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[door opens]

- God, I look awful.

- No, you don't.

- I do.

I look awful.

I feel awful.

And I've got three months to go.

- After which the fun really starts.

[chuckles]

- Least then I'll be able to-- to see it.

It'll be a real person instead of just this weight.

Right now, all I can think of is that I'm fat, I'm alone,

and I can't wait for it to be over.

And I feel guilty for not being thankful

and in love with what's inside me.

- Roxanne, there are plenty of times that I

felt exactly the same way.

- There were?

- Of course, there were.

And there's one thing I can tell you with absolute certainty.

- What's that?

- In another three months, it'll all be over, you won't be fat,

and you'll have a little baby to show for it.

- Now, if I could just do something about the alone part,

I'd be all set.

- Well, that's not necessarily a permanent condition either.

- Right. Who knows?

Prince Charming could walk in the door.

- Hi, Roxanne.

Look who's here.

- Hello, David.

- You look positively radiant.

- Thank you.

- So tell me, what's going on in your life?

- Oh, you know.

- I don't know.

- Well, I'm working part-time.

I'm expecting a baby.

- I heard that.

- Well, then I suppose you also heard that I'm not married.

- Yes, I did.

Is there a special someone?

- No.

No.

There is no special someone.

- Good.

- Good?

- Good-- no, I mean you're on your own.

That's another way to go.

And who's to say that's not the right way?

- How are you, David?

- I'm great.

I'm terrific.

I'm, knock wood, doing fabulously well financially.

And ever since our divorce, I've been

learning a lot more about myself as a human being

with each passing day.

- I'm glad.

- I got a lot of irons in the fire, cable radio, marzipan

baskets by mail, whale watching videos, a lot of stuff,

but that's not what I want to talk to you about.

- What do you want to talk to me about?

- First phone, patent pending, all rights reserved.

- What is that?

- You're asking me what is that?

That is a device that permits you to communicate

with the fetus in utero.

And I want to sell this, not via direct mail,

but via television.

An infomercial, Roxanne.

You, me-- and are you ready for this--

Candice Bergen, sitting on a sectional sofa

talking about the relationship between a woman

and the life inside her.

Will you have lunch with me?

- I can't today.

- Tomorrow then?

- All right, tomorrow.

- This is going to change your life, Roxanne.

Believe me.

You titian-haired Madonna you.

- Ugh.

[theme music]

- Gwen Taylor versus Anthony Henderson.

[non-english]

- Oh, yeah, that's mine.

Actually, I guess that's yours.

- I think it belongs to both of us.

Gwen is suing her bar review instructor

for sexual harassment.

- Where do you find the time to do that now?

- I'm trying to get up my nerve to go in there

and take the bar.

I feel that this is helping me do that.

- Be smart about this, Ann.

If a reasonable settlement is there to be had, just grab it.

- We will.

- Hackett versus Steinwald Animation.

- That happens to be mine.

I'm happy to say that we're representing Mr. Buddy Hackett.

- Really?

How did that come to pass?

- He's an old friend of Roxanne's family.

She brought him in.

- For what purpose are we representing him?

- He claims his likeness was appropriated

for a Saturday children's show called Ned and Ed.

- Since when have you handled right

of publicity cases, Douglas?

- I haven't before.

- You know that it's fairly convoluted law.

I've done quite a bit of work in the field

of intellectual property, and it can get very sticky.

- Rest assured, Melina, I will be

calling on you for assistance.

- Why are you handling this case, Douglas?

- It's Buddy Hackett.

I've always loved Buddy Hackett.

- This is the managing partner speaking.

[laughter]

- I know you from when you first started out in Las Vegas.

- You saw me at the Desert Inn in 1952?

- No, no, it was much later than that.

- Oh, then it's when you first started out.

- I'm sure you've heard the one about the attorney who goes

to visit his client in jail.

Have you heard it?

- Doug, please.

- The client is sitting there stark naked,

except for his hat.

The attorney says, what's wrong, why are

you sitting here stark naked?

The client says, what's the difference?

Nobody's coming to see me.

The attorney says, so why the hat?

The client says, somebody might come.

- That's very good, Doug.

