Law And Order S25E08

NovaStream

20 hours ago

Transcript

00:00In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally

00:10important groups.

00:11The police who investigate crime and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders.

00:16These are their stories.

00:40They doubted us, said it wouldn't work.

00:45They tried to shame us, but here we are, six months later.

00:53To my true love, I can't wait to marry you tomorrow.

01:06We got a name for the Vic?

01:15Bob Gladstone.

01:16The toy company guy?

01:17I got kids man, Gladstone toys were a mainstay under our Christmas tree.

01:22He was staying in the presidential suite.

01:24Whew.

01:25Nice.

01:26This place is bigger than my house.

01:28Got a time of death?

01:30Based on temp and rigidity, I'd say between 10pm and midnight.

01:34So what, someone whacked him from behind?

01:36Managed to crack his skull.

01:38According to his keycard log, he entered the room at 9.46pm.

01:41A sign of forced entry?

01:43Not even a scratch on the door.

01:45All right, so let the killer in or they had a keycard.

01:49Anybody find a murder weapon?

01:51Nothing.

01:52We're looking for a heavy object, at least 10 inches in length with two sharp points.

01:56Managers said there was a bronze sculpture missing from that pedestal.

02:00Death by fine art?

02:02Hmm.

02:03Any witnesses?

02:04Someone down the hall heard an argument around 10.30pm, looked out, saw a waiter leave

02:11the room.

02:12Who found him?

02:13Fiance.

02:14The MTs are with her now.

02:16She's shaking.

02:17They were supposed to get married today.

02:19I hate weddings.

02:24With the MTs of the MTs of the MTs.

02:41The MTs of the MTs.

02:47You have no idea who this waiter might have been.

03:14No. Mr. Gladstone didn't order anything from in-room dining, and no one was sent to his room.

03:19Do you have surveillance in that hallway?

03:21Yes, of course. But at Mr. Gladstone's request, we turned off all cameras inside the hotel for privacy.

03:26But we doubled our security detail.

03:29Anyone acting strange?

03:31Everyone. I've never seen so many people at a wedding want to stop a wedding.

03:36Except the bride.

03:40We were supposed to be flying to Bora Bora tomorrow for our honeymoon.

03:43You know, I know this is a very difficult time for you, but we do need to ask you some questions.

03:48Do you think of anyone who'd want to hurt Bob?

03:50Everyone was pissed at Bob for marrying down. There was nothing new.

03:58But there was this one guy at the end of the rehearsal dinner that I had never seen before.

04:03He seemed worked up.

04:05Last night?

04:06Yeah. He got in Bob's face as we were leaving, and he handed him this folder.

04:10A folder? Any idea what was in it?

04:13Beats me. Bob got us away from him fast, but he glanced at the folder as we rode up in the elevator, and he seemed upset.

04:21I asked what it was, but he told me not to worry.

04:24That was the last time that I saw him alive.

04:28We wanted separate rooms before the big day, and he was a romantic.

04:33Did you leave this room between ten and midnight?

04:37No.

04:38The man who handed him the folder, can you tell us what he looked like?

04:41Uh, about your height, white shirt, and black vest.

04:46Like a waiter's uniform?

04:48Yeah. That's right.

04:56Hey.

04:57The file was in Gladstone's room.

05:03The waiter handed him a pile of x-rays?

05:06Medical bills.

05:07A patient's name is Lydia Zaliceni?

05:12Zaliceni?

05:13Yeah.

05:18Yeah, here.

05:18Last night's waitstaff, Emile Zaliceni.

05:22Here's a civil suit filed three years ago by Lydia Zaliceni against Gladstone Toys, Judge Toster, last month.

05:31I had nothing to do with it.

05:34Yeah, because your boss says you only started working here three weeks ago, and that you specifically asked to work last night's rehearsal dinner,

05:39so it kind of seems like you were trying to get close to Bob Gladstone.

05:42We know he confronted Gladstone at the end of dinner.

05:44Well, I gave him some documents.

05:46I just wanted to talk.

05:47It was my own chance, but he blew me off.

05:49And a witness saw a waiter coming from his room around the time he was murdered.

05:53We can put you in the lineup.

06:00After my shift, I went up to his room.

06:02To kill him?

06:03No, to plead with him.

06:04My wife, she went to one of his stores, and she fell down a flight of stairs, and now she's, she's paralyzed.

06:14Do you know what the costs of those medical bills are?

06:17We were supposed to be compensated, but his goddamn company outlawyered us.

06:21Is this revenge?

06:22No, I knew that witness heard you arguing.

