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[Announcer] THE VICTIM.

- MURDER IN HOLLYWOOD LAST NIGHT YOU COULD BE INTERESTED IN. - WHY?

FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD BLONDE NAMED JESSICA COSTELLO.

[Polson] ALL THE EVIDENCE POINTS TO A SINGLE PERPETRATOR WHO KNEW THE VICTIM...

AND HAD ROUGH SEX WITH HER PRIOR TO HER MURDER.

[Announcer] THE SUSPECT: DRUG-ADDICTED MOVIE STAR NEIL AVEDON.

WE ARRESTED NEIL OFF OF THE SEMEN IN JESSICA COSTELLO...

AND HIS INCONSISTENT STATEMENTS TO THE POLICE.

IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE HIP-DEEP IN A RAPE-HOMICIDE.

I SWEAR TO GOD I DIDN'T KILL HER.

[Announcer] THE TRIAL.

[Neil] I DON'T THINK I CAN GET THROUGH THIS.

YOU CAN GET THROUGH IT, NEIL. THIS IS WHAT I DO, NEIL. THIS IS WHAT I'M GOOD AT.

NOW YOU'RE GONNA DEPEND ON ME, AND YOU'RE GONNA PUT YOUR FAITH IN ME.

AND YOU WILL COME OUT ON THE OTHER SIDE.

I PROMISE.

[Announcer] THE DEFENSE MAKES AN ERROR IN JUDGMENT.

MAKE LOVE TO ME, ARNOLD.

[Arnold] I'VE NEVER HAD A NIGHT LIKE THIS... MMM...

IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.

I DON'T WANNA GET YOU IN TROUBLE. [Moans]

THE VICTIM'S SISTER BURIES THE DEFENSE.

ARE YOU ACQUAINTED WITH AN INDIVIDUAL NAMED RICHARD CROSS?

BUT ISN'T THERE SOME LAW ABOUT TESTIFYING AGAINST YOUR HUSBAND?

EXCUSE ME?

RICHARD AND I WERE MARRIED NIGHT BEFORE LAST IN RENO.

[Announcer] RICHARD BRINGS TEDDY A NEW CLIENT.

THE BOY'S A STUDENT AT USC. A COED HAS MADE AN ACCUSATION OF DATE RAPE.

MAY I SEND HIM TO YOU?

EDUARDO WILL BE BOOKED, PRINTED AND BAILED OUT TONIGHT.

AND WILL YOU BE THERE TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING GOES AS PLANNED?

MS. GILLESPIE'S MORE THAN CAPABLE.

YOU CAN PLACE YOUR FULL FAITH AND CONFIDENCE IN HER.

YOU HAVE A BOYFRIEND? EXCUSE ME?

I SEE. YOU DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.

IS THAT BECAUSE OF YOUR ATTRACTION TO ME?

MY WHAT? I ASSURE YOU IT'S MUTUAL.

TEDDY GOES FOR THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

[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.

THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TOLD ME THE CHARGES AGAINST MR. CROSS WERE BEING DROPPED.

- WHO? - ROGER GARFIELD.

[Announcer] THE NIGHT NURSE AT ZEPHYR HOUSE.

HE TOLD ME THE POLICE HAD A RECORD OF MR. AVEDON CALLING THE CLINIC...

THE NIGHT OF THAT GIRL'S MURDER.

HE MADE IT SEEM LIKE I'D JUST BE CONFIRMING WHAT HE ALREADY KNEW.

WHATEVER YOU'RE PAYING THAT GIRL IS NOT ENOUGH.

YOU'RE USING HER TO UNDERMINE NEIL.

[Announcer] THE DEFENSE DESTROYS THE DOCTOR'S CREDIBILITY.

- [Gasps] - WHO IS IT IN YOUR DREAM?

GRAHAM... LESTER.

[Ray] A STEPHANIE LAMBERT. SHE TOLD ONE OF THE INVESTIGATING OFFICERS...

LESTER HAD DRUGGED AND RAPED HER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS.

[Stephanie] AND THAT SICK CEREMONY WASN'T JUST SOME BAD DREAM...

THAT'S A NORMAL PART OF THERAPY LIKE HE KEPT SAYING IT WAS.

WATCHING ME. TOUCHING ME.

FORCING HIMSELF ON ME. I WASN'T CRAZY.

BUT I KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WAS HAPPENING. JUST LIKE YOU DO.

THANK GOD YOU'RE HERE.

TAKE IT EASY, EDUARDO. SIT DOWN.

MR. HOFFMAN, I DID NOT RAPE THIS GIRL.

WE HAD SEX, BUT IT WAS NOT RAPE.

HAVE YOU SAID ANYTHING TO THE POLICE? ONLY THAT I WANTED MY LAWYER.

TELL US WHAT HAPPENED. HER NAME IS MINDY SEGAL.

WE HAD DINNER. ONE THING LED TO ANOTHER. NATURE TOOK ITS COURSE.

BUT I DID NOT RAPE HER.

- POLICE REPORT SAYS SHE WAS BATTERED. - I NEVER LAID A HAND ON HER.

SHE GOT BANGED UP WHEN SHE JUMPED OUT OF MY CAR.

SHE JUMPED OUT OF YOUR CAR? WE GOT IN AN ARGUMENT.

NOT EVEN AN ARGUMENT.

I WAS TAKING HER HOME BECAUSE I HAD TO GET UP EARLY, AND SHE'S ALL,

"OH, YOU GOT WHAT YOU WERE AFTER, SO NOW YOU'RE DONE WITH ME."

SHE WANTED TO GET OUT AND WALK. LIKE I'M GONNA LET HER OFF IN HOLLYWOOD AT 2:00 A.M.? NO.

SO SHE GOT OUT OF THE CAR WHILE IT WAS STILL MOVING.

WAS THERE ANYBODY ON THE STREET WHO MIGHT HAVE SEEN IT HAPPEN?

I DON'T KNOW. I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES, WENT BACK. SHE WAS BLEEDING.

I TRIED TO GET HER TO THE HOSPITAL, BUT SHE WOULDN'T GET IN.

SO YOU LEFT. SHE STARTED YELLING "RAPE."

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO. I...

SHE'S NUTS.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE SHOULD KNOW?

THAT'S IT.

CAN YOU GET ME OUT OF HERE?

[Hoffman] NOT UNTIL THE ARRAIGNMENT, WHICH IS IN THE MORNING.

WE'LL TRY AND GET BAIL THEN.

CAN WE DO THIS WITHOUT INVOLVING MY FATHER? [Lisa] I DON'T SEE HOW.

THIS IS YOUR SECOND ARREST FOR RAPE. BAIL'S GONNA BE PRETTY HIGH.

HE'S STAYING AT THE BONAVENTURE.

[Knock On Door]

EVENING, MS. GILLESPIE.

COUNSELOR, MAY I HAVE A WORD?

[Polson] OFFICER. [Man] YEAH.

[Whispers] MM-HMM.

YOU'RE BURNING THE MIDNIGHT OIL, DETECTIVE.

I GOT CALLED DOWN HERE TO INTERVIEW YOUR CLIENT'S VICTIM AFTER SHE GAVE HER STATEMENT.

REALLY. WHY IS THAT? THIS MINDY SEGAL SAYS...

SHE NEVER SHOULD HAVE GONE OUT WITH EDUARDO...

BECAUSE SHE KNEW A GIRL WHO CLAIMED HE RAPED HER.

THE GIRL WAS JESSICA COSTELLO.

IT'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE HAPPENED TWO MONTHS BEFORE SHE DIED, BUT SHE NEVER REPORTED IT.

MINDY SAYS SHE THOUGHT JESSICA WAS EXAGGERATING BECAUSE EDUARDO SEEMED LIKE SUCH A NICE GUY.

TILL TONIGHT. ARE YOU LOOKING AT EDUARDO FOR JESSICA'S MURDER?

