Murder One (1995–1997): Season 2, Episode 6 - Chapter Six, Year Two - full transcript

THE NEW CASE.

RICKEY AND I WERE IN SANDY'S
OFFICE JUST BEFORE HE GOT KILLED.

- I LEFT AROUND 2:00. RICKEY STAYED UNTIL... WHAT?
- 4:00, MAYBE.

THEN I CAME BACK TO SEE HOW
THINGS WENT. FORTAS WAS DEAD.

RICKEY, DO YOU OWN A GUN?

WE RECOVERED THE MURDER
WEAPON, AND IT'S REGISTERED TO YOU.

SHARON ROONEY, THE ACCUSED.

I LET MYSELF FALL IN LOVE WITH
TOM. I GOT MYSELF PREGNANT.

I'VE JUST MADE SUCH
A MESS OF MY LIFE.

WHATEVER MESS YOU'VE MADE, WE
BOTH KNOW THAT YOU DIDN'T KILL ANYONE.

NOW, I'M IN THIS WITH
YOU. I'M IN THIS TO WIN.



THE VICTIM'S BOYFRIEND.

CAN'T YOU JUST HANDLE MY CASE WITHOUT
PUTTING ME IN THE MIDDLE OF ANOTHER JACKPOT?

AND WHAT JACKPOT WOULD THAT BE?

I GOT MY LEG BROKE
OVER MARLEE DONOVAN.

THE GOVERNOR'S WIFE.

YOU'VE THOROUGHLY
EXAMINED ME ON THE STAND.

MY TESTIMONY HAS
HELPED YOUR CASE.

AM I MISSING
SOMETHING BASIC HERE?

A WIFE OR A GIRLFRIEND?

NONE OF THE ABOVE.

THEN YOU'LL HAVE TO TELL ME
WHERE THE CONFLICT IS, MR. WYLER.

RIVALS.

YOU SCREWED ME, BUDDY BOY. I JUST
WANTED YOU TO KNOW HOW IT FEELS.

WHEN I GET ELECTED GOVERNOR, YOU
WON'T HAVE TO PUT UP WITH ME ANYMORE.



YOU GET ELECTED GOVERNOR, AND
I'LL KISS YOUR ASS IN MACY'S WINDOW.

DIRTY POLITICS.

YOU SET LAURA CRIMMINS UP. IF
THE NEWS MEDIA WAS TO GET AHOLD...

OF A VIDEOTAPE SHOWING
GARFIELD'S PRINCIPAL BACKER...

COMMITTING EXTORTION ON ROGER'S
BEHALF A WEEK BEFORE ELECTION...

YOU'RE PLAYING A DANGEROUS GAME.

I WANT LAURA CRIMMINS CLEARED.
OTHERWISE, I'M TAKING YOU DOWN.

YOUR HONOR, I MOURN
MR. WHITE'S UNTIMELY PASSING...

AS MUCH AS ANYBODY.

BUT, SENTIMENT ASIDE, I CAN'T
CROSS-EXAMINE A DEAD MAN.

HIS DIRECT EXAMINATION CAN STILL BE
ADMITTED AS PRIOR SWORN TESTIMONY.

YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO...

THAT PRIOR SWORN TESTIMONY ALMOST
ALWAYS INCLUDES CROSS-EXAMINATION.

THE KEY WORD BEING "ALMOST."

LARRY WHITE'S TESTIMONY IS
VITAL TO MY CLIENT'S DEFENSE.

SHARON ROONEY SHOULDN'T BE MADE TO SUFFER
FOR A TRAGEDY THAT WAS BEYOND HER CONTROL.

- NEITHER SHOULD THE PEOPLE.
- EXCEPT THE PEOPLE AREN'T FACING
THE DEATH PENALTY. SHARON IS.

I AM NOT UNSYMPATHETIC,
MR. WYLER.

BUT IN THE ABSENCE OF THE ABILITY OF
MS. GRASSO TO CROSS-EXAMINE MR. WHITE,

I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO STRIKE HIS TESTIMONY
AND INSTRUCT THE JURY TO DISREGARD.

APPROACH?

YOUR HONOR, I URGE
YOU TO RECONSIDER.

I'VE RULED, COUNSEL.

YOUR HONOR, THE
PEOPLE FURTHER MOVE...

THAT YOU QUASH MR. WYLER'S
SUBPOENA OF ROGER GARFIELD.

ON WHAT BASIS? VIOLATION
OF WORK PRODUCT PRIVILEGE.

AS D.A., ROGER'S INVOLVED IN
THE PREPARATION OF THIS CASE.

HE WAS ALSO RUNNING FOR
OFFICE AGAINST ONE OF THE VICTIMS.

THAT GIVES HIM MOTIVE TO WANT
HIM DEAD. THIS ISN'T ABOUT MOTIVE.

THIS IS ABOUT YOU WANTING TO
EMBARRASS A FORMER EMPLOYER...

BY LINKING HIM TO A MURDER THAT HE
HAD ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH.

I'M GLAD YOU'RE SURE
ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE I'M NOT.

IT WOULD SEEM, MR. WYLER, THAT WHAT
YOU WANT HERE IS A LICENSE TO GO FISHING.

IF YOU GRANT THE PEOPLE
THIS MOTION, YOUR HONOR,

I INTEND TO FILE A WRIT
WITH THE COURT OF APPEAL.

ARE YOU THREATENING ME?

NO.

BUT WITH ALL DUE RESPECT,
YOUR HONOR, THIS ISN'T ABOUT YOU.

IT'S ABOUT JUSTICE
FOR SHARON ROONEY.

HOW ON EARTH DID
YOU DO IT, JIMMY?

DO WHAT?

THE BANK JUST CALLED.

THEY'VE DROPPED
THEIR INVESTIGATION...

AND THEY REINSTATED
ME WITH BACK PAY.

I, UH, HAD A CONVERSATION
WITH MALCOLM DIETRICH.

BUT I'LL SPARE YOU THE DETAILS.

I HOPE IT GOES WITHOUT
SAYING I'M VERY GRATEFUL.

SO, WHEN DO YOU GO BACK?

I'M ON MY WAY IN RIGHT NOW.

AND FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS
WILL BE SUBMITTING MY RESIGNATION.

EVERYTHING YOU SAID
ABOUT DIETRICH IS TRUE.

STILL, IT WASN'T YOUR FIGHT.

I'M SORRY THAT IT
SPILLED OVER ONTO YOU.

BE CAREFUL.

I'LL BE OKAY.

THE GREATEST BASKETBALL PLAYER
OF ALL TIME IS MAGIC JOHNSON.

THREE M.V.P.'s, FIVE TITLES...
I'D HAVE TO GO WITH JORDAN.

MY OLD MAN SWEARS BY ELGIN BAYLOR. SAYS
THE GUY PRACTICALLY INVENTED HANG TIME.

BAYLOR WAS GREAT, BUT
JORDAN'S ON ANOTHER LEVEL.

THAT'S WHAT I'M IN FOR
WITH THE LATRELL CASE?

DAILY JOCK TALK FROM YOU
SPORTS WANNABES? EXCUSE ME.

DISCUSSION OF SPORTS IS
AN IMPORTANT MALE RITUAL.

- LIKE SEEING WHO CAN
SPIT THE FURTHEST?
- YEAH.

BESIDES, EVERYBODY KNOWS THE GREATEST
BASKETBALL PLAYER OF ALL TIME IS LARRY BIRD.

'87 EASTERN FINALS...
STEALS THE INBOUND PASS,

FALLS FLAT ON HIS BACK AND HITS DENNIS
JOHNSON FOR THE LAYUP TO WIN THE GAME.

- MORNING, EVERYONE.
- GOOD MORNING.

SO, JIMMY,

HOW DO YOU THINK THE JUDGE IS GONNA
RULE ON QUASHING GARFIELD'S SUBPOENA?

IN OUR FAVOR, I HOPE.

BUT WITH THIS GUY ON
THE BENCH IT'S HARD TO SAY.

