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Would the navy blue be better? I think you look fine, Kay.

I just... I just don't want people to think... The people who are going to

think that you brought this upon yourself are going to think it no matter

what you're wearing.

As far as I'm concerned, you could show up in a rag and still wouldn't change

the fact that Kromire's a bad guy here.

Not you.

I'd rather scrub toilets than do this.

I could kill him for you if you want.

Thanks, but that's something I'd like to do myself.

When you're on the stand, you feel like strangling Maggie Zombrow.

Just dig your fingernails into that.

Pretend like it's her head.

You look nice, Kay.

Do I look terrified?

She says, I wish I could tell you it's going to be a cakewalk.

Instead of a one-way trip through a meat grinder?

You're feeling shaky?

Just look at me and you'll know that someone is on your side.

He won't be there.

Excuse me? Why not? I want him there.

She says she don't want the jury to see how close we are.

Doesn't want them to think.

I care about you so much I might lie for you when I'm on the stand.

I think we should let Tess do this her way.

It's okay.

Is it time?

Call your first witness, Ms. Kaufman.

Prosecution calls Gail Tobias.

Your Honor, may we approach?

So soon, Ms. Zombrow? Yes, sir.

Miss Tobias is the director of a rape treatment center, Your Honor. So I

understand. Are you challenging the prosecution on this one? Yes, sir.

Anything Miss Tobias might have to say will be prejudicial and irrelevant.

Miss Kaufman.

Miss Tobias is an expert on date rape.

The state would like the jury to be clear about what the term means.

It's not a tough concept, Miss Kaufman. I think the jury is intelligent enough

to figure it out.

Miss Tobias is excused. Proceed with your next witness, Miss Kaufman.

Call Officer Doreen Staszak.

Your Honor, may we approach?

My chambers, ladies.

How's it going in there?

Judge Strondos is two weeks away from a vacation in the Bahamas. He'd prefer a

simple case with no drama.

Guess he's out of luck.

I guess somebody is.

I want an orderly trial, and I will have an orderly trial.

Now, what is the gist of Officer Stasek's testimony?

Officer Stasek will testify to Mr. Cromire's treatment of and behavior

toward women.

Your Honor, the fact that my client is a ladies' man has no bearing on this case.

The defendant's character has a significant bearing on the case.

Mr. Cromier's character is not on trial here, sir. His actions are. His alleged

actions.

His alleged actions spring directly from his alleged character.

Will Officer Stasek testify that Mr. Cromier raped her?

No, sir.

That he tried to rape her?

No, sir. That he did anything remotely criminal in her presence.

No, sir.

Officer Staszak is excused. Ms. Kaufman?

Call Kay Lockman.

Tiki, what are you doing out here?

Obeying orders.

How are you?

Not looking forward to the next half hour.

I've got a meeting in Judge Clausen's chambers. The woman is a barracuda, but

don't quote me.

Are we still on for tonight?

Yeah, Kay's all right.

Well, barracuda time.

Ms. Lockman?

Was there anything about the question that you didn't understand?

No, sir.

May we have your answer, or would you rather have some time to compose

yourself?

I'm all right, Your Honor.

Would you please repeat the question, Ms. Kaufman?

What happened next, after you told him no?

He pinned my arms down.

Would you please speak up?

He pinned my arms down.

With his hands?

With one hand.

He had both my wrists in one hand and he held it back over my head.

What did he do with his other hand?

He tore off my camisole.

This camisole? Yes.

Your Honor, the people ask that this item be entered as evidence.

So ordered.

What were you doing during this time?

I was trying to fight him off.

Were you saying anything?

I begged him not to do.

To do what he did. Did he say anything?

He told me to shut up.

And then what happened, Ms. Lockman?

He let go of my hand so he could get my jeans off.

What did you do?

I hit him.

I scratched him.

But by then my clothes were off and he pinned me down again.

The same way?

With your hands over your head?

Yes, and...

He used his other hand to unzip his pants.

Did he have an erection?

