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I HAVE INFORMATION RICHARD CROSS IS INNOCENT.

[Announcer] THE ALIBI.

I WAS WITH HIM LAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHEN HE WENT TO THAT GIRL'S APARTMENT.

MR. CROSS HASN'T SAID ANYONE WAS WITH HIM AT THE CRIME SCENE.

MY HUSBAND'S A VERY VIOLENT MAN, MR. HOFFMAN.

HE SAID HE'D KILL ME IF I EVER SAW HIM AGAIN.

[Announcer] THE PROSECUTION'S EXHIBIT "A."

YOU COULD LOOK AT THIS. THE LAST TIME WE WERE TOGETHER,

NEIL AVEDON... STRANGLING ME.

[Groans] STOP!

A HUNDRED THOUSAND PUTS THIS IN YOUR PRIVATE COLLECTION.

DO WE HAVE A DEAL, MR. HOFFMAN?

- NO. - SO, THEN THE TAPE GOES TO THE TABLOIDS.

[Announcer] NEIL AVEDON'S PSYCHIATRIST, GRAHAM LESTER.

WHATEVER NEIL AVEDON MAY HAVE SAID TO HIS PSYCHIATRIST THE NIGHT IN QUESTION...

FALLS UNDER THE DOCTOR-PATIENT PRIVILEGE.

[Judge Bornstein] DR. LESTER'S NOTES AND RECORDS ON MR. AVEDON ARE PROTECTED...

ALONG WITH ANY TESTIMONY THE DOCTOR HIMSELF...

MAY MAKE GOING TO THE SUBSTANCE OF HIS MEETING WITH MR. AVEDON.

NEIL CONFESSED TO KILLING JESSICA.

I'LL ROT IN JAIL BEFORE I'LL TESTIFY TO ANY OF THIS, MR. HOFFMAN.

BUT MY LIPS TO GOD'S EARS, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.

[Announcer] RICHARD CROSS TAKES THE WITNESS STAND.

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 EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT.

SOME MIGHT CALL IT CRIMINAL NEGLECT.

LIZZIE'S ALL TUCKED IN. IT'S JUST YOU AND ME.

AT LAST. [Phone Ringing]

THE MACHINE WILL GET IT. A LITTLE CHILLY IN HERE. HOW 'BOUT I BUILD A FIRE?

OKAY. TED? [Answering Machine Beeps]

[On Answering Machine] TED, IT'S RAY VELACEK.

IF YOU'RE THERE, TED, PICK UP. TED, ARE YOU THERE?

RAY. GOOD.

I'LL MEET YOU IN 20 MINUTES.

OH, TED. I'M SORRY, HONEY.

RAY'S BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS WOMAN SINCE DAVIE DIED.

SHE MAY KNOW WHO KILLED HIM.

I'LL TRY NOT TO BE TOO LONG.

[Woman] FREDDY HAD A STABLE OF, LIKE, 12 GIRLS.

I WAS ONE OF THEM, UNTIL HE FELL IN LOVE WITH ME.

THE WOMAN IS BEVERLY NICHOLS. SHE WAS FREDDY'S BEST EARNER.

GUY IN BED WITH HER? THAT'S HER HUSBAND, JAKE.

A REAL CREEP. DO ANYTHING FOR A BUCK.

AND I GUESS YOU KNOW RICHARD CROSS.

- DO YOU KNOW HIM? - NOT PERSONALLY.

MR. CROSS USED TO COME TO FREDDY FOR GIRLS... OBVIOUSLY.

FREDDY TAPED IMPORTANT MEN IN THE ACT FOR INSURANCE.

DID FREDDY TRY TO BLACKMAIL CROSS WITH THIS TAPE?

NO. HE KNEW BETTER.

FIGURED HE'D LIVE LONGER IF HE WENT TO YOU, THROUGH DAVE BLALOCK.

YEAH. BUT THINGS DIDN'T WORK OUT.

FREDDY LEFT SABRINA THIS COPY OF THE TAPE FOR SAFEKEEPING.

WHEN SHE SAW RICHARD CROSS TESTIFY ON TV LAST WEEK, SHE REALIZED WHY.

ALL THAT CRAP ABOUT CROSS NOT TELLING THE POLICE...

HE WAS OUT WITH BEVERLY WHEN THAT COSTELLO GIRL WAS KILLED,

SAYING BEVERLY'S HUSBAND WOULD GET JEALOUS.

AND I WAS HOLDING THIS TAPE?

[Sighs] GET REAL.

WHY DIDN'T YOU COME FORWARD SOONER? I WAS SCARED.

I SAW WHAT THEY DID TO FREDDY.

BUT THEN, YOU KNOW,

I RAN OUT OF MONEY, I GOT NO PLACE TO STAY, AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE FOLLOWING ME.

WE'LL GET YOU A PLACE TO STAY. YOU'LL HAVE 24-HOUR SECURITY.

WE'LL KEEP IN CONSTANT TOUCH.

AND THIS'LL TIDE YOU OVER ON EXPENSES.

THANK YOU.

- CAN I USE YOUR LADIES' ROOM? - SURE. DOWN THE HALL ON YOUR RIGHT.

THANKS.

THIS TAPE PRETTY WELL KILLS RICHARD CROSS'S ALIBI.

NOT TO MENTION, IT PRETTY WELL KILLED DAVIE BLALOCK.

[Lisa] IT'S TOO BAD WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS WHEN RICHARD CROSS WAS ON THE STAND LAST WEEK.

WOULD'VE MADE FOR ONE HELL OF A CROSS-EXAMINATION.

THAT SON OF A BITCH.

ALL THIS TIME HE'S PUTTING UP MY BAIL, PRETENDING TO BE MY FRIEND,

AND HE'S SETTIN' ME UP TO SWING FOR HIM.

I OUGHTA KILL HIM. NEIL!

DON'T YOU SAY ANYTHING LIKE THAT EVER AGAIN. DO YOU UNDERSTAND?

COME ON, TEDDY. I DIDN'T MEAN IT LITERALLY.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND?

YES. I'M SORRY.

TED, ANY CHANCE WE CAN WORK THIS TAPE INTO OUR CROSS-EXAMINATION OF POLSON TODAY?

[Hoffman] I'LL GIVE IT MY BEST SHOT. GOOD MORNING. SABRINA'S ALL SET.

NO PROBLEMS. AND I SERVED BEVERLY NICHOLS'S SUBPOENA. SHE WAS THRILLED.

I CAN IMAGINE. ARNOLD, HAVE YOU STARTED PREPPING JULIE COSTELLO TO TESTIFY?

SHE'S COMING IN TODAY. MIND YOUR P's AND Q's.

ASSUME ANYTHING YOU SAY GOES BACK TO RICHARD CROSS.

JULIE COSTELLO'S TESTIFYING FOR ME?

SHE'LL VERIFY YOU WEREN'T PHYSICALLY ABUSIVE TO HER SISTER WHEN THEY LIVED TOGETHER.

AFTER THE TAPE OF YOU AND MELISSA GRIOTTE RUNS TODAY,

WE NEED ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET.

SHOW TIME'S 10:00 A.M. AND NEIL,

STARE STRAIGHT AHEAD WHEN THEY RUN IT.

NO GUILT, NO REMORSE. JURY'LL BE WATCHING.

OKAY.

[Moaning]

[Groaning, Crying Out]

IT'S OKAY. NEIL, DON'T.

SHH. DON'T!

IT'S OKAY. IT'S ALL RIGHT.

DON'T! SHH!

TRUST ME. [Groaning]

[Groans] STOP IT.

STOP.

