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Previously on L .A. Law.

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We, the jury, sentence the defendant to
death.

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Grace, you god, lady, you dead meat!
Dead meat!

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I'm putting two uniforms on you.

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They'll walk you to and from your car
and they'll park outside your place at

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night. That's not enough. The man's in
custody, Michael. Well, his gang friends

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aren't. Grace, let me ask you something.
You got a gun? I have never even fired

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a gun.

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What is going on? I'm sorry. I found him
on the freeway this morning coming in.

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For God's sakes, call the pound.

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What happened? My dog is gone.

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Mr. Brackman took it.

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Since you're having a hard time placing
him, why don't I take him? Do you want

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it? I've always had a way with animals.

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I prefer their company to some people in
many cases.

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I lost my first case, too. Oh, and you
just love rubbing my nose in it, don't

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you? Not really.

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Then why did you come down here?

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To ask you out on a date.

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A date?

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Oh, wait a minute.

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Don't spend it, because it's a magic
dollar bill.

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That was fantastic.

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Thank you.

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It's my pleasure.

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Sell your condo. Stuart, it's my only
asset.

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Well, and the whole thing doesn't make
sense unless you move in with me.

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Whoa. Back up.

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It's a big step. Can I think about it?

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Absolutely.

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Okay, I thought about it.

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Then let's go home.

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Gallagher versus Martin.

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How do we stand, Victor?

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Lousy, we lost.

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Appeal and notify the client.

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That was the appeal, Douglas, and he is
no longer a client.

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Michael, Abrams versus Bertrand. Jury
was impaneled yesterday.

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We start today.

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Why haven't we settled this?

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Because we haven't been offered anything
worth settling for, Douglas.

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This case is a loser at trial.

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How do you prove sexual assault when she
willingly went back to his room?

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Well, she wasn't willing to be raped.

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Isn't the boy a first -round draft pick?
I would think an instant millionaire

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should be willing to come up with a few
dollars to keep this nastiness out of

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the papers.

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All right, Douglas, let's move along.
Michael has the case in hand.

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Miss Kelsey, perhaps you could inform us
of this new matter in the list entitled

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In Ray Kelsey?

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I've got my condo up for sale. Leland
said I could open up a file for

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administrative convenience.

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Fine. Just be aware that these things
are never as simple as they appear, and

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don't want a lot of office time piled up
on this.

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Oh, please.

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Can we discuss?

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Item six on the list, Karras versus
Brackman. That's a legitimate lawsuit,

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did not initiate it. No, but you
enlisted Abby to defend you, which means

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your little barking dog is costing this
firm the time of one associate and one

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partner for at least one full trial day.
For your information, I happen to be a

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victim here.

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I'm being sued by a senseless and
vindictive neighbor who's attempting to

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Sparky destroyed.

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I've enlisted Miss Perkins because, A,
she knows the dog, B, sympathy happens

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be our strong suit in this matter, and
she's best able to exploit it, and C,

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last time Douglas represented himself,
he got pasted by Andrew Taylor. That's

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it. I will not sit here and tolerate
this abuse.

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Douglas! That psychotic is after my dog.

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And when I come into this office looking
for a little support, I don't need to

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be mocked and ridiculed by a group of
people completely insensitive to my

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feelings. An innocent pet is being
maligned and persecuted.

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Excuse me.

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Bye.

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Then when I called to complain about it,
he was rude. He called me an animal

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hater, a bad neighbor. He refused to
even consider that his dog could be a

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nuisance. Cross, Miss Perkins.

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Mr. Carrot, since you're representing
yourself, you have the right to object

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questions you find improper.

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Thank you, Your Honor.

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Now, your complaint states that the dog
has been barking incessantly since last

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October. It never stops.

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Yep, yep, yep.

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At Thanksgiving dinner, I could hardly
hear Grace.

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Are you aware, sir, that the dog did not
come to live at the Brackman residence

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until early December?

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He what?

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December 5th, to be exact.

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Well, it's been so nonstop that I
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Objection. Conclusory, argumentative,
and self -serving. Mr. Brackman, you're

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not the attorney of record here.

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Could I take a moment to confer with my
counsel, Your Honor?

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Hurry up.

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Ask him how he can hear it all day when
he's at work.

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Ask him why his wife never complains.
Ask him about the last time he sued me.

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Question him about... I'll get to it.
You've got to be more aggressive. I'm

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starting. I understand. Let's go, Miss
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Mr. Carruth, isn't it true that you sued
my client two years ago, also for

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nuisance, claiming that he failed to
keep the lids fastened tightly to his

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cans? A good easterly breeze and the
reek of his garbage would walk right

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through my kitchen.

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Objection! Prior bad acts are
inadmissible.

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Mr. Brackman, your lawyer asked him
about it. But his answer was non

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to her question, which was merely
designed to establish that the witness

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personal vendetta and he's been
initiating frivolous and baseless

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against me. Mr. Brackman, sit down.
Could I take a moment to confer with

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counsel, Your Honor? No. Now sit down
and be quiet.

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You want to meet me for lunch later?

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Not if my trial gets started.

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It's a loser. Settle it.

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We could take the whole day. We could do
something fun for a change.

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God knows my office won't miss me.

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Just say so and I'll tell them to get
lost.

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Has the team or the league offered any
sort of settlement on Bertrand's behalf?

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I have no comment on that. Does that
mean that it's going to trial? I have no

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comment.

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If I were you, I really would try to
drop this case.

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You're starting to sound like a broken
record.

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I'm just trying to get you to look at
this realistically.

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Michael, if there really was a case, my
office would have prosecuted. But this

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is civil, not criminal. We're not asking
a jury to send this guy to jail.

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I think we got one hell of a shot.

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Don't bet on it.

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What? Are you saying there was no
assault here? I am saying that date rape

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hard to prove in court.

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I'll call you.

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Good luck.

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$50 ,000 conditioned on no disclosure to
the press.

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I'll take it to my client.

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But I have to advise against it. Come
on. You got no case.

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Are you kidding?

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I like my case just fine.

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Your guy signs an MBA contract.

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My client, the victim, she has to drop
out of school.

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She's been in therapy. She's broke. Her
family's been humiliated.

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I know just what I've got, Counselor.

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75 grand.

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That's it. That's as high as I'm
authorized.

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See, for my client, this case is not
just about money.

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Well, you bounce.

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75 grand on the card. We'll see what
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Well, they're offering 75

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,000. That's it? They also want a
stipulation barring you from any

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the terms of the settlement.

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You mean they want to buy my silence?

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Pretty much.

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Forget it. If I take this offer, the
truth will never come out.

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Lori, this thing will get ugly.

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They've got one of your ex -boyfriends
to testify against you. They've

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subpoenaed one of the therapists who
treated you. They're going to do

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they have to.

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Michael, he raped me.

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Nothing those lawyers do to me could be
worse than that.

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The dog does bark at strangers.

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An excellent watchdog.

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But other than that, he's a very quiet
little fellow. I see.

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Mr. Brackman, what are you doing?

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Nothing, Your Honor.

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Could you tell us what steps you took to
solve this problem with Mr. Karras? I'm

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not sure I understand your question. I
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the whole neighborhood think of him?

