All language subtitles for Law & Order s17e10 Corner Office.eng

NARRATOR:
In the criminal justice system

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.

(REPORTERS CLAMORING)

FEMALE REPORTER:
Mr. Dillon, Mr. Dillon!

Can you confirm
that Halligan-Webb

was eavesdropping
on its own employees?

How about members of the press?
No comment.

Is Samantha Weaver gonna
resign her position as CEO?

Why don't you ask her?
Please.

What is your position...

Look, I have nothing
to say!

Do you have any comment,
any statement...

(CLAMORING CONTINUES)

Hands tied
around the bedpost.

One shot, close range,
side of the head.

ED: You got
atimeframe?

Mmm, sometime between
8:00 and 11:00 last night.

Name's Charles Dillon.
Livingston, New Jersey.

He's got
awedding ring.

If there was any cash
in here, it's gone now.

So what is this, like,
a sex romp gone bad?

If it was,
it went bad pretty fast.

There's no fluids on his
underwear or the sheets.

All right. Thanks.

Hi. Detectives Cassady
and Green.

Adrienne Harding.

Was Mr. Dillon
staying here?

He wasn't
supposed to be.

Who has access
to this suite?

Anyone from Halligan-Webb's
executive offices could get a key.

And does that
include Mr. Dillon?

He was our
General Counsel.

What can you tell us
about him?

I didn't
know him personally,

just what I read
in papers.

He was in the news?

You must have heard about the
eavesdropping scandal at my company.

The Halligan-Webb bigwigs
spying on their employees.

It's a huge
federal investigation now.

And Mr. Dillon
is in the middle of it.

He was supposed to testify
before Congress on Friday.

LYNDA: I was here
with our children.

Charles said
he had to work late

to prepare for his trip
to Washington.

He was going to stay
in the city,

at the company apartment.

Do you know who your husband was
supposed to be working with?

The CEO,
Samantha Weaver.

Do you know if your husband
received any threats?

No, not that I'm aware of.

He was just trying
to get through

this whole scandal thing
with some dignity.

(SOBBING)

How am I supposed
to tell my children?

We brought Charles over
from Cravath in '02.

He was an excellent lawyer.

I'm sure his family
is devastated.

Can I get flowers
for the Dillons? Now, Erica.

His wife said that he was
working late with you.

Yes. We had a meeting
at around 5:00.

About what?

As I'm sure you know, my company
is under investigation.

So that's what
the meeting was about?

I admire
your persistence.

But how is what we talked about
relevant to what happened?

Why don't you let us decide
what's relevant, Miss Weaver?

You know, I am happy
to cooperate with you,

but I am not prepared to give
NYPD an agenda of our discussion.

His wife told us that he was
involved in this scandal.

I would call it an issue
more than a scandal.

Congress is obviously
a little bit bored right now.

Look, if this is what
you're here to ask me about,

then I'm going to have to insist
on having an attorney present.

I'm sure you can
understand that.

Okay. Okay.

If you could just tell us when and
where you last saw Mr. Dillon?

He left my office
at 5:35.

He said that he was going
to meet with his attorney.

Great. Thank you.

Charles got here
a little bit before 6:00.

We discussed the testimony
for about half an hour.

CASSADY: When he left, did
he say where he was going?

Yeah, to have a drink.
Where, I don't know.

He looked
like he needed one.

Why do you say that?

He was the fall guy for the
entire eavesdropping debacle.

Right. Can you
walk us through that?

I can give you
the basics,

but I'm skirting with some
privilege issues here.

Well, that's understandable,
Counselor,

but your client
was murdered last night.

So you think Charles
was killed over this?

(sums)

Somebody inside H-W was leaking
information to the press,

questioning management's
competence.

There were articles
suggesting

that the company's
newly designed

database management software
was already obsolete.

Samantha Weaver
wanted to plug the leak.

And knowing Samantha, destroy
whoever was betraying her.

Well, if Samantha Weaver
ordered the surveillance,

how did General Counsel
get blamed for it?

Weaver tasked Charles
to find the leak.

He hired a corporate
security firm,

and unfortunately,
they went a little crazy.

What's the name of this
security firm he was using?

I could tell you this.

They ponied up a 150k to
wire up the corporate offices.

I had taps out
on everybody

except the CEO
and the GB.

How did that go down,
exactly?

Middle of the night, in-house
security lets my tech guys

into the executive suite,
they're out by dawn.

Did they ever
find the leak?

All I did was collect the
data and send it to Dillon.

Are you saying you don't
know if they found the leak?