STOP.

MS. GRIOTTE, ARE YOU THE WOMAN ON THAT TAPE?

YES. WHO'S THE MAN?

NEIL AVEDON, THE DEFENDANT. WHAT WERE THE CIRCUMSTANCES...

LEADING UP TO WHAT WE SAW ON THAT TAPE?

NEIL AND I HAD BEEN DATING ON AND OFF FOR ABOUT A YEAR.

UM, WE'D HAD A DATE THAT EVENING, AND THIS WAS AFTER DINNER AND A SHOW.

WAS THIS THE FIRST TIME THE DEFENDANT CHOKED YOU DURING SEX?

NO. HE'D DONE IT ABOUT THREE OR FOUR TIMES BEFORE THIS.

HE BELIEVED THAT IT HEIGHTENED MY SEXUAL SATISFACTION.

- DID IT? - NO. BUT I THINK IT HEIGHTENED HIS.

OBJECTION. UNRESPONSIVE. MOVE TO STRIKE.

SUSTAINED. STRIKE THE WITNESS'S ANSWER AFTER "NO."

THE JURY WILL DISREGARD.

[Grasso] MS. GRIOTTE, UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES,

WHY DID YOU CONTINUE YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DEFENDANT?

BECAUSE I LOVED HIM.

WHEN NEIL WAS HIMSELF, HE COULD BE THE SWEETEST GUY IN THE WORLD.

AND WHEN HE WAS NOT HIMSELF?

- OBJECTION. LEADING THE WITNESS. - I'LL ALLOW IT.

[Melissa] IF NEIL DRANK OR DID COKE,

HE WAS DIFFERENT, DANGEROUS.

IN WHAT WAY DANGEROUS? HE WOULD BECOME VIOLENT.

IT WAS HARD TO GET HIM TO HEAR YOU THEN,

LIKE THERE WAS A ROAR IN HIS HEAD.

THOSE TIMES, HE WAS GONNA DO WHAT HE WAS GONNA DO.

OBJECTION. MOVE TO STRIKE. THE WITNESS IS SPECULATING.

SHE'S NOT QUALIFIED TO TESTIFY TO MR. AVEDON'S MENTAL STATE.

[Grasso] THE WITNESS IS LEGITIMATELY RELATING HER EXPERIENCE.

OVERRULED. PROCEED, MS. GRASSO.

WAS THE NIGHT THIS TAPE WAS MADE ONE OF THOSE INSTANCES...

WHERE THE DEFENDANT WAS DANGEROUS?

YES. HE'D DONE A LOT OF COKE,

AND HE INSISTED ON HAVING SEX AND VIDEOTAPING IT FOR HIS COLLECTION.

I DIDN'T WANT TO SET HIM OFF, SO I WENT ALONG.

WHEN HE SAID HE WANTED TO CHOKE ME,

I MADE HIM PROMISE TO GO EASY.

DID HE KEEP HIS PROMISE? NO, HE DIDN'T.

I THINK THAT'S PRETTY CLEAR FROM THE VIDEOTAPE.

WHY DOES THE TAPE END WHERE IT ENDS? IT WAS CLOSE TO THE END.

I GUESS HE JUST DIDN'T REALIZE HOW CLOSE IT WAS.

[Grasso] AND WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE TAPE ENDED?

[Melissa] NEIL GOT UP AND PUT ON HIS CLOTHES, AND HE LEFT.

MS. GRIOTTE, DID YOU CONTINUE TO SEE THE DEFENDANT AFTER THE NIGHT THIS TAPE WAS MADE?

[Sighs] NO.

WHY NOT? UP UNTIL THEN,

I THOUGHT THAT NEIL CARED ABOUT ME TOO MUCH TO EVER REALLY HURT ME.

BUT I KNEW THAT IF HE HAD CHOKED ME FOR ONE MORE MINUTE THAT NIGHT,

HE WOULD'VE KILLED ME.

OBJECTION. THE WITNESS IS SPECULATING.

THE WITNESS IS RELATING A PRESENT-SENSE IMPRESSION, YOUR HONOR.

OVERRULED. THE STATEMENT STANDS.

THANK YOU, MS. GRIOTTE. I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER.

[Judge Bornstein] MR. HOFFMAN?

YOU MAKE YOUR LIVING AS AN ACTRESS, IS THAT RIGHT?

YES. BUT I WASN'T ACTING ON THAT TAPE.

I DIDN'T ASK YOU IF YOU WERE ACTING ON THE TAPE, DID I?

NO.

[Hoffman] YOU TESTIFIED ON DIRECT EXAMINATION THAT MR. AVEDON...

ASKED YOU TO MAKE THE TAPE FOR HIM, IS THAT RIGHT? HE DID.

THEN HOW DID THE TAPE END UP IN YOUR POSSESSION, NOT HIS?

I DON'T KNOW. HE MUST... HE MUST HAVE FORGOTTEN IT.

HE SPENT THE TIME AND EFFORT TO VIDEOTAPE HIMSELF IN BED...

WITH AN ACTRESS HAVING VERY DRAMATIC SEX, ALLEGEDLY FOR HIS OWN VIEWING,

AND THEN HE FORGOT TO TAKE IT WITH HIM?

- OBJECTION. ARGUMENTATIVE. - SUSTAINED. MOVE ON, MR. HOFFMAN.

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO MY OFFICE IN CENTURY CITY?

YES. AFTER I SAW NEIL...

ON THE NEWS ABOUT THE GOLDILOCKS MURDER, I BROUGHT YOU THIS TAPE.

DID YOU OFFER TO SELL ME THIS VERY TAPE FOR $100,000?

NO.

I CAME TO YOU FOR ADVICE.

I DIDN'T WANT TO HURT NEIL,

BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO COVER UP FOR HIM IF HE'D DONE ANYTHING WRONG EITHER.

[Hoffman] ISN'T IT TRUE YOU TOLD ME THAT IF I DIDN'T BUY THE TAPE,

YOU WOULD SELL IT TO THE TABLOIDS?

THE ONLY THING I ASKED YOU FOR WAS ADVICE.

I WASN'T SURE IF I COULD GET IN TROUBLE FOR HAVING THE TAPE...

AND NOT GIVING IT TO THE POLICE.

AS I REMEMBER, YOU SENT ME AWAY.

MS. GRIOTTE, DID YOU SUBSEQUENTLY SELL THIS TAPE?

- YES. - TO A TABLOID TELEVISION SHOW?

[Sighs] YES.

FOR HOW MUCH MONEY?

ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

WHAT A COINCIDENCE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NOTHING FURTHER.

DID YOU CONTACT THE TABLOID SHOW, OR DID THEY CONTACT YOU?

THEY CALLED ME.

DID YOU ASK FOR MONEY FOR THE VIDEO? NO. THEY OFFERED IT.

MAYBE I SHOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN THE MONEY,

BUT I NEEDED IT, AND I DIDN'T SEE ANY HARM.

WERE YOU ACTING ON THAT TAPE?

NO, I WAS NOT.

WAS NEIL AVEDON STRANGLING YOU?

YES. WERE YOU FRIGHTENED FOR YOUR LIFE?

YES. TERRIFIED.

OOH. YOU SEE THAT?

UH, CALL YOUR TRAINER.

TELL HER YOU'RE GONNA BE LATE. THIS IS GONNA BE A LOT MORE THAN AN HOUR.

WHY? THAT WOMAN'S OBVIOUSLY SELLING A STORY. I'M NOT.

YOU'RE THE SISTER OF A MURDER VICTIM TESTIFYING ON BEHALF OF THE DEFENDANT.

