All language subtitles for Law.And.Order.LA.S01E18.720p.HDTV.x264

In the city of Los Angeles,

the people are represented
by two separate,

yet equally important groups-

the police,
who investigate crime,

and the district attorneys,
who prosecute the offenders.

These are their stories.

- Okay, you be nice
with your grandparents, okay?

No more jokes
about pop-pop.

- He farts.
- Everybody farts, silly.

Bye.
- Bye.

Okay.

- All right,
I will call you

as soon as we get
to Santa Barbara.

I will. I promise.

- Okay.
- Love you.

- Bye.

Mrs. Lane, you need a hand?

- Don't mind me,
I could use the exercise.

- Okay.

- You know, I-it's been that way
for almost an hour.

Somebody just left it on.

- You know the people
in that house?

- Yeah.
Nick and Amy.

Amy's away with her kids.

- Okay. Thank you.

Gun!

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oh...

- What happened to him?

- Calcium oxide,
for starters.

He was being dissolved
in quicklime.

But before that,
head trauma, contusions.

Broken nose,
probably from a beating.

But going by the blue-gray color
around his eyes,

cause of death
is myocardial infarction.

- Heart attack?
- Mm-hmm.

- Huh. Looks like
the man of the house-

Nicholas libergal.

Business card-
he was a goldsmith downtown,

custom wedding bands.

Maybe he made
someone's ring too tight?

- Hey, check this out-

blindfold, plastic hand ties,

duct tape, and a camera.

- Not the usual gear
for a killing.

- Maybe it started out
as something else-

a kidnapping.

They tie the guy up,
blindfold him...

Camera for ransom photos.

They left the car running,

thinking it would take
a minute to grab him,

but libergal
put up a fight.

- Then he died
of a heart attack.

- And rather than drive around
with the body,

they decide
to get rid of him here,

maybe still make a play
for ransom.

- And all the while, they forgot
they left the car running.

- Yeah, crime's tough
when you're stupid.

- No fingerprint hits
on the suspects,

no I.D. On either of them,
just a no-name cell phone,

a wad of cash,
and a set of keys.

- Nothing useful
in here either.

- As for Nick libergal,

he immigrated from Russia
in 1988.

He owns a mortgage, a car loan,
and furniture from Ikea.

I saw his bank statements.

There's no money there
for a ransom.

- Maybe his wife's family
has the dough.

- Well, getting kidnapped
is one way to find out

if your in-laws like you.

- These cowboys were all balls
and no brains.

Besides lighting up
the neighborhood,

everything else about this rodeo
is pretty slick.

No trace on the car,
no I.D.S.

- They had an accomplice
with brains.

- Well, that's my gut.

They waited till libergal
was alone.

Means they were watching
the house.

- Nick was such
a kind man...

The whole family-
just the nicest people.

- We're very sorry.

The last few days,
did you notice anyone

parked on the street
watching Mr. libergal's house?

- Yes, the honking car.

I'd seen that one before,
two days ago.

- What honking car?

- The one that honked
when the officer

went up to the door.

It was parked over there
under that tree,

and it just zoomed out when
the officers shot their guns.

- What kind of car was it?

- Oh, a-a town car.

It was the same car
my late husband drove.

He was a chauffer.

He used to drive
Barbara stanwyck around.

- Thank you, ma'am.

- Hey...

I got cigarette butts-
five of them

and three chewing-gum wrappers,
spicy peppermint.

He was here a while.

- Brains of the operation-
he was stressing out.

- You would be too if you had
two trigger-happy idiots

working for you.

- I left our kids
at my parents' house.

I don't know
how I'm gonna tell them.

- I can put you in touch with
our victims assistance program.

They can help you.

Mrs. libergal,
we need you to look

at the photographs
of these two men.

- Are these
the men that killed Nick?

- Yes.

Have you seen them before?

- Mm-mm.

- Did you get any calls
or emails

from people asking
about your assets

or your finances-

yours or your parents'?

- No. We didn't have much.

Nick worked very hard.

He used to send money
to his relatives in Russia.

And my parents,
they're retired teachers.

It doesn't make sense.

We don't have anything

that anybody would want.

- Your husband's relatives
back in Russia-

any of them doing well?