BRIEF ON EXCEPTIONS TO HICKMAN,
IN CASE YOU HAVE TO APPEAL.

GOOD WORK, ARNOLD.

ASSUMING WE WIN AND GET TO BEAT UP
GARFIELD, ARE WE STILL CALLING SHARON?

SHE'S THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN EXPLAIN WHAT
SHE WAS DOING ON THE PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY.

I THINK THE JURY
NEEDS TO HEAR IT.

GIVEN HER OUTBURSTS IN COURT, I'M
WORRIED WHAT ELSE THEY MIGHT HEAR.

I WOULDN'T HAVE SAID THIS BEFORE
DR. BOROS PUT HER ON ANTIDEPRESSANTS,

BUT I THINK SHE
CAN HANDLE IT NOW.

EXCUSE ME?

I'VE BEEN THROUGH
HER TESTIMONY WITH HER.

I DON'T WANT IT TO SOUND LIKE
WE FED HER SOME CANNED STORY.

I WANT THE JURY TO
SEE HER REAL EMOTIONS.

WHAT IF SHE LOSES IT AND
BREAKS DOWN ON THE STAND?

THEN MIRIAM IS LEFT WITH A POOR,
YOUNG, DEFENSELESS GIRL TO BEAT UP.

SHE LOOKS LIKE A BULLY
IN FRONT OF THE JURY.

- STILL, IT'S A BIG RISK.
- AGREED.

BUT IF WE WANT ANY SHOT AT GETTING
HER OFF, SHARON'S GOTTA TELL HER STORY.

SPEAKING OF STORIES, ANY LUCK CONFIRMING
THE ONE ABOUT CAROLINE VAN ALLAN'S SISTER?

WELL, THE PSYCHIATRIST THAT WAS TREATING
HER IS COMING FROM LA JOLLA TOMORROW.

I'M HOPING TO GET
SOMETHING OUT OF HER.

IF THERE IS NOTHING
ELSE, WE'RE DUE IN COURT.

INASMUCH AS TOMORROW
IS ELECTION DAY,

THERE WILL BE NO MORNING SESSION SO
THAT EVERYONE CAN GET OUT AND VOTE.

NOW, REGARDING
THE PEOPLE'S MOTION...

TO QUASH THE SUBPOENA FOR
DISTRICT ATTORNEY GARFIELD...

I HAVE CONSIDERED THE
DEFENSE'S CONTENTION...

THAT THIS TESTIMONY COULD
BE RELEVANT TO THEIR CASE.

I AM SKEPTICAL.

BUT IN THE INTEREST OF FULLY CARRYING
OUT THE INTENT OF THE SIXTH AMENDMENT,

I'M GOING TO DENY THE MOTION...

AND ALLOW MR. WYLER
TO CALL THIS WITNESS.

MY NAME IS ROGER GARFIELD. I'M THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES.

YOU'RE ALSO RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR
AGAINST DAN STEWART. CORRECT?

YES.

BEFORE THAT YOU WERE RUNNING AGAINST TOM
VAN ALLAN, ONE OF THE VICTIMS IN THIS CASE.

- THAT'S CORRECT.
- NOW, POLITICS CAN BE
A PRETTY DIRTY GAME, CAN'T IT?

IT CAN BE ROUGH AND TUMBLE,
BUT IT NEEDN'T BE DIRTY.

NOT IF THE CANDIDATES STICK TO THE
ISSUES AND FACE THE VOTERS SQUARELY.

IN YOUR EXPERIENCE, DO
OPPOSING CAMPAIGNS USE SPIES...

TO GAIN POLITICAL ADVANTAGE?

THERE ARE THOSE CAMPAIGNS
THAT DO. MINE IS NOT ONE OF THEM.

THEN LARRY WHITE WASN'T YOUR
MOLE IN THE VAN ALLAN CAMPAIGN?

NO, MR. WYLER, HE WAS NOT.

BUT YOU WERE AWARE
THAT MR. VAN ALLAN...

WAS CONDUCTING EXTRAMARITAL
AFFAIRS, WEREN'T YOU?

I HEARD RUMORS OF THAT, YES.

- DID YOU APPROVE OF
THE GOVERNOR'S BEHAVIOR?
- ON THE CONTRARY.

I FOUND IT REPUGNANT, EMBLEMATIC
OF THE DECLINE IN MORAL VALUES...

WHICH HAS OCCURRED UNDER THE
VAN ALLAN-STEWART ADMINISTRATION.

THEN LET ME ASK YOU, SIR.
HOW DID IT MAKE YOU FEEL...

WHEN YOU SAW MR. VAN ALLAN, A MAN
ENGAGED IN THESE MORALLY REPUGNANT ACTS,

LEAD YOU IN THE POLLS
BY AS MUCH AS 12 POINTS?

I PLACE MY FAITH IN THE
PEOPLE, NOT IN THE POLLS.

YOUR HONOR, REQUEST THAT THE WITNESS
STOP CAMPAIGNING AND ANSWER THE QUESTION.

MR. GARFIELD...
SORRY, YOUR HONOR.

I'LL TRY TO BE MORE SUCCINCT.

LET ME BE MORE
SUCCINCT, MR. GARFIELD.

TOM VAN ALLAN WAS KICKING YOUR
BUTT FROM HERE TO FRESNO, WASN'T HE?

I WAS BEHIND IN SOME POLLS.

YOU WERE DESPERATE,
WEREN'T YOU? NO.

I HAD EVERY CONFIDENCE...

THAT ONCE WE GOT OUR MESSAGE OUT
THERE WE'D GET THE VOTES WE NEEDED.

- DO YOU KNOW TERRY PHILBRICK?
- YES.

- HE WAS TOM VAN ALLAN'S MOLE
IN MY CAMPAIGN.
- AND HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?

I'M NOT REALLY SURE.

PERHAPS, UH, ONE OF
MY STAFF INFORMED ME.

IT WOULDN'T BE BECAUSE YOU HAD MY OFFICE
BUGGED AND HEARD MR. PHILBRICK TELL ME THAT?

YOUR HONOR, COULD
MR. WYLER BE ADMONISHED...

ON HIS CONTINUED ATTEMPTS TO TRY TO
INTRODUCE EVIDENCE THROUGH QUESTIONS?

- REPHRASE, MR. WYLER.
- I WITHDRAW THE QUESTION,
YOUR HONOR.

MAY I APPROACH THE WITNESS?

MR. GARFIELD, I'M GONNA
SHOW YOU DEFENSE EXHIBIT "S"...

WHICH IS A MEMO
FROM TERRY PHILBRICK.

WOULD YOU READ THE
HIGHLIGHTED PASSAGE, PLEASE?

"AT THIS POINT, GARFIELD
BECAME AGITATED AND SAID,

'THE ONLY WAY TO PREVENT VAN
ALLAN'S ELECTION IS TO HAVE HIM KILLED.'"

DID YOU SAY THAT?

IF I DID, MR. WYLER, I'M SURE IT WAS
GALLOWS HUMOR. LET'S BE CLEAR.

DID YOU OR DID YOU NOT SAY IT?

THE MORE LIKELY EXPLANATION IS THAT
MR. PHILBRICK HAD A VIVID IMAGINATION.

"HAD." PAST TENSE. BECAUSE
MR. PHILBRICK IS DEAD TOO, ISN'T HE?

AFTER OVERDOSING ON
COCAINE, AS I UNDERSTAND IT.

TOM VAN ALLAN, LARRY
WHITE, TERRY PHILBRICK.

IS THERE SOME REASON THAT ALL THESE
PEOPLE SHOW UP DEAD AROUND YOU?

PERHAPS YOU SHOULD
ASK AN ACTUARY.

NOTHING FURTHER.

FRANKLY, I THOUGHT MR. WYLER'S
ATTEMPTS TO LINK ME TO THIS CASE...

WERE AS PATHETIC AS
THEY WERE INSULTING.

BUT AT LEAST THE VOTERS NOW KNOW
THEIR NEXT GOVERNOR HAS NOTHING TO HIDE.

