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NARRATOR:
In the criminal justice system
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the people are represented by two
separate yet equally important groups,
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the police
who investigate crime
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and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.
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These are their stories.
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The regular doorman always lets
me deliver to the front door.
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Too bad he's not on duty today.
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Hey, look, I'm running
a little late here.
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Well, then you're gonna have to hurry
around to the service entrance.
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Come on, I'm trying to make a living here.
MAGGIE: Leave me alone!
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So am I.
(CRASHING)
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WOMAN 1: My God!
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MAN 1: Get an ambulance!
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I just heard the crash. I didn't
see anything before that.
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Okay.
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She shot out in front
of me, scared-like.
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Scared, huh?
Yeah. Looking behind her.
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Looked like she was running
away from somebody.
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Did you see anybody with her?
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I barely saw her
till I hit her.
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Take a look at who it is.
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Margaret Abbott.
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The Margaret Abbott?
Maggie Abbott.
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Oh, my God.
I killed Maggie Abbott.
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Found this button on the sidewalk.
It was torn off her sweater.
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Aside from the expected
bruises and broken bones,
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she had a contusion around her wrist.
Like somebody grabbed her.
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Mugging...
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She was still wearing a diamond
tennis bracelet on her other wrist.
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Pocketbook was found on the sidewalk.
Credit cards, 20 bucks.
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Hudson University
Law faculty card.
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She was just appointed
to the appellate court.
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Looks like she
ran out of appeals.
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WARREN: I talked to
Maggie just after lunch.
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We'd made plans to go out to
the island early this weekend.
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(SIGHS)
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She just walked
in front of a car?
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It was a cab.
Right.
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The driver thinks she may have
been chased into the street.
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Somebody deliberately what?
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Somebody killed Maggie?
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We don't know.
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Mr. Abbott, the police
are canvassing the area.
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They're doing everything
that can be done.
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Your brother's taking the
first flight out of Heathrow.
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Did you reach Annie?
No.
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I left a message at
the senator's office.
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Okay.
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I'm sorry.
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If the D.A.'s office
can be of any help...
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(WHISPERS) Thank you.
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Mr. Abbott, if
you don't mind,
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there's a couple of things
we'd like to clear up.
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All right.
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Was your wife having any problems?
At work? At home?
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She was busy. It's the
end of the school year.
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And then there's the whole circus
surrounding her nomination.
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Has she received any threats?
Strange calls?
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You mean, did she
have any enemies?
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Detective, pick up a copy of the
New York Ledger. The Press.
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The right wing
nuts in this town
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were determined to
block her appointment.
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But do I think they would
have killed her? No.
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BRISCOE: What about
your marriage?
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If the people who
hated her didn't kill her,
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then the people
who loved her did?
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Is that what you're asking?
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We're sorry, Mr. Abbott, but we have
to ask these kind of questions.
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So, you were here
at work all day?
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Except for lunch, yes.
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BRISCOE: Where'd
you go for lunch?
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The Yale Club.
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Forgive me, but I want
to see my daughter,
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so she doesn't hear what
happened from someone else.
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BRISCOE: Thank you.
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In just 30, 40 minutes,
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this guy's assistants called every
area code in the northern hemisphere.
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Well, when you're
through being impressed,
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can you connect him up to this?
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At the time his
wife was killed,
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he says he was
at the Yale Club.
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They confirm he came in.
Had a salad.
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Couldn't pinpoint the time
or how long he stayed.
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And the wife?
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As far as we know, she was on
her way home from Hudson Law.
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She put up a fight? Anything
under her fingernails?
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M.E.'s still working it up.
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Maggie Abbott. This one's
going to be a mess.
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Lennie.
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How you doing?
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It doesn't get better.
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I can imagine.
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Thanks.
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Marrying into that family, you
know you're going to be the focus
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of a certain
amount of attention.
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But recently it seemed
to be getting to her.
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We heard she liked
to stir the pot.
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Even people who violently
disagreed with her respected her.
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What about her relations with the
students, the other faculty?
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Romantic attachments?
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She wasn't the kind of person
to make that kind of mistake.
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What kind of mistake
would she make?
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Maggie had a good marriage.
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She was ambitious.
Had big plans.
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Best legal mind I've
come across in 40 years.
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You said that it started to get to her.
Anything in particular?
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I don't know. She just didn't
seem like her old self.
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"Maggie Abbott,
feminist hypocrite."
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Small potatoes.
How about this?
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"Bloody Maggie
attacks pro-life rally."
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"Bloody Maggie-"
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Maggie at the opera.
Leaving some fashion show.
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Even at her kid's school play.
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Here's a shot of her skinny
dipping off their yacht.
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Imagine, everywhere you go,
everything you do.
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And if her name
was Maggie Jones?
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Here's something different.
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"Iron Maggie's broken heart."
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"The latest appellate court
nominee appeals to her husband,
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"'Leave the interns alone."'
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"Phil Marco's New York."
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I never read it.
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I bet Maggie did.
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Tell you the name of the intern?
Are you kidding?
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Mr. Marco, we're
trying to solve a homicide.
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Yeah. Well, solve it
without my sources.
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You got this item
from the intern herself?
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Look, I don't have
anything to tell you
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about the story or the Abbotts,
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or the unfortunate death of Mrs. Abbott.
Now, I have a deadline.
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It's going to be kind of hard to
make it from our interrogation room.
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Oh, you pull me in
for questioning,
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and I run tomorrow's
column blank
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with a headline that it was delayed
by a couple of storm troopers
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with an uncertain
grasp of the constitution.
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It'll be a big
boost to circulation.
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So pull me in, Detective.
I would love it.
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Oh, I'm sorry. Mr. Abbott
isn't in the office today.
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I'd be happy to leave a
message that you called.
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We didn't come
here to talk to him.
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Well, who would
you like to talk to?
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We'll start with you.
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I don't think so.
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This story about
Mr. Abbott and the intern...
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Look, I'm busy.
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CURTIS: What do you
know about it?
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The day I got this job, the first thing
they told me, you know what it was?
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Yeah. Don't get pulled in for questioning
about your boss's wife's death.
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Now, listen to this. You tell
us, we don't tell anybody.
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You don't tell us,
we tell your boss
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we have to bring you downtown.
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Then you lose your job.
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But you can't tell
anyone it came from me.
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Julianne Lowry. When the
news got out, she left.
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Thanks.
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I don't know how
that rumor got started.
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How do any rumors get started?
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So there was nothing to it?
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Mr. Abbott's wife was one of my
professors at law school. My mentor.
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She got me the internship
at Abbott, Mitchell and Crowe.
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Then why leave, Miss Lowry?
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Mr. Abbott said, given what
his wife was going through,
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he had to avoid even the
appearance of anything improper.
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Do you know how his
wife took that article?
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I've gotta get back to work.
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Your new job,
clerking for a judge.
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That's a pretty big step up for
somebody still in law school.
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It's part-time, and I'm
very good at what I do.
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Did Mr. Abbott help you
with a recommendation?
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If you had an affair
with Warren Abbott,
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maybe it had something to do
with Mrs. Abbott's death.
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Maybe you could
end up an accomplice.
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Did you tell that to Warren?
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I didn't think so. You'd
better talk to my lawyer.
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You have a lawyer?
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I'll get one if I have to.
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REPORTER 1: There he is!
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Mr. Abbott?
REPORTER 2: Come on. Let's go!
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Checking back in?
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What are you talking about?
The suitcases.
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REPORTER 1: Come on, guys!
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Reporters were camped outside.
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Yesterday I stayed at a hotel.
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You sure it wasn't
more like two weeks ago?
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When the news broke about
you and your intern friend?
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We can check with the hotel.
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Maggie and I both
decided to go to a hotel.
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You both stayed there?
We can check that, too.
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You do whatever you have to.
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I'm not quite done.
About you and this intern...
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She's a child, for Christ's sake.
Now, I'm done.
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(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)
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The staff at the hotel
remember Mr. Abbott.
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But they don't
remember Mrs. Abbott.
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Do they remember Miss Lowry?
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No. But room service put a couple
of dinners for two on his tab.
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Unless it was champagne and strawberries,
I wouldn't jump to any conclusions.
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My hunch is we're looking
at a Staten Island divorce.
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Wham, bam, no muss, no fuss.
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A guy like that?
A place that public?
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You think he'd take the chance?
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It's more private
than the Oval Office.
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M.E.'s report, nothing
under Mrs. Abbott's nails.
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But there was chlorine residue
on her skin and hair.
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Swimming pool?
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Well, she had a gym card in her wallet
a block from where she was killed.
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Hmm.
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I can't believe it. She worked
out with Matt until 2:00
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and then she did her usual
20 laps in the pool.
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What happened?