- He has a younger brother
in the oil business there.

He's rich.

Oh, God,
I've got to call them.

I have to tell them
what happened to Nick.

- You just wait here.

I'll get someone to come in
and talk with you.

Homeland security got a hit
on your suspects.

They were printed
at L.A.X. Customs two weeks ago

off a flight from Moscow.

- Out-of-town talent.
- For an out-of-town payday.

Maybe the point
of kidnapping libergal

was to shake money loose
from his brother back in Russia.

- Seems like it'd be easier to
just kidnap someone in Moscow.

- From what I hear,
if you kidnap someone in Russia,

the police are the least
of your worries.

Go talk to homeland security,

see if they were traveling
with somebody.

- Mikhail khomyakov
and Igor lagutin

entered the country
on tourist visas

issued on the same day
in Moscow.

I checked
our security cameras.

Uh, they didn't interact
with anybody else

in the customs line
or baggage area,

but they were met
in the terminal

by two gentlemen.

They boarded
a hotel shuttle bus-

same hotel they gave
as their local address,

but there's no record
they checked in.

- You have
their visa applications?

- Mm-hmm.

- "Occupation-
personal travel consultant."

Coming from a kidnapper,
that's pretty cute.

- Here, their local contact-

"eagles and bears
friendship club."

That's what it says-

on Fairfax.

Thank you.
- Sure.

- It was rented to a man
named Oblomov four months ago.

I never met the man myself,

but he paid three months rent
in advance.

- Doesn't look like
the eagles and bears

have been doing
much business.

- You'd think helping criminals
get tourist visas

would pay well.

A cable bill?

- I don't see a tv.

- It's for an address
in Laurel canyon-

9605 appian way.

Spicy peppermint.

- Police!

Clear!

It looks like this
is where

they were planning
to keep Mr. libergal.

We've got a bed,
I- bolts in the floor

to chain him down.

- That's not all they had
in mind-come out here.

Once the money was paid,
they were gonna kill him.

- There was a grocery bag
from your store,

and a receipt
from last week.

- It could be this one.

I remember
the Johnny depp hat.

The guy did not have
the cheekbones to pull it off.

- Did they pay with cash
or credit?

- Cash, both times.
- Both times?

When was the other time?

- Three days ago?

He was stumbling
through the aisles

and couldn't find anything.

I think he was Russian.

So I helped him.

He had a list.
- What was on it?

- You know, staples-

toilet paper, water, gum,
energy bars.

- Basic hostage
survival Kit.

- It was the same list
both times,

except the second time,
he also wanted sanitary napkins

and a hairbrush.

- Thank you.

- There's a woman.

- Three days ago-that's the day
after they screwed up

libergal's kidnapping.

Maybe they had another target
already picked out.

- And now they've got her
somewhere up in these canyons.

- Yeah, with the clock
running out.

There are thousands
homes in those canyons.

Then put someone 24-7
on that store.

What about the people
who rented the house?

The owners listed it on Craigslist.

Everything was done
over the web.

They got paid first and last
with a money order.

- Then that's the m.O.

Check for other houses
on Craigslist

that were rented
in the last two months.

- You know,
we could be wrong.

There might not be
any more kidnap victims.

- If you were this crew,
would you fly halfway

around the world
for just the one play?

- I wouldn't.
Assume the worst.

Detective.

- Hmm. The suspect's car
got a ticket ten days ago

on north fuller
in west Hollywood...

1200 block.

Well, they could be anywhere.

- In the canyon house,
there was a chessboard.

- Yeah, marked on the floor.
So?

- So...

Plummer park.

These guys, they look like

Moscow punk, yeah?
- Yeah.

You see them here,
about a week and a half ago?

They play chess.

- Of course they play chess.
They're Russian.

Yuri?
- Hmm?

- When I worked
Hollywood division,

my sarge used to come here
during his lunch break

and grab a game.

You want good homemade borscht,
this is the place.

- Yeah, he remembers them.

He said they're not
good chess players.

They look too much at women.
- Yeah? Which women?

- The married ones.

He thinks they got big handle
for Anna Ackroyd.

- "Big handle"?
Oh, big handle.

Is Anna Ackroyd here?
- No.