WHAT ABOUT THAT, MR. WYLER? ARE YOU DISAPPOINTED
YOU DIDN'T DELIVER A KNOCKOUT PUNCH?

I WASN'T TRYING TO
KNOCK OUT ANYONE.

MY JOB IS TO ESTABLISH REASONABLE
DOUBT ABOUT THE GUILT OF SHARON ROONEY.

- DO YOU FEEL YOU DID THAT?
- ASK THE JURY.

HAVE YOU DECIDED WHO YOU'RE
VOTING FOR FOR GOVERNOR?

I MADE THAT DECISION WHEN ROGER
GARFIELD GOT THE NOMINATION.

MR. WYLER! MR. WYLER!

HEY. GOT AN UPDATE FOR
YOU ON MARLEE DONOVAN'S EX.

DONNY McKEE? JUSTINE'S
BEEN PRIMPING HIM FOR TRIAL.

MAKE THAT "WAS."

AFTER LARRY WHITE WENT OUT THE
BACK DOOR ON US, I PUT A TAIL ON McKEE.

CAUGHT HIM AT L.A.X. TRYING
TO BOARD THE RED-EYE FOR MIAMI.

WHERE IS HE NOW? THE LIBRARY.

THOUGHT YOU'D WANNA TALK WITH
HIM BEFORE HE WENT ON VACATION.

WHAT'S GOING ON, MR. McKEE?

THAT GOON OF YOURS... WHERE'S
HE GET OFF MANHANDLING ME?

HE WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WE HAD A DEAL
AND THAT YOU WERE TRYING TO BACK OUT OF IT.

WELL, YEAH, HE'S RIGHT. I'VE
CHANGED MY MIND ABOUT TESTIFYING.

I WENT TO BAT FOR
YOU WITH THE D.A.

AND TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE,

I'LL SEND YOU A CRATE OF
ORANGES AND A HURRICANES CAP...

WHEN I GET TO MIAMI.

I WOULDN'T BE IN SUCH A HURRY
TO HOBBLE OUT OF HERE, MR. McKEE.

I STILL HAVE TO MEET THE
D.A. TO FINALIZE THE DEAL.

I FORGET TO SHOW, AND THEY'LL ISSUE A WARRANT
FOR YOUR ARREST ON THE ORIGINAL CHARGES.

ARE YOU THREATENING ME NOW?

I'M JUST TELLING YOU THAT IF
YOU DON'T TESTIFY, AS WE AGREED,

YOU'RE LOOKING AT 15 YEARS
FOR POSSESSION AND FOR SALE.

PLUS, I SUBPOENA YOU
AND SUGGEST TO THE JURY...

THAT YOU HAD PLENTY OF GOOD
REASONS TO WHACK MARLEE YOURSELF.

YOU'RE A REAL BASTARD.

YOU CAN COUNT ON IT.

MR. WYLER. OH. DR. HEARN.

THANKS A LOT FOR COMING. I'M SORRY
I'M LATE. I ALWAYS GET LOST DOWNTOWN.

OH, THAT'S FINE. SIT DOWN.

AS I TOLD YOU ON THE PHONE,

I'M NOT TERRIBLY EAGER TO GET
DRAGGED INTO THE ROONEY CASE.

THAT'S NOT MY INTENTION.

MY OTHER CONCERN IS
PROTECTING SAMANTHA'S PRIVACY.

WELL, AS I UNDERSTAND IT,

THE PSYCHIATRIST-PATIENT PRIVILEGE
WAS PIERCED BY THE MALPRACTICE SUIT.

IT WAS. I WOULD STILL
PREFER NOT TO TESTIFY.

WELL, I DON'T THINK THAT'S
GONNA BE NECESSARY.

I JUST NEED SOME
INFORMATION TO WORK WITH.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN TELL
ME ABOUT CAROLINE VAN ALLAN'S SISTER?

WELL, IN MANY WAYS SHE WAS
THE MIRROR IMAGE OF YOUR CLIENT...

PRETTY, FRAGILE,
PRONE TO DEPRESSION.

AND WHEN DID YOU
START TREATING HER?

HER LAST YEAR OF COLLEGE, RIGHT
AFTER HER FIRST SUICIDE ATTEMPT.

AND WHEN DID YOU LEARN ABOUT
THE AFFAIR WITH TOM VAN ALLAN?

SAMANTHA TOLD ME DURING
ONE OF OUR SESSIONS.

I ADVISED HER
AGAINST CONTINUING IT,

SUGGESTED IT WAS HER WAY OF
EXPRESSING RAGE TOWARD CAROLINE.

AND HOW DID VAN ALLAN
BREAK OFF THE AFFAIR?

ONE OF HIS AIDES HANDLED IT,

WHICH HURT SAMANTHA
MORE THAN THE BREAKUP...

THAT HE'D CHOOSE TO END IT
IN SUCH AN IMPERSONAL WAY.

A FEW DAYS LATER, SHE
DROWNED OFF ST. VINCENT.

THE FAMILY PRETENDED IT
WAS AN ACCIDENTAL DEATH,

BUT IT WAS A SUICIDE.

THE NOTE SHE SENT ME BEFORE
SHE DIED MADE THAT PRETTY CLEAR.

TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE, DID CAROLINE KNOW ABOUT HER
HUSBAND'S AFFAIR WITH HER SISTER, SAMANTHA?

I REALLY COULDN'T SAY.

WHEN MY LAWYERS ADVISED
ME TO RELEASE MY CASE NOTES,

THEY WENT TO MRS. BENEDICT'S
LAWYER, LOUIS BLAUSTEIN.

SHORTLY AFTER THAT, THE
FAMILY DROPPED THE SUIT.

I SUPPOSE IT'S POSSIBLE CAROLINE'S
MOTHER NEVER SHARED THIS INFORMATION,

OR THAT IF SHE DID, CAROLINE
IS IN A STATE OF DENIAL ABOUT IT.

CALL FRANK AND TELL HIM TO FIND OUT
EVERYTHING HE CAN ABOUT THIS LAWSUIT.

WHAT ABOUT THE SUBPOENA ON CAROLINE
VAN ALLAN? LET'S GO AHEAD AND SERVE IT.

WE CAN ALWAYS RELEASE
HER IF WE COME UP EMPTY.

WHEN WE DO CALL HER, DO YOU
WANT ME TO HANDLE HER ON THE STAND?

ARE YOU LOSING FAITH
IN ME ALREADY? NO.

IT'S JUST, GIVEN YOUR ROMANTIC
INVOLVEMENT WITH HER...

ACTUALLY, THAT'S A MISTAKE
I'VE BACKED AWAY FROM.

BUT THANKS FOR YOUR CONCERN.

I TEND TO LOOK OUT FOR
MEN I HAVE A CRUSH ON.

I HOPE YOU REMEMBERED
TO VOTE TODAY, MR. WYLER.

8:00 THIS MORNING, MR. DIETRICH. I
PULLED THE LEVER FOR DAN STEWART.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT. I SERIOUSLY DOUBT
ROGER WAS COUNTING ON YOUR SUPPORT.

ACTUALLY, I'M GLAD WE
RAN INTO EACH OTHER.

THERE'S SOMETHING I'VE
BEEN MEANING TO GIVE YOU.

IS THIS THE VIDEOTAPE OF OUR
CONVERSATION THE OTHER NIGHT?

IN EXCHANGE FOR GETTING THE CHARGES
DROPPED AGAINST LAURA CRIMMINS.

THAT WAS OUR DEAL.

HUH.

A RARE BREED IN THIS MODERN
WORLD... A MAN OF HIS WORD.

SIR, WOULD IT BE FAIR TO SAY THAT YOU
HAVE ACCUMULATED A VAST FORTUNE...

THROUGH YOUR VARIOUS COMPANIES
AND BUSINESS ENTERPRISES?

HARD WORK HAS
ITS DIVIDENDS, YES.

AND IN ORDER TO
PROTECT THIS FORTUNE,

YOU SUPPORT SOME POLITICAL
CANDIDATES AND OPPOSE OTHERS.