She leave alone?
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I didn't see her leave, but that
weenie from the Ledger, Phil Marco,
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was in here
looking for her earlier.
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The gossip columnist?
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We get a lot of celebs.
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Last month we found him sleazing
around here for a story,
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trying to sneak
a photographer in here.
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When he asked for Mrs. Abbott, did
he say why he wanted to see her?
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No. But he asked if I'd
like a 20 to let him in.
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You take it?
Of course.
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You let him in?
Are you kidding?
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He was out of here real fast.
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Not his choice.
I can be very persuasive.
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I hope you're finished.
MARCO: Just...
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A warrant? Am I under arrest?
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You're a material witness in
the death of Margaret Abbott.
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Put that in your column.
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All right. Let me
get this straight.
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I ask to talk to
somebody at a gym,
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and this somehow makes me involved
in that somebody's death?
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You're involved because you forgot to tell
us that you were at the somebody's gym.
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You talk to Mrs. Abbott
when she came out?
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She was dodging my phone calls.
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Once more. You talk to
Mrs. Abbott when she came out?
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No. I left before.
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BRISCOE: What'd you
want to talk to her about?
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I wanted to confirm something I
was gonna run in Sunday's column.
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CURTIS: What? Look, I
don't have to tell you.
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Where did you go
when you left the gym?
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I grabbed a cab, headed
down to the Trattoria.
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I had a lead on another story.
Much bigger, believe me.
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You want to tell us about that?
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Bebe Vaughn. She was giving a birthday
party for her hairdresser's niece.
243
00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:57,105
She'll confirm that
you talked to her?
244
00:10:57,169 --> 00:11:01,049
I couldn't get through Bruder. Her manager.
Alan Bruder. A real Visigoth.
245
00:11:05,778 --> 00:11:08,725
Marco? Yeah. He slithered in.
246
00:11:08,781 --> 00:11:09,885
CURTIS: What time?
247
00:11:09,949 --> 00:11:14,898
We got there at 2:00, I don't know.
It might have been a half hour later.
248
00:11:14,954 --> 00:11:16,024
Sit down.
249
00:11:16,088 --> 00:11:17,158
Can't pin it down, huh?
250
00:11:17,223 --> 00:11:18,258
No. It's a zoo.
251
00:11:18,324 --> 00:11:22,067
Between the fans, paparazzi,
and Bebe's people,
252
00:11:22,561 --> 00:11:24,472
a little too busy
to watch the clock.
253
00:11:24,530 --> 00:11:27,739
How did Marco seem?
Unctuous. Vicious.
254
00:11:29,201 --> 00:11:31,545
He owes me. I saved his life.
255
00:11:31,604 --> 00:11:34,141
Bebe would've torn his eyes
out if she'd seen him there.
256
00:11:34,540 --> 00:11:37,714
That popular, huh? He ran
a piece she was pregnant.
257
00:11:37,810 --> 00:11:42,054
You know, he'd get something off
the Internet, off a toilet wall.
258
00:11:42,648 --> 00:11:44,924
Doesn't bother to confirm anything
if it's close to deadline.
259
00:11:44,984 --> 00:11:46,930
He's afraid somebody else
will run with it first.
260
00:11:46,986 --> 00:11:49,489
So he seemed okay to you?
Nothing out of the ordinary?
261
00:11:49,555 --> 00:11:53,128
Yeah. Except for the piece of
tissue paper on his shaving cut.
262
00:11:53,559 --> 00:11:55,835
Doesn't usually
wear that on his cheek.
263
00:11:59,098 --> 00:12:00,133
I don't know about you,
264
00:12:00,199 --> 00:12:03,442
but I don't usually shave in a taxi
in the middle of the afternoon.
265
00:12:03,502 --> 00:12:05,880
Well, Marco could've gotten
scratched by her tennis bracelet.
266
00:12:05,938 --> 00:12:08,441
All those diamonds have sharp edges.
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
267
00:12:09,575 --> 00:12:13,182
Curtis. Yeah. Lennie,
hold on. It's Mallory.
268
00:12:14,580 --> 00:12:16,355
Yeah?
BOY: Hey, mister.
269
00:12:16,415 --> 00:12:17,519
Talk to me.
270
00:12:18,317 --> 00:12:20,820
BOY: Throw here!
BRISCOE: Uh-huh. Hmm.
271
00:12:22,521 --> 00:12:23,761
Yeah. Right. Thanks.
272
00:12:24,390 --> 00:12:25,391
What's up?
273
00:12:25,457 --> 00:12:27,562
Mallory's snitch
claims that the drug dealer
274
00:12:27,626 --> 00:12:30,334
Danny Jones put out
the hit on my daughter.
275
00:12:30,396 --> 00:12:32,342
Tell me something I don't know.
276
00:12:32,398 --> 00:12:33,843
What the hell am
I supposed to do?
277
00:12:33,899 --> 00:12:35,276
One step at a time, Lennie.
278
00:12:35,334 --> 00:12:37,211
Yeah. Over the edge.
279
00:12:37,937 --> 00:12:39,644
I cut myself, so what?
280
00:12:39,738 --> 00:12:43,015
We found blood on Mrs. Abbott's bracelet.
You want us to go further?
281
00:12:43,876 --> 00:12:46,356
My client wants to cooperate.
282
00:12:46,745 --> 00:12:47,985
We're listening.
283
00:12:48,914 --> 00:12:51,087
I met Maggie Abbott
outside the gym.
284
00:12:51,150 --> 00:12:54,324
She was still angry about the piece
on her husband and his little intern.
285
00:12:54,386 --> 00:12:55,490
CURTIS: Was it true?
286
00:12:56,121 --> 00:12:57,191
I had a deadline.
287
00:12:58,257 --> 00:13:00,134
We walked, talked.
288
00:13:00,192 --> 00:13:01,262
About what?
289
00:13:01,327 --> 00:13:02,772
An unwanted pregnancy.
290
00:13:02,861 --> 00:13:05,205
You can read about it if I ever
get out of here to confirm it.
291
00:13:05,264 --> 00:13:07,039
You talked?
Like what, old friends?
292
00:13:07,099 --> 00:13:11,548
Not quite. I told her I was going with the story.
That's when she slapped me.
293
00:13:12,171 --> 00:13:14,583
She turns to go.
I try to stop her.
294
00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:17,712
I grab her sweater. She pulls
free and runs into the street.
295
00:13:18,844 --> 00:13:19,879
Taxi hit her.
296
00:13:20,446 --> 00:13:21,823
And what did you do?
297
00:13:23,782 --> 00:13:25,693
I got scared and ran off.
298
00:13:25,751 --> 00:13:29,255
At worst, my client is guilty of
harassment in the second degree
299
00:13:29,321 --> 00:13:31,824
and assault three.
Nothing more.
300
00:13:34,793 --> 00:13:36,534
Marco's facilitating himself.
301
00:13:36,762 --> 00:13:40,175
VAN BUREN: Anything else going on
between Marco and Mrs. Abbott?
302
00:13:40,232 --> 00:13:43,008
Oh, if she promised him an
exclusive and then reneged,
303
00:13:43,068 --> 00:13:44,547
he might have
thrown a hissy fit.
304
00:13:44,603 --> 00:13:46,276
So he threw her into traffic?
305
00:13:46,338 --> 00:13:49,444
She was good copy for him.
More valuable alive than dead.
306
00:13:49,742 --> 00:13:51,153
So what do we do,
take him at his word?
307
00:13:51,210 --> 00:13:52,780
Let him go with
a slap on the wrist?
308
00:13:52,845 --> 00:13:56,019
Not necessarily. Look, if there
was a pattern of harassment,
309
00:13:56,081 --> 00:13:59,494
if he was stalking her, there might
be something we can prosecute.
310
00:14:03,455 --> 00:14:05,560
He's responsible
for my wife's death?
311
00:14:05,624 --> 00:14:08,503
BRISCOE: That's what we're trying to determine.
If he was stalking her...
312
00:14:08,560 --> 00:14:09,937
He was stalking us!
313
00:14:09,995 --> 00:14:12,066
He was in front of the
building every other day.
314
00:14:12,131 --> 00:14:13,701
He'd track us
down to restaurants.
315
00:14:13,766 --> 00:14:15,609
He must've been
paying off waiters.
316
00:14:15,668 --> 00:14:18,114
Once he showed up
at one of my wife's classes.
317
00:14:18,170 --> 00:14:19,410
Because of this affair?
318
00:14:19,471 --> 00:14:20,916
Alleged affair.
319
00:14:20,973 --> 00:14:22,680
The Abbott name sells papers.
320
00:14:22,741 --> 00:14:24,414
Dad, I'm home.
321
00:14:24,476 --> 00:14:25,921
Laura! Hi, honey.