She's not here
for a few days now.

- There's Anna's husband
Dennis.

- Man, he looks nervous.
What do you think?

He's home from work all day.
We haven't seen his wife.

- I think we should reach
out to him.

- Delivery.

Mr. Ackroyd?
- Yeah.

- I need a signature.

Stay calm, Mr. Ackroyd.
Sign the pad.

We know your wife is missing.

We're here to help.
- No, go away.

They said they were watching
the house.

- You're in over your head.
These are dangerous people.

- Please. They said no police.
- Dad.

- Mila, stay
out of this, please.

- Your daughter
has the right idea.

That's my wife's uncle.

He's here from Moscow to help.
- You're endangering your wife.

We know how to handle this.
- No, go away, please.

- We know who the men are
who kidnapped your niece.

- I don't understand.
- He's lying. He speaks English.

They're gonna kill mom.
- They will not.

- Please, just-
just stay away. Please.

- Call us.

Thank you, sir.
Have a nice day.

- I took Anna to the doctor
this morning

because her flu got worse.

But she's, uh-
she's sleeping now.

- Just tell her
we're thinking of her.

- Yes, I will, Mrs. fiero.
Thanks, good-bye.

- We got a tap on every phone
and dsl line

into the house
and cell phone intercepts.

- What's the profile
on the Ackroyds?

- Mrs. Ackroyd's
a native of Russia.

She met Mr. Ackroyd
in Canada.

They were married there,
immigrated here 18 years ago.

He's a math teacher
at Cal tech.

She's a librarian at usc.

And they have
a 15-year-old daughter.

- A teacher and a librarian?
- Mm-hmm.

- Where's the ransom money
coming from?

- The uncle flew in
from Moscow two days ago.

We're guessing he's the bank.
- We got activity.

- They're going shopping.

If we can get the girl alone,

she'd probably have a lot
to say.

- Well, it's the middle of the
day-she should be in school.

Have a patrol car pick her up
for truancy.

- I don't know what to do.

My dad said that
we can't tell anybody.

He won't even let me
go to school.

- Mila, your dad
can't handle this.

We have the experience.

We have expert negotiators.

- I don't know.

I just-I don't want
to make a mistake.

I just want my mom back.

- Look,
she was with her uncle,

and these cops just came
and snatched her away.

I just can't believe it.
I called a lawyer.

He said that it's a damn ticket
for truancy.

I mean, I'll pay it,
for God's sake.

- Sir, have a seat.
I'll go see what the holdup is.

- Mila, your mother
doesn't have much time.

We have to jump-

Her father's outside.

I spoke to my supervisor.
We have to let her go.

Okay.

Mila, this is
your last chance.

You can really make
a difference.

You can save your mom.

Oh, God.

I came home from school
last Friday.

Our house was all
messed up,

and my mom was gone.

My dad called everywhere,
and we couldn't find her.

And then they skyped my dad
on our computer.

We could see them.

They were these guys
in masks, and my mom...

My mom had tape over her mouth.

She was so scared.

- What did the guys say?

- I don't know. They-
they were talking in Russian.

My dad can speak it.
They wanted money.

They said to have
my mom's family in Russia

give it to them.

And we have just
been waiting,

and it's horrible.

I just can't stop thinking
about my mom.

- It would help if we had
the video of that conversation.

Did your father record it?

- Not on purpose.

My dad put some spyware
on the computer

to record everything I do.

I think that video's
still on there.

- Do you think
you can find it?

- Send the file
to that address.

- I'll try.

- You did good, mila.

You're really helping
your mom.

- Oh.

Hey, you okay?

Finally.
What happened in there?

- Uh, nothing.

They just gave me a ticket

and a lecture
about staying in school.

- The girl sent it
20 minutes ago.

- "Hello, can you hear me?
Are you listening?"

"Yes.

Please don't hurt my wife."

"Shut up and listen."

- "The price is ten million
American dollars."

- "That's impossible.
We're not rich."

"Your wife's family in Moscow,

"they can pay.

"The money will be delivered
to our associates in Russia.

We'll send you instructions.
You have one week."

"That's not enough.

Please, don't hurt her.
Anna, I love you."

