1 00:00:06,615 --> 00:00:08,530 - Previously on "The Betty Broderick Story"... 2 00:00:08,573 --> 00:00:09,792 - What are you doing? 3 00:00:09,835 --> 00:00:11,533 - I never have time to think about anything. 4 00:00:11,576 --> 00:00:14,710 If I could just have some time by myself-- 5 00:00:14,753 --> 00:00:16,668 The kids are at camp where you are not listed 6 00:00:16,712 --> 00:00:18,148 as next of kin. 7 00:00:18,192 --> 00:00:20,150 When they come back, they'll be living with me. 8 00:00:20,194 --> 00:00:22,022 I'm seeking an emergency judgment. 9 00:00:22,065 --> 00:00:23,414 I'm in love with her. 10 00:00:23,458 --> 00:00:25,895 - Was I ever imagining it? 11 00:00:25,938 --> 00:00:27,070 - No, you were right the whole time. 12 00:00:27,114 --> 00:00:28,898 Will you marry me? - Yes. 13 00:00:28,941 --> 00:00:30,073 [cheers and applause] 14 00:00:30,117 --> 00:00:31,379 - I'm divorced. 15 00:00:31,422 --> 00:00:33,424 I wasn't even there. I didn't have a lawyer. 16 00:00:33,468 --> 00:00:36,514 - As is usual in bifurcated divorces, 17 00:00:36,558 --> 00:00:38,212 we now move on to court-ordered mediation. 18 00:00:38,255 --> 00:00:41,345 - These contempt filings serve to deliberately 19 00:00:41,389 --> 00:00:43,826 delay trial proceedings, which will dilute 20 00:00:43,869 --> 00:00:45,349 Mrs. Broderick's share of community property. 21 00:00:45,393 --> 00:00:46,785 - I have a calendar 22 00:00:46,829 --> 00:00:49,440 of backed up contempt motions against your client. 23 00:00:49,484 --> 00:00:53,140 I'm imposing 19 day suspended, 6 days in jail. 24 00:00:56,230 --> 00:00:58,884 [tense music] 25 00:00:58,928 --> 00:01:01,757 [door buzzes] 26 00:01:03,498 --> 00:01:06,066 - Okay. Here you go. 27 00:01:07,980 --> 00:01:11,071 Phone's against that wall. Cab number's on the board. 28 00:01:11,114 --> 00:01:13,899 [change rattling] 29 00:01:13,943 --> 00:01:20,776 ♪ 30 00:01:32,353 --> 00:01:34,746 - Look, I got to go. Bye. 31 00:01:34,790 --> 00:01:37,575 Mrs. Broderick? Sid Montgomery, 32 00:01:37,619 --> 00:01:39,925 feature reporter for the San Diego Register. 33 00:01:39,969 --> 00:01:43,277 - Oh, I'm--I mean, I-- - Your case, your divorce, 34 00:01:43,320 --> 00:01:45,061 might be the worst one I've seen in this county. 35 00:01:45,105 --> 00:01:47,019 - [scoffs] 36 00:01:47,063 --> 00:01:48,412 You've seen a lot of divorces, huh? 37 00:01:48,456 --> 00:01:52,677 - Well, I cover the court, so yeah. 38 00:01:52,721 --> 00:01:55,332 So I know that you've had it rough. 39 00:01:55,376 --> 00:01:57,291 I just got caught up on all the proceedings 40 00:01:57,334 --> 00:01:58,814 and seen how long they've been going on 41 00:01:58,857 --> 00:02:00,816 and that the date for your property settlement 42 00:02:00,859 --> 00:02:03,340 hasn't been set yet, so, 43 00:02:03,384 --> 00:02:05,560 I thought maybe you might have some things to say 44 00:02:05,603 --> 00:02:08,084 about all that on the record. 45 00:02:08,128 --> 00:02:10,173 Look, I get it. 46 00:02:10,217 --> 00:02:12,480 You want to get home, so... 47 00:02:12,523 --> 00:02:15,918 This is my desk phone and my pager. 48 00:02:15,961 --> 00:02:17,485 Okay? 49 00:02:17,528 --> 00:02:18,964 Oh, and just remember, 50 00:02:19,008 --> 00:02:23,273 sometimes a problem just needs a little daylight. 51 00:02:23,317 --> 00:02:26,276 [soft dramatic music] 52 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:30,889 ♪ 53 00:02:30,933 --> 00:02:33,022 - I've seen the other side of life now. 54 00:02:33,065 --> 00:02:36,808 ♪ 55 00:02:36,852 --> 00:02:40,551 The sordid, degrading side, and I'm a part of it. 56 00:02:42,510 --> 00:02:44,251 And it actually wasn't any worse 57 00:02:44,294 --> 00:02:45,817 than the hell in my head. 58 00:02:47,558 --> 00:02:50,257 He sent me to jail and set me free. 59 00:02:50,300 --> 00:02:55,131 ♪ 60 00:02:55,175 --> 00:02:57,916 There's nothing more liberating than to realize 61 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:00,267 you don't have to live up to anything anymore. 62 00:03:00,310 --> 00:03:07,448 ♪ 63 00:03:10,059 --> 00:03:13,628 - This just doesn't sound like how you said she acts. 64 00:03:13,671 --> 00:03:15,934 Like, signing her name to your legal documents-- 65 00:03:15,978 --> 00:03:18,067 - Yeah, and putting her voice on his machine. 66 00:03:18,110 --> 00:03:20,374 - It's always at such a remove. 67 00:03:20,417 --> 00:03:22,767 Passive, you know? - Plausible deniability. 68 00:03:22,811 --> 00:03:24,247 - Yeah, are we even sure that's her handwriting? 69 00:03:24,291 --> 00:03:25,596 - I wondered that too. It looks so-- 70 00:03:25,640 --> 00:03:27,468 - If it wasn't the whore, who was it? 71 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:31,080 - Uh-- 72 00:03:31,123 --> 00:03:33,082 - I'm sorry this happened to you on top of everything else. 73 00:03:33,125 --> 00:03:35,345 It just-- - Do you want to talk? 74 00:03:35,389 --> 00:03:37,173 - About what, the engagement? We are talking about it. 75 00:03:37,217 --> 00:03:42,439 Also, how is Dan Broderick on his knees in a bar newsworthy? 76 00:03:42,483 --> 00:03:45,616 - What about jail, Betty? It must've been terrible. 77 00:03:45,660 --> 00:03:48,489 - Actually, it was interesting. I made a lot of new friends. 78 00:03:51,318 --> 00:03:53,929 - Hey, did you ever figure out an outfit 79 00:03:53,972 --> 00:03:55,539 for Tracy's graduation? 80 00:03:55,583 --> 00:03:57,062 Karen, did you find one for Scott's? 81 00:03:57,106 --> 00:03:59,630 - Well, I thought I did, and it looked great in the store, 82 00:03:59,674 --> 00:04:01,110 and it looked great in my walk-in, 83 00:04:01,153 --> 00:04:03,373 and then I go to answer the phone wearing it, 84 00:04:03,417 --> 00:04:06,115 and I saw myself in the hall mirror and died. 85 00:04:06,158 --> 00:04:08,030 - Never look at yourself in the hall. 86 00:04:08,073 --> 00:04:09,640 [laughter] 87 00:04:09,684 --> 00:04:12,382 - Betty, what are you wearing? 88 00:04:12,426 --> 00:04:14,079 - I wonder if she thinks she's coming. 89 00:04:14,123 --> 00:04:15,603 - Who? 90 00:04:15,646 --> 00:04:18,301 - Linda "The Whore" Kolkena, to my daughter's graduation. 91 00:04:18,345 --> 00:04:21,826 Can't you just see her waltzing her skinny ass right in there? 92 00:04:21,870 --> 00:04:26,091 All I can say is, if that happens, 93 00:04:26,135 --> 00:04:30,748 then I'll know the bastard has really lost his goddamn mind. 94 00:04:30,792 --> 00:04:31,967 [knocking] 95 00:04:36,319 --> 00:04:38,278 You were here before. 96 00:04:38,321 --> 00:04:45,459 ♪ 97 00:04:48,505 --> 00:04:49,941 [line trilling] 98 00:04:49,985 --> 00:04:52,553 - Feature desk. This is Sid. 99 00:04:52,596 --> 00:04:54,206 - Hi, Sid. It's Elisabeth Broderick. 100 00:04:54,250 --> 00:04:57,384 I was just given the date of my property settlement hearing. 101 00:04:57,427 --> 00:04:59,995 - Well, that's good news, right? 102 00:05:00,038 --> 00:05:01,910 - I don't know, 103 00:05:01,953 --> 00:05:04,042 but I decided I want my side of the story out 104 00:05:04,086 --> 00:05:05,522 before it happens. 105 00:05:07,394 --> 00:05:14,531 ♪ 106 00:05:21,582 --> 00:05:25,020 with a 19 year old and a red sports car. 107 00:05:25,063 --> 00:05:27,065 - Huh. - The girlfriend, the Corvette, 108 00:05:27,109 --> 00:05:28,589 the "Risky Business" sunglasses, 109 00:05:28,632 --> 00:05:31,243 a cover boy for "Midlife Crisis Magazine." 