322
00:14:27,446 --> 00:14:28,481
I got pizza.
323
00:14:28,547 --> 00:14:31,790
Just stick it in the oven. I'll be right in.
As soon as I'm done.
324
00:14:31,850 --> 00:14:33,295
Sorry, Dad.
No. It's okay.
325
00:14:34,219 --> 00:14:37,723
Did Marco ever make any threatening
remarks to you or your wife?
326
00:14:37,790 --> 00:14:40,168
I took everything he said
as a threat to my family.
327
00:14:40,225 --> 00:14:42,637
He told us he was working
on a story about a pregnancy.
328
00:14:42,695 --> 00:14:45,198
That's why he approached your wife.
An unwanted pregnancy.
329
00:14:46,632 --> 00:14:49,272
Well, whose pregnancy was it?
Your wife's? Miss Lowry's?
330
00:14:49,335 --> 00:14:50,643
What a load of crap.
331
00:14:50,969 --> 00:14:52,744
Nothing to it, huh?
That's right.
332
00:14:52,805 --> 00:14:54,944
You working for the Ledger now?
333
00:14:55,007 --> 00:14:58,682
Marco was responsible, directly or
indirectly, for my wife's death.
334
00:14:59,511 --> 00:15:01,115
What are you going
to do about that?
335
00:15:03,015 --> 00:15:04,722
So what if he calls
himself a journalist?
336
00:15:04,783 --> 00:15:07,559
He doesn't have a First Amendment
right to chase her into traffic!
337
00:15:07,853 --> 00:15:09,264
I admit he's a pest.
338
00:15:09,321 --> 00:15:11,494
A pest? He tore her sweater!
339
00:15:11,557 --> 00:15:13,230
Isn't that assault?
JACK: Or self defense.
340
00:15:13,292 --> 00:15:15,101
He got a cut on
the cheek from her.
341
00:15:15,694 --> 00:15:18,834
Reporters and stalkers,
the line gets blurred.
342
00:15:18,897 --> 00:15:20,399
There's nothing
legit about Marco.
343
00:15:20,466 --> 00:15:21,911
The guy's got
a criminal record.
344
00:15:21,967 --> 00:15:24,504
Harassment, criminal nuisance,
even breaking and entering.
345
00:15:24,570 --> 00:15:26,345
He hunted Maggie Abbott down.
346
00:15:27,372 --> 00:15:31,115
His lawyer offered a plea of
harassment two, assault three.
347
00:15:31,176 --> 00:15:33,884
He'll pay a fine for chasing
a woman to her death.
348
00:15:33,946 --> 00:15:37,758
Her choice to run. See if they'll make a deal.
First Degree harassment.
349
00:15:37,816 --> 00:15:40,797
B misdemeanor, max he
gets 90 days, suspended.
350
00:15:40,853 --> 00:15:42,230
Is that so?
351
00:15:49,828 --> 00:15:51,307
Freedom of
the press at any cost.
352
00:15:51,363 --> 00:15:53,070
That should generate
some nice editorials.
353
00:15:53,132 --> 00:15:55,009
Can't have too many
friends in the media.
354
00:15:55,067 --> 00:15:56,944
Especially at election time.
355
00:15:57,002 --> 00:15:58,413
Lay off.
356
00:15:59,638 --> 00:16:01,584
The attacks on Adam
are getting personal.
357
00:16:02,074 --> 00:16:04,816
Feldman accused him
of prosecutorial Alzheimer's.
358
00:16:04,877 --> 00:16:06,083
I don't know
about you, but I know
359
00:16:06,145 --> 00:16:08,989
I don't want to be working for
Gary Feldman come November.
360
00:16:13,385 --> 00:16:17,595
By the time we got to 61st Street,
Mrs. Abbott was pretty upset.
361
00:16:17,656 --> 00:16:20,535
She slapped me.
Ran into the street.
362
00:16:20,592 --> 00:16:23,402
I grabbed her sweater.
I tried to stop her.
363
00:16:24,963 --> 00:16:27,136
She went right in
front of the taxi.
364
00:16:28,367 --> 00:16:30,472
I got scared.
Took off.
365
00:16:32,704 --> 00:16:35,116
That's it. I'm sorry.
366
00:16:36,809 --> 00:16:37,947
Are the People satisfied?
367
00:16:40,145 --> 00:16:41,146
Yes, Your Honor.
368
00:16:41,780 --> 00:16:43,225
Then, in accordance
with the plea agreement,
369
00:16:43,282 --> 00:16:46,161
I'm sentencing you to 30 days
suspended sentence,
370
00:16:46,218 --> 00:16:47,959
four weekends
community service,
371
00:16:48,020 --> 00:16:51,024
a $5,000 fine,
and two years probation.
372
00:16:51,089 --> 00:16:52,693
We're adjourned.
373
00:17:04,169 --> 00:17:06,672
Three shell casings
a few feet from the body.
374
00:17:07,606 --> 00:17:08,983
Nine millimeter.
375
00:17:09,041 --> 00:17:11,146
The shooter stood close.
He didn't want to miss.
376
00:17:11,210 --> 00:17:12,484
UNI: Where were you going?
ZAREM: I was on my way
377
00:17:12,544 --> 00:17:14,387
to Morean's when
I heard the shots.
378
00:17:14,446 --> 00:17:16,153
How many did you hear?
Three.
379
00:17:16,215 --> 00:17:17,853
POP, pop, pop, like that.
380
00:17:17,916 --> 00:17:18,951
You see the shooter?
381
00:17:19,017 --> 00:17:22,464
By the time I got to the corner,
all I saw was Marco, lying there.
382
00:17:23,155 --> 00:17:24,156
BRUDER: Bobby!
383
00:17:24,823 --> 00:17:27,667
(CHUCKLES) Hey,
what happened here?
384
00:17:27,726 --> 00:17:29,433
Phil Marco got shot.
385
00:17:29,495 --> 00:17:31,702
Dead? No kidding.
386
00:17:31,964 --> 00:17:33,170
Yeah.
387
00:17:38,904 --> 00:17:40,508
Give the people what they want.
388
00:17:49,882 --> 00:17:51,225
A standing ovation.
389
00:17:51,283 --> 00:17:53,763
Yeah. Don't worry. We took down
all their names just in case.
390
00:17:53,819 --> 00:17:54,854
There's an obvious
place to start.
391
00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:57,196
Assuming Warren
Abbott is that stupid.
392
00:17:57,256 --> 00:17:58,633
Or that angry.
393
00:17:58,690 --> 00:18:01,102
Whoa! Check the box
next to stupid.
394
00:18:01,193 --> 00:18:04,663
Nine years ago, Abbott got a
carry permit for a nine mil.
395
00:18:04,730 --> 00:18:06,471
That get us a search warrant?
396
00:18:06,532 --> 00:18:09,240
If he's the only citizen
with a permitted gun.
397
00:18:09,301 --> 00:18:12,339
Guess you guys will have to find
that gun the old fashioned way.
398
00:18:14,339 --> 00:18:16,979
My gun? I haven't seen my gun
in the last four years.
399
00:18:17,042 --> 00:18:18,749
Last place being where?
400
00:18:18,810 --> 00:18:20,756
I'm not sure. I'll have
to think about it.
401
00:18:20,813 --> 00:18:22,190
Well, why didn't
you report it missing?
402
00:18:22,247 --> 00:18:24,853
I didn't say it was missing.
It's just misplaced.
403
00:18:24,917 --> 00:18:26,521
CURTIS: Why'd you get
it in the first place?
404
00:18:26,585 --> 00:18:29,259
I was litigating
a case against Local 904.
405
00:18:29,321 --> 00:18:30,766
I was advised to get some
personal protection.
406
00:18:30,822 --> 00:18:32,062
Advised by who?
407
00:18:32,424 --> 00:18:33,926
Local 904.
408
00:18:35,127 --> 00:18:36,800
So where were you last night?
409
00:18:37,796 --> 00:18:40,276
Well, I wasn't outside
Morean's shooting Phil Marco.
410
00:18:40,332 --> 00:18:43,176
You know, that's exactly what
we thought you were gonna say?
411
00:18:43,235 --> 00:18:44,976
How about telling us
what you were doing.
412
00:18:45,337 --> 00:18:46,714
I was at Julianne Lowry's.
413
00:18:46,772 --> 00:18:48,718
The intern you weren't
having an affair with?
414
00:18:48,774 --> 00:18:51,277
Makes me a hell of
a son of a bitch, huh?
415
00:18:51,343 --> 00:18:53,084
She helping you
get over your wife?
416
00:18:53,412 --> 00:18:54,618
Why don't you ask her?
417
00:18:55,981 --> 00:18:58,655
And if I find that gun,
I'll be sure to let you know.