THE PROSECUTION'S GONNA GO AFTER YOU. YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED.

I'VE BEEN IN COURT BEFORE. I KNOW HOW TO KEEP MY COOL.

THIS IS A MURDER CASE, JULIE, WITH VERY HIGH STAKES. IT'S HARDBALL.

IF YOU ARE NOT THOROUGHLY PREPARED ON YOUR RESPONSES,

THESE ATTORNEYS... THEY'LL TEAR YOU TO SHREDS.

ARE YOU INCLUDING TED?

TED WILL HAVE TO ASK YOU UNCOMFORTABLE QUESTIONS TOO. YES.

- QUESTIONS ABOUT RICHARD? - MAYBE.

THAT MAKES ME NERVOUS. RICHARD ONLY LET ME DO THIS TO CLEAR NEIL'S NAME.

HE IS NOT GONNA WANT ME ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT HIM.

TED WILL DO HIS BEST TO STEER CLEAR OF RICHARD AND KEEP GRASSO OFF YOUR BACK.

BUT AS I WAS SAYING, THIS IS FOR ALL THE MARBLES.

TED'S GOT TO DO WHATEVER HE CAN.

OKAY. WHERE DO WE START?

TED'LL WALK YOU THROUGH YOUR DIRECT,

WHICH YOU AND I WILL BE WORKING ON THIS WEEK AND THE NEXT.

EVERY ENCOUNTER YOU'VE EVER HAD WITH YOUR SISTER AND NEIL...

YOUR RESPONSES TO TED SHOULD BE CLEAR AND SIMPLE,

BUT EMOTIONAL.

A FEW WELL-PLACED ANECDOTES ARE A NICE TOUCH.

WHEN THE PROSECUTION TAKES OVER, YOU SHOULD LIMIT YOURSELF TO ONE-WORD ANSWERS: YES OR NO.

DON'T VOLUNTEER INFORMATION. TED CAN CLEAN UP AFTER YOU ON REDIRECT. AND NEVER LIE.

OKAY? IT'LL ALWAYS COME BACK TO BITE YOU.

IF YOU AREN'T SURE OF SOMETHING, SAY, "I DON'T RECALL AT THIS TIME."

HANDS. FOLD THEM IN YOUR LAP, KEEP THEM ON AN ARMCHAIR,

BUT, UH, MAKE A CHOICE AND STICK WITH IT.

OKAY? OTHERWISE, THEY'RE MOVIN' AROUND, AND YOU'RE DISTRACTING THE JURY...

FROM WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

ARNOLD? HMM?

- ARE YOU MARRIED? - NO.

- ATTACHED? - NO.

OKAY. WHY DON'T WE TRY A DRY RUN ON YOUR DIRECT, OKAY?

- OKAY. - OKAY. I'LL BE TED.

I'LL BE JULIE.

[Grasso] ARE YOU THE PRIMARY DETECTIVE ASSIGNED TO JESSICA COSTELLO'S CASE?

YES. WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IN THAT CAPACITY?

TO IDENTIFY ANY PERSON WHO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY...

TO COMMIT THE CRIME OF MURDER UPON JESSICA COSTELLO.

WHAT STEPS DID YOU TAKE IN THAT REGARD?

BASED UPON SIGNS OF STRUGGLE AT THE SCENE...

AND THE SEXUALLY BATTERED CONDITION OF THE BODY,

I ORDERED A RAPE KIT, AND DIRECTED THE M.E...

TO EXAMINE THE BODY FOR SIGNS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.

[Grasso] AND WHAT DID YOU LEARN? THAT JESSICA COSTELLO...

HAD BEEN RAPED BEFORE SHE WAS MURDERED.

[Grasso] ANYTHING MORE SPECIFIC?

[Polson] SEMEN WAS FOUND INSIDE THE VICTIM.

DETECTIVE, WERE YOU ABLE TO ASCERTAIN WHOSE SEMEN IT WAS...

FOUND IN THE BODY OF JESSICA COSTELLO? YES.

WE WERE ABLE TO MATCH IT BASED UPON A PRIOR BLOOD SAMPLE...

TAKEN FROM THE DEFENDANT.

WAS THERE ANY PARTICULAR REASON YOU SOUGHT TO OBTAIN A MATCH WITH THE DEFENDANT?

YES. I HAD INTERVIEWED JESSICA COSTELLO'S FRIENDS AND ASSOCIATES.

THE DEFENDANT'S NAME KEPT COMING UP.

WAS ANYONE ELSE'S SEMEN FOUND IN THE BODY? NO.

WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE INDICATING...

THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO KILL JESSICA COSTELLO?

YES. HE WAS IN HER APARTMENT DURING THE PERIOD...

THE MEDICAL EXAMINER ESTIMATED AS THE TIME OF DEATH.

OBJECTION. MOVE TO STRIKE.

THE WITNESS IS SPECULATING. OVERRULED.

AND HOW DID YOU DETERMINE THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS IN THE VICTIM'S APARTMENT?

THE ESTIMATED TIME OF DEATH IS BETWEEN 10:00 P.M. AND 3:00 A.M.

ACCORDING TO A SWORN STATEMENT FROM SUSAN DOMINICK,

NIGHT NURSE AT ZEPHYR HOUSE, SHE RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE DEFENDANT...

AT 1:45 A.M.

TELEPHONE COMPANY LOGS CORROBORATE THE CALL...

AND SHOW THAT IT ORIGINATED FROM THE VICTIM'S RESIDENCE.

[Hoffman] OBJECTION. MOVE TO STRIKE. MR. HOFFMAN, OVERRULED.

[Grasso] BASED ON EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE TOLD US,

WHAT IF ANY ACTION DID YOU TAKE?

I ARRESTED THE DEFENDANT FOR THE MURDER OF JESSICA COSTELLO.

[Grasso] THANK YOU.

NEIL AVEDON WASN'T THE FIRST PERSON ARRESTED FOR THE MURDER OF JESSICA COSTELLO, WAS HE?

NO. WHO WAS?

- RICHARD CROSS. - [Hoffman] WHY WAS MR. CROSS RELEASED?

WE RECEIVED INFORMATION EXONERATING HIM.

- FROM WHOM? - A BEVERLY NICHOLS.

CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE INFORMATION SHE RELATED THAT CONVINCED YOU MR. CROSS SHOULD BE RELEASED?

[Polson] MS. NICHOLS ECHOED MR. CROSS'S ACCOUNT...

OF HAVING FOUND JESSICA COSTELLO'S BODY.

MS. NICHOLS ALSO VOUCHED FOR MR. CROSS...

HAVING BEEN WITH HER AT THE TIME THE MURDER WOULD HAVE TAKEN PLACE.

[Hoffman] SO RICHARD CROSS HAD ORIGINALLY LET HIMSELF BE ARRESTED FOR MURDER...

RATHER THAN SIMPLY REVEAL THAT HE WAS WITH MS. NICHOLS WHILE THAT MURDER OCCURRED?

- YES. - WHY DO YOU BELIEVE HE WOULD DO THAT?

BECAUSE MS. NICHOLS DESCRIBED HER HUSBAND...

AS BEING A VIOLENTLY JEALOUS MAN...

WHO WOULD PHYSICALLY ABUSE HER...

IF HE KNEW SHE WERE WITH MR. CROSS.

WOULD YOU STILL ACCEPT HIS ALIBI IF I WERE TO PRESENT YOU WITH EVIDENCE...

THAT, IN FACT, MR. NICHOLS WAS NOT JEALOUS OF RICHARD CROSS,

THAT, IN FACT, MR. NICHOLS HAD ENGAGED IN SEXUAL ACTIVITIES WITH HIS WIFE...

