All language subtitles for Body of Evidence 1992 1080p BluRay AVC DTS-HD MA 2.0-DiY.HDHome

(loud roar)

(thunder rumbling)

(rain pattering)

(gentle music)

(heavy breathing)

(woman moans)

- [Woman] Yeah!

(woman moaning)

(man panting)

(woman panting)

(man groans)

- [Officer] All right, easy.

(police radio chattering)

- Lousy morning for it.

- Mr. Andrew Marsh, bagged and tagged.

Better him than us, huh?

- So what did him in?

- Looks like cardiac arrest,
but I'll call you later.

- [Officer] Move it out!

- Mr. Garrett.
- Morning, sir.

- [Officer] I'll be outside.

Sir.

- Lieutenant.
(people chattering)

(woman moaning)

- [Bob] Nice quality.

- [Investigator] Nice ass.

- [Reese] That was the tape in the VCR

and the power was still on.

- So the sucker had a heart
attack watching his home movies.

What do you need me for?

- He was tied up.

I've heard remote, but.

- What the hell is this?

- That is a nipple clamp.

- How would you know?

- He's from LA.

- I just happen to be a
well-informed individual.

- How does this thing work?

- Who cares?

Bag it.

- Kinky shit.

- Hey, Harry, you wanna take a picture

of these gouges for me, please?

- Looks like she had
him chewing on the wood.

(camera snaps)

- No, it looks more like
she had him handcuffed.

Who found the body?

- His secretary came by to pick
up some papers this morning.

Hell of a shock.

You want to talk to her?

- She wouldn't leave.

Thought we were gonna steal the silver.

- Well, can you blame her?

- Do you want me to identify her?

It's Rebecca Carlson.

- His girlfriend.

And they had a date last night
according to Miss Braslow.

This is Bob Garrett from the
district attorney's office.

Miss Braslow was Mr. Marsh's secretary

for the last six years.

- She killed him.

- You've got your first witness.

(moaning)

(church bell tolling)

- Resurrection and the life
will raise him up in glory.

Then, may he see the light
of your presence, Lord Jesus.

In the name of the Father

and of the Son and of
the Holy Spirit, amen.

Bless this grave and send
your angel to watch over it.

Forgive the sins of our brother

whose body we bury here.
- Excuse me.

- [Priest] We ask this
through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Go in peace with Christ.

Thanks be to God.

(people chattering)

- [Frank] Miss Carlson?

I'm sorry I'm late.

I'm Frank Dulaney.
- Frank Dulaney?

- I look that much like a lawyer?

- Who else would speak to me?

His friends think I
shouldn't even be here.

Will you represent me?

- There haven't been any
charges filed against you.

- But there will be, you know that.

Do you think I killed him?

- That's a question 1
never ask my clients.

What matters is whether the
state can prove you killed him.

- I loved Andrew.

Why is it so hard for
everybody to believe?

- You know why.

You're young and beautiful

and you were involved
with a wealthy older man.

- He wasn't old to me.

- I'm sorry I said that.

- A big part of my life
has been taken away from me

and people are saying it was my fault.

They've taken something good
between two people in love

and made it dirty.

I didn't kill him.

- [Sharon] You believed her?

- Yeah, actually, I did.

(chuckles)

- [Sharon] You're a romantic.

- Not at all.

I just know bullshit when I hear it

and this wasn't bullshit.

Sharon, how can you
say she didn't love him

without having met either one of them?

- He was too old.

(chuckles)

- He's right.

- [Frank] That's a very
narrow view of love.

- Well, it's what the jury's gonna think.

Did he have any family?

- Lots of wives, no kids.

- Sharon.

- The register broke down again.

- It's the register.

You gonna be here for a while?

- No, we're gonna go on home.
T

- I have to lock up tonight.

- Why don't you hire a manager?

- Because at least I won't
be stealing from myself.

- Last time this week, okay?

- Quick kiss?

It's okay. Nobody noticed.

Bye.
- Bye-bye.

- Jamie!
- Over here!

- [Sharon] Jamie, how'd you sneak past me?

(chuckles)

- [Jamie] Saw some friends.

- Those are your friends?

These are my friends.

- Can you really screw someone to death?

- No.

Besides, you don't have to
worry about that stuff yet.

Do you?

- No.

- Because you are a good-looking guy.

Let's go.

- [Officer] Okay, let's go.

- [Reese] A neighbor saw you
go into Marsh's house at 8:30.

- She's not denying she was there.

- Did you have sex with him?

- Yes.

- Did you handcuff him to the bed?

- Don't tell me it's relevant, Bobby.

- Yes.
- You didn't have to

answer that.

- No, but we appreciate her
honesty and cooperation.

- Bullshit.

- When did you leave his house?

- Around midnight, I suppose.

If I had known it was going to matter,

I would've paid more attention.

(whispers)

Well, it's true, Frank.

There's nothing wrong with saying that.

- Miss Carlson, do you use cocaine?

- Cocaine use is illegal
in the state of Oregon.

- I've never used it in Oregon.

(chuckles)

- Okay, can we move on, please?

- Did Mr. Marsh use cocaine?

- Never.

- The toxicology tests came
back positive for cocaine.

- Then it's false positive,
because we never did any drugs.

- Not even poppers?

- She just said they didn't use drugs.

- I ask because amyl nitrate

is often made available to heart patients.

Were you aware of Mr.
Marsh's heart condition?

- He had a little arrhythmia.

That's not a heart condition.

- Mr. Marsh had an advanced
case of heart disease.

- He said it wasn't serious.

- Now, why would he lie to you about it?

- I never know why men lie.

They just do.

- Would you describe
yourself as a dominatrix?