- CORRECT?
- IT'S CALLED DEMOCRACY, SIR.

NOW, IT'S COMMON KNOWLEDGE THAT
YOU ARE A ROGER GARFIELD SUPPORTER.

HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU THINK
THAT YOU PUT INTO HIS CAMPAIGN?

I'D HAVE TO CHECK, BUT I'D SAY ON
THE ORDER OF SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS.

EVEN MORE WITH THE SOFT MONEY THROUGH YOUR
COMPANIES AND YOUR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE.

- CORRECT?
- ALL LEGAL.

THEN I'M CURIOUS... DO YOU
LIKE ROGER GARFIELD THAT MUCH?

OR DO YOU JUST HATE
TOM VAN ALLAN MORE?

I NEVER HATED TOM.

I DID, HOWEVER, COME TO VIEW HIM
AS A MORALLY COMPROMISED MAN.

BECAUSE, AS ATTORNEY GENERAL,

HE PROSECUTED SEVERAL TOP EXECUTIVES
AT ONE OF YOUR CHEMICAL COMPANIES...

FOR ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS?

MINOR VIOLATIONS AT BEST.

WHICH RESULTED IN SEVERAL MILLION
DOLLARS' WORTH OF FINES, IF MEMORY SERVES.

UM, YOU ALSO TANGLED WITH
THE GOVERNOR IN HIS FIRST TERM,

ONCE AGAIN OVER MERCED
CHEMICAL, CORRECT?

MERCED BECAME SOMETHING OF
A CRUSADE FOR TOM AT THIS POINT,

A TROPHY FOR HIM
TO HANG ON HIS WALL.

WHAT WAS THE RESULT
OF THAT ACTION?

I WAS PERSONALLY
FINED $3 MILLION.

AND A SUBSIDIARY DIVISION
OF MERCED WENT BANKRUPT.

SO YOUR PERSONAL ANIMUS TOWARDS
THE GOVERNOR WAS PRETTY DEEP, WASN'T IT?

WELL... WE HAD OUR
DISAGREEMENTS.

DIDN'T YOU HIRE LARRY WHITE TO
SPY ON TOM VAN ALLAN'S CAMPAIGN...

AND HIS PERSONAL LIFE?

MR. WHITE APPROACHED ME WITH INFORMATION
HE THOUGHT WOULD BE OF INTEREST.

BUT YOU COULD HAVE TURNED
LARRY WHITE DOWN, COULDN'T YOU?

IF A MAN WANTS TO BETRAY HIS
LONGTIME FRIEND TO MY BENEFIT, SIR,

HE'S THE SCOUNDREL, NOT ME.

DID LARRY WHITE TELL YOU ABOUT THE
GOVERNOR AND HIS AFFAIR WITH SHARON ROONEY?

YES.

DID HE TELL YOU TOM VAN ALLAN WOULD BE AT
DEAN LANCASTER'S BEACH HOUSE ON AUGUST 19?

I DON'T BELIEVE SO.

IS THAT WHAT YOUR POLITICIAN
FRIENDS CALL A "NON-DENIAL DENIAL"?

OBJECTION. ARGUMENTATIVE.

SUSTAINED.

DID LARRY WHITE TELL YOU ABOUT A .22-CALIBER
PISTOL HE GAVE TO HIS GIRLFRIEND,

WHO ALSO WAS SHARON
ROONEY'S ROOMMATE?

I DON'T RECALL.

BECAUSE IF YOU DID, YOU WOULD BE
ADMITTING THAT YOU HAD THE MEANS,

THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE MOTIVE
TO KILL THE GOVERNOR, RIGHT?

OBJECTION! SUSTAINED.

THE JURY WILL DISREGARD
MR. WYLER'S LAST STATEMENT.

IF MR. GARFIELD GETS ELECTED,

THAT WOULD EASE YOUR PROBLEMS...

WITH MERCED
CHEMICAL, WOULDN'T IT?

I'M OPTIMISTIC IT WILL, YES.

AND YOU'D LIKE FOR THIS TRIAL
TO GO AWAY TOO, WOULDN'T YOU?

I DON'T HAVE ANY FEELINGS
ABOUT IT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

THEN YOU DIDN'T COME INTO MY OFFICE
LAST WEEK TO DISCUSS A PLEA BARGAIN...

OFFERED BY MR. GARFIELD
FOR MY CLIENT?

OBJECTION. IRRELEVANT.

GOES TO MOTIVE, YOUR
HONOR. OVERRULED.

WE DID DISCUSS THE
PLEA BARGAIN, YES.

I THOUGHT IT MIGHT
BENEFIT EVERYONE INVOLVED.

SO MUCH SO THAT YOU ATTEMPTED TO
BLACKMAIL ME INTO ACCEPTING IT, DIDN'T YOU?

THAT'S LUDICROUS. REALLY?

SO, IF I ASKED YOU TO PULL THAT VIDEOTAPE
OUT OF YOUR POCKET AND PLAY IT FOR THE COURT,

IT WOULD SHOW US
DISCUSSING THE WEATHER.

IS THAT YOUR TESTIMONY?

YOUR SILENCE
SPEAKS VOLUMES, SIR.

JIMMY? GOOD EVENING, CAROLINE.

WORKING LATE, COUNSELOR?

A MAN KNOCKED ON
MY DOOR TONIGHT...

WITH A DELIVERY FROM
WYLER AND ASSOCIATES.

I MUST ADMIT. I WAS
HOPING FOR ROSES.

ROSES AREN'T USUALLY
SENT WITH A SUBPOENA.

YOU WANNA TELL ME WHAT'S
GOING ON, JIMMY? I DON'T THINK SO.

YOU KNOW, I OCCASIONALLY
READ THOSE WOMEN'S MAGAZINES.

THEY HAVE THESE ARTICLES ABOUT HOW COUPLES
SHOULDN'T KEEP SECRETS FROM ONE ANOTHER.

WELL, AFTER YOU TESTIFY, I
THINK OUR DECKS WILL BE CLEAR.

AND I'LL KNOW WHY
YOU'VE BEEN AVOIDING ME?

I HAVEN'T BEEN AVOIDING YOU.
DON'T TRY AND CON ME, JIMMY.

I WAS MARRIED TO TOM VAN ALLAN.

I HAVE PERFECT PITCH WHEN IT COMES TO
DETECTING THE HALF-TRUTHS THAT MEN CAN TELL.

AND MORE THAN A LITTLE
EXPERIENCE AT TELLING YOUR OWN.

AM I IN TROUBLE HERE?
SHOULD I HAVE A LAWYER?

MIGHT NOT BE A BAD IDEA.
WHO HANDLES THAT FOR YOU?

LOUIS BLAUSTEIN.

HE'S A GOOD LAWYER.

I'M SURE HE'LL GIVE YOU EXCELLENT
ADVICE ON YOUR SUBPOENA.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE UP TO, JIMMY,

BUT I HAVE THE
DISTINCT IMPRESSION...

THAT WE ARE NOT GONNA BE
FRIENDS WHEN THIS IS OVER.

WELL, I HOPE THAT THAT
ISN'T THE CASE. ME TOO.

GOOD-BYE, JIMMY.

IN ONE OF THE CLOSEST RACES
IN MODERN CALIFORNIA HISTORY,

LOS ANGELES DISTRICT ATTORNEY ROGER
GARFIELD HAS WON A RAZOR-THIN VICTORY...

OVER INCUMBENT
GOVERNOR DAN STEWART.

WHEN ALL THREE MAJOR NETWORKS
DECLARED MR. GARFIELD THE WINNER.

THIS WAS THE SCENE AT
GARFIELD HEADQUARTERS...

AT THE CENTURY PLAZA HOTEL...

AS THE GOVERNOR-ELECT
ADDRESSED HIS JUBILANT SUPPORTERS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

I WANT TO READ A TELEGRAM I JUST
RECEIVED FROM GOVERNOR STEWART.

GOVERNOR GARFIELD. WHY
DOES THAT STICK IN MY THROAT?