110 00:05:31,287 --> 00:05:34,377 - [chuckles] - "Cool, man, cool." 111 00:05:34,421 --> 00:05:37,467 I'd think it was hilarious if it wasn't my husband. 112 00:05:37,511 --> 00:05:40,601 - Well, you have a sense of humor about it. 113 00:05:40,644 --> 00:05:43,952 But so there might be some people who could think 114 00:05:43,995 --> 00:05:45,693 your situation's not all that bad. 115 00:05:45,736 --> 00:05:49,044 - Didn't I meet you in jail? - Well, that's true. 116 00:05:49,087 --> 00:05:50,915 - I realize I'm lucky. 117 00:05:50,959 --> 00:05:53,440 I'm healthy. 118 00:05:53,483 --> 00:05:57,008 I have more than most people will ever have in their life. 119 00:05:57,052 --> 00:05:59,054 But if Dan had defrauded a business partner 120 00:05:59,097 --> 00:06:00,751 the way he did me when he broke our contract, 121 00:06:00,795 --> 00:06:03,101 he'd be the one in jail, not me. 122 00:06:05,365 --> 00:06:08,324 Our first baby graduating, 123 00:06:08,368 --> 00:06:09,934 our baby who was there with us on our honeymoon 124 00:06:09,978 --> 00:06:12,023 and we didn't even know it. 125 00:06:14,461 --> 00:06:16,245 What will he say? 126 00:06:16,288 --> 00:06:19,553 He'll have to say something, today of all days. 127 00:06:22,251 --> 00:06:23,948 He'll talk to me. He'll be nice. 128 00:06:23,992 --> 00:06:25,602 He has to. 129 00:06:26,951 --> 00:06:28,170 [tense music] 130 00:06:28,213 --> 00:06:30,477 He'll be nice to me today. 131 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:34,219 ♪ 132 00:06:34,263 --> 00:06:37,222 - Ladies and gentlemen, our new graduates. 133 00:06:38,876 --> 00:06:40,661 - Hi. - Hi, sweetie! 134 00:06:40,704 --> 00:06:46,231 ♪ 135 00:06:46,275 --> 00:06:48,451 - Oh, you're so pretty. 136 00:06:53,325 --> 00:06:54,326 - Mom. 137 00:06:54,370 --> 00:06:57,112 I couldn't find you. Hi. 138 00:06:57,155 --> 00:06:59,419 [both laughing] 139 00:07:01,638 --> 00:07:04,424 - How could he bring her here? 140 00:07:04,467 --> 00:07:05,642 - I would-- 141 00:07:05,686 --> 00:07:08,471 - Did you try saying, "This is a family event. 142 00:07:08,515 --> 00:07:11,779 "My mother is going to see her daughter graduate, 143 00:07:11,822 --> 00:07:13,563 "and your presence will just detract 144 00:07:13,607 --> 00:07:15,043 "from the joy at my achievement 145 00:07:15,086 --> 00:07:16,610 "because everyone will just be talking about 146 00:07:16,653 --> 00:07:19,656 how my father left us for the tacky office slut." 147 00:07:21,092 --> 00:07:23,530 - I-- - Tell me I'm wrong. 148 00:07:23,573 --> 00:07:26,271 You can't. 149 00:07:26,315 --> 00:07:29,405 - Oh, my God, Trace. Look at you. 150 00:07:29,449 --> 00:07:31,668 Are you just so proud, Betty? - Hi, sweetie. 151 00:07:31,712 --> 00:07:36,499 - Remember from church the two of them in the Noah's Ark play? 152 00:07:36,543 --> 00:07:38,762 Oh, Fred has that camera. Let me take a picture. 153 00:07:38,806 --> 00:07:41,591 - Oh, yeah, sure. - Please. 154 00:07:41,635 --> 00:07:43,245 Here we go. 155 00:07:43,288 --> 00:07:47,771 Okay, ready? So beautiful. 156 00:07:47,815 --> 00:07:49,469 [camera shutter clicks] 157 00:07:49,512 --> 00:07:52,515 ♪ 158 00:07:52,559 --> 00:07:54,474 [sighs] 159 00:08:04,919 --> 00:08:06,355 [camera clicks] 160 00:08:07,965 --> 00:08:09,576 [shutter clicks] 161 00:08:09,619 --> 00:08:11,578 [indistinct chatter] 162 00:08:13,188 --> 00:08:16,017 [shutter clicking] - Congratulations. 163 00:08:23,503 --> 00:08:26,418 [shutter clicking] 164 00:08:37,038 --> 00:08:40,476 - That Linda's outfit was tacky, um, 165 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:42,652 and that you were tacky for bringing her, 166 00:08:42,696 --> 00:08:44,175 and a shithead. 167 00:08:44,219 --> 00:08:47,309 - In general, or just for bringing her? 168 00:08:47,352 --> 00:08:50,312 And she never mentioned anything about the engagement? 169 00:08:50,355 --> 00:08:51,835 Just the wedding china? 170 00:08:51,879 --> 00:08:54,142 - Yeah, she just wants it back. 171 00:08:54,185 --> 00:08:56,100 - Hmm. - She talked about it a lot. 172 00:08:56,144 --> 00:08:59,451 Like, a lot. 173 00:08:59,495 --> 00:09:01,845 - And you're sure that she didn't get it 174 00:09:01,889 --> 00:09:04,152 from the Coral Reef house? 175 00:09:04,195 --> 00:09:06,328 And she hasn't mentioned it before, has she? 176 00:09:06,371 --> 00:09:08,591 - I've never seen it on any of her lists of asks. 177 00:09:08,635 --> 00:09:11,551 - Hunter's coming. I'm gonna change. 178 00:09:11,594 --> 00:09:14,249 - [sighs] 179 00:09:14,292 --> 00:09:16,381 I mean, if we could find it, it could buy us some peace. 180 00:09:16,425 --> 00:09:18,601 - Why does she suddenly want it now? 181 00:09:18,645 --> 00:09:21,082 - Oh, she just does. Why anything? 182 00:09:22,779 --> 00:09:25,826 Linda, she probably didn't have any film in the camera. 183 00:09:25,869 --> 00:09:27,218 - Of course she did. 184 00:09:27,262 --> 00:09:29,264 - Okay, but so we're gonna go from that 185 00:09:29,307 --> 00:09:32,136 to getting an alarm system for the house? 186 00:09:32,180 --> 00:09:34,356 She's gonna think she's the master of mind control. 187 00:09:34,399 --> 00:09:35,923 How much do you think she's gonna love it 188 00:09:35,966 --> 00:09:38,316 if we turn our house into a fortress 189 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:40,057 because she pretended to take some photos of you? 190 00:09:40,101 --> 00:09:42,799 - It's not about that specifically. 191 00:09:42,843 --> 00:09:43,974 It's not just about that. 192 00:09:44,018 --> 00:09:45,672 - Mm-hmm. 193 00:09:45,715 --> 00:09:49,371 - Can't we get an alarm just to have one? 194 00:09:49,414 --> 00:09:52,679 Do we have to care if Betty might love it if we do? 195 00:09:52,722 --> 00:09:55,769 - No, but we have to care about teaching her 196 00:09:55,812 --> 00:09:58,510 that she can get me to react. 197 00:09:58,554 --> 00:10:01,209 - When I filed a claim, not only did they say 198 00:10:01,252 --> 00:10:03,037 they weren't gonna pay me for one week, 199 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:05,126 they docked me two years pay. 200 00:10:05,169 --> 00:10:08,172 So then I tried to file a complaint, 201 00:10:08,216 --> 00:10:11,219 but HR said since I was no longer an employee, 202 00:10:11,262 --> 00:10:14,439 I had no standing to file anything. 203 00:10:14,483 --> 00:10:17,747 So then I just gave up. 204 00:10:17,791 --> 00:10:21,229 But with HALT, I finally have people on my side. 205 00:10:21,272 --> 00:10:24,667 [applause] 206 00:10:24,711 --> 00:10:25,886 - Thank you, Margaret. 207 00:10:25,929 --> 00:10:28,628 - Thank you. 208 00:10:28,671 --> 00:10:31,456 - Okay, everyone, uh, let's take a quick break. 209 00:10:33,981 --> 00:10:36,940 [indistinct chatter] 210 00:10:36,984 --> 00:10:40,074 Are you Elisabeth Broderick? 211 00:10:40,117 --> 00:10:41,553 I've heard about your case. 212 00:10:41,597 --> 00:10:42,685 - You don't know the half of it. 213 00:10:42,729 --> 00:10:44,252 - Well, I know you don't have a lawyer 214 00:10:44,295 --> 00:10:46,820 and that your ex-husband is one. 215 00:10:46,863 --> 00:10:50,171 And I know you have a lot of kindred spirits in here. 216 00:10:50,214 --> 00:10:52,739 Would you be willing to talk to the group? 217 00:10:55,829 --> 00:10:58,353 Yeah? All right. 218 00:11:02,705 --> 00:11:04,664 Hey, everyone, this is Elisabeth. 