WE ARE. AND YOU'RE LETTING ME IN ON ALL THIS BECAUSE?

BECAUSE YOU COULD HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST HERE, COUNSELOR.

APPRECIATE THE COURTESY, DETECTIVE.

DON'T MENTION IT.

MORNING, PEOPLE. [Chris] MORNING.

AS OF LAST NIGHT,

THE PORTALEGRES ARE NO LONGER CLIENTS OF THIS FIRM.

THE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING EDUARDO...

AS A POSSIBLE SUSPECT IN JESSICA'S MURDER,

WHICH OBVIOUSLY CONFLICTS US OUT. YEAH, I GUESS.

WHO'S TAKING OVER THE CASE? DAVE BLOOMINGTON.

HE'LL BE AT EDUARDO'S ARRAIGNMENT.

THINK WE SHOULD DROP A DIME TO THE PRESS THAT A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE EXISTS TO NEIL?

I DON'T THINK SO.

AFTER HOLLY GERGES, WE COULD GET HURT...

IF ANOTHER SUSPECT DOESN'T PAN OUT.

LET THE POLICE FOLLOW UP, SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING REAL.

WHY WOULD THEY WANT TO DO ANYTHING THAT UNDERCUTS THEIR THEORY THAT NEIL'S THE KILLER?

ARTHUR POLSON CAN'T HELP IT.

HE'S TOO GOOD A COP TO JUST SIT ON HIS HANDS.

IF THERE'S SOMETHING ON PORTALEGRE, HE'LL FIND IT.

WANT TO BRING NEIL INTO THE LOOP?

[Hoffman] LET'S NOT GET HIS HOPES UP.

STAY THE COURSE, LET THE POLICE DO THEIR JOB.

ARNOLD, HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO JULIE...

ABOUT TESTIFYING AGAINST LESTER?

SHE'S COMING IN THIS MORNING.

- YOU WANT ME TO TAKE THAT, ARNOLD? - NO, THANKS.

THE PORTALEGRES ARE IN RECEPTION.

PUT THEM IN MY OFFICE. ANYTHING ELSE?

WE'RE DONE.

MURDER. MY SON IS BEING CHARGED WITH MURDER.

HE'S BEING INVESTIGATED.

THAT'S PREPOSTEROUS. WHETHER IT IS OR NOT,

I CAN'T PROPERLY REPRESENT YOUR SON...

IF HE'S IMPLICATED IN THE SAME CRIME AS NEIL AVEDON.

HEY, MR. HOFFMAN. I KNEW JESSICA COSTELLO.

WE WENT OUT. I SLEPT WITH HER A FEW TIMES. I ADMIT THAT.

BUT I NEVER FORCED MYSELF ON HER,

AND I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS MURDER.

SO YOU HELPING ME WOULDN'T BE DISLOYAL OR WHATEVER TO NEIL AVEDON.

I'M SORRY, BUT MY HANDS ARE TIED.

IF DAVE BLOOMINGTON PROVES UNSATISFACTORY,

I CAN SUGGEST SEVERAL OTHER VERY FINE ATTORNEYS.

IN OTHER WORDS, YOU WANT SOME MORE MONEY TO FIX THIS, HUH?

- WHAT'S YOUR PRICE, COUNSELOR? - SHUT UP!

YOU DISHONOR YOUR FAMILY'S NAME WITH YOUR CONDUCT,

AND NOW YOU INSULT MR. HOFFMAN.

I SINCERELY APOLOGIZE. PLEASE TAKE NO OFFENSE.

I HAVE OTHER MATTERS TO ATTEND TO.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

MS. GILLESPIE.

WELL, THAT WAS DIFFERENT.

JULIE, THANKS FOR COMIN'.

HOW ARE YOU, ARNOLD? GOOD. GOOD.

LET'S GO IN HERE.

I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU REARRANGING YOUR SCHEDULE.

NO PROBLEM.

AFTER GRAHAM LESTER'S TESTIMONY, WE'RE ON FULL-ON DAMAGE CONTROL, AND WE NEED YOUR HELP.

LISTEN, ARNOLD. YOU HAVE EVERY REASON TO BE UPSET WITH ME.

I'M NOT UPSET WITH YOU.

WHAT I DID... OR AT LEAST THE WAY I DID IT... HAD TO HURT. I KNOW THAT.

JULIE, I'M FINE. NO NEED TO CONCERN YOURSELF.

PLEASE.

NOW, AS YOU KNOW, LESTER BASICALLY DROPPED A 12-TON HAMMER ON US...

WITH THIS STORY ABOUT NEIL'S SO-CALLED CONFESSION.

ARNOLD,

FIRST I THINK WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT.

JULIE, I'M AN ADULT. SO ARE YOU.

WE MAKE DECISIONS IN OUR LIVES... HOPEFULLY WELL-REASONED.

YOU CHOSE TO MARRY RICHARD CROSS. IT'S NOT FOR ME TO SECOND-GUESS YOUR DECISION,

AND YOU DON'T NEED TO JUSTIFY IT.

YOU AND I HAD A MOMENT. THE MOMENT'S GONE.

WHAT I REALLY NEED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT NOW IS GRAHAM LESTER.

FINE.

WHEN YOU WERE AT ZEPHYR HOUSE, GRAHAM LESTER USED HIS INFLUENCE AS YOUR PSYCHIATRIST...

TO DRUG YOU AND SEXUALLY ABUSE YOU, CORRECT?

WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH NEIL?

GOES TO CREDIBILITY. IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE TO THE JURY...

THAT GRAHAM LESTER IS SOMEONE WHO CANNOT BE TRUSTED,

THAT HE MANIPULATES AND EXPLOITS PEOPLE,

IT'LL GO A LONG WAY TOWARD DEBUNKING HIS STORY.

YOU'RE PROPOSING THAT I GET UP THERE IN COURT...

WITH THE WHOLE WORLD WATCHING...

AND DESCRIBE THE THINGS GRAHAM LESTER DID TO ME?

YOU WON'T BE THE ONLY ONE. STEPHANIE LAMBERT...

AND THREE OTHER WOMEN HAVE ALSO AGREED TO TESTIFY.

SO YOU DON'T REALLY NEED ME. WE DO NEED YOU. YOU'RE THE VICTIM'S SISTER.

ANYTHING YOU SAY WILL WEIGH HEAVILY WITH THE JURY. MORE SO THAN THE OTHER WOMEN.

I'M NOT SURE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS IN OPEN COURT.

JULIE, EITHER WE IMPEACH LESTER'S RENDITION OF THE EVENTS,

OR NEIL IS DONE... LIFE IN PRISON.

OVER AND OUT.

I'M ASKING YOU FOR YOUR HELP.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

IT'S A NICE ROCK.

GLAD I CAUGHT YOU. YOU GOT A MINUTE? WHAT'S UP?

REMEMBER THE LOONY FROM ARIZONA WITH THE THEORY ABOUT RICHARD CROSS HAVING AIDS...

AND SNUFFING JESSICA FOR GIVING IT TO HIM? DONALD LOZEY.

FOR THE HELL OF IT, I PUT A GUY OUTSIDE THE PRIVATE AVIATION TERMINAL AT PHOENIX AIRPORT.

WHAT'D HE GET? TAKE A LOOK.

HERE'S RICHARD CROSS'S PLANE.

LIMO THERE. WAITING TO PICK UP THIS KID...

WHO THEY PUT IN A WHEELCHAIR AND TAKE TO...

FREEDMAN CLINIC.

KID'S THERE THREE DAYS, GOT BACK ON THE PLANE.

WHO IS HE? HIS NAME IS JONATHAN KIMBALL.

HE'S SUSAN DOMINICK'S BROTHER.

THE NIGHT NURSE FROM LESTER'S REHAB CLINIC.