Yes.

And then?

And then... I'm sorry, Miss Lockman, but I need for you to finish your sentence.

And then he pried my legs apart.

And he raped me. With respect to the witness's feelings, Your Honor, whether

the crime of rape was committed is a determination for the jury to make.

The jury will disregard the witness's characterization of the events.

Ms. Kaufman.

Please be as specific as you can about what he did.

Your witness, Ms. Ombra.

It's a nice suit, Miss Lockman.

Conservative, understated.

Your Honor. Enough said, Counselor.

Make your point, Miss Umbro.

A little different from what you were wearing the night you went out with Mr.

Cromire. Objection.

Your Honor, the witness's taste in clothes is irrelevant.

Your Honor, a woman wears this out on a date.

She's sending a message. That message is not...

Keep your hands to yourself.

I had a shirt on over it. I think you've spent enough time with it, Miss Zombrow.

Let's move on.

Do you own a bar, Miss Lockman?

Objection. No foundation, Your Honor.

Sustained. You know the rules, Miss Zombrow.

You testified that Mr. Krollmeyer picked you up for your date.

Where did he pick you up?

At my bar.

And then you had dinner with Mr. Cromier at Jackson's Steakhouse, after which the

two of you returned to your apartment.

What time was that?

12, 12.30. In the morning?

Yes. Did Mr. Cromier force his way into your apartment?

No.

Well, then you invited him in.

At 12, 12.30 in the morning?

Yes. Isn't it true that you live alone, Ms. Lachman?

That you had no expectation that anyone else would be in the apartment except

the two of you?

That's right. Isn't it true that you offered Mr. Cromier liquor?

Yes, but that doesn't... Isn't it true that you sat next to him on the couch?

Yes. Isn't it true that your thighs were touching?

Yes, but... Isn't it true that you did not object when he put his armor on?

Objection. The counsel is badgering the witness.

Tread lightly, Miss Zombrow. Don't cross the line.

Thank you.

Answer the question, please, Miss Lockman.

Yes or no, Miss Lockman?

Did you move away? Did you ask him to leave?

Did you object when he put his arm around you?

Not at that moment. Did you object when he drew you towards him and kissed you

on the mouth?

No. Isn't it true that you returned that kiss passionately? I wouldn't call it

passionate. Isn't it true that you did not object when he lowered you gently to

the couch and kissed you again?

Objection. Your Honor, the witness is not on trial.

I have a duty to my client, Your Honor, to uncover the truth of what happened

that night.

I'll allow it. Watch your step, Miss Umbro. Well, Miss Lockman, it wasn't

like that. Isn't it true that you are attracted to Mr. Cromier? That you've

been flirting with him for weeks at your bar?

Yes, I was attracted to Mr.

Cromier, but that doesn't give him permission to commit rape.

Rape? Rape, Miss Lockman?

When you pursue Mr. Cromier, you flaunt your availability, you engage in

foreplay, and you call it rape?

I think the jury will call it consensual sex.

I have no further questions, Your Honor.

Hi. When do you sleep?

When do you have fun?

When do you do anything for yourself?

When I got caught up.

Oh, year 2000.

Let me see.

What are you doing?

have is three easy cases i can relieve you the little stuff give yourself a

break tess give me a break the sooner you get caught up

the sooner i can ask you out again

Hello, Sean.

How's it going?

I can't complain.

I can see that.

Tomorrow, I'll tell Arthur I've taken these over.

You thought of that clip?

Yeah.

Yeah, but I liked Cromart, too.

How's Clay?

Shredded beef.

I think that's the term she used.

She wants to be by herself.

How are you?

I'm okay.

No.

I don't get to express my feelings.

Because the only way I could do that would be to

take Crow Meyer out behind the gym and beat him so

bad that his own mother wouldn't recognize him.

God.

I hate this, this.

Did you at any time during this ordeal think to yourself that Kay Lockman might

be lying?

That she might have made up this story? No.

