All language subtitles for Law and Order s24e15 Crossing Lines.eng

- In the criminal justice
system,

the people are represented

by two separate,
yet equally important groups:

the police,
who investigate crime,

and the district attorneys,
who prosecute the offenders.

These are their stories.

[car horn blares]

- I know it's late,
but I think it's important

that we talk tonight.

[horn honks]

[sighs]

[distant sirens wailing]

I need you to understand
who I really am

and what I really stand for.

[horn honking]

Look, I get it.

I'd rather meet in-person.

It's just easier.

And no matter what,
I want us to be friends.

* *

[dog whimpering]
- It's OK.

[dramatic music]

* *

[sirens wailing]

[indistinct radio chatter]

- What do we got?

- Caucasian male, 50s.

Blunt force trauma to the head.
- All right.

[groans]

Looks like
three separate wounds, huh?

- We got a weapon?

- That rock.

- Make sure we bag that

and have it tested
for fingerprints and DNA.

- Cameras?

- Not in this part of the park.

- This guy got a name?

- No wallet, no ID,

but we got his phone.

- Let's get that sent off
to TARU, huh?

- Who called it in?

- The guy with the dog.

[dog barking]

[dog barking]
- Hey, Bentley.

Calm down, calm down.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

It was right around 9:00.

I was over there,
walking Bentley,

and I saw the man
at the top of the stairs.

- Was he with anyone?

[dog growling]

- Whoa, it's OK, boy.
A woman.

Looked like
they knew each other.

- What makes you say that?

- They were close together,
arguing.

- Could you hear
what they were saying?

- He called her
some nasty names.

[dog barking]

- Whoa.
- It's OK, boy.

Then he said, "Look,
if you ruin me, I'll ruin you."

- Was there anybody else
in the area?

- No.

Then a few minutes later,
Bentley was doing his business,

and I heard a scuffle.

And the man yelled
like he was in pain.

When I got over there, he was
at the bottom of the stairs.

It was too late.

- And where was the woman?

- She was running away.

- Can you describe her?

- White.

I mean, 30s, petite.

Good-looking too.

- How about her hair color?

- She was wearing a hat.

- If you saw her again,
would you recognize her?

- Definitely.

- I found a business card
in the vic's pocket.

* *

- Nicholas Baxter, DA.

* *

- Sorry for stopping by
so late.

- Comes with the territory.

I assume this is about
the Riverside Park homicide.

- Yeah.

We were hoping you could
help us identify the vic.

We found your business card
in his coat pocket.

- Really?

That's James Powers.

- The senator's son?
- Yeah.

I ran into him this morning
at the Regency.

He asked for a meeting.

His father was
an early supporter,

so I gave him my card
and told him to give me a call.

- Do you know what he wanted
to talk about?

- I think he was planning
to throw his hat

in the ring for governor again.

Probably looking
for my endorsement.

Hey.

Jessica Brady,
this is Kate Norris.

- Hi, nice to meet you.

- Sorry to interrupt.
I'm just looking for my phone.

James Powers was murdered?

- Yeah.
- Wow.

- Do you know him?

- Uh, not personally.

I heard about
his reputation with women.

I'll leave you two to it.

- Is that
your new friend, Kate?

- That is my new friend, Kate.

- Hmm.
Punching above your weight.

- [chuckles]

- Nick Baxter is
all over this case.

Can you please tell me
we made some progress?

- I got a video of Powers
a block from the park,

27 minutes before the murder.

He's walking solo.

- Any sign of the woman
he was arguing with?

- Not yet.

- Well, he's carrying a phone.

Do we know
who he was talking to?

- He used an app that encrypted
all of his calls and texts.

We sent a subpoena
to the company,

but they're not cooperating.

- All right, stay on it.

And how are we doing
with the notifications?

- He's divorced.

His parents are headed back
from D.C. right now.

- OK.
I'll handle it.

- You got it.

- I'm very sorry for your loss,
Senator and Mrs. Powers.

- [sniffles]

James had such
a bright future ahead of him.

- He would have made
a hell of a leader.

- Do you have any idea
who did this?

- Someone did see your son
arguing with a woman

right before he was killed.

- You think a woman
killed James?

- She was described
in her 30s, white, thin.

Do you know anyone
in your son's life

that would fit
that description?

- Sounds like
his most recent girlfriend.

