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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:01,486 --> 00:00:04,319 (MultiCom Jingle) 2 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.BZ 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.BZ 4 00:00:14,540 --> 00:00:17,290 (people talking) 5 00:00:44,100 --> 00:00:44,979 - Are you okay? 6 00:00:44,979 --> 00:00:46,103 - Fine. 7 00:00:46,103 --> 00:00:47,323 - I'm gonna go inside and check things out. 8 00:00:47,323 --> 00:00:48,156 Y'all stay here now, 9 00:00:48,156 --> 00:00:49,468 and I'll come back here before the time. 10 00:00:49,468 --> 00:00:50,301 - Okay. 11 00:00:59,051 --> 00:00:59,884 Okay. 12 00:01:07,216 --> 00:01:08,380 - Rachael. 13 00:01:08,380 --> 00:01:09,213 - Hi. 14 00:01:10,354 --> 00:01:11,298 It's going okay. 15 00:01:11,298 --> 00:01:12,131 - When's she going? 16 00:01:12,131 --> 00:01:13,464 - She's up next. 17 00:01:21,668 --> 00:01:23,241 - You're up next. 18 00:01:23,241 --> 00:01:24,707 You nervous? 19 00:01:24,707 --> 00:01:26,198 - Terrified. 20 00:01:26,198 --> 00:01:27,986 - You can still back out of it, you know. 21 00:01:27,986 --> 00:01:30,674 - No, I've come this far. 22 00:01:30,674 --> 00:01:32,424 - Mrs. Sara Williams. 23 00:01:35,054 --> 00:01:37,221 I have to take you in now. 24 00:01:51,925 --> 00:01:55,008 (mellow piano music) 25 00:02:16,221 --> 00:02:17,868 - Ladies and gentlemen of the press, 26 00:02:17,868 --> 00:02:19,451 Mrs. Sara Williams. 27 00:02:24,054 --> 00:02:25,971 - Ladies and gentlemen. 28 00:02:28,285 --> 00:02:30,702 My name is not Sara Williams. 29 00:02:33,827 --> 00:02:36,494 My name is Maryanne Walker-Tate, 30 00:02:38,481 --> 00:02:40,148 and I am a fugitive. 31 00:02:41,427 --> 00:02:45,384 My children and I have been forced to live underground, 32 00:02:45,384 --> 00:02:47,051 under assumed names. 33 00:02:48,966 --> 00:02:53,133 At this moment, I am in contempt of a court order, 34 00:02:54,802 --> 00:02:57,719 and if the judge sees this hearing, 35 00:02:58,914 --> 00:03:01,414 I will be placed under arrest. 36 00:03:02,405 --> 00:03:05,738 I might even be charged with kidnapping, 37 00:03:08,340 --> 00:03:09,923 and I am not alone. 38 00:03:13,627 --> 00:03:16,710 (mellow piano music) 39 00:04:20,466 --> 00:04:22,317 - [Man] Good catch. 40 00:04:22,317 --> 00:04:23,900 Keep working on it. 41 00:04:31,154 --> 00:04:33,129 - This is nice, isn't it? 42 00:04:33,129 --> 00:04:33,962 - Mm-hm. 43 00:04:46,908 --> 00:04:49,741 - You're happy, aren't you Daniel? 44 00:04:50,618 --> 00:04:51,817 - Yeah. 45 00:04:51,817 --> 00:04:52,650 - Yeah? 46 00:04:56,993 --> 00:04:58,243 - Hey, you two. 47 00:04:59,616 --> 00:05:02,846 Seems like everyone's trying to get the last days of sun. 48 00:05:02,846 --> 00:05:04,004 - Yep. 49 00:05:04,004 --> 00:05:06,436 - Y'all have to come over to our place sometime. 50 00:05:06,436 --> 00:05:08,323 - Well, I don't know. 51 00:05:08,323 --> 00:05:10,866 - Maybe soon as our boy gets back, you can come by. 52 00:05:10,866 --> 00:05:12,885 You know, he's due home on leave any day. 53 00:05:12,885 --> 00:05:13,718 - Ah, that would be-- 54 00:05:13,718 --> 00:05:14,850 - We don't get out much, you know. 55 00:05:14,850 --> 00:05:18,161 I mean, well with my schedule and the kids, 56 00:05:18,161 --> 00:05:19,755 Maryanne's up to her neck. 57 00:05:19,755 --> 00:05:21,858 - Well, if you all change your mind. 58 00:05:21,858 --> 00:05:23,130 You know where we are. 59 00:05:23,130 --> 00:05:25,992 Third house there on the left. 60 00:05:25,992 --> 00:05:26,909 Good night. 61 00:05:28,092 --> 00:05:29,592 - [Woman] Bye now. 62 00:05:37,220 --> 00:05:38,720 - [Maryanne] Well. 63 00:05:40,494 --> 00:05:41,411 - Hey, Dad. 64 00:05:43,031 --> 00:05:43,966 You wanna play? 65 00:05:43,966 --> 00:05:45,519 - Yeah, sure why not. 66 00:05:45,519 --> 00:05:46,852 I'll toss a few. 67 00:05:48,831 --> 00:05:49,664 - Honey? 68 00:05:51,658 --> 00:05:54,658 What time are you bringing Jason in? 69 00:06:03,559 --> 00:06:06,749 Well, don't stay out too late you two. 70 00:06:06,749 --> 00:06:08,622 It's a school night, Jason. 71 00:06:08,622 --> 00:06:11,039 Besides, it's getting chilly. 72 00:06:27,739 --> 00:06:29,672 - The prince looked everywhere, 73 00:06:29,672 --> 00:06:32,492 but soon the prince found the ballerina. 74 00:06:32,492 --> 00:06:35,143 - [Maryanne] Oh, that's good. 75 00:06:35,143 --> 00:06:37,932 - That's what I'm gonna be, a ballerina. 76 00:06:37,932 --> 00:06:41,034 - No, a beautiful ballerina. 77 00:06:41,034 --> 00:06:41,867 (door slams) 78 00:06:41,867 --> 00:06:42,700 - Mommy! 79 00:06:42,700 --> 00:06:43,533 - Shh! 80 00:06:43,533 --> 00:06:45,690 It's just Daddy and Jason. 81 00:06:45,690 --> 00:06:47,857 (humming) 82 00:06:52,864 --> 00:06:54,778 - [Daniel] Maryanne! 83 00:06:54,778 --> 00:06:57,968 Maryanne, where the hell are you?! 84 00:06:57,968 --> 00:07:00,614 - Josie, I want you to lay back down, 85 00:07:00,614 --> 00:07:02,447 and go to sleep, okay? 86 00:07:04,041 --> 00:07:04,874 Okay? 87 00:07:04,874 --> 00:07:06,324 - [Daniel] I am talking to you, dammit! 88 00:07:06,324 --> 00:07:08,407 I want you down here now! 89 00:07:10,140 --> 00:07:12,390 You'd better get down here! 90 00:07:15,630 --> 00:07:17,661 What the hell took you so long to get down here, huh?! 91 00:07:17,661 --> 00:07:18,878 What were you doing up there, huh?! 92 00:07:18,878 --> 00:07:20,025 Where were you?! 93 00:07:20,025 --> 00:07:20,858 - I was-- 94 00:07:20,858 --> 00:07:21,691 - Where?! 95 00:07:21,691 --> 00:07:23,245 - Upstairs with Josie. 96 00:07:23,245 --> 00:07:24,715 She had trouble falling asleep. 97 00:07:24,715 --> 00:07:25,893 - Oh yeah? 98 00:07:25,893 --> 00:07:27,443 I have trouble falling asleep. 99 00:07:27,443 --> 00:07:28,698 What do you do for me? 100 00:07:28,698 --> 00:07:31,090 Do you ever help me fall asleep at night? 101 00:07:31,090 --> 00:07:31,923 - No. 102 00:07:31,923 --> 00:07:32,756 - Do ya?! 103 00:07:32,756 --> 00:07:33,589 - No. 104 00:07:33,589 --> 00:07:34,422 I mean... 105 00:07:34,422 --> 00:07:35,255 I mean I don't know. 106 00:07:35,255 --> 00:07:36,088 I try. 107 00:07:36,088 --> 00:07:36,921 - What? 108 00:07:36,921 --> 00:07:37,754 Yeah, what do you ever do for me, huh? 109 00:07:37,754 --> 00:07:38,587 What do you ever do for me?! 110 00:07:38,587 --> 00:07:39,420 - Nothing. 111 00:07:39,420 --> 00:07:40,253 I don't do anything. 112 00:07:40,253 --> 00:07:41,086 - Dad, no! 113 00:07:41,086 --> 00:07:42,330 - Get upstairs! 114 00:07:42,330 --> 00:07:44,691 - [Maryanne] Go upstairs, please! 115 00:07:44,691 --> 00:07:46,073 - No, I'm staying with you. 116 00:07:46,073 --> 00:07:47,045 - You get upstairs! 117 00:07:47,045 --> 00:07:47,878 - [Jason] No! 118 00:07:47,878 --> 00:07:48,711 - Daniel, no. 119 00:07:48,711 --> 00:07:50,044 This is between you and me, leave him alone. 120 00:07:50,044 --> 00:07:51,281 Please. 121 00:07:51,281 --> 00:07:53,281 Please, leave him alone. 122 00:07:54,466 --> 00:07:57,299 - You'd better get upstairs, baby. 123 00:08:01,370 --> 00:08:02,215 - [Maryanne] Jason, go upstairs. 124 00:08:02,215 --> 00:08:03,743 - No. 125 00:08:03,743 --> 00:08:04,576 - Please. 126 00:08:06,054 --> 00:08:06,887 Please. 127 00:08:09,861 --> 00:08:10,694 Go. 128 00:08:27,447 --> 00:08:28,364 - Sit down. 129 00:08:31,496 --> 00:08:34,887 What were you doing this afternoon? 130 00:08:34,887 --> 00:08:36,990 - I don't know what you're talking about. 131 00:08:36,990 --> 00:08:38,833 - [Daniel] With Mal. 132 00:08:38,833 --> 00:08:40,083 He touched you. 133 00:08:41,975 --> 00:08:44,748 - He's our neighbor, Daniel. 134 00:08:44,748 --> 00:08:46,884 - Why was he touching you? 135 00:08:46,884 --> 00:08:48,830 - I don't know. 136 00:08:48,830 --> 00:08:50,080 To be friendly? 137 00:08:51,681 --> 00:08:53,098 - To be friendly? 138 00:08:55,587 --> 00:08:58,524 Why would anyone want you, huh? 139 00:08:58,524 --> 00:08:59,607 - Ow, Daniel. 140 00:09:03,707 --> 00:09:05,061 - What do you see, huh? 141 00:09:05,061 --> 00:09:05,894 What do you see?! 142 00:09:05,894 --> 00:09:06,975 - God Daniel, please don't. 143 00:09:06,975 --> 00:09:08,316 Don't, please. 144 00:09:08,316 --> 00:09:10,265 - Daniel, please, don't. 145 00:09:10,265 --> 00:09:11,286 Please don't, Daniel. 146 00:09:11,286 --> 00:09:12,119 Please don't. 147 00:09:12,119 --> 00:09:13,349 That's all I ever hear from you. 148 00:09:13,349 --> 00:09:14,399 Please don't, Daniel. 149 00:09:14,399 --> 00:09:16,222 In bed at night, when I wanna touch you! 150 00:09:16,222 --> 00:09:17,397 Please don't, Daniel! 151 00:09:17,397 --> 00:09:19,653 - Oh no, God Daniel that's not true. 152 00:09:19,653 --> 00:09:20,581 I love you. 153 00:09:20,581 --> 00:09:21,414 - You love me, huh? 154 00:09:21,414 --> 00:09:22,497 - I love you. 155 00:09:23,700 --> 00:09:24,756 - You love me. 156 00:09:24,756 --> 00:09:27,946 You don't know how to love anyone. 157 00:09:27,946 --> 00:09:29,155 - Daniel, Daniel-- 158 00:09:29,155 --> 00:09:30,157 - [Daniel] You're incapable of love! 159 00:09:30,157 --> 00:09:30,990 - Please don't. 160 00:09:30,990 --> 00:09:32,236 Please don't, Daniel. 161 00:09:32,236 --> 00:09:33,618 - I got no use for you. 162 00:09:33,618 --> 00:09:34,451 No use! 163 00:09:34,451 --> 00:09:35,284 No use! 164 00:09:35,284 --> 00:09:36,117 No use! 165 00:09:37,340 --> 00:09:40,423 (mellow piano music) 166 00:10:18,947 --> 00:10:19,780 Baby. 167 00:10:22,906 --> 00:10:23,739 Oh. 168 00:10:32,408 --> 00:10:33,241 I'm sorry. 169 00:10:36,709 --> 00:10:37,542 I'm sorry. 170 00:10:39,634 --> 00:10:40,467 I'm sorry. 171 00:10:48,076 --> 00:10:48,909 I'm sorry. 172 00:10:51,956 --> 00:10:52,789 I'm sorry. 173 00:10:53,713 --> 00:10:54,632 I'm sorry. 174 00:10:54,632 --> 00:10:55,465 I'm sorry. 175 00:11:20,714 --> 00:11:23,464 (car horn honks) 176 00:11:39,382 --> 00:11:42,132 (car horn honks) 177 00:11:49,403 --> 00:11:50,236 - What? 178 00:11:50,236 --> 00:11:51,069 - What took you so long? 179 00:11:51,069 --> 00:11:51,902 - Nothing. 180 00:11:51,902 --> 00:11:52,735 I was talking with the guys. 181 00:11:52,735 --> 00:11:53,982 - Where's your sister? 182 00:11:53,982 --> 00:11:55,932 - I don't know, I didn't see. 183 00:11:55,932 --> 00:11:57,062 - Would you go look for her, please? 184 00:11:57,062 --> 00:11:58,562 It's getting late. 185 00:12:01,178 --> 00:12:02,884 It's okay, honey. 186 00:12:02,884 --> 00:12:06,217 Let's get a move on, I have to get home. 187 00:12:14,665 --> 00:12:15,856 - Mommy! 188 00:12:15,856 --> 00:12:17,504 - Hi, sweetheart. 189 00:12:17,504 --> 00:12:18,921 C'mon, up you go. 190 00:12:19,775 --> 00:12:21,525 So, how was your day? 191 00:12:22,733 --> 00:12:23,721 - It was okay. 192 00:12:23,721 --> 00:12:27,357 Mom, can we go for ice cream before ballet? 193 00:12:27,357 --> 00:12:28,423 - Ballet. 194 00:12:28,423 --> 00:12:30,495 Oh God, I forgot. 195 00:12:30,495 --> 00:12:31,697 Josie, honey, I'm sorry. 196 00:12:31,697 --> 00:12:32,708 No ballet today. 197 00:12:32,708 --> 00:12:33,871 - But you promised. 198 00:12:33,871 --> 00:12:36,071 We had to miss it last week, remember? 199 00:12:36,071 --> 00:12:37,239 I have to practice. 200 00:12:37,239 --> 00:12:39,767 - Honey, listen, your father wants an early dinner, 201 00:12:39,767 --> 00:12:41,837 and I have to go to the market first. 202 00:12:41,837 --> 00:12:43,670 - But you promised me. 203 00:12:47,192 --> 00:12:50,141 - Look, I know I promised you, and I will make it up to you, 204 00:12:50,141 --> 00:12:51,558 but I don't wanna upset your father. 205 00:12:51,558 --> 00:12:53,333 See, he wants us home by five o'clock, 206 00:12:53,333 --> 00:12:56,202 and it's very important that I do this for him. 207 00:12:56,202 --> 00:12:57,469 Understand me, Josie? 208 00:12:57,469 --> 00:12:59,802 I have to do this for Daddy. 209 00:13:00,914 --> 00:13:04,081 (jarring piano music) 210 00:13:27,250 --> 00:13:30,800 Jason, Josie, you wanna give me a hand here, please? 211 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:32,032 Now, please. 212 00:13:32,032 --> 00:13:33,006 We have to get inside. 213 00:13:33,006 --> 00:13:34,839 Honey, close the door. 214 00:13:39,252 --> 00:13:41,246 Oh, Daniel I'm sorry we're late. 215 00:13:41,246 --> 00:13:43,437 It's only by a few minutes, I hope that's okay. 216 00:13:43,437 --> 00:13:44,913 - Look at this! 217 00:13:44,913 --> 00:13:45,917 Do you see this?! 218 00:13:45,917 --> 00:13:46,750 Huh?! 219 00:13:46,750 --> 00:13:47,672 Maryanne, look at this! 220 00:13:47,672 --> 00:13:48,505 (crying) 221 00:13:48,505 --> 00:13:49,338 - [Maryanne] Josie, please. 