1 00:00:02,299 --> 00:00:03,640 Previously on L .A. Law. 2 00:00:03,860 --> 00:00:07,320 I would remind the Deputy D .A. that in spite of the fact she's running for 3 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:11,900 judgeship in District 7... Your Honor, I... When and if you win election to the 4 00:00:11,900 --> 00:00:15,620 bench, Ms. Van Owen, you may have the last word in my court. 5 00:00:16,110 --> 00:00:19,910 I get it. Mr. Sullivan will be joining us as a clerk. He'll be working here 6 00:00:19,910 --> 00:00:21,330 afternoons, after school. 7 00:00:21,650 --> 00:00:22,650 The phone messages. 8 00:00:23,090 --> 00:00:25,950 All these people, activity in and out of the bathroom. 9 00:00:26,370 --> 00:00:30,090 Now, either you are leading a very weird social life, or you're dealing coke out 10 00:00:30,090 --> 00:00:31,049 of this office. 11 00:00:31,050 --> 00:00:32,330 That's crazy, Mr. Cifuentes. 12 00:00:36,270 --> 00:00:37,270 Where's my thousand? 13 00:00:38,030 --> 00:00:39,030 Let's see. 14 00:00:39,590 --> 00:00:40,590 He bust it, kid. 15 00:00:41,530 --> 00:00:42,530 Eric went home already. 16 00:00:42,810 --> 00:00:44,010 What do you mean he went home? 17 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:47,000 And his father picked him up. He can't. Damn it, detective! 18 00:00:47,420 --> 00:00:51,360 My husband violates a TRO, kidnapping my son, and the best thing you can tell me 19 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:55,160 is to get my own P .I.? I'm getting married in three weeks. His name is 20 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:56,160 Crenshaw. 21 00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:57,680 Kevin. 22 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:00,380 Meet Michael Cusack. He's with the Trial Lawyers Association. 23 00:01:01,060 --> 00:01:04,440 What were you trying to prove? That you could get back at me by trying to 24 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:06,180 humiliate a decent good man? 25 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:07,900 I'm in the middle of getting married. 26 00:01:08,300 --> 00:01:11,240 I know this is hell of a time to say this, but I'm in love. 27 00:01:12,250 --> 00:01:15,330 Leon's my name and photography's my game. How about a snapshot of the bride 28 00:01:15,330 --> 00:01:16,330 groom, huh? 29 00:01:16,710 --> 00:01:17,710 Definitely. 30 00:01:19,890 --> 00:01:22,350 So look, I'm just hanging out on this corner there, right? 31 00:01:22,690 --> 00:01:24,310 When this dude comes blowing out the store. 32 00:01:24,650 --> 00:01:27,610 And he can see that the police car's after him, man, so he just pushes the 33 00:01:27,610 --> 00:01:28,429 off on me. 34 00:01:28,430 --> 00:01:29,550 The gun and the money. 35 00:01:29,930 --> 00:01:33,870 And I'm just like, you know, what's happening? And then, bang, man, the 36 00:01:33,870 --> 00:01:36,190 are drawing down on me and I'm the one that gets busted, dig? 37 00:01:36,630 --> 00:01:38,010 Not the perpetrator, me. 38 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:41,380 So that's your legal defense, Julian? 39 00:01:42,540 --> 00:01:46,300 Your basic, the other dude did it? Yeah, it's the truth. 40 00:01:49,860 --> 00:01:52,060 These are smart people on the jury, Julian. 41 00:01:53,020 --> 00:01:54,780 You expect them to believe this doo -doo? 42 00:01:54,980 --> 00:01:57,660 Hey, wait a minute, man. You're supposed to be my lawyer, right? 43 00:01:58,820 --> 00:02:00,480 How many times have I gotten you off, Julian? 44 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:02,080 Phone. How many? 45 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:05,300 Excuse me, Your Honor, but it looks like the people are going to have to object 46 00:02:05,300 --> 00:02:07,220 to the introduction of priors or Mr. 47 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:08,680 Tatum's got a case for appeal. 48 00:02:09,550 --> 00:02:10,690 Counsel, approach the bench. 49 00:02:17,530 --> 00:02:18,530 Seven times. 50 00:02:19,230 --> 00:02:20,690 Robbery? Burglary? 51 00:02:20,930 --> 00:02:26,530 Assault? Oh, come on. Mr. Hirshberg, seven times. And he's still on the 52 00:02:26,790 --> 00:02:30,750 Does this make sense to you? Mr. Hirshberg, you are caught in contempt. 53 00:02:31,210 --> 00:02:34,570 Okay. Maybe he had a bad childhood. Now, that is enough. But I'm sorry. 54 00:02:35,150 --> 00:02:37,210 He's basically stale. Mr. Hirshberg! 55 00:02:37,530 --> 00:02:38,530 Mr. 56 00:02:39,390 --> 00:02:41,250 Hirshberg, approach the bench now. 57 00:02:46,850 --> 00:02:51,170 And since the courts don't have the stones to do it... Bailey! 58 00:02:52,170 --> 00:02:56,590 You can't do that, man. You are in contempt, Mr. Hirshberg. Take him 59 00:02:56,990 --> 00:02:58,150 Thank you, Your Honor. 60 00:02:58,570 --> 00:03:00,210 It's a pleasure. 61 00:03:00,610 --> 00:03:02,670 Dirtbags in, dirtbags out. 62 00:03:03,180 --> 00:03:06,120 Swimming upstream is so much. I'm going nuts. 63 00:03:06,340 --> 00:03:07,540 I can't take it anymore. 64 00:03:07,820 --> 00:03:09,180 Can you give me 20 years? 65 00:03:09,460 --> 00:03:11,540 I need it. It would be a vacation. 66 00:04:47,460 --> 00:04:48,460 Thank you. 67 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:24,240 Thank you. 68 00:05:27,100 --> 00:05:29,400 Not a good day for Sid Hirshberg. 69 00:05:29,860 --> 00:05:33,080 Last week it was a D .A. and Torrance who took the files and threw them at the 70 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:35,200 judge. Let me take you away from all this. 71 00:05:36,340 --> 00:05:37,340 Lunch? Later? 72 00:05:37,620 --> 00:05:39,820 Oh, no. No, not a great idea. 73 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:41,780 What, you can't even be seen with me at lunch? 74 00:05:42,280 --> 00:05:44,060 Just until after the elections are over. 75 00:05:44,940 --> 00:05:48,380 I'm getting pretty sick of this sneaking around, Grace. Just a second. Do you 76 00:05:48,380 --> 00:05:50,640 realize that we have not even been to a restaurant together? 77 00:05:51,210 --> 00:05:52,970 To a movie or a play? Mm -hmm. 78 00:05:54,290 --> 00:05:57,250 A few more weeks until we don't have to worry about the gossip, the newspapers, 79 00:05:57,450 --> 00:05:59,930 the television. I don't know how to break this to you, but I am not Prince 80 00:05:59,930 --> 00:06:03,410 Charles, and you are not Lady Di, and this did a little Muny court race. 81 00:06:03,650 --> 00:06:07,050 No one remembers or even cares that you changed your mind about getting married. 82 00:06:07,230 --> 00:06:10,930 It was no big deal. Ditching the groom at the altar, hand and paw with the 83 00:06:10,930 --> 00:06:15,270 gorilla is... Yesterday's headlines, Grace, 15 minutes of fame. Tomorrow 84 00:06:15,270 --> 00:06:18,570 all going to be buzzing about how Sid Hirshberg punched out his own client. 85 00:06:19,350 --> 00:06:20,350 Maybe you're right. 86 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:25,860 So, where do you want to go to get lunch? 87 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:27,600 I can't. 88 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:29,140 I have homework to do. 89 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:31,000 Meet the candidates. 90 00:06:31,220 --> 00:06:34,240 That's tomorrow night. Yes, and I have to give it every spare minute I've got. 91 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:35,800 The press will be there. 92 00:06:36,900 --> 00:06:38,300 What time tomorrow night? 93 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:40,520 You don't really want to come. 94 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:43,940 No, you don't. Yes, I do. I promise I will wear a suit. I will not pick my 95 00:06:43,940 --> 00:06:45,800 teeth. You're just being paranoid. 