1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,700 Previously on L .A. Law. 2 00:00:01,960 --> 00:00:04,000 Dominic? There he is. How's it going, Chief? 3 00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:05,319 Dominic, hi. 4 00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:06,298 Put out your hand. 5 00:00:06,300 --> 00:00:09,340 I'll come. Put out your hand. I got something for you. 6 00:00:09,620 --> 00:00:10,379 Ha ha! 7 00:00:10,380 --> 00:00:14,080 I wheeled an exact in the eighth race and a 25 to one shot. Bingo! 8 00:00:15,060 --> 00:00:18,940 He has no idea what I'm talking about. We had a very big day today, Ben. 9 00:00:19,180 --> 00:00:21,200 There's three large right in the palm of your hand. 10 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:24,560 Benny, we'd like you to tell us a little bit more about this friend of yours. 11 00:00:24,980 --> 00:00:28,140 What do you want to know? For starters, we'd like to know why it was that he 12 00:00:28,140 --> 00:00:29,600 gave you... $3 ,000. 13 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:31,080 The horse he bet on won. 14 00:00:31,340 --> 00:00:32,840 But why did he give you money? 15 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:36,180 He always gives me money when the horse wins. 16 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:40,440 I give him money to bet with, and he gives me money if the horse wins. 17 00:00:40,940 --> 00:00:41,940 Where are you going? 18 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:45,720 I gave out the mail, and I put extra paper in the copier, and I cleaned up 19 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:47,500 kitchen. Benny. Tell him where we're going. 20 00:00:48,700 --> 00:00:49,700 We're going to Vegas. 21 00:00:52,379 --> 00:00:55,940 You are taking advantage of someone who is mentally retarded. So far as I'm 22 00:00:55,940 --> 00:00:57,600 concerned, I'm not taking advantage of anyone. 23 00:00:57,840 --> 00:00:59,080 So happens Ben's an adult. 24 00:00:59,300 --> 00:01:00,300 A retarded adult. 25 00:01:00,460 --> 00:01:03,340 An adult, a grown man who doesn't have to answer to you or anyone else about 26 00:01:03,340 --> 00:01:04,340 he spends his money. 27 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:13,320 Ben, give me another here, would you? 28 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:15,240 Yeah. 29 00:01:16,980 --> 00:01:19,100 So, tonight's a big night, huh? You ready? 30 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:21,000 I guess so. 31 00:01:21,370 --> 00:01:22,370 You guess so. 32 00:01:22,570 --> 00:01:25,770 Ben, you guess so is not the right attitude. 33 00:01:27,130 --> 00:01:28,470 You remember what we talked about? 34 00:01:32,910 --> 00:01:35,570 You can't be tentative, all right? 35 00:01:35,810 --> 00:01:37,490 He who hesitates is lost. 36 00:01:37,870 --> 00:01:41,030 You snooze, you lose, you sleep, you weep. You follow me? 37 00:01:42,770 --> 00:01:48,730 If you want this woman, you have to go after her, and you have to go after her 38 00:01:48,730 --> 00:01:49,730 strong. 39 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:53,200 What if she doesn't like me? She said she'd go out with you, didn't she? 40 00:01:53,420 --> 00:01:54,680 No. What more do you want? 41 00:01:57,380 --> 00:02:03,940 You think she just likes me because she's retarded? 42 00:02:04,700 --> 00:02:07,040 She likes you, Ben, because you're a likable guy. 43 00:02:07,540 --> 00:02:08,198 Uh -huh. 44 00:02:08,199 --> 00:02:09,560 Let me tell you something, Ben. 45 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:11,560 Women are different from men. 46 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:14,380 Women know what they want and what they don't want. 47 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:17,260 And one thing for sure they don't want is weakness. 48 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:19,300 And they can smell weakness. 49 00:02:19,790 --> 00:02:21,250 The way a shark smells blood. 50 00:02:22,070 --> 00:02:25,210 You deal from strength and they're yours to do with as you will. 51 00:02:28,130 --> 00:02:29,150 How are you today? 52 00:02:32,870 --> 00:02:35,390 Do you mind not smoking in here? 53 00:02:36,650 --> 00:02:37,650 Absolutely not. 54 00:02:41,450 --> 00:02:43,310 Tell me something, you like Italian food? 55 00:02:45,070 --> 00:02:48,130 Ben and I were just discussing our plans for this evening. We thought you might 56 00:02:48,130 --> 00:02:53,410 be interested in a little dinner, some wine, a little veal scallopini. 57 00:02:54,110 --> 00:02:56,330 I don't eat veal. 58 00:02:56,610 --> 00:03:01,470 A little linguine with white clam sauce, a little steak pizza. Or in the 59 00:03:01,470 --> 00:03:03,490 alternative, we can dispense with the restaurant altogether. 60 00:03:04,070 --> 00:03:08,310 I can bring my Jerry Vale records over to your house and we can send out for 61 00:03:08,310 --> 00:03:09,310 Chinese. 62 00:03:13,110 --> 00:03:14,110 Look at that. 63 00:03:14,890 --> 00:03:16,970 I can't get a rise out of this one no matter what I do. 64 00:03:17,610 --> 00:03:18,249 Come on. 65 00:03:18,250 --> 00:03:19,250 I'll see you tonight, Ben. 66 00:03:21,050 --> 00:03:22,050 Last chance. 67 00:03:23,550 --> 00:03:24,550 No? 68 00:03:24,910 --> 00:03:25,910 Okay. 69 00:05:21,390 --> 00:05:26,750 Rana versus Jaya Raman, Pundar, and Chandra. What on earth is this? 70 00:05:27,010 --> 00:05:27,909 It's mine, Douglas. 71 00:05:27,910 --> 00:05:32,590 We represent three men who work at an Indian restaurant who are being sued by 72 00:05:32,590 --> 00:05:36,350 couple who claim to have been beaten by them while dining there. How were we so 73 00:05:36,350 --> 00:05:39,790 fortunate as to have this one fall in our laps? Stuart made the mistake of 74 00:05:39,790 --> 00:05:41,770 telling the owner of the restaurant that we were attorneys. 75 00:05:42,540 --> 00:05:43,540 It's a great restaurant. 76 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:45,140 Is this one on the cuff, Stuart? 77 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:46,359 Absolutely not. 78 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:48,080 Ali Jayaraman is a paying customer. 79 00:05:48,380 --> 00:05:49,800 I happen to like Indian food. 80 00:05:50,140 --> 00:05:53,540 Sheila prevailed on me one night to give it a try. I found it to be rather good. 81 00:05:53,820 --> 00:05:57,020 We'll take you to Ali's place, if you'll let me. Lake versus Severson. 82 00:05:57,260 --> 00:06:00,540 Lucille Lake is the direct descendant of a slave named Dandridge Bright. 83 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:01,780 Dandridge Bright was a painter. 84 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:05,120 Twenty of the paintings that he made while he was a slave are now in the 85 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:06,160 possession of Mr. and Mrs. 86 00:06:06,540 --> 00:06:07,539 Severson, Mr. 87 00:06:07,540 --> 00:06:09,860 Severson being the direct descendant of the slave owner. 88 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:12,660 and Mrs. Lake would like her paintings returned to her family. 89 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:15,560 He's suing over this now? How did he get past statute of limitations? 90 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,260 The value of the collection was only made known to her recently. 91 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:22,580 I also intend to argue that title in the paintings never vested with the 92 00:06:22,580 --> 00:06:26,460 Severson family because Dandridge Bright was their slave. This is a case you're 93 00:06:26,460 --> 00:06:27,680 entertaining some chance of winning? 94 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:28,879 Yes, it is. 95 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:32,150 It's also a case that could lead to lots of... of other cases. If we're even 96 00:06:32,150 --> 00:06:35,870 slightly successful, if we come away with anything, this could lead to an 97 00:06:35,870 --> 00:06:37,450 explosion of subsequent litigation. 