You're gonna have to talk
to the company.

You think they're
talkin' to us?

They're neck-deep in a
Congressional investigation.

ED: Not to mention
a homicide.

Understood. I was
on the job 20 years,

but I'm neck-deep
in this crap myself.

All right. How about you point
us in the right direction?

If this were my case,

I'd be looking at who's not
showin' up for work these days

at Halligan-Webb.

CALDWELL: Yeah, yeah,
I'm pissed off.

Those bastards
tapped my phones,

they put spyware
on my computers,

they premexted 'min
my persona� accounts.

They were even spying on the
reporter I was talkin' to.

Well, why did you
go to the press

in the first place,
Mr. Caldwell?

Halligan-Webb
is a public company.

If management's makin'
questionable decisions,

the stockholders
have a right to know.

Management being
Samantha Weaver?

Yeah,
the one and only.

Sounds like you two
don't get along.

She is the most horrible
woman I have ever met.

So you blame her
for losing your job?

Yeah, her and Dillon.

So where were you Tuesday
night around 8:00?

BOY: Daddy, can we go?

Yeah, we're goin'.

Tuesday, that was Parent-Teacher
Night at my daughter's school.

I was lookin'
at fetal pigs

in the biology lab
with Mr. Johnson. Okay?

Dillon was the point man for this
Halligan-Webb eavesdropping scandal.

And the guy
taking the fall.

Yeah, we looked at
all the usual suspects,

but none of those
executives are talking.

Because of the Congressional
investigation.

And the head
of the company,

she seems like
kind of a bitch.

Kind of a bitch?

I just mean
that I think

some of her employees
are a little intimidated.

Yeah?
That's possible.

Anyway, Ballistics says the
slug they pulled from Dillon

was from a .38
Smith & Wesson,

which they can't
trace so far.

And CSU didn't recover any forensic
evidence from the apartment?

Nothing. But Latent lifted about 200
prints they need to sift through.

Detective.
What's the next move?

We talk to the outsiders,
like Dillon's secretary.

Good.

I've been with Mr.
Dillon for five years.

He brought me with him from
Cravath when he took this job.

I know they're
gonna fire me now.

They'd let you go
because your boss died?

Have you heard of
Samantha Weaver?

It's only a matter of time
before we get a memo

saying how many squares
of toilet paper we can use.

Hey, listen,
do you have any ideas

about who Mr. Dillon might have been
meeting with the night he died?

His last appointment
was with his lawyer.

We already
talked to him.

Any unusual phone calls
that day?

Well, a man
named Mike Owens

called several times
that day.

About what?
He wouldn't say.

And Mr. Dillon wouldn't
take his calls.

I think he was still angry
about an argument they had.

CASSADY: An argument?

Mr. Owens showed up here last
week without an appointment.

He barged into
Mr. Dillon's office,

slammed the door
behind him

and they were yelling
at each other.

Do you know what
they were yellin' about?

Not really.

It only lasted
two or three minutes,

Owen stormed out,
and Mr. Dillon said

if he ever came back
here to call Security.

I come down here
to help you guys out

and you treat me
like a perp?

Well, maybe you should have told
us you had bad blood with Dillon!

Maybe you should
have asked!

Okay. Where the hell
were you Tuesday night?

I gotta take this from Little
Miss Beauty Queen here?

Little Miss Beauty Queen
might just kick your ass.

How about you have a seat
and answer the question?

I was at home,
watchin' the Nets-Pistons,

Vince Carter
dropped 36!

Oh, come on, man, you know
better, that ain't no alibi.

Anybody can read
the back of a paper!

Now, what was this argument
with you and Dillon about?

What do you think? The job I
did for him at Halligan-Webb.

You found the leak,
the dude got fired!

Thank you!

Look, Dillon says to me
to do whatever I gotta do.

I give 'em what they're lookin'
for on a silver platter,

and then he complains
about how I got it.

Says I...
I crossed the line.

Mmm, I'm sure that's not the first
time you had an unhappy customer.

Tells me he's gonna
call the D.A.

because what I did
up there was illegal.

Can you believe that?

He gets caught
with his pants down,

and now he's gonna try to
make it like it's my fault!

Typical lawyer.

I told him to go screw
himself, that's all.

(KNOCK AT DOOR)

Something
you should see.

Charles Dillon's
cell phone records.

Four calls the night
he was murdered.

The first one's from his boss,
then he calls his wife.

But the next one is from a
high-end escort service.

I bet the last one's to the
high-end hooker herself.

Any financial remuneration
that I receive from my clients

is for companionship,
not sex.