And ten before that.

- His latest ex was a dancer.

- Works in a gentlemen's club.

- He managed to keep
the relationship private,

thank God.

- What's her name?

- Rose Gregory.

- And do you have any reason
to suspect that Ms. Gregory

would want to hurt your son?

- James broke it off
with her last month.

She didn't take it well.

- What do you mean by that?

- James said
that she got so angry

she threw a glass at him.

- He wound up in the ER

with shards of glass
in his head.

- We will look into that.

Vince, I need you to track down
someone named Rose Gregory.

If Jalen is still in court,
bring Violet with you.

- Hey, NYPD.

You know this girl?

- Yeah.

She's on her lunch break.

There she is.

[dramatic music]

* *

- Excuse me, Rose Gregory.

NYPD.

[tense music]

Hey!

[car beeps]

* *

[engine rumbles]
Hey! Hey!

[engine revving]

- [grunts]

- You got him?

Hey!
- Are you OK?

- With your left hand,
open the door,

and step out of the car.

- You sure?
- I'm fine.

- Please, I didn't know
you were talking to me.

- Turn around.
- [gasps]

* *

- You got a permit for this?

- I can explain.
- Yeah?

You can explain
down at the precinct.

.

- You want to tell me
about the gun?

- It's licensed in New Jersey,
where I live.

- Well, that doesn't
help you in New York.

- I know, but I just got it.

- Why do you need a gun?

- Sometimes the men
at the club have a hard time

accepting what I do is an act.

I'm a performer.

Sometimes they follow me
out of the club.

One guy came to my house,
and it really scared me.

- Well, that sounds very scary,

but possession
of an unregistered firearm

in New York City is a felony,

and you're looking at a minimum
of 3 1/2 years in prison-

mandatory-which I might
be able to overlook,

if you tell me about your
relationship with James Powers.

When's the last time
you saw him?

- [scoffs]
Oh.

So that's what this is about?

Look.

What happened
to James is terrible,

but I haven't spoken
with him in weeks.

- Sounds like you had
a pretty volatile relationship.

You threw a glass at his head.

- He deserved it.
[scoffs]

He was drunk,
and he started grabbing me,

and I wasn't in the mood,
and then he-

anyway, yeah, I ended up
throwing my glass at him.

- Is that why
he broke up with you?

- No.

I broke up with him.

He was just-

honest?

Truth?

He was old and boring
and kind of a dick.

- [sighs]

OK, I have to ask,

where were you last night
around 9:00 p.m.?

- At the club, working.

[door clicks]

- Where's Jalen?

- Still tied up in court.

- Rose Gregory's alibi
check out?

- Security footage
puts her in the club

when Powers was killed.

- OK, what about forensics?

Analysis on the murder weapon
back yet?

- Yeah, they pulled blood
and skin cells off the rock,

but the DNA just tied it
back to the vic.

Price is working right now
on getting us a subpoena

so we can get into
the encrypted app on his phone.

- OK.
Medical examiner says

Powers' blood alcohol level
was 0.04,

which is the equivalent
of two cocktails.

So let's find out where
he was drinking Thursday night.

- Yeah, wait, I got his credit
card statement right here.

Looks like he was at a place
called the Fisk Club.

Maybe that's another
gentlemen's club.

- Yeah, it is,
but a different kind.

It's old money,
like cigars and senators.

- I've always wanted to see

the inside
of one of those places.

- Sorry, women are
only allowed in here

on Thursdays
between 7:00 and 10:00

and only by invitation.

- I've got something that opens
every door in the city

every day of the week.

Thank you.

Was James Powers here
Thursday night?

- I can't comment on who was
or wasn't in the club, ma'am.

- Lieutenant.
- Lieutenant.

Men come here
for privacy and discretion.

- Fine.

We can do it your way.

I'll just station
a few uniformed officers

in front of your lovely lobby,
and they'll hand out

grand jury subpoenas to you
and all the other men

that pass through here
until we get what we need,

which would probably take
about a week, possibly two.

Excuse me.
I have to make a phone call.

- That's not necessary.

Mr. Powers was here
on Thursday.

- What time?
- About 7:00.

- And when did he leave?

- A little after 8:00.

He was with a woman.

- And what did she look like?

- She was young, attractive,
well-dressed.

- It seemed like
they were on a date?

- If it was,
it wasn't a good one.