- "One week,
or we start cutting her."

- Send it to the lab and see
what they can pull from it.

- There's something
on his lapel.

The stitching
around his buttonhole-

I've seen that before
in, uh, junk mail

from the eagles and bears club-
a flyer for a tailor.

- "Lenny's of brentwood-

old-world elegance
for new-world men."

- And jet-setting kidnappers.

- Our friend
says the ladies

can't keep their hands
off his suits.

That's the kind of suit
I want.

What kind of material
is that?

- Ah, wool-super 180.

Feel. This is new.
No wrinkles.

- Hey, do you know this suit?

- Yes. Sure.
I made that suit.

- So you know the guy
you made it for.

- Yes.
- All right.

We're gonna need his name
and contact information.

- Okay. Uh...

His name is Oblomov.

He ordered
three more suits.

Here he is, sir.

I just have a number,
no address.

- All right, here's what
you're gonna do.

When our technicians get here,
you're gonna call Oblomov,

and you're gonna tell him his
suits are ready for a fitting.

You're gonna talk
about the cut, the fabric.

You're gonna talk as long
as we tell you to, okay?

- Sure.
Uh, you arrest him.

What do I do
with the suits?

- Don't worry.
He'll need them for his trial.

- We had a steady
cell phone gps signal

for the last 20 minutes
coming from that house.

- Get down! Get down!
Get down!

- Aah!

- Put it down right now!
- Police! Police!

- Down, now!
- On the floor! Get down!

- It's safe.

Mrs. Ackroyd,
are you all right?

- Yes.

- It's over.

- Detectives,
we got something out here.

- Ten million bucks,
and that's what it gets you.

I don't remember
what happened in the house.

I haven't slept
in a long time.

What day is it?

- Thursday.

- When can I see my family?
- Very soon.

But it's important
that we get details

while they're still fresh
in your mind.

I don't want to think about it.

I just want to go home.

- Mom?

Mom.
- Oh, my God.

- Sweetheart!
- We're so glad you're okay.

- Oh, God, honey.

- I was so worried about-
I'm so glad you're okay.

- You okay?
You okay?

- Thank you.

- You okay?
- I'm okay.

I'm okay.

- What's this list
you had on you-

names...
More kidnap targets?

You know, the kidnapping charge
is just the half of it,

Mr. kovelachuk.

The body in the tub,
that's on you.

The attempted murder
of two police officers,

that's on you too.

So if you ever want to see
the motherland again,

you better start talking.

- I know the rules.

Don't talk, get lawyer.

- You can kiss
my beautiful Russian ass.

I don't talk to cops.

- They probably have a gang
back in Moscow.

This list might be targets
they were scouting

for the next crew
to send over.

- Let's put 'em
out of business.

- Mrs. Ackroyd,
we understand

why you've been reluctant
to revisit your ordeal.

But we have
less than two weeks

to prepare
for the preliminary hearing.

- That won't be an issue

once you hear what Dennis
and Anna have to say.

- This whole kidnapping...

Anna and I don't have
much money.

It's a struggle
every month.

And her aunt and uncle
in Russia,

they have so much.

- They live like kings-

big country estate,
fancy cars, jewelry.

- I mean, we asked them
once for a loan

for mila's education, but...

- They don't share.
They're very selfish.

- So Anna's got
a childhood friend

who knows Boris kovelachuk.

And we...

Came up with a plan...

A kidnapping plan.

And it was to get money
from uncle Andre,

and no one was supposed
to get hurt.

- Mrs. Ackroyd
was a willing participant.

She was never in any jeopardy.

It was all a show
to impress her uncle.

- This is why we told you

that we did not want
the police involved.

- Mr. Ackroyd,
are you being threatened?

Is that why you're lying?

- We're not lying.

This was just a stupid idea,
a stupid idea,

and we're sorry
that we wasted your time.

- Mr. Ackroyd,
we know for a fact

those men attempted
another kidnapping.

- If you're afraid
to testify against them,

we can protect you.

- My client told you
what happened.

They won't be testifying
in any kidnapping case.

- Anna called me yesterday
and told me.

I made a lot of money
trading oil.

And it causes so much jealousy
in my family.

Money-
it is a curse.