418
00:19:01,420 --> 00:19:03,900
He came over about
7:30. We talked.
419
00:19:03,956 --> 00:19:05,629
Until what time?
2:00 or 3:00.
420
00:19:05,691 --> 00:19:07,295
He didn't want to stay all
night because of his daughter.
421
00:19:07,359 --> 00:19:08,531
She's home from school.
422
00:19:08,594 --> 00:19:10,631
How thoughtful.
What'd you talk about?
423
00:19:11,363 --> 00:19:13,570
His wife, us, I don't know.
424
00:19:13,932 --> 00:19:15,570
Phil Marco?
425
00:19:15,634 --> 00:19:16,738
Not really.
426
00:19:16,802 --> 00:19:20,306
About a story Phil Marco was working on?
An unwanted pregnancy?
427
00:19:21,139 --> 00:19:23,585
No. Mr. Abbott didn't get
you pregnant, did he?
428
00:19:24,009 --> 00:19:25,079
No.
429
00:19:25,143 --> 00:19:27,851
Because that would give him another
good reason to shoot Marco.
430
00:19:28,947 --> 00:19:30,255
Look, what Warren
likes me to do,
431
00:19:30,315 --> 00:19:32,352
you can't get
pregnant from. Okay?
432
00:19:34,019 --> 00:19:35,054
Okay.
433
00:19:35,120 --> 00:19:36,599
Now, if you'll excuse me.
434
00:19:39,558 --> 00:19:40,798
Strike two.
435
00:19:40,859 --> 00:19:43,169
Be nice to know who was
feeding Marco his info.
436
00:19:47,199 --> 00:19:52,239
The Kennedys, Trump, Madonna, the
Giffords, the entire tabloid hit parade.
437
00:19:53,238 --> 00:19:57,277
Here we go. Abbott. Separate
folders for Warren, Margaret,
438
00:19:57,342 --> 00:20:00,880
the whole mishpocheh.
Not a lot of notes.
439
00:20:00,946 --> 00:20:03,256
Maybe Marco didn't want to
be confused by the facts.
440
00:20:03,315 --> 00:20:06,387
Well, he already knew all about
Warren's favorite hobby.
441
00:20:06,451 --> 00:20:09,921
What's this entry here? F.
Howard and a number. And Laura.
442
00:20:09,988 --> 00:20:12,935
Yeah. Frank Howard. He's married
to one of Warren's sisters.
443
00:20:12,991 --> 00:20:14,561
Some kind of tree-hugger.
444
00:20:14,626 --> 00:20:16,503
Oh, yeah. He helped
clean up the Hudson.
445
00:20:16,561 --> 00:20:19,041
Maybe he liked to
dish the dirt to Marco.
446
00:20:21,033 --> 00:20:23,673
I have no idea why
he'd have our number.
447
00:20:23,735 --> 00:20:26,272
Neither Frank nor I would
ever take his calls.
448
00:20:26,338 --> 00:20:28,011
Well, somebody did.
449
00:20:28,073 --> 00:20:31,748
His phone records show that he called
your number the night he was murdered.
450
00:20:31,810 --> 00:20:35,815
Oh. He called Betty's
number. Our daughter.
451
00:20:36,582 --> 00:20:38,323
Why would she talk to Marco?
452
00:20:39,117 --> 00:20:41,597
She was in her room with
Laura, Warren's daughter.
453
00:20:41,653 --> 00:20:43,963
Warren was stuck
downtown on business,
454
00:20:44,022 --> 00:20:47,026
God knows what, and he asked if Laura
could spend the evening with us.
455
00:20:47,092 --> 00:20:48,162
Did she spend the evening?
456
00:20:48,226 --> 00:20:50,069
She left just before 9:00.
457
00:20:50,128 --> 00:20:52,608
Right after Marco's call.
Do you know where she went?
458
00:20:52,931 --> 00:20:55,241
I don't know.
She seem upset?
459
00:20:55,300 --> 00:20:58,577
Laura's high-strung. Her mother's
death hit her very hard.
460
00:20:58,637 --> 00:21:00,048
I didn't want her to leave.
461
00:21:00,105 --> 00:21:01,209
BRISCOE: Why not?
462
00:21:01,273 --> 00:21:03,446
Two years ago she
tried to commit suicide.
463
00:21:03,508 --> 00:21:06,284
I was afraid she might
do something to herself.
464
00:21:06,945 --> 00:21:08,481
You know if
she's been pregnant?
465
00:21:08,547 --> 00:21:10,049
No. Of course she hasn't.
466
00:21:10,482 --> 00:21:12,018
You're assuming?
467
00:21:12,084 --> 00:21:13,495
She's been on the pill
since she was 14.
468
00:21:13,552 --> 00:21:16,055
I think I would have heard
something from my daughter.
469
00:21:17,155 --> 00:21:20,830
Laura's on the pill, and dad's
girlfriend is a technical virgin.
470
00:21:20,892 --> 00:21:22,428
That brings us back
to Mrs. Abbott.
471
00:21:22,494 --> 00:21:24,804
So she had an abortion.
No big deal to her.
472
00:21:24,863 --> 00:21:26,240
Who said anything
about an abortion?
473
00:21:26,298 --> 00:21:29,507
Well, Marco just said his story
is about an unwanted pregnancy.
474
00:21:29,568 --> 00:21:31,570
Do we know if she was
pregnant when she was killed?
475
00:21:33,605 --> 00:21:34,777
I spoke to the M.E.
476
00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:37,946
Maggie Abbott had a hysterectomy
right after her daughter's birth.
477
00:21:38,010 --> 00:21:39,455
How do we know exactly when?
478
00:21:39,511 --> 00:21:40,785
Well, the procedure
that was used,
479
00:21:40,846 --> 00:21:42,689
a Spalding-Richardson,
is no longer done.
480
00:21:42,748 --> 00:21:44,352
It's no longer taught.
481
00:21:44,416 --> 00:21:46,487
Last time Rodgers saw
it was back in 1982.
482
00:21:46,551 --> 00:21:48,087
And even then it
was pretty rare.
483
00:21:48,153 --> 00:21:50,656
So no unwanted
pregnancies since.
484
00:21:50,722 --> 00:21:53,601
Are you saying the unwanted
pregnancy was the daughter?
485
00:21:53,658 --> 00:21:56,161
Yes. Unwanted if
Abbott's not her father.
486
00:21:56,228 --> 00:21:58,401
What's this?
Nothing else fits.
487
00:21:58,463 --> 00:21:59,635
Beautiful.
488
00:22:00,265 --> 00:22:04,008
Motive evidence straight
out of the tabloids.
489
00:22:04,069 --> 00:22:07,073
And how about
means and opportunity?
490
00:22:07,139 --> 00:22:08,709
You getting that
from the comic books?
491
00:22:08,774 --> 00:22:10,981
Warren Abbott has an alibi.
The girl doesn't.
492
00:22:11,042 --> 00:22:12,817
She had access to
her father's gun.
493
00:22:12,878 --> 00:22:15,381
Marco called her, probably
told her what he knew.
494
00:22:15,447 --> 00:22:20,294
Right. Keep in mind this is
Warren Abbott's daughter.
495
00:22:21,053 --> 00:22:22,760
His friends have deep pockets.
496
00:22:22,821 --> 00:22:25,700
Not a constituency I
can afford to alienate.
497
00:22:25,757 --> 00:22:28,761
Make sure he's in the room
when you question her.
498
00:22:29,594 --> 00:22:31,972
Have the police pick her up
and notify Warren Abbott.
499
00:22:32,030 --> 00:22:33,703
Jamie Ross?
Yes?
500
00:22:40,071 --> 00:22:43,382
It's Neal again. He's pulling me
into court over Katie's custody.
501
00:22:46,978 --> 00:22:48,218
Marco didn't say much.
502
00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:50,658
Just that he had some
information about my mother.
503
00:22:50,715 --> 00:22:52,092
What sort of information?
504
00:22:52,150 --> 00:22:53,493
I don't know.
505
00:22:53,919 --> 00:22:55,125
He said it was important.
506
00:22:55,187 --> 00:22:56,723
Your aunt said you
were upset, Laura.
507
00:22:56,788 --> 00:22:59,860
Of course she was upset. Her mother's
dead because of that bastard.
508
00:22:59,925 --> 00:23:02,804
Mr. Abbott, we'd rather hear
what your daughter has to say.
509
00:23:03,862 --> 00:23:05,569
ROSS: Why were you
upset, Laura?
510
00:23:07,032 --> 00:23:09,672
Mr. Marco said we had to meet
to talk about my mother.
511
00:23:11,203 --> 00:23:13,706
I didn't want to.
I tried to hang up.
