1 00:00:00,375 --> 00:00:02,920 Dorian vs Togetherness Dating Service. 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:04,838 Yeah, that's mine. Voir dire is complete. 3 00:00:04,838 --> 00:00:06,298 We go to trial this afternoon. 4 00:00:06,298 --> 00:00:08,342 This case really can't be settled, Stuart? 5 00:00:08,342 --> 00:00:09,510 In all good conscience, I wouldn't recommend it, Leland. 6 00:00:09,510 --> 00:00:11,094 Why not? 7 00:00:11,094 --> 00:00:12,429 Because the gravamen of the plaintiff's case is such 8 00:00:12,429 --> 00:00:13,764 that we're gonna beat her cold. 9 00:00:13,764 --> 00:00:14,765 Couldn't that still end up costing us 10 00:00:14,765 --> 00:00:16,225 more than a settlement? 11 00:00:16,225 --> 00:00:17,976 Uh-uh, not if I'm successful in my motions 12 00:00:17,976 --> 00:00:19,686 for costs, disbursements and legal fees. 13 00:00:19,686 --> 00:00:21,688 Plus, let's not forget, if we settle there'd be 14 00:00:21,688 --> 00:00:22,981 more plaintiffs coming out of the woodwork. 15 00:00:22,981 --> 00:00:24,024 Gravamen? 16 00:00:24,024 --> 00:00:25,817 Giant Sequoia Tourist Council 17 00:00:25,817 --> 00:00:28,111 vs. Giant Sequoia Beverages. 18 00:00:28,111 --> 00:00:30,697 That's mine, we're representing a small mineral water company 19 00:00:30,697 --> 00:00:33,200 that's being sued for using the name Giant Sequoia. 20 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:34,910 They claim it's a fraudulent misrepresentation 21 00:00:34,910 --> 00:00:36,328 of where the water comes from. 22 00:00:36,328 --> 00:00:38,080 - Where does it come from? - El Segundo. 23 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:39,706 They have mineral water in El Segundo? 24 00:00:39,706 --> 00:00:41,959 It's municipal water, it's been filtered 25 00:00:41,959 --> 00:00:44,419 and flavored with junipe extract and bottled. 26 00:00:44,419 --> 00:00:46,338 Can we expect this to go to trial, too? 27 00:00:46,338 --> 00:00:48,423 Actually, no, our guy is trying to come up 28 00:00:48,423 --> 00:00:49,800 with another name so he can make this 29 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:51,593 whole thing disappear quietly. 30 00:00:51,593 --> 00:00:52,928 As well he might. 31 00:00:52,928 --> 00:00:55,514 Partners meeting, tonight 8:00 p.m. 32 00:00:55,514 --> 00:00:59,393 Hmmm. A little party after dark to split up the pie, ay? 33 00:00:59,393 --> 00:01:01,353 Rollins: To the partners go the spoils. 34 00:01:01,353 --> 00:01:03,689 What can I say? We all have a part to play. 35 00:01:03,689 --> 00:01:06,316 - Here. - Good, Benny. Good. 36 00:01:06,316 --> 00:01:08,944 - What's this? - Melons-by-mail. 37 00:01:08,944 --> 00:01:11,863 A cut-rate produce outfit that ships by mail. 38 00:01:11,863 --> 00:01:14,741 Saves money. Saves lugging it up here from the store. 39 00:01:14,741 --> 00:01:16,326 I ordered thirty pounds of cantaloup 40 00:01:16,326 --> 00:01:18,578 for a third of what you'd pay in the store. 41 00:01:18,578 --> 00:01:22,874 [gasp] Oh my God. Get it. Come on. Get it. Come on. 42 00:01:22,874 --> 00:01:24,084 - Get him, Douglas. - I'm not getting it. 43 00:01:24,084 --> 00:01:25,794 Why do I have to get it? 44 00:01:25,794 --> 00:01:27,963 Kelsey: Because you sent away for it, that's why. 45 00:01:27,963 --> 00:01:29,464 You better get it. It's on the floor. 46 00:01:29,464 --> 00:01:31,425 Benny! Could you get in here for a minute? 47 00:01:31,425 --> 00:01:32,467 Sifuentes: There he goes. There he goes. 48 00:01:32,467 --> 00:01:34,386 [theme music] 49 00:02:04,374 --> 00:02:06,251 [music continues] 50 00:02:36,365 --> 00:02:38,283 [music continues] 51 00:03:04,434 --> 00:03:06,353 [instrumental music] 52 00:03:21,618 --> 00:03:23,704 Two years. Minimum security. 53 00:03:23,704 --> 00:03:27,666 No chance. Any kind of guilty plea, my guy loses custody. 54 00:03:27,666 --> 00:03:29,501 Oh, and what a horrible thing that would be. 55 00:03:29,501 --> 00:03:31,920 A child molester losing custody of his daughter. 56 00:03:31,920 --> 00:03:33,880 - How could we sleep at night? - Hey, Grace. 57 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:36,049 He's no child molester until you prove it, 58 00:03:36,049 --> 00:03:37,968 which we both know is a hard thing to do. 59 00:03:37,968 --> 00:03:40,720 And I'm telling you, Ed was a very convincing guy 60 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:42,139 at the Family Court hearing. 61 00:03:42,139 --> 00:03:44,599 Yeah, yeah, I saw how convincing he was 62 00:03:44,599 --> 00:03:46,768 when he failed the polygraph test. 63 00:03:46,768 --> 00:03:49,396 Which we know is inadmissible. 64 00:03:49,396 --> 00:03:50,772 Doesn't it bother you, Brian? 65 00:03:50,772 --> 00:03:52,566 You know he's guilty, and you're actually 66 00:03:52,566 --> 00:03:54,484 helping him to keep custody. 67 00:03:54,484 --> 00:03:57,237 I took the case, it's my job to advise him 68 00:03:57,237 --> 00:04:00,323 of his options and his chances, and then carry out his wishes. 69 00:04:00,323 --> 00:04:03,660 He wants the big N.G. He wants unsupervised visits. 70 00:04:03,660 --> 00:04:06,246 So, I gotta do what I gotta do. 71 00:04:12,252 --> 00:04:14,379 Van Owen: And what made you first suspect that your daughter 72 00:04:14,379 --> 00:04:16,631 was being molested by her father? 73 00:04:16,631 --> 00:04:19,509 Last December, Lisa came back from a weekend 74 00:04:19,509 --> 00:04:23,263 with him and she was very upset. 75 00:04:23,263 --> 00:04:26,641 I asked her what was wrong but she wouldn't tell me. 76 00:04:26,641 --> 00:04:28,351 And then she started to cry. 77 00:04:28,351 --> 00:04:31,646 So we sat in the rocker and that's when she told me. 78 00:04:31,646 --> 00:04:34,024 - Objection! Hearsay. - Sustained. 79 00:04:34,024 --> 00:04:37,569 Did you notice anything unusual about your daughter that night? 80 00:04:37,569 --> 00:04:40,489 Yes, when she was undressing for her bath I noticed 81 00:04:40,489 --> 00:04:42,449 that her underwear was on inside out. 82 00:04:42,449 --> 00:04:44,784 Van Owen: Did you ask her why it was on inside out? 83 00:04:44,784 --> 00:04:48,413 - Objection. - Sustained. 84 00:04:48,413 --> 00:04:50,874 What else, if anything, 85 00:04:50,874 --> 00:04:54,753 unusual did you notice about your daughter that night? 86 00:04:54,753 --> 00:04:58,840 There were bruises on her leg, way up on the inner thigh. 87 00:04:58,840 --> 00:05:04,262 And, uh, then on her vagina there were more marks. 88 00:05:04,262 --> 00:05:06,890 Did she have these marks before going to visit her father? 89 00:05:06,890 --> 00:05:08,225 No, she did not. 90 00:05:08,225 --> 00:05:10,227 As a result of these marks 91 00:05:10,227 --> 00:05:12,270 and as a result of your conversation 92 00:05:12,270 --> 00:05:14,981 with your daughter, what did you do next? 93 00:05:14,981 --> 00:05:16,441 I took her to the hospital. 94 00:05:16,441 --> 00:05:18,318 And then I went to the police and reported 95 00:05:18,318 --> 00:05:21,404 my ex-husband for sexual child abuse. 96 00:05:21,404 --> 00:05:25,033 Thank you, ma'am. I have nothing further. 97 00:05:27,410 --> 00:05:29,329 Has your daughter ever had a bruise? 98 00:05:29,329 --> 00:05:31,206 Well, of course. She's a little girl. 99 00:05:31,206 --> 00:05:35,001 Exactly. Little girls get bruises all the time. 100 00:05:35,001 --> 00:05:36,419 But not there. She's never-- 101 00:05:36,419 --> 00:05:38,547 In all the time you were married 102 00:05:38,547 --> 00:05:40,799 did you ever see your husband 103 00:05:40,799 --> 00:05:45,053 touch your daughter in any improper way? 104 00:05:45,053 --> 00:05:49,349 - No. Not then. - Not then. Or ever. 105 00:05:51,268 --> 00:05:53,979 Would you describe your divorce as amicable 106 00:05:53,979 --> 00:05:55,981 or bitter, Ms. Haley? 107 00:05:55,981 --> 00:05:57,399 I'd say it was bitter. 108 00:05:57,399 --> 00:06:00,235 Who wanted the divorce, you or he? 109 00:06:00,235 --> 00:06:01,695 We both did by that point. 110 00:06:01,695 --> 00:06:03,780 Who asked for the divorce, Ms. Haley? 111 00:06:03,780 --> 00:06:06,658 - You or your husband? - Ed asked for the divorce. 112 00:06:06,658 --> 00:06:08,618 In fact, didn't you ask your husband 113 00:06:08,618 --> 00:06:10,704 the day before the divorce became final 114 00:06:10,704 --> 00:06:12,414 if you could have another chance? 