1 00:00:02,449 --> 00:00:03,830 Previously on L .A. Law. 2 00:00:04,090 --> 00:00:09,230 Yeah, uh, our gross income is down 11%. Malpractice premiums are up again. 3 00:00:09,470 --> 00:00:13,230 And, uh, there's this balloon payment due next month on the office 4 00:00:13,390 --> 00:00:15,230 We're sluggish and bloated. 5 00:00:16,250 --> 00:00:18,270 We need to be lean and mean. 6 00:00:18,610 --> 00:00:20,390 Maybe I'm lowlife, but I know what I saw. 7 00:00:20,790 --> 00:00:23,890 Pinner was on the pipe. He killed the girl. That guy there had nothing to do 8 00:00:23,890 --> 00:00:24,890 with it. 9 00:00:26,490 --> 00:00:27,650 I was just being thorough. 10 00:00:28,070 --> 00:00:29,070 You're being too thorough. 11 00:00:29,390 --> 00:00:30,550 Prepare your case, yeah. 12 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:34,500 But if you're too over -anxious, everybody's going to smell a knob. 13 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:36,520 Okay. 14 00:00:36,740 --> 00:00:41,420 I've listened to the testimony of Philip Holden. To warrant my setting aside the 15 00:00:41,420 --> 00:00:45,980 jury's verdict and ordering a new trial, Mr. Holden needs to be credible. 16 00:00:47,060 --> 00:00:48,620 He wasn't even clothed. 17 00:00:49,380 --> 00:00:52,840 Accordingly, your motion for a new trial is denied, Mr. Cusack. 18 00:00:58,060 --> 00:01:00,120 Dorian versus Togetherness Dating Service. 19 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:01,239 Yeah, that's mine. 20 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:03,420 The voir dire is complete. We go to trial this afternoon. 21 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:05,480 This case really can't be settled, Stuart? 22 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:08,080 In all good conscience, I wouldn't recommend it, Leland. Why not? 23 00:01:08,300 --> 00:01:11,000 Because the gravamen of the plaintiff's case is such that we're going to beat 24 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:11,559 her cold. 25 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:13,480 Couldn't that still end up costing us more than a settlement? 26 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:17,020 Not if I'm successful in my motions for cost, disbursements, and legal fees. 27 00:01:17,100 --> 00:01:20,120 Plus, let's not forget, if we settle, there'd be more plaintiffs coming out of 28 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:20,719 the woodwork. 29 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:25,800 Gravamen? Giant Sequoia Tourist Council versus Giant Sequoia Beverages. That's 30 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:28,920 mine. We're representing a small mineral water company that's being sued for 31 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:32,640 using the name Giant Sequoia. They claim it's a fraudulent misrepresentation of 32 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:35,080 where the water comes from. Where does it come from? El Segundo. 33 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:36,940 They have mineral water in El Segundo? 34 00:01:37,180 --> 00:01:41,220 It's municipal water. It's been filtered and flavored with juniper extract and 35 00:01:41,220 --> 00:01:43,460 bottled. Can we expect this to go to trial, too? 36 00:01:43,660 --> 00:01:47,240 Actually, no. Our guy is trying to come up with another name so we can make the 37 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:48,820 whole thing disappear quietly. 38 00:01:49,140 --> 00:01:50,140 As well he might. 39 00:01:50,350 --> 00:01:51,189 Partners meeting. 40 00:01:51,190 --> 00:01:53,230 Tonight. 8 p .m. Hmm. 41 00:01:53,710 --> 00:01:58,230 Little party after dark to split up the pie, eh? To the partners go the foils. 42 00:01:58,410 --> 00:02:00,770 What can I say? We all have a part to play. 43 00:02:01,090 --> 00:02:02,090 Good, 44 00:02:02,230 --> 00:02:03,230 Benny. Good. 45 00:02:03,610 --> 00:02:04,610 What's this? 46 00:02:04,810 --> 00:02:05,810 Melons by mail. 47 00:02:05,950 --> 00:02:08,389 A cut -rate produce outfit that ships by mail. 48 00:02:09,090 --> 00:02:10,090 Saves money. 49 00:02:10,110 --> 00:02:13,910 Saves lugging it up here from the store. I ordered 30 pounds of cantaloupe for a 50 00:02:13,910 --> 00:02:15,270 third of what you'd pay in the store. 51 00:02:15,750 --> 00:02:18,470 Oh, my God! Get it done! 52 00:02:18,810 --> 00:02:20,820 Come on! Get it. Go on. Get him, Douglas. 53 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:24,360 I'm not getting it. Why do I have to get it? Because you sent away for it. 54 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:25,019 That's why. 55 00:02:25,020 --> 00:02:26,520 Better get it. It's on the floor. 56 00:02:26,920 --> 00:02:28,500 Benny, could you get in here for a minute? 57 00:02:28,780 --> 00:02:29,780 There he goes. There he goes. 58 00:03:36,329 --> 00:03:37,329 Thank you. 59 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:21,240 Two years, minimum security? 60 00:04:21,620 --> 00:04:25,000 No chance. Any kind of guilty plea, my guy loses custody. 61 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:29,620 Oh, what a horrible thing that would be, a child molester losing custody of his 62 00:04:29,620 --> 00:04:33,460 daughter. How could we sleep at night? Hey, Grace, he's no child molester until 63 00:04:33,460 --> 00:04:36,840 you prove it, which we both know is a hard thing to do. And I'm telling you, 64 00:04:36,980 --> 00:04:41,360 Edward's a very convincing guy at the family court hearing. Yeah, yeah, I saw 65 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:44,480 how convincing he was when he failed the polygraph test. 66 00:04:44,740 --> 00:04:46,640 Which we know is inadmissible. 67 00:04:47,409 --> 00:04:50,970 Doesn't it bother you, Brian? You know he's guilty and you're actually helping 68 00:04:50,970 --> 00:04:51,970 him to keep custody. 69 00:04:52,250 --> 00:04:53,350 I took the case. 70 00:04:53,710 --> 00:04:57,950 It's my job to advise him of his options and his chances and then carry out his 71 00:04:57,950 --> 00:05:03,150 wishes. He wants the big NG. He wants unsupervised visits. So I got to do what 72 00:05:03,150 --> 00:05:04,150 got to do. 73 00:05:10,090 --> 00:05:13,870 And what made you first suspect that your daughter was being molested by her 74 00:05:13,870 --> 00:05:20,090 father? Last December, Lisa came back from a weekend with him, and she was 75 00:05:20,090 --> 00:05:23,790 upset. I asked her what was wrong, but she wouldn't tell me. 76 00:05:24,310 --> 00:05:29,290 And then she started to cry, so we sat in the rocker, and that's when she told 77 00:05:29,290 --> 00:05:34,430 me... Objection. Hearsay. Sustained. Did you notice anything unusual about your 78 00:05:34,430 --> 00:05:35,430 daughter that night? 79 00:05:35,490 --> 00:05:39,600 Yes. When she was undressing for her bath, I noticed that her underwear was 80 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:42,700 inside out. Did you ask her why it was on inside out? 81 00:05:43,140 --> 00:05:44,480 Objection. Sustained. 82 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:51,640 What else, if anything, unusual did you notice about your daughter that night? 83 00:05:52,420 --> 00:05:55,960 There were bruises on her leg, way up on the inner thigh. 84 00:05:56,540 --> 00:06:00,740 And then on her vagina, there were more marks. 85 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:05,820 Did she have these marks before going to visit her father? No, she did not. 86 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:10,700 And as a result of these marks, and as a result of your conversation with your 87 00:06:10,700 --> 00:06:15,220 daughter, what did you do next? I took her to the hospital, and then I went to 88 00:06:15,220 --> 00:06:18,520 the police and reported my ex -husband for sexual child abuse. 89 00:06:19,020 --> 00:06:20,020 Thank you, ma 'am. 90 00:06:21,060 --> 00:06:22,300 I have nothing further. 91 00:06:24,980 --> 00:06:26,860 Has your daughter ever had a bruise? 