512
00:23:15,006 --> 00:23:19,113
But he started to say stuff that was
wrong, so I'd try to correct him,
513
00:23:19,177 --> 00:23:20,781
and all of a sudden
I was talking to him.
514
00:23:20,846 --> 00:23:22,723
If the son of
a bitch weren't dead...
515
00:23:23,448 --> 00:23:24,654
Did you meet with him?
516
00:23:26,651 --> 00:23:29,188
I was going to but
I changed my mind.
517
00:23:31,189 --> 00:23:32,224
Why?
518
00:23:35,227 --> 00:23:36,228
I just did.
519
00:23:38,597 --> 00:23:39,701
Where did you go?
520
00:23:39,764 --> 00:23:40,834
I went home.
521
00:23:42,534 --> 00:23:44,411
I watched some videos
and then I went to sleep.
522
00:23:44,469 --> 00:23:46,176
She was asleep when I got home.
523
00:23:49,407 --> 00:23:51,045
Did you know that
your father owns a gun?
524
00:23:51,109 --> 00:23:53,020
See, that's it.
This is exactly what I mean.
525
00:23:53,078 --> 00:23:55,922
Mr. Abbott... This is how
you prosecute cases?
526
00:23:55,981 --> 00:23:57,892
By running head
games on young girls?
527
00:23:57,949 --> 00:23:59,223
If you want to
help your daughter,
528
00:23:59,284 --> 00:24:00,490
encourage her to
tell the truth.
529
00:24:00,552 --> 00:24:02,054
Isn't that why you went home,
to get the gun?
530
00:24:02,120 --> 00:24:03,292
Don't answer that, sweetheart.
531
00:24:03,355 --> 00:24:05,198
Arlen, we're done.
We're done.
532
00:24:06,258 --> 00:24:10,502
If you leave now, Mr. Abbott, I will have
no choice but to arrest your daughter.
533
00:24:10,562 --> 00:24:11,836
What!
On what evidence?
534
00:24:11,897 --> 00:24:13,274
Her whereabouts
are unaccounted for
535
00:24:13,331 --> 00:24:15,868
and she had access to the same
caliber weapon that killed Marco.
536
00:24:15,934 --> 00:24:16,935
And she had a motive.
537
00:24:17,002 --> 00:24:18,037
What motive?
538
00:24:18,103 --> 00:24:20,743
Marco was about
to publish a story
539
00:24:20,806 --> 00:24:22,786
about an affair
her mother had...
540
00:24:22,841 --> 00:24:23,911
Stop right there.
541
00:24:23,975 --> 00:24:26,216
I want my daughter
to wait outside.
542
00:24:26,278 --> 00:24:28,451
Come on. Go on.
It's all right.
543
00:24:30,182 --> 00:24:31,718
My daughter has been
traumatized enough.
544
00:24:31,783 --> 00:24:34,093
She doesn't need to find out from
you I'm not her real father.
545
00:24:34,186 --> 00:24:35,426
It's true?
546
00:24:36,321 --> 00:24:38,426
There was a teaching
assistant at Hudson Law
547
00:24:38,490 --> 00:24:40,163
when Maggie was
pregnant with Laura.
548
00:24:40,225 --> 00:24:44,139
Big crush on Maggie. Unrequited.
He had a wild imagination.
549
00:24:44,195 --> 00:24:46,266
He started this story.
550
00:24:47,766 --> 00:24:48,904
Laura called me.
551
00:24:48,967 --> 00:24:52,710
She told me Marco wanted to meet
with her to discuss these rumors.
552
00:24:52,771 --> 00:24:54,341
I told her to go home.
553
00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:57,811
I shot Marco!
I'd do it again!
554
00:25:07,352 --> 00:25:08,763
What if he's covering
for the daughter?
555
00:25:08,820 --> 00:25:12,199
He's not covering for his daughter.
He thinks he can beat it.
556
00:25:12,257 --> 00:25:13,634
And you're confident he can't?
557
00:25:13,692 --> 00:25:15,000
I have his confession.
558
00:25:15,060 --> 00:25:16,733
Incomplete confession.
559
00:25:16,795 --> 00:25:19,799
And a room full of lawyers
who charge $500 an hour.
560
00:25:19,865 --> 00:25:22,243
A plea offer, Adam,
for cold-blooded murder?
561
00:25:22,300 --> 00:25:24,541
Marco contributed
to his wife's death
562
00:25:24,602 --> 00:25:27,640
and he was ready to humiliate
what's left of his family.
563
00:25:28,540 --> 00:25:30,213
Murder two, 15-to-life.
564
00:25:30,442 --> 00:25:32,820
ROSS: His friends will be grateful.
ADAM: Hope so.
565
00:25:32,878 --> 00:25:35,722
Feldman's talking
about an October surprise.
566
00:25:35,780 --> 00:25:37,350
We make this deal
and Marco's colleagues
567
00:25:37,415 --> 00:25:39,122
will give Feldman
all the press he needs.
568
00:25:39,184 --> 00:25:40,788
Who reads the papers anyway?
569
00:25:41,620 --> 00:25:45,762
(SIGHS) This looks like fun. Motion
to suppress Abbott's confession.
570
00:25:46,691 --> 00:25:47,965
I was expecting that.
571
00:25:48,026 --> 00:25:50,905
That's just the appetizer. Then
we have a dozen other motions,
572
00:25:50,962 --> 00:25:52,805
to introduce Marco's
employment records,
573
00:25:52,864 --> 00:25:54,844
gossip columns,
criminal record.
574
00:25:54,900 --> 00:25:56,436
Mostly just
throw-away arguments.
575
00:25:56,634 --> 00:25:58,079
A smokescreen. Brief it all.
576
00:25:58,570 --> 00:26:00,174
I got a custody
hearing at 1:00.
577
00:26:02,474 --> 00:26:05,216
I'll get started.
Go kick Neal Gorton's ass.
578
00:26:10,615 --> 00:26:12,856
There's absolutely no
basis for suppression.
579
00:26:12,918 --> 00:26:15,091
Mr. Abbott confessed
freely and voluntarily.
580
00:26:15,153 --> 00:26:16,598
At the time he
wasn't even a suspect.
581
00:26:16,655 --> 00:26:17,861
His daughter was.
582
00:26:17,922 --> 00:26:19,663
Arlen, if I may...
583
00:26:19,724 --> 00:26:21,635
My daughter was
facing a murder charge.
584
00:26:21,693 --> 00:26:24,299
I was desperate to protect her.
I spoke rashly.
585
00:26:24,362 --> 00:26:26,740
That goes to weight, Your
Honor, not admissibility.
586
00:26:26,798 --> 00:26:30,075
If Mr. Abbott wants to repudiate his
confession, let him do it on the stand.
587
00:26:30,135 --> 00:26:33,412
Your Honor, this so-called confession
was an off-the-cuff remark,
588
00:26:33,471 --> 00:26:34,609
made in the heat of passion.
589
00:26:34,673 --> 00:26:37,176
If you let it in, we may as
well go straight to sentencing.
590
00:26:37,242 --> 00:26:41,019
I'm going to let the jury decide this
one, Mr. Levitt. The confession's in.
591
00:26:41,079 --> 00:26:42,649
What's the next item
on this laundry list?
592
00:26:42,714 --> 00:26:44,216
LEVITT: Mr. Marco's
criminal record.
593
00:26:44,282 --> 00:26:45,727
Completely irrelevant
to the charges.
594
00:26:45,784 --> 00:26:47,889
As are the victim's work
records, his writings.
595
00:26:47,953 --> 00:26:48,988
It's res gestae, Your Honor.
596
00:26:49,054 --> 00:26:51,227
Mr. Marco's own work set
the stage for his death.
597
00:26:51,289 --> 00:26:52,563
The jury should hear about it.
598
00:26:53,024 --> 00:26:55,095
How much of his work
are you seeking to introduce?
599
00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:57,367
Everything. I want to put his
whole career before the jury.
600
00:26:57,429 --> 00:26:59,272
It's a ploy, Your Honor.
601
00:26:59,330 --> 00:27:02,436
The motion papers limited
themselves to acts that took place
602
00:27:02,500 --> 00:27:04,502
starting two weeks prior
to Mrs. Abbott's death.
603
00:27:04,569 --> 00:27:05,946
Now Mr. Levitt
wants to extend it.
604
00:27:06,004 --> 00:27:08,848
Your Honor, I should at least be allowed
to explain all the circumstances
605
00:27:08,907 --> 00:27:10,215
that led to
Mr. Marco's death.
606
00:27:10,275 --> 00:27:11,845
All the relevant circumstances.
607
00:27:11,910 --> 00:27:13,583
Why not let the jury
sort it out?