222 00:13:49,338 --> 00:13:50,986 - Dammit, will you shut her up! 223 00:13:50,986 --> 00:13:51,819 You shut up! 224 00:13:51,819 --> 00:13:52,652 - Daniel, no, no. 225 00:13:52,652 --> 00:13:53,880 - [Daniel] Shut up! 226 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:55,996 - Let me take and Jason upstairs, and get 'em settled, 227 00:13:55,996 --> 00:13:56,932 and you and I can talk. 228 00:13:56,932 --> 00:13:58,987 Maybe I can help you fix the rendering. 229 00:13:58,987 --> 00:13:59,820 - You only think of them! 230 00:13:59,820 --> 00:14:00,888 You can fix anything! 231 00:14:00,888 --> 00:14:02,337 You can't do anything right! 232 00:14:02,337 --> 00:14:05,024 I asked you a week ago to get some new pencils, didn't I?! 233 00:14:05,024 --> 00:14:05,987 Didn't I?! 234 00:14:05,987 --> 00:14:06,987 - I did. 235 00:14:06,987 --> 00:14:08,594 They're in the desk drawer. 236 00:14:08,594 --> 00:14:11,278 - No, Maryanne you gotta leave 'em where I can find them! 237 00:14:11,278 --> 00:14:13,361 You stupid, stupid woman! 238 00:14:14,353 --> 00:14:15,186 - Daniel, please. 239 00:14:15,186 --> 00:14:16,789 Please, just let me get the kids upstairs, 240 00:14:16,789 --> 00:14:18,689 and then, I'll come right back down, I promise you. 241 00:14:18,689 --> 00:14:20,706 - [Daniel] You can't even get food on the table on time! 242 00:14:20,706 --> 00:14:21,539 - I know. 243 00:14:21,539 --> 00:14:22,372 I'm sorry. 244 00:14:22,372 --> 00:14:23,205 I'm sorry. 245 00:14:23,205 --> 00:14:24,586 I'm really sorry. 246 00:14:24,586 --> 00:14:27,339 - Do not leave me, Maryanne! 247 00:14:27,339 --> 00:14:28,689 - I'm not leaving you, Daniel. 248 00:14:28,689 --> 00:14:29,577 I swear. 249 00:14:29,577 --> 00:14:31,265 - You are always looking for some reason to leave me, 250 00:14:31,265 --> 00:14:32,682 for some way out. 251 00:14:33,582 --> 00:14:37,249 You leave this house tonight, I'll kill you. 252 00:14:38,813 --> 00:14:40,730 I swear, I'll kill you. 253 00:14:54,771 --> 00:14:56,854 (crying) 254 00:15:00,633 --> 00:15:01,466 - Josie. 255 00:15:01,466 --> 00:15:02,602 - Mommy. 256 00:15:02,602 --> 00:15:03,852 - Josie, honey. 257 00:15:04,713 --> 00:15:06,188 Listen to Mommy. 258 00:15:06,188 --> 00:15:07,593 Listen to Mommy. 259 00:15:07,593 --> 00:15:08,781 Now, I have to go back downstairs, 260 00:15:08,781 --> 00:15:09,781 and try and talk to Daddy, 261 00:15:09,781 --> 00:15:11,568 so I need you to be a very good girl 262 00:15:11,568 --> 00:15:12,991 and stay up here with Jason. 263 00:15:12,991 --> 00:15:13,991 Okay? 264 00:15:13,991 --> 00:15:16,826 And Jason, I need you to stay in here, please, 265 00:15:16,826 --> 00:15:19,273 with the door closed. 266 00:15:19,273 --> 00:15:20,398 No matter what happens, 267 00:15:20,398 --> 00:15:22,405 you stay with her and try and keep her calm. 268 00:15:22,405 --> 00:15:25,406 - [Daniel] Maryanne, I want you down here! 269 00:15:25,406 --> 00:15:27,239 - Why does he do this? 270 00:15:28,095 --> 00:15:28,928 Why? 271 00:15:31,343 --> 00:15:32,885 - He doesn't mean to hurt me. 272 00:15:32,885 --> 00:15:34,695 I think he just can't help himself sometimes. 273 00:15:34,695 --> 00:15:35,767 I need you to understand. 274 00:15:35,767 --> 00:15:39,100 - [Daniel] What are you doing up there?! 275 00:15:39,975 --> 00:15:41,849 - I need you. 276 00:15:41,849 --> 00:15:42,759 - [Daniel] Maryanne! 277 00:15:42,759 --> 00:15:44,851 - Promise me, Jason. 278 00:15:44,851 --> 00:15:46,518 - [Daniel] Maryanne! 279 00:15:49,163 --> 00:15:49,996 - [Maryanne] Coming, Daniel. 280 00:15:49,996 --> 00:15:51,419 I'm coming right now. 281 00:15:51,419 --> 00:15:52,252 Just-- 282 00:15:52,252 --> 00:15:53,288 - [Daniel] Get over here, Maryanne! 283 00:15:53,288 --> 00:15:54,648 - [Maryanne] No, don't! 284 00:15:54,648 --> 00:15:56,044 (Daniel hitting Maryanne) 285 00:15:56,044 --> 00:15:56,877 Oh! 286 00:15:56,877 --> 00:15:57,710 - [Daniel] No use-- 287 00:15:57,710 --> 00:15:58,543 - [Maryanne] Oh, Daniel don't! 288 00:15:58,543 --> 00:15:59,376 - [Daniel] You're just no use! 289 00:15:59,376 --> 00:16:00,420 You can't even do anything right! 290 00:16:00,420 --> 00:16:01,436 Get up! 291 00:16:01,436 --> 00:16:02,863 (music playing loudly) 292 00:16:02,863 --> 00:16:04,458 - [Maryanne] No! 293 00:16:04,458 --> 00:16:05,291 No! 294 00:16:07,304 --> 00:16:09,971 (ball thumping) 295 00:16:16,017 --> 00:16:18,517 (piano music) 296 00:17:51,347 --> 00:17:52,330 - Daniel, no! 297 00:17:52,330 --> 00:17:53,709 No, don't do it, no! 298 00:17:53,709 --> 00:17:55,269 Daniel! 299 00:17:55,269 --> 00:17:56,790 Stop, stop, stop. 300 00:17:56,790 --> 00:17:57,623 No! 301 00:18:00,662 --> 00:18:02,259 - I'll kill you first. 302 00:18:02,259 --> 00:18:03,342 I'll kill you first. 303 00:18:03,342 --> 00:18:05,756 - Stop, please, please, stop. 304 00:18:05,756 --> 00:18:07,089 - I'll kill you! 305 00:18:07,991 --> 00:18:08,824 Shut up! 306 00:18:17,606 --> 00:18:19,309 She said she was going down to the kitchen, 307 00:18:19,309 --> 00:18:21,059 and I heard a scream. 308 00:18:23,291 --> 00:18:25,076 It took so long for the ambulance to get here. 309 00:18:25,076 --> 00:18:26,243 She could die. 310 00:18:36,395 --> 00:18:37,978 It's gonna be fine. 311 00:18:45,310 --> 00:18:46,846 - Mommy. 312 00:18:46,846 --> 00:18:47,846 - It's okay. 313 00:19:22,277 --> 00:19:24,110 Welcome back, my love. 314 00:19:28,535 --> 00:19:31,611 Oh, you gave us all a scare. 315 00:19:31,611 --> 00:19:33,028 Easy, easy, easy. 316 00:19:34,010 --> 00:19:36,415 Everything's all right. 317 00:19:36,415 --> 00:19:38,418 It's all right now. 318 00:19:38,418 --> 00:19:40,461 I love you, Maryanne. 319 00:19:40,461 --> 00:19:41,339 I want you to know that. 320 00:19:41,339 --> 00:19:44,207 You mean everything to me. 321 00:19:44,207 --> 00:19:45,957 You're my whole life. 322 00:19:47,232 --> 00:19:48,149 I love you. 323 00:20:08,585 --> 00:20:10,835 (knocking) 324 00:20:13,148 --> 00:20:15,398 - Mrs. Tate, may I come in? 325 00:20:17,163 --> 00:20:20,913 Oh, look at these flowers, they're beautiful. 326 00:20:22,803 --> 00:20:24,210 - They're from my husband. 327 00:20:24,210 --> 00:20:25,239 - Oh. 328 00:20:25,239 --> 00:20:28,072 Maryanne, may I call you Maryanne? 329 00:20:29,794 --> 00:20:30,627 Good. 330 00:20:31,676 --> 00:20:33,765 My name is Nancy Silverstone. 331 00:20:33,765 --> 00:20:35,505 I'm a social worker here at the hospital, 332 00:20:35,505 --> 00:20:39,512 and I'm just checking to see if there's anything you need. 333 00:20:39,512 --> 00:20:40,762 - Just my kids. 334 00:20:41,948 --> 00:20:45,300 I wanna see them, but the doctor tells me I'm not ready yet. 335 00:20:45,300 --> 00:20:46,743 - He's right. 336 00:20:46,743 --> 00:20:48,430 You need your peace. 337 00:20:48,430 --> 00:20:50,717 - They are my peace. 338 00:20:50,717 --> 00:20:52,301 - Well, why don't you take advantage of the quiet, 339 00:20:52,301 --> 00:20:53,775 and get some rest. 340 00:20:53,775 --> 00:20:55,971 You know, let yourself heal. 341 00:20:55,971 --> 00:21:00,539 You were pretty badly hurt when they brought you in. 342 00:21:00,539 --> 00:21:02,525 How did you get hurt? 343 00:21:02,525 --> 00:21:04,192 - I had an accident. 344 00:21:05,486 --> 00:21:07,261 I was running down the stairs and I tripped 345 00:21:07,261 --> 00:21:09,861 over one of my daughter's toys. 346 00:21:09,861 --> 00:21:11,954 - At four in the morning? 347 00:21:11,954 --> 00:21:13,494 - It was dark. 348 00:21:13,494 --> 00:21:14,858 I couldn't see. 349 00:21:14,858 --> 00:21:17,288 - Maryanne, the bruises you have, the injuries, 350 00:21:17,288 --> 00:21:18,311 this isn't the first time. 351 00:21:18,311 --> 00:21:20,601 You've been admitted for similar things. 352 00:21:20,601 --> 00:21:23,985 - Accidents, that's all they are. 353 00:21:23,985 --> 00:21:25,250 - Are you sure? 354 00:21:25,250 --> 00:21:27,876 - Of course, what else would they be? 355 00:21:27,876 --> 00:21:29,005 What are you getting at? 356 00:21:29,005 --> 00:21:30,208 - Nothing. 357 00:21:30,208 --> 00:21:32,125 They're just questions. 358 00:21:36,552 --> 00:21:40,589 Look, I know this is tough, but we have to know. 359 00:21:40,589 --> 00:21:42,407 See, we have reason to believe that your 360 00:21:42,407 --> 00:21:44,478 husband's been abusing you physically. 361 00:21:44,478 --> 00:21:47,277 We're worried about you and your kids. 362 00:21:47,277 --> 00:21:50,110 Has your husband been beating you? 363 00:21:52,323 --> 00:21:54,656 Has Daniel been beating you? 364 00:21:57,112 --> 00:21:57,945 It's okay. 365 00:21:59,368 --> 00:22:00,952 You don't know me. 366 00:22:00,952 --> 00:22:04,950 There's no reason for you to trust me. 367 00:22:04,950 --> 00:22:07,033 Just listen for a minute. 368 00:22:08,749 --> 00:22:10,680 You don't have to stay there and be hurt 369 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:12,680 day after day after day. 370 00:22:14,346 --> 00:22:15,860 There's places for you to go. 371 00:22:15,860 --> 00:22:19,193 Places that'll take you in and help you. 372 00:22:20,126 --> 00:22:24,293 But my hands are tied unless you admit you're being abused. 373 00:22:33,353 --> 00:22:34,186 Okay. 374 00:22:36,412 --> 00:22:37,622 Why don't you just concentrate 375 00:22:37,622 --> 00:22:40,205 on getting well right now, huh? 376 00:22:41,947 --> 00:22:42,780 It's okay. 377 00:22:50,463 --> 00:22:51,296 - Mommy. 378 00:22:52,271 --> 00:22:53,104 Mommy. 379 00:22:54,270 --> 00:22:55,103 Mommy! 380 00:22:55,103 --> 00:22:55,936 Mommy! 381 00:22:57,787 --> 00:22:58,954 Mommy, please! 382 00:22:59,872 --> 00:23:00,705 Mommy! 383 00:23:02,487 --> 00:23:04,105 - Josie, Josie wake up. 384 00:23:04,105 --> 00:23:05,711 Josie, Josie, Josie. 385 00:23:05,711 --> 00:23:06,890 Josie, wake up. 386 00:23:06,890 --> 00:23:07,723 Josie. 387 00:23:10,452 --> 00:23:11,801 - Where's Mommy? 388 00:23:11,801 --> 00:23:13,568 - You know where she is. 389 00:23:13,568 --> 00:23:15,282 Like last time. 390 00:23:15,282 --> 00:23:16,670 She had to go to the hospital. 391 00:23:16,670 --> 00:23:17,809 - Did she die? 392 00:23:17,809 --> 00:23:18,642 - No. 393 00:23:20,108 --> 00:23:22,921 No, she'll be home soon. 394 00:23:22,921 --> 00:23:25,427 Just go back to sleep. 395 00:23:25,427 --> 00:23:28,510 (mellow piano music) 396 00:23:47,056 --> 00:23:49,075 - [Daniel] How's my girl? 397 00:23:49,075 --> 00:23:50,408 - Oh, thank you. 398 00:23:56,850 --> 00:23:58,669 - How are you? 399 00:23:58,669 --> 00:23:59,902 - A little tired. 400 00:23:59,902 --> 00:24:01,319 - C'mon sit down. 401 00:24:09,317 --> 00:24:10,702 Oh, these are for you. 402 00:24:10,702 --> 00:24:11,638 I drove your car in today. 403 00:24:11,638 --> 00:24:12,927 I left it in the lot downstairs, 404 00:24:12,927 --> 00:24:15,475 so it'll be there when you're ready to leave. 405 00:24:15,475 --> 00:24:18,534 I want things to be perfect for you, Maryanne. 406 00:24:18,534 --> 00:24:22,117 I want things to be right between us again. 407 00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:26,291 - How are the kids? 408 00:24:26,291 --> 00:24:28,540 - Everybody's fine. 409 00:24:28,540 --> 00:24:29,560 - I miss them so much. 410 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:30,893 - They miss you. 411 00:24:33,302 --> 00:24:35,712 - You know, Daniel, I was... 412 00:24:35,712 --> 00:24:39,301 I was thinking that maybe when I get out of here, 413 00:24:39,301 --> 00:24:42,283 I thought maybe, if it's okay with you, 414 00:24:42,283 --> 00:24:46,366 that I might take the kids and go to my mother's. 415 00:24:54,009 --> 00:24:55,209 - You gonna leave? 416 00:24:55,209 --> 00:24:57,100 - Oh, just for a few days. 417 00:24:57,100 --> 00:24:57,933 - Why? 418 00:24:59,726 --> 00:25:00,708 - Well, for rest, Daniel. 419 00:25:00,708 --> 00:25:01,875 I need a rest. 420 00:25:04,102 --> 00:25:07,828 - Who's been talking to you, Maryanne? 421 00:25:07,828 --> 00:25:08,675 - Nobody. 422 00:25:08,675 --> 00:25:09,937 - Well, you wanna get away from me. 423 00:25:09,937 --> 00:25:10,886 To leave me. 424 00:25:10,886 --> 00:25:11,856 - Just for a while. 425 00:25:11,856 --> 00:25:13,263 - Oh, so you do plan to leave me. 426 00:25:13,263 --> 00:25:14,096 - No, no. 427 00:25:15,668 --> 00:25:17,831 Everything's all twisted. 428 00:25:17,831 --> 00:25:20,198 - They've been telling you things about me here, Maryanne. 