Listen, are you aware that Mr. Paul Sherman, my attorney

in New York City, must be kept aware of everything that

takes place in this matter?

- I will keep him fully informed.

- Also, I heard that not only do they have cartoons of my face,

they make them puppets.

- I know about that.

I'm on top of it.

- Good.

- Plaintiff goes to a judge and gives him $500.

A defendant in the same action goes to the judge

and gives him $1,000.

The judge calls the plaintiff in and says, give me another $500

and I'll call it on the merits.

- Doug, do you like to tell jokes?

- Well, usually, I like to feather

them into a conversation.

- Doug, I like to play golf, but when you tell me a joke,

it's like me waking up Arnold Palmer at 5:00

in the morning so he can watch me putt.

- That's great. I love that.

[knocking on door] - You love that?

[door opens]

- Excuse me, I'm going out for a while.

If I don't see you, I just wanted to say goodbye.

- Let me walk you out.

- It's only 15 feet.

- I'll walk you to Pittsburgh.

It's not going to work, I'm afraid.

- Why? What's wrong?

- He keeps telling me jokes.

- Oh, God.

- Doesn't he know you're not supposed

to tell jokes to a comedian?

- I think he's just trying to impress you.

- He can impress me just by being a good lawyer.

- Do you want me to talk to him?

- Nah, I can handle it.

Hey, how are you doing? How are you getting along?

- I'm fine.

- Is there anything I can do for you?

- Oh, no.

Thank you.

I'm fine.

- Buddy, I just remembered one.

- Let me close the door.

I want you to see what happens if you tell it.

[chatter]

- Did she get any sleep last night?

- Neither of us did.

- Fran, I'm not going to take anything away from

your daughter in there, not her self-esteem,

not her humanity, nothing.

I've decided that while she might express herself

a little different than the rest of us,

she knows what she wants, she knows what she doesn't want.

And I'm not going to try to prove otherwise.

- How are you going to get a conviction?

- By proving that she was raped.

Rosalie?

Are you ready?

- Rule number one, think before you speak.

Rule number two, tell them exactly what happened, no more.

- It's going to be fine.

You're going to be fine.

- Rule number one, think before you speak.

I was in the locker room at the rec center where I go swimming.

And Clark Sims just walked right in.

- Do you see Clark Sims in the courtroom today?

- That's Clark.

- Let the record reflect that the witness

has indicated the defendant.

Rosalie, this was the girls' locker room.

Did you invite Mr. Sims to come in there?

- No, he just came in.

He came in and locked the door.

- And what did he say when he came in?

- He said that I was pretty.

- And what did you say?

- I said thank you.

- And what else did he say?

- He had an orange soda in a can that wasn't open.

And he said I could have it.

- Did you take it?

- Uh-huh.

And after I had some, he told me to stick out my tongue,

see if it was orange.

Um, and he said that it was, but I couldn't see it.

So we went over to the mirror and I looked.

Um, and then he turned me around and he kissed me.

He said he wanted to help me get that orange off my tongue.

- Did you kiss him back?

- No.

- Now, what did he do next, Rosalie?

- He did-- he did sex with me.

- Did you ever tell him not to?

- I told him I wanted to go home.

- Did you tell him to stop?

- Well, I think I did.

I know I told him I had to go home.

I know I told him that he was heavy.

And I know I asked him to get off of me.

And I know that I started to cry.

- And what did he do when you started to cry?

- He put his hand on my face.

- Rosalie, I want you to take my hand

and I want you to pretend that it's Mr. Sims' hand.

And I want you to show these people exactly how he put it.

- Mm.

- Like this, Rosalie?

[rosalie sobbing]

I have nothing further.

- Your Honor, with the court's permission,

I would waive my cross examination for the present.

- The court appreciates counsel's solicitude.

The witness is excused.

You may go back to your seat, Miss Hendrickson.

Bailiff?

[somber music]

- The first time you spoke to Mr. Henderson

privately, who initiated the conversation?

- I did.

- What were the circumstances?

- I asked him if he could suggest a tutor to help

me study for the bar exam.

- What was his response?

- He offered to tutor me himself.

- Did he do so?