- No offense, but this story-
it doesn't line up

with the facts
as we know them.

- Maybe you have
the wrong facts.

I know my family.

Anna's mother, my sister-
she always had a green eye.

And my niece
is just like her.

I don't want to file
a police complaint.

I just want to go home.

It is just old
family business.

Thank you.

You're very good police.

- We saw that video.

We saw the husband
before we rescued Anna.

If they're acting,
they deserve ten oscars.

- They're afraid to testify.
You can't blame them.

- We have seven days
before the preliminary hearing.

We may have to make a case
without their testimony.

- It should be
a no-brainer.

The kidnappers
were caught red-handed.

- Except Anna wasn't tied up.

She wasn't confined.
She was in the bathroom.

No one was waving
a weapon around.

It looked like they were ready
to sit down for lunch.

- There was a fresh grave
dug for her.

- They're gonna argue
that was window dressing,

just to scare the uncle.

- Look, can't we tie
the suspects

to the botched kidnapping?
- Gonna be tough.

The airport photos
with all four kidnappers

weren't clear.

The lab couldn't make
a positive I.D.

- If we don't survive
the preliminary hearing,

those kidnappers are gonna be
on the first plane

back to Russia.

And I don't like people
thinking that they can come here

and commit crimes
with impunity.

- We hear you.

Anna said she went
with the kidnappers willingly,

but her daughter said
the house was in shambles.

Maybe s.I.D. Can find
evidence of the grab.

- Lauren, the back door
of the Ackroyd house

was kicked in,

and s.I.D. Found shards of glass
in the living room

from a broken lamp.

- That and the bruises
on Mrs. Ackroyd

could add up
to a violent kidnapping.

- Or a burglary
or a fight with her husband.

This evidence
doesn't mean much

without the Ackroyds
to corroborate it.

- Oh, this is odd.

Latent got a pop
on a thumbprint

in the bedroom
where the uncle was staying.

It matched a thumbprint
that was put into the system

by the FBI.

"Print belongs to
an unknown person of interest

"and was found
at a suspect residence

in Washington ten years ago."

- The bureau's
very interested

in where you found
this fingerprint.

- Well, we all play nice,

put our cards on the table
for once?

It turned up during
a kidnapping investigation.

Your turn.

- It's a national security
matter.

- Which could mean anything
and nothing these days.

- It was found
in a meeting house

for a Russian spy
ten years ago.

We caught the spy.

We believe the thumbprint
belonged to his handler.

Back to you.

- Our fingerprint belongs
to a relative

of a kidnapping victim.

His name is andrei kalugin.

He just checked
into a hotel on sepulveda.

- You better hurry.

He's booked on a flight home
day after tomorrow.

- Maybe we can do something
about that.

- Uncle andrei's a spy?
- More like a spymaster.

- Explains why Dennis and Anna

want the whole kidnapping case
to go away.

- Because an investigation
might dig up the fact

that their uncle's a spy.

- If, in fact,
he is their uncle.

- And if they are,
in fact, who they say they are.

- Well, can we find out...
Soon?

The preliminary hearing's
in three days.

We're gonna lose
the kidnappers.

- I love a deadline.

- I'm sorry it took so long.

I had to ask ottawa
for clarification.

So, Dennis Ackroyd...

The information
on his immigration form

matches our records.

Born in cornwall,
Ontario, in 1966.

Everything in good order,
except for the fact

that Mr. Ackroyd
never left Canada.

- You sure?

Somebody spoke to him?
- That wouldn't be possible.

Mr. Ackroyd is buried at
the hillcrest memorial cemetery

in saskatoon.

He died in 1989
at the age of 23.

As for this marriage
to Anna Semienko,

there's no record of it
anywhere,

no record of an Anna Semienko
ever having resided in Canada.

- Dennis Ackroyd stole
his identity

from a dead Canadian,

and Anna has no record
of existing

before she immigrated here.

- They FBI think
they're spies-

sleepers sent by the Russians
18 years ago.

Uncle andrei
is their handler.

- The kidnappers probably
don't even know they were spies.

- This is why the Ackroyds
wouldn't cooperate.

They were afraid
we'd find out their secret.