115 00:06:12,414 --> 00:06:14,416 I didn't know he was molesting our daughter then. 116 00:06:14,416 --> 00:06:15,709 - Motion to strike. - What's wrong with you?! 117 00:06:15,709 --> 00:06:17,335 - Your Honor. - Mrs. Haley. 118 00:06:17,335 --> 00:06:20,171 - She's five years old, Ed! - Mrs. Haley, be quiet. 119 00:06:20,171 --> 00:06:22,966 Or I'm going to call a mistrial right now. Do you want that? 120 00:06:22,966 --> 00:06:25,135 No, Your Honor, I just want that bastard 121 00:06:25,135 --> 00:06:28,722 to keep his hands off my little girl. 122 00:06:28,722 --> 00:06:30,515 And it was at this point you decided to hire 123 00:06:30,515 --> 00:06:32,267 the defendant's dating service. 124 00:06:32,267 --> 00:06:35,312 I'm not proud of it, believe me. But I'm a working woman. 125 00:06:35,312 --> 00:06:37,564 I put in a lot of hours and I just don't have 126 00:06:37,564 --> 00:06:39,941 time to meet people. So I figured why not. 127 00:06:39,941 --> 00:06:42,485 And I paid the thirty-five hundred dollars. 128 00:06:42,485 --> 00:06:44,613 And did they match you up with suitable men? 129 00:06:44,613 --> 00:06:47,282 - Pleeease. - Objection. Non responsive. 130 00:06:47,282 --> 00:06:48,408 Argumentative. Move that it be stricken. 131 00:06:48,408 --> 00:06:49,910 Judge: Sustained. 132 00:06:49,910 --> 00:06:52,037 Ms. Dorian, could you tell the court exactly 133 00:06:52,037 --> 00:06:54,039 how the defendant failed to live up to its promise? 134 00:06:54,039 --> 00:06:56,458 Objection, leading, assuming facts not in evidence 135 00:06:56,458 --> 00:06:58,209 argumentative and conclusory. 136 00:06:58,209 --> 00:07:00,545 Overruled. The witness can answer. 137 00:07:00,545 --> 00:07:03,715 I had very specific criteria. On education. 138 00:07:03,715 --> 00:07:06,343 Physical attractiveness. Normalcy. 139 00:07:06,343 --> 00:07:07,927 What I got was unstable 140 00:07:07,927 --> 00:07:10,138 sometimes imbalanced individuals who-- 141 00:07:10,138 --> 00:07:12,557 Objection! This witness has no foundation 142 00:07:12,557 --> 00:07:14,184 to render psychiatric opinion. 143 00:07:14,184 --> 00:07:16,019 I move to strike that characterization 144 00:07:16,019 --> 00:07:18,730 or in the alternative, a mistrial. 145 00:07:18,730 --> 00:07:21,733 Mr. Markowitz, why don't you come this way. 146 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:29,991 I will note for the record your very thorough command 147 00:07:29,991 --> 00:07:31,368 of the rules of evidence. 148 00:07:31,368 --> 00:07:33,119 But can we get through this, please? 149 00:07:33,119 --> 00:07:35,330 Your Honor, I believe this witness has been coached. 150 00:07:35,330 --> 00:07:38,500 And I'm sure you've prepared your witnesses as well. 151 00:07:38,500 --> 00:07:41,753 Yes, but within the bounds of B and P 6077. 152 00:07:41,753 --> 00:07:42,796 Go back to your table. 153 00:07:46,883 --> 00:07:49,302 Ms. Dorian, could you please state 154 00:07:49,302 --> 00:07:52,138 for us the defendant's specific failures. 155 00:07:52,138 --> 00:07:55,308 Well, it was as if they threw my questionnaire in the trash. 156 00:07:55,308 --> 00:07:56,935 I'd say there were only two men with whom 157 00:07:56,935 --> 00:07:58,353 I shared any common interest. 158 00:07:58,353 --> 00:07:59,771 The one man I did like, it turned out 159 00:07:59,771 --> 00:08:05,026 he couldn't... Well, uh, function. 160 00:08:05,026 --> 00:08:06,903 What do you mean he couldn't function? 161 00:08:06,903 --> 00:08:10,615 He was... you know. 162 00:08:12,492 --> 00:08:13,868 With a capital I. 163 00:08:13,868 --> 00:08:15,954 Objection. Calls for a medical conclusion. 164 00:08:15,954 --> 00:08:17,580 You have to let me object to that. 165 00:08:17,580 --> 00:08:20,041 Alright. Sustained. 166 00:08:20,041 --> 00:08:22,752 Did you voice your complaints to the defendant, ma'am? 167 00:08:22,752 --> 00:08:25,463 I did. They basically said "too bad." 168 00:08:25,463 --> 00:08:28,258 They wouldn't refund my money, and that's why I'm suing them. 169 00:08:28,258 --> 00:08:29,676 I have nothing further. 170 00:08:34,389 --> 00:08:38,101 [clears throat] According to your testimony, ma'am, 171 00:08:38,101 --> 00:08:40,687 you did in fact meet a man who you did in fact find 172 00:08:40,687 --> 00:08:42,063 to be compatible, did you not? 173 00:08:42,063 --> 00:08:44,232 No, I did not. In fact. 174 00:08:44,232 --> 00:08:46,818 Then how is it, Ms. Dorian, that one of your dates 175 00:08:46,818 --> 00:08:48,570 progressed to a point which occasioned you 176 00:08:48,570 --> 00:08:50,864 to discover the man's sexual incapacity? 177 00:08:50,864 --> 00:08:53,533 He volunteered it at dinner. He said, "The salad's delicious. 178 00:08:53,533 --> 00:08:54,951 By the way, I'm impotent." 179 00:08:54,951 --> 00:08:57,328 These are the kind of men they send me. 180 00:08:57,328 --> 00:09:01,082 And you engaged four other dating services 181 00:09:01,082 --> 00:09:02,751 before going to my client, did you not? 182 00:09:02,751 --> 00:09:04,085 Objection. Relevance. 183 00:09:04,085 --> 00:09:05,545 It's offered to show the witness' pattern 184 00:09:05,545 --> 00:09:06,796 of discontent, Your Honor. 185 00:09:06,796 --> 00:09:07,881 I'll allow it. 186 00:09:07,881 --> 00:09:10,091 Ms. Dorian, how many men 187 00:09:10,091 --> 00:09:12,260 did these other dating services set you up with? 188 00:09:12,260 --> 00:09:14,262 Probably about twenty a piece. 189 00:09:14,262 --> 00:09:17,640 Whew. So you've rejected over a hundred men. 190 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:18,641 Were they all imbalanced? 191 00:09:18,641 --> 00:09:20,685 They were all unacceptable, yes. 192 00:09:20,685 --> 00:09:23,271 Not one met your standards? 193 00:09:23,271 --> 00:09:26,232 - That's correct. - Thank you, Ms. Dorian. 194 00:09:26,232 --> 00:09:27,692 I have nothing further. 195 00:09:27,692 --> 00:09:29,611 [instrumental music] 196 00:09:46,586 --> 00:09:48,088 This is unbelievable. 197 00:09:48,088 --> 00:09:50,465 - This cannot be right. - It's right. 198 00:09:50,465 --> 00:09:52,884 This is twenty-three thousand less than my split last year. 199 00:09:52,884 --> 00:09:54,427 Try thirty-seven thousand for me. 200 00:09:54,427 --> 00:09:55,887 We're all making less. 201 00:09:55,887 --> 00:09:57,472 Leland, what the hell is going on? 202 00:09:57,472 --> 00:10:00,183 Firm revenues are down, that's what. 203 00:10:00,183 --> 00:10:01,601 There's been no hint ever 204 00:10:01,601 --> 00:10:04,479 that we were facing rollbacks like this. 205 00:10:04,479 --> 00:10:07,899 I was counting on my same share, maybe a little less, but God! 206 00:10:07,899 --> 00:10:11,319 Well, you don't see me celebrating, do you? 207 00:10:11,319 --> 00:10:15,573 The fact is, this firm is struggling. Our rent is up. 208 00:10:15,573 --> 00:10:17,909 Michael, your murder defense of Earl Williams 209 00:10:17,909 --> 00:10:19,452 is going to cost this firm in excess 210 00:10:19,452 --> 00:10:21,913 of two hundred thousand dollars. 211 00:10:21,913 --> 00:10:24,415 We lost over a hundred in fees in the furrier case. 212 00:10:24,415 --> 00:10:27,252 - We've lost big cases before. - Yes. Yes, we have. 213 00:10:27,252 --> 00:10:29,796 But this is the first time in twenty five years 214 00:10:29,796 --> 00:10:32,048 that our client base is shrinking. 215 00:10:32,048 --> 00:10:35,301 Now you're all great lawyers. There's no question about that. 216 00:10:35,301 --> 00:10:38,346 But none of you, with the occasional exception of Arnold 217 00:10:38,346 --> 00:10:41,516 none of you, brings in high paying clients. 218 00:10:41,516 --> 00:10:44,978 The role of recruiting cash cows has always been on my shoulders. 219 00:10:44,978 --> 00:10:47,355 It's still on my shoulders. But I'm getting old. 220 00:10:47,355 --> 00:10:50,316 I can't do it like I used to. 221 00:10:50,316 --> 00:10:52,277 So we've got to make some choices. 222 00:10:52,277 --> 00:10:54,320 - Hard choices. - Such as? 223 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:56,489 Such as considering a merger again. 224 00:10:56,489 --> 00:10:59,951 - No way. - No. No. I don't want to merge. 225 00:10:59,951 --> 00:11:02,328 Or in the alternative, bringing in 226 00:11:02,328 --> 00:11:05,290 a major rainmaker. 227 00:11:05,290 --> 00:11:08,126 - As a new partner? - That's the usual way. 228 00:11:08,126 --> 00:11:09,961 Douglas and I have been working 229 00:11:09,961 --> 00:11:13,047 with a headhunter for the last few weeks. 