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They hate him. He's been nothing but a
source of disruption and discontent for

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the whole block.

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Now, that's not true. He's the one. Sit
down, Mr. Karras. But, Your Honor... Sit

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down.

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Continue.

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Would you say, then, that there is a
good deal of animosity between the two

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you? I'm not sure I follow.

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I think what you mean to ask is, how
does he behave when I attempt to work

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things out?

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He verbally assaults me. He's more
interested in an argument than he is a

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solution. Could you tell us what
transpired? I'm sure the court would

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know what he said to my wife last week.
The court is getting very annoyed.

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The court would like the lawyer to ask
the questions, not the witness.

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And I think the court has heard from
both sides by now. Mr. Karras, do you

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anything further?

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I'll know, Your Honor, but I would like
to add, for the record, that Mr.

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Brackman is a liar.

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Objection.

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Now, let me say this to the both of you.

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The courtroom is not a place to play out
neighborhood squabbles.

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Barking dogs are a fact of life, Mr.
Karras, and I don't find these

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circumstances to be so aggravated as to
constitute a deprivation of your quiet

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enjoyment of your property.

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Accordingly, I find the facts to be
insufficient to support your nuisance

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And I'm entering judgment for the
defendant.

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Judges and lawyers, you're all together.

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That's enough, sir.

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And Mr. Brackman, though this thing has
not risen to the level of nuisance yet,

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I remind you that it still could. And
there is nothing to stop Mr. Kerrison

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instituting an action at that time.

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I suggest you try keeping the dog quiet.

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Yes, Your Honor.

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This court's adjourned.

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Very good, Miss Perkins.

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I never had a moment's doubt.

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Thank you.

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You think you're going to get away with
this, Brackman?

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Well, I'll get justice in my own way.
You wait.

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Just you wait.

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Laurie, I want you to tell us everything
that happened between you and the

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defendant before leaving the party.

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We were just talking.

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There wasn't even any dancing going on
at this party. It was just a lot of

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drinking and celebrating.

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Do you remember what it was you were
talking about?

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Lots of things.

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In fact, I remember being really
impressed that he wasn't totally

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the game.

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The basketball game?

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Yeah. They had just won the
championship, and everybody was intent

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the thing play by play.

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And here he was, this big star, and we
talked about a lot of things.

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I met him a few times before, but this
was the first time I'd really gotten a

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chance to know him.

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And he seemed really personable and
unassuming.

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You were attracted to him. I thought he
was great.

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So, what time did the two of you leave
the party?

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It was about midnight.

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It was getting really noisy and rowdy,
so we couldn't even hear each other

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and his dorm was right across the way,
and we thought we'd go over there.

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Just the two of you? I know how it
looks, but we just wanted to go

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quiet where we could talk.

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And what happened when you got there?

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We sat on the couch in the living room,
and we talked some more, and we had some

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wine.

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And we kissed.

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Voluntarily? Yes.

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And what happened next?

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Well, we kissed for about a minute. I
don't think it was any longer than that.

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And then suddenly, he started to climb
on top of me.

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And I said, what are you doing? And then
he turned to me and pushed me into the

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cushions on the couch.

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And I yelled at him to stop.

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And then I felt his knees digging into
my thighs.

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I tried to get free.

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And the next thing I knew...

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He was reaching up under my skirt and
ripped down my panties from the back.

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And then he started to force my legs
apart with his knees.

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And before I could even register what
was going on, he was ramming

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himself into me.

241
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And I couldn't... I couldn't get up.

242
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You said that you were trying to get
free during this time.

243
00:14:00,950 --> 00:14:02,000
Yeah.

244
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He had my arms pinned down with his
elbows.

245
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And his legs were on top of my legs.

246
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And he was too strong. I couldn't fight
him.

247
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And I took a deep breath.

248
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And I screamed as loud and hard as I
could.

249
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And I must have surprised him because he
jumped off of me.

250
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And I left.

251
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How long, approximately, did this attack
take?

252
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I can't remember. It would happen so
fast.

253
00:14:31,500 --> 00:14:34,570
But it was like in slow motion. It was
like it wasn't happening.

254
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It was like it was somebody else.

255
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But it was me.

256
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He was inside of me.

257
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And he... And he wouldn't stop.

258
00:14:44,660 --> 00:14:45,710
Mr. Cusack.

259
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Since it's now four o 'clock and this
seems like an appropriate time for a

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recess, I'm inclined to adjourn till
tomorrow morning.

261
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That would be fine, Your Honor.

262
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easy, it's only me, okay, going to work
now, and be a good boy, okay, be

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a good boy.

264
00:15:44,620 --> 00:15:48,439
I just get the sense that George wants a
lot from me right now, and I don't

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really know if I'm in the position to
give it to him.

266
00:15:50,620 --> 00:15:52,959
In other words, he's asked you to go to
bed with him.

267
00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:55,820
The subject has come up, and I just
don't know.

268
00:15:56,560 --> 00:16:01,140
I mean, we both come with so much
baggage, and it's... it's all so

269
00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:04,010
I... Sometimes I just think, let's
forget the whole thing.

270
00:16:04,260 --> 00:16:07,000
I mean, what is so terrible about
celibacy, anyway?

271
00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:10,180
On the other hand, what's so great?

272
00:16:10,830 --> 00:16:15,729
I am serious, Anne. Having sex with
someone is a big deal to me, and I am

273
00:16:15,730 --> 00:16:17,710
not comfortable with one -night stands.

274
00:16:17,930 --> 00:16:20,280
You've been out with him at least a
dozen times.

275
00:16:20,430 --> 00:16:23,140
And maybe I shouldn't be tying myself
down right away.

276
00:16:23,390 --> 00:16:26,940
I mean, right after a divorce, just
jumping into another commitment?

277
00:16:26,941 --> 00:16:28,369
Is that what George wants?

278
00:16:28,370 --> 00:16:31,320
That's what he says. But who knows?
Maybe he's just talking.

279
00:16:31,550 --> 00:16:34,620
I mean, what if I go to bed with him and
he never calls me again?

280
00:16:34,910 --> 00:16:37,080
He doesn't sound to me like that kind of
guy.

281
00:16:37,390 --> 00:16:40,700
Besides, I'd like to live long enough to
dance at my son's wedding.

282
00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:42,570
What? AIDS.

283
00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:43,730
You have heard of it.

284
00:16:43,731 --> 00:16:47,739
Before you go to bed with him, you're
certainly entitled to ask about his

285
00:16:47,740 --> 00:16:50,200
history. Or you could buy him some
condoms.

286
00:16:52,900 --> 00:16:54,280
Well, that's very romantic.

287
00:16:54,281 --> 00:16:58,339
Besides, where are we supposed to do it,
anyway? We each have a young child at

288
00:16:58,340 --> 00:17:01,290
home, and there is no way that I'm going
to some tacky motel.

289
00:17:01,291 --> 00:17:04,939
Look, Abby, if you don't want to go to
bed with him, don't go to bed with him.

290
00:17:04,940 --> 00:17:06,930
You don't have to explain it to me. I
know.

291
00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:10,780
But I'm so attracted to him. So go to
bed with him.

292
00:17:14,700 --> 00:17:16,440
Would you like the keys to my place?

