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- Mr. Emmerich?

- Yes.

- I'm Leland McKenzie.

- Oh.

Well, I had hoped to consult with Daniel Morales,

but I'm told he's in absentia.

- That's correct, Daniel is in court this morning.

I assigned him to a trial that's consuming

more time than expected.

- You may or may not be aware that Mr. Morales is defending

me in a lawsuit, which, although frivolous, nonetheless,

could prove injurious to my reputation.

- Oh, I'm very aware of your case, Mr. Emmerich.

In fact, I'd like to handle your depositions myself,

assuming you're amenable.

- I'm completely amenable.

- Well, good, good.

I have a brief, uh, staff meeting to go to, after which,

we can consult as long as you like

and then proceed from there.

Oh, uh, Denise, would you show Mr. Emmerich to my

office, please?

- Sure.

Right this way.

A little hectic in here today Can I get you a cup of coffee

or something to drink?

- You're from Queens? - Yeah.

How did you know?

- You're elongated dipthongs.

- Excuse me.

- Your accent, my dear. - Who are you?

Henry Higgins?

- Well, you might say that I'm his modern equivalent.

- Huh?

- I help people develop their vocal instruments

to communicate more effectively, and accent elimination

is one of my specialties.

- So why are you telling me?

- I mean no offense, but surely, you

must be aware of the social stigmas

that attach to certain proletarian dialects.

Such stigmas can inhibit one's personal and

career opportunities.

I can virtually promise you that after one quick lesson,

you will speak with more clarity and presence

than you ever dreamed possible.

- Hmm.

- Everett versus Everett, another divorce.

Mr. Everett is accusing Mrs. Everett of cheating on

him with his business partner.

- How is that relevant?

- It's my job to make it relevant.

Towards that end, I'll be using Jinx Baldassare.

One surveillance photo is worth a thousand words.

- Eli, you're taking the bar exam tomorrow?

- That's right.

- Good luck, Eli.

- Why are you even here?

Shouldn't you be locked away somewhere?

- You're right, I should be, you're right.

I just thought I'd check in with all of you

before walling myself off for the final push.

Now that I've done that, I will see you when it's over.

- Good luck.

- Pinkava versus Emmerich--

- That's mine.

- I thought this was Daniel Morales's matter.

- Daniel is in the middle of a trial.

Rather than let a client be shortchanged

by our oversight and delegation, I decided

to take the case myself.

- Then let's hear it.

- We represent Arthur Emmerich, a voice therapist.

He's being sued by a former client.

The man claims that his voice did not improve after taking

Mr. Emmerich's speech course.

He's suing for fraud, breach of contract.

- You'll forgive me, Leland, I wish you

all the best of luck representing this client,

but I've seen his ads.

I think this guy's a con man.

- In what respect?

- Well, I think he might oversell the importance

of one's voice just a tad.

I can't imagine that it really makes that much difference how

you sound.

- Excuse me, Arnold.

Jinx Baldassare is waiting to see you in your office.

Are you available to see her now or shall I

tell her that you're detained?

What?

[theme music]

[music playing]

- Ms. Hagan, have you ever let someone tie you up for money?

- Objection.

There's no allegation that she was

tied up in the present case.

- Sustained.

- Have you ever participated in sex with more than one person

at a time for money?

- Objection.

There's no allegation of group sex in the present case.

- Sustained.

- Have you ever participated in bestiality for money?

- Mr. DeStefano, come on.

- Your honor, I think it's perfectly

relevant to establish to what lengths this woman

will go for money.

- I'm holding otherwise.

Next question.

- Excuse me, I have a question.

Is it all right if I ask a question?

- Certainly.

- I still don't really understand

this whole hearing thing.

I thought you couldn't ask a rape victim about her past.

- Normally, that's true, Ms. Hagan.

That's why we have these section 782

hearings away from the jury.

Mr. DeStefano persuaded me that certain elements

of your past sexual behavior could be relevant.

He questions you here.

Then I decide what he can and cannot ask

you again in front of the jury.

- And this is all because I'm a prostitute, right?

- In part, yes.

Sex is your profession.

The way in which you conduct that profession

could be relevant.

- [inhales deeply]

OK.

- Do you have any other questions Mr. DeStefano?

- Just a few.

Ms. Hagan, have you ever simulated rape for money?

- Yes.

- Did you enjoy simulating rape for money?

- I'm not going to allow that one, Mr. DeStefano.

Move on.

- Isn't enacting rape fantasies one of your specialties?

- I couldn't allow that one either.

- Have you ever participated in rough sex for money?