- Yes, he did.

- You alleged that on May 6, Mr. Henderson kissed you.

Is that right?

- That's right.

- Did you tell him that you'd rather he didn't continue.

- As soon as he did it, he apologized.

He convinced me that it was a momentary loss

of impulse control.

And he convinced me that it would never happen again.

- In other words, you didn't tell him that you'd

rather he didn't continue.

- Did I act like I wanted you to continue, Tony?

- You're not really interested in my response

to that question, are you?

- No, actually, we're not.

- Leslie, I wonder if I might not ask Ms. Taylor a question.

- I'd like for the questioning to be

conducted by your attorney, Mr. Henderson.

- I just wanted to ask her whether or not

she saw a certain parallel between her behavior toward me

and her behavior toward, say, Arnold Becker.

- What?

- We know about Frank Kittredge.

We also know about Daniel Morales.

It's funny how after your fling with Arnold Becker,

you got a permanent job here.

After Mr. Kittredge, you were promoted to law clerk.

We still haven't quite figured out the payoff for Mr. Morales.

- This is supposed to rattle me, isn't it, Tony?

- I don't know. Does it rattle you?

- My relationship with all those men

came about because I consented to them.

- I'm sure that you did.

- You are despicable, you know that?

- Touched a nerve, haven't I?

The way you conduct yourself with men,

the way you go about getting what you want,

those are sensitive subjects, aren't they?

- Do you have any more questions to ask Ms. Whitestone?

- Yes, I do, Ms. Kelsey.

I have a great many more questions to ask.

- Dr. Carlson, in your opinion, does Rosalie have a disability?

- Rosalie has an IQ of 68.

She would be considered mentally retarded.

- Would you characterize for us the manner in which

this condition distinguishes her from those

of normal intelligence?

- Yes, she's rather naive and childlike, in fact.

Her social skills are impaired, as well

as her ability to communicate whatever she

might be feeling or thinking.

- And based on your examination of her,

do you have an opinion as to whether

or not she consented to having sexual intercourse

with the defendant?

- I do.

- And what is that opinion, Doctor?

- While she may have been flattered by the attention paid

her, in my opinion, she was not interested

in having sexual intercourse with this man

nor did she consent to have sexual intercourse with him.

- Thank you, Doctor.

I have no further questions.

- What physical symptoms of mental retardation

does Rosalie manifest, Doctor?

- Physical symptoms?

- Does she suffer from congenital microcephaly?

- No.

- Does she have mongolism?

Down syndrome?

- No.

- A brachycephalic skull?

A flattened occipital region?

Stubby hands?

Hydrocephalus?

Cretinism?

- She has none of these disorders, Mr. Curry.

She looks like you and me.

- Actually, Doctor, I'd say she's better looking.

- Counselor, this young woman's speech,

her demeanor, her cognitive skills,

all make it readily apparent that she

is developmentally disabled.

- Should we assume, Doctor, that what

is readily apparent to an expert in the field

of developmental disabilities is also readily

apparent to a layperson?

- No, but I should think that even a layperson--

- Thank you, Doctor.

No will suffice.

During your examination of Rosalie,

did she express any familiarity with the--

the use of contraceptive devices?

- Objection.

- It goes to the complainants capacity, Your Honor.

- I'll allow it.

- Yes, she did.

- Does she herself use any contraceptive devices?

- She's on the pill.

- So it's safe to assume, Doctor,

that she is indeed capable of consenting

to sexual intercourse.

- She's capable, but in this instance,

I do not believe that that is what she did.

- Were you in the room at the time

this event took place, Doctor?

- No, I wasn't.

- No further questions.

[chatter]

- Do you have a reservation, ma'am?

- Hi.

- Sorry I'm late.

The freeway was a parking lot.

- Oh, it's OK.

It's OK.

It is so good to see you, Roxanne.

I know there were a million good reasons for us to part,

but the truth is you've left a yawning void in my life.

- I think I'm going to have a little wine.

- Can you?

- Yeah, doctor says that once in a while it's OK.

- Can I take your drink orders?

- I would like a glass of white wine.

- Mineral water for me, please, sans bubbles.