98 00:06:37,790 --> 00:06:40,890 And we, in all likelihood, would be the first place that these plaintiffs come. 99 00:06:41,050 --> 00:06:42,050 No, I think you're dreaming. 100 00:06:42,150 --> 00:06:45,970 I think no matter what platitudes people mouth regarding slavery, nobody gives 101 00:06:45,970 --> 00:06:46,729 anything back. 102 00:06:46,730 --> 00:06:48,630 We're looking to break new ground, Jonathan. 103 00:06:49,030 --> 00:06:51,970 I think it's a risk worth taking. And also, it's not as though we've got 104 00:06:51,970 --> 00:06:52,929 anything to lose. 105 00:06:52,930 --> 00:06:55,910 What about the client? We're handling this on a contingency basis. She's 106 00:06:55,910 --> 00:06:59,270 got nothing to lose. And that makes it okay for her to go along thinking she's 107 00:06:59,270 --> 00:07:01,370 actually got a chance. I think she has a chance. 108 00:07:01,610 --> 00:07:03,810 If I didn't think so, I wouldn't be representing her. 109 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:18,880 Let me make this as clear as I can. I've got a medical malpractice and a 110 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:23,080 wrongful death both scheduled for trial. The last thing I need on my calendar is 111 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:24,019 a food fight. 112 00:07:24,020 --> 00:07:25,940 The defense agrees, Your Honor. We're ready to settle. 113 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:28,280 I am prepared to write a check this instant. 114 00:07:28,660 --> 00:07:32,420 And in the spirit of reconciliation, I will also provide to the plaintiff, Mr. 115 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:36,520 and Mrs., complimentary meals at my restaurant for one month, tax included. 116 00:07:36,700 --> 00:07:39,860 First of all, my clients have no interest in eating at Mr. 117 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:42,160 Jayaraman's restaurant ever again. 118 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:44,460 Secondly, he's only offering $1 ,200. 119 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:46,200 You have a figure in mind? 120 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:48,260 $250 ,000. 121 00:07:48,620 --> 00:07:49,620 For spilling food? 122 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:53,540 There was no spilling. The waiter and busboy attacked us. Please, sir, it was 123 00:07:53,540 --> 00:07:54,760 but a tragic misunderstanding. 124 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:59,680 He hit Warren with the lamb vindaloo while the other one pelted us with 125 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:03,100 These are vicious lies. The men and women were the aggressors. They are 126 00:08:03,100 --> 00:08:07,500 responsible for the violence. What Rupesh means is we must put blame aside 127 00:08:07,500 --> 00:08:08,500 seek accommodation. 128 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:09,239 Your Honor. 129 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:12,860 The Ronners have no medicals. Their losses are nowhere near six figures. 130 00:08:12,860 --> 00:08:17,360 of the associations with that night of terror, an entire subcontinent of 131 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:19,980 gastronomia has been poisoned for both of us. 132 00:08:20,260 --> 00:08:23,160 For us, it is a loss you cannot put a price on. 133 00:08:23,450 --> 00:08:28,390 Try, Mr. Rauner. I'm sorry you can't enjoy Indian food anymore, but I suggest 134 00:08:28,390 --> 00:08:33,510 you lower your sights and settle, and I suggest you make it well south of $250 135 00:08:33,510 --> 00:08:37,370 ,000. Your Honor, I'm not going to allow my clients to turn to settlement 136 00:08:37,370 --> 00:08:41,750 negotiations until I've had a chance to depose the defendants. I am not 137 00:08:41,750 --> 00:08:44,710 extending discovery beyond this week, Counselor. 138 00:08:45,050 --> 00:08:49,010 Either finish by then, or I'll invite a motion to dismiss, with prejudice. 139 00:08:49,470 --> 00:08:50,409 Got it? 140 00:08:50,410 --> 00:08:51,810 By God, I like this woman. 141 00:08:52,500 --> 00:08:56,780 Not as an admission of fraud or guilt, but as a gesture of goodwill, the 142 00:08:56,780 --> 00:09:01,240 Seversons would like to offer you 50 % of the royalties from the book that they 143 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:03,020 have just written about Dandridge Bright. 144 00:09:03,220 --> 00:09:07,980 They would also like Mrs. Lake to write a forward to the book. What kind of 145 00:09:07,980 --> 00:09:09,240 numbers are we talking about, Mr. Richards? 146 00:09:09,500 --> 00:09:13,000 If this book sells to colleges as a text, your clients could make up to $30 147 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,120 ,000. And if it doesn't sell to colleges? 148 00:09:15,420 --> 00:09:17,360 Publisher estimates $10 ,000 to $15 ,000. 149 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:19,720 No. 150 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:20,920 No? 151 00:09:21,560 --> 00:09:22,399 That's it? 152 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:24,320 Mama, I think we should discuss this. 153 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:26,360 We're not rich people, Mrs. Lake. 154 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:30,900 We don't plan to sell the paintings. What we want to do is continue lending 155 00:09:30,900 --> 00:09:34,540 to museums, giving everyone a chance to look at this great artist's work. 156 00:09:35,700 --> 00:09:40,880 It still comes down to you deciding what to do with my great -grandfather's 157 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:42,880 painting. Could I have a moment with my mother, please? 158 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:45,180 I don't need a moment. The answer is no. 159 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:50,520 Mrs. Lake, if you win and sell the collection in pieces, or God forbid, 160 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:54,580 to a foreign buyer, you've lost an invaluable piece of American art and 161 00:09:54,580 --> 00:09:55,800 heritage. Mrs. 162 00:09:56,000 --> 00:10:02,620 Severson, I see the results of the heritage of slavery and oppression every 163 00:10:02,620 --> 00:10:03,620 I open my eyes. 164 00:10:03,740 --> 00:10:07,420 My daughter's little girl is smart enough to be a doctor, but nobody she's 165 00:10:07,420 --> 00:10:10,560 known has ever been that. We don't have enough money to send her to medical 166 00:10:10,560 --> 00:10:13,740 school, so you know what her highest aspirations are. 167 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:20,020 to have a nice car, and to keep from getting pregnant until he's 18. 168 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:26,300 My grandson doesn't believe he'll live past 20, so he doesn't even bother to 169 00:10:26,300 --> 00:10:27,340 think about the future. 170 00:10:27,980 --> 00:10:33,240 I want my grandchildren to have at least a chance at the kind of life your 171 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:34,420 children take for granted. 172 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:39,340 And if selling a few of my great -grandfather's paintings will help me to 173 00:10:39,340 --> 00:10:42,540 that, I think he'd say, go to it. 174 00:11:13,379 --> 00:11:16,600 We having a great time, huh? Is this place great or what? 175 00:11:17,420 --> 00:11:18,820 And look what else we got here. 176 00:11:20,220 --> 00:11:21,800 Italian good luck cookies. 177 00:11:23,790 --> 00:11:24,790 What are you doing? 178 00:11:25,770 --> 00:11:26,770 What am I doing? 179 00:11:27,970 --> 00:11:28,970 Wait a second. 180 00:11:36,950 --> 00:11:37,950 Huh? 181 00:11:38,290 --> 00:11:41,330 The higher it floats, the better the luck. 182 00:11:44,950 --> 00:11:45,970 Not bad, huh? 183 00:11:48,590 --> 00:11:50,330 So, Rosalie, you having a good time? 184 00:11:50,690 --> 00:11:51,690 Yeah. 185 00:11:52,030 --> 00:11:54,350 They make a good marinara sauce here, you know, not too heavy. 