HER MAIDEN NAME IS KIMBALL.

WHAT'S SUSAN DOMINICK'S BROTHER DOING AT THE FREEDMAN CLINIC? HE'S GOT AIDS.

THEY HAVE THIS EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENT PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN GETTING RESULTS.

SO SUSAN DOMINICK LIES ABOUT NEIL'S PHONE CALL TO LESTER THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER...

AND, IN RETURN, CROSS THROWS HER BROTHER A LIFELINE OF MEDICAL TREATMENT.

TOUGH TO SAY NO.

SERVE THEM BOTH WITH SUBPOENAS.

CALLING MR. GARFIELD AS A WITNESS FOR THE DEFENSE IS PATENTLY ABSURD...

AND A CHEAP TRICK BY THE DEFENSE TO EMBARRASS THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

I'VE NEVER KNOWN THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE TO NEED OUTSIDE HELP IN THAT REGARD.

YOUR HONOR, IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT THE JURY BE ALLOWED TO HEAR WHY MR. GARFIELD DROPPED CHARGES...

AGAINST THE INITIAL SUSPECT, RICHARD CROSS,

WHO HAPPENS TO BE A RICH AND POWERFUL FRIEND OF THE D.A.'s.

NOT ONLY IS COUNSEL ABUSING THE SUBPOENA POWER,

BUT COMPELLING THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF THIS CITY TO APPEAR AS A DEFENSE WITNESS...

WILL DESTROY THE PEOPLE'S WORK-PRODUCT PRIVILEGE.

MS. GRASSO, I'M GOING TO RELY ON MR. HOFFMAN TO STRICTLY LIMIT HIS QUESTIONING...

TO THIRD-PARTY INFLUENCE.

NO "WHEN DID YOU STOP FRAMING DEFENDANTS?" TYPE QUESTIONS.

- ARE WE CLEAR ON THAT? - ABSOLUTELY.

- BUT, YOUR HONOR... - I'VE MADE MY RULING, MS. GRASSO.

TEDDY.

FORCING ME TO TESTIFY IS A MISTAKE YOU DO NOT WANT TO MAKE.

WHY IS THAT, ROGER? THERE'S NOTHING TO BE GAINED FOR YOU,

AND I'LL BE DRAGGED THROUGH THE MUD.

IF YOU HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE, YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE.

HOWEVER SHORTSIGHTED YOU MAY BE, REST ASSURED, I AM NOT.

I SEE A LONG WAY... ALL THE WAY TO SACRAMENTO...

IN SPITE OF WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO TO ME HERE.

AND I DON'T FORGET. EVER.

GOOD. I LIKE THAT IN A WITNESS.

WHAT OFFICE DO YOU HOLD?

I'M THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES.

I DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE LARGE PHOTOGRAPH...

MARKED DEFENSE EXHIBIT "S" ON THE VIDEO MONITOR.

MR. GARFIELD, CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE CIRCUMSTANCES DEPICTED IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH...

WHICH APPEARED IN THE LOS ANGELES TIMES TWO YEARS AGO?

THAT WAS TAKEN AT MY CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS AFTER MY ACCEPTANCE SPEECH IN THE LAST ELECTION.

CAN YOU IDENTIFY THE INDIVIDUALS STANDING ON EITHER SIDE OF YOU WITH WHOM YOU ARE LINKING ARMS?

ON MY LEFT IS MY WIFE, AND THAT'S RICHARD CROSS ON THE RIGHT.

DID YOU RECEIVE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS FROM RICHARD CROSS FOR THAT ELECTION?

HE CONTRIBUTED FUNDS TO OUR CAMPAIGN, YES... AS DID HUNDREDS OF OTHER PEOPLE.

HE ALSO HOSTED, UH, A FUND-RAISER.

HOW MUCH DID THAT EVENT GENERATE?

SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $500,000.

WOULD IT BE ACCURATE TO SAY THAT RICHARD CROSS...

WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST SINGLE CONTRIBUTORS TO YOUR CAMPAIGN?

MR. CROSS WAS AMONG MY STRONGEST SUPPORTERS. YES.

MR. GARFIELD, ARE YOU CONSIDERING RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR OF THIS STATE?

OBJECTION. IRRELEVANT.

[Hoffman] WITH THIS COURT'S INDULGENCE, I WILL DEMONSTRATE RELEVANCE...

TO MR. GARFIELD'S BIAS...

TOWARD SUBSTITUTING MR. AVEDON FOR MR. CROSS AS THE DEFENDANT IN THIS CASE.

YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE ROPE, COUNSEL,

BUT GET TO YOUR POINT.

MR. GARFIELD.

I'VE BEEN APPROACHED FROM CERTAIN QUARTERS, AND I HAVEN'T RULED ANYTHING OUT YET.

UNDER OUR CURRENT SYSTEM, YOU'D NEED A WAR CHEST OF AT LEAST $20 MILLION...

TO BECOME GOVERNOR, WOULDN'T YOU?

THEORETICALLY, YES.

[Hoffman] YOU'VE BEGUN SOME TENTATIVE FUND-RAISING, HAVEN'T YOU?

NO, I AM NOT A CANDIDATE.

BUT AT THIS POINT YOU'VE RECEIVED PLEDGES OF MONEY, HAVEN'T YOU?

IN KEEPING WITH ELECTION RULES.

ACCORDING TO THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS,

THE PACIFIC BRIDGE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE HAS PLEDGED $12 MILLION...

TOWARD YOUR CAMPAIGN FOR GOVERNOR.

IS THAT IN FACT TRUE?

I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT SUM. I RECALL IT WAS GENEROUS.

AND ISN'T IT A FACT THAT RICHARD CROSS...

IS THE FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF THE PACIFIC BRIDGE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE?

I COULDN'T SAY HOW THEY'RE ORGANIZED.

I CAN. HE IS.

OBJECTION. SUPPLYING HIS OWN TESTIMONY.

WITHDRAWN. WOULD IT BE FAIR TO SAY THAT WITHOUT THE $12 MILLION...

FROM RICHARD CROSS'S POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE YOU WON'T HAVE ENOUGH... TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR?

[Grasso] OBJECTION. CALLS FOR SPECULATION.

OVERRULED. I WANT TO HEAR THIS.

IF I RAN FOR GOVERNOR, AND IF THE PACIFIC BRIDGE FUNDS WERE UNAVAILABLE,

I WOULD SIMPLY FIND SUPPORT ELSEWHERE.

BUT IF SUPPORT ELSEWHERE WERE NOT AVAILABLE, YOU COULDN'T RUN FOR GOVERNOR, COULD YOU?

NO.

WHEN MR. CROSS WAS CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF JESSICA COSTELLO,

DID YOU PERSONALLY DROP THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM?

- YES, I DID. - DID YOU PERSONALLY ORDER HIS RELEASE FROM JAIL?

ONE GENERALLY FOLLOWS THE OTHER, AS YOU WELL KNOW, MR. HOFFMAN.

DID YOU OR DID YOU NOT?

I DID. YES.

I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR THIS WITNESS.

SIR, WHEN YOU DROPPED THE CHARGES AGAINST RICHARD CROSS,

DID YOU DO SO BECAUSE OF ANY CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS FROM MR. CROSS?

NO. FOR SOMEONE TO EVEN SUGGEST I'D DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS LUDICROUS.

AND WHY IS THAT?

AS DISTRICT ATTORNEY, I WEIGH THE MERITS OF A CASE THOROUGHLY...

BEFORE I MAKE A DECISION TO PROSECUTE.

THE MERITS. AND NOTHING ELSE.

AND DID YOU FIND ANY MERIT IN THE STATE'S CASE AGAINST MR. CROSS?

NO. WOULD YOU PLEASE TELL THE COURT WHY NOT.

