Do Not Disturb: Hotel Horrors (2015): Season 1, Episode 1 - Murder at the Soho House Hotel - full transcript

IF YOU'RE A CREATIVE TYPE

IN NEW YORK CITY
AND WANT TO GET NOTICED,

THE MEMBERS-ONLY
SOHO HOUSE HOTEL IS

THE PLACE TO BE.

THE SOHO HOUSE IS
A GREAT PLACE TO NETWORK.

A LITTLE OASIS
IN THE MEATPACKING INDUSTRY.

THE CHIC HOTEL IS

WHERE RISING SWIMWEAR DESIGNER
SYLVIE CACHAY

AND HER TRUST-FUND BOYFRIEND,
NICHOLAS BROOKS,

HANG OUT AMONG THE CITY'S
BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE.

SHE HAD THE DREAM
OF HAVING HER OWN LINE.



HE HAD A PRESENCE ABOUT HIM.

WHEN HE WALKED INTO A ROOM,

HE INSTANTLY
COMMANDED ATTENTION.

AND ON DECEMBER 9, 2010,

THE SOHO HOUSE SHOULD BE A PLACE

FOR THE COUPLE
TO GET A GOOD NIGHT'S REST.

- I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!
- YOU WITH YOUR FREAKING LIST!

ARE YOU SERIOUS?!

INSTEAD, FOR ONE OF THEM,

IT WILL BE
THEIR FINAL RESTING PLACE.

I'M SCREAMING,
"PLEASE DON'T DIE!"

CALL 911!

THIS IS A CLASSIC MYSTERY STORY

OF A LOVE APPARENTLY GONE WRONG.



"HOW COULD IT GO
THIS BADLY WRONG?"

CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

THE SOHO HOUSE IN NEW YORK CITY

IS ONE OF THE CITY'S
MOST EXCLUSIVE HOTELS,

CATERING TO THE FILM,
FASHION, AND MUSIC INDUSTRIES.

THE SOHO HOUSE IS A PLACE WHERE
THOSE OF A CREATIVE MIND-SET

CAN COME TOGETHER AND NETWORK.

WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT THE INNOVATORS,

THE MOVERS AND THE SHAKERS
IN THE BUSINESS,

THE TRAILBLAZERS COMING
TOGETHER TO CREATE.

IT'S A LITTLE OASIS

IN THE HIP MEATPACKING DISTRICT
IN LOWER MANHATTAN.

IT'S A PRIVATE MEMBERS CLUB,
SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE ACCEPTED

AND VOTED IN
THROUGH A BOARD AND SUCH.

IT WAS A HOTEL AS WELL.

IT HAD ITS OWN SPA,
MOVIE THEATER.

BUT FOR THE RICH AND FAMOUS

WITH EXCLUSIVE
SOHO CLUB MEMBERSHIPS,

IT'S A HOME AWAY FROM HOME.

IT CATERS TO EVERY NEED
OF IT'S WELL-CONNECTED MEMBERS.

FOR SYLVIE CACHAY,

ONE OF THE FASHION WORLD'S
RISING STARS,

THE SOHO HOUSE WAS A WELCOME
RETREAT FROM HER HECTIC LIFE.

LOVE IT.
LOVE IT.

HELLO.

HOW'S IT GOING?
- HEY.

- THANK YOU.
- HEY, SYLVIE.

- HEY.
- GOOD TO SEE YOU.

- GOOD TO SEE YOU, TOO.
- HOW WE DOING?

IT LOOKS GREAT.
JUST HOLD ON ONE SECOND, OKAY?

YEP.

SYLVIE CACHAY WAS
MOST DEFINITELY

THE QUINTESSENTIAL
SOHO HOUSE MEMBER.

SHE WAS EXTREMELY,
EXTREMELY GIFTED AND WARM.

YOU GUYS ARE BEAUTIFUL.
- HERE WE GO.

KEEP WORKING IT, GIRLS.
- HEY, ENERGY, GUYS, COME ON.

SHE WOULD WALK INTO A ROOM

AND LIGHT IT UP.

NOT LONG AFTER GRADUATING

FROM MARYMOUNT COLLEGE,
SYLVIE CACHAY BECAME

ONE OF THE HOTTEST
YOUNG DESIGNERS IN THE U.S.

RIGHT OUT OF SCHOOL,
SHE GOT AN INTERNSHIP

AT MARC JACOBS,
WHICH IS AMAZING.

I MEAN, THERE'S NO BETTER PLACE
TO START.

AND THEN, FROM THERE,
SHE GOT HIRED AT TOMMY HILFIGER,

WHICH WAS REALLY INCREDIBLE.

SHE HAD A GREAT SALARY,
A GREAT POSITION,

AND SHE WORKED SO HARD.

AND I WATCHED HER CLIMB
THE CORPORATE LADDER THERE,

AND SHE DID IT SO WELL.

YES, THAT'S GREAT.

AND THEN, FROM THERE,
SHE WENT TO VICTORIA'S SECRET,

WHICH THAT WAS, LIKE,
HER PASSION

BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE SHE STARTED
DESIGNING SWIMWEAR.

IT ISN'T LONG
BEFORE SYLVIE CREATES

DESIGNS OF HER OWN AND
THE NEW YORK PRESS TAKES NOTICE.

I CANNOT WAIT
TO SHOW YOU THESE DESIGNS, OKAY?

THEY'RE EXCLUSIVE. I HAVE
NOT SHOWN THESE TO ANYBODY.

SO THIS IS PART
OF MY NEW COLLECTION.

I'M VERY EXCITED.

BY 2006,
AT THE AGE OF 29,

SYLVIE RECEIVES START-UP MONEY
FROM AN INVESTOR,

AND LAUNCHES SYLA,
HER VERY OWN SWIMWEAR LINE.

SHE CALLED ME,
AND SHE SAID, "GUESS WHAT.

I WAS EXPECTING $100,000
OR $200,000 TO START,

BUT HE HAS GIVEN ME $1 MILLION."

SYLVIE IS A P.R. REP'S DREAM.

THE SYLA COLLECTION IS
AN INSTANT SUCCESS.

PEOPLE WERE LOVING IT.

I MEAN, SHE WAS GETTING
GREAT STORES --

BARNEYS, ANTHROPOLOGIE --
GREAT PRESS.

THE PRESS WAS AMAZING.

ANNA WINTOUR WAS CALLING IN
FOR HER TOWELS.

SHE WAS COVERED BY LUCKY
AND VOGUE AND InStyle, ELLE.

AND THESE WERE NOT JUST
PRODUCT SHOTS

OR INCLUSION IN, SAY, YOU KNOW,
SUMMER SWIMWEAR ROUNDUPS.

IT WAS PROFILE STORIES
ON HER AS A DESIGNER

AND AS A STYLE-SETTER
IN HER OWN RIGHT.

AND A SYLA DESIGN
EVEN ENDS UP

IN THE SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
SWIMSUIT EDITION,

A FEAT UNHEARD OF
BY A BEGINNING DESIGNER.

FOR A SWIMWEAR DESIGNER,

THAT'S KIND OF LIKE
THE HOLY GRAIL.

IT'S WIDELY READ BY MALES
AND FEMALES ALIKE, OF COURSE.

