The 1980s: The Deadliest Decade (2016–2017): Season 2, Episode 8 - The Cotton Club Murder - full transcript

FOUR PEOPLE ARE
UNDER ARREST TONIGHT

FOR THE CONTRACT MURDER
OF ROY RADIN.

HE WANTED TO BE THE YOUNG KID
THAT TOOK OVER HOLLYWOOD.

HE'S KNOWN AS
A HIGH-LIVING PLAYBOY

WITH A PENCHANT FOR SEX PARTIES.

IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO ME,

I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW
THAT I LOVE YOU.

THEY JUMP IN THE LAKE
WITH THE SHARKS LIKE THAT,

THEY'RE GOING TO
CUT YOU OFF AT THE KNEES.

IN THE '80s, IT WAS MUCH EASIER
FOR PEOPLE TO JUST DISAPPEAR.

WHAT HE MUST'VE GONE THROUGH,
IT MUST'VE BEEN A NIGHTMARE.



I MEAN, THAT'S OUTRAGEOUS.

THAT'S BEYOND MOVIE.

THESE PEOPLE ARE VERY,
VERY DANGEROUS.

JUST SAY NO.

NOW, THIS STUFF,
IT WON'T BRING YOU DOWN.

WHITE LINES, BABY.

IT'S THE '80s, AND COCAINE
IS THE DRUG DU JOUR,

FUELING THE FAST-PACED LIFESTYLE
OF WALL STREET TITANS,

MUSICIANS, AND EVEN ATHLETES.

YOU DO A FEW LINES,
AND YOU'RE LIKE,

"YOU'RE THE MOST INTERESTING
PERSON I'VE EVER MET."

BUT THERE'S ONE PLACE
WHERE IT FLOWS

AS FREELY AS CHAMPAGNE.

WHETHER IT'S IN MEETINGS
OF POWER PLAYERS,



ON FILM SETS
OR IN THE MOVIES...

IF YOU'VE NEVER TRIED IT,
YOU'RE THE LAST ONE IN TOWN.

THIS IS THE LAST TIME.

BEGINNING OFF THE '80s,
THAT'S WHEN COCAINE

WAS RUNNING FLUENTLY.

COCAINE WAS JUST BECOMING
EVEN BIGGER

IN THE MOVIE COLONY OUT THERE.

A NONSTOP PARTY
FOR THE RICH AND FAMOUS,

HOLLYWOOD IS A WORLD
MANY FANTASIZE BEING PART OF,

AND 33-YEAR-OLD
NEW YORKER ROY RADIN

IS HELL-BENT ON GETTING THERE.

ROY WANTED TO BECOME
A MOVIE PRODUCER.

HE WANTED TO BE THE YOUNG KID
THAT TOOK OVER HOLLYWOOD.

WITH HIS 6-FOOT-4 FRAME

AND BOISTEROUS PERSONALITY,
RADIN IS LARGER THAN LIFE,

AN IMPOSING AND ECCENTRIC
CHARACTER IN THE NEW YORK SCENE.

ROY RADIN WAS SOMEBODY
THAT WOULD WALK DOWN THE STREET

WEARING A CAPE AND CARRYING
A SILVER-TIPPED CANE.

HE LOOKS LIKE HE'S EITHER
GOT A LOT OF MONEY

OR KNOWS PEOPLE WHO DO.

IN FACT, IT'S BOTH.

AND HE'S KNOWN AROUND NEW YORK

AS THE 300-POUND
BOY MILLIONAIRE.

ROY IS THE DEFINITION
OF A SELF-MADE MAN.

IN HIS EARLY TEENS,
HIS PARENTS DIVORCED,

AND WITH TWO YOUNGER SISTERS
AND A MOTHER TO CARE FOR,

YOUNG ROY TOOK IT UPON HIMSELF
TO SUPPORT HIS FAMILY.

WHEN HE WAS ABOUT 15,
HE ENDED UP GOING TO WORK

WITH THE CIRCUS, GOING INTO
A PLACE WEEKS AHEAD OF TIME

AND PROMOTING THE SHOW,
PUTTING OUT ALL THE FLIERS.

YOU KNOW, AFTER HE DID
THAT FOR ABOUT A YEAR,

HE PUT HIS OWN SHOW OUT.

RADIN COMES UP
WITH THE IDEA OF BRINGING BACK

AN OLD-TIMEY FORM
OF ENTERTAINMENT, VAUDEVILLE.

THE ROY RADIN
ALL-AMERICAN FAMILY REVUE.

A TRAVELING VARIETY
SHOW WITH ACTS LIKE MAGICIANS,

COMEDIANS, AND VENTRILOQUISTS

AND HEADLINED BY FORMER
TV STARS.

I'M JOEY BISHOP.

AND I'M ROY RADIN,
THE PRODUCER.

WELL, YOU HEARD
THE APPLAUSE.

JOEY, DON'T FORGET TO
TELL THEM WHO'S IN THE SHOW.

I'M JUST ABOUT TO.

FROM MILTON BERLE
TO TINY TIM TO GEORGE JESSEL,

J. FRED MUGGS, THE CHIMPANZEE,

HE'S BRINGING TO THEM IN PERSON

WHAT THEY WATCHED ON TV
EVERY NIGHT FOR,

WHAT, 20 YEARS.

IT CAUGHT ON, AND
IT CAUGHT ON, AND IT CAUGHT ON.

IT WAS PURE SUCCESS.

RADIN IS A MARKETING GENIUS

AND BOOKS AROUND-THE-CLOCK
SCHEDULE OF SHOWS.

THERE WAS ONE SPOT,
WE DID, LIKE, 39 SHOWS IN,

LIKE, 35 CITIES
IN, LIKE, 29 DAYS.

IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.

THIS WAS "AMERICA'S GOT TALENT,"
FOUR SHOWS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK.

HE MISSED HIS TEENS,
AND HE MISSED HIS 20s.

HE NEVER GOT TO DATE,
YOU KNOW?

HERE HE IS, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM.
WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK, WORK.

BUT THE NONSTOP WORK PAYS OFF.

HE MADE HIS FIRST MILLION
BEFORE HE WAS 20 YEARS OLD.

AND AS HIS BUSINESS GROWS,

SO DOES HIS REPUTATION.

THE WHOLE TIME I KNEW
HIM, HE HAD A HUGE HEART,

BUT IN BUSINESS,
HE WAS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST

S.O.B.s YOU COULD EVER MEET.

HE COULD BE PRETTY SCARY.

HIS WEALTH AMASSES
OVER THE NEXT DECADE,

AND HE SPENDS LAVISHLY.

HE BOUGHT A 70-SOMETHING-ROOM
MANSION OUT IN THE HAMPTONS,

AND IT BECAME THE LOCATION

FOR SOME PARTIES
OF HISTORIC PROPORTION.

PLAYS HOST TO SOME
OF THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE.

HE'S KNOWN AS
A HIGH-LIVING PLAYBOY

WITH A PENCHANT FOR SEX PARTIES.