WE'RE ALL GAGGING.

"CONGRATULATIONS ON
YOUR HARD-FOUGHT VICTORY.

"I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH YOU IN THE DAYS AHEAD...

TO MAKE CALIFORNIA
TRULY THE GOLDEN STATE."

THANK YOU, GOVERNOR STEWART,
FOR YOUR GRACIOUS WORDS.

YOU HEARD ABOUT
RICKEY LATRELL? YEAH.

ANYBODY SPOKEN WITH DOCKNOVICH?

HE'S STILL DOWN
AT PARKER CENTER.

OH, A TELEGRAM CAME FOR YOU.

VICTORY IS THE FUTURE...

OF THIS GREAT AND
GLORIOUS STATE!

THANK YOU!

"SEE YOU IN MACY'S WINDOW. BRING
YOUR CHAPSTICK. GOVERNOR GARFIELD."

IN OTHER NEWS, POLICE HAVE ARRESTED
BASKETBALL GREAT RICKEY LATRELL...

FOR THE MURDER OF LAS VEGAS
STORM OWNER SANDY FORTAS.

THE ARREST CAME AT 2:00 THIS
MORNING OUTSIDE THE HOUSE OF BLUES...

ON THE SUNSET STRIP.

YOU SHOULD HAVE CALLED, BRIAN. WE
COULD HAVE ARRANGED A SURRENDER.

INSTEAD, YOU GRAB RICKEY AT 2:00 IN
THE MORNING AND SLAP HANDCUFFS ON HIM.

TALK TO THE COPS. I HAD
NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.

THAT'S CRAP. YOU WANTED
TO EMBARRASS HIM AND US.

FORGIVE ME IF THERE'S NO LOVE LOST
BETWEEN THIS OFFICE AND YOUR FIRM.

THE WORD CAME DOWN.
WE HAD HIM ARRESTED.

THAT'S MORE COURTESY THAN YOUR BOY GAVE SANDY
FORTAS WHEN HE EMPTIED HIS .380 INTO HIM.

BOY?

FIGURE OF SPEECH.

YOU COULD TAKE SOME LESSONS IN
RACIAL SENSITIVITY FROM YOUR BOSS.

GARFIELD WAITED UNTIL HE WAS ELECTED
SO HE WOULDN'T ALIENATE THE BLACK VOTE...

BY ARRESTING AN
AFRICAN-AMERICAN SUPERSTAR.

- YOUR INTERPRETATION.
- WE WANT AN ARRAIGNMENT
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN DO.

BUT I WOULDN'T COUNT ON MR. LATRELL
WALKING OUT OF JAIL ANYTIME SOON.

GET ME OUT OF HERE.

THAT'LL HAVE TO WAIT FOR
THE ARRAIGNMENT, RICKEY.

- WELL, WHEN IS THAT?
- PROBABLY TOMORROW MORNING.

WHOA. WAIT A MINUTE.

I HAVE TO STAY IN
HERE TILL TOMORROW?

THAT'S ASSUMING WE GET BAIL.

THIS ARRAIGNMENT...

IT'S GONNA BE ON TV?

PROBABLY.

MM-HMM.

THAT MEANS MY
MOTHER'S GONNA SEE IT.

OH, MAN.

I'VE CALLED YOU IN
BEFORE COURT TODAY...

BECAUSE MRS. VAN ALLAN HAS FILED A COMPLAINT
OF WITNESS TAMPERING AGAINST MR. WYLER.

WHAT?

SHE SAYS YOU SEDUCED HER, THEN
URGED HER TO CHANGE HER TESTIMONY.

THAT IS RIDICULOUS.
PLEASE, MR. WYLER.

DON'T INSULT MY INTELLIGENCE BY
DENYING YOU HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH HER.

IT'S ALREADY BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED IN
COURT THAT WE HAD RELATIONS, YOUR HONOR.

I'M NOT GONNA
DENY IT OR DEFEND IT.

WAS I GUILTY OF
BAD JUDGMENT? YES.

BUT IT WAS AFTER HER TESTIMONY
AND WITH HER FULL CONSENT.

AND NOW YOU'VE RECALLED HER.

WELL, I'VE RECEIVED SOME NEW
EVIDENCE THAT I HADN'T ANTICIPATED.

MAYBE YOU SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT A LITTLE
MORE THAN SIX INCHES INTO YOUR FUTURE.

I'VE LOOKED THE OTHER WAY FAR TOO
MANY TIMES WITH YOU ALREADY, MR. WYLER.

YOUR ANTICS IN THE COURTROOM, THE LOAN
FROM MRS. VAN ALLAN... I'VE RETURNED THAT.

AND YOUR CONSISTENT LACK
OF RESPECT FOR THIS COURT.

RESPECT IS A TWO-WAY
STREET, YOUR HONOR.

AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I DID NOT SUBORN
PERJURY OR SEDUCE CAROLINE VAN ALLAN.

SHE KNOWS WHY WE WANT TO CALL HER, AND
SHE DOESN'T WANT TO ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS.

THAT'S THE REASON FOR THIS.

YOUR HONOR, I THINK THE ONLY
APPROPRIATE MEASURE HERE...

IS TO HAVE MR. WYLER
REMOVED FROM THIS CASE.

I AM TEMPTED, MS. GRASSO.

BUT THE REMOVAL OF
MR. WYLER AT THIS POINT...

WOULD CAUSE UNDUE HARM
TO MS. ROONEY'S DEFENSE.

SO YOU'LL CONTINUE AS THE
ATTORNEY OF RECORD, MR. WYLER.

BUT AT THE CONCLUSION
OF THIS TRIAL,

I'LL BE ORDERING A THOROUGH
INVESTIGATION OF YOUR ACTIONS...

BY THE CALIFORNIA STATE BAR.

I MET MARLEE RIGHT AFTER SHE
CAME OUT HERE FROM MINNEAPOLIS.

MY BAND WAS PLAYING AT THIS CLUB OFF
THE STRIP, AND SHE SHOWED UP ONE NIGHT.

WE TALKED BETWEEN SETS.

SHE WAS A MAJOR HOTTIE,
SO I ASKED HER OUT.

A MONTH LATER WE
WERE LIVING TOGETHER.

HOW WAS MARLEE SUPPORTING
HERSELF AT THAT TIME?

SHE WAS A MODEL,
OR TRYING TO BE.

SHE'D DONE SOME PRINT
WORK, SOME LITTLE RUNWAY.

THEN SHE GOT HIRED FOR ONE OF THOSE UNDERWEAR
CATALOGS... A BIG SHOOT DOWN IN BAJA.

SHE WAS STOKED. HOW DID HER
NEW JOB AFFECT YOUR RELATIONSHIP?

WELL, I DIDN'T HAVE TO
SUPPORT HER ANYMORE.

AND THEN SHE
STARTED WORKING A LOT,

MAKING DECENT MONEY.

AND THEN ONE DAY SHE CAME
HOME AND SAID SHE WAS MOVING OUT.

DID SHE SAY WHY?

S-SHE'D MET SOMEONE ELSE.

WOULDN'T SAY WHO,

BUT MADE IT SOUND LIKE
HE WAS SOME BIG SHOT.

WHAT DID YOU DO? I MADE A
FOOL OUT OF MYSELF, BASICALLY.

I MEAN, I WAS IN
LOVE WITH THIS GIRL.

I BEGGED HER TO STAY,

TOLD HER THAT IF SHE NEEDED SPACE I'D
GIVE IT TO HER, WHATEVER SHE WANTED.

AND HOW DID SHE RESPOND?

SHE WALKED OUT.

I... I'D HAD A COUPLE DRINKS,

AND I GUESS I... I SLAPPED
HER AROUND A LITTLE.

TWO DAYS AFTER THIS, MR. McKEE,

SOMETHING HAPPENED TO YOU.

WHAT WAS THAT?

YEAH.

THIS.

IT WAS MAYBE 10:00 AT NIGHT.

I WAS PRACTICING. THERE
WAS A KNOCK AT THE DOOR.