429 00:25:20,198 --> 00:25:21,882 Trying to turn you against me. 430 00:25:21,882 --> 00:25:22,715 - No. 431 00:25:22,715 --> 00:25:25,623 - I don't like you being around people, you know that. 432 00:25:25,623 --> 00:25:27,320 It's because you believe everything they say. 433 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:28,686 Especially, your mother. 434 00:25:28,686 --> 00:25:31,065 It is not good for us, Maryanne. 435 00:25:31,065 --> 00:25:32,626 - She's not even going to be there, Daniel. 436 00:25:32,626 --> 00:25:33,951 She's leaving town for a week, 437 00:25:33,951 --> 00:25:35,306 she was going to give me her key. 438 00:25:35,306 --> 00:25:36,732 - Yeah, I don't care. 439 00:25:36,732 --> 00:25:38,149 You're not going. 440 00:25:44,233 --> 00:25:45,704 - Why? 441 00:25:45,704 --> 00:25:47,339 - Why? 442 00:25:47,339 --> 00:25:48,918 - Why won't you let me go? 443 00:25:48,918 --> 00:25:50,689 - Because this is just another one of your stupid 444 00:25:50,689 --> 00:25:52,649 ploys to get out of the house. 445 00:25:52,649 --> 00:25:53,788 - That isn't true, Daniel. 446 00:25:53,788 --> 00:25:55,470 - Yeah, well you go... 447 00:25:55,470 --> 00:25:59,637 If you go, I swear you will never see the kids again. 448 00:26:01,668 --> 00:26:03,182 I'll make sure of it. 449 00:26:03,182 --> 00:26:04,598 - Oh, don't say that. 450 00:26:04,598 --> 00:26:06,711 - I mean it, Maryanne. 451 00:26:06,711 --> 00:26:08,659 I'll take those kids away from you for good. 452 00:26:08,659 --> 00:26:10,068 - No, please, please, don't say that. 453 00:26:10,068 --> 00:26:11,467 - You're not fit to raise 'em, Maryanne. 454 00:26:11,467 --> 00:26:13,087 - I can't handle this right now, Daniel. 455 00:26:13,087 --> 00:26:14,042 I'm too tired. 456 00:26:14,042 --> 00:26:15,184 - Are you tired of me, Maryanne? 457 00:26:15,184 --> 00:26:18,517 Are you tired of our life together, huh? 458 00:26:21,548 --> 00:26:23,916 You answer me, Maryanne. 459 00:26:23,916 --> 00:26:25,672 Are you so tired of me you can't 460 00:26:25,672 --> 00:26:28,275 stand to have me around anymore? 461 00:26:28,275 --> 00:26:29,630 - I can't think right now, Daniel, 462 00:26:29,630 --> 00:26:31,130 I'm just so tired. 463 00:26:33,609 --> 00:26:35,109 I'm just so tired. 464 00:26:58,795 --> 00:27:01,589 - Hi, I just came by to say goodbye, 465 00:27:01,589 --> 00:27:03,536 and to give you this. 466 00:27:03,536 --> 00:27:05,369 It's my office number. 467 00:27:06,425 --> 00:27:08,329 Call me, you know, if you need anything. 468 00:27:08,329 --> 00:27:10,496 Or if you just wanna talk. 469 00:27:14,604 --> 00:27:16,579 If you are being abused Maryanne, 470 00:27:16,579 --> 00:27:17,600 you need to get out of the house, 471 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:19,847 do you understand me? 472 00:27:19,847 --> 00:27:21,680 You have got to leave. 473 00:27:23,110 --> 00:27:23,943 - I can't. 474 00:27:26,100 --> 00:27:28,017 My life is with Daniel. 475 00:27:35,734 --> 00:27:37,670 - It's not gonna get any better. 476 00:27:37,670 --> 00:27:40,816 The abuse is gonna go on, and on, and on, 477 00:27:40,816 --> 00:27:44,983 till he wears you down into nothing, or he kills you. 478 00:27:49,036 --> 00:27:51,724 - My place is with him. 479 00:27:51,724 --> 00:27:52,724 He needs me. 480 00:27:53,586 --> 00:27:57,615 - You've got to deal with this, Maryanne. 481 00:27:57,615 --> 00:27:59,115 - Daniel needs me. 482 00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:03,243 (mellow piano music) 483 00:28:51,417 --> 00:28:52,250 Daniel?! 484 00:29:08,700 --> 00:29:09,533 Daniel?! 485 00:29:10,561 --> 00:29:12,179 (knocking) 486 00:29:12,179 --> 00:29:14,096 Daniel, are you there?! 487 00:29:17,690 --> 00:29:18,523 Jason?! 488 00:29:20,821 --> 00:29:21,988 Jason, Josie?! 489 00:29:22,846 --> 00:29:24,404 Please, somebody open the door! 490 00:29:24,404 --> 00:29:25,600 - [Josie] Mommy?! 491 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:26,832 Mommy! 492 00:29:26,832 --> 00:29:27,962 - [Daniel] Go away, Maryanne! 493 00:29:27,962 --> 00:29:28,795 - Daniel, what's going on?! 494 00:29:28,795 --> 00:29:30,157 What are you doing with the children?! 495 00:29:30,157 --> 00:29:31,335 - [Daniel] My children, Maryanne! 496 00:29:31,335 --> 00:29:32,580 You don't live here anymore! 497 00:29:32,580 --> 00:29:34,560 - No, what are you talking about?! 498 00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:36,190 Daniel, 499 00:29:36,190 --> 00:29:37,102 Daniel, let me in! 500 00:29:37,102 --> 00:29:38,079 (knocking) 501 00:29:38,079 --> 00:29:40,627 Let me see the children! 502 00:29:40,627 --> 00:29:43,294 Daniel, let me see the children! 503 00:29:50,230 --> 00:29:51,379 Help me. 504 00:29:51,379 --> 00:29:52,405 Help me! 505 00:29:52,405 --> 00:29:55,401 Oh God, please, somebody help me! 506 00:29:55,401 --> 00:29:56,234 Help me! 507 00:29:59,058 --> 00:30:01,308 Daniel, what are you doing? 508 00:30:03,284 --> 00:30:04,790 What are you doing with the children? 509 00:30:04,790 --> 00:30:06,676 - I'm getting a court order, Maryanne. 510 00:30:06,676 --> 00:30:07,509 - What? 511 00:30:07,509 --> 00:30:09,941 - A court order against you for abandonment. 512 00:30:09,941 --> 00:30:10,865 And when I'm finished with you, 513 00:30:10,865 --> 00:30:13,336 you won't be able to come within 100 feet 514 00:30:13,336 --> 00:30:16,463 of this house, or the children. 515 00:30:16,463 --> 00:30:17,880 - Daniel, please. 516 00:30:20,362 --> 00:30:22,120 My babies, please, let me see-- 517 00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:23,573 - Get out of here! 518 00:30:23,573 --> 00:30:25,710 - Why are you doing this? 519 00:30:25,710 --> 00:30:26,878 What do you want from me? 520 00:30:26,878 --> 00:30:28,161 - You abandoned us, Maryanne. 521 00:30:28,161 --> 00:30:30,464 You were gonna move in with your mother, and leave me. 522 00:30:30,464 --> 00:30:31,297 - No. 523 00:30:31,297 --> 00:30:32,332 - You told me yourself. 524 00:30:32,332 --> 00:30:34,191 - No, no, honey. 525 00:30:34,191 --> 00:30:35,098 Just for a little while, 526 00:30:35,098 --> 00:30:37,380 just to get back on my feet again. 527 00:30:37,380 --> 00:30:40,891 - You intended to leave me and take my children with you. 528 00:30:40,891 --> 00:30:44,148 Now, you have no right here anymore. 529 00:30:44,148 --> 00:30:45,941 Now, if you don't get out of here, right now, 530 00:30:45,941 --> 00:30:47,124 I'm gonna call the police, 531 00:30:47,124 --> 00:30:48,977 and I'm gonna have you arrested. 532 00:30:48,977 --> 00:30:52,895 - No, Daniel, just let me talk to you. 533 00:30:52,895 --> 00:30:54,225 I wanna talk to you, okay? 534 00:30:54,225 --> 00:30:55,225 Just let me in. 535 00:30:55,225 --> 00:30:56,058 Please let me in. 536 00:30:56,058 --> 00:30:56,891 Let me in. 537 00:30:59,447 --> 00:31:00,697 God, let me in. 538 00:31:03,027 --> 00:31:05,110 (crying) 539 00:31:17,657 --> 00:31:21,074 (melancholy piano music) 540 00:34:39,231 --> 00:34:40,064 - Miss? 541 00:34:41,229 --> 00:34:44,896 Miss, you wanna step out of the car, please? 542 00:34:47,073 --> 00:34:47,906 Miss. 543 00:34:49,030 --> 00:34:51,367 (knocking) 544 00:34:51,367 --> 00:34:53,700 Step out of the car, please? 545 00:34:55,655 --> 00:34:57,586 - Oh, I'm sorry. 546 00:34:57,586 --> 00:34:58,581 - It's okay, ma'am. 547 00:34:58,581 --> 00:35:01,754 Just like to see some ID, please? 548 00:35:01,754 --> 00:35:04,087 - It's in the car in my bag. 549 00:35:15,721 --> 00:35:16,941 - Mrs. Maryanne Walker-Tate. 550 00:35:16,941 --> 00:35:20,467 1-2-7-4-5 West Third Street? 551 00:35:20,467 --> 00:35:22,800 What are you doing out here? 552 00:35:24,468 --> 00:35:26,784 How'd you get those bruises? 553 00:35:26,784 --> 00:35:28,451 - I had an accident. 554 00:35:32,267 --> 00:35:34,702 - What do you say, we just get you on home. 555 00:35:34,702 --> 00:35:37,175 - No, see, I locked myself out of the house, 556 00:35:37,175 --> 00:35:40,924 and I really don't wanna wake anybody up. 557 00:35:40,924 --> 00:35:44,018 - So, you just slept out here in your car all night? 558 00:35:44,018 --> 00:35:45,665 - Please, 559 00:35:45,665 --> 00:35:47,862 if you want me to go somewhere else now, I will, 560 00:35:47,862 --> 00:35:51,445 but I really can't, I really can't go home. 561 00:35:56,651 --> 00:36:00,089 (talking softly) 562 00:36:00,089 --> 00:36:02,172 - [Officer] Okay, got it. 563 00:36:08,066 --> 00:36:11,736 - Mrs. Tate, my partner's gonna make a call. 564 00:36:11,736 --> 00:36:14,688 It's seems there's a shelter, it's not too far from here. 565 00:36:14,688 --> 00:36:15,521 - Shelter? 566 00:36:16,842 --> 00:36:18,462 - They can help you over there, 567 00:36:18,462 --> 00:36:21,716 but you have to talk to them first, okay? 568 00:36:21,716 --> 00:36:23,799 C'mon, they can help you. 569 00:36:25,495 --> 00:36:26,362 Okay? 570 00:36:26,362 --> 00:36:27,585 You just have to talk to them for a few minutes, 571 00:36:27,585 --> 00:36:29,980 and then, we'll escort you part of the way over. 572 00:36:29,980 --> 00:36:30,813 All right? 573 00:36:44,682 --> 00:36:46,787 - Watch your step now. 574 00:36:46,787 --> 00:36:48,730 Let me help you. 575 00:36:48,730 --> 00:36:50,358 Need any coffee or tea before we get started? 576 00:36:50,358 --> 00:36:51,191 - No. 577 00:36:51,191 --> 00:36:53,715 - Maryanne, this lady is Louise Levy 578 00:36:53,715 --> 00:36:55,680 She's gonna be sittin' in with us for a while, 579 00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:57,423 if you don't mind. 580 00:36:57,423 --> 00:37:00,655 Now, Louise is a social worker. 581 00:37:00,655 --> 00:37:05,510 She's also a paralegal and what we call an advocate. 582 00:37:05,510 --> 00:37:08,310 She helps our women with their cases, 583 00:37:08,310 --> 00:37:09,665 with their attorneys. 584 00:37:09,665 --> 00:37:11,460 - Attorneys? 585 00:37:11,460 --> 00:37:12,655 I don't need an attorney. 586 00:37:12,655 --> 00:37:15,488 What I need is to see my children. 587 00:37:17,398 --> 00:37:21,287 - Honey, let me tell you a little bit about where you are, 588 00:37:21,287 --> 00:37:23,328 and what we do here. 589 00:37:23,328 --> 00:37:24,986 This is a Agape House. 590 00:37:24,986 --> 00:37:28,982 We're one of the oldest battered women shelters in the area. 591 00:37:28,982 --> 00:37:30,803 Now, there is nothing to be afraid of here. 592 00:37:30,803 --> 00:37:32,720 I can promise you that. 593 00:37:33,780 --> 00:37:37,491 Now, what we do is we help women when they leave the home. 594 00:37:37,491 --> 00:37:39,693 By the time they get to us, they're desperate. 595 00:37:39,693 --> 00:37:42,627 Most of them got nothing but the clothes on their backs. 596 00:37:42,627 --> 00:37:45,419 The only thing we require is that you go to counseling 597 00:37:45,419 --> 00:37:46,653 and workshops. 598 00:37:46,653 --> 00:37:48,881 - He locked me out. 599 00:37:48,881 --> 00:37:51,359 He threw me out, and now he's got my children. 600 00:37:51,359 --> 00:37:52,192 He's got my children. 601 00:37:52,192 --> 00:37:53,187 - When did he take 'em? 602 00:37:53,187 --> 00:37:54,655 - Yesterday. 603 00:37:54,655 --> 00:37:55,905 No, no, I, I... 604 00:37:58,248 --> 00:38:00,915 The day before I can't remember. 605 00:38:01,808 --> 00:38:03,307 But he said I wasn't to see them, 606 00:38:03,307 --> 00:38:04,896 and then he threatened me with a court order 607 00:38:04,896 --> 00:38:06,821 so that I'd stay away from them. 608 00:38:06,821 --> 00:38:08,639 - He's got no grounds. 609 00:38:08,639 --> 00:38:11,389 He's just bullying you, Maryanne. 610 00:38:12,554 --> 00:38:14,554 Now, in the meantime, 611 00:38:14,554 --> 00:38:15,872 did you tell anybody about this? 612 00:38:15,872 --> 00:38:17,726 Relatives, friends? 613 00:38:17,726 --> 00:38:19,349 - I don't have anybody. 614 00:38:19,349 --> 00:38:20,211 Just my mother. 615 00:38:20,211 --> 00:38:21,628 - What about her? 616 00:38:24,024 --> 00:38:24,857 - She doesn't know. 617 00:38:24,857 --> 00:38:25,690 - Good. 618 00:38:25,690 --> 00:38:26,576 Don't tell her. 619 00:38:26,576 --> 00:38:29,434 Don't you tell anybody where you are. 620 00:38:29,434 --> 00:38:30,778 Not even your kids. 621 00:38:30,778 --> 00:38:33,682 Now, this is very important. 622 00:38:33,682 --> 00:38:36,170 It's for your protection, as well as for the others. 623 00:38:36,170 --> 00:38:39,417 Some of these guys, they come looking for their wives. 624 00:38:39,417 --> 00:38:41,347 That's why we don't advertise. 625 00:38:41,347 --> 00:38:43,768 No signs out front, right? 626 00:38:43,768 --> 00:38:45,426 - Right. 