He seemed really agitated.

He was so worked up,
he forgot his wallet.

[light jazz music playing]

* *

- You got a name
for this woman?

- Powers left the club
at 8:17 p.m.

That's the woman
that he was with.

- Can you punch in?

Did you run facial rec?

- Ashley Davenport,
43, lives downtown.

- Was she in the system?

- Yeah, she's got an active
restraining order against her.

Apparently, some guy said
that Davenport

and her employees were
threatening him.

- Employees?

What kind of business
does she run?

- Crisis management firm.

- She's a fixer.

Let's see how she handles
this situation.

You were with James Powers
at the Fisk Club

last night, less than one hour
before the murder.

- And we have an eyewitness
who says

they saw the two of you
arguing.

- I'm sorry.

Hold on.

I didn't kill James,

if that's what
you're suggesting.

- What were you two
arguing about?

- I got an advance copy
of a hit piece about James.

It was supposed to run
in next month's

issue of
the "New York Tribune."

- And that's what
he was all worked up about?

- He was planning
to run for governor,

and the article chronicled
some of his shortcomings.

- Like what?

- Well, he dates young women,
and he drinks too much.

He's got
an unusual relationship

to the environment.

- Meaning?

- Well, he's an outspoken
pro-conservation candidate.

He hunts.

And for some reason,
last month,

he went on this
big game hunting trip.

Killed an endangered wolf.

Took lots of pictures
of it too.

- Yeah, I heard about that.

- Yeah, and you're not
answering the question.

What were you arguing about?

- Well, he wanted me
to kill the article

by any means necessary.

Well, I told him
it wasn't a good idea,

that that would actually just
draw more attention

to his various misdeeds.

And also, nobody cares.

I mean, we forgive powerful men

for these sorts
of shortcomings.

But he was hell-bent
on revenge.

- Against the reporter?
- Mm.

If you ask me,
I think he had a thing for her.

- Like romantically?
- Mm-hmm.

And he thought it was mutual,
so when he saw the piece,

huge blow to his ego.

He said he was gonna call her,

and if that didn't work,
he was going to destroy her.

- What is the name
of this reporter?

Julia Gallo.

Why do I know that name?

- Works for
the "New York Trib."

Pulitzer finalist
with a bit of a past.

In her 20s, she was married

and had an affair
with a pop star.

- Oh, there was a sex tape.

- Yep, yep.
She got canceled.

Face was plastered
all over the internet.

She became the punchline
of every joke on every podcast.

- Let me guess-the guy she was
with came out unscathed.

- Oh, that guy went platinum.
- Hey.

Computer Crimes finally got

into Powers'
encrypted phone app.

It turns out he called
Julia Gallo less than an hour

before he was killed.

- Corroborates
the fixer's story.

- Before we accuse
a reporter of murder,

let's make sure the witness
can make a positive ID.

- I was sorry
to learn about James,

but I barely knew him.

- You were the last person
he called before he died.

- I was writing
an article about him.

He was just answering
a few follow-up questions.

We only-we only talked
for a minute.

- Actually, you spoke
for 6 minutes and 11 seconds.

- OK, six minutes.

- We have a witness who picked
you out of a photo lineup.

He also
positively identified you

as arguing with Mr. Powers
in Riverside Park

immediately before the killing.

- And he saw you
flee the scene.

- OK, look, I don't know
what's going on here,

but there's got to be
some kind of mistake.

- Really?

Then how did you get
blood on your jacket?

[tense music]

- Ms. Gallo,
you are under arrest

for the murder of James Powers.

[handcuffs clicking]

.

- You want coffee?
- I got it.

I gotta go.

- Julia Gallo was
arrested last night.

It's all over the news.

The arraignment's
going to be a circus.

- Before you say anything else,
she just reached out.

- She wants to retain you?

- Yeah.
- What'd you say?

- She was nominated
for a Pulitzer,

and all people can say is
"murderous femme fatale."

Why?

Because she's a woman
who has the audacity

to be both successful
and attractive.

- Yeah, it's yours.
- Thank you.

- Well, she was
in the middle of a sex scandal

a few years back.
Press has a long memory.

- Yeah, when it comes to women.

- I'm not saying it's right.

- Yeah, it's maddening.

[sighs]

As you may have guessed,
I said yes.

I'm actually feeling
really excited about it.

