO, WHAT DID YOU DO NEXT?
591
00:33:58,920 --> 00:34:00,787
I RAN BACK TO THE CAR...
592
00:34:00,855 --> 00:34:04,118
WHERE CURTIS, MY DRIVER, WAS WAITING
JUST OUTSIDE THE GATES OF THE ESTATE.
593
00:34:04,142 --> 00:34:07,060
- I TOLD HIM WHAT HAD HAPPENED.
- AND HOW DID HE REACT?
594
00:34:07,128 --> 00:34:09,078
HE WANTED TO KILL HIM.
595
00:34:09,147 --> 00:34:11,976
IF I HADN'T TALKED HIM OUT OF IT,
THAT'S JUST WHAT HE WOULD'VE DONE.
596
00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:14,817
THANK YOU. NOTHING FURTHER.
597
00:34:20,642 --> 00:34:22,636
THE INCIDENT YOU
JUST DESCRIBED...
598
00:34:22,660 --> 00:34:24,994
WAS IT THE LAST TIME THAT
YOU SAW SANDY FORTAS?
599
00:34:25,062 --> 00:34:27,247
NO. I SAW HIM ONCE AFTER THAT.
600
00:34:27,315 --> 00:34:30,667
SO IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN ALL THAT HORRIBLE
IF YOU AGREED TO GO BACK A SECOND TIME.
601
00:34:30,735 --> 00:34:33,652
HE WANTED A TWO-GIRL SHOW,
SO I WENT WITH MY FRIEND.
602
00:34:33,722 --> 00:34:36,455
BELIEVE ME, I NEVER WOULD
HAVE GONE BY MYSELF.
603
00:34:36,525 --> 00:34:39,592
AND WHEN WE GOT THERE, HE
DIDN'T EVEN REMEMBER WHO I WAS.
604
00:34:39,661 --> 00:34:42,061
HAVE YOU EVER
MET RICKEY LATRELL?
605
00:34:42,129 --> 00:34:43,746
NO.
606
00:34:43,815 --> 00:34:46,660
BUT YOU RESPECT HIM AS A DISTINGUISHED
AFRICAN-AMERICAN ATHLETE, DON'T YOU?
607
00:34:46,684 --> 00:34:49,084
YEAH, HE'S ALL THAT.
608
00:34:49,153 --> 00:34:50,987
SO IT WOULD BE
ACCURATE TO SAY...
609
00:34:51,055 --> 00:34:54,673
THAT YOU HAVE MORE SYMPATHY FOR A BLACK
SPORTS HERO THAN AN OVERWEIGHT WHITE TRICK...
610
00:34:54,743 --> 00:34:57,610
WHO YOU HAD AS MUCH CONTEMPT
FOR AS YOU CLAIM HE HAD FOR YOU.
611
00:34:57,678 --> 00:34:59,428
OBJECTION! WITHDRAWN.
612
00:34:59,497 --> 00:35:03,599
- WERE YOU IN THE ROOM THE DAY
SANDY FORTAS WAS MURDERED?
- NO.
613
00:35:03,668 --> 00:35:06,652
DO YOU HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE
CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING HIS DEATH?
614
00:35:06,721 --> 00:35:09,305
- NO.
- NO.
615
00:35:09,374 --> 00:35:11,156
NOTHING FURTHER.
616
00:35:20,218 --> 00:35:23,385
WELL, YOU SEEM TO BE EXTREMELY
WELL QUALIFIED, MR. PRUITT.
617
00:35:23,454 --> 00:35:25,388
THANK YOU.
618
00:35:25,457 --> 00:35:28,324
IF YOU'RE THINKING
OF HIRING ME, DON'T.
619
00:35:28,392 --> 00:35:30,860
I'M SORRY?
620
00:35:30,929 --> 00:35:33,863
JUST TELL THE AGENCY
THAT I DIDN'T PAN OUT.
621
00:35:33,932 --> 00:35:36,866
THEN I'LL JUST START WORK, AND
YOU CAN AVOID PAYING THEIR FEE.
622
00:35:36,934 --> 00:35:38,934
WOULDN'T THAT BE UNETHICAL?
623
00:35:41,006 --> 00:35:43,373
IS THAT A LITTLE LAWYER HUMOR?
624
00:35:47,946 --> 00:35:49,879
HELLO, ANGELA.
625
00:35:49,948 --> 00:35:52,514
LUCKY LOUIS, AS I
LIVE AND BREATHE.
626
00:35:52,583 --> 00:35:54,884
- HOWDY, STRANGER.
- HOW YOU DOING, MAN?
627
00:35:54,953 --> 00:35:57,419
THERE SHE IS! GIVE
ME A HUG, YOU BIG LUG!
628
00:35:57,488 --> 00:35:59,889
SO, HOW WAS EUROPE?
629
00:35:59,958 --> 00:36:02,591
HMM, THERE'S A
DISNEYLAND IN PARIS,
630
00:36:02,660 --> 00:36:04,593
A GAP MEGASTORE IN LONDON,
631
00:36:04,663 --> 00:36:08,398
AND YOU CAN'T WALK SIX STEPS
WITHOUT BUMPING INTO A GOLDEN ARCH.
632
00:36:08,466 --> 00:36:13,903
FORTUNATELY, THE TINTORETTOS IN THE SCUOLA
SAN ROCCO ARE AS MAGNIFICENT AS EVER.
633
00:36:18,743 --> 00:36:21,176
CALL MY REFERENCES,
634
00:36:21,245 --> 00:36:24,725
BECAUSE I THINK THEY WILL CORRECT ANY
MISIMPRESSION THAT I MAY HAVE CONVEYED.
635
00:36:24,749 --> 00:36:26,727
I DON'T HAVE ANY
MISIMPRESSIONS, MR. PRUITT.
636
00:36:26,751 --> 00:36:29,752
- THANKS AGAIN FOR COMING.
- I JUST LOVE THE CHEESES.
637
00:36:33,257 --> 00:36:35,191
HEY, LOUIS. HOW YOU DOING?
638
00:36:35,259 --> 00:36:37,738
WELL, THANK YOU. IT'S GOOD
TO SEE EVERYONE AGAIN.
639
00:36:37,762 --> 00:36:41,263
JIMMY, COULD I TROUBLE YOU FOR A MOMENT
OF YOUR TIME? IT'S NO TROUBLE AT ALL.
640
00:36:44,102 --> 00:36:46,035
AH.
641
00:36:46,104 --> 00:36:49,538
I SEE YOU'VE DISPATCHED MOST OF
THE FURNITURE FROM THE ANCIEN RÉGIME.
642
00:36:49,607 --> 00:36:52,708
THOUGH I MUST ADMIT I DO MISS
THE SMELL OF ALL THAT LEATHER.
643
00:36:52,777 --> 00:36:55,017
MMM. TAKE A SEAT.
644
00:36:58,550 --> 00:37:02,852
JUSTINE HAS TAKEN THE LIBERTY OF CALLING ME
TO SAY YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A NEW ASSISTANT.
645
00:37:02,921 --> 00:37:06,355
GWEN'S GETTING MARRIED, AND
SHE'S HEADING BACK EAST. THAT'S NICE.
646
00:37:06,424 --> 00:37:08,857
AND QUITE FORTUITOUS, ACTUALLY.
647
00:37:08,927 --> 00:37:13,028
I FIND MYSELF IN NEED OF A JOB, ASSUMING YOU
HAVEN'T ALREADY FILLED THE POSITION HERE...
648
00:37:13,097 --> 00:37:15,431
CAN YOU START TOMORROW?
649
00:37:15,500 --> 00:37:17,433
ABSOLUTELY.
650
00:37:17,501 --> 00:37:19,502
WELCOME BACK, LOUIS.
651
00:37:22,340 --> 00:37:25,508
- GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. LATRELL.
- GOOD AFTERNOON.
652
00:37:25,576 --> 00:37:29,012
YOU A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT
TESTIFYING HERE TODAY? UH, YES.
653
00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:32,515
I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO FINALLY TELL MY STORY.
654
00:37:32,583 --> 00:37:34,517
THEN LET'S GET TO IT.
655
00:37:34,585 --> 00:37:36,886
HOW LONG DID YOU
KNOW SANDY FORTAS?
656
00:37:36,955 --> 00:37:40,790
ABOUT FIVE YEARS. I MET HIM A FEW MONTHS
BEFORE HE BROUGHT ME INTO THE LEAGUE.
657
00:37:40,858 --> 00:37:43,459
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE
YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM?
658
00:37:43,528 --> 00:37:46,829
AFTER MY WIFE AND MY MOM, HE WAS PROBABLY
CLOSER TO ME THAN ANYBODY ELSE ON EARTH.
659
00:37:46,897 --> 00:37:49,498
I NEVER KNEW MY FATHER,
660
00:37:49,567 --> 00:37:52,380
AND I FOUND WHAT I WAS
MISSING IN MR. FORTAS.
661
00:37:52,404 --> 00:37:55,337
I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST CAME TO LAS
VEGAS, I STAYED AT HIS HOUSE WITH HIM,
662
00:37:55,406 --> 00:37:58,340
AND I TOLD HIM THAT I FELT LIKE
I WAS A MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY.
663
00:37:58,409 --> 00:38:01,777
HE SAID THAT I WAS NOT
"LIKE" A MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY.
664
00:38:01,846 --> 00:38:04,112
I WAS FAMILY. PERIOD.
665
00:38:04,181 --> 00:38:07,683
WAS THAT FEELING RECIPROCAL
ON YOUR PART? VERY MUCH SO.
666
00:38:07,752 --> 00:38:10,712
YOU WERE AWARE, WERE YOU
NOT, THAT YOUR WIFE, CARLA,
667
00:38:10,754 --> 00:38:13,923
HAD AN AFFAIR WITH MR. FORTAS
PRIOR TO YOUR MARRIAGE.
668
00:38:13,992 --> 00:38:16,926
MM-HMM. CARLA WAS SINGLE AT
THAT TIME. SANDY WAS SEPARATED.
669
00:38:16,995 --> 00:38:20,930
THEY HAD THEIR MOMENT TOGETHER, AND
THEN THEY MOVED ON TO DO OTHER THINGS.
670
00:38:20,999 --> 00:38:22,976
IT DIDN'T REALLY
BOTHER ME AT ALL.
671
00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:26,368
- YOU HARBORED NO ILL WILL
TOWARD HIM?
- NONE WHATSOEVER.
672
00:38:26,437 --> 00:38:30,172
DID SOMETHING HAPPEN ON
OCTOBER 18 TO CHANGE THAT?
673
00:38:30,241 --> 00:38:32,720
YES. WOULD YOU TELL US
WHAT THAT WAS, PLEASE?
674
00:38:32,744 --> 00:38:35,589
I FOUND OUT THAT HE HAD TRICKED MY
WIFE INTO HAVING SEX WITH HIM AGAIN.
675
00:38:35,613 --> 00:38:38,380
- OBJECTION. ASSUMES FACTS - NOT IN EVIDENCE.
- YOUR HONOR...
676
00:38:38,449 --> 00:38:41,683
WAS THE DEFENDANT THERE TO WITNESS
THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE ALLEGED EVENT?
677
00:38:41,752 --> 00:38:44,954
THE STATEMENT WAS NOT
OFFERED FOR ITS FACTUAL ACCURACY,
678
00:38:45,023 --> 00:38:47,790
- BUT FOR ITS EFFECT UPON
THE WITNESS'S STATE OF MIND.
- OVERRULED.
679
00:38:47,858 --> 00:38:49,425
THE WITNESS WILL CONTINUE.
680
00:38:49,493 --> 00:38:52,613
CARLA HAD COME BACK WITH A CASSETTE
TAPE THAT SANDY HAD GIVEN HER...
681
00:38:52,663 --> 00:38:55,080
SUPPOSEDLY OF ME
TELLING SAL BATTAGLIO...
682
00:38:55,149 --> 00:38:58,734
I'D SHAVE POINTS ON A GAME IF
HE'D FORGIVE A GAMBLING DEBT.
683
00:38:58,803 --> 00:39:02,521
- DID YOU EVER
TELL SAL BATTAGLIO THAT?
- NO, SIR, I DID NOT.
684
00:39:02,590 --> 00:39:05,874
WHATEVER IT WAS HE FABRICATED, I
NEVER AGREED TO SHAVE POINTS ON A GAME.
685
00:39:05,943 --> 00:39:09,311
BUT SANDY HAD THAT TAPE, THOUGH,
686
00:39:09,380 --> 00:39:12,510
AND HE TOLD CARLA THAT IF SHE DIDN'T
PUT OUT FOR HIM, HE'D WRECK MY CAREER.
687
00:39:12,534 --> 00:39:14,700
OBJECTION. HEARSAY. SAME
ARGUMENT, YOUR HONOR.
688
00:39:14,768 --> 00:39:16,652
I'M GOING TO ALLOW IT.
689
00:39:18,238 --> 00:39:21,907
- WHERE IS THAT TAPE NOW,
MR. LATRELL?
- I BURNED IT UP.
690
00:39:21,976 --> 00:39:25,444
- DID YOU LISTEN TO IT?
- YES, I DID. IT WAS COMPLETELY MADE UP.
691
00:39:30,034 --> 00:39:32,435
IT WAS A VERY CONVINCING FAKE.
692
00:39:32,504 --> 00:39:34,838
DID YOU CONFRONT
SANDY FORTAS ABOUT IT?
693
00:39:34,906 --> 00:39:37,840
YES, I DID. WHAT
WAS HIS REACTION?
694
00:39:37,910 --> 00:39:40,844
HE ACTED LIKE IT
WAS NO BIG DEAL.
695
00:39:40,912 --> 00:39:43,346
HE SAID HE AND
CARLA WENT WAY BACK.
696
00:39:43,414 --> 00:39:45,849
HE SAID NOBODY PUT
A GUN TO HER HEAD.
697
00:39:45,917 --> 00:39:49,318
HE TOLD ME I SHOULD CONCENTRATE
MORE ON MY REBOUNDS INSTEAD.
698
00:39:49,387 --> 00:39:51,921
WHAT DID YOU DO
WHEN HE SAID THAT?
699
00:39:53,091 --> 00:39:54,925
I SHOT HIM.
700
00:39:56,745 --> 00:39:59,057
REQUEST IMMEDIATE CONFERENCE
IN CHAMBERS, YOUR HONOR!
701
00:39:59,081 --> 00:40:03,366
ASK THAT I BE ALLOWED TO COMPLETE MY EXAMINATION
OF THIS WITNESS WITHOUT INTERRUPTION.