06:26I was overheated when I went, yes, but Gladstone surprised me.

06:32How's that?

06:33He listened.

06:35He said that he could tell how much I love my wife, and that he knows what it's like to care deeply for a woman.

06:41You got any proof of this?

06:43He gave me his card.

06:44Yeah.

06:47Gladstone wrote his personal number.

06:49Said they make things right.

06:52Told me he'd call CFO right away to make arrangements, and now he's, he's dead.

06:59Oh, God.

07:01What time was this?

07:02Around 10.30 p.m.

07:0410.30?

07:05Yeah.

07:08All right, we're going to look into this.

07:10For now, you stay put.

07:15We got Gladstone's phone records.

07:17Looks like he made an 18-minute call to the company CFO at 10.40 p.m.

07:21That's a lot of business talk the night before your wedding.

07:23Hmm.

07:24Old friends, apparently.

07:25CFO says he thought Gladstone was making a huge mistake with the wedding.

07:28No prenup.

07:29They got into it.

07:30No prenup?

07:31Idiot.

07:33Why is it the worst?

07:34So who gets Gladstone's money now that he's dead?

07:37Yeah, lawyer sent us his will.

07:39Dates back to his first marriage.

07:40Apparently Gladstone was a widower.

07:41Anyway, the will leaves everything to his current spouse, unless he's unmarried, in which case

07:46he can split between his children.

07:48Also, video from outside the hotel just landed.

07:50Zelletani left the hotel at 10.44 p.m. while Gladstone was on that call.

07:55Not a speck of blood.

07:57Doesn't seem to return to the hotel.

07:59Who's that guy leaving the hotel, carrying that bag?

08:02That bag's a pretty good size.

08:04Does he come back?

08:04Yep, 10 minutes later, and no bag.

08:11And he goes outside, ditches the murder weapon, and goes back in?

08:14You're on facial rec?

08:15Mm-hmm.

08:22Paul Gladstone, the Vic's son.

08:26Looks like he was arrested years ago at an Occupy Wall Street protest.

08:31And since the dad was unmarried, he's set to inherit $100 million.

08:35Maybe he changed his mind about money.

08:46I guess I'm not surprised.

08:48But your father was murdered?

08:51Is that because maybe you had something to do with it?

08:53What?

08:55No.

08:56Just, money makes people crazy.

08:59So wanting to inherit $100 million didn't make you crazy?

09:02I gotta say, man, that timing works out pretty sweet for you.

09:04I want nothing to do with the Gladstone fortune.

09:06I never have.

09:08I gave it up ages ago.

09:10Refused to take any money from my dad.

09:12I joined the Peace Corps.

09:14You joined the Peace Corps?

09:16Gave up a townhouse in Tribeca for a hut with no plumbing.

09:18Best decision ever.

09:20Now I work for the World Kitchen.

09:22You know, I spent the last six months in Gaza.

09:24Came back for the wedding because my dad wanted me here.

09:26It didn't bother you that your dad was marrying a woman younger than you?

09:30Of all the horrific problems going on in the world, that didn't make my list.

09:36I've never seen my dad happier.

09:37I'm surprised, you know, as his kid, that you didn't have any, uh, suspicions.

09:42Yeah, my sister had that covered.

09:44Not down at the wedding, huh?

09:46Amanda was freaking out because her dad hadn't updated his will.

09:49Wanted me to meet with her and her dad's lawyer as soon as I got into town.

09:53Did you?

09:54Like I said, family money isn't my endgame.

09:57Did you see your dad last night?

09:59After dinner?

10:00No.

10:01No?

10:01No.

10:02Went to my room to catch up on emails.

10:03Yeah?

10:05Then why were you leaving the hotel last night around 11?

10:09What were you dumping, Paul?

10:11I asked catering for the rehearsal dinner food that they were going to throw out so I could

10:16bring some to a local food pantry.

10:19Okay, that's a bag full of leftovers.

10:22Ask them.

10:22All Souls Food Pantry confirms Paul Gladstone's story, so please tell me you have something

10:30on the other Gladstone kit.

10:32Amanda Gladstone Nestor, married to a guy named Derek Nestor who works at Gladstone Toys.

10:38We've got three kids.

10:39She's a textbook socialite.

10:41Lots of social media posts of her decked out at fundraisers, stuff like that.

10:45No priors of any kind.

10:47Nothing to indicate she's got a temper.

10:48Maybe Lady of Leisure blows a gasket when she's no longer apple of daddy's eye.

10:54Hold up.

10:54I got something.

