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No, no, no, no, no, no, no, listen to me, Ms. Cruz.

My job as a defense attorney is not

to ascertain whether someone's guilty or not.

But you do represent guilty people.

I represent people who have been accused of a crime.

But it's up to the prosecution to prove their guilt.

But you do appreciate that the people you represent have

committed crimes that destroy families, crushed dreams -

I've represented people who have been accused of a crime.

And no one, mind you, that I've represented

has ever been found guilty.

That's right, you've never lost a case.

But just because you've never lost a case

doesn't mean they didn't commit the crime.

Yes, it does.

No, no, no, let me finish.

It doesn't lessen the pain of the victim's families

or the pain that a victim has to deal with

as a result of the crime.

I mean, don't you have any pain for the victims?

Are you suggesting that I'm an emotionless person

who has no feelings for someone who's been violated

in some form or another?

Yes.

Well, you'd be wrong, Ms. Cruz.

I do feel for the victims.

Did you feel for Daysha Jordan?

Ms. Jordan, just so that we are all clear here,

can you please tell us,

at any point in Mr. Hall's trailer

did you consent to the sex?

No.

He raped me.

I have no feelings for Daysha Jordan

because Daysha Jordan was not a victim.

You still feel this way?

As long as I'm black, I will feel this way.

What's up, Thugged Out?

Tech 9, where you at baby?

So Sik Wid It?

Yeah.

Here we go.

* As soon as I step in the club I get a-crackin' *

*White tea and something relaxing *

* Take what I want and show her that I ain't askin' *

* Back to the bedroom side for some Maxim *

I'm nothing like your weasels and your fake breasts *

* I'm hard to find, like a needle in a haystack *

* One of a kind, if I were two I'd bring it back *

* Raw meat, don't even insinuate that *

* I may catch it, baby, I'm so slick with it *

* With my fists in the club, I'm a bit witty *

* Tell the guy, if he ain't better, get with it *

* Don't be mad at me if you sick, diddy *

* That's how I do, get the ass in the mud *

So there ain't nothin' average about me *

* New school style, old school

* Looking for me, I'm in a trap like mousie *

* I'm not your average gangster *

* Look how I stack my paper

* Stay fresh 'cause that's my nature *

* You can hate and that's okay 'cause *

*I'm not your average gangster

* Look how I stack my paper

* Stay fresh, 'cause that's my nature *

* You can hate but that's okay 'cause *

Classic records, what's up, what's up?

Shout out.

Pick up, y'all.

Know what I mean?

Can't do it without ya.

Get off me, get off me!

What you tripping on girl?

Daysha, come back.

What?

Hey, watch your tone.

You put the cameras in place, right?

Yeah.

Go get them.

I'll hold.

Look man, this is my dude, man.

Whatchu you got me doing?

Bitch, shut up and go get the cameras.

Man, this is some bull...

Got 'em.

Get the black Escalade parked in front of the studio.

Get the cameras, put them in the passenger seat.

Look man, now you listen to me.

I ain't doing nothing until I see my daughter and I-

Get off me!

Whatchu doing?

Get off me!

You trying to put me to sleep?

Trying to put me to sleep?

Hello?

Hey.

There was a slight problem tonight.

Where's Daysha?

Get away from me, get away!

I'm here to see my daughter, she's here somewhere.

Her name is Daysha Jordan.

Calm down ma'am, come with me.

Don't touch me.

Don't touch me, don't touch me!

How could you not feel for her?

If she were a truthful person, I would feel for her.

If what she said actually happened to her happened,

I would feel for her.

If the person accused of doing it

seeked me out to defend him,

I would turn him down

and seek out the most aggressive prosecutor

and make sure he is prosecuted for the crime.

But Daysha Jordan was not raped.

Daysha Jordan minimizes or desensitizes

what credible rape victims go through

by claiming she was raped when she wasn't.

So you believe that she beat herself up

and self-inflicted rape injuries?

You'd be surprised what people would do for money.

Take this to the office, please.

Thank you.

Mrs. Jordan, may I speak to you outside, please?

I'll be right back.

The district attorney and his deputy are here.

He wants her to get a statement from your daughter.

Does he have to do that right now?

It's always best to get it immediately.

It helps with the conviction.

Fine.

Are you her mother?

Yes.

I'll be as brief as possible.

Daysha, I'm deputy district attorney Nadine Lane.

What happened tonight?

I was raped.

By whom?

Sik Wid It.

Are you sure that it was Sik Wid It?

I'm positive.

Okay, thank you.

What did she say?

She said it was Sik Wid It.

Be right back, okay?

What is it with the question, is she sure?

I had to be sure that she's accusing the right person.

She was sure.

Ma'am, I'm district attorney, Brian Lowe.

That's just a standard question.

It helps diminish the possibility

for someone to say she was unsure.

Okay.

So what are we going to do about it?

I'm gonna call one of my officers

and have Sik Wid It arrested.

May I speak with you in private?

No, no, I wanna hear everything.

You can hear, Mrs. Jordan.

What exactly is your concern, Nadine?

You can't arrest him.

We don't have sufficient proof that he did it.

She just said that he did it.

No disrespect to you or your daughter,

but I don't know her or you, and Mr. Hall has rights.

We can't arrest him with insufficient proof

that he committed a crime,

and the rape test results won't be in

until tomorrow at best.

You think she's lying?

Dr. Sheridan said that although there is vaginal tearing,

she can't positively be-

You're calling my daughter a liar?

You're calling my daughter a a liar?

I will bust you in your head.

That is a government official.

Now, I understand that you're upset,

but I will lock you up myself.

Well, you can take me to jail.

I'm sorry I hit you.

It's a very emotional time for me right now.

If you want to press charges, then I'll understand.

No, I'm not gonna press charges.

I just want us to do this by the book

to ensure we get a conviction.

Thank you.

This is Michelle.