- Are you sure you wouldn't like to have

something non-alcoholic?

- Yes, I am.

Thank you.

- Are you aware of the risks involved in drinking alcohol

while you're pregnant?

- Yes, I am.

And as a rule, I don't drink.

But today, I would like a glass of wine.

I can't believe I have to justify myself to her.

- I know.

I thought it was a little nervy.

- Listen, Dave, I have to tell you something.

I don't want to get involved in this project of yours.

- Roxanne--

- Wait, just hear me out, OK?

You and I made a clean break with one another.

And I don't want to go back and re-establish a relationship.

- But this is a business relationship

we're talking about.

- No, it's not.

You know it's not.

- Excuse me.

We're really concerned that you're

unaware of the potential effects of alcohol on a fetus.

- What?

- There's a sign over the bar here

that says drinking alcohol during pregnancy

can cause birth defects.

We're not making this up.

- It's also on every bottle.

- Where's the manager?

- I'm the assistant manager.

- I don't want the assistant manager.

I want the manager.

I want the one who's in charge.

- Sir, we feel as though she should know what

she's doing, not just to her body,

but to the body of her child.

- Let's go, David.

Let's just get out of here.

- Listen to me, you sanctimonious

little piss pots, the lady ordered a glass of wine.

Now, it is your job to smile sweetly and bring it to her.

Now, either you treat this woman as an adult

and do exactly as she has asked you or I will have you fired.

- Come on, Rachel, there's no point in arguing with them.

- Are you all right?

- When would you like me to do this infomercial?

[chatter]

- It's a nursery motif.

You'll be right there.

Candice will be over there.

And I'll be right there in the middle.

- I can't do this, David.

- Why not?

- Because I can't.

I don't want to be on television.

I don't want to be selling that thing.

Listen, you'll do fine without me, really.

- Mr. Meyer.

- Hello, Al.

Uh, Roxanne, this is Al Urbaniak.

He's in charge of the facilities here.

- It seems you hung some paper on me, Mr. Meyer.

- What do you mean?

- What do I mean?

I mean your check bounced.

That's what I mean.

- How could that be?

- Let me spare us both the awkwardness

of pretending that that question needs an answer.

Suffice it to say, if I don't have a certified check

for $21,000 in my hand by 5:00 PM today,

this set will be struck, and your presence on these premises

will be deemed trespassing.

I'm pleased to meet you.

- What's going on, David?

- I thought the bank would pay it.

I mean, I thought I would at the very least get on the air.

Roxanne, I lied to you.

I haven't been doing fabulously well at all.

In point of fact, I'm broke.

I've had to sell everything I ever owned.

I don't have two nickels to rub together.

- Why did you lie?

- It's the only thing I ever had any success at was business.

In your eyes, I had to be a success,

and I just wasn't anymore.

I mean, I wouldn't even have these fetal phones

if it wasn't for this obstetrician inventor

that I know who gave up on trying to move them himself.

Excuse me.

I came up with the name First Phone

and I thought that I might be able to sell

myself out of the hole.

- Maybe you still can.

- How?

- By me putting up the 21,000.

- Oh, no, I can't ask you to do that.

- You didn't ask me.

- Roxanne, I don't think you should put

your funds at risk like that.

- David, I'm doing this because I want to.

You didn't talk me into it.

Now, don't try and talk me out of it.

Now, do you actually have Candice Bergen

or did you lie about that too?

- I lied about that too.

- You need a celebrity to drive this thing.

I've got one.

- Who?

- Buddy Hackett.

- Buddy Hackett?

- Roxanne, Buddy Hackett can't do this.

- He's who I can deliver.

- But we're trying to sell to pregnant women.

- That's right.

And in order to get them to buy, you have to get them to watch.

And I think that we stand a better chance of doing that

with Buddy than without him.

I suggest we get out of here.

We've got a lot of work to do between now and tomorrow.

- Buddy Hackett?

[music playing]

- Mr. Henderson, did you kiss Gwen Taylor during a study

session on May 6?

- Yes.

- Were you of the belief that this was an appropriate gesture

under the circumstances?