10:56Vic's lawyer confirmed Amanda contacted him several times about her father's will,

11:01was concerned some kind of elder abuse might have been a play,

11:04and asked about legal steps to assume power of attorney.

11:13Maxine, take Lenny and Rowan in the next room.

11:16Come on, Lenny.

11:17Thank you, guys.

11:18Come on.

11:19Okay.

11:20Please have a seat.

11:22Sorry.

11:24So, you weren't a big fan of the fiancée?

11:29The gold digger who conned my dad into thinking she loved him?

11:33Guess that's a no.

11:34I was very transparent about my disapproval and my concern.

11:38Did you and your dad fight about the wedding?

11:40When he first told me.

11:42Yes, I pretty much asked him to get a cognitive test.

11:45What about last night?

11:46You guys get into it?

11:47I played the dutiful daughter, and I smiled gracefully through the entire rehearsal dinner.

11:54And then I came up here and was in the room all night with the kids and my husband.

12:00And my oldest ended up with an ear infection.

12:02I had to play phone tag with the pediatrician.

12:05Okay.

12:05Well, we will need to speak with your husband as well.

12:08Of course.

12:10He took Eloise to the doctor an hour ago.

12:12He should be back soon.

12:12Do you have any idea who might want to kill your father?

12:15I never trusted Chloe.

12:19She's been angling for his money since day one.

12:21But she doesn't inherit anything unless they're married.

12:24So there's no real motive there.

12:26I'm just telling you I don't trust her.

12:30Okay.

12:31Anything else strange?

12:33The entire dinner was bizarre.

12:36But the weirdest thing was this mystery woman.

12:41Mystery woman?

12:43In the middle of dinner, my dad was talking intensely to this woman.

12:46I've never seen her before in my life.

12:48And my dad wasn't exactly an extrovert.

12:52They got really quiet when I passed on my way to the ladies' room.

12:55He didn't even make an introduction.

12:57At a wedding rehearsal dinner, it was unusual.

13:00Okay.

13:03We will check that out.

13:08Get the photos of the dinner from the wedding photographer.

13:14Lobster and oysters?

13:16Shoot.

13:17I get invited to the wrong weddings.

13:20What about her?

13:22She fits the bill.

13:23Well, it's a little close for comfort.

13:26Yeah, look at these photos from earlier.

13:29There.

13:29Look.

13:30You see how she's staring at Gladstone and his fiancée

13:32with that obsessive look in her eye?

13:33Mm-hmm.

13:34If she's a jealous old flame, she's not playing it cool.

13:38Yeah, our mystery woman, she definitely came alone.

13:41She's not seen here with anybody for more than a couple minutes.

13:45You got that guest list over there?

13:46Yeah, right here.

13:47Looks like one woman came solo.

13:50Serena Levy.

13:52Hotel room 415.

13:56You look pretty focused on Bob Gladstone and his fiancée right there.

13:59There's some sort of history between you guys?

14:03You think I'm a jilted ex-lover?

14:06My only history with Bob is as his therapist.

14:09You're a shrink.

14:10A relationship therapist, specializing in sex and intimacy.

14:15Bob enlisted me to become more open to love,

14:20to overcome his inhibitions, insecurities.

14:23You worried that his fiancée might be more into his money than into him?

14:27That ever cause any issues?

14:28No.

14:30Despite the public's relentless obsession with their age difference,

14:33they were very much in love.

14:35We should all be so lucky.

14:36Well, there's a whole lot of decades and dollars between those two.

14:40Bob and Chloe were deeply happy, despite the differences.

14:43Bob's biggest issue was his son-in-law.

14:46Amanda's husband?

14:47Derek Nestor.

14:49Any issues between them last night?

14:52Derek got a bit drunk, and after Amanda took the kids upstairs,

14:56he hung around, started arguing with Bob.

14:59You know what about?

15:00No.

15:0412 o'clock.

15:06Derek Nestor.

15:08NYPD, I'm Detective Riley.

15:10This is Detective Walker.

15:11I'd like to ask you a few questions about your relationship with Bob Gladstone.

15:14Yeah, of course.

15:15I'm more than happy to help us.

15:17Why don't you head up to Mom?

15:19I'll be up in a minute, sweetie.

15:23So, someone saw the two of you get into an argument at dinner last night?

15:27Well, right.

15:28That.

15:28Look, I...

15:29I love my wife.

15:32I just wanted to spare her getting into an ugly screaming match with her dad.

15:36You mean a fight about the wedding?

15:39Amanda was understandably apoplectic about the idea of this hussy

15:43who was barely old enough to drink, seducing her father,

15:46and Bob wasn't listening to any advice, so I...