- Well, now that we know
their secret,

there's nothing left
for them to hide,

no more reason for them
not to cooperate with us.

Call the FBI.

Get the Ackroyds in.

- What's happening?
What's going on?

- You're under arrest
for espionage.

- Dennis.
- Anna, don't say anything.

- Mom, dad!
- Mila, we'll be fine.

- Mila, sweetheart,
be strong!

- Why are you arresting
my parents?

They didn't do anything.

- We'll explain everything
at our offices.

- I don't want to go.
I want to stay here.

- You can't stay, mila.

They're gonna be searching
the house.

You have to come with us.

This woman from family services
is gonna take care of you.

Here, take your backpack.

How can they be spies?

They're just, like,
ordinary.

My dad's from Canada.

- We're not sure
where he's from.

We're not even sure
what his real name is.

- What?

Well, God,
what'll happen to them?

- They'll either go to jail,

or your family
might be sent back to Russia.

Mila, what matters most
right now

is where you'll be tonight.

So Mrs. hellman
will, um, help find a family

for you to stay with.

- You mean a foster home?

Well, can I stay
with my best friend, Natalie,

please?

I'm sure that it'd be okay
with her parents.

- I'm sure
we can arrange that.

You can stay here
and make your calls.

- I don't think
we should say anything

until we speak
to a lawyer.

- What Mr. dekker has to say
has nothing to do

with the charges
you're facing.

- I want you to testify
about the kidnapping-

the truth this time.
- All your secrets are out.

You have nothing more
to protect.

- Not only did these men
terrorize your wife,

they also destroyed
another family-

a young family
with two small kids.

We can't put them in jail
without you.

- If we help him...

What will you do for us?

These men were brutes.

I'll testify.

- The Ackroyds told us
they were college sweethearts

when they were recruited.

They were sent here
to befriend academics,

policy makers-

gather information on politics,
technology, trade,

information that was hard
to come by 20 years ago,

when the Russians sent them,
but is now freely available

on the net.
They're low-level operatives.

There's no evidence
that our national security

was compromised.

- So what's gonna happen
to them now?

- That's what I want
to talk to you about.

We got word from the Russians.
They're interested in a trade.

We've got somebody sitting
in a Russian prison

that we'd like to get out.
- How soon?

- Within a week.
- One week.

And the kidnapping trial
is at least two months away.

And I need the Ackroyds here
to testify.

- Then I suggest you find a way
to wrap up this case quickly.

- Well, we have leverage
for a week.

- Let's use it.

- My clients aren't interested
in any plea offer.

- Don't say no
until you've heard the offer.

The woman you kidnapped-

she was a spy
for the Russian svr.

- She was arrested
three days ago

by FBI agents,

as well as her husband.

Whoever told you they had
rich relatives in Moscow

was wrong.

- You didn't know that,
did you?

Now, here's the offer.

You plead guilty
to all counts,

give us the names
of your accomplices,

and you serve 25 to life.

Or we deport you to Russia.

You kidnapped
a Russian svr agent.

What kind of reception
do you think you're gonna get?

Think putin
will be waiting there

with a bouquet of roses?

Can we be deported to Cuba?

If you're here
making deals,

it is because
you don't have case.

I know svr.

I know Russian government.

They will trade spies.

These people will go.

Poof!

No more witnesses.

And we go free
to country of our choice.

Tell them no deal.

- You're telling me
your two principle witnesses

won't be available
for trial?

- Anna and Dennis Ackroyd

are facing federal
espionage charges, your honor.

They'll be deported
in a spy swap within days.

We only have them
for the purpose of this hearing.

- Your honor, if my clients
are going to be denied

their sixth amendment right
to confront witnesses at trial,

I don't see how we can proceed
with the case.

- The defendants can exercise
their sixth amendment

right here and now.

We'll allow Mr. mironov
to cross-examine our witnesses

as per California vs. Green.

Their testimony can be preserved
and used later at trial.

- Cross-examine now?
But I'm not ready.

I need at least two weeks
to prepare.

- Well, it's not our choice
to send these witnesses

out of reach forever.

We're mere pawns in a much
bigger game, your honor.

- Aptly put, Mr. dekker.

Mr. mironov...

This will be your only shot
at these witnesses.