Michelle, I want you send to Mark and Ron

over to Yorktown Studios in Burbank,

to investigate the trailer of Sik Wid It

for evidence of rape.

And tell him to question anybody that's still there

and get the statements back to me, ASAP.

And I want you to find Sik Wid It

and bring him for questioning now.

Sik Wid It, the rapper?

Yeah.

All right.

Why was the D.A at the hospital?

Because he was in on the take.

My research reveals that

he's always been a staunch advocate against sex crimes.

Yes he is, but he's an administrator.

He dispatches people who work for him

to go do his dirty work.

No.

The reason why the D.A was there

is because he had to ensure that every domino

that he put into place fell at the exact place

it was supposed to fall,

causing the exact ripple effect

that it was supposed to cause.

And why would he do that?

Money.

And who would pay him this money?

Daysha, who is barely making enough money

for her own expenses?

Oh my gosh, Ms. Cruz,

are you that blind to what was going on here?

The D.A had to be there to ensure that Daysha got her money

so that he in turn would get his money.

That's a pretty big risk for someone that powerful

to take off a video vixen?

The D.A is a 50 year old man.

His wife is...

Daysha Jordan's a beautiful woman.

Perhaps she had more to offer then just money.

But why?

If what you're saying is true, why set Sik up?

I know that, but this balloon payment is just too much.

You knew when you purchased your home

the interest rate was variable.

I know that.

And with a variable rate, the interest increases?

I understand that.

You do understand increase means goes up?

And according to the contract,

that takes place after three years.

I understand that.

Well then, what's the problem?

Why are you being so mean to me?

I'm just trying not to lose my house.

Well then, you shouldn't have gotten the loan.

* Never met no one like me

* Cause I'm Sik Wid It

* I'm Sik Wid It

* Never met no one like me

* Aye, aye

You all right?

No.

They're trying to take the house from my mom

and she didn't have the money to stop them.

I mean, she can't get a loan?

She already refiled four times.

I'm trying to help her as much as I can,

but I'm not making enough money.

Well, you are the lead in Sik Wid It's new video.

And I know they breakin' you off a grand!

That's not enough.

Well ask for more, booboo,

I'm sure they'll give it to you.

Trust me, I'm getting the max.

And if I asked for more, I'm gonna have to give up some,

and I'm not doing that.

Well, you might need to,

if you're trying to save this house.

How much does she need anyway?

Like 100 grand.

Shut the front door.

Oh yeah, you might need to be spread and ready

to get that kind of cash, girl.

I already told you,

I'm not sleeping with nobody for some money.

It's only sex Daysh, why are you tripping?

I don't know, Tiffany,

maybe because I'm worth more than that.

And it is more than just sex.

Yeah, yeah.

How much you say it was again?

Over 100 grand.

And how do you know it's 100 grand?

One day I was using her computer,

opened up one of her files by mistake

and saw how much debt she's in, mostly because of me.

I mean, she paid for my schooling, all my dance classes,

my photo shoots, my car,

she paid for everything.

She loves you.

And I guess if your dad would have been -

Don't bring up that m -

Look, my father, he can't help.

I'll find a way to get her the money.

Well, speaking of money,

I'm too cute to be sitting up in your damn room.

So you are packed and you're late, so we should go.

Daysh?

Daysha?

It's gonna work out.

I know.

I think she had this moment all planned out.

It's amazing to me,

how you're putting all of this on the woman.

How in your eyes has Sik done nothing wrong?

Because he didn't do anything wrong, he's the victim.

The victim?

He's had the reputation of a notorious womanizer.

That's a character flaw, not an illegal act.

He's treated women as his own personal sex slaves.

Again, a character flaw, not an illegal act.

Well, what about the four women that came forward

and said that he forced each of them to have sex with him?

That's an illegal act.

He was never charged with any of those claims.

And if those four women felt

that he did something that was so wrong,

why didn't any of them take him to court?

Because they were afraid of defense attorneys like you

who would turn the tables and make it out to be their fault.

If a woman is dressed sexy and flirting with a man,

she's indicating she's down for sex.

That's what those four women did.

And Sik Wid It had the right to try to hit it.

That is such a sexist statement.

It may be a sexist statement, but it is true.

So let me get this straight.

A woman cannot dress sexy

without a man thinking she wants sex?

There's a difference between dressing sexy and slutty,

a difference which I can see you're very much well aware of

by the way that you're dressed,

because you look very sexy.

And if I were to take you out,

I would treat you with the utmost respect

because of what I would want from you.

And if I was dressed slutty?

Me myself personally?

I would still treat you with respect.

Sik Wid It, he tried to hit it.

And if you took him to court over it,

I'd beat that case every day of the week.

I can't believe I'm hearing this from an educated man.

I am educated Ms. Cruz, but I am still a man.

That's society, Melanie.

I mean, the hip hop culture is no different.

The hip hop culture has shown their true colors

on the treatment of women.

And the men in that culture should be ashamed of themselves.

And you should be ashamed of yourself

for representing someone like Sik Wid It.

I'd be careful there Ms. Cruz.

Before you wave your, "I am woman" flag,

let's not forget Sik Wid It is the true victim here.

Hey, I'm here.

Okay.

That boy is fine and paid.

You really don't want to give him some

just to like get the money?

Nah man, Daysha Jordan is the business.

Yo, what time is she supposed to be here?

No man, you be tripping over Daysha.

You just gon' let that go?

It's crazy, old man,

ever since I met this girl at the BET Awards,

I can't get her out of my mind.

And we just talked for like a hot minute,

but, I don't know man, seems like something there.

No, she a trick, just like the rest of them.

Hey look, man,

don't call her an animal, all right?

Imma make her my girl, for real.

Wow, wow.

The day that she met Sik, she put her plan in motion.

I think she put it in motion with a few other rappers

who were up and coming on a verge of a big payday.

But Sik was the only one who bid,

because he was the only one who had true feelings for her.

And the chain of events that she put in motion

to take him down sickens me.