219 00:11:04,707 --> 00:11:06,317 She's gonna talk now. 220 00:11:09,581 --> 00:11:11,322 - Hi. 221 00:11:13,934 --> 00:11:18,025 I was married for 16 years, and now I'm not. 222 00:11:18,068 --> 00:11:20,897 My husband hired a bimbo and told me 223 00:11:20,941 --> 00:11:24,248 he didn't want me anymore, after only a couple years 224 00:11:24,292 --> 00:11:26,816 of lying to me about it every day first. 225 00:11:28,513 --> 00:11:30,777 He won't let me see my kids, I don't have a settlement, 226 00:11:30,820 --> 00:11:32,430 and he fines me when I call him a dickhead 227 00:11:32,474 --> 00:11:34,171 on his answering machine. 228 00:11:34,215 --> 00:11:36,391 [laughter] 229 00:11:36,434 --> 00:11:38,654 [soft dramatic music] 230 00:11:38,698 --> 00:11:40,656 But I'm sure things are gonna start going my way 231 00:11:40,700 --> 00:11:42,832 now that he's president of the San Diego Bar. 232 00:11:42,876 --> 00:11:45,574 [laughter] 233 00:11:48,185 --> 00:11:50,361 Also, call me "Betty." 234 00:11:53,408 --> 00:11:55,453 [seagulls chirping] 235 00:11:55,497 --> 00:11:57,499 - When's the interview come out? 236 00:11:57,542 --> 00:11:59,762 - Soon-- I hope before the hearing, 237 00:11:59,806 --> 00:12:02,243 so if Dan tries to get the courtroom closed, 238 00:12:02,286 --> 00:12:04,158 people will know why. - Hmm. 239 00:12:04,201 --> 00:12:05,855 What about an attorney? Any luck? 240 00:12:05,899 --> 00:12:07,901 - You want to know what I've decided? 241 00:12:07,944 --> 00:12:09,772 You ready? - Mm-hmm. 242 00:12:12,688 --> 00:12:14,646 - I'm gonna do it-- 243 00:12:14,690 --> 00:12:16,474 uh, appear, what's it, uh, 244 00:12:16,518 --> 00:12:18,389 pro se. 245 00:12:18,433 --> 00:12:20,174 Represent myself. 246 00:12:20,217 --> 00:12:21,479 Legalese. 247 00:12:21,523 --> 00:12:23,917 Why is "pro se" short for "in propria persona?" 248 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:25,919 Why isn't it "pro per?" 249 00:12:25,962 --> 00:12:28,486 Nobody knows better what a cheat Dan is. 250 00:12:28,530 --> 00:12:29,836 Nobody knows our history better. 251 00:12:29,879 --> 00:12:32,229 I will have him cornered on the witness stand. 252 00:12:32,273 --> 00:12:34,318 He will have to go on record in public 253 00:12:34,362 --> 00:12:37,321 and say that he put me in an asylum, put me in jail, 254 00:12:37,365 --> 00:12:40,803 left me for the office whore, let my son get lice, 255 00:12:40,847 --> 00:12:43,023 where he was when our baby died. 256 00:12:45,286 --> 00:12:46,461 - Hmm. 257 00:12:49,072 --> 00:12:51,858 Do you have any sense how much you owe Dan 258 00:12:51,901 --> 00:12:54,034 in terms of Epsteins? 259 00:12:54,077 --> 00:12:55,296 - Yeah, that is something 260 00:12:55,339 --> 00:12:56,906 I've been wondering about--Epsteins. 261 00:12:56,950 --> 00:12:58,516 Why do I have to reimburse Dan 262 00:12:58,560 --> 00:12:59,866 for the down payment on my house, 263 00:12:59,909 --> 00:13:01,693 when he doesn't have to repay me for the one on his? 264 00:13:01,737 --> 00:13:04,305 We were married when we bought both houses. 265 00:13:04,348 --> 00:13:06,133 - Right. Yeah. 266 00:13:06,176 --> 00:13:08,135 So this is where the date of separation comes in. 267 00:13:08,178 --> 00:13:10,354 From the day he moved out, 268 00:13:10,398 --> 00:13:14,010 divorced or not, it's all his money, not yours. 269 00:13:14,054 --> 00:13:15,533 See, this is why an accountant would help, 270 00:13:15,577 --> 00:13:17,187 and a lawyer of course, 271 00:13:17,231 --> 00:13:20,016 to go after Dan's tax returns, his partnerships, 272 00:13:20,060 --> 00:13:21,539 get a list of the cases he worked on-- 273 00:13:21,583 --> 00:13:23,280 - Hilary asked for all of that. 274 00:13:23,324 --> 00:13:25,500 Do I have it? No. 275 00:13:25,543 --> 00:13:28,372 Besides, Dan's just gonna doctor his books anyway. 276 00:13:28,416 --> 00:13:31,854 The only thing an attorney ever did for me was lose. 277 00:13:31,898 --> 00:13:34,770 I can do that for free. 278 00:13:34,814 --> 00:13:36,293 - Well, 279 00:13:36,337 --> 00:13:39,296 will you at least let me help you try not to lose? 280 00:13:39,340 --> 00:13:40,863 - Yes, I will. 281 00:13:40,907 --> 00:13:43,866 [tense music] 282 00:13:43,910 --> 00:13:49,393 ♪ 283 00:13:49,437 --> 00:13:50,917 [clears throat] 284 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:54,050 Hi. I'd like a copy of my file. 285 00:13:54,094 --> 00:13:56,487 - What's the caption? - Of what? 286 00:13:56,531 --> 00:13:58,228 - Broderick versus Broderick. 287 00:14:00,752 --> 00:14:02,189 - [softly] Wow, you know the lingo. 288 00:14:02,232 --> 00:14:03,755 - [softly] Well, in my divorce, 289 00:14:03,799 --> 00:14:05,366 the first hearing, 290 00:14:05,409 --> 00:14:07,629 the judge yelled at me for not wearing a dress. 291 00:14:07,672 --> 00:14:09,239 He said in his courtroom, 292 00:14:09,283 --> 00:14:12,155 men needed to wear suits and women needed to wear dresses. 293 00:14:12,199 --> 00:14:14,636 - What were you wearing? - Liz Claiborne pants suit. 294 00:14:14,679 --> 00:14:16,638 - Nice. Why are we whispering? 295 00:14:16,681 --> 00:14:18,988 - [chuckles] I--I don't know. 296 00:14:19,032 --> 00:14:20,598 [normal voice] It's not the library. 297 00:14:20,642 --> 00:14:22,731 [both laughing] 298 00:14:22,774 --> 00:14:25,255 - File's not in the archive, and it's not in the courtroom. 299 00:14:25,299 --> 00:14:27,040 I'll keep an eye out, but I don't have it. 300 00:14:27,083 --> 00:14:28,302 Sorry. 301 00:14:28,345 --> 00:14:31,653 ♪ 302 00:14:31,696 --> 00:14:33,263 - I've never heard of this happening, 303 00:14:33,307 --> 00:14:37,180 but we need to rebuild that file. 304 00:14:37,224 --> 00:14:39,400 But do you have motions Dan and his attorneys filed, 305 00:14:39,443 --> 00:14:40,923 any summonses? 306 00:14:40,967 --> 00:14:43,317 - I have all his letters. 307 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:45,580 I have everything he ever wrote me. 308 00:14:47,147 --> 00:14:50,324 - Calendar number one, Broderick versus Broderick. 309 00:14:50,367 --> 00:14:51,934 The plaintiff, Daniel Broderick, 310 00:14:51,978 --> 00:14:54,806 is present with his attorney Walter Mills. 311 00:14:54,850 --> 00:14:57,070 Also present is the defendant, 312 00:14:57,113 --> 00:14:59,115 Elisabeth Broderick, 313 00:14:59,159 --> 00:15:02,597 who is appearing pro se. 314 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:05,121 - Your Honor, I understand the press are present today. 315 00:15:05,165 --> 00:15:07,080 My client has always been deeply concerned 316 00:15:07,123 --> 00:15:08,646 of the negative impact 317 00:15:08,690 --> 00:15:10,866 that civil review can have on his children, 318 00:15:10,910 --> 00:15:12,302 and so we would request 319 00:15:12,346 --> 00:15:15,088 that the courtroom be closed to the public. 320 00:15:16,698 --> 00:15:18,004 - Mrs. Broderick? 321 00:15:22,182 --> 00:15:25,968 - I'm for opening it up to everyone on principle. 322 00:15:26,012 --> 00:15:28,840 It's a public proceeding. 323 00:15:28,884 --> 00:15:30,973 I have nothing to hide. 324 00:15:31,017 --> 00:15:33,193 And if I'm such the awful, 325 00:15:33,236 --> 00:15:36,936 guilty person Dan paints me to be, 326 00:15:36,979 --> 00:15:40,156 why is he so afraid of people knowing it? 327 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:41,723 - Well, as an adult, 328 00:15:41,766 --> 00:15:45,031 Mr. Broderick can live with the choices he's made. 329 00:15:45,074 --> 00:15:48,904 The issue here involves your vulnerable children. 