15:48I decided to hire a P.I.

15:53Well, what did you find?

15:54A P.I. dug up a mound of dirt on Chloe Thompson.

15:57What was in it?

15:58More like what wasn't in it.

15:59An OnlyFans page, a profile on an escort website,

16:03two separate accounts on two separate sugar baby sites,

16:06a bankruptcy filing.

16:07That girl is a parasite.

16:10She targeted Bob.

16:12So you spoke to your father-in-law, but what the P.I. found?

16:15It was a Hail Mary, and I cornered him at the end of the dinner.

16:18But I just felt like it was my obligation to my wife and to this family.

16:23How did Bob take it?

16:24He didn't want to hear a word against Chloe,

16:26but I showed him some of the images from the P.I. on my phone,

16:31and they...

16:32Well, they spoke for themselves.

16:34Did he get upset?

16:35Yeah.

16:37He went...

16:38totally pale.

16:41He said he was going to confront Chloe before any vows were exchanged.

16:44Where were you after dinner?

16:46Between 10 and midnight.

16:47I was back in my hotel room with my wife and kids,

16:50praying that Bob would get himself out of this

16:52before anything was made legal.

16:55So you think the bride to be flipped out

16:57when the victim confronted her

16:59with these sexy little secrets?

17:01Yeah, I'm thinking he tells her

17:03he's going to call off the wedding.

17:05Right?

17:05She goes ballistic.

17:06Figures she put in the time with the old man,

17:08you know, really earned it.

17:09Yeah, but this...

17:10Does it jive with the rest of the stuff we know about her?

17:13Derek Nesta was right about her bankruptcy filing.

17:15Plus, we found a domestic disturbance call

17:18from an ex-boyfriend.

17:19I mean, there's some sort of sealed teen arrest

17:21still in the system.

17:22But you accessed Prince from that, right?

17:24Yeah, it's still in the juvie system,

17:25and it matches to Prince found

17:26in Gladstone's room near the body.

17:29Well, she found the body,

17:30so that might explain that.

17:31Hold on.

17:33I just found the mother load of motive.

17:35Here's a marriage license from Las Vegas

17:37where the two lovebirds were caught on that jumbotron, right?

17:40Yeah, it looks like they had a secret

17:42quickie wedding there months ago.

17:45So this whole thing is all for show.

17:47So Chloe Thompson was already set

17:50to inherit his whole fortune.

17:51And it's his legal wife.

17:53So if Gladstone finds out about her past,

17:55he's not threatening to call off the wedding.

17:57He's threatening divorce.

17:59She'd lose everything.

18:01So murdering him

18:02was the only way for her to lock in his fortune.

18:05What's happening?

18:12What's going on?

18:13Why are you all here?

18:14Ms. Thompson, I told you before

18:15we have a right to search this room.

18:16What's happening?

18:16You need to stay out of the way.

18:17Where's Rob?

18:17Come on, let's keep her out of the way.

18:18He took his body to the morgue an hour ago.

18:20The morgue?

18:22Oh, my God.

18:23What did he do?

18:26Detective.

18:27This was in the closet.

18:34Murder weapon.

18:36Chloe Thompson, turn around

18:37and place your hands behind your back.

18:38What?

18:39You're under arrest for the murder of Bob Gladstone.

18:41What?

18:41You have the right to remain silent.

18:42You understand?

18:44I didn't do it.

18:45Enough with the charades.

18:46You know what you did.

18:48This is a mistake.

18:49You don't understand that.

18:50I loved him.

18:51There she is.

18:52Black Widow's Web of Lies.

19:12They branched out from the gold digger angle.

19:14He was 74.

19:15She's 22.

19:17Of course the media can't get enough.

19:18The press is any proxy for the jury.

19:20Shouldn't have any trouble getting a conviction.

19:22How'd the arraignment go?

19:23Well, the fence said she's innocent.

19:26About 100 hotel guests and workers

19:28had the opportunity to kill Gladstone.

19:30And then they said that she is the victim

19:32of a sexist prosecution

19:34and an overzealous DA's office

19:36that just needed an easy target.

19:38Sign of a weak case

19:39whenever opposing counsel tries to argue bias

19:41instead of the facts.

19:42Mm-hmm.

19:42What'd the judge say?

19:44Denied bail.

19:45Good.

19:46Families in this city grew up on Gladstone toys.

19:50How's our evidence?

19:51It's strong.

19:51We have the murder weapon.

19:53Emmy also found lipstick traces

19:54on the Vic's hotel robe.