SO IT'S NO SURPRISE
THAT A YOUNG WOMAN LIKE SYLVIE

SEEKS TO BE A MEMBER OF
THE EXCLUSIVE SOHO HOUSE HOTEL,

WHERE THE DENIZENS OF FASHION,
FILM, AND FINANCE MINGLE.

FOR A DESIGNER
ON THE RISE LIKE SYLVIE,

THERE'S NO BETTER PLACE
TO PROMOTE HERSELF.

A CHANCE ENCOUNTER THERE
COULD SEND SYLVIE

AND HER BUSINESS
TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OVERNIGHT.

THE SOHO HOUSE IS
A GREAT PLACE TO NETWORK,

TO MEET PEOPLE
WHO MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP YOU

OR MIGHT BE INTERESTED
IN WHAT YOU'RE DOING

AND KNOW SOMEBODY
THAT COULD HELP.

FOR SYLVIE,
ADMISSION TO THE SOHO HOUSE

IS A DREAM COME TRUE.

SHE CALLED HER DAD --

"HEY, DAD.
GUESS WHAT.

I MADE IT.
I MADE IT."

SYLVIE IS NO STRANGER

TO THE WORLD
OF MONEY AND PRIVILEGE.

SHE GREW UP IN A WEALTHY
NORTHERN VIRGINIA TOWN

WHERE HER FATHER IS A SURGEON
AND HER MOTHER AN ARTIST.

HER PARENTS HAD EMIGRATED
FROM PERU

AND TAUGHT SYLVIE
THAT, DESPITE HER PRIVILEGE,

SHE MUST WORK HARD.

SHE HAD A DREAM.

SHE ALWAYS HAD THE DREAM
OF HAVING HER OWN LINE.

SHE WANTED TO DO IT
NO MATTER WHAT.

GOOD.

LOOK AT THAT.
- BEAUTIFUL.

ALL RIGHT.
TAKE FIVE, GIRLS.

FASHION ISN'T THE ONLY PASSION

WHERE SYLVIE FINDS SUCCESS.

I MISSED YOU.

SHE ALSO FALLS FOR THE MAN
WHO PHOTOGRAPHS HER LOOKBOOK,

BEN BAKER, A WELL-KNOWN
FASHION PHOTOGRAPHER

WHO BELIEVES HE'S ALSO MET
THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE,

AND THE TWO GET ENGAGED.

THEY WERE VERY CUTE TOGETHER.

HERE, LET'S GET
A SHOT WITH THEM

AND YOU IN THERE TOGETHER.
- OKAY.

SYLVIE IS A BIG PERSONALITY.

BEN WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE QUIET.
HE JUST LET HER SHINE.

HERE WAS THIS DRAMATIC,
AMAZING CREATURE,

WHO, REALLY, THE CAMERA LOVED.

SO IT WAS SORT OF FUN
TO JUST SEE HIM

LET HER HAVE HER MOMENT.

SAY, "BIKINI."

BIKINI.

YEAH, THERE WE GO.

IT LOOKS LIKE
A MATCH TORN FROM THE PAGES

OF A GLOSSY MAGAZINE.

SYLVIE APPEARS TO HAVE IT ALL

WITH A VERY BRIGHT FUTURE
AHEAD OF HER.

BUT THEN, IN 2008,

THE RECESSION HITS.

HEY, DIANA.
IT'S SYLVIE.

YEAH.

LOOK, I GOT YOUR MESSAGE.

YOUR ORDER'S ALREADY
IN PRODUCTION.

CLIENTS START CANCELING ORDERS.

NO, I -- I UNDERSTAND.

SYLA HAD ORDERS PLACED,

AND, SUDDENLY, THE STORES
WHO HAVE PLACED THOSE ORDERS

ARE SHUTTING THEIR DOORS.

THEY'RE GOING OUT OF BUSINESS.

THAT'S A HUGE HIT, PARTICULARLY
FOR FOR A SMALL BRAND,

YOU KNOW,
WHO'S RELATIVELY YOUNG.

AND AS HARD AS SHE TRIED
TO KEEP THINGS GOING

AND KEEP THEM AFLOAT, YOU KNOW,
IT JUST --

IT BECAME IMPOSSIBLE.

OKAY.
I-I HAVE TO GO.

WITH INCOME CUT,
SYLVIE'S INVESTORS BACK OUT.

SYLA, THE BABY
THAT SYLVIE HAD NURTURED

INTO A PROMISING BUSINESS,

IS STRANGLED IN THE CRADLE.

THE 31-YEAR-OLD DESIGNER FALLS
INTO A DEEP DEPRESSION.

IT BROKE HER HEART

THAT SHE HAD
TO LET HER PEOPLE GO,

AND SHE HAD TO CHANGE
HER RESIDENCE

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
SHE HAD TO CUT EVERYTHING.

SHE WENT BANKRUPT.

EVERYTHING WITH SYLA IS
JUST FALLING APART.

THAT'S MY LIFE.

NO ONE CAN CONSOLE HER,

NOT EVEN HER FINANCE, BEN.

IN FACT, IT ISN'T LONG
BEFORE THE COUPLE DECIDES

TO CALL IT QUITS.

SHE JUST WAKES UP ONE DAY,

AND HER WHOLE LIFE IS DIFFERENT.

SHE HAS NO COMPANY
AND NO FIANCé,

SO EVERYTHING
THAT WAS DRIVING HER FORWARD

WAS, YOU KNOW, JUST --
SHE HAD NO DIRECTION.

BUT SOON,
SHE WILL MEET SOMEONE NEW,

SOMEONE WHO CHANGES HER LIFE
IN UNEXPECTED WAYS.

IN SIX MONTHS' TIME,
IT WILL ALL CULMINATE

IN ONE DRAMATIC NIGHT
AT THE SOHO HOUSE.

WHEN THE ECONOMY
COLLAPSES IN 2008,

TOP SWIMSUIT DESIGNER
SYLVIE CACHAY FALLS

ON HARD TIMES.

SHE LOSES HER LOFT,
AND HER BUSINESS FAILS...

...ALONG WITH HER ENGAGEMENT.

IT WAS
A VERY TOUGH TIME FOR HER.

WHEN YOU'RE DEPRESSED,
YOU ARE BLUER THAN BLUE,

AND YOU'RE THINKING, "WHAT HAVE
I DONE TO DESERVE THIS?"

YOU CAN REALLY DESCEND
TO SOME PRETTY LOW DEPTHS.

AND THAT'S WHERE SHE WAS.

OVER THE NEXT YEAR,
SYLVIE STRUGGLES.

SHE LOSES WEIGHT,
REFUSES TO GET ANOTHER JOB

AND DATES NO ONE.

DOCTORS PRESCRIBE MEDICATION
TO HELP HER RELAX AND SLEEP.

BUT THE DRUGS DON'T HELP AS MUCH
AS SHE'D LIKE.

SYLVIE RARELY STEPS
OUT OF HER SMALL APARTMENT

EXCEPT TO WALK
HER BELOVED TOY POODLES,

PEPPER AND LOLI.

HER PETS SEEM TO BE
THE ONLY LIVING THINGS

THAT CHEER HER UP.

HER DOGS WERE HER LIFE.