No, it never occurred to me that she might be making it up. I've done at

least a dozen hospital interviews with rape victims.

They were all in the same kind of shape that Kay Lockman was in that night.

So it was your professional opinion as an experienced investigator that you

were in fact dealing with a case of rape? Yes.

That was my professional opinion.

It still is.

I have nothing further, Your Honor.

Ms. Zombrow?

You have a lot of experience dealing with victims, witnesses, Detective Cobb?

Yes. And I assume some are truthful, some lie?

Yes. How can you tell which is which?

You investigate the allegations.

It seems that this time you reached a conclusion prior to the investigation.

I reached a conclusion based on my prior experience with rape victims.

Are you sure you didn't reach a conclusion based on your jealousy of

Andrew Cromer?

Objection. I think it's allowable, Ms. Kaufman, considering the fact that

you've established the witness's personal relationship with the alleged

victim. Detective Kopp. I have no feelings of jealousy toward Andrew

Cromer.

Even though he replaced you in Miss Lockman's affection.

I have no feelings of jealousy toward Andrew Cromire.

You and Miss Lockman started dating when?

August 15th, 1989.

You remember the exact day.

Must have been a memorable date.

We went to Wrigley Field.

Cubs beat Cincinnati.

Yes, well, that's memorable.

Did you celebrate the victory by having sex with Miss Lockman?

Objection, Your Honor.

The question's improper.

You brought it up on direct, Counselor. The horse has left the barn.

The objection's overruled, but I will ask you to rephrase the question, Miss

Sombra. Yes, sir.

You had sex with Miss Lockman the first date, the second date?

We'd been seeing each other for several months.

Some women like to make sure there's a basis for a relationship before they

have sex.

Ms. Lockman is one of them. It's a very long answer to a short question,

Detective.

Can you give me a date?

Nope. You can remember a baseball game, but you cannot remember the first sexual

encounter you had with a woman you care about.

How long were you and Ms. Lockman lovers?

A couple years.

And how many times would you estimate that you and she had sex during that

time? Wasn't counting, Ms.

Zombrow.

Wasn't cutting notches on the bedpost.

All right.

Would you say that you had sex with Miss Lockman? Seldom?

Occasionally? Frequently?

Pick one.

Occasionally. And in the two years that you were having occasional sex with Miss

Lockman, did she ever say no to you?

Did she ever, at the end of a pleasantly romantic evening, kiss you passionately

for a time and then say, not tonight?

Situation was different.

Yes or no, Detective Cobb? Your Honor.

The witness has indicated that this is a question that can't be answered yes or

no. Any question can be answered yes or no, Ms. Kaufman, if it's properly

phrased. Yes or no, detective.

No. Thank you.

I have nothing further.

The witness may stand down.

Court's adjourned till 2 o'clock.

Never say you don't want alimony.

Alimony is a bargaining chip.

We can always drop the demand for alimony for a larger upfront settlement,

if we have to.

I just want to be fair.

What you want is the best deal you can get, and you're not going to get it by

staking out the moral high ground.

Trust me.

Dr. Linden, when you examined Ms. Lachman at the emergency room, did you

find bruises?

Yes, there were finger marks on her wrists and larger bruises on the inside

of her thighs.

Were these bruises fresh?

Yes.

Do you have a professional opinion as to whether or not the bruises you saw on

Ms. Lachman would be consistent with normal sexual activity?

Well, you'd have to define normal. I can only say that for me, normal would not

leave bruises like that.

Was there a match?

The skin fragments, which were taken from under the electric fingernails...

Pay attention to whatever passes through your brain. I have no further questions,

Your Honor.

Miss Zombrow.

No questions.

Prosecution rests.

Tomorrow morning, Miss Zombrow.

Okay. Yeah.

It's getting to me.

I can't shake the feeling that it's my fault.

I didn't check him out.

All I had to do was...

Ask a few questions at the precinct.

I wouldn't have been able to warn Kay.

But I didn't do that.

I was relieved that she'd found somebody else.

Take the day off tomorrow.