FOR RICHARD CROSS'S VIEWING PLEASURE?

OBJECTION. COUNSEL KNOWS HE'S CALLING FOR SPECULATION.

SUSTAINED. MOVE ON, COUNSEL.

[Hoffman] YOUR HONOR, MAY WE HAVE A SIDEBAR? APPROACH.

YOUR HONOR, WE REQUEST AN IMMEDIATE 402 HEARING...

TO ADMIT PERTINENT EVIDENCE BEFORE FURTHER CROSS-EXAMINATION.

WHAT IS IT? A VIDEOTAPE THAT BEARS ON THE ALIBI...

JUST LAID OUT BY DETECTIVE POLSON.

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO TIMELY DISCOVERY?

THE PEOPLE HAVE HEARD NOTHING OF THIS TAPE UNTIL NOW.

IT JUST CAME INTO OUR POSSESSION. LIKE THE DIARY DID.

HOW MANY WEEKS DID YOU SIT ON THAT, COUNSEL?

THIS IS COMPLETELY UNPROFESSIONAL.

I DON'T THINK AN OFFICE THAT HELD BACK NURSE DOMINICK...

UNTIL WELL AFTER THE PRELIMINARY HEARING SHOULD BE CALLING ANYONE ELSE UNPROFESSIONAL.

LET'S STICK WITH THE BUSINESS AT HAND. HOW LONG IS THE TAPE?

UNDER 10 MINUTES. LUNCH HOUR SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT...

FOR YOU TO VIEW THE TAPE, MS. GRASSO,

AFTER WHICH, WE'LL HEAR FROM MR. HOFFMAN.

STEP BACK.

WE'RE ADJOURNED FOR LUNCH BREAK UNTIL 2:00.

[Judge Bornstein] MR. HOFFMAN?

[Hoffman] ARE YOU THE WOMAN IN THAT TAPE, MS. NICHOLS?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

YOUR HONOR, MS. NICHOLS IS HERE UNDER SUBPOENA AND CLEARLY UNRESPONSIVE.

REQUEST PERMISSION TO TREAT HER AS A HOSTILE WITNESS.

GRANTED. AND THE WITNESS IS DIRECTED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS WITH A YES OR NO.

MS. NICHOLS, ISN'T IT A FACT THAT WHEN THIS TAPE WAS MADE, YOU WERE A PROSTITUTE?

YES. FOR A PRICE, YOU WOULD PERFORM SEXUAL ACTS, IS THAT RIGHT?

YES. AND DEPENDING ON THE PRICE, YOU'D INDULGE...

DIFFERENT SEXUAL FANTASIES, IS THAT CORRECT?

YES.

AND IF PART OF FULFILLING THAT FANTASY WAS LYING, YOU WOULD LIE, IS THAT RIGHT?

OBJECTION. ARGUMENTATIVE. COUNSEL'S NOT ALLOWED TO BATTER THE WITNESS,

NO MATTER HOW SHE ONCE MADE HER LIVING.

I'M MERELY TRYING TO ESTABLISH THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH...

THE WITNESS WILL LIE FOR ANOTHER PARTY.

YES. WHEN I WAS A PROSTITUTE, I LIED TO MEN AT THEIR REQUEST.

[Hoffman] IS IT A FAIR STATEMENT THAT WHEN YOU'RE A PROSTITUTE,

YOU WOULD NOT ONLY LIE TO CLIENTS, YOU WOULD LIE TO THE POLICE?

YOU LIED TO THE WORLD AT LARGE ABOUT WHAT YOU DID FOR A LIVING?

- YES. - AT THE TIME THIS VIDEO WAS TAKEN,

YOU WERE IN THE EMPLOY OF AN ESCORT SERVICE RUN BY A FREDDY CARELLO?

- YES. - MR. CARELLO ARRANGED FOR YOU TO HAVE SEXUAL RELATIONS...

WITH HIS CUSTOMERS, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.

- DO YOU RECOGNIZE THE MEN IN THIS VIDEO, MS. NICHOLS? - I DO.

- THE ONE WATCHING IS RICHARD CROSS, ISN'T IT? - YES.

AND THE MAN IN BED WITH YOU?

MY HUSBAND, JAKE NICHOLS.

YOU TOLD THE POLICE THAT RICHARD CROSS WAS WITH YOU...

ON THE NIGHT JESSICA COSTELLO WAS KILLED, IS THAT RIGHT?

- HE WAS WITH ME. - YOU ALSO STATED MR. CROSS WAS MOTIVATED...

TO KEEP YOUR BEING WITH HIM A SECRET...

BECAUSE YOU HAVE A VIOLENTLY JEALOUS HUSBAND, ISN'T THAT RIGHT?

THAT'S RIGHT. IS THAT SO-CALLED JEALOUS HUSBAND...

THE SAME MAN WE SEE ON THE TAPE HAVING SEX WITH YOU...

FOR THE VIEWING PLEASURE OF RICHARD CROSS?

- YES. - NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

[Grasso] MS. NICHOLS, IS YOUR HUSBAND VIOLENTLY JEALOUS?

- YES, UNFORTUNATELY. - HAS HE HIT YOU ON OCCASION?

YES.

HAVE YOU EVER HAD TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AS A RESULT OF YOUR INJURIES?

- YES. - HOW MANY TIMES?

THREE OR FOUR TIMES.

IF IT PLEASE THE COURT, WE HAVE COPIES OF MS. NICHOLS'S HOSPITAL RECORDS...

FROM FOUR VISITS TO CEDARS-SINAI EMERGENCY ROOM...

FROM INJURIES FROM DOMESTIC ABUSE.

BAILIFF?

[Grasso] WAS IT JEALOUSY THAT PROVOKED YOUR HUSBAND'S VIOLENT OUTBURSTS?

EVERY TIME.

BUT YOU KNOW, HE DIDN'T LOOK JEALOUS TO ME ON THAT VIDEOTAPE.

- CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? - JAKE WAS THE ONE...

WHO MADE THE DEAL WITH FREDDY CARELLO FOR THAT SCENE.

HE KNEW RICHARD WAS ONLY GONNA WATCH.

JUST THE SAME, AFTER WE PULLED OURSELVES UP...

OUT OF THAT LIFE, JAKE WOULD GET PATHOLOGICAL...

AT THE IDEA OF ANYONE PUTTING THEIR HANDS ON ME AGAIN.

[Grasso] DID YOU COMMUNICATE TO RICHARD CROSS...

WHEN YOU AGREED TO MEET WITH HIM,

THAT IF YOUR HUSBAND FOUND OUT ABOUT IT, HE WOULD BE VIOLENTLY JEALOUS?

[Beverly] I TOLD RICHARD THAT JAKE WOULD KILL ME.

SO RICHARD CROSS HAD EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE...

THAT IF HE TOLD THE POLICE YOU WERE WITH HIM WHEN HE DISCOVERED JESSICA COSTELLO'S BODY,

HE WOULD BE PUTTING YOU IN DANGER?

YES. HE KNEW VERY WELL I WAS NERVOUS ALL NIGHT.

THEN WHY DID YOU AGREE TO SPEND THE EVENING WITH HIM?

HE GAVE ME A THOUSAND DOLLARS.

I DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE SEX WITH HIM OR ANYTHING.

I JUST HAD TO GO OUT WITH HIM.

WE WERE BROKE. WE NEEDED THE MONEY.

WHAT, IF ANYTHING, HAPPENED AFTER YOU CAME FORWARD WITH RICHARD CROSS'S ALIBI?