92 00:06:27,140 --> 00:06:28,140 Well, of course. 93 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:32,340 He's a little girl. Exactly. Little girls get bruises all the time. 94 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:36,860 But not there. She's never... In all the time that you were married, did you 95 00:06:36,860 --> 00:06:41,560 ever see your husband touch your daughter in any improper way? 96 00:06:42,740 --> 00:06:45,080 No. Not then. Not then. 97 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:46,960 Or ever. 98 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:53,100 Would you describe your divorce as amicable or bitter, Miss Haley? 99 00:06:53,580 --> 00:06:56,860 I'd say it was bitter. Who wanted the divorce, you or he? 100 00:06:57,970 --> 00:07:02,250 We both did by that point. Who asked for the divorce, Ms. Haley? You or your 101 00:07:02,250 --> 00:07:06,830 husband? Ed asked for the divorce. In fact, didn't you ask your husband the 102 00:07:06,830 --> 00:07:09,850 before the divorce became final if you could have another chance? 103 00:07:10,170 --> 00:07:13,570 I didn't know he was molesting our daughter then. Motion to strike. What's 104 00:07:13,570 --> 00:07:17,630 with you? Your Honor. Mrs. Haley. He's five years old, Ed. Mrs. Haley, be 105 00:07:17,750 --> 00:07:20,310 or I'm going to call a mistrial right now. You want that? 106 00:07:20,810 --> 00:07:21,810 No, Your Honor. 107 00:07:21,830 --> 00:07:24,590 I just want that bastard to keep his hands off my little girl. 108 00:07:26,410 --> 00:07:29,810 and it was at this point you decided to hire the defendant's dating service. 109 00:07:30,090 --> 00:07:34,110 I'm not proud of it, believe me, but I'm a working woman. I put in a lot of 110 00:07:34,110 --> 00:07:36,310 hours, and I just don't have time to meet people. 111 00:07:36,670 --> 00:07:39,530 So I figured, why not, and I paid the $3 ,500. 112 00:07:40,110 --> 00:07:42,170 And did they match you up with suitable men? 113 00:07:42,850 --> 00:07:46,590 Please. Objection. Non -responsive, argumentative. Move to be stricken. Miss 114 00:07:46,590 --> 00:07:51,430 Dorian, could you tell the court exactly how the defendant failed to live up to 115 00:07:51,430 --> 00:07:52,209 its promise? 116 00:07:52,210 --> 00:07:55,570 Objection. Leading, assuming facts not in evidence, argumentative in 117 00:07:56,490 --> 00:08:01,350 Overruled? The witness can answer. I had very specific criteria on education, 118 00:08:01,730 --> 00:08:07,230 physical attractiveness, normalcy. What I got was unstable, sometimes imbalanced 119 00:08:07,230 --> 00:08:08,650 individuals who... Objection! 120 00:08:08,970 --> 00:08:11,790 This witness has no foundation to render psychiatric opinion. 121 00:08:12,010 --> 00:08:15,270 I move to strike that characterization or in the alternative a mistrial. 122 00:08:16,390 --> 00:08:19,130 Mr. Markowitz, why don't you come this way? 123 00:08:25,100 --> 00:08:29,020 I will note for the record your very thorough command of the rules of 124 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:30,700 but can we get through this, please? 125 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:34,460 Your Honor, I believe this witness has been coached. And I'm sure that you've 126 00:08:34,460 --> 00:08:35,940 prepared your witnesses as well. 127 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:38,679 Yes, but within the bounds of B andP 6077. 128 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:40,500 Go back to your table. 129 00:08:44,500 --> 00:08:49,640 Ms. Dorian, could you please state for us the defendant's specific failure? 130 00:08:50,140 --> 00:08:53,900 Well, it was as if they threw my questionnaire in the trash. I'd say 131 00:08:53,900 --> 00:08:57,320 only two men with whom I shared any common interest. The one man I did like. 132 00:08:57,360 --> 00:09:02,480 Turned out he couldn't, well, function. 133 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:04,460 What do you mean he couldn't function? 134 00:09:04,740 --> 00:09:11,540 He was, you know, with a capital I. 135 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:15,000 Objection. Calls for a medical conclusion. You have to let me object to 136 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:16,280 All right. 137 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:21,150 Sustained. Did you voice your complaints to the defendant, ma 'am? I did. 138 00:09:21,530 --> 00:09:25,430 They basically said, too bad, they wouldn't refund my money, and that's why 139 00:09:25,430 --> 00:09:26,930 suing them. I have nothing further. 140 00:09:32,950 --> 00:09:38,190 According to your testimony, ma 'am, you did in fact meet a man who you did in 141 00:09:38,190 --> 00:09:39,630 fact find to be compatible, did you not? 142 00:09:39,850 --> 00:09:41,730 No, I did not, in fact. 143 00:09:42,030 --> 00:09:45,690 Then how is it, Ms. Dorian, that one of your dates... progressed to a point 144 00:09:45,690 --> 00:09:49,650 which occasioned you to discover the man's sexual incapacity. He volunteered 145 00:09:49,650 --> 00:09:53,170 a dinner. He said the salad's delicious. By the way, I'm impotent. These are the 146 00:09:53,170 --> 00:09:54,230 kind of men they send me. 147 00:09:54,790 --> 00:10:00,290 And you engaged four other dating services before going to my client, did 148 00:10:00,290 --> 00:10:01,770 not? Objection relevant. 149 00:10:02,010 --> 00:10:04,370 It's offered to show the witness's pattern of discontent, Your Honor. 150 00:10:04,590 --> 00:10:09,430 I'll allow it. Miss Dorian, how many men did these other dating services touch 151 00:10:09,430 --> 00:10:10,069 up with? 152 00:10:10,070 --> 00:10:11,770 Probably about 20 apiece. 153 00:10:12,590 --> 00:10:14,630 So you've rejected over a hundred men? 154 00:10:15,230 --> 00:10:16,330 Were they all unbalanced? 155 00:10:16,630 --> 00:10:18,290 They were all unacceptable, yes. 156 00:10:18,550 --> 00:10:20,090 Not one met your standards? 157 00:10:21,010 --> 00:10:22,010 That's correct. 158 00:10:22,130 --> 00:10:23,130 Thank you, Miss Dorian. 159 00:10:23,710 --> 00:10:24,750 I have nothing further. 160 00:10:44,330 --> 00:10:45,330 This is unbelievable. 161 00:10:45,790 --> 00:10:46,890 This cannot be right. 162 00:10:47,390 --> 00:10:48,289 It's right. 163 00:10:48,290 --> 00:10:52,770 This is $23 ,000 less than my split last year. Try $37 ,000 for me. We're all 164 00:10:52,770 --> 00:10:53,689 making less. 165 00:10:53,690 --> 00:10:55,110 Leland, what the hell is going on? 166 00:10:55,370 --> 00:10:56,790 Firm revenues are down. 167 00:10:57,270 --> 00:10:58,069 That's what. 168 00:10:58,070 --> 00:11:01,070 But there's been no hint ever that we were facing rollbacks like this. 169 00:11:01,830 --> 00:11:05,250 I was counting on my same share, maybe a little less, but God. 170 00:11:05,650 --> 00:11:07,610 Well, you don't see me celebrating, do you? 171 00:11:09,090 --> 00:11:11,030 Fact is, this firm is struggling. 172 00:11:12,130 --> 00:11:13,170 Our rent is up. 173 00:11:13,430 --> 00:11:17,080 Michael. Your murder defense of Earl Williams is going to cost this firm in 174 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:18,440 excess of $200 ,000. 175 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:22,140 We lost over 100 in fees in the Furrier case. 176 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:23,600 We've lost big cases before. 177 00:11:23,900 --> 00:11:28,760 Yes, yes, we have. But this is the first time in 25 years that our client base 178 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:29,760 is shrinking. 179 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:32,800 Now, you are all great lawyers. There's no question about that. 180 00:11:33,020 --> 00:11:37,720 But none of you, with the occasional exception of Arnold, none of you brings 181 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:38,940 high -paying clients. 