627 00:38:45,426 --> 00:38:47,480 - Now, me and Louise we're gonna help you file 628 00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:49,375 a restraining order just in case that husband 629 00:38:49,375 --> 00:38:50,874 of yours gets restless and changes his mind 630 00:38:50,874 --> 00:38:51,912 about wanting you back. 631 00:38:51,912 --> 00:38:53,699 - My children, what about my children? 632 00:38:53,699 --> 00:38:55,644 - We're gonna try to help you, 633 00:38:55,644 --> 00:38:56,583 but it may take a while. 634 00:38:56,583 --> 00:38:57,993 - No. 635 00:38:57,993 --> 00:38:59,414 I can't take that chance. 636 00:38:59,414 --> 00:39:01,247 What if he hurts them? 637 00:39:02,255 --> 00:39:06,422 - Honey, me and Louise are gonna do everything we can, 638 00:39:07,367 --> 00:39:09,200 and that is a promise. 639 00:39:13,114 --> 00:39:14,197 (whispering) 640 00:39:14,197 --> 00:39:15,280 - Yeah, okay. 641 00:39:23,712 --> 00:39:25,661 - Eat your breakfast, don't play with it. 642 00:39:25,661 --> 00:39:26,962 - I want Mommy. 643 00:39:26,962 --> 00:39:28,839 - Mommy is not here. 644 00:39:28,839 --> 00:39:31,320 - When is Mommy coming home? 645 00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:32,763 - Mommy doesn't live here now. 646 00:39:32,763 --> 00:39:35,533 Mommy doesn't wanna be with us anymore. 647 00:39:35,533 --> 00:39:36,831 You're gonna stand right over there. 648 00:39:36,831 --> 00:39:38,914 (crying) 649 00:39:44,023 --> 00:39:45,129 - Dad? 650 00:39:45,129 --> 00:39:45,962 - What? 651 00:39:47,182 --> 00:39:48,432 - Where is Mom? 652 00:39:49,901 --> 00:39:52,120 (crying) 653 00:39:52,120 --> 00:39:53,381 - I don't know. 654 00:39:53,381 --> 00:39:56,142 And frankly, I don't care. 655 00:39:56,142 --> 00:40:00,172 - Well, doesn't she wanna see or talk to us anymore? 656 00:40:00,172 --> 00:40:01,871 - I don't think so. 657 00:40:01,871 --> 00:40:04,988 Jason, your mother is very selfish. 658 00:40:04,988 --> 00:40:07,905 And she just does things, you know. 659 00:40:13,059 --> 00:40:14,476 Josie, come here. 660 00:40:19,161 --> 00:40:20,244 Listen to me. 661 00:40:23,426 --> 00:40:26,403 Mommy doesn't wanna live with us anymore. 662 00:40:26,403 --> 00:40:28,165 Mommy doesn't love us anymore. 663 00:40:28,165 --> 00:40:29,619 It's up to us now. 664 00:40:29,619 --> 00:40:31,902 We just gonna have to do it all on our own. 665 00:40:31,902 --> 00:40:33,081 Okay? 666 00:40:33,081 --> 00:40:33,914 Okay? 667 00:40:33,914 --> 00:40:35,419 It's just gonna be the three of us now. 668 00:40:35,419 --> 00:40:36,252 Nobody else. 669 00:40:36,252 --> 00:40:38,502 Just the three of us alone. 670 00:40:45,842 --> 00:40:49,175 - You know, just kind of like forcing me 671 00:40:50,854 --> 00:40:53,771 to have sex with him, and you know, 672 00:40:57,082 --> 00:40:58,254 beatin' me a little bit. 673 00:40:58,254 --> 00:41:01,567 And then, when he's through, he goes, 674 00:41:01,567 --> 00:41:03,476 he says you know so what are you 675 00:41:03,476 --> 00:41:05,237 gonna do like tell you friends 676 00:41:05,237 --> 00:41:07,256 that maybe I raped you or something. 677 00:41:07,256 --> 00:41:10,673 (melancholy piano music) 678 00:41:32,779 --> 00:41:34,612 - C'mon now, Maryanne. 679 00:41:36,244 --> 00:41:39,425 You've got to get your feet wet here sometime. 680 00:41:39,425 --> 00:41:42,805 You have to talk about those feelings. 681 00:41:42,805 --> 00:41:44,222 All those nights, 682 00:41:46,364 --> 00:41:50,531 how did it feel every time Daniel laid his hands on you? 683 00:41:55,771 --> 00:41:56,604 - I can't. 684 00:42:00,688 --> 00:42:01,521 I can't. 685 00:42:21,523 --> 00:42:24,190 (phone ringing) 686 00:42:25,143 --> 00:42:26,476 - [Josie] Hello? 687 00:42:30,347 --> 00:42:31,180 Hello? 688 00:42:35,275 --> 00:42:36,108 Bye. 689 00:42:41,620 --> 00:42:44,787 - I just feel ashamed and embarrassed. 690 00:42:48,209 --> 00:42:51,716 I always thought that I was lucky to get him. 691 00:42:51,716 --> 00:42:54,299 He was so smart and successful. 692 00:43:09,930 --> 00:43:11,347 - Okay, Maryanne. 693 00:43:12,515 --> 00:43:13,460 C'mon, honey, it's time. 694 00:43:13,460 --> 00:43:15,960 You haven't said anything yet. 695 00:43:17,923 --> 00:43:19,585 - Because I have nothing to say. 696 00:43:19,585 --> 00:43:22,351 - Oh please, come off it already. 697 00:43:22,351 --> 00:43:23,845 You ain't hardly said a word since you brought 698 00:43:23,845 --> 00:43:25,378 your ass up in here. 699 00:43:25,378 --> 00:43:26,211 - [Woman] Rosalie. 700 00:43:26,211 --> 00:43:27,044 - What? 701 00:43:28,146 --> 00:43:29,500 What? 702 00:43:29,500 --> 00:43:31,615 You think you had it any rougher than the rest of us? 703 00:43:31,615 --> 00:43:33,028 - No. 704 00:43:33,028 --> 00:43:35,328 - You think your story is different from ours, right? 705 00:43:35,328 --> 00:43:36,375 - No. 706 00:43:36,375 --> 00:43:37,899 - What the hell do you think we're doing here 707 00:43:37,899 --> 00:43:39,620 having a tea party?! 708 00:43:39,620 --> 00:43:40,597 - Rosalie. 709 00:43:40,597 --> 00:43:41,430 - [Maryanne] Look, you have no right 710 00:43:41,430 --> 00:43:42,263 to talk to me like that. 711 00:43:42,263 --> 00:43:43,502 - Well, somebody needs to talk to you. 712 00:43:43,502 --> 00:43:44,587 - You don't know me. 713 00:43:44,587 --> 00:43:46,908 - No, I don't know you, miss high-and-mighty. 714 00:43:46,908 --> 00:43:50,075 - You don't know what my life is like. 715 00:43:51,731 --> 00:43:52,981 You don't know. 716 00:43:56,092 --> 00:43:56,925 You don't know. 717 00:43:56,925 --> 00:43:59,842 About all those nights of his rage, 718 00:44:01,974 --> 00:44:03,307 his hands on me, 719 00:44:05,519 --> 00:44:06,664 beating me, pounding me, 720 00:44:06,664 --> 00:44:08,497 pushing me into walls, 721 00:44:11,390 --> 00:44:12,723 into the ground. 722 00:44:16,958 --> 00:44:18,458 He killed my baby. 723 00:44:19,526 --> 00:44:21,166 - What? 724 00:44:21,166 --> 00:44:22,833 - He killed my baby. 725 00:44:23,942 --> 00:44:25,442 - How, honey, how? 726 00:44:32,799 --> 00:44:36,549 - I was pregnant with our third child, and... 727 00:44:38,242 --> 00:44:39,242 he hated it. 728 00:44:42,314 --> 00:44:43,314 He hated me. 729 00:44:47,744 --> 00:44:48,994 So, he beat me. 730 00:44:52,058 --> 00:44:53,972 He kicked me. 731 00:44:53,972 --> 00:44:56,548 He kicked me so hard, I miscarried, 732 00:44:56,548 --> 00:44:58,381 and he killed my baby. 733 00:44:59,535 --> 00:45:02,097 He killed my baby, and now he's got my children. 734 00:45:02,097 --> 00:45:04,758 I want my children back. 735 00:45:04,758 --> 00:45:07,519 I want my children back. 736 00:45:07,519 --> 00:45:09,605 - How does it make you feel? 737 00:45:09,605 --> 00:45:10,688 - I hate him. 738 00:45:12,217 --> 00:45:13,793 I hate him. 739 00:45:13,793 --> 00:45:15,262 I hate him. 740 00:45:15,262 --> 00:45:16,384 I hate him. 741 00:45:16,384 --> 00:45:17,530 I hate him. 742 00:45:17,530 --> 00:45:18,447 I hate him. 743 00:45:19,472 --> 00:45:20,962 I hate him. 744 00:45:20,962 --> 00:45:22,295 God, I hate him. 745 00:45:24,023 --> 00:45:24,940 I hate him. 746 00:45:26,123 --> 00:45:27,040 I hate him. 747 00:45:28,615 --> 00:45:29,448 - I know. 748 00:45:32,219 --> 00:45:33,802 You're okay though. 749 00:45:35,532 --> 00:45:36,532 You're okay. 750 00:45:45,653 --> 00:45:48,736 (mellow piano music) 751 00:45:53,621 --> 00:45:55,871 (knocking) 752 00:46:05,986 --> 00:46:06,819 - Hey. 753 00:46:08,548 --> 00:46:10,798 I brought you a cup of tea. 754 00:46:24,859 --> 00:46:27,942 (mellow piano music) 755 00:46:46,074 --> 00:46:48,288 - It's good to see you mama. 756 00:46:48,288 --> 00:46:49,141 Thanks for coming. 757 00:46:49,141 --> 00:46:51,141 I wasn't sure you would. 758 00:46:52,772 --> 00:46:54,149 - What do you want? 759 00:46:54,149 --> 00:46:55,312 - Well, I wanted to talk to you, 760 00:46:55,312 --> 00:46:56,803 but first tell me about the kids. 761 00:46:56,803 --> 00:46:57,636 How are they? 762 00:46:57,636 --> 00:46:59,219 Have you seen them? 763 00:47:00,298 --> 00:47:01,345 - They're fine, Maryanne. 764 00:47:01,345 --> 00:47:04,178 I've only seen them once, since... 765 00:47:06,014 --> 00:47:10,215 I've seen them once since you left Daniel. 766 00:47:10,215 --> 00:47:11,790 - I didn't leave Daniel, mother. 767 00:47:11,790 --> 00:47:13,806 He threw me out. 768 00:47:13,806 --> 00:47:17,129 He changed the locks, and he threw me out in the street. 769 00:47:17,129 --> 00:47:19,706 - Look, I really don't want to get involved. 770 00:47:19,706 --> 00:47:20,801 This is your business. 771 00:47:20,801 --> 00:47:24,968 Whatever happens between you and your husband is private. 772 00:47:36,588 --> 00:47:38,421 - Do you have any idea 773 00:47:41,050 --> 00:47:45,217 what my life with Daniel has been like all these years? 774 00:47:46,365 --> 00:47:49,032 - I assumed everything was fine. 775 00:47:53,682 --> 00:47:55,603 - Do you know that he beat me? 776 00:47:55,603 --> 00:47:57,550 - What do you want from me Maryanne? 777 00:47:57,550 --> 00:47:59,007 - Why did you ask me to meet you? 778 00:47:59,007 --> 00:48:00,757 - Because I need you. 779 00:48:02,582 --> 00:48:03,540 I am scared, mama. 780 00:48:03,540 --> 00:48:04,790 I am so scared. 781 00:48:10,077 --> 00:48:11,827 I have nowhere to go. 782 00:48:16,416 --> 00:48:18,417 Let me stay with you. 783 00:48:18,417 --> 00:48:19,250 - I can't. 784 00:48:20,261 --> 00:48:21,151 It wouldn't work out. 785 00:48:21,151 --> 00:48:22,318 You know that. 786 00:48:25,880 --> 00:48:27,810 - All my life you have pushed me away. 787 00:48:27,810 --> 00:48:28,643 Why? 788 00:48:31,181 --> 00:48:33,098 What are you afraid of? 789 00:48:41,828 --> 00:48:46,532 - When I was a child, my mother was beaten by my father. 790 00:48:46,532 --> 00:48:48,532 Day after day after day. 791 00:48:51,045 --> 00:48:53,712 When she left, he came after me. 792 00:48:56,943 --> 00:48:57,860 - Oh, mama. 793 00:49:01,065 --> 00:49:02,198 You never told me. 794 00:49:02,198 --> 00:49:03,190 I never knew. 795 00:49:03,190 --> 00:49:04,371 - We never talked about it. 796 00:49:04,371 --> 00:49:05,204 It was... 797 00:49:07,348 --> 00:49:10,759 We just pretended everything was all right. 798 00:49:10,759 --> 00:49:13,259 It's just the way things were. 799 00:49:14,980 --> 00:49:18,016 By the time your father came, 800 00:49:18,016 --> 00:49:19,349 I wanted to die. 801 00:49:22,557 --> 00:49:23,974 He pulled me out. 802 00:49:26,210 --> 00:49:28,377 He saved me with his love. 803 00:49:31,657 --> 00:49:33,324 - But Daddy left us. 804 00:49:36,919 --> 00:49:41,086 - Before you were born, your father and I were very close. 805 00:49:45,725 --> 00:49:47,642 We had dreams together. 806 00:49:50,987 --> 00:49:52,237 Magical dreams. 807 00:49:54,978 --> 00:49:56,228 Then, you came. 808 00:49:58,356 --> 00:50:00,431 I made a terrible mistake, Maryanne, 809 00:50:00,431 --> 00:50:02,931 I never should've had a child. 810 00:50:05,324 --> 00:50:07,491 It was a terrible mistake. 811 00:50:09,710 --> 00:50:10,627 - Oh, mama. 812 00:50:12,124 --> 00:50:12,957 - I can't. 813 00:50:28,031 --> 00:50:30,948 (children playing) 814 00:50:33,026 --> 00:50:33,859 - [Jason] I'm open. I'm open. 815 00:50:33,859 --> 00:50:35,135 Right now. 816 00:50:35,135 --> 00:50:38,218 (mellow piano music) 817 00:51:02,016 --> 00:51:04,491 (knocking) 818 00:51:04,491 --> 00:51:05,788 - Hi. 819 00:51:05,788 --> 00:51:06,621 What's up? 820 00:51:09,297 --> 00:51:11,577 - I can't live like this anymore, Louise. 821 00:51:11,577 --> 00:51:13,276 I wanna file for divorce. 822 00:51:13,276 --> 00:51:15,410 - What happened? 823 00:51:15,410 --> 00:51:18,343 - I took a long look at myself. 824 00:51:18,343 --> 00:51:20,172 - [Louise] And what did you see? 825 00:51:20,172 --> 00:51:21,005 - Me. 826 00:51:22,968 --> 00:51:24,985 Nobody can get me through this, Louise. 827 00:51:24,985 --> 00:51:28,902 And nobody can help me, I've gotta help myself. 828 00:51:30,030 --> 00:51:31,545 I wanna make a life for me and my kids. 829 00:51:31,545 --> 00:51:34,131 I want them back with me. 830 00:51:34,131 --> 00:51:35,902 Full custody. 831 00:51:35,902 --> 00:51:37,369 - Do you have any bank accounts, 832 00:51:37,369 --> 00:51:39,036 or own any property? 833 00:51:39,990 --> 00:51:41,938 - No, everything's in Daniel's name. 834 00:51:41,938 --> 00:51:44,950 - Do you have any money at all? 835 00:51:44,950 --> 00:51:45,783 - Nothing. 836 00:51:47,797 --> 00:51:49,521 Obviously, I have a problem. 837 00:51:49,521 --> 00:51:51,262 - Yeah, you do where the kids are concerned, 838 00:51:51,262 --> 00:51:54,012 if you're going for full custody. 