186 00:11:58,210 --> 00:12:01,330 Hey, I gotta hold up the conversational ball myself here. 187 00:12:01,550 --> 00:12:02,550 What's the story? 188 00:12:02,710 --> 00:12:05,670 Usually I can't get him to shut up, but here we've got a beautiful woman sitting 189 00:12:05,670 --> 00:12:06,950 next to him. He's speechless. 190 00:12:08,530 --> 00:12:10,930 Doesn't Dominic have a beautiful voice? 191 00:12:11,690 --> 00:12:14,190 Yeah. Gotta love this girl. She never says no. 192 00:12:17,710 --> 00:12:18,710 Hello, Rosalie. 193 00:12:18,910 --> 00:12:21,610 I hope I'm not too early picking you up, but you did say 8 .30. 194 00:12:22,130 --> 00:12:25,150 This is my mother. This is Dominic. Pleased to meet you. 195 00:12:26,130 --> 00:12:27,730 And this is Benny. 196 00:12:28,810 --> 00:12:29,810 Hello, Benny. 197 00:12:30,210 --> 00:12:31,210 Paul. 198 00:12:32,150 --> 00:12:33,410 So, are you ready to go home? 199 00:12:33,690 --> 00:12:35,010 Ah, what's the rush? Come on. 200 00:12:35,310 --> 00:12:38,510 Sit down, take a load off, have a cup of coffee. 201 00:12:38,910 --> 00:12:40,510 Would you like to stay a little longer? 202 00:12:47,150 --> 00:12:48,590 Dominic just sang a song. 203 00:12:49,430 --> 00:12:52,670 Really? They were playing Santa Lucia. I couldn't resist. 204 00:12:53,250 --> 00:12:55,770 And he knows all sorts of tricks, too. 205 00:12:56,150 --> 00:12:57,610 Sure, the one with your hands. 206 00:12:58,850 --> 00:13:00,130 Not sure which one you mean. 207 00:13:00,410 --> 00:13:02,730 You know, retarded three -card money. 208 00:13:03,190 --> 00:13:06,690 I'm not sure that's really such a good one, Ben. There's other games that are a 209 00:13:06,690 --> 00:13:07,569 lot funnier. 210 00:13:07,570 --> 00:13:09,030 I'd really like to see that one. 211 00:13:09,390 --> 00:13:12,130 Sure. Put your hand on the table. 212 00:13:13,170 --> 00:13:14,170 Like that, yeah. 213 00:13:14,410 --> 00:13:15,850 Now, I put my hands like this. 214 00:13:16,220 --> 00:13:21,940 And then... Which hand is yours? 215 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:23,400 I don't know. 216 00:13:24,620 --> 00:13:26,680 That's why they call it retarded three -card money. 217 00:13:28,660 --> 00:13:32,380 Okay, so, hey, Fran, can I interest you in a little spumoni? I really don't find 218 00:13:32,380 --> 00:13:33,420 games like that amusing. 219 00:13:33,700 --> 00:13:35,580 Oh, we were just having a little fun, you know. 220 00:13:35,860 --> 00:13:39,100 I think you were just having a little fun, as someone else would expect. 221 00:13:39,900 --> 00:13:42,140 Come on, Fran, let's not ruin a nice evening here. 222 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:45,180 Bruce Lee, I think it's time for us to go home. 223 00:13:46,390 --> 00:13:47,910 Benny, very nice meeting you. 224 00:13:57,470 --> 00:13:58,470 Dr. 225 00:13:59,730 --> 00:14:02,890 Haverford, as an historian, what is your area of speciality? 226 00:14:03,250 --> 00:14:05,550 African -American life in the antebellum South. 227 00:14:06,250 --> 00:14:08,710 Are you familiar with the work of Dandridge Bright? 228 00:14:08,950 --> 00:14:12,690 Yes, I've done considerable research and published a number of articles on Mr. 229 00:14:12,710 --> 00:14:13,710 Bright and his works. 230 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:17,100 as well as other African -American slave artisans and artists. 231 00:14:17,380 --> 00:14:20,640 What makes these 20 paintings of Mr. Bright so valuable? 232 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:24,880 They represent a very rare look at plantation life from the point of view 233 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:29,900 slave. Beyond that, examples of arts or crafts of this quality, or any quality 234 00:14:29,900 --> 00:14:34,400 for that matter, done by slaves are almost non -existent. What they did was 235 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:38,240 generally recognized as art, and very little was preserved. 236 00:14:38,660 --> 00:14:41,000 What were your sources in researching Mr. Bright? 237 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:43,460 The Overseer's Book from the Severson Plantation. 238 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:46,240 as well as a detailed journal kept by Dr. 239 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:47,440 Philip Severson. 240 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:49,020 Who was Dr. 241 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:53,460 Philip Severson? He was Dandridge Bright's owner and the great -great 242 00:14:53,460 --> 00:14:55,640 -grandfather of the gentleman sitting over there. 243 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:59,440 What was Dandridge Bright's job as a slave on the Severson plantation? 244 00:15:00,020 --> 00:15:01,660 Initially, he was a stable boy. 245 00:15:02,260 --> 00:15:06,540 As he got older and the Severson children took a fancy to him, he was 246 00:15:06,540 --> 00:15:09,680 the house as a butler and babysitter of sorts. 247 00:15:10,060 --> 00:15:11,120 Is that when he started painting? 248 00:15:11,470 --> 00:15:12,650 To the best of our knowledge, yes. 249 00:15:12,890 --> 00:15:17,490 Dr. Haverford, in your expert opinion, did Dandridge Bright freely give his 250 00:15:17,490 --> 00:15:22,770 paintings to Dr. Severson? No. A slave had no property. He was property, just 251 00:15:22,770 --> 00:15:23,770 like livestock. 252 00:15:24,090 --> 00:15:27,950 It would be impossible for a slave to make a gift of something that his master 253 00:15:27,950 --> 00:15:28,950 already owned. 254 00:15:29,370 --> 00:15:30,630 Thank you, Dr. Haverford. 255 00:15:34,860 --> 00:15:40,000 Dr. Haverford, is there any indication in Philip Severson's journals that he 256 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:44,400 forcibly took those paintings from Mr. Bright? No. Well, in your opinion, is it 257 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:49,340 impossible for a slave of his own free will to make the gesture of giving a 258 00:15:49,340 --> 00:15:53,860 to his master? In my opinion, a slave by definition has no free will. Dr. 259 00:15:54,060 --> 00:15:58,080 Haverford, in the interest of serving justice here, I have to ask you this. Do 260 00:15:58,080 --> 00:15:59,019 you think... 261 00:15:59,020 --> 00:16:03,200 as an African American yourself, that it is possible for you to render an 262 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:04,840 unbiased opinion on this subject? 263 00:16:05,100 --> 00:16:10,700 I was unaware, Mr. Richards, that the condemnation of human slavery was a 264 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:15,140 I have no further questions for Mrs. Lake's witness. 265 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:22,600 Mr. Your Honor, in looking over the order slip for the meal that night, I 266 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:24,720 noticed that there's a dish I couldn't find on the menu. 267 00:16:25,420 --> 00:16:29,200 He means the chicken karahi. It is karahi. If the woman cannot pronounce 268 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:33,220 Hindi properly, perhaps she should stick to English. Please forgive my cousin's 269 00:16:33,220 --> 00:16:34,220 playful chatting. 270 00:16:34,340 --> 00:16:38,780 Actually, the Mrs. Direct is quite good. Most authentic. We asked the chef to 271 00:16:38,780 --> 00:16:42,320 prepare the karahi because we desired a dish from the Punjab. And how did you 272 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:47,040 find the karahi? The chicken was overwhelmed with fenugreek. And with no 273 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:49,120 to stand up to it, the dish was... 274 00:16:50,010 --> 00:16:53,610 So you sent it back? Yes, it was inedible. Sounds like you're a hard man 275 00:16:53,610 --> 00:16:54,770 please. Is that a question? 