702
00:40:03,435 --> 00:40:05,268
THIS IS A DELIBERATE
ABUSE OF THE PROCESS!
703
00:40:05,336 --> 00:40:08,505
MR. SCOTTO, YOU'LL GET YOUR
CONFERENCE AFTER THE DEFENDANT'S DIRECT.
704
00:40:10,025 --> 00:40:12,019
NOW CONTINUE.
705
00:40:12,043 --> 00:40:14,093
MR. LATRELL,
706
00:40:17,515 --> 00:40:19,498
YOU LOVE YOUR FAMILY VERY MUCH,
707
00:40:19,567 --> 00:40:21,667
DON'T YOU?
708
00:40:23,504 --> 00:40:25,744
MORE THAN ANYTHING
IN THIS WORLD.
709
00:40:26,808 --> 00:40:28,942
MORE THAN MY OWN LIFE.
710
00:40:29,010 --> 00:40:31,645
AND YOU WOULD DO ANYTHING TO
PROTECT YOUR FAMILY, WOULDN'T YOU?
711
00:40:32,864 --> 00:40:34,981
YES, I WOULD.
712
00:40:35,050 --> 00:40:38,985
DO YOU FEEL ANY REMORSE FOR
WHAT YOU DID TO SANDY FORTAS?
713
00:40:40,071 --> 00:40:42,555
YES, I DO.
714
00:40:42,624 --> 00:40:46,793
MY MOTHER DIDN'T RAISE
ME UP TO BE A KILLER.
715
00:40:46,861 --> 00:40:50,797
I'M GONNA HAVE TO LIVE WITH
THIS FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
716
00:40:50,865 --> 00:40:53,866
AND I'M GONNA HAVE
TO ANSWER TO GOD.
717
00:40:58,390 --> 00:41:00,372
YOUR WITNESS.
718
00:41:00,441 --> 00:41:03,209
COUNSEL IN CHAMBERS.
719
00:41:03,278 --> 00:41:06,846
IF WHAT THEY WERE DOING WASN'T READILY APPARENT
BEFORE, IT SHOULD BE CRYSTAL CLEAR NOW.
720
00:41:06,915 --> 00:41:09,816
COUNSEL KNEW THEIR CLIENT WAS
GUILTY, YET THEY INTRODUCED EVIDENCE...
721
00:41:09,884 --> 00:41:12,819
WHOSE SOLE PURPOSE WAS TO
DENIGRATE THE VICTIM'S CHARACTER...
722
00:41:12,887 --> 00:41:14,865
TO MAKE THIS MURDER
SEEM JUSTIFIED.
723
00:41:14,889 --> 00:41:16,840
IS MR. SCOTTO TELEPATHIC?
724
00:41:16,908 --> 00:41:19,826
- HOW DOES HE KNOW
WHAT WE KNEW AND WHEN?
- COME ON, CHRIS!
725
00:41:19,895 --> 00:41:22,829
YOUR GUY DID IT.
HE TOLD US HE DID IT.
726
00:41:22,898 --> 00:41:24,876
THERE'S NO ALTERNATIVE
THEORY OF THE CRIME.
727
00:41:24,900 --> 00:41:28,434
THEY USED IT AS A PLOY TO MAKE SANDY FORTAS
OUT TO BE SOMEONE WHO SHOULD BE SHOT.
728
00:41:28,503 --> 00:41:31,583
YOUR HONOR, WE DEMAND THAT THE TESTIMONY
OF LEE MICHAELSON, MONIQUE LaSALLE...
729
00:41:31,640 --> 00:41:33,600
AND ANNA MAE BROWN BE
STRICKEN FROM THE RECORDS...
730
00:41:33,642 --> 00:41:36,242
AND THE JURY BE STERNLY
INSTRUCTED TO DISREGARD IT.
731
00:41:36,311 --> 00:41:40,013
WE FURTHER ASK THAT THE STIFFEST POSSIBLE
SANCTIONS BE IMPOSED UPON COUNSEL...
732
00:41:40,081 --> 00:41:42,727
FOR KNOWINGLY PERPETRATING A
FALSEHOOD IN THESE PROCEEDINGS.
733
00:41:42,751 --> 00:41:45,685
YOUR HONOR, THE REASON THAT THE
PEOPLE WANT TO EXCLUDE THE TESTIMONY...
734
00:41:45,753 --> 00:41:48,788
IS BECAUSE IT BLOWS THEIR
CASE FOR MURDER ONE ALL TO HELL.
735
00:41:48,857 --> 00:41:53,376
THE JURY HAS EVERY RIGHT TO CONSIDER THE
LESSER OFFENSE OF VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER...
736
00:41:53,445 --> 00:41:58,130
OR EVEN REACH A FINDING OF JUSTIFIABLE
HOMICIDE, IF THEY CHOOSE TO DO SO.
737
00:41:58,199 --> 00:42:02,768
- THE LAW COMPELS YOU
TO DENY THE PEOPLE'S MOTION.
- DON'T LECTURE ME ABOUT THE LAW.
738
00:42:02,837 --> 00:42:07,073
I AM GRANTING MR. SCOTTO'S MOTION TO
COMPLETELY EXCLUDE THESE WITNESSES' TESTIMONY.
739
00:42:07,142 --> 00:42:09,458
I THINK WHAT YOU HAVE DONE...
740
00:42:09,527 --> 00:42:13,145
HAS BEEN ABOUT AS CYNICAL A MANIPULATION
OF THE COURTS AS I HAVE EVER SEEN.
741
00:42:13,214 --> 00:42:14,914
YOUR HONOR, IF I MAY BE HEARD...
742
00:42:14,982 --> 00:42:16,599
YOU MAY NOT!
743
00:42:16,668 --> 00:42:20,670
I WILL INSTRUCT THE JURY TO EXCLUDE
THE EVIDENCE FROM THEIR DELIBERATIONS.
744
00:42:20,739 --> 00:42:23,589
AND I AM IMPOSING SANCTIONS
IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,000.
745
00:42:23,658 --> 00:42:27,510
I WISH IT COULD BE MORE.
746
00:42:28,896 --> 00:42:30,830
BY WAY OF REVIEW,
747
00:42:30,899 --> 00:42:34,133
A FEW MINUTES AGO YOU TOLD THIS JURY,
UNDER OATH, THAT YOU MURDERED SANDY FORTAS.
748
00:42:34,202 --> 00:42:36,135
THAT'S RIGHT.
749
00:42:36,204 --> 00:42:40,306
THAT YOU WENT TO HIS WESTWOOD OFFICE CARRYING
A SPHINX .380 PISTOL REGISTERED TO YOU...
750
00:42:40,375 --> 00:42:42,342
AND SHOT MR. FORTAS
FOUR TIMES IN THE CHEST.
751
00:42:42,410 --> 00:42:45,945
- IS THAT YOUR TESTIMONY?
- I DON'T REMEMBER
HOW MANY TIMES I SHOT HIM.
752
00:42:46,014 --> 00:42:48,698
JUST TO BE CLEAR, AFTER
SHOOTING MR. FORTAS,
753
00:42:48,766 --> 00:42:51,529
YOU FLED THE SCENE, LEAVING HIM TO
DIE ALONE IN AN EMPTY OFFICE BUILDING?
754
00:42:51,553 --> 00:42:53,531
OBJECTION! COUNSEL
IS GOADING MR. LATRELL.
755
00:42:53,555 --> 00:42:56,756
JUST MAKING SURE WE ALL AGREE
ON THE BRUTAL FACTS OF THIS CASE.
756
00:42:56,824 --> 00:42:58,836
THE POINT'S BEEN MADE,
COUNSEL. MOVE ON.
757
00:42:58,860 --> 00:43:03,212
YOU DITCHED THE GUN, GOT ON YOUR
PRIVATE JET AND RETURNED TO LAS VEGAS.
758
00:43:03,281 --> 00:43:05,197
YEAH. I WAS SCARED.
759
00:43:05,267 --> 00:43:08,095
- I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING.
- YOU KNEW ENOUGH
TO HIRE JIMMY WYLER'S FIRM.
760
00:43:08,119 --> 00:43:10,336
- OBJECTION.
- SUSTAINED.
761
00:43:10,405 --> 00:43:13,606
SAL BATTAGLIO TESTIFIED HE MADE A
TAPE OF YOU OFFERING TO SHAVE POINTS...
762
00:43:13,674 --> 00:43:15,341
TO SETTLE A GAMBLING DEBT.
763
00:43:15,410 --> 00:43:18,489
- IS IT YOUR TESTIMONY
THAT HE WAS LYING?
- LYING THROUGH HIS TEETH.
764
00:43:18,513 --> 00:43:21,013
YET YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
THERE WAS A TAPE RECORDING.
765
00:43:21,082 --> 00:43:24,612
I ACKNOWLEDGE SOMETHING PUT ON TAPE MADE IT
SOUND AS THOUGH I WAS SAYING THINGS I NEVER SAID.
766
00:43:24,636 --> 00:43:27,003
- YEAH, AND WHO DID THAT?
- I DON'T KNOW.
767
00:43:27,072 --> 00:43:29,972
DO YOU SUSPECT THERE MIGHT
HAVE BEEN SOME C.I.A. INVOLVEMENT?
768
00:43:30,041 --> 00:43:32,875
- OBJECTION
TO COUNSEL'S SARCASM.
- SUSTAINED.
769
00:43:32,944 --> 00:43:35,878
AS I UNDERSTAND IT, YOU'RE
ASKING THIS JURY TO BELIEVE...
770
00:43:35,947 --> 00:43:39,182
THAT YOU MURDERED SANDY FORTAS
TO PROTECT YOUR FAMILY HONOR.
771
00:43:39,251 --> 00:43:40,649
THAT'S RIGHT.
772
00:43:40,718 --> 00:43:43,419
- MONEY HAD NOTHING
TO DO WITH IT.
- RIGHT.
773
00:43:43,488 --> 00:43:46,022
SANDY FORTAS DID NOT RETAIN A
COPY OF THE TAPE AND THREATEN YOU.
774
00:43:46,091 --> 00:43:49,158
- NO, HE DIDN'T.
- YOU SAID MR. BATTAGLIO
LIED ABOUT THE TAPE.
775
00:43:49,227 --> 00:43:52,162
DID HE ALSO LIE ABOUT THE
FACT THAT YOU LIKE TO GAMBLE?
776
00:43:52,230 --> 00:43:54,097
NO.
777
00:43:54,166 --> 00:43:56,944
WAS HE LYING ABOUT THE FACT YOU
HAD LOST A LOT OF MONEY? NO, HE WASN'T.
778
00:43:56,968 --> 00:44:00,203
AND NONE OF THIS HAD ANYTHING TO
DO WITH THE KILLING OF SANDY FORTAS.
779
00:44:00,272 --> 00:44:02,004
NOT THE PRESSURE ON
YOU FOR MORE MONEY,
780
00:44:02,073 --> 00:44:05,842
NOT THE FACT THAT YOU HAD AN EXPOSURE
THAT COULD HAVE ENDED YOUR CAREER.
781
00:44:05,910 --> 00:44:09,379
- NOTHING MATTERED TO YOU
BUT YOUR WIFE'S HONOR.
- THAT'S RIGHT.
782
00:44:09,447 --> 00:44:12,282
AND FOR THAT YOU KILLED
A MAN IN COLD BLOOD.
783
00:44:12,350 --> 00:44:14,061
OBJECTION. WITHDRAWN.
784
00:44:14,085 --> 00:44:17,064
YOUR HONOR, IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT
THE DEFENDANT HAS CONFESSED TO THIS CRIME,
785
00:44:17,088 --> 00:44:19,255
THE PEOPLE HAVE NO
FURTHER QUESTIONS.
786
00:44:26,264 --> 00:44:28,198
MILLIONS WERE STUNNED TODAY...
787
00:44:28,266 --> 00:44:31,534
WHEN BASKETBALL SUPERSTAR RICKEY
LATRELL TOOK THE WITNESS STAND...
788
00:44:31,603 --> 00:44:34,704
AND CONFESSED TO THE MURDER
FOR WHICH HE STANDS ACCUSED.
789
00:44:34,773 --> 00:44:37,473
IT WAS AN ALL-OR-NOTHING TACTIC
BY THE TRIAL'S DEFENSE TEAM,
790
00:44:37,542 --> 00:44:40,042
WHO ARE COUNTING ON THE
JURY TO LET EMOTION GOVERN...
791
00:44:40,111 --> 00:44:44,647
HOW THEY APPROACH THE TASK BEFORE
THEM AND RETURN A VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY.
792
00:44:44,716 --> 00:44:46,649
IT WAS A BOLD MOVE,
793
00:44:46,718 --> 00:44:49,652
PERHAPS THE BOLDEST SEEN IN A
COURTROOM IN RECENT MEMORY.
794
00:44:49,721 --> 00:44:52,622
THE QUESTION TONIGHT IS,
WILL THE GAMBLE PAY OFF?
795
00:44:52,691 --> 00:44:56,192
WILL IT BE ENOUGH TO
SAVE RICKEY LATRELL'S LIFE?
796
00:45:25,090 --> 00:45:28,358
HEY, RICKEY! I HOPE YOUR NEW AGENT
IS EXPLORING MOVIE DEALS FOR YOU.
797
00:45:28,426 --> 00:45:30,493
I CAUGHT YOUR ACT IN
THERE. YOU'RE A NATURAL.
798
00:45:30,562 --> 00:45:32,640
COME ON, LEE. WHAT? I'M
GIVING HIM A TIP OF THE HAT.
799
00:45:32,664 --> 00:45:35,865
THIS IS A FANTASTIC ACTOR YOU'VE
GOT HERE. WHAT DO YOU WANT, MAN?
800
00:45:35,934 --> 00:45:39,368
LAST TIME WE SPOKE, I GAVE THE IMPRESSION
THAT I WANTED YOU TO RECONSIDER FIRING ME.
801
00:45:39,437 --> 00:45:42,371
I'D LIKE TO CORRECT THAT
IMPRESSION. OKAY. DONE. LET'S GO.
802
00:45:42,440 --> 00:45:46,275
I DON'T CONDEMN YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID
TO SANDY. THAT WAS YOUR HEART, PASSION.
803
00:45:46,344 --> 00:45:49,012
A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN OVERCOME BY THAT.
804
00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:53,516
BUT THAT YOU WERE GONNA WATCH ME BE ACCUSED...
THAT WAS YOUR HEAD, BABY, WHO YOU ARE.
805
00:45:53,585 --> 00:45:55,585
YOU'RE A SCUMBAG, RICKEY.