- Oh, back off of this, Bob.

- [Bob] A sadomasochist?

- That's it.

Interview's over.

Let's go.

You wanna charge her?

Go ahead.

Otherwise, you can reach Miss
Carlson through my office.

- Fine.

- [Bob] But, frankly, I don't
think that'll be necessary.

- Reese.

- Right.

Rebecca Carlson,

you're under arrest for
the murder of Andrew Marsh.

You have the right to remain silent.

Anything you say can and
will be used against you

in a court of law.

I'm not--
- Rebecca, I'll have you out

as fast as I can.

- [Reese] If you can't afford one,

one will be appointed to you by the State.

- Frank!

- Trying to get your
name on the front page?

You fucking sandbagged me!

- Jesus, Frank!

Don't take it personal.

You're spending too much
time around criminals.

It affects your judgment.

- You don't have probable cause.

- Sure, I do.

Marsh's will leaves all
$8 million to your client,

which would've given even me motive,

and she admits to being there
the night of the murder.

- [Frank] You don't know it was homicide.

- And the method's self-explanatory.

- What are you gonna do?

Tag the body as the murder weapon?

Exhibit A?

It's not a crime to be great lay.

- Well, sure, I'd have
to have myself indicted.

- This case is ridiculous.

Drop the charges, save
the state some money.

You can't convict.

- In conjunction with cocaine
slipped to a rich old man

dying of heart disease?

Oh, I think I can make that case.

- [Frank] Uh, not without
intent, you can't.

- She'll get manslaughter.

- [Bob] Tell your client 20
years, seven, if she behaves.

- [Reporter] There they are.

- Frank--
(reporters chattering)

- [Reporter] Were you with
him the night he died?

(reporters chattering)

- Did you do it, Miss Carlson?

(reporters chattering)

- Get me out of here.

(reporters chattering)

- Bobby Garrett's gonna
stage a big, ugly trial.

- Does he really expect me to plead guilty

to spare myself the embarrassment?

I'm not guilty.

I'm not gonna plead guilty.

- I'd feel better if
you weren't in the will.

- Andrew put me in his will?

- Don't start jerking me around, Rebecca.

You're the primary beneficiary.

- How much?

Well, wouldn't you ask?

Come on, how much?

- Eight million, give or take.

- That's a hell of a motive.

- I know how Bobby works.

He's gonna build his
case on your sex life.

He's gonna drag out every dirty
little thing you ever did.

- [Rebecca] It wasn't dirty.

- No, not to you, not to Andrew.

But people here have very
conservative views about sex.

- No, they don't.

They just don't talk about it.

They're such hypocrites.

- Well, those hypocrites
are gonna be sitting

in the jury box listening to Garrett say

how you led Andrew into perversion.

- I didn't have to lead him anywhere.

Andrew knew exactly what he wanted.

All we did was make love.

- In handcuffs.

- It was different, but
it was still making love.

Have you ever seen
animals make love, Frank?

It's intense.

It's violent.

But they never really hurt each other.

- We're not animals.

- Yes, we are.

(panting)

- You're great when you get a big case.

- How about the rest of the time?

- You know what I mean.

I have to take a shower.

- You don't get as rich as
Marsh by being a nice guy.

I want you to find out who he fucked over,

business, personal, social,
anyone who might want him dead.

- I'm hitting all the dealers with a list

of their nearest and dearest.

Maybe we'll get lucky
and come up with a user.

- Joanne Braslow is here.

- [Frank] Uh-huh.

- Garrett brought donuts.

- [Frank] The man's considerate.

- Yeah, but he always eats them all.

- It wasn't normal.

They didn't have normal sex.

- How do you know what
kind of sex they had?

- I wasn't peeping through the keyhole,

if that's what you're implying.

I would go to the house to pick
up papers, drop off papers,

and I would find their little
toys all over the place.

- Would you characterize your feelings

toward my client as negative?

- I don't have much
sympathy for drug users.

- Do you have personal
knowledge that she used drugs?

- I personally saw her
shovel the stuff up her nose.

Is that good enough?

- In front of a secretary?

- I was at the house one morning.

I thought she was still upstairs with him.

I went into the powder room
and she was spooning coke

from one of those little vials.

- What did she say when she saw you?

- She was too busy to notice.

- And did you tell your
boss what you had seen?

- No.
- And why not?

- I wanted to keep my job.

- That didn't include telling him

his girlfriend was a cokehead slut.

- Frank.

Take the last donut.

- Rebecca!

Rebecca!

You fucking lied to me.

You lied on tape.

You were asked a direct question,

"Do you use cocaine?”

- And I said no.

- Well, now they've got an eyewitness

that can testify not
only do you use cocaine,

but you used cocaine in Marsh's house.

- Joanne's lying.

- I didn't say it was Joanne.

- Well, who else would've
been in the house

while I was there?

- Do you know the expression smoking gun?

- Frank, she was in love with him.

Don't you see that?

- Andrew Marsh must've been
a pretty goddamn lovable guy.

Everybody was in love with him!

- Besides, I haven't
touched coke since I was 17.

- She makes a good witness.

- I want you to come and meet somebody.

It's right over here.

Dr. Novaro?

- Ah, Miss Carlson.

I've been waiting for you.

- Sorry I'm late.

This is Frank Dulaney.

- How do you do?
- He's my lawyer.

- Hello.

- Could you give me my medicine?

- [Dr. Novaro] Yes, certainly.

There.

- [Rebecca] Go ahead.

- You gotta be kidding.

- [Rebecca] Investigate.

- What the hell is it?

- Chinese peony roots.

- What's it used for?

- It's an aspirin substitute.

- Tell him why.

- Well, she suffers from dysmenorrhea.