Yo, what's good with you, dog?

Yo, let me holla at my brother for a minute.

All right, no doubt.

Got something for you, man.

Someone mailed me?

Maybe.

This a joke?

Get out, man.

Get out!

Dog, man, for real?

This is me?

It's all you.

Dog, that's what I'm talking about, baby!

Okay, look, I'm going to need you to do something for me.

Yo, I told you the best thing was to be conservative,

save, and invest your money, right?

I told you I'll make you some money,

and not just in the rap game either.

Yeah?

Yeah, I'm about to put everything in motion.

It's your daughter, all right?

If you're not sure-

Blaze, I have been waiting on this for a long time.

I'm not gonna get a better opportunity than this.

I'm sure.

All right.

Blaze, make sure nothing happens to my baby girl.

Get off me!

Get away from me!

Yo, who dis?

Where is Sik at?

He's with his brother, who dis?

You're gonna gonna do something for me.

What?

You tripping, B.

Your daughter's name is Ashley, right?

Her and your baby mama live in Brooklyn Gates Avenue,

apartment 17?

Yeah, I know you don't care for Taniqua too much,

but Ashley's your little princess.

You don't want nothing to happen to her,

you do what I tell you.

Who is this?

I'm gonna call you back with instructions.

And yo, tell anyone about this conversation,

I'mma hurt Ashley.

Hello?

Taniqua, where's Ashley?

She with your mom and your cousin.

They came to pick her up about an hour ago

to take her to Adventure World.

That was nice of you to pay for the tickets

for her and her friend,

I appreciate that.

I what?

Hold on.

Tell Taniqua you'll talk to her later,

and wait for my call.

Yeah, I'll call you back.

Yeah, call her back.

Yo, what's wrong with you?

Yo man, it's Taniqua.

She tripping on me again.

Man, I told y'all about having kids out of wedlock.

And you need to get ready so we can get out of here

so we don't go over budget, all right?

All right, no doubt.

Catch you, bro.

Peace out.

Damn boy, life is good!

Yo, what's your chick's problem now, anyway?

Don't even worry about it.

Look Tech 9, there's plenty of shorties out here.

She's 3000 miles away, you need to focus.

Got plenty of them around here you can holla at, homie.

Plus, look at that.

Your boy just came up baby, look at that, yo.

Look at all those zeroes.

That's right, yes sir.

You deserve this, B.

Yeah, Daysha's mine for real man.

Yo man, come on, man.

Let's go out, it's on me, I'm buyin'.

Sik Wid It is the one who had an agenda.

And it wasn't love, it was sex,

just like every other woman he's conquered

because he is Sik Wid It,

and he's had the hot new single out right now.

So he's feeling himself.

And if he wants you, you have no choice

because he's going to take it.

That's who Sik Wid It is.

Do you know this from personal experience?

Independent of whatever happened between you and him,

in this situation, he was set up.

He did nothing illegal.

You sure?

Yeah, I'm positive.

You coming?

Yo man, I'll be there in a minute.

She tripping on me, I'll be there in a minute man.

All right man, handle that.

Yeah?

Now, start walking towards the wardrobe trailer.

When you get to the wardrobe trailer,

a girl's gonna hand you Sik's wardrobe.

Make sure he wears the outfit.

Are you Tech 9?

Here you go.

Who told you to give me this?

What's wrong with you?

Who told you to give me this?

I got a call on the walkie

to give you Sik's wardrobe when you got here.

Who called you?

Who called you?

I don't know, and let go of me.

This is private.

Whoa, just so I'm clear,

you are gonna sleep with him, right?

Yo, Tech?

What?

Yo, really?

What's good with you?

My bad, I just got a lot on the down.

What's good with you?

I gotta take this to Sik,

so I'mma holla at you a little later.

All right.

You ain't gonna halla at your star before you go?

Hey, what's up?

Hey.

Hey Tech, let your boy know

I'm looking forward to being his girl tonight, okay?

Whatever.

Make sure you do.

Can somebody get the door, what the hell?

* All night long and why not

* Well keep it coming, I got a nine *

Man, you be killing me reading these novels, man.

Yo, check this out.

Look what I got for you, baby.

Yo Sik, check this out.

Looks good.

This is it right here.

It's all right, man.

But Imma stick with what I got on, you know what I mean?

Come on dog, come on.

Come on, this is the business right here for real.

Yo, they ready for your first shot.

Let's go do this.

Yo, he'll be there in a minute, man.

Nah, he needs to come right now.

Yo Thug, I'm trying to tell him to wear this right here.

This the business right here, for his first video.

You know, switch it up a little bit, you feel me?

Man, he need to be in what everybody know him for.

Let him wear that at an award show or something.

Come on, we gotta go, man.

Hold up, hold up, hold up, hold up Sik.

I told you, man.

I'm trying to tell you, this is it, B.

No dude, what's up you and my outfit all of a sudden?

I'm wearing this.

Come on, man.

Yeah.

Tell your daddy hi.

Hi daddy!

Ashley?

Thank you for the ticket.

When you coming to visit again?

I don't know baby girl, soon.

Now say goodbye to daddy.

Okay, bye daddy.

Ashley, Ashley?

Fail me again,

that's the last conversation you'll ever have with her.

Where that outfit at?

Right here.

Boy's old lady told me that

Daysha likes dudes that wear stuff like that,

said it turns her on.

I told you.

You was right, you was right boy.

Do your thing, sunshine.

Yeah, that was fun, thank you.

Oh, you welcome.

Where you goin'?

Gonna go to my car.

Yo, that was the business.

Thanks Daysha, you made our video hot for real.

It was my pleasure, thank you.

Ay, you coming to the after party, right?

Oh, definitely, I wouldn't miss it.

All right, all right, I'm out of here.

Ay yo, don't be all day, man.

Let's bounce.

This guy.

You know what's crazy though, man,

you know I was seeing you in plenty of videos.

But to see dancing in person is like...