I WENT TO OPEN IT, AND THESE
TWO GUYS JUST PUSHED THEIR WAY IN.

WHAT KIND OF GUYS?

YOU KNOW, MUSCLE.

ONE OF 'EM HAD A
NEW YORK ACCENT.

TOLD ME I SHOULD STAY
AWAY FROM MARLEE,

THAT SHE WAS
SOMEBODY ELSE'S NOW.

AND THEN THEY JUST... THEY
JUST STARTED WHALING ON ME.

THEY BROKE MY LEG AND
FRACTURED MY CHEEK.

DID THEY TELL YOU WHAT WOULD
HAPPEN IF YOU TRIED TO SEE HER AGAIN?

OH, YEAH. THEY'D KILL ME.

AND THEY WOULD KILL ANYONE WHO
TRIED TO GET INVOLVED WITH MARLEE,

INCLUDING THE GOVERNOR
OF CALIFORNIA, RIGHT?

OBJECTION. CALLS
FOR SPECULATION.

SUSTAINED. NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS, YOUR HONOR.

SIR, WERE YOU RECENTLY CHARGED
WITH POSSESSING METHAMPHETAMINE?

YES, I WAS.

HAS MR. WYLER BEEN ASSISTING YOU
IN GETTING THAT CHARGE REDUCED?

HE'S BEEN TALKING TO
SOMEONE IN THE D.A.'s OFFICE.

SO SINCE HE'S BEEN HELPING YOU,

YOU'VE BEEN HELPING
HIM HERE TODAY...

BY SAYING THE THINGS
HE WANTS YOU TO SAY.

NO. I'VE BEEN TELLING THE TRUTH.

THE TRUTH AS TOLD BY A LONGTIME
ABUSER OF METHAMPHETAMINE, CORRECT?

I'VE HAD MY PROBLEMS
IN THAT AREA.

ISN'T IT POSSIBLE THAT THIS
ATTACK THAT YOU DESCRIBED...

WAS RELATED TO
YOUR DRUG DEALING...

AND HAD NOTHING
TO DO WITH MARLEE?

NO, THIS WAS ABOUT MARLEE. THIS
CASE HAS BEEN ON THE NEWS FOR MONTHS.

WHY IS IT THAT YOU'RE
JUST COMING FORWARD NOW?

'CAUSE I WAS SCARED.

IT COULDN'T BE YOU NEEDED TIME TO GET
YOUR STORY STRAIGHT WITH MR. WYLER?

OBJECTION. WITHDRAWN.

THANK YOU, MR. McKEE.

WE'RE ALL GREATLY ENLIGHTENED
BY YOUR PRESENCE HERE TODAY.

YOUR HONOR,

THE DEFENSE CALLS
CAROLINE VAN ALLAN.

MRS. VAN ALLAN,

DID YOUR LATE
HUSBAND, TOM VAN ALLAN,

HAVE A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR
SISTER IN THE YEAR PRIOR TO HER DEATH?

NO. NO?

THEN COULD YOU TELL US
WHO DR. GRETCHEN HEARN IS?

SHE WAS MY SISTER'S THERAPIST.

WHO YOUR MOTHER, HELEN
BENEDICT, SUED FOR WRONGFUL DEATH...

AFTER YOUR SISTER'S
DEATH, CORRECT?

YES.

I'M GONNA SHOW YOU DR. HEARN'S
NOTES ON YOUR SISTER'S TREATMENT,

WHICH WERE RELEASED IN THE
WAKE OF YOUR MOTHER'S LAWSUIT.

- I'D LIKE YOU TO READ
A PORTION OF THEM FOR US.
- OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR.

IF MR. WYLER'S PURPOSE HERE IS TO
CAUSE MRS. VAN ALLAN FURTHER PAIN,

HE'S MORE THAN
ACCOMPLISHED THAT.

OVERRULED. I WANT TO HEAR THIS.

WOULD YOU READ THE HIGHLIGHTED
PORTIONS, PLEASE, MRS. VAN ALLAN?

"PATIENT REPORTS...

"SHE'S BEGUN AN AFFAIR
WITH HER SISTER'S HUSBAND.

SHE DISPLAYS LITTLE
REMORSE OR INSIGHT."

I DON'T KNOW WHY MY SISTER TOLD THE DOCTOR
THAT, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU SHE NEVER TOLD ME.

HAVE YOU EVER READ THOSE NOTES
PRIOR TO COURT TODAY? NO. OF COURSE NOT.

THEY WEREN'T RELEASED TO
YOUR FAMILY DURING THE LAWSUIT?

TO MY MOTHER AND
HER LAWYER, LOUIS...

I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T QUITE
CATCH THE WHOLE NAME.

LOUIS BLAUSTEIN.

- AND WHO IS YOUR LAWYER?
- YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT.

FOR THE COURT.

LOUIS BLAUSTEIN.

CAN YOU TELL US WHEN THESE
NOTES WERE RELEASED? HOW COULD I?

I'VE NEVER SEEN THEM BEFORE.

THERE IS A DATE STAMPED ON
THERE FROM MR. BLAUSTEIN'S LAW FIRM.

WOULD YOU READ IT, PLEASE?

JULY 14, 1996.

TWO WEEKS BEFORE YOUR
FAMILY DROPPED THE LAWSUIT...

AND A MONTH BEFORE YOUR
HUSBAND WAS MURDERED.

I DON'T SEE THE CONNECTION.

DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THAT YOU MOVED
OUT OF YOUR HUSBAND'S BEDROOM IN JULY?

I TOLD YOU THAT IN PRIVACY.

NEVERTHELESS,
IT IS TRUE, ISN'T IT?

AND YOU STOPPED TRAVELING
WITH YOUR HUSBAND IN JULY? YES.

YET YOU EXPECT US TO BELIEVE THAT
YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN THESE NOTES BEFORE,

THAT YOU HAD NO IDEA THAT YOUR
HUSBAND HAD BEGUN A RECKLESS AFFAIR...

WITH YOUR EMOTIONALLY
FRAGILE SISTER,

WHO JUMPED OFF A BOAT AND KILLED
HERSELF WHEN HE TRIED TO END THE AFFAIR?

I'M SORRY. I JUST...

I WILL NEVER BELIEVE THAT M-MY
SISTER HAD AN AFFAIR WITH TOM.

I HAVE NO DESIRE TO MAKE YOU
RELIVE THIS PAINFUL EPISODE.

BUT YOU ARE LYING, AREN'T YOU?

YOU KNEW ABOUT YOUR
HUSBAND'S AFFAIR. NO, I DID NOT.

AND WHEN YOU FOUND OUT,
YOU WERE NOT ONLY ANGRY,

YOU WERE FIT TO
KILL, WEREN'T YOU?

YOUR HONOR, HOW MUCH MORE OF THIS
IS MRS. VAN ALLAN SUPPOSED TO TAKE?

AS LONG AS IT TAKES TO GET
TO THE TRUTH, MS. GRASSO.

WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?

BECAUSE, MRS. VAN ALLAN,
I CAN'T SAVE YOUR SISTER.

BUT I CAN SAVE HER.

RICHARD HAYES LATRELL.

YOU'RE CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT
OF MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE,

A VIOLATION OF CALIFORNIA
PENAL CODE SECTION 187.

HOW DO YOU PLEAD?

CHRISTOPHER DOCKNOVICH ON
BEHALF OF MR. LATRELL, YOUR HONOR.

WE ENTER A PLEA OF NOT
GUILTY. ON THE ISSUE OF BAIL...

BRIAN GELLER FOR THE PEOPLE, YOUR
HONOR. WE STRONGLY OPPOSE BAIL.

AND WE BELIEVE THAT THE DEFENDANT
REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT FLIGHT RISK.

WHERE DOES MR. GELLER
THINK HE'S GOING TO GO?

HE STILL CHARTERS HIS
OWN JET, YOUR HONOR,

PUTTING HIM WITHIN REACH OF THE ONE OR TWO
COUNTRIES IN THIS WORLD THAT DON'T FOLLOW THE NBA.