JAKE BEAT ME UP. I HAD TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

[Grasso] IF IT PLEASE THE COURT, THE PEOPLE WISH TO SUBMIT AN EMERGENCY ROOM REPORT...

FROM CEDARS-SINAI FOR SEPTEMBER 26, 1995.

[Judge Bornstein] BAILIFF. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

- NOTHING FURTHER. - REDIRECT, MR. HOFFMAN?

YOU SAY YOU'VE LIED FOR MONEY. IS THAT CORRECT, MS. NICHOLS?

YES.

YOU SAY RICHARD CROSS GAVE YOU A THOUSAND DOLLARS ON THE NIGHT JESSICA COSTELLO WAS MURDERED.

- IS THAT CORRECT? - YES.

- THANK YOU. NOTHING FURTHER. - THE WITNESS IS EXCUSED.

WHILE THIS TAPE MAY IMPEACH MR. CROSS,

IT HAS NO DIRECT RELATIONSHIP TO DETECTIVE POLSON'S TESTIMONY.

THEREFORE, MR. HOFFMAN, I INSTRUCT YOU NOT TO ASK DETECTIVE POLSON...

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS TAPE.

THE DEFENSE MAY INTRODUCE IT, SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO, DURING YOUR CASE-IN-CHIEF.

[Connie] IF YOU THINK THE TAPE WE SHOWED YOU TWO MONTHS AGO...

OF NEIL AVEDON CHOKING A GIRL IN BED WAS HOT, WAIT'LL YOU SEE THE VIDEO...

TED HOFFMAN UNLEASHED IN JUDGE BORNSTEIN'S COURTROOM TODAY...

A MÉNAGE À TROIS AMONG THE EXOTIC BEVERLY NICHOLS,

HER "FABIOLOUS" HUSBAND JAKE, AND PHILANTHROPIST RICHARD CROSS.

WORD IS, IT'S HOT, IT'S WILD, IT'S KINKY.

AND DEADLINE AMERICA IS DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE... JULIE.

AFTER I SAW THAT ON THE NEWS, I WALKED OUT ON RICHARD.

I GOT IN MY CAR, AND I DROVE AROUND,

AND THE ONLY PERSON I COULD THINK TO GO TO WAS YOU.

- ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? - NO. I'M TERRIFIED RICHARD WILL FIND ME,

AND I'LL END UP IN A STRAIGHTJACKET SOMEWHERE.

YOU COULD, UH, STAY AT MY PLACE UNTIL YOU FIGURE OUT YOUR NEXT MOVE.

YOU DON'T WANT TO GET INVOLVED WITH ME, ARNOLD.

WELL, TECHNICALLY THAT'S TRUE.

THE LAST TIME I MIXED MY PRIVATE LIFE WITH MY WORK LIFE,

IT HAD DISASTROUS CONSEQUENCES.

BUT THIS IS STRICTLY ABOUT YOUR SHELTER AND SAFETY, SO...

I THINK IT'S OKAY.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'D BE TAKING ON WITH RICHARD.

I CAN HANDLE MYSELF. STAY AT MY PLACE.

YOU ARE SUCH A GOOD PERSON, ARNOLD.

WHY COULDN'T I HAVE KNOWN YOU WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO L.A.?

I DON'T KNOW, BUT YOU KNOW ME NOW.

THANK YOU.

AGAIN, JUST SO THERE'S NO CONFUSION, I'LL SLEEP ON THE COUCH.

I'M NOT CONFUSED.

SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL ME WHERE SHE IS? WHO?

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. JULIE.

THANKS TO YOUR LITTLE VIDEO SHOW YESTERDAY, WE ARGUED AND SHE WALKED OUT.

I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM HER SINCE. I'M WORRIED SICK.

I HAVEN'T SEEN HER. WELL, IF YOU DO,

YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT SHE'S A TROUBLED, HIGH-STRUNG YOUNG GIRL.

SHE REQUIRES SPECIAL ATTENTION. WHICH ONLY YOU CAN PROVIDE.

FRANKLY, YES.

AND IF YOU THINK YOU CAN TAKE MY PLACE, BELIEVE ME, YOU DON'T WANT TO.

THANKS FOR THE WARNING. BUT AS I SAID, I DON'T HAVE HER.

SO YOU DID.

BUT IF SHE STOPS BY, TELL HER I CAME LOOKING.

JULIE! PLEASE, RICHARD, I DON'T WANT TO TALK TO YOU.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY. LET'S NOT MAKE A SCENE.

PERFECT. I HAVE WORK TO DO. CAN I JUST EXPLAIN A FEW THINGS?

COME HOME WITH ME AND WE'LL SORT THIS OUT. OKAY? NO. PLEASE LEAVE ME ALONE.

HONEY, LISTEN. EXCUSE ME. I BELIEVE JULIE STATED HER PREFERENCE.

YOUNG MAN, WHATEVER YOU'RE ABOUT TO SAY, DON'T.

GRANTED YOU'RE UPSET, SIR, BUT YOU CAN'T...

I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE SAME ADVICE THAT I GAVE YOUR BOSS: DON'T COME BETWEEN US.

[Clears Throat]

TED'S IN HIS OFFICE IF YOU WANT TO STICK YOUR HEAD IN.

RIGHT.

TED, I WANT TO GO ON RECORD AS SAYING NOTHING HAPPENED.

EXCUSE ME? WHEN JULIE STAYED WITH ME LAST NIGHT,

I SLEPT ON THE COUCH... NOTHING HAPPENED.

HOLD YOUR CALLS? THANKS, LOUIS.

YOU LET JULIE STAY AT YOUR APARTMENT?

THERE ARE HOTELS SHE COULD HAVE STAYED AT. WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?

I WAS WORRIED FOR HER.

RICHARD CROSS'S POSSESSIVENESS IS NOT SOMETHING TO BE TRIFLED WITH.

THE APPEARANCE OF IT IS COMPROMISING.

I'M SORRY.

I CAN SEE IN THE LIGHT OF DAY MY HEART MAY HAVE LED ME ASTRAY.

I DON'T THINK IT'S YOUR HEART THAT WAS LEADING YOU, ARNOLD.

[Knocking]

SORRY TO INTERRUPT. THE CAR'S WAITING DOWNSTAIRS.

TWO SECONDS. TELL JUSTINE TO WALK US DOWN.

LET'S NOT TEMPT YOUR IMPULSES ANY FURTHER. I'LL TALK TO JUSTINE.

PERHAPS JULIE WOULD LIKE TO STAY WITH HER IN THE SHORT TERM.

YEP. GOOD IDEA. WE'RE GOING, LOUIS.

YOUR WIFE'S ON LINE TWO. TELL HER I'M SORRY. I'LL TRY TO CALL HER LATER.

ASK JULIE IF SHE CAN MEET ME LATER IN MY OFFICE. WILL DO.

[Judge Bornstein] I REMIND YOU, DETECTIVE, YOU'RE STILL UNDER OATH.

[Hoffman] YOU FIRST ARRESTED RICHARD CROSS FOR THIS CRIME, DIDN'T YOU?

THAT'S CORRECT. AND YOU RELEASED MR. CROSS FOUR DAYS LATER...

BASED ON A STORY HE AND MS. NICHOLS TOLD YOU, CORRECT? YES.

STILL THINK THAT ALIBI IS GOOD?

- OBJECTION. ARGUMENTATIVE. - I'LL WITHDRAW THE QUESTION.

WHEN YOU ARRESTED RICHARD CROSS, DID YOU BELIEVE YOU HAD THE RIGHT MAN?