608
00:27:14,412 --> 00:27:15,516
(SIGHS)
609
00:27:16,848 --> 00:27:20,853
Please, Your Honor, give me
some chance to defend myself.
610
00:27:22,487 --> 00:27:26,025
This one's yours, Mr. Levitt.
I'm granting that request.
611
00:27:27,058 --> 00:27:29,129
That was a gift.
(SCOFFS) Whatever.
612
00:27:29,194 --> 00:27:31,333
About your offer of 15-to-life,
thanks, but no thanks.
613
00:27:31,396 --> 00:27:32,602
You have another
number in mind?
614
00:27:32,664 --> 00:27:35,304
Any time away from my
daughter is too much.
615
00:27:35,367 --> 00:27:37,870
You take a plea, the
circumstances of her birth
616
00:27:37,936 --> 00:27:40,075
won't be splashed
across the tabloids.
617
00:27:40,138 --> 00:27:42,482
Don't be naive. The blood's
already in the water.
618
00:27:42,540 --> 00:27:43,678
It's just a matter of time.
619
00:27:43,742 --> 00:27:45,085
It's no plea, Mr. McCoy.
620
00:27:46,010 --> 00:27:47,387
It's your funeral.
621
00:27:49,214 --> 00:27:50,818
REPORTERS: Mr. Abbott...
622
00:27:50,882 --> 00:27:52,259
(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)
623
00:27:55,453 --> 00:27:58,559
I was Marco's editor ever since
he came over to the Ledger.
624
00:27:58,623 --> 00:28:01,103
He wrote a daily gossip
and human interest column.
625
00:28:01,493 --> 00:28:03,495
Daily? That's a lot
of gossip, isn't it?
626
00:28:03,561 --> 00:28:05,472
Well, the public has
an insatiable appetite
627
00:28:05,530 --> 00:28:07,168
for stories
about famous people.
628
00:28:07,232 --> 00:28:09,473
You say there was a lot of
competition to get the hottest item?
629
00:28:09,534 --> 00:28:10,774
You have no idea.
630
00:28:10,835 --> 00:28:13,441
So Mr. Marco was under a lot of
pressure to come up with stories.
631
00:28:13,505 --> 00:28:15,109
That's true of any journalist.
632
00:28:15,173 --> 00:28:17,380
And certain people,
certain families,
633
00:28:17,442 --> 00:28:20,821
like Mr. Abbott's family, are
targeted, isn't that right?
634
00:28:20,879 --> 00:28:22,358
Targeted is a loaded word.
635
00:28:22,414 --> 00:28:23,825
Well, in the last
year didn't your paper
636
00:28:23,882 --> 00:28:28,058
publish 538 stories
about Mr. Abbott's family
637
00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:32,363
including his siblings, his
spouses, his uncles, his cousins?
638
00:28:32,423 --> 00:28:34,801
And not because they discovered
the cure for cancer.
639
00:28:34,859 --> 00:28:37,897
Well, if the public has a particular
interest in certain people,
640
00:28:37,962 --> 00:28:39,270
yes, we tend to give
them what they want.
641
00:28:39,330 --> 00:28:40,604
LEVITT: Thank you.
642
00:28:40,665 --> 00:28:43,305
Now, in this highly
competitive business,
643
00:28:43,368 --> 00:28:47,475
what limits, if any, did you impose on
Mr. Marco in his pursuit of stories?
644
00:28:47,539 --> 00:28:50,850
He had to adhere to the accepted
standards of journalistic ethics.
645
00:28:50,909 --> 00:28:54,049
Really? Such as following a
subject, that's acceptable?
646
00:28:54,112 --> 00:28:55,250
Yes.
647
00:28:55,313 --> 00:28:56,553
And taking pictures,
also acceptable?
648
00:28:56,614 --> 00:28:57,820
Yes.
649
00:28:57,882 --> 00:28:59,452
Taking pictures
of their children?
650
00:28:59,517 --> 00:29:01,019
If it's newsworthy.
651
00:29:01,086 --> 00:29:03,327
Spying on them in their
homes using telescopes?
652
00:29:03,388 --> 00:29:05,390
As long as they don't trespass.
653
00:29:05,457 --> 00:29:07,232
Going through their garbage?
Yes.
654
00:29:07,292 --> 00:29:08,771
Invading their privacy?
655
00:29:08,826 --> 00:29:10,965
As I said, as long as
they don't trespass.
656
00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:17,279
Defense eight.
657
00:29:17,335 --> 00:29:20,282
This is a deposition
658
00:29:20,338 --> 00:29:22,147
given by a hotel
maid in a lawsuit
659
00:29:22,207 --> 00:29:23,515
brought by Mr.
Abbott's nephew,
660
00:29:23,575 --> 00:29:26,078
Gregory Abbott,
against the Barrington Hotel.
661
00:29:26,144 --> 00:29:28,249
In it, the maid
states that Mr. Marco
662
00:29:28,313 --> 00:29:30,384
bribed her to let
him into the suite
663
00:29:30,448 --> 00:29:32,291
in which Mr. Abbott's
nephew was staying.
664
00:29:32,350 --> 00:29:35,297
Now, did you discipline Mr. Marco
for taking such action?
665
00:29:35,353 --> 00:29:36,923
No.
No.
666
00:29:36,988 --> 00:29:39,992
Well, then, I ask you
again, what limits, if any,
667
00:29:40,058 --> 00:29:43,301
did you impose on Mr. Marco
in his pursuit of stories?
668
00:29:45,863 --> 00:29:48,241
Would none be
an accurate answer?
669
00:29:51,135 --> 00:29:52,273
Miss Sanger?
670
00:29:52,337 --> 00:29:53,407
It's all right, Your Honor.
671
00:29:53,471 --> 00:29:55,576
She doesn't have to answer.
672
00:30:03,848 --> 00:30:07,887
Miss Sanger, this is a
copy of your paper.
673
00:30:09,554 --> 00:30:11,295
From two years ago, yes.
674
00:30:13,091 --> 00:30:14,764
People's 19.
675
00:30:16,828 --> 00:30:20,275
Would you describe Mr. Marco's
column from that day?
676
00:30:20,331 --> 00:30:22,004
The highlighted item?
677
00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:26,646
Mr. Marco reported a rumor
that a Borough president
678
00:30:26,704 --> 00:30:30,777
had charged the city for an
intricately carved mahogany headboard
679
00:30:30,842 --> 00:30:33,914
as a gift to a woman,
not his wife.
680
00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:37,757
A rumor?
681
00:30:38,316 --> 00:30:39,693
Yes. At the time.
682
00:30:42,120 --> 00:30:46,626
But it resulted in an
investigation, isn't that right?
683
00:30:46,691 --> 00:30:51,037
Yes. It uncovered a systematic
abuse of city funds.
684
00:30:51,496 --> 00:30:53,874
The Borough president
was forced to step down.
685
00:30:53,932 --> 00:30:58,312
So, a rumor in a gossip column
686
00:30:58,369 --> 00:31:01,578
resulted in serious
political consequences.
687
00:31:01,639 --> 00:31:03,949
For the Borough
president, certainly.
688
00:31:04,008 --> 00:31:07,114
How did Mr. Marco
uncover his story?
689
00:31:07,178 --> 00:31:09,715
He went through the Borough
president's garbage.
690
00:31:09,781 --> 00:31:12,352
If we were to operate
under a slew of restrictions
691
00:31:12,417 --> 00:31:15,660
all we would ever print
would be press releases.
692
00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:17,131
Thank you.
693
00:31:21,326 --> 00:31:23,636
When you have no case,
attack the victim.
694
00:31:23,695 --> 00:31:26,767
Especially when the victim represents
everything that's wrong with journalism.
695
00:31:26,831 --> 00:31:30,438
The public still remembers a
mangled car in a Paris tunnel.
696
00:31:30,501 --> 00:31:32,139
If they don't,
Levitt'll remind them,
697
00:31:32,236 --> 00:31:35,274
with Marco's criminal record,
his writings...
698
00:31:35,340 --> 00:31:38,048
It should have
all been suppressed.
699
00:31:38,109 --> 00:31:39,588
Sorry to do this
to you again, Jack,
700
00:31:39,644 --> 00:31:41,590
but I've got to meet
my lawyer in 15 minutes.
701
00:31:41,646 --> 00:31:44,286
Neal's driving me up the wall.
He claims if I get married,
702
00:31:44,349 --> 00:31:46,351
Katie'll spend more time
with David than with me
703
00:31:46,417 --> 00:31:47,555
because of my long hours.
704
00:31:47,618 --> 00:31:48,790
If you get married?
705
00:31:48,853 --> 00:31:53,199
He's got a judge convinced Katie'll be
better off with him than with David.
706
00:31:53,257 --> 00:31:56,101
So it's David or
the job. No-brainer.