- Cramps.

- Miss Carlson, I'm
ready whenever you are.

- Thank you.

Supposed to be on my side, Frank.

Could've at least given me
the benefit of the doubt.

- You're right.

I'm sorry.

- [Rebecca] You mind waiting 15 minutes?

- [Frank] Not at all.

- Look around.

(gentle music)

Just a little pain in the lumbar.

(thunder crackling)

(cat mewing)

- Here, pussy-puss.

Hello, kitty.

Oh, such a beautiful kitty.

Yes, kitty.

Yes, yes, yes.

- [Rebecca] Is it still raining?

- Uh, yeah.

- Can you drive me home?

- [Frank] Sure.

I'll give you a ride home.

I've never been in one of these.

- Now's your chance.

Come in.

- [Frank] It's a bad idea.

- Why?

- I'm your lawyer.

Doesn't look good.

- Nobody's looking.

- Goodnight, Rebecca.

- Frank.

- Yeah?

Are you scared?

- Not if you tell me I shouldn't be.

- We're gonna kick their ass!

- [Bailiff] All rise.

Superior Court for the county of Multnomah

is now in session.

The Honorable Judge
Mabel Burnham presiding.

- I can't change the titillating
nature of this trial,

but if I had wanted to work in a circus,

I would've learned how to ride a trapeze.

(people chuckling)

So I will not put up with any performances

by counsel or by the gallery.

Are the people ready to
proceed, Mr. Garrett?

- Yes, Your Honor.

Andrew Marsh made what turned
out to be a fatal mistake.

He fell in love.

He fell in love with a
ruthless, calculating woman

who went after an elderly
man with a bad heart

and a big bank account.

You all can see the
defendant, Rebecca Carlson,

but as this trial proceeds,

you will see she's not only the defendant,

she is the murder weapon itself.

If I hit you and you die, I
am the cause of your death,

but can I be called a weapon?

The answer is yes.

And what a deadly weapon
Rebecca Carlson made of it.

The state will prove that
she seduced Andrew Marsh

and manipulated his affections
until he rewrote his will,

leaving her $8 million.

That she insisted on
increasingly strenuous sex,

knowing he had a severe heart condition,

and when that didn't
work fast enough for her,

she secretly doped him with cocaine.

His heart couldn't take the combination

and she got what she wanted.

She is a beautiful woman,
but when this trial is over,

you will see her no differently
than a gun or a knife

or any other instrument used as a weapon.

She's a killer,

and the worst kind,

a killer who disguised
herself as a loving partner.

- Mr. Dulaney.

- Ladies and gentlemen, you
were told during jury selection

that the testimony in this
trial would be sexually explicit

and you may find it offensive.

You may even be disgusted
by what you hear.

But I want you to remember

that Rebecca Carlson is not on
trial for her sexual tastes.

She is being tried for murder

and to charge her with
murder is ludicrous.

The state would like you to believe

that she somehow fornicated
Andrew Marsh to death.

But the state's case is
built on fantasy, not fact.

And the facts, as they are,
are entirely circumstantial.

It's not a crime to be a beautiful woman.

It's not a crime to fall
in love with an older man.

This case should've never come to trial.

But since it has,

I know you'll listen to
the testimony objectively.

And when you hear the
evidence objectively,

you will acquit Rebecca Carlson
of the charges against her.

- [Bob] Dr. McCurdy, did
you find any indication

that Mr. Marsh might have used
cocaine on a regular basis?

- [Dr. McCurdy] No, his nasal
membranes were way too smooth

for even occasional use.

- Were you able to determine
how he ingested this drug?

- A bottle of nasal spray
found next to the bed

was filled with a solution
of water and cocaine.

The victim had a head cold
at the time of his death.

I believe that he was drugged
without his knowledge.

- Objection!

Lack of foundation.

The witness is speculating.

Motion to strike the testimony.

- [Mabel] So ordered, and
the jury should disregard

the witness's comment.

- [Bob] Was this the
spray you found, Doctor?

- Yes, that's it.

- Entered as people's exhibit A.

Now, Dr. McCurdy,

what would cocaine do to someone
in Mr. Marsh's condition?

- It would accelerate his heartbeat.

- And if he were having sex

while under the influence
of such a stimulant?

- It would be the same as
shooting a loaded gun at him.

(people murmuring)

- Now, you said in your autopsy report

that Mr. Marsh was restrained
at the time of his death.

Can you explain that, please?

- Well, from the marks on his
wrists and on the bedstead,

I believe that the victim was handcuffed.

- At the time of his death?

- Oh, yes.

The bruising and the
friction was quite extensive.

- Thank you, Dr. McCurdy.

Your witness.

- Dr. McCurdy, you testified
that, in your opinion,

Mr. Marsh suffered his fatal heart attack

while he was restrained.

- Yes, sir.

- And your evidence for this

is the marks on his wrist, am I right?

- You are correct.

- Now, couldn't those
same marks have been made

while he was flailing about in
the throes of sexual ecstasy?

- I suppose.

- Did you find any older marks

that indicated the use of restraints?

- Just on his ankles.

- Where they wouldn't show in public.

- Objection!

Counsel's drawing his own conclusion.

- Sustained.

You know better, Counsel.

- Dr. McCurdy, can you medically say

that Mr. Marsh didn't decide to get high?

- Well, it seems very unlikely

that a man in his set of circumstances--

- Dr. McCurdy, are you
a licensed psychiatrist?

- No, but--
- Objection!

Argumentative.

- Sustained.

- How did you reach your conclusion

about what Mr. Marsh would or wouldn't do?

- Common sense.

- Did you find any evidence
of that in the autopsy?