96 00:06:46,540 --> 00:06:47,540 Nothing's going to happen. 97 00:06:48,100 --> 00:06:49,100 Okay. 98 00:06:49,930 --> 00:06:50,930 It starts at 8. 99 00:06:51,550 --> 00:06:52,550 Meet me there. 100 00:06:52,950 --> 00:06:54,990 And we can go have dinner afterward. 101 00:06:55,590 --> 00:06:56,590 In public. 102 00:06:57,570 --> 00:06:58,950 You'll even let me hold your hand? 103 00:07:00,450 --> 00:07:01,450 Maybe. 104 00:07:08,630 --> 00:07:15,310 If you would take your seats, people. 105 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:20,120 It is once again my unpleasant past to remind you of your tardiness regarding 106 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:22,700 weekly accounting of your billable hours. 107 00:07:23,140 --> 00:07:28,240 Last week, only Stuart Markowitz had his report in on time. A certain other 108 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:32,920 attorney who shall remain nameless, Miss Kelsey, is behind more than four weeks 109 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:33,839 on her reports. 110 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:34,860 People, please. 111 00:07:35,460 --> 00:07:40,940 When accounting is late, billing is late. When billing is late, cash flow 112 00:07:40,940 --> 00:07:44,280 clogged sewage line is reduced to a trickle. Need I elaborate? 113 00:07:45,420 --> 00:07:51,560 Now, on a more upbeat note, a sizable attaboy to Arnold Becker for recognizing 114 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:56,300 the cinematic potential of Hillary Mishkin's Rosebush and in securing for 115 00:07:56,300 --> 00:08:01,540 firm a two and one half percent share in the profits of SAME. For those not 116 00:08:01,540 --> 00:08:06,860 aware, the film has opened to glowing reviews and even more importantly, boffo 117 00:08:06,860 --> 00:08:07,859 box office. 118 00:08:07,860 --> 00:08:11,160 And business is even better the second week. Moving on, Victor. 119 00:08:11,790 --> 00:08:15,090 You're representing Jeffrey Sullivan in his cocaine trial? 120 00:08:15,330 --> 00:08:16,550 At my request, yes. 121 00:08:17,230 --> 00:08:21,010 Apparently, the boy trusts no one but Victor. And Sullivan Sr. 122 00:08:21,290 --> 00:08:23,770 was eloquent in his plea for representation. 123 00:08:24,210 --> 00:08:25,210 Like father, like son. 124 00:08:25,390 --> 00:08:28,590 The boy may have embarrassed us, but he's entitled to the best defense 125 00:08:28,590 --> 00:08:29,950 nevertheless. Proceeding. 126 00:08:30,170 --> 00:08:34,669 Who is Evelyn Frost as regards the Gwendolyn Merriwell Trust? 127 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:38,840 The late Miss Marywell set up a trust for her niece and nephew, and on their 128 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:42,620 death, their share was to provide assistance for the poor of Beverly 129 00:08:43,039 --> 00:08:44,200 Defined as what exactly? 130 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:46,740 Any poor wretch without his own swimming pool? 131 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:51,020 The nephew has died, and the trustees haven't distributed a dime yet. 132 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:54,820 The niece wants them to live up to the intent to help poor people wherever they 133 00:08:54,820 --> 00:08:56,960 live. Very noble, Miss Kelsey. 134 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:02,080 Though perhaps you're forgetting your fiscal responsibility as a partner in 135 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:05,020 firm? The trustees are sitting on $80 million. 136 00:09:05,560 --> 00:09:09,120 And if my efforts can get them to spend some of it to alleviate some of the 137 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:12,480 suffering and misery in this world, I happen to think that's more significant 138 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:14,140 than generating fees for this firm. 139 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:21,640 Well, I suppose if you shake an $80 million tree, something is bound to fall 140 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:22,640 way. 141 00:09:23,580 --> 00:09:26,960 Finally, Turtletaub versus Turtletaub. 142 00:09:29,260 --> 00:09:32,520 Unfortunately, we've just found out that Mr. Turtletaub has been... 143 00:09:32,730 --> 00:09:34,690 Less than candid about his community assets. 144 00:09:34,970 --> 00:09:36,930 And Miss Perkins is handling this? 145 00:09:37,150 --> 00:09:40,670 Well, she expressed an interest in family law, and since I'm branching into 146 00:09:40,670 --> 00:09:42,470 entertainment, it seemed to make sense. 147 00:09:42,810 --> 00:09:44,750 Anyway, I'll be back stopping her. 148 00:09:46,370 --> 00:09:48,030 Arnold, what the hell is going on here? 149 00:09:48,330 --> 00:09:50,570 I thought we had an equitable agreement worked out. 150 00:09:50,970 --> 00:09:53,910 According to our investigator, your client's been hiding assets in a holding 151 00:09:53,910 --> 00:09:55,310 company in the Netherlands, Antilles. 152 00:09:55,570 --> 00:09:59,030 It's the same client who testified under penalty of perjury that he was too 153 00:09:59,030 --> 00:10:02,930 impoverished to provide support for his wife and child, forcing my client to 154 00:10:02,930 --> 00:10:04,170 take boarders into her home. 155 00:10:05,610 --> 00:10:07,170 It's possible there was an oversight. 156 00:10:07,550 --> 00:10:08,970 Where else have they got it stashed? 157 00:10:09,530 --> 00:10:10,530 Cayman Islands, maybe? 158 00:10:10,770 --> 00:10:11,770 Switzerland? 159 00:10:13,090 --> 00:10:17,290 Perhaps my client could be persuaded to throw another $100 ,000 into the 160 00:10:17,290 --> 00:10:19,630 community pot in consideration of a speedy settlement. 161 00:10:20,270 --> 00:10:24,010 With all due respect, Mr. Prey, I think your client is a bum and a liar. 162 00:10:24,330 --> 00:10:27,530 And until we've had the opportunity to fully investigate all of his financial 163 00:10:27,530 --> 00:10:31,370 assets, there can and will be no settlement. Arnold. Don't look at him. 164 00:10:31,370 --> 00:10:33,030 dealing with me. And we're off the table. 165 00:10:34,930 --> 00:10:37,370 Well, the truth is, I don't know how much I'm going to be able to help you, 166 00:10:37,410 --> 00:10:41,270 Jeffrey. Come on, Mr. Cifuentes. You must have gotten hundreds of guys off 167 00:10:41,270 --> 00:10:43,810 lots worse than this. Jeffrey, it's a dead -bang loser. 168 00:10:44,950 --> 00:10:47,310 It was entrapment. Where do you see entrapment? 169 00:10:49,070 --> 00:10:52,470 At the prelim, they played a tape of you boasting to the cop that you'd be able 170 00:10:52,470 --> 00:10:54,170 to get him the greatest stuff north of La Paz. 171 00:10:54,430 --> 00:10:55,510 I wasn't reading my rights. 172 00:10:55,750 --> 00:10:57,890 23 people heard him read you your rights. 173 00:10:58,370 --> 00:11:01,610 Mr. Suplentes, now, don't take this the wrong way. 174 00:11:03,270 --> 00:11:05,850 Can we buy our way out of this? 175 00:11:06,070 --> 00:11:09,270 Whoa, listen, kid, that ain't gonna fly. Now, if you're serious about that, you 176 00:11:09,270 --> 00:11:10,270 go find yourself another lawyer. 177 00:11:11,310 --> 00:11:12,990 I was just joking. 178 00:11:14,170 --> 00:11:15,510 Okay? I swear. 179 00:11:16,470 --> 00:11:17,830 Just tell me what you want me to do. 180 00:11:18,990 --> 00:11:21,230 Okay, I'm suggesting that you plead guilty. 181 00:11:21,730 --> 00:11:27,070 Now, as the first offense, I can probably get you probation and 45 days 182 00:11:27,070 --> 00:11:28,090 county jail as a condition. 183 00:11:29,110 --> 00:11:34,110 I can't, Mr. Splintes. I know I'm driving you nuts, and you're doing a 184 00:11:34,110 --> 00:11:38,530 job, really, but if I cop to a felony, it'll screw me up with the ethics 185 00:11:38,530 --> 00:11:41,670 committee. I'll never be a lawyer. Do you realize that you're looking at state 186 00:11:41,670 --> 00:11:42,810 jail time if you're convicted? 