What?

Don't you need me to guard the courtroom door?

I thought you had a date.

Yeah, I left it open.

No wonder you never get the girl, Dickie. You just don't know how to treat

women.

We don't need you.

Hey, you don't gotta use a sledgehammer.

Go on, get out of here.

Thanks.

It's dead.

It won't bite back.

I'm not sure it was ever alive.

Next week we'll go to one of those places where they care more about how

the food looks and how it tastes.

It's fast in here, Layla.

I don't want to leave Kay alone.

I thought you said she was with Tess.

Well, she is.

But they haven't been together much at all. Not for very long, anyway.

Maybe they're having trouble communicating.

That was great, Tess.

If I knew how to cook it, I'd eat it every night.

Would you like coffee and dessert?

Coffee would be great. Would your friend like anything?

Why don't you ask her?

That kind of thing must burn you up.

Yeah, it does.

Remember the first time we met outside Dickie's apartment?

I want to apologize for what I said that night.

I was mean.

You told me that I was wrong about you.

You were right.

Okay.

You know the worst thing about this?

It's not just Crow Meyer and the trial.

It's that I've realized something.

I've been surrounded by so many people for so long, I never noticed that I

don't have any real friends.

You have Dickie.

You have me.

Thanks.

That's correct, Ms. Zombrow. In my professional opinion, Andrew Cromire

does not fit the personality profile of a rapist.

Thank you, Your Honor. I have no further questions.

Dr. Rand, you profess to be an expert in determining whether or not a particular

person fits the profile of a rapist? I've had a good deal of experience in

this area.

Have you ever made a mistake?

Objection. I see no reason to disallow the question, Counselor.

Have you ever made a mistake, Dr. Rand?

It's not an exact science.

I see.

You told Ms. Zombrow that you've worked for various law enforcement agencies

around the country.

When you worked in Rhode Island, did you testify in the trial of the state versus

O'Neill?

Yes. Did you maintain that Jeffrey O'Neill did not fit the rapist profile?

Yes.

Was he acquitted?

Yes.

Was he subsequently arrested, tried, and convicted of a series of rapes committed

after his acquittal?

Yes.

I have no further questions of this witness, Your Honor.

Arthur.

The officer's coming down pretty hard on my boy Cromer.

I thought we were working on the same team.

That's right Al the team that puts the felons away

Well This makes

it harder Why now couldn't you cut an easy deal, huh?

Do you run your office gold or did you hand it over to this crusading little

deaf, bro?

What

I've seen him smiling at demonstrators who were spitting at him and calling him

a pig.

I've seen him subdue an armed murder suspect without drawing his own weapon.

I've seen him climb a bridge and talk a jumper down.

So you were happy with his work as a police officer?

Yes, yes I was.

Do you think he's a good man?

I do.

Were you surprised at the charges against him?

Surprised? I was stunned.

One thing more, Captain Pinkston, did you ever receive any complaints about

his behavior towards women?

No.

Thank you, Your Honor. I have no further questions.

It must be difficult for you to smile at people who are spitting at you, Captain

Pinkston.

It's part of the training.

You used it as an example of the defendant's grace under pressure. Well,

it's still stressful, even if you are well-trained.

And how do police officers relieve this incredible stress that they encounter in

their work?

Well, it depends on the individual.

Do you know how Officer Cromire relieves himself?

Objection, Your Honor.

Counsel is making my client sound like a dog at a fire hydrant.

Rephrase the question, Ms. Kaufman. Yes, sir.

Do you know how Mr.

Cromire releases the pressures that build up inside of him as a result of

his work?

Does he drink?

Does he play racquetball?

Does he go home and kick the cat?

Does he force himself on women? Your Honor.

I have nothing further of this witness.

Court is recessed for lunch. Two o'clock, everyone.

If your husband has hired Winston Throop as his attorney, you better batten down

the hatches.

I know.

You've been recommended as someone who's got a good track record opposing him.

I know his weak spots.