293
00:17:17,740 --> 00:17:19,790
I'm never there. It's just sitting
empty.

294
00:17:19,791 --> 00:17:23,139
So that if you do decide to make love
with George, you wouldn't have to worry

295
00:17:23,140 --> 00:17:24,190
about logistics.

296
00:17:24,191 --> 00:17:25,838
I've been looking all over for you.

297
00:17:25,839 --> 00:17:27,220
In my office, right away.

298
00:17:27,221 --> 00:17:30,659
What's wrong? That lunatic has just
slashed my tires. We're going to sue him

299
00:17:30,660 --> 00:17:31,710
blind.

300
00:17:32,810 --> 00:17:36,489
I want one count for property damage,
one count for trespassing. I want

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00:17:36,490 --> 00:17:39,749
negligent infliction of emotional
distress and intentional infliction of

302
00:17:39,750 --> 00:17:40,789
emotional distress.

303
00:17:40,790 --> 00:17:44,509
Municipal court? No, superior court.
Jury trial. He's going to have to hire a

304
00:17:44,510 --> 00:17:46,489
lawyer this time and it's going to cost
him big.

305
00:17:46,490 --> 00:17:50,029
Let's hit him with interrogatories and a
request for admissions. Then we'll

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00:17:50,030 --> 00:17:51,230
depose the filthy roach.

307
00:17:51,810 --> 00:17:54,910
Ask for damages in the amount of $500
,000.

308
00:17:55,590 --> 00:17:57,970
Half a million for four steel -belted
radials.

309
00:17:58,370 --> 00:18:01,260
We're talking emotional distress and
punitive damages.

310
00:18:01,261 --> 00:18:04,839
When I get through with him, he's going
to have to sell his house. I want a

311
00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:08,139
draft copy of the complaint on my desk
by 5 o 'clock. I want to be ready to

312
00:18:08,140 --> 00:18:09,159
it tomorrow.

313
00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:13,279
This sounds kind of big. Are you sure
you don't want Michael to handle it?

314
00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:14,119
be silly.

315
00:18:14,120 --> 00:18:15,170
You're my lawyer.

316
00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:18,840
You beat him once, you can whip him
again.

317
00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:22,890
Ann? Ann.

318
00:18:22,891 --> 00:18:24,719
Hey, what happened with the open house?

319
00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:25,679
Nothing much.

320
00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:26,679
No offers?

321
00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:28,360
Some airline pilot and his wife.

322
00:18:28,361 --> 00:18:29,839
Airline pilot?

323
00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:30,719
That's great.

324
00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:33,179
Not really. It's a lot less than I'm
asking. Thanks.

325
00:18:33,180 --> 00:18:34,139
How much less?

326
00:18:34,140 --> 00:18:35,190
$20 ,000.

327
00:18:35,191 --> 00:18:37,219
I'll tell you, Ann, it's not so far in
the line.

328
00:18:37,220 --> 00:18:40,719
Plus, they only wanted to put 10 % down,
and they wanted me to carry a second.

329
00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:43,359
I told the realtor I didn't think it was
going to work out.

330
00:18:43,360 --> 00:18:45,339
Wait a minute. You didn't come back with
a counteroffer?

331
00:18:45,340 --> 00:18:46,720
What for? We're miles apart.

332
00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:50,710
Ann, it's a negotiation. They come up a
little, you go down a little. Forget it.

333
00:18:50,711 --> 00:18:53,759
I don't have the time or energy to
hassle over this thing like some rug

334
00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:55,500
merchant. You want me to get into it?

335
00:18:55,580 --> 00:18:56,630
No, that's all right.

336
00:18:56,631 --> 00:18:59,159
No problem. I'll call your broker. I'll
set up a meeting.

337
00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:00,540
Hey, all they can do is say no.

338
00:19:01,780 --> 00:19:03,640
So, I'll expect you Thursday at 11.

339
00:19:04,420 --> 00:19:07,610
May I validate your parking ticket, Mrs.
Havens? Thank you much.

340
00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:10,730
Hi.

341
00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:12,290
Hi.

342
00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:14,250
Oh,

343
00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:15,570
thank you much.

344
00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:17,250
Ciao, Arnie.

345
00:19:17,420 --> 00:19:18,470
Bye.

346
00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:19,810
Meow.

347
00:19:21,780 --> 00:19:22,830
Beautiful.

348
00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:26,260
Cosmopolitan. Going through a rough
divorce.

349
00:19:26,261 --> 00:19:28,499
Doubting her own attractiveness?

350
00:19:28,500 --> 00:19:29,550
I can tell.

351
00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:33,740
Some guy could be the beneficiary of all
that smoldering passion, Victor.

352
00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:38,380
Pass. After my last two disasters, I've
taken a vow of celibacy.

353
00:19:39,220 --> 00:19:40,560
Thank you.

354
00:19:42,140 --> 00:19:43,190
Great.

355
00:19:43,420 --> 00:19:44,470
Who sent flowers?

356
00:19:44,471 --> 00:19:45,339
They're for me.

357
00:19:45,340 --> 00:19:47,320
Oh. From Leon.

358
00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:50,080
Not much of an arrangement.

359
00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:52,260
Why do you keep putting him down?

360
00:19:52,261 --> 00:19:55,639
Fox, I'm not putting him down. I think
Leon's a perfectly nice guy.

361
00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:57,799
I just don't think he's good enough for
you.

362
00:19:57,800 --> 00:19:59,820
Leon happens to be a wonderful person.

363
00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:02,320
He's kind, understanding.

364
00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:04,650
Cheap?

365
00:20:05,100 --> 00:20:08,650
Take a look at this. He couldn't even
spring the extra 20 bucks for roses.

366
00:20:09,300 --> 00:20:10,620
I think they're beautiful.

367
00:20:11,780 --> 00:20:14,550
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to
put them in water.

368
00:20:16,540 --> 00:20:20,419
Miss Abrams, you testified yesterday
that while at this party, you became

369
00:20:20,420 --> 00:20:21,680
attracted to my client.

370
00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:23,420
Yes. Physically attracted.

371
00:20:23,421 --> 00:20:25,659
Part of the attraction was physical,
yes.

372
00:20:25,660 --> 00:20:28,479
And it's likely that Mr. Bertrand sensed
this, isn't it?

373
00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:29,720
I guess so.

374
00:20:29,721 --> 00:20:33,619
Is it conceivable that my client thought
you wanted to go to bed with him?

375
00:20:33,620 --> 00:20:38,259
No. Really? A young woman who is
physically attracted to him leaves the

376
00:20:38,260 --> 00:20:40,779
and goes back to his room with him after
midnight?

377
00:20:40,780 --> 00:20:43,010
Both people are a little tipsy from
alcohol.

378
00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:47,659
Is it your testimony before this jury
that it's inconceivable for a young man

379
00:20:47,660 --> 00:20:51,079
under these circumstances to think that
the woman might be interested in having

380
00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:52,130
sex?

381
00:20:52,131 --> 00:20:55,999
It's conceivable that he could have
thought that at first, maybe.

382
00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,619
But when he started to climb on top of
me, he knew damn well I didn't want him.

383
00:20:58,620 --> 00:21:00,360
Because you resisted him. Yes, I did.