276 00:16:54,990 --> 00:16:58,910 Mr. Rahner, let's turn to the event that immediately precipitated the alleged 277 00:16:58,910 --> 00:17:03,330 assault. How would you describe it? Our waiter, that dangerous -looking one they 278 00:17:03,330 --> 00:17:08,329 call Rupesh, brought out a serving of lamb vindaloo. I took one bite, and I 279 00:17:08,329 --> 00:17:13,390 overwhelmed with nausea. Too hot for you? No. He could not eat it. I could 280 00:17:13,390 --> 00:17:14,390 help myself but laugh. 281 00:17:14,630 --> 00:17:17,770 In my village, small girls can eat vindaloo twice as spicy. 282 00:17:18,430 --> 00:17:20,450 That's why you attacked me. It was you who attacked. 283 00:17:20,670 --> 00:17:25,089 When I told him to take back the vindaloo, he got this strange look in 284 00:17:25,089 --> 00:17:27,270 and started mumbling in Hindu. 285 00:17:27,530 --> 00:17:31,090 The next thing I knew, the plate of vindaloo came crashing down on my head. 286 00:17:31,290 --> 00:17:34,590 And what did you do? Well, I was fighting for my life. And for Lois. So 287 00:17:34,590 --> 00:17:35,830 admit that you hit them back. 288 00:17:36,050 --> 00:17:40,330 He had to. It was self -defense. Oh, not so. Mr. Honor, isn't it possible this 289 00:17:40,330 --> 00:17:44,970 entire melee resulted because you overreacted to having food spilled on 290 00:17:45,050 --> 00:17:46,130 It was an attack. 291 00:17:46,430 --> 00:17:48,650 A brutal, vicious attack. 292 00:17:57,320 --> 00:17:58,320 Hi, Benny. 293 00:18:00,540 --> 00:18:01,540 Hi. 294 00:18:02,620 --> 00:18:04,300 This is where you work. 295 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:06,800 Yeah. 296 00:18:07,780 --> 00:18:09,520 I'm making copies. 297 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:14,160 I had fun last night. 298 00:18:14,580 --> 00:18:15,580 I did, too. 299 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:16,960 Good. 300 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:26,400 Dominic wasn't mad at my mom, was he? 301 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:31,900 I don't think so. I hope not, because she said she was glad to meet you. 302 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:36,500 She said she was especially glad to meet Dominic. 303 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:41,300 She has to meet everyone now. 304 00:18:41,940 --> 00:18:43,820 Anyone I'm with, she has to meet. 305 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:46,560 Ever since this thing happened. 306 00:18:47,220 --> 00:18:48,220 What thing? 307 00:18:48,780 --> 00:18:50,800 This thing that happened with this guy. 308 00:18:52,700 --> 00:18:54,700 He goes to rec centers sometimes. 309 00:18:56,460 --> 00:18:58,000 And this thing happened. 310 00:18:58,940 --> 00:19:00,540 What happened, Rosalie? 311 00:19:03,540 --> 00:19:10,060 Well, this guy came into the locker rooms while I was changing into my 312 00:19:10,060 --> 00:19:11,060 suit. 313 00:19:11,340 --> 00:19:18,120 And he did some things to me that... He did some things that 314 00:19:18,120 --> 00:19:19,960 were not very nice. 315 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:23,840 What kind of things? 316 00:19:30,379 --> 00:19:31,379 Sex? 317 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:33,080 Uh -huh. 318 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:35,300 Did you tell the police? 319 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:40,700 No. Well, Rosalie, you gotta tell somebody about this. 320 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:44,080 I did. I told my mama. I told you. 321 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:48,840 You gotta tell somebody that can do something about it. 322 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:52,360 Somebody like my friend Tommy. 323 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:53,700 What can he do? 324 00:19:54,020 --> 00:19:56,360 He works in a district attorney's office. 325 00:19:56,720 --> 00:19:59,400 He can make sure that man goes to jail. 326 00:20:02,540 --> 00:20:05,500 I don't want to talk to anybody. 327 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:07,020 It'll be okay. 328 00:20:08,460 --> 00:20:09,640 I'll go with you. 329 00:20:12,860 --> 00:20:15,540 Mrs. Lake, how much do you know about your family? 330 00:20:15,740 --> 00:20:19,060 We can trace our family history back five generations. 331 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:25,140 When my great -great -grandfather, Moses Bright, was brought to South Carolina 332 00:20:25,140 --> 00:20:29,400 from the Niger Delta in Africa by slave traders. 333 00:20:29,850 --> 00:20:36,450 Dandridge was born in 1843 and sold to the Seversons away from his own 334 00:20:36,450 --> 00:20:38,390 family in 1855. 335 00:20:39,010 --> 00:20:41,790 Were you close with your great -grandfather, Mrs. Lake? 336 00:20:41,990 --> 00:20:43,910 I didn't get to know him very long. 337 00:20:44,150 --> 00:20:50,790 When his wife died in 1925, he just disappeared, and nobody could find him 338 00:20:50,790 --> 00:20:55,950 he showed up on my aunt's doorstep in Cleveland in 1935. 339 00:20:56,750 --> 00:20:59,190 Apparently, he had been living on the streets. 340 00:21:00,030 --> 00:21:02,170 He didn't like to talk about it much. 341 00:21:02,530 --> 00:21:04,690 And then three years later, he died. 342 00:21:04,910 --> 00:21:08,350 When did you discover that your great -grandfather was a recognized artist? 343 00:21:08,750 --> 00:21:10,070 About six months ago. 344 00:21:10,350 --> 00:21:11,470 How did you make that discovery? 345 00:21:11,790 --> 00:21:17,410 I got this call from an art dealer in Chicago, and he said that he had 346 00:21:17,410 --> 00:21:18,930 seen the Severson collection. 347 00:21:19,370 --> 00:21:23,750 Why was he calling you? He said that he had traced the family tree of Dandridge 348 00:21:23,750 --> 00:21:28,920 Bright. in hopes of finding some descendants who might have paintings 349 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:29,920 were willing to sell. 350 00:21:30,060 --> 00:21:31,820 What did you do then, Mrs. Lake? 351 00:21:32,060 --> 00:21:34,840 I called the Seversons. How did they respond to you? 352 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:38,340 Well, at first, they treated me like I was visiting royalty. 353 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:42,720 They invited me out to their house in Pasadena to look at the paintings. 354 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:46,100 They even came to Nickerson Gardens and picked me up. 355 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:47,319 What happened? 356 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:51,780 They said they were ashamed that their great -great -grandfather had owned 357 00:21:51,780 --> 00:21:56,900 slaves, and they hoped they were making some amends by allowing the paintings to 358 00:21:56,900 --> 00:21:58,880 be seen and appreciated by the public. 359 00:21:59,180 --> 00:22:00,180 What did you say? 360 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:05,120 I said if they really wanted to make amends, they would give the paintings 361 00:22:05,120 --> 00:22:07,040 to Dandridge Bright's family. 362 00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:10,060 They thought I was joking, till I got a lawyer. 363 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:13,020 Then they stopped returning my calls. 364 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:14,320 Thank you, Mrs. Lake. 365 00:22:14,890 --> 00:22:15,890 I have no further questions. 366 00:22:19,190 --> 00:22:24,010 Mrs. Lake, is it your testimony that you did not know that your great 367 00:22:24,010 --> 00:22:25,270 -grandfather was an artist? 368 00:22:25,570 --> 00:22:29,190 I knew he liked to paint, but I didn't know how much his paintings were worth. 369 00:22:29,450 --> 00:22:34,490 So, prior to contacting the Seversons, you never made any attempt to locate any 370 00:22:34,490 --> 00:22:35,490 of his paintings? 371 00:22:36,010 --> 00:22:37,010 That's right. 