19:56It seems like she worked her charms

19:58and then bashed his skull in

19:59when his back was turned.

20:00Motive's clear, too.

20:02Chloe gets Gladstone's entire fortune

20:04now that he's dead.

20:05Unless we convict her.

20:08We will.

20:12The decedent sustained

20:13multiple blunt force injuries

20:15consistent with repeated strikes

20:16by heavy objects

20:17by heavy objects

20:17at the back of the head.

20:18It's what we often see

20:20in crimes of passion.

20:21Detective Riley,

20:22I am showing you

20:23what's been marked

20:24as People's Exhibit 8.

20:26Could you identify this item

20:28for the jury?

20:29This is a photo

20:30of a sculpture

20:31that was found

20:31in the defendant's hotel suite

20:33during our search.

20:34Its weight and dimensions

20:36are consistent

20:36with the injuries

20:37to the victim's skull.

20:39How is the defendant behaving

20:40at the time of arrest?

20:42She was behaving erratically.

20:44Kept on saying,

20:45what did I do?

20:46What did I do?

20:47I could smell alcohol

20:48on her breath.

20:49No further questions.

20:54Detective,

20:54did Ms. Thompson

20:56actually say

20:57that she murdered

20:58Mr. Gladstone?

20:59No.

21:00And you have no direct evidence

21:01that she was intoxicated?

21:03No BAC test?

21:04Correct.

21:05And even if she weren't drinking,

21:07is it possible

21:08her behavior

21:09could indicate devastation

21:11over her husband's

21:12unexpected death?

21:15It's possible.

21:16Last question.

21:18As for the attack

21:19you described,

21:20are you aware

21:20that Ms. Thompson

21:22was diagnosed

21:23with a rotator cuff tear

21:25just days before the wedding?

21:26Objection.

21:27Meaning it would be

21:28near impossible

21:28for her to swing an object

21:30of that size and weight

21:30with the force required

21:31to kill the victim.

21:32Your Honor,

21:32she is testifying.

21:34Sustained.

21:35Nothing further.

21:40Chloe was telling him

21:41what to eat,

21:42who to socialize with.

21:44Bob even let her

21:45sit in on business meetings.

21:47Family was

21:48very concerned.

21:50Did you do anything

21:51to address these concerns?

21:53I hired a private investigator

21:55to look into her.

21:56He confirmed

21:57everything

21:58that I had feared.

22:00Gave me a sizable file

22:01on her

22:02troubling past.

22:03Did you share

22:04this information

22:04with Mr. Gladstone?

22:06Yes, I showed him

22:06what was in the file

22:07on my phone

22:07at the rehearsal dinner.

22:09Your Honor,

22:10we move to admit

22:10the investigative file

22:11into evidence.

22:15Objection?

22:15We would have moved

22:16to admit this evidence

22:17sooner,

22:18but we've only just

22:19been able to authenticate

22:21the contents

22:21of this entire file.

22:23It is quite extensive.

22:25Our objection

22:25still stands.

22:26The contents

22:26of this file

22:27are irrelevant

22:28and reinforce

22:28sexist stereotypes.

22:30We're not doing this

22:30in front of the jury,

22:31my chambers.

22:32Now.

22:34The jury is entitled

22:35to know the circumstances

22:36leading to Mr. Gladstone's death.

22:38Andrews versus White.

22:39The Supreme Court

22:41just overturned

22:41a murder conviction

22:42because the prosecutor

22:43mentioned the defendant's

22:44sex life.

22:45The photos in this file

22:47go far beyond that.

22:48These images

22:49are quite suggestive.

22:50The evidence in Andrews

22:52was offered solely

22:53for the purpose

22:53of character assassination.

22:55That is not

22:55what's happening here.

22:56Mr. Nestor showed

22:57these images

22:58to Mr. Gladstone

23:00who intended

23:00to confront the defendant

23:01and hours later

23:02he was murdered.

23:03It goes directly

23:04to motive.

23:04No, this is not

23:05about motive.

23:06This is a veiled attempt

23:07to humiliate my client

23:08in front of the jury.

23:09This is prejudicial

23:10beyond reason.

23:11We are using it

23:12to show what Mr. Gladstone

23:13knew,

23:14how it influenced

23:15his actions

23:15before his death.

23:16It's central

23:17to our case.

23:18No doubt

23:19these images

23:20are prejudicial

23:20but I find them

23:21relevant to establishing

23:23the prosecution's theory.

23:25You may show them

23:26to the jury,

23:26Mr. Price.