- YES. - BUT YOU LATER DECIDED YOU'D MADE A MISTAKE, CORRECT?

I DEVELOPED OTHER EVIDENCE THAT CAUSED THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE...

TO SUBSEQUENTLY BRING CHARGES AGAINST THE DEFENDANT.

IF YOU MADE A MISTAKE WITH RICHARD CROSS, COULD YOU HAVE MADE A MISTAKE WITH NEIL AVEDON?

NO. THE EVIDENCE AGAINST THIS DEFENDANT IS VERY COMPELLING.

WHAT EVIDENCE ARE YOU REFERRING TO?

THE ONLY SEMEN WE FOUND IN MS. COSTELLO WAS FROM THE DEFENDANT, NEIL AVEDON.

[Hoffman] IS IT POSSIBLE FOR A MAN TO RAPE A WOMAN...

WITHOUT EJACULATING INSIDE HER?

[Polson] I'M NOT A RAPE EXPERT. I COULDN'T SAY.

EXPERTISE ASIDE, A MAN OTHER THAN NEIL...

COULD HAVE RAPED JESSICA COSTELLO WEARING A CONDOM...

THAT SAME NIGHT, AND YOU WOULDN'T KNOW IT, WOULD YOU?

I DIDN'T SEE EVIDENCE OF THAT. MY QUESTION WAS WHETHER OR NOT...

YOU WOULD KNOW IF THE RAPIST WORE A CONDOM.

THERE'S NO WAY TO TELL. SO YOU'RE JUST GUESSING...

THAT IT WAS NEIL AVEDON WHO RAPED JESSICA COSTELLO.

AN INFORMED, EDUCATED GUESS.

BUT IT'S STILL A GUESS.

CORRECT? YES.

ISN'T IT A FACT THAT IT HAS BECOME COMMON FOR SERIAL RAPISTS TO USE CONDOMS...

TO AVOID LEAVING EVIDENCE BEHIND?

YES, BUT THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF FORCED ENTRY TO THE RESIDENCE.

WE BELIEVE THE VICTIM KNEW HER KILLER.

DID THE VICTIM KNOW RICHARD CROSS AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH?

YES. IN FACT, YOUR INVESTIGATION SHOWS...

THAT JESSICA COSTELLO KNEW AND WAS SEXUALLY LINKED...

TO AT LEAST A DOZEN ADULT MEN.

ISN'T THAT RIGHT? YES.

SO COULDN'T ANY ONE OF THOSE MEN HAVE RAPED AND KILLED HER?

THEORETICALLY, YES.

YOU TESTIFIED HERE THAT NEIL AVEDON HAD SEX WITH JESSICA...

THE DAY SHE WAS KILLED, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

YOU ALSO TESTIFIED THAT WHEN YOU SPOKE TO JESSICA'S FRIENDS,

- NEIL'S NAME KEPT COMING UP, CORRECT? - IT DID.

[Snoring] IT KEPT COMING UP BECAUSE HE WAS DATING HER, ISN'T THAT RIGHT?

MORE OR LESS. "MORE OR LESS"?

DID JESSICA'S FRIENDS SAY THEY WERE DATING OR NOT?

SOME FRIENDS SAID THEY WERE DATING.

[Hoffman] SO IT'S VERY POSSIBLE THEIR SEX WAS CONSENSUAL, ISN'T IT?

I DIDN'T SEE EVIDENCE OF THAT.

IS IT POSSIBLE? YES OR NO.

YES, IT'S POSSIBLE.

[Hoffman] WHEN MR. CROSS WAS STILL THE SUSPECT IN THIS CASE,

DID YOU RECEIVE PHONE CALLS FROM PROMINENT THIRD PARTIES...

URGING YOU TO RELEASE HIM? I DID NOT.

[Hoffman] YOU WEREN'T REMINDED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY...

BY ELECTED OFFICIALS...

THAT MR. CROSS WAS A VERY IMPORTANT MAN IN THIS CITY?

NO, I WAS NOT.

DID YOU RELEASE MR. CROSS AT ANYONE'S INSTRUCTION? YES.

WHOSE INSTRUCTION WAS THAT? THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TOLD ME...

THE CHARGES AGAINST MR. CROSS WERE BEING DROPPED.

WHO IN THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE?

ROGER GARFIELD. DID MR. GARFIELD TELL YOU THIS...

OVER THE PHONE OR SPEAK TO YOU IN PERSON?

IN PERSON.

IS IT COMMON FOR THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY HIMSELF...

TO INFORM YOU IN PERSON ON HIS OFFICE'S DISPOSITION OF A DEFENDANT?

- NO. - DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA...

WHY DISTRICT ATTORNEY GARFIELD INVOLVED HIMSELF PERSONALLY...

TO THE DEGREE HE DID IN THE RELEASE OF RICHARD CROSS?

NO.

ONE LAST QUESTION, DETECTIVE.

DID YOU WANT TO RELEASE RICHARD CROSS...

FOR THE MURDER OF JESSICA COSTELLO...

WHEN DISTRICT ATTORNEY GARFIELD DROPPED THE CHARGES?

NOT AT THE TIME, NO.

THANK YOU. NOTHING FURTHER.

MS. GRASSO, CALL YOUR NEXT WITNESS.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SIDEBAR, YOUR HONOR.

THE PEOPLE HAVE NEW INFORMATION BEARING ON DR. GRAHAM LESTER AS A WITNESS.

WE MOVE FOR DISCOVERY OF HIS RECORDS AND TO COMPEL HIM TO TESTIFY.

AND SINCE THIS IMPACTS ON THE ORDER OF OUR WITNESSES,

WE'D LIKE TO DEAL WITH THIS TODAY, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

WE CAN'T BE EXPECTED TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY TO A MOTION SPRUNG AT THE LAST MINUTE.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHY YOU'RE PULLING THIS.

SHORT NOTICE ONLY WORKS ONE WAY?

WE'LL BREAK FOR LUNCH, GIVE THE DEFENSE AN OPPORTUNITY...

TO STUDY THE PEOPLE'S MOTION PAPERS, AND RECONVENE AT 2:00.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY, WE WON'T NEED YOU THIS AFTERNOON.

ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND. TED?

SURPRISE WITNESS.

THE WITNESS'S NAME IS AMY SCOTT.

ANYONE RECOGNIZE THE NAME?

WE'RE ABOUT TO GET A RUDE INTRODUCTION.

THANKS, LILA. RICHARD, NICE SURPRISE.

TO WHAT DO I OWE THIS PLEASURE?

I WAS HOPING YOU HAD A FEW MOMENTS FOR ME.

OF COURSE. COME ON BACK. THANKS.

HOW ARE YOU?

UH, NOT AS WELL AS I'D LIKE TO BE. SORRY TO HEAR THAT.

SO I HEAR JULIE'S MOVED IN WITH YOU.

HOW'S SHE DOING?

WE HAVEN'T TALKED MUCH, BUT SHE SEEMS FINE.

JUSTINE, I KNOW IT MAY SEEM LIKE I'M ASKING YOU...

TO COMPROMISE YOUR CLIENT-ATTORNEY PRIVILEGE,

BUT I'D LIKE YOU TO INTERCEDE WITH JULIE ON MY BEHALF.

I DON'T THINK SHE WANTS TO SEE YOU, RICHARD.

SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT SHE WANTS.

SHE'S ANGRY AND SHE'S FRIGHTENED. AND CANDIDLY,

TED HOFFMAN HAS POISONED THE ATMOSPHERE TO A POINT WHERE I BELIEVE...