372 00:22:39,020 --> 00:22:44,180 This is a newspaper account of a family reunion at your aunt's home in 1937. 373 00:22:44,620 --> 00:22:49,260 Would you please look at the accompanying photograph and tell us 374 00:22:49,260 --> 00:22:50,940 that is, in fact, your aunt's house? 375 00:22:51,500 --> 00:22:56,400 Yes. And is the man in the photograph your great -grandfather, Dandridge 376 00:22:56,600 --> 00:23:00,720 Yes. Would you please describe to the court what Mr. Bright is standing next 377 00:23:01,210 --> 00:23:02,870 He's standing next to his paintings. 378 00:23:03,090 --> 00:23:06,870 What became of those paintings, Mrs. Lake? Objection. Standridge Bright's 379 00:23:06,870 --> 00:23:10,510 output is not in dispute here, Your Honor. What is in dispute are the 20 380 00:23:10,510 --> 00:23:15,190 paintings currently held by Chet and Janet Severson. It goes to the question 381 00:23:15,190 --> 00:23:16,190 reasonable discovery. 382 00:23:16,410 --> 00:23:17,329 I'll allow it. 383 00:23:17,330 --> 00:23:21,250 Do you know what happened to those paintings, Mrs. Lake? My aunt did not 384 00:23:21,250 --> 00:23:25,410 big house in Pasadena, Mr. Richard. Please, Mrs. Lake, just answer the 385 00:23:25,410 --> 00:23:29,950 When my grandfather died, the only way my aunt could make ends meet was to rent 386 00:23:29,950 --> 00:23:34,100 his room. She didn't have any place to put his paintings. What became of the 387 00:23:34,100 --> 00:23:37,340 paintings of Dandridge Bright that your family owned? 388 00:23:40,100 --> 00:23:41,440 My aunt threw them away. 389 00:23:41,980 --> 00:23:42,980 Thank you. 390 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:07,900 I've loved these paintings since I was a kid. Why is that, Mr. Stevenson? 391 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:12,100 Because I couldn't believe that someone who'd lived as a slave could still view 392 00:24:12,100 --> 00:24:14,900 life in such a luminous and a vibrant way. 393 00:24:15,140 --> 00:24:17,120 When did you discover that the paintings were valuable? 394 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:21,120 Well, initially, they weren't very valuable. They became valuable when I 395 00:24:21,120 --> 00:24:24,920 taking the collection to art critics and galleries and pushing for exhibitions 396 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:25,920 and reviews. 397 00:24:26,180 --> 00:24:27,280 And why did you do that? 398 00:24:27,500 --> 00:24:31,140 because we believed we had an incredibly important piece of American artistic 399 00:24:31,140 --> 00:24:35,600 history that belonged to the public domain, not in our living room in 400 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:38,780 Did you know that Mr. Bright had any living relatives? 401 00:24:39,120 --> 00:24:41,200 Not until Mrs. Lake called us. 402 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:45,660 Did you ever do anything to conceal the existence of these paintings from them? 403 00:24:45,820 --> 00:24:50,220 The collection had been on exhibit in museums across the country almost 404 00:24:50,220 --> 00:24:52,160 continually for the past ten years. 405 00:24:52,659 --> 00:24:56,480 including four months in Los Angeles. And Mrs. Lake could have as easily 406 00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:58,600 into that exhibit as anyone else. Thank you. 407 00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:07,400 This collection has been appraised at half a million dollars. Is that correct, 408 00:25:07,540 --> 00:25:11,400 Mr. Severson? Yes, but that's really irrelevant since I don't plan to sell 409 00:25:11,500 --> 00:25:14,480 Well, you don't have to sell it to reap the benefits of it, though, do you? 410 00:25:14,970 --> 00:25:18,410 I am not sure what you mean. Your connection to these paintings has helped 411 00:25:18,410 --> 00:25:21,670 get a seat on the board of directors of the American Folk Art Museum, isn't that 412 00:25:21,670 --> 00:25:25,410 so? Well, yes, but my work there is completely voluntary. I've received no 413 00:25:25,410 --> 00:25:26,410 compensation for that. 414 00:25:26,650 --> 00:25:30,230 What about the numerous lectures you've given at museums across the country? 415 00:25:30,390 --> 00:25:33,610 What about the book you're about to publish on the work of Dandridge Bright? 416 00:25:33,890 --> 00:25:37,610 The remuneration from those things does nothing more than offset the cost of my 417 00:25:37,610 --> 00:25:41,820 participation. But it has given you a high profile in the art world, has it 418 00:25:41,940 --> 00:25:47,040 Miss Peros, an artist, especially a folk artist like Dandridge Bright, does not 419 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:52,520 get to be well -known unless somebody makes it his business to show his works 420 00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:54,340 the world. I am that person. 421 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:57,980 And I've done so because I believe that Dandridge Bright was an extraordinary 422 00:25:57,980 --> 00:26:00,560 talent whose work could benefit a lot of people. 423 00:26:00,810 --> 00:26:04,210 Do you believe that one man should benefit from the forced labor of another 424 00:26:04,410 --> 00:26:08,430 No. Well, if you don't believe that, Mr. Stevenson, and if your only intention 425 00:26:08,430 --> 00:26:12,290 in all of this is to bring Dandridge Bright's art to the people, why don't 426 00:26:12,290 --> 00:26:16,110 sell these paintings to a museum and give the proceeds to the descendants of 427 00:26:16,110 --> 00:26:19,850 Dandridge Bright? We shouldn't have to sell these paintings. My family 428 00:26:19,850 --> 00:26:24,250 them for five generations. I have tended this collection. I have promoted it. 429 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:28,520 And I am entitled to keep it. And the fact that it came to you through slavery 430 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:29,960 has no importance here? 431 00:26:30,300 --> 00:26:34,300 Objection, badgering your honor. I didn't own slaves. Why should I have to 432 00:26:34,300 --> 00:26:37,520 for a crime I didn't commit? Why should you get to benefit from it? 433 00:26:37,980 --> 00:26:38,980 Objection, your honor. 434 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:40,380 Withdrawn. I have no more questions. 435 00:26:45,660 --> 00:26:47,780 You claim you lost control of the tray. 436 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:51,660 Yes, it bubbled, and the Vindaloo toppled onto the customers quite 437 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:55,840 And before I could apologize, the mister grabs me by the throat, begins to 438 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:58,900 squeeze the breath out of my body. Oh, please. I thought it was a dead man. Had 439 00:26:58,900 --> 00:27:01,940 my cousins not intervened, who knows what he would have done? Exactly. 440 00:27:02,260 --> 00:27:04,460 Ali, let's just get through this. Mr. 441 00:27:04,660 --> 00:27:06,200 Pundar, how long have you been a waiter? 442 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:07,539 Five years. 443 00:27:07,540 --> 00:27:09,400 Is it your life's ambition to be a waiter? 444 00:27:09,620 --> 00:27:14,020 No. I am an engineer with a PhD from Mumbai Polytechnic. It must be difficult 445 00:27:14,020 --> 00:27:18,360 for an educated man such as yourself to take orders all day. When the customers 446 00:27:18,360 --> 00:27:20,540 are well -mannered and respectful, I am content. 447 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:24,640 I imagine the Rauners posed quite a challenge given their demanding 448 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:27,580 Oh, they were most discourteous. Always bossing and yelling. 449 00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:29,860 I attribute this to low breeding. 450 00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:34,420 Is it true they sent back two dishes prior to sending back the vindaloo? Yes. 451 00:27:34,420 --> 00:27:37,920 should have sent back the whole meal. And each time, did the cook then have to 452 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:40,320 prepare an entirely new dish from scratch? 