839 00:51:55,187 --> 00:51:56,020 - Okay. 840 00:51:57,093 --> 00:51:59,426 Then, the first step is I... 841 00:52:00,833 --> 00:52:01,833 I get a job. 842 00:52:04,876 --> 00:52:07,888 - So, did you get anything? 843 00:52:07,888 --> 00:52:08,721 - Not yet. 844 00:52:11,253 --> 00:52:13,170 - Well, you look great. 845 00:52:14,811 --> 00:52:18,811 Look like you really belong out there, you know. 846 00:52:20,964 --> 00:52:22,365 - So do you. 847 00:52:22,365 --> 00:52:23,532 - Nah, not me. 848 00:52:25,727 --> 00:52:26,560 I don't know what's up with me. 849 00:52:26,560 --> 00:52:29,660 Lately, I've been all over the place. 850 00:52:29,660 --> 00:52:33,787 Sometimes I feel like I'm just gonna explode. 851 00:52:33,787 --> 00:52:34,620 - I know. 852 00:52:37,281 --> 00:52:40,364 - Guess we all gotta go through, huh? 853 00:52:41,438 --> 00:52:42,614 - Hi. 854 00:52:42,614 --> 00:52:44,913 Rosalie, do you mind? 855 00:52:44,913 --> 00:52:46,207 I need to talk to Maryanne. 856 00:52:46,207 --> 00:52:47,790 - Yeah, no problem. 857 00:52:49,520 --> 00:52:50,687 See you later. 858 00:52:51,983 --> 00:52:52,816 - What's wrong? 859 00:52:52,816 --> 00:52:54,027 - I was on my way to file your papers 860 00:52:54,027 --> 00:52:56,212 when I get a call from Daniel's attorney. 861 00:52:56,212 --> 00:52:57,045 - And? 862 00:52:57,045 --> 00:52:57,943 - He's filed for divorce, 863 00:52:57,943 --> 00:53:01,437 and he's charging you with abandonment and desertion. 864 00:53:01,437 --> 00:53:02,844 - He can't do that. 865 00:53:02,844 --> 00:53:04,008 Louise, he's lying. 866 00:53:04,008 --> 00:53:05,498 - Well, we can handle that in court, 867 00:53:05,498 --> 00:53:08,018 but that's not all of it. 868 00:53:08,018 --> 00:53:11,295 He wants full custody of the kids. 869 00:53:11,295 --> 00:53:12,540 - What? 870 00:53:12,540 --> 00:53:14,304 That's impossible. 871 00:53:14,304 --> 00:53:16,215 Would the courts give him custody? 872 00:53:16,215 --> 00:53:18,287 - I'm afraid he's got a good shot at it. 873 00:53:18,287 --> 00:53:21,458 - But I didn't leave him, I was in the hospital. 874 00:53:21,458 --> 00:53:23,187 What about the beatings? 875 00:53:23,187 --> 00:53:25,003 - They may not be admissible. 876 00:53:25,003 --> 00:53:25,846 - What? 877 00:53:25,846 --> 00:53:27,784 - The law states that the judge must not hear 878 00:53:27,784 --> 00:53:31,128 the testimony of spousal abuse in child custody cases. 879 00:53:31,128 --> 00:53:33,480 - Oh, that's insane. 880 00:53:33,480 --> 00:53:36,320 What'll happen to the kids? 881 00:53:36,320 --> 00:53:38,533 - I, honestly, don't know. 882 00:53:38,533 --> 00:53:40,150 I wish I could tell you they'd be fine, 883 00:53:40,150 --> 00:53:41,150 but I can't. 884 00:53:42,800 --> 00:53:44,300 I just don't know. 885 00:53:47,878 --> 00:53:50,961 (mellow piano music) 886 00:54:02,620 --> 00:54:04,203 - Hey, look at you. 887 00:54:12,244 --> 00:54:13,827 Ah, rough day, huh? 888 00:54:16,302 --> 00:54:19,756 - I don't know what I'm gonna do, Maryanne. 889 00:54:19,756 --> 00:54:21,924 Everything's closing in on me. 890 00:54:21,924 --> 00:54:24,424 - Well, you'll get a job soon. 891 00:54:25,910 --> 00:54:28,267 - You think it's that easy for me? 892 00:54:28,267 --> 00:54:31,503 And you, you ain't been out there in years. 893 00:54:31,503 --> 00:54:32,805 - Well, maybe not, but-- 894 00:54:32,805 --> 00:54:33,918 - Look at me. 895 00:54:33,918 --> 00:54:36,251 Take a good long look at me. 896 00:54:37,632 --> 00:54:41,049 It ain't just about the color of my skin. 897 00:54:42,393 --> 00:54:45,560 There ain't no place out there for me. 898 00:54:52,926 --> 00:54:54,593 In this whole world, 899 00:54:56,390 --> 00:54:59,807 I feel like there's just no place for me. 900 00:55:03,104 --> 00:55:05,044 I'm going back to my husband. 901 00:55:05,044 --> 00:55:06,544 - Rosy, you can't. 902 00:55:07,961 --> 00:55:08,961 - I have to. 903 00:55:11,506 --> 00:55:15,484 I don't know how to be out there on my own. 904 00:55:15,484 --> 00:55:17,734 With him, it wasn't so bad. 905 00:55:19,228 --> 00:55:22,395 Besides, my man wants me back tonight. 906 00:55:23,417 --> 00:55:24,250 - Rosy, you-- 907 00:55:24,250 --> 00:55:25,639 - Hey, take this. 908 00:55:25,639 --> 00:55:27,009 It's a job. 909 00:55:27,009 --> 00:55:28,414 Ask for Walter. 910 00:55:28,414 --> 00:55:29,683 - Rosy, this is your chance. 911 00:55:29,683 --> 00:55:32,266 - Look, I know what I gotta do. 912 00:55:35,835 --> 00:55:38,168 You just get your kids back. 913 00:55:55,568 --> 00:55:57,901 - Excuse me, are you Walter? 914 00:55:58,995 --> 00:56:00,038 - Yeah. 915 00:56:00,038 --> 00:56:01,703 What can I do for you? 916 00:56:01,703 --> 00:56:05,452 - I heard you had an opening, a friend of mine said. 917 00:56:05,452 --> 00:56:07,585 - You ever work in a restaurant before? 918 00:56:07,585 --> 00:56:09,910 - No, but I'm a quick learner. 919 00:56:09,910 --> 00:56:11,415 - You good with people? 920 00:56:11,415 --> 00:56:12,976 - I think so. 921 00:56:12,976 --> 00:56:13,835 - You got kids? 922 00:56:13,835 --> 00:56:14,856 - Two. 923 00:56:14,856 --> 00:56:17,056 They're with their father now. 924 00:56:17,056 --> 00:56:18,267 - You on your own? 925 00:56:18,267 --> 00:56:19,100 - Yes. 926 00:56:22,217 --> 00:56:24,107 But I have been cooking and serving three meals a day 927 00:56:24,107 --> 00:56:26,735 to a house full for the last 12 years. 928 00:56:26,735 --> 00:56:30,235 So, I really, really, know what I'm doing. 929 00:56:31,726 --> 00:56:33,476 - When can you start? 930 00:56:35,619 --> 00:56:36,452 When? 931 00:56:39,766 --> 00:56:41,492 - Oh, well right now. 932 00:56:41,492 --> 00:56:42,325 Today. 933 00:56:42,325 --> 00:56:43,256 - You come on Thursday. 934 00:56:43,256 --> 00:56:44,089 It's quiet. 935 00:56:44,089 --> 00:56:45,017 I'll start you then. 936 00:56:45,017 --> 00:56:46,012 - Thank you. 937 00:56:46,012 --> 00:56:47,222 Thank you. 938 00:56:47,222 --> 00:56:48,055 Thank you. 939 00:56:48,055 --> 00:56:48,888 Thank you. 940 00:56:49,919 --> 00:56:51,824 - Hey, nine o'clock. 941 00:56:51,824 --> 00:56:52,991 Don't be late. 942 00:56:53,846 --> 00:56:56,679 - Did I remember to say thank you? 943 00:56:59,185 --> 00:57:00,684 Thank you. 944 00:57:00,684 --> 00:57:01,945 Thank you. 945 00:57:01,945 --> 00:57:03,669 So, he hired me on the spot. 946 00:57:03,669 --> 00:57:05,064 I still can't believe it. 947 00:57:05,064 --> 00:57:06,314 I've got a job. 948 00:57:07,185 --> 00:57:08,716 - How much is he paying you? 949 00:57:08,716 --> 00:57:09,898 - I don't know. 950 00:57:09,898 --> 00:57:11,231 I forgot to ask. 951 00:57:13,269 --> 00:57:16,036 Well, it's still a long way from what 952 00:57:16,036 --> 00:57:17,566 I started out to be. 953 00:57:17,566 --> 00:57:18,880 - [Louise] Oh yeah, what was that? 954 00:57:18,880 --> 00:57:19,713 - Oh, nothing. 955 00:57:19,713 --> 00:57:20,546 You'll laugh. 956 00:57:20,546 --> 00:57:21,379 - [Louise] Oh c'mon, you know me better than that, c'mon. 957 00:57:21,379 --> 00:57:23,151 - [Maryanne] A dancer. 958 00:57:23,151 --> 00:57:24,651 I wanted to dance. 959 00:57:26,451 --> 00:57:28,032 - Your Honor, strictly for purposes 960 00:57:28,032 --> 00:57:30,656 of determination at this temporary custody hearing, 961 00:57:30,656 --> 00:57:32,955 I beg the court to allow me to introduce 962 00:57:32,955 --> 00:57:34,497 as evidence the hospital records 963 00:57:34,497 --> 00:57:36,278 of Mrs. Maryanne Walker-Tate. 964 00:57:36,278 --> 00:57:37,764 - I'm sorry, Ms. Morales, I cannot allow testimony 965 00:57:37,764 --> 00:57:39,664 of spousal abuse in this court. 966 00:57:39,664 --> 00:57:42,063 - Please, Your Honor, these were not minor incidents. 967 00:57:42,063 --> 00:57:44,748 These were episodes which went at times for days. 968 00:57:44,748 --> 00:57:47,783 Mrs. Tate was so severely beaten and traumatized, 969 00:57:47,783 --> 00:57:50,133 she had to be hospitalized on more than one occasion. 970 00:57:50,133 --> 00:57:54,097 - Even if I wanted to, I could not accept this. 971 00:57:54,097 --> 00:57:55,981 The issue of abuse is only her word. 972 00:57:55,981 --> 00:57:56,814 - [Rachael] But Your Honor-- 973 00:57:56,814 --> 00:57:58,200 - That's all Ms. Morales. 974 00:57:58,200 --> 00:58:01,628 Now, the assertions against your client are very serious. 975 00:58:01,628 --> 00:58:03,626 Mr. Tate is claiming desertion and abandonment 976 00:58:03,626 --> 00:58:04,459 by your client. 977 00:58:04,459 --> 00:58:05,895 - That's outrageous, Your Honor. 978 00:58:05,895 --> 00:58:08,260 My client was hospitalized because of the beatings. 979 00:58:08,260 --> 00:58:09,438 Upon her return to the home, 980 00:58:09,438 --> 00:58:11,107 she found all her locks had been changed. 981 00:58:11,107 --> 00:58:12,617 - I couldn't get in my own house. 982 00:58:12,617 --> 00:58:13,450 - Mrs. Tate-- 983 00:58:13,450 --> 00:58:14,510 - Your Honor, please, you have to listen to me. 984 00:58:14,510 --> 00:58:16,579 - Ms. Morales, you're going to have to control your client, 985 00:58:16,579 --> 00:58:18,237 or I'll have to place her in contempt. 986 00:58:18,237 --> 00:58:19,237 - Calm down. 987 00:58:20,327 --> 00:58:21,744 - Now, Mrs. Tate. 988 00:58:23,286 --> 00:58:25,150 It says here that you are petitioning the court 989 00:58:25,150 --> 00:58:27,747 for full custody of your children. 990 00:58:27,747 --> 00:58:30,050 Where do you reside? 991 00:58:30,050 --> 00:58:30,967 - Tell him. 992 00:58:33,243 --> 00:58:36,559 - Right now, I'm staying in a shelter. 993 00:58:36,559 --> 00:58:38,643 A shelter for battered women. 994 00:58:38,643 --> 00:58:40,059 - [Judge] When will you be leaving the shelter? 995 00:58:40,059 --> 00:58:41,196 - [Maryanne] In three weeks? 996 00:58:41,196 --> 00:58:42,970 - And do you have a place to live when you leave? 997 00:58:42,970 --> 00:58:46,446 - She will by the time she leaves, Your Honor. 998 00:58:46,446 --> 00:58:48,523 - Mrs. Tate, do you have a job? 999 00:58:48,523 --> 00:58:49,356 - Yes. 1000 00:58:49,356 --> 00:58:51,384 - What do you do? 1001 00:58:51,384 --> 00:58:52,919 - I'm a hostess at a restaurant. 1002 00:58:52,919 --> 00:58:55,238 - And Mr. Tate is a successful architect 1003 00:58:55,238 --> 00:58:57,505 with a sizeable income. 1004 00:58:57,505 --> 00:59:02,225 He currently resides at his family home with the children. 1005 00:59:02,225 --> 00:59:03,660 - In light of the information presented 1006 00:59:03,660 --> 00:59:05,078 in this court today, 1007 00:59:05,078 --> 00:59:08,179 I'm awarding full custody, on a temporary basis, 1008 00:59:08,179 --> 00:59:09,744 to the children's father. 1009 00:59:09,744 --> 00:59:10,936 - No, Your Honor, please. 1010 00:59:10,936 --> 00:59:12,561 If you would just hear our testimony 1011 00:59:12,561 --> 00:59:14,522 as to the kind of man that Daniel Tate is. 1012 00:59:14,522 --> 00:59:16,672 - Mr. Tate's character is not on trial here, Your Honor. 1013 00:59:16,672 --> 00:59:19,064 - No, no, please don't take my children away. 1014 00:59:19,064 --> 00:59:21,382 - Mrs. Tate will be given weekend visitation privileges. 1015 00:59:21,382 --> 00:59:22,826 - How can he do this? 1016 00:59:22,826 --> 00:59:23,659 You're lying, Daniel! 1017 00:59:23,659 --> 00:59:25,727 I never abandoned you! 1018 00:59:25,727 --> 00:59:26,905 I'm begging you, Your Honor. 1019 00:59:26,905 --> 00:59:29,499 Please don't take my children away from me. 1020 00:59:29,499 --> 00:59:31,286 Please don't take my children! 1021 00:59:31,286 --> 00:59:32,119 Please! 1022 00:59:32,119 --> 00:59:34,859 Please don't take my children away. 1023 00:59:34,859 --> 00:59:35,942 Please don't. 1024 00:59:49,769 --> 00:59:53,186 (melancholy piano music) 1025 01:00:09,127 --> 01:00:09,960 Oh Rosy. 1026 01:00:13,707 --> 01:00:15,874 I came as soon as I heard. 1027 01:00:22,678 --> 01:00:23,511 Rosy. 1028 01:00:33,841 --> 01:00:34,751 - What are you gonna tell them 1029 01:00:34,751 --> 01:00:36,532 when they ask you why you left? 1030 01:00:36,532 --> 01:00:38,699 Why you haven't seen them. 1031 01:00:40,962 --> 01:00:43,629 - I'm gonna tell them the truth. 1032 01:00:44,465 --> 01:00:46,057 I love them too much to lie to them, 1033 01:00:46,057 --> 01:00:48,807 and every time I cover for Daniel 1034 01:00:49,893 --> 01:00:50,726 I'm lying. 1035 01:00:57,385 --> 01:00:58,218 There they are. 1036 01:00:58,218 --> 01:01:00,385 Oh Louise, there they are. 1037 01:01:04,821 --> 01:01:05,654 Hi kids. 1038 01:01:09,112 --> 01:01:09,945 Oh. 1039 01:01:11,745 --> 01:01:12,578 Oh. 1040 01:01:13,627 --> 01:01:15,377 Oh, you feel so good. 1041 01:01:16,837 --> 01:01:19,674 - Have 'em back by five, Maryanne. 