330 00:15:48,948 --> 00:15:50,514 - I don't think it's only about 331 00:15:50,558 --> 00:15:51,994 hurting or not hurting my children. 332 00:15:52,038 --> 00:15:54,040 - It's a terrible dilemma. 333 00:15:54,083 --> 00:15:56,607 If you demand an open proceeding, 334 00:15:56,651 --> 00:15:58,000 there is the inference that 335 00:15:58,044 --> 00:16:01,612 that is not an appropriate parenting decision, 336 00:16:01,656 --> 00:16:04,093 which could adversely affect your position 337 00:16:04,137 --> 00:16:07,140 in the custody matter. 338 00:16:07,183 --> 00:16:10,186 Whereas if you choose to have the proceeding closed, 339 00:16:10,230 --> 00:16:13,146 you may be sacrificing your own personal needs 340 00:16:13,189 --> 00:16:15,061 as you believe them to be. 341 00:16:15,104 --> 00:16:19,413 ♪ 342 00:16:19,456 --> 00:16:21,676 - Yes, okay. 343 00:16:23,112 --> 00:16:25,897 Close it, please. 344 00:16:25,941 --> 00:16:27,203 Close it. 345 00:16:29,336 --> 00:16:30,685 - All right, ladies and gentlemen, 346 00:16:30,728 --> 00:16:32,252 please clear the court. 347 00:16:32,295 --> 00:16:34,950 [soft indistinct chatter] 348 00:16:48,485 --> 00:16:51,053 - Besides custody of the minor marital children, 349 00:16:51,097 --> 00:16:52,968 Your Honor will face a problem of major proportions 350 00:16:53,012 --> 00:16:54,578 when attempting to determine a settlement of property 351 00:16:54,622 --> 00:16:56,885 in this case. 352 00:16:56,928 --> 00:16:59,279 In addition, the issue of spousal support promises 353 00:16:59,322 --> 00:17:02,673 to entail significant argument, but I'm confident 354 00:17:02,717 --> 00:17:04,936 that with testimony and evidence submitted, 355 00:17:04,980 --> 00:17:06,895 Your Honor will find in favor of Mr. Broderick. 356 00:17:06,938 --> 00:17:09,028 Thank you. 357 00:17:09,071 --> 00:17:11,073 - Mrs. Broderick, 358 00:17:11,117 --> 00:17:13,380 would you like to make your opening statement now 359 00:17:13,423 --> 00:17:15,556 or wait until you begin your case? 360 00:17:15,599 --> 00:17:18,037 - Isn't--isn't this the beginning? 361 00:17:23,129 --> 00:17:26,219 I don't have one prepared. 362 00:17:26,262 --> 00:17:28,612 I can make one. 363 00:17:32,312 --> 00:17:34,749 I'm happy to be here 364 00:17:34,792 --> 00:17:39,101 to get some resolution in this case, 365 00:17:39,145 --> 00:17:42,757 get back some semblance of normalcy 366 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:45,412 in a life that feels like it's been under siege 367 00:17:45,455 --> 00:17:47,153 for years. 368 00:17:47,196 --> 00:17:51,287 My support, I would just like to be able to go on living. 369 00:17:51,331 --> 00:17:53,594 I would like what's fair, what takes into account 370 00:17:53,637 --> 00:17:56,640 in some way my contribution. 371 00:17:59,817 --> 00:18:03,604 So I hope that we can settle something. 372 00:18:03,647 --> 00:18:05,780 Thank you. 373 00:18:05,823 --> 00:18:08,826 - Yes, I do have many investment properties, 374 00:18:08,870 --> 00:18:11,133 especially in Colorado, but with the collapse 375 00:18:11,177 --> 00:18:14,136 of oil values earlier in this decade and Colorado 376 00:18:14,180 --> 00:18:16,660 being an energy state, their value shrunk. 377 00:18:16,704 --> 00:18:18,619 I don't like it, I'm sure Bets doesn't like it, 378 00:18:18,662 --> 00:18:20,099 but that's it. 379 00:18:20,142 --> 00:18:23,319 All of my wealth really is in my law practice, 380 00:18:23,363 --> 00:18:28,542 which, uh, I've had evaluated, and if the court agrees, 381 00:18:28,585 --> 00:18:31,849 I intend to offer Bets half that value. 382 00:18:33,242 --> 00:18:37,290 - Would you say that once you achieved success, 383 00:18:37,333 --> 00:18:39,553 Mrs. Broderick was happy? 384 00:18:39,596 --> 00:18:42,643 - The more money I made, the more she spent. 385 00:18:42,686 --> 00:18:44,688 But no, she was never satisfied. 386 00:18:44,732 --> 00:18:46,777 If it was expensive, she needed it. 387 00:18:46,821 --> 00:18:48,779 - How would you describe the support that 388 00:18:48,823 --> 00:18:49,998 Mrs. Broderick provided you 389 00:18:50,041 --> 00:18:51,565 when you began your legal career? 390 00:18:51,608 --> 00:18:53,915 - Nonexistent. - How would describe 391 00:18:53,958 --> 00:18:56,526 Mrs. Broderick's itemized expenses 392 00:18:56,570 --> 00:18:59,747 that she's using as the basis for her support allocation? 393 00:18:59,790 --> 00:19:01,966 - Outrageous. - Would you characterize 394 00:19:02,010 --> 00:19:05,840 Mrs. Broderick as driven by greed? 395 00:19:05,883 --> 00:19:07,711 - Yes, and frankly, 396 00:19:07,755 --> 00:19:10,497 I'm gonna have to tighten my expenses very soon-- 397 00:19:10,540 --> 00:19:12,977 not just with a daughter going to college, 398 00:19:13,021 --> 00:19:15,328 but I am getting remarried, 399 00:19:15,371 --> 00:19:17,591 starting a new family. 400 00:19:17,634 --> 00:19:19,680 I anticipate there will be expenses 401 00:19:19,723 --> 00:19:22,030 in connection with that. 402 00:19:22,073 --> 00:19:24,598 - Mr. Montgomery, it's Elisabeth Broderick again. 403 00:19:24,641 --> 00:19:28,428 I was just calling about the article again, 404 00:19:28,471 --> 00:19:30,691 when it's coming out? 405 00:19:30,734 --> 00:19:33,389 It should've happened by now, don't you think? 406 00:19:33,433 --> 00:19:36,479 Please let me know. Thanks. 407 00:19:36,523 --> 00:19:38,699 [door closes] 408 00:19:38,742 --> 00:19:40,353 Come here. 409 00:19:40,396 --> 00:19:46,533 ♪ 410 00:19:46,576 --> 00:19:48,361 Where were you? 411 00:19:48,404 --> 00:19:50,101 - The movies. Remember? 412 00:19:50,145 --> 00:19:53,583 - I remember it started at 6:25. 413 00:19:53,627 --> 00:19:55,063 - What are you doing? 414 00:19:55,106 --> 00:19:59,023 - Preparing to examine a witness. 415 00:19:59,067 --> 00:20:01,374 - You are? What witness? 416 00:20:01,417 --> 00:20:04,638 Dad? [scoffs] 417 00:20:04,681 --> 00:20:07,336 Shit. 418 00:20:07,380 --> 00:20:09,382 Wow. 419 00:20:09,425 --> 00:20:12,559 Okay. 420 00:20:12,602 --> 00:20:14,517 - What movie did you see again? 421 00:20:14,561 --> 00:20:16,258 - "Scrooged." 422 00:20:16,302 --> 00:20:17,912 - Oh, yeah? 423 00:20:17,955 --> 00:20:19,479 Come over here where I can see you. 424 00:20:19,522 --> 00:20:20,697 - Why, what's your deal? - Do it. 425 00:20:20,741 --> 00:20:22,264 Or you're grounded. 426 00:20:29,140 --> 00:20:30,881 Now you're grounded for whatever it was 427 00:20:30,925 --> 00:20:32,927 you were really doing. 428 00:20:32,970 --> 00:20:35,799 [pencil scribbling] 429 00:20:38,628 --> 00:20:40,848 [soft dramatic music] 430 00:20:40,891 --> 00:20:44,852 - You know, when you examine Dad, 431 00:20:44,895 --> 00:20:46,636 you should ask about all the nicknames 432 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:48,638 he and Linda call you. 433 00:20:48,682 --> 00:20:52,251 "Crazy," obviously, 434 00:20:52,294 --> 00:20:56,603 and "the monster," 435 00:20:56,646 --> 00:21:00,084 and "the beast." 436 00:21:00,128 --> 00:21:01,912 - Your Honor, I don't have any firsthand knowledge 437 00:21:01,956 --> 00:21:05,046 of the numbers presented by Mr. Broderick and Mr. Mills. 438 00:21:05,089 --> 00:21:08,136 Nor do I know the law or really the rules of trial. 439 00:21:08,179 --> 00:21:10,617 But I'll do my best to play the game, 440 00:21:10,660 --> 00:21:13,663 and if you'll just let me know 441 00:21:13,707 --> 00:21:15,709 if I'm making any mistakes along the way. 442 00:21:15,752 --> 00:21:22,846 ♪ 443 00:21:25,806 --> 00:21:29,026 - Mr. Broderick, 444 00:21:29,070 --> 00:21:31,290 when did this case start? 