ONE PERSON RECOUNTS
GOING IN TO TALK TO HIM,

AND HE WAS SITTING THERE
WITH A BLONDE ON ONE KNEE,

A BLONDE ON ANOTHER KNEE

AND ANOTHER BLONDE
STANDING BEHIND HIM,

DRAPED OVER HIM,

AND HE WAS ALTERNATELY
KISSING EVERYBODY

WHILE DRINKING CHAMPAGNE
WITH HIS FREE HAND.

CHAMPAGNE WASN'T THE
ONLY THING

FUELING HIS NONSTOP PARTY.

HIS DRUG HABIT WAS
REPORTED TO BE SOMEWHERE

BETWEEN $1,500
AND $3,500 A WEEK.

THE MONEY FOR THIS NONSTOP PARTY

IS COMING FROM A HUGELY
SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS,

BUT ONE THAT DOESN'T FULFILL
RADIN'S TRUE AMBITIONS.

LEGITIMACY IS WHAT
HE WAS LOOKING FOR.

HE WANTED TO BE RESPECTED,
BUT HE WAS KIND OF A JOKE

BECAUSE IT WAS THIS
SILLY VAUDEVILLE SHOW.

SO HE GOT THIS IDEA
THAT HE COULD BE SUCCESSFUL

PRODUCING MOVIES JUST THE SAME
WAY HE'D BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL

PRODUCING THESE
VAUDEVILLE REVUES.

HE SELLS HIS MANSION,
AND IN 1983, TAKES THE LEAP.

HOLLYWOOD, A PLACE
OF MOVIE STARS,

ALL KINDS OF MOVIE STARS.

ROY CAME OUT HERE
WITH HIS PERSONAL SECRETARY

THAT ALWAYS TRAVELED WITH HIM,
JONATHAN LAWSON.

RADIN GETS BY ACTING
AS A PERSONAL MANAGER

FOR SOME OF HIS FORMER
VAUDEVILLE ACTS

AND OTHER CLIENTS.

HE HAD A FELLOW
THAT HE ACTED AS AGENT FOR,

AN ACTOR NAMED DEMOND WILSON,

WHO HAD BEEN ONE OF
THE STARS OF THE HIT COMEDY,

"SANFORD AND SON."

WE WERE
JUST TALKING ABOUT YOU.

YEAH,
AND I GOT PRETTY GOOD IDEA

OF WHAT YOU WERE
TALKING ABOUT.

BUT ROY DIDN'T TRAVEL
ACROSS THE COUNTRY

TO MANAGE HAS-BEENS.

HE WANTED A WHOLE
ENTERTAINMENT EMPIRE.

HE HAD HUGE DREAMS,
BUT ROY WAS HAVING TROUBLE

FINDING LEGITIMACY IN HOLLYWOOD.

HE KNEW RELATIVELY LITTLE
ABOUT THE MOVIE BUSINESS.

THEN, A LIFE-CHANGING ENCOUNTER.

HE MEETS A WOMAN
CALLED LANIE JACOBS.

SHE WAS INTRODUCED
TO ROY AT A PARTY.

SHE WAS AN ATTRACTIVE
LADY, SEXY.

SHE DIDN'T HAVE TROUBLE
GETTING MEN.

A CLOTHING DESIGNER
WITH A STRING

OF WEALTHY EX-HUSBANDS,

LANIE JACOBS LIVES
A LIFE OF EXCESS.

SHE DRIVES A PORSCHE,
RENTS PRIVATE JETS,

AND LIKE RADIN, SHE ALSO CAME TO
LOS ANGELES TO FULFILL HER DREAM

OF BECOMING
A HOLLYWOOD PRODUCER.

RADIN AND LANIE HIT IT OFF,

AND THEY JUST STARTED GOING
OUT AND PARTYING TOGETHER.

LANIE HAS A CREW
OF HOLLYWOOD PLAYMATES,

AND ROY EASILY BECOMES
IMMERSED IN HER WORLD.

HE CLICKS WITH ONE
IN PARTICULAR,

A MISSISSIPPI TRANSPLANT
NAMED TALLY ROGERS.

TALLY IS A FORMER BOXING CHAMP
WHO CAN PARTY

JUST AS HARD AS HE CAN PUNCH.

LANIE INTRODUCED HIM TO ROY.

TALLY AND ROY BECAME
REALLY GOOD FRIENDS.

IN FACT, TALLY,
WHEN HE WAS IN LOS ANGELES,

WOULD STAY AT THE SAME HOTEL

THAT RADIN AND HIS PERSONAL
SECRETARY WERE STAYING AT.

BUT IT'S NOT JUST FRIENDS

THAT LANIE SUPPLIES ROY WITH.

SHE ALSO HAS A MAJOR
HOLLYWOOD CONNECTION.

LANIE COMES TO RADIN AND SAYS
SHE HAD MET BOB EVANS.

ROBERT EVANS HAD DONE THINGS
LIKE "CHINATOWN"

AND "ROSEMARY'S BABY."

HE WAS A HUGE SUCCESS,

BUT HE ALSO LIKED COKE
A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH,

AND HE GOT BUSTED FOR IT,

AND THE HOLLYWOOD STUDIO
SORT OF TURNED ITS BACK ON HIM

AFTER HE HAD A COUPLE OF BOMBS.

THESE DAYS,
EVANS CAN'T SEEM TO FIND

WHAT THE CHANGING TASTES
OF THE '80s DEMAND,

THE BLOCKBUSTER.

FILMS LIKE "ROCKY,"
"RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK,"

AND THE "STAR WARS" FRANCHISE
ARE MAKING RECORD PROFITS,

BUT EVANS HAS A VISION
FROM THE PAST

THAT HE HOPES WILL
PUT HIM BACK ON TOP.

HE HAD THIS IDEA
TO DO A BIG FILM

BASED AROUND THE COTTON CLUB,

THIS HISTORIC PLACE IN HARLEM
WHERE AFRICAN-AMERICAN TALENT

AND THE MOB KIND OF INTERSECTED,

BUT, YOU KNOW,
THE PEOPLE IN THE STUDIOS,

YOU'VE GOT TO COME UP
WITH TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

TO GET A FILM LIKE THAT
UNDERWAY,

AND THEY JUST DIDN'T REALLY
TRUST ROBERT EVANS ANYMORE.

10 YEARS AGO, EVANS WOULDN'T
HAVE GIVEN A GUY LIKE RADIN,

FLUSH WITH CASH
BUT SHORT ON HOLLYWOOD CRED,

THE TIME OF DAY,

BUT HE'S HAD 2 YEARS OF
UNSUCCESSFUL FUNDING ATTEMPTS.

AND RADIN, OF COURSE,
KEYED ON THAT RIGHT AWAY,

AND SAID, "BOY, CAN YOU
INTRODUCE ME TO HIM?"

LANIE TAKES RADIN
TO MEET ROBERT EVANS.

IT'S A DO-OR-DIE
OPPORTUNITY FOR ROY,

WHO IS HOPING EVANS IS CONVINCED

THAT HIS BACKGROUND
IN VAUDEVILLE

MAKES HIM THE PERFECT
MATCH FOR THIS PROJECT.