Really?

Yeah.

Well, I love the movements and the rhythm.

And the sexiness?

Yeah, something like that.

Something like that.

So how long have you been dancing?

Oh God, my whole life.

My mom had me in dance classes before I could even walk.

Yeah, that's what's up.

Why you wait till now to tell me to do this?

This some bull-

Stop girling and get it done.

I got it.

My dad had me like that too.

Dance classes?

Nah, nah, come on now.

The music scene.

Yeah?

Every summer.

So you grew up with your father?

Yeah, yeah.

What was that like?

Growing up with my dad?

It was cool.

He was somewhat of a disciplinarian type, but you know.

Okay, place them in opposite sides of the room,

out of sight.

But make sure we can see the entire room from both angles.

Then press the record button and get out of there.

Yo man, this is foul.

This is my mans, what you got me doing?

Man, just do it.

Yo, there ain't no way to put them

without him seeing them.

Figure it out.

Ashley's depending on it.

Man.

So, what about you, you didn't grow up with a father?

No, actually I never met him.

Damn.

What was that?

I don't know, probably somebody messing around.

But anyway, finish what you were saying.

So you don't know who your father is?

That's crazy.

You know, that's usually the dude's story,

you know what I'm saying?

I wouldn't know.

You know, I never really had my dad

to treat me like a princess.

Come here.

Look, Imma keep it 100 with you,

I'm not your daddy,

but I do want to make you my girl.

And we can go through the process and everything,

you know what I'm saying?

See how that work out.

But I want you to make me,

let me make you feel like that princess you are.

And how are you going to make me feel like a princess?

Just come inside, and I'll show you.

Why are you going to show me in there?

Why can't you show me out here?

Because there's people out here.

This is not appropriate.

Just let me do it to you inside.

Do it to me?

All right.

Look, if you want to talk, we can,

that's what you want to do.

Is that what you wanna do?

You just want to talk?

Bite your lip.

Oh, so you're just gonna force me inside?

I see.

Hold up, hold on.

I'm not gonna force you to do anything, all right?

We're just going to talk, right?

Okay.

Is that the actual one?

No, but that's the same model they used.

So what's your point?

Because that only proves my point,

that Daysha Jordan set him up.

Or that he had the cameras placed in his room

because he's also notorious for taping his sex acts

and putting them online.

He didn't do that.

Daysha Jordan set them up

and she used his best friend to do it.

Tech 9 never admitted to

placing those cameras in this room.

That's a story you and your client concocted.

Tech 9's family, his daughter in particular,

was facing certain death

and he was not willing to risk his family's life

for his boy's reputation or freedom.

You leave no room for the possibility

that's Sik Wid It is guilty.

I told you I don't represent guilty people.

Because you're the great Tyrone Julian.

Who's never lost a case.

Damn right.

It's okay.

Where y'all taking him?

What did he do?

You'll have to wait here, sir.

That's my little bro.

I don't care if he's Little Wayne,

Little Romeo or Tupac Shakur.

You gotta wait right over there, sir.

This is the information Mark and Ron

got from the people they questioned.

As usual, no one saw anything.

These are his DNA results,

here are rape test results,

proving they raped Daysha.

Didn't they just complete the exam an hour ago?

This is Daysha.

You need to get a confession out of her.

I don't get it.

There's no way they got those tests results so fast.

Do you have a problem, detective?

No, sir.

Let's go.

Yeah, it's done.

Okay, all right.

Make the call.

Yeah?

Yo, you know why

they brought you both in for questioning, right?

Who is this?

They going to charge him with rape.

You can come in, Miss Jordan.

Rape?

Yeah.

My brother ain't rape nobody.

Daysha Jordan playing.

Yo listen, I ain't raped Daysha, period.

I ain't rape her, I didn't rape that girl!

She did that to herself, man.

Are you done?

And they got him too,

evidence, DNA, witnesses.

My bro, my brother ain't raped Daysha.

Well, actually you're right.

In fact I got digital video proving he never touched her.

But ain't no defense attorney

going to be able to prove he didn't rape her.

And without that proof,

your brother's looking at doing six years in prison.

Now, if you want to spare him from doing time

it's going to cost you.

Five million dollars.

Man, we just coming up in this game,

I don't have that kind of money.

What do you think, I'm stupid?

You invested almost all of your brother's

first lump sum check,

and invested it in that

currency trading thing that everybody's doing,

and you made millions.

And out of the millions

that you made with your brother's money,

You gave him one million dollars.

You a trip.

Glad you ain't my brother.

Now, you going to get me that money.

I'll call you later when it's structured.

Okay, I thought he only made like a million, two mill.

He did.

So why the hell you ask him for five?

Because he can get it.

Well, what if he can't get it, Blaze?

She specifically said, for a mill.

I know what I'm doing.

Okay, but what if he can't get the money?

And he figures the only way out of it is it go to trial?

He won't do that.

He won't risk his brother's freedom.

And besides, as tough as Sik is,

He ain't that smart.

That cop'll get him to confess.

Trust me.

This your work?

I don't know how this happened to her,

I ain't do this to this girl, okay?

I ain't raped Daysha, I keep trying to tell you all that,

why you're not listening to me?

Well, lucky for you,

we figured out what really happened.

What you mean you figured out what happened,

you figured out I didn't rape her, right?

No, we concluded that you didn't intend to rape her.

Yo, look, I didn't do this to this girl.

I don't know how she got, I didn't do this.

I didn't rape Daysha,

I did not rape this girl, man.

Are you done?

You're not listening.

The key is intent.

If you confess that you never had the intention to rape her,

I can get you out of this.

How?

Because I helped someone else out in the same situation.

And because it happened to me.

I was on a date, flirting with this guy.

We got back to my place

and he thought that I wanted sex and I didn't.

But because of what I was wearing,

and the way I was flirting,

he thought that I did.

Technically, he raped me.

But he didn't intend to rape me.