182 00:11:39,450 --> 00:11:43,630 The role of recruiting cash cows has always been on my shoulders. It's still 183 00:11:43,630 --> 00:11:46,730 my shoulders, but I'm getting older. I can't do it like I used to. 184 00:11:48,030 --> 00:11:49,530 So we've got to make some choices. 185 00:11:50,050 --> 00:11:51,050 Hard choices. 186 00:11:51,410 --> 00:11:52,249 Such as? 187 00:11:52,250 --> 00:11:55,350 Such as considering a merger again. No way. No. 188 00:11:55,970 --> 00:11:57,310 No, I don't want to merge. 189 00:11:57,690 --> 00:12:01,450 Or, in the alternative, bringing in a major rainmaker. 190 00:12:02,910 --> 00:12:03,910 As a new partner? 191 00:12:04,310 --> 00:12:05,470 That's the usual way. 192 00:12:06,010 --> 00:12:09,750 Douglas and I have been working with a headhunter for the past few weeks. 193 00:12:10,630 --> 00:12:14,850 He's put us in touch with a few heavy hitters with substantial client bases. 194 00:12:15,750 --> 00:12:19,190 I'd like to call a meeting with one of them. Exactly where does this new 195 00:12:19,190 --> 00:12:20,590 fit in on the totem pole? 196 00:12:21,150 --> 00:12:22,490 That would be negotiable. 197 00:12:22,950 --> 00:12:23,950 I'll just think. 198 00:12:24,550 --> 00:12:28,210 Arnold, I'm not getting pushed down the line for a new partner. If we don't pull 199 00:12:28,210 --> 00:12:32,830 in a rainmaker and pull him in fast, this little family could be breaking 200 00:12:34,210 --> 00:12:35,210 For good. 201 00:12:43,980 --> 00:12:48,820 And Dr. Bisland, what conclusion did you draw based on your physical examination 202 00:12:48,820 --> 00:12:53,560 of Lisa Haley? My conclusion is that Lisa Haley was the victim of sexual 203 00:12:53,560 --> 00:12:56,620 molestation. On what evidence do you base your belief? 204 00:12:56,880 --> 00:13:00,780 First, there's behavioral evidence. When you examine a child who's been the 205 00:13:00,780 --> 00:13:05,780 victim of sexual abuse and you touch the child's vagina, she will automatically 206 00:13:05,780 --> 00:13:07,000 relax that muscle. 207 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:12,680 Normal children will just tense up. Also, when you touch the abused child... 208 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:14,280 They seem to leave their bodies. 209 00:13:14,560 --> 00:13:19,000 Their eyes glaze as if they've lost contact with their physical being. 210 00:13:19,660 --> 00:13:22,040 Elisa displayed both of these symptoms. 211 00:13:22,460 --> 00:13:27,440 And what about the physical evidence? I examined her genitalia, both macro and 212 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:29,680 microscopically, and found scarring. 213 00:13:30,460 --> 00:13:35,240 Several crescent -shaped scars around the periphery of the hymen. Can you 214 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:37,620 explain the significance of the scar? 215 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:41,160 Yes. It means it was penetrated by an outside object. 216 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:47,380 These are the telltale signs of sexual abuse. Did Lisa tell you anything about 217 00:13:47,380 --> 00:13:48,239 the scars? 218 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:49,280 Objection. Hearsay. 219 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:52,960 Spontaneous utterance, Your Honor. Exception to the hearsay rule. Objection 220 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:56,200 overruled. This is prejudicial. It's grounded. Objection is overruled. Mr. 221 00:13:56,340 --> 00:13:57,520 Laporte, sit down, please. 222 00:13:58,260 --> 00:14:03,880 What did Lisa Haley tell you about the scars, Dr. Bisland? When I examined her 223 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:08,320 vaginal area, she said that that was where her father would touch her. 224 00:14:08,740 --> 00:14:09,740 Thank you. 225 00:14:11,020 --> 00:14:12,240 I have nothing further. 226 00:14:14,680 --> 00:14:19,900 Doctor, there was no penile penetration here, was there? No, I believe this to 227 00:14:19,900 --> 00:14:21,120 have been digital penetration. 228 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:26,760 But I do not exclude the possibility of penile contact against the vulva of the 229 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:28,580 vagina. Are you saying that happened? 230 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:30,680 I'm saying it could have happened. 231 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:32,480 Any traces of semen? 232 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:34,740 No. Any pubic hair? 233 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:39,680 No. So there's no evidence whatsoever that this girl was even touched by a 234 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:41,600 penis? No conclusive evidence. 235 00:14:41,940 --> 00:14:46,540 And doctor, as for this digital penetration, is there any evidence 236 00:14:46,540 --> 00:14:47,540 a specific person? 237 00:14:47,780 --> 00:14:53,140 No. There's no physical evidence which suggests that Lisa was touched by this 238 00:14:53,140 --> 00:14:55,380 man right here? No, but... Thank you. 239 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:59,700 Doctor, have you ever known of a case where a child has claimed she was 240 00:14:59,700 --> 00:15:01,620 by a parent when it hasn't been true? 241 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:05,260 I've never had such a case. Well, have you ever heard of such a case where a 242 00:15:05,260 --> 00:15:09,460 child, through displacement, will blame a parent for something that didn't 243 00:15:09,460 --> 00:15:11,340 happen? There have been cases, yes. 244 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:15,260 And, Doctor, as for this vaginal scarring we're talking about... 245 00:15:16,140 --> 00:15:20,220 It could have happened in a tricycle accident if she came down too hard in 246 00:15:20,220 --> 00:15:23,520 bar, right? I don't believe that's how it happened. But it's possible, isn't 247 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:27,700 Well, I suppose anything is possible. In fact, doctor, you can't conclusively 248 00:15:27,700 --> 00:15:32,140 prove sexual abuse here, can you? You can never positively establish sex abuse 249 00:15:32,140 --> 00:15:34,540 100%. Thank you, doctor. 250 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:35,880 I have nothing further. 251 00:15:44,099 --> 00:15:47,580 There's a number of different ways you can go with this. Whatever works. 252 00:15:47,820 --> 00:15:51,940 Let me just outline the options. I always say the more a client knows about 253 00:15:51,940 --> 00:15:54,660 it is I do, the better. Mr. Tumka. Call me Steve. 254 00:15:54,940 --> 00:15:55,980 Okay, Steve. 255 00:15:56,660 --> 00:16:01,320 We have one rat loose in our office. We would like it if you could get rid of it 256 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:02,860 as quickly as possible. 257 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:05,380 This is a standard snap trap. 258 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:09,100 I bait it with peanut butter, then place, I would say, in the neighborhood 259 00:16:09,100 --> 00:16:10,960 dozen at various points around the office. 260 00:16:11,340 --> 00:16:13,340 Your rodent takes the bait, whack. 261 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:15,580 Spring mechanism breaks its neck. 262 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:17,160 I've done great, Steve. 263 00:16:17,420 --> 00:16:21,060 We can always go with liquid bait stations, but let's go with this 264 00:16:21,060 --> 00:16:22,060 first. 265 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:27,480 Some pest control has taken on a lot tougher jobs than yours, little lady. 266 00:16:28,700 --> 00:16:31,420 I'm sure you can take care of this one. Wish me luck. 267 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:44,600 Rosalind, first off, let me welcome you. 268 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:49,040 I'm only stating the obvious when I say that we all have the highest regard for 269 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:50,360 your reputation as an attorney. 