384
00:21:00,540 --> 00:21:03,910
And have you ever had sex with a man
after initially resisting him?

385
00:21:04,100 --> 00:21:05,150
What?

386
00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:06,210
No.

387
00:21:07,580 --> 00:21:09,260
Mr. Nesson, would you please rise?

388
00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:17,500
Have you ever had sex with this man,
Miss Abrams?

389
00:21:17,501 --> 00:21:21,679
I renew my objection to Your Honor's
previous ruling on this entire line of

390
00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:24,660
questioning, and I object to her method
here.

391
00:21:24,900 --> 00:21:28,559
It goes to state of mind and
credibility, Your Honor, and as for my

392
00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:32,039
can do it this way, or I can call Mr.
Nesson to the stand and then recall Miss

393
00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:33,600
Abrams when I conclude with him.

394
00:21:33,700 --> 00:21:34,960
I'm going to allow it.

395
00:21:35,740 --> 00:21:37,340
You may sit down, Mr. Nesson.

396
00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:42,860
Miss Abrams, will you tell the court
whether or not you engaged in sex with

397
00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:45,120
Nesson prior to the evening in question?

398
00:21:46,100 --> 00:21:48,060
We had been going out for four months.

399
00:21:49,500 --> 00:21:50,920
Yes, I had sex with him.

400
00:21:51,140 --> 00:21:56,059
And on the first occasion that you
engaged in intercourse with him, you

401
00:21:56,060 --> 00:21:57,320
him at first, didn't you?

402
00:21:59,500 --> 00:22:01,180
Answer the question, Miss Abrams.

403
00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:05,940
Yes. In fact, you told him no, didn't
you? You even pushed him away at first,

404
00:22:05,980 --> 00:22:08,390
right? I didn't think it was a good idea
at first.

405
00:22:08,391 --> 00:22:11,779
And then you engaged in intercourse. Was
that rape, Mr. Brooks? No.

406
00:22:11,780 --> 00:22:12,940
It's not the same.

407
00:22:12,941 --> 00:22:16,739
So you're telling the court that in some
instances when you push away and say

408
00:22:16,740 --> 00:22:19,500
no, it's rape. And in other situations,
it's not.

409
00:22:19,501 --> 00:22:23,699
With Mark, it was a matter of judgment.
I wanted to have sex with him. I didn't

410
00:22:23,700 --> 00:22:26,710
want to rush into it. So even though you
said no, you wanted it.

411
00:22:26,740 --> 00:22:28,100
Objection. Overruled.

412
00:22:29,260 --> 00:22:31,490
I was reluctant with Mark, but I did
consent.

413
00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:35,700
With him, it was rape. I said no, and he
raped me.

414
00:22:36,360 --> 00:22:39,190
How do we know when to believe a little
girl who cries no?

415
00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:41,000
Objection. Sustained.

416
00:22:41,001 --> 00:22:44,459
Miss Abrams, you told your therapist
that you felt this whole event was

417
00:22:44,460 --> 00:22:46,059
partially your fault, didn't you?

418
00:22:46,060 --> 00:22:49,419
Objection. Communications between the
witness and her doctor are privileged.

419
00:22:49,420 --> 00:22:52,839
Well, she's seeking to recover mental
pain and suffering, Your Honor, thereby

420
00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:56,919
putting her mental condition at issue.
Any statements she made to her doctor in

421
00:22:56,920 --> 00:22:59,750
regard to that condition are therefore
not privileged.

422
00:22:59,860 --> 00:23:01,660
I'm going to overrule the objection.

423
00:23:02,659 --> 00:23:06,619
Tell us, Miss Abrams. Did you not, in
fact, tell your therapist that you

424
00:23:06,620 --> 00:23:08,420
yourself for much of what happened?

425
00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:12,040
At first, I blamed myself a little.

426
00:23:12,041 --> 00:23:16,939
But then as I thought about it... No
further questions. I realized it wasn't

427
00:23:16,940 --> 00:23:18,559
fault, and I shouldn't be blamed.

428
00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:21,510
There are no questions before you, Miss
Abrams. That's all.

429
00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:26,360
Redirect, Mr. Cusack.

430
00:23:31,980 --> 00:23:33,420
Do you still blame yourself?

431
00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:36,650
No.

432
00:23:37,820 --> 00:23:39,100
He did it to me.

433
00:23:40,420 --> 00:23:41,840
I didn't do anything wrong.

434
00:23:42,980 --> 00:23:46,220
The only thing that I was guilty of is
trusting him.

435
00:23:51,540 --> 00:23:52,590
Thank you.

436
00:24:06,270 --> 00:24:10,370
Look, I love the place. I really do, but
I just can't swing 225.

437
00:24:10,750 --> 00:24:13,160
And even if I could, I'd never get the
financing.

438
00:24:13,450 --> 00:24:15,750
Well, that's it, I guess.

439
00:24:16,990 --> 00:24:20,670
I feel terrible. For you, too. I mean,
all that work and no commission.

440
00:24:21,310 --> 00:24:23,030
Well, it's a real shame.

441
00:24:24,610 --> 00:24:28,810
You know, there is a way we could
salvage this.

442
00:24:29,310 --> 00:24:33,550
How? Well, you know, you... Never mind.

443
00:24:34,210 --> 00:24:35,260
Oh, what?

444
00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:40,159
We could cut the purchase price to 2
.15, and you'd take a 3 % commission

445
00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:41,240
instead of 6. What?

446
00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:45,559
That was drastic, I know, but not when
you consider that 3 % of 2 .15 is a hell

447
00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:47,180
of a lot better than 6 % of nothing.

448
00:24:47,360 --> 00:24:48,410
But... Yeah, I know.

449
00:24:48,411 --> 00:24:51,939
2 .15 is still a little high for you,
but we could give you 100 % financing,

450
00:24:51,940 --> 00:24:54,399
completely relieving you of the burden
of a down payment.

451
00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:58,359
What? You take a note for, say, 12%,
interest payable only, with a balloon

452
00:24:58,360 --> 00:25:01,190
payment for the principal to 2 .15 at
the end of five years.

453
00:25:01,191 --> 00:25:02,059
Sweeten it, no?

454
00:25:02,060 --> 00:25:03,110
Stuart. I mean, no...

455
00:25:03,111 --> 00:25:06,899
Down payment at all? Works out very
nicely. Solves your cash flow problems.

456
00:25:06,900 --> 00:25:08,040
Gorgeous condominium.

457
00:25:08,041 --> 00:25:09,179
Well, Ned?

458
00:25:09,180 --> 00:25:10,219
Sounds good to me.

459
00:25:10,220 --> 00:25:12,080
Stuart, can I talk to you for a minute?

460
00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:13,420
Yeah. Excuse me.

461
00:25:16,860 --> 00:25:20,680
Yeah, what's up? I don't want to wait
five years for my money. Ann, Ann, look.

462
00:25:20,681 --> 00:25:23,439
If you get your money right now, you're
going to plop it down on a savings

463
00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:25,379
account and get a 6 % return on it,
right?

464
00:25:25,380 --> 00:25:28,819
I'm giving you 12%. Plan to get to defer
your capital gains taxes for five

465
00:25:28,820 --> 00:25:33,410
years. Ann, it's a deal. Believe me. No,
it's too convoluted. Are you nuts?