Right. We read the disclaimer
on your agency's website.

You know,
it would be too bad

if your negative attitude brought
down the whole operation.

You're not gonna
bust me, are you?

It depends.

Tell me what you know
about Charles Dillon.

He's a regular client.

He dates three or four
girls at the agency.

Busy man.

So besides variety,
what's he into?

Nothing too kinky. A little light
B&D if he's feeling frisky.

That's not a crime,
is it?

Stop it. You were
the last person

to see Charles alive
on Tuesday night.

But I didn't see him!

He called your agency and
then called your cell phone!

Charles booked me. I was on my way
over, but he called to cancel.

Really?

My driver was with me
when he called.

We turned around
and he drove me home.

Okay, well, we're gonna need your
driver's contact information.

Where were you supposed
to meet up with Charles?

The bar at
the Atlantique Hotel.

He liked to
hang out there.

Did he say why
he was canceling?

He said that he didn't
need my services,

that he was with somebody
that's gonna rock his world.

VILLA: Yeah, Charlie.

Some kinda big-shot
lawyer, he's here a lot.

Grey Goose
up with a twist.

Was he here
this Tuesday?

That's right.
Came in by himself.

(LAUGHS) I couldn't
believe who he left with.

A woman?

Gorgeous. Tall, well-dressed,
maybe a model.

Orders a glass of our primo
Cab, she's got an accent.

What kind of accent?

Is sexy a country?

From her coloring, I'm guessin'
South American or something.

So one of my regulars
sits down next to her,

throws down his rap,
but gets nowhere.

This guy's good, too.

Does regular
have a name?

Brent Sullivan.

So after five or ten minutes
of fending him off,

Charlie-boy walks in, she
goes and sits down with him.

Half an hour later,
they're leavin' together.

So they knew
each other?

Hard to say.

Did this woman
charge her drink?

Trust me. It's been a long time since
this lady paid for her own drink.

All right, where can we
find this Brent Sullivan?

SULLIVAN: Miss Brazil.

Let's see, I bought her
a $28 glass of wine.

I told her about my job
here as Creative Director

of the hottest advertising
boutique in the city,

my ski house in Aspen.

Okay, that's great. But
what did she tell you?

She was from Rio, she said she
lived in the West Village,

had some kind of
home design business.

Or maybe it was clothes.

She spent a lot of time
doing yoga.

She told you that?

I'm observant
and a good listener.

So, how long
you been a cop?

Okay, drop it.

Did she give you
her name?

Well, I got a number.

WOMAN ON PHONE:
What's up, player?

The woman who gave you
this phone number

thought you were
a total dork.

If you approach her again, she'll call
the police and report you as a stalker.

Have a nice day. And buy
some mouthwash, loser.

(MACHINE BEEPS)
That's nice!

A 1.99 a month,
you get your very own number.

You're kidding.
ED: Hey!

This Brazilian woman who left
the Atlantique with Dillon?

She charged that service
on her Am Ex card.

Her name
is Julia Veloso.

What's her sheet say?

She's got two priors
for solicitation.

So all of this high-level
corporate intrigue,

and our best suspect
is a prostitute?

It sounds
about right to me.

We'll let you know.

All right.

JULIA: I was just
getting ready to go out.

Don't worry,
this won't take long.

Do you recognize
this man?

5.8..'
about 40 years old?

Hmm.

Ah, yes, of course.

I had a drink with him
the other night.

Why?
Did something happen?

He's dead.

Dead.

Did you leave
with him?

I never met him before.

I joined him to get away
from an obnoxious guy

at the other end
of the bar.

This gentleman
was nice enough

to walk me out and wait
until I hailed a taxi.

Did he get in the cab
with you?

No.

Is there a Dr. Covington
living here?

That's my ex-husband.
We're not together anymore.

Any idea
how we can contact him?

I haven't seen him
in awhile.

I'm not sure
where he is.

All right, how about
the last place he worked?

I was married to Julia
for 10 months.

It was the biggest
mistake of my life.

Do you mind tellin' us
about that?

(SIGHS) Look, I'm trying to put
this part of my life behind me.

Look, Dr. Covington, we would not
be here if it wasn't important.

So...

All right.
Come over here.

Before I met Julia,
I was married for 11 years.

Jane and I have
two wonderful kids.

But I got bored,
I guess.

And I started
using call girls.

That's how
you met Julia.

Right.

Don't laugh, okay, but I
fell in love with her.

She was beautiful,
smart, exciting.

She had me convinced that she
was only doing this temporarily

to make ends meet.