And what happened to him?

He got off on a suspended sentence.

It was concluded that he didn't intend to rape me.

Just like you didn't intend to rape Daysha.

You thought that she wanted sex, right?

It isn't a thought, she wanted to have sex.

That's what I keep trying to tell you all, man!

She was flirting with me,

she was all up on me,

just like the rest of them chicks

I put in my videos, man!

Exactly.

Exactly.

You did what you thought she wanted you to do.

I did exactly what she wanted.

She said she liked it rough.

And now she's saying it's rape.

And I know it wasn't, but technically it was.

Like I said, I can get you out of this.

All you have to do is write it down.

Write down what you told me, that she was flirting,

that she told you that she liked her sex rough,

and that in your mind it was consensual.

You didn't intend to rape her.

It was consensual in your mind.

It's important that you write that down.

And if I put what y'all want on this paper?

You go home.

No trial, no nothing?

No prison?

I just can go home?

Just write it down.

And right at that moment, they had him.

Their plan was about to work.

And what happened?

God.

You mean you?

No, no, I am not a doctor.

I do not profess to be God.

But I do believe that God does orchestrate things.

I've always loved you.

Gonna get that?

I need to think.

Sure.

What's up, T?

It's Thugged Up.

I've got an emergency.

And I'm sorry,

but they got Tony locked up down here,

they got him in a room and I think

they're trying to coerce a confession out of him.

He needs a lawyer.

Now.

Thanks for coming, man.

I appreciate it, T?

Yeah, No problem, No problem.

And listen, I'm only here

to make sure he doesn't answer any questions.

After that, you're going to have to get another lawyer.

Yo, this is my brother's lawyer.

I want my brother released.

Hold on.

I'm attorney Tyrone Julian, attorney for Tony Hall.

I want all questioning stopped

and I'm going to see my client now.

Let me check to see if he's been sent to booking.

He hasn't been sent to booking, Officer Ravelli.

He hasn't been sent to booking.

I want questioning stopped

and I want to see my client now.

Wait here.

I didn't rape that girl!

His lawyer, sir.

Did you tell him he was sent to booking?

Yeah, he's not buying it.

I'll go talk to him.

Did Ravelli tell you?

His lawyer's here.

And?

Brian, all questioning has to stop, his lawyer is here.

Maybe you don't understand what's at stake here.

80% of the women who come forward with rape claims

never see justice.

80%, so women stop coming forward.

And men continue to rape without fear of prosecution.

Many of these women are scarred for life, Nadine.

And they feel they have no recourse

because the justice system is designed

to persecute the victim, not the perpetrator.

Now you can come with me or you can stay here

but questioning will continue.

And Daysha Jordan will receive justice.

Thought you stopped representing criminals.

I thought you stopped impersonating a prosecutor.

Look, I want all questioning stopped

and I want to see my client.

I want to see him now.

Who's your client?

Bugs Bunny.

Tony Hall.

Oh, he's not here, he already left.

He's gone to booking.

That's bull -

When was he sent to booking, Brian?

Probably 20 minutes ago.

So at 1:10?

Something like that.

I was here 20 minutes ago.

He still back there.

He's lying.

There are other doors in his building, sir.

His arraignment's in the morning.

You can see him then.

Wait a minute.

I want to see my little brother!

You're not gonna see him tonight.

He's got the best defense attorney in the city.

Even more reason why we got to get that confession.

Yo, T, you know he's lying, why did we leave?

'Cause he's the DA.

He's corrupt, but he is the DA.

That was a battle we weren't going to win.

But what if they trick them into confessing or something?

Even I know there's no way around a confession.

Well, we just got to pray

he's smart enough not to confess.

Yo, T, I need you to handle this for me, man.

I already told, you my fiance and I,

we just got engaged

and we promised each other that we're going to give up law

because we're obsessed with it,

and focus on our relationship.

I'll pay you double what I paid you in the past.

It's not about the money.

I can't put my brother's life in no one's hand

that I don't know.

He's being charged with rape.

They're trying to make him confess

to something that I know he didn't do.

What if he did it?

He didn't.

You sure?.

I'm 100.

I got a call from some fool,

says he has proof that he didn't rape Daysha.

And they'll give me the proof

if I pay him $5 million.

The trick is setting him up.

I need you to handle this.

I can't go back to my old way of handling things.

Look, I understand your situation

but I already told you, I'm not practicing law anymore.

So what I'm supposed to do, T,

to have my brother facing prison

for a crime he didn't commit?

And you're the best defense attorney in the state?

What makes you think I'm going to let you

walk out of here without helping my brother?

You threatening me?

I'm telling you, I need you.

And I ain't wanting to be telling nobody I need them.

But that's my little brother.

And he's all I got.

There you go.

When you first met Sik, did you believe him?

I had my doubts.

I mean, this was a kid who had freestyled and made records

about his exploits with women, guns, drugs

and like anyone else,

when you meet him you think that this is who he is.

Tony hall, Sik Wid It.

Although not the most intelligent person in the world,

he was a lyrical genius.

He had a way of putting words together

that would just blow your mind.

And he didn't always rap about, you know, street stuff.

He had stories of political issues and social ills,

but he felt that he had to resort to his street knowledge

in order for him to find financial success in the rap game.

You don't like Tony Hall very much, do you?

No.

I don't.

I think that he's an ignorant rapper

and a disgrace to the image of black men,

as he continues to perpetuate that we as black people

have no concern for family values

by having a bunch of kids out of wedlock.

He has no moral values, as he's a womanizer

a drug user, a liar, and a waste of flesh

as he represents no desire to gain intelligence

and utilize that intelligence in areas that matter socially

such as math, science, or even law.

So, no, I don't like him.

Okay.

Why did you jeopardize your relationship with your fiancee

to stay on this case?

Tyrone Julian for the defense, Your Honor.

Mr. Lowe?

My prosecutor will be here momentarily, Your Honor.