230 00:11:13,047 --> 00:11:15,300 He's put us in touch with a few heavy hitters 231 00:11:15,300 --> 00:11:18,094 with substantial client bases. 232 00:11:18,094 --> 00:11:19,721 I'd like to call a meeting with one of them. 233 00:11:19,721 --> 00:11:21,306 Exactly where does this new partner 234 00:11:21,306 --> 00:11:23,474 fit in on the totem pole? 235 00:11:23,474 --> 00:11:25,685 - That would be negotiable. - Now this stinks. 236 00:11:25,685 --> 00:11:27,270 Arnold! 237 00:11:27,270 --> 00:11:29,397 I'm not getting pushed down the line for a new partner! 238 00:11:29,397 --> 00:11:32,942 If we don't pull in a rainmaker and pull him in fast, 239 00:11:32,942 --> 00:11:37,947 this little family could be breaking apart. For good. 240 00:11:46,122 --> 00:11:49,667 And Dr. Bizland, what conclusion did you draw based on 241 00:11:49,667 --> 00:11:52,253 your physical examination of Lisa Haley. 242 00:11:52,253 --> 00:11:55,006 My conclusion is that Lisa Haley was the victim 243 00:11:55,006 --> 00:11:56,674 of sexual molestation. 244 00:11:56,674 --> 00:11:58,801 On what evidence do you base your belief? 245 00:11:58,801 --> 00:12:01,137 First, there's behavioral evidence. 246 00:12:01,137 --> 00:12:02,639 When you examine a child who has been 247 00:12:02,639 --> 00:12:05,183 the victim of sexual abuse and you touch 248 00:12:05,183 --> 00:12:09,854 the child's vagina, she will automatically relax that muscle. 249 00:12:09,854 --> 00:12:11,940 Normal children will just tense up. 250 00:12:11,940 --> 00:12:14,943 Also, when you touch the abused child, 251 00:12:14,943 --> 00:12:17,111 they seem to leave their bodies. 252 00:12:17,111 --> 00:12:19,822 Their eyes glaze as if they've lost contact 253 00:12:19,822 --> 00:12:22,033 with their physical being. 254 00:12:22,033 --> 00:12:24,369 Lisa displayed both of these symptoms. 255 00:12:24,369 --> 00:12:26,371 And what about the physical evidence? 256 00:12:26,371 --> 00:12:30,541 I examined her genitalia, both macro and microscopically, 257 00:12:30,541 --> 00:12:32,585 and found scarring. 258 00:12:32,585 --> 00:12:34,504 Several crescent-shaped scars 259 00:12:34,504 --> 00:12:36,839 around the periphery of the hymen. 260 00:12:36,839 --> 00:12:39,842 Can you explain the significance of the scars? 261 00:12:39,842 --> 00:12:44,514 Yes. It means it was penetrated by an outside object. 262 00:12:44,514 --> 00:12:47,141 These are the telltale signs of sexual abuse. 263 00:12:47,141 --> 00:12:49,894 Did Lisa tell you anything about the scars? 264 00:12:49,894 --> 00:12:51,187 Objection. Hearsay. 265 00:12:51,187 --> 00:12:52,522 Spontaneous utterance, Your Honor, 266 00:12:52,522 --> 00:12:54,357 exception to the hearsay rule. 267 00:12:54,357 --> 00:12:56,526 - The objection is overruled. - This is prejudicial. It's-- 268 00:12:56,526 --> 00:13:00,446 Objection is overruled, Mr. La Porte. Sit down, please. 269 00:13:00,446 --> 00:13:02,907 What did Lisa Haley tell you 270 00:13:02,907 --> 00:13:04,742 about the scars, Dr. Bizland. 271 00:13:04,742 --> 00:13:07,495 When I examined her vaginal area 272 00:13:07,495 --> 00:13:10,915 she said that that was where her father would touch her. 273 00:13:10,915 --> 00:13:14,794 Thank you. I have nothing further. 274 00:13:16,963 --> 00:13:20,717 Doctor, there was no penile penetration here, was there? 275 00:13:20,717 --> 00:13:23,803 No, I believe this to have been digital penetration. 276 00:13:23,803 --> 00:13:25,888 But I do not exclude the possibility 277 00:13:25,888 --> 00:13:29,350 of penile contact against the vulva of the vagina. 278 00:13:29,350 --> 00:13:30,935 Are you saying that happened? 279 00:13:30,935 --> 00:13:33,146 I'm saying it could have happened. 280 00:13:33,146 --> 00:13:35,857 - Any traces of semen? - No. 281 00:13:35,857 --> 00:13:38,026 - And pubic hairs? - No. 282 00:13:38,026 --> 00:13:40,069 So there's no evidence whatsoever 283 00:13:40,069 --> 00:13:42,030 that this girl was ever touched by a penis? 284 00:13:42,030 --> 00:13:43,990 No conclusive evidence. 285 00:13:43,990 --> 00:13:46,826 And, Doctor, as for this digital penetration, 286 00:13:46,826 --> 00:13:49,579 is there any evidence linking it to a specific person? 287 00:13:49,579 --> 00:13:50,580 No. 288 00:13:50,580 --> 00:13:52,457 There's no physical evidence 289 00:13:52,457 --> 00:13:54,792 which suggests that Lisa was touched 290 00:13:54,792 --> 00:13:56,127 by this man right here? 291 00:13:56,127 --> 00:13:57,628 - No. But-- - Thank you. 292 00:13:57,628 --> 00:13:59,630 Doctor, have you ever known a case where 293 00:13:59,630 --> 00:14:02,341 a child has claimed she was molested by a parent 294 00:14:02,341 --> 00:14:03,342 when it hasn't been true? 295 00:14:03,342 --> 00:14:04,969 I've never had such a case. 296 00:14:04,969 --> 00:14:06,846 Well, have you ever heard of such a case 297 00:14:06,846 --> 00:14:09,557 where a child, through displacement 298 00:14:09,557 --> 00:14:11,684 will blame a parent for something that didn't happen? 299 00:14:11,684 --> 00:14:13,770 There have been cases, yes. 300 00:14:13,770 --> 00:14:18,232 And, Doctor, as for this vaginal scarring we're talking about 301 00:14:18,232 --> 00:14:20,568 it could have happened in a tricycle accident 302 00:14:20,568 --> 00:14:22,862 if she came down too hard on the bar, right? 303 00:14:22,862 --> 00:14:24,280 I don't believe that's how it happened. 304 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:25,656 Well, it's possible, isn't it? 305 00:14:25,656 --> 00:14:27,533 Well, I suppose anything is possible. But-- 306 00:14:27,533 --> 00:14:30,244 In fact, Doctor, you can't conclusively 307 00:14:30,244 --> 00:14:31,704 prove sexual abuse here, can you? 308 00:14:31,704 --> 00:14:33,539 You can never positively establish 309 00:14:33,539 --> 00:14:35,625 sex abuse a hundred percent. All-- 310 00:14:35,625 --> 00:14:38,503 Thank you, Doctor. I have nothing further. 311 00:14:46,219 --> 00:14:48,805 There's a number of different ways you can go with this. 312 00:14:48,805 --> 00:14:50,014 Whatever works. 313 00:14:50,014 --> 00:14:51,474 Let me just outline the options. 314 00:14:51,474 --> 00:14:53,476 I always say the more a client knows 315 00:14:53,476 --> 00:14:55,061 about what it is I do, the better. 316 00:14:55,061 --> 00:14:57,146 - Mr. Tumka-- - Call me Steve. 317 00:14:57,146 --> 00:15:01,192 Okay. Steve. We have one rat loose in our office. 318 00:15:01,192 --> 00:15:03,111 We would like it if you could get rid of it 319 00:15:03,111 --> 00:15:05,822 as quickly as possible. 320 00:15:05,822 --> 00:15:07,740 This is a standard snap trap. 321 00:15:07,740 --> 00:15:09,534 I bait it with peanut butter, then place 322 00:15:09,534 --> 00:15:11,285 I would say in the neighborhood of a dozen 323 00:15:11,285 --> 00:15:13,538 at various points around the office. 324 00:15:13,538 --> 00:15:15,790 Your rodent takes the bait, whack. 325 00:15:15,790 --> 00:15:17,875 Spring mechanism breaks its neck. 326 00:15:17,875 --> 00:15:19,502 That sounds great, Steve. 327 00:15:19,502 --> 00:15:21,587 We can always go with liquid bait stations. 328 00:15:21,587 --> 00:15:24,006 But let's go with this approach first. 329 00:15:24,006 --> 00:15:25,842 Okay. 330 00:15:25,842 --> 00:15:27,468 Tumka Pest Control has taken on 331 00:15:27,468 --> 00:15:30,888 a lot tougher jobs than yours, little lady. 332 00:15:30,888 --> 00:15:32,473 I'm sure you can take care of this one. 333 00:15:32,473 --> 00:15:34,642 Wish me luck. 334 00:15:34,642 --> 00:15:36,561 [indistinct chatter] 335 00:15:44,527 --> 00:15:47,488 Rosalind, first off, let me welcome you. 336 00:15:47,488 --> 00:15:49,365 I'm only stating the obvious when I say that 337 00:15:49,365 --> 00:15:50,825 we all have the highest regard 338 00:15:50,825 --> 00:15:52,535 for your reputation as an attorney. 339 00:15:52,535 --> 00:15:53,995 Let me state the equally obvious 340 00:15:53,995 --> 00:15:56,455 which is that the admiration is mutual. 341 00:15:56,455 --> 00:15:59,250 That said, I'm sure there's a plethora of questions 342 00:15:59,250 --> 00:16:00,543 that need to be asked. 343 00:16:00,543 --> 00:16:02,211 Ready on the left, ready on the right 344 00:16:02,211 --> 00:16:03,337 ready on the firing line. 345 00:16:03,337 --> 00:16:04,672 I guess I'll start. 