707
00:32:06,004 --> 00:32:08,177
LEVITT: Dr. Neustadt,
you hold the Wilson chair
708
00:32:08,239 --> 00:32:10,981
at the Columbia Graduate School
of Journalism, is that right?
709
00:32:11,042 --> 00:32:12,214
Yes, sir.
710
00:32:12,276 --> 00:32:16,315
Are there any generally accepted rules
that govern legitimate reporting?
711
00:32:16,381 --> 00:32:18,452
Of course, as there
are in any profession.
712
00:32:18,516 --> 00:32:19,824
Could you tell
us what they are?
713
00:32:20,785 --> 00:32:23,664
Well, before you file a story,
you make sure that any fact
714
00:32:23,721 --> 00:32:26,224
is confirmed by at
least two sources.
715
00:32:26,290 --> 00:32:30,033
And if it's a controversial
story, at least three or more.
716
00:32:30,094 --> 00:32:31,539
Do you ever pay these sources?
717
00:32:31,596 --> 00:32:33,007
Absolutely not.
718
00:32:33,064 --> 00:32:34,873
What about reporting
on private lives?
719
00:32:34,932 --> 00:32:38,311
If it affects the story, yes.
Yes, you can go with it.
720
00:32:38,369 --> 00:32:40,178
But if it is just gossip?
721
00:32:40,238 --> 00:32:44,914
Then it's just that. It is gossip.
It's not journalism.
722
00:32:44,976 --> 00:32:47,252
Eavesdropping,
telephoto pictures?
723
00:32:47,311 --> 00:32:49,416
Some tabloids
use these methods,
724
00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:51,653
but they debase the profession.
725
00:32:53,451 --> 00:32:57,922
They create a tendency to focus on
trivia like a politician's intimate life
726
00:32:57,989 --> 00:32:59,525
rather than his policies.
727
00:33:00,358 --> 00:33:02,565
That is not news, that's noise.
728
00:33:02,627 --> 00:33:07,235
It's licentious.
It corrupts journalists.
729
00:33:08,466 --> 00:33:09,911
Thank you.
730
00:33:15,706 --> 00:33:17,310
Dr. Neustadt.
731
00:33:20,411 --> 00:33:23,119
Who makes the rules
governing journalists?
732
00:33:23,181 --> 00:33:25,991
Well, no one makes them.
They're customary.
733
00:33:26,050 --> 00:33:30,362
Well, then, who decides
when the rules are broken?
734
00:33:30,421 --> 00:33:34,801
Reasonable men and women can
agree on reasonable restraints
735
00:33:34,859 --> 00:33:36,770
to irresponsible journalism.
736
00:33:36,828 --> 00:33:40,241
In your courses, do you teach
the work of Ida Tarbell,
737
00:33:40,298 --> 00:33:42,869
Lincoln Steffane,
Upton Sinclair,
738
00:33:42,934 --> 00:33:44,641
and more recently,
I.F. Stone?
739
00:33:44,702 --> 00:33:45,942
Yes, I do.
740
00:33:46,003 --> 00:33:50,349
And isn't it true that all of
them published exposes about,
741
00:33:50,408 --> 00:33:53,480
for instance, the meatpacking
and oil industries,
742
00:33:53,544 --> 00:33:56,957
which at the time were widely
regarded as irresponsible?
743
00:33:57,014 --> 00:33:59,551
Yes, that's right,
but history has shown
744
00:33:59,617 --> 00:34:02,530
that these journalists were
in fact acting responsibly.
745
00:34:02,587 --> 00:34:03,895
Oh. History.
746
00:34:07,358 --> 00:34:12,034
And how can we be sure that
history won't be equally as kind
747
00:34:12,096 --> 00:34:13,507
to a reporter like Mr. Marco?
748
00:34:14,031 --> 00:34:16,705
Well, we can't.
749
00:34:16,767 --> 00:34:19,270
And aren't there
generally accepted responses
750
00:34:19,337 --> 00:34:22,045
for someone who doesn't like
what he reads in the newspaper?
751
00:34:22,106 --> 00:34:24,609
Letters to the editor?
Lawsuits? Yes.
752
00:34:24,675 --> 00:34:28,851
Would you say that murder was one of
the generally acceptable responses?
753
00:34:28,913 --> 00:34:29,948
Of course not.
754
00:34:30,014 --> 00:34:36,329
But there are countries where journalists
have been shot for what they've published.
755
00:34:36,721 --> 00:34:37,961
Yes, but we have a free press,
756
00:34:38,022 --> 00:34:40,935
and the whole point
of the First Amendment
757
00:34:40,992 --> 00:34:43,836
is that no one can
control the press.
758
00:34:45,296 --> 00:34:46,673
Thank you.
759
00:34:51,602 --> 00:34:54,105
Defending Marco
makes my skin crawl.
760
00:34:54,172 --> 00:34:56,812
Levitt's backed us into a corner.
I know how he feels.
761
00:34:56,874 --> 00:35:00,344
Yesterday, The Observer ran
a squib about me and Neal.
762
00:35:00,411 --> 00:35:01,446
I feel sorry for Abbott's kid.
763
00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:03,850
"Abbott's secret's out!"
764
00:35:03,915 --> 00:35:06,418
"Abbott's struggle to
survive Marco smear."
765
00:35:06,484 --> 00:35:09,658
"Lovesick teacher's aide started wild
rumor about Maggie's love child."
766
00:35:09,720 --> 00:35:11,597
Let me see that.
767
00:35:13,157 --> 00:35:14,295
What?
768
00:35:14,358 --> 00:35:17,532
Dig up all the clippings
you can find about Abbott.
769
00:35:22,833 --> 00:35:27,145
WARREN: My daughter's had counseling,
but emotionally she's fragile.
770
00:35:27,205 --> 00:35:32,120
When Mr. Marco called her that night,
asking to meet her, she called me.
771
00:35:32,176 --> 00:35:36,318
She was in tears.
I went to see Mr. Marco.
772
00:35:36,381 --> 00:35:38,122
My wife was dead.
773
00:35:38,182 --> 00:35:43,564
There was no reason for him to pursue the
so-called story of my daughter's birth.
774
00:35:43,621 --> 00:35:48,195
I asked him to leave her alone. He refused.
I offered to pay him.
775
00:35:48,793 --> 00:35:51,603
He said that'd make
an even better story.
776
00:35:51,662 --> 00:35:55,633
I told him it could drive my
daughter to commit suicide.
777
00:35:55,700 --> 00:35:57,270
He didn't care.
778
00:35:58,002 --> 00:36:00,608
He tried to leave.
I grabbed him.
779
00:36:00,671 --> 00:36:02,241
He said he'd love
for me to hit him.
780
00:36:02,306 --> 00:36:04,946
He said he'd get it
on the front page.
781
00:36:06,244 --> 00:36:08,246
That's when I shot him.
782
00:36:08,713 --> 00:36:12,957
I didn't mean to kill him. But, God
help me, I wanted to stop him.
783
00:36:13,818 --> 00:36:17,459
I couldn't let him do to Laura
what he'd done to Maggie.
784
00:36:17,521 --> 00:36:18,625
Thank you very much.
785
00:36:29,967 --> 00:36:31,708
You recognize this?
786
00:36:33,738 --> 00:36:37,015
Yes. That's an article about
my daughter's sweet 16 party.
787
00:36:38,676 --> 00:36:40,155
People's 21.
788
00:36:42,179 --> 00:36:45,922
Did the photographer and
reporter sneak into your house?
789
00:36:46,851 --> 00:36:48,922
No. I invited them in.
790
00:36:48,986 --> 00:36:52,229
Why, if you treasure
your privacy so much?
791
00:36:52,290 --> 00:36:56,033
It was better than having them
climb trees and jump fences.
792
00:36:58,729 --> 00:37:00,208
People's 22.
793
00:37:01,299 --> 00:37:05,770
This profile of you appeared in a
national business magazine last year.
794
00:37:07,672 --> 00:37:09,845
You allowed the reporter
to observe you
795
00:37:09,907 --> 00:37:12,410
spending an intimate evening
at home with your family.
796
00:37:12,477 --> 00:37:14,047
Isn't that right?
797
00:37:14,111 --> 00:37:15,590
Yes. I remember that.
798
00:37:16,314 --> 00:37:18,624
Didn't this article coincide
799
00:37:18,683 --> 00:37:22,893
with the opening of a branch office
of your firm in Los Angeles?
800
00:37:22,953 --> 00:37:25,229
Objection, Your Honor. I fail
to see the relevance of this.
801
00:37:25,289 --> 00:37:26,666
Objection overruled.