I didn't look at it

as me jeopardizing my relationship with her.

I looked at it as me ensuring that an innocent man

get a fair trial in the face of corruption.

Cierra Young for the prosecution.

Well then, how do you plead?

Mr. Julian?

How do you plead?

I'm sorry.

We enter a plea of not guilty, Your Honor.

Trial date set August 8th.

Next case.

I'm gonna go pay his bail.

Can I talk to you in private for a moment?

Sure.

What are you doing?

What are you doing here?

The call I got last night.

I got that from William, the defendant's brother.

We grew up together,

told me his brother had an emergency.

He said he needed my help,

so I said I'd help.

Well, Brian called me last night as well

and told me about the victim

and said she needed our best prosecutor

to assure that the rapist got the maximum penalty.

Okay, first of all, alleged rapist.

But you got to get off this case,

you got to get another prosecutor.

Wait, why do I need to get off the case?

Why don't you get off?

Do you see?

That's the reason why,

you and I trying a case against each other

is only going to put a strain on our relationship.

Besides you have no vested interest in this.

I am interested in justice.

I have known William and his little brother

since we were in third grade.

Oh, I guess that just justifies you

representing a rapist.

Stop.

He's not a rapist.

After they brought Sik in for questioning last night,

William got a call from some guy,

told him that they had proof that Sik Wid It

never touched Daysha.

But the only way they were going to give him that proof

is if he paid $5 million for it.

Yeah.

That's what I'm trying to tell you.

She's not a victim.

And you believed him.

What do you mean?

About the call?

Yeah, I believe in him.

Why would he lie about it?

To make sure you take the case, duh?

Ty, you are the best defense attorney in this city.

He knows his brother is guilty.

So he will say whatever it takes

to make sure you took the case.

No, no.

I looked him in his eyes.

And I looked in hers.

Have you even seen her?

Does that look like someone

who's going to try to extort him for money.

If she's planning to extort him for money,

she's not going to show up at the hospital

looking like she's ready to go to the BET awards.

I'm taking this case.

At risk to our relationship.

Wow.

I didn't know that our relationship was based on

you telling me what to do.

You can't beat me in a trial, Cierra.

I'll see you in court, counselor.

So it was more important for you

to get your picture in the paper next to another big case,

than it was to secure your relationship with Ms. Young.

I don't want to talk about Cierra.

If you want to talk about the case,

we can talk about the case,

but I don't want to talk about

my relationship with Ms Young.

Excuse me.

Yeah.

What the hell happened last night?

You were supposed to protect her.

I know.

How the hell did she ended up getting raped?

She wasn't even supposed to be in his trailer.

All you were supposed to do is get the check

my company made out to Sik

and get it to me so that I could cash it,

and have my boy bury the old check.

Now, I know my company would do an investigation

but ultimately they will cut him another check

and I would have gotten my money.

So how the hell she ended up getting raped?

Rihanna!

Is that Blaze?

Is that Blaze?

Blaze.

What are you doing?

It's okay.

Come to the house.

It's open.

Okay.

Somebody please tell me what's going on.

You filed rape charges against Robert Dawkins.

Also known as MC Black Ice.

You charged that he and four other unknown men

took you to a hotel room after a music video shoot,

drugged you and raped you.

The court dismissed the case

because their lawyer successfully painted this picture

of you being the typical promiscuous video vixen.

The one person that could have stood by you was Blaze,

but he was afraid that Black Ice

would make good on his threat and hurt his family.

I was the result of that rape.

You tried to let it go.

It's haunted you all these years.

Against your better judgment,

you decided to seek revenge

and the way to get that revenge was through me.

How'd you find this information?

For the past six or seven years

I've been reading your journals.

Gimme that, are you crazy?

Your pain is my pain, what they did to you?

The fact that my father didn't own up to what he did

and he let us fend for ourselves.

I understand you're angry.

The least that you want is money, is restitution

for what they did to you and what you went through.

And you want it from somebody in the rap game.

But you had to wait for me to grow up to get in that game

because you're still too afraid to get close to it.

Your plan was good, it was, but mine's better.

Not only will we get money to keep the house

and make sure that

you don't ever have to worry about anything,

but we can also take down a notable rapper.

What are you talking about?

Sik didn't rape you?

Mom.

No, Daysha that is wrong.

I know what I did is wrong,

but they were gonna get their money anyway,

but you were trying to take down a guy

and put him in prison,

an innocent man?

Innocent?

Mom, the fact that most men in the rap game

treat women the way they do

and aren't held accountable for it,

in my eyes, none of them are innocent.

And you knew about this?

You ain't said nothing to me about this?

Blaze, how long we've been friends?

Rihanna, breathe.

You have no idea how bad I feel

that I wasn't man enough to help you back then.

Rihanna, look at me.

That's not the case now.

Daysha's plan is good.

And it's working.

But we're gonna get you that money.

And we will send a message to the rap world.

He's a casualty of war, mom.

No, I can' be a part of this.

- Mom! - No.

She doesn't get it.

Sik and his brother both say

that the extortion was run by the mystery man

that no one but Sik's brother has actually seen.

So why did you believe that he actually existed?

Because like I said earlier,

the district attorney had them.

They had them.

But when Sik wrote on that piece of paper

that he did not rape Daysha,

effectively saying, "Take me to trial,"

I had to believe that everything he said

about the extortion plot was true.

And so we went to trial.

Call your first witness, Ms. Young.

The state calls Mr. Greg Dickens.

Sidebar, Your Honor?

For crying out loud.

This is our witness, Your Honor.

Anything he has to say benefits us.

Your Honor,

he came forth last night

feeling he could no longer sit on the information he had.

Your Honor,

the only reason he would've come forward at all

is because they threatened them.

This is my client's best friend.

We haven't threatened him.

He's on your witness list, Mr. Julian, what's the problem?

They never once informed us

of him coming forward with any information.

Your Honor, District Attorney Lowe

tried contacting Mr. Julian, but to no avail.