466
00:25:33,411 --> 00:25:37,549
Look, this way you're getting more than
your asking price because of the

467
00:25:37,550 --> 00:25:39,689
commission cut and the investment yield
of a lifetime.

468
00:25:39,690 --> 00:25:40,740
I can't.

469
00:25:41,070 --> 00:25:42,120
Ann.

470
00:25:43,930 --> 00:25:46,350
I'm sorry. I just can't accept those
terms.

471
00:25:47,110 --> 00:25:50,540
Thank you for your interest, and I
apologize for the inconvenience.

472
00:25:53,030 --> 00:25:57,250
Give it until the morning, and I'll talk
to her.

473
00:26:02,290 --> 00:26:04,950
I'll have to call her back. She says
it's a crisis.

474
00:26:09,590 --> 00:26:10,640
What?

475
00:26:11,330 --> 00:26:12,790
Sheila, stop shrieking.

476
00:26:13,650 --> 00:26:14,700
Take a moment.

477
00:26:16,730 --> 00:26:17,780
What?

478
00:26:19,890 --> 00:26:21,210
What do you mean he's dead?

479
00:26:23,030 --> 00:26:25,210
Are you sure he's not just sleeping?

480
00:26:27,310 --> 00:26:28,570
Oh, my God.

481
00:26:29,690 --> 00:26:30,890
I'll call you right back.

482
00:26:35,229 --> 00:26:37,050
Hilda, get me the police.

483
00:26:39,550 --> 00:26:40,930
For God's sake.

484
00:26:42,570 --> 00:26:43,620
Sparky.

485
00:26:43,621 --> 00:26:47,969
So, you thought that she wanted this to
happen? Oh, yeah. I mean, I thought she

486
00:26:47,970 --> 00:26:51,869
was expecting to have sex and that I'd
be kind of a wimp if I didn't, like,

487
00:26:51,870 --> 00:26:52,920
charge.

488
00:26:53,110 --> 00:26:56,720
But her resisting didn't suggest to you
that she was less than willing?

489
00:26:56,810 --> 00:26:58,130
Well, a lot of women resist.

490
00:26:58,230 --> 00:27:02,590
Not that I've been with that many, but
some think it's...

491
00:27:02,910 --> 00:27:06,850
More sexy if they're sort of
overpowered.

492
00:27:06,851 --> 00:27:08,089
Why is that?

493
00:27:08,090 --> 00:27:12,790
I don't know. I think some women are
turned on by the macho thing.

494
00:27:13,150 --> 00:27:16,530
And do you think that Miss Abrams was
turned on by it that night?

495
00:27:16,531 --> 00:27:19,089
Yes, I really thought she was until she
screamed.

496
00:27:19,090 --> 00:27:20,770
What happened when she screamed?

497
00:27:20,950 --> 00:27:23,710
Well, it was sort of like a blood
-curdling yell.

498
00:27:23,711 --> 00:27:27,889
I could tell something was wrong, so I
got off of her, and that's when she got

499
00:27:27,890 --> 00:27:29,090
up and ran out of the room.

500
00:27:29,150 --> 00:27:30,200
Nothing further.

501
00:27:33,770 --> 00:27:37,709
Is it your testimony, sir, that women
are turned on by having their panties

502
00:27:37,710 --> 00:27:39,690
ripped off and their legs forced apart?

503
00:27:39,750 --> 00:27:43,809
Hey, look, I'm not a rapist, all right?
She wanted to have sex with me. What

504
00:27:43,810 --> 00:27:44,890
about these bruises?

505
00:27:44,950 --> 00:27:46,330
Did she want these, too?

506
00:27:46,550 --> 00:27:47,600
Objection.

507
00:27:48,570 --> 00:27:50,490
Overruled. Take a look at these, people.

508
00:27:50,910 --> 00:27:53,550
Now, here is a girl having fun.

509
00:27:53,970 --> 00:27:55,270
Objection. Sustained.

510
00:27:55,930 --> 00:27:57,590
She was yelling at you to stop.

511
00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:02,199
She was struggling to get away. Now tell
me, Mr. Bertrand, what exactly does a

512
00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:04,739
woman have to do in order for you to get
the message?

513
00:28:04,740 --> 00:28:06,759
I don't know. Maybe she shouldn't have
come to my room.

514
00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:07,810
And why is that?

515
00:28:08,340 --> 00:28:10,020
Do you only rape at home?

516
00:28:10,620 --> 00:28:13,040
Objection! Sustained. No further
questions.

517
00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:31,930
No, Mr.

518
00:28:32,060 --> 00:28:33,110
Brackman, over here.

519
00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:40,220
It's good to see you.

520
00:28:41,140 --> 00:28:43,610
I must have driven by this place five or
six times.

521
00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:45,840
You said dark and out of the way.

522
00:28:45,841 --> 00:28:50,119
Listen, everything all right, Mr. B? If
you don't mind my saying so, you sounded

523
00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:51,200
terrible on the phone.

524
00:28:51,780 --> 00:28:53,100
I'm in a nightmare, Vinnie.

525
00:28:53,300 --> 00:28:56,430
Please, I need your assurances that we
never had this meeting.

526
00:28:56,620 --> 00:28:57,670
Oh, let me say this.

527
00:28:58,300 --> 00:28:59,620
PI, 15 years now.

528
00:28:59,960 --> 00:29:03,100
Client swears me to secrecy, goes with
me to my grave.

529
00:29:04,020 --> 00:29:07,540
You want some lunch? They make a nice
brisket here. I'm too upset to eat.

530
00:29:08,140 --> 00:29:09,340
My dog's been killed.

531
00:29:09,580 --> 00:29:11,560
What? My neighbor poisoned him.

532
00:29:12,060 --> 00:29:15,250
We haven't had an autopsy, but the vet
thinks it was strychnine.

533
00:29:16,020 --> 00:29:17,070
That's terrible.

534
00:29:17,860 --> 00:29:20,800
Sparky, my wife found him in the back
corner of the yard.

535
00:29:21,180 --> 00:29:23,040
He must have crawled over there to die.

536
00:29:23,460 --> 00:29:24,510
You call the police?

537
00:29:24,900 --> 00:29:26,480
They say they can't do anything.

538
00:29:27,230 --> 00:29:30,180
I'm a dog lover myself. I know what you
must be going through.

539
00:29:30,181 --> 00:29:33,589
Some spookbowl did this to my little
queenie. I mean, I want to go nuts here.

540
00:29:33,590 --> 00:29:35,309
You know, I think I want to kill
somebody.

541
00:29:35,310 --> 00:29:36,360
Exactly.

542
00:29:36,510 --> 00:29:37,560
What about that?

543
00:29:37,561 --> 00:29:38,549
What about what?

544
00:29:38,550 --> 00:29:39,600
Justice.

545
00:29:39,670 --> 00:29:43,530
Justice? Surely you must know some
people out there, people in the

546
00:29:43,750 --> 00:29:45,410
who could give me justice.

547
00:29:46,070 --> 00:29:47,120
Justice? How?

548
00:29:47,330 --> 00:29:48,390
As in Hitman.

549
00:29:48,391 --> 00:29:49,789
Hitman? Shh.