270 00:16:50,580 --> 00:16:53,660 Let me state the equally obvious, which is that the admiration is mutual. 271 00:16:54,220 --> 00:16:58,260 That said, I'm sure there's a plethora of questions that need to be asked. 272 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:01,240 Ready on the left, ready on the right, ready on the firing line. 273 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:02,560 I guess I'll start. 274 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:05,839 You've been successful where you are. Why do you want to make a move at all? A 275 00:17:05,839 --> 00:17:07,780 large law firm can get very bureaucratic. 276 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:12,560 I found myself fighting that too much of the time. And as my visibility grew, it 277 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:15,240 became somewhat of a threat to other members of the firm. You don't have to 278 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:17,119 worry about that happening here. We're all very secure. 279 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:19,819 Let's talk portables for a minute. 280 00:17:20,060 --> 00:17:24,300 While you've got an all -star client roster now, how many of them will follow 281 00:17:24,300 --> 00:17:28,060 you here? There's a simple rule at my firm, Douglas. You eat what you kill. So 282 00:17:28,060 --> 00:17:31,700 any clients I brought in over there, I will bring here with me if I come over. 283 00:17:31,700 --> 00:17:32,760 love the sound of that. 284 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:36,480 Bringing them is one thing, and keeping them is something else. Do you 285 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:37,480 anticipate a problem? 286 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:38,920 I have some concerns. 287 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:43,860 Like what? Well, let's start with your tax department. I understand that Stuart 288 00:17:43,860 --> 00:17:45,960 Markowitz, is that his name? 289 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:47,600 He's it. 290 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:49,100 So what's your concern? 291 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:50,460 First off, where is he? 292 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:51,960 Stuart's in court today. 293 00:17:52,520 --> 00:17:56,860 On a tax matter. As a matter of fact, it's not a tax matter. He just jumped 294 00:17:56,860 --> 00:17:59,460 the breach, so to speak. His forte is strictly tax. 295 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:00,680 I hope he'd be adequate. 296 00:18:01,120 --> 00:18:03,200 Well, he hasn't been found wanting up until now. 297 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:07,340 We're also fully prepared to make whatever adjustments are necessary. 298 00:18:07,909 --> 00:18:09,190 Assuming any are necessary. 299 00:18:10,350 --> 00:18:11,189 What else? 300 00:18:11,190 --> 00:18:12,190 Your litigation department. 301 00:18:12,810 --> 00:18:16,570 What about it? Well, other than your tax attorney having to fill it, I want to 302 00:18:16,570 --> 00:18:18,450 be certain that you're not about to lose one of your aces. 303 00:18:18,790 --> 00:18:19,709 Who's that? 304 00:18:19,710 --> 00:18:20,710 Victor Cifuentes. 305 00:18:21,410 --> 00:18:25,110 He's been an associate for three years. Well, with his reputation, he's got to 306 00:18:25,110 --> 00:18:26,110 be looking for a partnership. 307 00:18:26,470 --> 00:18:30,650 Well, Rosalind, the truth is that a partnership offer is not contemplated in 308 00:18:30,650 --> 00:18:31,770 near future for Victor. 309 00:18:32,090 --> 00:18:35,690 On the other hand, I expect that one ultimately will be made. 310 00:18:36,010 --> 00:18:39,790 And I have no reason to believe that we're in danger of losing him. Good. 311 00:18:40,750 --> 00:18:43,670 And while we're speaking about associates, I should let you know that I 312 00:18:43,670 --> 00:18:47,730 bringing one with me. I see no reason that we can't accommodate you there. 313 00:18:47,730 --> 00:18:50,750 we should first get a better idea of what that accommodation entails. 314 00:18:51,690 --> 00:18:55,390 Before we do that, maybe we should ask ourselves if this is really a place 315 00:18:55,390 --> 00:18:56,390 Rosalind can be happy. 316 00:18:56,630 --> 00:18:57,630 Let me say something. 317 00:18:58,050 --> 00:19:00,770 Right now, we're very wary of each other. We should be very wary. 318 00:19:01,290 --> 00:19:04,270 If this venture is going to go forward, we're going to have to adjust to each 319 00:19:04,270 --> 00:19:05,730 other. I'm willing to go halfway. 320 00:19:06,470 --> 00:19:09,130 If you're looking for more than that, you got the wrong day. 321 00:19:18,030 --> 00:19:20,970 Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth, so 322 00:19:20,970 --> 00:19:21,529 you God? 323 00:19:21,530 --> 00:19:22,289 I do. 324 00:19:22,290 --> 00:19:25,530 Your Honor, I renew my objection to this. The fact that the plaintiff had a 325 00:19:25,530 --> 00:19:28,130 date with this witness... He's being offered to prove the defendant's willful 326 00:19:28,130 --> 00:19:30,650 disregard of my client's wishes. He is totally relevant. 327 00:19:30,930 --> 00:19:31,930 All right, quiet. 328 00:19:32,910 --> 00:19:37,510 The objection's overruled. The witness is in. But let's move through it. Thank 329 00:19:37,510 --> 00:19:38,510 you. 330 00:19:39,130 --> 00:19:41,290 Could you please state your name for the record? 331 00:19:41,850 --> 00:19:44,330 Howard. Your full name, please. 332 00:19:45,050 --> 00:19:46,270 Howard Hulse. 333 00:19:46,550 --> 00:19:50,850 Mr. Hulse, did you employ the defendant to get in a dating service? 334 00:19:51,110 --> 00:19:51,849 I did. 335 00:19:51,850 --> 00:19:56,010 And as a result of that employment, were you matched up for a date with the 336 00:19:56,010 --> 00:19:57,590 plaintiff, Diana Dorian? 337 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:01,660 Yes. I'm holding in my hand a copy of my client's pre -date questionnaire 338 00:20:01,660 --> 00:20:03,400 setting forth her requirements. 339 00:20:03,780 --> 00:20:06,420 Item 23, she lists leadership. 340 00:20:06,740 --> 00:20:08,360 Are you a leader? I could be. 341 00:20:09,090 --> 00:20:11,650 Given the right set of circumstances, I could be. 342 00:20:11,910 --> 00:20:17,570 Dynamic. I'm as dynamic as the next guy. With a rapier -like intellectual wit. 343 00:20:18,070 --> 00:20:19,690 Objection. Counsel's mocking the witness. 344 00:20:19,930 --> 00:20:23,530 I'll overrule it, but I want you to move fast, Mr. Sanderlin. You know, people 345 00:20:23,530 --> 00:20:28,650 find me to be a very lively conversationalist, and that's on a wide 346 00:20:28,650 --> 00:20:30,690 topics. How about emotionally stable? 347 00:20:31,660 --> 00:20:35,340 How about it? Isn't it true that you refused to park in an underground garage 348 00:20:35,340 --> 00:20:40,100 because of what you referred to as, and I quote, an overwhelming sense of 349 00:20:40,100 --> 00:20:41,120 claustrophobia? 350 00:20:41,980 --> 00:20:46,600 Eccentricities don't necessarily indicate instability, sir. You sniffed 351 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:50,060 food and you sniffed Ms. Dorian's food at the restaurant. Why? 352 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:52,980 I sniffed mine for signs of putrefaction. 353 00:20:53,860 --> 00:20:58,180 It would have been rude of me not to have sniffed hers as well. 354 00:20:59,100 --> 00:21:01,180 Tell me, what's wrong with that? 355 00:21:01,639 --> 00:21:02,840 Nothing, Mr. Hulse. 356 00:21:03,940 --> 00:21:04,940 Nothing at all. 357 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:06,200 I have no further questions. 