Let me guess. She was working
her way through NYU.

Columbia.

Anyway, to make a long story
short, I left my family for her.

She said if I married her, she'd
stop doin' the escort thing.

I did.
And she never stopped.

Pretty soon, she met some
other pathetic sucker

who had a lot more money
than I did.

Is there anything you
can tell us about him?

When I first started to suspect that
Julia was turning tricks again,

I looked at
her phone bills which,

like an idiot,
I was still paying.

She made a lot of calls
to Halligan-Webb.

I knew that Charles used our
corporate suite from time to time.

But I cannot believe he was
taking prostitutes there.

We were wondering
if your company

had surveillance placed
in that apartment.

Is that supposed to be
some kind of joke?

No, and we were thinking
that you removed it

once this whole
eavesdropping issue broke.

Believe it or not,
Detective,

I had very little to do
with the eavesdropping.

Except to order it.

Come back and talk to me
when you've made Captain.

Maybe then you'll have a better
understanding of the world we live in.

You still haven't said whether you had
surveillance placed in that apartment building.

I don't know. But I can't
believe that Charles

would be stupid enough
to bug his little love nest.

Julia Veloso started calling
this company three years ago,

and it just so happens
the last time she calls

was the week that
Dillon was murdered.

So Dillon was
her new sugar daddy?

And a big upgrade from the
last two she was with.

The townhouse she's in
rents for $9,500 a month.

She's got
a state-of-the-art kitchen,

she's got
expensive furniture.

Does this woman have any
other source of income?

Let's just say I'm lookin'
into her finances.

Well, did anyone at the
corporate apartment building

pick her out
of an array?

There was no doorman.
But the bellman's positive

that he saw her and Dillon get into a
taxi at 8:30, which she lied about.

But what about motive?

Why kill Dillon when
he's picking up the tab?

Maybe he was about to cut off
that fancy lifestyle of hers.

Latent just matched prints
from a lamp

at the crime scene
to Julia Veloso.

Pick her up.

WOMAN: These are from
our Milan collection.

Oh, I want these.

Miss Veloso?
What do you want?

You need to come with us.
Excuse us.

This is very rude. Can I please
finish what I'm doing here?

Girl to girl,
where you're going,

you're gonna need some
much more sensible shoes.

Julia Veloso,
you're under arrest

for the murder
of Charles Dillon.

You have the right
to remain silent.

Anything you say may be used
against you in a court of law.

"Docket numbers 41506,
People v. Julia Veloso,

"charge is Murder
in the Second Degree."

How does
the defendant plead?

Not guilty.
JUDGE PINSKY: Bail?

People request
$1 million.

The defendant is
a citizen of Brazil,

has no direct ties
to New York

and has a criminal record
for prostitution.

YourHonon the People's case
is purely circumstantial.

They have
no physical evidence

connecting my client
to the crime.

The defendant's fingerprint
was found at the crime scene.

TINDELL: As Miss
Rubirosa indicated,

my client was
formerly an escort.

Who knows how many lonely
out-of-town businessmen

stayed in this
corporate apartment?

She may very well have been
there on a previous occasion.

We have an eyewitness who puts
the defendant and the victim

in a cab together at 8:30
on the night of the murder.

People's request
is granted.

Bail is set
at $1 million.

YourHonon given the level
of proof in this case...

$1 million. Next case.

You know, a hooker's
fingerprint in the bedroom

is not exactly
a smoking gun.

I'm not saying
it's a slam dunk,

but it's a solid
circumstantial case.

What about the motive?

Kept woman thinks the goose
laying the golden egg

is gonna cut her off.

Begs him to stay, he
says no, she kills him.

Why not just find
another goose?

This city's full of rich
men lookin' for trophies.

Who knows?
Maybe they were in love.

It's possible.

Yeah, I saw
Pretty Woman too, Connie.

So you're saying that
a beautiful young woman

can't fall in love with a
pudgy, middle-aged man

who is losing his hair.

I'm just saying as much as I might
regret it, it's highly unlikely.

I don't like these circumstantial
cases without an obvious motive.

Feel out the defense. Maybe
they're willing to make a deal.

JACK: If there's more to your
client's story than simple greed,

we'd be happy
to listen.

Are you here for some informal
discovery, Jack, or to make an offer?

So you're interested
in a plea?

Sure.
Misdemeanor solicitation,

and let's say
a modest fine.

We're willing to make a
reasonable offer, not...

You're fishing for information
because you have no evidence.

JACK: Your client was the last
person seen with the victim

on the night
of the murder.