- Ms. Taylor's manner, including but not limited to her body

language and the come hither expression on her face,

indicated to me that it was appropriate.

- If that was the case, why did you see fit to apologize?

- Because I'm vulnerable.

Because I fear rejection.

Because I can't seem to accept that

a woman would actually welcome my advances despite the fact

that she might invite them.

I suffer from low self-esteem is the problem.

Apologizing is pretty much of a reflex for me.

- You're unbelievable, you know that?

- On May 13, you both kissed and fondled Ms. Taylor,

did you not?

- Does what I did qualify as fondling?

I guess it does.

Yes, I did kiss and fondle her.

- Did you ask her to spend the weekend with you

at the San Ysidro Ranch?

- Yes, I did.

- How did she respond?

- My recollection is that she said she'd think about it.

- I said I'd think about it.

- That's my recollection.

- It is the case, is it not, that Ms. Taylor declined

either to go away with you for the weekend

or to pursue any sort of romantic relationship?

- Tragically, it is.

- And how did you respond when she did so?

- I acceded to her wishes.

- Were you a partner at Frew, Eckhouse

& Richards from 1985 to 1990?

- Yes.

- Janice Reinecke was your assistant, was she not?

- Yes, she was.

- Isn't it a fact that she too filed

charges of sexual harassment against you?

- Excuse me.

Janice Reinecke isn't Gwen Taylor.

There's no relevance to this line of questioning,

and I'm going to ask that it be discontinued.

- And she slept with you, didn't she?

- Ms. Kelsey?

- She slept with you for six months.

And when she broke it off, you fired her.

- Could you please control your client.

- You don't know the first thing about my relationship

with Janice Reinecke.

- We have a signed statement from her, Mr. Henderson.

That does tell us something.

- We also know that when she was gone,

you hit on another secretary, only this one complained

and you were asked to resign.

- We also have an investigator checking into your career

as a law professor.

- As we speak.

- Let's go.

- I'm not finished deposing you, Mr. Henderson.

- I am not willing to sit here and be vilified

by the two of you for events in my past

that have nothing to do with the specific issues of this case.

And since you insist on delving into them,

I'm terminating my participation in these proceedings.

Leslie, pick up your briefcase and let's go.

- I think we got him.

- This is a sexually active young woman.

I should be able to inquire into the manner in which

she conducts herself with men.

- You know, Mr. Curry forgets that there's something

called the rape shield law to prevent

this very line of inquiry.

The manner in which Rosalie Hendrickson conducts herself

with men has nothing to do with whether or not she was

raped by one particular man.

- I'll listen to Mr. Stulwicz's testimony

before ruling on whether or not the jury can hear it.

Proceed, Mr. Curry.

- Mr. Stulwicz, how long have you known Rosalie Hendrickson?

- I met her about a month ago.

- Did you have sexual intercourse with her?

- Yes, I have.

- How long after you met Rosalie did

you have sexual intercourse?

- Two-- two weeks maybe.

- Mr. Stulwicz, whose idea was it to have sex?

- Both of us.

- Who suggested it first?

- Well, Rosalie did.

- How long after you met her did she do this?

- A-- a couple of days.

- A couple of days?

But you didn't have sex for a couple of weeks,

so you were the one who said no.

She wanted to, but you held off.

- Your Honor, what possible probative value

does any of this have?

- If the complainant has a pattern of sexually

aggressive behavior, I believe that's relevant, particularly

relevant given the way the prosecution is depicting her.

- No, sir.

What this young woman and this gentleman

may or may not have done is their business.

And it is utterly irrelevant to the issues in this case.

There is only one person on trial here

and that's your client.

- I was standing by the trophy case.

Rosalie calls to me from the women's locker room.

And I thought that she needed my help, so I

went in to see what she wanted.

- What happened?

- Well, she was standing there, um, half naked, you know.

She smiled.

We started talking.

- What'd you talk about?

- This and that.

She told me how healthy she was.

And she told me how much she liked to swim.

Nothing earth-shattering.

I said that we should go to the beach sometime.

But the thing is that the whole time that she's talking to me,

she's letting the towel slip off, and she keeps smiling.

- What'd you do?

- I smiled back.