- Then I'm feeling
really excited.

See ya.
- Bye.

- Hey.
- Thanks for coming.

- Yeah.

What's going on?

- Um...
[clears throat]

I wanted to let you know,

I'm dating Kate Norris.

- Julia Gallo's
defense attorney?

- Yeah.
- Oh.

- We've known each other
since our days

at the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Thank you.
- Thank you.

- She's informed her client,
who's signed a conflict waiver.

She'll be filing that
with the courts this morning.

- OK.

Thank you for letting me know.

- And I plan to recuse myself
for obvious reasons.

- Yeah.

Do you want to recuse
the entire office?

Ask the attorney general to
appoint a special prosecutor-

- No.

The son of a U.S. senator
was brutally murdered.

I'm not handing this off
to another office

or another prosecutor.

- [laughs nervously]

- I recognize this puts you
in an awkward position,

so I don't want you and Sam
to feel any added pressure.

Just treat this
like any other case,

and treat Kate like
any other defense attorney.

- Yeah.
[laughs]

Easier said than done.

- [chuckles]

Hey.
- Hey.

How'd the meeting go
with Baxter?

- It was-it was interesting.

- Kate, is it true
you're dating

District Attorney Baxter?

- I'll refer you
to the court filing.

It's important that you all
reserve judgment

until all the facts
have been presented.

It's our position
that the government's version

of events is false.

- Is Julia dating anyone
at the moment?

- Did you really just ask
that question?

- I know she and Elliot Zayne
broke up six months ago.

- No comment.

And I'm done
answering questions.

Thank you.

- They'd never be asking these
type of questions about men.

- I hear you, but-

- Is there someplace
we could talk in private?

- Sure.
- Yeah.

Great.

Let's be honest here.

There's no way
my client can get a fair trial.

My relationship with Nick
and Julia's romantic life

are all people care about.

- Yeah,
we don't plan to talk

to the jury about any of that.

- Still, it's all over
the Internet.

That sex tape is recirculating.

The jury pool
is already tainted.

- Oh, I'm happy to agree
to a change of venue.

- Moving this to Brooklyn
or Albany won't help.

- What exactly
are you asking for?

- A plea.

Man two, five years.

- Uh, she pushed him
down the stairs,

and she hit him on the head
with a rock three times.

That's murder.

- That's your version
of the truth, not ours.

Your case isn't as strong
as you think it is.

- We'll take our chances.

[tense music]

* *

- Julia Gallo,
a well-known journalist,

was writing
an unflattering article

about the victim in this case,
James Powers.

Mr. Powers was upset.

He thought it might derail
his political future,

so he reacted by threatening
to ruin Julia's life

if she didn't kill the article.

This is despicable,

but it is also motive.

It's the reason

that the defendant murdered
Mr. Powers.

It is why she pushed him
down a staircase.

It's why she then walked
down that stairway,

picked up a rock,
and bashed him

in the face and head,
not once, not twice,

but three times.

We have an eyewitness
who will tell you

that he heard Mr. Powers say,

"If you ruin me,
I'll ruin you."

He heard the scuffle.

He saw Mr. Powers
down on the ground,

and he saw the defendant
flee the scene.

At this point, I just want you
to listen to the evidence,

because once you hear
all the facts,

I am certain that you will
find the defendant

guilty as charged.

Thank you.

- Mr. Price
got one thing right.

Julia Gallo killed
James Powers.

But she did it in self-defense.

So here's what really happened.

Earlier in the night,

Mr. Powers was
at the Fisk Club.

That's a private men's club,

a place you and I
aren't welcome.

He met with a crisis manager,
a fixer.

Together, they hatched a plan
to take down Julia Gallo

because she had the nerve

to expose a wealthy,
entitled political hypocrite.

[tense music]

After he left the club,
he phoned Julia,

told her it was important,
they needed to talk.

She agreed to meet with him
in a public place,

Riverside Park.

When she got there, he told her
if she didn't kill the article,

he would ruin her.

She explained
her editor was in charge.

She couldn't stop
its publication

even if she wanted to.

Mr. Powers then called her
a whore.

Then he grabbed her,

and he tried
to sexually assault her.

[dramatic music]

She was terrified.

She told him to stop,

but he only got
more aggressive,

more violent...

* *

So she picked up a rock,
and she hit him with it.

* *

Julia Gallo acted
in self-defense.