445 00:21:31,333 --> 00:21:33,335 - February 28th, 1985. 446 00:21:33,379 --> 00:21:36,207 - Oh, is that when you think it was? 447 00:21:36,251 --> 00:21:38,427 - At our separation, is that what you mean? 448 00:21:38,471 --> 00:21:40,168 - It isn't. 449 00:21:40,211 --> 00:21:43,345 When was the moment this divorce really started? 450 00:21:45,042 --> 00:21:47,871 - April 12th, 1969. 451 00:21:49,395 --> 00:21:51,962 - And what's the relevance of that date for the record? 452 00:21:53,616 --> 00:21:57,316 - That was the date we got married, Your Honor. 453 00:22:02,538 --> 00:22:05,454 - What I'm trying to get at by asking "When did it start," 454 00:22:05,498 --> 00:22:07,369 is when did I first become aware 455 00:22:07,413 --> 00:22:08,979 of your affair with Linda Kolkena? 456 00:22:09,023 --> 00:22:10,590 - Objection. Relevance. 457 00:22:10,633 --> 00:22:12,592 - Sustained. 458 00:22:12,635 --> 00:22:14,985 In California, Mrs. Broderick, 459 00:22:15,029 --> 00:22:19,033 as I'm sure you're aware, we recognize no-fault divorce. 460 00:22:19,076 --> 00:22:21,165 Therefore the issue here today 461 00:22:21,209 --> 00:22:24,255 is not one of whose fault the divorce was. 462 00:22:24,299 --> 00:22:25,605 We are only here 463 00:22:25,648 --> 00:22:28,956 to decide the question of division of property, 464 00:22:28,999 --> 00:22:31,175 the assets of the community, 465 00:22:31,219 --> 00:22:33,395 and to determine the appropriate parent 466 00:22:33,439 --> 00:22:35,092 for the custody of the minor children. 467 00:22:35,136 --> 00:22:38,182 - I was manipulated purposely and with malice 468 00:22:38,226 --> 00:22:42,099 before this case was even filed by an expert attorney. 469 00:22:42,143 --> 00:22:44,406 I'm trying to show how-- 470 00:22:44,450 --> 00:22:47,844 how Dan cut me off from our community assets 471 00:22:47,888 --> 00:22:51,544 from the start of his affair with Linda Kolkena. 472 00:22:51,587 --> 00:22:56,026 - Then see if there isn't anything to develop 473 00:22:56,070 --> 00:22:57,593 that relates to the assets. 474 00:22:57,637 --> 00:23:00,379 You must refer to the assets, 475 00:23:00,422 --> 00:23:03,643 not to any alleged affair, okay? 476 00:23:03,686 --> 00:23:06,863 - Okay. Thank you, Your Honor. 477 00:23:10,214 --> 00:23:12,347 Remember what my reaction was when you hired this girl? 478 00:23:12,391 --> 00:23:13,653 - Objection. Relevance. 479 00:23:13,696 --> 00:23:15,394 - Sustained. 480 00:23:15,437 --> 00:23:17,918 You're still in the area of fault. 481 00:23:19,441 --> 00:23:21,965 - Do you remember me telling you, 482 00:23:22,009 --> 00:23:24,446 "Fire your assistant or get out of this house?" 483 00:23:24,490 --> 00:23:25,882 - Objection. - Sustained. 484 00:23:25,926 --> 00:23:27,231 - Wait-- 485 00:23:27,275 --> 00:23:29,712 - Stay away from the alleged affair. 486 00:23:29,756 --> 00:23:33,107 I cannot be more clear, okay? 487 00:23:33,150 --> 00:23:35,370 - You want me to just change the whole subject? 488 00:23:35,414 --> 00:23:37,546 Will that make you happy? - Yes, ma'am. 489 00:23:41,202 --> 00:23:44,510 - Do you remember how we lived when we first got married? 490 00:23:44,553 --> 00:23:46,642 - In New York? - Yeah. 491 00:23:46,686 --> 00:23:49,645 How we lived mostly on my salary, 492 00:23:49,689 --> 00:23:51,865 how we went through my savings? 493 00:23:51,908 --> 00:23:54,215 - I remember you had a small nest egg 494 00:23:54,258 --> 00:23:56,652 from babysitting, I think it was. 495 00:23:56,696 --> 00:23:59,481 - You remember how hard it was? 496 00:23:59,525 --> 00:24:02,484 All the jobs I had, even after I was pregnant? 497 00:24:02,528 --> 00:24:05,835 - I remember you had various odd jobs, Tupperware, 498 00:24:05,879 --> 00:24:08,838 the one from the department store on the holidays, 499 00:24:08,882 --> 00:24:11,101 but I don't recall them being particularly helpful. 500 00:24:11,145 --> 00:24:13,669 - You're saying we weren't poor? 501 00:24:13,713 --> 00:24:15,410 Did we ever have to go on food stamps? 502 00:24:15,454 --> 00:24:16,629 - I don't know. 503 00:24:16,672 --> 00:24:18,413 We got food stamps once or twice. 504 00:24:18,457 --> 00:24:22,199 - You remember we didn't have a crib when Tracy was born? 505 00:24:22,243 --> 00:24:23,505 - What? No, I don't. 506 00:24:23,549 --> 00:24:26,552 - You don't remember we didn't have a crib? 507 00:24:26,595 --> 00:24:30,686 - From my memory, in my mind, uh, 508 00:24:30,730 --> 00:24:33,602 these were-- it was a busy time. 509 00:24:33,646 --> 00:24:37,737 We were stretched but we always came through all right. 510 00:24:47,529 --> 00:24:50,227 - Oh, yeah. 511 00:24:50,271 --> 00:24:51,838 Did I support you financially 512 00:24:51,881 --> 00:24:53,796 while you were in medical school? 513 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:56,320 - You contributed to the upkeep of the household, yes. 514 00:24:56,364 --> 00:24:57,670 - Why would I do that? 515 00:24:57,713 --> 00:24:59,672 - I assume it was an investment 516 00:24:59,715 --> 00:25:03,719 in your future as the wife of a wealthy doctor. 517 00:25:03,763 --> 00:25:05,678 - You're saying I only did it for myself? 518 00:25:07,767 --> 00:25:09,856 Is that what you thought at the time? 519 00:25:11,379 --> 00:25:12,989 - I was busy at the time. 520 00:25:13,033 --> 00:25:15,601 - If I was so invested in being a wealthy doctor's wife, 521 00:25:15,644 --> 00:25:16,993 how'd you convince me to agree 522 00:25:17,037 --> 00:25:18,691 to the idea of you going to law school? 523 00:25:18,734 --> 00:25:21,737 - Well, I told you that 524 00:25:21,781 --> 00:25:25,567 I could make more money as a lawyer with an MD. 525 00:25:25,611 --> 00:25:28,091 - Did you contribute to our household income 526 00:25:28,135 --> 00:25:29,528 while you were in law school? 527 00:25:29,571 --> 00:25:31,573 No, you did not. Did I? 528 00:25:31,617 --> 00:25:35,229 - We took out loans. - For tuition. 529 00:25:35,272 --> 00:25:37,231 - But yes, 530 00:25:37,274 --> 00:25:41,148 you did get some money in between pregnancies. 531 00:25:43,803 --> 00:25:46,370 - When did you first start telling our children 532 00:25:46,414 --> 00:25:48,242 that I was mentally ill? 533 00:25:48,285 --> 00:25:49,765 - I don't recall putting it that way. 534 00:25:49,809 --> 00:25:51,550 - When I would confront you with questions 535 00:25:51,593 --> 00:25:54,596 about a certain party, 536 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:56,729 wasn't your answer that I was crazy? 537 00:25:56,772 --> 00:25:59,688 - Could you be more specific? 538 00:25:59,732 --> 00:26:01,734 - Were you seen out and around town 539 00:26:01,777 --> 00:26:04,388 with Linda Kolkena in 1983? 540 00:26:04,432 --> 00:26:05,694 - Objection. 541 00:26:05,738 --> 00:26:06,913 - Mrs. Broderick, you've been warned. 542 00:26:06,956 --> 00:26:09,045 - Okay, but this isn't an issue of fault. 543 00:26:09,089 --> 00:26:11,570 His only grounds for keeping the kids is his claim 544 00:26:11,613 --> 00:26:13,615 that I need psychiatric help. 545 00:26:13,659 --> 00:26:16,792 He submitted reports to you, audio tapes 546 00:26:16,836 --> 00:26:18,620 claiming I'm a mental case, that I'm crazy. 