Do you know for a fact that
Mr. Marsh had any common sense?

You just testified he
liked unpleasant things.

- Your Honor.

- No further questions.

- It's going to be a long
trial for you, Counselor,

if I have to start warning
you on the first day.

- Where do you work, Dr. Paley?

- I am an emergency room
physician at Memorial Hospital.

- Were you on duty the night
of February 5th this year?

- I was the admitting physician.

Yes, I was.

- Did you admit Andrew Marsh?

- Yes, I did.

- What was the reason?

- Cocaine poisoning.

- Did Mr. Marsh discuss
the circumstances with you?

- Yes, he did.

Um, I read my notes again
before I came to be accurate.

And according to my notes,

the patient told me that
it was the first time

he tried cocaine and it
was going to be the last.

- Would you describe
his condition, please?

- He presented a galaxy of symptoms.

Hyperpyrexia, which is a high fever

associated with cocaine intoxication,

severely elevated blood pressure,

arrhythmia, shortness of breath.

And while I was examining the patient,

he experienced status epilepticus.

- Is it common to have
SO many symptoms occur

in cases of cocaine poisoning?

- This patient was particularly sensitive.

I thought he was lucky to go home alive.

- Did you tell him that, Dr. Paley?

- I told him that if he
ever tried cocaine again,

he would be committing suicide.

- [Bob] Your witness.

- [Frank] No questions for
this witness, Your Honor.

- [Bob] And did you see Mr. Marsh

the day before he died, Miss Braslow?

- Yes.

- [Bob] How did he look?

- He was pale and sweating.

- Did you talk about Miss Carlson?

- Yes.

- And what did he say?

- That he was worried.

I was worried.

He said that if she kept it
up, she was going to kill him,

that his heart couldn't take it.

- Thank you.

No more questions.

- Miss Braslow, this strikes me

as a very intimate conversation

for a boss to have with his secretary.

Did you often discuss his love life?

- We had a professional relationship,

but I had been his
secretary for six years.

He liked to talk to me.

- Then did he also mention to you

that Rebecca was thinking
about moving back to Chicago?

- Yes, he mentioned it.

- So, the woman that he loved passionately

was thinking about leaving.

Couldn't that have caused the stress

and anxiety you observed?

- Objection!

Calls for rank speculation.

- Counsel for the prosecution
has already used this witness

to establish the state
of mind of the deceased.

He opened the can, Your Honor.

- And I do see worms crawling
all around you, Mr. Garrett.

You can't have it both ways.

Objection overruled.

Answer the question, Miss Braslow.

- I suppose it's possible.

- [Frank] Now, you testified
that you saw Rebecca

inhaling cocaine in the bathroom.

How do you know it was cocaine?

- It was a white powder.

- Were you ever a patient

at the Mount Hood Substance Abuse Center?

- Objection!

Your Honor, Miss Braslow's
medical history is--

- Your Honor, the prosecution
has introduced cocaine

as one of the contributing
causes of death.

I think this is a reasonable
line of questioning.

- I'll allow it.

- Weren't you a patient

at the Mount Hood Substance Abuse Center

from January 5th to
February 5th, two years ago?

- Yes.

- And what were you being treated for?

- Substance and alcohol abuse.

- And was that substance cocaine?

- Was that substance cocaine?

- Yes.

- And didn't you supply
your boss, Mr. Marsh,

with the cocaine that sent
him to the hospital with

cocaine poisoning this year?
- No!

- Your Honor, I have in my hand

a copy of the admissions report.

The square right here

is designated for the signature
of the responsible party,

the person who brought
him into the hospital.

Would you read that name out loud, please?

Would you read the name out loud, please?

- Joanne Braslow.

But I--
- No further questions.

Your Honor, I submit defense exhibit A.

For your files.

(elegant piano music)

- Did you always wanna be a lawyer?

- It was a fallback.

- I wanted to be a pro hockey player.

- Oh, yeah? What happened?

- [Frank] Well, I broke my ankle skating.

I was showing off.

- How old were you?

- Seven.

- When I was a kid, I liked
to steal strawberries.

I'd sneak into the neighbor's
yard at the end of the street.

And I remember they had a big fence.

And I'd always scrape my
knees climbing over it.

And then, on the other side,

they had these wild rose bushes.

And the thorns would dig into my legs

and cut my thighs when I slid down.

But the strawberries
always tasted so sweet.

- Because of how much it hurt to get them.

- [Rebecca] Yeah.

- Rebecca,

when you first met Andrew,

how did you know that he was like you?

- I was at a party and there
was a huge crowd of people,

but we just saw each other and we knew.

- Just like that?

- Yeah.

- Look around.

- You want me to look around the room

and tell you if there's someone here

that has the same taste that I do?

- That's right.

- Okay.

- All right.

Who?

- I'm not gonna tell you.

- You're not gonna tell me?

- [Rebecca] No, I'm not gonna tell you.

- Why not?

- Because he doesn't know it yet.

Yes, it would be nice.

- What would?

- You and I making love.

- Is that what you think I was thinking?

- There's nothing wrong with admitting

that you want me, Frank.

- You take a lot for granted.

- Frank.

Go home.

Thanks for dinner.

- Goodnight.

(gentle music)

- Frank.

(groans)

(loud rip)

(groans)

Uh-uh.

My way.

Are you scared?

- No.

(groans)

(panting)

(Rebecca moans)

(panting)

(Rebecca moaning)

(alarm beeping)

- [Sharon] Would you
see if Michael's up yet?

- [Frank] Uh-huh.

- The people would like to recall

Dr. Alan Paley to the stand.

(people murmuring)

- Dr. Paley, you're still under oath here.

Take it seriously.

- Do you know Rebecca Carlson?