187 00:11:43,070 --> 00:11:46,710 The jury will like me. I can be very charming. The jury will resent you for 188 00:11:46,710 --> 00:11:47,990 being a spoiled, rich kid. 189 00:11:49,140 --> 00:11:52,780 I knew this guy, and he got busted with a gram in his car. 190 00:11:53,020 --> 00:11:56,660 Now, he cops to a misdemeanor possession, he does a year with a 191 00:11:56,660 --> 00:11:57,980 it totally taken off his record. 192 00:11:58,680 --> 00:11:59,680 I'd do that. 193 00:11:59,780 --> 00:12:01,300 Jeffrey, you were selling cocaine. 194 00:12:01,500 --> 00:12:02,940 They don't let sellers cop to a miss. 195 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:05,920 All my life, all I ever wanted to be was a lawyer. 196 00:12:07,220 --> 00:12:08,640 Don't let him take my dreams away. 197 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:12,840 Okay. 198 00:12:13,680 --> 00:12:15,260 I will talk to the DA. 199 00:12:15,540 --> 00:12:16,540 You want me to go with you? 200 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:17,800 No, no. 201 00:12:19,630 --> 00:12:20,630 You're going to do great. 202 00:12:22,170 --> 00:12:23,170 Really. 203 00:12:23,590 --> 00:12:26,050 You haven't spent dime one on the poor. 204 00:12:27,290 --> 00:12:30,290 Take a look at this portfolio, my dear, and tell me what you see. 205 00:12:30,830 --> 00:12:34,070 Drive down Olympic Boulevard, Mr. Jarrett, and tell me what you see. 206 00:12:34,490 --> 00:12:39,250 People sleeping in dumpsters, eating garbage, ugliness, Mr. Jarrett, which 207 00:12:39,250 --> 00:12:42,650 be made pretty by some fancy little graph in your accountant's coloring 208 00:12:42,890 --> 00:12:46,830 I see no cause for indignation. People are starving, sir. Some are dying. 209 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:50,400 As far as causes for indignation go, I'd say that's a damn good one. 210 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:52,800 What would you have us do? 211 00:12:53,700 --> 00:12:56,920 Here's a list of charitable foundations which serve the needy. 212 00:12:57,200 --> 00:13:00,500 They're all consistent with the spirit of the trust, and all you have to do is 213 00:13:00,500 --> 00:13:01,459 sign the check. 214 00:13:01,460 --> 00:13:02,460 Just a minute. 215 00:13:03,060 --> 00:13:08,180 Every one of these institutions is outside the city limits, and the 216 00:13:08,180 --> 00:13:09,440 the trust is quite explicit. 217 00:13:09,700 --> 00:13:12,400 To the poor people of Beverly Hills. 218 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:14,800 She wanted to help the homeless. 219 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:18,460 And if she had ever thought that poverty would be extinguished in Beverly Hills, 220 00:13:18,700 --> 00:13:21,280 she would have marked the money for poor people in other towns. 221 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:25,700 My client's job, young lady, is not to play would have, could have, or should 222 00:13:25,700 --> 00:13:30,240 have. As trustees, they must give the words of the trust strict construction. 223 00:13:30,860 --> 00:13:34,200 The fact remains there are no poor people in Beverly Hills at this time. 224 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:35,700 It's too late anyway. 225 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:37,900 This year's interest is already in escrow. 226 00:13:38,420 --> 00:13:41,240 We're building a park in Miss Merriwell's honor. 227 00:13:41,969 --> 00:13:45,270 What? Yes, with a beautiful marble statue. 228 00:13:45,490 --> 00:13:46,490 It's a lovely tribute. 229 00:13:46,990 --> 00:13:49,850 You're not spending that money on a park. I'll get an injunction. 230 00:13:50,070 --> 00:13:54,430 Not to lecture you on the law, Miss Kelsey, but the dispute here is a matter 231 00:13:54,430 --> 00:13:55,430 an interpretation. 232 00:13:55,750 --> 00:14:00,190 And since yours is contrary to the express wording of the trust, no judge 233 00:14:00,190 --> 00:14:01,790 world will give you an injunction. 234 00:14:02,550 --> 00:14:04,650 Any attorney worth her salt should know that. 235 00:14:04,910 --> 00:14:07,450 You say the trust is for the poor people of Beverly Hills? 236 00:14:08,850 --> 00:14:09,850 Fine. 237 00:14:11,790 --> 00:14:14,530 Then it's the poor people of Beverly Hills who will stop you. 238 00:14:22,690 --> 00:14:23,150 And 239 00:14:23,150 --> 00:14:30,450 without 240 00:14:30,450 --> 00:14:34,050 the injunction, Your Honor, the fund will be severely drained by buying and 241 00:14:34,050 --> 00:14:35,050 developing that park. 242 00:14:35,290 --> 00:14:38,550 The injury to my client will be both immediate and irreparable. 243 00:14:38,850 --> 00:14:40,470 What client, Your Honor? 244 00:14:40,890 --> 00:14:42,690 Beverly Hills has no poor people. 245 00:14:42,970 --> 00:14:46,470 Now, if we can't take judicial notice of that fact, I direct the court's 246 00:14:46,470 --> 00:14:50,670 attention to the affidavits from the city tax assessor. Your Honor, you need 247 00:14:50,670 --> 00:14:55,170 own property to be a resident. Residency is satisfied by the intent to remain 248 00:14:55,170 --> 00:14:57,890 indefinitely. Fine, then show me a person with that intent. 249 00:14:58,130 --> 00:14:59,550 I'd like to call a witness, Your Honor. 250 00:14:59,890 --> 00:15:03,350 Well, this is not an evidentiary hearing, Miss Kelsey. Can't you just 251 00:15:03,350 --> 00:15:06,330 declaration? Your Honor, this witness neither reads nor writes. 252 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:10,380 She does have a story to tell, however, and I think the interest of justice 253 00:15:10,380 --> 00:15:11,900 would be served by letting her testify. 254 00:15:12,460 --> 00:15:13,700 This is most inappropriate. 255 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:15,460 I'll ask the questions. 256 00:15:15,740 --> 00:15:16,740 Call her up here. 257 00:15:17,300 --> 00:15:18,300 Miss Flaherty? 258 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:24,580 Where do you live, Miss Flaherty? 259 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:26,140 In Beverly Hills. 260 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:28,760 Where exactly in Beverly Hills? 261 00:15:29,100 --> 00:15:30,660 Mostly in Roxbury Park. 262 00:15:31,380 --> 00:15:33,940 Sometimes in people's backyards if nobody's home. 263 00:15:34,330 --> 00:15:36,210 And you sleep in Roxbury Park? 264 00:15:37,470 --> 00:15:38,830 Yes, I do. 265 00:15:39,810 --> 00:15:43,670 And do you live all by yourself, ma 'am? I don't like other people. 266 00:15:44,610 --> 00:15:49,910 Cut the first monster that... Come on, let me have it. Keep away from me. I'll 267 00:15:49,910 --> 00:15:54,110 cut you. No one is going to hurt you, ma 'am. Miss Kelsey... Katie, please. 268 00:15:54,850 --> 00:15:57,230 Come on. Can you just give it to me? 269 00:15:58,750 --> 00:16:00,290 I promise I'll hold it for you. 270 00:16:02,170 --> 00:16:03,170 Okay. 271 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:05,100 You ain't lied to me yet. 272 00:16:08,420 --> 00:16:09,420 Okay. 273 00:16:13,820 --> 00:16:15,240 Now, thank you, ma 'am. 274 00:16:18,260 --> 00:16:21,840 Do you know how long you've lived in Beverly Hills? 275 00:16:23,460 --> 00:16:24,860 Almost eight years. 276 00:16:25,180 --> 00:16:27,240 I come from Chicago in 78. 277 00:16:27,940 --> 00:16:29,240 Sorry, damn place. 278 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:31,060 Almost froze me plumbing. 279 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:32,840 Why Beverly Hills? 280 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:34,480 I like the people. 