A WITNESS CAME FORWARD, UH,

PROVIDING MR. CROSS WITH AN ALIBI THE NIGHT OF JESSICA COSTELLO'S MURDER.

THERE WAS NO LONGER REASONABLE SUSPICION HE HAD COMMITTED THE CRIME.

IT BECAME INCUMBENT UPON ME TO DROP THE CHARGES.

AND JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR, YOU WEREN'T INFLUENCED AT ALL...

BY THE FACT THAT MR. CROSS HAD SUPPORTED YOU IN THE PAST...

AND MAY SUPPORT YOU IN THE FUTURE?

NO. NOT REMOTELY.

THANK YOU. NOTHING FURTHER.

[Chattering Excitedly]

[Woman] DID YOU TRY TO GET OUT OF TESTIFYING EARLIER?

I WAS PERSONALLY GRATIFIED TO SPEAK, UNDER OATH,

AND CLEAR UP ANY IMPLICATION OR MISCONCEPTION THAT JUSTICE IS FOR SALE IN LOS ANGELES.

I'LL TAKE QUESTIONS BRIEFLY.

WOULD NEIL AVEDON BE ON TRIAL IF HE CONTRIBUTED AS MUCH TO YOUR CAMPAIGN AS RICHARD CROSS?

I ANSWERED THAT ON THE STAND. THE ANSWER IS YES.

NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW IN THIS CITY. I DON'T CARE WHO THEY ARE.

[Woman] IS THERE ANY TRUTH TO THE RUMOR YOU ARE CONSIDERING RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR?

[Sighs] AT THIS POINT I'M PUTTING MY ENERGIES...

INTO FULFILLING MY RESPONSIBILITY TO THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES,

WHO ELECTED ME THEIR DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

THEN YOU'RE NOT RULING IT OUT.

[Woman] IS THAT A YES?

- [Chattering Excitedly] - GUYS. GUYS. I CAN'T COMMENT ANY FURTHER ON THAT.

[Woman] ROGER, GIVE US A BREAK. [Man] ONE MORE.

SO, MR. DOCKNOVICH,

DO WE HAVE A FUN-FILLED AFTERNOON IN STORE FOR US? [Chuckles]

"FUN" WOULDN'T BE THE FIRST WORD THAT COMES TO MIND. MMM.

WHAT WOULD BE? TRUTH?

I DON'T THINK SO. DR. LESTER,

THIS REALLY ISN'T SOMETHING YOU AND I NEED TO... SETTLE IN HERE, IS IT?

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

FAR BE IT FROM ME TO DEPRIVE YOU OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARADE THROUGH THE COURTROOM...

A SERIES OF MANIFESTLY UNRELIABLE AND UNSTABLE WITNESSES.

I REALIZE HALF THE JOY OF BEING A LAWYER COMES FROM THE ACCOMPANYING LICENSE...

TO COMMIT SLANDER WITH IMPUNITY.

EXCUSE ME. TELL YOUR BOSS...

THE GIRLS HE'LL BE PUTTING ON THE STAND...

WERE ON DRUGS WHILE I WAS TREATING THEM.

IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, THEY'RE ON DRUGS NOW.

HE KNOWS THAT.

THE JURY WILL KNOW THAT.

AND WHEN THIS IS DONE,

I'M GOING TO BRING HIM UP ON CHARGES BEFORE THE STATE BAR.

I SAID EXCUSE ME.

MR. HOFFMAN, ARE YOU PREPARED TO CALL YOUR NEXT WITNESS?

YES, YOUR HONOR. HOWEVER, THE DEFENSE REQUESTS...

THAT DR. GRAHAM LESTER BE EXCLUDED FROM THESE PROCEEDINGS...

IN AS MUCH AS HIS PRESENCE COULD HAVE AN INTIMIDATING EFFECT ON THE WITNESSES.

YOUR HONOR, MARK SMITH, COUNSEL FOR DR. GRAHAM LESTER.

- MAY I BE HEARD ON THIS? - YOU CAN SPEAK FROM THERE.

DR. LESTER OBJECTS TO THE DEFENSE'S REQUEST THAT HE BE EXCLUDED.

HE HAS NO INTENT OR INTEREST IN INTIMIDATING ANYONE...

AND HAS EVERY RIGHT TO REMAIN AND HEAR TESTIMONY THAT IMPACTS UPON HIM.

THAT'S WHAT TRANSCRIPTS ARE FOR, MR. SMITH.

DR. LESTER, PLEASE STEP OUTSIDE. THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

[Hoffman] MS. COSTELLO, WHAT IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO GRAHAM LESTER?

WE NO LONGER HAVE ONE. BUT WHEN WE DID HE WAS MY THERAPIST.

DID YOU GO TO HIM FOR A SPECIFIC PROBLEM?

YES. WHAT PROBLEM WAS THAT?

I WAS ADDICTED TO COCAINE.

- DID GRAHAM LESTER SUGGEST TO YOU A COURSE OF ACTION? - YES.

- WHAT WAS THAT? - ADMITTING MYSELF TO HIS DRUG REHAB FACILITY, ZEPHYR HOUSE.

HE SAID IF I FOLLOWED HIS ADVICE I COULD GET CLEAN.

MS. COSTELLO, AFTER HAVING BEEN HIS PATIENT,

DO YOU CONSIDER GRAHAM LESTER TO BE A TRUSTWORTHY MAN?

OBJECTION. NO FOUNDATION.

IT WILL TIE INTO GRAHAM LESTER'S CREDIBILITY, YOUR HONOR.

GRAHAM LESTER'S NOT ON TRIAL HERE. YOUR HONOR,

GRAHAM LESTER SAT ON THE WITNESS STAND AND TESTIFIED THAT NEIL AVEDON CONFESSED...

TO KILLING JESSICA COSTELLO.

WE BELIEVE THAT TO BE PATENTLY FALSE,

AND WE NEED TO SHOW THAT GRAHAM LESTER HAS A HISTORY OF LYING...

AND MALFEASANCE WHERE HIS PATIENTS ARE CONCERNED.

MS. COSTELLO AND MY CLIENT WERE BOTH PATIENTS OF GRAHAM LESTER.

I'LL ALLOW IT. BUT NO FISHING.

IF YOU HAVE FACT-BASED INCIDENTS, GET TO THEM.

THANK YOU. TO REPEAT, MS. COSTELLO,

DID YOU FIND GRAHAM LESTER TO BE A TRUSTWORTHY MAN?

YES.

DID HE DO SOMETHING TO YOU THAT CHANGED THAT PERCEPTION?

NOT THAT I CAN REMEMBER. NO.

WOULD YOU LIKE A MOMENT TO RECONSIDER YOUR ANSWER?

NO.

MS. COSTELLO...

OR IS IT MRS. CROSS NOW?

I STILL GO BY COSTELLO. MS. COSTELLO,

YOU AND I HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT GRAHAM LESTER'S TRUSTWORTHINESS.

WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO REFRESH YOUR MEMORY?

OBJECTION. COUNSEL'S TRYING TO SUPPLY THE WITNESS WITH TESTIMONY.

SUSTAINED. NOT IN MY COURTROOM, MR. HOFFMAN.

[Whispers] WHAT IS SHE DOING? DURING YOUR STAY AT ZEPHYR HOUSE,

DID GRAHAM LESTER PUT YOU ON A NIGHTLY DOSE OF A STRONG SEDATIVE CALLED TRIAZOLAM?

YES. I WAS COMING OFF COCAINE. I NEEDED TO REST.

DID YOU IN FACT BECOME ADDICTED TO THE SEDATIVE?

YES. FOR A WHILE.

PLEASE TELL THE COURT, MS. COSTELLO, ON CERTAIN NIGHTS,

WHILE YOU WERE AT LESTER'S REHAB FACILITY,

ONCE YOU WERE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THIS SEDATIVE,

DID GRAHAM LESTER ENTER YOUR PRIVATE ROOM?