THOSE WERE HER BABIES.

THERE WAS SUCH A STRONG BOND.

THESE TWO DOGS HAD BEEN WITH HER

THROUGH LOTS OF UPS AND DOWNS.

WHEN EVERYTHING SORT
OF CAME CRASHING DOWN,

THEY WERE THESE LITTLE RAYS
OF LIGHT FOR HER,

HER LITTLE CHILDREN.

AFTER MANY LONG MONTHS,

HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY COAX HER
BACK FROM THE BRINK.

AND THIS IS
YOUR OFFICE.

GREAT.
THANKS.

SYLVIE IS HIRED AS LEAD DESIGNER
FOR ANNE COLE SWIMWEAR.

IT IS A DREAM JOB FOR MOST,

BUT SYLVIE HAS HER EYE
ON A BIGGER GOAL --

BRINGING BACK
HER FLEDGLING COMPANY, SYLA,

FROM ITS EARLY GRAVE.

WAS IT HER DREAM JOB?
NO.

BUT, YOU KNOW, SHE'S A PRO,
AND SHE MADE IT WORK.

IT WAS A GOOD SALARY,
AND SHE WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW,

"I'LL TAKE IT AND STILL WORK
ON TRYING TO RE-LAUNCH SYLA."

THAT WAS ALWAYS THE FINISHING
OF EVERY SENTENCE --

"AND STILL TRY
TO RE-LAUNCH TO SYLA."

I DON'T REALLY WANT
TO GO OUT, DARS.

REALLY?

COME ON, YOU'VE GOTTEN
COMPLETELY READY.

YOU LOOK BEAUTIFUL.

EVEN LOLI WANTS YOU TO GO.
DON'T YOU, LOLI?

ON A SPRING NIGHT IN 2010,

A FRIEND CONVINCES SYLVIE
TO GO TO A PARTY.

- HI.
- HEY.

- THIS IS SYLVIE.
- HOW YOU DOING?

- HI.
- READY?

- OKAY.
- ALL RIGHT, YOU GOT THIS.

HELLO, WORLD.

LADIES, HEY.
WHAT CAN I GET FOR YOU?

- RED WINE.
- RED WINE -- YOU GOT IT.

AND FOR THE LADY
WITH THE MILLION-DOLLAR SMILE?

RED WINE, SURE.

ARE YOU AN ACTRESS
OR A MODEL?

ACTUALLY,
I'M A DESIGNER.

A DESIGNER?

WOW, THAT'S IMPRESSIVE.
WHAT DO YOU DESIGN?

SWIMSUITS.

AT THIS PARTY,
SHE MEETS NICHOLAS BROOKS,

A YOUNG MAN
NEARLY 10 YEARS HER JUNIOR.

HE'S 23.
SHE'S 32.

NICHOLAS IS
THE LIFE OF THE PARTY

AND SEEMS TO HAVE NO CARE
IN THE WORLD.

HE HAD A PRESENCE ABOUT HIM.
HE'S VERY HANDSOME.

PEOPLE SAID WHEN HE WALKED
INTO A ROOM,

HE INSTANTLY
COMMANDED ATTENTION.

LIKE SYLVIE,
NICHOLAS WAS RAISED

IN A PRIVILEGED HOUSEHOLD

AND ATTENDED ELITE
PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

BUT NICHOLAS'
FAMILY WEALTH GOES BEYOND

EVEN THE COMFORT SYLVIE ENJOYED
AS A CHILD.

NICK GREW UP ON THE WEALTHY
UPPER EAST SIDE OF MANHATTAN.

HE IS HEIR
TO HIS FATHER'S VAST FORTUNE

FROM MUSIC ROYALTIES.

MY DAD'S FAMOUS.
HE WON AN ACADEMY AWARD.

HE WAS THE SON
OF AN OSCAR-WINNING SONGWRITER.

NICHOLAS' FATHER,
JOSEPH BROOKS, HAD WRITTEN

ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR SONGS
EVER COMPOSED,

"YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE,"

WHICH WON AN OSCAR
FOR BEST ORIGINAL SONG IN 1977.

NICHOLAS GREW UP AROUND
THE VERY RICH AND VERY FAMOUS.

I'M ACTUALLY LOOKING
FOR INVESTORS.

DO YOU THINK
HE'D BE INTERESTED?

HE MIGHT, BUT I MIGHT BE COMING
INTO SOME MONEY OF MY OWN,

SO I MIGHT BE INTERESTED
DOWN THE LINE.

YOU LOOK LIKE
A GOOD BET.

HE TOLD HER
ALL ABOUT HIS TRUST FUND.

AND I THINK HE WAS TELLING HER,

LIKE, "I CAN GET YOU STARTED
AGAIN WITH YOUR BUSINESS."

YOU SHOULD GIVE ME
A CALL.

YEAH, DEFINITELY.

SEE YOU AROUND.

HEY, WHAT'S HAPPENING?
- HEY.

SHE CALLS ME THE NEXT DAY,

AND SHE SAYS,
"I'VE MET SOMEBODY."

- HEY.
- HEY.

- HOW ARE YOU?
- I'M GOOD. HOW ARE YOU?

THEY HAD A FIRST DATE,
AND THEY WERE GOING OUT.

AND SHE SAID, "INSTEAD OF GOING
TO A RESTAURANT,

WHY DON'T WE TAKE A WALK?"

SO WHAT'D YOU DO TODAY?

JUST REGULAR ERRAND --
BORING STUFF, YOU KNOW?

- YEAH.
- I, WENT TO THE POST OFFICE,

GOT A MASSAGE.

YEAH.
- COME ON.

BUT, THIS AFTERNOON,
THERE IS A DISTRACTION.

MY GOD, NO!
PEPPER!

THEY WERE COMING OUT
OF HER APARTMENT ONTO HUDSON,

AND HE RAN INTO THE STREET.

THE LITTLE TOY POODLE
IS SERIOUSLY INJURED.

NICHOLAS SPRINGS INTO ACTION

AND SCOOPS UP
SYLVIE'S BELOVED PET.

IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY.
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE VET.

TAXI!

HE WAS A HERO.

HE WAS VERY MUCH
A KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOR,

I THINK, AT THAT TIME,
IN THAT MOMENT.

EXCUSE ME.
WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY.

OKAY, PLEASE
JUST STAY CALM.

UM, TAKE THE ANIMAL
STRAIGHT THROUGH THAT DOOR.

MA'AM,
PLEASE JUST HAVE A SEAT.

I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

ALICIA.

I PICK UP THE PHONE,
AND SHE'S CRYING HYSTERICALLY.

IT'S PEPPER.

I MEAN,
IT WAS JUST HORRIBLE.

I GOTTA GO.

SHE SAID
THERE'S A CHANCE.

SYLVIE'S INCONSOLABLE.

BUT NICHOLAS NEVER LEAVES
HER SIDE.

HE STAYED CLOSE

AND WAS AN EMOTIONAL SUPPORT
IN A HUGE WAY.

I THINK, AT THAT MOMENT,
HE FELT LIKE A ROCK,

YOU KNOW, SOMEONE TO LEAN ON,
AND HE WAS STRONG.

WE DID OUR BEST,

BUT THERE'S
JUST TOO MUCH DAMAGE.

I RECOMMEND
YOU EUTHANIZE THE DOG.

I'M SORRY.

PEPPER.

I'M SORRY.

IT'S ONE OF
THE WORST DAYS OF SYLVIE'S LIFE.

BUT NICHOLAS' SUPPORT HELPS
GET HER THROUGH.

HE WAS THERE THAT MOMENT
THAT SHE LOST HER BABY.

THEN, FROM THAT DAY FORWARD,
HE WAS THERE FOR HER.

I'M SORRY.

BUT IT WONT BE LONG
BEFORE THIS BUDDING ROMANCE

TAKES A DARK TURN FOR THE WORST.

- I CAN'T DO THIS!
- COME HERE. COME HERE.

COME ON.
- NO!

EXCUSE ME.
WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY.

NOT LONG AFTER SYLVIE CACHAY'S

DESIGN COMPANY GOES BANKRUPT,

SHE ALSO LOSES
ONE OF HER BELOVED DOGS.

HE GOT HIT BY A CAR.

I RECOMMEND
YOU EUTHANIZE THE DOG.

HER NEW TRUST-FUND BOYFRIEND,

NICHOLAS BROOKS, IS THERE
TO HELP PICK UP THE PIECES.

THANKS FOR EVERYTHING,
YOU KNOW?

I CAN'T BELIEVE
HE'S REALLY GONE, YOU KNOW?

I KNOW.

BUT YOU HAVE
THIS ONE HERE.

WHEN YOU'RE DEALING
WITH A TRAGEDY LIKE THAT,

AND HERE'S SOMEONE
WHO'S RIGHT THERE,

NOT GOING ANYWHERE,
I MEAN, I THINK,

IT WOULD BE EASY TO START
TO FEEL LIKE THAT'S LOVE.

OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS,

SYLVIE AND NICK
BECOME INSEPARABLE.

NICHOLAS STARTS LIVING
AT SYLVIE'S,

LEAVING HIS PLACE
AND ROOMMATES ACROSS TOWN.

THEY ALSO WINE AND DINE AT ONE
OF SYLVIE'S FAVORITE PLACES,

THE POSH SOHO HOUSE HOTEL.

SHE WAS HAPPY TO FIND SOMEBODY

THAT SHE THOUGHT
DIDN'T HAVE PROBLEMS,

THAT IS VERY NICE.

FOR THESE TWO LOVERS,
THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT.

I'M REALLY GLAD
I MET YOU.

IT ISN'T LONG
BEFORE SYLVIE DISCOVERS

THAT HER YOUNG KNIGHT'S LIFE

IS FAR DIFFERENT
FROM WHAT HE'D PROJECTED.

IN FACT, HE'S NO STRANGER
TO LOSS AND TRAGEDY HIMSELF.

I LOST MY SISTER.

WELL, I DID
FOR 14 YEARS.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

WELL...

MY DAD IS
AN INTERESTING CHARACTER.

I MEAN, HE'S BRILLIANT,

BUT HE'S NOT
A REAL GOOD PERSON.

- COME HERE!
- WHAT'D I DO?

HOW MANY TIMES
HAVE I TOLD YOU?

DO NOT LEAVE YOUR CRAYONS
ON THE FLOOR!

THE TRUTH
ABOUT HIS FAMOUS FATHER IS

THAT HE'S BEEN CRUEL AND ABUSIVE
TO NICHOLAS HIS ENTIRE LIFE.

LEAVE HIM ALONE, JOE.

WHILE NICHOLAS WAS
A YOUNG BOY,

HIS FATHER
AND MOTHER DIVORCED,

AND HIS MOTHER MOVED
BACK TO LONDON.

IT'S GONNA BE OKAY.

JOSEPH THREATENED
TO DESTROY HIS EX-WIFE

IF SHE EVER TRIED
TO TAKE THEIR KIDS.

JOSEPH SORT OF
TWISTED THE KIDS' ARMS

TO GET THEM TO SAY BAD THINGS
ABOUT THEIR MOTHER.

AND SO HE WON CUSTODY,
INITIALLY, IN THE EARLY '90s.

WHAT THE HELL
ARE YOU DOING HERE?!

FEELING BETRAYED
THAT HIS 12-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER,

AMANDA, WOULD WANT TO HAVE
A RELATIONSHIP WITH HER MOTHER,

HE DISOWNED HER.

WHEN MY DAD
AND MY MOM GOT DIVORCED,

I LIVED WITH HIM,
AND SHE LIVED WITH HER.

AND I WAS NOT ALLOWED
TO SEE THEM.

JOSEPH TOLD NICHOLAS
THAT HE WOULD CUT HIM OFF

IF EVER HE HAD CONTACT
WITH HIS MOTHER

OR HIS SISTER IN ENGLAND.

YEARS LATER, WHILE A STUDENT

AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
IN BOULDER,

NICK DECIDED TO RISK EVERYTHING

AFTER HIS SISTER, AMANDA,
FOUND HIM ON FACEBOOK.

DON'T WORRY, NICK.

IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY.

NICK MET SECRETLY
WITH AMANDA AND HIS MOTHER

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 14 YEARS.

THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME
THEY HAD SEEN EACH OTHER

SINCE NICK WAS
ABOUT 7 YEARS OLD.

I MISSED YOU.

BUT NICK'S
LONG-AWAITED REUNION

WOULD HAVE CONSEQUENCES.

THERE WAS SOME POINT IN TIME

WHEN NICHOLAS TOLD HIS FATHER
HE HAD BEEN IN CONTACT

WITH HIS MOTHER AND SISTER,

WHICH WAS
AGAINST HIS FATHER'S WISHES.

I TOLD HIM.
HE WAS JUST...

VERY ANGRY.

JOSEPH PUNISHES NICK
BY REDUCING HIS TRUST FUND

TO A SMALL MONTHLY STIPEND.

WITH HIS 72-YEAR-OLD
FATHER'S HEALTH FAILING,

NICK IS HOLDING OUT HOPE
FOR A LARGE INHERITANCE.

BUT IN JUNE 2009,
EVERYTHING CHANGES.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING
TO SAY, MR. BROOKS?

JOSEPH BROOKS IS
ARRESTED ON 127 COUNTS

OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING
30 YOUNG WOMEN

OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD.

WHAT THE WOMEN SAID
WAS THAT JOSEPH BROOKS WOULD

PLACE ADDS ON CRAIGSLIST
IN WHICH HE WOULD SAY

HE WAS CASTING A NEW FILM.

HE WOULD FLY THE WOMEN
TO NEW YORK,

HAVE THEM COME TO HIS
UPPER EAST SIDE APARTMENT,

WHERE HE WOULD SHOW HIM THEM
HIS OSCAR, GIVE THEM WINE,

SUGGEST THAT THEY DISROBE.

HE WOULD SEXUALLY ABUSE THEM.

SOME OF THE WOMEN,
I BELIEVE, SAID

THAT THEY THOUGHT
THEY WERE DRUGGED,

THAT THEY PASSED OUT,

OR THAT HE JUST PHYSICALLY
ATTACKED THEM.

MR. BROOKS,
DID YOU ATTACK THOSE WOMEN?

