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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.