547 00:26:18,664 --> 00:26:20,622 I'm just trying to prove that I'm not. 548 00:26:20,666 --> 00:26:22,537 I'm trying to establish 549 00:26:22,581 --> 00:26:25,018 why I might've been angry at the time that-- 550 00:26:25,061 --> 00:26:29,979 - Mr. Broderick's outside activities are not assistive 551 00:26:30,023 --> 00:26:32,982 to your present ability to parent. 552 00:26:33,026 --> 00:26:34,723 Sustained. 553 00:26:38,292 --> 00:26:41,077 - An Epstein credit ensures one spouse will be reimbursed 554 00:26:41,121 --> 00:26:45,604 by the other for expenses or debts after separation. 555 00:26:45,647 --> 00:26:47,214 - Haven't you dragged out payments 556 00:26:47,257 --> 00:26:48,563 and encumbered properties 557 00:26:48,607 --> 00:26:50,086 in order to increase my Epsteins to you? 558 00:26:50,130 --> 00:26:51,958 - No, I have not. - Why else wouldn't you 559 00:26:52,001 --> 00:26:55,875 have paid off the lake house or the Colorado properties? 560 00:26:55,918 --> 00:26:59,618 Why haven't you paid back your Harvard Law School loans? 561 00:26:59,661 --> 00:27:02,272 Why did you charge me half of these payments 562 00:27:02,316 --> 00:27:04,710 two years after you left me? 563 00:27:04,753 --> 00:27:07,974 - I pay my bills automatically every month. 564 00:27:08,017 --> 00:27:12,631 I've been paying for Harvard on a monthly basis since 1974. 565 00:27:12,674 --> 00:27:16,112 I just kept doing it, uh, out of habit. 566 00:27:16,156 --> 00:27:19,768 If you're insinuating that this is some kind of plot, 567 00:27:19,812 --> 00:27:21,988 I didn't learn about Epstein credits 568 00:27:22,031 --> 00:27:24,686 until long after our separation. 569 00:27:24,730 --> 00:27:26,557 - Wasn't your first lawyer Doug Layton, 570 00:27:26,601 --> 00:27:28,647 an expert on Epsteins? 571 00:27:28,690 --> 00:27:31,693 - Mrs. Broderick, you misunderstand the point. 572 00:27:31,737 --> 00:27:33,260 - I don't think I do. 573 00:27:33,303 --> 00:27:36,959 - Mr. Broderick either paid your expenses or he didn't, 574 00:27:37,003 --> 00:27:40,789 and you're looking for skeletons where there are none. 575 00:27:40,833 --> 00:27:43,052 - Dan, as I was looking through boxes of papers, 576 00:27:43,096 --> 00:27:46,490 I happened on two bank withdrawals you made, 577 00:27:46,534 --> 00:27:49,929 one for $175,000 closing out an account, 578 00:27:49,972 --> 00:27:53,715 and one for $80,000 emptying another one, 579 00:27:53,759 --> 00:27:57,371 both in February 1985. 580 00:27:57,414 --> 00:28:00,722 Both before you left me. 581 00:28:00,766 --> 00:28:02,681 On those days, you withdrew that money 582 00:28:02,724 --> 00:28:06,815 February 5th and February 22nd. 583 00:28:06,859 --> 00:28:10,950 Did you know you'd be leaving me on February 28th? 584 00:28:10,993 --> 00:28:12,952 - No. 585 00:28:12,995 --> 00:28:17,652 - But yet you closed out two accounts that I know of. 586 00:28:17,696 --> 00:28:20,568 How did that money affect the valuation of your law practice? 587 00:28:20,611 --> 00:28:22,788 'Cause it wasn't included in the appraisal. 588 00:28:22,831 --> 00:28:25,181 [tense music] 589 00:28:25,225 --> 00:28:27,270 - It should have. 590 00:28:27,314 --> 00:28:31,013 Uh, those figures should have been adjusted. 591 00:28:31,057 --> 00:28:34,234 Upward. 592 00:28:34,277 --> 00:28:37,759 - Your Honor, uh, at which point in time 593 00:28:37,803 --> 00:28:40,675 will you be valuing Dan's law practice? 594 00:28:40,719 --> 00:28:43,286 At the time of separation four years ago, 595 00:28:43,330 --> 00:28:45,201 or at the current time? 596 00:28:45,245 --> 00:28:48,901 - Well, the community asset can be valued either/or. 597 00:28:48,944 --> 00:28:51,294 - But you get to decide which. 598 00:28:51,338 --> 00:28:53,253 - That is true. 599 00:28:53,296 --> 00:28:54,820 - When? 600 00:28:54,863 --> 00:28:57,779 - When the case is ended, uh, based on the facts 601 00:28:57,823 --> 00:28:59,738 and the circumstances presented. 602 00:28:59,781 --> 00:29:01,522 - Hmm. Okay. 603 00:29:01,565 --> 00:29:03,176 The appraiser hired by Mr. Broderick 604 00:29:03,219 --> 00:29:07,571 valued the practice on February 28th, 1985. 605 00:29:07,615 --> 00:29:09,225 I didn't find anything in the record 606 00:29:09,269 --> 00:29:14,448 evaluating its current worth, so you only have the "either." 607 00:29:14,491 --> 00:29:16,580 You don't actually have the "or." 608 00:29:16,624 --> 00:29:19,670 - That is true. 609 00:29:19,714 --> 00:29:22,586 - Is that my responsibility to get? 610 00:29:22,630 --> 00:29:25,372 - Correct. 611 00:29:25,415 --> 00:29:29,985 - So do I need an expert, or do I just ask Mr. Broderick? 612 00:29:30,029 --> 00:29:32,727 - Well, you can ask Mr. Broderick 613 00:29:32,771 --> 00:29:35,121 the question you want to ask, 614 00:29:35,164 --> 00:29:38,080 and to the extent he knows the answer, 615 00:29:38,124 --> 00:29:40,430 we'll hear what he has to say. 616 00:29:40,474 --> 00:29:45,087 ♪ 617 00:29:45,131 --> 00:29:48,177 - Can you explain why the value of your practice-- 618 00:29:48,221 --> 00:29:50,832 the cases, the hardware, the computers, the cars, 619 00:29:50,876 --> 00:29:54,618 the pension, everything, comes out to less in value 620 00:29:54,662 --> 00:29:57,447 than what you earn in a single year? 621 00:29:57,491 --> 00:30:00,581 - Objection. - Sustained. 622 00:30:00,624 --> 00:30:02,626 Argumentative. 623 00:30:02,670 --> 00:30:05,847 - Jeez. Really? 624 00:30:08,676 --> 00:30:10,939 The night you left our house, what did you say to me? 625 00:30:10,983 --> 00:30:14,595 - What did I-- - February 28, 1985, 626 00:30:14,638 --> 00:30:16,292 you said you were leaving because 627 00:30:16,336 --> 00:30:19,948 you needed time to think about your life. 628 00:30:19,992 --> 00:30:21,384 - I said-- - What about your life, 629 00:30:21,428 --> 00:30:24,431 you couldn't say, but is it not true that that-- 630 00:30:24,474 --> 00:30:25,867 - I said I am leaving you, 631 00:30:25,911 --> 00:30:28,043 that we can't live together anymore, 632 00:30:28,087 --> 00:30:31,177 that it's been too bad for too long between us. 633 00:30:31,220 --> 00:30:34,093 It doesn't work. I have to go. 634 00:30:35,355 --> 00:30:37,313 - At any point did you use the word 635 00:30:37,357 --> 00:30:40,403 "separation" or "divorce?" - No. 636 00:30:40,447 --> 00:30:44,103 Because I hadn't decided to do that yet. 637 00:30:44,146 --> 00:30:47,280 [soft dramatic music] 638 00:30:47,323 --> 00:30:49,108 ♪ 639 00:30:49,151 --> 00:30:52,633 I don't know when I first concluded 640 00:30:52,676 --> 00:30:54,591 that you have emotional problems, 641 00:30:54,635 --> 00:30:56,898 but it was a long time ago. 642 00:30:58,944 --> 00:31:01,685 I understand your anger. I understand your hatred. 643 00:31:01,729 --> 00:31:03,209 - Yeah, you understand, 644 00:31:03,252 --> 00:31:06,995 yet you drag me through the legal system for years. 645 00:31:07,039 --> 00:31:10,259 - And now here we are. 646 00:31:10,303 --> 00:31:12,435 After everything I've given you, 647 00:31:12,479 --> 00:31:14,089 after everything you have, 648 00:31:14,133 --> 00:31:17,005 I don't think you have a legitimate basis for complaint. 649 00:31:17,049 --> 00:31:19,355 But I also don't think there's any amount of money 650 00:31:19,399 --> 00:31:20,835 that's going to be enough for you. 651 00:31:20,879 --> 00:31:22,184 - [scoffs] 652 00:31:22,228 --> 00:31:25,274 - You want to destroy me, over and done with, 653 00:31:25,318 --> 00:31:27,755 and unless and until that happens, 654 00:31:27,798 --> 00:31:29,583 you're not going to be happy. 