- [Alan] Yes.

- Did you, in fact, date Miss Carlson?

(people murmuring)

- Yes, we dated.

(people murmuring)

(gavel bangs)

- Keep your rude mouths shut
or get out of my courtroom.

And this is the only time
I'm going to ask nicely.

Proceed, Mr. Garrett.

- Did you ever discuss anything

about your patient, Mr. Marsh, with her?

- His picture was on the social page

and I mentioned that I'd treated him, yes.

- What was her reaction?

- She was fascinated.

- Did she ask you anything
in particular about him?

- She wanted to know whether
cocaine would kill him

if he tried it again.

- And what did you say?

- I told her it would
be a Russian roulette.

- [Bob] Your witness.

- Dr. Paley, why didn't you mention

your relationship with Rebecca earlier?

- Nobody asked me.

- Did you have sexual relations with her?

- Objection!

Irrelevant.

- Your Honor, if you'll
allow me some latitude,

I can establish the relevance.

- You'd better.

Objection overruled.

The witness is directed
to answer the question.

- No.

- No, you did not have sexual relations?

- No, we didn't.

- Because she refused
to have sex with you,

isn't that correct?

- Objection!

Your Honor, the counsel
is trying to manufacture

the implication--
- Get up here,

both of you, right now!

Mr. Dulaney, if you're
just bottom-feeding,

you're going to choke on the mud.

- I'm working toward a
specific point, Your Honor.

- Work fast.

I'm getting tired of seeing
you this close to me.

Objection overruled.

- Dr. Paley, do you remember
your last date with Rebecca

at the Cat and Fiddle restaurant?

- [Alan] Wasn't that memorable.

- Well, do you remember trying
to force yourself on her

in the parking lot?

- Objection!

- Because I can bring
in the parking attendant

and two customers to refresh
your memory if I have to!

- I didn't hear the reason for
your objection, Mr. Garrett.

- Wasn't that the last
time you saw Rebecca

until appearing in court, Dr. Paley?

- I told you, I don't remember
the last time I saw her.

- In fact, didn't you
attempt to blackmail her

into seeing you again by threatening

to falsely testify against her?!

- No.

You're crazy.

- Your Honor, I have a tape
from Rebecca's answering machine

I'd like to play.

- Objection!

Your Honor, we don't know
where this tape is from

or who made it, or under
what circumstances.

- May I approach?

I have reports from two
independent audio labs

that Mr. Garrett himself has used

to verify evidence in other trials.

They both conclude that
the voice on the tape

was recorded over the phone
and there's been no tampering.

- I'll allow it.

(beeps)

- [Alan] I know you're there.

Pick up the phone, goddammit.

You think I won't do it?

(beeps)

Rebecca?

I can put you away, Rebecca,
for the rest of your life!

You better call me or you're fucked

either one way or the other.

(cassette player beeping)

- What did you mean, Dr. Paley?

You never told her about
Andrew Marsh, did you?

- Yes, I did.

She asked me and I told her.

- Perjury is a criminal charge, Doctor.

- I am not lying.

- No further questions.

(people murmuring)

- [Rebecca] You were brilliant.

- I didn't break him all the way.

- You burned him down.

- [Woman] Uh, hold the elevator, please.

- Uh, Gabe, hit P3.

- You got it.

(zips)

(elevator dings)

See you tomorrow.

- Okay.
- Bye.

Could somebody hit P4, please?

Thank you.

(elevator dings)

(elevator dings)

Let's go.

- [Frank] Somebody's gonna see us.

- Come on.

(elevator dings)

(Rebecca moaning)

- The people call Jeffrey Roston.

- Do you know him?

May I approach?

Your Honor, this witness
has never been mentioned

by the prosecution.

- Our investigators
didn't contact Mr. Roston

until yesterday afternoon in New York.

- What took so long?

- [Bob] He just came home
from an extended vacation.

- All right, I'm going
to allow the testimony.

- May--
- That's it, Counselor.

Take a seat.

- Mr. Roston, what was your
relationship with Miss Carlson?

- We were lovers.

- [Bob] How long were you together?

- [Jeffrey] For about a year.

- How would you describe
your sex life with her?

- It was very intense.

- I know this is very personal,

but I'm gonna ask you to be more specific.

- She was always trying to get
me more and more worked up.

- By what means?

- I couldn't do everything
she wanted in my condition.

- What condition is that?

- I had a bad heart.

(people murmuring)

- Frank.

- What happened next?

- [Jeffrey] I had bypass surgery.

- And how are you now?

- I'm fine.

My doctor says I can live
to be a very old man.

- How did your relationship
with the defendant

progress after the surgery?

- Just ground to a sudden halt.

She left me.

- Why did she say she was leaving?

- She didn't. She just left.

- Why do you think she left you?

- Objection.

Question calls for a conclusion
on the part of the witness.

- Objection sustained.

- When you say your sexual relations

with Miss Carlson were
intense, in what way?

- [Jeffrey] Well, it was as
if she were trying to push me

as far as she could.

- Can you give the court an example?

- Sex was a game to her.

She got off on the control.

She always used to tell
me it had to be her way.

A few nights before my bypass,

I woke up and she had tied me to the bed.

(people murmuring)

- [Bob] With handcuffs?

- [Jeffrey] No, with my own belt.

(people murmuring)

(gavel bangs)

- And what did she say?

Mr. Roston, I know this
is difficult for you,

but it is important.

Please, tell the court.

- She said she was going to fuck me,

like I'd never been fucked before.

(people chattering)
(gavel banging)

- Bailiff, clear the courtroom,

everyone except the reporters.

(door thuds)

- After she tied you up, Mr.
Roston, what did she do next?