806
00:46:01,927 --> 00:46:06,362
I'D LIKE YOU ALL TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOMETHING
THAT WAS DELIVERED TO ME THIS MORNING.
807
00:46:08,199 --> 00:46:10,177
HI, I'M PAIGE RINGO,
808
00:46:10,201 --> 00:46:12,179
AND THIS IS MY AUDITION TAPE.
809
00:46:12,203 --> 00:46:14,949
I WENT FROM BEING A
TOMBOY TO BEING A JOCK...
810
00:46:14,973 --> 00:46:17,117
TO BEING A FASHION MODEL
TO BEING AN ATTORNEY,
811
00:46:17,141 --> 00:46:20,226
AND NEVER HAVE I LOST
MY LOVE OF THE GAME.
812
00:46:20,294 --> 00:46:22,678
WHAT GAME, YOU ASK? ANY GAME.
813
00:46:22,747 --> 00:46:26,565
WHETHER IT'S A PERFECTLY EXECUTED
DRAW PLAY, A BUNT TO ADVANCE THE RUNNER...
814
00:46:26,634 --> 00:46:30,453
OR A THREE-POINT JUMP SHOT
AT THE FINAL BUZZER, I LOVE IT ALL.
815
00:46:31,923 --> 00:46:33,901
WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL US...
816
00:46:33,925 --> 00:46:36,092
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
THIS TAPE, MS. WEIKOPF?
817
00:46:36,161 --> 00:46:38,122
OR SHOULD I SAY MS. RINGO?
818
00:46:38,146 --> 00:46:41,764
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT HAS
ANY SIGNIFICANCE, YOUR HONOR.
819
00:46:41,833 --> 00:46:45,034
I HAVE SOME INTEREST IN PURSUING
A CAREER IN BROADCAST JOURNALISM,
820
00:46:45,103 --> 00:46:49,004
AND AN AUDITION TAPE IS A
NECESSARY MEANS OF SELLING YOURSELF,
821
00:46:49,073 --> 00:46:52,391
OF... DEMONSTRATING HOW
YOU COME ACROSS ON CAMERA.
822
00:46:52,460 --> 00:46:55,461
WHAT IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH KEN HICKS?
823
00:46:56,747 --> 00:46:58,947
I KNOW HIM. NOT WELL, BUT...
824
00:46:59,017 --> 00:47:01,996
WERE YOU PROVIDING HIM WITH
INFORMATION ABOUT THIS CASE...
825
00:47:02,020 --> 00:47:05,221
IN RETURN FOR HIS FOSTERING YOUR
CAREER IN BROADCAST JOURNALISM?
826
00:47:05,290 --> 00:47:07,106
NO. ABSOLUTELY NOT.
827
00:47:07,175 --> 00:47:11,961
I HAVE A SWORN AFFIDAVIT FROM MR. HICKS STATING
THAT THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU WERE DOING.
828
00:47:12,029 --> 00:47:13,869
HE'S LYING. MM-HMM.
829
00:47:14,749 --> 00:47:17,350
ARE THE EXECUTIVES AT, UH...
830
00:47:17,418 --> 00:47:19,351
CBS, UM,
831
00:47:19,420 --> 00:47:22,121
ABC, FOX, ESPN,
832
00:47:22,189 --> 00:47:25,858
WHO SAY THEY'VE BEEN APPROACHED
BY MR. HICKS, ARE THEY ALSO LYING?
833
00:47:25,927 --> 00:47:30,229
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THESE
INDIVIDUALS ARE ALLEGING, YOUR HONOR.
834
00:47:30,298 --> 00:47:33,833
ALL I CAN SAY IS... SAVE IT FOR
YOUR SUPERVISORS, MS. WEIKOPF.
835
00:47:33,901 --> 00:47:37,035
IF THEY CHOOSE TO ACCEPT YOUR
EXPLANATIONS, THAT'S THEIR PRIVILEGE.
836
00:47:37,104 --> 00:47:40,539
AS FAR AS MY COURTROOM
IS CONCERNED, YOU'RE OUT.
837
00:47:40,608 --> 00:47:44,660
WELL, I ASSUME I'LL BE ALLOWED TO
CONCLUDE MY DUTIES IN THE LATRELL CASE.
838
00:47:44,729 --> 00:47:47,849
HONEY, YOU'RE OUT OF
MY COURTROOM AS OF NOW.
839
00:47:54,105 --> 00:47:56,105
JIMMY?
840
00:47:57,942 --> 00:48:00,354
THIS PUTS THINGS IN A
SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT LIGHT.
841
00:48:00,378 --> 00:48:02,311
WHAT THINGS?
842
00:48:02,380 --> 00:48:06,265
I COULDN'T CURTAIL A SEXUAL HARASSMENT
INVESTIGATION, JIMMY, NOT OUT OF HAND.
843
00:48:06,334 --> 00:48:10,236
WHY NOT? DO YOU REALLY NEED
ME TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION?
844
00:48:10,305 --> 00:48:13,906
I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT IF I COME TO YOU
AND TELL YOU SOMETHING, YOU WOULD BELIEVE ME.
845
00:48:13,975 --> 00:48:15,908
WELL, I BELIEVE YOU NOW.
846
00:48:15,977 --> 00:48:20,045
AND IF I HAD ANY DOUBTS ABOUT
YOU BEFORE NOW, I'M SORRY.
847
00:48:20,114 --> 00:48:22,114
THAT'S THE BEST I CAN DO.
848
00:48:26,554 --> 00:48:28,688
SO, NO MORE PAIGE WEIKOPF.
849
00:48:28,756 --> 00:48:30,706
NO MORE PAIGE WEIKOPF.
850
00:48:30,775 --> 00:48:33,754
JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, WHEN
YOU DECIDED TO TURN HER IN,
851
00:48:33,778 --> 00:48:36,740
YOUR STRATEGY WAS WHAT, TO
GIVE UP ALL POSSIBLE ADVANTAGES...
852
00:48:36,764 --> 00:48:39,409
IN PURSUIT OF A MORE
EVEN PLAYING FIELD?
853
00:48:39,433 --> 00:48:43,269
WHATEVER MY STRATEGY IS,
I DON'T DISCUSS IT WITH YOU.
854
00:48:43,338 --> 00:48:45,316
OH, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
855
00:48:45,340 --> 00:48:47,540
IT WOULD BE GROSSLY UNETHICAL.
856
00:48:47,608 --> 00:48:51,244
IT ISN'T AS THOUGH I'VE
BEEN KNOCKING MYSELF OUT...
857
00:48:51,312 --> 00:48:53,262
TRYING TO HELP.
858
00:48:53,331 --> 00:48:56,160
IT ISN'T AS THOUGH I'VE
SAVED YOUR UNGRATEFUL ASS...
859
00:48:56,184 --> 00:49:00,053
BY SUBMITTING A SWORN AFFIDAVIT AND
GETTING A COPY OF THAT TAPE TO THE JUDGE.
860
00:49:00,121 --> 00:49:04,073
JIMMY, DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT
THANKING ME FOR ANY OF THAT.
861
00:49:04,142 --> 00:49:07,660
THAT WOULD BE
HIGHLY INAPPROPRIATE.
862
00:49:07,729 --> 00:49:10,162
YOU'RE RIGHT. YOU'RE RIGHT.
863
00:49:10,231 --> 00:49:13,165
THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.
864
00:49:13,234 --> 00:49:16,668
SO, HOW DOES IT LOOK
FOR RICKEY? I HAVE NO IDEA.
865
00:49:16,738 --> 00:49:18,670
THAT BAD, HUH?
866
00:49:18,739 --> 00:49:22,441
YOU'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE,
HAVEN'T YOU, MR. JACKSON? YES, SIR.
867
00:49:22,509 --> 00:49:26,329
AND AT THAT TIME YOU HAD NO
KNOWLEDGE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT...
868
00:49:26,397 --> 00:49:29,376
THE DEFENDANT WAS CARRYING A GUN
ON THE DAY HE MET WITH SANDY FORTAS.
869
00:49:29,400 --> 00:49:31,784
- DO YOU RECALL THAT?
- YES, SIR.
870
00:49:31,853 --> 00:49:35,081
I'M GONNA ASK YOU NOW,
MR. JACKSON... IS THAT STATEMENT TRUE?
871
00:49:35,105 --> 00:49:37,606
NO, SIR, IT IS NOT TRUE.
872
00:49:37,675 --> 00:49:41,193
WAS THE DEFENDANT
CARRYING A GUN ON THAT DAY?
873
00:49:41,262 --> 00:49:42,828
YES, HE WAS.
874
00:49:42,897 --> 00:49:44,946
HOW DO YOU KNOW
THAT, MR. JACKSON?
875
00:49:45,015 --> 00:49:47,716
BECAUSE I GOT RID OF IT FOR HIM.
876
00:49:47,785 --> 00:49:50,553
DID YOU DO SO AT THE
DEFENDANT'S REQUEST?
877
00:49:50,622 --> 00:49:52,538
OBJECTION. CALLS FOR HEARSAY.
878
00:49:52,607 --> 00:49:55,252
IT'S AN ADMISSION BY A PARTY
OPPONENT, YOUR HONOR.
879
00:49:55,276 --> 00:49:57,143
OBJECTION IS OVERRULED.
880
00:49:59,230 --> 00:50:01,163
MR. JACKSON?
881
00:50:01,231 --> 00:50:05,317
- YES, I DID.
- AND WHEN DID THE DEFENDANT
MAKE THAT REQUEST?
882
00:50:05,386 --> 00:50:08,538
WHEN I PICKED HIM UP AFTER
HIS MEETING WITH MR. FORTAS.
883
00:50:08,606 --> 00:50:12,825
DID MR. LATRELL SAY ANYTHING PRIOR
TO HIS MEETING WITH MR. FORTAS...
884
00:50:12,894 --> 00:50:15,906
THAT INDICATED WHAT HE
INTENDED TO DO WHEN HE GOT THERE?
885
00:50:15,930 --> 00:50:19,364
OBJECTION. IRRELEVANT. GOES
TO PREMEDITATION, YOUR HONOR.
886
00:50:19,433 --> 00:50:22,485
THE OBJECTION IS OVERRULED.
THE WITNESS MAY ANSWER.
887
00:50:22,553 --> 00:50:25,871
- YES, HE DID.
- WHAT WAS THAT?
888
00:50:25,940 --> 00:50:28,891
HE SAID THAT HE TOOK ALL
HE COULD TAKE OFF SANDY.
889
00:50:28,959 --> 00:50:31,910
HE SAID HE WOULDN'T LET HIM USE
HIS GAMBLING DEBTS TO THREATEN HIM,
890
00:50:31,980 --> 00:50:34,513
AND HE WOULD GET HIM
FOR WHAT HE DID TO CARLA.
891
00:50:34,582 --> 00:50:37,533
HE SAID THAT SANDY
FORTAS WAS A DEAD MAN.
892
00:50:37,602 --> 00:50:40,486
WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL THE TRUTH
THE FIRST TIME, MR. JACKSON?
893
00:50:40,554 --> 00:50:44,223
- I DIDN'T WANT TO HURT MY BOY.
- WHAT HAPPENED TO CHANGE THAT?
894
00:50:44,292 --> 00:50:46,659
I GOT ARRESTED.
895
00:50:46,727 --> 00:50:50,229
- SO YOU'RE LOOKING
TO HELP YOURSELF UP HERE.
- YES.
896
00:50:50,298 --> 00:50:53,327
SO HOW DO WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT
LYING AND TRYING TO HELP YOURSELF?
897
00:50:53,351 --> 00:50:55,835
I MIGHT NOT BE A ROLE MODEL,
898
00:50:57,738 --> 00:51:01,207
BUT I WOULDN'T SEND SOMEBODY TO
PRISON FOR SOMETHIN' THEY DIDN'T DO.
899
00:51:05,312 --> 00:51:07,672
NOTHING FURTHER, YOUR HONOR.
900
00:51:09,250 --> 00:51:12,330
WHAT DID YOU GET
ARRESTED FOR, MR. JACKSON?
901
00:51:12,987 --> 00:51:14,921
POSSESSION OF CRACK COCAINE.
902
00:51:14,989 --> 00:51:17,467
THAT WOULD BE A
FELONY? YES, SIR.
903
00:51:17,491 --> 00:51:20,921
DID THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE GIVE YOU
ANY INDICATION AS TO WHETHER THEY INTENDED...
904
00:51:20,945 --> 00:51:25,631
TO LINK YOUR TESTIMONY TODAY TO THE
DISPOSITION OF THE CHARGES NOW FACING YOU?
905
00:51:25,700 --> 00:51:27,567
THEY SAID THEY DID.
906
00:51:27,635 --> 00:51:30,602
AND WHAT DID THEY PROMISE
YOU IF YOU CHANGED YOUR STORY?
907
00:51:30,671 --> 00:51:33,072
THEY DIDN'T PROMISE
ME ANYTHING, SIR.
908
00:51:33,141 --> 00:51:36,092
YOU'VE LEARNED YOUR LINES
QUITE WELL, MR. JACKSON.
909
00:51:36,160 --> 00:51:38,643
- OBJECTION.
- SUSTAINED.
910
00:51:38,712 --> 00:51:42,898
IT IS A FACT, IS IT NOT, THAT AS A
RESULT OF YOUR TESTIFYING HERE TODAY...
911
00:51:42,967 --> 00:51:45,834
YOU BELIEVE YOU CAN
AVOID GOING TO PRISON?
912
00:51:45,903 --> 00:51:48,032
YES, SIR. IS IT NOT
ALSO A FACT THAT,
913
00:51:48,056 --> 00:51:51,290
SUBSEQUENT TO YOUR ARREST, YOU
WERE HELD IN THE MEN'S COUNTY JAIL,
914
00:51:51,359 --> 00:51:53,976
ISOLATED FROM THE
REST OF THE PRISONERS?
915
00:51:54,044 --> 00:51:55,978
YES, SIR.
916
00:51:56,046 --> 00:51:59,298
DURING THAT TIME, WERE YOU SPOKEN
TO BY DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY SCOTTO?
917
00:51:59,367 --> 00:52:01,600
YES, SIR. IN POINT OF FACT,
918
00:52:01,669 --> 00:52:04,514
YOU WERE SPOKEN TO BY MR. SCOTTO
FOR HOURS AT A TIME, WEREN'T YOU?
919
00:52:04,538 --> 00:52:06,639
OBJECTION. IRRELEVANT.