550
00:29:49,790 --> 00:29:52,850
Look, time out here, Mr. B. I mean, this
is extreme.

551
00:29:52,851 --> 00:29:56,189
If you're talking about murder, you're
going to have to let me out right here.

552
00:29:56,190 --> 00:29:57,240
All right.

553
00:29:57,330 --> 00:29:58,380
Just break his knees.

554
00:29:58,690 --> 00:30:02,509
Look, Mr. B, if you're serious, and I
only pray that you're just very

555
00:30:02,510 --> 00:30:06,849
overwrought and emotional here, I mean,
what you're thinking about doing, it's

556
00:30:06,850 --> 00:30:11,089
just plain wrong. I can't just let
Sparky's death go unavenged. Could I

557
00:30:11,090 --> 00:30:12,230
a piece of advice here?

558
00:30:12,231 --> 00:30:16,129
Now, look, whatever your differences are
with this guy, and I'm not trying to

559
00:30:16,130 --> 00:30:20,450
make light of it, I mean, how do you
know he even did this terrible thing?

560
00:30:21,130 --> 00:30:22,750
Go see him. Talk to him.

561
00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:24,420
Confront him directly.

562
00:30:24,940 --> 00:30:27,820
It's the only way. You're a very wise
man, Vinnie.

563
00:30:28,860 --> 00:30:30,300
Thank you for the good advice.

564
00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:31,770
Anytime, sir.

565
00:30:32,060 --> 00:30:33,440
It's all part of the service.

566
00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:36,800
This isn't about sex, ladies and
gentlemen.

567
00:30:37,540 --> 00:30:39,100
Sex is something that's shared.

568
00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:43,800
What we're talking about here is one
person physically overpowering another.

569
00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:47,560
What we're talking about is a man
sexually assaulting a woman.

570
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,320
What we're talking about is a rape.

571
00:30:50,321 --> 00:30:54,169
that's not mitigated by the fact that
they knew each other, or by the fact

572
00:30:54,170 --> 00:30:56,820
she liked him, or even by the fact that
she kissed him.

573
00:30:57,170 --> 00:31:01,189
Now, I don't care how benign the setting
was. The fact remains that he

574
00:31:01,190 --> 00:31:03,900
physically forced himself onto her, and
he raped her.

575
00:31:05,290 --> 00:31:09,609
I know that this is not your standard
guy jumps out of dark alley with ski

576
00:31:09,610 --> 00:31:11,310
and a knife scenario. This is worse.

577
00:31:11,311 --> 00:31:15,729
Worse, because after what he did to her,
she's not only afraid of strangers,

578
00:31:15,730 --> 00:31:16,930
she's afraid of friends.

579
00:31:17,950 --> 00:31:19,000
And she was raped.

580
00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:20,530
By someone she knew.

581
00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:24,040
Someone she had made a judgment about.

582
00:31:24,860 --> 00:31:26,940
And she was betrayed by that judgment.

583
00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:29,260
She no longer can trust friendship.

584
00:31:29,261 --> 00:31:31,699
She no longer can trust her own
instincts.

585
00:31:31,700 --> 00:31:35,460
And she no longer has faith in her
ability to tell the good guys from the

586
00:31:36,380 --> 00:31:41,560
But because of what he did to her, every
time she meets a man, she asks herself,

587
00:31:41,740 --> 00:31:43,520
could this guy be a rapist?

588
00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:47,670
Believe me, folks, that's one hell of a
scar to walk around with.

589
00:31:48,110 --> 00:31:52,010
The damage done to my client by this man
is irreparable.

590
00:31:52,850 --> 00:31:54,790
Absolutely irreparable.

591
00:31:55,190 --> 00:32:01,709
And for the sake of this scared young
woman, I ask you

592
00:32:01,710 --> 00:32:04,210
to make him pay for it.

593
00:32:13,190 --> 00:32:16,350
It's a strange phenomenon sometimes when
boy meets girl.

594
00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:21,619
Everything is so unstated. There are no
pronouncements of affection or

595
00:32:21,620 --> 00:32:26,820
declaration of attraction, just the
opposite. We send signals, a little

596
00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:28,880
maybe a squeeze of the hand.

597
00:32:30,060 --> 00:32:31,620
Sometimes signals get mixed.

598
00:32:32,740 --> 00:32:37,779
And the problem with playing this little
guessing game is that people guess

599
00:32:37,780 --> 00:32:41,620
wrong. According to the plaintiff, my
client did just that.

600
00:32:41,621 --> 00:32:45,599
But the thing you people have to
consider here is not whether his guess

601
00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:49,280
right or wrong, but whether it was
reasonable under the circumstances.

602
00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:52,820
They meet at a party.

603
00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:54,720
Both have been drinking.

604
00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:58,120
She's attracted to him, he to her.

605
00:32:58,460 --> 00:33:02,399
And they leave after midnight to go back
to his room together. They sit on the

606
00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:04,080
sofa. They embrace.

607
00:33:04,380 --> 00:33:05,430
They kiss.

608
00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:09,540
And then it goes further. Then she now
says she wanted it to go.

609
00:33:09,930 --> 00:33:13,370
And she now claims that he must have
known that she wanted him to stop.

610
00:33:13,790 --> 00:33:18,809
Because she said no, well,
unfortunately, one of the little signals

611
00:33:18,810 --> 00:33:21,520
women are schooled to flash is the sign
of resistance.

612
00:33:21,550 --> 00:33:24,070
It's simply not proper to give sex
freely.

613
00:33:24,071 --> 00:33:28,809
Now, we can all say, hey, this is the
80s, but every woman in this courtroom

614
00:33:28,810 --> 00:33:34,029
knows that it is more respectable, more
feminine, and sometimes more alluring to

615
00:33:34,030 --> 00:33:36,740
manifest the sign of resistance, at
least initially.

616
00:33:37,370 --> 00:33:38,630
You know something else?

617
00:33:39,210 --> 00:33:40,260
The men know it too.

618
00:33:41,410 --> 00:33:45,450
The simple fact is that sometimes we say
no when we really mean yes.

619
00:33:45,650 --> 00:33:48,050
And sometimes we say no when we really
mean no.

620
00:33:49,030 --> 00:33:52,170
And sometimes men can't tell which is
which.

621
00:33:53,610 --> 00:33:57,409
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, the
plaintiff is asking you to punish my

622
00:33:57,410 --> 00:33:59,530
client for not being a better mind
reader.

623
00:33:59,730 --> 00:34:03,910
But before you do, I want to remind you
of a few indisputable facts.

624
00:34:06,010 --> 00:34:07,060
She admitted...

625
00:34:07,061 --> 00:34:10,658
that it was conceivable for my client to
think that she wanted to have sex with

626
00:34:10,659 --> 00:34:13,999
him. She admitted that she had said no
in the past when she really didn't mean

627
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:17,559
no, and she admitted that as soon as she
cried out, he retreated, and she

628
00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:22,020
admitted that she blamed herself for
much of what happened.

629
00:34:25,780 --> 00:34:28,320
Two kids and a lot of suffering already.

630
00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:30,769
There's no rape here.

631
00:34:31,739 --> 00:34:33,360
Did things get out of hand? Sure.

632
00:34:34,179 --> 00:34:35,229
But rape?