453 00:27:40,540 --> 00:27:44,240 From scratch, yes. How long did this go on? More than two hours. Two hours? 454 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:48,560 The rawners didn't even arrive at the restaurant until after 11. 455 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:53,900 Are you telling me they kept you running back and forth to the kitchen till 1 a 456 00:27:53,900 --> 00:27:56,460 .m.? And then they took one bite of the vindaloo and sent it back to us. 457 00:27:56,730 --> 00:27:57,729 They were impossible. 458 00:27:57,730 --> 00:28:00,790 Didn't you just want to kill them? Yes, I wanted to kill them. There's no jury 459 00:28:00,790 --> 00:28:03,950 here. So you took the vindaloo and you smashed it over Mr. Rauner's head. Yes, 460 00:28:03,950 --> 00:28:07,630 no, no. I smashed it over the head. And you took the chutney and you threw it at 461 00:28:07,630 --> 00:28:10,910 Mrs. Rauner, didn't you? Yes, I threw it at her. And your cousin beat them too, 462 00:28:11,030 --> 00:28:15,030 didn't he? Yes, we fought with them. We hated them. We beat them because they 463 00:28:15,030 --> 00:28:18,630 deserved to be beaten. And if they ever sit at my table again, I shall beat them 464 00:28:18,630 --> 00:28:21,710 again. Oh, rupesh, rupesh, rupesh. 465 00:28:23,350 --> 00:28:25,650 Rosalie, this happened six weeks ago. 466 00:28:28,490 --> 00:28:31,570 You said you remembered because it was right after your birthday. 467 00:28:32,470 --> 00:28:34,250 Yeah. Okay. 468 00:28:34,790 --> 00:28:38,610 Now, this man, Clark Sims, you knew him? 469 00:28:39,570 --> 00:28:41,570 He came to the rec center sometimes. 470 00:28:41,790 --> 00:28:45,590 Can you remember what happened after he followed you into the locker room? 471 00:28:47,370 --> 00:28:49,810 He told me he wanted to talk to me. 472 00:28:50,210 --> 00:28:51,830 And was anyone else around? 473 00:28:52,390 --> 00:28:54,610 No. It was late. 474 00:28:54,890 --> 00:28:56,170 Tell me what happened next. 475 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:03,100 He told me that he liked me. 476 00:29:04,020 --> 00:29:06,000 And then he asked me if I liked him. 477 00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:11,620 And he asked me if I wanted him to be my friend. 478 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:13,360 And did you answer him? 479 00:29:16,820 --> 00:29:18,340 It's okay to tell, Tommy. 480 00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:21,020 I said yes. 481 00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:24,060 And tell me what happened next. 482 00:29:27,930 --> 00:29:34,790 He touched my hair, and then he pushed me down on the 483 00:29:34,790 --> 00:29:41,630 bench, and he laid down on top of me, and I 484 00:29:41,630 --> 00:29:43,610 tried to get up, but he was too big. 485 00:29:44,690 --> 00:29:47,630 And then he pulled 486 00:29:47,630 --> 00:29:53,390 down my swimsuit bottoms. 487 00:29:54,530 --> 00:29:56,810 Rosalie, did he have any kind of a weapon? 488 00:29:58,530 --> 00:29:59,870 Um, no. 489 00:30:00,230 --> 00:30:03,590 Did he hit you or threaten you with violence? 490 00:30:04,830 --> 00:30:07,170 No. Did you tell him no? 491 00:30:07,670 --> 00:30:09,690 I told him I had to go home. 492 00:30:10,910 --> 00:30:12,770 I told him I wanted to go. 493 00:30:13,770 --> 00:30:14,770 I did. 494 00:30:16,330 --> 00:30:18,150 Rosalie, I'm going to ask you a question. 495 00:30:19,250 --> 00:30:23,590 But I want you to think real hard before you answer it, okay? 496 00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:30,360 Did you tell this man that you didn't want to have sex with him? 497 00:30:33,020 --> 00:30:34,020 Yes. 498 00:30:37,380 --> 00:30:38,380 Okay. 499 00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:42,440 If that's what happened, I think we have a case against him. 500 00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:47,240 But I want to be sure you understand this isn't going to be easy. 501 00:30:47,820 --> 00:30:51,160 You're going to have to talk to a lot of people you don't know. You're going to 502 00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:54,140 have to answer a lot of questions about a lot of different things. 503 00:30:55,870 --> 00:30:56,870 I'll help her. 504 00:30:56,930 --> 00:30:57,930 Okay. 505 00:30:58,430 --> 00:31:02,230 Rosalie, are you sure this is what you want to do? 506 00:31:04,470 --> 00:31:06,730 This is what I want to do. 507 00:31:08,050 --> 00:31:09,050 Okay, then. 508 00:31:12,930 --> 00:31:15,510 The body of our country bears many scars. 509 00:31:16,250 --> 00:31:18,130 from a violent and tragic history. 510 00:31:18,350 --> 00:31:24,750 But if we hold our contemporaries responsible for wounds inflicted by our 511 00:31:24,750 --> 00:31:27,630 ancestors, we risk descending into chaos. 512 00:31:28,010 --> 00:31:32,690 Should we tear up the railroads because the tracks were laid by exploited 513 00:31:32,690 --> 00:31:37,270 Chinese laborers? Should we dismantle our cotton and rice and tobacco 514 00:31:37,270 --> 00:31:40,310 because they were built on the back of black slaves? 515 00:31:41,580 --> 00:31:46,820 Should we turn back our clothing because somewhere in our history a child was 516 00:31:46,820 --> 00:31:50,660 forced to work 12 or 14 hours a day at a sewing machine? 517 00:31:52,380 --> 00:31:57,300 Or should we lay these tragedies to rest and move on? 518 00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:02,980 There is no one in this courtroom who is making an argument in favor of slavery. 519 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:10,100 You are not here to pass judgment on slavery. What you are here to determine 520 00:32:10,100 --> 00:32:14,660 whether or not to penalize a man for something that his great -great 521 00:32:14,660 --> 00:32:20,200 -grandfather did. Not his father, nor his grandfather, nor even his great 522 00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:27,080 -grandfather, but his father's father's father's 523 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:28,520 father. 524 00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:34,620 This man has done nothing wrong. 525 00:32:35,150 --> 00:32:41,730 The events of another century do not give us the right to take away that 526 00:32:41,730 --> 00:32:43,290 which is his. 527 00:32:48,130 --> 00:32:49,670 That which is his. 528 00:32:51,250 --> 00:32:52,750 That which he inherited. 529 00:32:53,390 --> 00:32:55,150 That which was in his family. 530 00:32:56,170 --> 00:32:57,450 That which is his. 531 00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:04,080 Though the defense counsel would disagree, I maintain that it is entirely 532 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:08,740 acceptable for you to ask yourself, how did it get to be his? 533 00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:13,980 Chet Severson has directly and personally benefited from the work of a 534 00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:18,480 He has built a reputation in the art world and increased his net worth by 535 00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:21,780 million dollars based on 20 paintings that his great -great -grandfather 536 00:33:21,780 --> 00:33:23,760 acquired without the consent of the artist. 537 00:33:24,740 --> 00:33:28,260 He stole them. I mean, that's not what it was called at the time, but that's 538 00:33:28,260 --> 00:33:29,260 what it was. 539 00:33:29,550 --> 00:33:33,890 stealing, and to say that Dandridge Bright gave his paintings to the 540 00:33:33,890 --> 00:33:37,470 is to imply that he had a choice about keeping them. He was a slave. He had no 541 00:33:37,470 --> 00:33:43,670 choice. Not about keeping his freedom, and not about keeping his family, and 542 00:33:43,670 --> 00:33:44,670 about keeping his paintings. 