[chuckles]

- And then next thing I know, she's asking me to--

to dry her off.

One thing led to another, so to speak.

- Mr. Sims, did you know that Ms. Hendrickson was retarded?

- No, I thought that she had a speech impediment.

- Did she ever say that she didn't

want to have sex with you?

- No, she did not.

- Did she ever say stop once you'd started?

- No, she did not.

The truth is she came on to me.

- Nothing further, Your Honor.

- Why did you lock the door, Mr. Sims?

- I wanted privacy.

I-- I mean, I could see the way that things were going

and I just didn't want to get walked in on.

- Mm.

Why didn't you simply go someplace where

you wouldn't get walked in on?

- She didn't want to.

She wanted to do it right where we were.

- Did she also want you to cover her face

so you didn't have to see it?

- I didn't do that.

- So she's lying?

- Yeah, she's lying.

- This young woman with an IQ of 68

sat here and made up this entire story?

- That's right.

- So it isn't true that you put your hand over her face

so you wouldn't have to hear her or look at her,

so you could turn her into a receptacle you could roll

off of when you were finished?

- Your Honor, I object to this!

- It isn't true that she was crying?

It isn't true that she was pleading

with you to let her go?

She's lying?

- That's right.

- She's lying and you're telling the truth?

- She's lying and I'm telling the truth.

- Mr. Mullaney, that's enough.

- I have no further questions.

[chatter]

- As you're going to hear from real testimonials,

for the sum of $49.95, you can now make contact

with your unborn child, actual contact, not just

futile mouthings never to be heard.

You will speak with your child directly.

You will speak with your child as you

would any other loved one.

You will speak with your child by picking up the phone,

by picking up First Phone.

And what could be more comforting to that unborn child

than to hear the sound of a mother's voice saying,

welcome to my world, little person.

- Depends on the mother, no?

I mean, you might hear some babies in there running

the water so they won't have to hear the mother say, welcome

to my world, little person.

[chuckling]

- That's good, Buddy.

- I like to sing to mine.

- Oh, really?

And what kinds of things do you like to sing?

- I like to sing folk songs.

"Kumbaya" is a particular favorite.

- (SINGING) Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya.

Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya.

[applause]

- Very good.

Excellent.

Mm-hmm.

So you sing those songs now, and then when your baby is born,

do you know whether it's going to be a boy or a girl?

- It's a boy.

- Your little boy will recognize and respond

to the sound of your voice.

- At which point, he'll say, so it's

been you that's been doing all that singing,

I can't take a leak that I don't hear "Kumbaya.

[non-english speech]

- So, Daphne, what about you?

- Well, for me, it's an educational tool.

I read stories that are designed to develop a child's

linguistic skills, and I'm using it

to get an early start on learning

languages other than English.

[non-english speech]

[applause]

- Daphne, you're of the Jewish faith, aren't you?

- Yes.

- Oh, I can always tell.

You know how?

When someone's name is either Abramowitz or delicatessen.

[chuckles]

Would you permit me to have a word with the little genius?

Dave, let me have the First Phone.

- Mm-hmm.

- The $49.95 item that allows you to communicate pre-birth.

[non-english singing].

- You know, that is--

that's very interesting, Buddy, but I don't think our audience

understands what you're saying.

[chatter]

- Folks, permit me.

Before my new friend Dave Myer hangs himself

with his own belt, let me tell you

what I said was it's a tough world here,

but he has a beautiful mother and she loves him a great deal.

And this instrument helps her to love him even more

because she's communicating long before they

ever even get to meet.

Isn't that wonderful?

This isn't Buddy Hackett, the comic, talking.

This is Buddy Hackett, the father and grandfather,

and I'm telling you there is nothing like that precious love

of a baby.

You wake up in the middle of the night

and those little arms go around your neck.

And you can fight a lion and you can beat that lion because

of the precious love of that child, the most wonderful thing

on Earth.

Am I right, Roxanne?

[applause]

- Right.

Right, Buddy.

Um, and I'd like to tell you how I like to use my First Phone.

I like to use it just to talk.

I-- I tell my baby that I-- that I'm scared.

I-- I tell my baby that I'm lonesome.

