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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
00:11:07,500 --> 00:11:09,605
She'll confirm that
you talked to her?
244
00:11:09,669 --> 00:11:13,549
I couldn't get through Bruder. Her manager.
Alan Bruder. A real Visigoth.
245
00:11:19,278 --> 00:11:22,225
Marco? Yeah. He slithered in.
246
00:11:22,281 --> 00:11:23,385
CURTIS: What time?
247
00:11:23,449 --> 00:11:28,398
We got there at 2:00, I don't know.
It might have been a half hour later.
248
00:11:28,454 --> 00:11:29,524
Sit down.
249
00:11:29,588 --> 00:11:30,658
Can't pin it down, huh?
250
00:11:30,723 --> 00:11:31,758
No. It's a zoo.
251
00:11:31,824 --> 00:11:35,567
Between the fans, paparazzi,
and Bebe's people,
252
00:11:36,061 --> 00:11:37,972
a little too busy
to watch the clock.
253
00:11:38,030 --> 00:11:41,239
How did Marco seem?
Unctuous. Vicious.
254
00:11:42,701 --> 00:11:45,045
He owes me. I saved his life.
255
00:11:45,104 --> 00:11:47,641
Bebe would've torn his eyes
out if she'd seen him there.
256
00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:51,214
That popular, huh? He ran
a piece she was pregnant.
257
00:11:51,310 --> 00:11:55,554
You know, he'd get something off
the Internet, off a toilet wall.
258
00:11:56,148 --> 00:11:58,424
Doesn't bother to confirm anything
if it's close to deadline.
259
00:11:58,484 --> 00:12:00,430
He's afraid somebody else
will run with it first.
260
00:12:00,486 --> 00:12:02,989
So he seemed okay to you?
Nothing out of the ordinary?
261
00:12:03,055 --> 00:12:06,628
Yeah. Except for the piece of
tissue paper on his shaving cut.
262
00:12:07,059 --> 00:12:09,335
Doesn't usually
wear that on his cheek.
263
00:12:14,098 --> 00:12:15,133
I don't know about you,
264
00:12:15,199 --> 00:12:18,442
but I don't usually shave in a taxi
in the middle of the afternoon.
265
00:12:18,502 --> 00:12:20,880
Well, Marco could've gotten
scratched by her tennis bracelet.
266
00:12:20,938 --> 00:12:23,441
All those diamonds have sharp edges.
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
267
00:12:24,575 --> 00:12:28,182
Curtis. Yeah. Lennie,
hold on. It's Mallory.
268
00:12:29,580 --> 00:12:31,355
Yeah?
BOY: Hey, mister.
269
00:12:31,415 --> 00:12:32,519
Talk to me.
270
00:12:33,317 --> 00:12:35,820
BOY: Throw here!
BRISCOE: Uh-huh. Hmm.
271
00:12:37,521 --> 00:12:38,761
Yeah. Right. Thanks.
272
00:12:39,390 --> 00:12:40,391
What's up?
273
00:12:40,457 --> 00:12:42,562
Mallory's snitch
claims that the drug dealer
274
00:12:42,626 --> 00:12:45,334
Danny Jones put out
the hit on my daughter.
275
00:12:45,396 --> 00:12:47,342
Tell me something I don't know.
276
00:12:47,398 --> 00:12:48,843
What the hell am
I supposed to do?
277
00:12:48,899 --> 00:12:50,276
One step at a time, Lennie.
278
00:12:50,334 --> 00:12:52,211
Yeah. Over the edge.
279
00:12:53,437 --> 00:12:55,144
I cut myself, so what?
280
00:12:55,738 --> 00:12:59,015
We found blood on Mrs. Abbott's bracelet.
You want us to go further?
281
00:12:59,876 --> 00:13:02,356
My client wants to cooperate.
282
00:13:02,745 --> 00:13:03,985
We're listening.
283
00:13:04,914 --> 00:13:07,087
I met Maggie Abbott
outside the gym.
284
00:13:07,150 --> 00:13:10,324
She was still angry about the piece
on her husband and his little intern.
285
00:13:10,386 --> 00:13:11,490
CURTIS: Was it true?
286
00:13:12,121 --> 00:13:13,191
I had a deadline.
287
00:13:14,257 --> 00:13:16,134
We walked, talked.
288
00:13:16,192 --> 00:13:17,262
About what?
289
00:13:17,827 --> 00:13:19,272
An unwanted pregnancy.
290
00:13:19,361 --> 00:13:21,705
You can read about it if I ever
get out of here to confirm it.
291
00:13:21,764 --> 00:13:23,539
You talked?
Like what, old friends?
292
00:13:23,599 --> 00:13:28,048
Not quite. I told her I was going with the story.
That's when she slapped me.
293
00:13:28,671 --> 00:13:31,083
She turns to go.
I try to stop her.
294
00:13:31,140 --> 00:13:34,212
I grab her sweater. She pulls
free and runs into the street.
295
00:13:35,344 --> 00:13:36,379
Taxi hit her.
296
00:13:36,946 --> 00:13:38,323
And what did you do?
297
00:13:41,282 --> 00:13:43,193
I got scared and ran off.
298
00:13:43,251 --> 00:13:46,755
At worst, my client is guilty of
harassment in the second degree
299
00:13:46,821 --> 00:13:49,324
and assault three.
Nothing more.
300
00:13:52,293 --> 00:13:54,034
Marco's facilitating himself.
301
00:13:54,262 --> 00:13:57,675
VAN BUREN: Anything else going on
between Marco and Mrs. Abbott?
302
00:13:57,732 --> 00:14:00,508
Oh, if she promised him an
exclusive and then reneged,
303
00:14:00,568 --> 00:14:02,047
he might have
thrown a hissy fit.
304
00:14:02,103 --> 00:14:03,776
So he threw her into traffic?
305
00:14:03,838 --> 00:14:06,944
She was good copy for him.
More valuable alive than dead.
306
00:14:07,242 --> 00:14:08,653
So what do we do,
take him at his word?
307
00:14:08,710 --> 00:14:10,280
Let him go with
a slap on the wrist?
308
00:14:10,345 --> 00:14:13,519
Not necessarily. Look, if there
was a pattern of harassment,
309
00:14:13,581 --> 00:14:16,994
if he was stalking her, there might
be something we can prosecute.
310
00:14:22,455 --> 00:14:24,560
He's responsible
for my wife's death?
311
00:14:24,624 --> 00:14:27,503
BRISCOE: That's what we're trying to determine.
If he was stalking her...
312
00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:28,937
He was stalking us!
313
00:14:28,995 --> 00:14:31,066
He was in front of the
building every other day.
314
00:14:31,131 --> 00:14:32,701
He'd track us
down to restaurants.
315
00:14:32,766 --> 00:14:34,609
He must've been
paying off waiters.
316
00:14:34,668 --> 00:14:37,114
Once he showed up
at one of my wife's classes.
317
00:14:37,170 --> 00:14:38,410
Because of this affair?
318
00:14:38,471 --> 00:14:39,916
Alleged affair.
319
00:14:39,973 --> 00:14:41,680
The Abbott name sells papers.
320
00:14:41,741 --> 00:14:43,414
Dad, I'm home.
321
00:14:43,476 --> 00:14:44,921
Laura! Hi, honey.
322
00:14:46,446 --> 00:14:47,481
I got pizza.
323
00:14:47,547 --> 00:14:50,790
Just stick it in the oven. I'll be right in.
As soon as I'm done.