NOT THAT I CAN REMEMBER. NO.

YOUR HONOR, REQUEST PERMISSION TO TREAT THIS WITNESS AS A HOSTILE WITNESS,

BASED ON PRIOR INCONSISTENT STATEMENTS MADE TO ME AND MY ASSOCIATES.

OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR. WE ARE IN RECEIPT OF NO SUCH WITNESS STATEMENTS.

THE BASIS IS MY WORD AS AN OFFICER OF THE COURT...

AND NOTES OF OUR INTERVIEWS WHICH ARE ALREADY IN THE PROSECUTION'S CUSTODY.

I'LL ALLOW IT, BUT DON'T GET CARRIED AWAY, COUNSEL.

DIDN'T YOU TELL ME IN MY OFFICE THAT GRAHAM LESTER ENTERED YOUR PRIVATE ROOM...

WHILE YOU WERE SEDATED AND RAPED YOU? NO.

DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THAT THESE RAPES OCCURRED ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS?

NO. DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THAT YOU WERE TOO SEDATED TO FIGHT HIM OFF?

NO. DIDN'T THESE AND RELATED EVENTS...

IN FACT LEAD YOU TO ATTEMPT SUICIDE?

NO.

NOT LONG AFTER YOU GOT OUT OF ZEPHYR HOUSE,

DID YOU TAKE A DRUG OVERDOSE IN AN ATTEMPTED SUICIDE?

YES. DID YOU TELL ME THEN THAT THAT SUICIDE ATTEMPT...

WAS IN PART RELATED TO THE FACT THAT GRAHAM LESTER HAD ABUSED YOU,

LIED TO YOU AND UTTERLY BETRAYED YOU?

NO. REMEMBERING THAT THERE ARE RECORDS OF OUR MEETINGS...

AND THAT YOU ARE UNDER OATH,

WOULD YOU LIKE TO CHANGE YOUR ANSWER?

NO. I'VE TOLD THE TRUTH.

MR. HOFFMAN. ANYTHING FURTHER?

NO. THANK YOU.

[Judge Bornstein] MS. GRASSO.

MS. COSTELLO, IS IT YOUR TESTIMONY THAT DR. GRAHAM LESTER...

IN NO WAY ABUSED YOU WHILE YOU WERE UNDER HIS CARE?

- THAT'S CORRECT. - DO YOU CONSIDER HIM TO BE A GOOD AND TRUSTWORTHY MAN?

YES.

WAS YOUR SUICIDE ATTEMPT A RESULT OF YOUR SADNESS OVER YOUR SISTER'S DEATH?

VERY MUCH SO.

JESSIE'S DEATH WAS VERY DIFFICULT.

MS. COSTELLO, DID DR. LESTER OVERSEE YOUR CONVALESCENCE FROM YOUR SUICIDE ATTEMPT?

- HE DID. - AND ARE YOU OFF DRUGS TODAY JUST AS DR. LESTER PROMISED?

YES. THANK YOU.

NOTHING FURTHER.

[Judge Bornstein] YOU MAY STEP DOWN.

TED, I'M SORRY. IS THIS YOUR SPECIALTY?

SANDBAGGING US ON THE STAND?

JULIE, I'M LATE. FORGIVE ME.

RICHARD. TEDDY. SO HOW'D IT GO?

I THINK YOU KNOW EXACTLY HOW IT WENT.

JULIE, WOULD YOU EXCUSE US FOR A MOMENT, PLEASE?

I'LL WAIT IN THE CAR. TED...

HONEY, I'LL HANDLE THIS. IT'S OKAY.

[Clears Throat]

TED, JULIE'S MY WIFE NOW, AND I DID NOT WANT HER ON THE STAND...

TESTIFYING TO A LITANY OF SORDID EPISODES THAT BEST BE FORGOTTEN.

AND WHEN DID YOU DECIDE THIS? WE DISCUSSED IT THIS MORNING.

BUT I LEFT IT UP TO JULIE TO BE THE FINAL ARBITER.

I KNOW SHE HAD NO IDEA WHAT SHE WAS GOING TO SAY UNTIL SHE GOT UP ON THAT STAND.

I'M SURE HER DECISION WAS MADE EASIER...

KNOWING THAT YOU HAD SEVERAL WOMEN WHO COULD TESTIFY TO GRAHAM LESTER'S PREDILECTIONS.

I AM NOT YOUR ENEMY, TED.

AND SOMEDAY YOU'LL KNOW THIS.

[Judge Bornstein] WHY DO YOU NEED TO CALL THIS WITNESS NOW, MS. GRASSO?

NECESSITY. BROUGHT ON BY THE WITNESSES THE DEFENSE INTENDS TO CALL TODAY,

EACH AND EVERY ONE OF WHOM WILL TESTIFY TO EVENTS...

THAT OCCURRED WHILE THEY WERE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS.

AS A PHARMACOLOGIST, DR. COOPER'S ESSENTIAL...

TO PLACE THESE WITNESSES' ACCOUNTS IN CONTEXT.

THAT'S WHAT CROSS-EXAMINATION IS FOR, YOUR HONOR.

AS LONG AS WE CAN DO IT EXPEDITIOUSLY,

I'D RATHER HAVE THE JURY EDUCATED ON WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO HEAR.

DR. COOPER MAY TESTIFY.

BRING THE JURY IN.

WHAT IS YOUR FIELD OF EXPERTISE, DOCTOR?

[Cooper] PHARMACOLOGY.

ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE DRUG BY THE GENERIC NAME OF TRIAZOLAM?

YES, I AM. WOULD YOU TELL THE COURT...

IF VIVID, EVEN HALLUCINATORY DREAMS,

ARE A COMMON SIDE EFFECT OF TRIAZOLAM?

YES, THEY ARE. TRIAZOLAM ACTS ON THE BRAIN'S LIMBIC SYSTEM,

AND IT IS QUITE COMMON FOR USERS OF THE DRUG TO HAVE DREAMS...

AND DEVELOP MENTAL IMAGES OF IMAGINARY EVENTS THAT NEVER IN FACT TOOK PLACE.

[Grasso] HAVE YOU EVER KNOWN THESE DREAMS TO BE SEXUAL IN NATURE?

DREAMS LIKE THESE ARE USUALLY SEXUAL IN NATURE.

[Grasso] NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

[Hoffman] HOW COMMON IS IT, DOCTOR, FOR A GROUP OF WOMEN...

WOMEN OF DIFFERENT AGES AND BACKGROUNDS...

ALL TO HAVE THE SAME EXACT DREAM?

MMM, THAT WOULD NOT BE PARTICULARLY COMMON.

DO YOU KNOW GRAHAM LESTER?

YEAH. I KNOW HIM.

IN WHAT CAPACITY DO YOU KNOW HIM?

[Chuckles] HE WAS MY THERAPIST.

IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT AS YOUR THERAPIST YOU TRUSTED HIM?

ABSOLUTELY.

YEAH. I TRUSTED HIM.

I TRUSTED HIM WITH MY LIFE.

[Hoffman] DO YOU TRUST HIM NOW?

NO.

WHAT, IF ANYTHING, HAPPENED THAT CAUSED YOUR ATTITUDE TOWARD DR. LESTER TO CHANGE?

HE CAME INTO MY ROOM ON, UH, SEVERAL OCCASIONS...

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY...

AND HE RAPED ME.

HE HAD ME ON TRIAZOLAM. HE HAD ALL OF US ON IT.

WHEN I MANAGED TO STAY AWAKE,

I'D HEAR HIM MAKING HIS ROUNDS,

CHECKING TO SEE WHO WAS COMATOSE ENOUGH FOR HIM TO DO IT TO.

A COUPLE OF TIMES I HAD SUCH A STRONG SENSE...

HE HAD BEEN IN MY ROOM...

THAT I ASKED HIM.