920
00:52:06,708 --> 00:52:11,276
IT IS COMPLETELY RELEVANT, YOUR HONOR, THAT
THIS MAN WAS SYSTEMATICALLY BROWBEATEN...
921
00:52:11,345 --> 00:52:14,457
UNTIL HE WAS SO TERRIFIED THAT HE
WOULD HAVE AGREED TO SAY ANYTHING.
922
00:52:14,481 --> 00:52:16,365
THE OBJECTION IS SUSTAINED.
923
00:52:16,434 --> 00:52:19,851
ARE YOU ADDICTED TO
CRACK COCAINE, MR. JACKSON?
924
00:52:21,855 --> 00:52:23,872
UH, YES, I AM.
925
00:52:26,177 --> 00:52:28,794
HAS THAT ADDICTION EVER
IMPAIRED YOUR JUDGMENT?
926
00:52:28,862 --> 00:52:31,047
I'M SURE IT HAS.
927
00:52:31,115 --> 00:52:32,831
I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
928
00:52:34,068 --> 00:52:37,002
MR. JACKSON, YOU MAY STEP DOWN.
929
00:52:37,071 --> 00:52:40,289
DOES THE PROSECUTION HAVE
ANY ADDITIONAL WITNESSES?
930
00:52:40,357 --> 00:52:42,385
NO, WE DON'T, YOUR HONOR.
931
00:52:42,409 --> 00:52:45,728
IN THAT CASE, THE PEOPLE MAY
PROCEED WITH THEIR CLOSING ARGUMENT.
932
00:52:46,831 --> 00:52:48,764
YOU KNOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
933
00:52:48,833 --> 00:52:52,367
THE CLOSING ARGUMENT THAT I WAS
WORKING ON THROUGHOUT MOST OF THIS TRIAL...
934
00:52:52,436 --> 00:52:57,223
IS GOING TO BE VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE
CLOSING ARGUMENT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR TODAY.
935
00:52:57,292 --> 00:53:00,659
I WAS GONNA TAKE YOU THROUGH
THE MOUNTAIN OF EVIDENCE...
936
00:53:00,728 --> 00:53:03,862
SHOWING THAT THE DEFENDANT WENT
TO THE MEETING WITH SANDY FORTAS...
937
00:53:03,932 --> 00:53:06,365
WITH THE MISSION
TO COMMIT MURDER,
938
00:53:06,434 --> 00:53:09,168
THAT HE LEFT HIS HOME
WITH A LOADED GUN,
939
00:53:09,237 --> 00:53:13,189
THAT HE SENT LEE MICHAELSON OUT OF THE
ROOM SO THAT THERE WOULDN'T BE A WITNESS,
940
00:53:13,257 --> 00:53:17,259
THAT SEXUAL JEALOUSY AND THE SENSE THAT
HE'D BEEN BETRAYED BY A FATHER FIGURE...
941
00:53:17,328 --> 00:53:19,261
PROVIDED MOTIVE,
942
00:53:23,918 --> 00:53:26,851
WHO WAS ACCUSTOMED TO
GETTING WHAT HE WANTED...
943
00:53:26,920 --> 00:53:30,138
PROVIDED CHARACTER
SUFFICIENTLY DEFECTIVE...
944
00:53:31,575 --> 00:53:34,877
TO COLD-BLOODEDLY TAKE THE
LIFE OF ANOTHER HUMAN BEING.
945
00:53:37,782 --> 00:53:40,198
I WAS GONNA TELL YOU THAT.
946
00:53:40,267 --> 00:53:42,016
BUT THEN...
947
00:53:44,654 --> 00:53:47,222
THE DEFENDANT DID IT FOR ME.
948
00:53:48,292 --> 00:53:50,191
HE TOLD YOU...
949
00:53:50,260 --> 00:53:53,061
THAT, UNDER THE LAWS
OF THIS STATE, HE IS GUILTY,
950
00:53:53,130 --> 00:53:56,064
AND THEN HE DARED YOU
TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
951
00:53:56,132 --> 00:53:59,934
HE DARED YOU TO HOLD HIM
ACCOUNTABLE UNDER THE LAW.
952
00:54:00,938 --> 00:54:02,871
WE ARE TOLD, IN EFFECT,
953
00:54:02,940 --> 00:54:06,041
THAT HE WAS ACTING OUT THE
RAGE OF A VIOLATED NEGRO SLAVE...
954
00:54:06,110 --> 00:54:08,043
AGAINST AN EVIL
PLANTATION OWNER...
955
00:54:08,112 --> 00:54:10,545
WHO NOT ONLY KEPT
HIM IN SERVITUDE...
956
00:54:10,614 --> 00:54:12,897
BUT SAW FIT TO RAPE
HIS SLAVE GIRL WIFE.
957
00:54:12,966 --> 00:54:16,584
HE'S ASKED YOU TO JUDGE HIM
AS YOU WOULD JUDGE A SLAVE...
958
00:54:16,653 --> 00:54:18,987
WHO RISES UP TO
SLAY HIS OPPRESSOR.
959
00:54:19,055 --> 00:54:22,324
BUT THERE ARE A FEW
PROBLEMS WITH THAT.
960
00:54:22,393 --> 00:54:25,577
THE DEFENDANT IS
NOT A NEGRO SLAVE.
961
00:54:27,014 --> 00:54:28,947
HE'S A MULTIMILLIONAIRE...
962
00:54:29,016 --> 00:54:33,418
WITH MORE POWER AND MORE RESOURCES
THAN ANY OF US COULD EVER DREAM OF.
963
00:54:33,487 --> 00:54:36,487
SANDY FORTAS WAS NOT
A PLANTATION OWNER.
964
00:54:36,556 --> 00:54:39,925
HE WAS A HUSBAND AND A
FATHER AND A BUSINESSMAN.
965
00:54:39,993 --> 00:54:43,729
THE DEFENDANT'S WIFE
IS NOT A SLAVE GIRL.
966
00:54:43,797 --> 00:54:47,682
SHE'S A SMART, CAPABLE,
ASSERTIVE WOMAN...
967
00:54:47,751 --> 00:54:50,969
WHO, PRIOR TO HER MARRIAGE,
HAD AN AFFAIR WITH SANDY FORTAS...
968
00:54:51,038 --> 00:54:55,757
AND WHO APPARENTLY AGREED TO
REVISIT THAT AFFAIR WHILE SHE WAS MARRIED.
969
00:54:55,826 --> 00:54:58,638
WAS HE ENTITLED TO COMMIT
MURDER BECAUSE OF THAT?
970
00:54:58,662 --> 00:55:00,528
NO.
971
00:55:00,597 --> 00:55:02,530
NO, HE WASN'T.
972
00:55:02,599 --> 00:55:04,283
YOU CAN'T DO IT.
973
00:55:04,351 --> 00:55:06,535
I CAN'T DO IT.
974
00:55:07,571 --> 00:55:09,487
HE CAN'T DO IT EITHER.
975
00:55:09,556 --> 00:55:14,492
NOTWITHSTANDING WHATEVER OPERATIC
PSYCHOLOGICAL PORTRAIT THE DEFENSE PAINTS,
976
00:55:17,097 --> 00:55:19,097
THAT'S A MURDERER.
977
00:55:21,501 --> 00:55:23,501
AND IN THIS STATE,
978
00:55:24,705 --> 00:55:27,038
IN THIS COUNTRY
AND IN THIS SOCIETY,
979
00:55:27,107 --> 00:55:29,227
MURDERERS ARE
SUPPOSED TO BE PUNISHED.
980
00:55:30,961 --> 00:55:33,345
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
981
00:55:33,414 --> 00:55:36,248
I'M ASKING YOU TO DO YOUR DUTY.
982
00:55:36,317 --> 00:55:39,351
I'M ASKING YOU TO
UPHOLD THE LAW...
983
00:55:39,420 --> 00:55:42,921
AND ARRIVE AT THE ONLY
LEGAL VERDICT POSSIBLE...
984
00:55:44,624 --> 00:55:46,625
GUILTY AS CHARGED.
985
00:56:01,224 --> 00:56:03,658
THE PROSECUTION HAS
REPEATEDLY SUGGESTED...
986
00:56:03,726 --> 00:56:07,663
THAT WHAT RICKEY LATRELL IS
ASKING FOR IS SPECIAL TREATMENT,
987
00:56:07,731 --> 00:56:11,232
THAT THIS STAR BASKETBALL
PLAYER-MULTIMILLIONAIRE...
988
00:56:11,301 --> 00:56:14,736
BELIEVES HIMSELF TO BE ABOVE THE
LAWS THAT GOVERN THE REST OF US.
989
00:56:14,804 --> 00:56:17,305
LET ME SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT.
990
00:56:18,909 --> 00:56:20,842
WHAT RICKEY LATRELL
IS ASKING FOR...
991
00:56:20,911 --> 00:56:25,113
IS THAT YOU JUDGE HIM EXACTLY THE
WAY YOU WOULD JUDGE ANYBODY ELSE,
992
00:56:25,182 --> 00:56:27,115
THE WAY YOU WOULD
JUDGE YOURSELVES.
993
00:56:27,183 --> 00:56:31,636
BUT IN ORDER FOR YOU TO JUDGE HIM, YOU
HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM,
994
00:56:31,705 --> 00:56:36,291
UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO HEAR THAT
YOUR WIFE, THE MOTHER OF YOUR CHILDREN,
995
00:56:36,360 --> 00:56:39,428
HAD BEEN SUMMONED TO THE OFFICE
OF YOUR EMPLOYER, A MAN YOU TRUSTED,
996
00:56:39,496 --> 00:56:42,647
A MAN WHO, TO ALL OUTWARD
APPEARANCES, TREATED YOU LIKE A SON.
997
00:56:42,716 --> 00:56:48,086
AT FIRST, YOU SEE YOUR WIFE TRY TO
CONCEAL FROM YOU WHAT HAPPENED,
998
00:56:48,154 --> 00:56:51,106
THEN BREAK DOWN IN
TEARS AS SHE TELLS YOU...
999
00:56:51,174 --> 00:56:55,309
THIS MAN DECEIVED HER INTO THINKING THE
ONLY WAY SHE COULD SAVE HER HUSBAND...
1000
00:56:55,378 --> 00:56:57,295
WAS TO PROSTITUTE HERSELF.
1001
00:56:57,363 --> 00:56:59,781
THIS MAN HAD A SEXUAL DESIRE,
1002
00:56:59,850 --> 00:57:01,783
AND HE WANTED IT FULFILLED.
1003
00:57:01,852 --> 00:57:04,352
AND SO HE TOOK THIS WOMAN,
1004
00:57:07,424 --> 00:57:09,340
THIS COLLEGE-EDUCATED,
1005
00:57:09,409 --> 00:57:12,778
CULTURED MOTHER OF
TWO SMALL CHILDREN,
1006
00:57:12,846 --> 00:57:17,298
AND HE SO TERRIFIED HER THAT SHE
WAS WILLING TO DO ANYTHING HE ASKED.
1007
00:57:17,367 --> 00:57:19,951
AS RICKEY LATRELL
LISTENED TO HIS WIFE,
1008
00:57:20,020 --> 00:57:24,723
HE FELT EVERYTHING HE WAS, EVERYTHING
HE HAD WORKED SO HARD TO BECOME,
1009
00:57:24,791 --> 00:57:26,741
DISAPPEAR.
1010
00:57:26,810 --> 00:57:28,726
AT THAT MOMENT,
1011
00:57:28,796 --> 00:57:33,015
THE ONLY SOUND HE HEARD WAS A
SCREAMING IN HIS HEAD THAT TOLD HIM...
1012
00:57:33,083 --> 00:57:36,551
THIS MAN MUST BE
HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
1013
00:57:36,620 --> 00:57:38,553
HE MUST BE RESPONDED TO.
1014
00:57:38,622 --> 00:57:41,072
HE MUST BE MADE TO UNDERSTAND...
1015
00:57:41,141 --> 00:57:45,076
THAT THIS WOMAN, WHO RICKEY
LOVED MORE THAN LIFE ITSELF,
1016
00:57:45,145 --> 00:57:47,662
CANNOT BE VIOLATED
WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES.
1017
00:57:48,732 --> 00:57:50,665
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
1018
00:57:50,734 --> 00:57:53,652
WHAT WE ARE ASKING IS THAT
YOU JUDGE RICKEY LATRELL...
1019
00:57:53,720 --> 00:57:56,220
THE SAME WAY YOU
WOULD JUDGE ANYONE ELSE.
1020
00:57:59,626 --> 00:58:02,060
IS THIS CASE ABOUT RACE?
1021
00:58:02,128 --> 00:58:05,063
WELL, ONLY AS MUCH AS OUR
COLLECTIVE CONSCIENCE IS ABOUT RACE.
1022
00:58:05,131 --> 00:58:08,233
ONLY AS MUCH AS OUR
HISTORY IS ABOUT RACE.
1023
00:58:08,302 --> 00:58:10,702
LET'S NOT BE BASHFUL ABOUT IT.
1024
00:58:10,771 --> 00:58:14,188
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS
CASE IS PROFOUNDLY ABOUT RACE.
1025
00:58:17,193 --> 00:58:20,027
YOUR VERDICT, HOWEVER,
1026
00:58:20,096 --> 00:58:22,830
MUST BE ABOUT ONLY JUSTICE.
1027
00:58:22,899 --> 00:58:26,317
I SUBMIT TO YOU,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
1028
00:58:26,386 --> 00:58:30,054
IF YOU USE YOUR WISDOM
AND YOUR COMPASSION,
1029
00:58:31,357 --> 00:58:33,791
IF YOU REFUSE TO
PERMIT THE PROSECUTION...
1030
00:58:33,860 --> 00:58:35,793
TO PUT BLINDERS ON YOUR EYES...
1031
00:58:35,862 --> 00:58:38,630
OR CHAINS AROUND
YOUR HEARTS AND MINDS,
1032
00:58:38,699 --> 00:58:41,299
YOU WILL FIND RICKEY LATRELL...
1033
00:58:41,368 --> 00:58:43,385
NOT GUILTY.
1034
00:58:47,758 --> 00:58:49,758
THE POWER IS YOURS.
1035
00:58:54,598 --> 00:58:57,132
ALL RIGHT, RICKEY!
1036
00:58:57,200 --> 00:59:00,969
DO YOU THINK THE JURY IS GOING TO BE
PERSUADED BY THIS EYE-FOR-AN-EYE DEFENSE?
1037
00:59:01,038 --> 00:59:02,848
HOW BAD DID HILLY
JACKSON'S TESTIMONY HURT?