23:30What did Mr. Gladstone

23:32say after you

23:33showed him this file?

23:35He told me

23:35he was going

23:36to confront her

23:37and end

23:38the relationship.

23:39And how would

23:41that affect

23:41the defendant

23:42financially?

23:44Well, if he left her

23:45she'd get nothing.

23:46Didn't matter

23:47they had already

23:47married in Vegas

23:48months ago

23:49even without

23:49a prenup

23:50they weren't

23:51married long enough

23:52for her to claim

23:52anything was

23:53marital property.

23:55Thank you,

23:55Mr. Nestor.

24:00Are you aware

24:01that my client

24:02told Bob

24:03all about her past

24:04everything that was

24:05in those files

24:06and more

24:06a few months

24:07after they met

24:08and that he forgave her?

24:10Well, if that's

24:10what she told you

24:11she must be lying

24:12because...

24:13Objection,

24:13Your Honor.

24:13This line of

24:14questioning lacks

24:15foundation.

24:16We'll have several

24:16witnesses testify

24:17to learning about

24:18these conversations

24:19between my client

24:20and the victim

24:21when we present

24:22our case, Judge.

24:23Overruled,

24:23but move it along.

24:25Let's talk about lying.

24:27Do you recall

24:28your last performance

24:29review at Gladstone Toys?

24:31The one that Bob wrote?

24:32Let me refresh

24:33your memory.

24:34The Defense Presents

24:35Exhibit 12.

24:36If you would please

24:37read aloud

24:39just the lines

24:39that summarize

24:40your performance.

24:43Derek is untrustworthy

24:45and inept.

24:46He cannot be relied upon

24:47to manage his team

24:48effectively.

24:49That must have been

24:50humiliating.

24:52Bob had exacting standards.

24:53I expected it.

24:54And as his son-in-law,

24:56he held me to a higher bar.

24:57Always reminded me

24:58that hard work pays off.

25:00But Chloe didn't have

25:02to work hard,

25:03did she?

25:04Bob used to invite her

25:06into the boardroom

25:07and ask her business advice

25:08in front of your

25:09long-time colleagues

25:10on matters that fell

25:11under your purview.

25:12They were really

25:13minor things.

25:14Yes or no?

25:15He asked her advice

25:16on decisions

25:17you should have made?

25:20Yes.

25:21A few times.

25:22Did that bother you?

25:25Turn you against her?

25:28Seemed inappropriate,

25:29but it was Bob's company.

25:31Did it bother you

25:32when you realized

25:33that Chloe was

25:33to inherit his estate?

25:36Excuse me?

25:37The only way

25:38that you and your wife

25:39would inherit

25:39Bob Gladstone's estate

25:41is if Chloe were convicted.

25:42Objection.

25:43So you have every reason

25:44to lie here today

25:45because my client

25:46is the only thing

25:46standing between you

25:47and hundreds of millions

25:48of dollars.

25:49Ms. Kimora,

25:50the objection is sustained.

25:54No further questions

25:56for this witness.

25:56Yes.

25:57Yes.

25:58Yes.

25:59Yes.

26:00Yes.

26:01Yes.

26:02Yes.

26:03Yes.

26:04Yes.

26:05Yes.

26:06Yes.

26:07Yes.

26:08The defense made Derek

26:10out to be a money-hungry liar

26:13with a vendetta against Chloe.

26:15I think we're okay.

26:17You're underestimating the power

26:20of that private investigator's file.

26:22What do you mean?

26:23See the jury's reaction to those photos?

26:26The idea of a working-class girl

26:30using her sexuality to get to the top.

26:32It's a familiar narrative.

26:34The jury fully bought it.

26:35Well, are you saying it's a false narrative?

26:37Sometimes.

26:38Sometimes.

26:39Yeah.

26:40When I was in law school, I went on a few dates

26:44with a visiting professor.

26:47I really liked him.

26:49He wasn't even a decade older than me,

26:51but suddenly the word around school

26:53was that I was sleeping my way to an egg.

26:56What did you do?

26:57Well, I ended it.

26:58Never spoke to him again.

27:00Trust me, those, uh, stains, they don't come out easily.

27:05I'm not ashamed of my past.

27:12I took my mom on her first real vacation

27:15with the money I made from those escort websites.

27:17So you did it.

27:18For the money.

27:19I was looking for love, too.

27:22Aren't we all?

27:24Did you find it?

27:25Love?

27:26When I met Bob.

27:28You met him on one of these sites?

27:30No.

27:31I met him in one of his stores.