SHE THINKS THAT I HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH HER SISTER'S DEATH,

WHICH IS COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY ABSURD.

I CAN CERTAINLY TELL HER THAT YOU WANT TO TALK TO HER, RICHARD.

BUT BEYOND THAT...

JUSTINE,

THIS IS NOT A LEGAL MATTER.

THIS IS PERSONAL.

I LOVE JULIE, AND I LOVED HER SISTER.

AND IT IS INCONCEIVABLE THAT I WOULD HAVE EVER DONE ANYTHING...

TO HARM HER.

I NEED HER TO KNOW THAT.

I'M NOT COMFORTABLE BEING A MESSENGER IN THIS SITUATION.

I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO.

ALL I'M ASKING YOU TO DO IS BROKER A MEETING.

AND WHAT IF SHE DOESN'T WANT TO MEET WITH YOU?

WELL, THEN, YOU USE YOUR CONSIDERABLE POWERS OF PERSUASION.

WOMAN TO WOMAN. TELL HER YOU'LL BE THERE WHILE WE TALK. ANYTHING.

JUST GET ME IN A ROOM WITH HER.

I'LL TALK TO HER.

THAT'S ALL I CAN PROMISE.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW MY LOYALTY TO THOSE I TRUST.

[Grasso] MS. SCOTT, ARE YOU ACQUAINTED WITH DR. GRAHAM LESTER?

[Amy] YES. ARE YOU ALSO ACQUAINTED WITH THE DEFENDANT?

YES. WE WERE IN GROUP THERAPY TOGETHER...

EIGHTEEN MONTHS AGO IN ZEPHYR HOUSE.

WOULD YOU DESCRIBE WHAT WAS ENTAILED IN YOUR GROUP THERAPY?

THERE WERE FIVE OF US. DR. LESTER MONITORED US...

WHILE WE ADDRESSED OUR PROBLEMS WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE,

HOW IT AFFECTED OUR LIVES.

WE CONFRONTED EACH OTHER ON OUR STUFF. OUR BAGGAGE.

YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DEFENDANT IN GROUP THERAPY... WAS IT CORDIAL?

IT WAS AT FIRST. DID SOMETHING HAPPEN TO CHANGE THAT?

- TOTALLY. - WOULD YOU TELL US WHAT HAPPENED?

SUPPOSEDLY, BECAUSE HE'S FAMOUS,

NEIL SAID PEOPLE WERE ALWAYS THROWING DRUGS AND SEX HIS WAY.

WHICH IS TOTAL B.S., AND I CALLED HIM ON IT.

I TOLD HIM HE WASN'T BEING HONEST WITH HIMSELF.

THAT NOBODY THREW HIM DRUGS, HE BOUGHT THEM.

AND SEX DIDN'T JUST COME HIS WAY. HE WAS ALWAYS HUSTLING WOMEN.

- HOW DID THE DEFENDANT REACT? - HE GOT REALLY, REALLY MAD AND TOLD ME I WAS FULL OF IT.

HE THEN TOLD US THAT WE JUST COULDN'T UNDERSTAND THE PRESSURE...

OF LIVING LIFE IN THE SPOTLIGHT.

I SUGGESTED HE COULDN'T STAND TO NOT BE IN THE SPOTLIGHT.

AND HOW DID THE DEFENDANT RESPOND TO THIS?

WHEN HE REALIZED I WASN'T BUYING IT,

HE DID WHAT HE ALWAYS DOES...

HE STARTED COMING ON TO ME, FLIRTING.

I TOLD HIM THAT HE WAS JUST FALLING BACK ON AN OLD CRUTCH,

THAT HIS PLAYBOY ACT WAS PROBABLY COVERING UP...

FOR SOME REAL SEXUAL INSECURITY...

HOW ABOUT WE DEAL WITH THAT.

AND WHAT DID THE DEFENDANT SAY?

HE SAID, "HOW ABOUT I SLAM YOUR HEAD THROUGH THE WALL, AND WE CAN DEAL WITH THAT?"

THEN HE KICKED A TRASH CAN CLEAR ACROSS THE ROOM.

IT BOUNCED OFF THE WALL AND ALMOST BROKE A LAMP. [Whispering, Indistinct]

- AND WHAT DID YOU DO THEN? - I LEFT, FAST.

HOW DID YOU FEEL AFTER THAT?

I WAS SCARED TO DEATH.

DID YOU SPEAK TO DR. LESTER ABOUT THIS?

YES. DR. LESTER TOLD ME NOT TO WORRY.

HE KNEW HOW TO HANDLE NEIL WHEN HE WAS LIKE THAT.

HE PROMISED TO STRAIGHTEN EVERYTHING OUT BEFORE THE NEXT SESSION.

DID YOU GO TO THE NEXT SESSION? YES.

AS SOON AS NEIL SAW ME, HE SAID THE FACT THAT I SHOWED UP FOR ANOTHER SESSION...

MEANT THAT I DESERVED WHATEVER I GOT.

DID YOU ASK HIM WHAT HE MEANT BY THAT? YES.

HE GOT REAL CLOSE TO ME, AND HE SAID...

NOBODY EMBARRASSES HIM AND GETS AWAY WITH IT,

THAT I SHOULD WATCH OUT, THAT HE WAS GONNA PAY ME BACK.

WHAT DID YOU DO THEN? I LEFT.

DID YOU RETURN TO THERAPY THE NEXT DAY?

NOT TO ZEPHYR HOUSE, NO.

I FOUND ANOTHER GROUP WITH A THERAPIST I COULD TRUST.

THANK YOU, MS. SCOTT. NOTHING FURTHER.

[Judge Bornstein] MR. HOFFMAN?

- HELLO, MS. SCOTT. - HELLO.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A MEMBER OF A THERAPY GROUP?

FIVE YEARS, ONCE A WEEK. BUT THE "Z" HOUSE THING WAS A 21-DAY INTENSIVE.

AND THE NATURE OF THESE GROUPS IS CONFRONTATIONAL. IS THAT YOUR TESTIMONY?

YES. SO, AFTER YOU CONFRONTED MR. AVEDON,

HE YELLED, HE CONFRONTED YOU BACK, DIDN'T HE?

NO. IT WAS MORE THAN THAT.

ONE OF THE MAIN RULES IS, YOU NEVER GET PHYSICAL.

DID HE EVER GET PHYSICAL, IN THE SENSE THAT HE PUT HIS HANDS ON YOU?

NO. BUT HE GOT IN MY SPACE, THOUGH.

BUT HE DIDN'T PUT HIS HANDS ON YOU, DID HE?

NO. BUT HE KICKED THE TRASH CAN ACROSS THE ROOM...

AND LOOKED AT ME, YOU KNOW, LIKE HE WAS KICKING ME.

[Hoffman] IN YOUR FIVE YEARS OF GROUP THERAPY,

HAS ANY OTHER PERSON SHOWN FRUSTRATION...

BY KICKING A CHAIR OR STOMPING THE FLOOR, THINGS OF THAT NATURE?

YES. DID YOU FEAR FOR YOUR LIFE...

AFTER ANY ONE OF THOSE INSTANCES?

NO.

ISN'T IT TRUE YOU WERE AT ZEPHYR HOUSE TO DEAL WITH YOUR ADDICTION TO COCAINE?

YES. ARE YOU AWARE THAT CHRONIC USE OF COCAINE...

WILL HEIGHTEN PARANOIA?

I HAVEN'T USED COCAINE OR ANY OTHER DRUGS IN OVER A YEAR.

AND I'M NOT BEING PARANOID. NEIL AVEDON THREATENED ME.