346 00:16:04,672 --> 00:16:06,132 You've been successful where you are 347 00:16:06,132 --> 00:16:07,633 why do you want to make a move at all? 348 00:16:07,633 --> 00:16:10,219 A large law firm can get very bureaucratic. 349 00:16:10,219 --> 00:16:12,346 I found myself fighting that too much of the time. 350 00:16:12,346 --> 00:16:14,849 And as my visibility grew, it became somewhat 351 00:16:14,849 --> 00:16:16,559 of a threat to other members of the firm. 352 00:16:16,559 --> 00:16:17,894 You don't have to worry about that happening here. 353 00:16:17,894 --> 00:16:19,187 We're all very secure. 354 00:16:19,187 --> 00:16:22,231 Let's talk portables for a minute. 355 00:16:22,231 --> 00:16:25,109 While you've got an all-star client roster now, 356 00:16:25,109 --> 00:16:26,777 how many of them will follow you here? 357 00:16:26,777 --> 00:16:28,571 There's a simple rule at my firm, Douglas. 358 00:16:28,571 --> 00:16:29,864 You eat what you kill. 359 00:16:29,864 --> 00:16:31,657 So any clients I brought in over there, 360 00:16:31,657 --> 00:16:33,492 I will bring here with me if I come over. 361 00:16:33,492 --> 00:16:34,994 I love the sound of that. 362 00:16:34,994 --> 00:16:36,204 Bringing them is one thing, 363 00:16:36,204 --> 00:16:38,331 and keeping them is something else. 364 00:16:38,331 --> 00:16:39,957 Do you anticipate a problem? 365 00:16:39,957 --> 00:16:42,335 - I have some concerns. - Like what? 366 00:16:42,335 --> 00:16:44,128 Well, let's start with your tax department. 367 00:16:44,128 --> 00:16:48,841 I understand that, uh, Stuart Markowitz ... is that his name? 368 00:16:48,841 --> 00:16:51,552 - He's it. - So what's your concern? 369 00:16:51,552 --> 00:16:54,764 - First off, where is he? - Stuart's in court today. 370 00:16:54,764 --> 00:16:57,266 On a tax matter? As a matter of fact, it's not a tax matter. 371 00:16:57,266 --> 00:16:59,894 He, uh, he just stepped into the breach, so to speak. 372 00:16:59,894 --> 00:17:03,189 - His forte is strictly tax. - I hope he'll be adequate. 373 00:17:03,189 --> 00:17:05,942 Well, he hasn't been found wanting up until now. 374 00:17:05,942 --> 00:17:07,360 We're also fully prepared to make 375 00:17:07,360 --> 00:17:09,904 whatever adjustments are necessary. 376 00:17:09,904 --> 00:17:13,199 - Assuming any are necessary. - What else? 377 00:17:13,199 --> 00:17:15,743 - Your litigation department. - What about it? 378 00:17:15,743 --> 00:17:18,079 Well, other than your tax attorney having to fill in, 379 00:17:18,079 --> 00:17:20,998 I want to be certain you're not about to lose one of your aces. 380 00:17:20,998 --> 00:17:23,626 - Who's that? - Victor Sifuentes. 381 00:17:23,626 --> 00:17:25,544 He's been an associate for three years. 382 00:17:25,544 --> 00:17:28,506 Given his reputation, he's got to be looking for a partnership. 383 00:17:28,506 --> 00:17:30,800 Well, Rosalind, the truth is that a partnership offer 384 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:34,220 is not contemplated in the near future for Victor. 385 00:17:34,220 --> 00:17:38,057 On the other hand, I expect that one ultimately will be made. 386 00:17:38,057 --> 00:17:39,809 And I have no reason to believe 387 00:17:39,809 --> 00:17:41,644 that we're in danger of losing him. 388 00:17:41,644 --> 00:17:44,397 Good and while we're speaking about associates, 389 00:17:44,397 --> 00:17:46,983 I should let you know that I will be bringing one with me. 390 00:17:46,983 --> 00:17:49,568 I see no reason that we can't accommodate you there. 391 00:17:49,568 --> 00:17:51,153 Maybe we should first get a better idea 392 00:17:51,153 --> 00:17:53,781 of what that accommodation entails. 393 00:17:53,781 --> 00:17:56,075 Before we do that, maybe we should ask ourselves 394 00:17:56,075 --> 00:17:58,828 if this is really a place where Rosalind can be happy. 395 00:17:58,828 --> 00:18:01,831 Let me say something. Right now, we're very wary of each other. 396 00:18:01,831 --> 00:18:03,416 We should be very wary. 397 00:18:03,416 --> 00:18:05,376 If this venture's to go forward, we're going to have 398 00:18:05,376 --> 00:18:08,588 to adjust to each other. I'm willing to go half way. 399 00:18:08,588 --> 00:18:10,214 If you're looking for more than that 400 00:18:10,214 --> 00:18:11,716 you've got the wrong dame. 401 00:18:20,141 --> 00:18:21,600 Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, 402 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:22,602 nothing but the truth, so help you God? 403 00:18:22,602 --> 00:18:24,061 I do. 404 00:18:24,061 --> 00:18:26,022 Your Honor, I renew my objection to this. 405 00:18:26,022 --> 00:18:27,982 The fact that the plaintiff had a bad date with this witness-- 406 00:18:27,982 --> 00:18:30,401 He's being offered to prove the defendant's willful disregard 407 00:18:30,401 --> 00:18:32,778 of my client's wishes. He's totally relevant. 408 00:18:32,778 --> 00:18:37,992 Alright, quiet. The objection's overruled, the witness is in. 409 00:18:37,992 --> 00:18:41,454 - But let's move through it. - Thank you. 410 00:18:41,454 --> 00:18:43,873 Could you please state your name for the record. 411 00:18:43,873 --> 00:18:47,001 - Howard. - Your full name, please. 412 00:18:47,001 --> 00:18:48,711 Howard Hulse. 413 00:18:48,711 --> 00:18:51,505 Mr. Hulse, did you employ the defendant 414 00:18:51,505 --> 00:18:52,923 Togetherness Dating Service? 415 00:18:52,923 --> 00:18:54,133 I did. 416 00:18:54,133 --> 00:18:56,260 And as a result of that employment 417 00:18:56,260 --> 00:18:57,553 were you matched up for a date 418 00:18:57,553 --> 00:18:59,221 with the plaintiff, Dianna Dorian? 419 00:18:59,221 --> 00:19:00,640 Yes. 420 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:02,683 I'm holding in my hand a copy of my client's 421 00:19:02,683 --> 00:19:05,978 pre-date questionnaire setting forth her requirements. 422 00:19:05,978 --> 00:19:08,856 Item twenty three, she lists leadership. 423 00:19:08,856 --> 00:19:11,233 - Are you a leader? - I could be. 424 00:19:11,233 --> 00:19:13,778 Given the right set of circumstances, I could be. 425 00:19:13,778 --> 00:19:14,862 Dynamic. 426 00:19:14,862 --> 00:19:16,781 I'm as dynamic as the next guy. 427 00:19:16,781 --> 00:19:19,700 With a rapier-like intellectual wit. 428 00:19:19,700 --> 00:19:21,911 Objection. Counsel's mocking the witness. 429 00:19:21,911 --> 00:19:24,997 I'll overrule it. But I want you to move fast, Mr. Sanderland. 430 00:19:24,997 --> 00:19:27,291 You know, people find me to be a very lively 431 00:19:27,291 --> 00:19:31,379 conversationalist and that's on a wide range of topics. 432 00:19:31,379 --> 00:19:33,339 How about "emotionally stable?" 433 00:19:33,339 --> 00:19:34,632 How about it? 434 00:19:34,632 --> 00:19:36,300 Isn't it true that you refused to park 435 00:19:36,300 --> 00:19:37,802 in an underground garage because 436 00:19:37,802 --> 00:19:40,554 of what you referred to as, and I quote 437 00:19:40,554 --> 00:19:43,391 "an overwhelming sense of claustrophobia?" 438 00:19:43,391 --> 00:19:45,518 Eccentricities don't necessarily 439 00:19:45,518 --> 00:19:47,645 indicate instability, sir. 440 00:19:47,645 --> 00:19:49,313 You sniffed your food 441 00:19:49,313 --> 00:19:51,023 and you sniffed Ms. Dorian's food 442 00:19:51,023 --> 00:19:52,441 at the restaurant. Why? 443 00:19:52,441 --> 00:19:56,278 I sniffed mine for signs of putrefaction. 444 00:19:56,278 --> 00:19:58,531 It would have been rude of me 445 00:19:58,531 --> 00:20:01,534 not have sniffed hers as well. 446 00:20:01,534 --> 00:20:03,869 Tell me, what's wrong with that? 447 00:20:03,869 --> 00:20:07,289 Nothing, Mr. Hulse. Nothing at all. 448 00:20:07,289 --> 00:20:09,083 I have no further questions. 449 00:20:12,044 --> 00:20:16,173 Um, boy, sounds like a pretty horrible date. 450 00:20:16,173 --> 00:20:18,217 Yes, it was a horrible date. 451 00:20:18,217 --> 00:20:22,138 Mr. Hulse, I have both your questionnaires here. 452 00:20:22,138 --> 00:20:24,890 It seems like you both like opera, you both like 453 00:20:24,890 --> 00:20:27,143 the theater, Julio Iglesias, 454 00:20:27,143 --> 00:20:29,645 you like to take long walks on the beach. 455 00:20:29,645 --> 00:20:32,273 Boy, on paper it sounds like 456 00:20:32,273 --> 00:20:33,607 you guys have a lot of potential. 