She was trying to protect
herself from being raped.

* *

.

- How dare that woman call
my son a sexual predator?

- Kate Norris is just doing
her job defending her client.

- Whose side are you on?
- I'm just pointing out-

- Let's see how cocky she is
after I sue her for defamation.

- I understand that this is,
obviously, very difficult.

ADA Maroun is correct.

Ms. Norris was
just doing her job.

Good news is that
we have a strong case

with a clean narrative.

- I'm not so sure of that.

I'd prefer that you not dwell
on this idea

that my son threatened
to destroy her career.

- But that is what happened.

It's also the only way
we can prove motive.

- And the jury is gonna want
to know why

a respected journalist
killed your son.

- I have been good
to your office and your boss,

so if I were you,
I would tread lightly here.

[tense music]

That little whore
killed my son.

Doesn't mean that she gets
to kill our family name too.

* *

- [sighs]
They lost a child.

- This means
you're gonna back off?

- The only way to win this case
is to focus on the facts.

Call Ashley Davenport.

See how quickly we can
get her on the stand.

* *

Ms. Davenport,
were you with James Powers

in the hours before
he was murdered?

- Yes.
We met at the Fisk Club.

He wanted to discuss
the article

that Julia Gallo had written
about him.

- Was he angry
about that article?

- Yes, very.

- And what, if anything,
did he plan to do about it?

- Well, he wanted
to kill the article,

and if he couldn't do that,
then he wanted to launch

a smear campaign against her.

And frankly, there was lots
to work with, given her past.

- Objection!
Relevance.

- Sustained.
Next question.

- Did Mr. Powers plan
to confront the defendant

on the night he was killed?

- Yes, he wanted
to speak to her personally,

give her an opportunity
to withdraw the piece

before anything got messy.

- That's all I have.
Thank you.

- Of course.

- Mr. Powers' plan
was to make up

a lie about Julia, wasn't it?

- He wanted to devise a plan

that would protect
his reputation.

- You mean he was gonna
tell the world a boatload

of salacious lies,

that he and Julia
were having sex

while she was researching
the article,

that she was sending
naked photos of herself to him,

that she violated journalistic
ethics and standards

while researching the article?

- That was part
of the plan, yes.

- And he knew this would be
humiliating to her personally?

- Yes.

- And devastating
to her professionally?

- Yes.

- The idea

that a female reporter
would sleep with a subject

would kill her career,

and it would detract from
the substance of the article

she'd written about him?

- That was the point, yes.

- You weren't in the park

the night Mr. Powers assaulted
my client, were you?

- I was not.

- But you knew he was
extremely angry with her

and wanted to control
the situation.

- Yes.

- Would you agree
that rape is often considered

an expression of anger
against women,

an act of dehumanization
and control?

- Objection.
Defense counsel is testifying.

- Sustained.

The jury shall
disregard that question.

- That's all I have.
Thank you.

- Call our eyewitness.

Make sure he's ready
to take the stand tomorrow.

[soft jazz music]

- Tell me your day
was better than mine.

- Well, let's see.

Senator Powers called me,
told me

I should be ashamed of myself
for dating

an unscrupulous
defense attorney.

Said if my father were alive,
he'd be mortified.

He then strongly suggested
I fire Nolan Price

and suggested I rethink
my political future.

Other than that-
[chuckles]

- Well, at least
we're both miserable.

Makes it better somehow.

I never thought I'd say this,

but I really miss
being a prosecutor.

- I don't know
if that's an insult or-

- Well, you guys
get to call the shots.

You get to decide
who to charge,

what you're going
to charge them with.

All I get to do is react.

- From what I've been reading,

looks like you're putting up
a hell of a fight.

- Julia is a good woman.

She doesn't deserve
to spend the rest

of her life in a prison cell.

- Kate,
it's not a good idea for-

we shouldn't be talking
about any of this.

- But it's happening
in your office.

Your prosecutors are
criminalizing her victimhood.

- I know you believe
in your client,

and I respect that,

but we agreed
not to talk about the case.

- Come on, Nick.

Let her plead guilty
to man two.

She'll agree
to serve five years.

- You're gonna have
to take it up with Nolan.

- I tried.
He's not willing to negotiate.

- Don't do that.

Don't go over Nolan's head,

and don't try to play me
against him.