SHE PUT RADIN TOGETHER
WITH MR. EVANS,

AND THE THREE OF THEM
BEGIN TALKING

ABOUT PUTTING A MOVIE
DEAL TOGETHER.

AFTER A SERIES OF NEGOTIATIONS,

RADIN AND EVANS
HASH OUT AN AGREEMENT.

ROY HAD GOOD INTEREST.
HE HAD 45% INTEREST IN IT.

ROBERT EVANS HAD 45%.

THE REMAINING 10%
WENT TO THE OTHER FINANCIERS.

ROY'S HOLLYWOOD DREAMS
ARE FINALLY BECOMING A REALITY.

A FEW DAYS LATER, HE FLIES BACK
TO NEW YORK FOR BUSINESS.

WHILE THERE,
HE RECEIVES A PHONE CALL.

LANIE, WHO PUT ROY
AND ROBERT TOGETHER, IS GOING,

"WHAT ABOUT ME?

I SHOULD GET HALF OF
WHAT ROY IS GOING TO MAKE.

I SHOULD GET HALF OF 45%."

ROY SAID, "NO, THAT'S NOT
HOW PRODUCING WORKS.

I'LL GIVE YOU
A FLAT FEE OF $50,000

AS A FINDER'S FEE.
YOU SHOULD LIKE IT."

HE PROBABLY SWORE,
YELLED AT HER AND STUFF,

AND THEN HUNG UP ON HER.

THEN I UNDERSTAND
THAT SHE WAS UPSET.

SHE CALLED BACK CRYING.

ROY RELUCTANTLY AGREES
TO TALK IT OVER IN PERSON

WHEN HE RETURNS TO L. A.

RADIN IS BACK IN LOS ANGELES
AT HIS USUAL HOTEL,

THE REGENCY, WITH HIS ASSISTANT,
JONATHAN LAWSON.

LANIE HAS BEEN PRESSING
FOR A DINNER MEETING,

AND ROY FINALLY AGREES
TO SEE HER THAT EVENING.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO GO OFF
TO A NICE DINNER

THAT THIS SPIFFY PLACE
IN LOS ANGELES, LA SCALA.

ROY ISN'T THRILLED
ABOUT THE DINNER,

AND HAS A PLAN "B"
IN THE WORKS,

ONE THAT INVOLVES HIS CLIENT,
ACTOR DEMOND WILSON.

RADIN SET IT UP
SO THAT DEMOND WILSON

WOULD COME TO HIM AT THE END
OF THE EVENING AT LA SCALA,

AND SAY,
"HEY, GOOD TO SEE YOU, BUDDY.

LET'S GO PARTY,
AND I'LL LEAVE WITH YOU."

LANIE COMES OVER
TO PICK HIM UP AT HIS HOTEL

WHERE HE IS STAYING
IN LOS ANGELES

WEARING A TIGHT-FITTING
LAMé OUTFIT.

LANIE SAYS,
"LET'S GO TO LA SCALA

AND WORK THIS THING OUT BETWEEN
US ABOUT THE MOVIE DIFFERENCES."

THE DUO GET INTO LANIE'S LIMO,

AND THE CHAUFFEUR TAKES OFF
ONTO SUNSET BOULEVARD.

BACK AT THE HOTEL,

JONATHAN LAWSON RECEIVES
AN ODD PHONE CALL.

IT'S A WOMAN LOOKING FOR
RADIN'S PARTY BUDDY,

TALLY ROGERS.

TALLY HAS BEEN M.I.A.
FOR ABOUT A MONTH.

WHEN LAWSON TRIES TO FIND OUT
WHO THE CALLER IS, SHE HANGS UP.

THE CALL DOESN'T SIT RIGHT
WITH JONATHAN.

HE RINGS LA SCALA
TO TELL ROY ABOUT IT,

AND RECEIVES ALARMING NEWS.

JONATHAN GOT HOLD OF DEMOND,
AND DEMOND SAID,

"THEY NEVER GOT HERE."

HOURS PASS.

NO WORD FROM ROY OR LANIE.

HIS CONCERN GROWS.

JONATHAN SMELLED
SOMETHING WAS WRONG.

HE DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MUCH
DANGER RADIN WAS IN.

ON MAY 13th,
ROY RADIN AND LANIE JACOBS

WERE ON ROUTE TO DINNER,

BUT THE DUO NEVER SHOWED
AT THE RESTAURANT,

AND NOW BOTH ARE MISSING.

RADIN'S PERSONAL ASSISTANT
JONATHAN LAWSON IS CONCERNED

WHEN HIS BOSS DOESN'T
RETURN TO THEIR HOTEL.

JONATHAN KNEW IMMEDIATELY
SOMETHING WAS UP.

THIS IS JONATHAN.

HE MAKES DOZENS
OF CALLS ALL OVER TOWN

LOOKING FOR RADIN.

HE RINGS LANIE AT HOME,
BUT CAN'T GET AN ANSWER.

HE LEAVES A MESSAGE
WITH HER ANSWERING SERVICE.

JONATHAN COULDN'T GET HER,
AND LEFT THE MESSAGE THAT,

"IF I DON'T HEAR BACK FROM YOU,
I'M GOING TO CALL THE POLICE.

I'M GOING TO GO
TO THE POLICE."

FINALLY, HE HEARS FROM LANIE.

SHE SAID THAT HER AND ROY HAD
GOTTEN INTO A FIGHT IN THE LIMO.

SHE TOLD HIM THAT,
"ROY GOT MAD AT ME.

HE KICKED ME OUT OF THE LIMO
AND HE TOOK OFF."

ROY'S PERSONALITY
WAS VERY INTENSE.

HE COULD BE PRETTY SCARY.

HE COULD BE PRETTY INTIMIDATING.

SHE WENT ON TO HER ATTORNEY'S
HOUSE IN BEVERLY HILLS.

JONATHAN'S HOPE
FOR ANSWERS IS DASHED.

IF SOMETHING DID, IN FACT,
HAPPEN TO ROY,

IT WAS AFTER HE
AND LANIE PARTED WAYS.

BY THE NEXT MORNING,
ROY STILL HASN'T RETURNED.

WHEN JONATHAN RINGS ROY'S MOTHER
TO ALERT HER OF THE SITUATION,

SHE FILLS HIM IN
ON A CONVERSATION

FROM THE LAST TIME THEY SPOKE,

AND IT'S CHILLING.

ROY SAID, "MOM, I LOVE YOU.

IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO ME,
YOU KNOW,

I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW
THAT I LOVE YOU."

THIS WAS SORT OF, LIKE,
YOU KNOW, A RED FLAG,

BIG RED FLAG,
THAT SOMETHING WAS UP.

THEY SAID, YOU KNOW,
"CALL THE L. A. P. D.

AND MAKE
A MISSING-PERSON REPORT."

BUT IT'S HARD TO GET POLICE
TO BE TOO AROUSED

ABOUT SOMEBODY LIKE
ROY GOING MISSING,

GIVEN ROY'S RECREATIONAL HABITS.

AND THE FAMILY AND MYSELF ARE
SAYING, "NO, NO, NO.