1042 01:01:19,674 --> 01:01:22,341 - This arrangement is just until I'm more settled in. 1043 01:01:22,341 --> 01:01:23,174 - By five. 1044 01:01:24,132 --> 01:01:24,965 No later. 1045 01:01:30,992 --> 01:01:34,232 - It is so good to see you guys. 1046 01:01:34,232 --> 01:01:36,565 Oh, I've missed you so much. 1047 01:01:37,424 --> 01:01:39,924 So, what do you wanna do, huh? 1048 01:01:42,699 --> 01:01:47,210 Well, I thought maybe we could pick up a pizza, 1049 01:01:47,210 --> 01:01:48,475 and bring it back to my place, 1050 01:01:48,475 --> 01:01:51,482 and then, you guys can help me paint my apartment. 1051 01:01:51,482 --> 01:01:52,315 Hmm? 1052 01:01:53,185 --> 01:01:55,268 All your favorite colors. 1053 01:01:56,590 --> 01:01:59,673 We'll fix it up together, how does that sound? 1054 01:01:59,673 --> 01:02:01,510 Oh, c'mon you guys, 1055 01:02:01,510 --> 01:02:03,427 what do you think, huh? 1056 01:02:07,086 --> 01:02:08,503 C'mon, it's okay. 1057 01:02:11,285 --> 01:02:14,398 Now, I thought we should walk, just like we used to. 1058 01:02:14,398 --> 01:02:16,398 It'll be more fun, okay? 1059 01:02:19,876 --> 01:02:20,709 Come here. 1060 01:02:25,782 --> 01:02:29,865 Jason, you didn't finish telling me about school. 1061 01:02:31,903 --> 01:02:32,986 How's soccer? 1062 01:02:34,147 --> 01:02:34,980 - Okay. 1063 01:02:36,274 --> 01:02:38,072 - Uh-oh, Josie, honey, be careful I don't have much 1064 01:02:38,072 --> 01:02:40,188 turpentine left. 1065 01:02:40,188 --> 01:02:42,985 - Daddy won't let me take ballet anymore. 1066 01:02:42,985 --> 01:02:44,795 - What, honey? 1067 01:02:44,795 --> 01:02:47,966 - Daddy won't let me take ballet anymore. 1068 01:02:47,966 --> 01:02:48,799 - Why not? 1069 01:02:49,731 --> 01:02:51,332 - He says it's not good for me to be around 1070 01:02:51,332 --> 01:02:53,082 all those other kids. 1071 01:02:53,956 --> 01:02:56,620 I don't care what Daddy says. 1072 01:02:56,620 --> 01:02:59,453 I don't like it there without you. 1073 01:03:00,950 --> 01:03:01,783 - Josie! 1074 01:03:03,531 --> 01:03:05,561 Josie, get over here! 1075 01:03:05,561 --> 01:03:06,701 You're so stupid! 1076 01:03:06,701 --> 01:03:08,380 - Jason, Jason, Jason. 1077 01:03:08,380 --> 01:03:09,213 It was an accident. 1078 01:03:09,213 --> 01:03:10,796 She didn't mean it. 1079 01:03:13,058 --> 01:03:13,891 Jason. 1080 01:03:14,763 --> 01:03:15,596 Jason! 1081 01:03:17,800 --> 01:03:19,967 Jason, you come back here. 1082 01:03:22,840 --> 01:03:25,923 (mellow piano music) 1083 01:03:48,917 --> 01:03:49,750 - Hey. 1084 01:03:51,786 --> 01:03:55,998 You know, hockey season's about ready to start up again. 1085 01:03:55,998 --> 01:03:57,501 I got 'em. 1086 01:03:57,501 --> 01:03:58,751 Season tickets. 1087 01:03:59,944 --> 01:04:00,777 - Yeah? 1088 01:04:00,777 --> 01:04:01,610 - Yeah. 1089 01:04:02,865 --> 01:04:04,014 - Great. 1090 01:04:04,014 --> 01:04:08,181 - I figure we can make about two out of every three games. 1091 01:04:11,530 --> 01:04:14,363 - You never asked about Mom today. 1092 01:04:16,860 --> 01:04:18,860 We never talk about her. 1093 01:04:20,228 --> 01:04:21,776 - Nothing to talk about she's gone. 1094 01:04:21,776 --> 01:04:23,693 She's out of our lives. 1095 01:04:27,514 --> 01:04:29,169 - Don't you care? 1096 01:04:29,169 --> 01:04:30,752 - Of course I care. 1097 01:04:33,779 --> 01:04:36,529 It's better this way, believe me. 1098 01:04:39,648 --> 01:04:41,398 - You still love her? 1099 01:04:47,583 --> 01:04:48,696 - Come here. 1100 01:04:48,696 --> 01:04:50,946 I wanna tell you something. 1101 01:04:53,504 --> 01:04:56,587 Your mother doesn't want you anymore. 1102 01:04:58,020 --> 01:04:58,853 - I don't believe you. 1103 01:04:58,853 --> 01:05:00,155 - It's the truth. 1104 01:05:00,155 --> 01:05:02,195 I wouldn't lie to you, would I? 1105 01:05:02,195 --> 01:05:05,692 We tell each other everything, right? 1106 01:05:05,692 --> 01:05:07,171 - I guess. 1107 01:05:07,171 --> 01:05:09,132 - That's why I kicked her out. 1108 01:05:09,132 --> 01:05:12,549 That's why she doesn't live here anymore. 1109 01:05:13,466 --> 01:05:14,898 - Because of us? 1110 01:05:14,898 --> 01:05:17,898 - Look, I didn't wanna say anything, 1111 01:05:18,989 --> 01:05:22,300 but you were bound to find out sooner or later. 1112 01:05:22,300 --> 01:05:24,709 Your mother was planning on leaving us. 1113 01:05:24,709 --> 01:05:25,542 - No. 1114 01:05:25,542 --> 01:05:26,667 - She never wanted to come back here 1115 01:05:26,667 --> 01:05:27,898 after she left the hospital. 1116 01:05:27,898 --> 01:05:30,702 She was going to abandon you and your sister. 1117 01:05:30,702 --> 01:05:31,535 - No. 1118 01:05:31,535 --> 01:05:33,394 - You see, that's why I did it. 1119 01:05:33,394 --> 01:05:34,752 That's why I asked her to leave. 1120 01:05:34,752 --> 01:05:36,002 To protect you. 1121 01:05:43,112 --> 01:05:46,279 I wish I could make it easier for you. 1122 01:05:48,670 --> 01:05:49,503 I wish... 1123 01:05:52,457 --> 01:05:54,790 I could make it all go away. 1124 01:06:10,385 --> 01:06:13,569 - Your son's outbursts are getting out of hand, Mrs. Tate. 1125 01:06:13,569 --> 01:06:15,039 Today, he beat up a boy half his size 1126 01:06:15,039 --> 01:06:17,772 for no apparent reason. 1127 01:06:17,772 --> 01:06:19,423 - Was the boy badly hurt? 1128 01:06:19,423 --> 01:06:22,183 - A few bruises considering the beating he took. 1129 01:06:22,183 --> 01:06:23,997 We had to send him home. 1130 01:06:23,997 --> 01:06:27,449 - And Jason, what's going to happen to him? 1131 01:06:27,449 --> 01:06:29,330 - We're gonna give him a 24-hour suspension 1132 01:06:29,330 --> 01:06:30,581 to cool him off. 1133 01:06:30,581 --> 01:06:33,589 But this isn't the first time it's happened, Mrs. Tate. 1134 01:06:33,589 --> 01:06:35,172 We've tried to contact his father, repeatedly, 1135 01:06:35,172 --> 01:06:36,864 but he hasn't responded. 1136 01:06:36,864 --> 01:06:38,440 We tried to get a hold of him today, 1137 01:06:38,440 --> 01:06:40,741 but he still hasn't responded. 1138 01:06:40,741 --> 01:06:44,782 - I didn't know any of this was going on, Mr. Grayson. 1139 01:06:44,782 --> 01:06:47,119 My children don't live with me. 1140 01:06:47,119 --> 01:06:49,556 - We're aware of the situation, Mrs. Tate, 1141 01:06:49,556 --> 01:06:52,078 but that does not excuse Jason's behavior. 1142 01:06:52,078 --> 01:06:54,809 Jason has a lot of anger in him. 1143 01:06:54,809 --> 01:06:56,584 Dangerous anger. 1144 01:06:56,584 --> 01:07:00,291 - You see, the last few years have been very hard on him, 1145 01:07:00,291 --> 01:07:04,554 and I think now, with me being gone, it's... 1146 01:07:04,554 --> 01:07:06,574 - Clearly, the boy needs help. 1147 01:07:06,574 --> 01:07:08,117 I'm going to make a recommendation that Jason 1148 01:07:08,117 --> 01:07:09,447 receives counseling, 1149 01:07:09,447 --> 01:07:11,646 but you'd better do it now, Mrs. Tate. 1150 01:07:11,646 --> 01:07:14,258 Because if you don't, Jason's rage will cost 1151 01:07:14,258 --> 01:07:18,175 him more than just a few days away from school. 1152 01:07:26,317 --> 01:07:27,734 - Are you hungry? 1153 01:07:32,184 --> 01:07:34,101 I asked you a question. 1154 01:07:37,191 --> 01:07:39,796 Jason, we have to talk. 1155 01:07:39,796 --> 01:07:40,629 - No. 1156 01:07:40,629 --> 01:07:42,962 I don't have to talk to you. 1157 01:07:44,304 --> 01:07:47,358 - You have a problem, and we have to talk about it. 1158 01:07:47,358 --> 01:07:48,374 You can't keep shutting me out. 1159 01:07:48,374 --> 01:07:49,501 - I'll do what I want! 1160 01:07:49,501 --> 01:07:50,334 - Not in this house. 1161 01:07:50,334 --> 01:07:51,731 - This is your house! 1162 01:07:51,731 --> 01:07:52,567 I don't live here! 1163 01:07:52,567 --> 01:07:54,067 You don't want me! 1164 01:07:55,300 --> 01:07:57,535 - Of course I want you, more than anything. 1165 01:07:57,535 --> 01:07:59,029 Where would you get something like that? 1166 01:07:59,029 --> 01:08:00,744 - Dad said that you didn't want us! 1167 01:08:00,744 --> 01:08:01,880 That you were just gonna leave! 1168 01:08:01,880 --> 01:08:02,713 - That isn't true. 1169 01:08:02,713 --> 01:08:04,005 - That you're sick of us! 1170 01:08:04,005 --> 01:08:05,863 That you don't wanna be our mother anymore! 1171 01:08:05,863 --> 01:08:06,832 - You are my life. 1172 01:08:06,832 --> 01:08:07,807 - No! 1173 01:08:07,807 --> 01:08:08,640 - I love you. 1174 01:08:08,640 --> 01:08:10,024 - No, no, no! 1175 01:08:10,024 --> 01:08:10,857 - Honey, no. 1176 01:08:10,857 --> 01:08:12,222 No, I love you. 1177 01:08:12,222 --> 01:08:13,055 I love you. 1178 01:08:13,055 --> 01:08:13,888 - No! 1179 01:08:13,888 --> 01:08:15,153 - I love you. I love you. 1180 01:08:15,153 --> 01:08:15,986 - No! 1181 01:08:15,986 --> 01:08:16,819 - Stop it. 1182 01:08:16,819 --> 01:08:17,652 - No! 1183 01:08:17,652 --> 01:08:18,485 No! 1184 01:08:18,485 --> 01:08:19,318 - Stop, stop. 1185 01:08:19,318 --> 01:08:20,302 Look at yourself. 1186 01:08:20,302 --> 01:08:21,300 Is this what you want? 1187 01:08:21,300 --> 01:08:23,280 You want a life like your father had with me? 1188 01:08:23,280 --> 01:08:25,024 Is this how you love? 1189 01:08:25,024 --> 01:08:26,774 Is this how you love? 1190 01:08:29,149 --> 01:08:31,664 - Why did you let him do that to you? 1191 01:08:31,664 --> 01:08:34,172 Why didn't you stop him? 1192 01:08:34,172 --> 01:08:36,505 Why did you let him hit you? 1193 01:08:38,861 --> 01:08:41,560 - Because I thought I deserved it. 1194 01:08:41,560 --> 01:08:43,560 I thought I was no good. 1195 01:08:45,498 --> 01:08:49,719 - All the times he hit you, and I couldn't stop him. 1196 01:08:49,719 --> 01:08:51,004 - It wasn't your responsibility. 1197 01:08:51,004 --> 01:08:52,460 - I wanted to, but I couldn't 1198 01:08:52,460 --> 01:08:53,293 - I know. 1199 01:08:53,293 --> 01:08:54,710 Oh honey, I know. 1200 01:08:55,835 --> 01:08:57,625 Oh honey, what have we done to you? 1201 01:08:57,625 --> 01:08:59,125 What have we done? 1202 01:09:00,664 --> 01:09:02,603 It's all right now. 1203 01:09:02,603 --> 01:09:04,540 - [Jason] There was nothing I could do. 1204 01:09:04,540 --> 01:09:07,722 - Go ahead and cry, I'm here. 1205 01:09:07,722 --> 01:09:08,555 I'm here. 1206 01:09:09,672 --> 01:09:13,009 I'm not going anywhere ever again. 1207 01:09:13,009 --> 01:09:13,926 I love you. 1208 01:09:15,283 --> 01:09:16,200 I love you. 1209 01:09:36,069 --> 01:09:38,569 - [Josie] Mommy, Mommy, Mommy! 1210 01:09:39,714 --> 01:09:40,547 - Oh, hi honey. 1211 01:09:40,547 --> 01:09:41,936 How's my girl, huh? 1212 01:09:41,936 --> 01:09:43,103 How's my girl? 1213 01:09:46,817 --> 01:09:49,634 Daniel, I've been waiting over an hour. 1214 01:09:49,634 --> 01:09:51,018 - Well, I had things to do. 1215 01:09:51,018 --> 01:09:52,290 - I left work early because you said you wanted 1216 01:09:52,290 --> 01:09:53,123 to meet right away. 1217 01:09:53,123 --> 01:09:54,794 - Okay, okay. 1218 01:09:54,794 --> 01:09:55,759 You're the one who called this meeting, 1219 01:09:55,759 --> 01:09:57,176 what do you want? 1220 01:09:58,522 --> 01:10:01,047 - I just thought it was important that we talk. 1221 01:10:01,047 --> 01:10:02,959 - I have nothing to talk to you about, Maryanne. 1222 01:10:02,959 --> 01:10:04,285 You're wasting my time. 1223 01:10:04,285 --> 01:10:05,118 - Daniel, please. 1224 01:10:05,118 --> 01:10:06,785 - Shut up, Maryanne! 1225 01:10:08,658 --> 01:10:10,019 - Jason, here are my keys. 1226 01:10:10,019 --> 01:10:11,619 You two go wait in the car. 1227 01:10:11,619 --> 01:10:12,938 I need to talk to your father alone. 1228 01:10:12,938 --> 01:10:13,771 Go on. 1229 01:10:15,478 --> 01:10:16,311 - Well? 1230 01:10:17,892 --> 01:10:20,185 - Jason needs help. 1231 01:10:20,185 --> 01:10:23,349 We've gotta get him into some kind of therapy. 1232 01:10:23,349 --> 01:10:24,837 - He doesn't need therapy. 1233 01:10:24,837 --> 01:10:27,074 - He's in trouble, Daniel. 1234 01:10:27,074 --> 01:10:28,856 Now, the school says they've tried to call you-- 1235 01:10:28,856 --> 01:10:29,948 - Well, I'm a busy man. 1236 01:10:29,948 --> 01:10:31,440 I don't have time for this. 1237 01:10:31,440 --> 01:10:32,687 - Look, if you don't want the responsibility, 1238 01:10:32,687 --> 01:10:34,137 then give them back to me. 1239 01:10:34,137 --> 01:10:35,637 - Oh, yeah, right. 1240 01:10:36,871 --> 01:10:38,384 - Stop lying to them. 1241 01:10:38,384 --> 01:10:40,467 (laughs) 1242 01:10:43,321 --> 01:10:46,473 - Boy, you're really something, Maryanne, you know. 1243 01:10:46,473 --> 01:10:48,056 You can't even take care of yourself, 1244 01:10:48,056 --> 01:10:49,815 and yet, you're gonna get the kids back. 1245 01:10:49,815 --> 01:10:51,210 Yeah, right. 