281 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:36,740 And the cops don't hit you. 282 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:40,860 And I... I like those fruit trees. 283 00:16:41,580 --> 00:16:43,140 And I like the sounds of it. 284 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:46,320 Living in Beverly Hills. 285 00:16:48,300 --> 00:16:51,080 Do you ever move around to other towns? 286 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:54,900 I live in Roxbury Park. I don't like other places. 287 00:16:55,140 --> 00:16:56,340 I just stay home. 288 00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:58,720 All right, well, thank you, Miss Flaherty. That'll be all. 289 00:16:59,780 --> 00:17:01,080 All right, in light of the... 290 00:17:01,540 --> 00:17:05,260 Forgoing, I'm satisfied for now that Miss Flaherty lives in Beverly Hills. 291 00:17:05,260 --> 00:17:08,599 therefore going to grant plaintiff's request for an injunction. I'm going to 292 00:17:08,599 --> 00:17:10,800 also place this case on the advanced trial list. 293 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:14,960 Now, the matter of Miss Flaherty's residency, of course, can again be 294 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:16,300 at that time. That'll be all. 295 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:18,380 Can I see counsel at the bench? 296 00:17:33,390 --> 00:17:34,390 this thing, Mr. Tucker. 297 00:17:34,950 --> 00:17:38,750 Even if you somehow dispose with Miss Flaherty, I'm sure that there are other 298 00:17:38,750 --> 00:17:43,270 such people similarly situated. Now, that would mean, sir, that your whole 299 00:17:43,270 --> 00:17:46,750 would come down to convincing me that your proposed park is for the benefit of 300 00:17:46,750 --> 00:17:47,750 these people. 301 00:17:48,010 --> 00:17:51,210 You don't want your whole case to come down to that, do you? 302 00:17:56,870 --> 00:17:57,870 Marilyn? 303 00:17:58,330 --> 00:18:00,130 Victor. Nice to see you again. 304 00:18:03,050 --> 00:18:04,050 Have a seat. 305 00:18:08,230 --> 00:18:09,230 Not there. 306 00:18:09,510 --> 00:18:10,990 That was my grandmother's chair. 307 00:18:13,230 --> 00:18:14,230 It's a beauty. 308 00:18:17,490 --> 00:18:19,450 I've been looking for a chair like that. 309 00:18:20,750 --> 00:18:21,910 Afraid I can't help you. 310 00:18:23,110 --> 00:18:25,790 Now, I assume you didn't come here to discuss interior decorating. 311 00:18:26,230 --> 00:18:27,230 Right. 312 00:18:27,390 --> 00:18:28,389 Sullivan case. 313 00:18:28,390 --> 00:18:29,910 Plead to the felony a year in county. 314 00:18:30,170 --> 00:18:31,170 A year? 315 00:18:31,250 --> 00:18:32,250 Come on. 316 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:33,400 Clean kid, first offense. 317 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:37,540 Let's cut to a miss. Your clean kid was a major dope dealer on campus till he 318 00:18:37,540 --> 00:18:38,780 moved it back to your law firm. 319 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:41,120 That's hearsay, Marilyn, which you can't make stick. 320 00:18:43,060 --> 00:18:45,060 Nice to know you haven't changed at all, Victor. 321 00:18:45,820 --> 00:18:48,640 Even now that you're defending a better -paying class of scum. 322 00:18:50,340 --> 00:18:51,660 You got something against me? 323 00:18:52,220 --> 00:18:53,480 The Angeletti case. 324 00:18:54,080 --> 00:18:55,080 Russell Putman. 325 00:18:56,140 --> 00:18:58,460 You know, I have gone against you five times. 326 00:18:58,970 --> 00:19:02,710 And in each case, you have used every backdoor unethical hustle to get your 327 00:19:02,710 --> 00:19:03,710 client off. 328 00:19:03,770 --> 00:19:04,770 That's my job. 329 00:19:04,850 --> 00:19:05,850 That's your job? 330 00:19:06,350 --> 00:19:07,350 Obscuring the truth? 331 00:19:08,010 --> 00:19:12,190 Look, there's no truth to be obscured here. I'm not denying the fact of what 332 00:19:12,190 --> 00:19:12,809 kid did. 333 00:19:12,810 --> 00:19:15,950 But you can't deny that there's 2 ,500 cases backed up downtown. 334 00:19:16,510 --> 00:19:21,370 20 ,000 inmates in a jail system that's designed for 12 ,000. You got murderers, 335 00:19:21,370 --> 00:19:25,250 rapists. You got violent criminals to worry about, Marilyn. I just think that 336 00:19:25,250 --> 00:19:27,730 the scheme of things, Jeffrey Sullivan is pretty small potatoes. 337 00:19:28,639 --> 00:19:29,639 No misdemeanor. 338 00:19:30,020 --> 00:19:31,800 Plead guilty to the felony or no deal. 339 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:34,040 No deal. 340 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:36,180 I'm going to nail that kid. 341 00:19:36,860 --> 00:19:38,000 And I'm going to nail you. 342 00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:40,580 And I'm going to love every minute of it. 343 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:43,400 I'll see you in court. 344 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:50,320 The defendant reached under the drop cloth and extracted a baggie filled with 345 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:53,420 white powdery substance resembling cocaine, which he handed to me. 346 00:19:53,900 --> 00:19:56,160 As I took it from him, he said, where's my thousand? 347 00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:57,860 What did you do at that time, detective? 348 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:01,540 I told him he was under arrest, read him his rights, and took him into custody. 349 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:02,800 Thank you, Detective. 350 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:04,240 No further questions. 351 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:06,320 Mr. Cifuentes? 352 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:11,700 Detective Mitchell, did any money change hands between you and Mr. Sullivan? 353 00:20:12,100 --> 00:20:15,820 No. Oh, so in other words, when you seized the baggie from him, there was no 354 00:20:15,820 --> 00:20:18,360 real transaction, was there? I didn't seize anything. 355 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:20,040 He delivered it to me. 356 00:20:20,620 --> 00:20:23,680 Second, it's against LAPD policy to carry cash around like that. 357 00:20:27,209 --> 00:20:30,530 Detective Mitchell, what did you do with the baggie that you say you confiscated 358 00:20:30,530 --> 00:20:31,409 from the defendant? 359 00:20:31,410 --> 00:20:32,810 I placed it in an evidence bag. 360 00:20:33,350 --> 00:20:34,350 People's Exhibit A. 361 00:20:34,390 --> 00:20:35,390 Yes. 362 00:20:37,130 --> 00:20:38,130 I'm just curious. 363 00:20:39,150 --> 00:20:43,350 How could you be so sure, Detective Mitchell, that this is the very same 364 00:20:43,350 --> 00:20:44,350 evidence bag? 365 00:20:45,050 --> 00:20:47,250 I placed my initials on it with a felt -tip pen. 366 00:20:47,790 --> 00:20:49,230 R .M. right here. 367 00:20:50,010 --> 00:20:53,150 I placed my initials on the baggie in a likewise fashion with a grease bit 368 00:20:53,150 --> 00:20:54,150 marker. 369 00:20:57,040 --> 00:20:58,040 Could I see that, please? 370 00:20:58,360 --> 00:20:59,360 Some kind of trick? 371 00:20:59,460 --> 00:21:00,860 What? No. 372 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:02,600 Move for dismissal, Your Honor. 373 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:04,500 Objection. Well, this is outrageous. 374 00:21:05,100 --> 00:21:06,099 That's enough. 375 00:21:06,100 --> 00:21:08,260 I want to see both attorneys in chambers, please. 376 00:21:12,580 --> 00:21:15,140 Okay. What the hell is going on here? 377 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:17,240 Obviously, someone stole the evidence. 378 00:21:17,580 --> 00:21:20,600 Without which the state cannot establish the elements of a crime, Your Honor. 