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO MY COLLEAGUE, MY
CLIENT IS EAGER TO DEMONSTRATE HIS INNOCENCE.

WE CAN ASSURE THE COURT THAT HE
WILL BE READY AND AVAILABLE FOR TRIAL.

WAS HE READY AND AVAILABLE
ON DECEMBER 16, 1992...

WHEN HE WAS SUMMONED TO APPEAR
IN SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL COURT?

MR. DOCKNOVICH.

MR. GELLER IS REFERRING TO AN INFRACTION OF
THE CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE 4000-A, YOUR HONOR,

THE NONREGISTRATION OF ONE
OF MR. LATRELL'S MANY VEHICLES.

HIS REASONS FOR FAILING TO
APPEAR HAVE BEEN WELL-DOCUMENTED.

HE WAS IN HIS ROOKIE SEASON AND ASSUMED THAT
HIS MANAGER WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE MATTER.

HE SINCERELY REGRETS
INCONVENIENCING THE COURT...

AND IS WELL AWARE OF THE
GRAVITY OF THIS SITUATION.

SO AM I, MR. DOCKNOVICH.

BAIL IS DENIED.

DEFENDANT IS
REMANDED INTO CUSTODY.

DR. BOROS, DID YOU RECENTLY PERFORM A
PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATION OF SHARON ROONEY?

YES, I DID. AND WHAT WAS
YOUR DIAGNOSIS OF HER?

THAT SHARON SUFFERS FROM
BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER.

WOULD YOU DEFINE THAT, DOCTOR?

YES.

BORDERLINE PERSONALITIES
TEND TO FORM RELATIONSHIPS...

IN WHICH THEIR IDENTITIES BECOME
MERGED WITH THAT OF THE SIGNIFICANT OTHER.

THEY FEAR ABANDONMENT.

THEY OFTEN BECOME SEVERELY DEPRESSED
WHEN THAT ABANDONMENT OCCURS.

IS THIS WHAT HAPPENED
WITH GOVERNOR VAN ALLAN?

YES.

WOULD THIS HAVE PREDISPOSED
HER TO HARM THE GOVERNOR? NO.

HIGH-FUNCTIONING BORDERLINES WITH NO
HISTORY OF VIOLENCE OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE...

ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO DIRECT
THAT ANGER TOWARD THEMSELVES.

WHICH, IN FACT, SHE DID...

WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO HANG HERSELF
IN HER CELL AFTER SHE WAS ARRESTED.

THAT'S CORRECT.

THIS JURY SAW SHARON STAND HERE
SEVERAL WEEKS AGO AND DECLARE,

"I'M THE ONE WHO'S GUILTY.
I SHOULD BE PUNISHED."

- WAS THIS
A CONFESSION OF MURDER?
- IN MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION, NO.

THAT DECLARATION CAME
DURING HER HUSBAND'S TESTIMONY.

SHARON FEELS A GREAT DEAL OF GUILT OVER WHAT
SHE SEES AS HER BETRAYAL OF HER HUSBAND.

BY TRYING TO COME
TO HIS DEFENSE,

SHE WAS ATTEMPTING TO
REMERGE HER IDENTITY WITH HIS.

WILL OFTEN SAY OR DO ANYTHING THEY THINK
WILL WIN THEIR SIGNIFICANT OTHER BACK.

THANK YOU.

NOTHING FURTHER.

A LOT OF FANCY
WORDS THERE, DOCTOR.

ANY OF THEM MAKE
IT IMPOSSIBLE...

FOR SHARON ROONEY
TO BE A MURDERER?

UNLIKELY, BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE.

SO THEN IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THE DEFENDANT,
IN THE WAKE OF THIS ABANDONMENT DEPRESSION,

MIGHT COMMIT AN ACT OF VIOLENCE
WITHOUT ANY PREVIOUS HISTORY.

- CORRECT?
- I'D BE VERY SURPRISED.

NOW, YOU STATED THAT BORDERLINE
PERSONALITIES WILL DO OR SAY ANYTHING...

TO WIN BACK THEIR
SIGNIFICANT OTHERS.

- DOES THAT INCLUDE
TELLING THE TRUTH?
- IT CAN.

SO WHEN MS. ROONEY
STOOD UP IN COURT AND SAID,

"I AM THE ONE WHO'S GUILTY,"

SHE MAY HAVE BEEN CONFESSING THE TWO MURDERS,
JUST AS COMMON SENSE WOULD TELL YOU SHE WAS.

- CORRECT?
- I DON'T THINK THAT'S
WHAT SHE WAS DOING.

BUT, AGAIN, I CAN'T ENTIRELY
PRECLUDE THE POSSIBILITY.

BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T AT THAT BEACH
HOUSE THE NIGHT THESE MURDERS OCCURRED.

- NO.
- OH.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR. I
HAVE NOTHING FURTHER.

YOU MAY STEP DOWN,
DR. BOROS. THANK YOU.

YOUR HONOR,

THE DEFENSE CALLS SHARON ROONEY.

WELL, I GREW UP IN BELLFLOWER.

MY DAD DIED WHEN...
WHEN I WAS FOUR.

MY MOM, SHE WAS
A STRICT CATHOLIC.

SHE MADE SURE WE WENT
TO MASS EVERY WEEK.

I NEVER MINDED IT. IT ALWAYS
GAVE ME A LOT OF COMFORT.

DO YOU STILL GO TO MASS?

YEAH. I GO... I GO TO THE CHAPEL
IN JAIL A COUPLE TIMES A WEEK.

DO YOU PRAY?

YES.

FOR WHAT?

FOR FORGIVENESS.

AND WHAT DO YOU ASK
GOD TO FORGIVE YOU FOR?

FOR ABORTING MY BABY.

FOR CHEATING ON MY HUSBAND.

NOW, YOUR HUSBAND IS A
MEDICAL STUDENT, RIGHT?

YES. TELL US WHAT IT'S LIKE BEING
MARRIED TO A MEDICAL STUDENT.

WELL, YOU NEVER SEE
YOUR HUSBAND MUCH.

THEY'RE EITHER WORKING
AT THE HOSPITAL...

OR SLEEPING SO THEY CAN GO BACK.

WAS THAT THE ONLY REASON THAT
YOU NEVER SAW YOUR HUSBAND?

NO. I FOUND OUT HE WAS HAVING AN
AFFAIR WITH ONE OF HIS NURSES LATER.

SO YOU WERE PRETTY VULNERABLE WHEN YOU MET
TOM VAN ALLAN. WHEN DID YOU MEET THE GOVERNOR?

MY ROOMMATE, SALLY, SHE
WORKED IN HIS CAMPAIGN.

I MET TOM AT A FUND-RAISER
THAT SHE TOOK ME TO.

AND WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?

IT WAS LIKE A FAIRY TALE.

TOM WAS SO CHARMING.

IT'D BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I...

SINCE I'D HAD THAT KIND
OF ATTENTION FROM A MAN.

HE SWEPT YOU OFF YOUR FEET?

THE NEXT WEEKEND,

TOM ASKED ME TO...

MEET HIM AT DEAN
LANCASTER'S BEACH HOUSE.

AND I SPENT THE NIGHT.

AND I AM SO SORRY, KYLE.

HOW OFTEN DID YOU
SEE TOM AFTER THAT?

JUST WHENEVER HE WAS IN TOWN.

USUALLY AT DEAN'S HOUSE.

NOW, SHARON, DID THERE COME A TIME
WHEN ONE OF THE GOVERNOR'S AIDES...

CALLED YOU TO TALK ABOUT
YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM?

LARRY WHITE...

HE TOLD ME THAT
MRS. VAN ALLAN HAD...

FOUND OUT ABOUT US AND THAT
TOM COULDN'T SEE ME ANYMORE.

AFTER YOU STOPPED SEEING HIM,

DID SOMETHING HAPPEN TO CAUSE
YOU TO CONTACT THE GOVERNOR AGAIN?