- What do you mean by rough?

- Have you ever let someone hit you for money?

- I haven't let someone hit me, no.

- But you have been hit during sex?

- Once or twice, yeah.

- Did you prosecute for rape?

- No.

- I think that's it, your honor.

- Thank you for your cooperation, Ms. Hagan.

I can give you my decision now.

- With all due respect, your honor,

isn't the court going to take some time to deliberate?

- No, Mr. DeStefano.

The court is not going to take some time to deliberate.

The court is ready to render a decision now.

I'll allow the question about simulated rape

and the questions about rough sex.

- That's it? - That's it.

- Judge Walker, with all due respect,

I believe that the questions you permitted

won't make any sense to the jury without the questions

you've excluded.

If I could just have some time to brief the issue--

- I don't think that'll be very helpful.

Mr. DeStefano.

I made a decision.

I told you what it is Thank you.

- So if I understand this procedure correctly,

you'll be asking me questions.

Is that right, Mr. Mackenzie?

- That's right Mr. Pinkava.

And as soon as your lawyer gets here, we can begin.

- Oh, he's not coming.

- Why not?

- I couldn't get him to answer my phone calls, so I fired him.

- Well, did you try employing the telephone voice

that we worked on?

- Why would I?

It was just as ineffective as all the other gibberish

you taught me.

- Do you understand your disadvantage here,

proceeding without an attorney?

- I don't view it as a disadvantage, Mr. McKenzie.

- I believe I'm fully capable of representing

myself competently, and that's just what I intend to do.

- Let the record reflect Mr. Pinkava

opted to proceed pro se.

Mr. Pinkava, what led you to enroll in Mr.

Emmerich's vocal academy?

- Well, at the risk of stating the obvious,

I wanted to change my voice.

- I take it you were dissatisfied

with some aspect of your voice.

- I was dissatisfied with every aspect of my voice.

Mr. McKenzie, all my life, I've been mimicked,

ridiculed, and dismissed.

Well, I'm 63 years old and I'm sick of it.

I'm sick of calls going unreturned, of being ignored

by waitresses and taxi drivers.

And I'm sick of the smirks on people's faces

every time I open my mouth.

- Mr. Pinkava, when you first met Mr. Emmerich,

what prognosis did he offer?

- He said that by the time I got to his vocal academy,

I wouldn't even recognize my voice.

Well, I took every class you offered,

Mr. Emmerich, some of them twice, and my voice

hasn't changed at all.

- What more could I have done for you, Francis?

Didn't I spend time after class cajoling you to project

from your diaphragm to feel the tonal currents rising

from the abdomen and through the nasal pharynx?

- And where did it get me?

Did it improve my social life like you said it would?

Did my career advance?

- I never made any promises.

- You did.

By implication, you certainly did.

- No, Francis, what I said was those are the natural rewards

of improved vocal presence, which you unfortunately

were unable to achieve.

- And whose fault was that?

- Perhaps yours, Mr. Pinkava.

- Mine?

- Yes.

Did you complete the required homework assignments?

For example, did you practice your basil glissandos

at home every night?

- Yes, I did.

- Your deep-throated yodeling?

- I did that too.

- Your soft palate vibratos?

Your facial calisthenics?

Your epiglottal tongue presses?

- I did them all every single night.

And you want to know why?

Because I believed in you, Mr. Emmerich.

I actually thought you could get me to sound like a regular guy.

But you cheated me and you thought

you could get away with it.

Well, think again, Mr. Emmerich.

Francis Pinkava will not roll over.

Francis Pinkava will not go away.

- Eli, how's it going?

- Great, just great.

Shooting through the California Civil Code.

- It's freezing in here.

- It is cold, I realize that.

- You, uh, want to take a break, get some dinner?

- No, I don't think so, but thanks.

- You got to eat.

- Not necessarily.

The combination of hunger and air conditioning

has me extremely focused.

Plus I've been chewing this Japanese coffee gum,

and that's provided a significantly

heightened energy level.

- Japanese coffee gum.

- It's called koji pato.

One stick is caffeine equivalent of 10 cups of coffee.

You want some?

- No, thanks.

- Perfectly safe, as safe as a cup of coffee, safe as 10 cups

of coffee.

- I think I'll pass anyway.

Look, Eli, I think you should definitely

get something to eat.

I feel very strongly about this.

- What's interesting is that coffee acts as an accelerant

to coffee gum.

It's important to maintain a balance.

Coffee gum, gum coffee.

The combined effect creates a whole is greater

than the sum of its parts.

If you monitor your intake, you achieve the greatest

level of stimulation.

- I think you're pretty stimulated already.

I think maybe you should go home, get some rest.

- I'll be leaving here at 1:30 AM.

I'll be in bed by 2:15.

- You got it all worked out?

- I think it's critical to be as precise as possible

in charting your routine while studying for the bar.

As long as I avoid distractions, stay

focused, and keep to the program,

everything will be fine.

- Well, I'm going to let you get back to it.

I'll see you tomorrow.

- Thanks, Stuart.

- Hey.

- Hey, what are you doing here?

- I'm putting together some surveillance photos for Arnie.

What are you doing here?

- Studying for the bar.

Tomorrow's the first day of the exam.

- You want some coffee?

- I do.

Is there enough left is the problem.

- Are you all right?

- What do you mean?

- I mean, look at you.

You're sweating.

You're shaking.

- I've had a fair amount of caffeine today.

- Oh. - I had coffee.

I had koji pato gum.

The caffeine, I think, is probably

acting as a diaphoretic, which is why I'm sweating.

[exhales sharply] My heart's beating pretty fast too.

My God, this can't be healthy, can it?

- Let me feel.

Oh, your heart is beating pretty fast.

Here, feel mine.

- Huh. - What?

- Your heart's definitely not beating as fast as mine.

- I think I know a way to catch up.

Are you involved with anyone?

- No.

I mean, I came out here alone.

I'm alone now.

Officially, I'm not involved with anyone.

- Oh, glad to hear that.

- So Mr. Emmerich, think you're prepared to withstand

the crucible of my interrogation?

- Mr. Pinkava, I'm not going to allow my client

to answer any questions that are extraneous to the issues

at hand.

- In that case, I'd like him to tell me if he recognizes this.

- Oh, yes, that is a print advertisement for my classes.

- Exactly.

Read it, Mr. Emmerich.

- Vocal therapist Arthur Emmerich

announces another series of Express for Success seminars--

- Stop.

What does that mean, Mr. Emmerich, Express for Success?

- It refers to the fact that proper vocal expression

can help one achieve success.

- I attended seminars where you taught proper vocal expression.

Did I achieve success?

- No.

- Uh-huh!

Please continue reading the ad, Mr. Emmerich.

- The intermediate course teaches

basic vocal skills that will make you more

effective in social situations.

- Stop.

I took the intermediate course.

Was I more effective in social situations?

- I don't see the word "guarantee" here anywhere.

- Admit it, Mr. Emmerich, your classes don't work.

You are a charlatan, a fraud.

- Mr. Pinkava--

- I'll have you know the vast majority of students

respond to my methods.

But I'm not a miracle worker.

I can't be expected to fashion a Stradivarius from a Kazoo.

- That's not the impression you gave me.

- Francis, the parameters of our covenant

were that you paid me to instruct you

in the vocal sciences, a service which I rendered in good faith.

But I cannot be held responsible for your inflated expectations.

- Well, if you didn't think you could

help me, why did you let me come back again and again and again?

- I thought I could help you, Francis.

I thought we were nearing a breakthrough.

- I don't believe you.

I think all you are thinking about

is the thousands of dollars I was paying you.

- Careful, Francis, I'm hearing that pinched nasal sound

you get when you're straining.

- You're trying to intimidate me,

something you've been rather successful at it in the past.

In fact, I think I'll throw in for additional damages

based on emotional distress.

- Mr. Pinkava, that claim is as frivolous as all

the others you've made.

And I must warn you, you could be

liable for court costs and legal fees

if you insist on pursuing it.

- Oh, so that's your strategy, is it?

The big boys with the big voices ganging up on the little boys

with the little voices.

- That's it, I will not subject myself to this any longer.

You want the truth, Francis?

The truth is you have exactly the voice that you deserve,

the voice of a pusillanimous embittered man.

And I cannot bear to listen to it one second longer.

- You are the complainant in this action,

is that right, Ms. Hagan?

- That's right.

- What is your occupation?

- I'm a prostitute.

- Are you acquainted with the defendant Rick Turner?

- He was a regular customer of mine for about a year.

We had a date at least once a week.

- How much did Mr. Turner pay you for those dates?

- $1,000 a session.

- Would you describe for the court

what happened during these sessions with Mr. Turner?

- Rick got off on verbal abuse.

On our first date, he told me exactly what he wanted,

and that's how we did it every time.

- What did Mr. Turner tell you he wanted?

- I was supposed to fix him a drink,

get undressed, and tell him how much

I wanted to have sex with him.

Once I was completely naked, he'd start to berate me.

He'd ask how a sweet, innocent little girl

got to be a prostitute.

He'd ask me how I could face my family, what my parents would

think if they could see me.

- And how were you supposed to respond?

- I was supposed to cry.

He couldn't get an erection until I started crying,

so I pretended to cry.

Sometimes I didn't have to pretend.

Then we'd have intercourse and he'd leave.

- What happened on June the 6th, Ms. Hagan?

- He arrived at my apartment and I told him I didn't

want him as a client anymore.

I told him that after a date with him,

I was depressed for days.

I said it wasn't worth it.

And I asked him to leave.

- Did he?

- No.

He started yelling obscenities at me

and getting all red in the face.

He slapped me and then he grabbed me around the throat

and he slammed my head against the wall.

Once I stopped struggling, he tore off my clothes

and he raped me.

- Thank you, Ms. Hagan.

I have no further questions.

- Ms. Hagan, have you ever enacted a rape fantasy

for one of your clients?

- Yes.

- Did you ever do it for Mr. Turner?

- No, that's not what he was into.

- Did you ever discuss enacting a rape fantasy with Mr. Turner?

- Yes.

- Would you tell us under what circumstances you did so?

- He wanted to know what I did with other clients.

He liked to use specific things when he rebuked me.

- How would you describe the consensual sex

you had with Mr. Turner?

- Exactly what did you want to know, Mr. DeStefano?

- Well, was he gentle?

- No.

- Rough?

- The only time he got rough was the day he raped me.

- Have you ever sustained any physical injuries in your line

of work, Ms. Hagan?

- I've had a few bruises.

- Did you ever have to go to the hospital before?

- Once.

- What were the circumstances?

- The guy broke my finger.

- Did you charge him with rape?

- He didn't rape me.

He wasn't forcing me to do something

I told him I didn't want to do.

- Did he have pockets as deep as Turner's?

- Objection.

- Sustained.

- Ms. Hagan, did you or did you not

file a civil suit against my client, claiming $1.5 million

in damages on the same day that you went to the police

and charged him with rape? - Yes, I did.

- And did anyone advise you that winning a criminal conviction

against Mr. Turner would greatly increase your chances

of winning big in a civil suit?

- Rick Turner treated me like I wasn't even human.

He hit me with his fist.

He choked me.

He raped me like it was nothing.

- But for a million and a half, you're even?

- Objection. - Sustained.

- You think that's a good deal, Mr. DeStefano?

- Is it fair to say that if, for some reason,

you became tired of selling your body, that $1.5 million

would pretty much let you retire?

- I don't sell my body.

I sell sex.

I choose who I have sex with.

In that regard, I'm like anyone else in this room.

[music playing]

- Hello.

How was the first day?

- I think it went pretty well.

- I'm glad.

- [sighs]

I was on my way to study.

I guess I'd better get back to it.

- I'll see you later.

- [exhales deeply]

[electric machine whirring]

- Eli, surprise.

- Audrey.

My god, what-- what are you doing here?

- [chuckles] Hello to you too.

- Did I know you were coming?

- No.

- How did you get here?

- How do you think?

I flew.

- But you hate to fly.

- I know, but I hated missing you more.

Actually, I was fine, except for takeoff and landing.

I have a meeting with Tom Chino about supplying some

of the produce for my restaurant,

and I thought I would surprise you.

Aren't you happy to see me?

- Of course, I'm happy to see you.

I'm just surprised.

- Is this a bad time?

- No, no, it's not a bad-- well, it's kind of a bad time.

I'm kind of in the middle of taking the bar.

- Oh.

Well, we could see each other at night.

- I have to study at night, Audrey.

I have to prepare.

- Well, I'm going to be pretty busy myself looking

at little pink turnips all day, but I thought

maybe we could still have a little time for each other,

couldn't we?

- Yes.

- I still think about you, Eli.

Sometimes I just lie in bed and I

can't stop thinking about you.

[music playing]

[chatter]

- Oh, Mr. Mackenzie, just a minute.

- What is it, Mr. Pinkava?

- I'd like to schedule another deposition for later today.

- And who is it you want to depose now?

- You, Mr. Mackenzie.

- Mr. Pinkava, what possible relevance could

my testimony have to your case?

- I think you've been taking vocal lessons

at Mr. Emmerich's academy.

- [scoffs] I assure you, I have not.

But supposing I had, so what?

- So then I'm entitled to subpoena you.

- Mr. Pinkava, I will not make myself available to be deposed

by you, unless I am compelled to by proper notice

and proper subpoena.

Good day.

- Where can I get a proper subpoena?

- Ask the court clerk.

- Don't think I won't.

- The surly surgeon flirted with the PERT nurse last Thursday.

The harried aristocrat danced acrobatically with the daughter

of the Arab ambassador.

- Oh, no, don't tell me he sunk his talents into you too.

- Who?

- Arthur Emmerich.

- [scoffs] He hasn't sunken anything into me.

- That man will prey on your insecurities.

He will build you up with a lot of false promises

and then he'll devour your soul.

- I guess you take him a little more seriously than I do.

- Well, why are you taking his course?

- Well, I don't know.

Maybe I'll do Shakespeare someday.

Why are you taking this course?

- Isn't it obvious?

- What do you mean?

- I mean my voice.

Isn't it obvious why I want to change my voice?

- No.

- Well, Mr. Emmerich would certainly think it was obvious.

He'd say my voice is the reason why

I never got anywhere in life.

- And you believe that?

- Well, yes, I do.

I was never successful in business

and I certainly was never successful with women.

I mean, women aren't drawn to me at all.

Mr. Emmerich said he would fix all that.

- Look, I don't know about being successful in business

or what Mr. Emmerich has to say.

And as far as women being drawn to you, you know,

I've always based my decision on what men have to say

rather than on how they sound.

But you know, that's just me.

- I was married to a woman that felt the same way.

- Oh, yeah?

- And she passed away.

- Oh, I'm sorry.

- Thanks.

Uh, she was my first and only girl.

- [chuckles mildly] Hey, you know, not for nothing, but, uh,

I don't think it's your voice that's the problem,

I mean, despite what Mr. Emmerich has to say.

- I sense that you're a very kind and compassionate person.

Would you mind very much if I subpoenaed you?

- Not at all.

- Thank you.

- Could you tell us, Mr. Turner, why it is

that you frequent prostitutes?

- Well, because I know myself, because as Amanda indicated,

I have some fairly exotic sexual needs.

I try not to pass judgment on those,

but I don't think it's right to indulge them with

unwilling or innocent partners.

- Would you describe what your arrangement was with Amanda?

- I was referred to her by a friend a little

over a year ago.

I met with her and I liked her and I

told her very explicitly what I wanted from her,

and she agreed.

If she hadn't, I would have gone elsewhere.

- And what about the night of June 6, 1993?

According to Ms. Hagan's testimony, on that night,

she did tell you to go elsewhere and you refused.

- She's lying.

I told her I wanted to break off the association, not

the other way around.

- And what happened when you told her that?

- She got very upset.

She suggested before I terminate the relationship,

that we try something different.

- What was that something different?

- She suggested I pretend to rape her.

- And did you accommodate Ms. Hagan's suggestion?

- I told her I wasn't sure that's what I wanted to do.

- What happened?

- She slapped me.

I grabbed her wrist and she started struggling against me.

Despite my ambivalence, the fantasy was engaged.

I was actually quite startled at how hard she fought against me.

Every time I would let go of her wrist, she would slap me again.

Finally, I pulled her clothes off and we had sex.

I paid her and I left.

- Did you at any time hit Ms. Hagan in the face

or knock her head into the wall?

- I suppose that may have happened

while we were struggling but never intentionally.

And I never forced her to have sexual intercourse.

- Thank you.

Your witness.

- Didn't it cross your mind, Mr. Turner, that Ms. Hagan might

have been fighting as fiercely as she

was because you were hurting her and she wanted to get away?

- I know prostitutes, Mr. Mullaney.

I know when they're pretending.

I know when they're sincere.

Amanda Hagan did not want to get away.

- How many times had you been with Amanda Hagan

prior to June 6?

- I don't know.

40, 50?

- $1,000 a throw?

That's a significant amount of money.

- Well, we all have our vices, Mr. Mullaney.

I suppose that's mine.

- Wouldn't the fact that she would say no to you

after you paid her that much money make you mad?

- She didn't say no to me, and I didn't get mad.

- You say you don't feel right indulging

your exotic sexual needs with an unwilling partner.

Have you ever done that? - No.

- Never? - Never.

- Not even once? - Objection.

Asked and answered, your honor. - Sustained.

- You've really got nothing to lose by sitting up there

and lying, do you, Mr. Turner?

- Neither does she, Mr. Mullaney.

- Hello.

Hello.

How are you?

- The air in Romania remains redolent of persimmon.

The air in Romania--

- How are you?

- Uh, Leland McKenzie for Mr. Emmerich.

- I'll let him know you're here.

- Roger and Reginald went to river rafting with Aurora.

- Mr. McKenzie, Thank you for coming.

I'd rather you handle this than involve the police.

- We may have to involve the police.

Where is he? - Well, I don't know.

He's been passing these out to students.

He says he wants to depose everybody in the school.

- Oh, Mr. Fujimori, you are hereby

summoned to avail yourself for questioning at the time

and the place listed.

- Mr. Pinkava, you can't subpoena

the entire student body.

- Why not?

I want to see if anyone else has had

an experience similar to mine.

We may be talking a class action suit.

- Are you aware that Mr. Emmerich could

have arrested for trespassing?

- How can I be trespassing?

I'm enrolled till the end of the semester.

- Not for the purpose of serving subpoenas.

- You're disturbing this man's business,

and you're doing so without any legal basis.

I strongly suggest that you desist and desist immediately.

- I don't think I'll do that.

I'd like to say something.

What is it exactly that accounts for us being here?

A sense of inferiority?

A fear of being judged and found wanting?

I know I carry that around with me.

I have a high pitched voice, I'm short

and I don't have a full head of hair.

Well, there isn't much I can do about my height.

But as for the hair, I bought a toupee.

As for the voice, I take lessons from Mr. Emmerich.

But every once in a while, I think of my dear departed wife.

I think of how utterly unimportant

those things were to her.

She loved me, and that was that.

So my question to all of you is, whose

opinion are you afraid of?

I say, if they judge you by the way you sound, they matter not.

I say abandon all efforts and speak with whatever voice

you have!

[distant police siren]

- Hello.

How are you?

- I left my packer coat in Alberta.

[speaking simultaneously]

- Hi.

- How was the bar exam?

- Tomorrow's last day.

- What are you doing for supper?

- I was going to order a steak from a Petrelli's.

- Order two, and I'll go pick them up.

- I can't do that, Chase.

- Why not?

- If we have dinner together, I'll have a wonderful time.

We'll laugh.

We'll talk, and I won't want you to leave.

- So?

- I've got to focus on this test tonight.

I'm not drinking any coffee.

I'm not showing any koji pato gum.

I've got to just shore up my strength

and concentrate on getting through this.

- OK.

Good luck.

- Audrey.

- Hi, honey.

- When did you get here?

- Just a few minutes ago.

I spent all day at the Chinos.

The vegetables there are so incredible.

They have striped tomatoes, black cabbage,

like, six kinds of radishes, four kinds of turnips.

It was amazing.

- Wow.

- Can we have dinner tonight?

- I can't, Audrey.

- Why not?

- If we had dinner together, I would have a wonderful time.

We would laugh. We'd talk.

I wouldn't want you to leave.

- So that would be a good thing?

- I've got to focus on this test tonight.

I'm not drinking any coffee.

I'm not chewing any koji pato gum.

I've just got to shore up my strength

and concentrate on getting through this.

- OK.

- What are you going to do?

- I'm going to go visit my friend Helena.

- I'm-- I'm really sorry.

- That's OK.

This test, you're done tomorrow, right?

- Right.

- OK, I'll come and see you then.

Bye.

- Is council ready to deliver closing arguments?

- The prosecution would like to call one rebuttal witness,

your honor, Susan Davies.

- Defense strongly objects to this witness, your honor.

- Counsel approach.

- Your honor, this witness is not a rebuttal witness.

She's just part of their case in chief

that they've held back, hoping for a greater impact

on their miserably weak case.

- This witness was not willing to step forward until now.

I think the jury is entitled to hear her.

- I ask that if this witness testifies,

it be away from the jury so your honor can

determine whether the probative value

outweighs the prejudicial.

- Mr. DeStefano, if either a question or an answer

appears inadmissible, according to your interpretation

of the rules of evidence, make an objection

and I'll rule on it.

Call your witness, Mr. Mullaney.

- Ms. Davies, how do you know the defendant?

- I was his secretary at Stifel Records for about a year.

- Would you describe that relationship to the court?

- For the first few months, it was

pretty standard stuff, answering the phones, typing

letters, taking dictation.

- How did that change?

- It was kind of gradual.

At first, he'd tease me about my boyfriend,

ask me where we went, how serious we were getting.

And then he wanted to know details about my sex life,

and he got very graphic about his sex life.

- Objection. Relevance.

- Your honor, I would respectfully submit that

the defendant's sexual history is at least

as relevant as the victim's.

- Agreed.

Objection overruled.

- Did you get physical with you?

- He'd grabbed me.

He'd rub up against me.