633
00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:37,570
You know better.

634
00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:58,600
Can I help?

635
00:34:59,180 --> 00:35:02,560
Herb, wait a minute. Stand up, you
murderer.

636
00:35:02,780 --> 00:35:03,830
What?

637
00:35:07,530 --> 00:35:10,000
If you want a piece of me, you know
where to find me.

638
00:35:11,470 --> 00:35:12,730
Somebody call the police.

639
00:35:13,210 --> 00:35:14,650
Mr. Carrot, are you all right?

640
00:35:21,950 --> 00:35:23,000
All right.

641
00:35:26,190 --> 00:35:27,240
Be seated.

642
00:35:29,150 --> 00:35:32,070
Mr. Foreman, has the jury reached a
verdict?

643
00:35:32,630 --> 00:35:33,680
We have, Your Honor.

644
00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:47,700
In the matter of Abrams v.

645
00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:52,340
Bertrand, we, the jury, find in favor of
the plaintiff, Laurie Abrams.

646
00:35:52,341 --> 00:35:56,519
We further find that the defendant,
Richard Bertrand, be held liable to pay

647
00:35:56,520 --> 00:35:59,560
damages to the plaintiff in the amount
of $1.

648
00:36:00,500 --> 00:36:05,680
The jury is dismissed.

649
00:36:06,700 --> 00:36:08,060
The court is adjourned.

650
00:36:14,810 --> 00:36:16,830
Ms. Abrams, what does the verdict mean?

651
00:36:17,130 --> 00:36:21,410
The jury reaffirmed our belief that Mr.
Bertrand sexually assaulted my client.

652
00:36:21,411 --> 00:36:24,349
Ms. Abrams, are you disappointed in the
monetary amount?

653
00:36:24,350 --> 00:36:27,390
Oh, it's great. After legal fees, I get
60 cents.

654
00:36:27,630 --> 00:36:28,680
Can we change?

655
00:36:28,750 --> 00:36:30,470
This stinks.

656
00:36:33,870 --> 00:36:34,920
I want a new trial.

657
00:36:34,921 --> 00:36:38,929
I don't know that we have grounds for a
new trial. And even if we did, I'm not

658
00:36:38,930 --> 00:36:40,130
sure it would do any good.

659
00:36:40,270 --> 00:36:43,030
How can you say that? The man raped me.
Laurie, look.

660
00:36:43,031 --> 00:36:47,119
You knew this was going to be a tough
case going in. You were drinking, you

661
00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:50,579
go to his room, and at least initially
you consented to what was going on. So I

662
00:36:50,580 --> 00:36:54,199
deserve what I got? I didn't say that.
But I think the jury was saying with its

663
00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:57,259
verdict that even though you were
assaulted, you have to take some measure

664
00:36:57,260 --> 00:36:58,919
responsibility for what happened.

665
00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:02,239
The next jury will probably say the same
thing, or even worse, we could flat out

666
00:37:02,240 --> 00:37:03,290
lose.

667
00:37:03,291 --> 00:37:06,819
You never really believed in me, did
you, Mr. Cusack? I mean, you took my

668
00:37:06,820 --> 00:37:09,619
because you thought you could win, and
because you didn't, it isn't worth any

669
00:37:09,620 --> 00:37:10,670
more of your time.

670
00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:14,420
I'm suggesting that it isn't worth any
more of your time.

671
00:37:15,580 --> 00:37:20,320
Let it go, Laurie. You had your day in
court. You established that he raped

672
00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:24,460
Now, for your own good, just drop it.
Get on with your life.

673
00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:27,300
I'll tell you something, Mr. Cusack.

674
00:37:27,900 --> 00:37:30,540
The only thing that I'm thinking of
dropping is you.

675
00:37:36,100 --> 00:37:39,320
You got a minute?

676
00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:43,300
I think we better discuss the situation.

677
00:37:43,540 --> 00:37:44,590
What's to discuss?

678
00:37:44,591 --> 00:37:47,939
Well, you left those people hanging. Are
you going to take their offer or not?

679
00:37:47,940 --> 00:37:51,220
No. I shouldn't have to explain this to
you, Ann. Then don't.

680
00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:52,850
Ann.

681
00:37:52,851 --> 00:37:56,159
Look, these people negotiated in good
faith. If you pass on it, that's it. You

682
00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:59,339
lose the sale. I'm aware of that,
Stuart. And are you aware of the fact

683
00:37:59,340 --> 00:38:00,599
opened yourself up to a lawsuit?

684
00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:03,879
Your broker could sue you for this. Will
you stop browbeating me? I'm not

685
00:38:03,880 --> 00:38:07,239
browbeating you. I'm explaining. Yes,
you are. You're selling my home out from

686
00:38:07,240 --> 00:38:07,879
under me.

687
00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:10,440
My things, my privacy, my space.

688
00:38:10,990 --> 00:38:13,460
I didn't put your house on the market,
Ann. You did.

689
00:38:13,550 --> 00:38:16,440
Well, whose idea was it? Hey, go kill
yourself, will you?

690
00:38:16,441 --> 00:38:18,849
Don't you dare talk to me like that,
Stuart.

691
00:38:18,850 --> 00:38:19,869
Not you, Ann.

692
00:38:19,870 --> 00:38:20,920
Them.

693
00:38:24,930 --> 00:38:27,350
Look, I've got a lot of work to do,
Stuart, okay?

694
00:38:28,530 --> 00:38:31,120
Ann, if you have a problem with me, then
deal with me.

695
00:38:31,121 --> 00:38:33,889
If you have a problem with our living
together, then somehow we'll deal with

696
00:38:33,890 --> 00:38:37,029
that. But you're giving me mixed
signals. It's not fair to me, Ann.

697
00:38:37,030 --> 00:38:39,500
It's not fair to you. It's not fair to
these people.

698
00:38:39,520 --> 00:38:41,440
Dude, I'm really busy. I'm running late.

699
00:38:41,900 --> 00:38:43,800
Can we please talk about this later?

700
00:38:43,801 --> 00:38:46,939
I have to call your broker. What am I
supposed to tell her? Tell her anything

701
00:38:46,940 --> 00:38:49,280
you want. The deal is off.

702
00:38:49,281 --> 00:38:52,279
So I just have to go and clean up your
little mess, is that it?

703
00:38:52,280 --> 00:38:53,920
You are some piece of work, lady.

704
00:38:54,160 --> 00:38:56,990
And you are a manipulative, controlling
piece of... Anne!

705
00:38:57,340 --> 00:38:59,460
The world according to Garpowitz.

706
00:39:00,540 --> 00:39:01,590
Hey, do you mind?

707
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:03,580
Close the shutters.

708
00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:05,640
Shutters don't close.

709
00:39:05,940 --> 00:39:06,990
Let me do it.

710
00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:15,340
I can't get any work done in this place.

711
00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:18,650
Home.

712
00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:23,280
I got to work late. I'll be home late.

713
00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:25,380
Not your home. My home.

714
00:39:26,691 --> 00:39:33,539
Michael, there's a woman here to see you
about the Laurie Abrams trial.

715
00:39:33,540 --> 00:39:34,980
She says it's real important.

716
00:39:35,900 --> 00:39:37,100
Well, tell her to come in.