655 00:31:29,626 --> 00:31:36,764 ♪ 656 00:31:40,159 --> 00:31:42,944 - Did the end of our marriage 657 00:31:42,988 --> 00:31:45,904 have anything to do with Linda Kolkena? 658 00:31:45,947 --> 00:31:48,602 - Linda Kolkena had nothing to do 659 00:31:48,645 --> 00:31:50,909 with the end of that marriage. 660 00:31:50,952 --> 00:31:57,741 ♪ 661 00:31:57,785 --> 00:32:01,180 - I have nothing else. Thank you. 662 00:32:01,223 --> 00:32:03,095 - Your Honor, Mrs. Broderick has asked for 663 00:32:03,138 --> 00:32:05,706 $25,000 a month for ten years, 664 00:32:05,749 --> 00:32:09,318 a million dollar tax repayment, custody of the minor children, 665 00:32:09,362 --> 00:32:11,755 and reimbursement of attorney fees. 666 00:32:11,799 --> 00:32:13,235 Now, I would ask Your Honor to recognize 667 00:32:13,279 --> 00:32:15,281 that Mrs. Broderick knows no spending limits 668 00:32:15,324 --> 00:32:19,589 and that her expenses are emotional blackmail. 669 00:32:19,633 --> 00:32:21,809 Now, Daniel Broderick has risen to wealth 670 00:32:21,852 --> 00:32:24,725 through hard work and God-given talent, 671 00:32:24,768 --> 00:32:27,510 and he is being more generous than most would be in conceding 672 00:32:27,554 --> 00:32:30,992 that his wife might need $9,000 a month for a year 673 00:32:31,036 --> 00:32:34,213 and $5,000 a month for two years after that, 674 00:32:34,256 --> 00:32:36,128 and though the children's obvious affection 675 00:32:36,171 --> 00:32:39,305 for their mother must warrant some visitation, 676 00:32:39,348 --> 00:32:41,307 custody should go to Mr. Broderick. 677 00:32:41,350 --> 00:32:45,180 It is for Mrs. Broderick's own good to limit her settlement. 678 00:32:45,224 --> 00:32:47,182 If Your Honor makes an artificially high award, 679 00:32:47,226 --> 00:32:49,924 you really cripple her, and in fact, it'll provide 680 00:32:49,968 --> 00:32:52,100 a lack of incentive to contribute to herself 681 00:32:52,144 --> 00:32:57,018 when she is clearly a woman of formidable abilities. 682 00:32:57,062 --> 00:32:59,368 Only consider her performance in this trial. 683 00:33:03,503 --> 00:33:04,808 Thank you. 684 00:33:04,852 --> 00:33:11,990 ♪ 685 00:33:16,777 --> 00:33:18,953 - Mr. Broderick was low enough to put to this court 686 00:33:18,997 --> 00:33:22,304 that our divorce started the day we were married. 687 00:33:24,567 --> 00:33:27,309 So I will argue that, too, I guess. 688 00:33:27,353 --> 00:33:29,398 I wanted a husband and a family. 689 00:33:29,442 --> 00:33:32,401 Dan needed a wife that could wait on him, 690 00:33:32,445 --> 00:33:35,317 have sex with him, have his family, 691 00:33:35,361 --> 00:33:38,277 and run his home while he worked all the time. 692 00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:41,062 We were equal partners until we got wealthy 693 00:33:41,106 --> 00:33:45,284 when Dan then considered his earnings his sole property. 694 00:33:45,327 --> 00:33:48,026 I think I've been very generous in letting Mr. Broderick 695 00:33:48,069 --> 00:33:49,853 calculate the value of everything. 696 00:33:49,897 --> 00:33:51,333 We have so much money, 697 00:33:51,377 --> 00:33:54,119 more than enough to keep him and his new family happy 698 00:33:54,162 --> 00:33:56,425 and the family we have happy too. 699 00:33:56,469 --> 00:33:58,514 If I get the children, I don't want them 700 00:33:58,558 --> 00:34:01,430 to have to give up their schools, music lessons, 701 00:34:01,474 --> 00:34:04,520 trips, things that are important to them 702 00:34:04,564 --> 00:34:07,784 that we made important to them, but at this stage of life, 703 00:34:07,828 --> 00:34:12,615 I can hardly hope to match Dan Broderick's earning power. 704 00:34:12,659 --> 00:34:16,532 I hope I can get any job. 705 00:34:16,576 --> 00:34:20,232 Everyone wants a kitten. No one wants a cat. 706 00:34:20,275 --> 00:34:23,061 So I hope Your Honor will remember 707 00:34:23,104 --> 00:34:25,802 that Mr. Broderick's God-given talents 708 00:34:25,846 --> 00:34:30,590 have been showcased by his medical and law degrees, 709 00:34:30,633 --> 00:34:34,463 which over many years of sacrifice in my youth, 710 00:34:34,507 --> 00:34:37,118 I helped to pay for. 711 00:34:37,162 --> 00:34:41,775 Me, not God. 712 00:34:41,818 --> 00:34:47,476 ♪ 713 00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:49,739 - The court will be recessed until the 30th 714 00:34:49,783 --> 00:34:51,915 when I will render my decision. 715 00:34:51,959 --> 00:34:54,004 Thank you, everyone. 716 00:34:54,048 --> 00:34:55,310 [gavel bangs] 717 00:35:08,932 --> 00:35:10,934 [line trilling] 718 00:35:10,978 --> 00:35:13,807 - This is Sid. - This isn't an interview. 719 00:35:13,850 --> 00:35:15,765 It just talks about our hearing being closed. 720 00:35:15,809 --> 00:35:17,593 What happened to everything we talked about? 721 00:35:17,637 --> 00:35:19,943 - I asked Dan for his rebuttal. 722 00:35:19,987 --> 00:35:22,294 He asked to sit down with me. 723 00:35:22,337 --> 00:35:24,774 - Well-- 724 00:35:24,818 --> 00:35:26,428 okay, so then where is it? 725 00:35:26,472 --> 00:35:28,648 There's hardly even any quotes in here. 726 00:35:28,691 --> 00:35:30,084 - Well, because after we were done, 727 00:35:30,128 --> 00:35:34,088 he threatened to sue me for invasion of privacy. 728 00:35:34,132 --> 00:35:35,698 - Well... [scoffs] 729 00:35:35,742 --> 00:35:38,092 Why did he even want to sit down with you at all then? 730 00:35:38,136 --> 00:35:40,790 - I think he thought he could convince me 731 00:35:40,834 --> 00:35:44,751 none of any of it was worth my time. 732 00:35:44,794 --> 00:35:46,187 - "It's never going to be over for me. 733 00:35:46,231 --> 00:35:47,623 "I know that. 734 00:35:47,667 --> 00:35:49,756 It's not going to end until one of us is gone." 735 00:35:49,799 --> 00:35:51,366 He let you quote him on that I guess, 736 00:35:51,410 --> 00:35:53,063 whatever it's supposed to mean. 737 00:35:53,107 --> 00:35:56,415 - Well, I actually asked him what it meant, and he said, 738 00:35:56,458 --> 00:35:59,809 "Because she'll probably be asking for support for life. 739 00:35:59,853 --> 00:36:03,204 But also because you-- you can't let go." 740 00:36:03,248 --> 00:36:06,251 [soft dramatic music] 741 00:36:06,294 --> 00:36:07,600 - Maybe I'm crazy, 742 00:36:07,643 --> 00:36:09,776 but I can finally imagine it after so long, 743 00:36:09,819 --> 00:36:12,213 having support from a court I can rely on, 744 00:36:12,257 --> 00:36:14,824 him not being able to fine me anymore, 745 00:36:14,868 --> 00:36:16,348 my kids, 746 00:36:16,391 --> 00:36:18,393 a nice job, 747 00:36:18,437 --> 00:36:20,221 a life of my own. 748 00:36:20,265 --> 00:36:21,614 - Job? What job is this? 749 00:36:21,657 --> 00:36:24,965 - Hmm. I saw an ad. 750 00:36:25,008 --> 00:36:27,576 The preschool Liz Beale's little girls went to, 751 00:36:27,620 --> 00:36:29,404 a teaching assistant. 752 00:36:29,448 --> 00:36:31,189 - And you applied for it? 753 00:36:31,232 --> 00:36:32,973 - No, I start the 12th. 754 00:36:33,016 --> 00:36:36,106 - And--and it's a done deal? You're in? 755 00:36:37,630 --> 00:36:40,676 I--I'm glad. That's so great. 756 00:36:40,720 --> 00:36:45,203 ♪ 757 00:36:45,246 --> 00:36:47,074 - Why is it "so great?" 758 00:36:51,252 --> 00:36:53,167 - I just want to say that I never believed it 759 00:36:53,211 --> 00:36:54,603 for a minute, never. 