She lied to the police about
getting into a cab with him.

Her fingerprint was found
at the crime scene,

not to mention
a compelling motive.

I'd say that's a pretty good
narrative for a jury, wouldn't you?

If it were true.

Try this narrative, Jack.

My client never met
Dillon until that night.

Never even laid eyes
on him.

Tindell might be right.

We have no direct
evidence establishing

a prior relationship
between Dillon and Julia.

What about
the phone calls to H-W?

They were all to
the general number.

None to his cell phone
or direct line.

E-mails?
None.

Who was paying her
$9,500 a month rent?

I'm not sure where she
was getting the money,

but she was the one
writing the checks.

There must be some financial
link between them.

Closest thing
I could find was this.

Julia Veloso owns 10,000
shares of Vulcan, Inc. stock.

It's a microchip company
spun off from H-W.

How much is it worth?

As of today,
about 300,000.

When did she purchase
the shares?

The day the company went
public, at the IPO price.

Talk to the investment banker
that took the company public.

GLEACHER:
It was a hot deaf.

First trade was 25%
over the IPO price.

So insiders made 25%
right off the bat?

With no risk.
Good business, huh?

How does someone
get on the list?

Have to be a friend
of the company.

Meaning what?

Meaning someone with somejuice
puts your name on the list.

Who at H-W has juice?

Only one person.
Samantha Weaver.

She calls all the shots.

The insiders' list is comprised
of friends and family members.

There's no
real science to it.

Who put Julia Veloso
on the list?

I'm the CEO of a publicly
traded company, Mr. McCoy.

So I'm sure you know
that everything I say,

no matter how trivial
it may seem,

has legal and
financial ramifications.

Is that your way of saying
you're not going to tell us?

It's my way of saying you
need to consult my attorney.

We just wanna know
if Dillon asked you

to put her on the list.
That's it.

Speak to Senior Counsel.
Peter Harris.

The subpoena's
pretty broad, Mr. McCoy.

Broad? I'd say it's overreaching
and abuse of power.

The D.A.'s office has no
business sniffing around

in Halligan-Webb's
corporate affairs.

JACK: The victim
worked for this company,

we need Mr. Dillon's
e-mails, his phone records.

And how is our company's
internal investigation

related to some hooker
killing Charles Dillon?

It's quite possible
that the murder

is connected
to Dillon's role

in the illegal
surveillance operation.

That's crap
and you know it.

This is a fishing
expedition.

If Mr. Harris prefers, we'd be happy
to procure the requested items

pursuant to an indictment of the
company for felony eavesdropping.

The federal authorities are
already investigating this.

So are we. We convened a
grand jury this morning.

Judge, that's a bootstrap to get
something that he's not entitled to.

And a damn good one,
Mr. Harris.

Halligan-Webb will comply
with the people's subpoena.

If you wanna survive this
Congressional investigation,

you'd better
come through.

I'm having a meeting
tomorrow with the Board

about your
severance package.

I'm thinking 10 million
sounds about right.

Given the circumstances.

WEAVER: No. We are under very
tight scrutiny right now.

That is not gonna be easy.
Figure it out!

I didn't have anything to do
with this, you know that.

Look, I don't
give a damn.

The Feds like
to flip up, not down.

You know what? I think
I'll take my chances.

And I know about
your Brazilian whore.

Press is gonna love a story
like that, don't you think?

Big-shot CEO shacking up
with a long-legged hooker?

Hah. I get hot
just thinkin' about that.

Fine. I will have another word
with our compensation consultant.

See if there's any
flexibility in the numbers.

You do that.

How in the heck
did you get that?

Halligan-Webb's
new General Counsel

turned over everything
in Dillon's office.

Including the
surveillance tapes.

Interesting fodder
for page six,

but what about
for our trial?

Dillon was threatening to
give up Weaver to the Feds,

tell the press about her lesbian
relationship with an ex-prostitute.

You think she was
involved in the murder?

Certainly she had the most
to gain from his death.

Well, that doesn't mean
she killed him.

She was paranoid enough
to make sure

that nobody leaked
any negative information

about her company or her
to the press or anyone.

Weaver's a tough CEO,
everybody knows that.

There's nothing wrong
with it.

Why don't
we stop theorizing

and start tryin'
to find some proof

tying Weaver
to the murder?

Samantha Weaver was
funneling $20,000 a month

into her girlfriend's
interior design company.

For how long?

The last two years.

Anything else?

Her credit card receipts
put her at an espresso bar

two blocks from
H-W headquarters,

and the barmaid picked
out a photo of her

and the woman she was
with, Julia Veloso.