358 00:21:10,120 --> 00:21:11,620 Um, boy. 359 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:14,100 Sounds like a pretty horrible date. 360 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:15,940 Yes, it was a horrible date. 361 00:21:16,140 --> 00:21:19,120 Mr. Hulse, I have both your questionnaires here. 362 00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:24,520 Seems like you both like opera, you both like the theater, Julio Iglesias. 363 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:27,040 You like to take long walks on the beach. 364 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:31,120 Boy, on paper, sounds like you guys have a lot of potential. 365 00:21:31,580 --> 00:21:34,040 Oh, yes, on paper, I do very well. 366 00:21:34,340 --> 00:21:36,420 Well, then what happened when you went out with her? 367 00:21:36,740 --> 00:21:39,060 What happened? She was basically very polite. 368 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:42,120 I brought her flowers, and she thanked me for them. 369 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:46,480 And then we had our date, which was very horrible. 370 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:52,420 Afterwards, I took her home, and she told me that she felt drained and 371 00:21:52,420 --> 00:21:53,420 depressed. 372 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:56,560 I took that to mean she didn't want to see me again. 373 00:21:56,780 --> 00:21:57,780 Did you like her? 374 00:21:58,030 --> 00:21:59,350 How can I like her? 375 00:21:59,550 --> 00:22:02,870 She subpoenaed me here as proof of a lousy date. 376 00:22:03,130 --> 00:22:07,190 No, I don't mean now. I mean back when you met her. Did you like her then? 377 00:22:07,450 --> 00:22:08,930 You know, it's funny because actually I did. 378 00:22:09,690 --> 00:22:14,890 In fact, when I first got the summons, I didn't think it was real. I thought 379 00:22:14,890 --> 00:22:17,850 this is a creative way of asking me out. 380 00:22:19,690 --> 00:22:20,690 Stupid me. 381 00:22:21,990 --> 00:22:23,090 I have nothing with him. 382 00:22:37,070 --> 00:22:42,270 What was Lisa doing that day, Mr. Haley? She was riding her trike down the road. 383 00:22:43,050 --> 00:22:47,470 I could see that she was going too fast, so I called out to her, slow down. 384 00:22:48,690 --> 00:22:52,350 It was right around then that she hit the bump. And then what happened? She 385 00:22:52,350 --> 00:22:57,590 forward, off the seat, and came down hard on the crossbar. It really shook 386 00:22:57,590 --> 00:23:02,790 up. And me too. Is it your belief that that is how Lisa got her scars? 387 00:23:03,150 --> 00:23:07,970 It's the only possible explanation because I certainly didn't molest her. 388 00:23:08,050 --> 00:23:12,110 Haley, have you ever touched your daughter in an inappropriate manner? 389 00:23:13,230 --> 00:23:14,350 I've kissed her. 390 00:23:15,150 --> 00:23:16,270 I've hugged her. 391 00:23:17,930 --> 00:23:21,450 I've extended affection to her like any father would his daughter. 392 00:23:21,650 --> 00:23:24,950 But I've never done any of the things my ex -wife says I did. 393 00:23:25,500 --> 00:23:27,880 I couldn't even think about anything like that. 394 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:29,200 Thank you, sir. 395 00:23:29,380 --> 00:23:30,380 Nothing further. 396 00:23:35,180 --> 00:23:39,800 Are you asking this court to believe that the vaginal scars found on your 397 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:42,780 daughter were the result of a bumpy trike ride? 398 00:23:43,020 --> 00:23:44,620 Like I said, it was pretty rough. 399 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:49,260 How do you explain that there were no cuts or even scratches on her legs after 400 00:23:49,260 --> 00:23:53,960 being thrown off the curb? The trike went over the curb, but she didn't lose 401 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:57,670 balance. I see. Were there any witnesses to this accident? 402 00:23:59,170 --> 00:24:05,810 No. Nobody? Nobody out on a beautiful Sunday afternoon? Just you and 403 00:24:05,810 --> 00:24:08,230 Lisa? That's right, Ms. Van Owen. 404 00:24:08,730 --> 00:24:10,970 You ever give your daughter baths, Mr. Haley? 405 00:24:11,250 --> 00:24:14,110 Sometimes. Where do you touch her when you bathe her, sir? 406 00:24:16,130 --> 00:24:20,390 I wash her and dry her off. Where do you touch your daughter when you bathe her, 407 00:24:20,450 --> 00:24:23,990 sir? I wash her and dry her off. 408 00:24:24,190 --> 00:24:27,470 You've never touched your daughter's vagina saying daddy has to clean inside? 409 00:24:28,170 --> 00:24:29,750 Objection. I never did that. 410 00:24:29,970 --> 00:24:30,970 Objection's overruled. 411 00:24:31,590 --> 00:24:34,590 Does your daughter sometimes sleep in the same bed with you? 412 00:24:34,890 --> 00:24:38,970 Sometimes. If she has a bad dream, she'll come into my room and get in the 413 00:24:39,190 --> 00:24:44,610 And do you sometimes hold her? Of course. If she's scared, I hug her. I 414 00:24:44,610 --> 00:24:45,610 what do you wear to bed? 415 00:24:45,650 --> 00:24:52,610 I sleep in the... I'm naked, but I mean, you know, that's how I 416 00:24:52,610 --> 00:24:55,800 sleep. Well, have you ever gotten an erection when she was in the bed? 417 00:24:56,440 --> 00:24:58,140 Objection. Can she do this? 418 00:24:58,420 --> 00:25:02,420 Overruled. Just answer the question, Mr. Haley. When you are lying naked with 419 00:25:02,420 --> 00:25:06,160 your five -year -old daughter, do you get an erection? Your Honor. Ms. Van 420 00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:08,100 no, I don't. 421 00:25:09,860 --> 00:25:11,040 I have nothing further. 422 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:44,160 You said we wouldn't have to do this. 423 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:48,940 I said I hoped we wouldn't have to. God, I can't. I can't put her through this. 424 00:25:49,340 --> 00:25:50,480 She's five years old. 425 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:54,660 Charlotte, if Lisa doesn't testify, we're looking at a not guilty. 426 00:25:57,520 --> 00:25:58,800 I can't believe this. 427 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:01,400 Believe it. 428 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:05,920 For every doctor that we have put up there, he has put up two. 429 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:10,940 He has paraded in all these character witnesses. His own testimony was pretty 430 00:26:10,940 --> 00:26:11,940 damn good. 431 00:26:13,230 --> 00:26:15,250 I think he's got reasonable doubt. 432 00:26:16,810 --> 00:26:19,330 Lisa is the only one who could change that. 433 00:26:19,570 --> 00:26:20,910 And what will that do to her? 434 00:26:22,190 --> 00:26:26,070 Getting grilled on a window stand, what's that going to do to a five -year 435 00:26:27,090 --> 00:26:29,950 Or growing up knowing she put her own father in jail? 436 00:26:30,370 --> 00:26:35,010 But it's either that or more unsupervised visits with Daddy. 437 00:26:42,030 --> 00:26:44,410 We had an offer, an acceptance. 438 00:26:44,630 --> 00:26:48,690 My client paid consideration in the amount of $3 ,500. 439 00:26:49,150 --> 00:26:55,870 A valid contract was formed, legally obligating them to 440 00:26:55,870 --> 00:26:59,030 proffer men suitable for a compatible relationship. 441 00:26:59,770 --> 00:27:03,810 Instead, they sent cologne -soaked foreigners. 442 00:27:04,630 --> 00:27:06,890 They sent ex -cons. 443 00:27:07,930 --> 00:27:11,130 They sent Howard. They breached that contract. 444 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:17,380 They breached faith with my client, wreaking havoc with her emotions for 445 00:27:17,380 --> 00:27:21,080 the rest of her life. You people represent society. 446 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:26,600 You people are Diana Dorian's only hope for justice. 447 00:27:34,820 --> 00:27:39,880 A relationship, ladies and gentlemen, can't be secured by a contract. 448 00:27:40,750 --> 00:27:43,550 Oh, sure, a dating service can help the odds. 449 00:27:43,750 --> 00:27:47,650 They can introduce you to people with common interests and help your chances, 450 00:27:47,750 --> 00:27:49,010 but there's no guarantee. 