All language subtitles for Murder One S01E14 Chapter 14.DVD.HI.cc.en.20FOX

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.