THIS DOES NOT ADD UP.
THIS DOES NOT ADD UP."

A WEEK LATER, ROY'S
MOTHER PUTS UP $1 MILLION REWARD

FOR HIS SAFE RETURN.

OVER THE NEXT FEW
WEEKS, FRIENDS AND FAMILY

WAIT WITH BATED BREATH.

YOU'RE LIKE IN LIMBO, AND THE
LIMBO BECOMES PURE TORTURE.

ROY'S MOTHER WAS DESPERATELY

SEEKING TO FIND OUT
WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM.

HE SIMPLY VANISHED
INTO THIN AIR.

THE BEEKEEPER WAS
60 MILES NORTH OF L. A.

HE'S LOOKING FOR A PLACE
TO PUT HIS BEEHIVES,

AND HE SAW A HAND STICKING UP
FROM A BUSH, A HUMAN HAND.

THE BEEKEEPER CALLS
LOCAL POLICE,

WHO ARRIVE AT THE SCENE
AND FIND A HORRIFIC SITE,

A MUMMIFIED, WITHERED CORPSE
WITH NO FACE,

BUT AN EXPENSIVE
THREE-PIECE SUIT

AND A PIERRE CARDIN TIE.

HE WAS SHOT IN THE BACK
OF THE HEAD WITH A.22

SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
12 AND 13 TIMES.

YOU HAD THE FRAME STRUCTURE OF
A FELLOW THAT WAS OVER 6 FOOT,

BUT MOSTLY BONES AND SOME
DRY SKIN AND THE CLOTHING.

BASED ON THE CONDITION
OF THE BODY,

POLICE BELIEVE THE PERSON
WAS MURDERED ON

MAY 13th, THE DAY ROY WAS
LAST SEEN HEADED TO LA SCALA,

BUT THERE'S NOTHING
ON THE BODY TO I. D. IT --

NO WALLET, NO JEWELRY,
NO LICENSE.

WE KNEW THE GENERAL SIZE
OF THIS PERSON.

HE WAS 6'4", VERY OBESE AND THE
TYPE OF CLOTHING HE WAS WEARING.

RIGHT AWAY,
THEY SAW THE ROY RADIN

MISSING-PERSONS WITH L. A. P. D.

THEY REQUESTED DENTAL CHARTS
FROM NEW YORK ON ROY RADIN,

AND THAT'S HOW
HE WAS IDENTIFIED.

THE MEDIA IS ABLAZE
OVER THE TABLOID-READY STORY.

NEAR GORMAN.

RADIN'S BADLY DECOMPOSED BODY

WAS DISCOVERED FACE-UP
IN A THREE-PIECE BUSINESS SUIT.

I WAS DEVASTATED.

IT WAS JUST TOO MUCH.

HIS MOTHER WAS DISTRAUGHT.

THIS WAS HER BABY BOY,
AND THIS WAS HER HERO.

I MEAN, THIS WAS THE GUY WHO
STEPPED UP AFTER THE FATHER LEFT

AND TOOK CARE
OF THE WHOLE FAMILY.

SHE ADORED HIM.

FOR POLICE, THIS IS
NOW A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION.

L.A. COUNTY'S SHERIFF'S
DETECTIVE CARLOS AVILA

IS ASSIGNED THE CASE, AND HE HAS
HIS WORK CUT OUT FOR HIM.

ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS
POLICE WILL ASK

WHEN SOMEBODY IS MURDERED IS,

"WELL, DO YOU KNOW
IF HE HAD ANY ENEMIES?"

YOU KNOW, FOR ROY RADIN, THAT
WAS A TOUGH QUESTION TO ANSWER.

YOU GO, "WELL, WHERE
SHOULD I START?"

THE PEOPLE THAT HE STIFFED,
THE PEOPLE THAT HE ABUSED,

THE PEOPLE THAT HE YELLED AT.

THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE
THAT THOUGHT

IF SOMETHING BAD
HAPPENS TO ROY RADIN,

THAT'S A GOOD DAY FOR ME.

DETECTIVES INTERVIEW
RADIN'S PERSONAL SECRETARY,

JONATHAN, AND THE IMMEDIATELY
POINTS THE FINGER

AT LANIE JACOBS.

SHE WANTED HALF
OF ROY'S PERCENTAGE,

AND ROY REFUSED
TO GIVE THAT TO HER.

BUT FOR DETECTIVES
TO QUESTION LANIE,

THEY NEED TO FIND HER.

SHE PUT HER HOUSE UP IMMEDIATELY
FOR SALE IN SHERMAN OAKS.

SHE WAS EXCITED.

SHE WAS MOVING TO GO INTO
THE FILM BUSINESS TO NEW YORK.

SHE'S SELLING THE HOUSE
BECAUSE SHE'S GOING TO BECOME

A FILM PRODUCER.

DETECTIVES INVESTIGATE
THE STORY

THAT LANIE TOLD JONATHAN.

USING PHONE RECORDS,
THEY VERIFY THAT SHE WAS

AT HER ATTORNEY'S
APARTMENT THAT NIGHT.

THERE'S A RECORD
THAT SHE WAS THERE

AND TRIED TO CALL ROBERT EVANS.

WITH EVANS' NAME IN THE MIX,

DETECTIVE AVILA AND HIS PARTNER
SET UP AN INTERVIEW

WITH THE FAMED PRODUCER.

IT LASTS ALMOST FOUR HOURS,
AND EVANS APPEARS HEAVILY

AFFECTED BY
THE MYSTERIOUS MURDER.

HE'S SCARED FOR HIS SAFETY
AND HIS FAMILY'S SAFETY.

EVANS VERIFIES THAT
LANIE HAD CALLED HIM MAY 13th

FROM HER ATTORNEY'S APARTMENT,
AND TOLD HIM ABOUT THE FIGHT

WHERE SHE GOT THROWN
OUT OF THE LIMO.

HE SAID THAT HE WAS ALL
FOR RADIN AND LANIE

BECOMING MUTUAL PARTNERS
IN THE MOVIE BUSINESS.

BUT HE DIDN'T WANT ANYTHING
TO DO WITH THE NEGOTIATIONS.

HE SAID HE TOLD RADIN TO SETTLE
IT AND LEAVE HIM OUT OF IT.

EVANS TOLD THEM EVERYTHING,
ALLEGEDLY, THAT HE KNEW.

BUT FROM TALKING TO LAWSON,

THEY KNOW
THERE'S MORE TO THE STORY.

THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES,

AND AS THEY INTERVIEW
VARIOUS ASSOCIATES,

THEY LEARN RADIN EXPECTED
CREATIVE CONTROL.

IT WAS REALIZED THAT ROY
WAS NOT GOING TO BE

THE SILENT MONEY PARTNER
AS EXPECTED.

EVANS WAS MAKING CALLS
TO OTHER INVESTORS

ABOUT FINANCING THE COTTON CLUB
DEAL WITHOUT RADIN,

AND BEFORE IT WAS EVEN
DISCOVERED THAT RADIN WAS DEAD,

ROBERT EVANS TRAVELED
TO LAS VEGAS.