"OF COURSE I WASN'T IN YOUR ROOM, STEPHANIE.

YOU HAD A DREAM."

"YOU HAD A DREAM."

"SWEETHEART, YOU HAD A BAD DREAM."

DID YOU REPORT ANY OF THESE ALLEGED RAPES TO THE POLICE?

NO. I WAS IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE AT THE TIME,

AND I DIDN'T THINK ANYONE WOULD BELIEVE ME.

FRANKLY, WITH ALL THE MEDICATION,

I WASN'T SURE OF MUCH.

[Hoffman's Voice] THE DEFENSE CALLS ANGELA SCALESE.

TWO THINGS I KNOW ABOUT ARE DRUGS AND SHRINKS.

I'VE BEEN REHABBED AND DETOXED BY THE BEST.

I CAN CRY AT WILL IN GROUP THERAPY,

AND I CAN TELL MY THERAPIST JUST ENOUGH SO HE ACTUALLY THINKS HE'S GETTING SOMEWHERE.

I'D WATCHED THIS ONE THERAPIST...

CONGRATULATE HIMSELF ON A BREAKTHROUGH IN EVERY OTHER SESSION.

YOUR HONOR, I'M GOING TO OBJECT ONCE AGAIN...

TO THE LITANY OF IRRELEVANT AND SPECIOUS ACCUSATIONS...

THAT DR. LESTER AS WELL AS THE REST OF US HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO.

[Hoffman] AND ONCE AGAIN, I WOULD INSIST UPON...

THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT OF THE ACCUSED...

TO CONFRONT WITNESSES WHO HAVE TESTIFIED AGAINST HIM.

DR. LESTER TOOK THE STAND AGAINST MY CLIENT.

WE ARE ENTITLED TO PRODUCE WITNESSES FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPEACHING HIS CREDIBILITY.

THE OBJECTION IS OVERRULED.

[Hoffman] MS. SCALESE.

[Scalese] YES, I DID HAVE SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH DR. LESTER.

I DID NOT HAVE SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH HIM VOLUNTARILY.

WOULD YOU DESCRIBE FOR US THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THAT?

WELL, AS PART OF MY THERAPY,

DR. LESTER HAD ME ON...

TRIAZOLAM,

ALSO CLONIDINE,

ALSO XANAX, ALSO NEMBUTAL.

ALL OF WHICH WERE FINE WITH ME, EXCEPT FOR THE DREAMS.

WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THOSE DREAMS? WELL,

I WOULD SEE DR. LESTER'S FACE.

IT WAS HUGE, LIKE A FLOAT...

IN THE THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE,

AND IT WOULD GET CLOSER AND CLOSER UNTIL IT BLOCKED OUT THE SKY,

AND THEN I WOULD REALIZE THAT I WAS NAKED,

AND THEN I WOULD FEEL HIM HAVING SEX WITH ME,

AND THEN IT WOULD BE OVER.

[Hoffman] WAS IT A DREAM, MS. SCALESE?

- NO. - GIVEN THE MEDICATION YOU WERE TAKING...

AND WHAT WE'VE HEARD OF THE SIDE EFFECTS OF THAT MEDICATION,

HOW DO YOU KNOW IT WASN'T A DREAM?

BECAUSE I STOPPED TAKING MY MEDICATION.

I WOULD HIDE IT IN MY MOUTH, AND THEN WHEN NO ONE WAS LOOKING, I'D SPIT IT OUT.

AND THEN ONE NIGHT THE DOOR OPENED,

SOMEONE GOT IN BED WITH ME, AND I OPENED MY EYES, AND IT WAS DR. LESTER.

WHAT DID YOU DO?

I KICKED HIM IN THE BALLS AS HARD AS I COULD.

[Hoffman] IS THERE ANY DOUBT IN YOUR MIND THAT THIS ACTUALLY TOOK PLACE,

RATHER THAN THAT YOU DREAMED IT OR IMAGINED IT?

NO. THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND.

DID YOU EVER CONFRONT DR. LESTER ABOUT IT?

YEAH. UH, THE VERY NEXT DAY.

AND HE DENIED GETTING INTO MY BED.

HE DENIED COMING INTO MY ROOM.

JUST AS CALM AS HE COULD BE,

HE LOOKED AT ME, AND HE LIED.

HIS FACE DIDN'T MOVE. HIS EYES DIDN'T BLINK.

HE JUST LOOKED RIGHT AT ME AND LIED.

IF THERE IS ANY JUSTICE IN THIS WORLD, HE WILL PAY FOR WHAT HE DID,

BECAUSE ONE DAY SOMEONE WILL PULL HIM OFF HIS THRONE AND HE WILL PAY.

MS. SCALESE.

I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

- HOW'D IT GO TODAY, TED? - EXCEEDINGLY WELL.

HOW SUCCESSFUL DO YOU THINK YOU WERE IN UNDERMINING LESTER'S CREDIBILITY?

GRAHAM LESTER NEVER HAD THAT MUCH CREDIBILITY TO BEGIN WITH. WHAT THERE WAS OF IT IS GONE.

IF GRAHAM LESTER WAS LYING, WHY WAS HE LYING?

I WON'T SPECULATE ON MOTIVATION, CYNTHIA. ALL I'LL SAY IS WE DID WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO.

- THANK YOU. - [All] MR. HOFFMAN. MR. HOFFMAN.

HI, LILA. HI. HOW'D IT GO TODAY?

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN WEEKS, I'VE LEFT COURT FEELING BETTER THAN WHEN I ARRIVED.

EXCUSE ME. YOUR WIFE'S IN YOUR OFFICE. SOMETHING ABOUT A MISSED DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT.

ANNIE, I'M SORRY.

I FORGOT. IT'S OKAY, TED.

YOUR NOT BEING THERE TOLD ME MORE THAN ANYTHING YOU COULD HAVE SAID.

ALL IT SHOULD HAVE TOLD YOU IS I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF A TRIAL, AND THINGS GET AWAY FROM ME.

YEAH, WELL, I GUESS I'M TIRED OF ALWAYS BEING ONE OF THOSE THINGS.

PLEASE LET'S NOT START WITH THE "ALWAYS," ANNIE.

LET'S NOT START GENERALIZING FROM ONE INCIDENT TO THE ENTIRETY OF OUR LIVES.

BUT, TED, THIS IS THE ENTIRETY OF MY LIFE.

THE ENTIRETY OF MY LIFE IS BEING THERE FOR YOU.

TAKING CARE OF OUR HOME, RAISING OUR DAUGHTER,

BEING UNCONDITIONALLY AND PERMANENTLY ON CALL...

FOR WHATEVER TYPE SUPPORT OR COMFORT YOU NEED.

IS THAT WHAT WE'RE ON TO? HOW DIFFICULT YOUR LIFE IN BRENTWOOD IS?

DON'T START TELLING ME HOW LUCKY I AM.

I'M TELLING YOU I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO DERIVES BENEFIT FROM WHAT I DO.

I'M NOT SAYING I DON'T DERIVE ANY BENEFITS.

I'M SAYING THAT WHAT I'VE BEEN GETTING ISN'T ENOUGH.

IT'S NOT ENOUGH? WELL, THEN FIND SOMEONE WHO'LL GIVE YOU MORE.

FIND SOMEONE WHO'LL MINISTER TO YOUR EVERY NEED.

I CAN'T. AS OF NOW, I'M STILL MARRIED TO YOU.

[Door Closes]

[Exhales Deeply]

[Chris] MS. DOMINICK, PREVIOUSLY YOU TESTIFIED FOR THE PROSECUTION...

THAT YOU RECEIVED A CALL AT ZEPHYR HOUSE AT 1:45 THE MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 21.

CORRECT? YES.

IN THAT TESTIMONY, YOU IDENTIFIED THE CALLER AS NEIL AVEDON. DIDN'T YOU?