NICK'S HOPES
FOR AN INHERITANCE ARE DESTROYED

WHEN HIS FATHER SPENDS
MOST OF HIS FORTUNE

ON HIS LEGAL DEFENSE.

BUT JOSEPH BROOKS' CASE
NEVER GOES TO TRIAL.

HE WAS FOUND WITH A BAG
OVER HIS HEAD

AND A TANK OF HELIUM AND A HOSE

SO THAT HE ASPHYXIATED HIMSELF
BY BREATHING JUST PURE HELIUM.

SYLVIE REALIZES
THAT NICK IS IN NO POSITION

TO HELP FINANCE
HER SWIMSUIT LINE.

BUT SHE'S FALLEN FOR HIM
AND VOWS TO HELP HIM.

NICHOLAS IS YOUNG, CHARMING,
EDUCATED, AND WELL CONNECTED.

HE HAS A BRIGHT FUTURE
IF HE ONLY APPLIES HIMSELF.

ONE OF SYLVIE'S
FINEST CHARACTER TRAITS IS

THIS VERY NURTURING,
LOVING, CARING,

MOTHERING TENDENCY.

SHE WANTED TO BELIEVE THAT HE
COULD MAKE SOMETHING OF HIMSELF.

TO A NEW BEGINNING.

- NEW BEGINNINGS.

CHEERS.

BUT AS A TRUST-FUND PARTY BOY,

NICHOLAS NEVER HAD TO WORK
FOR MONEY A DAY IN HIS LIFE.

ARE YOU SERIOUS?

WHAT?

HAVE YOU BEEN IN BED
ALL DAY?

BY SEPTEMBER,
SHE STARTS TO SORT OF HAVE

SECOND THOUGHTS, LIKE,

"WHO IS THIS GUY
THAT I'M INVOLVED WITH?

WHY DOES HE NOT HAVE A JOB
AND SMOKE MARIJUANA CONSTANTLY?

WHAT?

YOU PROMISED ME NO POT!

SYLVIE,
I HAD A ROUGH DAY.

WHAT DID YOU DO ALL DAY?
YOU SPENT IT IN BED.

I WAS THE ONE WORKING.

I SENT A COUPLE OF RéSUMéS
OUT TODAY.

HAVE YOU SEEN THESE BILLS?

SHE WAS GETTING
INCREASINGLY FRUSTRATED.

"IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GO OUT
AND WORK OR FIND A JOB

OR DO SOMETHING
TO BETTER YOURSELF,

THEN AT LEAST GET UP.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO STAY
IN MY APARTMENT,

WAKE UP, MAKE THE BED.

DON'T LEAVE A MESS
FOR ME TO COME HOME TO

AT THE END OF THE DAY."

- YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU.
- IT FRICKING SMELLS IN HERE.

I CAN'T DO THIS!
COME HERE. COME HERE.

COME ON.
- NO!

THERE'S ONE POINT
WHERE SHE WRITE A LETTER TO HIM

SAYING, "HERE'S THE THINGS
THAT NICK NEEDS TO DO

IF WE'RE GOING TO KEEP
THIS RELATIONSHIP GOING."

AND IT IS A LAUNDRY LIST
OF PROBLEMS SHE HAS WITH HIM --

KEEPING THE SHADES DRAWN,
BLACK-OUT SHADES DRAWN

ON HER BRIGHT, SUNNY APARTMENT
ALL DAY LONG,

NOT LEAVING THE APARTMENT,
STAYING UP TILL 5:00 A.M.

WHEN SHE'S GOT A MEETING
AT 8:00 A.M.

IT'S MIND-BLOWING THAT SOMEBODY
WOULD HAVE TO MAKE A LIST

OF THE STUFF THAT SHE HAD PUT
ON THAT LIST

'CAUSE IT'S, LIKE,
NORMAL DAILY THINGS

THAT EVERYBODY DOES.

NICK VOWS TO CHANGE.

HE CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE THE
ONE PERSON WHO CARES FOR HIM.

"THIS IS SOMEONE
WHO COULD PAY FOR THINGS.

I CAN CRASH AT HER APARTMENT

WHEN I'M NOT PAYING THE RENT
ON MY OWN.

I CAN GO TO GREAT RESTAURANTS
WITH HER.

SHE'S BEAUTIFUL."

SO WHY WOULD HE GIVE THAT UP?

BUT JUST A FEW WEEKS LATER,

NICHOLAS WILL FIND THAT HE CAN
ONLY PUSH SYLVIE SO FAR

AFTER THEY CHECK INTO ROOM 20
AT THE SOHO HOUSE.

I DIDN'T THINK
ANYTHING BAD WAS GONNA HAPPEN.

HOW COULD IT BE THAT THIS IS HOW
ONE OF THOSE LIVES COULD END?

23-YEAR-OLD
NICHOLAS BROOKS IS A PARTY BOY

WITH A TAPPED-OUT TRUST FUND.

HE STAYS UP LATE SMOKING POT

AND SLEEPS UNTIL NOON
WHILE HIS GIRLFRIEND,

SWIMSUIT DESIGNER SYLVIE CACHAY,
NEARLY 10 YEARS HIS SENIOR,

PICKS UP THE TAB.

- NICHOLAS, ARE YOU SERIOUS?
- WHAT?

HAVE YOU BEEN IN BED
ALL DAY?

BY THE TIME SHE REALLY
STARTED CONFIDING IN ME,

I THINK THE BLOOM HAD WORN OFF
THE ROSE A BIT.

THE AGE DIFFERENCE WAS
BECOMING MORE GLARING, I THINK.

THE LACK OF AMBITION,
THE LACK OF A JOB...

YOU KNOW I SENT OUT
A BUNCH OF RéSUMéS TODAY.

...WERE THINGS
THAT WERE STARTING

TO SORT OF GRATE ON HER NERVES.

IT'S MY FIRST TIME LOOKING
FOR A JOB BY MYSELF.

I CAN'T DO THIS
WITHOUT YOU.

SHE BROKE UP
WITH HIM SEVERAL TIMES,

BUT THEN SHE WOULD
ALWAYS, RECONCILE WITH HIM,

GET BACK TOGETHER
WITH HIM AGAIN.

LOOK, YOU'RE TENSE.

HOW ABOUT...
I GIVE YOU A MASSAGE,

TAKE SOME OF THE STRESS AWAY,
AND I'LL MAKE YOU DINNER.

I THINK THAT
THAT JUST OVERWHELMING DESIRE

TO BE LOVED AND CARED FOR

WAS AN ACHILLES HEEL
FOR HER BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,

HERE HE IS, SAYING,
"I'LL CHANGE."

HE KNEW THE RIGHT WORDS
TO SAY TO GET BACK IN THE DOOR.

COME ON, YOU KNOW
HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU.

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.

YOU'RE THE BEST THING
THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME.

HE WOULD TELL HER,
"I LOVE YOU.

I DO WANNA MARRY YOU.
I WANNA HAVE BABIES."

SHE WOULD CALL ME AND BE LIKE,
"YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN LOVE,

AND HE'S TALKING
ABOUT MARRIAGE."

AND SYLVIE WANTED TO BE MARRIED.