So that's where Weaver
puts everything in motion.

She knows where Dillon's
headed that night,

she tells Julia to put on
something sexy and do her thing.

Think we can prove that?
We can infer it.

Here's the kicker.

Samantha Weaver purchased a Smith
& Wesson .38 in Houston in 1999.

Is that enough
for an arrest?

And a search warrant.

WEAVER: These past few
weeks have been trying.

But we need to move forward
and ignore the negative press.

We owe that to the stockholders
of this great company.

ED: Excuse us!
Sorry to interrupt.

We need to speak
with you outside.

I'll be right back. I'm sure
this is all a misunderstanding.

(MEN MURMURING)

This better
be important.

Oh, it is. We searched
your residence.

We couldn't find that .38
you bought in Houston.

That gun is
legally licensed.

Fine. Then tell us
where it is,

we'll do a quick
ballistics check,

and maybe you can walk
away from all this.

(CLEARS THROAT) I wanna speak
to my lawyer immediately.

I think that's
a great idea.

Because you're
under arrest

for the murder
of Charles Dillon.

You have the right
to remain silent.

Anything you say may be used
against you in a court of law.

Have to be
pretty damn ambitious

to murder somebody
over a job, don't ya?

Ambitious?
You should read her book,

Making it
to the Comer Office.

Hundred-hour weeks, nonstop networking,
cutthroat office politics.

This wasn't just a job,
this was her life.

Her identity.

(KNOCK AT DOOR)

Defensejust filed a motion to
suppress the videotaped conversation

between Dillon
and Weaver.

JACK: Based on what?
Attorney-client privilege.

The Court of Appeals'
position is quite clear.

Corporate officers may rely
on attorney-client privilege

to protect confidential communications
with their corporate counsel.

But the communication
must be legal in nature.

Predominantly legal,
not exclusively.

Mr. Dillon was attempting
to extort the defendant.

They were discussing a severance
agreement, a legal document.

A contract between
employer and employee.

I'm not buying it,
Mr. Tepper.

If Dillon was giving
legal advice,

he was doing it with a gun
pointed at Miss Weaver's head.

Well, it's illegal to videotape
someone without their consent.

The defendant is the one who
ordered the surveillance.

If you spy on yourself and get
caught, consent is implicit.

The conversation took place
in a men's room, Your Honor.

The General Business Law
doesn't allow much wiggle room

for admitting evidence secretly
recorded in the toilet.

Why should Samantha Weaver
benefit from a law

she intentionally broke
in the first place?

I admit it's paradoxical,
Mr. McCoy,

but there are certain
places cameras can't go.

I'm excluding
the videotape.

JACK: Call TindeH.

Tell him we want to make a
deal with Julia Veloso.

A deal?

We need someone to testify that
Dillon was extorting Weaver.

You really think
she's credible?

She's no Condoleezza Rice,
but she's all we got.

(sums)

What's in it for me?

A favorable
plea-bargain.

I like to know
all the terms

before I enter
into an arrangement.

Mmm-mmm. No promises until
after your testimony.

I can't go along
with that.

I can speak for myself.

If I do what you want, you
promise to take care of me?

This isn't about
what I want, Miss Veloso.

We're looking
for the truth.

Samantha asked me
to kill this man for her.

Your motive was
just as strong as hers.

Dillon was going to
destroy her career.

And she didn't
have the courage

to take care of the
problem on her own.

It seems to me the one
thing Samantha Weaver

does not lack
is courage.

Okay, let's say
she did want Dillon dead.

Why would she entrust
that job to you?

Because I proved
my loyalty to her.

She knew that her biggest
secret was safe with me.

How do I know what you're
saying is really what happened?

I guess
you have to trust me.

JULIA: Samantha said

that Charles Dillon was trying to
get her in trouble with the law.

Ruin her reputation.
Cost her lots of money.

HOW?

He was going to lie, tell Congress
that it was Samantha's idea

to wiretap phones,
spy on executives.

He was also going to
tell the press about us

unless Samantha
paid him off.

Paid him off?

He was going to resign because
of the wiretapping thing.

But he wanted $10 million.
A severance package.

What else did the defendant
tell you about Charles Dillon?

That things would be
better if he were dead.

JACK: What happened
on the night in question?

Samantha met me
for coffee.

She told me that Dillon would be
at the bar at the Atlantique.

Then she gave me
a picture of him,

so I'd know
what he looked like.

Then what happened?

She told me to go to her
house and get a gun.

A .38 from
her bedroom closet.

And you agreed to
go along with this?