1038
00:59:02,872 --> 00:59:06,207
IT'S OUR HOPE THOSE 12 JURORS WILL LISTEN
TO THEIR HEARTS AND DO THE RIGHT THING.
1039
00:59:06,276 --> 00:59:09,810
CAN YOU CONFIRM REPORTS THAT YOUR WIFE
WAS PREGNANT WITH SANDY FORTAS'S CHILD?
1040
00:59:09,880 --> 00:59:12,313
HAS O.J. CALLED YOU
TO WISH YOU LUCK?
1041
00:59:12,382 --> 00:59:15,883
I'VE SAID EVERYTHING I'M GONNA SAY ON THE
WITNESS STAND. IT'S ALL IN GOD'S HANDS NOW.
1042
00:59:17,654 --> 00:59:20,155
HEY. DID YOU CATCH
CHRIS'S CLOSING?
1043
00:59:20,223 --> 00:59:23,124
YEAH. HE WAS GOOD. HE WAS ACES.
1044
00:59:23,192 --> 00:59:25,527
AND NOW WE WAIT.
1045
00:59:25,595 --> 00:59:28,530
MMM. THAT'S ONE THING I'VE
NEVER BEEN PARTICULARLY GOOD AT.
1046
00:59:28,598 --> 00:59:30,365
ME NEITHER.
1047
00:59:30,434 --> 00:59:35,320
AT ABOUT 4:00 A.M., I WILL FINALLY GIVE
UP ALL PRETEXT OF GETTING ANY SLEEP.
1048
00:59:35,389 --> 00:59:39,157
I'LL GO AND WATCH A MOVIE, WHICH I WON'T
BE ABLE TO FOLLOW BECAUSE I'M PREOCCUPIED,
1049
00:59:39,226 --> 00:59:42,159
SO I'LL GO DOWNSTAIRS, COOK
MYSELF AN ENORMOUS BREAKFAST,
1050
00:59:42,229 --> 00:59:44,930
WHICH I WON'T BE ABLE TO EAT
BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE APPETITE.
1051
00:59:46,316 --> 00:59:49,516
MY VARIATION ON THAT
SCENARIO IS BEAUTY NIGHT.
1052
00:59:49,569 --> 00:59:52,036
- BEAUTY NIGHT.
- CONDITION MY HAIR.
1053
00:59:52,105 --> 00:59:54,083
FOUR DIFFERENT
KINDS OF FACIAL MASKS.
1054
00:59:54,107 --> 00:59:57,541
A DETOXIFYING HERBAL SOAK, FOLLOWED
BY A REHYDRATING COLLAGEN WRAP.
1055
00:59:57,610 --> 00:59:59,778
NONE OF WHICH WILL
DO ANY GOOD AT ALL,
1056
00:59:59,846 --> 01:00:03,231
BECAUSE I'M GONNA LOOK LIKE CRAP
TOMORROW FROM NERVES AND EXHAUSTION.
1057
01:00:03,300 --> 01:00:06,684
SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE BOTH IN
FOR A LONG AND LONELY NIGHT.
1058
01:00:06,753 --> 01:00:09,120
JOINTLY OR SEVERALLY?
1059
01:00:12,959 --> 01:00:16,244
CARLA LATRELL IS HERE.
1060
01:00:16,313 --> 01:00:19,464
I'LL GET BACK TO YOU
ON THAT. SEND HER IN.
1061
01:00:24,604 --> 01:00:26,972
RICKEY'S GONE. WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
1062
01:00:27,040 --> 01:00:29,990
HE LEFT ME A NOTE SAYING
HE'S GOING INTO HIDING.
1063
01:00:31,428 --> 01:00:34,148
DO YOU HAVE THE NOTE? YES.
1064
01:00:37,150 --> 01:00:39,584
DO YOU HAVE ANY
IDEA WHERE HE'D GO?
1065
01:00:39,653 --> 01:00:42,754
NO. HE NEVER TALKED
TO YOU ABOUT IT?
1066
01:00:42,823 --> 01:00:46,757
AFTER HILLY TESTIFIED AGAIN,
HE TALKED ABOUT RUNNING.
1067
01:00:46,827 --> 01:00:49,727
BUT I NEVER... I NEVER
THOUGHT HE'D DO IT.
1068
01:00:49,796 --> 01:00:52,263
HE'S PROBABLY IN
CANADA OR MEXICO.
1069
01:00:52,332 --> 01:00:54,499
WHAT DO I DO IF HE CONTACTS ME?
1070
01:00:54,567 --> 01:00:56,951
TELL HIM NO MATTER WHAT
THE JURY COMES BACK WITH,
1071
01:00:57,020 --> 01:00:59,437
IF HE'S HERE, WE
CAN GO UP ON APPEAL.
1072
01:00:59,506 --> 01:01:01,789
BUT IF HE'S NOT HERE,
THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO.
1073
01:01:01,858 --> 01:01:05,310
TELL HIM HE WILL NOT SURVIVE AS A
FUGITIVE. TELL HIM HE'LL GET CAUGHT.
1074
01:01:05,378 --> 01:01:09,464
YOU SHOULD ALSO TELL HIM THAT IF HE DOESN'T
COME BACK, HIS MOTHER WILL LOSE HER HOUSE.
1075
01:01:11,618 --> 01:01:13,618
OKAY. I'LL TELL HIM.
1076
01:01:14,621 --> 01:01:17,105
CARLA?
1077
01:01:18,225 --> 01:01:20,720
DOES ANYONE ELSE
KNOW ABOUT THIS?
1078
01:01:20,744 --> 01:01:22,677
NO.
1079
01:01:22,746 --> 01:01:25,363
WELL, LET'S KEEP IT THAT WAY.
1080
01:01:27,099 --> 01:01:29,033
SHOULD I CALL SZYMANSKI?
1081
01:01:29,102 --> 01:01:31,101
RIGHT AWAY. AND CHRIS AND AARON?
1082
01:01:31,170 --> 01:01:34,271
LET'S KEEP THEM OUT OF IT. WHY?
1083
01:01:34,340 --> 01:01:36,624
WHEN THE JUDGE ASKS
WHERE RICKEY LATRELL IS,
1084
01:01:36,693 --> 01:01:39,026
I DON'T WANT THEM
TO HAVE TO LIE.
1085
01:01:43,033 --> 01:01:45,011
IF THEY COME BACK
WITH A GUILTY VERDICT,
1086
01:01:45,035 --> 01:01:48,147
OUR BEST SHOT ON APPEAL IS
GOING AFTER BORNSTEIN'S RULING...
1087
01:01:48,171 --> 01:01:50,805
TO EXCLUDE THE TESTIMONY
OF OUR LAST THREE WITNESSES.
1088
01:01:50,874 --> 01:01:53,241
- ANYONE HEAR FROM RICKEY?
- NO.
1089
01:01:53,309 --> 01:01:56,844
WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GO RUNNING THIS MORNING,
BUT I CALLED HIM AND CARLA SAID HE WAS OUT.
1090
01:01:56,913 --> 01:02:00,682
I STOPPED BY HIS HOUSE. NOBODY
ANSWERED THE DOOR, AND HIS CAR'S GONE.
1091
01:02:02,452 --> 01:02:04,452
I'LL TRY CARLA AGAIN.
1092
01:02:12,528 --> 01:02:15,096
CARLA SAYS SHE'S UNDER
INSTRUCTIONS FROM YOU...
1093
01:02:15,164 --> 01:02:17,598
NOT TO TALK TO ANYONE
ABOUT RICKEY'S WHEREABOUTS.
1094
01:02:17,667 --> 01:02:20,601
IS THAT WHAT SHE SAYS? WHY
ARE YOU HIDING ANYTHING FROM US?
1095
01:02:20,671 --> 01:02:24,004
FRANK SZYMANSKI
IS HERE TO SEE YOU.
1096
01:02:24,073 --> 01:02:27,841
TELL HIM I'LL BE
WITH HIM IN A MINUTE.
1097
01:02:27,910 --> 01:02:30,144
JIMMY, WHAT'S GOING ON?
1098
01:02:30,213 --> 01:02:33,092
- YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW.
- WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? THIS IS OUR CASE.
1099
01:02:33,116 --> 01:02:37,285
YOU DON'T WANT ANY INFORMATION THAT'S GONNA
HAMPER YOUR ABILITY TO DEFEND YOUR CLIENT.
1100
01:02:37,353 --> 01:02:39,387
OKAY. HE SPLIT, DIDN'T HE?
1101
01:02:39,456 --> 01:02:41,456
THE MEETING'S OVER, FELLAS.
1102
01:02:46,129 --> 01:02:48,129
MORNING, GUYS.
1103
01:02:50,633 --> 01:02:53,568
I CALLED IN A FAVOR, GOT
RICKEY'S PHONES DUMPED.
1104
01:02:53,636 --> 01:02:57,238
IT TURNS OUT HE CALLED
THIS EX-CHEERLEADER, UH,
1105
01:02:57,307 --> 01:03:00,040
CHRISTINE PHILLIPS,
NINE TIMES YESTERDAY.
1106
01:03:00,109 --> 01:03:03,978
SHE TESTIFIED AGAINST HIM. WELL,
MAYBE SHE HAD A CHANGE OF HEART.
1107
01:03:04,046 --> 01:03:06,981
IN ANY EVENT, I WENT OVER TO
HER HOUSE. I TALKED TO HER FATHER.
1108
01:03:07,050 --> 01:03:10,618
HE CONFIRMED THAT HIS DAUGHTER
DID, IN FACT, HAVE A LONGTIME...
1109
01:03:10,686 --> 01:03:14,689
CRUSH AND/OR RELATIONSHIP
WITH RICKEY LATRELL.
1110
01:03:14,758 --> 01:03:18,359
THE FATHER WOULD VERY MUCH
LIKE TO SPEAK WITH YOU PERSONALLY.
1111
01:03:18,428 --> 01:03:21,428
WHERE IS HE?
WAITING IN RECEPTION.
1112
01:03:21,497 --> 01:03:23,431
WELL, BRING HIM IN.
1113
01:03:23,500 --> 01:03:26,078
I KNOW CHRISTINE'S BEEN
CARRYING A TORCH FOR THIS GUY,
1114
01:03:26,102 --> 01:03:28,647
BUT I CAN'T BELIEVE SHE'D
THROW HER LIFE AWAY ON HIM.
1115
01:03:28,671 --> 01:03:31,484
DO YOU KNOW IF SHE PLANS ON
MEETING HIM SOMEWHERE? I DON'T KNOW.
1116
01:03:31,508 --> 01:03:34,876
I KNOW SHE TOOK OFF WORK YESTERDAY.
I OVERHEARD HER CALLING IN SICK.
1117
01:03:34,944 --> 01:03:37,712
WHO WOULD SHE
CONFIDE IN? HER SISTER.
1118
01:03:37,780 --> 01:03:42,050
WHERE WOULD WE FIND HER SISTER? SHE WORKS
AT A COFFEE SHOP. I CAN GET YOU AN ADDRESS.
1119
01:03:42,118 --> 01:03:44,018
I THINK I'LL GO THERE MYSELF.
1120
01:03:45,188 --> 01:03:47,955
I CAN'T GET HER
BACK. I KNOW THAT.
1121
01:03:48,024 --> 01:03:50,291
CHRISTINE WON'T
TELL ME ANYTHING.
1122
01:03:50,360 --> 01:03:52,793
SHE'S SURE THE HELL
NOT GONNA LISTEN TO ME.
1123
01:03:52,862 --> 01:03:55,397
IF SHE GAVE A DAMN
ABOUT WHAT I THOUGHT,
1124
01:03:55,465 --> 01:03:58,945
SHE WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN INVOLVED
WITH THAT BLACK BASTARD IN THE FIRST PLACE.
1125
01:04:05,841 --> 01:04:07,775
HI. HI.
1126
01:04:07,843 --> 01:04:11,745
I THINK YOU SHOULD ASK YOUR BOSS IF
YOU COULD TAKE THE NEXT FIVE MINUTES OFF.
1127
01:04:11,814 --> 01:04:15,583
WHO ARE YOU? I'M JAMES WYLER,
RICKEY LATRELL'S ATTORNEY.
1128
01:04:15,652 --> 01:04:18,620
I'D LIKE TO TALK TO
YOU ABOUT YOUR SISTER.
1129
01:04:20,056 --> 01:04:23,224
ARE YOU CLOSE TO YOUR SISTER?
I DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE IS.
1130
01:04:23,292 --> 01:04:25,938
IF YOU ARE CLOSE TO HER, YOU
SHOULD KNOW WHAT SHE'S HEADED FOR.
1131
01:04:25,962 --> 01:04:29,730
MY SISTER'S 31 YEARS OLD. SHE'S
CAPABLE OF MAKING HER OWN DECISIONS.
1132
01:04:29,799 --> 01:04:33,167
THAT MAY BE, BUT IS SHE CAPABLE
OF SURVIVING AS A FUGITIVE?
1133
01:04:36,690 --> 01:04:40,275
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOUR LOVE
LIFE INCLUDED HELPING SOMEBODY SKIP BAIL?
1134
01:04:40,344 --> 01:04:43,011
I DON'T KNOW THAT'S
WHAT SHE'S DOING.
1135
01:04:43,079 --> 01:04:45,997
I DON'T THINK YOU'RE
TELLING THE TRUTH, CORRINE.
1136
01:04:46,066 --> 01:04:50,819
I THINK YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT SHE'S
DOING, AND YOU'RE WORRIED SICK ABOUT IT.
1137
01:04:50,887 --> 01:04:53,804
EVERYONE'S ENTITLED
TO LOSE THEIR HEAD ONCE.
1138
01:04:53,873 --> 01:04:57,554
AND EVERYBODY'S ENTITLED TO REACH
OUT TO SOMEBODY WHO WILL PROTECT THEM.
1139
01:04:57,578 --> 01:04:59,444
CHRISTINE DOESN'T
WANT TO BE PROTECTED.
1140
01:04:59,512 --> 01:05:02,981
SHE'S BEEN PROTECTED HER ENTIRE
LIFE, AND SHE'S BEEN TOTALLY MISERABLE.
1141
01:05:03,050 --> 01:05:06,000
SO SHE'S GONNA RUN OFF
WITH A FUGITIVE MURDERER?
1142
01:05:06,070 --> 01:05:08,390
SHE DOESN'T KNOW
WHAT MISERABLE IS.
1143
01:05:10,307 --> 01:05:12,307
I DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE IS.
1144
01:05:12,376 --> 01:05:14,376
YES, YOU DO.
1145
01:05:15,479 --> 01:05:18,413
AND IF SHE SAW FIT TO TELL YOU,
1146
01:05:18,482 --> 01:05:21,616
WHAT SHE'S DOING IS ASKING
YOU TO HELP STOP HER.
1147
01:05:43,473 --> 01:05:45,406
MISS PHILLIPS?
1148
01:05:45,475 --> 01:05:47,508
I THOUGHT IT WAS YOU.
1149
01:05:47,577 --> 01:05:50,512
WHO ARE YOU? JAMES
WYLER. I'M RICKEY'S ATTORNEY.
1150
01:05:50,581 --> 01:05:53,560
HOW COME I NEVER SAW YOU IN
COURT? I'M NOT TRYING THE CASE.
1151
01:05:53,584 --> 01:05:57,018
I'VE NEVER SEEN YOU BEFORE. YOU COULD CALL
RICKEY IF YOU'VE GOT ANY DOUBT ABOUT IT.
1152
01:05:57,087 --> 01:05:59,499
I DON'T KNOW WHERE RICKEY
IS. WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
1153
01:05:59,523 --> 01:06:03,224
I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S ANY OF
YOUR BUSINESS. WHAT'S IN THE BAG?
1154
01:06:03,293 --> 01:06:05,927
YOU'RE NOT A COP. I DON'T
HAVE TO TELL YOU ANYTHING.
1155
01:06:05,996 --> 01:06:08,963
WELL, WE COULD CALL A COP
AND FIND OUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
1156
01:06:09,032 --> 01:06:12,683
WE COULD TELL THE COP THAT
YOU'RE AIDING A CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL...
1157
01:06:12,752 --> 01:06:15,748
IN FLEEING THE JURISDICTION
OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
1158
01:06:15,772 --> 01:06:17,850
WE COULD ASK HIM
TO LOOK IN THE BAG,
1159
01:06:17,874 --> 01:06:20,853
AND, IF MY GUESS IS CORRECT,
HE WOULD NOTIFY HIS SUPERIOR,
1160
01:06:20,877 --> 01:06:23,472
WHO, IN TURN, WOULD NOTIFY
THE MEXICAN FEDERALES.
1161
01:06:23,496 --> 01:06:27,298
HOW'D YOU FIND ME? YOU TOLD YOUR
SISTER YOU WERE GOING TO MEXICO.
1162
01:06:27,367 --> 01:06:30,418
SHE WAS CONCERNED ENOUGH
NOT TO KEEP IT TO HERSELF.
1163
01:06:37,160 --> 01:06:39,427
I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING
ABOUT ANYTHING.
1164
01:06:39,496 --> 01:06:41,830
YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING.
1165
01:06:41,898 --> 01:06:45,550
I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING AND WHAT
YOU'RE PLANNING TO DO, AND IT'S A BAD IDEA.
1166
01:06:45,618 --> 01:06:48,486
YEAH, AND SO IS GOING TO
PRISON FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
1167
01:06:48,554 --> 01:06:50,533
THAT ISN'T NECESSARILY
GONNA HAPPEN. NUMBER ONE:
1168
01:06:50,557 --> 01:06:53,774
THE JURY COULD COME BACK WITH A
VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY. FAT CHANCE.
1169
01:06:53,843 --> 01:06:56,789
THEY COULD TAKE IT UP
IN APPEAL IF THEY DON'T.
1170
01:06:56,813 --> 01:07:00,482
RICKEY KNOWS ALL THIS, RIGHT? WELL, I
ASSUMED HE DID BEFORE HE LEFT THE COUNTRY.
1171
01:07:00,551 --> 01:07:03,101
I DON'T TELL RICKEY WHAT
TO DO. DOES HE TELL YOU?
1172
01:07:03,169 --> 01:07:06,721
NO. BUT THERE ARE THINGS
THAT HE COULD ASK YOU FOR.
1173
01:07:08,758 --> 01:07:11,792
RICKEY AND I GO BACK A LONG
WAY... LONG BEFORE CARLA.
1174
01:07:11,861 --> 01:07:13,795
WE NEVER SAID
ANYTHING TO ANYBODY...
1175
01:07:13,864 --> 01:07:17,782
BECAUSE AT THE TIME I COULDN'T DEAL WITH MY
FATHER KNOWING I WAS SLEEPING WITH A BLACK BOY.
1176
01:07:17,850 --> 01:07:21,486
WE GOT TIRED OF KEEPING
SECRETS, SO WE BROKE UP.
1177
01:07:21,554 --> 01:07:23,505
I NEVER STOPPED LOVING HIM.
1178
01:07:23,574 --> 01:07:26,590
I WATCHED HIM GO OUT WITH OTHER
GIRLS, I WATCHED HIM MARRY ANOTHER GIRL,
1179
01:07:26,659 --> 01:07:28,677
AND I HATED EVERY MINUTE OF IT.
1180
01:07:28,745 --> 01:07:33,848
IT WAS BECAUSE I TAUGHT MYSELF TO HATE HIM
THAT I AGREED TO TESTIFY AGAINST HIM IN COURT.
1181
01:07:33,916 --> 01:07:36,668
I OWE HIM FOR THAT.
1182
01:07:36,737 --> 01:07:40,588
YEAH. YEAH, THERE'S
THINGS HE COULD ASK ME FOR.
1183
01:07:40,657 --> 01:07:44,342
THEN IMAGINE THAT HE'S ASKING
YOU TO USE A LITTLE COMMON SENSE.
1184
01:07:44,411 --> 01:07:46,361
HE'S ON THE LAM.
1185
01:07:46,430 --> 01:07:50,381
RICKEY CAN'T TAKE 100 STEPS IN ANY
DIRECTION ANYWHERE WITHOUT BEING RECOGNIZED.
1186
01:07:50,450 --> 01:07:52,400
AND I PROMISE YOU,
1187
01:07:52,469 --> 01:07:55,064
HE'LL GET CAUGHT, AND HE'LL BE
EXTRADITED TO THE UNITED STATES,
1188
01:07:55,088 --> 01:07:57,066
WHERE HE WILL NOT
FIND A FRIENDLY JURY,
1189
01:07:57,090 --> 01:07:59,374
IF HE'S EVEN LUCKY ENOUGH
TO GET ANOTHER TRIAL.
1190
01:07:59,443 --> 01:08:01,359
NOW, THAT'S HIM.
1191
01:08:01,428 --> 01:08:03,361
LET'S TALK ABOUT YOU.
1192
01:08:03,429 --> 01:08:06,230
SO FAR, YOU'RE GUILTY OF
FELONY AIDING AND ABETTING.
1193
01:08:06,299 --> 01:08:08,249
IF IT GOES TO TRIAL,
1194
01:08:08,318 --> 01:08:11,164
IN ALL LIKELIHOOD YOU WOULD BE
SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN PRISON.
1195
01:08:11,188 --> 01:08:15,406
WITH TIME OFF FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR, YOU
COULD CUT IT DOWN TO FIVE AND A HALF YEARS.
1196
01:08:15,475 --> 01:08:19,410
BUT YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF, ARE YOU
WILLING TO SPEND FIVE AND A HALF YEARS...
1197
01:08:19,479 --> 01:08:22,580
IN A WOMEN'S PRISON IN FRONTERA?
1198
01:08:22,649 --> 01:08:25,600
DO YOU OWE RICKEY
LATRELL THAT MUCH?
1199
01:08:25,669 --> 01:08:28,069
TELL ME WHERE HE IS, CHRISTINE.
1200
01:08:34,461 --> 01:08:36,478
HERE'S HIS ADDRESS.
1201
01:08:44,837 --> 01:08:47,956
I THINK MISS PHILLIPS IS READY
TO GO HOME. THAT'S GOOD.
1202
01:08:48,024 --> 01:08:50,808
FIND A SAFE PLACE FOR THAT BAG.
1203
01:08:55,815 --> 01:08:58,794
WHAT WAS IT YOU COULDN'T TALK
TO ME ABOUT OVER THE PHONE?
1204
01:08:58,818 --> 01:09:00,468
RICKEY'S GONE.
1205
01:09:00,536 --> 01:09:03,271
WHAT DO YOU MEAN, GONE?
THAT'S JUST WHAT I MEAN... GONE.
1206
01:09:03,340 --> 01:09:05,985
HE'S HOLED UP IN SOME PLACE IN
CUERNAVACA. HOW DO YOU KNOW?
1207
01:09:06,009 --> 01:09:09,159
THAT GIRL WAS ON
HER WAY TO MEET HIM.
1208
01:09:10,897 --> 01:09:14,632
I ASSUME MY BEING HERE MEANS YOU
WANT TO JOIN FORCES IN BRINGING HIM BACK.
1209
01:09:15,835 --> 01:09:17,769
RIGHT.
1210
01:09:20,874 --> 01:09:24,842
THE DIFFICULTY ENTAILED IN YOU SAYING
THAT DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED BY ME.
1211
01:09:24,911 --> 01:09:28,529
I KNOW YOU'D PREFER NOT
TO BE INVOLVED WITH ME, JIMMY,
1212
01:09:28,598 --> 01:09:33,250
BUT THE FACT THAT YOU CALLED ME IN SHOWS ME
THAT YOU HAVE RICKEY'S BEST INTERESTS IN MIND.
1213
01:09:33,319 --> 01:09:35,820
IT ALSO SHOWS ME
THAT YOU'RE A LEADER.
1214
01:09:42,779 --> 01:09:44,779
ARE YOU COMING?
1215
01:09:59,195 --> 01:10:01,774
JIMMY CALLED EARLY THIS
MORNING. HE'S LOCATED RICKEY.
1216
01:10:01,798 --> 01:10:03,731
LOCATED HIM WHERE?
1217
01:10:03,800 --> 01:10:06,701
- HE DIDN'T SAY.
- DID HE SAY WHEN HE'D BE BACK?
1218
01:10:06,769 --> 01:10:08,580
NO. WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO?
1219
01:10:08,604 --> 01:10:10,349
SIT TIGHT. THE JURY'S BACK.
1220
01:10:10,373 --> 01:10:12,007
SO MUCH FOR SITTING TIGHT.
1221
01:10:12,075 --> 01:10:14,553
- GOTTA BUY OURSELVES SOME TIME.
- IT'S GOTTA BE
A MEDICAL EXCUSE.
1222
01:10:14,577 --> 01:10:16,855
- WE NEED DOCTORS FOR THAT.
- WE'LL GET DOCTORS.
1223
01:10:16,879 --> 01:10:18,724
WHAT KIND OF MEDICAL EXCUSE?
1224
01:10:18,748 --> 01:10:21,148
IT APPEARS TO BE
GASTROENTERITIS, YOUR HONOR,
1225
01:10:21,218 --> 01:10:24,252
I'M SURE NOT UNRELATED TO
THE PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES.
1226
01:10:24,321 --> 01:10:27,422
GASTROENTERITIS WOULD BE WHAT,
EXACTLY, YOUR HONOR? A STOMACHACHE?
1227
01:10:27,490 --> 01:10:31,359
I WOULD ASK THAT THE PROSECUTION NOT
TRIVIALIZE THE SUFFERING OF OTHERS OUT OF HAND.
1228
01:10:31,428 --> 01:10:34,562
IS HE BEING TREATED BY A
PHYSICIAN, MR. DOCKNOVICH?
1229
01:10:34,630 --> 01:10:36,564
I CAN'T SAY FOR SURE.
1230
01:10:36,633 --> 01:10:40,568
ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT HE IS IN
SECLUSION AND RESTING COMFORTABLY.
1231
01:10:40,637 --> 01:10:43,271
DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA
WHERE MR. LATRELL IS?
1232
01:10:43,340 --> 01:10:47,086
I DON'T. THE ONLY INFORMATION I HAVE IS WHAT HAS
BEEN CONVEYED TO ME BY MY COLLEAGUE MR. WYLER.
1233
01:10:47,110 --> 01:10:50,244
- AND WHERE IS MR. WYLER?
- DO YOU MEAN WHERE IS HE NOW?
1234
01:10:50,313 --> 01:10:53,581
NO, WHERE WAS HE
LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME?
1235
01:10:53,650 --> 01:10:56,195
UH, I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE
IS RIGHT NOW, YOUR HONOR.
1236
01:10:56,219 --> 01:10:59,220
IS IT POSSIBLE HE IS IN
SECLUSION WITH MR. LATRELL?
1237
01:10:59,289 --> 01:11:01,334
I WOULD ONLY BE SPECULATING.
1238
01:11:01,358 --> 01:11:04,069
YOUR HONOR, THE PEOPLE WOULD
ASK FOR A BENCH WARRANT TO ISSUE...
1239
01:11:04,093 --> 01:11:06,472
FOR THE DEFENDANT'S
IMMEDIATE ARREST.
1240
01:11:06,496 --> 01:11:09,464
YOUR HONOR, ALL WE ARE
ASKING FOR IS A CONTINUANCE...
1241
01:11:09,533 --> 01:11:12,493
UNTIL SUCH TIME AS OUR CLIENT IS WELL
ENOUGH TO APPEAR BEFORE THIS BENCH...
1242
01:11:12,535 --> 01:11:14,268
TO HEAR THE VERDICT READ.
1243
01:11:14,337 --> 01:11:17,449
GIVEN WHAT MY CLIENT HAS BEEN THROUGH, I
DON'T THINK THAT'S ENTIRELY OUT OF BOUNDS.
1244
01:11:17,473 --> 01:11:21,375
I WILL GRANT THE CONTINUANCE
UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING AT 9:00 A.M.,
1245
01:11:21,444 --> 01:11:25,212
AT WHICH POINT I EXPECT MR. LATRELL
TO BE HERE IN THIS COURTROOM.
1246
01:11:25,281 --> 01:11:27,548
I'M GIVING YOU THE BENEFIT
OF THE DOUBT, MR. DOCKNOVICH.
1247
01:11:27,617 --> 01:11:31,252
IF I FIND MR. LATRELL HAS LEFT THE
JURISDICTION, AND YOU HAD KNOWLEDGE OF SAME,
1248
01:11:31,320 --> 01:11:33,621
I WILL HOLD YOU IN CRIMINAL
CONTEMPT OF COURT.
1249
01:11:33,690 --> 01:11:36,758
- IS THAT UNDERSTOOD?
- YES, YOUR HONOR. THANK YOU.
1250
01:11:36,827 --> 01:11:39,727
WE ARE ADJOURNED UNTIL 9:00 A.M.
1251
01:12:09,676 --> 01:12:11,676
LET ME TALK TO HIM.
1252
01:12:39,371 --> 01:12:41,305
HOW'D YOU FIND ME?
1253
01:12:41,373 --> 01:12:44,670
WITH A LOT LESS EFFORT THAN THE
F.B.I. IS GONNA BE WILLING TO EXPEND.
1254
01:12:44,694 --> 01:12:47,211
I'M NOT COMING BACK WITH YOU.
1255
01:12:47,280 --> 01:12:49,992
YOU CAN COME BACK WITH US, OR
YOU CAN BE BROUGHT BACK IN CUFFS.
1256
01:12:50,016 --> 01:12:51,732
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE
RIGHT ABOUT THAT.
1257
01:12:51,801 --> 01:12:55,236
- YOU THINK YOU CAN
OUTRUN THE FEDS?
- I DON'T KNOW.
1258
01:12:55,305 --> 01:13:00,391
UNLESS YOU'RE WILLING TO SIGN ON AS MOAMMAR
GADHAFI'S HOUSEBOY, IT'S JUST A QUESTION OF TIME.
1259
01:13:00,460 --> 01:13:03,361
- WHERE'S CHRISTINE?
- NOT COMING.
1260
01:13:03,430 --> 01:13:05,625
- WHAT ABOUT MY MONEY?
- IT'S NOT COMING EITHER.
1261
01:13:05,649 --> 01:13:09,416
- THAT'S MY MONEY!
- DELIVERING IT TO YOU WHILE
YOU'RE A FUGITIVE IS A FELONY.
1262
01:13:09,485 --> 01:13:12,798
- NOBODY'S GONNA COMMIT
A FELONY FOR YOU, RICKEY.
- BUT IT'S MY MONEY, JIMMY.
1263
01:13:12,822 --> 01:13:15,706
I GOT MONEY FOR YOU, RICKEY.
1264
01:13:15,775 --> 01:13:18,325
I'VE GOT A SOLID OFFER
FROM ORLANDO IN MY POCKET...
1265
01:13:18,394 --> 01:13:21,195
FOR $66 MILLION
OVER SEVEN YEARS.
1266
01:13:21,264 --> 01:13:24,598
THE ONLY CATCH IS, YOU GOTTA
PLAY BASKETBALL TO GET IT.
1267
01:13:24,667 --> 01:13:27,167
YOU CAN COME BACK HOME,
LET THIS MAN DO HIS WORK,
1268
01:13:27,236 --> 01:13:29,820
AND THERE'S A CHANCE
YOU'LL BEAT THIS RAP.
1269
01:13:29,889 --> 01:13:34,808
THAT HAPPENS, YOU'RE BACK ON TOP, YOUR
FAMILY'S COVERED, AND YOU'RE A STAR AGAIN.
1270
01:13:34,878 --> 01:13:39,046
YOU RUN AWAY, RICKEY, AND THERE'S NOT A
CHANCE IN HELL YOU'RE GONNA BEAT THIS THING.
1271
01:13:39,115 --> 01:13:41,866
THEN ALL YOU ARE IS A
NIGGER WITH A SUITCASE.
1272
01:13:44,554 --> 01:13:46,921
YOU CUT MY MONEY OFF.
1273
01:13:46,989 --> 01:13:50,407
THAT MEANS YOU'RE NOT ASKING ME TO COME
BACK WITH YOU. YOU'RE TELLING ME TO, RIGHT?
1274
01:13:50,476 --> 01:13:54,679
THAT'S THE FIRST SMART
THING YOU'VE SAID ALL DAY, SON.
1275
01:14:06,109 --> 01:14:08,109
ANYTHING TO DECLARE? NO.
1276
01:14:09,345 --> 01:14:12,629
SHORT VISIT. UNFORTUNATELY.
1277
01:14:12,698 --> 01:14:16,266
YOU'LL STAY WITH US NEXT TIME LONGER,
I HOPE. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
1278
01:14:23,359 --> 01:14:28,262
ANYTHING TO DECLARE,
MR... ROWLANDS?
1279
01:14:28,331 --> 01:14:30,264
NO, SIR.
1280
01:14:30,333 --> 01:14:33,784
AND YOU GENTLEMEN ARE ALL
TRAVELING TOGETHER? YEAH.
1281
01:14:33,853 --> 01:14:37,238
THEN I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ASK
YOU ALL TO PLEASE STEP THIS WAY.
1282
01:14:37,306 --> 01:14:39,890
WHAT FOR? USING
A FALSE PASSPORT.
1283
01:14:39,959 --> 01:14:42,292
WHAT? THIS WAY, MR. LATRELL.
1284
01:14:55,191 --> 01:14:57,758
YOUR HONOR, WE'VE JUST
RECEIVED WORD FROM THE POLICE...
1285
01:14:57,827 --> 01:15:02,096
THAT MR. LATRELL'S CAR WAS FOUND
NEAR A PRIVATE TERMINAL AT L.A.X.
1286
01:15:02,165 --> 01:15:06,567
THAT FACT, COUPLED WITH THE DEFENDANT'S
FAILURE TO APPEAR THIS MORNING AS YOU ORDERED,
1287
01:15:06,636 --> 01:15:08,770
STRONGLY SUGGESTS
THAT HE'S A FUGITIVE.
1288
01:15:08,838 --> 01:15:11,706
ACCORDINGLY, I HAVE
INSTRUCTED THE L.A.P.D...
1289
01:15:11,774 --> 01:15:14,742
TO LOCATE MR. LATRELL AND
TO PLACE HIM UNDER CUSTODY.
1290
01:15:14,811 --> 01:15:17,645
MR. DOCKNOVICH?
1291
01:15:17,713 --> 01:15:21,582
YOUR HONOR, WE WOULD ASK THAT THE
COURT CONTINUE THIS MATTER UNTIL TOMORROW.
1292
01:15:21,650 --> 01:15:24,385
NOT IN YOUR WILDEST DREAMS.
NOT AFTER WHAT I JUST HEARD.
1293
01:15:24,454 --> 01:15:27,421
I HAVE THE UTMOST CONFIDENCE THAT
MR. LATRELL WILL BE HERE TOMORROW.
1294
01:15:27,490 --> 01:15:30,102
FINE. THEN YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE A
PROBLEM WITH WHAT I'M ABOUT TO DO.
1295
01:15:30,126 --> 01:15:33,428
BAILIFF, TAKE MR. DOCKNOVICH
INTO CUSTODY UNTIL SUCH TIME...
1296
01:15:33,496 --> 01:15:35,930
AS HIS CLIENT
SEES FIT TO APPEAR.
1297
01:15:39,769 --> 01:15:43,104
SORRY WE'RE LATE, YOUR HONOR.
NO DISRESPECT MEANT TO THE COURT.
1298
01:15:44,674 --> 01:15:47,008
BAILIFF, BRING IN THE JURY.
1299
01:15:57,853 --> 01:16:01,522
- MR. FOREMAN, IS THIS
A TRUE AND CORRECT VERDICT?
- YES, IT IS.
1300
01:16:05,161 --> 01:16:07,661
WILL THE DEFENDANT PLEASE RISE?
1301
01:16:10,866 --> 01:16:13,467
HOW SAY YOU?
1302
01:16:13,536 --> 01:16:15,803
"WE, THE JURY, IN THE
ABOVE ENTITLED ACTION,
1303
01:16:15,871 --> 01:16:18,372
"THE PEOPLE VERSUS
RICHARD HAYES LATRELL,
1304
01:16:18,441 --> 01:16:20,842
"IN THE CHARGE OF MURDER
IN THE FIRST DEGREE,
1305
01:16:20,910 --> 01:16:25,062
"TO WIT, VIOLATION OF SECTION 187-A OF
THE PENAL CODE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
1306
01:16:25,131 --> 01:16:27,498
"AS CHARGED IN COUNT
ONE OF THE INFORMATION,
1307
01:16:27,566 --> 01:16:30,935
"THE PREMEDITATED AND DELIBERATE
TAKING OF ANOTHER HUMAN LIFE,
1308
01:16:31,003 --> 01:16:34,083
FIND THE DEFENDANT, RICHARD
HAYES LATRELL, NOT GUILTY."
1309
01:16:36,942 --> 01:16:39,755
- DO THE PEOPLE WISH THE JURY POLLED?
- NO, YOUR HONOR.
1310
01:16:39,779 --> 01:16:42,891
THE COURT THANKS THE JURY FOR ITS
TIME AND DILIGENCE. YOU ARE EXCUSED.
1311
01:16:42,915 --> 01:16:46,567
THIS COURT IS ADJOURNED.
PLEASE CLEAR THE COURTROOM!
1312
01:16:54,610 --> 01:16:56,844
GOOD JOB.
1313
01:16:56,912 --> 01:16:59,913
I HOPE THERE ARE
NO HARD FEELINGS.
1314
01:16:59,982 --> 01:17:03,650
ACTUALLY, THERE ARE PLENTY OF HARD FEELINGS,
BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT.
1315
01:17:03,719 --> 01:17:06,820
WE DID OUR JOB.
1316
01:17:06,889 --> 01:17:10,474
YOUR JOB IS TO BE AN
OFFICER OF THE COURT.
1317
01:17:10,543 --> 01:17:13,160
YOU JUST CONVINCED THIS
JURY TO PISS ON THE COURT.
1318
01:17:13,228 --> 01:17:15,307
TELL ME HOW YOU DID YOUR JOB.
1319
01:17:15,331 --> 01:17:18,933
WE PLAYED BY THE RULES. I'M SORRY IF
OUR TRIAL STRATEGY WASN'T TO YOUR LIKING.
1320
01:17:19,002 --> 01:17:21,362
IT'S NOT A MATTER
OF TRIAL STRATEGY.
1321
01:17:21,387 --> 01:17:25,089
IT'S A MATTER OF BEING ABLE TO JUSTIFY
ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING BY SAYING, "I WON."
1322
01:17:28,678 --> 01:17:32,813
CHRIS, I'M SURE YOUR PHONE'S GONNA BE RINGING
OFF THE HOOK WITH A LOT OF NEW BUSINESS.
1323
01:17:32,882 --> 01:17:37,852
SO LONG AS YOU CAN SLEEP AT NIGHT,
YOU GOT NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.
1324
01:17:41,291 --> 01:17:43,591
WERE YOU SURPRISED
BY THE VERDICT?
1325
01:17:43,660 --> 01:17:47,127
WHAT ABOUT YOUR CAR AT THE AIRPORT?
WERE YOU, IN FACT, GOING TO FLEE?
1326
01:17:47,196 --> 01:17:50,365
UH, I JUST WANT TO THANK GOD
FOR THE WAY THINGS TURNED OUT.
1327
01:17:50,433 --> 01:17:54,001
FOR NEARLY 400 YEARS, THE BLACK MAN
IN THIS COUNTRY HAS BEEN VICTIMIZED...
1328
01:17:54,070 --> 01:17:56,336
BY THIS AMERICAN
SYSTEM OF JUSTICE.
1329
01:17:56,405 --> 01:17:59,307
HE'S BEEN UNFAIRLY ACCUSED, UNFAIRLY
CONVICTED AND UNFAIRLY PUNISHED.
1330
01:17:59,375 --> 01:18:04,111
TODAY, A BLACK MAN RECEIVED SOME JUSTICE IN
THAT COURTROOM, AND FOR THAT WE'RE ALL GRATEFUL.
1331
01:18:04,180 --> 01:18:07,181
THANK YOU. SIR, I THINK THERE'S A
LOT OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS.
1332
01:18:07,249 --> 01:18:12,253
JIMMY. YOU'RE LETTING YOUR YOUNG TURKS
HAVE A MOMENT IN THE SUN BY THEMSELVES.
1333
01:18:12,322 --> 01:18:15,034
I'D CALL THAT A GREAT
GENEROSITY OF SPIRIT.
1334
01:18:15,058 --> 01:18:19,210
ACTUALLY, I WAS TRYING TO GET AWAY BEFORE
THE END OF RICKEY'S "I HAVE A DREAM" SPEECH.
1335
01:18:19,278 --> 01:18:21,763
HE'S YOUNG, JIMMY.
1336
01:18:21,831 --> 01:18:25,277
DON'T BE TOO HARD ON HIM IF HE
BELIEVES SOME OF HIS OWN PUBLICITY.
1337
01:18:25,301 --> 01:18:29,670
NOW THAT MY DUTIES WITH REGARD TO
RICKEY HAVE BEEN FULLY DISCHARGED,
1338
01:18:29,739 --> 01:18:32,924
LET ME GIVE YOU A PIECE OF PARTING
ADVICE THAT YOU MIGHT CONVEY TO HIM.
1339
01:18:32,992 --> 01:18:35,509
NO MATTER WHAT GOT
SAID IN THAT COURTROOM,
1340
01:18:35,578 --> 01:18:39,179
NO MATTER WHAT GETS SAID IN THE ENDLESS
COMMENTARY THAT'S BOUND TO ENSUE,
1341
01:18:39,248 --> 01:18:43,250
IN THE EYES OF THE WORLD,
RICKEY GOT AWAY WITH MURDER.
1342
01:18:43,319 --> 01:18:45,753
I'D TELL HIM TO GO
EASY ON THE RHETORIC.
1343
01:18:49,993 --> 01:18:54,295
MR. WASHINGTON, WHEN YOU CHARACTERIZE
THE DECISION IN THE RICKEY LATRELL CASE...
1344
01:18:54,364 --> 01:18:56,397
AS "A BAD DAY FOR THE REPUBLIC,"
1345
01:18:56,466 --> 01:18:59,466
DON'T YOU RISK BEING
ACCUSED OF HYPERBOLE?
1346
01:18:59,535 --> 01:19:01,469
NO. NOT AT ALL.
1347
01:19:01,537 --> 01:19:03,871
WHAT WE WITNESSED
WAS A JURY RUN AMOK.
1348
01:19:03,939 --> 01:19:06,724
TWELVE PEOPLE WHO IGNORED
THE JUDGE'S INSTRUCTIONS,
1349
01:19:06,793 --> 01:19:09,293
IGNORED THE LAW OF THE
LAND AND SET A MURDERER FREE.
1350
01:19:09,361 --> 01:19:12,195
WHEN THAT HAPPENS, EVERY
CITIZEN IN THE COUNTRY IS IN TROUBLE.
1351
01:19:12,264 --> 01:19:16,283
THAT JURY WAS COMPOSED OF
REASONABLE, RATIONAL MEN AND WOMEN.
1352
01:19:16,352 --> 01:19:21,022
YOU'RE A PROSECUTOR, MARK. WHAT'S GOT YOU
EXERCISED IS THEY CAME BACK WITH AN ACQUITTAL.