SHE WANTED TO HAVE KIDS, BABIES,
BABIES, BABIES, BABIES.

I MEAN, SHE ALWAYS TALKED
ABOUT BABIES.

I LOVE YOU.

YOU DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT THE RELATIONSHIP

WAS GONNA BE DAY TO DAY.

YOU KNOW, ONE DAY,
THEY'RE TOGETHER.

THE NEXT, IT'S OVER.

IT WAS LIKE A ROLLER COASTER.

I HAVE ALL MY E-MAILS
FROM SYLVIE FROM, LIKE, FOREVER.

I TEXTED HER,
"THIS GUY IS NO GOOD.

IT'S TOO MUCH HEARTACHE.
YOU DON'T NEED THIS."

AND THEN SHE SAYS,
"I KNOW...

WELL, I THINK
I'VE FINALLY DECIDED THAT TODAY,

AND IT ACTUALLY HURTS.

WE HAVE CRAZY CHEMISTRY,
BUT WAY TOO CRAZY."

COME HERE.

HEY, WHERE YOU GOING?

I'M GONNA TAKE
A SHOWER.

I HAVE TO WAKE UP
EARLY TOMORROW.

I THINK I'M GONNA TAKE
ANOTHER PILL.

BLOW OUT THE CANDLES.
- AFTER I TAKE A SHOWER.

ALL RIGHT.

LOLI, QUIET.

SHH.

SYLVIE!
SYLVIE!

SYLVIE, WAKE UP!

AAH!
MY GOD!

NICK FOUND THE BED IN FLAMES.

THE PILLOW WAS ON FIRE,

AND SYLVIE'S HAIR WAS
ON FIRE AS WELL.

G--
AAH!

I TOLD YOU TO BLOW OUT
THE CANDLES!

I WAS IN THE SHOWER.

IT'S A GOOD THING
I CAME WHEN I DID.

- ARE YOU OKAY?
- NO, I'M NOT OKAY!

WHERE AM I SUPPOSED
TO SLEEP?

SYLVIE NEEDS TO GET SOME REST

BEFORE GETTING UP EARLY
FOR WORK

AND HAS NICHOLAS CALL
THE SOHO HOUSE JUST BLOCKS AWAY.

NICHOLAS CALLED ME
AT THE FRONT DESK

AND SAID, "MY GIRLFRIEND IS
A MEMBER THERE.

HER APARTMENT HAS
JUST CAUGHT FIRE.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR A ROOM.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING AVAILABLE?"

AND I SAID, "I DO."

OKAY,
WE'LL SEE YOU SOON.

COME ON.

IT'S 12:30 IN THE MORNING

WHEN THEY REACH THE FRONT DESK.

I RECALL THAT EVENING.

UM, I SENSED A TENSION
BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM.

THEY WERE OBVIOUSLY A LITTLE
PERTURBED WITH EACH OTHER.

NICHOLAS TAKES CARE OF CHECK-IN,

BUT SYLVIE APPEARS
UNUSUALLY TIRED,

SO SHE HEADS UP TO THE ROOM.

KRISTEN STEPHENS HELPS HER
WITH HER BAGS.

WHAT YOU CAN SEE
ON THE VIDEO CAMERA IS

THAT SYLVIE IS NOT
TOTALLY STABLE.

SHE NEEDS SOME HELP STANDING UP.
SHE HAS TO LEAN ON THINGS.

SHE'D ALREADY TAKEN
HER SLEEPING PILL,

AND SHE WAS REALLY HAVING
A HARD TIME STAYING AWAKE

AND JUST WALKING.

WHEN I ESCORTED SYLVIE
UPSTAIRS TO THE ROOM,

SHE WAS TIRED.

AND WHAT SHE SAID TO ME WAS...

"HE'S SUCH A STONER.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHY I'M WITH HIM."

THIS IS ALL THAT'S LEFT
OF MY BED.

THAT IDIOT RUINED
A $3,000 BED.

AND SHE SAID, "MY MOTHER SAYS
I SHOULD JUST BREAK UP WITH HIM,

AND I SHOULD LISTEN
TO MY MOTHER."

HE BURNED MY HAIR.

HE HAD ENTERED
WITHOUT ME REALIZING IT.

CALL EXTENSION 100
IF YOU NEED ANYTHING.

THANK YOU.

I FELT
THEIR LOVERS' TENSION.

AND I, THEREFORE
MOSEYED ON OUT OF THE ROOM

AS QUICKLY AS I COULD.

YOU JUST HAD
TO MENTION THE HAIR.

FIVE MINUTES LATER,

KRISTEN IS BACK
ON THE FIFTH FLOOR,

WHERE SYLVIE
AND NICK ARE STAYING.

I WAS WALKING ABOUT THREE
QUARTERS OF THE WAY DOWN,

AND I STARTED TO HEAR VOICES...

NO, I'M TIRED
OF YOU DRINKING.

- ...YELLING.
- WHAT?

THERE WAS A COUPLE ARGUING.

IT WAS A MALE
AND A FEMALE VOICE YELLING

AT A VERY LATE HOUR.
- WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM?!

THE LOUD VOICES
ARE COMING FROM ROOM 20,

NICHOLAS AND SYLVIE'S SUITE.

- ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!
- I WAS THINKING AT THE TIME,

"DO I HAVE TO ASK THEM
TO KEEP THEIR VOICES DOWN?"

BUT WHEN I GO TO THE END
OF THE HALLWAY, IT STOPPED.

A FEW MINUTES LATER,
AT 12:46 A.M.,

NICHOLAS EMERGES FROM HIS ROOM
TO MEET ROOM SERVICE RESPONDING

TO HIS CALL FOR ICE.

NICHOLAS BROOKS SORT OF
INTERCEPTS HIM IN THE HALLWAY,

ESCORTS THE HOTEL EMPLOYEE
WITH THE ICE BUCKET

ESSENTIALLY INTO THE ROOM,

AND THAT EMPLOYEE IS
THEN OUT OF THE ROOM

IN LESS THAN A MINUTE.

TWO MINUTES LATER,
AT 12:48,

NICHOLAS VISITS THE FRONT DESK

TO ASK IF THERE'S ANY PLACE
NEARBY STILL OPEN FOR FOOD.

I RECOMMENDED OUR RESTAURANT,

WHICH WAS STILL OPEN
FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR SO,

WHICH HE THEN TOOK MY ADVICE

AND ORDERED SOME FOOD
FROM THE RESTAURANT.

FOR YOU, SIR.

HE WOUND UP ORDERING
TWO ENTREES --

COBB SALAD
AND A STEAK --

AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE,
SOME CIGARETTES,

BUT ESSENTIALLY DID NOT
REALLY EAT WHAT HE ORDERED.

AFTER THE MEAL,
NICK RETURNS TO HIS ROOM.

MEANWHILE,
IN THE ROOM BELOW NICK'S,

A GUEST REPORTS WATER LEAKING
FROM UP ABOVE.

MY FRONT DESK STAFF INFORMED ME

OF A CALL REPORTING
A WATER LEAK.

- EVENING, MR. MARION.
- THANKS FOR COMING UP.

WHAT SEEMS
TO BE THE PROBLEM?

THERE'S ALL THIS WATER
COMING IN.