THAT'S RIGHT. IS THAT STILL YOUR TESTIMONY?

YES, IT IS. IT WAS ALSO YOUR TESTIMONY...

THAT YOU REWROTE THE PAGE IN THE PHONE LOG AT ZEPHYR HOUSE...

WHICH DOCUMENTED A CALL SUPPOSEDLY MADE BY MR. AVEDON AT 1:45.

- IS THAT CORRECT? - THAT'S RIGHT.

DID YOU REWRITE THAT PAGE AT GRAHAM LESTER'S INSTRUCTIONS?

NO. AS I SAID, I RECOPIED THE PAGE BECAUSE I HAD SPILLED COFFEE ON IT.

SO YOU DID.

MS. DOMINICK, DO YOU KNOW RICHARD CROSS?

- I KNOW WHO HE IS. - IN WHAT CONNECTION DO YOU KNOW MR. CROSS?

I'VE SEEN HIM AT ZEPHYR HOUSE A FEW TIMES. HE'S A FRIEND OF DR. LESTER'S.

EVER HAD A CONVERSATION WITH HIM?

WE MIGHT HAVE MADE SMALL TALK ONCE OR TWICE.

SO, HE NEVER CONFIDED ANY DETAILS OF HIS PERSONAL LIFE TO YOU OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT?

NO. I'M JUST A NURSE BEHIND THE DESK AT RECEPTION.

HAVE YOU EVER RECEIVED ANYTHING OF VALUE FROM RICHARD CROSS?

NO. ARE YOU CERTAIN?

NOT EVEN... INDIRECTLY, PERHAPS?

OBJECTION. COUNSEL'S BADGERING THE WITNESS.

OVERRULED.

I'M NOT EVEN SURE RICHARD CROSS KNOWS MY LAST NAME,

AND HE'S NEVER GIVEN ME ANYTHING.

- NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. - THE PEOPLE HAVE NO QUESTIONS FOR THIS WITNESS, YOUR HONOR.

YOU MAY STEP DOWN, MS. DOMINICK.

[Chris] YOUR HONOR, THE DEFENSE CALLS JONATHAN KIMBALL TO THE STAND.

YOUR HONOR, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THIS WITNESS.

CLEARLY THIS IS A BLATANT DISCOVERY VIOLATION, AND THE COURT SHOULD IMPOSE SANCTIONS.

[Chris] WE'RE CALLING MR. KIMBALL FOR IMPEACHMENT PURPOSES ONLY.

WE HAD NO INTENTION OF CALLING HIM DURING OUR CASE-IN-CHIEF.

BUT IN LIGHT OF MS. DOMINICK'S TESTIMONY,

IT'S IMPERATIVE WE BE ALLOWED TO EXAMINE HIM AT THIS TIME.

MR. DOCKNOVICH,

I'M GONNA TAKE YOUR WORD THAT YOU HAVE LEGITIMATE IMPEACHMENT EVIDENCE HERE.

SWEAR IN THE WITNESS.

[Chris] MR. KIMBALL, WHAT IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO SUSAN DOMINICK?

SHE'S MY OLDER SISTER. SIR, DO YOU CURRENTLY HAVE A LIFE-THREATENING DISEASE?

YES. I HAVE AIDS.

ARE YOU CURRENTLY UNDERGOING EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENT FOR YOUR DISEASE?

PRETTY MUCH ALL... ALL TREATMENT FOR AIDS IS EXPERIMENTAL, ISN'T IT?

I'M GONNA HAVE TO ASK YOU TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, SIR.

- WELL, THE ANSWER IS YES. - IS YOUR MEDICAL TREATMENT COVERED BY YOUR INSURANCE?

[Kimball] I... I LOST MY MEDICAL COVERAGE WHEN I BECAME TOO ILL TO WORK.

DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH YOUR EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENT COSTS?

NOT EXACTLY. NO, I DON'T. WOULD YOU BE SURPRISED IF I TOLD YOU...

OUR RESEARCH ESTIMATES THE COST TO BE ROUGHLY $300,000 A YEAR?

NO. DO YOU HAVE SUFFICIENT MEANS...

TO PAY FOR YOUR EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENT YOURSELF?

NOT... NOT UNLESS I WIN THE LOTTERY. I DON'T THINK SO.

- WHO PAYS FOR YOUR TREATMENT? - A MAN HERE IN LOS ANGELES.

- DO YOU KNOW HIS NAME? - I THINK WHO HE IS...

IS A LOT LESS IMPORTANT THAN WHAT HE'S TRYING TO DO TO HELP ME.

AGAIN, SIR. DO YOU KNOW THE NAME OF YOUR BENEFACTOR?

IT'S RICHARD CROSS.

WERE YOU EVER TRANSPORTED TO THE ARIZONA CLINIC ON MR. CROSS'S PRIVATE JET?

- YES. - I ASSUME YOU MUST BE A CLOSE FRIEND OF MR. CROSS'S.

I'VE PROBABLY MET HIM TWICE.

[Chris] HOW IS IT THAT SOMEONE YOU HARDLY KNOW...

IS FUNDING THESE EXPERIMENTAL MEDICAL PROCEDURES...

AND OFFERING YOU THE USE OF HIS PRIVATE JET?

WELL, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT HE HEARD OF MY SITUATION AND OFFERED TO HELP.

THIS UNDERSTANDING, IT COMES FROM WHERE?

I'M NOT SURE SPECIFICALLY HOW IT ALL CAME TO PASS.

DID YOUR SISTER, SUSAN DOMINICK, INTERCEDE ON YOUR BEHALF WITH RICHARD CROSS...

TO COVER THE COST OF THESE TREATMENTS?

DO YOU NEED ME TO REPEAT THE QUESTION, SIR? NO. UM...

YOU KNOW WHAT? I... I DON'T REALLY CARE HOW OR WHY IT IS I'M GETTING THESE TREATMENTS.

- I'M JUST GLAD THAT I AM. - MOVE TO STRIKE AS UNRESPONSIVE.

ASK THAT THE WITNESS BE ASKED TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.

MR. KIMBALL, DID YOUR SISTER MAKE THE ARRANGEMENTS...

FOR RICHARD CROSS TO PAY FOR THESE TREATMENTS?

I HAVE NO IDEA. THANK YOU. NOTHING FURTHER.

YOUR BROTHER'S TESTIMONY CONTRADICTS WHAT YOU SAID IN HERE A LITTLE WHILE AGO...

THAT YOU'D NEVER RECEIVED ANYTHING OF VALUE FROM RICHARD CROSS.

DOESN'T IT? MR. CROSS IS DOING THIS TO HELP MY BROTHER. NOT ME.

BUT WHEN I ASKED YOU IF YOU'D EVER RECEIVED ANYTHING OF VALUE FROM MR. CROSS,

DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, YOU SAID YOU HADN'T,

AND THAT'S NOT A TRUE STATEMENT, IS IT?

MY BROTHER WOULD BE DEAD IF IT WASN'T FOR RICHARD CROSS.

THAT'S NOT THE QUESTION, MS. DOMINICK.

I'M ASKING YOU WHETHER YOU WERE TELLING THE TRUTH EARLIER.

MY INTENTION WAS TO PROTECT MY BROTHER'S PRIVACY, NOT TO BE MISLEADING.

SO, IN YOUR MIND, IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, IT'S OKAY TO LIE.

OBJECTION. COUNSEL'S SUPPLYING HIS OWN TESTIMONY.

SUSTAINED. [Chris] YOU WERE ALSO LYING...

WHEN YOU SAID YOU BARELY KNEW RICHARD CROSS, WEREN'T YOU?

NO. I DON'T KNOW RICHARD CROSS THAT WELL.

HE PAYS MEDICAL EXPENSES IN EXCESS OF $300,000 A YEAR FOR A MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY.