27:34I was looking for a birthday gift for my niece,

27:38so I went to Gladstone Toys late in the day,

27:42but they were closing early for some big company event.

27:46Bob saw me panicking, begging to get in,

27:50and he made them open the doors for me,

27:53and he helped me pick out a wooden puzzle for her.

27:56We started talking, he ditched his event,

27:59and suddenly an hour had passed.

28:03I was as surprised as anyone.

28:06Surprised? How?

28:08That we could really connect.

28:11That he got me.

28:13And, yeah, he was older, but so what?

28:15I mean, we were both adults.

28:17I'd been with so many jerks.

28:20And with Bob, it was the first time

28:25I felt like somebody saw the real me,

28:29loved me, and accepted me,

28:32even when I told him about the escort work.

28:35Bob was a really gentle man.

28:39I would never hurt him.

28:45Chloe, I'm going to ask you about your arrest

28:48for Mr. Gladstone's murder.

28:50What did you mean when you said,

28:52oh, God, what did I do?

28:55I blamed myself, see?

28:58I begged Bobby for a fancy ceremony,

29:01and he was just happy that we had eloped in Vegas,

29:04but I'd always dreamed of this big fairytale wedding,

29:07and maybe if I hadn't drawn so much attention

29:12to our relationship,

29:13people wouldn't have turned against him.

29:16How did the murder weapon end up in your room?

29:19No idea. I had never seen that thing before.

29:23Do you know how many people entered

29:24and exited your room that morning?

29:26I don't know. A lot.

29:28Medics, housekeeping, wedding guests.

29:31I also stepped out a few times.

29:33Did you and Bob argue about anything

29:35the night of the murder?

29:36No. Definitely not.

29:39Chloe, I'm going to show you

29:44what we refer to as Defense Exhibit 14.

29:49It's the hotel keycard records

29:51the night of the murder.

29:52You swiped your keycard at 9.42 p.m.

29:56You did not exit your room again that night, correct?

29:59Correct.

30:01After I said goodnight to Bob,

30:03I went straight to bed thinking that the next morning

30:06was going to be the happiest day of my life.

30:11No further questions.

30:14Miss Thompson, you say you didn't see Bob Gladstone after you said goodnight?

30:23That's correct.

30:24How do you account for the lipstick traces that were found on his robe, on his neck, on his mouth?

30:31When I found him, I just...

30:33I started screaming for help.

30:35I tried to give him CPR.

30:38He had been dead for almost ten hours by this point.

30:41I'm not a doctor. I was all alone.

30:44I had no idea how long he'd been dead.

30:46I just...

30:47I wanted to do something.

30:48I wanted to save the person that I loved most in the world.

30:53Why is it so hard for you to believe that I loved him?

30:56What is wrong with you all?

31:01Your Honor, we would like to request a brief recess, please.

31:05Let's adjourn for the day.

31:07Mr. Price? Mr. Price!

31:19Chloe lied on the stand.

31:21She left her hotel room that night.

31:23I saw her in the hallway right after the murder.

31:26She must have left her door latch out so she didn't need her keycard.

31:29I mean, hearing her lie on the stand, this performance about how much she loved him,

31:33I cannot let her get away with my father's murder.

31:35Okay, what exactly did you see?

31:39I heard a woman sobbing in the hallway hysterically,

31:43so I looked through the peephole and I saw Chloe hurrying back into her room.

31:47What time was this?

31:51Around 11 p.m.

31:53I was on the phone with my daughter's pediatrician when it happened.

32:00Coming forward at the 11th hour to change her story is pretty damn convenient,

32:03but it doesn't mean she's lying.

32:05No, but it's definitely suspicious.

32:07I mean, she keeps her mouth shut this whole time.

32:09Then she hears Chloe testify, hears how persuasive she is.

32:13Chloe is very charming.

32:15Hell, she duped a ruthless businessman into marrying her with no prenup.

32:19But did she dupe him?

32:22Maybe Chloe really loved Bob Gladstone.

32:25Maybe she didn't marry him for his money.

32:27Sounds unlikely, but...

32:29But why?

32:30Seriously?

32:31Yes.

32:32Why can't this be real love?

32:34Or at least what they consider love.

32:36Maybe it's not even love.

32:38Maybe it's just two adults having fun.

32:42I mean, what's so wrong with that?

32:44Nothing.

32:45But in my experience, attractive young women don't just happen to fall in love or have fun with any old 70-year-old.

32:52The men tend to be quite wealthy.

32:53That's just the way it is.

32:55So let's focus on Gladstone's daughter for the moment, dig into her statement that she saw Chloe in the hall,

33:01and if it holds up, put Amanda on the stand as a rebuttal witness.