1246 01:10:51,210 --> 01:10:52,880 - Don't walk away from me, Daniel. 1247 01:10:52,880 --> 01:10:54,489 - You're pathetic. 1248 01:10:54,489 --> 01:10:56,906 - This is about the children. 1249 01:11:04,661 --> 01:11:06,111 You guys get your jackets off, 1250 01:11:06,111 --> 01:11:08,278 and I'll get dinner ready. 1251 01:11:09,141 --> 01:11:10,900 Jason, take your jacket off, you'll catch cold. 1252 01:11:10,900 --> 01:11:12,673 Josie, stop it, honey. 1253 01:11:12,673 --> 01:11:13,965 Stop it, sweetheart. 1254 01:11:13,965 --> 01:11:15,965 Stop it, you two, c'mon. 1255 01:11:16,865 --> 01:11:18,093 Guys want some hot chocolate? 1256 01:11:18,093 --> 01:11:19,260 - Yes, please. 1257 01:11:22,458 --> 01:11:24,708 - Take your cap off, Jason. 1258 01:11:27,962 --> 01:11:28,795 Jason. 1259 01:11:32,952 --> 01:11:34,452 Take off your cap. 1260 01:11:39,754 --> 01:11:42,599 My God, have you been fighting at school again? 1261 01:11:42,599 --> 01:11:44,364 - It didn't happen at school. 1262 01:11:44,364 --> 01:11:45,447 Daddy did it. 1263 01:11:46,970 --> 01:11:47,923 - What? 1264 01:11:47,923 --> 01:11:49,335 - [Josie] Daddy and Jason had a fight. 1265 01:11:49,335 --> 01:11:50,755 - Shut up! 1266 01:11:50,755 --> 01:11:51,683 - Is this true? 1267 01:11:51,683 --> 01:11:53,082 Did your father hit you? 1268 01:11:53,082 --> 01:11:54,915 - We were playing catch and I got in the way of the ball. 1269 01:11:54,915 --> 01:11:56,036 - Don't cover for him, dammit! 1270 01:11:56,036 --> 01:11:57,844 Did he hit you? 1271 01:11:57,844 --> 01:12:02,364 If he hit you, Jason, then I have to know about it. 1272 01:12:02,364 --> 01:12:04,531 What happened to your eye? 1273 01:12:06,294 --> 01:12:08,142 What happened to your eye? 1274 01:12:08,142 --> 01:12:10,398 - He hit me, okay? 1275 01:12:10,398 --> 01:12:12,691 We got in to it about you, and he punched me! 1276 01:12:12,691 --> 01:12:15,018 - Oh, Jason you shouldn't talk to him about me. 1277 01:12:15,018 --> 01:12:17,307 What happens between your daddy and me is our business. 1278 01:12:17,307 --> 01:12:19,807 - I was trying to protect you. 1279 01:12:25,843 --> 01:12:27,176 - What happened? 1280 01:12:29,115 --> 01:12:31,532 - He backed me into a corner, 1281 01:12:36,328 --> 01:12:38,828 and he started pounding on me. 1282 01:12:43,405 --> 01:12:44,738 I couldn't move. 1283 01:12:46,961 --> 01:12:49,044 I couldn't even get away. 1284 01:12:51,915 --> 01:12:55,490 - This will never ever happen again. 1285 01:12:55,490 --> 01:12:57,955 Not to you, not to me. 1286 01:12:57,955 --> 01:13:00,137 Never again, I promise you. 1287 01:13:00,137 --> 01:13:01,137 Never again. 1288 01:13:18,419 --> 01:13:20,669 (knocking) 1289 01:13:29,650 --> 01:13:30,787 - What do you want? 1290 01:13:30,787 --> 01:13:32,248 - I wanna talk to you. 1291 01:13:32,248 --> 01:13:33,828 - You know, you have no right to be here. 1292 01:13:33,828 --> 01:13:34,740 You're trespassing. 1293 01:13:34,740 --> 01:13:35,769 If you don't get out of here now-- 1294 01:13:35,769 --> 01:13:37,484 - Don't threaten me, Daniel, it won't work anymore. 1295 01:13:37,484 --> 01:13:40,293 I don't give a damn about your threats. 1296 01:13:40,293 --> 01:13:41,741 I'm here about Jason. 1297 01:13:41,741 --> 01:13:42,741 - All right. 1298 01:13:44,600 --> 01:13:46,017 What about Jason? 1299 01:13:47,252 --> 01:13:49,044 - Why did you hit him? 1300 01:13:49,044 --> 01:13:50,361 - It was just a little slap. 1301 01:13:50,361 --> 01:13:51,531 - He has a black eye. 1302 01:13:51,531 --> 01:13:53,011 - He opened a mouth to me. 1303 01:13:53,011 --> 01:13:56,291 - Don't you ever, ever lay a hand on my son again. 1304 01:13:56,291 --> 01:13:57,124 - [Daniel] Your son? 1305 01:13:57,124 --> 01:13:57,957 - My son. 1306 01:13:57,957 --> 01:13:59,705 - You know, I think the court gave me custody for-- 1307 01:13:59,705 --> 01:14:01,537 - 'Cause you lied. 1308 01:14:01,537 --> 01:14:03,021 And the court won't allow me to defend myself 1309 01:14:03,021 --> 01:14:03,940 against you. 1310 01:14:03,940 --> 01:14:08,107 - Yeah, well maybe there's another reason, Maryanne. 1311 01:14:09,132 --> 01:14:11,150 - All those years, I believed I was nothing. 1312 01:14:11,150 --> 01:14:12,229 - You are nothing. 1313 01:14:12,229 --> 01:14:13,729 - No, not anymore. 1314 01:14:16,506 --> 01:14:17,827 Tell me about your children, Daniel. 1315 01:14:17,827 --> 01:14:18,910 Who are they? 1316 01:14:20,437 --> 01:14:22,020 You can't, can you? 1317 01:14:22,903 --> 01:14:24,664 Because you don't know them. 1318 01:14:24,664 --> 01:14:26,647 You don't care about them. 1319 01:14:26,647 --> 01:14:30,488 You're just using them to get back at me, because... 1320 01:14:30,488 --> 01:14:32,571 I don't need you anymore. 1321 01:14:33,604 --> 01:14:34,923 Don't you hit me again! 1322 01:14:34,923 --> 01:14:37,170 Don't ever hit me! 1323 01:14:37,170 --> 01:14:39,753 I won't let you hit me anymore! 1324 01:14:40,849 --> 01:14:41,694 No! 1325 01:14:41,694 --> 01:14:42,851 No! 1326 01:14:42,851 --> 01:14:43,684 No! 1327 01:15:08,532 --> 01:15:09,431 (knocking) 1328 01:15:09,431 --> 01:15:10,344 - Who is it? 1329 01:15:10,344 --> 01:15:12,927 - [Maryanne] It's me, Maryanne. 1330 01:15:17,616 --> 01:15:18,641 - Hey. 1331 01:15:18,641 --> 01:15:19,665 Oh, your face. 1332 01:15:19,665 --> 01:15:20,498 What happened? 1333 01:15:20,498 --> 01:15:21,331 Where have you been? 1334 01:15:21,331 --> 01:15:22,164 - To see Daniel. 1335 01:15:22,164 --> 01:15:22,997 - Where are the kids? 1336 01:15:22,997 --> 01:15:24,530 - At my place. 1337 01:15:24,530 --> 01:15:25,851 Look, I didn't want them to see me like this, 1338 01:15:25,851 --> 01:15:27,304 so I took a chance and came here. 1339 01:15:27,304 --> 01:15:29,630 - You saw Daniel alone, are you crazy? 1340 01:15:29,630 --> 01:15:32,477 - I had to, he hit Jason. 1341 01:15:32,477 --> 01:15:33,428 - [Louise] When? 1342 01:15:33,428 --> 01:15:34,261 - Last night. 1343 01:15:34,261 --> 01:15:35,768 - Did you take him to a doctor? 1344 01:15:35,768 --> 01:15:37,500 - No, no, no, I went straight to see Daniel. 1345 01:15:37,500 --> 01:15:39,156 - Oh no, you have to take him to a doctor, 1346 01:15:39,156 --> 01:15:41,407 and photograph any bruises. 1347 01:15:41,407 --> 01:15:43,920 Every bit of documentation is a piece of evidence 1348 01:15:43,920 --> 01:15:44,753 for the judge. 1349 01:15:44,753 --> 01:15:45,689 Now, the next time something-- 1350 01:15:45,689 --> 01:15:48,549 - There isn't going to be a next time, Louise. 1351 01:15:48,549 --> 01:15:50,822 I'm never going to take them back there again. 1352 01:15:50,822 --> 01:15:51,877 I'm keeping them with me. 1353 01:15:51,877 --> 01:15:52,710 - You can't. 1354 01:15:52,710 --> 01:15:54,631 Daniel has custody, Maryanne. 1355 01:15:54,631 --> 01:15:56,383 By law, he has rights. 1356 01:15:56,383 --> 01:15:58,383 - What about my rights?! 1357 01:15:59,413 --> 01:16:01,163 Don't I have rights?! 1358 01:16:02,194 --> 01:16:04,627 Where are the laws that protect me and my children? 1359 01:16:04,627 --> 01:16:06,472 Don't I have the right to keep them safe?! 1360 01:16:06,472 --> 01:16:07,854 - You know what the judge said. 1361 01:16:07,854 --> 01:16:09,437 Oh, damn the judge! 1362 01:16:22,653 --> 01:16:26,295 These are my children we're talking about. 1363 01:16:26,295 --> 01:16:27,523 Now, Daniel almost killed me. 1364 01:16:27,523 --> 01:16:28,356 He could kill them. 1365 01:16:28,356 --> 01:16:30,439 I won't take that chance. 1366 01:16:34,858 --> 01:16:36,421 I want you to call Rachael, 1367 01:16:36,421 --> 01:16:38,357 and ask for an emergency hearing. 1368 01:16:38,357 --> 01:16:40,616 - Oh, no, no, that's impossible. 1369 01:16:40,616 --> 01:16:41,949 - Just call her. 1370 01:16:47,123 --> 01:16:50,206 (mellow piano music) 1371 01:17:40,034 --> 01:17:42,693 She's having such a good time. 1372 01:17:42,693 --> 01:17:43,526 - Look at her. 1373 01:17:43,526 --> 01:17:46,120 - Thanks for getting her in here, Louise. 1374 01:17:46,120 --> 01:17:48,838 I know this class was full, 1375 01:17:48,838 --> 01:17:50,505 but she loves it so. 1376 01:17:51,767 --> 01:17:53,125 Look at her. 1377 01:17:53,125 --> 01:17:55,607 - Yeah, she's so sweet. 1378 01:17:55,607 --> 01:17:57,462 - I don't want her spirit to die, Louise. 1379 01:17:57,462 --> 01:18:00,962 I don't want Daniel to take that from her. 1380 01:18:02,462 --> 01:18:03,659 Did you talk to Rachael? 1381 01:18:03,659 --> 01:18:05,937 - Oh yeah, I got a packet right here. 1382 01:18:05,937 --> 01:18:07,798 There's lots for us to do. 1383 01:18:07,798 --> 01:18:10,434 Every day that goes by that you keep these kids, 1384 01:18:10,434 --> 01:18:12,326 that's another day against you. 1385 01:18:12,326 --> 01:18:14,981 - I just want that judge to look at Jason's face, 1386 01:18:14,981 --> 01:18:17,875 in his eyes, and then, tell him 1387 01:18:17,875 --> 01:18:20,542 he has to go back to his father. 1388 01:18:26,988 --> 01:18:28,561 Lights out, honey. 1389 01:18:28,561 --> 01:18:29,811 It's very late. 1390 01:18:31,285 --> 01:18:32,285 Sleep tight. 1391 01:18:33,613 --> 01:18:35,100 - Mom? 1392 01:18:35,100 --> 01:18:36,166 - Hmm? 1393 01:18:36,166 --> 01:18:38,999 - Are we ever gonna see Dad again? 1394 01:18:40,777 --> 01:18:42,534 - I don't know. 1395 01:18:42,534 --> 01:18:44,034 - Does he love us? 1396 01:18:46,656 --> 01:18:47,656 - Oh, Jason. 1397 01:18:53,371 --> 01:18:54,204 I think... 1398 01:18:55,881 --> 01:18:59,173 I think he loves us very much. 1399 01:18:59,173 --> 01:19:00,897 - Well, why does he hurt us? 1400 01:19:00,897 --> 01:19:02,147 - I don't know. 1401 01:19:03,227 --> 01:19:05,560 I don't think he even knows. 1402 01:19:07,041 --> 01:19:09,157 I think he's scared. 1403 01:19:09,157 --> 01:19:11,437 - I wish it could be normal. 1404 01:19:11,437 --> 01:19:14,494 Then, we could all be together. 1405 01:19:14,494 --> 01:19:16,577 That he wouldn't hurt us. 1406 01:19:18,841 --> 01:19:20,841 - Well, you're safe now, 1407 01:19:22,410 --> 01:19:23,848 and no one can hurt you, 1408 01:19:23,848 --> 01:19:25,931 and nothing can harm you. 1409 01:19:26,940 --> 01:19:29,773 So, you just close your eyes. 1410 01:19:29,773 --> 01:19:31,106 Close your eyes, 1411 01:19:32,550 --> 01:19:35,259 and I'll stay with you until you go to sleep, okay? 1412 01:19:35,259 --> 01:19:36,092 - Okay. 1413 01:19:37,125 --> 01:19:38,208 - I love you. 1414 01:19:45,228 --> 01:19:48,551 - Your Honor, Mrs. Tate has deliberately kept 1415 01:19:48,551 --> 01:19:49,994 her children from their father, 1416 01:19:49,994 --> 01:19:51,595 he doesn't even know where she lives. 1417 01:19:51,595 --> 01:19:53,253 - [Judge] Is that true, Mrs. Tate? 1418 01:19:53,253 --> 01:19:56,042 - I've only registered, care of my attorney and advocate. 1419 01:19:56,042 --> 01:19:58,143 - Mrs. Tate, the court must have a residence address 1420 01:19:58,143 --> 01:19:59,311 for you on record. 1421 01:19:59,311 --> 01:20:02,061 - I'm sorry, Your Honor, I can't. 1422 01:20:03,286 --> 01:20:04,119 I won't. 1423 01:20:04,119 --> 01:20:04,952 - That is illegal. 1424 01:20:04,952 --> 01:20:06,088 My client has rights. 1425 01:20:06,088 --> 01:20:10,467 - I am sick and tired of hearing about Daniel's rights. 1426 01:20:10,467 --> 01:20:12,490 The whole system is designed to protect the abuser, 1427 01:20:12,490 --> 01:20:13,488 not the children. 1428 01:20:13,488 --> 01:20:14,321 - Mrs. Tate-- 1429 01:20:14,321 --> 01:20:16,061 - My son returned home to me with a black eye 1430 01:20:16,061 --> 01:20:17,046 and a swollen cheek. 1431 01:20:17,046 --> 01:20:18,672 Injuries his father gave him. 1432 01:20:18,672 --> 01:20:22,017 - I believe Mrs. Tate is exaggerating, Your Honor. 1433 01:20:22,017 --> 01:20:25,155 According to my client's testimony, it only happened once. 1434 01:20:25,155 --> 01:20:27,609 He slapped the boy for being fresh. 1435 01:20:27,609 --> 01:20:28,984 The boy has gotten out of hand. 1436 01:20:28,984 --> 01:20:30,936 He was simply exercising his right to discipline 1437 01:20:30,936 --> 01:20:31,769 the young man. 1438 01:20:31,769 --> 01:20:33,143 - Discipline? 1439 01:20:33,143 --> 01:20:34,143 He beat him. 1440 01:20:35,814 --> 01:20:38,128 Your Honor, my children are afraid of their father. 1441 01:20:38,128 --> 01:20:39,992 They don't want to live with him, 1442 01:20:39,992 --> 01:20:42,553 in fact, right now, they don't even wanna see him. 1443 01:20:42,553 --> 01:20:44,644 - Children have the right to the benefit of both parents. 