THERE, HE MET WITH
THE WEALTHY DOUMANI BROTHERS.

HE WENT TO THESE BROTHERS
IN LAS VEGAS TWO OR THREE WEEKS

BEFORE THE BODY WAS FOUND.

THEY'RE THE ONES
WHO EVENTUALLY PUT MONEY

INTO BACKING
THE COTTON CLUB MOVIE.

COULD ONE OF THE MOST
POWERFUL MEN IN HOLLYWOOD

HAVE BEEN INVOLVED
WITH THIS GRUESOME MURDER?

WEEKS AFTER
ROY RADIN'S BULLET-RIDDLED BODY

WAS DISCOVERED
IN CASWELL CANYON,

POLICE ARE DESPERATELY
TRYING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM

OF WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM.

THE LAST THING THAT
EVERYBODY KNEW

WAS THAT LANIE JACOBS CAME TO
HIS HOTEL ROOM, PICKED HIM UP.

HE GOT INTO HER LIMO.

HER STORY WAS, "HEY,
HE KICKED ME OUT OF THE LIMO,

AND HE TOOK OFF.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY WENT.

THE LIMO DRIVER
MUST'VE KILLED HIM."

DETECTIVE AVILA TRACKS
DOWN THE CAR SERVICE.

THEY SEARCH THE LIMO
AND FIND NOTHING,

BUT THEY DO UNCOVER
A VITAL PIECE OF THE PUZZLE.

THEY FOUND OUT WHO RENTED
THE LIMOUSINE,

A MAN NAMED BILL MENTZER.

HE USED TO WORK FOR LARRY FLINT,

THE GUY WHO WAS CRIPPLED
AFTER BEING SHOT,

WHO WAS THE PUBLISHER
OF HUSTLER MAGAZINE.

WILLIAM WORKED FOR
LARRY FLYNT'S SECURITY.

IT COULD BE
A HUGE BREAK IN THE CASE,

BUT WHEN THEY ATTEMPT
TO TRACK BILL MENTZER DOWN,

LIKE LANIE,
HE'S NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.

IN THE '80s, IT WAS MUCH EASIER
FOR PEOPLE TO JUST DISAPPEAR.

THREE MONTHS AFTER
ROY'S BODY WAS DISCOVERED,

NARCOTICS OFFICERS MAKE A DRUG
BUST AT THE LOS ANGELES AIRPORT,

AND ONE OF THE MEN ARRESTED,
NONE OTHER THAN WILLIAM MENTZER.

L.A.P.D. CALLED CARLOS AVILA,

ONE OF OUR
ORIGINAL INVESTIGATORS,

AND SAID, "HEY, WE'RE GOING
TO DO A SEARCH WARRANT

ON MENTZER'S APARTMENT."

AND THE SEARCH YIELDS
A PROMISING FIND.

THEY WERE POLAROID
SHOTS OF MENTZER

STANDING WITH FATIGUES
ON WITH AUTOMATIC WEAPONS.

IN EACH PHOTO, MENTZER
IS POSING WITH A DIFFERENT MAN,

BUT IT'S NOT THE PEOPLE
AVILA FINDS NOTEWORTHY.

IN THE BACKGROUND,
YOU CAN SEE CASWELL CANYON,

THE SAME MOUNTAINS WHERE
ROY RADIN'S BODY IS FOUND.

AVILA KNOWS THIS IS MORE
THAN A COINCIDENCE,

BUT MENTZER ISN'T TALKING.

HE SAID, "NO.
I WANT TO TALK TO MY ATTORNEY,"

SO HE WOULDN'T EVEN DISCUSS
THE ROY RADIN CASE WITH THEM.

MENTZER BEATS THE DRUG
CHARGES AGAINST HIM,

SO ANY HOPE THAT HE'LL TALK IN
ORDER TO STRIKE A DEAL IS GONE.

THE CASE BEGINS TO GROW COLD.

CARLOS AVILA WAS BASICALLY
WORKING THE CASE ALONE,

AND WHEN YOU HAVE A CASE
THAT YOU HAVEN'T SOLVED,

SAY, FOR TWO OR THREE MONTHS,

HE HAS TO DEAL WITH NEW CASES
BECAUSE THEY'RE FRESH.

SOMETHING LIKE THIS
YOU GET BACK TO WHEN YOU CAN.

WHEN THE CASE WENT COLD,
IT BECAME VERY FRUSTRATED FOR ME

BECAUSE I HAD NO ANSWERS TO GIVE
ROY'S MOTHER OR HIS SISTER.

IT'S A VERY HELPLESS FEELING.

ONE YEAR AFTER ROY RADIN'S
DEATH, "THE COTTON CLUB,"

THE MOVIE THAT WAS GOING TO BE
HIS TICKET TO HOLLYWOOD,

HITS THEATERS
WITH AN A-LIST CAST.

"THE COTTON CLUB" MOVIE WOUND UP

STARRING RICHARD GERE
AND GREGORY HINES.

AND THE PERFECT DIRECTOR.

THE DIRECTOR OF THE MOVIE
BECAME FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA.

COPPOLA BROKE GROUND IN
A POWERFUL WAY WITH HIS FILM,

"THE GODFATHER,"

AND THAT WAS THE BEGINNING
OF A KIND OF RENAISSANCE

OF THE AMERICAN
LOVE AFFAIR WITH GANGSTERS.

IT'S A SUREFIRE RECIPE
FOR THE BLOCKBUSTER

EVANS HAS BEEN AFTER.

AND IT FLOPPED.

THE MOVIE JUST DIDN'T COHERE,
AND IT LOST MONEY.

ROBERT EVANS IS LEFT
IN FINANCIAL RUIN.

HIS ALREADY-TARNISHED
REPUTATION IS IN TATTERS.

HOLLYWOOD IS AN ODD PLACE

IN THAT YOU'RE ONLY AS GOOD
AS YOUR LAST PICTURE,

AND PEOPLE DISTRUSTED
ROBERT EVANS MORE

BECAUSE HIS LAST PICTURES
HAD BEEN A FLOP

THAN BECAUSE HE WAS POSSIBLY
ASSOCIATED WITH A MURDER.

FOUR YEARS HAVE PASSED
SINCE RADIN'S MURDER,

AND THE CASE IS STILL COLD.

THE MAIN INVESTIGATOR,
CARLOS AVILA,

IS GOING TO WORK FOR THE FBI,
SO HIS CASES ARE REDISTRIBUTED.

I WAS WORKING
THE UNSOLVED OFFICE

OUT OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT,

AND THE CAPTAIN CALLED
MY PARTNER AND I AND SAID,

"I WANT YOU GUYS
TO WORK THIS CASE.

JUST TAKE YOUR TIME
AND ABSORB IT

AND SEE WHERE
YOU CAN GO WITH IT."

AS STONER AND
HIS PARTNER STUDY THE CASE,

ONE THING CATCHES
THEIR ATTENTION.

WE'RE GOING THROUGH
THE EVIDENCE,

AND I SEE THE PHOTOGRAPHS.