Samantha said
if Dillon got her fired,

she'd lose
all her stock options.

It was everything
she worked for.

If I didn't help her keep it,
she'd end our arrangement.

What did you do
after you got the gun?

Iwent to
the Atlantique.

I saw Dillon.
I flirted with him.

Then what?

We went back
to his apartment.

I pretended I was going
to have sex with him.

Itied him up,
and then I shot him.

What did you do with Samantha
Weaver's gun after you shot him?

I threw it away in a garbage
can near my apartment.

Nothing further.

In exchange
for your testimony,

the prosecution has offered you
a favorable deal, correct?

They told me to
tell the truth.

The truth or whatever is necessary
to convict Samantha Weaver?

Objection!
JUDGE MASON: Sustained.

You pled guilty to a prostitution
charge four years ago, correct?

I don't do that
anymore.

Right.

Now you're a legitimate
kept woman.

You have
awealthy girlfriend,

and a $9,500
a month apartment.

Yes.

That's not bad.

No, it's not bad.

Do you like having someone
pay your bills for you?

Wouldn't you?

Me? No, I have too much
self-respect for that.

Your Honor!
JUDGE MASON: Please.

Next question,
Mr. Tepper.

You had the key to Samantha
Weaver's brownstone

and the password
for her security system?

Yes.

And you knew
she had a gun?

Yes.

Isn't it a fact that you killed
Charles Dillon on your own

because you were worried
that you might have

to move out of
your swanky apartment

and go back to working the streets
like a regular old whore?

Objection!
TEPPER: Withdrawn.

Nothing further.

How would you describe
yourself, Samantha?

I'm driven, controlling,
aggressive, insensitive.

Any positive qualities?

I'm sure there are a few,
but I don't dwell on them.

Did you ever tell Julia Veloso
about your problems at work?

Every once in a while.

Our relationship
wasn't very intimate.

It was more functional.

Sexual?
Yes.

Did you ever mention the
name Charles Dillon to her?

I vented a few times about Charles'
role in the eavesdropping matter,

how he put the company
at risk.

I'd also mentioned that he
was trying to pressure me

into supporting an
unreasonable severance plan.

What do you mean
by pressure you?

Well, he threatened
to tell the press

about my relationship
with Julia.

He also threatened
to lie to Congress

and the U.S. Attorney's
Office about me.

How did Julia react
to that?

She was upset.
Enraged, actually.

She thought that if I
was gonna go broke,

that she'd end up
on the streets again.

Itried to
calm her down,

assure her
that wasn't the case,

but I don't think
she really believed me.

Did you ever tell Julia
to kill Charles Dillon?

No. No, of course not.

Nothing further.

If you were indicted in
the eavesdropping scandal,

your employment contract would
have been terminated, correct?

Yes.

You'd lose one million
shares of stock,

currently valued
at $75 million?

Correct.

So it was just a stroke
of good luck

that your girlfriend
murdered the one man

who could cost you your job and $75
million, is that what you're saying?

I'm saying
it's a tragedy.

Atragedy
engineered by you?

I had nothing
to do with it.

So Juliajust killed Charles
Dillon on her own?

Risked life in prison
to protect you?

She was trying
to protect herself.

She thought that
if I were fired,

lwouldn't
support her anymore.

You pu rchased a .38
caliber handgun in 1999.

The same model used
to kill Charles Dillon?

Yes. But there are probably
thousands, maybe millions,

of .38s out there.

But your .38
is currently missing?

I threw it away
a few years ago

after watching a PBS
documentary on handguns.

Despite the NRA bumper sticker
on my father's pickup truck.

So where did Julia get the exact
same type of gun, Miss Weaver?

I have no idea.

Her testimony that she
used your gun was a lie?

Yes.

I am a businesswoman,
Mr. McCoy, not a criminal.

I solve problems through
negotiation and compromise.

Even when someone
has wronged you?

As a young,
female CEO,

I have been the victim
of false press reports,

negative rumors,
failed coup attempts,

and I never take them
personally. Never.

And I don't react emotionally,
or try to exact revenge.

That only plays into
the hands of the men

that are trying
to take me down.

You solve disputes peacefully,
is that what you're saying?

I'm pragmatic,
Mr. McCoy, not vindictive.

She doth protest
a little too much.

About what?

About not
being vindictive.

You're saying you're going to call
rebuttal witnesses to prove she is?

She told the jury that she
didn't believe in revenge.

I intend to
prove otherwise.

How? By calling every
male disgruntled employee

and asking him to testify that
Samantha Weaver is the devil?