You tell me your husband's weak spots and we can leave them with nothing but

their shorts and shoelaces.

I just want to be fair.

Wrong, wrong, wrong.

The last thing you want to be is fair.

You want to kick and scratch and claw.

You want to squeeze him like a navel orange until he's not got a dime in his

pockets, nor a drop of blood in his philandering veins.

The court is now in session. The Honorable Augustus Triandus presiding.

Proceed with your next witness, Miss Zellmer.

Defense calls Andrew Cromire.

Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you are about to give shall be the

truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God? I do.

When did you first meet Kay Lockman, Officer Cromier?

A few weeks ago.

Were you attracted to her?

Yes, I was.

Who wouldn't be?

Did it seem to you that the attraction was mutual?

Yes, it did.

Well, Miss Lockman does own a bar where off-duty policemen hang out.

Perhaps she was just being professionally friendly.

Objection, Your Honor.

Counsel is leading the witness.

Don't rephrase, Your Honor.

Have you ever seen Miss Lockman reject a suitor's advances?

Yes, I have.

She's very good at it, too.

Did she ever subject you to that kind of treatment?

No. Was there ever any reason for you to think that your interest in her was

unwelcome? No. Did she agree to go on a date with you?

Yes, we went out several times.

And as far as you know, was the attraction still mutual?

Yes.

All right, let's move on to the night that she invited you into her apartment.

Now, you've heard Ms. Lockman's testimony.

Do you agree with how she described what happened there?

Up to a certain point.

What point is that?

Up to the point where she said that I raped her.

I did not rape her.

Did you kiss?

Yes. Did you engage in foreplay?

Yes. Did you have sex with Ms. Lockman?

Yes. We made love.

How long would you say that this took?

I don't know.

15 or 20 minutes.

Did you, during that 15 or 20 minutes, ever hear Ms. Logman use the word no?

Did she ever say, stop, don't, I don't want to?

No, she did not.

You had a rough day in court, Lana.

I know, and I'm sorry.

Look, it's just a nice, quiet little bar with beer nuts instead of frou-frous.

You don't like it when we can leave?

Okay.

This guy's a shark, Kay.

Gotta throw him out.

You're lousy at this game, Doreen. My six-year-old can beat you.

Oops.

Okay.

I'm sorry. I should watch where I'm going.

No, no, no, no. It's my fault.

You okay?

Hiya, guys.

Can I get you something to drink?

Here. Ah, make it two.

Yes. That's it.

I'm not playing with you anymore, Stevens.

I don't blame you.

So, want to dance?

It's a divorce final?

Yeah, last week.

Not bad, not bad.

Just a bunch of people having a good time.

What's the problem?

Problem is the same as always.

It's your idea of a good time.

I like you, Dickie. I, uh... I don't know, I might even love you.

I know I admire you.

The way you're always there for your friends when they need you, and...

You're a fabulous lover.

But I don't know if I can go back to pork rinds and beer bellies.

And country music.

Ms. Kaufman, are you ready to begin your cross-examination of the defendant?

Yes, Your Honor.

Mr. Cromire, you've heard Ms. Lachman testify that you raped her.

You've testified that the two of you made love.

How do you account for this discrepancy?

I can't account for it.

I have no idea why she said it.

Do you think she's lying?

Or do you think she's mistaken? I know that she's mistaken, but whether she's

lying or not, you'd have to ask her.

She says she's telling the truth.

Are you lying?

No.

So then you're telling the jury that this unfortunate situation is the result

of a little misunderstanding.

Is that true?

I'd prefer to think of it that way.

I really like her.

Where do you think the misunderstanding began, Mr. Cromart?

I'm not sure.

Could it have been when you grabbed her wrist so hard that you left bruises?

Objection. Could it have been when you tore her clothing from her body?

Your Honor. Could it have been when you pried her legs apart with much more that

you left black and blue marks on her thighs? Your Honor, this is outrageous.

What? The question, Ms. Sombra, or the fact that Ms. Kaufman is using her

deafness to ignore the court?