451 00:27:49,510 --> 00:27:55,350 My client promised to bring Diana Dorian together with men, and they did so. But 452 00:27:55,350 --> 00:27:58,710 in all those dates, what did Diana Dorian bring? 453 00:27:59,030 --> 00:28:02,730 I'm sorry, this is not a very compassionate person. 454 00:28:02,950 --> 00:28:05,510 We all saw what she put poor Howard through. 455 00:28:05,890 --> 00:28:10,150 And all this talk about whether these men had all the qualities on her list... 456 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:11,320 is insulting. 457 00:28:11,540 --> 00:28:15,820 Because those of us who have been there know love isn't getting all the 458 00:28:15,820 --> 00:28:16,820 qualities on your list. 459 00:28:17,980 --> 00:28:20,900 Love is accepting all those things that aren't on your list. 460 00:28:21,780 --> 00:28:26,620 And until Diana Dorian learns that, until she's willing to give of herself 461 00:28:26,620 --> 00:28:30,360 much as she's ready to ask of others, then she will never be accessible to a 462 00:28:30,360 --> 00:28:31,360 real relationship. 463 00:28:32,300 --> 00:28:36,680 And no dating service can be held responsible for her misery. 464 00:28:50,190 --> 00:28:54,610 Hey, your common rodent must tickle monos, must rot. This is what's known as 465 00:28:54,610 --> 00:28:56,110 commensal. Huh? 466 00:28:56,630 --> 00:28:58,430 It's adapted to living with humans. 467 00:28:58,990 --> 00:29:02,390 I've seen them make a three -course meal out of what gets put in a trap and 468 00:29:02,390 --> 00:29:04,070 avoid the spring mechanism entirely. 469 00:29:04,810 --> 00:29:07,110 What happens after you catch them? 470 00:29:08,090 --> 00:29:12,070 Depends. If it's a glue board that they're on, I generally dispatch them 471 00:29:12,070 --> 00:29:13,710 blunt instrument to the cerebellum. 472 00:29:14,090 --> 00:29:16,710 Most of the time, though, poison's the agent of mercy. 473 00:29:17,150 --> 00:29:21,350 Central nervous system shuts down. All of a sudden, Mickey can't breathe so 474 00:29:21,350 --> 00:29:24,890 good. A couple of faint, dry gasps and mort. 475 00:29:26,030 --> 00:29:27,750 Mort? Dead. 476 00:29:28,110 --> 00:29:29,730 Done. Finished. 477 00:29:30,830 --> 00:29:32,630 What do you do with a man? 478 00:29:33,690 --> 00:29:34,690 Landfill, buddy. 479 00:29:35,450 --> 00:29:38,150 Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. 480 00:29:38,570 --> 00:29:41,290 The paths of glory lead but to the grave. 481 00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:49,480 I'm sorry. It feels to me like we're panicking. And the wolves are at the 482 00:29:49,700 --> 00:29:53,300 You're gone in February on maternity leave, further reducing our income. 483 00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:57,180 Financially, this firm is in dire straits. I don't think that she is our 484 00:29:57,180 --> 00:30:01,280 salvation, Douglas. She would, however, increase our billables by some $1 .5 485 00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:02,440 million per year. 486 00:30:02,660 --> 00:30:06,620 I find that alone pretty hard to give up. She's bringing over clients that are 487 00:30:06,620 --> 00:30:09,800 accustomed to a large firm. Why do we have any confidence that they'll stay? 488 00:30:10,060 --> 00:30:11,280 Well, it's her feeling that they will. 489 00:30:11,630 --> 00:30:14,610 Well, that doesn't really give us a hell of a lot to go on, does it? Given our 490 00:30:14,610 --> 00:30:17,230 current makeup, Anne, I would have thought you'd be only too glad to get a 491 00:30:17,230 --> 00:30:18,230 little estrogen in here. 492 00:30:18,490 --> 00:30:20,970 I say that we are dealing with a real prima donna. 493 00:30:21,730 --> 00:30:23,530 Fundamentally, she is not a team player. 494 00:30:24,190 --> 00:30:25,890 Fundamentally, neither are you. 495 00:30:26,510 --> 00:30:31,390 Now, what speaks loudest of all to me right now is that she is a rainmaker of 496 00:30:31,390 --> 00:30:34,590 the first order. That's what we need. That's what we'd be getting. I guess the 497 00:30:34,590 --> 00:30:35,970 kind of rain is beside the point. 498 00:30:36,290 --> 00:30:37,690 Rain is rain. 499 00:30:37,990 --> 00:30:38,990 I disagree. 500 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:41,180 Look at the clients she represents. 501 00:30:41,580 --> 00:30:46,000 Banks involved in slum refinancing. Real estate syndicates, a personal favorite 502 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,220 of mine. And she's a lawyer representing clients. 503 00:30:48,580 --> 00:30:52,000 Now, if we want to continue to do pro bono work, we have to have a client base 504 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:53,120 that'll keep us on our feet. 505 00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:57,080 Rosalind can give us. Michael, there is no guarantee that she's going to break. 506 00:30:58,020 --> 00:30:59,260 We've all spoken our piece. 507 00:31:00,380 --> 00:31:01,380 I vote yay. 508 00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:03,160 Same. Nick. 509 00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:04,520 I vote yes. 510 00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:06,680 I vote no. 511 00:31:06,900 --> 00:31:07,900 What about Stuart? 512 00:31:08,220 --> 00:31:09,220 He gave me his proxy. 513 00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:11,120 What is it? 514 00:31:11,260 --> 00:31:12,260 Stewart votes yes. 515 00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:13,739 You're kidding. 516 00:31:13,740 --> 00:31:14,740 No, I'm not kidding. Oh. 517 00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:18,320 That's it, then. We can open up negotiations and see where it goes. 518 00:31:23,580 --> 00:31:26,800 Lisa, you know what it means to tell the truth, don't you? 519 00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:32,940 And, Lisa, if you don't understand a question or if you need any help at all, 520 00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:34,060 you just tell me. 521 00:31:34,660 --> 00:31:35,660 All right? 522 00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:36,800 Yes. 523 00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:40,580 Lisa, do you know why you're here? 524 00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:43,120 Yes. Can you tell us? 525 00:31:44,140 --> 00:31:47,800 Because Daddy touched me in bad places. 526 00:31:48,140 --> 00:31:52,760 Okay. I want you to pretend that this doll is you. 527 00:31:53,180 --> 00:31:55,060 I knew my objection to the doll. 528 00:31:55,260 --> 00:32:01,960 Overruled. Lisa, I'd like for you to show us on this doll where it is that 529 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:02,919 touches you. 530 00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:03,920 Okay? 531 00:32:08,810 --> 00:32:09,810 It's okay. 532 00:32:09,910 --> 00:32:13,250 It's pretty scary here. I know that. All right? 533 00:32:15,890 --> 00:32:18,270 Now, can you show us where Daddy touches you? 534 00:32:20,610 --> 00:32:23,770 Let the record reflect that the witness has indicated the legs. 535 00:32:26,390 --> 00:32:29,310 Let the record reflect that the witness has indicated the chest. 536 00:32:34,930 --> 00:32:36,210 Let the record reflect. 537 00:32:36,810 --> 00:32:38,710 that the witness has indicated the buttocks. 538 00:32:47,190 --> 00:32:50,410 Let the record reflect. She has indicated the vagina. 539 00:32:53,150 --> 00:32:55,670 You're a very brave little girl, Lisa. 540 00:32:57,970 --> 00:33:02,730 Now, can you tell us when it is that Daddy touches you? 541 00:33:04,430 --> 00:33:05,430 When I... 542 00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:09,020 Take a bath in his bed. 543 00:33:09,780 --> 00:33:10,780 Okay. 544 00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:15,300 And what parts of Daddy's body does he use to touch you with? 545 00:33:15,660 --> 00:33:16,660 His hands. 546 00:33:16,820 --> 00:33:17,820 Just his hands? 