What's wrong with that?

It has nothing to do with
the merits of this case.

She made character an
issue, Connie, not me.

Character? Or persona?

What's the difference?

Look,
I know she's tough,

but, you know,
maybe it's a choice.

A management style
she's adopted

to motivate the men
working underneath her.

Or maybe she's
just a sociopath

who murdered
her General Counsel

'cause he was gonna
ruin her life.

The facts
cut both ways, Jack.

Is it so hard to believe that a
hooker from the slums of Rio

killed someone she thought was
trying to ruin her life of luxury?

What's hard to believe
is the ruthless CEO

having absolutely nothing
to do with a murder

she had everything
to gain from.

Okay, then focus
on her motivation.

Or is her reputation for being a hard ass
relevant just because she's a woman?

Man or woman,
it's relevant

because she misrepresented
herself to the jury.

Get the H-W executives
ready for trial.

CALDWELL: I gave
an anonymous interview

to The Wall Street Journal
three months ago.

I told the reporter I thought senior
management was doing a satisfactoryjob,

but made some
questionable decisions.

Was that article the precipitant
for the illegal eavesdropping?

Yeah.

Samantha was outraged that
the anonymous source, me,

used the word "satisfactory"
rather than "spectacular."

What did she do when she found
out you were the source?

She called me into her
office, she fired me,

and then she told me she was
going to destroy my career.

Are you currently
employed?

No.

Every time I get close
to a new job,

Samantha puts
the kibosh on it.

TEPPER: You started at H-W three years
before Samantha Weaver. Correct?

CALDWELL: Yes.

And you're 10 years
older than she is?

Yeah, I believe so.

And yet she's been your boss
for the past five years

and made three times the money you did.
Did that bother you?

Oh, sure.
Why? Because she's a woman?

No, because she's manipulative.
And selfish.

Is that why you leaked confidential
information to The Wall Street Journal?

I gave
an anonymous interview.

Thafsit I didn't
disclose trade secrets.

It's against
company policy

to communicate
with the press

in any way without the
authorization of the CEO, correct?

Yes.
So let me get this straight.

You betrayed your boss and
the company you worked for

and you're complaining
that you got fired?

Nothing further.

I wasn't disrespectful.

I just said I thought her financial
projections were a little too aggressive.

Then what happened?
She fired me.

For disagreeing
with her?

She didn't say that was the
reason, but that was the reason.

What did she say in
your exit interview?

That I wasn't spending
enough time at the office.

Which was true. I was working
at home two days a week,

but I was still
putting in my 70 hours.

Why were you
working from home?

My wife
had breast cancer.

She was undergoing
some pretty intense chemo.

And the defendant
was aware of this?

Yes.

And she fired you
anyway?

Yes. I begged her
for another chance,

but it was
a waste of time.

She said that my career
at H-W was over.

And that no one makes her look bad
in front of the Board of Directors.

No one.

Nothing further.

It's not easy for a woman
to become CEO

of a Fortune 500 company
at the age of 35.

You make lots of enemies,
you bruise lots of egos,

that's just
the way it is.

What's your point?

Well, despite the testimony
of my bitter ex-employees,

I had nothing to do with
Charles Dillon's death.

Right. Your lover
acted on her own.

I know that's hard for you
to believe, Mr. McCoy,

but it's true.

Julia had a tough,
a very tough upbringing.

Clearly, there's still a lot of
anger there, especially toward men.

What do you want,
Miss Weaver?

A plea-bargain.

You just testified
you were innocent.

I am. But I make
my decisions based

on numbers, fact,
perceived risk,

and I am guessing that juries
don't like over-achieving women

who fire men whose wives
are dying of cancer.

Murder Two,
15-to-life.

Man Two, five- to-15.

Forget it!

Why would I kill someone over a half-assed
federal eavesdropping indictment?

Or because someone
was threatening to out me?

I'm a very wealthy woman.

Who'd never work for a Fortune 500
company the rest of her life.

Ah. You are just
like everyone else.

You think
that I am guilty

because I am a woman
who has power.

No.

Miss Weaver,
I think you're guilty

for the same reason you bugged
your corporate headquarters.

You're a person with power
who couldn't bear to lose it.

Have you reached
a verdict?

We have, Your Honor.

We find the defendant,
Samantha Weaver,

guilty of murder
in the Second Degree.

(GAVEL BANGS)

(PEOPLE MURMURING)

(WHISPERING)

Let's go, ma'am.

Night.

Ask me how
I sleep at night.

How do you
sleep at night?

Like a baby.

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