I tell my baby that--

that I love her.

You're right, Buddy, that love is the most

precious thing on this Earth.

[applause]

- Miss Hendrickson, may I remind you

that you are still under oath?

- May I call you Rosalie?

- Yeah, that's my name.

- My name is Arthur.

That's what you can call me.

- OK-- Arthur.

- Clark told you he'd be your boyfriend, didn't he?

- Yeah.

- Did you like that idea?

- Well, I guess so.

- Did you like it when he kissed you?

- I don't know.

- Maybe-- maybe just a little bit?

- Maybe.

- You know, kissing-- kissing is kind of fun, isn't it?

- Yeah.

- Even an old man like me knows that.

- Oh, you're not that old.

[chuckles]

- Thank you for saying that.

- You're welcome.

- Uh, tell me something, Rosalie,

if Clark was your boyfriend, kissing isn't the only thing

you'd do with him, is it?

- Well, he wasn't my boyfriend though.

- But you wanted him to be your boyfriend, didn't you?

- I don't know.

- Well, you talked about going out on a date with him

and you kissed him.

- But I--

I-- I didn't want to keep kissing him, though.

- Are you sure about that, Rosalie?

Are you sure you didn't want to keep on not just kissing him,

but to go all the way with him. - Objection.

Badgering. - Are you sure--

- Sustained.

- that you didn't want to do the type

of things with Clark that would make

him be your boyfriend for sure?

- Your Honor.

- Mr. Curry, there's been an objection and the objection

is sustained.

- I wanted him to be my boyfriend

when he was being nice to me.

Then he stopped being nice to me.

Then I just want to go home.

- Rosalie-- I think it's time you started telling the truth.

Isn't what really happened is that you had sex

willingly and freely and because it was fun

and that you went to Mr. Mullaney

because your new boyfriend Benny Stulwicz told you to?

- That's not true!

- Sit down, Mr. Stulwicz.

- I asked him to let me go home and he wouldn't.

I asked him to get off of me and he wouldn't.

I asked him to stop doing what he was

doing to me and he wouldn't.

And now-- now, Clark, why are you so mean to me?

Why did you hurt me like that?

Why?

- Mr. Curry, do you have any more

questions for this witness?

- No, Your Honor.

- In that case, I think we should adjourn until tomorrow.

[chatter]

- Rosalie Hendrickson is a pretty woman.

Clark Sims was attracted to her.

She was flattered by his attention.

They enjoyed each other's company,

and they enjoyed each other sexually.

The fact that she may have a disability is in no way

apparent nor does it rob her of her right to live her life as

freely as any other adult, to have boyfriends,

to exercise and feel good about her body.

And yes, to have spontaneous consensual sex with someone

of her choosing, which, despite what

the prosecution is alleging, is exactly what happened.

She chose Clark Sims.

Today, many months after the fact,

Rosalie Hendrickson feels bad about having

sex with Clark Sims.

It isn't because she was raped, it's because she

has a new boyfriend.

She doesn't want him to know that she had sex willfully

and wantonly with another man, but that's what happened.

I don't think Rosalie has trouble

saying what's on her mind.

If she wanted to say no, she would have said it!

She never did!

What Clark Sims did isn't a crime, ladies and gentlemen.

What he did was human nature.

- It takes courage for any rape victim

to step forward and testify against her attacker.

But to understand Rosalie Hendrickson's kind of courage,

you have to know that her world moves a third slower than ours,

that people of average intelligence

can easily confuse her, that people who offer her friendship

can take advantage of her.

To do what Rosalie did here today

was utterly terrifying for her.

She surprised her mother.

She surprised herself.

She surprised Clark Sims most of all.

I dare say he was counting on her to keep quiet.

For whether or not she said no on that terrible day,

she made it clear to him that no was what she meant.

It was easy enough to ignore that, though.

She didn't fight back.

She didn't scream.

She was trusting.

She was weak.

All he had to do was hold her down

with the weight of his body and cover up her face.

She was easy to rape--

if you didn't mind the whimpering,

and he didn't mind the whimpering.

She could be counted on not to complain.

And even if she did, who would believe her?