He'd make this whole display of looking

down my blouse or up my skirt.

One of the last things I remember him doing

was coming out of his office and masturbating on my desk.

- Oh, like you had nothing to do with that.

- Mr. Turner.

- Like you didn't play the little coquette.

- Mr. Turner, if you say one more word,

I'll hold you in contempt.

Proceed, Mr. Mullaney.

- Why did you continue working for him, Ms. Davies?

- He kept promising to introduce me to important people

who could help my career.

Finally, that wasn't a good enough reason.

I went into his office and told him I didn't

want to work for him anymore.

- What happened when you did that?

- He started yelling, telling me all the things he

thought were wrong with me, my clothes, my voice,

the way I smelled.

Then he shoved me onto the couch and pinned

my hands behind my back.

He started unzipping his pants and shoving--

putting-- pushing his knee up under my skirt.

He tore my skirt.

- What happened then, Ms. Davies?

- Someone knocked at the door.

[sobbing] It was almost like he came out of a trance.

He told the person to go away and then he just got

up and went into his bathroom.

And then I just ran out.

If that person hadn't knocked, I'm

sure he would have raped me.

- Objection.

Speculation, your honor.

- Sustained.

The jury will disregard the witness's last comment.

- I have no further questions.

- Are there any witnesses to these alleged incidents,

Ms. Davies?

- No.

- Do you ever press assault or sexual harassment

charges against Mr. Turner?

- Mr. Turner made it quite clear to me that if I did,

I could forget about a career in the recording industry.

- So you kept right on working for him even after all this?

- I transferred to record promotions.

- Been over a year since all these alleged incidents

took place, Ms. Davies.

Why come forward now?

- When I heard he actually raped someone, I couldn't keep quiet.

Maybe if I had reported him or brought charges against him

before, this wouldn't have happened.

- So your coming here today wouldn't have anything

to do with the fact that Mr. Turner rejected your request

for a promotion to a better position

at artists and repertoire?

- No, it would not.

- Thank you.

No further questions.

[music playing]

What we have here, ladies and gentlemen,

is a conflict in testimony.

Amanda Hagan says Rick Turner raped her.

Rick Turner says they had consensual sex, just like they

have been having consensual sex for a year preceding

the encounter in question.

So who are you going to believe?

Rick Turner is a respectable and very successful businessman.

He readily admits to having unusual sexual habits.

He also admits he goes to prostitutes.

But if he wasn't getting what he wanted from one prostitute,

he went on to the next.

He didn't beat them up and rape them.

Now, Amanda Hagan on the other hand, lies for a living.

She earns her money by faking pleasure,

by telling men whatever she has to in order to make them

come back for another session.

So today, she comes into this courtroom

and decides to lie a little more by accusing

a wealthy client of rape and going after a big payday

in civil court.

Ladies and gentlemen, in order to convict Rick Turner,

you have to believe, beyond a reasonable doubt,

that what happened between he and Amanda

Hagan was not consensual.

You will thus be sending a man to prison on this woman's word

and on her word alone.

I ask that you search your hearts fully

before you do such a thing.

[chatter]

- Is it possible to rape a woman who sells her body for sex?

Well, if you put your car up for sale and someone forcibly

takes it from you, That's theft, in the same way that

raping a prostitute is rape.

The critical issue, the only issue is consent.

Did Amanda Hagan consent to having

sexual intercourse with Turner?

Did she consent to him hitting her,

to his ramming her head into a wall?

The answer is no.

She said no, and she said it to a man who

wouldn't take no for an answer.

I suspect that in his heart of hearts,

Rick Turner doesn't believe that what he did

was a crime any more than running

over a small animal in the road is a crime or kicking a dog.

It's your job, ladies and gentlemen,

to let him know that the rape of a prostitute

is indeed a crime, that it's a crime

of the same magnitude as the rape of a school teacher

or a waitress or a nun.

The state of California asks you to recognize

what happened to Amanda Hagan for what it was

and that you punish the man responsible.

[chatter]

- Well, what do we have here?

- Good afternoon, gentlemen.

- Good afternoon.

- Leland McKenzie, this is Valerie Briggs.

She's joining me as co-plaintiff in my suit.

- It's a pleasure to meet everybody.

You have a lovely office.

- Thank you.

- And of course, you know Mr. Emmerich.

- Hello, Valerie.

- Hi, Mr. Emmerich.

I'm sorry about suing you, but Francis was very persuasive.

- Mr. Pinkava, before we go any further,

Mr. Emmerich has something he'd like to say to you.

- Oh, afraid you're deceitful empire is about to crumble,

Mr. Emmerich?