547 00:33:19,700 --> 00:33:20,840 His mouth. 548 00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:22,240 Anything else? 549 00:33:24,180 --> 00:33:26,500 Does he touch you with anything else, Lisa? 550 00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:32,580 Lisa, does your Daddy touch you with anything else? 551 00:33:34,380 --> 00:33:35,520 His pee. Tina. 552 00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:39,360 How do you feel about his touching you this way? 553 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:41,300 I don't like it. 554 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:43,160 Do you want him to stop? 555 00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:44,480 Yes. 556 00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:45,680 Thank you, Letha. 557 00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:48,120 I'm all finished, honey. 558 00:33:48,340 --> 00:33:51,060 And Mr. Laporte has a few questions to ask you. 559 00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:55,580 And then we'll be finished. That was very, very good. 560 00:34:04,460 --> 00:34:05,680 That was very good. 561 00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:08,440 Very, very good. 562 00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:13,340 You were excellent. Did your mother help you go over what you were going to say 563 00:34:13,340 --> 00:34:14,659 today? Yes. 564 00:34:15,460 --> 00:34:20,340 She did. And did Miss Van Owen also help you to prepare for this? 565 00:34:20,699 --> 00:34:23,560 Yes. Did they tell you what to say? 566 00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:25,300 A little bit? 567 00:34:25,860 --> 00:34:30,440 Yes. Tell me, Lisa, where did you first hear the word penis? 568 00:34:31,739 --> 00:34:32,739 From Mommy. 569 00:34:33,290 --> 00:34:37,370 And was it Mommy who first told you that Daddy touched you in bad places? 570 00:34:38,370 --> 00:34:39,870 I think so. 571 00:34:40,250 --> 00:34:46,530 Okay. Now, Lisa, this weekend that you were at your Daddy's house, the weekend 572 00:34:46,530 --> 00:34:49,929 that we're talking about, did you fall down on your tricycle? 573 00:34:50,270 --> 00:34:51,389 I don't remember. 574 00:34:51,969 --> 00:34:56,949 Well, have you ever fallen on your trike when riding it at Daddy's house? 575 00:34:57,490 --> 00:35:01,690 Yes. Thank you very much, Lisa. You did a good job. 576 00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:11,240 Lisa, just a couple of more questions, okay? 577 00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:17,660 Did Daddy touch you in the places that you pointed to on this doll? 578 00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:23,220 Yes. Now, did this really happen, or did you just say that because Mommy or I 579 00:35:23,220 --> 00:35:24,220 told you to? 580 00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:25,940 It really happened. 581 00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:27,980 Thank you very much, Lisa. 582 00:35:29,460 --> 00:35:30,880 I have nothing further. 583 00:35:31,240 --> 00:35:32,240 Mr. Laporte? 584 00:35:33,020 --> 00:35:34,360 Nothing. All right, Lisa. 585 00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:36,640 You can step down now. 586 00:35:37,420 --> 00:35:38,420 Thank you. 587 00:35:47,780 --> 00:35:48,780 It's okay, honey. 588 00:35:49,020 --> 00:35:50,020 Let's go. 589 00:36:15,790 --> 00:36:18,690 Has the jury reached its verdict, Mr. Foreman? We have. 590 00:36:18,910 --> 00:36:23,230 What say you? In the matter of Diana Dorian versus Togetherness Dating 591 00:36:23,530 --> 00:36:25,570 we find in favor of the defense. 592 00:36:25,890 --> 00:36:26,890 Yes, I won! 593 00:36:27,950 --> 00:36:29,110 Oh, congratulations. 594 00:36:30,690 --> 00:36:34,630 Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. I hope you've all had a very pleasant time. 595 00:36:34,690 --> 00:36:35,690 We're adjourned. 596 00:36:36,050 --> 00:36:37,110 Great. Here we go. 597 00:36:37,710 --> 00:36:38,710 Congratulations. 598 00:36:45,819 --> 00:36:46,819 Great. Mr. 599 00:36:46,900 --> 00:36:48,620 Markowitz. Yeah. Oh, hi. 600 00:36:48,860 --> 00:36:52,520 Look, ex parte. Oh, it's okay. Look, I want to say congratulations. 601 00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:57,120 And also, I may have lost, but I'm not walking away from this with nothing. You 602 00:36:57,120 --> 00:36:58,160 gave me a lot to think about. 603 00:36:58,940 --> 00:36:59,940 Thank you. 604 00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:01,200 Figures you're married. 605 00:37:01,700 --> 00:37:02,700 Stuart. 606 00:37:02,900 --> 00:37:03,940 Stuart Markowitz. 607 00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:06,200 Dave, how are you? Another time, another place. 608 00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:07,379 What are you doing here? 609 00:37:07,380 --> 00:37:09,360 Just picking up some lists of judgment debtors. 610 00:37:09,790 --> 00:37:13,030 Really? Let the other guys go after the Mercedes owners. I want to know who had 611 00:37:13,030 --> 00:37:14,350 their truck repossessed. Why? 612 00:37:14,590 --> 00:37:16,410 Why? You're asking me why. 613 00:37:16,690 --> 00:37:18,610 Because I have the field to myself. 614 00:37:19,090 --> 00:37:22,330 What makes you think that a guy a little down on his luck isn't interested in 615 00:37:22,330 --> 00:37:23,330 the occasional purchase? 616 00:37:23,830 --> 00:37:25,390 Well, what can he afford to buy? 617 00:37:25,810 --> 00:37:30,350 Oh, how about a serpentine silver neck chain to buoy up his spirits? A trifold 618 00:37:30,350 --> 00:37:34,170 leatherette wallet with a gold -toned clasp? Both. Less than five bucks, yet 619 00:37:34,170 --> 00:37:36,110 conceivably priceless to a drowning man. 620 00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:39,460 Dave, this is Diana Dorian. Diana, Dave Meyer. How do you do? 621 00:37:40,220 --> 00:37:43,740 If you two have a minute, I would love to show you something. Actually, Deb, I 622 00:37:43,740 --> 00:37:44,740 really have to go. 623 00:37:45,160 --> 00:37:47,000 Well, I have a minute. 624 00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:50,480 Do you know much about the direct mail game, Dad? 625 00:37:56,140 --> 00:38:02,680 Beyond a reasonable doubt, that's the standard they have to satisfy here. 626 00:38:03,860 --> 00:38:05,720 And they don't even come close. 627 00:38:06,300 --> 00:38:08,320 The medical evidence is conflicted. 628 00:38:08,660 --> 00:38:12,860 Even their own doctor admitted it was impossible to conclude there was sexual 629 00:38:12,860 --> 00:38:13,718 abuse here. 630 00:38:13,720 --> 00:38:15,760 Impossible to conclude. 631 00:38:16,340 --> 00:38:20,820 There's no medical evidence whatsoever which suggests penile penetration, and 632 00:38:20,820 --> 00:38:25,080 there's no medical evidence whatsoever which specifically implicates Ed Haley. 633 00:38:25,240 --> 00:38:31,300 The only evidence they have, which points to my client, is the testimony of 634 00:38:31,300 --> 00:38:32,380 five -year -old girl. 635 00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:38,360 A girl whose testimony was prepared by her mother, still bitter over the 636 00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:43,460 divorce. A girl whose testimony was prepared by the district attorney. 637 00:38:44,080 --> 00:38:47,620 Five -year -old girls can be very impressionable. 638 00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:53,540 They can be influenced into saying what you want them to say. And while no one 639 00:38:53,540 --> 00:38:59,840 wants to call Lisa Haley a liar, I'll remind you of the psychiatric evidence 640 00:38:59,840 --> 00:39:01,680 introduced on how little girls... 641 00:39:02,110 --> 00:39:07,770 sometimes make these charges up. Sometimes to blame parents for not 642 00:39:07,770 --> 00:39:08,990 enough time with them. 643 00:39:10,030 --> 00:39:13,290 There's plenty of doubt, ladies and gentlemen. 