379 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:23,960 For all the DA can prove, Mr. Sullivan could have been selling baby powder. 380 00:21:24,410 --> 00:21:27,950 We have a taped transcript of the sale, the testimony of the undercover agent, 381 00:21:28,010 --> 00:21:29,890 plus the lab analysis of the evidence. 382 00:21:30,190 --> 00:21:33,370 Admitting the report without the evidence in court would deny my client 383 00:21:33,370 --> 00:21:36,850 constitutional right to confront and cross -examine the witnesses and 384 00:21:36,850 --> 00:21:37,850 against him. 385 00:21:38,810 --> 00:21:41,830 Your Honor, at the very least, I'd move for a continuance. To what end? 386 00:21:42,450 --> 00:21:44,070 You're the one who said it was obviously stolen. 387 00:21:44,630 --> 00:21:47,730 Do you have any realistic hope of finding the evidence within the 388 00:21:47,730 --> 00:21:48,730 time? 389 00:21:49,750 --> 00:21:50,750 No, Your Honor. 390 00:21:50,830 --> 00:21:51,830 Well, then... 391 00:21:52,120 --> 00:21:53,820 I'm afraid he's got you, Miss Feldman. 392 00:21:54,700 --> 00:21:56,300 I have no choice but to dismiss. 393 00:22:01,700 --> 00:22:02,700 Mrs. Fuentes! 394 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:05,420 Want to join us? My dad's going to take us out to celebrate. 395 00:22:05,700 --> 00:22:06,700 Victor! 396 00:22:08,940 --> 00:22:10,820 So you know there's going to be a full investigation. 397 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:14,060 Good. I'd like to know what happened to... Oh, I bet you would. 398 00:22:14,660 --> 00:22:15,660 What does that mean? 399 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,580 Everyone knows Victor Fuentes will do anything to win a case. 400 00:22:18,990 --> 00:22:20,910 And if there's no other way, he just steals the evidence. 401 00:22:21,190 --> 00:22:23,070 You have just bought yourself a lawsuit, counselor. 402 00:22:23,310 --> 00:22:26,830 Yeah? Well, in case you forgot, truth is the total defense, counselor. 403 00:22:27,070 --> 00:22:28,570 Well, keep talking. Believe me, I can use the money. 404 00:22:28,830 --> 00:22:30,190 I'm going to see you disbarred. 405 00:22:33,370 --> 00:22:39,150 As a cop for 11 years, and then six as a lawyer in private practice, I know the 406 00:22:39,150 --> 00:22:41,990 junkies, the thieves, and the dope pushers. 407 00:22:42,270 --> 00:22:45,390 And some of these guys, when they come up on their first rap, you know they 408 00:22:45,390 --> 00:22:46,229 a mistake. 409 00:22:46,230 --> 00:22:48,510 But others, on their first rap... 410 00:22:48,830 --> 00:22:54,290 You know there are hardened criminals on the rise. A judge needs to know the 411 00:22:54,290 --> 00:22:59,950 difference. I know him when I see him. And that's the experience I'll bring to 412 00:22:59,950 --> 00:23:00,949 the municipal bench. 413 00:23:00,950 --> 00:23:01,950 Thank you. 414 00:23:06,130 --> 00:23:07,870 That concludes the candidate statements. 415 00:23:08,170 --> 00:23:09,870 The floor is now open for questions. 416 00:23:10,330 --> 00:23:11,390 Ms. Van Owen. 417 00:23:12,230 --> 00:23:13,230 Yes. 418 00:23:13,630 --> 00:23:17,350 Ms. Van Owen, isn't it true that to most of your colleagues you're something of 419 00:23:17,350 --> 00:23:18,350 a laughingstock? 420 00:23:18,860 --> 00:23:19,860 I beg your pardon? 421 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:24,080 Isn't it true that you walked out on your own wedding two weeks ago with 422 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:25,160 in a gorilla suit? 423 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:33,360 Well, that story has been grossly exaggerated, and I won't even dignify it 424 00:23:33,360 --> 00:23:34,339 a response. 425 00:23:34,340 --> 00:23:37,120 Proving once again a picture's worth a thousand words. 426 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:39,560 Who's the ape, Ms. Van Owen? 427 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:02,980 I can see the headlines now. Candid Van Owen goes ape at wedding. It's over. 428 00:24:03,260 --> 00:24:07,440 I'm pulling out of the race. I wish you wouldn't do that. Michael, no advice. 429 00:24:07,860 --> 00:24:11,440 Great. Everything has gone wrong from the day that I met you. Come on. Please, 430 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:13,540 just leave me alone. 431 00:24:15,360 --> 00:24:18,020 I'll call you. No, don't. 432 00:24:18,700 --> 00:24:20,280 I need the time to think. 433 00:24:38,570 --> 00:24:40,670 You're a difficult and ordinary woman, young lady. 434 00:24:41,090 --> 00:24:42,090 Thank you. 435 00:24:42,170 --> 00:24:47,470 But I cannot believe that you expect us to stand passively by while this crazed 436 00:24:47,470 --> 00:24:50,450 bag lady of yours becomes the recipient of $80 million. 437 00:24:51,110 --> 00:24:52,450 That was never my intent. 438 00:24:52,770 --> 00:24:56,950 Was it your intent to have every homeless, ambulatory schizophrenic in 439 00:24:56,950 --> 00:24:58,590 Angeles move to Beverly Hills? 440 00:24:58,950 --> 00:24:59,950 Absolutely not. 441 00:25:00,070 --> 00:25:03,270 Well, let her finish. 442 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:08,460 For those poor people who actually live in Beverly Hills, I want a soup kitchen 443 00:25:08,460 --> 00:25:10,180 and residential housing set up. 444 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:14,960 For the larger picture, however, I will again give you the list of charitable 445 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:17,660 foundations which serve the needy throughout Los Angeles. 446 00:25:17,940 --> 00:25:21,740 I still think we can win this case in a trial on its own merits. 447 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:28,660 Gentlemen, while I'm rattling my saber and you are out watering your hydrants 448 00:25:28,660 --> 00:25:31,280 over what amounts to a territorial dispute... 449 00:25:31,660 --> 00:25:35,400 There are thousands of people in Los Angeles whose genuine suffering can be 450 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:37,300 alleviated with the funds from this trust. 451 00:25:37,980 --> 00:25:43,240 I implore you, save us all the time and expense of a trial, which we both know 452 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:44,019 you'll lose. 453 00:25:44,020 --> 00:25:49,020 Do the decent and right thing. Be the trustees of Miss Meriwell's spirit as 454 00:25:49,020 --> 00:25:50,020 as her money. 455 00:25:50,540 --> 00:25:51,540 What do you say? 456 00:26:33,550 --> 00:26:35,430 Grace Van Owen, please. Michael Cusack calling. 457 00:26:37,030 --> 00:26:38,050 She must be there. 458 00:26:38,730 --> 00:26:41,410 I just came from court, and I've been trying her at home. 459 00:26:41,630 --> 00:26:42,630 What? 460 00:26:44,070 --> 00:26:45,810 Would you please tell her that I called? 461 00:26:47,590 --> 00:26:48,590 Thank you. 462 00:26:50,170 --> 00:26:54,310 We're not looking for a lengthy and bitter dispute here, in consideration of 463 00:26:54,310 --> 00:26:57,190 which we've compiled a new and revised schedule of assets. 464 00:26:57,750 --> 00:27:00,270 In the interest of fairness, our list of Mr. 465 00:27:00,470 --> 00:27:02,470 Turtletaub's holdings now includes... 466 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:08,260 125 shares of Ethel production, a gift from his father, part ownership in the 467 00:27:08,260 --> 00:27:15,060 racehorse Gimme a Turtle, the bank account in the Netherlands, Antilles, a 468 00:27:15,060 --> 00:27:20,580 -acre apple orchard in Oregon, and a coin collection valued at $458. 469 00:27:21,180 --> 00:27:26,000 Okay. Well, it'll take some time to investigate this new list. 470 00:27:26,630 --> 00:27:29,610 In the interim, we'll be asking for an immediate increase in monthly support to 471 00:27:29,610 --> 00:27:30,369 $8 ,000. 