SERGEANT AVILA HAD
NEVER BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY

THE OTHER MEN
POSING WITH MENTZER,

AND MENTZER HIMSELF
STILL ISN'T TALKING.

SERGEANT STONER KNOWS IN HIS GUT
THEY ARE THE KEY TO THIS CASE.

AND I THOUGHT, "YOU KNOW,
THERE'S SOMEBODY WE NEED

TO CONTACT WHO CAN TELL US
WHO THEY ARE,"

AND WE GOT TO TALKING TO PEOPLE
THAT HAD KNOWN MENTZER,

AND WE LEARNED
THAT HE'S DIVORCED.

DEE-DEE!

WHO ELSE TO TALK TO
BUT AN EX-WIFE?

THEY TRACK DOWN
MENTZER'S EX-WIFE.

SHE MET WITH US,
AND YOU COULD TELL

SHE DIDN'T WANT TO BE THERE.

SHE DIDN'T WANT TO HELP.

SO SHE'S GETTING READY TO LEAVE.

I SAID, "JUST ONE THING."

AND I SAID, "LOOK AT THESE
PHOTOGRAPHS AND TELL ME.

WE KNOW THIS IS BILL.
WHO ARE THESE OTHER PEOPLE?"

SHE IDENTIFIES ALEX MARTI.

ACCORDING TO MENTZER'S EX-WIFE,
ALEX MARTI IS ALMOST A PSYCHO.

HE'S VERY MEAN, AND WAS SUPPOSED
TO HAVE BEEN AN EX-MEMBER

OF THE ARGENTINE HIT SQUADS.

SHE RECOGNIZES THEM
AS HAVING WORKED WITH HER EX

IN LARRY'S FLYNT'S
SECURITY TEAM.

SHE ALSO IDENTIFIES THE THIRD
MAN IN THE PHOTO, WILLIAM RIDER.

WILLIAM RIDER WAS ORIGINALLY
A POLICE OFFICER IN OHIO,

THEN WENT ON TO BE CHIEF
OF LARRY FLYNT'S SECURITY.

I SAID, "HOW DO WE GOT
A HOLD OF BILL RIDER?"

AND SHE GAVE US
HIS PHONE NUMBER.

POLICE CONTACT RIDER,

WHO IS NOW LIVING
IN THE MIDWEST.

HE AGREES TO COME TO
CALIFORNIA AND TALK TO THEM.

AFTER FOUR YEARS OF SEARCHING
FOR ANY MORSEL OF INFO,

FINALLY, A LEAD.

WE SIT DOWN,
AND WE HAVE A CHAT WITH HIM.

HE SAYS, "FIRST OF ALL, THESE
PEOPLE ARE VERY, VERY DANGEROUS,

AND I'VE GOT A CHILD AND WIFE,

AND I CAN'T AFFORD
TO LET THEM KNOW

THAT I'M ASSISTING YOU
IN ANY WAY."

AND WE SAID, "WELL, RIGHT NOW,
WE JUST WANT TO KNOW

WHERE THESE PHOTOGRAPHS
WERE TAKEN."

RIDER OBLIGES.

HE GETS US ON HIGHWAY 5

AND DRIVES US
RIGHT TO CASWELL CANYON.

HE SAYS,
"GO DOWN THIS SIDE ROAD."

WE DO.

HE SAYS, "IT WAS RIGHT IN HERE,"

PROBABLY 100 FEET FROM WHERE
RADIN'S BODY WAS FOUND.

AND THEN HE REVEALS
WHAT HE KNOWS,

THE STORY OF THE SHOCKING,

UNBELIEVABLE MURDER
OF ROY RADIN.

POLICE KNOW THE LIMO
ROY RADIN GOT INTO

THE NIGHT OF HIS MURDER

WAS RENTED BY A BODYGUARD
NAMED WILLIAM MENTZER.

THEY'VE HAD NO LUCK
GETTING MENTZER TO TALK,

BUT POLICE HAVE TRACKED DOWN HIS
FORMER ASSOCIATE, BILL RIDER.

BILL RIDER WORKED
FOR LARRY FLYNT'S

SECURITY FOR QUITE A WHILE.

HE SAID, "WE WOULD SIT AROUND
AND TALK ABOUT THINGS

THAT WE HAD DONE IN OUR PAST."

AND ONE OF THE
SECURITY TEAM'S FAVORITE TOPICS

WAS THE RADIN MURDER THAT
MENTZER AND MARTI WERE IN ON.

"YOU MEAN, GODZILLA?"

ROY RADIN WAS 6'4",
WEIGHED OVER 300 POUNDS,

AND THAT'S HOW THEY REFERRED
TO HIM AS GODZILLA.

RIDER SAID, "I'D SIT AROUND
AND TALK WITH THEM

ABOUT THE MURDER."

BUT SERGEANT STONER
NEEDS HARD EVIDENCE,

NOT JUST HEARSAY,

IN ORDER TO TAKE
THE KILLERS DOWN.

HE ASKS RIDER TO WEAR A WIRE

AND TRY TO GET
A CONFESSION FROM THE MEN.

IF THEY'VE TALKED OPENLY
WITH HIM BEFORE,

MAYBE THEY WOULD AGAIN,
BUT THESE ARE DANGEROUS MEN,

AND BILL HAS A FAMILY
TO WORRY ABOUT.

THEY PUT HIM INTO
WITNESS PROTECTION PROGRAM,

PAID HIM $3,000 A MONTH.

WE GIVE HIS FAMILY A SAFE HOUSE,

AND WE GIVE HIM
24-HOUR SECURITY.

POLICE SET UP SHOP
AT A LOS ANGELES HOLIDAY INN.

RIDER REACHES OUT TO MENTZER.

RIDER CALLED MENTZER.

TOLD HIM, "I'M IN TOWN.
WHY DON'T YOU COME BY

AND HAVE A BEER WITH ME?"

MENTZER AGREES TO COME
TO THE HOTEL,

AND IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH
TO GET HIM TALKING.

MENTZER WAS VERY PROUD OF THAT.

YOU COULD TELL BY HIS VOICE.

MENTZER DOESN'T JUST
DESCRIBE HOW THE MURDER.

HE FINALLY ANSWERS
THE QUESTION COPS

HAVE BEEN ASKING
THEMSELVES ALL ALONG --

WHY?

AND THE ANSWER IS ONE COPS
NEVER SAW COMING.

IT ALL STARTED WITH RADIN'S
L. A. PARTY BUDDY, TALLY ROGERS.

TALLY ROGERS WAS ACTUALLY
A DRUG COURIER.

EVERY SIX WEEKS, HE
WOULD BRING 10 KILOS OF COCAINE

FROM THE MIAMI AREA
OUT TO LOS ANGELES.

BUT IN APRIL OF 1983,

SOMEONE TAKES OFF WITH 10 KILOS
OF COCAINE AND $250,000,

AND TALLY, WHO IS NOWHERE TO
BE FOUND, IS THE MAIN SUSPECT.

KNOWING RADIN'S
CLOSE RELATIONSHIP

WITH THE MISSING COURIER,

TALLY'S SUPPLIER
ZEROS IN ON HIM.