802
00:37:28,326 --> 00:37:30,738
Yes. The article
happened to coincide
803
00:37:30,795 --> 00:37:32,866
with the opening of
my Los Angeles branch.
804
00:37:32,930 --> 00:37:36,002
Is it fair to say
that you've managed the news
805
00:37:36,067 --> 00:37:38,673
and used your private life
to advance your career?
806
00:37:38,736 --> 00:37:40,181
Absolutely not.
807
00:37:44,675 --> 00:37:46,211
People's 23.
808
00:37:48,346 --> 00:37:50,189
Do you recognize this?
809
00:37:51,682 --> 00:37:53,684
Yes. It's an article
about the smear
810
00:37:53,751 --> 00:37:56,823
directed at my daughter and
my late wife's reputation.
811
00:37:57,521 --> 00:37:58,966
An article arranged by you?
812
00:37:59,023 --> 00:38:00,434
Absolutely not!
813
00:38:00,491 --> 00:38:02,129
You had nothing to do
with its publication?
814
00:38:02,193 --> 00:38:03,797
Nothing.
815
00:38:07,031 --> 00:38:12,208
The article refers to a rumor started
by a lovesick teacher's aide.
816
00:38:13,604 --> 00:38:16,642
Other than you, how many people knew
about the origin of this rumor?
817
00:38:16,707 --> 00:38:18,345
I have no idea.
818
00:38:18,409 --> 00:38:20,150
Do you have a publicist?
Yes.
819
00:38:20,211 --> 00:38:24,557
I use her to clarify and correct
stories that appear now and then.
820
00:38:24,615 --> 00:38:27,755
Isn't it a fact that your
publicist contacted
821
00:38:27,818 --> 00:38:29,764
the reporter who
wrote this article?
822
00:38:29,820 --> 00:38:32,994
Your Honor, Mr. McCoy has
no right to attack me,
823
00:38:33,057 --> 00:38:34,297
to attack my private behavior.
824
00:38:34,358 --> 00:38:35,666
Please, Mr. Abbott.
825
00:38:35,726 --> 00:38:38,036
To be dragging my
private life into this.
826
00:38:38,095 --> 00:38:41,167
He's no better than that
son of a bitch, Marco.
827
00:38:53,944 --> 00:38:57,687
The right to free speech is not more
important than the right to privacy,
828
00:38:57,748 --> 00:39:00,160
the right to be left alone.
829
00:39:00,217 --> 00:39:03,130
Which one of you would like to be
secretly photographed while sunbathing?
830
00:39:03,187 --> 00:39:07,465
Or while on your honeymoon? Or
coming home with a newborn baby?
831
00:39:07,525 --> 00:39:11,234
Mr. Marco pursued Mr. Abbott's
wife, he hunted her down,
832
00:39:11,295 --> 00:39:15,175
until she ran in front of a taxi.
And what did the State do?
833
00:39:15,232 --> 00:39:17,838
A rap on the knuckles,
and let him go.
834
00:39:17,902 --> 00:39:21,179
Let him go to hunt
down Laura Abbott.
835
00:39:21,238 --> 00:39:24,185
He set her in his sights as
surely as if he held a gun.
836
00:39:25,743 --> 00:39:27,586
Now, Mr. McCoy
has pointed out
837
00:39:27,645 --> 00:39:29,454
that there are ways to respond
838
00:39:29,513 --> 00:39:30,958
to what you read in the press.
839
00:39:31,015 --> 00:39:33,723
Letters to the editor.
That's all fine.
840
00:39:34,552 --> 00:39:36,623
But Mr. Abbott was
facing life and death.
841
00:39:36,687 --> 00:39:38,894
His daughter's life and death.
842
00:39:39,990 --> 00:39:42,231
No time to write letters.
843
00:39:43,294 --> 00:39:47,538
Mr. Abbott shot Mr. Marco. But he
did it in the heat of the moment.
844
00:39:48,699 --> 00:39:53,739
Mr. Marco provoked my client.
He drove him to fire that gun.
845
00:40:00,911 --> 00:40:04,859
Of course, people
should be protected
846
00:40:04,915 --> 00:40:08,089
against gross invasions
of their privacy.
847
00:40:08,986 --> 00:40:11,057
There should be limits.
848
00:40:12,189 --> 00:40:15,227
But there must also be
constraints on what a man can do
849
00:40:15,292 --> 00:40:17,772
when his privacy
has been invaded.
850
00:40:18,529 --> 00:40:21,476
Even when his family's
privacy has been invaded.
851
00:40:23,467 --> 00:40:30,214
Now, you may like Mr. Abbott
and sympathize with him.
852
00:40:32,143 --> 00:40:35,716
And you may
not like Mr. Marco.
853
00:40:35,780 --> 00:40:38,317
From what I know of Mr. Marco,
I don't much like him.
854
00:40:38,382 --> 00:40:40,089
And I don't much like
what he was going to do.
855
00:40:40,151 --> 00:40:43,997
But that cannot be a justification
for what happened to him.
856
00:40:46,357 --> 00:40:49,338
We may not like
tabloid journalism
857
00:40:49,393 --> 00:40:52,499
and the cult of
celebrity that it feeds.
858
00:40:54,031 --> 00:40:59,504
The hunger for fame over virtue,
for gossip over integrity.
859
00:41:01,105 --> 00:41:05,884
To us it may seem an unpleasant,
miserable, disgusting game
860
00:41:05,943 --> 00:41:09,152
with which we would prefer
to have nothing to do.
861
00:41:09,847 --> 00:41:14,125
But Mr. Abbott
participated in it willingly.
862
00:41:15,719 --> 00:41:17,323
It was only when it
turned against him
863
00:41:17,388 --> 00:41:19,800
that he took out his
gun and shot Mr. Marco.
864
00:41:20,725 --> 00:41:25,834
We may not want a world
in which celebrity and gossip
865
00:41:25,896 --> 00:41:28,103
are all mixed up with news.
866
00:41:29,967 --> 00:41:31,173
It's messy.
867
00:41:34,672 --> 00:41:37,346
But our society
can survive the mess.
868
00:41:37,408 --> 00:41:40,480
What it cannot survive without
869
00:41:40,544 --> 00:41:44,856
is the free and easy
exchange of information.
870
00:41:44,915 --> 00:41:48,328
All kinds of information.
Even if it's unpleasant.
871
00:41:48,385 --> 00:41:51,958
Even if it's irrelevant.
Even if it's just gossip.
872
00:41:53,691 --> 00:41:57,138
We sort it out
and we blunder on,
873
00:41:57,828 --> 00:42:00,035
but we blunder on free.
874
00:42:00,097 --> 00:42:03,840
The only alternative
is a world in which people,
875
00:42:03,901 --> 00:42:07,781
if they're smart enough, rich
enough, powerful enough,
876
00:42:08,439 --> 00:42:09,918
likable enough,
877
00:42:11,308 --> 00:42:13,515
can stop the truth
from being told.
878
00:42:14,645 --> 00:42:19,719
Warren Abbott shot Philip
Marco to shut him up!
879
00:42:22,086 --> 00:42:26,296
With premeditation.
In cold blood.
880
00:42:28,492 --> 00:42:32,099
Because he didn't like what
Mr. Marco was going to write.
881
00:42:43,974 --> 00:42:45,317
Has the jury reached a verdict?
882
00:42:45,609 --> 00:42:47,486
Yes, we have, Your Honor.
883
00:42:47,544 --> 00:42:50,047
JUDGE: On the first count of the
indictment, murder in the Second Degree,
884
00:42:50,114 --> 00:42:51,422
how do you find?
885
00:42:51,482 --> 00:42:55,089
The jury finds the defendant,
Warren Abbott, not guilty.
886
00:42:55,152 --> 00:42:56,722
On the second count
of the indictment,
887
00:42:56,787 --> 00:42:58,323
manslaughter in
the First Degree,
888
00:42:58,389 --> 00:42:59,493
how do you find?
889
00:42:59,557 --> 00:43:02,060
We find the defendant
not guilty.
890
00:43:02,126 --> 00:43:04,106
On the third count
of the indictment,
891
00:43:04,161 --> 00:43:05,697
manslaughter in
the Second Degree,
892
00:43:05,763 --> 00:43:07,538
how do you find?
893
00:43:07,831 --> 00:43:09,833
We find the defendant guilty.
894
00:43:30,221 --> 00:43:31,495
(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)
895
00:43:31,555 --> 00:43:33,660
Man two, seven years max.
896
00:43:34,925 --> 00:43:37,735
Want to give odds he
doesn't do even that?
897
00:43:37,795 --> 00:43:41,868
I see Abbott isn't trying to prevent
the press from doing its job today.
898
00:43:41,932 --> 00:43:43,673
Today, it's news.
899
00:43:43,723 --> 00:43:48,273
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