457 00:20:33,607 --> 00:20:36,485 Oh, yes. On paper I do very well. 458 00:20:36,485 --> 00:20:39,071 Well, then what happened when you went out with her? 459 00:20:39,071 --> 00:20:41,699 - What happened? - She was basically very polite. 460 00:20:41,699 --> 00:20:45,119 I brought her flowers and she thanked me for them. 461 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:49,290 And then we had our date which was very horrible. 462 00:20:49,290 --> 00:20:52,585 Afterwards, I took her home and she told me 463 00:20:52,585 --> 00:20:56,630 that she felt drained and depressed. 464 00:20:56,630 --> 00:20:58,841 I took that to mean that she didn't want to see me again. 465 00:20:58,841 --> 00:21:01,594 - Did you like her? - How can I like her? 466 00:21:01,594 --> 00:21:05,014 She subpoenaed me here as proof of a lousy date. 467 00:21:05,014 --> 00:21:07,766 No, I don't mean now. I mean, back when you met her? 468 00:21:07,766 --> 00:21:09,351 Did you like her then? 469 00:21:09,351 --> 00:21:11,729 You know it's funny, because actually I did. 470 00:21:11,729 --> 00:21:14,690 In fact, when I first got the summons, 471 00:21:14,690 --> 00:21:16,150 I didn't think it was real. 472 00:21:16,150 --> 00:21:18,694 I thought, this is a creative way 473 00:21:18,694 --> 00:21:22,865 of asking me out. Stupid me. 474 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:25,493 I have nothing further. 475 00:21:29,413 --> 00:21:31,332 [instrumental music] 476 00:21:39,173 --> 00:21:42,259 What was Lisa doing that day, Mr. Haley? 477 00:21:42,259 --> 00:21:45,012 She was riding her trike down the road. 478 00:21:45,012 --> 00:21:47,181 I could see that she was going too fast 479 00:21:47,181 --> 00:21:50,768 so I called out to her, "slow down." 480 00:21:50,768 --> 00:21:52,728 It was right around then that she hit the bump. 481 00:21:52,728 --> 00:21:53,812 And then what happened? 482 00:21:53,812 --> 00:21:56,190 She fell forward off the seat 483 00:21:56,190 --> 00:21:58,734 and came down hard on the cross bar. 484 00:21:58,734 --> 00:22:01,320 - It really shook her up. - And me, too. 485 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:03,614 Is it your belief that that is how 486 00:22:03,614 --> 00:22:05,282 Lisa got her scars? 487 00:22:05,282 --> 00:22:07,326 It's the only possible explanation 488 00:22:07,326 --> 00:22:09,537 because I certainly didn't molest her. 489 00:22:09,537 --> 00:22:12,873 Mr. Haley, have you ever touched your daughter 490 00:22:12,873 --> 00:22:15,584 in an inappropriate manner? 491 00:22:15,584 --> 00:22:20,089 I've kissed her. I've hugged her. 492 00:22:20,089 --> 00:22:21,882 I've extended affection to her 493 00:22:21,882 --> 00:22:23,801 like any father would his daughter. 494 00:22:23,801 --> 00:22:27,513 But I've never done any of the things my ex wife said I did. 495 00:22:27,513 --> 00:22:30,516 I couldn't even think about anything like that. 496 00:22:30,516 --> 00:22:32,768 Thank you, sir. Nothing further. 497 00:22:37,982 --> 00:22:41,151 Are you asking this court to believe that the vaginal scars 498 00:22:41,151 --> 00:22:45,155 found on your daughter were the result of a bumpy trike ride? 499 00:22:45,155 --> 00:22:47,116 Like I said, it was pretty rough. 500 00:22:47,116 --> 00:22:50,286 How do you explain that there were not cuts or scratches 501 00:22:50,286 --> 00:22:53,664 on her legs after being thrown off the curb? 502 00:22:53,664 --> 00:22:56,709 The trike went over the curb but she didn't lose her balance. 503 00:22:56,709 --> 00:23:01,046 I see. Were there any witnesses to this accident? 504 00:23:01,046 --> 00:23:02,548 - No. - Nobody? 505 00:23:02,548 --> 00:23:05,843 Nobody out on a beautiful Sunday afternoon? 506 00:23:05,843 --> 00:23:08,804 Just you and Lisa? 507 00:23:08,804 --> 00:23:10,764 - That's right, Ms. Van Owen. - Hmmm. 508 00:23:10,764 --> 00:23:13,058 Do you ever give your daughter baths, Mr. Haley? 509 00:23:13,058 --> 00:23:14,476 Sometimes. 510 00:23:14,476 --> 00:23:16,729 Where do you touch her when you bathe her, sir? 511 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:20,107 I wash her and dry her off. 512 00:23:20,107 --> 00:23:21,609 Where do you touch your daughter 513 00:23:21,609 --> 00:23:23,193 when you bathe her, sir? 514 00:23:23,193 --> 00:23:26,113 I wash her and dry her off. 515 00:23:26,113 --> 00:23:27,823 You've never touched your daughter's vagina 516 00:23:27,823 --> 00:23:29,825 saying, "Daddy has to clean inside?" 517 00:23:29,825 --> 00:23:31,827 - Objection. - I never did that. 518 00:23:31,827 --> 00:23:33,912 Objection's overruled. 519 00:23:33,912 --> 00:23:36,916 Does your daughter sometimes sleep in the same bed with you? 520 00:23:36,916 --> 00:23:39,501 Sometimes if she has a bad dream she'll come 521 00:23:39,501 --> 00:23:41,211 into my room and get into bed. 522 00:23:41,211 --> 00:23:43,756 - And do you sometimes hold her? - Of course. 523 00:23:43,756 --> 00:23:45,966 If she's scared, I hug her. 524 00:23:45,966 --> 00:23:47,676 I see. And what do you wear to bed? 525 00:23:47,676 --> 00:23:49,136 I sleep in the nu... 526 00:23:51,972 --> 00:23:53,849 I'm naked, but you know, 527 00:23:53,849 --> 00:23:55,225 that's how I sleep. 528 00:23:55,225 --> 00:23:56,602 Well, have you ever gotten an erection 529 00:23:56,602 --> 00:23:57,811 when she was in the bed? 530 00:23:57,811 --> 00:23:59,688 - Objection. - Can she do this? 531 00:23:59,688 --> 00:24:00,940 Overruled. 532 00:24:00,940 --> 00:24:02,816 Just answer the question, Mr. Haley. 533 00:24:02,816 --> 00:24:05,235 When you are lying naked with your five-year-old daughter 534 00:24:05,235 --> 00:24:06,779 do you get an erection? 535 00:24:06,779 --> 00:24:10,366 - Your Honor. - Ms. Van Owen. No, I don't. 536 00:24:12,034 --> 00:24:13,744 I have nothing further. 537 00:24:14,662 --> 00:24:16,580 [instrumental music] 538 00:24:45,401 --> 00:24:47,820 You said we wouldn't have to do this! 539 00:24:47,820 --> 00:24:50,280 I said I hoped we wouldn't have to. 540 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:52,282 God, I can't, I can't put her through this. 541 00:24:52,282 --> 00:24:54,034 She's five years old. 542 00:24:54,034 --> 00:24:56,161 Charlotte, if Lisa doesn't testify 543 00:24:56,161 --> 00:24:58,080 we're looking at a not guilty. 544 00:25:00,624 --> 00:25:03,210 I can't believe this. 545 00:25:03,210 --> 00:25:07,423 Believe it. For every doctor that we have put up there, 546 00:25:07,423 --> 00:25:09,174 he has put up two. 547 00:25:09,174 --> 00:25:12,302 He has paraded in all these character witnesses. 548 00:25:12,302 --> 00:25:16,140 His own testimony was pretty darn good. 549 00:25:16,140 --> 00:25:19,601 I think he's got reasonable doubt. 550 00:25:19,601 --> 00:25:22,438 Lisa is the only one who can change that. 551 00:25:22,438 --> 00:25:25,232 And what will that do to her? 552 00:25:25,232 --> 00:25:26,859 Getting grilled on a witness stand, 553 00:25:26,859 --> 00:25:30,154 what's that going to do to a five-year-old? 554 00:25:30,154 --> 00:25:33,490 Or growing up knowing she put her own father in jail? 555 00:25:33,490 --> 00:25:39,455 But it's either that or more unsupervised visits with daddy. 556 00:25:39,455 --> 00:25:41,415 Oh God. 557 00:25:45,002 --> 00:25:47,921 We had an offer, an acceptance. 558 00:25:47,921 --> 00:25:49,715 My client paid consideration 559 00:25:49,715 --> 00:25:52,426 in the amount of thirty-five hundred dollars. 560 00:25:52,426 --> 00:25:56,555 A valid contract was formed. 561 00:25:56,555 --> 00:26:00,559 Legally obligating them to proffer men suitable 562 00:26:00,559 --> 00:26:02,936 for a compatible relationship. 563 00:26:02,936 --> 00:26:08,066 Instead, they sent cologne soaked foreigners. 564 00:26:08,066 --> 00:26:12,571 They sent ex-cons. They sent Howard. 565 00:26:12,571 --> 00:26:14,364 They breached that contract. 566 00:26:14,364 --> 00:26:18,035 They breached faith with my client 567 00:26:18,035 --> 00:26:19,870 wreaking havoc with her emotions 568 00:26:19,870 --> 00:26:21,830 for maybe the rest of her life. 569 00:26:21,830 --> 00:26:24,833 You people represent society. 570 00:26:24,833 --> 00:26:27,586 You people are Dianna Dorian's 571 00:26:27,586 --> 00:26:30,047 only hope for justice. 572 00:26:38,263 --> 00:26:41,266 A relationship, ladies and gentlemen, 573 00:26:41,266 --> 00:26:43,769 can't be secured by a contract. 