- She started...

Masturbating

and telling me how much
she wanted me inside her.

It drove me crazy.

- [Bob] Did your heart
start to bother you?

- Yeah.

We were making love,

and she was on top of me.

And every time I got close,

she'd stop.

And I couldn't take it.

I couldn't breath.

I was suffocating.

Jeez, I begged her.

I really thought that I was about to die.

- [Bob] Did you change your will

while you were involved with Miss Carlson?

- [Jeffrey] Yes.

- And who was the primary beneficiary?

- She was.

I was very much in love with her.

And I was a fool.

- Thank you, Mr. Roston.

No further questions.

- Counsel.

- No questions.

- [Rebecca] Frank!

Frank, I can explain everything.

- You're a little late.

I needed to know before he testified.

Why the fuck didn't you warn me at least?!

- Did you need to hear about
every man I ever had sex with?

- No, just the ones with bad hearts

who put you in their wills!

- You think I killed Andrew.

- So does everyone in that courtroom!

You made me look like shit in there!

- You are not on trial!

- Oh, the hell I'm not!

I must've been out of my mind
to get involved with you.

- To make love to me?

- Yes.

But I'm not gonna compound my mistakes.

You're my client, that's it.

I don't want to have anything
to do with you beyond that!

- Just like that?

- [Frank] Yeah.

- Like I don't have any feelings?

- Hey, I'm not your type.

I'm too young and healthy.

- That's not fair, Frank.

- [Frank] No, but it's accurate.

- Fuck you, too.

(people laughing)

(people chattering)

- Hi.

Where's Michael?

- I took him over to
Kevin's to spend the night.

- Why didn't you tell me??

I could've stayed at the office.

I got a shitload of work to do.

- You mean you could've used
the time to screw your client!

- That's paranoid.

- Oh, man.

(cutlery clattering)
(groans)

Fine.

- Sharon!

Sharon!

Sharon.

Sharon!
- Go away!

- Talk to me.

- People see your car down by the river

in front of her goddamn houseboat!

It gets back to me, Frank!

- She's my client.

I'm allowed to have conferences

with my client!
- Of course, you are!

Why can't you have them in your office?!

- I can't believe you listen
to this bullshit gossip!

- I talked to her!

- What?

- She called here tonight looking for you!

- What did she say?

- She didn't have to say anything.

I could here it in her voice

and the way that she said your name.

- You're making this up.

- What did she do to you, Frank?!

How did you get those marks on your chest?

What are they?

What are they?

Bites?

What happened to your back?

I thought we were happy.

I thought we were a family.

I trusted you.

- It has nothing to do with you.

- You're a son of a bitch.

How dare you stand there
and say that to me?

- I love you.

You're my wife.

- Go pack some things.

I don't wanna see you when I get home.

- Please, Sharon, I don't wanna lose you.

- Then you shouldn't have fucked her.

- [Frank] Rebecca!

- Frank?
- What the hell

did you say to my wife?!

- Nothing.

I asked if you were there and you weren't.

- Why'd you call?!

- I wanted to know if
I still had a lawyer.

- [Frank] You're such a liar!

- What do you think, Frank?

I called to tell her
all the nasty details?

Maybe I gave her some advice.

Or maybe I called to reassure her

that it was over between us.

Maybe that's what I said.

Gets easy, doesn't it, Frank?

(Rebecca moans)

(Rebecca moans)

(Rebecca breathes heavily)

(rattling)

(Frank grunts)

Frank.

- Let's play another game.

(Rebecca groans)

(Rebecca screams)

(Frank groans)

- [Rebecca] You fuck.

(moans)

(both panting)

- Frank!
(knocking)

Frank, get up!

Conference room.
- Yeah, okay.

- Come on, hurry!

- [Frank] Okay.

- [Investigator] Now, this guy was really

into recording this shit.

He could open up his own video store.

(Rebecca moaning)

- [Frank] How does this help us?

- Hey, just watch.

Now, I would've missed this,
too, but the phone rang.

I let the tape play while I talked.

See, Garrett figured this
was the end of the show.

Now, this isn't a blank tape.

It's been erased, just
not quite all of it.

Uh-huh.

Uh-huh.

This was during his artsy phase,

before he went back to using the tripod.

- [Frank] "We had a
professional relationship.”

- Frank, Frank!

Hey, you're embarrassing me.

- [Bailiff] The court
recalls Joanne Braslow.

(door clacks)
(door creaks)

(people murmuring)

- Miss Braslow, how much
did you stand to inherit

before Mr. Marsh modified
his will in Rebecca's favor?

- $250,000.

- And according to his final will?

- $10,000, which is still a large amount

and I'm very grateful to him
for remembering me at all.

- After all your years of service,

it doesn't seem like a lot.

- I'm not greedy.

- No.

In fact, you're a saint.

He cut you out of his will,

he dumped you for a younger
woman and you still--

- You're making it sound--
- Find kind things

to say about the man.

- Objection!

Counsel's arguing with the witness.

Move to strike, Your Honor.

- I'll sustain it and
strike counsel's remarks.

- Joanne, you have to start
telling the truth now.

Weren't you, in fact,

a very personal friend of Andrew Marsh?

- What do you mean?

- Weren't you lovers?

- No.

- Do I have to enter into evidence

a videotape that Andrew made of you

that indicates how very close you were?

(sighs)

- We dated.

- Until he met Rebecca.

(sighs)

- Yes.

- Did you love him?

- Of course, I did.

- Didn't you think it was
cruel of him to confide in you

about Rebecca after
he'd broken up with you?

- Objection!

The testimony has no relevance
to the issues in this trial.

- I'll withdraw the question.

Were you hurt?