Your Honor, I am trying this case with limited help.

Then get some help.

He can take the stand, now step back.

Your Honor, we weren't planning on calling him -

Enough, enough.

I don't like this any more than you do

but he is on your list.

The prosecution may call him.

Are you crazy?

You will watch your tone with me

or you'll find yourself in a prison cell.

If you need time to prepare, I'll give you an hour recess.

Now, step back.

I said, step back, Mr. Julian.

What's up with your boy?

What's the deal, man, what you doin'?

Tech,

yo, Tech, what you doin', man,

what's the deal?

Mr Hall!

Mr. Dickenson.

You and Mr. Hall are best friends, correct?

Yeah.

Would you say that you know him pretty well?

No doubt.

Do you believe that Mr. Hall raped Ms. Jordan?

I do.

What?

Sit down.

Why is that?

Well, early that day, you know,

he was all excited about Daysha shooting his video,

talking about how he wanted to hit it.

Hit it means...

Have sex with her.

And I was like, "What if she don't want to have sex?"

And he was like, "Well, all women wanna have sex with me.

"And even if she don't,

"she ain't got no choice in the matter."

That's it, Mr. Julian.

Your Honor, please have an appreciation.

This is my client's best friend.

They grew up together

and he is now blindsided by this betrayal to the friendship

with these blatant lies

which will result in emotions running high.

He is not lying.

When I get through with him,

you'll see exactly how much he's lying

and how much you're being played for a fool.

What'd you call me?

Was I unclear in what I just said?

Enough, the both of you.

Your honor, if he has another outbursts,

by all means lock him up.

But for now, please allow him to stay and face his accuser.

Mr. Hall, stand in front of me.

Out of respect for Mr. Julian,

I'm going to grant his request this one time.

The next time you display any type of outbursts like that,

I'm locking you up.

Do you understand me?

Yeah.

You will address me as Your Honor.

Now answer me properly.

Yes, Your Honor.

Take a seat.

You have to calm down.

Continue, Ms. Young.

Mr. Dickenson, in the rap world, there are rules,

as you know, that you just don't tell on your friends.

Even Little Kim did time as to not incriminate her friends.

So tell me something,

why are you testifying against your best friend?

Because it has to stop.

What has to stop?

The way we treat our women in the video world.

I mean, we hire the ones we know we can hit.

You know what I mean?

I mean, that's their purpose.

Make the video look hot.

And then we take care of us in that

and our sexual fantasies.

I mean, I know it ain't right, but that's what it is,

and I just believe it has to stop.

Thank you.

Counselor?

Mr. Julian.

You need to handle this, man.

If I go up to here and question him

without knowing what the DA offered him,

this could go bad for us.

You see the look on the jury's faces?

If you wait, it's going to look like

you have to come up with something to prove he lied.

You need to do something right now.

Right now.

Mr. Julian!

Mr. Dickenson, in your testimony, you said it's a shame

the way we treat the girls in those videos,

but by we, do you hold yourself culpable.

What that mean, culpable?

Responsible?

Well, yeah, I guess.

Would you say that some of your own actions

could be construed as sexual assault?

Probably.

And with the publicity of this trial,

and you being best friends with Tony Hall,

a girl could be watching this

and she could charge you with assault

or rape, for that matter.

And you'd be looking at doing time, correct?

Yeah.

In which the district attorney

could press charges against you.

And if they press charges

you're facing prison yourself for the same crime.

Correct?

I'm no lawyer, but yeah, I guess.

But instead of doing time,

you are up here giving incriminating testimony

against your best friend

in exchange for immunity,

basically resulting in you doing no time.

Isn't that the reason why you're testifying against him?

Mr. Deckenson?

No.

Excuse me?

Look, the district attorney ain't offered me nothing.

It's like I said, it's just got to stop.

And that's what I'm sticking to.

Do you have any more questions, counselor?

Nothing further, your honor.

I just cannot believe that the DA is corrupt.

Oh, corruption is part of politics,

Ms. Cruz, and the heartbeat of corruption is money.

They paraded person after person on that witness stand

who just tore this poor boy down.

You were losing.

Up to that point in everyone's minds, I had lost.

This crazy, man.

I can't believe all these lies

they got these people saying on me in there, man.

And I'm going to have to pay these fools.

They're killing us.

This isn't over, they can witness.

And I'm not going to risk my brother's life

on your trumped up ego.

William.

First of all, I don't have a trumped up ego.

I have a perfect record.

And I'm telling you I can win this case.

Well winning,

but I'm going to go pay these fools.

You're not doing no time.

Wait.

All he had to do was wait.

For you to be right?

To do what I do best.

Get the truth out of Daysha.

All rise.

Ms. Young.

Please state your name for the record.

Daysha Jordan.

Daysha, you've been through a lot

and I commend you for having the courage to come forward.

Before we get all teary-eyed at

the beautiful job she's doing,

is there a question before the court?

You were the lead girl

in Mr. Hall's latest video, correct?

Yes.

What was he like when you met?

He was a cool guy.

Talkative, funny.

Daysha, after the video shoot, what happened?

He offered to walk me back to my trailer,

which I agreed to,

but we ended up back at his

and I was like, here we go again.

Here we go again.

Most men I meet want to have sex with me

but I thought he was interested in me.

So what happened?

We got to the trailer and he started to pull me inside.

I didn't want to go inside his trailer.

I told him I just wanted to talk.

And he finally agreed that we would just talk.

And so that's when I went inside with him.

And what happened once you were inside Mr. Hall's trailer?

Well, we talked a little while longer

and then he started to get touchy feely, you know,

he put his hand on my leg and was touching my breasts.

Did you say anything to him about touching you?

Yes, I told him to stop.

I said that I just wanted to talk

and he didn't need to be touching me like that.

And what did he say to that?

He got really angry and started yelling at me.

He said, "Stop fronting we know what you're here."