574 00:26:43,769 --> 00:26:46,814 Oh sure, a dating service can help the odds. 575 00:26:46,814 --> 00:26:49,191 They can introduce you to people with common interests 576 00:26:49,191 --> 00:26:52,528 and help your chances. But there's no guarantee. 577 00:26:52,528 --> 00:26:55,697 My client promised to bring Dianna Dorian together 578 00:26:55,697 --> 00:26:57,908 with men and they did so. 579 00:26:57,908 --> 00:27:02,037 But in all those dates, what did Dianna Dorian bring? 580 00:27:02,037 --> 00:27:05,833 I'm sorry, this is not a very compassionate person. 581 00:27:05,833 --> 00:27:08,919 We all saw what she put poor Howard through. 582 00:27:08,919 --> 00:27:10,796 And all this talk about whether these men 583 00:27:10,796 --> 00:27:14,424 had all the qualities on her list is insulting. 584 00:27:14,424 --> 00:27:17,553 Because those of us who have been there know 585 00:27:17,553 --> 00:27:20,848 love isn't getting all the qualities on your list. 586 00:27:20,848 --> 00:27:24,768 Love is accepting all those things that aren't on your list. 587 00:27:24,768 --> 00:27:27,813 And until Dianna Dorian learns that, until she's willing 588 00:27:27,813 --> 00:27:31,525 to give of herself as much as she's ready to ask of others, 589 00:27:31,525 --> 00:27:32,776 then she will never be accessible 590 00:27:32,776 --> 00:27:35,320 to a real relationship. 591 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:36,947 And no dating service 592 00:27:36,947 --> 00:27:40,200 can be held responsible for her misery. 593 00:27:53,088 --> 00:27:56,425 See, your common rodent, must decumanus, mus rattus, 594 00:27:56,425 --> 00:27:58,218 is what's known as comensile. 595 00:27:58,218 --> 00:27:59,511 Huh? 596 00:27:59,511 --> 00:28:01,889 It's adapted to living with humans. 597 00:28:01,889 --> 00:28:03,515 I've seen them make a three course meal 598 00:28:03,515 --> 00:28:05,517 out of what gets put in a trap and avoid 599 00:28:05,517 --> 00:28:07,811 the spring mechanism entirely. 600 00:28:07,811 --> 00:28:10,314 What happens after you catch them? 601 00:28:10,314 --> 00:28:12,024 Depends. 602 00:28:12,024 --> 00:28:13,150 If it's a glue board that they're on 603 00:28:13,150 --> 00:28:14,526 I generally dispatch them 604 00:28:14,526 --> 00:28:17,070 with a blunt instrument to the cerebellum. 605 00:28:17,070 --> 00:28:20,073 Most of the time, though, poison's the agent of mercy. 606 00:28:20,073 --> 00:28:22,242 Central nervous system shuts down. 607 00:28:22,242 --> 00:28:24,995 All of a sudden Mickey can't breathe so good. 608 00:28:24,995 --> 00:28:29,082 A couple of faint dry gasps, then morte. 609 00:28:29,082 --> 00:28:31,126 - Morte? - Dead. 610 00:28:31,126 --> 00:28:33,921 Done. Finished. 611 00:28:33,921 --> 00:28:36,381 What do you do with them then? 612 00:28:36,381 --> 00:28:41,762 Landfill, buddy. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. 613 00:28:41,762 --> 00:28:44,848 The paths of glory lead but to the grave. 614 00:28:47,684 --> 00:28:50,354 I'm sorry, it feels to me like we're panicking. 615 00:28:50,354 --> 00:28:52,689 Ann, the wolves are at the door. 616 00:28:52,689 --> 00:28:54,733 You're gone in February on maternity leave, 617 00:28:54,733 --> 00:28:56,443 further reducing our income. 618 00:28:56,443 --> 00:28:58,737 Financially, this firm is in dire straits. 619 00:28:58,737 --> 00:29:00,989 I don't think that she is our salvation, Douglas. 620 00:29:00,989 --> 00:29:03,659 She would, however, increase our billables by some 621 00:29:03,659 --> 00:29:05,786 one-and a-half-million dollars per year. 622 00:29:05,786 --> 00:29:07,996 I find that alone pretty hard to give up. 623 00:29:07,996 --> 00:29:10,874 She's bringing over clients that are accustomed to a large firm. 624 00:29:10,874 --> 00:29:12,793 Why do you have any confidence that they'll stay? 625 00:29:12,793 --> 00:29:14,252 Well, it's her feeling that they will. 626 00:29:14,252 --> 00:29:15,420 Well, that doesn't really give us 627 00:29:15,420 --> 00:29:16,630 a helluva lot to go on, does it? 628 00:29:16,630 --> 00:29:18,090 Given our current make-up, Ann, 629 00:29:18,090 --> 00:29:19,466 I would've thought you'd be only too glad 630 00:29:19,466 --> 00:29:21,301 to get a little estrogen in here. 631 00:29:21,301 --> 00:29:23,845 I say that we're dealing with a real prima donna. 632 00:29:23,845 --> 00:29:26,515 Fundamentally, she is not a team player. 633 00:29:26,515 --> 00:29:29,226 Fundamentally, neither are you. 634 00:29:29,226 --> 00:29:32,354 Now what speaks loudest of all to me right now 635 00:29:32,354 --> 00:29:34,773 is that she's a rainmaker of the first order. 636 00:29:34,773 --> 00:29:36,775 That's what we need. That's what we'd be getting. 637 00:29:36,775 --> 00:29:38,735 I guess the kind of rain is beside the point. 638 00:29:38,735 --> 00:29:42,489 - Rain is rain. - I disagree. 639 00:29:42,489 --> 00:29:44,324 Look at the clients she represents. 640 00:29:44,324 --> 00:29:46,827 Banks involved in slum refinancing. 641 00:29:46,827 --> 00:29:49,079 Real estate syndicates, a personal favorite of mine. 642 00:29:49,079 --> 00:29:51,289 Ann, she's a lawyer representing clients. 643 00:29:51,289 --> 00:29:53,458 Now, if want to continue to do pro bono work, 644 00:29:53,458 --> 00:29:56,253 we have to have a client base that will keep us on our feet. 645 00:29:56,253 --> 00:29:57,504 Rosalind can give us that. 646 00:29:57,504 --> 00:29:59,172 Michael, there is no guarantee 647 00:29:59,172 --> 00:30:00,882 - She's going to-- - Alright. 648 00:30:00,882 --> 00:30:03,301 We've all spoken our piece. 649 00:30:03,301 --> 00:30:04,594 I vote yea. 650 00:30:04,594 --> 00:30:06,263 - Same. - Nix. 651 00:30:06,263 --> 00:30:09,474 - I vote yes. - I vote no. 652 00:30:09,474 --> 00:30:12,936 - What about Stuart? - He gave me his proxy. 653 00:30:12,936 --> 00:30:15,772 - What is it? - Stuart votes yes. 654 00:30:15,772 --> 00:30:17,274 - You're kidding? - No, I'm not kidding. 655 00:30:17,274 --> 00:30:18,942 - Ohhh. - That's it, then. 656 00:30:18,942 --> 00:30:21,528 We can open up negotiations and see where it goes. 657 00:30:21,528 --> 00:30:23,447 [engine revving] 658 00:30:26,241 --> 00:30:31,246 Lisa, you know what it means to tell the truth, don't you? 659 00:30:31,246 --> 00:30:34,499 And, Lisa, if you don't understand a question, 660 00:30:34,499 --> 00:30:36,084 or if you need any help at all, 661 00:30:36,084 --> 00:30:38,545 you just tell me, alright? 662 00:30:38,545 --> 00:30:41,673 - Yes. - Okay. 663 00:30:41,673 --> 00:30:44,009 Lisa, do you know why you're here? 664 00:30:44,009 --> 00:30:47,137 - Yes. - Can you tell us? 665 00:30:47,137 --> 00:30:50,807 Because Daddy touched me in bad places. 666 00:30:50,807 --> 00:30:56,313 Okay. I want you to pretend that this doll is you. 667 00:30:56,313 --> 00:30:57,814 Renew my objection to the doll. 668 00:30:57,814 --> 00:30:58,857 Overruled. 669 00:30:58,857 --> 00:31:01,068 Lisa, I'd like 670 00:31:01,068 --> 00:31:03,653 for you to show us on this doll 671 00:31:03,653 --> 00:31:06,948 where it is that daddy touches you. Okay? 672 00:31:11,787 --> 00:31:14,539 It's okay. It's pretty scary here. 673 00:31:14,539 --> 00:31:16,666 I know that. Alright. 674 00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:23,757 Now, can you show us where daddy touches you? 675 00:31:23,757 --> 00:31:26,927 Let the record reflect that the witness has indicated the legs. 676 00:31:29,554 --> 00:31:32,474 Let the record reflect that the witness has indicated the chest. 677 00:31:37,938 --> 00:31:40,107 Let the record reflect that the witness 678 00:31:40,107 --> 00:31:42,025 has indicated the buttocks. 679 00:31:50,367 --> 00:31:53,745 Let the record reflect she has indicated the vagina. 680 00:31:56,206 --> 00:31:58,917 You are a very brave little girl, Lisa. 681 00:32:01,002 --> 00:32:07,384 Now can you tell us when it is that daddy touches you? 682 00:32:07,384 --> 00:32:12,597 When I take a bath. And in his bed. 683 00:32:12,597 --> 00:32:14,766 Okay. 684 00:32:14,766 --> 00:32:16,685 And what parts of daddy's body 685 00:32:16,685 --> 00:32:18,520 does he use to touch you with? 686 00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:20,939 - His hands. - Just his hands? 687 00:32:22,524 --> 00:32:25,318 - His mouth. - Anything else? 688 00:32:27,362 --> 00:32:31,158 Does he touch you with anything else, Lisa? 689 00:32:31,158 --> 00:32:35,745 Lisa, does your daddy touch you with anything else? 690 00:32:37,205 --> 00:32:40,041 His penis. 