472 00:27:30,370 --> 00:27:31,169 God almighty. 473 00:27:31,170 --> 00:27:34,450 I mean, you make it sound like I got a million bucks hidden in some Swiss vault 474 00:27:34,450 --> 00:27:36,250 or something. You cheap crook. 475 00:27:36,590 --> 00:27:37,590 You probably do. 476 00:27:37,890 --> 00:27:42,930 Oh, that's great. Great. You know, you can sue us, and we can sue you, and by 477 00:27:42,930 --> 00:27:45,430 the time the dust settles, the Loyals will be rich, and there'll be nothing 478 00:27:45,430 --> 00:27:46,430 for us to split up. 479 00:27:46,550 --> 00:27:49,130 Your wife won't cave in to that sort of bullying, Mr. Turtletop. 480 00:27:49,390 --> 00:27:51,490 Maybe she'll cave in to this sort of bullying. 481 00:27:52,570 --> 00:27:53,509 What's that? 482 00:27:53,510 --> 00:27:54,510 Photos, Ms. Perkins. 483 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:58,460 of Mrs. Turtletaub in the backyard of her home sunbathing topless with her 484 00:27:58,460 --> 00:27:59,460 lesbian lover. What? 485 00:27:59,740 --> 00:28:00,619 Here's another. 486 00:28:00,620 --> 00:28:02,800 She's caressing her lover. Let me see those. 487 00:28:03,740 --> 00:28:08,980 Oh, for God's sake. This is Jessica Lehman. She and her three -year -old 488 00:28:08,980 --> 00:28:10,180 with us to help meet expenses. 489 00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:14,140 I'm not caressing her. I'm putting suntan lotion on her back. We plan to 490 00:28:14,140 --> 00:28:17,240 petition the court to appoint a guardian ad litem to represent the special 491 00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:18,280 interests of the child. 492 00:28:18,540 --> 00:28:22,000 We also want Mrs. Turtletaub and her lover to undergo a psychological 493 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:23,000 evaluation. 494 00:28:23,360 --> 00:28:25,910 How? How can you do this to me? On the other hand, Mr. 495 00:28:26,150 --> 00:28:29,450 Turtletaub will not contest the joint custody provision of the settlement 496 00:28:29,450 --> 00:28:33,870 agreement as long as Mrs. Turtletaub signs this amended agreement right now, 497 00:28:33,870 --> 00:28:37,930 is, and agrees to terminate her live -in relationship with Ms. Lehman. Even if 498 00:28:37,930 --> 00:28:41,190 you could prove a lesbian relationship? Which you can't. Mrs. Turtletaub's 499 00:28:41,190 --> 00:28:43,930 sexual orientation has no bearing on the quality of care. 500 00:28:44,170 --> 00:28:46,210 Why don't we just let the court decide that, Ms. Perkins? 501 00:28:46,430 --> 00:28:48,300 You just... Disgusting lowlife snake. 502 00:28:48,620 --> 00:28:52,520 You can't even meet my eyes. This is such a crock. There's no way I'm going 503 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:53,680 let you poison my child. 504 00:28:53,900 --> 00:28:55,400 You want to hang out with your dyke friends? 505 00:28:55,780 --> 00:28:59,060 Fine, be my guest. But you're not going to raise my little girl. Unless I sign 506 00:28:59,060 --> 00:29:02,240 the agreement, then it's okay. You started this brawl, lady, not me. 507 00:29:02,500 --> 00:29:05,860 I'll take her out of the state before I let you in. Ms. Perkins, your client is 508 00:29:05,860 --> 00:29:08,740 threatening a felony. You're the felon. That's it. To hell with this agreement. 509 00:29:08,940 --> 00:29:11,540 I wouldn't sign it now if you got down on your knees. 510 00:29:11,860 --> 00:29:15,020 By the time I'm through, you want to see that little kid, you buy yourself a 511 00:29:15,020 --> 00:29:16,240 telescope. Stop it. 512 00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:18,800 You are disgraceful, both of you. 513 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:23,460 You're using a six -year -old child to beat each other to death. If you want to 514 00:29:23,460 --> 00:29:26,180 punish each other, that's your own business. But you have no right to 515 00:29:26,180 --> 00:29:27,180 your child in the process. 516 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:30,180 How dare you use this woman's child to blackmail her? 517 00:29:30,380 --> 00:29:32,680 And how dare you threaten to steal her from her father? 518 00:29:33,220 --> 00:29:36,340 Do either one of you know what it feels like to not be able to see your child? 519 00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:37,800 Or even know where he is? 520 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:39,360 Well, I do. 521 00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:42,180 And as far as I'm concerned, neither one of you is fit to be a parent. 522 00:29:50,510 --> 00:29:53,350 I understand the poor and the homeless have something to cheer about. 523 00:29:54,130 --> 00:29:55,130 How did you hear? 524 00:29:55,450 --> 00:29:58,030 A man by the name of Jarrett called me a while ago. 525 00:29:58,810 --> 00:29:59,810 Jarrett from the bank? 526 00:29:59,990 --> 00:30:00,990 The same. 527 00:30:01,070 --> 00:30:02,730 Said they're giving in to your demands. 528 00:30:04,190 --> 00:30:05,830 Said he liked your stuff. 529 00:30:07,250 --> 00:30:10,970 So much so, he's asked to retain you to handle all the bank's future 530 00:30:10,970 --> 00:30:11,970 litigations. 531 00:30:12,250 --> 00:30:13,350 Are you serious? 532 00:30:14,190 --> 00:30:17,250 He gets to be worth a half million dollars a year to us in fees. 533 00:30:17,830 --> 00:30:19,290 I can't believe this. 534 00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:26,460 Yes? Well, here's another surprise. 535 00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:31,000 $87 ,000 to me? 536 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:35,380 In light of your rain dance, we've decided to waive your buy -in to the 537 00:30:35,380 --> 00:30:37,680 partnership, hence the return of your contribution. 538 00:30:40,500 --> 00:30:42,000 I don't know what to say. 539 00:30:42,540 --> 00:30:47,020 It's... Well, it falls short of reflecting how proud I am of you, Ann. 540 00:30:48,060 --> 00:30:49,140 You did a great thing. 541 00:30:49,690 --> 00:30:50,690 For a worthy cause. 542 00:30:51,430 --> 00:30:54,830 And that check is just our way of saying we like your stuff, too. 543 00:31:07,950 --> 00:31:08,950 Victor. Marilyn. 544 00:31:10,690 --> 00:31:11,690 Great -looking shirt. 545 00:31:12,950 --> 00:31:15,250 I've been searching all over for something in that color. 546 00:31:16,540 --> 00:31:20,240 Since I got a figure that you didn't invite me out to $100 lunch to quiz me 547 00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:25,060 fashion tips, I want to take a wild guess that this has something to do with 548 00:31:25,060 --> 00:31:27,160 lawsuit. I wanted you to hear it from me. 549 00:31:27,980 --> 00:31:29,540 There'll be some arrests this afternoon. 550 00:31:30,020 --> 00:31:31,020 Oh, yeah? 551 00:31:31,500 --> 00:31:32,700 Three court clerks. 552 00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:37,260 For the last six months, they've been stealing cocaine out of evidence. 553 00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:40,800 Most of the time, the case gets settled before trial, so it never gets 554 00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:45,640 discovered. Yesterday, LAPD stung one of the guys, and he rolled over on the 555 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:46,640 other two. 556 00:31:47,639 --> 00:31:50,540 What you're saying is my client just got lucky. 557 00:31:51,420 --> 00:31:52,420 Looks that way. 558 00:31:54,120 --> 00:31:55,120 Interesting. 559 00:31:55,940 --> 00:32:00,020 And it sure does beef up my slander suit now that you've lost your truth to 560 00:32:00,020 --> 00:32:01,020 defend. 561 00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:03,140 Victor, isn't there anything we can do? 562 00:32:04,540 --> 00:32:06,520 I'd really like to settle this out of court. 