RADIN PROBABLY HAD SOMETHING
TO DO WITH THIS DRUG THEFT,

OR AT LEAST KNOWS WHERE TALLY IS
AND WHERE THE DRUGS ARE.

MENTZER IS RECRUITED
AS A HIRED GUN,

AND A PLAN IS HATCHED
TO SHAKE RADIN DOWN.

WE'LL TAKE HIM SOMEWHERE
AND MAKE HIM TELL US

WHERE TALLY IS
AND WHERE THE DRUGS ARE.

THEY LEARN MENTZER'S VERSION
OF WHAT WENT DOWN THAT NIGHT.

HE DESCRIBES HOW THEY DID
THE KIDNAPPING.

THE CHAUFFEUR WAS A GUY
NAMED BOB LOWE.

LOWE DRIVES LANIE AND RADIN

IN THEIR LIMO TO LA SCALA,

AND MENTZER AND MARTI
FOLLOW CLOSELY BEHIND.

WHEN THE LIMO PULLS OFF
TO THE SIDE STREET AND STOPS,

THE DOORS FLY OPEN.

MENTZER AND MARTI JUMP
INTO THE LIMO THAT ROY WAS IN.

LANIE JUMPS OUT OF THE LIMO.

SO NOW, ROY IS IN THIS LIMO
WITH THESE THREE MEN,

TWO OF THEM POINTING A GUN
BETWEEN HIS LEGS

FOR A 60-MILE DRIVE
UP TO GORMAN COUNTY.

RIGHT AWAY, THEY'RE TALKING
TO HIM ABOUT TALLY ROGERS

AND THE THEFT OF THE MONEY.

AND RADIN SAYS, "I'VE GOT NO
IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT."

WHAT HE MUST HAVE GONE THROUGH
AND BEEN THINKING OFF,

AND THOSE GUYS DOING
TO HIM AT THE TIME,

IT MUST'VE BEEN A NIGHTMARE.

THE PLAN WAS TO DO WHATEVER THEY
HAD TO DO TO GET RADIN TO TALK,

BUT ACCORDING TO MENTZER,

AS SOON AS THEY REACHED
THERE LOCATION, THAT CHANGED.

HE SAID, "WE GOT OUT THERE
TO CASWELL CANYON

AND RADIN KEPT
DENYING ANYTHING."

MARTI, THE LOOSE
CANNON, RUNS OUT OF PATIENCE.

AND HE SAID, "THAT DARN MARTI...

...JUST SHOT HIM
RIGHT IN THE HEAD

AS SOON AS HE GOT HIM
OUT OF THE CAR."

AND HE SAID,
"HE JUST KEPT SHOOTING HIM."

MENTZER GAVE HIM
THE COUP DE GRâCE...

...JUST TO SHOW THAT
HE WAS PART OF IT.

BUT THERE'S ONE MORE PERSON
MENTZER TELLS RIDER ABOUT --

THE RIPPED-OFF SUPPLIER
WHO ORCHESTRATED THIS JOB.

AS IT TURNS OUT, LANIE JACOBS IS
MORE THAN JUST THE FASHION MOGUL

AND KEPT DIVORCEE
SHE APPEARED TO BE.

LANIE WAS A VERY HIGH-END
DRUG DEALER TO THE STARS,

MOVED A LOT OF QUANTITIES
OF COCAINE.

SHE GETS HER STASH
FROM A COLUMBIAN DRUG CARTEL.

AND THE WAY THE COCAINE BUSINESS
WORKS, SHE'S FRONTED THE DRUGS.

SHE'S GETTING HEAT, NOW,
FROM THE COLOMBIANS.

"WHERE'S THE MONEY
FOR OUR COCAINE?"

AND "WHERE'S OUR MONEY?"

SHE CAN'T JUST TELL THE CARTEL

THAT HER COURIER
RAN OFF WITH IT.

SHE HAS TO FIND TALLY
TO GET THE MONEY BACK,

WHICH IS WHY SHE SENT MENTZER
AND HIS GOONS AFTER RADIN.

THANKS TO MARTI, THEY NEVER
GOT THE INFORMATION

SHE WAS LOOKING FOR.

IT'S A GRUESOME CONFESSION,
AND IT'S ALL ON TAPE.

BUT THERE'S ONE MORE PERSON

WHO'S ABOUT TO GET
PULLED INTO THE WEB.

POLICE HAVE TAPED
CONFESSIONS FROM BILL MENTZER

ADMITTING HIS INVOLVEMENT
IN THE MURDER OF ROY RADIN.

WHAT WAS ONCE A COLD CASE
HAS FULLY HEATED UP.

DETECTIVE STONER TRACKS DOWN
AN OLD FRIEND OF LANIE'S

WHO IS IN JAIL,
AND SHE PROVIDES VALUABLE INTEL.

LANIE IS LIVING
IN OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA

UNDER THE NAME
KAREN GREENBERGER.

AFTER ROY WAS MURDERED,

LANIE HAD MOVED DOWN THERE
TO FLORIDA,

MET A FELLOW BY THE NAME
OF LARRY GREENBERGER.

THIS GUY IS A MILLIONAIRE.

SHE WINDS UP MOVING IN
AND MARRYING HIM.

DETECTIVE STONER CONTACTS
THE OKEECHOBEE POLICE TO INQUIRE

ABOUT KAREN GREENBERGER.

THEY CALL HIM BACK
WITH SOME UNBELIEVABLE NEWS.

SHE'S UNDER INVESTIGATION
FOR ANOTHER CRIME --

THE MURDER OF HER HUSBAND.

HE SAID, "WELL, OUR CORONER
DOESN'T THINK IT'S A SUICIDE.

THEY THINK THAT SOMEONE
SHOT GREENBERGER

AND TRIED TO MAKE IT
LOOKS LIKE A SUICIDE."

LANIE IS NOT ONLY
UNDER INVESTIGATION,

SHE'S ON THE RUN.

WE STARTED TRACKING
HER CREDIT CARDS,

AND SHE WAS MOVING EVERY
OTHER DAY TO ANOTHER HOTEL.

THEY FIGURE,
". SHE'S GOING TO SPLIT.

SHE'S MAKING ARRANGEMENTS
TO GET OUT OF THE COUNTRY."

A COORDINATED PLAN
BETWEEN THE OKEECHOBEE

AND L. A. COUNTY
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENTS

IS QUICKLY SET IN MOTION.

WE HAD THE SHERIFF IN OKEECHOBEE
CALL HER ATTORNEY AND TELL HIM,

"LOOK, WE'RE NOT GOING TO ARREST
HER ON HER HUSBAND'S SHOOTING.

WE'RE STILL INVESTIGATING THAT,

AND IT MAY VERY WELL
BE A SUICIDE,

BUT WE NEED
A STATEMENT FROM HER."

AND THE ATTORNEY SAID, "YOU
PROMISE NOT TO ARREST FOR THAT?"

AND HE SAID, "WE PROMISE."

WITH THE AGREEMENT IN PLACE,

LANIE COMES OUT OF HIDING.