1353
01:19:21,090 --> 01:19:24,450
WHAT'S GOT ME EXERCISED IS WHAT WE'RE
LEFT WITH IS JURY-SANCTIONED MURDER.
1354
01:19:25,444 --> 01:19:27,678
WHERE IS EVERYBODY?
1355
01:19:27,747 --> 01:19:29,880
HI. HELLO.
1356
01:19:29,949 --> 01:19:32,850
CAN I, UH, HELP YOU
WITH SOMETHING?
1357
01:19:32,919 --> 01:19:36,019
NO. THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
I'M WAITING TO SEE JIMMY.
1358
01:19:36,088 --> 01:19:38,088
OKAY.
1359
01:19:40,393 --> 01:19:43,745
FROM WHERE I SIT, I FIND IT REASSURING
TO KNOW THAT THE FINDERS OF FACT...
1360
01:19:43,813 --> 01:19:47,348
EXAMINED THE EVIDENCE AND FOUND THEY COULDN'T
SUPPORT A CHARGE OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.
1361
01:19:47,417 --> 01:19:51,552
THEY DIDN'T EVEN CONSIDER A LESSER
OFFENSE, AS THEY WERE INSTRUCTED TO DO.
1362
01:19:51,621 --> 01:19:53,554
THEY DIDN'T FEEL IT WAS MERITED.
1363
01:19:53,623 --> 01:19:57,058
WHAT THEY DID FEEL WAS THAT LATRELL ACTED
IN A KIND OF HYPER-ATTENUATED SELF-DEFENSE.
1364
01:19:57,126 --> 01:20:01,545
MS. CLEARY, THERE WASN'T A SPECK OF
EVIDENCE THAT LATRELL ACTED IN SELF-DEFENSE.
1365
01:20:01,614 --> 01:20:04,281
LET ME INTERJECT HERE
AND ASK BOTH OF YOU...
1366
01:20:04,350 --> 01:20:07,201
TO WHAT EXTENT DID RACE
PLAY A ROLE IN THIS VERDICT?
1367
01:20:07,270 --> 01:20:09,503
IT DID PLAY SOME ROLE.
1368
01:20:09,572 --> 01:20:12,740
NOT A DISPOSITIVE ROLE. ARE
WE SITTING ON THE SAME PLANET?
1369
01:20:12,808 --> 01:20:16,510
THE DEFENSE KEPT UP A STEADY DRUMBEAT
OF RACIALLY LOADED WORDS AND PHRASES,
1370
01:20:16,579 --> 01:20:20,013
ALL DESIGNED TO EVOKE IMAGES
OF SLAVERY AND SEXUAL BONDAGE...
1371
01:20:20,082 --> 01:20:22,583
WITH THE EXPRESS PURPOSE
OF INFLAMING THE JURY.
1372
01:20:22,652 --> 01:20:25,352
MR. WASHINGTON'S
TUT-TUTTING NOTWITHSTANDING,
1373
01:20:25,421 --> 01:20:28,772
THE IMAGES THE DEFENSE EVOKED
WERE RELEVANT, AND THEY WORKED.
1374
01:20:28,842 --> 01:20:30,274
CASE CLOSED.
1375
01:20:32,445 --> 01:20:34,712
HI. HI.
1376
01:20:34,780 --> 01:20:37,348
CONGRATULATIONS. THANKS.
1377
01:20:37,416 --> 01:20:40,718
YOUR FORTUNES RISE
WHILE MINE PLUMMET.
1378
01:20:40,786 --> 01:20:42,786
WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU, PAIGE?
1379
01:20:42,856 --> 01:20:46,657
COULD I BEG A
MOMENT OF YOUR TIME?
1380
01:20:46,726 --> 01:20:49,193
LET'S GO TO MY OFFICE.
1381
01:20:50,830 --> 01:20:53,497
I NEED A JOB.
1382
01:20:53,566 --> 01:20:56,111
MY CAREER AT THE D.A.'s
OFFICE IS CERTAINLY OVER,
1383
01:20:56,135 --> 01:20:58,435
AND I HAVE A BIG
HOLE IN MY RÉSUMÉ.
1384
01:20:58,504 --> 01:21:02,806
I THOUGHT KEN HICKS WAS SETTING
YOU UP IN THE WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS.
1385
01:21:02,875 --> 01:21:05,442
I SEEM TO HAVE LOST MY
USEFULNESS TO KEN HICKS.
1386
01:21:05,511 --> 01:21:08,490
HE WON'T BE SETTING ME UP
ANYWHERE. FEEL FREE TO GLOAT.
1387
01:21:08,514 --> 01:21:11,081
GLOATING IS OVERRATED.
I PREFER TO LIVE WELL.
1388
01:21:11,150 --> 01:21:14,546
YOU NEED TO KNOW, JIMMY, THAT I WOULD
NEVER HAVE GONE THROUGH WITH THE COMPLAINT.
1389
01:21:14,570 --> 01:21:17,271
MY BACK WAS TO THE WALL,
AND I HAD NO OTHER WAY OUT.
1390
01:21:17,340 --> 01:21:19,507
I DON'T HAVE A JOB
FOR YOU, PAIGE.
1391
01:21:19,575 --> 01:21:23,761
BUT FOR THE PRICE OF AN ASSOCIATE,
YOU'D BE GETTING A SEASONED TRIAL LAWYER.
1392
01:21:23,830 --> 01:21:26,563
NO, THANKS. I KNOW
THE ROPES, JIMMY.
1393
01:21:26,632 --> 01:21:29,483
THAT SHOULD BE COUNTING
FOR SOMETHING. NOT ENOUGH.
1394
01:21:29,551 --> 01:21:34,138
DON'T GET PIOUS ON ME, JIMMY. YOU SWIM
IN THE EXACT SAME SEPTIC TANK THAT I DO.
1395
01:21:34,207 --> 01:21:37,140
THAT MAY BE SO. THEN
GIVE ME A CHANCE.
1396
01:21:37,209 --> 01:21:39,610
YOU DON'T KNOW ME. YOU
DON'T KNOW WHAT I CAN DO.
1397
01:21:39,679 --> 01:21:44,298
I KNOW WHEN YOUR BACK'S AGAINST THE
WALL, AS YOU PUT IT, I CAN'T TRUST YOU.
1398
01:21:46,101 --> 01:21:48,569
THAT'S ALL I NEED TO KNOW.
1399
01:21:57,129 --> 01:22:00,041
CONGRATULATIONS. WHAT
ARE YOU GUYS DOING HERE?
1400
01:22:00,065 --> 01:22:02,650
I THOUGHT YOU'D
BE OUT CELEBRATING.
1401
01:22:02,719 --> 01:22:06,053
BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, WE WANTED
TO COME BY AND JUST THANK EVERYBODY.
1402
01:22:06,121 --> 01:22:08,055
RIGHT IN THERE.
1403
01:22:10,076 --> 01:22:13,422
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO PUTTING THIS DIFFICULT
TIME BEHIND ME SO I CAN GET ON WITH MY LIFE...
1404
01:22:13,446 --> 01:22:15,796
AND, UH, HELP MY NEW
TEAM INTO THE PLAY-OFFS.
1405
01:22:15,865 --> 01:22:19,232
- WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS OF THE NEW CONTRACT, KEN?
- - SEVEN YEARS, $66 MILLION.
1406
01:22:19,301 --> 01:22:21,218
WHAT ABOUT COMMERCIAL
ENDORSEMENTS?
1407
01:22:21,287 --> 01:22:24,722
I CAN'T COMMENT ON THE SPECIFICS.
ALL I CAN SAY IS WE'RE VERY PLEASED.
1408
01:22:24,791 --> 01:22:28,159
- I BET YOU ARE.
- EVERYBODY? RICKEY'S HERE.
1409
01:22:28,227 --> 01:22:31,557
I THINK HE HAS SOMETHING
HE'D LIKE TO SAY TO YOU ALL.
1410
01:22:31,581 --> 01:22:34,648
CARLA AND I WANTED TO COME
OVER AND JUST THANK YOU ALL...
1411
01:22:34,717 --> 01:22:37,051
FOR THE FACT
THAT I'M A FREE MAN.
1412
01:22:37,119 --> 01:22:40,420
UM, I WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR
EVERYTHING I PUT YOU THROUGH.
1413
01:22:40,489 --> 01:22:43,490
AND ALL I CAN THINK
WAS, WHO WAS I KIDDING?
1414
01:22:43,559 --> 01:22:47,561
A BLACK MAN KILLS A WHITE MAN WHO
HAD A LOT OF MONEY AND A LOT OF FRIENDS.
1415
01:22:47,629 --> 01:22:50,525
NO MATTER WHY IT HAPPENED, I FIGURED
THE BLACK MAN DIDN'T STAND A CHANCE.
1416
01:22:50,549 --> 01:22:54,551
I HAD MY BACK TO THE
WALL, I PANICKED, AND I RAN.
1417
01:22:54,620 --> 01:22:57,170
SO, THANK YOU, JIMMY
WYLER, FOR BRINGING ME BACK.
1418
01:22:57,239 --> 01:22:59,740
THANK YOU, AARON AND
CHRIS, FOR TRYING THIS CASE.
1419
01:22:59,809 --> 01:23:03,427
I KNOW YOU PUT YOUR HEART AND YOUR
SOUL INTO THIS, AND I OWE YOU MY LIFE.
1420
01:23:03,496 --> 01:23:07,214
AND, UH, THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
1421
01:23:07,283 --> 01:23:09,617
YOU FEEL PRETTY GOOD, CARLA?
1422
01:23:09,685 --> 01:23:11,952
GREAT, YEAH.
1423
01:23:14,923 --> 01:23:16,924
ALL RIGHT.
1424
01:23:18,261 --> 01:23:20,945
ALL RIGHT.
1425
01:23:31,256 --> 01:23:34,091
HEY. I WANNA ASK
YOU A QUESTION, MAN.
1426
01:23:34,159 --> 01:23:38,863
WHAT'S UP? I DON'T WANT YOU
TO TAKE THIS THE WRONG WAY.
1427
01:23:38,931 --> 01:23:41,826
YOU GOT A LOT OF CREDIT WITH ME,
MAN. YOU CAN ASK ANYTHING YOU WANT.
1428
01:23:41,850 --> 01:23:45,235
THIS IS JUST US NOW,
BROTHER. ALL RIGHT.
1429
01:23:45,304 --> 01:23:50,140
YOU THINK YOUR BEING BLACK WAS THE
REASON YOU WERE PROSECUTED FOR MURDER?
1430
01:23:54,880 --> 01:23:59,483
IT WASN'T THE REASON. YOU KNOW WHAT
I'M SAYIN'? THEN STOP TALKING LIKE IT WAS.
1431
01:23:59,551 --> 01:24:03,453
IT MATTERS TO A LOT OF OUR PEOPLE
WHAT YOU SAY. DON'T LIE TO THEM.
1432
01:24:03,522 --> 01:24:07,007
PEACE OUT, MAN.
1433
01:24:07,076 --> 01:24:09,076
THANK YOU.
1434
01:24:31,217 --> 01:24:34,301
JIMMY?
1435
01:24:34,370 --> 01:24:38,104
I WANT TO TELL YOU I THINK
YOU'RE A HELL OF A LAWYER.
1436
01:24:38,173 --> 01:24:41,142
- BOTH OF YOU.
- I FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT YOU.
1437
01:24:41,210 --> 01:24:45,045
I DIDN'T ALWAYS SEE
WHAT YOU GUYS SAW.
1438
01:24:45,114 --> 01:24:49,599
I DIDN'T ALWAYS WANT TO SEE IT. BUT YOU
KNEW WHAT YOU HAD TO DO, AND YOU DID IT.
1439
01:24:49,668 --> 01:24:53,487
IN VICTORY, EVERYONE'S A
GENIUS. TRUTH IS, WE GOT LUCKY.
1440
01:24:53,555 --> 01:24:56,123
ANOTHER JURY MIGHT HAVE
SENT HIM AWAY FOR 99 YEARS.
1441
01:24:56,191 --> 01:24:59,326
YEAH, BUT YOU WENT WAY
OUT ON A LIMB ON THIS ONE.
1442
01:24:59,395 --> 01:25:03,964
DOESN'T HURT THAT YOU WERE RIGHT,
BUT I JUST ADMIRE THE FACT THAT YOU DID IT.
1443
01:25:04,033 --> 01:25:07,234
HOW 'BOUT WE ALL
GO OUT FOR A DRINK?
1444
01:25:07,303 --> 01:25:10,988
SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. YOU GUYS
GO. I'M GONNA TAKE A RAIN CHECK.
1445
01:25:20,532 --> 01:25:23,550
SO, HOW DID YOU GUYS
GET OUT OF CUERNAVACA?
1446
01:25:25,187 --> 01:25:27,687
CASH TRANSACTION.
1447
01:25:27,756 --> 01:25:30,796
YOU BRIBED THE
FEDERALES? SHAMELESSLY.
1448
01:25:32,594 --> 01:25:36,564
THE MORE I GET TO KNOW YOU, THE CLEARER IT
IS THAT YOU ARE ENTIRELY WITHOUT SCRUPLES.
1449
01:25:36,632 --> 01:25:40,417
I HAVE SCRUPLES. LIKE WHAT?
1450
01:25:40,486 --> 01:25:43,487
LIKE, UH,
1451
01:25:43,555 --> 01:25:46,723
I WOULD NEVER GET ROMANTICALLY
INVOLVED WITH A COWORKER.
1452
01:25:46,792 --> 01:25:50,261
NEVER? NEVER EVER.
1453
01:25:50,329 --> 01:25:53,141
EVEN IF THERE WERE ONE THAT
YOU WERE INCREDIBLY ATTRACTED TO?
1454
01:25:53,165 --> 01:25:55,866
NO MATTER WHAT THE
LEVEL OF ATTRACTION,
1455
01:25:55,934 --> 01:25:58,602
NO MATTER WHAT THE
LEVEL OF RECIPROCITY.
1456
01:25:58,671 --> 01:26:01,522
YOU COULD JUST SAY NO.
1457
01:26:01,590 --> 01:26:04,791
WELL, IF IT WAS A
COWORKER, I'D HAVE TO.
1458
01:26:06,345 --> 01:26:09,880
THEN YOU'RE RIGHT.
YOU DO HAVE SCRUPLES.
1459
01:26:12,034 --> 01:26:14,701
JUSTINE? HMM?
1460
01:26:16,538 --> 01:26:18,455
YOU'RE FIRED.