[tense music]

[phone ringing]

* *

Hello?

* *

[siren blaring distantly]

Hey.
- Hey.

I know it's late.

- That's fine.
Just tell me what's going on.

- It has to do with our case.

- I told you I don't want
to talk about it.

- I know.

Um, I think you are gonna
want to know about this.

Kate threatened our eyewitness,
Doug Keller,

and she got him to recant.

- What exactly is he
alleging Kate did?

- She warned him
that some embarrassing things

could come up on cross,
like his OnlyFans page

and his daughter's
past addiction to opioids.

She said millions of people
are following this case.

It would be humiliating.

It would likely cost
Mr. Keller his job.

- It sounds like Kate's just
giving him a reality check.

Nothing wrong with that.

- She lied.

None of the information
she threatened

to cross him with
is even remotely admissible.

- [sighs]

- She intentionally misled
the witness

in order to keep him
off the stand.

That is a clear violation
of the code of conduct.

- So what does this mean
for the case?

- The witness is now
refusing to testify.

He's the only person
who actually

heard Powers threaten Julia.

He can also confirm that Powers

did not try to rape
or assault her.

- Who cares if
he doesn't want to testify?

Subpoena him.
Put him on the stand anyway.

- Yeah, but it's too late.

He already recanted twice-

once to Kate, once to me.

We'd have to disclose that
to the jury,

so his credibility is shot.

* *

- So you're saying
we're screwed?

- [sighs]

* *

.

[door clicks]

[elevator chimes]

- Kate?

[sighs]

- Everything OK?

- That was Nolan.

I don't want to get into it.

[tense music]

- What the hell's
going on, Nick?

Come on.

Talk to me.
Just tell me what's going on.

- Did you threaten our witness?

Tell him you're going to expose
his OnlyFans page

and that his daughter
is an addict?

- What are you talking about?

- What am I talking about?

These are some pretty serious
allegations, Kate.

You could be sanctioned,
disbarred even-

- I'm worried about my client,
no one else.

Powers tried to defame her,

then tried
to sexually assault her.

And all anyone can see

is a caricature
of a man-eating whore

getting what she deserves.

The jury doesn't care
that Julia came from nothing

and became a successful,
award-winning journalist,

despite multiple men
trying to destroy her.

No, no, they're judging her
based on what

these entitled misogynists
have said about her

after she exposed them.

They're judging her
for being beautiful.

They're judging her
for being sexual.

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So you're damn right
I talked to that witness

and encouraged him
to step down.

It was either that or see
a good woman go to prison.

* *

But like you said...
[laughs]

It's probably not a good idea
for us to discuss the case.

- We're still gonna win, Kate,

despite what you did.

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- Hmm.

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- Detective Shaw,
did you talk to the eyewitness

in this case, Doug Keller?

- Yes, my partner
and I interviewed him

the night of the murder.

- And did he tell you
what he saw

and what he heard in the park?

- Objection, hearsay.

- May we be heard at sidebar?

[sighs]

The witness's statement
is an exception

to the hearsay rule.

Ms. Norris is the reason
for the witness's absence.

- Your Honor, that is not-

- I refer you
to People v. Smart.

- Are you saying
she threatened your witness?

- I am.
- That's preposterous.

I interviewed him, of course.

I didn't threaten him.
- She went to his home.

She told him that he might lose
his job if he took the stand.

She told him his child's
opioid addiction would be-

- I've heard enough.

I'm going to allow
the testimony.

Step back.

You may answer the question,
Detective.

- Thank you, Your Honor.

Mr. Keller told me
the victim said,

"If you ruin me,
I'll ruin you."

- Did the witness mention
anything about hearing

or seeing an attempted rape?

- No, he did not.

- Did you interview
the defendant?

- We did.

- Did she say anything
about an attempted rape?

- No, in fact, she denied

ever seeing
Mr. Powers that night.

- Thank you.
Nothing further.

- You think it's incriminating

that Julia didn't report
the attempted rape to you?

- It's certainly noteworthy.

- You expected her
to tell you about this

deeply personal,
horrific experience.

- We gave her the opportunity
to tell her side of the story.

- Right after your partner
barged into her apartment,

accused her of murder,
put her in handcuffs,

and then threw her
in the back of your cruiser?

- Objection-compound,
argumentative, inflammatory-

- You made your point.
Let's move on, Ms. Norris.