SHE AGREES TO MEET IN ORLANDO

AND GIVE A STATEMENT
ABOUT THE NIGHT

LARRY GREENBERGER WAS SHOT.

AS SHE FINISHES HER STATEMENT,

THE POLICE HAVE
ONE OF THERE OWN.

"BY THE WAY, I DO HAVE
A WARRANT FOR YOUR ARREST

FOR THE MURDER OF ROY RADIN."

AND OF COURSE,
HER ATTORNEY WENT BERSERK.

HE SAID, "YOU PROMISED
NOT TO ARREST HER!"

I SAID I WOULDN'T ARREST HER
FOR THE GREENBERGER SHOOTING.

SHE'S BEING ARRESTED
FOR THE MURDER OF ROY RADIN.

AND WITH LANIE IN CUSTODY,
THEY SURGE INTO ACTION

GATHERING UP THE OTHERS.

FOUR PEOPLE ARE UNDER ARREST
TONIGHT FOR THE CONTRACT MURDER

OF NEW YORK PRODUCER
ROY RADIN BACK IN 1983.

ROBERT EVANS IS NOT ONE OF THE
CORE GROUP TAKEN INTO CUSTODY,

BUT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY
MAKES IT CLEAR

HE'S NOT OFF THE HOOK JUST YET.

THE PRETRIAL HEARINGS BEGIN.

D.A. DAVID CONN NEEDS MAKE
A CONVINCING ARGUMENT

THAT HE HAS ENOUGH EVIDENCE
TO TRY LANIE

AND HER COHORTS FOR MURDER.

WITH HIGH STAKES
AND A STAR-STUDDED LINEUP,

THE MEDIA
AND SPECTATORS PILE IN.

FROM SEVERAL
HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITIES,

INCLUDING ACTOR DEMOND WILSON
AND ROBERT EVANS,

THE FORMER HEAD
OF PARAMOUNT PICTURES.

THE CROWDS CLAMOR TO
HEAR WHAT THE FIRST PERSON

CALLED TO THE STAND BY
THE PROSECUTION IS GOING TO SAY,

AND IT'S A PERFECT
OPENING ACT -- ROBERT EVANS.

EVANS TAKES THE STAND,
AND THE COURTROOM IS SILENT.

UNFORTUNATELY, SO IS HE.

WHEN THEY TRIED TO ASK HIM ABOUT
IT IN COURT, HE TOOK THE FIFTH.

ROBERT SHAPIRO WAS
REPRESENTING ROBERT EVANS.

SHAPIRO LATER SPEAKS FOR HIM,

TELLING THE MEDIA THAT EVANS WAS
TOTALLY UNINVOLVED IN THE CASE.

OTHER WITNESSES TELL
A DIFFERENT STORY.

MENTZER TOLD HIM BOTH
GREENBERGER AND EVANS

WERE INVOLVED IN THE KILLING,

ESSENTIALLY THAT
THEY PAID FOR IT.

SHAPIRO CALLS THE INSINUATION
THAT EVANS PAID FOR THE HIT

"AN OUTRIGHT LIE,"

AND WITHOUT ANY FURTHER
EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM,

EVANS WALKS OUT
OF THE COURTROOM,

OFF THE HOOK, BUT WITH A SHADOW
THAT WOULD FOREVER HAUNT HIM.

THE OTHERS AREN'T SO LUCKY.

THE JUDGE DEEMS THE EVIDENCE
SUFFICIENT FOR TRIAL.

AFTER SEVEN YEARS, THE CASE
IS FINALLY GOING TO TRIAL,

AND IT'S EXPECTED TO PROVIDE
A GLIMPSE OF TWO AREAS,

MOVIE DEAL-MAKING
AND COCAINE USE IN HOLLYWOOD.

SEVEN YEARS AFTER ROY RADIN'S
EXECUTION-STYLE MURDER,

THE FOUR DEFENDANTS
FACE THE JURY.

OF HIRING THREE MEN
TO KILL RADIN.

LANIE IS CALLED TO THE STAND.

I WAS QUITE SURPRISED
THAT SHE TOOK THE STAND.

I WOULD'VE THOUGHT SHE WOULD'VE
BEEN THE ONE TO TAKE THE FIFTH.

D. A. CONN MAKES
A CONVINCING ARGUMENT

THAT SHE HAD
TWO MOTIVES IN PLAY --

THE COTTON CLUB DISPUTE
AND THE STOLEN DRUGS.

WHEN SHE TESTIFIED, SHE
KEPT CLAIMING SHE WAS AFRAID

AFTER THE THEFT THAT
THE CARTEL WAS AFTER HER.

ON JULY 22nd,
THE JURY REACHES A VERDICT.

WE, THE JURY,
AND THE ABOVE ENTITLED ACTION,

FIND THE DEFENDANT
WILLIAM MENTZER GUILTY

OF THE CRIME
FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.

WE FIND THE DEFENDANT
ALEX MARTI GUILTY

OF THE CRIME
OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.

WE THE JURY FIND THE DEFENDANT
KAREN DeLAYNE GREENBERGER

GUILTY OF THE CRIME
OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.

AND THOUGH THEY AREN'T
GIVEN THE DEATH PENALTY,

LANIE AND HER CREW
DON'T GET OFF EASY.

THEY ALL GET SENTENCED TO LIFE

WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY
OF PAROLE.

THESE ARE DANGEROUS PEOPLE.

WOULD THEY DO IT AGAIN
IF RELEASED?

MORE THAN LIKELY, I WOULD THINK,

BECAUSE THEIR ACTIONS
WERE, LIKE, NORMAL TO THEM.

THEY THOUGHT
THEY WERE INVINCIBLE.

IT'S LIKE THEY WERE LIVING
A MOVIE IN THEIR MIND.

THIS MOVIE-COME-TO-LIFE
HAD MORE DRAMA

THAN THE ONE THAT STARTED IT,
"THE COTTON CLUB."

ROY WANTED IT ALL
AND WENT FOR IT.

HE CHASED THE HOLLYWOOD DREAM
AND PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE.

IT'S AMAZING WHAT DRUGS AND THE
WRONG WOMAN CAN DO TO A MAN.

IF YOU MESS WITH MURDERERS
AND DRUG DEALERS,

YOU'RE GOING TO SLEEP
WITH THE FISHES.

ROY RADIN MAY HAVE
BEEN LARGER THAN LIFE,

BUT FOR HIS LOVED ONES,
HE WAS STILL A REAL PERSON,

AND THIS WAS A HUGE LOSS.

I MISS ROY TERRIBLY.

HE WASN'T A PERFECT GUY.

HE HAD THE ANGEL ON ONE SHOULDER
AND THE DEVIL ON THE OTHER,

BUT HE SHOULD BE REMEMBERED
FOR THE GOOD THINGS HE DID,

THE PEOPLE HE HELPED,
WHICH HE DID A LOT OF.

HE OPENED OPPORTUNITY
DOORS FOR PEOPLE

THAT THEY WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO OPEN FOR THEMSELVES,

AND THE SAD PART IS I THINK
HE COULD'VE DONE A LOT MORE.

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