And I was like, "I already told you, I just want to talk."

So I got up to leave but he blocked the door

and that's when he pushed me on the sofa

and jumped on me and he pinned me down.

She's lying!

Mr. Julian!

You need to calm down.

She will lock you up.

She's trying to set me up.

Please continue.

That's when he forced his tongue in my mouth

and he started squeezing my breasts

and telling me, "I know you want it."

And I was like, "Stop, I don't want you like that."

But he just kept going

and he forced me on my back

and I could feel his knees prying my legs open.

And he started to unzip his pants.

And that's when I swung to fight him.

I thought that if I'm,

if I could just get him off of me,

and I guess that's when he punched me

in my face a couple of times.

'Cause I blacked out.

And the next thing I remember,

I woke up and he was on top of me and he was inside of me.

He was raping me.

Raping you?

Wasn't nobody raping you!

You did rape me!

You did rape me!

I raped you?

I raped you?

You lying, man.

Daysha, stay with me.

Talk to me.

You're doing fine.

I told him to stop.

You never said stop.

I told him to stop and he wouldn't

and he kept raping me.

You never said stop!

God, I did tell you to stop!

Daysha, how'd you get out?

He wasn't done.

I jumped up and I ran out.

Ms. Jordan, just so that we are all clear here,

can you please tell us.

At any point in Mr. Hall's trailer,

did you consent to the sex?

Nope.

He raped me.

Thank you.

Ms. Jordan, are you an actress?

I'm sorry?

Are you an actress?

That was a great performance you just gave.

Objection.

It was.

Mr. Julian.

My apologies, Your Honor.

Have you ever acted professionally?

Yeah.

Once.

I wasn't that good.

Well, you've gotten better.

Objection!

Withdrawn.

Have you ever studied with an acting coach?

Objection, Your Honor.

This has nothing to do with the fact that she was raped!

But it has everything to do

with the fact that she's lying.

I'm not lying.

Are you a truthful person?

Objection.

If he is going to stray this far off course -

Your Honor, Ms. Jordan just gave testimony

that she is a truthful person,

I should be allowed to question her

on the merits of that statement.

Overruled.

Thank you.

You calm down so I can get through this

and we can get out here by lunchtime?

Mr. Julian!

I'm sorry, your honor.

But she keeps slowing me down.

Where was I?

Truthful person.

Are you a truthful person, Ms. Jordan?

Yes.

I'd ask that Mr. Johnson please stand.

Objection.

You just can't help yourself, can you?

Mr. Julian!

A little latitude, Your Honor.

Do you recognize this man?

Yes.

You asked him to leave his job

because you told him you had an emergency, didn't you?

Yes.

But there was no emergency.

Was there?

No.

You lied to him.

Yes.

You may sit down, son.

So you're capable of lying to get what you want.

I'm not lying about this.

He raped me.

That wasn't the question.

The question is, are you capable of lying

to get what you want?

We all are.

We all are not accusing someone of a crime

they did not commit.

So I'm going to ask you the question again

and I will ask the court to instruct her to answer

with a yes or no answer.

Are you capable of lying to get what you want?

Yes.

What is it that you want, Daysha?

Justice.

Really?

I was thinking more money or revenge.

20 years ago your mother was raped, wasn't she?

Rape shield, Your Honor.

That case was thrown out, Your Honor,

rape shield doesn't apply.

Was your mother raped, Daysha?

Yes.

And the men who did it were never convicted, were they?

No.

And you're the result of that rape, correct?

Yes, I am.

How's that make you feel, Daysha,

about your father who raped your mother

and was never convicted of it

and abandoned both you and her?

Not very good.

Not good.

It would piss me off.

In fact it would anger me, so much so

that I would want to find my father and hurt him physically.

Have you ever wanted to hurt your father, Daysha?

Yes.

But you can't, can you,

because you don't know who he is.

In fact, the only thing you know

is that the people responsible for raping your mother

were rappers.

Is that correct?

Yes.

It has been your mission since adulthood

to make rappers pay for the mistreatment of women

because of what happened to your mother,

and be careful how you answer that question Daysha,

because I am a beast when it comes to obtaining information.

No, it is not.

Are you sure you want to go down this path with me?

Bring it on, because your client raped me.

I will say, that the question and answer

between you and Daysha was the highlight of the trial.

But in the end she ultimately won,

wouldn't you say?

No.

I mean, not to sound totally arrogant

but I destroyed her on that witness stand.

And I told her, I full warned her

down that road with me.

But the verdict.

What about it?

And what happened to Sik's brother?

Thugged Out?

Where is the cameras?

You think I'm playing with you?

You think I'm playing with you?

Where is the cameras?

You can do what you want with me,

'cause I ain't telling you nothing.

Bring her out.

What you doin?

I need those cameras.

Those cameras prove my brother didn't rape Daysha.

And I'm going to do whatever I have to do to get 'em.

Leave her out of this.

This is between you and me.

You have three seconds.

Chill, you ain't no killer.

Put the gun down.

We can work this out.

Two.

You think I won't do it?

You think I won't do it?

I swear I don't know!

Three!

Untie her.

Tough guy.

We got what we came for, let's go.

What your brother did,

you oughta consider yourself lucky.

So that's how you wanna do?

Just take the money and the cameras?

Keep the cameras.

It ain't gonna help your brother out.

Blaze?

Let's go.

Get off of me, get off of me!

Has the jury reached a unanimous verdict?

What did you feel when you heard the jury's verdict?

We have, Your Honor.

What do you think I felt?

What say you?

We the jury find the defendant Tony Hall,

on the charge of rape in the first degree,

not guilty.

I don't know, you tell me.

What did you feel?

Victorious.

And what did you feel for Daysha?

If what Daysha claimed happened to her

had actually happened

I would have felt for her,

but since it didn't, I feel nothing.

I want you to leave this city.

Gotta pay for what he did.

Excuse me for a moment.

Nice office.

Thank you.