IT WAS DEFINITELY A LOT OF WATER
ACCUMULATING ABOVE THEM.

HELLO?
MS. CACHAY?

IT'S THE MANAGER.
WE'RE HERE TO CHECK FOR A LEAK.

WE HEAR HER DOG BARK,
WHICH SHOCKED US

BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW
SHE HAD CHECKED IN WITH A DOG.

HELLO?

THE DOG IS
AT THE FOOT OF THE DOOR.

LEADING ME -- "COME THIS WAY.
COME THIS WAY," TYPE THING.

WHAT THE MANAGER
DISCOVERS INSIDE ROOM 20

WILL ROCK THE SOHO HOUSE HOTEL
TO ITS VERY FOUNDATION.

CALL 911!

AT AROUND 2:45 A.M.

IN NEW YORK CITY'S
EXCLUSIVE SOHO HOUSE HOTEL...

- HELLO.
- NIGHT MANAGER BRYAN ALVAREZ

ENTERS THE ROOM OF
FASHION DESIGNER SYLVIE CACHAY

AND HER BOYFRIEND,
NICHOLAS BROOKS,

TO CHECK
ON A SUSPICIOUS WATER LEAK.

HELLO?

WHEN I LOOKED TO MY RIGHT,

PAST THE CURTAIN
THAT WAS BLOCKING THE TUB,

I COULD FINALLY SEE
THERE'S A WOMAN SUBMERGED

UNDER THE WATER
IN THE TUB.

CALL 911!

PANIC JUST RUSHES OVER ME.

WE'VE GOT A WOMAN UNCONSCIOUS
IN THE BATHTUB.

MS. CACHAY.
MS. CACHAY, CAN YOU HEAR ME?

MY FIRST THOUGHT IS MAYBE
SHE FELL ASLEEP.

I BEGIN TO DO CPR,

AND I'M SCREAMING OUT LOUD
TO HER, "DON'T LEAVE US.

PLEASE DON'T GO."

STAY WITH ME, MS. CACHAY.

CAN YOU HEAR ME?

JUST A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN
WHO NEEDED MY HELP.

HELP IS ON THE WAY.

FOR NEARLY 15 MINUTES,
ALVAREZ PERFORMS CPR.

I'M JUST DESPERATELY
TRYING TO SAVE HER.

I JUST COULDN'T STOP
TRYING AND TRYING

TO BRING HER TO LIFE.

I'D BLOW AIR INTO HER LUNGS,

AND I HEARD HER LUNGS BUBBLE,

AND THAT MADE ME PANIC EVEN MORE

BECAUSE I KNEW SHE HAD WATER
IN HER LUNGS,

SO THEN I KNEW SHE JUST DIDN'T
SLIDE UNDER THE WATER JUST NOW.

COME ON, MS. CACHAY,
COME ON!

SHE'S NOT RESPONDING?

NO.

BEEN WORKING ON HER
FOR A LITTLE BIT.

IS SHE GONNA BE OKAY?

DESPITE THE EFFORT,

SYLVIE NEVER REGAINS
CONSCIOUSNESS.

I COULDN'T HELP HER.

NO, SHE'S GONE.

FEMALE PRONOUNCED DEAD
AT 3:33 A.M.

THE BED WAS UNMADE.

THERE WAS SOME CLOTHING
ON THE FLOOR -- A PAIR OF SOCKS.

THERE WAS
AN EMPTY PILL BOTTLE

ON THE NIGHTSTAND
NEXT TO THE BED.

BECAUSE OF THE MEDICATION,

INVESTIGATORS CONSIDER
THAT SYLVIE'S DEATH

MIGHT HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT,
BUT THAT DOESN'T SEEM LIKELY.

PEOPLE DON'T TAKE BATHS
IN THEIR CLOTHES,

AND THIS WAS A PERSON
WHO WAS IN A TURTLENECK SWEATER.

SHE WAS WEARING HER UNDERWEAR.

SHE HAD HER ROLEX WATCH
ON HER WRIST.

SHE HAD MARKINGS ON HER NECK

ALMOST LIKE CHOKING MARKS.

SHE HAD A SLIGHT CUT ON HER LIP,

LIKE SOMEBODY
WAS HOLDING HER MOUTH.

THIS WAS A PERSON
WHO WAS STRANGLED

AND WAS ALSO FORCIBLY SUBMERGED
IN THE BATHTUB.

AND HER BOYFRIEND,
NICHOLAS BROOKS, IS

NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.

HE WAS NOT THERE.

NOW, WHERE IS HE?
WHERE DID HE GO?

NO ONE SEEMED TO KNOW.

THAT'S THE GUY
THAT CHECKED IN THIS ROOM.

SIR?

I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU
ABOUT SYLVIE CACHAY.

DO YOU KNOW HER?

I'M HER BOYFRIEND.

WHAT'S THIS ABOUT?

SORRY TO SAY
THAT SHE PASSED AWAY.

HE DIDN'T REACT THE WAY

A NORMAL INDIVIDUAL WOULD REACT
TO HEARING THE NEWS

OF HIS GIRLFRIEND BEING DEAD --

KIND OF A VERY BLANK,
COLD REACTION.

I'D LIKE TO TAKE YOU
DOWN TO THE STATION

TO ANSWER A FEW QUESTIONS.

WOULD THAT BE OKAY?

YEAH.
SURE, WHATEVER YOU NEED.

TELL ME JUST ONE MORE TIME
BECAUSE I'M STILL

JUST A LITTLE UNCLEAR
ON SOME OF THESE DETAILS HERE.

AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE
WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.

WHERE WERE YOU TONIGHT?

I TOLD YOU --
I WENT OUT TO GRAB A DRINK

WITH SOMEBODY THAT I MET.
- AND WHAT TIME WAS THAT?

I DON'T KNOW, PROBABLY,
LIKE, 2:00, 2:30.

THE HOTEL
SECURITY CAMERA CONFIRMS

THAT NICK LEFT THE SOHO HOUSE
AT 2:18 A.M.

HE INSISTS SYLVIE'S DEATH WAS
AN ACCIDENT.

WHAT WAS SHE DOING
WHEN YOU LEFT THE ROOM?

SHE WAS TAKING PILLS --
SLEEPING PILLS.

SHE WASN'T TAKING
A BATH?

SHE SAID SHE WANTED
TO TAKE A BATH.

NICK SAID SHE MAY HAVE TAKEN
SO MUCH MEDICATION

THAT SHE FELL ASLEEP
IN THE TUB AND DROWNED.

HEY, I'M GONNA GET A DRINK.
DO YOU WANNA COME?

NO.

I'M GONNA TAKE A BATH
AND TRY TO GET

THIS SMELL
OUT OF MY HAIR.

I DON'T WANNA HEAR
ANOTHER WORD ABOUT YOUR HAIR.

THE DEFENSE TRIED TO MAKE IT
SOUND LIKE THE INJURIES

THAT SHE HAD TO HER NECK
AND THE BURST BLOOD VESSELS

IN HER EYES COULD'VE BEEN
THE RESULT

OF EITHER AN AGGRESSIVE ATTEMPT
TO REVIVE HER

BY EMERGENCY RESPONDERS

OR THERE WAS SOME SORT
OF ROUGH-SEX EVENT

EARLIER IN THAT NIGHT.