324
00:14:50,850 --> 00:14:52,295
Sorry, Dad.
No. It's okay.
325
00:14:53,219 --> 00:14:56,723
Did Marco ever make any threatening
remarks to you or your wife?
326
00:14:56,790 --> 00:14:59,168
I took everything he said
as a threat to my family.
327
00:14:59,225 --> 00:15:01,637
He told us he was working
on a story about a pregnancy.
328
00:15:01,695 --> 00:15:04,198
That's why he approached your wife.
An unwanted pregnancy.
329
00:15:05,632 --> 00:15:08,272
Well, whose pregnancy was it?
Your wife's? Miss Lowry's?
330
00:15:08,335 --> 00:15:09,643
What a load of crap.
331
00:15:09,969 --> 00:15:11,744
Nothing to it, huh?
That's right.
332
00:15:11,805 --> 00:15:13,944
You working for the Ledger now?
333
00:15:14,007 --> 00:15:17,682
Marco was responsible, directly or
indirectly, for my wife's death.
334
00:15:18,511 --> 00:15:20,115
What are you going
to do about that?
335
00:15:23,015 --> 00:15:24,722
So what if he calls
himself a journalist?
336
00:15:24,783 --> 00:15:27,559
He doesn't have a First Amendment
right to chase her into traffic!
337
00:15:27,853 --> 00:15:29,264
I admit he's a pest.
338
00:15:29,321 --> 00:15:31,494
A pest? He tore her sweater!
339
00:15:31,557 --> 00:15:33,230
Isn't that assault?
JACK: Or self defense.
340
00:15:33,292 --> 00:15:35,101
He got a cut on
the cheek from her.
341
00:15:35,694 --> 00:15:38,834
Reporters and stalkers,
the line gets blurred.
342
00:15:38,897 --> 00:15:40,399
There's nothing
legit about Marco.
343
00:15:40,466 --> 00:15:41,911
The guy's got
a criminal record.
344
00:15:41,967 --> 00:15:44,504
Harassment, criminal nuisance,
even breaking and entering.
345
00:15:44,570 --> 00:15:46,345
He hunted Maggie Abbott down.
346
00:15:47,372 --> 00:15:51,115
His lawyer offered a plea of
harassment two, assault three.
347
00:15:51,176 --> 00:15:53,884
He'll pay a fine for chasing
a woman to her death.
348
00:15:53,946 --> 00:15:57,758
Her choice to run. See if they'll make a deal.
First Degree harassment.
349
00:15:58,316 --> 00:16:01,297
B misdemeanor, max he
gets 90 days, suspended.
350
00:16:01,353 --> 00:16:02,730
Is that so?
351
00:16:11,328 --> 00:16:12,807
Freedom of
the press at any cost.
352
00:16:12,863 --> 00:16:14,570
That should generate
some nice editorials.
353
00:16:14,632 --> 00:16:16,509
Can't have too many
friends in the media.
354
00:16:16,567 --> 00:16:18,444
Especially at election time.
355
00:16:18,502 --> 00:16:19,913
Lay off.
356
00:16:21,138 --> 00:16:23,084
The attacks on Adam
are getting personal.
357
00:16:23,574 --> 00:16:26,316
Feldman accused him
of prosecutorial Alzheimer's.
358
00:16:26,377 --> 00:16:27,583
I don't know
about you, but I know
359
00:16:27,645 --> 00:16:30,489
I don't want to be working for
Gary Feldman come November.
360
00:16:34,885 --> 00:16:39,095
By the time we got to 61st Street,
Mrs. Abbott was pretty upset.
361
00:16:39,656 --> 00:16:42,535
She slapped me.
Ran into the street.
362
00:16:42,592 --> 00:16:45,402
I grabbed her sweater.
I tried to stop her.
363
00:16:46,963 --> 00:16:49,136
She went right in
front of the taxi.
364
00:16:50,367 --> 00:16:52,472
I got scared.
Took off.
365
00:16:54,704 --> 00:16:57,116
That's it. I'm sorry.
366
00:16:58,809 --> 00:16:59,947
Are the People satisfied?
367
00:17:02,145 --> 00:17:03,146
Yes, Your Honor.
368
00:17:03,780 --> 00:17:05,225
Then, in accordance
with the plea agreement,
369
00:17:05,282 --> 00:17:08,161
I'm sentencing you to 30 days
suspended sentence,
370
00:17:08,218 --> 00:17:09,959
four weekends
community service,
371
00:17:10,020 --> 00:17:13,024
a $5,000 fine,
and two years probation.
372
00:17:13,089 --> 00:17:14,693
We're adjourned.
373
00:17:27,169 --> 00:17:29,672
Three shell casings
a few feet from the body.
374
00:17:30,606 --> 00:17:31,983
Nine millimeter.
375
00:17:32,041 --> 00:17:34,146
The shooter stood close.
He didn't want to miss.
376
00:17:34,210 --> 00:17:35,484
UNI: Where were you going?
ZAREM: I was on my way
377
00:17:35,544 --> 00:17:37,387
to Morean's when
I heard the shots.
378
00:17:37,446 --> 00:17:39,153
How many did you hear?
Three.
379
00:17:39,215 --> 00:17:40,853
POP, pop, pop, like that.
380
00:17:40,916 --> 00:17:41,951
You see the shooter?
381
00:17:42,017 --> 00:17:45,464
By the time I got to the corner,
all I saw was Marco, lying there.
382
00:17:46,155 --> 00:17:47,156
BRUDER: Bobby!
383
00:17:47,823 --> 00:17:50,667
(CHUCKLES) Hey,
what happened here?
384
00:17:50,726 --> 00:17:52,433
Phil Marco got shot.
385
00:17:52,495 --> 00:17:54,702
Dead? No kidding.
386
00:17:54,964 --> 00:17:56,170
Yeah.
387
00:18:01,904 --> 00:18:03,508
Give the people what they want.
388
00:18:12,882 --> 00:18:14,225
A standing ovation.
389
00:18:14,283 --> 00:18:16,763
Yeah. Don't worry. We took down
all their names just in case.
390
00:18:16,819 --> 00:18:17,854
There's an obvious
place to start.
391
00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:20,196
Assuming Warren
Abbott is that stupid.
392
00:18:20,256 --> 00:18:21,633
Or that angry.
393
00:18:21,690 --> 00:18:24,102
Whoa! Check the box
next to stupid.
394
00:18:24,193 --> 00:18:27,663
Nine years ago, Abbott got a
carry permit for a nine mil.
395
00:18:27,730 --> 00:18:29,471
That get us a search warrant?
396
00:18:29,532 --> 00:18:32,240
If he's the only citizen
with a permitted gun.
397
00:18:32,301 --> 00:18:35,339
Guess you guys will have to find
that gun the old fashioned way.
398
00:18:37,839 --> 00:18:40,479
My gun? I haven't seen my gun
in the last four years.
399
00:18:40,542 --> 00:18:42,249
Last place being where?
400
00:18:42,310 --> 00:18:44,256
I'm not sure. I'll have
to think about it.
401
00:18:44,313 --> 00:18:45,690
Well, why didn't
you report it missing?
402
00:18:45,747 --> 00:18:48,353
I didn't say it was missing.
It's just misplaced.
403
00:18:48,417 --> 00:18:50,021
CURTIS: Why'd you get
it in the first place?
404
00:18:50,085 --> 00:18:52,759
I was litigating
a case against Local 904.
405
00:18:52,821 --> 00:18:54,266
I was advised to get some
personal protection.
406
00:18:54,322 --> 00:18:55,562
Advised by who?
407
00:18:55,924 --> 00:18:57,426
Local 904.
408
00:18:58,627 --> 00:19:00,300
So where were you last night?
409
00:19:01,296 --> 00:19:03,776
Well, I wasn't outside
Morean's shooting Phil Marco.
410
00:19:04,332 --> 00:19:07,176
You know, that's exactly what
we thought you were gonna say?
411
00:19:07,235 --> 00:19:08,976
How about telling us
what you were doing.
412
00:19:09,337 --> 00:19:10,714
I was at Julianne Lowry's.
413
00:19:10,772 --> 00:19:12,718
The intern you weren't
having an affair with?
414
00:19:12,774 --> 00:19:15,277
Makes me a hell of
a son of a bitch, huh?
415
00:19:15,343 --> 00:19:17,084
She helping you
get over your wife?
416
00:19:17,412 --> 00:19:18,618
Why don't you ask her?
417
00:19:19,981 --> 00:19:22,655
And if I find that gun,
I'll be sure to let you know.
418
00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:28,400
He came over about
7:30. We talked.
419
00:19:28,456 --> 00:19:30,129
Until what time?
2:00 or 3:00.
420
00:19:30,191 --> 00:19:31,795
He didn't want to stay all
night because of his daughter.
421
00:19:31,859 --> 00:19:33,031
She's home from school.
422
00:19:33,094 --> 00:19:35,131
How thoughtful.
What'd you talk about?
423
00:19:35,863 --> 00:19:38,070
His wife, us, I don't know.
424
00:19:38,932 --> 00:19:40,570
Phil Marco?
425
00:19:40,634 --> 00:19:41,738
Not really.
426
00:19:41,802 --> 00:19:45,306
About a story Phil Marco was working on?
An unwanted pregnancy?
427
00:19:46,139 --> 00:19:48,585
No. Mr. Abbott didn't get
you pregnant, did he?
428
00:19:49,009 --> 00:19:50,079
No.
429
00:19:50,143 --> 00:19:52,851
Because that would give him another
good reason to shoot Marco.
430
00:19:53,947 --> 00:19:55,255
Look, what Warren
likes me to do,
431
00:19:55,315 --> 00:19:57,352
you can't get
pregnant from. Okay?
432
00:19:59,019 --> 00:20:00,054
Okay.
433
00:20:00,120 --> 00:20:01,599
Now, if you'll excuse me.
434
00:20:05,558 --> 00:20:06,798
Strike two.
435
00:20:06,859 --> 00:20:09,169
Be nice to know who was
feeding Marco his info.
436
00:20:13,699 --> 00:20:18,739
The Kennedys, Trump, Madonna, the
Giffords, the entire tabloid hit parade.
437
00:20:19,738 --> 00:20:23,777
Here we go. Abbott. Separate
folders for Warren, Margaret,
438
00:20:23,842 --> 00:20:27,380
the whole mishpocheh.
Not a lot of notes.
439
00:20:27,446 --> 00:20:29,756
Maybe Marco didn't want to
be confused by the facts.
440
00:20:29,815 --> 00:20:32,887
Well, he already knew all about
Warren's favorite hobby.
441
00:20:32,951 --> 00:20:36,421
What's this entry here? F.
Howard and a number. And Laura.
442
00:20:36,488 --> 00:20:39,435
Yeah. Frank Howard. He's married
to one of Warren's sisters.
443
00:20:39,491 --> 00:20:41,061
Some kind of tree-hugger.
444
00:20:41,126 --> 00:20:43,003
Oh, yeah. He helped
clean up the Hudson.
445
00:20:43,061 --> 00:20:45,541
Maybe he liked to
dish the dirt to Marco.
446
00:20:47,533 --> 00:20:50,173
I have no idea why
he'd have our number.
447
00:20:50,235 --> 00:20:52,772
Neither Frank nor I would
ever take his calls.
448
00:20:52,838 --> 00:20:54,511
Well, somebody did.
449
00:20:54,573 --> 00:20:58,248
His phone records show that he called
your number the night he was murdered.
450
00:20:58,810 --> 00:21:02,815
Oh. He called Betty's
number. Our daughter.
451
00:21:03,582 --> 00:21:05,323
Why would she talk to Marco?
452
00:21:06,117 --> 00:21:08,597
She was in her room with
Laura, Warren's daughter.
453
00:21:08,653 --> 00:21:10,963
Warren was stuck
downtown on business,
454
00:21:11,522 --> 00:21:14,526
God knows what, and he asked if Laura
could spend the evening with us.
455
00:21:15,092 --> 00:21:16,162
Did she spend the evening?
456
00:21:16,226 --> 00:21:18,069
She left just before 9:00.
457
00:21:18,128 --> 00:21:20,608
Right after Marco's call.
Do you know where she went?
458
00:21:20,931 --> 00:21:23,241
I don't know.
She seem upset?
459
00:21:23,300 --> 00:21:26,577
Laura's high-strung. Her mother's
death hit her very hard.
460
00:21:26,637 --> 00:21:28,048
I didn't want her to leave.
461
00:21:28,105 --> 00:21:29,209
BRISCOE: Why not?
462
00:21:29,273 --> 00:21:31,446
Two years ago she
tried to commit suicide.
463
00:21:31,508 --> 00:21:34,284
I was afraid she might
do something to herself.
464
00:21:34,945 --> 00:21:36,481
You know if
she's been pregnant?
465
00:21:36,547 --> 00:21:38,049
No. Of course she hasn't.
466
00:21:38,482 --> 00:21:40,018
You're assuming?
467
00:21:40,084 --> 00:21:41,495
She's been on the pill
since she was 14.
468
00:21:41,552 --> 00:21:44,055
I think I would have heard
something from my daughter.
469
00:21:45,655 --> 00:21:49,330
Laura's on the pill, and dad's
girlfriend is a technical virgin.
470
00:21:49,392 --> 00:21:50,928
That brings us back
to Mrs. Abbott.
471
00:21:50,994 --> 00:21:53,304
So she had an abortion.
No big deal to her.
472
00:21:53,363 --> 00:21:54,740
Who said anything
about an abortion?
473
00:21:54,798 --> 00:21:58,007
Well, Marco just said his story
is about an unwanted pregnancy.
474
00:21:58,068 --> 00:22:00,070
Do we know if she was
pregnant when she was killed?
475
00:22:02,105 --> 00:22:03,277
I spoke to the M.E.
476
00:22:03,340 --> 00:22:06,446
Maggie Abbott had a hysterectomy
right after her daughter's birth.
477
00:22:06,510 --> 00:22:07,955
How do we know exactly when?
478
00:22:08,011 --> 00:22:09,285
Well, the procedure
that was used,
479
00:22:09,346 --> 00:22:11,189
a Spalding-Richardson,
is no longer done.
480
00:22:11,248 --> 00:22:12,852
It's no longer taught.
481
00:22:12,916 --> 00:22:14,987
Last time Rodgers saw
it was back in 1982.
482
00:22:15,051 --> 00:22:16,587
And even then it
was pretty rare.
483
00:22:16,653 --> 00:22:19,156
So no unwanted
pregnancies since.
484
00:22:19,722 --> 00:22:22,601
Are you saying the unwanted
pregnancy was the daughter?
485
00:22:22,658 --> 00:22:25,161
Yes. Unwanted if
Abbott's not her father.
486
00:22:25,228 --> 00:22:27,401
What's this?
Nothing else fits.
487
00:22:27,463 --> 00:22:28,635
Beautiful.
488
00:22:29,265 --> 00:22:33,008
Motive evidence straight
out of the tabloids.
489
00:22:33,069 --> 00:22:36,073
And how about
means and opportunity?
490
00:22:36,139 --> 00:22:37,709
You getting that
from the comic books?
491
00:22:37,774 --> 00:22:39,981
Warren Abbott has an alibi.
The girl doesn't.
492
00:22:40,042 --> 00:22:41,817
She had access to
her father's gun.
493
00:22:41,878 --> 00:22:44,381
Marco called her, probably
told her what he knew.
494
00:22:44,447 --> 00:22:49,294
Right. Keep in mind this is
Warren Abbott's daughter.
495
00:22:50,053 --> 00:22:51,760
His friends have deep pockets.
496
00:22:51,821 --> 00:22:54,700
Not a constituency I
can afford to alienate.
497
00:22:54,757 --> 00:22:57,761
Make sure he's in the room
when you question her.
498
00:22:59,094 --> 00:23:01,472
Have the police pick her up
and notify Warren Abbott.
499
00:23:01,530 --> 00:23:03,203
Jamie Ross?
Yes?
500
00:23:10,571 --> 00:23:13,882
It's Neal again. He's pulling me
into court over Katie's custody.
501
00:23:17,478 --> 00:23:18,718
Marco didn't say much.
502
00:23:18,780 --> 00:23:21,158
Just that he had some
information about my mother.
503
00:23:21,215 --> 00:23:22,592
What sort of information?
504
00:23:22,650 --> 00:23:23,993
I don't know.
505
00:23:24,919 --> 00:23:26,125
He said it was important.
506
00:23:26,687 --> 00:23:28,223
Your aunt said you
were upset, Laura.
507
00:23:28,288 --> 00:23:31,360
Of course she was upset. Her mother's
dead because of that bastard.
508
00:23:31,425 --> 00:23:34,304
Mr. Abbott, we'd rather hear
what your daughter has to say.
509
00:23:35,362 --> 00:23:37,069
ROSS: Why were you
upset, Laura?
510
00:23:38,532 --> 00:23:41,172
Mr. Marco said we had to meet
to talk about my mother.
511
00:23:42,703 --> 00:23:45,206
I didn't want to.
I tried to hang up.
512
00:23:46,506 --> 00:23:50,613
But he started to say stuff that was
wrong, so I'd try to correct him,
513
00:23:50,677 --> 00:23:52,281
and all of a sudden
I was talking to him.
514
00:23:52,346 --> 00:23:54,223
If the son of
a bitch weren't dead...
515
00:23:54,948 --> 00:23:56,154
Did you meet with him?
516
00:23:58,151 --> 00:24:00,688
I was going to but
I changed my mind.
517
00:24:03,189 --> 00:24:04,224
Why?
518
00:24:07,227 --> 00:24:08,228
I just did.
519
00:24:10,597 --> 00:24:11,701
Where did you go?
520
00:24:11,764 --> 00:24:12,834
I went home.
521
00:24:14,534 --> 00:24:16,411
I watched some videos
and then I went to sleep.
522
00:24:16,469 --> 00:24:18,176
She was asleep when I got home.
523
00:24:21,407 --> 00:24:23,045
Did you know that
your father owns a gun?
524
00:24:23,109 --> 00:24:25,020
See, that's it.
This is exactly what I mean.
525
00:24:25,078 --> 00:24:27,922
Mr. Abbott... This is how
you prosecute cases?
526
00:24:27,981 --> 00:24:29,892
By running head
games on young girls?
527
00:24:29,949 --> 00:24:31,223
If you want to
help your daughter,
528
00:24:31,284 --> 00:24:32,490
encourage her to
tell the truth.
529
00:24:32,552 --> 00:24:34,054
Isn't that why you went home,
to get the gun?
530
00:24:34,120 --> 00:24:35,292
Don't answer that, sweetheart.
531
00:24:35,855 --> 00:24:37,698
Arlen, we're done.
We're done.
532
00:24:39,258 --> 00:24:43,502
If you leave now, Mr. Abbott, I will have
no choice but to arrest your daughter.
533
00:24:43,562 --> 00:24:44,836
What!
On what evidence?
534
00:24:44,897 --> 00:24:46,274
Her whereabouts
are unaccounted for
535
00:24:46,331 --> 00:24:48,868
and she had access to the same
caliber weapon that killed Marco.
536
00:24:48,934 --> 00:24:49,935
And she had a motive.
537
00:24:50,002 --> 00:24:51,037
What motive?
538
00:24:51,103 --> 00:24:53,743
Marco was about
to publish a story
539
00:24:53,806 --> 00:24:55,786
about an affair
her mother had...
540
00:24:55,841 --> 00:24:56,911
Stop right there.
541
00:24:56,975 --> 00:24:59,216
I want my daughter
to wait outside.
542
00:24:59,278 --> 00:25:01,451
Come on. Go on.
It's all right.
543
00:25:03,182 --> 00:25:04,718
My daughter has been
traumatized enough.
544
00:25:04,783 --> 00:25:07,093
She doesn't need to find out from
you I'm not her real father.
545
00:25:07,186 --> 00:25:08,426
It's true?
546
00:25:09,321 --> 00:25:11,426
There was a teaching
assistant at Hudson Law
547
00:25:11,490 --> 00:25:13,163
when Maggie was
pregnant with Laura.
548
00:25:13,225 --> 00:25:17,139
Big crush on Maggie. Unrequited.
He had a wild imagination.
549
00:25:17,195 --> 00:25:19,266
He started this story.
550
00:25:21,766 --> 00:25:22,904
Laura called me.
551
00:25:22,967 --> 00:25:26,710
She told me Marco wanted to meet
with her to discuss these rumors.
552
00:25:26,771 --> 00:25:28,341
I told her to go home.
553
00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:31,811
I shot Marco!
I'd do it again!
554
00:25:41,352 --> 00:25:42,763
What if he's covering
for the daughter?
555
00:25:42,820 --> 00:25:46,199
He's not covering for his daughter.
He thinks he can beat it.
556
00:25:46,257 --> 00:25:47,634
And you're confident he can't?
557
00:25:47,692 --> 00:25:49,000
I have his confession.
558
00:25:49,060 --> 00:25:50,733
Incomplete confession.
559
00:25:50,795 --> 00:25:53,799
And a room full of lawyers
who charge $500 an hour.
560
00:25:53,865 --> 00:25:56,243
A plea offer, Adam,
for cold-blooded murder?
561
00:25:56,300 --> 00:25:58,541
Marco contributed
to his wife's death
562
00:25:58,602 --> 00:26:01,640
and he was ready to humiliate
what's left of his family.
563
00:26:02,540 --> 00:26:04,213
Murder two, 15-to-life.
564
00:26:04,442 --> 00:26:06,820
ROSS: His friends will be grateful.
ADAM: Hope so.
565
00:26:06,878 --> 00:26:09,722
Feldman's talking
about an October surprise.
566
00:26:09,780 --> 00:26:11,350
We make this deal
and Marco's colleagues
567
00:26:11,415 --> 00:26:13,122
will give Feldman
all the press he needs.
568
00:26:13,184 --> 00:26:14,788
Who reads the papers anyway?
569
00:26:15,620 --> 00:26:19,762
(SIGHS) This looks like fun. Motion
to suppress Abbott's confession.
570
00:26:20,691 --> 00:26:21,965
I was expecting that.
571
00:26:22,026 --> 00:26:24,905
That's just the appetizer. Then
we have a dozen other motions,
572
00:26:24,962 --> 00:26:26,805
to introduce Marco's
employment records,
573
00:26:26,864 --> 00:26:28,844
gossip columns,
criminal record.
574
00:26:28,900 --> 00:26:30,436
Mostly just
throw-away arguments.
575
00:26:30,634 --> 00:26:32,079
A smokescreen. Brief it all.
576
00:26:32,570 --> 00:26:34,174
I got a custody
hearing at 1:00.
577
00:26:36,474 --> 00:26:39,216
I'll get started.
Go kick Neal Gorton's ass.
578
00:26:45,615 --> 00:26:47,856
There's absolutely no
basis for suppression.
579
00:26:47,918 --> 00:26:50,091
Mr. Abbott confessed
freely and voluntarily.
580
00:26:50,153 --> 00:26:51,598
At the time he
wasn't even a suspect.
581
00:26:51,655 --> 00:26:52,861
His daughter was.
582
00:26:52,922 --> 00:26:54,663
Arlen, if I may...
583
00:26:54,724 --> 00:26:56,635
My daughter was
facing a murder charge.
584
00:26:56,693 --> 00:26:59,299
I was desperate to protect her.
I spoke rashly.
585
00:26:59,362 --> 00:27:01,740
That goes to weight, Your
Honor, not admissibility.
586
00:27:01,798 --> 00:27:05,075
If Mr. Abbott wants to repudiate his
confession, let him do it on the stand.
587
00:27:05,135 --> 00:27:08,412
Your Honor, this so-called confession
was an off-the-cuff remark,
588
00:27:08,471 --> 00:27:09,609
made in the heat of passion.
589
00:27:09,673 --> 00:27:12,176
If you let it in, we may as
well go straight to sentencing.
590
00:27:12,242 --> 00:27:16,019
I'm going to let the jury decide this
one, Mr. Levitt. The confession's in.
591
00:27:16,079 --> 00:27:17,649
What's the next item
on this laundry list?
592
00:27:18,214 --> 00:27:19,716
LEVITT: Mr. Marco's
criminal record.
593
00:27:19,782 --> 00:27:21,227
Completely irrelevant
to the charges.
594
00:27:21,284 --> 00:27:23,389
As are the victim's work
records, his writings.
595
00:27:23,953 --> 00:27:24,988
It's res gestae, Your Honor.
596
00:27:25,054 --> 00:27:27,227
Mr. Marco's own work set
the stage for his death.
597
00:27:27,289 --> 00:27:28,563
The jury should hear about it.
598
00:27:29,024 --> 00:27:31,095
How much of his work
are you seeking to introduce?
599
00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:33,367
Everything. I want to put his
whole career before the jury.
600
00:27:33,429 --> 00:27:35,272
It's a ploy, Your Honor.
601
00:27:35,330 --> 00:27:38,436
The motion papers limited
themselves to acts that took place
602
00:27:38,500 --> 00:27:40,502
starting two weeks prior
to Mrs. Abbott's death.
603
00:27:40,569 --> 00:27:41,946
Now Mr. Levitt
wants to extend it.
604
00:27:42,004 --> 00:27:44,848
Your Honor, I should at least be allowed
to explain all the circumstances
605
00:27:44,907 --> 00:27:46,215
that led to
Mr. Marco's death.
606
00:27:46,275 --> 00:27:47,845
All the relevant circumstances.
607
00:27:47,910 --> 00:27:49,583
Why not let the jury
sort it out?
608
00:27:50,412 --> 00:27:51,516
(SIGHS)
609
00:27:52,848 --> 00:27:56,853
Please, Your Honor, give me
some chance to defend myself.
610
00:27:58,487 --> 00:28:02,025
This one's yours, Mr. Levitt.
I'm granting that request.
611
00:28:03,058 --> 00:28:05,129
That was a gift.
(SCOFFS) Whatever.
612
00:28:05,694 --> 00:28:07,833
About your offer of 15-to-life,
thanks, but no thanks.
613
00:28:07,896 --> 00:28:09,102
You have another
number in mind?
614
00:28:09,164 --> 00:28:11,804
Any time away from my
daughter is too much.
615
00:28:12,367 --> 00:28:14,870
You take a plea, the
circumstances of her birth
616
00:28:14,936 --> 00:28:17,075
won't be splashed
across the tabloids.
617
00:28:17,138 --> 00:28:19,482
Don't be naive. The blood's
already in the water.
618
00:28:19,540 --> 00:28:20,678
It's just a matter of time.
619
00:28:20,742 --> 00:28:22,085
It's no plea, Mr. McCoy.
620
00:28:23,010 --> 00:28:24,387
It's your funeral.
621
00:28:26,214 --> 00:28:27,818
REPORTERS: Mr. Abbott...
622
00:28:27,882 --> 00:28:29,259
(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)
623
00:28:32,953 --> 00:28:36,059
I was Marco's editor ever since
he came over to the Ledger.
624
00:28:36,123 --> 00:28:38,603
He wrote a daily gossip
and human interest column.
625
00:28:38,993 --> 00:28:40,995
Daily? That's a lot
of gossip, isn't it?
626
00:28:41,061 --> 00:28:42,972
Well, the public has
an insatiable appetite
627
00:28:43,030 --> 00:28:44,668
for stories
about famous people.
628
00:28:44,732 --> 00:28:46,973
You say there was a lot of
competition to get the hottest item?
629
00:28:47,034 --> 00:28:48,274
You have no idea.
630
00:28:48,835 --> 00:28:51,441
So Mr. Marco was under a lot of
pressure to come up with stories.
631
00:28:51,505 --> 00:28:53,109
That's true of any journalist.
632
00:28:53,173 --> 00:28:55,380
And certain people,
certain families,
633
00:28:55,442 --> 00:28:58,821
like Mr. Abbott's family, are
targeted, isn't that right?
634
00:28:58,879 --> 00:29:00,358
Targeted is a loaded word.
635
00:29:00,414 --> 00:29:01,825
Well, in the last
year didn't your paper
636
00:29:01,882 --> 00:29:06,058
publish 538 stories
about Mr. Abbott's family
637
00:29:06,119 --> 00:29:10,363
including his siblings, his
spouses, his uncles, his cousins?
638
00:29:10,423 --> 00:29:12,801
And not because they discovered
the cure for cancer.
639
00:29:12,859 --> 00:29:15,897
Well, if the public has a particular
interest in certain people,
640
00:29:16,462 --> 00:29:17,770
yes, we tend to give
them what they want.
641
00:29:17,830 --> 00:29:19,104
LEVITT: Thank you.
642
00:29:19,165 --> 00:29:21,805
Now, in this highly
competitive business,
643
00:29:21,868 --> 00:29:25,975
what limits, if any, did you impose on
Mr. Marco in his pursuit of stories?
644
00:29:26,539 --> 00:29:29,850
He had to adhere to the accepted
standards of journalistic ethics.
645
00:29:29,909 --> 00:29:33,049
Really? Such as following a
subject, that's acceptable?
646
00:29:33,112 --> 00:29:34,250
Yes.
647
00:29:34,313 --> 00:29:35,553
And taking pictures,
also acceptable?
648
00:29:35,614 --> 00:29:36,820
Yes.
649
00:29:36,882 --> 00:29:38,452
Taking pictures
of their children?
650
00:29:38,517 --> 00:29:40,019
If it's newsworthy.
651
00:29:40,086 --> 00:29:42,327
Spying on them in their
homes using telescopes?
652
00:29:42,388 --> 00:29:44,390
As long as they don't trespass.
653
00:29:44,457 --> 00:29:46,232
Going through their garbage?
Yes.
654
00:29:46,292 --> 00:29:47,771
Invading their privacy?
655
00:29:47,826 --> 00:29:49,965
As I said, as long as
they don't trespass.
656
00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:57,279
Defense eight.
657
00:29:57,335 --> 00:30:00,282
This is a deposition
658
00:30:00,338 --> 00:30:02,147
given by a hotel
maid in a lawsuit
659
00:30:02,207 --> 00:30:03,515
brought by Mr.
Abbott's nephew,
660
00:30:03,575 --> 00:30:06,078
Gregory Abbott,
against the Barrington Hotel.
661
00:30:06,144 --> 00:30:08,249
In it, the maid
states that Mr. Marco
662
00:30:08,313 --> 00:30:10,384
bribed her to let
him into the suite
663
00:30:10,448 --> 00:30:12,291
in which Mr. Abbott's
nephew was staying.
664
00:30:12,350 --> 00:30:15,297
Now, did you discipline Mr. Marco
for taking such action?
665
00:30:15,353 --> 00:30:16,923
No.
No.
666
00:30:16,988 --> 00:30:19,992
Well, then, I ask you
again, what limits, if any,
667
00:30:20,058 --> 00:30:23,301
did you impose on Mr. Marco
in his pursuit of stories?
668
00:30:25,863 --> 00:30:28,241
Would none be
an accurate answer?
669
00:30:32,135 --> 00:30:33,273
Miss Sanger?
670
00:30:33,337 --> 00:30:34,407
It's all right, Your Honor.
671
00:30:34,471 --> 00:30:36,576
She doesn't have to answer.
672
00:30:44,848 --> 00:30:48,887
Miss Sanger, this is a
copy of your paper.
673
00:30:50,554 --> 00:30:52,295
From two years ago, yes.
674
00:30:54,091 --> 00:30:55,764
People's 19.
675
00:30:57,828 --> 00:31:01,275
Would you describe Mr. Marco's
column from that day?
676
00:31:01,331 --> 00:31:03,004
The highlighted item?
677
00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:07,646
Mr. Marco reported a rumor
that a Borough president
678
00:31:07,704 --> 00:31:11,777
had charged the city for an
intricately carved mahogany headboard
679
00:31:11,842 --> 00:31:14,914
as a gift to a woman,
not his wife.
680
00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:19,757
A rumor?
681
00:31:20,316 --> 00:31:21,693
Yes. At the time.
682
00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:28,626
But it resulted in an
investigation, isn't that right?
683
00:31:28,691 --> 00:31:33,037
Yes. It uncovered a systematic
abuse of city funds.
684
00:31:33,496 --> 00:31:35,874
The Borough president
was forced to step down.
685
00:31:35,932 --> 00:31:40,312
So, a rumor in a gossip column
686
00:31:40,369 --> 00:31:43,578
resulted in serious
political consequences.
687
00:31:43,639 --> 00:31:45,949
For the Borough
president, certainly.
688
00:31:46,008 --> 00:31:49,114
How did Mr. Marco
uncover his story?
689
00:31:49,178 --> 00:31:51,715
He went through the Borough
president's garbage.
690
00:31:51,781 --> 00:31:54,352
If we were to operate
under a slew of restrictions
691
00:31:54,417 --> 00:31:57,660
all we would ever print
would be press releases.
692
00:31:57,720 --> 00:31:59,131
Thank you.
693
00:32:04,326 --> 00:32:06,636
When you have no case,
attack the victim.
694
00:32:06,695 --> 00:32:09,767
Especially when the victim represents
everything that's wrong with journalism.
695
00:32:09,831 --> 00:32:13,438
The public still remembers a
mangled car in a Paris tunnel.
696
00:32:13,501 --> 00:32:15,139
If they don't,
Levitt'll remind them,
697
00:32:15,236 --> 00:32:18,274
with Marco's criminal record,
his writings...
698
00:32:18,340 --> 00:32:21,048
It should have
all been suppressed.
699
00:32:21,109 --> 00:32:22,588
Sorry to do this
to you again, Jack,
700
00:32:22,644 --> 00:32:24,590
but I've got to meet
my lawyer in 15 minutes.
701
00:32:24,646 --> 00:32:27,286
Neal's driving me up the wall.
He claims if I get married,
702
00:32:27,349 --> 00:32:29,351
Katie'll spend more time
with David than with me
703
00:32:29,417 --> 00:32:30,555
because of my long hours.
704
00:32:30,618 --> 00:32:31,790
If you get married?
705
00:32:31,853 --> 00:32:36,199
He's got a judge convinced Katie'll be
better off with him than with David.
706
00:32:36,257 --> 00:32:39,101
So it's David or
the job. No-brainer.
707
00:32:50,004 --> 00:32:52,177
LEVITT: Dr. Neustadt,
you hold the Wilson chair
708
00:32:52,239 --> 00:32:54,981
at the Columbia Graduate School
of Journalism, is that right?
709
00:32:55,042 --> 00:32:56,214
Yes, sir.
710
00:32:56,276 --> 00:33:00,315
Are there any generally accepted rules
that govern legitimate reporting?
711
00:33:00,381 --> 00:33:02,452
Of course, as there
are in any profession.
712
00:33:04,016 --> 00:33:05,324
Could you tell
us what they are?
713
00:33:06,285 --> 00:33:09,164
Well, before you file a story,
you make sure that any fact
714
00:33:09,221 --> 00:33:11,724
is confirmed by at
least two sources.
715
00:33:11,790 --> 00:33:15,533
And if it's a controversial
story, at least three or more.
716
00:33:15,594 --> 00:33:17,039
Do you ever pay these sources?
717
00:33:17,096 --> 00:33:18,507
Absolutely not.
718
00:33:18,564 --> 00:33:20,373
What about reporting
on private lives?
719
00:33:20,432 --> 00:33:23,811
If it affects the story, yes.
Yes, you can go with it.
720
00:33:23,869 --> 00:33:25,678
But if it is just gossip?
721
00:33:25,738 --> 00:33:30,414
Then it's just that. It is gossip.
It's not journalism.
722
00:33:30,476 --> 00:33:32,752
Eavesdropping,
telephoto pictures?
723
00:33:32,811 --> 00:33:34,916
Some tabloids
use these methods,
724
00:33:34,980 --> 00:33:37,153
but they debase the profession.
725
00:33:38,951 --> 00:33:43,422
They create a tendency to focus on
trivia like a politician's intimate life
726
00:33:43,489 --> 00:33:45,025
rather than his policies.
727
00:33:45,858 --> 00:33:48,065
That is not news, that's noise.
728
00:33:48,127 --> 00:33:52,735
It's licentious.
It corrupts journalists.
729
00:33:53,966 --> 00:33:55,411
Thank you.
730
00:34:02,706 --> 00:34:04,310
Dr. Neustadt.
731
00:34:07,411 --> 00:34:10,119
Who makes the rules
governing journalists?
732
00:34:10,181 --> 00:34:12,991
Well, no one makes them.
They're customary.
733
00:34:13,050 --> 00:34:17,362
Well, then, who decides
when the rules are broken?
734
00:34:17,421 --> 00:34:21,801
Reasonable men and women can
agree on reasonable restraints
735
00:34:21,859 --> 00:34:23,770
to irresponsible journalism.
736
00:34:23,828 --> 00:34:27,241
In your courses, do you teach
the work of Ida Tarbell,
737
00:34:27,298 --> 00:34:29,869
Lincoln Steffane,
Upton Sinclair,
738
00:34:29,934 --> 00:34:31,641
and more recently,
I.F. Stone?
739
00:34:31,702 --> 00:34:32,942
Yes, I do.
740
00:34:33,003 --> 00:34:37,349
And isn't it true that all of
them published exposes about,
741
00:34:37,408 --> 00:34:40,480
for instance, the meatpacking
and oil industries,
742
00:34:40,544 --> 00:34:43,957
which at the time were widely
regarded as irresponsible?
743
00:34:44,014 --> 00:34:46,551
Yes, that's right,
but history has shown
744
00:34:46,617 --> 00:34:49,530
that these journalists were
in fact acting responsibly.
745
00:34:49,587 --> 00:34:50,895
Oh. History.
746
00:34:54,858 --> 00:34:59,534
And how can we be sure that
history won't be equally as kind
747
00:34:59,596 --> 00:35:01,007
to a reporter like Mr. Marco?
748
00:35:01,531 --> 00:35:04,205
Well, we can't.
749
00:35:04,267 --> 00:35:06,770
And aren't there
generally accepted responses
750
00:35:06,837 --> 00:35:09,545
for someone who doesn't like
what he reads in the newspaper?
751
00:35:09,606 --> 00:35:12,109
Letters to the editor?
Lawsuits? Yes.
752
00:35:12,175 --> 00:35:16,351
Would you say that murder was one of
the generally acceptable responses?
753
00:35:16,413 --> 00:35:17,448
Of course not.
754
00:35:17,514 --> 00:35:23,829
But there are countries where journalists
have been shot for what they've published.
755
00:35:24,221 --> 00:35:25,461
Yes, but we have a free press,
756
00:35:25,522 --> 00:35:28,435
and the whole point
of the First Amendment
757
00:35:28,492 --> 00:35:31,336
is that no one can
control the press.
758
00:35:32,796 --> 00:35:34,173
Thank you.
759
00:35:40,102 --> 00:35:42,605
Defending Marco
makes my skin crawl.
760
00:35:42,672 --> 00:35:45,312
Levitt's backed us into a corner.
I know how he feels.
761
00:35:45,374 --> 00:35:48,844
Yesterday, The Observer ran
a squib about me and Neal.
762
00:35:48,911 --> 00:35:49,946
I feel sorry for Abbott's kid.
763
00:35:50,780 --> 00:35:52,350
"Abbott's secret's out!"
764
00:35:52,415 --> 00:35:54,918
"Abbott's struggle to
survive Marco smear."
765
00:35:54,984 --> 00:35:58,158
"Lovesick teacher's aide started wild
rumor about Maggie's love child."
766
00:35:58,220 --> 00:36:00,097
Let me see that.
767
00:36:01,657 --> 00:36:02,795
What?
768
00:36:02,858 --> 00:36:06,032
Dig up all the clippings
you can find about Abbott.
769
00:36:12,333 --> 00:36:16,645
WARREN: My daughter's had counseling,
but emotionally she's fragile.
770
00:36:16,705 --> 00:36:21,620
When Mr. Marco called her that night,
asking to meet her, she called me.
771
00:36:21,676 --> 00:36:25,818
She was in tears.
I went to see Mr. Marco.
772
00:36:25,881 --> 00:36:27,622
My wife was dead.
773
00:36:27,682 --> 00:36:33,064
There was no reason for him to pursue the
so-called story of my daughter's birth.
774
00:36:33,621 --> 00:36:38,195
I asked him to leave her alone. He refused.
I offered to pay him.
775
00:36:38,793 --> 00:36:41,603
He said that'd make
an even better story.
776
00:36:41,662 --> 00:36:45,633
I told him it could drive my
daughter to commit suicide.
777
00:36:45,700 --> 00:36:47,270
He didn't care.
778
00:36:48,002 --> 00:36:50,608
He tried to leave.
I grabbed him.
779
00:36:50,671 --> 00:36:52,241
He said he'd love
for me to hit him.
780
00:36:52,306 --> 00:36:54,946
He said he'd get it
on the front page.
781
00:36:56,244 --> 00:36:58,246
That's when I shot him.
782
00:36:58,713 --> 00:37:02,957
I didn't mean to kill him. But, God
help me, I wanted to stop him.
783
00:37:03,818 --> 00:37:07,459
I couldn't let him do to Laura
what he'd done to Maggie.
784
00:37:07,521 --> 00:37:08,625
Thank you very much.
785
00:37:21,467 --> 00:37:23,208
You recognize this?
786
00:37:25,238 --> 00:37:28,515
Yes. That's an article about
my daughter's sweet 16 party.
787
00:37:30,176 --> 00:37:31,655
People's 21.
788
00:37:33,679 --> 00:37:37,422
Did the photographer and
reporter sneak into your house?
789
00:37:38,351 --> 00:37:40,422
No. I invited them in.
790
00:37:40,486 --> 00:37:43,729
Why, if you treasure
your privacy so much?
791
00:37:43,790 --> 00:37:47,533
It was better than having them
climb trees and jump fences.
792
00:37:50,229 --> 00:37:51,708
People's 22.
793
00:37:52,799 --> 00:37:57,270
This profile of you appeared in a
national business magazine last year.
794
00:37:59,172 --> 00:38:01,345
You allowed the reporter
to observe you
795
00:38:01,407 --> 00:38:03,910
spending an intimate evening
at home with your family.
796
00:38:03,977 --> 00:38:05,547
Isn't that right?
797
00:38:05,611 --> 00:38:07,090
Yes. I remember that.
798
00:38:08,314 --> 00:38:10,624
Didn't this article coincide
799
00:38:11,183 --> 00:38:15,393
with the opening of a branch office
of your firm in Los Angeles?
800
00:38:15,453 --> 00:38:17,729
Objection, Your Honor. I fail
to see the relevance of this.
801
00:38:17,789 --> 00:38:19,166
Objection overruled.
802
00:38:20,826 --> 00:38:23,238
Yes. The article
happened to coincide
803
00:38:23,295 --> 00:38:25,366
with the opening of
my Los Angeles branch.
804
00:38:25,930 --> 00:38:29,002
Is it fair to say
that you've managed the news
805
00:38:29,067 --> 00:38:31,673
and used your private life
to advance your career?
806
00:38:31,736 --> 00:38:33,181
Absolutely not.
807
00:38:38,175 --> 00:38:39,711
People's 23.
808
00:38:41,846 --> 00:38:43,689
Do you recognize this?
809
00:38:45,182 --> 00:38:47,184
Yes. It's an article
about the smear
810
00:38:47,251 --> 00:38:50,323
directed at my daughter and
my late wife's reputation.
811
00:38:51,021 --> 00:38:52,466
An article arranged by you?
812
00:38:52,523 --> 00:38:53,934
Absolutely not!
813
00:38:53,991 --> 00:38:55,629
You had nothing to do
with its publication?
814
00:38:55,693 --> 00:38:57,297
Nothing.
815
00:39:01,031 --> 00:39:06,208
The article refers to a rumor started
by a lovesick teacher's aide.
816
00:39:07,604 --> 00:39:10,642
Other than you, how many people knew
about the origin of this rumor?