644 00:39:13,930 --> 00:39:14,930 Plenty of it. 645 00:39:16,150 --> 00:39:17,370 He didn't do it. 646 00:39:19,230 --> 00:39:24,790 Well, I suppose you're not out of line if you think he did. I'll admit, it's 647 00:39:24,790 --> 00:39:27,050 possible to suspect him. 648 00:39:28,530 --> 00:39:34,420 But... Beyond a reasonable doubt, not a chance. 649 00:39:46,620 --> 00:39:53,120 It was the opinion of the doctor who examined her that the vaginal scarring 650 00:39:53,120 --> 00:39:56,080 caused by sexual abuse. 651 00:39:56,660 --> 00:39:58,220 Somebody's fingers. 652 00:39:58,990 --> 00:40:05,030 No, you can never medically establish this with 100 % certainty, but her 653 00:40:05,030 --> 00:40:11,430 diagnosis was corroborated by Lisa Haley herself. In the most 654 00:40:11,430 --> 00:40:17,070 terrifying of settings, she came up to this witness stand and asserted one 655 00:40:17,070 --> 00:40:18,750 unshakable fact. 656 00:40:19,150 --> 00:40:25,410 That man touched her on her buttocks, on her vagina. 657 00:40:27,080 --> 00:40:33,380 And while they offered the best expert testimony that money could buy to cast 658 00:40:33,380 --> 00:40:40,020 doubt wherever they could, they offered you nothing to contradict that 659 00:40:40,020 --> 00:40:41,020 fact. 660 00:40:42,520 --> 00:40:48,240 Yes, we talked to her before she testified. We talked to all our 661 00:40:48,620 --> 00:40:55,320 And yes, sometimes little girls do tell lies. But as she told you... 662 00:40:55,740 --> 00:41:01,400 As Lisa told you, her daddy really did molest her. 663 00:41:03,080 --> 00:41:05,220 And let me tell you something, ladies and gentlemen. 664 00:41:05,580 --> 00:41:10,060 It's a terrible thing to put a little girl through the ordeal of a trial. 665 00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:16,300 But I made her do it. I made Lisa come in here and relive what happened. 666 00:41:16,300 --> 00:41:19,480 it was the only way I could keep it from happening again. 667 00:41:19,860 --> 00:41:22,180 Because Edward Haley is... 668 00:41:22,520 --> 00:41:26,060 A child molester. He did it. He did it. 669 00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:32,300 And for Lisa's sake, please don't give him the chance to do it anymore. 670 00:41:32,940 --> 00:41:33,940 Thank you. 671 00:41:53,040 --> 00:41:57,080 And that was the piece of artwork that I had been talking about as far as the 672 00:41:57,080 --> 00:41:58,080 junior library. 673 00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:02,440 You see who's going into Mackenzie's office? 674 00:42:02,860 --> 00:42:03,638 Mm -hmm. 675 00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:06,360 Looks like they pushed the button. She won't start off with any associate, 676 00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:07,760 that's for sure. What's going on? 677 00:42:08,240 --> 00:42:09,240 Look who's with him. 678 00:42:09,660 --> 00:42:10,880 Did you pump anything out of Michael? 679 00:42:11,100 --> 00:42:12,640 No, only that they're going to be changing. 680 00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:15,160 Yeah, well, there goes the first change right there. 681 00:42:15,880 --> 00:42:18,660 I'll tell you, if they're bringing in a new partner, we all better start 682 00:42:18,660 --> 00:42:19,660 updating our resumes. 683 00:42:19,820 --> 00:42:20,860 Oh, come on. Hey. 684 00:42:21,290 --> 00:42:22,670 There's them and there's us. 685 00:42:22,910 --> 00:42:26,330 And when they start plotting behind closed doors, they are not trying to 686 00:42:26,330 --> 00:42:27,450 out how to benefit us. 687 00:42:29,670 --> 00:42:33,610 She's overreacting. No, she's not overreacting. Oh, come on. Victor, you 688 00:42:33,610 --> 00:42:34,610 you're a lock for partnership. 689 00:42:34,890 --> 00:42:36,130 Nobody's a lock here, Jonathan. 690 00:42:36,370 --> 00:42:39,330 Don't get me wrong. They like us all, but nobody's ever said. 691 00:42:40,530 --> 00:42:41,530 Abby's right. 692 00:42:42,090 --> 00:42:43,090 Never trust. 693 00:42:44,030 --> 00:42:45,030 Totally. 694 00:42:55,980 --> 00:42:59,860 How could you ever admit when you're wrong? You're wrong. You misplaced it. 695 00:42:59,860 --> 00:43:00,860 I didn't. Hi, Benny. 696 00:43:01,720 --> 00:43:02,720 What's up, buddy? 697 00:43:02,860 --> 00:43:03,860 It's Dad. 698 00:43:05,980 --> 00:43:08,240 Wow. It certainly is. 699 00:43:08,580 --> 00:43:10,360 It doesn't harm anybody. 700 00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:14,140 Hey, Benno, he's happier this way. 701 00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:16,320 Don't look happy. 702 00:43:17,420 --> 00:43:20,520 He's at peace now, Benny. He's gone to heaven. 703 00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:24,860 My mom is in heaven. Oh, hey, hey, hey, hey. He's not going to bother your 704 00:43:24,860 --> 00:43:25,860 mother. 705 00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:31,060 He's in rat heaven, and your mother, she's in... mother heaven. 706 00:43:34,960 --> 00:43:40,520 Do you think that... that that hurt him? 707 00:43:43,020 --> 00:43:44,020 No. 708 00:44:03,150 --> 00:44:04,150 Defendant, please rise. 709 00:44:09,570 --> 00:44:13,350 In the matter of the people versus Edward Haley, we, the jury, find the 710 00:44:13,350 --> 00:44:15,170 defendant not guilty. 711 00:44:16,890 --> 00:44:17,890 Congratulations. 712 00:44:18,630 --> 00:44:20,710 Oh, God. 713 00:44:21,370 --> 00:44:24,690 Members of the jury, we thank you for your time. Oh, God. 714 00:44:25,050 --> 00:44:26,290 This matter is concluded. 715 00:44:26,550 --> 00:44:28,010 The defendant is free to go. 716 00:44:28,370 --> 00:44:29,370 Court is adjourned. 717 00:44:29,990 --> 00:44:31,810 I don't believe it. 718 00:44:32,620 --> 00:44:33,620 Are you okay? 719 00:44:35,600 --> 00:44:37,120 I'm so sorry. Are you all right? 720 00:44:37,560 --> 00:44:38,900 I'm so sorry, Charlotte. 721 00:44:41,580 --> 00:44:45,580 Double jeopardy won't stop me from going after him again. If he touches her 722 00:44:45,580 --> 00:44:49,820 again, tell me, and I'll get him. You said you'd get him this time, and he's 723 00:44:49,820 --> 00:44:51,480 free? My God! 724 00:44:52,540 --> 00:44:53,620 I'm sorry, Charlotte. 725 00:44:53,820 --> 00:44:54,820 You're sorry? 726 00:44:55,140 --> 00:44:57,380 She's been through 37 interviews. 727 00:44:58,480 --> 00:45:00,340 Policemen, detectives. 728 00:45:00,940 --> 00:45:01,940 Social workers? 729 00:45:02,780 --> 00:45:07,440 Gynecologists examining her with microscopes? And for what? So she can be 730 00:45:07,440 --> 00:45:10,480 dragged into court to relive it and then sent back to Daddy? 731 00:45:11,380 --> 00:45:15,860 Oh, I'll tell her, Ms. Van Owen. I'll tell her the district attorney is real 732 00:45:15,860 --> 00:45:18,840 sorry. That's not fair. Tell me about fair. 733 00:45:19,120 --> 00:45:23,000 He molested her and nothing happened. 734 00:45:23,340 --> 00:45:27,660 This system can't even keep him from raping my little baby. 735 00:45:46,250 --> 00:45:49,230 Can you get some kind of restraining order to keep him away? 736 00:45:51,810 --> 00:45:53,350 Not after an acquittal. 737 00:45:57,830 --> 00:46:00,590 What happens if I just take Lisa and we disappear? 738 00:46:02,450 --> 00:46:05,850 Charlotte, he has custody rights. You'd be charged with kidnapping. 739 00:46:07,670 --> 00:46:08,670 Uh -huh. 740 00:46:09,930 --> 00:46:13,490 So... What if I do that? 741 00:46:16,240 --> 00:46:18,640 That's the only way I can keep him away from Lisa. 742 00:46:20,240 --> 00:46:21,240 Isn't it? 743 00:46:25,220 --> 00:46:32,100 As a district attorney, it would be inappropriate for me to encourage an 744 00:46:32,100 --> 00:46:33,100 illegal act. 745 00:46:33,700 --> 00:46:35,520 Give me another choice! 746 00:46:36,660 --> 00:46:38,860 I can't let this happen to her again! 747 00:46:41,070 --> 00:46:45,970 As a district attorney, it would be inappropriate for me to encourage an 748 00:46:45,970 --> 00:46:46,970 act. 749 00:46:55,810 --> 00:46:57,330 I hear you, Ms. Van Owen. 750 00:47:00,210 --> 00:47:01,790 I hear you loud and clear.