NICK INSISTS THAT
WHEN HE LEFT THE SOHO HOUSE,

SYLVIE WAS ALIVE.

BUT THE HOTEL VIDEO SURVEILLANCE
PROVES OTHERWISE.

THE SECURITY CAMERA SHOWS

THAT ABOUT EIGHT MINUTES
BEFORE HE LEFT THE ROOM,

THE FIRST CALL CAME IN
FROM THE ROOM DOWNSTAIRS

SAYING, "THERE'S WATER
DRIPPING INTO MY ROOM."

AND THE BATHTUB WAS
ALREADY OVERFLOWING

AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

AND HE LEFT EIGHT MINUTES
AFTER THAT CALL CAME THROUGH.

HE SAID HE NEVER WENT ANYWHERE
NEAR THE TUB AT ALL,

BUT YET A MIX OF HIS DNA
AND SYLVIE'S DNA WAS FOUND

AROUND THE TUB AREA.

NO ONE ELSE COULD HAVE
MURDERED SYLVIE CACHAY.

THERE'S ONLY ONE ENTRANCE
INTO THE ROOM,

AND THAT'S THE DOOR IN FROM
THE HALLWAY INSIDE THE ROOM,

AND THEN THERE'S WINDOWS
IN THE ROOM,

BUT THERE'S NO FIRE ESCAPE
AT THOSE WINDOWS.

AND SO WE KNOW FOR A FACT
THAT NO ONE ENTERED

OR EXITED THAT ROOM
EXCEPT FOR, NICHOLAS BROOKS.

MR. BROOKS,
WILL YOU PLEASE STAND UP?

- WHY?
- I'M PLACING YOU UNDER ARREST

FOR THE MURDER
OF SYLVIE CACHAY.

NICK BROOKS IS ARRESTED

AND CHARGED WITH MURDER TWO.

ON THE WAY TO BOOKING,

HE ASKS DETECTIVES
SOME RATHER UNUSUAL QUESTIONS.

HE ASKED, "HOW MUCH TIME
CAN I GET FOR THIS?"

I TOLD HIM 25 YEARS.

HE SAID,
"DID YOU EVER KILL ANYBODY?"

AND I WAS LIKE,
"NO, I'VE NEVER KILLED ANYBODY."

LET'S GO.

NICHOLAS BROOKS' ARREST MAKES

HEADLINES IN NEW YORK CITY.

THE NEXT DAY,
I REMEMBER

WAKING UP
AND HAVING MY COFFEE.

AND I ALWAYS LOOK AT THE NEWS
FOR THE MORNING,

AND THERE WAS THIS STORY
ABOUT THIS WOMAN FOUND

IN A BATHTUB AT THE SOHO HOUSE.

AND I WAS HORRIFIED

THAT THE GIRL
IN THE BATHTUB WAS SYLVIE.

YOU SEE A TRUST-FUND KID

WHO DOESN'T HAVE TO WORK.

YOU HAD VERY BEAUTIFUL VICTIM
WHO HAS A CAREER IN FASHION.

PEOPLE WONDER, "HOW COULD IT
GO THIS BADLY WRONG?"

ALTHOUGH PROSECUTORS
HAVE LITTLE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

TYING NICHOLAS DIRECTLY
TO THE MURDER,

THE CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
IS OVERWHELMING.

HEY, I'M GONNA GRAB A DRINK.
YOU WANNA COME?

NO.

NO, I'M TIRED
OF YOUR DRINKING.

I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE.
WE'RE THROUGH.

WHAT?!

I THINK SHE WAS LIKE,
"NO, JUST LEAVE."

YOU KNOW,
"ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. LEAVE."

HE KNEW IT WAS DONE.

GET OUT!

WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM?!

YOU'RE MY PROBLEM!
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

YOU'RE A DRUG ADDICT.
YOU'RE A MESS!

ALL YOU DO IS DRINK!

HE DIDN'T HAVE A PLACE TO GO.

COULDN'T GO HOME BECAUSE
HE COULDN'T PAY THE RENT.

I THINK THAT HE LOST CONTROL.

- I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!
- YOU WITH YOUR FREAKING LIST!

WOULD YOU SHUT UP?! SHUT UP!!
- ARE YOU SERIOUS?!

HE JUST LOST IT.

HE GOT HER AT A WEAK MOMENT,
TOO, BECAUSE SHE WAS TIRED.

I DO BELIEVE
I HEARD THE END OF HER LIFE.

THE VOICES JUST STOPPED,

LIKE TAKING THE NEEDLE
OFF A RECORD.

IT'S A VERY UGLY MOMENT,
AND IT'S --

IT'S INSIDE OF ME FOREVER.

AND IT'S VERY SAD.

I'M GETTING ALL THESE CALLS
FROM REPORTERS SAYING, YOU KNOW,

THAT SYLVIE...

PASSED AWAY IN A HOTEL.

IN HIS CRAZY, DELUSIONAL MIND,

THINKING SOMEHOW HE WAS GOING
TO CONVINCE PEOPLE

THAT SHE HAD GOTTEN
INTO A TUB FULLY CLOTHED

AND DRUGGED

AND, WHAT, FALLEN ASLEEP?

KILLED HERSELF?

REALLY?

PATHETIC ATTEMPT
AT COVERING HIS TRACKS,

PUTTING HER IN A TUB.

SYLVIE CACHAY WAS A YOUNG,

DRIVEN, SUCCESSFUL PERSON.

SHE WAS ADORED BY HER FRIENDS,
CHERISHED BY HER FAMILY.

SHE ULTIMATELY DIED
A RATHER HORRIFIC DEATH,

AND THE VERY LEAST WE COULD DO
FOR HER GRIEVING FAMILY WAS

TO SEEK A MEASURE OF JUSTICE
AND HOLD THE PERSON

WHO KILLED HER IN ACCOUNT
FOR HIS ACTIONS.

AT 26,
NICHOLAS BROOKS IS SENTENCED

TO 25 YEARS TO LIFE.

SYLVIE CACHAY WOULD'VE
TURNED 34

JUST FOUR WEEKS AFTER HER DEATH.

EVERY YEAR ON HER BIRTHDAY,

HER FRIENDS RELEASE BALLOONS
IN HER MEMORY.

A HANDWRITTEN NOTE IS
ALWAYS ATTACHED.

EVERY JANUARY, YOU CAN'T HELP

BUT THINK OF WHAT COULD'VE BEEN,

AND, YOU KNOW, JUST
REALLY WANTING

TO KEEP HER MEMORY ALIVE
AND JUST HONOR HER.

SHE'S ALWAYS WITH ME.

I ALWAYS HEAR HER LAUGHING.

AND I TALK TO HER ALWAYS.

IT'S WEIRD.
SHE'S NOT REALLY GONE.

SHE'S WITH ME.

IT'S DIFFICULT
FOR ME TO TALK AS SHE WAS

BECAUSE SHE IS VERY PRESENT
WITH ME.

YOU'RE STILL WITH US.

YOU HAVEN'T GONE ANYWHERE.

AND AT HER FAVORITE HOTEL,

THE SOHO HOUSE,

SHE WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.