He didn't have to listen to Rosalie.

He has to listen to you.

He's guilty of rape, ladies and gentlemen.

Find him guilty.

- Well, this is in no way should be taken as an admission

of guilt. In the interest of bringing

this matter to a close, we're prepared to pay you $10,000.

- We're suing for 50.

- Is there any flexibility there?

- Is there?

- I'd come down to 40.

- How flexible is your client?

- I don't know.

How flexible are you?

- I'd come up to 20.

- Correct me if I'm wrong, Gwen, but if 20

is as high as he's willing to go,

I'd say we're going to court.

- You're absolutely right.

- I don't think the adverse publicity

will affect enrollment in your bar review course

all that much.

And even if it does, I suspect it's not irreversible.

- You're pretty confident you'll prevail at a trial.

- Yes, we are.

- Truth is it doesn't matter whether you prevail or not.

I'll be depicted as the harasser.

You'll be depicted as the harassee.

And given the tenor of the times,

I'll be ducking feminist buckshot for the next decade.

That said, I will go to court if I have to.

I'd rather not if I don't.

What is the lowest figure you will accept?

- You're at 20. We're at 40.

Split the difference and I'll settle.

- 30,000?

- 30,000.

- Done.

- I also want an absolute guarantee of confidentiality.

- Fine.

- You sure you can resist telling

the world of your triumph?

- It's enough that you and I know what happened, Tony.

I don't have to tell the world.

[music playing]

- Has the jury reached a verdict?

- We have, Your Honor.

- Is the verdict unanimous?

- It is, Your Honor.

- What say you?

- In the matter of the People versus Clark Sims,

we find that the defendant forced

Rosalie Hendrickson to have sexual intercourse

against her will.

We find him guilty as charged.

[chatter]

- The jury is discharged with the thanks of the court.

The defendant will be remanded into custody.

Sentencing to take place in two weeks.

- It's over.

- Yeah.

- You got through it.

Now this guy's going to jail.

- I'm tired.

- You want to go get something to eat?

- I don't know.

- We could go to the Apple Panic Hamburgers.

- Yeah?

- We could go anywhere you want.

- I don't know, Benny, I'm not that hungry.

- I owe you an apology.

- You were protecting your daughter

and there is nothing to apologize for.

[chuckles]

- Thank you for saying that and thank

you for doing what you did.

- Sure.

- Rosalie?

What do you feel like doing?

- Oh, I feel like going home, getting under the blankets,

and going to sleep.

[chuckles]

- OK.

- We'll go another time, OK, Benny?

- OK.

- Benny, thank you very, very much.

Rosalie?

[music playing]

- Come on, Ben, I'll give you a ride home.

- I once was lost, but now I'm found.

Was blind, but now I see.

- What's that mean?

- That means that we broke the bank.

We aired in three major markets last night.

Our 600 number has yet to stop ringing.

- Well, that's great.

- I have already called my suppliers,

told them to gear up for production.

We could move 100,000 units by the end of the month.

- Oh, David, I am so happy for you.

- Oh, don't just be happy for me, Roxanne,

we are 50/50 partners in this venture.

- No.

No, you don't have to do that.

- Yes, I do.

- You bankrolled me.

You put me together with Buddy Hackett, which proved

to be utterly inspirational.

- Oh, no, no, you are on board for half.

That is done.

- Well-- thank you.

- Uh, Roxanne, I don't know whether you're going to want

to hear me say this or not, but, in fact,

I'm pretty sure you won't, but I'm going

to have to say it anyway, OK?

In the time that we've been apart--

I have never stopped loving you.

I have never stopped thinking about you.

I have never stopped hoping that one day I

might find my way back to you.

If I could play a part in your life or the life of your child,

you only have to say the word, and you would make me

the happiest man in the world.

- You're a great salesman, David.

It sounds like you're trying to make a sale.

- Oh, no, no.

No, that's how I lost you.

I never listened and I never stopped selling.

But if you can believe anything, believe that I've changed.

Losing you changed me.

- I've changed too.

- What do you think that--

maybe, just maybe we've changed enough?

- I don't know.

- I don't know either.

- Take me home.

[soft music]

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