1444 01:20:44,644 --> 01:20:46,141 - What if it isn't healthy for them? 1445 01:20:46,141 --> 01:20:48,921 What if one of the parents is emotionally unstable? 1446 01:20:48,921 --> 01:20:51,143 - That is not for Mrs. Tate to decide. 1447 01:20:51,143 --> 01:20:54,419 - Your Honor, please, if you will just hear my testimony 1448 01:20:54,419 --> 01:20:55,691 of Daniel's abuse. 1449 01:20:55,691 --> 01:20:57,133 - Mrs. Tate. 1450 01:20:57,133 --> 01:20:59,407 No matter how much I might want to, 1451 01:20:59,407 --> 01:21:01,492 at this point, I cannot admit spousal abuse. 1452 01:21:01,492 --> 01:21:02,519 - He beat me for years. 1453 01:21:02,519 --> 01:21:03,945 - It is irrelevant in custody cases. 1454 01:21:03,945 --> 01:21:05,403 - And now, he's abusing my children. 1455 01:21:05,403 --> 01:21:06,489 - There's no evidence of that here. 1456 01:21:06,489 --> 01:21:08,355 - That isn't true, and you know it. 1457 01:21:08,355 --> 01:21:09,188 - It's the law. 1458 01:21:09,188 --> 01:21:12,188 - The hell with the law, Your Honor. 1459 01:21:14,535 --> 01:21:18,847 - Mrs. Tate, I'm giving you 24 hours to report 1460 01:21:18,847 --> 01:21:21,592 your residence address to the court, 1461 01:21:21,592 --> 01:21:25,253 and to return the children to their home. 1462 01:21:25,253 --> 01:21:26,586 - They are home. 1463 01:21:28,891 --> 01:21:30,387 With me. 1464 01:21:30,387 --> 01:21:32,110 - Mrs. Tate, I'm placing you in contempt. 1465 01:21:32,110 --> 01:21:33,652 - Please, if you'll only hear me. 1466 01:21:33,652 --> 01:21:37,819 - 24 hours, or I'll have a warrant out for your arrest. 1467 01:21:53,213 --> 01:21:55,963 - [Louise] So, are they sleeping? 1468 01:21:58,115 --> 01:22:00,033 - I can't take them back to him, Louise. 1469 01:22:00,033 --> 01:22:01,213 I won't do it. 1470 01:22:01,213 --> 01:22:03,443 - Do you understand what'll happen if you don't? 1471 01:22:03,443 --> 01:22:05,158 - I'll leave the state if I have to. 1472 01:22:05,158 --> 01:22:07,454 I'll go so far away, he'll never be able to find us. 1473 01:22:07,454 --> 01:22:09,803 - He can bring kidnapping charges against you. 1474 01:22:09,803 --> 01:22:11,053 - I don't care. 1475 01:22:12,019 --> 01:22:13,806 These are my children. 1476 01:22:13,806 --> 01:22:15,889 - And the law is the law. 1477 01:22:17,766 --> 01:22:18,599 - Yeah. 1478 01:22:19,869 --> 01:22:24,372 But there is another way, isn't there, Louise? 1479 01:22:24,372 --> 01:22:25,864 - I could disappear. 1480 01:22:25,864 --> 01:22:26,697 - Maryanne-- 1481 01:22:26,697 --> 01:22:28,734 - Rosalie was talking about it at the shelter. 1482 01:22:28,734 --> 01:22:30,543 She has a friend who's living underground. 1483 01:22:30,543 --> 01:22:33,174 - This isn't something to bring up lightly. 1484 01:22:33,174 --> 01:22:34,547 I can't advocate it. 1485 01:22:34,547 --> 01:22:37,251 Only women in extreme cases-- 1486 01:22:37,251 --> 01:22:39,318 - This is extreme, Louise. 1487 01:22:39,318 --> 01:22:40,789 If I don't do something, if I don't take it 1488 01:22:40,789 --> 01:22:42,316 into my own hands, 1489 01:22:42,316 --> 01:22:44,156 I could lose my children. 1490 01:22:44,156 --> 01:22:47,633 - Going underground is serious business, Maryanne. 1491 01:22:47,633 --> 01:22:50,440 Now, officially, I can't help you. 1492 01:22:50,440 --> 01:22:52,775 I'd be putting the center in jeopardy. 1493 01:22:52,775 --> 01:22:55,109 - But as my friend? 1494 01:22:55,109 --> 01:22:57,574 - Look, you don't know what you're into here, hun. 1495 01:22:57,574 --> 01:22:59,335 There are consequences. 1496 01:22:59,335 --> 01:23:00,418 Serious ones. 1497 01:23:00,418 --> 01:23:01,584 - I can handle it. 1498 01:23:01,584 --> 01:23:02,764 - [Louise] Really? 1499 01:23:02,764 --> 01:23:04,658 - Anything is better than this. 1500 01:23:04,658 --> 01:23:07,557 - But can you handle the emotional stress? 1501 01:23:07,557 --> 01:23:09,709 Moving your kids, changing their names. 1502 01:23:09,709 --> 01:23:11,703 There'd be no records. 1503 01:23:11,703 --> 01:23:13,867 Before this is all done, you might have to move 1504 01:23:13,867 --> 01:23:15,178 again and again and again. 1505 01:23:15,178 --> 01:23:16,164 - We'll just deal with it. 1506 01:23:16,164 --> 01:23:18,138 - Well, could you deal with going to jail, 1507 01:23:18,138 --> 01:23:20,505 'cause that could happen. 1508 01:23:20,505 --> 01:23:22,832 What'll happen to your kids then? 1509 01:23:22,832 --> 01:23:25,749 What would you do if you lost them? 1510 01:23:26,969 --> 01:23:29,552 - It's a chance I have to take. 1511 01:23:31,290 --> 01:23:33,457 It's my only hope, Louise. 1512 01:23:40,541 --> 01:23:41,971 - Okay, okay. 1513 01:23:41,971 --> 01:23:43,107 Okay, okay. 1514 01:23:43,107 --> 01:23:43,940 Okay. 1515 01:23:45,667 --> 01:23:48,334 Maryanne, you will have no past. 1516 01:23:53,701 --> 01:23:55,951 - So, we're all on the run. 1517 01:23:58,479 --> 01:24:01,562 (mellow piano music) 1518 01:24:09,816 --> 01:24:12,233 Daniel's out there somewhere. 1519 01:24:15,322 --> 01:24:16,489 I can feel it. 1520 01:24:27,498 --> 01:24:28,711 - [Josie] Look at all this hair. 1521 01:24:28,711 --> 01:24:29,544 - I know. 1522 01:24:32,203 --> 01:24:33,329 What do you think? 1523 01:24:33,329 --> 01:24:34,210 How's that look? 1524 01:24:34,210 --> 01:24:35,328 - It looks great. 1525 01:24:35,328 --> 01:24:36,161 - You like it? 1526 01:24:36,161 --> 01:24:37,161 You like it? 1527 01:24:38,635 --> 01:24:39,961 - [Jason] Will we have to leave town? 1528 01:24:39,961 --> 01:24:41,505 - [Maryanne] No, Daddy doesn't know where we live 1529 01:24:41,505 --> 01:24:42,926 so we can stay here. 1530 01:24:42,926 --> 01:24:44,399 - [Josie] What about Caitlin? 1531 01:24:44,399 --> 01:24:46,437 - [Maryanne] Not. 1532 01:24:46,437 --> 01:24:49,838 We'll pick a perfect name for you. 1533 01:24:49,838 --> 01:24:52,921 (mellow piano music) 1534 01:25:42,315 --> 01:25:46,069 (children cheering) 1535 01:25:46,069 --> 01:25:48,862 (phone ringing) 1536 01:25:48,862 --> 01:25:50,821 - Louise Levy. 1537 01:25:50,821 --> 01:25:52,402 Who? 1538 01:25:52,402 --> 01:25:53,902 Oh yes, I'll hold. 1539 01:25:57,368 --> 01:25:58,201 Yes. 1540 01:25:59,517 --> 01:26:02,552 Just a minute, let me check. 1541 01:26:02,552 --> 01:26:04,385 Tomorrow is just fine. 1542 01:26:05,793 --> 01:26:06,626 Thanks. 1543 01:26:10,364 --> 01:26:13,122 Leah, get me all of the records for the custody 1544 01:26:13,122 --> 01:26:15,714 cases of the last five years, 1545 01:26:15,714 --> 01:26:18,678 and call Ellen and get hers too okay? 1546 01:26:18,678 --> 01:26:19,511 Thanks. 1547 01:26:22,737 --> 01:26:24,752 - Congresswoman Morella and I have 1548 01:26:24,752 --> 01:26:26,855 gone through these files. 1549 01:26:26,855 --> 01:26:29,394 These stories are frightening. 1550 01:26:29,394 --> 01:26:31,813 Sometimes, we get as many as 50 calls a day 1551 01:26:31,813 --> 01:26:34,219 from abused women wanting to leave the home. 1552 01:26:34,219 --> 01:26:35,187 - But they don't. 1553 01:26:35,187 --> 01:26:37,587 - Most of them have nothing on their own. 1554 01:26:37,587 --> 01:26:39,208 They're afraid they'll lose the children. 1555 01:26:39,208 --> 01:26:42,654 - Well, that's why the congresswoman called for this data. 1556 01:26:42,654 --> 01:26:46,383 There's going to be a press conference to gain support, 1557 01:26:46,383 --> 01:26:49,733 and we need women who would be willing to talk. 1558 01:26:49,733 --> 01:26:52,042 Do you have anyone? 1559 01:26:52,042 --> 01:26:53,209 Anyone at all. 1560 01:26:56,350 --> 01:26:57,467 - [Man] Ladies and gentlemen of the press, 1561 01:26:57,467 --> 01:26:59,736 Mrs. Sara Williams. 1562 01:26:59,736 --> 01:27:03,903 My name is not Sara Williams, and I am a fugitive. 1563 01:27:06,105 --> 01:27:07,901 And if the judge sees this hearing, 1564 01:27:07,901 --> 01:27:10,104 I will be placed under arrest. 1565 01:27:10,104 --> 01:27:13,351 I might even be charged with kidnapping, 1566 01:27:13,351 --> 01:27:15,471 and I'm not alone. 1567 01:27:15,471 --> 01:27:20,104 In this country, right now, eight women a minute 1568 01:27:20,104 --> 01:27:23,383 are being physically abused by their mates. 1569 01:27:23,383 --> 01:27:25,545 Most of them have no money or no place to go, 1570 01:27:25,545 --> 01:27:28,354 so for the sake of the children they stay 1571 01:27:28,354 --> 01:27:30,271 in a violent situation. 1572 01:27:31,334 --> 01:27:35,347 I know this because I've spent the last 11 years 1573 01:27:35,347 --> 01:27:38,252 of my life as a battered woman, 1574 01:27:38,252 --> 01:27:40,240 and I'm still being battered. 1575 01:27:40,240 --> 01:27:43,718 Only this time by the courts and by a government 1576 01:27:43,718 --> 01:27:46,677 that does not honor or respect women, 1577 01:27:46,677 --> 01:27:50,844 but instead strips us of our rights, and our dignity. 1578 01:27:54,064 --> 01:27:56,898 I lost custody of my children to the man 1579 01:27:56,898 --> 01:27:58,186 who beat me for 11 years. 1580 01:27:58,186 --> 01:28:01,492 I lost custody because the judge refused to hear 1581 01:28:01,492 --> 01:28:03,992 my testimony of spousal abuse. 1582 01:28:06,793 --> 01:28:11,216 I was threatened with abandonment and desertion, 1583 01:28:11,216 --> 01:28:15,383 and then, not allowed to defend myself or my children. 1584 01:28:18,131 --> 01:28:21,500 This is because judges may not, and shall not, 1585 01:28:21,500 --> 01:28:25,667 hear evidence of physical spousal abuse in custody cases. 1586 01:28:27,896 --> 01:28:29,313 It is irrelevant. 1587 01:28:32,019 --> 01:28:32,936 Irrelevant. 1588 01:28:34,794 --> 01:28:38,961 I've heard that word a lot since all this started. 1589 01:28:40,448 --> 01:28:43,698 Our courts are insensitive to our pain. 1590 01:28:45,007 --> 01:28:46,424 For years, I hid. 1591 01:28:47,719 --> 01:28:49,552 Ashamed of my bruises. 1592 01:28:51,458 --> 01:28:53,041 Afraid of my shame. 1593 01:28:55,003 --> 01:28:57,088 And now that I'm free, I'm still hiding. 1594 01:28:57,088 --> 01:28:59,255 All I want is to be heard. 1595 01:29:01,691 --> 01:29:05,108 All I want is to give my children a home, 1596 01:29:08,100 --> 01:29:11,857 to love them, and take care of them, 1597 01:29:11,857 --> 01:29:14,440 without the threat of violence. 1598 01:29:16,324 --> 01:29:17,241 So, please, 1599 01:29:19,583 --> 01:29:21,000 please I beg you, 1600 01:29:23,069 --> 01:29:25,152 give me back my children. 1601 01:29:28,728 --> 01:29:30,978 (clapping) 1602 01:29:42,769 --> 01:29:45,852 (mellow piano music) 1603 01:30:02,191 --> 01:30:05,338 - Some time ago, I placed Mrs. Maryanne Walker-Tate 1604 01:30:05,338 --> 01:30:07,863 in contempt of this court, 1605 01:30:07,863 --> 01:30:09,675 since that time the state of Maryland 1606 01:30:09,675 --> 01:30:11,101 has become one of many states to adopt 1607 01:30:11,101 --> 01:30:13,240 the Morella Resolution, 1608 01:30:13,240 --> 01:30:16,202 allowing domestic court judges the right to hear 1609 01:30:16,202 --> 01:30:20,482 testimony of spousal abuse in custody cases. 1610 01:30:20,482 --> 01:30:22,162 It is with that right that I ask her attorney 1611 01:30:22,162 --> 01:30:25,525 to call Mrs. Maryanne Walker-Tate to the stand. 1612 01:30:25,525 --> 01:30:28,442 I will hear her testimony of abuse. 1613 01:30:29,319 --> 01:30:30,608 - [Rachael] Your Honor, I call 1614 01:30:30,608 --> 01:30:33,858 Mrs. Maryanne Walker-Tate to the stand. 1615 01:30:53,919 --> 01:30:55,749 - [Bailiff] Raise your right hand, and repeat after me. 1616 01:30:55,749 --> 01:30:56,582 I. 1617 01:30:56,582 --> 01:30:57,415 - [Maryanne] I. 1618 01:30:57,415 --> 01:30:58,463 - [Bailiff] Maryanne Walker-Tate. 1619 01:30:58,463 --> 01:31:00,046 - [Maryanne] Maryanne Walker-Tate. 1620 01:31:00,046 --> 01:31:00,964 - [Bailiff] Do solemnly swear. 1621 01:31:00,964 --> 01:31:01,871 - [Maryanne] Do solemnly swear. 1622 01:31:01,871 --> 01:31:03,109 - [Bailiff] To tell the truth. 1623 01:31:03,109 --> 01:31:03,942 - [Maryanne] To tell the truth. 1624 01:31:03,942 --> 01:31:04,849 - [Bailiff] The whole truth. 1625 01:31:04,849 --> 01:31:06,229 - The whole truth. 1626 01:31:06,229 --> 01:31:07,552 - [Bailiff] And nothing but the truth. 1627 01:31:07,552 --> 01:31:08,689 - And nothing but the truth. 1628 01:31:08,689 --> 01:31:10,100 - [Bailiff] So help me God. 1629 01:31:10,100 --> 01:31:11,517 - So help me God. 1630 01:31:14,885 --> 01:31:17,968 (mellow piano music) 1631 01:31:53,467 --> 01:31:56,300 (MultiCom Jingle) 102101