33:06Hey.

33:09She's got back from the medical clinic.

33:12Apparently, they record all incoming phone calls.

33:15So she was telling the truth?

33:16Her fever hasn't gone down, and I don't know what else...

33:21What happened?

33:22Derek!

33:23Close the door to the kids' room.

33:24What's on your shirt? Are you okay?

33:26I'm fine. Just go in the other room with the kids.

33:37The phone call undercuts Derek's credibility, and it would allow the defense to present him as an alternate suspect.

33:44How so?

33:45He lied about his alibi.

33:47I mean, he definitely left his room near the time of the murder, which means we have to share the recording with the defense.

33:55Agreed.

33:57But we still have a defendant with a murder weapon in her hotel room, plus a multi-million dollar motive.

34:04Right, but we also have a material witness that we can no longer trust, and another witness who can't wait to put the final nail in Chloe's coffin.

34:15So let's dig deeper. Figure out what's really going on here.

34:20There's no camera footage from the hotel, so we have no idea what Derek was doing outside his room that night.

34:33Right.

34:34And if his shirt had any blood on it, it's probably in some Staten Island landfill by now.

34:39That's all he said, she said.

34:42You find anything here?

34:46Maybe.

34:47Looks like Derek is in pretty serious debt, free houses, a slew of bad investments, but none of this proves that he killed Bob.

34:55No, just that he had motive.

34:58And that he was counting on inheriting a lot of money from Bob.

35:03I found this text sent to his brother.

35:07Years spent kissing up to my father-in-law, and some tramp waltzes in and steals the family fortune.

35:14Amanda is useless at convincing him.

35:17It's up to me now.

35:19Talk about parasites.

35:21It doesn't seem like Amanda found Prince charming.

35:28What are you thinking?

35:30Let's find out how bad this marriage really is.

35:33See what kind of leverage we might have.

35:39If you would like to discuss my client's rebuttal testimony.

35:42Uh, no.

35:43That's not why we asked you here.

35:44Please.

35:45Amanda.

35:46Amanda.

35:50We know you lied to us.

35:53We have a recording that proves you misled us about Derek's whereabouts on the night of the murder,

35:57and about seeing Chloe in the hall.

36:01I don't know what you're talking about.

36:03He left the room and returned around the time of your father's murder.

36:09He went to get ice down the hall.

36:12It was a couple of minutes.

36:13I told you our daughter was sick.

36:14What was on his shirt?

36:17Why did you worry that he wasn't okay?

36:18I...

36:19Amanda, you don't have to say anything.

36:20This is a fishing expedition.

36:22Unless there are charges on the table, this meeting is over.

36:25Trying to help someone cover up a murder is a serious, serious matter.

36:29But if you cooperate and tell us everything you know, there's a chance...

36:34Amanda.

36:35Amanda, there's a chance you can walk away from this.

36:37Why are you covering for him?

36:41You mean the father of my children?

36:42Who killed your father?

36:44You think Derek stays if he can't get his hands on that money?

36:49He dug himself into some deep financial holes, and he's counting on that inheritance.

36:54On your inheritance.

36:59Derek and I love each other very much, and I have nothing to hide.

37:03Amanda.

37:05Amanda.

37:07This is your one chance.

37:09We're done talking.

37:17Can we even build enough of a case against Derek without Amanda?

37:20No.

37:21But our case against Chloe is still strong, even with this new information.

37:26Wait, are you serious?

37:29We know Derek and Amanda lied that he left his room around the time of the murder.

37:33Sure, but that doesn't prove that Derek is a killer or that Chloe is innocent.

37:37For all we know, Derek was in the hallway getting ice.

37:40At a minimum, we need to give this recording over to the defense.

37:45They're gonna use it to attack Derek's credibility, pretty much gut his testimony.

37:49True, but he did not say a whole hell of a lot.

37:52Your point?

37:53Like it or not, we can still win this.

37:56If we still believe that Chloe committed the crime, of course.

37:59So either we admit we arrested the wrong person and just hope somehow we can build a case against the son-in-law.

38:04Or roll the dice on convicting a young innocent woman for being a whore.

38:10Excuse me?

38:11Isn't that what this whole thing is really all about?

38:14Our inability to believe that Chloe can actually really like or even love someone like Bob Gladstone that maybe it wasn't some big con?

38:24I hear what you're saying, Sam, but...

38:26Do you really believe that you can possibly be objective about all this, given the amount of slut-shaming evidence we've jammed down their throat?