717
00:39:42,299 --> 00:39:43,349
Mr. Cusack?

718
00:39:43,660 --> 00:39:44,710
Fran Winston.

719
00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:50,459
Hi. What can I do for you? It's about
the Abrams case and the man that raped

720
00:39:50,460 --> 00:39:51,510
her.

721
00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:55,080
He raped me, too.

722
00:40:00,240 --> 00:40:01,290
What?

723
00:40:01,420 --> 00:40:02,470
About a year ago.

724
00:40:02,660 --> 00:40:06,919
It was the same kind of thing. We were
on a date, and on the way home, he

725
00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:08,780
over to the side of this mountain road.

726
00:40:08,781 --> 00:40:11,969
He pulled right to the ledge so that
there was no way out on my side. It was

727
00:40:11,970 --> 00:40:13,020
sheer drop.

728
00:40:14,810 --> 00:40:15,910
And then he raped me.

729
00:40:16,551 --> 00:40:19,449
Well, did you tell the police?

730
00:40:19,450 --> 00:40:22,870
No, and I'm not going to either, or
anybody else for that matter.

731
00:40:23,550 --> 00:40:26,210
But he raped you. It doesn't do any
good.

732
00:40:26,890 --> 00:40:30,680
The police won't prosecute, and you can
see what happens when you try to sue.

733
00:40:30,681 --> 00:40:34,969
Why didn't you come forward before now?
I could have put you on the stand. We

734
00:40:34,970 --> 00:40:36,050
could have nailed him.

735
00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:39,130
I don't want to tell anybody about this.
I'm married now.

736
00:40:39,700 --> 00:40:43,160
I won't let it destroy my life any more
than it already has.

737
00:40:44,020 --> 00:40:45,400
Then why are you here today?

738
00:40:46,600 --> 00:40:50,920
I want you to tell your client. I just
want her to know that she's not crazy.

739
00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:52,600
That man is a rapist.

740
00:40:53,900 --> 00:40:54,950
Mrs. Winston.

741
00:40:55,240 --> 00:40:57,520
And just so you know, that's not my real
name.

742
00:41:09,260 --> 00:41:13,580
I just found out that the guy who raped
Lori Abrams raped somebody else before.

743
00:41:14,900 --> 00:41:20,539
Well, that information would in all
probability be inadmissible.

744
00:41:20,540 --> 00:41:24,779
think I was casting the same presumption
as everyone else. That somehow she

745
00:41:24,780 --> 00:41:25,799
brought this on herself.

746
00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:30,179
That she deserved it. When the fact is,
she was every bit as wrong as she says

747
00:41:30,180 --> 00:41:30,819
she was.

748
00:41:30,820 --> 00:41:34,139
Do you think your feelings in this case
compromised your performance?

749
00:41:34,140 --> 00:41:35,190
Yes, dammit.

750
00:41:35,660 --> 00:41:38,340
When I lost a part of me.

751
00:41:38,960 --> 00:41:42,570
turned on her. It was easier for me to
blame her than it was to blame myself.

752
00:41:42,900 --> 00:41:46,500
Excuse me. Mike, Doug Brackman's on
three. He says it's an emergency.

753
00:41:51,660 --> 00:41:52,710
Douglas?

754
00:41:53,860 --> 00:41:55,900
Where are you?

755
00:41:56,620 --> 00:41:57,980
No, no. I'll be right down.

756
00:42:02,140 --> 00:42:03,460
Douglas has been arrested.

757
00:42:32,081 --> 00:42:34,089
Oh, my God.

758
00:42:34,090 --> 00:42:36,710
I'm so sorry.

759
00:42:52,190 --> 00:42:58,770
Thank God you're here.

760
00:42:59,310 --> 00:43:02,910
You've got to get me out. I'm going
crazy. Okay, then. Douglas, take it

761
00:43:02,911 --> 00:43:03,929
You take it easy?

762
00:43:03,930 --> 00:43:07,930
They deliberately put me in a cell with
homosexuals. What?

763
00:43:08,770 --> 00:43:09,850
Homosexual rapists.

764
00:43:10,270 --> 00:43:11,590
They've all been eyeing me.

765
00:43:11,790 --> 00:43:15,669
I've only been safe so far by keeping my
back to the wall. Douglas, what is

766
00:43:15,670 --> 00:43:19,830
going on with you? This business has
gotten way out of hand. Out of hand?

767
00:43:20,550 --> 00:43:24,609
He killed Sparky and they throw me in
jail? He's got a concussion. You could

768
00:43:24,610 --> 00:43:26,869
have killed him. You could get jail time
for this.

769
00:43:26,870 --> 00:43:28,770
He killed my Sparky.

770
00:43:30,730 --> 00:43:31,780
Okay, Douglas.

771
00:43:32,560 --> 00:43:33,700
You loved your dog.

772
00:43:34,500 --> 00:43:35,550
But come on.

773
00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:39,180
That dog was the only creature on this
earth who loved me for me.

774
00:43:39,840 --> 00:43:41,960
And this bastard took him away from me.

775
00:43:42,340 --> 00:43:43,390
Forever.

776
00:43:44,380 --> 00:43:46,660
When he killed Sparky, a part of me
died.

777
00:43:47,700 --> 00:43:49,580
You can't just let him get away with it.

778
00:43:51,400 --> 00:43:52,450
All right.

779
00:43:52,620 --> 00:43:53,670
All right.

780
00:43:55,140 --> 00:43:59,799
But there's nothing we can do about it
tonight, so first things first. Now

781
00:43:59,800 --> 00:44:00,739
get you bailed out.

782
00:44:00,740 --> 00:44:01,790
Okay.

783
00:44:02,320 --> 00:44:03,370
You alright?

784
00:44:38,379 --> 00:44:40,119
Busy? Yeah, as a matter of fact, I am.

785
00:44:41,820 --> 00:44:43,020
Too busy for an apology?

786
00:44:45,980 --> 00:44:49,979
I'm sorry for all the chaos, Stuart. I
was worried that I would lose all my

787
00:44:49,980 --> 00:44:53,839
autonomy, and I panicked. Ann, all I
ever wanted was for you to do whatever

788
00:44:53,840 --> 00:44:55,220
makes you happy, all right?

789
00:44:55,340 --> 00:44:56,390
I'm trying to.

790
00:44:57,000 --> 00:44:58,050
So what do you want?

791
00:44:58,180 --> 00:44:59,440
Did you call the realtor?

792
00:44:59,540 --> 00:45:01,500
Yeah. Yeah, I told her the deal was off.

793
00:45:02,520 --> 00:45:03,570
Oh.

794
00:45:03,740 --> 00:45:06,090
Well, you said that's what you wanted,
right?

795
00:45:14,380 --> 00:45:17,330
I'll call her in the morning, and we'll
make it work, okay?

796
00:45:18,460 --> 00:45:19,510
Thanks.

797
00:45:21,120 --> 00:45:22,170
Hey.

798
00:45:24,820 --> 00:45:25,870
Home?

799
00:45:28,380 --> 00:45:29,430
Home.

800
00:45:38,320 --> 00:45:39,580
I love you, Garbowit.

801
00:45:39,630 --> 00:45:44,180
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