691 00:32:40,041 --> 00:32:42,961 How do you feel about him touching you this way? 692 00:32:42,961 --> 00:32:45,005 I don't like it. 693 00:32:45,005 --> 00:32:47,632 - Do you want him to stop? - Yes. 694 00:32:47,632 --> 00:32:51,344 Thank you, Lisa. I'm all finished, honey. 695 00:32:51,344 --> 00:32:54,931 Now, Mr. La Porte has a few questions to ask you 696 00:32:54,931 --> 00:32:56,349 and then we'll be finished. 697 00:32:56,349 --> 00:32:58,894 That was very, very good. 698 00:33:07,110 --> 00:33:12,490 That was very good. Very, very good. 699 00:33:12,490 --> 00:33:13,617 You were excellent. 700 00:33:13,617 --> 00:33:15,160 Did your mother help you go over 701 00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:17,037 what you were going to say today? 702 00:33:17,037 --> 00:33:19,164 - Yes. - She did. 703 00:33:19,164 --> 00:33:23,585 And did Ms. Van Owen also help you to prepare for this? 704 00:33:23,585 --> 00:33:27,130 - Yes. - Did they tell you what to say? 705 00:33:27,130 --> 00:33:29,716 - A little bit? - Yes. 706 00:33:29,716 --> 00:33:31,343 Tell me, Lisa. 707 00:33:31,343 --> 00:33:34,596 Where did you first hear the word "penis?" 708 00:33:34,596 --> 00:33:36,056 From Mommy. 709 00:33:36,056 --> 00:33:38,225 And was it mommy who first told you 710 00:33:38,225 --> 00:33:41,478 that daddy touched you in bad places? 711 00:33:41,478 --> 00:33:44,272 - I think so. - Okay. 712 00:33:44,272 --> 00:33:48,902 And, Lisa, this weekend that you were at your daddy's house 713 00:33:48,902 --> 00:33:50,612 the weekend that we're talking about 714 00:33:50,612 --> 00:33:53,365 did you fall down on your tricycle? 715 00:33:53,365 --> 00:33:54,824 I don't remember. 716 00:33:54,824 --> 00:33:57,619 Well, have you ever fallen on your trike 717 00:33:57,619 --> 00:34:00,288 when riding it at daddy's house? 718 00:34:00,288 --> 00:34:03,291 - Yes. - Thank you very much, Lisa. 719 00:34:03,291 --> 00:34:05,210 You did a good job. 720 00:34:10,966 --> 00:34:15,428 Lisa, just a couple of more questions, okay? 721 00:34:15,428 --> 00:34:18,556 Did daddy touch you in the places 722 00:34:18,556 --> 00:34:20,517 that you pointed to on this doll? 723 00:34:20,517 --> 00:34:21,685 Yes. 724 00:34:21,685 --> 00:34:23,478 Now did this really happen, 725 00:34:23,478 --> 00:34:27,607 or did you just say that because mommy or I told you to? 726 00:34:27,607 --> 00:34:29,484 It really happened! 727 00:34:29,484 --> 00:34:32,570 Thank you very much, Lisa. 728 00:34:32,570 --> 00:34:34,114 I have nothing further. 729 00:34:34,114 --> 00:34:36,533 - Mr. La Prote? - Nothing. 730 00:34:36,533 --> 00:34:41,121 Alright, Lisa, you can step down now. Thank you. 731 00:34:43,206 --> 00:34:45,125 [instrumental music] 732 00:34:48,086 --> 00:34:50,672 [crying] 733 00:34:50,672 --> 00:34:53,258 Charlotte: It's okay, honey. Let's go. 734 00:35:19,826 --> 00:35:22,037 Judge: Has the jury reached its verdict, Mr. Foreman? 735 00:35:22,037 --> 00:35:23,872 - We have. - What say you? 736 00:35:23,872 --> 00:35:28,043 In the matter of Dianna Dorian vs Togetherness Dating Service 737 00:35:28,043 --> 00:35:29,628 we find in favor of the defendant. 738 00:35:29,628 --> 00:35:34,549 Yes! I won! Oh, congratulations. 739 00:35:34,549 --> 00:35:36,009 Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. 740 00:35:36,009 --> 00:35:38,470 I hope you've all had a very pleasant time. 741 00:35:38,470 --> 00:35:41,598 - We're adjourned. - Here we go. 742 00:35:41,598 --> 00:35:43,350 Congratulations. 743 00:35:43,350 --> 00:35:45,226 [clears throat] Excuse me. 744 00:35:48,813 --> 00:35:49,898 Great. 745 00:35:49,898 --> 00:35:51,858 - Uh, Mr. Markowitz? - Yeah. 746 00:35:51,858 --> 00:35:53,818 Oh, Hi. Uh, look, ex parte. 747 00:35:53,818 --> 00:35:57,364 Oh, it's okay. Look, I want to say congratulations. 748 00:35:57,364 --> 00:35:58,865 And also, I may have lost, but 749 00:35:58,865 --> 00:36:00,700 I'm not walking away from this with nothing. 750 00:36:00,700 --> 00:36:02,827 You gave me a lot to think about. 751 00:36:02,827 --> 00:36:03,828 Thanks. 752 00:36:03,828 --> 00:36:05,413 Figures you're married. 753 00:36:05,413 --> 00:36:08,792 - Stuart. Stuart Markowitz! - Hi, Dave. How are you? 754 00:36:08,792 --> 00:36:11,294 - Another time, another place. - What are you doing here? 755 00:36:11,294 --> 00:36:12,295 Just picking up some lists of judgment debtors. 756 00:36:12,295 --> 00:36:14,005 Really. 757 00:36:14,005 --> 00:36:16,049 Let the other guys go after the Mercedes owners. 758 00:36:16,049 --> 00:36:17,926 I want to know who got their truck repossessed. 759 00:36:17,926 --> 00:36:20,595 - Why? - Why? You're asking me why? 760 00:36:20,595 --> 00:36:23,139 Because I have the field to myself. 761 00:36:23,139 --> 00:36:25,266 What makes you think that a guy a little down on his luck 762 00:36:25,266 --> 00:36:27,769 isn't interested in the occasional purchase? 763 00:36:27,769 --> 00:36:29,729 Well, what can he afford to buy? 764 00:36:29,729 --> 00:36:31,731 Oh, how about a serpentine silver neck chain 765 00:36:31,731 --> 00:36:33,358 to buoy up his spirits? 766 00:36:33,358 --> 00:36:36,361 A tri-fold leatherette wallet with a gold tone clasp? 767 00:36:36,361 --> 00:36:38,738 Both less than five dollars, yet conceivably priceless 768 00:36:38,738 --> 00:36:40,323 to a drowning man. 769 00:36:40,323 --> 00:36:42,742 Dave, this is Dianna Dorian. Dianna, Dave Meyer. 770 00:36:42,742 --> 00:36:44,077 How do you do? 771 00:36:44,077 --> 00:36:45,286 If you two have a minute, 772 00:36:45,286 --> 00:36:47,038 I would love to show you something. 773 00:36:47,038 --> 00:36:49,249 Actually, Dave, I really have to go. 774 00:36:49,249 --> 00:36:52,085 I ... I ... I have a minute. 775 00:36:52,085 --> 00:36:54,879 Do you know much about the direct mail game, Dianna? 776 00:36:59,926 --> 00:37:03,513 Beyond a reasonable doubt. 777 00:37:03,513 --> 00:37:07,684 That's the standard they have to satisfy here 778 00:37:07,684 --> 00:37:09,978 and they don't even come close. 779 00:37:09,978 --> 00:37:12,730 The medical evidence is conflicted. 780 00:37:12,730 --> 00:37:15,150 Even their own doctor admitted it was impossible 781 00:37:15,150 --> 00:37:17,402 to conclude there was sexual abuse here. 782 00:37:17,402 --> 00:37:20,363 Impossible to conclude. 783 00:37:20,363 --> 00:37:22,365 There's no medical evidence whatsoever 784 00:37:22,365 --> 00:37:24,325 which suggest penile penetration. 785 00:37:24,325 --> 00:37:26,786 And there's no medical evidence whatsoever 786 00:37:26,786 --> 00:37:29,247 which specifically implicates Ed Haley. 787 00:37:29,247 --> 00:37:31,875 The only evidence they have which points 788 00:37:31,875 --> 00:37:36,463 to my client is the testimony of a five-year-old girl. 789 00:37:36,463 --> 00:37:40,633 A girl whose testimony was prepared by her mother, 790 00:37:40,633 --> 00:37:42,844 still bitter over the divorce. 791 00:37:42,844 --> 00:37:45,263 A girl whose testimony was prepared 792 00:37:45,263 --> 00:37:48,016 by the District Attorney. 793 00:37:48,016 --> 00:37:52,562 Five-year old girls can be very impressionable. 794 00:37:52,562 --> 00:37:54,272 They can be influenced into saying 795 00:37:54,272 --> 00:37:55,482 what you want them to say. 796 00:37:55,482 --> 00:37:57,484 And while no one wants 797 00:37:57,484 --> 00:37:59,652 to call Lisa Haley a liar. 798 00:37:59,652 --> 00:38:03,406 I'll remind you of the psychiatric evidence 799 00:38:03,406 --> 00:38:05,992 we introduced on how little girls 800 00:38:05,992 --> 00:38:08,286 sometimes make these charges up. 801 00:38:08,286 --> 00:38:10,788 Sometimes to blame parents 802 00:38:10,788 --> 00:38:14,000 for not spending enough time with them. 803 00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:17,712 There's plenty of doubt, ladies and gentlemen. 804 00:38:17,712 --> 00:38:20,340 Plenty of it. 805 00:38:20,340 --> 00:38:23,343 He didn't do it. 806 00:38:23,343 --> 00:38:25,762 I suppose you're not out of line if you think he did. 807 00:38:25,762 --> 00:38:32,435 I'll admit, it's possible to suspect him. 808 00:38:32,435 --> 00:38:37,440 But beyond a reasonable doubt? 809 00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:39,025 Not a chance. 