543 00:33:45,390 --> 00:33:50,210 I think if Dandridge Bright came before you and asked to have returned to him 544 00:33:50,210 --> 00:33:54,270 that which he lost as a result of his enslavement, the answer would be very 545 00:33:54,270 --> 00:33:56,430 simple. You'd give him what he asked for. 546 00:33:57,000 --> 00:34:00,860 He wasn't allowed to make demands then, and he can't be here now. 547 00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:05,900 But his direct descendant is here. 548 00:34:07,540 --> 00:34:10,980 Tell her what you can no longer tell him. 549 00:34:17,929 --> 00:34:22,290 That was a fine speech, Miss Panels. Oh, thank you. I thought my mother was 550 00:34:22,290 --> 00:34:23,630 crazy bringing this lawsuit. 551 00:34:24,250 --> 00:34:26,550 Now, I think we actually might win. 552 00:34:28,710 --> 00:34:30,489 So you thought I was crazy, huh? 553 00:34:33,469 --> 00:34:37,750 He admitted to the battery during the deposition, Your Honor. We see no reason 554 00:34:37,750 --> 00:34:40,230 why we should be the ones to back down from our position. 555 00:34:40,489 --> 00:34:43,409 Because your clients don't have a quarter of a million in damages, and my 556 00:34:43,409 --> 00:34:44,909 clients don't have a quarter of a million, period. 557 00:34:45,150 --> 00:34:46,190 And they have no insurance. 558 00:34:46,750 --> 00:34:49,389 The best they can scrape up is $10 ,000. Garnish their wages. 559 00:34:49,590 --> 00:34:50,630 Oh, please, Your Excellency. 560 00:34:50,870 --> 00:34:55,310 Mr. Gaffney, if you and your clients are foolish enough to proceed to trial, I 561 00:34:55,310 --> 00:34:58,750 foresee a strong chance you'll wind up with nothing. On the other hand, the 562 00:34:58,750 --> 00:35:02,090 court would look favorably on an agreement that achieves the following. 563 00:35:02,330 --> 00:35:06,630 The Rauners get $10 ,000 in compensatory damages, broken up over two years. 564 00:35:06,850 --> 00:35:07,709 And punitives? 565 00:35:07,710 --> 00:35:08,710 No punitives. 566 00:35:09,290 --> 00:35:13,610 Mr. Pundar will enter a psychological counseling program to help him control 567 00:35:13,610 --> 00:35:14,610 dangerous temper. 568 00:35:15,150 --> 00:35:19,360 Finally... For the next six months while he undergoes treatment, Mr. Pundar 569 00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:20,940 should be kept away from customers. 570 00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:24,840 In the wrong circumstances, a loaded Vindaloo could be a deadly weapon. I 571 00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:27,100 want to take any chances. I can put Rupesh in the kitchen. 572 00:35:27,640 --> 00:35:28,640 Pete? 573 00:35:29,340 --> 00:35:30,620 Done. And, uh, Mr. 574 00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:34,520 Jayaraman, keep an eye on the little guy, too. I'm not so sure about him. 575 00:35:35,150 --> 00:35:38,670 Oh, I certainly will, Your Excellency. And I want you to know you are cordially 576 00:35:38,670 --> 00:35:41,790 invited to come down to my restaurant free of charge and enjoy a full -course 577 00:35:41,790 --> 00:35:43,210 meal for you and a dining companion. 578 00:35:43,610 --> 00:35:44,609 No, thanks. 579 00:35:44,610 --> 00:35:46,510 I've got a peptic ulcer to take care of. 580 00:35:46,790 --> 00:35:48,310 My sympathy, Your Excellency. 581 00:35:48,510 --> 00:35:49,509 Goodbye, Mr. 582 00:35:49,510 --> 00:35:51,490 Jayaraman. Goodbye, Your Excellency. 583 00:35:54,170 --> 00:35:55,129 Tommy Mullaney? 584 00:35:55,130 --> 00:35:56,330 Yeah. Can I help you? 585 00:35:56,830 --> 00:35:59,870 Fran Hendrickson, Rosalie's mother. Oh, of course. 586 00:36:00,270 --> 00:36:01,770 Please, come on. Thank you. 587 00:36:04,450 --> 00:36:05,830 Your daughter's very brave. 588 00:36:06,190 --> 00:36:11,210 Going through a rape trial under any circumstances is an ordeal. I don't need 589 00:36:11,210 --> 00:36:13,010 tell you how much she's going to need your full support. 590 00:36:13,510 --> 00:36:14,930 That's what I want to talk to you about. 591 00:36:15,130 --> 00:36:16,130 Of course. 592 00:36:16,210 --> 00:36:20,090 Rosalie told me what you discussed, what she's going to have to testify to on 593 00:36:20,090 --> 00:36:20,968 the witness stand. 594 00:36:20,970 --> 00:36:22,490 She's just going to have to tell the truth. 595 00:36:23,110 --> 00:36:25,950 I'm not worried about what she's going to do. I'm worried about what you're 596 00:36:25,950 --> 00:36:26,950 going to do. 597 00:36:27,150 --> 00:36:28,150 What do you mean? 598 00:36:28,590 --> 00:36:32,910 Is the fact that Rosalie is developmentally disabled going to factor 599 00:36:32,910 --> 00:36:37,270 case? Yeah, the fact that Rosalie's retarded goes directly to the issue of 600 00:36:37,270 --> 00:36:40,170 consent. So you're going to say that she wasn't capable of consent? 601 00:36:40,510 --> 00:36:43,610 I'm going to say that in this particular instance, she was not capable of 602 00:36:43,610 --> 00:36:44,610 consent, yes. 603 00:36:45,250 --> 00:36:50,070 You're going to put my daughter in front of a courtroom as, um, Exhibit A, as 604 00:36:50,070 --> 00:36:53,570 the perfect example of how the mentally retarded are not responsible for their 605 00:36:53,570 --> 00:36:57,890 actions. I am going to do my best to see that the creep who raped your daughter 606 00:36:57,890 --> 00:37:01,950 gets convicted. No matter how much you might damage Rosalie's self -esteem in 607 00:37:01,950 --> 00:37:02,950 the process. 608 00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:08,940 Mr. Mullaney, ever since Rosie was a little baby, I devoted myself to 609 00:37:08,940 --> 00:37:10,020 her like any other child. 610 00:37:10,700 --> 00:37:14,360 I encouraged her independence. I insisted that she be treated like a 611 00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:18,280 being. And she has grown into a beautiful, capable woman. 612 00:37:19,100 --> 00:37:22,500 I won't let you put her on the stand and destroy that self -confidence all for 613 00:37:22,500 --> 00:37:23,640 the sake of obtaining a conviction. 614 00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:27,660 Your daughter was raped. 615 00:37:28,260 --> 00:37:31,660 She has the right to see her attacker brought to justice. 616 00:37:31,940 --> 00:37:32,940 Tell me something. 617 00:37:32,990 --> 00:37:36,070 If Rosalie wasn't retarded, would you still be prosecuting this case? 618 00:37:36,410 --> 00:37:41,070 No, I would not. Why wouldn't you? She didn't file a police report. She didn't 619 00:37:41,070 --> 00:37:44,490 seek medical attention. There's no physical evidence and there are no 620 00:37:45,650 --> 00:37:48,250 Besides, it's a month and a half after the fact. 621 00:37:49,070 --> 00:37:51,410 I've agonized over what happened to my daughter that day. 622 00:37:52,610 --> 00:37:55,710 And I want very much for the man who hurt her to suffer. 623 00:37:56,290 --> 00:37:58,830 But presenting my daughter not as a woman who was raped. 624 00:37:59,310 --> 00:38:03,970 But as a helpless, retarded girl who is incapable of making her own decisions, I 625 00:38:03,970 --> 00:38:06,990 believe you will be doing her far more damage, and I won't let you do that. 626 00:38:10,150 --> 00:38:11,550 I want to withdraw the complaint. 627 00:38:12,350 --> 00:38:14,390 That decision has to come from Rosalie. 628 00:38:14,930 --> 00:38:16,830 You'll hear from my daughter by the end of the day. 629 00:38:25,070 --> 00:38:26,570 It's good that we're doing it. 630 00:38:26,790 --> 00:38:27,790 It is good. 631 00:38:28,140 --> 00:38:31,780 I'm ready to open myself up to different kinds of restaurants, different kinds 632 00:38:31,780 --> 00:38:33,880 of ethnic eating experiences. 633 00:38:34,180 --> 00:38:37,900 There are so many different ethnic groups in this city. I think we should 634 00:38:37,900 --> 00:38:38,900 advantage of them all. 635 00:38:39,240 --> 00:38:41,060 Absolutely. Welcome, honored friends. 