817
00:39:10,707 --> 00:39:12,345
I have no idea.
818
00:39:12,409 --> 00:39:14,150
Do you have a publicist?
Yes.
819
00:39:14,211 --> 00:39:18,557
I use her to clarify and correct
stories that appear now and then.
820
00:39:18,615 --> 00:39:21,755
Isn't it a fact that your
publicist contacted
821
00:39:21,818 --> 00:39:23,764
the reporter who
wrote this article?
822
00:39:23,820 --> 00:39:26,994
Your Honor, Mr. McCoy has
no right to attack me,
823
00:39:27,057 --> 00:39:28,297
to attack my private behavior.
824
00:39:28,358 --> 00:39:29,666
Please, Mr. Abbott.
825
00:39:29,726 --> 00:39:32,036
To be dragging my
private life into this.
826
00:39:32,095 --> 00:39:35,167
He's no better than that
son of a bitch, Marco.
827
00:39:49,444 --> 00:39:53,187
The right to free speech is not more
important than the right to privacy,
828
00:39:53,248 --> 00:39:55,660
the right to be left alone.
829
00:39:55,717 --> 00:39:58,630
Which one of you would like to be
secretly photographed while sunbathing?
830
00:39:58,687 --> 00:40:02,965
Or while on your honeymoon? Or
coming home with a newborn baby?
831
00:40:03,025 --> 00:40:06,734
Mr. Marco pursued Mr. Abbott's
wife, he hunted her down,
832
00:40:06,795 --> 00:40:10,675
until she ran in front of a taxi.
And what did the State do?
833
00:40:10,732 --> 00:40:13,338
A rap on the knuckles,
and let him go.
834
00:40:13,402 --> 00:40:16,679
Let him go to hunt
down Laura Abbott.
835
00:40:17,238 --> 00:40:20,185
He set her in his sights as
surely as if he held a gun.
836
00:40:21,743 --> 00:40:23,586
Now, Mr. McCoy
has pointed out
837
00:40:23,645 --> 00:40:25,454
that there are ways to respond
838
00:40:25,513 --> 00:40:26,958
to what you read in the press.
839
00:40:27,015 --> 00:40:29,723
Letters to the editor.
That's all fine.
840
00:40:30,552 --> 00:40:32,623
But Mr. Abbott was
facing life and death.
841
00:40:32,687 --> 00:40:34,894
His daughter's life and death.
842
00:40:35,990 --> 00:40:38,231
No time to write letters.
843
00:40:39,294 --> 00:40:43,538
Mr. Abbott shot Mr. Marco. But he
did it in the heat of the moment.
844
00:40:44,699 --> 00:40:49,739
Mr. Marco provoked my client.
He drove him to fire that gun.
845
00:40:57,911 --> 00:41:01,859
Of course, people
should be protected
846
00:41:01,915 --> 00:41:05,089
against gross invasions
of their privacy.
847
00:41:05,986 --> 00:41:08,057
There should be limits.
848
00:41:09,189 --> 00:41:12,227
But there must also be
constraints on what a man can do
849
00:41:12,292 --> 00:41:14,772
when his privacy
has been invaded.
850
00:41:16,529 --> 00:41:19,476
Even when his family's
privacy has been invaded.
851
00:41:21,467 --> 00:41:28,214
Now, you may like Mr. Abbott
and sympathize with him.
852
00:41:30,143 --> 00:41:33,716
And you may
not like Mr. Marco.
853
00:41:33,780 --> 00:41:36,317
From what I know of Mr. Marco,
I don't much like him.
854
00:41:36,382 --> 00:41:38,089
And I don't much like
what he was going to do.
855
00:41:38,151 --> 00:41:41,997
But that cannot be a justification
for what happened to him.
856
00:41:44,857 --> 00:41:47,838
We may not like
tabloid journalism
857
00:41:47,893 --> 00:41:50,999
and the cult of
celebrity that it feeds.
858
00:41:52,531 --> 00:41:58,004
The hunger for fame over virtue,
for gossip over integrity.
859
00:41:59,605 --> 00:42:04,384
To us it may seem an unpleasant,
miserable, disgusting game
860
00:42:04,443 --> 00:42:07,652
with which we would prefer
to have nothing to do.
861
00:42:08,347 --> 00:42:12,625
But Mr. Abbott
participated in it willingly.
862
00:42:14,219 --> 00:42:15,823
It was only when it
turned against him
863
00:42:15,888 --> 00:42:18,300
that he took out his
gun and shot Mr. Marco.
864
00:42:19,225 --> 00:42:24,334
We may not want a world
in which celebrity and gossip
865
00:42:24,396 --> 00:42:26,603
are all mixed up with news.
866
00:42:28,967 --> 00:42:30,173
It's messy.
867
00:42:33,672 --> 00:42:36,346
But our society
can survive the mess.
868
00:42:36,908 --> 00:42:39,980
What it cannot survive without
869
00:42:40,044 --> 00:42:44,356
is the free and easy
exchange of information.
870
00:42:44,415 --> 00:42:47,828
All kinds of information.
Even if it's unpleasant.
871
00:42:47,885 --> 00:42:51,458
Even if it's irrelevant.
Even if it's just gossip.
872
00:42:53,691 --> 00:42:57,138
We sort it out
and we blunder on,
873
00:42:58,828 --> 00:43:01,035
but we blunder on free.
874
00:43:01,097 --> 00:43:04,840
The only alternative
is a world in which people,
875
00:43:04,901 --> 00:43:08,781
if they're smart enough, rich
enough, powerful enough,
876
00:43:09,439 --> 00:43:10,918
likable enough,
877
00:43:12,308 --> 00:43:14,515
can stop the truth
from being told.
878
00:43:15,645 --> 00:43:20,719
Warren Abbott shot Philip
Marco to shut him up!
879
00:43:23,086 --> 00:43:27,296
With premeditation.
In cold blood.
880
00:43:29,492 --> 00:43:33,099
Because he didn't like what
Mr. Marco was going to write.
881
00:43:45,974 --> 00:43:47,317
Has the jury reached a verdict?
882
00:43:47,609 --> 00:43:49,486
Yes, we have, Your Honor.
883
00:43:49,544 --> 00:43:52,047
JUDGE: On the first count of the
indictment, murder in the Second Degree,
884
00:43:52,114 --> 00:43:53,422
how do you find?
885
00:43:53,482 --> 00:43:57,089
The jury finds the defendant,
Warren Abbott, not guilty.
886
00:43:57,152 --> 00:43:58,722
On the second count
of the indictment,
887
00:43:58,787 --> 00:44:00,323
manslaughter in
the First Degree,
888
00:44:00,389 --> 00:44:01,493
how do you find?
889
00:44:01,557 --> 00:44:04,060
We find the defendant
not guilty.
890
00:44:04,126 --> 00:44:06,106
On the third count
of the indictment,
891
00:44:06,161 --> 00:44:07,697
manslaughter in
the Second Degree,
892
00:44:07,763 --> 00:44:09,538
how do you find?
893
00:44:09,831 --> 00:44:11,833
We find the defendant guilty.
894
00:44:32,221 --> 00:44:33,495
(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)
895
00:44:33,655 --> 00:44:35,760
Man two, seven years max.
896
00:44:37,025 --> 00:44:39,835
Want to give odds he
doesn't do even that?
897
00:44:39,895 --> 00:44:43,968
I see Abbott isn't trying to prevent
the press from doing its job today.
898
00:44:44,032 --> 00:44:45,773
Today, it's news.
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