- No, Mr. McKenzie has assured me that your lawsuit will be

dismissed shortly, but I'm deeply

concerned about the level of anger you have towards me.

In an attempt to reconcile with you,

Mr. Emmerich would like to offer one

year's worth of one-on-one training absolutely free.

- Oh, why would I put myself through that again?

The humiliation?

The failure?

- Because during your oratory yesterday,

I detected a distinct improvement in tonal quality.

Francis, you were actually resonating.

- I was?

- Oh, yes, indeed.

I heard nuance.

I heard color.

I believe we experienced our breakthrough.

- Wow.

- This isn't a trick, is it?

- No.

I don't engage in trickery when it comes to the voice.

Besides, Francis, how do you think

you were able to exert such a powerful influence

over Valerie?

- All right, gentlemen let's talk turkey.

In addition to a year's free instruction for me,

I insist that Valerie get the same deal.

- On one condition, I get the right to use both of you

as case studies in my next book.

- What do you think, baby?

- I think we should do it, Francis.

We'll be famous.

- Deal.

- [chuckles]

- Has the jury reached a verdict?

- We have, your honor.

- What say you?

- In the matter of the People versus Rick Turner,

we find the defendant guilty of rape.

- Sentencing hearing will be held in 30 days.

The jury is dismissed with the thanks of the court.

[chatter]

- Thank you.

- I can't believe how exhilarated I feel right now.

- You're tired. You did good, right?

- I don't even care how I did.

All I care is that it's over.

The world with all its infinite glories

is once again open before me.

I can take a walk, eat in a restaurant,

enjoy the company of a beautiful woman.

- Which one are you referring to?

Jinx or Audrey?

- It's amazing, isn't it?

I've always had enough difficulty getting

one woman to go out with me.

All of a sudden, I have a surfeit of riches.

Oh, my god.

[sighs]

- Hello, Eli.

- Was I supposed to meet you here?

- I knew you'd be done with the bar, so I came by.

- I was waiting when she arrived.

- Audrey explained that the two of you had made plans.

- So we decided to wait for you together.

- You decided to wait for me together?

So now you're both at me?

- You weren't honest, Eli.

You weren't honest with me and you weren't honest with her.

- You told me that you weren't involved with anyone.

- And you didn't tell me anything.

- How about I didn't want to hurt anybody's feelings?

How about my life has been in a state of flux?

I changed homes.

I changed jobs.

It's not unreasonable to think that significant relationships

will also change.

- Does that mean you want them to?

- I don't know.

I don't know what I want.

What I do know is that I've been under a lot of pressure.

I just finished an incredibly grueling few days,

which paid off in the fact that I believe I aced the California

bar exam, which happens to be one of the most difficult

in the entire country.

I think I deserve some congratulations for that.

I think that, for about five minutes,

I deserve to be just utterly relieved and utterly happy.

- Nice meeting you, Audrey.

- You're leaving?

- I think you have a few things to discuss

between the two of you.

- Is there anything I can say right now

that will make everything OK?

- I don't think so.

Everything isn't OK, Eli.

You moved to Los Angeles, and a part of me

actually believed that really didn't mean anything,

but it means a lot.

- I wasn't moving away from you.

- I know, but the fact is you are away from me.

We could talk on the phone.

We could see each other once in a while.

But gradually, it just becomes about catching up,

about what's already happened.

I don't think that's what either of us want.

- I still love you, Audrey.

- I love you too.

- What are you going to do now?

- I'm going to go to the airport and I'm going to get

a flight back to New York.

Um, take care of yourself, OK?

[sombre music]

[knocking]

- Judge Walker?

- Come in, Mr. Mullaney.

- You wanted to see me?

- Yes.

- Is there some problem about the Turner trial?

- No.

- Oh, OK.

- I, uh-- I just wanted to let you know that

I'll be recusing myself from any cases

in which you're the prosecutor.

- Well, why?

- Because I find you extremely attractive.

- You do?

- Yes, I do.

And I don't want my personal feelings

to interfere with any ability to maintain judicial impartiality.

Are you involved with anyone?

- No.

- Do you find me attractive?

- Yeah.

- You know, I'd like to make a date right now,

but I think we ought to let the dust settle in the Turner case,

don't you?

- Yeah, I do.

- So I'll be in touch.

- OK.

This attraction, it doesn't have anything

to do with the decisions that you made in my favor

during the Turner trial, does it?

- You didn't find my decisions questionable,

did you Mr. Mullaney?

- No.

- Well, there you are.

- Right.

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