DID YOU GO TO THE POLICE AND GET A RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST MR. AVEDON AFTER HE THREATENED YOU?

NO. WHY NOT?

I THOUGHT YOU WERE SCARED FOR YOUR LIFE.

I WAS. BUT YOU DIDN'T GET A RESTRAINING ORDER.

NO. THINGS FELT DIFFERENT ONCE I GOT HOME.

BECAUSE YOU TOTALLY OVERREACTED TO NEIL'S COMMENT, DIDN'T YOU?

NOT AT ALL. I JUST FELT SAFER ONCE I WAS IN MY OWN PLACE.

- DO YOU ENJOY GROUP THERAPY? - I LIKE WHAT IT DOES FOR ME.

ISN'T IT A FACT THAT THE DRAMATIC NATURE...

OF GROUP THERAPY IS WHAT YOU REALLY LIKE ABOUT IT?

- NO. - AREN'T YOU, IN FACT, GUILTY OF WHAT YOU ACCUSE NEIL OF...

SEEKING TO BE THE CENTER OF ATTENTION? NO.

- NOT EVEN A LITTLE? - NEIL IS THE ONE WITH THE EGO PROBLEM, NOT ME.

[Hoffman] I'M GLAD YOU CLEARED THAT UP FOR US.

THANK YOU. NOTHING FURTHER. [Judge Bornstein] REDIRECT, MS. GRASSO?

- NO, THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. - THE WITNESS IS EXCUSED.

ARGUMENT, COUNSEL.

DR. LESTER KNEW THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS DANGEROUS TO AMY SCOTT,

AND HE DIDN'T TELL HER OR THE AUTHORITIES, AS REQUIRED BY LAW.

THE PEOPLE THINK THAT THE SAME THING HAPPENED WITH JESSICA COSTELLO.

AND AS SUCH, WE BELIEVE THE DOCTOR'S FILES ON THE DEFENDANT SHOULD BE OPENED.

THE PEOPLE'S BELIEF IS NOT ENOUGH TO ABROGATE MY CLIENT'S RIGHTS TO PRIVACY.

THERE'S NO EVIDENCE THAT NEIL AVEDON THREATENED JESSICA COSTELLO.

[Grasso] A DISTINCTION WITHOUT A DIFFERENCE. TWO YOUNG WOMEN,

THE SAME VIOLENT PATIENT.

LET'S SEE WHAT THE DOCTOR KNEW AND WHEN HE KNEW IT.

I'LL REVIEW DR. LESTER'S RECORDS IN CAMERA.

WE ARE ADJOURNED UNTIL 9:00 MONDAY MORNING, AT WHICH POINT I'LL MAKE MY RULING.

[Neil] WHAT ARE THE CHANCES THE JUDGE'LL KEEP DR. LESTER'S RECORDS SEALED?

ZERO. BUT I THINK SHE'S WRONG. AND IF I'M RIGHT ABOUT HIM,

LESTER'S RECORDS ARE FILLED WITH REFERENCES TO YOUR VIOLENT NATURE.

INCLUDING A BACKDATED MEMO DESCRIBING HOW YOU CONFESSED TO MURDERING JESSICA.

THIS IS MY SHRINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT?

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A THOROUGHLY CORRUPT BASTARD WHO'S SELLING YOU DOWN THE RIVER.

[Hoffman] I'M GONNA BE BLUNT HERE, JULIE.

I THINK RICHARD CROSS AND GRAHAM LESTER WERE INVOLVED IN YOUR SISTER'S MURDER,

AND I NEED YOU TO HELP ME CONNECT THE DOTS.

RICHARD MAY HAVE JUST BEEN IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME.

HE REALLY CONSIDERED JESSIE LIKE A DAUGHTER AND... DON'T DELUDE YOURSELF.

IF IT WALKS LIKE A DUCK AND QUACKS LIKE A DUCK, IT IS A DUCK.

JULIE, WE KNOW CROSS WAS AT THE APARTMENT THE NIGHT JESSICA DIED.

WE BELIEVE HE PLACED A PANICKED CALL FROM THE APARTMENT TO LESTER'S FACILITY,

WHICH LESTER'S NIGHT NURSE NOW SAYS CAME FROM NEIL.

THAT'S PROBABLY WHEN CROSS AND LESTER HATCHED THE COVER-UP.

[Hoffman] RICHARD CROSS HUNG UP THAT PHONE AND SNEAKED OUT,

LEAVING YOUR SISTER'S BODY ON THE FLOOR WITHOUT SO MUCH...

AS A MERCY CALL TO 911.

I WAS WORKING FOR AN ESCORT SERVICE WHEN RICHARD FOUND ME.

HE TOOK ME IN AND GAVE ME A LIFE I NEVER KNEW EXISTED.

I OWE HIM EVERYTHING.

I KNOW THIS ISN'T EASY FOR YOU, JULIE.

PART OF YOU FEELS LIKE A TRAITOR.

AND MAYBE WE'LL TURN OUT TO BE WRONG.

BUT FOR NOW,

LET'S JUST DO THE WORK AND SEE HOW IT PLAYS.

ALL RIGHT. [Knocking]

SORRY TO INTERRUPT, TED. YOUR WIFE'S IN YOUR OFFICE.

THANKS, LOUIS.

HI. HI.

WHERE'S LIZZIE?

UH, WITH A SITTER. I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU AWAY FROM HER.

IS SHE OKAY? SHE'S FINE. TED...

ANNIE? THIS IS AWFUL TIMING, I KNOW.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN? I KEEP PUTTING THIS CONVERSATION OFF AND PUTTING IT OFF,

AND I CAN'T ANYMORE.

WHAT CONVERSATION? TALK TO ME.

I CAN'T KEEP LIVING THE WAY WE'VE BEEN LIVING.

I HAVE TO... NORMALIZE.

THE TRIAL'S BEEN EXHAUSTING, I KNOW. BUT IT'LL BE OVER SOON.

THREE MONTHS, TOPS. AND THEN THERE'LL BE ANOTHER TRIAL.

AND YOU'LL BE MORE FAMOUS, PURSUED FOR EVEN BIGGER CASES.

IT DOESN'T GO THE OTHER WAY, TED. IT EXPANDS.

I THINK WE NEED TO SEPARATE FOR A WHILE.

SEPARATE? I'M LOSING MYSELF, TED.

IF I DON'T GET SOME DISTANCE TO SORT THINGS OUT... ANNIE.

ANNIE, DON'T DO THIS.

I'VE SEEN PEOPLE SEPARATE. THEY DON'T WORK IT OUT. THEY GET FURTHER APART.

I DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER WAY.

DON'T MAKE THIS HARDER THAN IT IS. IT'S TAKEN ALL THAT I HAVE TO DO THIS.

ANNIE, I LOVE YOU. AND I LOVE YOU. THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.

THEN WHAT IS IT ABOUT? IT'S ABOUT NOT HAVING A LIFE.

WE LIVE IN A FISHBOWL.

AND MAYBE YOU CAN DEAL WITH IT, BUT I CAN'T. AND NEITHER CAN LIZZIE.

[Sighs]

I'LL, UM...

I'LL HAVE LOUIS DROP BY TOMORROW...

AFTER LIZZIE'S AT SCHOOL TO PICK UP MY THINGS.

I DIDN'T COME HERE TO PUSH YOU OUT THE DOOR.

I'M NOT TALKING TO A LAWYER.

I JUST NEED TO FIND MY CENTER WHILE I STILL HAVE ONE.

OKAY. THEN YOU DO.

I DO.

YES.

I'M SORRY.