636 00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:44,680 Hi, Ali. These are friends of ours. This is Douglas and Sheila Brackman. We're 637 00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:45,880 honored to have you here with us. 638 00:38:46,260 --> 00:38:48,440 May I take your order, or would you like a little bit more time? 639 00:38:48,660 --> 00:38:53,320 No, I think we're ready. I'll have the aloo chat to start and my usual sag 640 00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:55,540 paneer. I always get the same thing. 641 00:38:56,100 --> 00:38:58,470 Madame? I'll let someone else go first. 642 00:38:58,790 --> 00:39:03,270 Yeah, I'll have the tandoori chicken, and I'll have my own thag paneer, since 643 00:39:03,270 --> 00:39:04,810 know my wife won't give me any of hers. 644 00:39:05,330 --> 00:39:10,370 Holly, what is the difference between the thag paneer and the mutter paneer? 645 00:39:10,550 --> 00:39:11,850 Thag paneer is with spinach. 646 00:39:12,130 --> 00:39:13,670 Mutter paneer is with green peas. 647 00:39:14,330 --> 00:39:16,570 Would you excuse me for a moment? I have to take care of some people. 648 00:39:17,690 --> 00:39:19,050 Rupesh will take the rest of your order. 649 00:39:20,170 --> 00:39:24,110 What is the difference between the dal makhani and the dal ghasht? 650 00:39:24,490 --> 00:39:26,930 The dal gosht is with the lamb. 651 00:39:27,150 --> 00:39:29,290 And the dal makhani is with what? 652 00:39:29,510 --> 00:39:30,510 Dal makhani. 653 00:39:30,570 --> 00:39:32,170 Lentils. Only lentils. 654 00:39:32,410 --> 00:39:34,950 The murg musalam. What is that? 655 00:39:35,170 --> 00:39:36,170 Murg musalam. 656 00:39:36,470 --> 00:39:41,030 It's chicken served over minced meat. Oh, so it's chicken and meat? I think 657 00:39:41,030 --> 00:39:41,968 better off with chicken. 658 00:39:41,970 --> 00:39:43,130 Why don't you try the chicken curry? 659 00:39:43,370 --> 00:39:44,670 I'm not too big on curry. 660 00:39:45,670 --> 00:39:49,290 How about chicken korma? What is chicken korma? It's a cream sauce. 661 00:39:49,590 --> 00:39:50,750 You don't want cream. 662 00:39:51,310 --> 00:39:53,010 You're right. How about tandoori chicken? 663 00:39:53,850 --> 00:39:54,850 That sounds good. 664 00:39:55,050 --> 00:39:56,070 That sounds good. 665 00:39:56,430 --> 00:40:00,290 Ooh, what is Began Bartha? Why don't you just order some? Let him ask, Seward. 666 00:40:00,350 --> 00:40:01,430 How else is he going to learn? 667 00:40:02,010 --> 00:40:03,290 What is Began Bartha? 668 00:40:03,510 --> 00:40:08,690 What is Narvatan Korma? And what is the difference between Parantha, Papadum's 669 00:40:08,690 --> 00:40:09,690 culture, and Nam? 670 00:40:09,990 --> 00:40:10,990 Rupesh, no! 671 00:40:11,950 --> 00:40:16,490 Has the jury reached a verdict? 672 00:40:16,750 --> 00:40:21,130 We have, Your Honor. What say you? In the matter of Lake versus Severson... 673 00:40:21,450 --> 00:40:25,130 We fine for the plaintiff an award in the sum of $500 ,000. 674 00:40:25,510 --> 00:40:29,310 Your Honor, move for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. Your Honor, 675 00:40:29,310 --> 00:40:31,850 no grounds to overturn this verdict. Sit down, counselors. 676 00:40:35,590 --> 00:40:37,930 I'm prepared to do this on the court's own motion. 677 00:40:38,150 --> 00:40:39,150 What's going on? 678 00:40:39,430 --> 00:40:43,530 I'm not sure yet. Having reviewed all the testimony and considered the 679 00:40:43,530 --> 00:40:49,190 put forth in this courtroom, I find that this case turns on questions of law. 680 00:40:49,800 --> 00:40:51,360 rather than questions of fact. 681 00:40:51,660 --> 00:40:56,740 At the time Dandridge Bright produced the work in question, he belonged to 682 00:40:56,740 --> 00:41:02,060 Philip Severson. As reprehensible as we may find that now, this collection of 683 00:41:02,060 --> 00:41:04,940 paintings came into the Severson family through legal means. 684 00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:10,920 Whether we like it or not, slavery was a perfectly legal institution prior to 685 00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:12,420 the passage of the 13th Amendment. 686 00:41:12,720 --> 00:41:17,900 That amendment abolished slavery, but it said nothing, absolutely nothing. 687 00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:24,740 about transactions between slave and master. Given that, there is no basis 688 00:41:24,740 --> 00:41:27,200 interfering with present -day property rights. 689 00:41:27,420 --> 00:41:32,300 To do so, in my opinion, would be tantamount to a taking and would itself 690 00:41:32,300 --> 00:41:33,660 constitutionally prohibited. 691 00:41:34,100 --> 00:41:37,620 I also find the statute of limitations not to have been told. 692 00:41:38,360 --> 00:41:41,440 Accordingly, plaintiff's action is barred as a matter of law. 693 00:41:42,700 --> 00:41:44,600 Jury verdict is set aside. 694 00:41:45,190 --> 00:41:47,150 Judgment is hereby entered for the defendant. 695 00:41:47,410 --> 00:41:49,390 This case is dismissed. Damn! 696 00:41:50,290 --> 00:41:52,010 How could I be so foolish? 697 00:41:52,330 --> 00:41:58,150 How could I look for justice from a system designed by old white men to 698 00:41:58,150 --> 00:42:01,490 what they've got and keep us begging at the door? Miss Palmer, this is neither 699 00:42:01,490 --> 00:42:03,290 the time nor the place. How could I even consider that you would leave anything 700 00:42:03,290 --> 00:42:07,910 to chance? That you would relinquish control of your safe little world to 12 701 00:42:07,910 --> 00:42:12,230 people who might just maybe shake things up a bit? 702 00:42:12,890 --> 00:42:16,730 Oh, baby, wait. Mama, mama, it's a mockery. Wait, wait, wait. 703 00:42:17,210 --> 00:42:18,210 Wait a minute. 704 00:42:18,870 --> 00:42:19,870 Wait. 705 00:42:21,790 --> 00:42:26,070 All right, we knew it would be a long shot. Well, I managed to forget all 706 00:42:26,190 --> 00:42:29,950 I managed to fool myself into thinking that we were actually being listened to. 707 00:42:30,010 --> 00:42:31,610 If you want me to, I can take it up on appeal. 708 00:42:33,250 --> 00:42:35,390 What would our chances be? Not great. 709 00:42:36,190 --> 00:42:40,210 Miss Bottas, we appreciate all the hard work you put in, and we thank you. I'm 710 00:42:40,210 --> 00:42:43,850 willing to keep going with it. If my daughter wants to pursue it, she's free 711 00:42:43,850 --> 00:42:44,689 do so. 712 00:42:44,690 --> 00:42:46,710 But for me, once is enough. 713 00:42:58,210 --> 00:42:59,470 Rosalie, hi. 714 00:43:01,090 --> 00:43:02,350 I'm not going to do it, Benny. 715 00:43:02,970 --> 00:43:03,970 Do what? 716 00:43:04,200 --> 00:43:07,500 I'm not going to talk to Tommy anymore. I'm not going to court. 717 00:43:08,620 --> 00:43:13,100 My mom says that Tommy's going to say that I can't make up my own mind because 718 00:43:13,100 --> 00:43:14,100 I'm retarded. 719 00:43:14,680 --> 00:43:17,120 And my mom says that that is not true. 720 00:43:20,300 --> 00:43:21,320 What do you say? 721 00:43:21,980 --> 00:43:26,320 I say I'm going to listen to my mom. 722 00:43:28,560 --> 00:43:29,560 Okay. 723 00:43:31,880 --> 00:43:32,880 So... 724 00:43:34,280 --> 00:43:36,320 So you're not mad at me? 725 00:43:36,980 --> 00:43:37,980 No. 726 00:43:39,860 --> 00:43:45,440 I like you, Benny. 727 00:43:46,020 --> 00:43:47,020 You do? 728 00:43:47,160 --> 00:43:48,840 Yeah, I really do. 729 00:43:50,060 --> 00:43:52,800 Well, I like you too. Come here. 730 00:43:55,800 --> 00:43:56,800 Come here. 731 00:43:59,220 --> 00:44:00,220 Want me to? 732 00:44:03,540 --> 00:44:05,140 No. Why? 733 00:44:06,360 --> 00:44:08,460 Because. Because why? 734 00:44:08,980 --> 00:44:09,980 Because it's wrong. 735 00:44:10,300 --> 00:44:11,520 Sex is wrong? 736 00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:16,160 Well, it's wrong if you don't love the person you're doing it with. 737 00:44:22,340 --> 00:44:23,360 I'm sorry. 738 00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:25,840 It's okay. 739 00:44:28,140 --> 00:44:29,920 I guess you want me to go. 740 00:44:30,380 --> 00:44:31,380 No. 741 00:44:34,830 --> 00:44:35,830 I want you to stay. 742 00:44:39,310 --> 00:44:40,310 It's okay. 743 00:44:41,390 --> 00:44:42,390 It's okay.