- In your experience,
it's not uncommon

for victims to wait before
they report a sexual assault.

Some wait weeks,
even years, true?

- That's true.

And in my experience,
it's not uncommon

for a clever defense attorney

to concoct stories
at the 11th hour-

- Move to strike
as nonresponsive.

- Overruled.
You asked, Counselor.

- I have no more questions
for this witness.

- The People rest.

- The defense calls
Julia Gallo to the stand.

Why did you decide to meet with
James Powers on January 9th?

- He said he wanted
to talk about the article.

I agreed to meet him.

- And whose idea was it
to meet in Riverside Park?

- Well, he wanted me
to go to his apartment.

He didn't want
to be recognized.

I wanted to meet
in a public place,

so that's what we agreed on.

- And what happened
when you got there?

- He wanted me
to pull the article.

I told him
that wasn't possible.

He got really angry.

- And how did he express
his anger?

- He told me
he was going to ruin me.

And then he got physical.

- What did he do?

- He grabbed my arm,

and he started to pull
at my clothes.

- And what did you do?

- I told him to stop,
but he didn't.

He called me a whore,

told me he knew
what I really wanted.

His hands were all over me.

He was grabbing at my breasts,

my vagina.

So I pushed him away,

and I grabbed a rock,
and I hit him.

- Did you intend to kill him?

- No.

I was just trying
to protect myself.

I swear.

- Thank you.

No further questions.

[tense music]

- Um, it's fair to say
you were involved

in a contentious
divorce proceeding

a few years back.

- Objection.
Relevance.

- What's the relevance?

- It goes to credibility.

- May we be heard in chambers?

- We'll be taking
a brief recess.

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- This is outrageous.

Mr. Price is trying to backdoor

irrelevant
and inflammatory information.

- What's going on here,
Mr. Price?

- Eight years ago,
the defendant was involved

in an extramarital affair,

which garnered
a lot of attention.

- Why is this
pertinent to this case?

- It goes to impeachment.

Ms. Gallo lied
about the affair,

just like she is lying
about the attempted rape.

- And she allegedly lied
about the affair under oath.

- Yes, during
the divorce proceedings,

she signed an affidavit
stating that she did not

engage in extramarital affairs.

- Which was proven to be a lie.

- And it happened
almost a decade ago.

At what point can we remove

the scarlet letter
from her forehead?

- OK, enough.

Your objection is overruled,
Ms. Norris.

The evidence is coming in.

- Sure you want to do this?

- Why wouldn't I?

We have evidence
the defendant lied under oath

in another legal hearing.

- We both know
the jury isn't gonna care

about the damn affidavit.

They're just gonna focus
on the fact

that she cheated
on her husband.

- It's legal.
- But is it fair?

Maybe we should offer a plea.
- What?

- Come on, Nolan, we-

Julia didn't go there
that night

intending to kill anyone.

She acted out
in the heat of the moment.

- She pushed him
down the stairs,

then hit him
three separate times,

and then fled.

She didn't call 911.

She just left him there to die.

I appreciate your perspective,

but we can't give this
defendant special treatment

because she's a woman.

[elevator dings]

- What are you talking about?

- Come on, Sam,
if Julia were a man,

we wouldn't even be having
this discussion.

I'm showing you an affidavit.

Is that your signature?

- It is.

- You signed it under the pains
and penalties of perjury?

- My lawyer at the time told me
to sign it, so I did.

- And in that affidavit,
you lied

about being faithful
to your husband

in order to collect

on a multi-million dollar
prenuptial agreement.

- My husband cheated on me too.

- Your husband's not on trial.
You are.

- Objection. Badgering.
- Sustained.

- You lied to the family court

in order to get
what you wanted,

just like in this case,
correct?

- Objection.
- Overruled.

Please answer.

- No, I-

I am telling the truth
this time.

- OK, so this time,
you're not lying,

yet you just admitted
you did lie under oath

in your previous case.

OK. Got it.
Nothing further.

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- Members of the jury,
have you agreed upon a verdict?

- Yes, Your Honor.

- How do you find?

Is the defendant guilty
or not guilty

of murder in the second degree?

- We find the defendant guilty.

- [gasps]
- Thank you for your service.

We are adjourned.

[gavel bangs]

[dramatic music]

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- That was a tough case.

You did what you could.

- You're right.
I did.

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