YES. I FOUND OUT I WAS PREGNANT.

SINCE KYLE AND I HADN'T BEEN SLEEPING
TOGETHER, I KNEW THE BABY WAS TOM'S.

AND WHEN I TOLD HIM, HE SAID
THAT I HAD TO GET AN ABORTION.

AND DID YOU?

YES.

WILL YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT?

WELL, IT WAS TERRIBLE.

IT WAS TERRIBLE. THE ROOM
THAT THEY DO IT IN IS SO COLD.

AND ALL THESE PEOPLE
ARE STANDING OVER YOU,

ALL THESE STRANGERS
WITH MASKS ON THEIR FACES.

WHEN IT'S OVER YOU JUST
FEEL REALLY EMPTY INSIDE.

NOW, SHARON, YOU'RE A CATHOLIC.

HOW COULD YOU HAVE AN ABORTION? ISN'T
IT AGAINST THE TEACHING OF THE CHURCH?

I DID IT FOR TOM.

HE PROMISED TO MARRY
ME AFTER THE ELECTION.

SO, WHAT HAPPENED AFTER
YOU HAD THE ABORTION?

WELL, HE STOPPED
TAKING MY PHONE CALLS.

WE NEVER SPOKE AGAIN.

LET'S GO BACK TO THE
NIGHT OF AUGUST 19.

DID YOU RECEIVE
A PHONE CALL? YES.

FROM A MAN WHO TOLD ME
THAT HE WAS ONE OF TOM'S AIDES.

AND HE TOLD ME THAT TOM WANTED
TO SEE ME OUT AT THE BEACH HOUSE.

HAD YOU EVER TALKED TO
THIS... THIS AIDE BEFORE?

NO. HE JUST SAID HE
WORKED WITH LARRY.

- DID YOU GO OUT TO THE HOUSE?
- YES.

- WHAT HAPPENED
WHEN YOU GOT THERE?
- I DID WHAT I USUALLY DID.

I PARKED...

ON PACIFIC COAST
HIGHWAY AND, UH,

I WALKED DOWN THE
BEACH TO THE HOUSE...

AND I WALKED UP
THE BACK STAIRS...

TO THE BEDROOM.

AND THERE WAS TOM AND SOME GIRL,

AND BLOOD EVERYWHERE.

IT WAS HORRIBLE.

THEY WERE DEAD?

MM-HMM.

THEN WHAT DID YOU DO?
I RAN OUT OF THE HOUSE.

I GOT BACK INTO MY CAR AND...

I STARTED TO DRIVE DOWN P.C.H.

I'M NOT EVEN SURE
WHERE I WAS GOING.

ALL I CAN REMEMBER...

IS HITTING A CAR...

AND BEING ARRESTED.

DID YOU HAVE YOUR ROOMMATE'S
GUN WITH YOU ON THAT NIGHT?

NO.

AND LATER, DID YOU
TELL ADRIENNE ORDUNO...

THAT YOU HAD KILLED THE GOVERNOR AND
TOSSED THE GUN OVER A WALL NEAR BIG ROCK?

NO, I DID NOT.

WHEN YOU GOT UP IN
THIS COURT AND YOU SAID,

"I'M THE GUILTY ONE. I'M THE
ONE WHO SHOULD BE PUNISHED,"

WHAT WERE YOU REFERRING TO?

TO THE ABORTION.

YOU STILL FEEL PRETTY
GUILTY ABOUT THAT, DON'T YOU?

IT'S THE WORST
THING I'VE EVER DONE.

YOUR WITNESS.

DO YOU NEED A
MOMENT, MS. ROONEY?

NO, THAT'S OKAY. I'M ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE TOLD THIS
STORY TO ANYONE BUT YOUR LAWYERS, ISN'T IT?

YES.

- WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL IT
TO THE POLICE THAT NIGHT?
- WELL, I WAS IN SHOCK.

SEEING TOM LOOK
LIKE THAT, I JUST...

I JUST KEPT THINKING, GOD MUST
BE TRYING TO SHOW ME SOMETHING.

HE MUST BE TRYING TO PUNISH ME.

- BUT YOU WERE
AT THE BEACH HOUSE?
- YES.

AND YOU WERE IN THE ROOM
WITH THE BLOODY BODIES...

OF GOVERNOR VAN ALLAN
AND MARLEE DONOVAN?

YES.

SO THE ONLY QUESTION IS
WHETHER YOU PULLED THE TRIGGER.

I DIDN'T.

- DID YOU KNOW
YOUR ROOMMATE HAD A GUN?
- YES.

DO YOU KNOW WHERE SHE KEPT IT?

SHE KEPT IT IN HER
DRESSER DRAWER.

SO, YOU WERE AT THE BEACH
HOUSE AT THE TIME OF THE MURDERS,

YOU HAD ACCESS TO
YOUR ROOMMATE'S GUN.

WEREN'T YOU ALSO
ANGRY AT THE GOVERNOR?

NO.

WELL, I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

DIDN'T YOU SAY THAT THE ABORTION
WAS THE WORST THING YOU'D EVER DONE?

- YES.
- AND YET YOU WEREN'T ANGRY...

AT THE PERSON WHO MADE
YOU DO THIS TERRIBLE THING?

I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE I WAS.

MAYBE, SECRETLY,
I'M GLAD HE'S DEAD.

BECAUSE HE DESERVES TO BE DEAD
FOR WHAT HE DID TO YOU AND YOUR BABY.

- MM-HMM.
- THIS STORY ABOUT ONE OF THE
GOVERNOR'S AIDES CALLING YOU...

- YOU MADE THAT UP, DIDN'T YOU?
- NO, I DIDN'T.

AND WHEN YOU STOOD UP IN
THIS COURT AND YOU DECLARED,

"I'M THE ONE WHO'S GUILTY. I'M
THE ONE WHO SHOULD BE PUNISHED,"

YOU WERE CONFESSING
TO MURDER, WEREN'T YOU?

OF MY BABY, NOT TOM.

REDIRECT, MR. WYLER?

SHARON, IF YOU WERE MAKING
UP A STORY FOR THIS JURY,

YOU WOULDN'T ADMIT THAT YOU
WERE AT THE BEACH HOUSE THAT NIGHT.

NO.

WOULDN'T IT JUST BE EASIER TO SAY
THAT YOU WERE DRIVING ON THE P.C.H.?

YEAH.

SHARON, DO YOU CARE IF
THIS JURY CONVICTS YOU?

I DON'T WANT THEM TO CONVICT ME.

BUT IF THEY DO...

IF THEY DO AND I GET EXECUTED,
AT LEAST I'LL BE WITH MY BABY.

THE DEFENSE RESTS, YOUR HONOR.

DIDN'T LOOK AT THE
JURY LIKE YOU SAID.

THINK THEY BELIEVED ME?

YEAH, I THINK THEY DID.

IT WAS HARD...

JUST GOING THROUGH
ALL THAT AGAIN.

YOU DID GREAT, SHARON.

YOU'RE A LOT STRONGER
THAN YOU THINK.

WOULD YOU MIND SAYING
A ROSARY WITH ME?

A ROSARY?

OH. YOU AREN'T CATHOLIC?

MORE OF THE LAPSED VARIETY.

WOULD YOU JUST
KNEEL WITH ME, PLEASE?

UH...

PLEASE?

IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, THE
SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. AMEN.

I BELIEVE IN GOD, THE FATHER
ALMIGHTY, CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH,

AND IN JESUS CHRIST,
HIS ONLY SON, OUR LORD,

WHO WAS CONCEIVED BY THE HOLY
SPIRIT, BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY,

SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE,
WAS CRUCIFIED, DIED AND WAS BURIED.

HE DESCENDED INTO HELL.

ON THE THIRD DAY HE AROSE AGAIN AND WAS SEATED
AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD, THE FATHER ALMIGHTY.

FROM THENCE HE SHALL COME TO
JUDGE THE LIVING AND THE DEAD,

AND HIS KINGDOM WILL
HAVE NO END, AMEN.

I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE HOLY
CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS.