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[Announcer] THE PROSECUTION
AND DEFENSE GET FRIENDLY.

TRUTH IS, I WANTED TO HAVE
A BEER WITH YOU.

[Guffaws, Chuckles]

WE, UH, HAVE TO FINISH
THIS CASE IN COURT
BEFORE I CAN...

INVITE YOU INSIDE.

THE KIDNAPPING.

THIS HAS SOMETHING TO DO
WITH THE CASE, DOESN'T IT?
[Sobs]

GIVE US OUR LITTLE GIRL BACK.
I WANT HER BACK, TEDDY.

THE LADY SAID THAT SHE WAS
WITH THE POLICE, AND DADDY
SENT HER TO PICK ME UP.

[Sobs]

PLEASE DON'T BE MAD AT ME.
SHE HAD A BADGE AND EVERYTHING.

WHAT KIND OF PERSON WOULD
DO SUCH A THING, TEDDY?
AND WHY?

TO SEND ME A MESSAGE.

WHAT COULD CROSS GAIN OUT
OF DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS?

DISCOURAGE ME FROM BEING
TOO AGGRESSIVE DURING TRIAL,

PAINTING HIM AS
JESSICA'S REAL KILLER.

I'M NOT GONNA BE
INTIMIDATED BY HIM.
BUT I WILL BE WARY.

- THAT'S HER.
- YOU'RE SURE SHE'S THE WOMAN
WHO TOOK YOU?

UH-HUH. IS SHE HERE?
SHE'S IN ANOTHER
ROOM, SWEETHEART.

YOU WON'T SEE HER.
AND SHE'S NOT
GONNA SEE ME?

NO. IN FACT, BECAUSE
YOU DID SUCH A GOOD JOB,

YOUR MOM CAN TAKE
YOU HOME RIGHT NOW.

- THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GRETCHEN.
- YOU'RE WELCOME, ELIZABETH.

BYE, SWEETHEART.
SEE YOU LATER.
COME ON, LIZZIE.

THANK YOU BOTH
FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE.

"DARLENE CARNEY."

WORKS AS A TEACHER'S AIDE
AT HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOL.

DID SHE SAY ANYTHING?
MITCHELL GARRON, ESQUIRE,
IS NOW GUIDING THE CONVERSATION.

THE WAY THE TWO OF THEM
TELL IT, SHE NEVER SHOWED
YOUR DAUGHTER A BADGE.

SHE SIMPLY REACTED
TO A SITUATION.

WHICH WAS WHAT?
APPARENTLY MS. CARNEY, STRAIGHT
FROM GOOD SAMARITAN SCHOOL,

SPOTTED YOUR DAUGHTER
NEAR A PARK.

THERE WERE SOME TRANSIENTS
DRINKING A FEW FEET AWAY,
ONE OF THEM MADE A COMMENT,

STARTED WALKING UP TO ELIZABETH.

CARNEY FELT A RESCUE
WAS HER CIVIC DUTY.

AT LEAST, THAT'S THE WAY
ATTORNEY GARRON SEES IT.

ANY WHIFF OF RICHARD CROSS'S
COLOGNE IN THIS MATTER?

DO YOU HAVE SOME FACTS
I'M NOT AWARE OF?

[Sighs]
JUST INTUITION.

HUH.
WE'RE LOOKIN' AT
EVERYTHING, COUNSELOR.

IF WE DO FIND ANY EVIDENCE
OF CROSS'S INVOLVEMENT,

I ASSURE YOU...
WE'LL PURSUE IT.

[Man]
THIS WAY, MS. CARNEY.

[Man]
HI, TEDDY.

I'M SORRY FOR WHAT
YOU MUST HAVE GONE THROUGH.

BUT THANK GOD YOUR LITTLE
GIRL IS SAFE AND SOUND.

MY DAUGHTER JUST MADE
YOUR CLIENT...

AS THE ONE WHO IMPERSONATED
A COP AND KIDNAPPED HER.

WHICH, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT
TO YOUR DAUGHTER, WHO HAS GOT
TO HAVE BEEN TRAUMATIZED...

BY THIS WHOLE AFFAIR,

IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS
TRAGIC MISUNDERSTANDING.

MY DAUGHTER'S SIMPLY
CONFUSED, IS THAT IT?

WE ALL GET CONFUSED
FROM TIME TO TIME.

ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE
INFLUENCED BY OTHERS.

HEY. IF I HADN'T BEEN SITTING
IN THAT ROOM WITH MY CLIENT,

WHO KNOWS WHAT SHE MIGHT HAVE
BEEN COERCED INTO SAYING?

ANYWAY, TEDDY,
LET'S NOT TRY THIS THING
OUT HERE IN THE HALLWAY.

GOD WILLING, WE'LL BE ABLE
TO AVOID THIS THING ALTOGETHER.

THE D.A. GOES AFTER YOUR CLIENT,
YOU GO AFTER MY DAUGHTER.

AS I SAID, I'M SICK THAT
THIS INVOLVES YOUR KID.

BUT YOU KNOW BETTER THAN ANYONE,
TED, WHAT YOU DO, WHAT I DO...

IT'S ALL PART OF
THE JOB DESCRIPTION.

BEST TO YOUR WIFE.

NOW YOU KNOW HOW WE FEEL.

AT 7:41, I RECEIVED A RADIO CALL
FROM COMMUNICATIONS,

DIRECTING ME TO RESPOND
TO AN UNKNOWN TROUBLE,
911 CALL,

AT 1501 NORTH HAVENHURST.

I ARRIVED AT THE APARTMENT
AT APPROXIMATELY 7:50,

AND ENCOUNTERED THE MAID,
WHO WAS EXTREMELY UPSET.

SHE DIRECTED ME TO THE BEDROOM,
WHERE I OBSERVED THE VICTIM.

WAS THERE ANY SIGN OF
A STRUGGLE IN THE ROOM, OFFICER?

YES. THERE WAS A SHATTERED LAMP
NEXT TO THE DRESSER...

WHICH APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN
SHOVED OUT OF PLACE...

CANDLES KNOCKED OVER...
THE ROOM WAS IN DISARRAY.

THE VICTIM'S BODY.
ANY SIGNS OF STRUGGLE THERE?

YES. WELTS AND CONTUSIONS
ON HER THIGHS,

BRUISING ON HER LEFT WRIST
WHERE SHE WAS TIED...

I'D SAY SHE PUT UP
A PRETTY GOOD FIGHT.

[Man]
IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE
FORCIBLE RAPE IS SUSPECTED,

AS A MATTER OF COURSE
WE'LL DO A VAGINAL EXAM.

THEN RUN SEROLOGICAL TESTS
IF SEMEN IS PRESENT.

AND WAS THERE SEMEN PRESENT?
YES.

- WERE YOU ABLE TO IDENTIFY IT?
- YES. IT BELONGS TO
THE DEFENDANT, MR. AVEDON.

ON WHAT DO YOU BASE
THAT CONCLUSION, DR. GAFORE?

WE RAN A PANEL OF D.N.A.
ANALYSES, ISOLATING...

BETWEEN 20 AND 30 POLYMORPHIC
SITES ON DIFFERENT CHROMOSOMES.

USING RESTRICTION ENZYMES,
WE ANALYZED D.N.A. FRAGMENTS...

WHICH VARY WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL.

THE COMPOSITE PROFILE IS UNIQUE.
AND DETERMINATIVE.

WITHIN WHAT
MARGIN OF ERROR, SIR?
VIRTUALLY NONE.

THE FREQUENCY OF
THESE GENETIC MARKERS...

IN THE POPULATION AT LARGE
IS APPROXIMATELY...

ONE IN 212 MILLION.

NOW, DOCTOR:
GIVEN YOUR FINDINGS, HAVE
YOU REACHED A CONCLUSION...

AS TO WHETHER THE SEX ENGAGED IN
BY JESSICA COSTELLO...

ON THE NIGHT OF HER DEATH WAS
CONSENSUAL OR NONCONSENSUAL?

[Dr. Matheson]
HAVING OBSERVED LESIONS ON
THE INNER THIGHS, ABRADED VULVA,

AND TEARS ON THE VAGINAL WALL,

IT IS MY CONCLUSION THAT
THE SEX WAS NONCONSENSUAL,

VIOLENT AND FORCIBLE.

AND WHAT WAS THE CAUSE
OF THE VICTIM'S DEATH?

AS I TESTIFIED AT
THE PRELIMINARY HEARING,

THERE IS NO DOUBT BUT THAT SHE
DIED BY MANUAL STRANGULATION.

THE HYOID BONE WAS FRACTURED,

AND THERE WERE THUMB AND FINGER
MARKS AT THE BASE OF THE NECK.

CAN YOU TELL THE COURT, PLEASE,
THE TIME OF HER DEATH?

SHE DIED BETWEEN THE HOURS
OF 10 P.M. AND 3 A.M...

ON THE NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER 20.

- HOW CAN YOU BE SURE, DOCTOR?
- WHEN WE BACK TIME
FROM THE AUTOPSY,

INDICIA, SUCH AS RIGOR MORTIS,
LIVIDITY, LIVER TEMPERATURE,

CORNEAL TRANSPARENCY, UH,

DIGESTIVE PROGRESS...
ALL OF THAT POINTS TO
THE TIME FRAME I'VE GIVEN YOU.

THANK YOU.
NO MORE QUESTIONS.

WHAT'S LIVIDITY, DOCTOR?

IT'S A PURPLISH DISCOLORATION,
CAUSED BY BLOOD SETTLING
IN A DEAD BODY.

WHEN LIVIDITY
IS FIXED, THAT MEANS
THAT THE POOLED BLOOD...

CAN NO LONGER BE SHIFTED,
EVEN WHEN THE BODY IS TURNED.

WAS THERE FIXED LIVIDITY
WITH RESPECT TO
JESSICA COSTELLO'S BODY?

- YES.
- WHICH TOLD YOU WHAT?

THAT THE VICTIM HAD BEEN DEAD
SIX OR EIGHT HOURS...

WHEN DISCOVERED
AT 7:30 IN THE MORNING.

HOWEVER, IF THE BODY
HAD BEEN MOVED,

THAT WOULD AFFECT LIVIDITY,
AND THEREFORE YOUR ESTIMATE
OF TIME OF DEATH.

ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
IT WOULD.

- BUT THE BODY WASN'T MOVED.
- HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT, SIR?

I READ IT IN THE INVESTIGATOR'S
PRELIMINARY REPORT.

IN OTHER WORDS, YOU HAVE
NO DIRECT KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR OWN.

YOU'RE TAKING SOMEONE
ELSE'S WORD FOR IT.
[Mark] OBJECTION.

- ARGUMENTATIVE.
- SUSTAINED.
REPHRASE, MR. HOFFMAN.

DID YOU PERSONALLY EXAMINE
THE BODY AT THE MURDER SITE?

- I DID NOT.
- WHEN DID YOU FIRST SEE IT?

WHEN IT WAS DELIVERED
TO OUR LABORATORY AT...

9:32 A.M.

SO YOU HAVE NO PERSONAL
KNOWLEDGE AS TO WHETHER THE BODY
HAD BEEN MOVED OR NOT.

- TECHNICALLY, THAT'S CORRECT.
- WHEN YOU SAY, "TECHNICALLY,"

IS THERE SOME RESPECT
IN WHICH IT'S INCORRECT?

NO.

NOW, YOU MENTIONED BODY
TEMPERATURE AS A MEANS
OF GAUGING TIME OF DEATH.

YES.
HOW DOES THAT WORK?

THE BODY LOSES HEAT
AT A RATE OF, UM,

ONE AND A HALF DEGREES
PER HOUR.

WHEN THE TEMPERATURE
WAS TAKEN OF THE VICTIM,

IT WAS 88.3 DEGREES.

THAT MEANS THAT SHE WAS KILLED
AT APPROXIMATELY 2:00 A.M.,

WHICH WAS WITHIN THE TIME FRAME
SET FORTH IN MY REPORT.

- WHAT ABOUT
THE AIR CONDITIONING?
- WHAT ABOUT IT?

IF THE AIR CONDITIONING
WAS SET SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW
NORMAL ROOM TEMPERATURE,

THAT WOULD ACCELERATE
THE COOLING OF THE BODY,
WOULD IT NOT?

WHY WOULD IT BE SET BELOW
THE NORMAL ROOM TEMPERATURE?

I DON'T KNOW, SIR.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT WAS ON.

- DO YOU?
- NO.

SO YOU DON'T KNOW
WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS A FACTOR.

YOU'RE RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW.

SO LET ME SEE IF
I'VE GOT THIS STRAIGHT:

YOU STATED EARLIER THAT
LIVIDITY AND BODY TEMPERATURE
WERE KEY FACTORS...

IN YOUR CONCLUSION
THE VICTIM DIED
BETWEEN 10:00 AND 3:00.

IS THAT RIGHT?
YES.

BUT YOU DON'T KNOW IF
THE BODY WAS MOVED BEFORE
YOU SAW IT, IS THAT CORRECT?

- YES.
- AND YOU ACKNOWLEDGE YOU HAVE
NO IDEA WHAT THE AMBIENT...

ROOM TEMPERATURE WAS
AT THE MURDER SITE.

IS THAT CORRECT?
THAT'S CORRECT.

THEN HOW CAN YOU STATE
WITH CONFIDENCE...

THAT THE TIME OF DEATH
WAS BETWEEN 10:00 P.M.
AND 3:00 A.M.?

THOSE AREN'T
THE ONLY CRITERIA.

ARE THE OTHER CRITERIA
JUST AS RELIABLE AS THOSE?

- OBJECTION. ARGUMENTATIVE.
- SUSTAINED.

ISN'T IT A FACT, SIR, THAT
THE VICTIM COULD HAVE DIED...

BETWEEN 9:00 P.M.
AND 4:00 A.M.?

- IT'S POSSIBLE.
- BETWEEN 8:00 AND 5:00?

WITHIN THE LIMITS OF
MODERN FORENSIC SCIENCE,

OUR ESTIMATE WAS THE BEST
WE WERE ABLE TO DO.

BUT IT'S NOT
A CERTAINTY, IS IT, SIR,
THAT JESSICA COSTELLO DIED...

BETWEEN 10:00 AND 3:00?

NO.

NO MORE QUESTIONS.

ONE MOMENT, PLEASE.
MIRIAM GRASSO CALLED.

SHE CAN SEE YOU
IN TWENTY MINUTES.
TELL HER I'M ON MY WAY.

TED, HAVE YOU GOT A MINUTE?
JUST BARELY, ARNOLD.

FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, I JUST
HEARD A RUMOR THAT RICHARD CROSS
HAS BEEN RECEIVING TREATMENT...

IN A PHOENIX CLINIC...
SUPPOSEDLY HE'S
H.I.V. POSITIVE.

MY THINKING IS,
IF IT'S TRUE,

JESSICA COULD HAVE BEEN
BLACKMAILING HIM, AND CROSS...

WOULD HAVE A SOLID MOTIVE
FOR MURDERING HER.

IS YOUR SOURCE RELIABLE?
IT'S COMING OUT
OF THE D.A.'s OFFICE.

GET RAY VELACEK ON IT.
OKAY.

COME ON IN, TED.

HAVE A SEAT.
[Door Closes]

[Sighs]
THANK YOU, DETECTIVE.

I WAS JUST GETTING
AN UPDATE ON THE INVESTIGATION
IN YOUR DAUGHTER'S CASE.

STILL NO WITNESS,
VIABLE OR OTHERWISE.

WE'RE ON IT.
I APPRECIATE THAT.

- I HOPE ELIZABETH'S BEARING UP.
- AS WELL AS CAN BE EXPECTED.

I THINK WE'LL
ALL FEEL BETTER...

ONCE YOU FILE CHARGES
AGAINST DARLENE CARNEY.

AND YOU KNOW, TED,
THERE'S NOTHING THAT
WOULD PLEASE ME MORE.

- BUT?
- BUT IT'S A VERY
CIRCUMSTANTIAL CASE.

I'VE POINTED OUT TO MS. GRASSO
THAT THE WOMAN ADMITS
TO TAKING YOUR DAUGHTER.

AND IF CARNEY TAKES THE STAND,
AND TESTIFIES ABOUT HOW
"ALL SHE WAS DOING...

WAS RESCUING
A DEFENSELESS KID..."

WE'RE PUSHING
A ROCK UP A MOUNTAIN.

BOTTOM LINE, MIRIAM.
CARNEY TOOK MY DAUGHTER
AND TERRORIZED HER.

TERRORIZED ANNIE AND ME.
I WANT YOU TO MOVE
AHEAD ON THIS.

TED, DON'T BE A FATHER
FOR A MINUTE.

BE A DEFENSE ATTORNEY.
IF YOU WERE REPRESENTING
THIS WOMAN,

YOU'D BE INSISTING THAT
THE FACTS ABOUT HOW AND WHY...

ELIZABETH GOT IN THAT CAR
WERE IN DISPUTE.

THE FACTS THAT AREN'T
IN DISPUTE ARE...

THAT YOUR DAUGHTER WAS
NEVER HELD AGAINST HER WILL.

SHE WAS HELD FOR
LESS THAN AN HOUR.

AND SHE WAS DROPPED OFF
THREE BLOCKS FROM HER HOUSE.

I'M NOT DEFENDING
THIS WOMAN, MIRIAM.
I HOPE YOU'RE NOT EITHER.

I THINK DARLENE CARNEY
ABDUCTED YOUR DAUGHTER.

AND I'M GONNA BUST MY ASS
TO PROVE IT!

BUT, TED... [Sighs]

I'M GONNA NEED
ELIZABETH TO TESTIFY.

I'D PREFER NOT TO
HAVE MITCHELL GARRON
BREATHING ALL OVER HER.

WELL, UNLESS WE TURN UP
NEW EVIDENCE, WE DON'T
HAVE A CHANCE WITHOUT IT.

IF LIZZIE HAS TO TAKE THE STAND,
SHE'LL TAKE THE STAND.

[Inhales]
FINE.

IN THE MEANTIME, LET'S JUST
HOPE IT WON'T BE NECESSARY.

I'VE BEEN EMPLOYED BY
PACIFIC BELL FOR 13 YEARS.

THE LAST SIX
AS A SUPERVISOR.

NOW, MS. HARMISCH,
THE PHONE COMPANY KEEPS RECORDS
OF CALLS MADE BY ITS CUSTOMERS.

IS THAT CORRECT?
CERTAIN CALLS, YES.

WHICH ONES?
CELLULAR CALLS AND INTERLATA,
OR LOCAL TOLL CALLS...

BETWEEN ADJACENT
AREA CODES.

SUCH AS, SAY, BETWEEN
HOLLYWOOD AND SANTA MONICA?

YES. WE ELECTRONICALLY
DOWNLOAD THE INFORMATION
INTO AN ACCUMULATION FILE,

FOR BILLING
AT A LATER DATE.

HMM. NOW, DO YOUR RECORDS
SHOW ANY CALLS FROM JESSICA
COSTELLO'S APARTMENT...

ON THE NIGHT OF
SEPTEMBER 20 OR 21?

YES. THERE WERE THREE CALLS
MADE FROM THAT LOCATION.

THE FIRST AT 7:52 P.M.,
TO THE NUART THEATRE'S
FILM INFORMATION LINE.

THE SECOND AT 1:20 A.M.,

TO A CELLULAR PHONE
REGISTERED TO
MR. RICHARD CROSS,

AND THE THIRD AT 1:45 A.M.,
OUT TO SANTA MONICA.

WHERE IN SANTA MONICA?

WE TRACED IT TO A DRUG
REHABILITATION CENTER,

KNOWN AS ZEPHYR HOUSE.

I WAS ON DUTY
WHEN THE CALL CAME IN.

MS. DOMINICK, AS
DR. LESTER'S NURSE, ARE YOU
FAMILIAR WITH HIS PATIENTS?

YES.
WHO WAS IT THAT CALLED
ZEPHYR HOUSE CLINIC...

AT 1:45 IN THE MORNING
ON SEPTEMBER 21?

- NEIL AVEDON.
- HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?

HE SAID,
"THIS IS NEIL AVEDON."

[Chuckling]
DID YOU RECOGNIZE HIS VOICE?

- YES.
- HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE
HIS AFFECT?

HE WAS UPSET. HE WANTED
TO TALK TO DR. LESTER.

- WAS DR. LESTER THERE?
- YES. HE SLEEPS AT THE CLINIC
THREE NIGHTS A WEEK.

- AND DID HE SEE HIM?
- YES.

NOW, WOULD YOU
PLEASE TELL THE COURT
WHAT HAPPENED AT 2:25...

ON THE MORNING OF THE 21st?

MR. AVEDON ARRIVED
AT THE CLINIC.

WOULD YOU DESCRIBE
HIS APPEARANCE, PLEASE.

HE APPEARED ANXIOUS.
HE RUSHED IN,
NO HELLO OR ANYTHING,

AND DEMANDED
TO SEE DR. LESTER.

- DID DR. LESTER SEE HIM?
- YES. HE CAME OUT AND TOOK
MR. AVEDON INTO HIS OFFICE.

THANK YOU, MS. DOMINICK.
NOTHING FURTHER.

DO YOU NORMALLY WORK
AT 1:45 IN THE MORNING?
NO.

YOU JUST HAPPENED TO BE THERE
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
TO TAKE THIS CALL.

I WAS HELPING OUT.
I DO IT ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH.

AND HOW LONG
WAS YOUR SHIFT?
EIGHT HOURS.

FROM ABOUT MIDNIGHT
TO 8:00 A.M.

MAY I APPROACH THE WITNESS,
YOUR HONOR?

LET THE RECORD SHOW
I'M HANDING THE WITNESS
PEOPLE'S EXHIBIT NUMBER 43.

DO YOU RECOGNIZE IT,
MS. DOMINICK?

IT'S THE CLINIC PHONE LOG
FROM THAT NIGHT.

IN WHICH CALLS HAVE BEEN ENTERED
FROM 4:30 IN THE AFTERNOON
UNTIL 6:30 THE NEXT MORNING.

IS THAT CORRECT?
YES.

WHOSE HANDWRITING IS THIS?
MINE.

IF YOU STARTED AT MIDNIGHT,

WHY DID YOU MAKE ENTRIES
BEGINNING SEVEN AND A HALF
HOURS EARLIER?

[Chuckles]
I SPILLED COFFEE ON THE LOG.
IT WAS A MESS.

- I REWROTE IT.
- IS THAT THE USUAL PROCEDURE?

ANYTIME YOU SOIL A PAGE,
YOU REWRITE IT?

IT'S HAPPENED BEFORE.
HOW MANY TIMES?

I DON'T RECALL.
DO YOU HAVE
THE ORIGINAL LOG?

NO.
AND THAT WOULDN'T BE BECAUSE
YOU HAD TO GO BACK AND INSERT...

A CALL BY NEIL AVEDON
WHICH HE NEVER MADE,
WOULD IT?

NO, IT WOULD NOT.

NOW, THIS PHONE CALL, WHICH
YOU CLAIM OCCURRED AT 1:45.

HOW LONG DID IT LAST?

- TEN, FIFTEEN SECONDS.
- DURING WHICH TIME MR. AVEDON
IDENTIFIED HIMSELF.

IS THAT CORRECT?
YES.

IF I TOLD YOU
I WAS ROBERT REDFORD,
WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT?

LIKE I SAID,
I RECOGNIZED HIS VOICE.

DOES THAT MEAN YOU'VE SPOKEN
TO HIM OVER THE PHONE BEFORE?
YES.

HOW MANY TIMES?

- EIGHT OR NINE.
- FOR WHAT DURATION
ON EACH CALL?

TWENTY SECONDS,
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND HOW LONG HAVE YOU
BEEN EMPLOYED BY DR. LESTER?

- ABOUT A YEAR.
- SO THAT WOULD EQUAL A TOTAL
OF... THREE MINUTES.

- OVER A YEAR.
- OKAY.

CAN YOU IDENTIFY ALL
OF DR. LESTER'S PATIENTS
OVER THE PHONE?

NO.

THEN IS IT YOUR TESTIMONY THAT
EVEN THOUGH YOU CANNOT IDENTIFY
ALL OF DR. LESTER'S PATIENTS,

YOU WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY
NEIL AVEDON'S VOICE...

ON THE BASIS OF A TOTAL OF
THREE MINUTES' CONVERSATION
OVER A YEAR'S TIME?

YES.

THANK YOU.
[Pencil
Scratching]

NO MORE QUESTIONS.

[Door Opening]

WHERE ARE WE ON
THE H.I.V. RUMOR?

WORD FROM THE GROUND CREW IS,
CROSS'S JET LANDS...

AT SKY HARBOR AIRPORT IN
PHOENIX ABOUT ONCE A MONTH.

BUT... HE OWNS
DESERT INDUSTRIES.
COULD BE BUSINESS.

WHAT ABOUT
THE FREEDMAN CLINIC?

NO RECORD OF HIM.
BUT I CHECKED DAVIE
BLALOCK'S PHONE LOGS.

HE GOT FOUR CALLS
FROM A DONALD LOZEY
IN SCOTTSDALE.

THE ONLY ONE DAVIE
RETURNED WAS TWO DAYS
BEFORE HE GOT KILLED.

I CALLED LOZEY. HE WAS COY.
DIDN'T WANT TO SAY MUCH
ON THE PHONE.

MM. DID HE CONFIRM THE RUMOR?

THE WAY HE TELLS IT,
HIS SOURCE PEGS CROSS
AS A SICK MAN.

- AND HE CAN PROVE IT.
- WHICH HE'S WILLING TO DO OUT
OF THE GOODNESS OF HIS HEART.

PLUS A FIGURE TO BE
NEGOTIATED WITH YOU.

DOES THIS RUMOR FLY, RAY?

GIVEN CROSS'S LIFESTYLE...

HOOKERS, MULTIPLE PARTNERS,
GUYS, FOR ALL WE KNOW...

I WOULDN'T RULE IT OUT.

BRING LOZEY IN.
I WANT TO SEE HIM TOMORROW.

[Softly]
OKAY.

HEY!

HI.
HEY! HOW ARE YA?

HEY, UH, I'VE BEEN
THINKING ABOUT WHAT
I TOLD YOU LAST NIGHT.

WHAT?
THAT RUMOR ABOUT
RICHARD CROSS.

OH.
I SHOULDN'T HAVE, IT'S...
IT'S INTERNAL STUFF.

YOU HAVEN'T TOLD
ANYBODY, HAVE YOU?

WHY WOULD I TELL ANYONE?

I DON'T... I'M BEING...
AM I BEING PARANOID?

DON'T WORRY. OKAY?
[Laughing]
OKAY.

OKAY?
OKAY.

HMM.
DO YOU WANT TO GO
GET SOMETHING TO EAT?

MM, I CAN'T.
IT'S GONNA BE ANOTHER HOUR.
HOUR AND A HALF.

WELL, I'LL WAIT.
OKAY.

COME PICK ME UP AT HOME.
OKAY. SURE.

[Banging Head]

[Knocking On Door]
TED?

- WHAT IS IT, ARNOLD?
- ABOUT THAT CROSS RUMOR.

THE MORE I THINK
ABOUT IT, THE MORE I THINK
IT'S PROBABLY NOTHING.

IT MAY VERY WELL BE.
YEAH. I MEAN,
RICHARD CROSS, H.I.V...

IF WE WERE TO LISTEN
TO EVERY, YOU KNOW,
CRAZY RUMOR, IT'D BE, UH...

RAY VELACEK
WITH A MR. LOZEY
FROM SCOTTSDALE.

SCOTTSDALE?

DONALD LOZEY, THE SOURCE OF
THE RUMOR. RAY TRACKED HIM DOWN
THROUGH BLALOCK'S PHONE LOGS.

AND HE'S HERE?

I NEED TO TAKE THIS, ARNOLD.

HEY, NICE OFFICE.

A LOT BETTER THAN
THE COACH SECTION OF
THE PLANE I JUST GOT OFF OF.

- HOW DO YOU DO, MR. LOZEY?
- KNOW WHAT THEY SERVED
US, THE ENTIRE FLIGHT?

PEANUTS. NOT EVEN
HONEY-ROASTED ONES.
SALTED.

FIRST CLASS, ALMONDS.

RAY TELLS ME YOU
HAVE SOME INFORMATION
ON RICHARD CROSS?

THAT I DO.

TELL US ABOUT IT.

FIRST, LET ME SAY,
UNTIL WE COME TO SOME
KIND OF ARRANGEMENT,

THIS IS ALL
ON DEEP BACKGROUND.

UNDERSTOOD.

COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO,
I'M READING ABOUT THIS
GOLDILOCKS CASE.

THERE'S THIS PICTURE
OF RICHARD CROSS
IN THE PAPER.

FRIEND OF MINE SAYS,
"HEY, I KNOW THAT GUY."

I SAY, "RIGHT. YOU KNOW
SOMEONE WORTH $400 MILLION,

AND I'M HAVING OYSTERS
AT THE ROCKEFELLERS'."

[Suppressing Laughter]

HE SAYS, "NO, I'VE SEEN
HIM AT THE CLINIC."

THIS IS THE FREEDMAN CLINIC.
HE WORKS
NIGHT SECURITY THERE.

SAYS, FOR THE PAST YEAR,
HE'S SEEN THIS GUY,
CROSS, COME IN.

ALWAYS AT NIGHT.
ALWAYS THROUGH
THE REAR ENTRANCE.

HOW DOES HE KNOW RICHARD CROSS
IS BEING TREATED FOR H.I.V.?

THE DOCTOR HE SEES TREATS
ONLY AIDS PATIENTS.
DOESN'T TAKE SHERLOCK HOLMES.

MR. LOZEY, I CONTACTED
THE FREEDMAN CLINIC.

- THEY HAVE NO RECORD OF
A PATIENT NAMED RICHARD CROSS.
- BELIEVE ME.

A GUY LIKE THAT DOESN'T WANT
TO ADVERTISE. HE CHECKS IN
UNDER A FALSE NAME.

WHICH YOU WANT TO SELL TO US.

LET ME PAINT YOU
A PICTURE, MR. HOFFMAN.

THIS COSTELLO GIRL.

SHE'S INTO DRUGS, SEX...
SHE'S H.I.V. POSITIVE.

CROSS HAS SEX WITH HER.

GETS A BLOOD TEST.
FINDS OUT SHE'S INFECTED HIM.

WHAT'S HIS 400 MILLION
GONNA BUY HIM NOW?

A NICER CASKET?

HE FEELS DESPAIR,
THEN ANGER.

THEN A POWERFUL THIRST
FOR VENGEANCE.

HE GOES TO HER PLACE,
HE STRANGLES HER.

NOW HE'S LOOKIN' AT
SPENDING THE REST OF HIS
SHORT, SWEET LIFE IN PRISON.

SO HE FRAMES THIS AVEDON.
BIG FINISH. FADE TO BLACK.

AND... THE RETAIL VALUE
OF THIS WISDOM?

LET'S SAY... 25,000.

THAT INCLUDES THE NAME,
PLUS MY TESTIMONY.

- YOUR TESTIMONY TO WHAT?
- TO MY THEORY OF THE CASE.

LEAVE YOUR NUMBER
WITH MY SECRETARY, MR. LOZEY.
WE'LL BE IN TOUCH.

JUST DON'T TAKE FOREVER.
I COULD HAVE SHOPPED THIS
TO THE TABLOIDS,

BUT I CAME TO YOU,
MR. HOFFMAN.

YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED,
THE S.S. LOZEY SAILS.

[Door Slams]

WHAT A CITIZEN.

IT'S ALL HEARSAY.
A NAME WHICH MAY
OR MAY NOT CHECK OUT.

IF CROSS IS H.I.V.,
WE'LL NEVER PROVE IT BY HIM.

I'LL STAY ON IT.

[Woman]
WE WERE BEST FRIENDS
BACK IN MINNESOTA.

AFTER I MOVED TO L.A.,
I KEPT TELLING JESSICA
SHE HAD TO COME OUT HERE.

AND THEN, ONE DAY,
SHE JUST SHOWED UP.

SHE SAID SHE WAS
LIVING WITH HER SISTER
IN HOLLYWOOD.

HOW LONG AFTER THAT
DID SHE MEET NEIL AVEDON?

A COUPLE OF WEEKS. THIS WAS
BEFORE MY DRUG REHAB, SO
WE WERE BOTH PRETTY WILD.

WE'D CRASHED THIS PARTY
IN BEVERLY HILLS,
AND NEIL WAS THERE.

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE
THEIR RELATIONSHIP...
IN THE BEGINNING.

OH, JESSICA WAS
CRAZY ABOUT HIM.

I MEAN, RICKIE CAREW
FROM ALL FOR ONE?
WHO WOULDN'T BE?

- BUT THINGS CHANGED.
- NEIL STARTED ACTING
LIKE HE OWNED HER.

SHOWING UP AT
ALL HOURS, EXPECTING HER
TO DROP EVERYTHING.

IF SHE TOLD HIM SHE HAD
OTHER PLANS, HE'D BLOW UP.

IN WHAT WAY?

ONCE, WHEN SHE SAID
SHE WANTED TO BREAK UP
WITH HIM, HE HIT HER.

WAS THIS THE ONLY TIME
YOU EVER WITNESSED THE DEFENDANT
BEING VIOLENT TOWARD JESSICA?

THERE WAS ONE OTHER TIME.
AT THE VIPER ROOM,
THE WEEK BEFORE SHE DIED.

JESSICA WAS SHOWING OFF
THIS GOLD BRACELET
NEIL HAD GIVEN HER.

SHE GOES BACK TO THEIR TABLE
AND FINDS SOME GIRL THAT HE USED
TO GO OUT WITH ALL OVER HIM.

SHE ASKED HIM WHAT WAS GOING ON,
AND HE DIDN'T EVEN APOLOGIZE.

HE HIT HER,
RIGHT ACROSS THE FACE.

SO JESSICA JUST
THREW THE BRACELET AT HIM
AND STORMED OFF.

IS THIS THE BRACELET?

YEAH. THAT'S IT.

THE SAME BRACELET THAT WAS
FOUND IN JESSICA'S APARTMENT...

ON THE MORNING
OF SEPTEMBER 21?

OBJECTION. THIS WITNESS
HAS NO DIRECT KNOWLEDGE
OF THE CRIME SCENE.

WITHDRAWN, YOUR HONOR.
WE ASK THAT THIS BE MARKED
PEOPLE'S EXHIBIT 56.

SO ORDERED.

MS. SAVARD,
DID YOU HAVE AN OCCASION
TO ACCOMPANY JESSICA...

AND MR. AVEDON TO A SEX SHOP
IN WEST HOLLYWOOD CALLED,
"THE PLEASURE CHEST"?

- ONCE.
- WOULD YOU DESCRIBE
THE INCIDENT?

UM, NEIL WAS BUYING
ALL THESE SEX TOYS.

YOU KNOW, UM, FLAVORED JELLY,
A PAIR OF EDIBLE PANTIES,

AND HE HOLDS UP THESE
VELCRO WRIST RESTRAINTS
AND SAYS TO JESSICA,

"HOW ABOUT THESE?"
OBJECTION.

- HEARSAY.
- GOES TO THE DEFENDANT'S
MODUS OPERANDI, YOUR HONOR.

I'LL ALLOW IT,
FOR THAT LIMITED PURPOSE.

- PROCEED, MS. GRASSO.
- HOW DID JESSICA REACT?

- LIKE, NO WAY.
- MEANING, SHE WASN'T
INTERESTED.

OH, SHE HATED THE IDEA.
I MEAN, BEING TIED UP
WAS NOT HER THING.

SO WHAT DID MR. AVEDON DO?

- HE BOUGHT 'EM ANYWAY.
- EVEN THOUGH SHE INDICATED...

- SHE DID NOT WANT
TO BE TIED UP?
- YEAH.

ARE THESE SIMILAR
TO THE RESTRAINTS MR. AVEDON
PURCHASED THAT DAY?

OBJECTION. THERE'S NOTHING
IN THE POLICE REPORT
WHICH INDICATES...

THAT RESTRAINTS,
SUCH AS THESE, WERE USED IN
THE COMMISSION OF THIS CRIME.

SUSTAINED.

MS. SAVARD, I HAVE
JUST ONE MORE QUESTION.

WOULD YOU DESCRIBE
FOR US, JESSICA IN
THE LAST WEEK OF HER LIFE?

UP. REALLY UP.

SHE'D STARTED COMING
TO C.A. MEETINGS WITH ME.

SHE HAD A SPONSOR
AND EVERYTHING.

THAT'S WHAT'S SO SAD
ABOUT HER DYING.

SHE WAS FINALLY OVER NEIL.

SHE WAS FINALLY
GETTING HER LIFE TOGETHER.

THANK YOU
VERY MUCH, MS. SAVARD.
NOTHING FURTHER.

MR. HOFFMAN, GIVEN
THE HOUR, I THINK WE'LL
BREAK FOR LUNCH HERE.

COURT WILL RESUME
PROMPTLY AT 1:30.

I'M TELLING YOU.
THIS CHICK HAS IT IN FOR ME.

SHE WAS ALWAYS
TAGGING ALONG WITH US.

TRYING TO TURN
JESSICA AGAINST ME.

AND THAT VIPER ROOM THING?

JESSICA HIT ME FIRST.
ALL I DID WAS REACT.

I BELIEVE YOU, NEIL.

PROBLEM IS,
THE JURY BELIEVES HER.

SEE THE WAY ANTONELLI
WAS LEANING FORWARD WHEN GRASSO
HELD UP THOSE RESTRAINTS?

- SCARY.
- SHE BURIED ME IN THERE, TEDDY.

WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN
OUR ROUNDS IN YET.

SHE'S PRETTY
SYMPATHETIC, TED.

WE HURT THIS GIRL,
THE JURY COULD TURN ON US.

IT'S A CHANCE WE GOTTA TAKE.

MS. SAVARD, YOU STATED
IN YOUR DIRECT TESTIMONY...

THAT YOU MOVED TO LOS ANGELES
BEFORE JESSICA.

DID YOU MAKE THAT MOVE
WITH YOUR FAMILY?

- I RAN AWAY FROM HOME.
- AND WHAT DID YOU DO
FOR A LIVING...

AFTER YOU ARRIVED HERE?

ODD JOBS.
I TRIED SOME ACTING.

ANY SUCCESS?

- I HAD A FEW AUDITIONS.
- AND HOW MANY OF THOSE
AUDITIONS RESULTED IN WORK?

NONE.

- DID YOU GET AN AGENT?
- ONE OR TWO WERE INTERESTED.

NO.

AFTER FAILING IN YOUR ATTEMPTS
TO BECOME AN ACTRESS,

YOU TRIED TO BECOME
A MODEL, DIDN'T YOU?

- YEAH.
- WERE YOU ABLE TO FIND WORK
IN THAT FIELD?

NO.

WHEN JESSICA MOVED OUT HERE,
DID YOU MAKE IT A POINT
TO SHOW HER AROUND L.A.,

TO HELP HER DISCOVER
WHICH WERE THE BEST PARTIES,
THE BEST CLUBS?

- YEAH, SURE.
- AND IT WASN'T
TOO LONG AFTER THAT...

THAT SHE MET
NEIL AVEDON, CORRECT?

- A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
- HOW DID THAT MAKE YOU FEEL?

HERE YOU WERE
IN L.A. FIRST, AND...

JESSICA WAS THE ONE
WHO LANDED A BIG TV STAR.

[Scoffs]
I WAS HAPPY FOR HER.

AND A LITTLE...
ATTRACTED TO NEIL YOURSELF?

NO!
MS. SAVARD, DO YOU RECALL...

- NEIL'S LAST BIRTHDAY?
- OBJECTION. YOUR HONOR, WHAT
IS THE RELEVANCE OF THIS?

IT GOES TO THE WITNESS'S
MOTIVE IN TESTIFYING
AGAINST MR. AVEDON, JUDGE.

I'LL ALLOW IT.
MS. SAVARD, YOU MAY ANSWER.

DO I RECALL
HIS LAST BIRTHDAY?
NOT REALLY.

DO YOU REMEMBER SHOWING UP
AT HIS TRAILER...

AT THE STUDIO
WHERE HE WAS WORKING?

- I GUESS SO.
- AND HOW WERE YOU DRESSED?

I HAD ON A RAINCOAT.

AND UNDERNEATH THE RAINCOAT,
WHAT WERE YOU WEARING?

[Sighs]
UM, NOTHING.

BUT YOU HAD SOMETHING
ATTACHED TO YOUR WRIST,
DIDN'T YOU?

SOME BALLOONS, THAT SAID,
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NEIL."

WOULD I BE CORRECT IN ASSUMING
THAT YOU WERE OFFERING
TO HAVE SEX WITH MR. AVEDON?

- [Sighs]
- IS THAT A YES?

UH, YES.
[Sniffs]

DID HE ACCEPT YOUR OFFER?

NO.

SO YOU WERE UNABLE
TO BECOME AN ACTRESS,

YOU FAILED AS A MODEL,
AND THEN YOUR BEST FRIEND'S
BOYFRIEND TURNED YOU DOWN...

WHEN YOU OFFERED
YOURSELF TO HIM.

WAS ALL THAT REJECTION
DIFFICULT FOR YOU?

[Scoffs]
YOU'RE TWISTING EVERYTHING.

MS. SAVARD, WHEN YOU LOOK
AT NEIL AVEDON, DOESN'T
HE REPRESENT THE PAIN...

OF ALL THOSE FAILURES?

ISN'T THAT THE REAL
REASON YOU'RE TESTIFYING
AGAINST HIM HERE TODAY?

- NO!
- YOUR HONOR.

YOU'RE MAKING ME OUT TO BE
A LIAR! YOU'RE MAKING ME
OUT TO BE A TERRIBLE PERSON!

I DIDN'T LIKE NEIL BECAUSE
HE WAS MEAN TO JESSICA,
AND I WAS HER FRIEND!

HE WASN'T HER FRIEND;
I WAS HER FRIEND.

[Quiet Sobbing, Sniffling]

THERE YOU ARE.

THANK YOU.

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU?
UH, YES.

GRASSO TOOK US TO THE WOODSHED
ON TALKING OUT OF SCHOOL TODAY.

A MAN NAMED DONALD LOZEY
CAME TO HER OFFICE AND SAID
THAT HOFFMAN & ASSOCIATES...

HAD FLOWN HIM TO L.A.
TO DISCUSS RICHARD CROSS
BEING H.I.V. POSITIVE.

OH, THAT.
YES, THAT, ARNOLD.

YOU NOT ONLY BETRAYED
MY CONFIDENCE, YOU LIED TO ME
WHEN I ASKED YOU ABOUT IT.

OR AS I NOW REMEMBER IT,
YOU WEASELED...

OUT OF DIRECTLY ANSWERING ME.

STRICTLY SPEAKING, YEAH.

"STRICTLY SPEAKING"?
CHERYL,

YOU'RE UPSET, AND
YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE.

SO LET'S HAVE DINNER,
AND I'LL EXPLAIN
THE TOTAL LACK OF MALICE...

I HAVE A BETTER IDEA, ARNOLD.
WHY DON'T YOU TAKE A FLYING
LEAP OFF THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN?

HMM.

YOU'RE MAKING ME OUT TO BE
A LIAR! YOU'RE MAKING ME OUT
TO BE THIS TERRIBLE PERSON!

I DIDN'T LIKE NEIL BECAUSE
HE WAS MEAN TO JESSICA,

AND I WAS HER FRIEND!

HE WASN'T HER FRIEND;
I WAS HER FRIEND.

[Crowley] THAT WAS
KIMBERLY SAVARD, FALLING APART
ON THE STAND THIS AFTERNOON...

UNDER THE STEADY,
DEVASTATING CROSS-EXAMINA...

HOW'D IT GO TODAY?
YOU TELL ME.

SORRY I MISSED IT.
I HAD TO GET LIZZIE
REGISTERED FOR GYMNASTICS.

THEN RUTH SUSSKIND CALLED
TO SAY HER CAR BROKE DOWN.

I SPENT THE AFTERNOON
CHAUFFEURING HER KIDS AROUND.

[Phone Ringing]

[Clock Chiming]

[Ringing]
HELLO?

HI, ARNOLD. JUST A MINUTE.
I'M GONNA TAKE THIS UPSTAIRS.

YEAH. MM-HMM.

YOUR HONOR, WE'RE CALLING
MR. CROSS TO THE STAND
FOR ONLY ONE PURPOSE.

TO ESTABLISH THE TIME
OF JESSICA COSTELLO'S DEATH.

IT'S THE CORNERSTONE
OF THE PEOPLE'S CASE.

AND AS SUCH, IT'S ESSENTIAL
THAT WE LAY OUT THAT CASE...

WITHOUT DEFENSE ATTEMPTING
TO OBFUSCATE MATTERS.

FOR THIS REASON, WE'RE ASKING
THE COURT TO LIMIT THE SCOPE...

OF MR. HOFFMAN'S
CROSS-EXAMINATION...

TO THE EVENTS OF
SEPTEMBER 20 AND 21,

MR. SPIVAK?

YOUR HONOR, CLARENCE DARROW
ONCE CALLED...

THE RIGHT TO CROSS-EXAMINE
"THE GREAT ENGINE OF TRUTH."

IN FILING THIS MOTION,
MS. GRASSO IS MAKING A NAKED
ATTEMPT TO LIMIT MR. AVEDON'S...

RIGHTS AS LAID OUT
IN THE SIXTH AMENDMENT.

FURTHER, AS THE COURT
IS NO DOUBT AWARE, MR. CROSS
WAS ARRESTED FOR THIS CRIME...

PRIOR TO MR. AVEDON AND LIED
TO POLICE WHEN QUESTIONED.

ANY LIMITATION OF THE DEFENSE'S
RIGHT TO EXPOSE...

HIS LACK OF CREDIBILITY
WOULD BE A FURTHER ABROGATION
OF MR. AVEDON'S RIGHTS.

DON'T YOU STILL HAVE
THE RIGHT TO CALL MR. CROSS
IN YOUR OWN CASE?

YOU CAN'T UNRING
A BELL WEEKS AFTER
IT'S BEEN RUNG, YOUR HONOR.

THE JURY WILL HEAR THIS MAN.
GOD FORBID, THEY MAY
EVEN BELIEVE HIM.

IT'S IMPERATIVE
THAT THEY UNDERSTAND
HIS MOTIVES IN TESTIFYING.

IN CONCLUSION...
LET ME CONCLUDE FOR YOU,
MR. SPIVAK.

NOTWITHSTANDING HIS ARREST
AND RELEASE IN THIS CASE,

IF YOU WANT TO ASK HIM IF
HE KILLED PRESIDENT KENNEDY,

IF YOU WANT TO ASK HIM
IF HE WAS IN OKLAHOMA CITY
ON THE DAY OF THE BOMBING,

EXAMINE THOSE ISSUES
DURING YOUR OWN CASE,
NOT THE PEOPLE'S.

MOTION GRANTED.

MR. CROSS, AT 1:20
ON THE MORNING OF
SEPTEMBER 21 OF LAST YEAR,

DID YOU RECEIVE A PHONE CALL
FROM THE VICTIM IN THIS CASE,
JESSICA COSTELLO?

YES, I DID.
HOW DID SHE SEEM TO YOU?

AGITATED. FRIGHTENED.

WHAT, IF ANYTHING,
AFTER RECEIVING THAT
CALL, DID YOU DO?

I DROVE TO HER APARTMENT.
I ENTERED.

I FOUND HER NAKED.
TIED TO THE BED.

SHE WAS DEAD.

- DID YOU NOTICE THE TIME?
- BY MY WATCH, IT WAS 2:00.

THANK YOU, SIR.
NOTHING FURTHER.

MR. CROSS. PRIOR TO RECEIVING
THE CALL YOU JUST DESCRIBED,

HOW DID YOU KNOW
JESSICA COSTELLO?

I HAVE A RELATIONSHIP
WITH HER OLDER SISTER, JULIE.

A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP?

YES.
HOW ABOUT JESSICA?

DID YOU HAVE A SEXUAL
RELATIONSHIP WITH HER?

- OBJECTION. OUTSIDE THE SCOPE.
- SUSTAINED.

NO, MR. HOFFMAN, I DID NOT
HAVE A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP
WITH JESSICA COSTELLO.

MR. CROSS, WHEN I SUSTAIN
AN OBJECTION, THAT MEANS
YOU DO NOT ANSWER.

MY APOLOGIES, YOUR HONOR.
STRIKE THE LAST REMARK.

THE JURY WILL DISREGARD IT.
PROCEED, MR. HOFFMAN.

MR. CROSS, DID YOU EVER
PROVIDE JESSICA COSTELLO
WITH DRUGS?

OBJECTION!
OUTSIDE THE SCOPE!
SUSTAINED.

- DID YOU EVER
TAKE DRUGS WITH HER?
- SAME OBJECTION.

SUSTAINED. MR. HOFFMAN,
DON'T PUSH ME ON THIS.

I'M SORRY, YOUR HONOR.
NOW YOU STATED THAT
JESSICA COSTELLO...

CALLED YOU AT
APPROXIMATELY 1:20,
IS THAT CORRECT?

YES.
AND YOU ARRIVED AT
HER APARTMENT WHEN?

AS I TESTIFIED,
MR. HOFFMAN, 2:00.

BY MY WATCH,
THAT'S 40 MINUTES.

WHERE WERE YOU?
AT A CLUB, DOWNTOWN.

AND IT TOOK YOU
40 MINUTES TO REACH
HOLLYWOOD, AT THAT HOUR?

YOU'RE ASSUMING THAT
I LEFT IMMEDIATELY. I DIDN'T.

WHY NOT?
MY CAR WAS VALET-PARKED.

I HAD TO WAIT FOR THEM
TO DRIVE IT AROUND.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

YOU JUST DESCRIBED
MS. COSTELLO AS BEING
FRIGHTENED, AGITATED.

THIS DIDN'T SUGGEST TO YOU
A CERTAIN URGENCY?

WELL, THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST
PHONE CALL LIKE THIS THAT
I HAD RECEIVED FROM HER.

- I THOUGHT SHE WAS EXAGGERATING.
- PRESUMABLY THIS CHANGED
AFTER YOU FOUND HER BODY.

OF COURSE.

ARE YOU SURE YOU
DIDN'T ARRIVE EARLIER?

SAY, 1:40?

[Voice Echoing]
I ARRIVED AT 2:00.

AND YOU'RE TELLING US
THE TRUTH.

YES.
WELL,
WHENEVER YOU ARRIVED,

AFTER FINDING MS. COSTELLO
DEAD, DID YOU CALL THE POLICE?

NO, MR. HOFFMAN, I DIDN'T.

YOU FOUND
A 15-YEAR-OLD DEAD GIRL,

NAKED, TIED TO A BED,
THE SISTER OF A CLOSE FRIEND,

AND YET IT NEVER OCCURRED TO YOU
TO CONTACT THE AUTHORITIES?

I WAS WITH A YOUNG WOMAN.
I DID NOT WANT TO INVOLVE HER.

WHY IS THAT?

IT WAS A SITUATION
WITH A JEALOUS HUSBAND.

IN RETROSPECT,
I EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT.

SOME MIGHT CALL IT
CRIMINAL NEGLECT.

OBJECTION!
MR. HOFFMAN,
YOU'VE BEEN WARNED.

WITHDRAWN.

ALL RIGHT, MR. CROSS.
YOU FOUND THIS GIRL DEAD, AND
YOU NEVER CALLED THE POLICE.

DID YOU CALL ANYONE ELSE?
NO.

ARE YOU CERTAIN
YOU DIDN'T PLACE A CALL
TO ZEPHYR HOUSE AT 1:45?

A CALL DR. LESTER'S NURSE
HAS PREVIOUSLY...

ATTRIBUTED TO NEIL AVEDON?

I'M QUITE CERTAIN.

AND ARE YOU EQUALLY
CERTAIN THAT YOU AREN'T
JESSICA COSTELLO'S KILLER?

I'M POSITIVE, MR. HOFFMAN.

[Knocking]

IF YOU'RE DETECTING A LITTLE
EAU DE BRIMSTONE IN THE AIR,
IT'S RICHARD CROSS.

BLOODY,
BUT UNBOWED, TEDDY.

I'M GLAD, RICHARD.
NOT THAT I DIDN'T THINK
YOU'D COME AFTER ME.

YOU WARNED ME AS MUCH
WHEN YOU TOOK ON NEIL'S CASE.

AND IF I'VE HELPED THE CAUSE,
I'M MORE THAN HAPPY.

BUT WHAT DISAPPOINTS ME,
TEDDY,

IS TO HEAR THAT
YOU'VE BEEN SPREADING
AN UGLY RUMOR ABOUT ME.

I WASN'T AWARE THAT I WAS.

DO YOU KNOW HOW THIS WHOLE
H.I.V. THING GOT STARTED?

TWO YEARS AGO, I PUT IN
A BID FOR CRESCENT ELECTRONICS.

AND AS THEY USUALLY
DO IN THESE MATTERS,
THINGS GOT UGLY.

TO DRIVE ME
OUT OF THE BIDDING,

MY COMPETITORS DECIDED
TO SPREAD A RUMOR THAT
I WAS T-CELL DEFICIENT.

IT WAS NONSENSE, OF COURSE.

BUT MY BACKERS
GOT SO NERVOUS THAT
I HAD TO GET TESTED.

MY DOCTOR STILL HAS
THE RESULTS, IF...
YOU'RE INTERESTED.

- THAT WON'T BE NECESSARY.
- GOOD. GOOD.

BECAUSE IF ANYBODY
KNOWS HOW HARMFUL...

UNFOUNDED ALLEGATIONS
CAN BE, IT'S YOU, TEDDY.

HOW'S LIZZIE?

RECOVERING.

EXCELLENT. I WOULD HATE TO THINK
THAT THAT INCIDENT WOULD
HAVE ANY PERMANENT EFFECT.

THERE'S NOTHING MORE PRECIOUS
THAN A CHILD'S INNOCENCE.

IF THERE'S
NOTHING ELSE, RICHARD.

OF COURSE. OF COURSE.

THE GREAT ONES NEVER REST.
RIGHT, TEDDY?

GOOD NIGHT.

WHAT DID CROSS WANT?
TO DENY THAT
HE'S H.I.V. POSITIVE.

AND TO ACCUSE ME
OF SPREADING THE RUMOR.

- HOW'D HE KNOW WE WERE
LOOKING INTO THAT?
- BEST GUESS?

HE'S GOT A MOLE
IN THE D.A.'s OFFICE.

MEANING THE RUMOR'S TRUE,
OR IT ISN'T?

AFTER LOZEY,
I WAS PREPARED TO SAY NO.

BUT WHEN RICHARD CROSS
TELLS ME THERE'S NO SMOKE,

I LOOK FOR FIRE.

"O." G-R-O-U-N-D.

I THINK
HE'LL LIKE THAT ONE.

DADDY!
HOW'S MY GIRL?

MOMMY SAYS I CAN GET
A HAMSTER, BUT I HAVE
TO ASK YOU FIRST.

A HAMSTER?

SURE. WE'LL GO TO
THE STORE ON SATURDAY,
SWEETHEART.

I'M GONNA CALL BECKY MEYERS.
ALL SHE HAS IS A BOX TURTLE.

ALL SHE'S BEEN THROUGH,
I FIGURED, AHH...

I TALKED TO MIRIAM
AFTER COURT TODAY.

SHE SAID WE SHOULD GET
LIZZIE READY...

FOR THE PRELIMINARY
HEARING.

[Sighs] ANNIE, I DON'T
WANT HER TO GO THROUGH
THIS ANY MORE THAN YOU DO.

BUT UNLESS SHE TESTIFIES...

THIS WOMAN WHO TOOK HER
WILL GO FREE.

WILL SHE GO TO JAIL
IF LIZZIE DOES TESTIFY?

I DON'T KNOW.
NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

ANNIE, WE CAN PREPARE HER.

AND MIRIAM WILL DO
EVERYTHING SHE CAN
TO... PROTECT HER.

THE WAY SHE PROTECTED
THAT GIRL FROM YOU YESTERDAY?

I THOUGHT
YOU MISSED THAT.
NO.

I SAW IT. I DIDN'T WANT
TO TELL YOU, BUT I SAW IT.

BRUTAL AS IT WAS,
I SAW IT.

AND I WILL NOT LET
SOME DEFENSE ATTORNEY
DO THAT TO LIZZIE.

OUR DAUGHTER CAN'T BE
CROSS-EXAMINED ON HER...

FAILED ATTEMPTS TO
HAND-DELIVER HERSELF
TO NEIL AVEDON.

SO THEY'LL ASK HER
HOW MANY COOKIES SHE STOLE
IN KINDERGARTEN,

WHETHER SHE EVER
CHEATED AT DODGEBALL,

AND THEY WON'T STOP UNTIL
THEY'VE BROKEN HER DOWN, JUST
THE WAY YOU DID WITH THAT GIRL.

ANNIE. LISTEN TO ME.
NO! YOU LISTEN TO ME.

I DON'T CARE
IF THIS WOMAN GOES FREE.

LIZZIE'S NOT GOING
ANYWHERE NEAR A COURTROOM.

NOT AS LONG AS
I CAN DRAW A BREATH.