810 00:38:51,329 --> 00:38:54,916 It was the opinion of the doctor who examined her 811 00:38:54,916 --> 00:39:00,463 that the vaginal scarring was caused by sexual abuse. 812 00:39:00,463 --> 00:39:02,715 Somebody's fingers. 813 00:39:02,715 --> 00:39:05,927 No, we can never medically establish this 814 00:39:05,927 --> 00:39:08,221 with a hundred percent certainty. 815 00:39:08,221 --> 00:39:12,392 But her diagnosis was corroborated 816 00:39:12,392 --> 00:39:14,727 by Lisa Haley herself. 817 00:39:14,727 --> 00:39:16,896 In the most terrifying of settings, 818 00:39:16,896 --> 00:39:19,482 she came up to this witness stand 819 00:39:19,482 --> 00:39:23,611 and asserted one unshakable fact. 820 00:39:23,611 --> 00:39:26,239 That man touched her 821 00:39:26,239 --> 00:39:31,119 on her buttocks, on her vagina. 822 00:39:31,119 --> 00:39:34,205 And while they offered the best 823 00:39:34,205 --> 00:39:36,749 expert testimony money could buy 824 00:39:36,749 --> 00:39:39,210 to cast doubt wherever they could, 825 00:39:39,210 --> 00:39:41,921 they offered you nothing 826 00:39:41,921 --> 00:39:46,426 to contradict that fact. 827 00:39:46,426 --> 00:39:50,054 Yes, we talked to her before she testified. 828 00:39:50,054 --> 00:39:52,807 We talk to all our witnesses. 829 00:39:52,807 --> 00:39:57,103 And, yes, sometimes little girls do tell lies. 830 00:39:57,103 --> 00:40:02,150 But as she told you, as Lisa told you 831 00:40:02,150 --> 00:40:05,486 her daddy really did molest her. 832 00:40:07,196 --> 00:40:09,616 And let me tell you something, ladies and gentlemen 833 00:40:09,616 --> 00:40:12,201 it's a terrible thing to put a little girl 834 00:40:12,201 --> 00:40:14,495 through the ordeal of a trial. 835 00:40:14,495 --> 00:40:15,955 But I made her do it. 836 00:40:15,955 --> 00:40:18,583 I made Lisa come in here and relive 837 00:40:18,583 --> 00:40:21,294 what happened because it was the only way 838 00:40:21,294 --> 00:40:23,796 I could keep it from happening again. 839 00:40:23,796 --> 00:40:27,675 Because Edward Haley is a child molester. 840 00:40:27,675 --> 00:40:30,595 He did it. He did it. 841 00:40:30,595 --> 00:40:34,557 And for Lisa's sake, please don't give him 842 00:40:34,557 --> 00:40:37,977 the chance to do it anymore. Thank you. 843 00:40:53,409 --> 00:40:54,952 [indistinct chatter] 844 00:40:56,829 --> 00:40:59,958 And that is the piece of artwork I was telling you about. 845 00:41:04,837 --> 00:41:06,631 You see who's going into McKenzie's office? 846 00:41:06,631 --> 00:41:08,758 Uh-huh. Looks like they pushed the button. 847 00:41:08,758 --> 00:41:10,760 She won't start off as any associate, that's for sure. 848 00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:12,011 - No. - What's going on? 849 00:41:12,011 --> 00:41:13,304 Look who's with them. 850 00:41:13,304 --> 00:41:14,847 Did you pump anything out of Michael? 851 00:41:14,847 --> 00:41:16,766 No. Only that there are going to be changes. 852 00:41:16,766 --> 00:41:19,727 Yeah. Well, there goes the first change right there. 853 00:41:19,727 --> 00:41:21,771 I tell you, if they're bringing in a new partner 854 00:41:21,771 --> 00:41:23,481 we all better start updating our resumes. 855 00:41:23,481 --> 00:41:25,066 Oh, come on. Hey. 856 00:41:25,066 --> 00:41:26,984 There's them and there's us. 857 00:41:26,984 --> 00:41:29,028 And when they start plotting behind closed doors 858 00:41:29,028 --> 00:41:33,658 they're not trying to figure out how to benefit us. 859 00:41:33,658 --> 00:41:36,160 - She's overreacting. - No, she's not overreacting. 860 00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:38,454 Oh, come on, Victor. You know you're a lock for partnership. 861 00:41:38,454 --> 00:41:40,123 Nobody's a lock here, Jonathan. 862 00:41:40,123 --> 00:41:41,833 Now don't get me wrong, they like us all. 863 00:41:41,833 --> 00:41:46,087 But nobody is ever safe. Abby's right. 864 00:41:46,087 --> 00:41:48,840 Never trust them. Not totally. 865 00:41:59,559 --> 00:42:00,601 Why can't you ever admit when you're wrong? 866 00:42:00,601 --> 00:42:02,020 - I'm not. - You're wrong. 867 00:42:02,020 --> 00:42:03,146 - You misplaced it. - I told you, Arnie. 868 00:42:03,146 --> 00:42:05,690 No, I didn't. Hi, Benny. 869 00:42:05,690 --> 00:42:08,067 - What's up, Buddy? - It's dead. 870 00:42:09,986 --> 00:42:12,613 Wow. It certainly is. 871 00:42:12,613 --> 00:42:16,325 It didn't hurt anybody. 872 00:42:16,325 --> 00:42:18,786 Hey, Benno, he's happier this way. 873 00:42:18,786 --> 00:42:21,330 He doesn't look happy. 874 00:42:21,330 --> 00:42:22,874 Well, he's at peace now, Benny. 875 00:42:22,874 --> 00:42:25,042 He's gone to heaven. 876 00:42:25,042 --> 00:42:27,712 - My Mama's in heaven! - Whoa. Hey, hey, hey. 877 00:42:27,712 --> 00:42:28,963 He's not going to bother your mother. 878 00:42:28,963 --> 00:42:30,506 He's in rat heaven. 879 00:42:30,506 --> 00:42:35,553 And your mother, she's in, uh, mother heaven. 880 00:42:39,182 --> 00:42:43,144 Gee, do you think that 881 00:42:43,144 --> 00:42:46,898 that that hurt him? 882 00:42:46,898 --> 00:42:48,649 No. 883 00:42:50,026 --> 00:42:51,944 [instrumental music] 884 00:43:06,501 --> 00:43:08,252 Will the defendant please rise. 885 00:43:13,591 --> 00:43:15,927 In the matter of the People v. Edward Haley, 886 00:43:15,927 --> 00:43:19,263 we the jury find the defendant not guilty. 887 00:43:19,263 --> 00:43:23,684 - Ahhh. - Congratulations. 888 00:43:23,684 --> 00:43:25,311 Oh God! 889 00:43:25,311 --> 00:43:27,814 Members of the jury, we thank you for your time. 890 00:43:27,814 --> 00:43:28,981 Oh, God! 891 00:43:28,981 --> 00:43:30,483 This matter is concluded. 892 00:43:30,483 --> 00:43:32,401 - The defendant is free to go. - Oh! 893 00:43:32,401 --> 00:43:36,572 - Court is adjourned. - I don't believe it. 894 00:43:36,572 --> 00:43:39,492 Are you okay? 895 00:43:39,492 --> 00:43:41,494 I'm so sorry. Are you alright? 896 00:43:41,494 --> 00:43:45,498 I'm so sorry, Charlotte. 897 00:43:45,498 --> 00:43:48,251 Double jeopardy won't stop me from going after him again. 898 00:43:48,251 --> 00:43:51,754 If he touches her again, you tell me, and I'll get him. 899 00:43:51,754 --> 00:43:56,425 You said you'd get him this time! And he's free! My God! 900 00:43:56,425 --> 00:43:58,970 I'm sorry, Charlotte. You're sorry? 901 00:43:58,970 --> 00:44:02,014 She's been through thirty-seven interviews. 902 00:44:02,014 --> 00:44:06,060 Policemen, detectives, social workers 903 00:44:06,060 --> 00:44:09,146 gynecologists examining her with microscopes. 904 00:44:09,146 --> 00:44:10,565 And for what? 905 00:44:10,565 --> 00:44:12,733 So she can be dragged into court to relive it 906 00:44:12,733 --> 00:44:15,486 and then sent back to daddy?! 907 00:44:15,486 --> 00:44:17,363 Oh, I'll tell her, Ms. Van Owen. 908 00:44:17,363 --> 00:44:20,283 I'll tell her the district attorney is real sorry. 909 00:44:20,283 --> 00:44:23,327 - That's not fair. - Tell me about fair! 910 00:44:23,327 --> 00:44:27,540 He molested her and nothing happens! 911 00:44:27,540 --> 00:44:31,919 This system can't even keep him from raping my little baby. 912 00:44:31,919 --> 00:44:33,838 [sobbing] 913 00:44:49,896 --> 00:44:52,106 Can you get some kind of restraining order 914 00:44:52,106 --> 00:44:55,943 to keep him away? 915 00:44:55,943 --> 00:44:57,820 Not after an acquittal. 916 00:45:01,991 --> 00:45:04,994 What happens if I just take Lisa and we disappear? 917 00:45:06,287 --> 00:45:08,372 Charlotte, he has custody rights. 918 00:45:08,372 --> 00:45:11,667 You'd be charged with kidnaping. 919 00:45:11,667 --> 00:45:17,590 Uh-huh. So, what if I do that? 920 00:45:20,051 --> 00:45:21,719 That's the only way I can keep him away 921 00:45:21,719 --> 00:45:25,181 from Lisa, isn't it? 922 00:45:29,226 --> 00:45:33,439 As a district attorney it would be inappropriate 923 00:45:33,439 --> 00:45:37,777 for me to encourage an illegal act. 924 00:45:37,777 --> 00:45:40,780 Give me another choice! 925 00:45:40,780 --> 00:45:44,992 I can't let this happen to her again. 926 00:45:44,992 --> 00:45:47,870 As a district attorney, it would be inappropriate 927 00:45:47,870 --> 00:45:50,873 for me to encourage an illegal act. 928 00:45:59,799 --> 00:46:01,717 I hear you, Ms. Van Owen. 929 00:46:04,220 --> 00:46:07,098 I hear you loud and clear. 930 00:46:07,098 --> 00:46:09,016 [instrumental music]