Make the most of it.

- They kept me blindfolded

and chained
to the floor all day.

They taunted me.

They'd tell me that my relatives
didn't want to pay,

and that my husband
didn't want me anymore.

They'd tell me how they
were going to kill me...

Bury my body so that
my family would never find me.

- Are the men who kidnapped you
in the courtroom today?

- It was those men...

Those two.

- Let the record reflect
the witness pointed

to the defendants.

Thank you.

- Is it your testimony
that you never met

or talked to my clients

prior to the day
you were kidnapped?

- Yes.

- Thank you.
No more questions.

- The witness is excused.

Ma'am, you may step down.

- Your honor,
the people rest.

- Your honor,
under penal code 866,

the defense would like
to call a witness

to impeach the testimony
of Mr. dekker's last witness.

- Who's your witness?

- Mila Ackroyd.

Mila, you called me
at my office yesterday morning-

is that correct?
- Yes.

- Please tell the judge
what you told me.

- About two weeks
before my mom was kidnapped,

I came home early
from a soccer practice,

and my mom and dad were
in the kitchen

talking with two men.

- And do you see these two men
here today?

- Yes.

It's those guys
at the table.

- The witness is pointing
at my clients.

And what were
your parents doing?

- They were talking in Russian
with those guys.

And my mom told me to go
to my room and do homework.

- And what else
did you tell me?

- A week after, my parents had
this big argument.

Something bad happened-
some man named libergal.

And my-my dad said
that those guys

had screwed up
their big plan.

And my mom said
that they should have never

gone into, like, business
with them.

And she called them killers.

She was afraid
they'd hurt them next.

The day after,
I came home.

Our house was all messed up,
and my mom was missing.

- Thank you, mila.
No more questions.

- Do you realize
what you've done?

You've implicated your parents
in a botched kidnapping

that resulted
in a man's death.

That means your parents
are guilty of murder.

- If you think
they're guilty of murder,

you should just
put them in jail.

They're liars.

They've been lying to me
my whole life.

They deserve to be
in jail here.

- Is that
what this is about-

if your parents are
in jail here,

you don't go back to Russia?

- It's not fair that
I have to go back with them.

All my friends are here-

my school, my whole life.

It's just not fair.

- You're right.
It's not fair.

But I'm not going to put
your parents in jail.

And the only thing
you've managed to do

is create so much confusion

that two murderers...

Might go free.

Now, you're gonna be
on the stand again tomorrow.

And when I cross-examine you,

you're going to tell
the truth.

- Come on, mila.
I'll take you home.

- Give her a break, Joe.
She's only 15.

She doesn't know
what she wants.

- No, she knows
exactly what she wants.

She just doesn't know
how to get it.

Maybe we can help her.

- She said this in court?

I mean,
it's just not true.

- We know.

But if her testimony stands,

it will create
reasonable doubt at trial.

Your kidnappers
could go free.

- So what
do you want us to do?

- This is a declaration
of emancipation for mila.

It would terminate
your parental rights...

Allowing her to live
with her friend's family.

- Then mila
can stay here, and...

You can be on your way.

- If we sign this...

We'll never see her again.

- She feels you betrayed her.

She might already be lost
to you.

It's our baby.

We wanted a child,

even before we started
our other life.

We had always hoped
for a girl.

Mila is the only real thing
in our life!

- She's not a child anymore.

And you chose your life.

Let mila choose hers.

- I'm sorry
I said all those things

about my parents
knowing those men.

It wasn't true.

- And the argument you said
you overheard was that true?

- No. No...

I never heard them
say anything like that.

My parents
would never hurt anybody,

not on purpose.

I'm sorry for lying.

- No more questions.

- Young lady,
you may step down.

- Your honor,
the people have established

probable cause
to proceed to trial.

We also ask that the testimony
of Dennis and Anna Ackroyd

be preserved for use
at trial.

- This court concurs.

The case will be calendared
for trial.

We're adjourned.

- Mironov just called.

His clients
want to make the deal.

- Don't forget
about us, okay?

Be a good girl, okay?

- I love you.
- Folks, it's time.

- Be strong, okay?

Be strong.

I love you.

I love you, mila!

- Let's go make that deal.