- What do you think?

I was crushed.

But I knew it wouldn't last.

- And you expected him to come back to you

after it was over?

- Men don't marry women like her.

- Didn't he tell you he
asked Rebecca to marry him?

- She turned him down.

She'd already gotten from
him everything she wanted.

- But you didn't?

- Objection!

Counsel's putting the witness on trial.

- I loved him.

I never would've hurt him.

- Even if he asked?!

- Your Honor.

- That's enough, Mr. Dulaney.

The objection's sustained and
strike Mr. Delaney's question.

Now, was that your entire
bag of tricks, Counselor?

Or do you have another line of questioning

with which to proceed?

- Yeah.

You testified that you
ran personal errands

for Andrew Marsh.

- Yes.

- [Frank] Such as going to the drug store?

- Yes.

- Buying nasal spray for
him because he had a cold?

You sighed a house charge
for nasal spray on April 8th,

the date of Andrew Marshall's death.

I'd like to introduce the receipt

from Montclair Pharmacy as exhibit H.

That was the bottle used to kill him.

There was no other nasal
spray found in the house.

Is it true that you put in the cocaine?!

Because you were jealous?!

Because he cut you out of his will?!

- Objection, Your Honor!
- Because you have a cocaine

habit to feed?!
(gavel banging)

- No!

- You're outta line, Counselor.

Strike his remarks.

- I don't think I wanna
answer any more questions

without an attorney.

(people murmuring)

- She killed him.

She set me up to take the fall

and she almost got away with it.

- You know what bothers me?

Why did she charge a three-buck
bottle of nasal spray

that could be traced back to her

if she planned to kill him with it?

- I don't know, let
Garrett figure that out.

- Maybe it was a crime of opportunity,

maybe she's just stupid.

- You mean maybe I did it?

- Maybe you did.

- If the evidence hasn't convinced you,

then how the hell is it
supposed to convince the jury?

They can't wait to convict me.

- [Frank] All you need
is a reasonable doubt.

- But I know how their minds work.

The women hate me, they think I'm a whore.

And the men see a cold, heartless bitch

they can pay back for every chick

that's ever blown them off in a bar.

- You have an inflated
opinion of yourself.

(elevator dings)

- I have to testify.

- No.

- Frank, they're gonna convict me

if I don't tell my side of the story.

- The only reason I'd ever
let a client take the stand

is if the case was going so badly

there wasn't any other choice.

- Yeah, but the difference is your clients

are usually guilty.

You told me that.

- No, I said they usually did it,

which is different than
being guilty as charged.

I'm not gonna let you fuck up my case.

- You owe me the chance to explain, Frank.

(sighs)

(toilet flushing)

- Wish me luck.

(loud slap)

- [Frank] The defense calls
Rebecca Carlson to the stand.

(people chattering)

- [Bailiff] Solemnly
swear to tell the truth,

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

- [Rebecca] I do.

- [Frank] Rebecca, I'd like you
to recount, as you remember,

the events on the night of April 8th.

- We came home from dinner early

and Andrew still had a cold,

so I thought I'd just put
him to bed and go home.

- [Frank] But you didn't go home, did you?

- No.

He wanted to make love.

And that made me want to.

He was a very physical man.

- [Frank] Would you say you loved him?

- Very much.

- [Frank] Then why didn't you marry him?

- Because his marriages never lasted.

I wanted to last.

- [Frank] Rebecca, you
heard the forensic testimony

about the use of handcuffs.

- [Rebecca] Yes.

- [Frank] What were
they doing in the house?

- Andrew bought them for Valentine's Day.

- For--
(people murmuring)

For you to use on him while you made love?

- Yes.

He liked that.

He was always in charge
in his life and his work.

And in bed, he liked to have
somebody else in charge.

It was a game we played.

(people chattering)

(gavel bangs)

- Watch yourselves or I'll
clear this courtroom again.

- [Frank] Rebecca, did
Andrew indicate to you

that he was having any problems at all,

like shortness of breath

while you were making love that night?

- No.

He was fine.

- [Frank] And after you
finished making love,

what did you do?

- I kissed him goodnight and I went home.

- And when did you find out he was dead?

(sighs)

- Not until the next day.

- And when did you find out

you were a beneficiary of Andrew's will?

- When you told me.

- Your witness.

- I'm less interested in your relationship

with Andrew Marsh,

the nature of which you've
made abundantly clear,

than I am in your relationships

with Jeffrey Roston and Dr. Alan Paley.

How long after you
stopped dating Dr. Paley

did you start dating
his patient, Mr. Marsh?

- [Rebecca] Must've
been about four months.

- [Bob] Four months in which
you tried to meet your victim

at galleries and museum openings?

- Objection!

Counsel's baiting the witness.

- Not at all, I'm
establishing premeditation.

- By baiting the witness!

- Overruled.

Answer the question.

- I never heard his name before I met him.

- You never saw his picture in the paper?

- I don't read the paper.

(woman chuckling)
(people murmuring)

- Is it your sworn testimony
that by coincidence alone

you happened to date both Andrew Marsh,

who died from a combination
of sex and drugs

and the doctor who treated
him for drug poisoning?

- Portland's a small city.

I even dated a man who
dated a woman you dated.

(people chattering)

(sighs)

- Do you think you're
capable of just answering

the questions put to you?

- I'm just trying to explain myself.

- The night of Mr. Marsh's death,

were you watching a pornographic videotape

you'd made of yourselves?

- Objection as to the characterization.

- An explicit videotape?

- Well, Andrew used to say,

"Why watch strangers when
you can watch friends?"

(man chuckling)

(people chuckling)

- [Bob] If you had finished having sex

and Mr. Marsh was asleep, as you stated,

why was the VCR still on
when the police arrived?