563 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:10,740 What do you want from my life? You want to see me squirm? 564 00:32:11,020 --> 00:32:12,020 For starters. 565 00:32:15,300 --> 00:32:16,300 What else? 566 00:32:16,490 --> 00:32:17,490 Anything. 567 00:32:17,930 --> 00:32:19,630 Well, you could apologize. 568 00:32:20,110 --> 00:32:21,210 I'm sorry, Victor. 569 00:32:22,230 --> 00:32:23,390 I really am. 570 00:32:23,810 --> 00:32:24,810 Public apology. 571 00:32:26,150 --> 00:32:27,870 I'll write a letter to the Times. 572 00:32:28,390 --> 00:32:29,490 And a press conference. 573 00:32:33,270 --> 00:32:34,270 Okay. 574 00:32:37,290 --> 00:32:41,270 Thank you, Victor. I appreciate how reasonable you've been. 575 00:32:41,610 --> 00:32:42,610 In your chair. 576 00:32:42,750 --> 00:32:45,590 What? You're, uh, rocking. 577 00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:47,040 Chair. 578 00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:50,420 Well, I write all my opening and closing arguments in that chair. 579 00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:52,540 That chair's priceless to me. 580 00:32:53,900 --> 00:32:54,900 Okay, 581 00:32:55,840 --> 00:32:56,840 no problem. 582 00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:01,160 Thank you. 583 00:33:01,260 --> 00:33:02,260 Yeah. 584 00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:05,160 I mean, with a million -dollar judgment, I can go buy my own chair, right? 585 00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:07,800 I'll have it delivered to your office. 586 00:33:08,900 --> 00:33:09,900 May I take your order? 587 00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:11,200 Mm -hmm. 588 00:33:11,580 --> 00:33:13,380 What's the most expensive thing on your menu? 589 00:33:57,430 --> 00:33:58,430 Katie? 590 00:34:00,810 --> 00:34:01,810 Katie? 591 00:34:02,490 --> 00:34:07,430 What do you want now? 592 00:34:07,790 --> 00:34:11,070 I just came to inform my client that we won. 593 00:34:13,710 --> 00:34:14,929 I get the money. 594 00:34:15,409 --> 00:34:17,170 Well, you get food, clothing. 595 00:34:17,530 --> 00:34:18,909 Oh, I do my own shopping. 596 00:34:19,650 --> 00:34:20,670 Give me some money. 597 00:34:21,130 --> 00:34:23,150 It isn't that simple, but... 598 00:34:23,420 --> 00:34:26,920 If you go down and register at the residential hotel on Burton Way, you'll 599 00:34:26,920 --> 00:34:27,718 you have a bed. 600 00:34:27,719 --> 00:34:30,739 And for food, they're going to set up a soup kitchen at the Presbyterian Church. 601 00:34:31,820 --> 00:34:32,980 I ain't going nowhere. 602 00:34:33,639 --> 00:34:38,179 Katie, these places are going to feed you and house you. Nobody tells me where 603 00:34:38,179 --> 00:34:39,760 to go and what to eat. 604 00:34:40,219 --> 00:34:46,139 But, Katie... If I wanted three huts and a cop forever, all I have to do is slit 605 00:34:46,139 --> 00:34:47,260 your throat. Put that away. 606 00:34:47,540 --> 00:34:48,980 You lied to me. 607 00:34:49,679 --> 00:34:52,540 You told me I'd get the money and you're keeping it for yourself. 608 00:34:53,100 --> 00:34:58,100 But all I get is rules to follow and lines to stand in and places to go. 609 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,860 McKay, this is all being done to help you. Help me. 610 00:35:03,260 --> 00:35:04,260 Give me money. 611 00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:07,220 Just give me money. You want to help me if you ain't a liar? 612 00:35:20,650 --> 00:35:22,690 What are you going to do with it? None of your damn business. 613 00:35:23,110 --> 00:35:24,150 I do what I want. 614 00:35:24,730 --> 00:35:25,730 This is help. 615 00:35:25,830 --> 00:35:27,150 You have to do what I want. 616 00:35:27,510 --> 00:35:29,530 And I'll cut anyone who messes with me. 617 00:35:30,250 --> 00:35:31,250 Soap kitchens. 618 00:35:31,630 --> 00:35:32,630 Oh, 619 00:35:33,050 --> 00:35:35,590 you're not telling me where to go, Katie. Help, help. 620 00:35:36,230 --> 00:35:38,630 Nobody helps Katie. Katie helps Katie. 621 00:35:47,250 --> 00:35:48,350 I'll take this over to Nicole. 622 00:35:54,799 --> 00:35:56,180 Corinne? You wanted to see me? 623 00:35:57,260 --> 00:36:02,980 Yeah. I just stopped down in the wake of your outburst to tell you that Garth 624 00:36:02,980 --> 00:36:06,600 Turtletaub telephoned me. He and his wife sat down alone after the meeting 625 00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:09,160 they're willing to set aside the custody issue for the time being. 626 00:36:10,220 --> 00:36:11,220 That's good. 627 00:36:11,820 --> 00:36:15,500 Assuming cooperation from your end, I'd like to reconvene in the next couple of 628 00:36:15,500 --> 00:36:17,160 days, see if we can't hammer out the agreement. 629 00:36:17,540 --> 00:36:18,540 Fine. 630 00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:19,680 As the... 631 00:36:19,980 --> 00:36:26,640 A personal aside, I'd have to say that you managed to interject a refreshing 632 00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:28,140 dose of naivete. 633 00:36:29,700 --> 00:36:32,240 No, of morality to the proceedings. 634 00:36:33,620 --> 00:36:34,620 Thank you. 635 00:36:34,980 --> 00:36:37,140 Given time, you'll probably get over it. 636 00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:42,440 The woman of the hour. 637 00:36:43,240 --> 00:36:44,240 Hi, Stuart. 638 00:36:44,380 --> 00:36:45,380 Congratulations. 639 00:36:45,720 --> 00:36:49,010 Thanks. Plus, I hear you made so much rain for this firm, we're all going to 640 00:36:49,010 --> 00:36:50,010 have to wear galoshes. 641 00:36:50,290 --> 00:36:52,850 Speaking of which, Leland waived my buy -in. 642 00:36:53,390 --> 00:36:55,130 I ain't going to be able to pay you back in full. 643 00:36:55,950 --> 00:36:57,350 Well, try not to get too excited. 644 00:36:57,650 --> 00:36:58,650 I wish I could. 645 00:36:59,090 --> 00:37:00,090 Are you kidding? 646 00:37:00,190 --> 00:37:02,970 You just shook, what, $8 million a year from that trust? 647 00:37:03,170 --> 00:37:04,170 You're a hero. 648 00:37:04,190 --> 00:37:06,430 That's what I thought, until I went to tell my client. 649 00:37:07,310 --> 00:37:08,910 She practically spit in my eye. 650 00:37:09,870 --> 00:37:12,690 She doesn't want clinics or hot meals. 651 00:37:13,450 --> 00:37:14,450 Or clean beds. 652 00:37:14,870 --> 00:37:16,570 What does she want? A suite at the Beverly Hills Hotel? 653 00:37:17,450 --> 00:37:18,550 She wants the cash. 654 00:37:18,910 --> 00:37:21,170 Oh. She wants to be left the hell alone. 655 00:37:22,170 --> 00:37:25,510 Which effectively means that not one nickel of that trust is going to get to 656 00:37:25,510 --> 00:37:26,790 or to the thousands like her. 657 00:37:27,230 --> 00:37:28,430 And you think this is your fault? 658 00:37:28,730 --> 00:37:32,150 Society has abandoned them. No, it sounds to me like they've abandoned 659 00:37:33,130 --> 00:37:34,450 Okay, it's their fault. 660 00:37:34,950 --> 00:37:35,990 But what's the answer? 661 00:37:36,370 --> 00:37:38,030 Are we supposed to just pretend they don't exist? 662 00:37:38,460 --> 00:37:42,040 Roll up the windows, jack up the car radio, and try not to think about the 663 00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:45,440 homeless subculture living out of their shopping carts because the richest 664 00:37:45,440 --> 00:37:48,060 society in the world can't figure out a way to take care of them. 665 00:37:48,520 --> 00:37:50,560 And money can't solve every problem. 666 00:37:51,140 --> 00:37:53,760 And I'll tell you something else. Every problem can't be solved. 667 00:37:54,060 --> 00:37:58,360 But at least now there's $8 million a year, compliments of Aunt Kelsey, that's 668 00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:01,360 going to help feed and clothe and shelter an awful lot of people who 669 00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:03,580 wouldn't have had anything. I think that's pretty terrific. 