760 00:36:54,647 --> 00:36:55,865 I have been more worried 761 00:36:55,909 --> 00:36:57,432 that you would hear about it somewhere, 762 00:36:57,476 --> 00:36:59,173 and now you're suddenly talking about this preschool job, 763 00:36:59,217 --> 00:37:01,958 and that it would come out-- - Marie. 764 00:37:02,002 --> 00:37:04,570 - At the drycleaners, I saw Peter, 765 00:37:04,613 --> 00:37:06,180 my lawyer from my divorce, 766 00:37:06,224 --> 00:37:10,228 and we were just talking about all of it. 767 00:37:10,271 --> 00:37:11,490 - Mm-hmm. 768 00:37:11,533 --> 00:37:14,144 - And he did say... 769 00:37:14,188 --> 00:37:17,974 He heard that your courtroom was sealed 770 00:37:18,018 --> 00:37:19,889 because you're a child molester. 771 00:37:19,933 --> 00:37:23,066 [foreboding music] 772 00:37:23,110 --> 00:37:24,372 ♪ 773 00:37:24,416 --> 00:37:26,200 - You've attacked and destroyed me, 774 00:37:26,244 --> 00:37:28,376 my home, my possessions, and my family, 775 00:37:28,420 --> 00:37:31,858 and you continue to repeatedly attack, steal, and destroy. 776 00:37:31,901 --> 00:37:35,296 You are the sickest person alive. 777 00:37:35,340 --> 00:37:37,907 No one will mourn you. 778 00:37:37,951 --> 00:37:39,648 That's how long it's been since you've been here. 779 00:37:39,692 --> 00:37:42,869 No one even remembers 780 00:37:42,912 --> 00:37:45,741 that I smashed my car into his door. 781 00:37:45,785 --> 00:37:49,919 ♪ 782 00:37:49,963 --> 00:37:52,052 Obviously, I'd pay for your airfare. 783 00:37:52,095 --> 00:37:56,230 - That's not necessary, Betty Anne. 784 00:37:56,274 --> 00:37:59,189 - Just to have you here? 785 00:37:59,233 --> 00:38:02,280 Just to show the judge that I'm not this 786 00:38:02,323 --> 00:38:06,109 alone person, 787 00:38:06,153 --> 00:38:07,894 that I'm part of a family that cares? 788 00:38:07,937 --> 00:38:09,548 That would just be so-- 789 00:38:09,591 --> 00:38:12,420 - Look, your father and I don't wanna be a part of this, 790 00:38:12,464 --> 00:38:14,509 whether you win or you don't. 791 00:38:14,553 --> 00:38:18,121 - To begin with the division of the marital assets, 792 00:38:18,165 --> 00:38:20,385 the court accepts the appraisal of the law firm 793 00:38:20,428 --> 00:38:23,475 owned by Mr. Broderick and confirms its value 794 00:38:23,518 --> 00:38:26,826 at the date of separation. 795 00:38:26,869 --> 00:38:29,002 After reviewing the Epstein credits, 796 00:38:29,045 --> 00:38:33,180 legal costs, and cash advances, I find that Mrs. Broderick 797 00:38:33,223 --> 00:38:39,621 owes Mr. Broderick a total of $787,063. 798 00:38:39,665 --> 00:38:42,755 Taking that deduction into account, 799 00:38:42,798 --> 00:38:45,366 I award her a lump sum payment 800 00:38:45,410 --> 00:38:50,023 of $28,606.02. 801 00:38:52,373 --> 00:38:54,375 As to custody, 802 00:38:54,419 --> 00:38:58,988 I find that Mr. Broderick will retain sole custody. 803 00:38:59,032 --> 00:39:02,122 Mrs. Broderick is awarded formal visitation rights 804 00:39:02,165 --> 00:39:05,995 on alternating holidays and weekends. 805 00:39:06,039 --> 00:39:09,564 And finally as to spousal support, 806 00:39:09,608 --> 00:39:12,872 I keep the figure at $16,000 monthly, 807 00:39:12,915 --> 00:39:17,746 contingent on remarriage or death of either party 808 00:39:17,790 --> 00:39:20,619 or further order of the court. 809 00:39:20,662 --> 00:39:23,622 [somber music] 810 00:39:23,665 --> 00:39:30,803 ♪ 811 00:39:39,246 --> 00:39:41,422 - [sniffling] 812 00:39:41,466 --> 00:39:48,386 ♪ 813 00:39:53,042 --> 00:39:54,174 - "Further order of the court," 814 00:39:54,217 --> 00:39:55,436 meaning until the next time 815 00:39:55,480 --> 00:39:57,133 Dan Broderick feels like appealing it. 816 00:39:57,177 --> 00:39:59,005 Till the next time I annoy him, 817 00:39:59,048 --> 00:40:02,182 and he brings down the axe again. 818 00:40:02,225 --> 00:40:05,968 What man wouldn't be angry at being treated like this? 819 00:40:06,012 --> 00:40:09,015 But women aren't allowed to get angry, 820 00:40:09,058 --> 00:40:11,409 because the men write the rules. 821 00:40:13,846 --> 00:40:16,762 [foreboding music] 822 00:40:16,805 --> 00:40:23,943 ♪ 823 00:40:42,570 --> 00:40:49,490 ♪ 824 00:40:58,847 --> 00:41:01,371 [all laughing] 825 00:41:01,415 --> 00:41:03,939 - Will you hit Walt please? I can't reach him. 826 00:41:03,983 --> 00:41:06,072 - I would rather hit you than Walt. 827 00:41:06,115 --> 00:41:07,943 - Okay, you ladies take care of Chrissie 828 00:41:07,987 --> 00:41:09,771 when she gets back, all right? 829 00:41:09,815 --> 00:41:12,339 [all laughing, chattering] 830 00:41:12,382 --> 00:41:14,950 - Dessert wines all around! - I'll have a... 831 00:41:18,258 --> 00:41:23,132 - Must be nice now that it's all over with. 832 00:41:23,176 --> 00:41:25,047 - Oh, it's not nice exactly, 833 00:41:25,091 --> 00:41:28,311 but it is over. 834 00:41:30,792 --> 00:41:33,578 - Can I, um-- 835 00:41:33,621 --> 00:41:35,536 can I ask, 836 00:41:35,580 --> 00:41:37,973 could you have come across Betty's china 837 00:41:38,017 --> 00:41:40,062 ever at some point? 838 00:41:40,106 --> 00:41:42,456 It's Pickard. It's white and ivory-- 839 00:41:42,500 --> 00:41:44,502 both: Encrusted with a gold band. 840 00:41:44,545 --> 00:41:45,938 - So you have. 841 00:41:45,981 --> 00:41:47,505 Okay. - Yeah. 842 00:41:47,548 --> 00:41:49,855 - Betty is so focused on it, 843 00:41:49,898 --> 00:41:52,901 really wanting it back. 844 00:41:52,945 --> 00:41:54,294 I feel like if you did that, 845 00:41:54,337 --> 00:41:59,168 it could be a little olive branch. 846 00:42:01,867 --> 00:42:04,478 - Well, you know her so well, 847 00:42:04,522 --> 00:42:07,394 and I don't really. 848 00:42:07,437 --> 00:42:12,704 And what I do know, I don't like, 849 00:42:12,747 --> 00:42:14,923 so I'm not doing an olive branch. 850 00:42:17,143 --> 00:42:18,840 - I know Betty's been awful to you, 851 00:42:18,884 --> 00:42:21,626 but if you give the china back, 852 00:42:21,669 --> 00:42:25,847 at least then you'd never have to think about it ever again. 853 00:42:25,891 --> 00:42:28,023 [chuckles] 854 00:42:28,067 --> 00:42:31,766 - Or I could break it. 855 00:42:31,810 --> 00:42:34,769 Maybe I will. 856 00:42:34,813 --> 00:42:37,032 That's what she would do. 857 00:42:38,643 --> 00:42:40,340 - If you're thinking about carrying it, 858 00:42:40,383 --> 00:42:42,472 that's another reason for this model. 859 00:42:42,516 --> 00:42:44,910 Pick it up if you want. You can. 860 00:42:44,953 --> 00:42:47,260 ♪ 861 00:42:47,303 --> 00:42:50,176 - I was a marksman back in school. 862 00:42:50,219 --> 00:42:53,005 - Ammunition, these .38 rounds will all work. 863 00:42:53,048 --> 00:42:57,400 Uh, just these ones are $5 more a box. 864 00:42:57,444 --> 00:42:59,533 - The men write the rules, and the rules are 865 00:42:59,577 --> 00:43:02,231 you're allowed to defend yourself if you're a man. 866 00:43:02,275 --> 00:43:04,320 You're allowed to defend your home and family 867 00:43:04,364 --> 00:43:06,192 and property if you're a man, but if you're a woman, 868 00:43:06,235 --> 00:43:08,194 you're supposed to go in the corner and cry 869 00:43:08,237 --> 00:43:10,152 and take pills and kill yourself. 870 00:43:10,196 --> 00:43:13,460 - These are for you to fill out, permits and such. 871 00:43:13,503 --> 00:43:15,331 Need a pen? 872 00:43:17,595 --> 00:43:19,074 - Got one. 873 00:43:19,118 --> 00:43:25,428 ♪ 874 00:43:31,609 --> 00:43:33,567 [pen scribbling]