- Because I forgot to
turn it off before I left.

- Because Andrew Marsh was already dead

and you were in a hurry to make your exit?

- Objection!

Argumentative isn't the word

for counsel's approach to cross!

- Sustained.

Watch yourself, Mr. Garrett.

- Miss Carlson, you stated that
you handcuffed Andrew Marsh

before having sex with him
the night of his death.

- It wasn't before.

It was during.

(people chattering)

- Well, I stand corrected.

Thank you.

Did you engage in any
other forms of dominance

with the victim?

Did you, for example, beat him?

- Objection!

The specifics of the sexual relationship

between the victim and the
defendant have no bearing

on the charges against her.

- The state has an obvious
interest in a pattern of abuse

that ended with the death of the victim.

- Answer the question, Miss Carlson.

Succinctly, please.

- I never hurt him.

- Did you humiliate him?

- I never humiliated him either.

He picked the games.

- You have a weakness for rich,
older men with bad hearts,

don't you, Miss Carlson?

- I like confident men who
aren't afraid to experiment.

They tend to be older.

And I own a gallery.

People I meet tend to have money.

I don't ask for
profit-and-loss statements.

- Are we supposed to believe

that Jeffrey Roston and Andrew
Marsh are both coincidences?

- They had nothing to do with each other.

- Well, they both had
bad hearts, didn't they?

And they both wrote you into their wills.

- But I already testified

I didn't know anything
about Andrew's heart.

- But you knew about Roston's.

- Yes.

- And when you couldn't
induce a heart attack

before he had surgery to
repair it, you bailed out!

He wasn't any good to
you, isn't that right?!

- I left him when I found
him in bed with someone else.

- And that was grounds for leaving?!

As sexually liberated as you are?!

- I couldn't compete.

- You couldn't compete?!

What was she possibly doing?

Was she using a razor blade?!

(people laughing)

- He was in bed with another man.

(people murmuring)

I never knew that about him.

(sighs)

I felt betrayed.

I couldn't handle it, so I left.

And it was easier for
him to think that I left

because of the money, but I
left because I couldn't stay.

- Mr. Roston isn't here to defend himself.

You could say anything you want about him.

- Yes, he is.

Ask him yourself.

(people murmuring)

- [Bob] No further questions.

- [Mabel] Redirect, Mr. Dulaney?

- [Frank] Your Honor, the defense rests.

(people chattering)

(gentle music)

- Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,

in the case of the People
versus Rebecca Carlson,

have you reached a verdict?

- We have, Your Honor.

- How do you find?

- The jury finds the defendant not guilty.

(people chattering)

- [Mabel] The defendant is released.

This court is adjourned.

(gavel bangs)
(people chattering)

- [Frank] Thanks, Gabe.

- Frank.

Frank?

Thanks.

You almost convinced me.

- Trial's over, Frank.

Walk away.

- Shouldn't have come.

Stop whining.

You knew you were gonna blow your career.

I'm doing you a favor.

And we will live happily
ever after, but not together.

If you stick around me,

you're gonna to get yourself indicted

for perjury and murder.

I'm home free.

They can't try me twice, but
you are a different story.

(sighs)

Shit.

Frank.

- He heard us.

- He's my lawyer.

It's privileged.

- I'd have given you the
same goddamn defense.

- But you wouldn't have
been as believable.

- Ah, if I didn't fuck you?

- It works.

- You slept with him?

- I don't think we ever
slept, did we, Frank?

Don't look so hurt, Alan.

I fucked you, I fucked
Andrew, I fucked Frank.

That's what I do.

I fuck.

And it made me $8 million.

- So you're fucking Dr. Paley here

and he mentions a rich patient,
a rich, delicate patient,

and you figure you can fuck
yourself into the will.

You know how to do that.

- I'm hard to resist.

- The coke came from Dr. Paley, didn't it?

- Made it untraceable.

- Why are you telling him?

- He's telling us.

- Fuck, if you didn't play me perfectly.

Paley goes on the stand,
makes you look guilty as hell.

Then you set me up to destroy him,

so I can make you look innocent.

Sort of a reverse character witness, huh?

You're a real genius.

- Sorry I can't say the
same thing about you.

I always thought the message
on the answering machine

was a little over the top,
Frank, but you even bought that.

What are you doing here anyways?

Ambulance-chasing?

Looking for a new client?

Talk to Alan here.

He thinks he's in trouble.

- You don't give a shit about me.

- You're right.

I've forgotten you already.

(loud slap)

- [Alan] I threw my life away for you!

- [Frank] Hey, Alan, what are you...

- [Alan] Kill you!

(grunts)

(Rebecca gasps)

(loud crash)

(loud thud)
(groans)

(groans)
(loud crash)

- [Frank] Stop it!

Paley!

(groans)

(Rebecca groans)
- Wish!

(loud thud)
(groans)

(gun clicks)

(grunting)

(gun fires)
(Rebecca yelps)

(grunts)

(gun fires)

(gun fires)
(loud crash)

(Alan yelps)

(loud thud)

- Oh, God.

You're gonna be all right.

- Get me out of here, Frank.

Okay.

(gun fires)
(Rebecca groans)

(gun fires)
(Rebecca groans)

(loud crash)

(loud splash)

- [Officer] One will be provided for you.

All right, come on.

(police radio chattering)

- [Officer] Okay, you can go.

(siren wailing)

- Do you believe in karma, Frank?

- No.

- Well, whatever you call it,

people usually get what they deserve.

Except for lawyers.

- You should've won the case, Bob.

- I did.

(gentle orchestral music)

(gentle orchestral music)

(loud roar)