670 00:38:04,540 --> 00:38:05,540 I'll tell you something else. 671 00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:07,300 I think you're pretty terrific. 672 00:38:10,830 --> 00:38:11,950 Yeah, I say so. 673 00:38:13,270 --> 00:38:14,610 And I also say you owe me dinner. 674 00:38:15,350 --> 00:38:16,890 You got it. All right, les anges. 675 00:38:17,230 --> 00:38:18,230 I'll make the reservation. 676 00:38:18,550 --> 00:38:19,650 Isn't that pretty expensive? 677 00:38:20,030 --> 00:38:22,610 Ann, you just got an $87 ,000 bonus. 678 00:38:22,870 --> 00:38:23,870 You worried about dinner? 679 00:38:24,130 --> 00:38:28,850 Money. Either I feel guilty for having it, or I feel cheated for not having it. 680 00:38:29,150 --> 00:38:30,150 Okay, I give up. 681 00:38:30,650 --> 00:38:31,650 I'll tell you what. 682 00:38:32,010 --> 00:38:33,010 I'll cook dinner at home. 683 00:38:34,570 --> 00:38:36,770 I'll whip up a really dry tuna fish casserole. 684 00:38:38,250 --> 00:38:40,910 And then we'll crack a bottle of really cheap jug wine. 685 00:38:41,790 --> 00:38:42,790 In bed? 686 00:38:43,110 --> 00:38:44,110 Yeah. 687 00:38:44,370 --> 00:38:45,370 Sounds great. 688 00:38:45,510 --> 00:38:47,930 Eight o 'clock, be there. And bring your jammies. 689 00:38:53,570 --> 00:38:58,410 Come in. 690 00:39:09,420 --> 00:39:14,060 Oh, your timing is perfect. I have been aching to speak to you. No, don't say a 691 00:39:14,060 --> 00:39:19,260 word. For the first time in my life, I am really free of all the things I was 692 00:39:19,260 --> 00:39:20,260 supposed to be. 693 00:39:20,380 --> 00:39:24,220 A good girl, a good wife, a good judge. 694 00:39:25,260 --> 00:39:27,940 And I'm finally free of Kevin. 695 00:39:28,180 --> 00:39:29,180 Finally. 696 00:39:29,460 --> 00:39:35,200 I was carried around this guilt in my gut, and it was poisoning my passion for 697 00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:36,200 you. 698 00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:41,980 Now I don't feel like he's this poor, helpless creature. I'm mortally wounded, 699 00:39:42,040 --> 00:39:45,240 and I know I'm babbling, but damn it, it feels so good. 700 00:39:45,660 --> 00:39:48,580 And you have been so patient. 701 00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:53,100 But I am so turned on right now. 702 00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:57,840 Why don't you take this suit off, mister, and we're going to do something 703 00:39:57,840 --> 00:40:01,000 here in my office that we could get arrested for in any other state. 704 00:40:06,640 --> 00:40:07,640 I love you too. 705 00:41:13,669 --> 00:41:17,250 Security, this is Abigail Perkins at Mackenzie Brackman Chaney Cusack. I 706 00:41:17,250 --> 00:41:18,250 we have a burglar up here. 707 00:41:52,620 --> 00:41:53,620 Freeze it, folks! 708 00:41:57,820 --> 00:41:58,820 It's somebody else! 709 00:42:00,060 --> 00:42:01,060 It's yours! 710 00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:02,600 I said freeze! 711 00:42:12,860 --> 00:42:16,780 What the hell was you? You pushed my face into the carpet. You wouldn't see 712 00:42:16,780 --> 00:42:17,780 do it again. Hey, hey, hey! 713 00:42:17,940 --> 00:42:18,940 Shut up! 714 00:42:19,220 --> 00:42:21,620 What were you doing up here? 715 00:42:23,169 --> 00:42:24,390 I've got a key, okay? 716 00:42:24,850 --> 00:42:25,950 I used to work here. 717 00:42:26,310 --> 00:42:29,170 I left some paperwork behind and I came to get it. You worked here? 718 00:42:29,770 --> 00:42:30,890 Up until a few weeks ago. 719 00:42:31,250 --> 00:42:33,730 You guys are in for it now. My attorney's here. 720 00:42:33,990 --> 00:42:36,610 All right, what's going on here? We got a call. These guys made a drug pot. 721 00:42:36,790 --> 00:42:37,930 They're not even real cops. 722 00:42:38,210 --> 00:42:41,370 Now they say the old guy sucked it up with a vacuum sweeper. I just checked 723 00:42:41,370 --> 00:42:43,290 conference room. If you had a stash in there, it's gone now. 724 00:42:43,510 --> 00:42:46,570 Well, what about the baggie, huh? What about it? It's empty. 725 00:42:46,870 --> 00:42:50,070 It's soaked with carpet goo and it's got your crummy fingerprints all over it. I 726 00:42:50,070 --> 00:42:51,810 don't know anything about this, Mr. Cifuentes. 727 00:42:52,250 --> 00:42:54,870 I was just up here looking for some paperwork I left behind and these goons 728 00:42:54,870 --> 00:42:57,570 jumped me. I'm going to steal you guys about a million bucks a piece. Does this 729 00:42:57,570 --> 00:42:58,710 guy ever shut up? 730 00:42:59,510 --> 00:43:01,510 Hey, aren't you going to arrest him, huh? For what? 731 00:43:02,610 --> 00:43:05,090 Stupidity? If that were a crime, you guys would be doing life. 732 00:43:05,390 --> 00:43:06,390 Hey! 733 00:43:09,670 --> 00:43:10,850 He's all yours, Counselor. 734 00:43:12,790 --> 00:43:13,790 Hey, hey, hey. 735 00:43:17,610 --> 00:43:20,190 Thank you. 736 00:43:20,590 --> 00:43:21,710 You believe this? 737 00:43:22,700 --> 00:43:23,700 File a lawsuit. 738 00:43:24,380 --> 00:43:26,200 Assault. Illegal search and seizure. 739 00:43:26,720 --> 00:43:28,140 Go home, Jeffrey. 740 00:43:29,820 --> 00:43:33,700 You don't really believe all this, do you, Mr. DuPont? 741 00:43:33,960 --> 00:43:38,420 I swear, after all I've been through... 742 00:43:38,420 --> 00:43:45,400 The drugs probably belong to the old black 743 00:43:45,400 --> 00:43:46,400 guy. 744 00:43:48,380 --> 00:43:50,360 Go home, Jeffrey. Now. 745 00:43:51,150 --> 00:43:53,690 Before your luck runs out and I throw you through a window. 746 00:43:53,910 --> 00:43:54,910 You got that? 747 00:43:57,470 --> 00:43:58,470 Absolutely. 748 00:44:02,670 --> 00:44:03,670 Loud and clear. 749 00:44:07,470 --> 00:44:13,390 And then I lock the doors and I'm running my hands all over his ape suit, 750 00:44:13,470 --> 00:44:17,990 telling him how hot I am and all the things I'm going to do to him. 751 00:44:19,210 --> 00:44:20,810 I almost raped the poor guy. 752 00:44:22,030 --> 00:44:25,050 So next time, send me flowers like my other boyfriend did. 753 00:44:26,130 --> 00:44:32,610 Do you sort of coax your eyebrows up like that, or do they grow that way by 754 00:44:32,610 --> 00:44:33,610 themselves? 755 00:44:35,050 --> 00:44:36,590 I have them styled. 756 00:44:37,230 --> 00:44:38,230 Styled? 757 00:44:38,930 --> 00:44:39,930 Really? 758 00:44:40,830 --> 00:44:47,490 Look, Mickey, I know I've been difficult these last couple of weeks, 759 00:44:47,490 --> 00:44:53,250 and... You have been incredibly sensitive and patient. 760 00:44:53,690 --> 00:44:55,050 Well, I'm a very evolved person. 761 00:44:55,870 --> 00:44:56,890 Not that evolved. 762 00:44:57,810 --> 00:45:04,690 The point being is that I am finally and totally 763 00:45:04,690 --> 00:45:07,150 unconflicted. 764 00:45:08,250 --> 00:45:12,530 I don't feel guilty about Kevin anymore. I'm actually relieved about not running 765 00:45:12,530 --> 00:45:13,368 for judge. 766 00:45:13,370 --> 00:45:15,690 Oh, so am I. 767 00:45:16,410 --> 00:45:19,430 Really? Well, you never would have gone out in public with me. 768 00:45:20,610 --> 00:45:27,170 What I'm trying to say here is that now that we have, I'm 769 00:45:27,170 --> 00:45:31,230 experiencing this very pressing need to be private with you. 770 00:45:32,410 --> 00:45:33,410 Pressing where? 771 00:45:34,910 --> 00:45:35,910 All over. 772 00:45:39,010 --> 00:45:40,570 An extremely hot plate. 773 00:45:41,050 --> 00:45:47,870 Um, could you put both the dinners, plus the champagne, into a 774 00:45:47,870 --> 00:45:50,910 doggy bag and bring us the check right away. 775 00:45:52,670 --> 00:45:54,970 Extremely hot date. 776 00:45:57,090 --> 00:45:58,090 Thank you, Mickey.