Both. Mr. Douglas, would you bring Ms. Kaufman up to speed?

Sorry, Your Honor, I didn't realize Ms. Zombrow was objecting.

If you ever pull that stunt in my court again, I will find you in contempt and

make sure that you do jail time.

Do you understand?

Yes, sir.

As for the objection, Ms. Zombrow, it's overruled.

Ms. Kaufman.

Would you like me to repeat the question? Your Honor, I'm sure that my

client remembers the question. I don't even remember the question, Counselor.

Ms. Kaufman.

The question, Mr. Cromier, is this.

If your sexual encounter with Ms. Lachman was consensual, as you maintain,

why was her body bruised and her clothing torn?

Well, Mr. Cromier?

Well,

She likes it rough, and I didn't want to disappoint her.

She likes it rough?

Is the jury then to understand that you're just too nice of a guy to be

disobliging?

I have no further questions, Your Honor.

Okay.

Almost over.

I used to sleep on my back.

Now I can't bear to.

I can see his face coming down at me.

He seemed like a nice guy.

You seem like a nice guy.

You are.

He isn't.

How am I supposed to know?

Why would she lie?

So that she could spend three hours in the emergency room of a hospital being

intimately examined by strangers?

So that she could be badgered by police investigators whose primary interest is

in protecting one of their own?

So that she could sit in this witness chair and listen to the defense malign

and humiliate her?

So that she can endanger her business and disrupt her life?

The defendant is facing criminal sanctions.

He faces the ruination of his career.

He faces the stigma of being a known sex offender.

Which one of these two people do you think is being less than truthful?

The facts will tell you that you must return a verdict of guilty against the

accused.

Mr. Andrew Cromire.

Ms. Zombrow?

I agree with the prosecution.

One of these two people is not telling the truth.

Is it the alleged victim?

A woman who owns a bar and has a history as a police groupie?

Or is it the defendant?

A respected police officer with an exemplary record. Three commendations

for bravery.

No citizen complaints in his personnel file.

No unsavory sexual history.

In short, a man with a spotless record, both professionally and personally.

A man who has served... Rebuttal, Miss Kaufman.

Kay Lockman said no, ladies and gentlemen.

No. means no.

If we send the message that no means yes, or maybe,

or in a few minutes, or I want you too, baby, where does that leave women?

The only power a woman has is the power to say no.

If a man takes that away from her, what does she have left?

Without other... I can't stay.

Brought you two new cases.

Vehicular manslaughter.

Gang shooting.

Life goes on.

I hear the... I hear the jury has packed it in for the night.

Calm, Tess.

Start fresh tomorrow.

In a few minutes.

No matter how this comes out, you did great.

I'm in here.

Hey, John.

I'm going home.

Do you want to wait until after the verdict?

What if they find him not guilty?

Am I going to stay here forever?

You sure you're ready?

Why is it everywhere I go, I seem to leave with more than I came with?

If I wait till I'm sure I'm ready, I may never leave.

Thanks, Dickie.

After this is all over, what do you say I take you out to dinner?

Do you have a brain?

What? You're a strong, attractive woman, Maggie.

I like you.

I own a .38 Special with a modified firing mechanism.

I have a carry permit.

I spend six hours a week at the firing range.

You get anywhere near me, I'll blow your face through the back of your head.

One of them wanted me to take Bruce to the cleaners, and the other one wanted

me to slice him into bite-sized pieces.

What do you want to do?

I want to hire you.

Excuse me.

Yes.

Okay.

Your jury's in.

Has the jury reached a verdict?

We have, Your Honor.

Will the defendant please rise?

Will you announce the verdict?

The jury finds the defendant, Andrew Cromier, guilty as charged.

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for serving as jurors in this case.

You are dismissed and may now speak freely on any aspects of the case.

Andrew Cromier is remanded into custody.

Sentencing will take place three weeks hence at 10.30 a.m.

This matter is hereby adjourned. Court is in recess.

Thank you.