THAT SUGGESTS A BIT MORE THAN A NODDING ACQUAINTANCE, DOESN'T IT, MS. DOMINICK?

DR. LESTER WAS THE ONE WHO TOLD RICHARD ABOUT JONATHAN'S SITUATION.

THEN HE CAME TO ME TO OFFER HELP.

WHAT WAS I SUPPOSED TO DO? SAY NO AND LET MY BROTHER DIE?

THE CONVERSATION IN WHICH RICHARD OFFERED TO PROLONG YOUR BROTHER'S LIFE,

IS THAT ONE OF THE INCIDENCES OF, UH, SMALL TALK YOU DESCRIBED EARLIER?

NO.

WHEN RICHARD CROSS OFFERED TO PAY THESE EXPENSES, DID HE ASK YOU FOR ANYTHING IN RETURN?

NO. AND ON SUBSEQUENT OCCASIONS...

DID HE EVER ASK YOU TO DO OR SAY ANYTHING IN RETURN FOR HIS FINANCIAL HELP?

HIS GENEROSITY TOWARDS JONATHAN HAS ALWAYS BEEN UNCONDITIONAL.

SO HE DIDN'T ASK YOU TO LIE ON THE WITNESS STAND...

AND SAY IT WAS NEIL AVEDON'S VOICE YOU HEARD ON THE PHONE ON THE MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 21?

NO. HE DIDN'T ASK YOU TO RECOPY THE PHONE LOG...

SO THE CALL FROM NEIL AVEDON WOULD APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN WRITTEN CHRONOLOGICALLY?

NO. MS. DOMINICK, SINCE CLEARLY YOU'RE SOMEONE...

WHO DOESN'T HAVE A PROBLEM DISTORTING THE TRUTH, DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES,

HOW CAN THE JURY KNOW IF YOU'RE NOT LYING RIGHT NOW?

OBJECTION. [Chris] WITHDRAWN.

NOTHING FURTHER.

TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE, DOES YOUR BROTHER RECEIVE OTHER ASSISTANCE...

BESIDES WHAT MR. CROSS HAS PROVIDED?

YES. FROM THE UNITED WAY, A.P.L.A.,

AND HE RECEIVES IN-HOME NURSING CARE PAID FOR BY A PRIVATE FOUNDATION.

DID YOU PROVIDE ANYTHING IN RETURN TO THESE INSTITUTIONS FOR HELPING YOUR BROTHER?

NO.

YOU LOVE YOUR BROTHER VERY MUCH, DON'T YOU?

VERY MUCH.

YOU WOULD SHARE ANY INFORMATION YOU CAME ACROSS THAT WOULD HELP HIM, WOULDN'T YOU?

ABSOLUTELY.

DOES THAT INCLUDE ACCEPTING SUPPORT FROM A KNOWN PHILANTHROPIST...

WHO'D HEARD OF YOUR FAMILY'S PLIGHT?

- YES. - DOES THAT INCLUDE TELLING A LIE...

THAT WOULD PUT AN INNOCENT MAN BEHIND BARS FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE?

NO.

NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

[Excited Chattering] [Polson] MOMENT OF YOUR TIME, COUNSELOR?

I'LL SEE YOU BACK AT THE OFFICE.

WHAT'S UP, DETECTIVE? THE D.A.'s OFFICE HAS DECIDED NOT TO GO FORWARD...

WITH THE RAPE CHARGE AGAINST EDUARDO PORTALEGRE.

THOUGHT YOU'D BE INTERESTED. THAT'S TWICE.

DID THEY BUY HER OFF LIKE THE FIRST ONE?

THE PAPERS WILL BE GOING IN THE MORNING WITH A STORY...

THAT SAYS THE GIRL IS A FULL-ON NUTBALL,

HENCE COMPLETELY UNRELIABLE AS A WITNESS.

THIS GIRL'S PERSONALITY PROFILE COMES FROM WHERE?

SHE WAS BROUGHT UP ON ASSAULT TWO YEARS AGO.

APPARENTLY TORE SOME RECORD EXECUTIVE'S BEACH HOUSE APART.

HER ATTORNEY GOT THE CHARGES REDUCED BY MAKING HER OUT TO BE...

DAMAGED GOODS WITH A HISTORY OF PSYCHIATRIC PROBLEMS.

TWO YEARS AGO SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN A MINOR,

AND THE COURT RECORDS ON THE CASE WOULD HAVE BEEN SEALED.

HOW DID THE PRESS PICK UP THE STORY, I WONDER?

KIND OF STUFF THAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU TREAD ON TOES IN THE D.A.'s OFFICE.

PARTICULARLY THE BIG TOE.

CAN I ASSUME THAT WHATEVER INTEREST THERE WAS IN EDUARDO PORTALEGRE...

FOR JESSICA'S MURDER HAS COOLED?

HARD TO MUSTER A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM FOR THE IDEA AT THIS POINT,

AND MADE MORE DIFFICULT BY THE FACT THAT EDUARDO WAS SENT HOME TO BRAZIL THIS MORNING.

LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING. DO YOUR 20 YEARS AS A HOMICIDE DETECTIVE...

GIVE YOU A STRONG SENSE THAT EDUARDO PORTALEGRE...

COULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR JESSICA'S DEATH?

WITHOUT AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY SWEAT THE KID, IT'S HARD TO SAY.

BUT IF YOU'RE ASKING ME IF I THINK HE'S CAPABLE OF A RAPE-MURDER,

THE ANSWER IS YES.

HI, MOM.

HOW WAS DINNER? GREAT. DAD TOOK ME TO A MEXICAN RESTAURANT,

AND AFTERWARDS WE WENT OUT FOR ICE CREAM.

SOUNDS LIKE FUN.

LISTEN, UH, IT'S ALMOST 8:30, AND YOU STILL HAVE HOMEWORK TO DO.

[Whines] OH. "OH."

LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER, PLEASE.

OKAY. WILL YOU GIVE ME A KISS BEFORE YOU GO?

COUNT ON IT.

I'M SORRY FOR KEEPING HER OUT SO LATE.

IT'S IMPORTANT FOR HER TO SPEND TIME WITH YOU.

SHE SEEMS TO BE BEARING UP PRETTY WELL.

TED, I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT OUR CONVERSATION YESTERDAY.

THINGS GOT, UH, AWAY FROM ME. I'M SORRY.

DON'T APOLOGIZE. IT CLARIFIED OUR SITUATION.

TED, IT'S NOT SO MUCH THAT I WANT TO BE WITH SOMEONE ELSE...

WHO'S WILLING TO GIVE ME MORE OF WHAT I NEED,

WHETHER IT'S AFFECTION OR LOVE...

ANNIE, YOU KNOW IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF MY NOT LOVING YOU.

PLEASE, HEAR ME OUT.

I DON'T WANT TO BE WITH ANYONE ELSE,

BUT I ALSO DON'T ENVISION A SEA CHANGE IN OUR LIFE TOGETHER.

DO YOU?

IF YOU MEAN, AM I GONNA GIVE UP MY CAREER?

NO.

I MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR NEXT MONDAY WITH AN ATTORNEY IN MAYNARD DIXON'S FIRM.

DO YOU HAVE TO DO THIS NOW?

I CAN'T BE IN A MARRIAGE THAT TAKES A BACKSEAT TO YOUR CAREER.

WHETHER IT'S BECAUSE MY EXPECTATIONS OR YOUR PRIORITIES CHANGED...

ISN'T IMPORTANT.

YOU'VE MADE IT VERY CLEAR WHAT YOUR POSITION IS.

THIS IS WHO YOU ARE, AND THIS IS THE LIFE YOU WANT FOR YOURSELF.

I RESPECT THAT.

AND I'M READY TO MOVE ON.

[Clock Chimes]

I'D BETTER SAY GOOD NIGHT TO LIZZIE.