- 4 minutes ago
Law & Order - Season 25 Episode 18 -
Ride or Die
tele: https://t.me/TopFilmUSA1
#film#shows#usa#usashows#hot#filmhot
Ride or Die
tele: https://t.me/TopFilmUSA1
#film#shows#usa#usashows#hot#filmhot
Category
😹
FunTranscript
00:01In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups.
00:08The police who investigate crime and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders.
00:12These are their stories.
00:15And now, the moment we've all been waiting for.
00:19Please welcome our final two contestants from Miss New York Metro.
00:26I know how hard it is for these young women to stand up here.
00:30I was in their shoes just a few years ago, and I am honored to be back to judge.
00:35To many of you, this pageant may seem like a zero-sum game, but it's really about connection and sisterhood.
00:44Tonight, however, we do have to pick a winner.
00:48Our first runner-up is Miss Prospect Heights, making our Miss New York Metro 2026 Miss Astoria.
01:09Remember, we're all winners.
01:16They held the Miss New York Metro pageant here last night.
01:20She a contestant?
01:21No, a judge.
01:22Janitor found her this morning.
01:30Katie Harrington, age 29.
01:34Looks like she also worked for the local news station.
01:38Must have hit the carotid artery.
01:40Yeah, she bled out fast.
01:42You got a time of death?
01:44MLI said based on temp and rigidity between 10 and 11 p.m.
01:47All right, well, let's make sure we get the scissors dusted for prints.
01:51Any witnesses?
01:52None.
01:53The place is pretty much cleared out by that time.
01:54What about the security camera situation?
01:57As far as we know, no cameras in the dressing room.
02:00I've always heard these beauty pageants were cutthroat, but...
02:20What about the late afternoon?
02:21If something's worth missing, we haven't gotten it.
02:22I can see if anything is written.
02:22I'm sure the one with booze and one of the news videos are...
02:24God sit down and Logo with no matterinkah.
02:24He can see they only will try to apparue.
02:24All right now, 주 really rains.
02:28He'll find a guy or the nicestкон видимPO Ø Bodyguard.
02:30He'll call up PeaceB47
02:31Every time he can see neither on earth.
02:54you turned off all of the cameras we had 30 women backstage last night in various states
02:59of undress they wanted privacy what about security guards one guard was posted backstage he see
03:05anything apparently he was facetiming with his girlfriend at the end of the night
03:09it's usually an uneventful job we can barely fill an audience these days why's that too much
03:14competition youtube social media so there are fewer pageants these days well there used to be
03:2110 a year now there were two that really puts extra pressure on the contestants and on the judges
03:26for sure beauty pageants are still important to these people some of these girls if they lose
03:31think their life is over we're gonna need a list of last night's contestants i'm surprised these
03:37pageants are still a thing i mean i thought we were way past that yeah i gave up on those
03:41years ago
03:43hey video just landed from outside the theater picked up someone running out the exit by the
03:48dressing room at 10 25. can you freeze it there not enough of the face visible for facial wreck
03:56that hat what is that stitching looks like they got to turn inside out to hide the monogram or
04:02something was that xlv yeah i don't think it's a brand maybe roman numerals do we have any other
04:07video of this person entering no and it was freezing that day so half the people entering the theater
04:12were wearing beanies but i have some good news found this interesting text from a kehlani arizaga
04:20be careful how you vote there are consequences sounds like a threat to me that name rings a bell hold
04:27on
04:31yeah here kehlani arizaga miss prospect heights she was the first runner-up
04:40i've known katie since i was 15 she was like an older sister a mentor so you liked her loved
04:48her
04:49well why did you send her that threatening text last night the one that said there'd be
04:53consequences if she didn't vote the right way what are you talking about this one
05:00no you got it wrong i wanted her to vote for someone else you wanted to lose i wanted to
05:06not
05:06win why'd you do it in the first place my mom these pageants mean everything to her she says
05:13they can open doors maybe even get me a scholarship for grad school can you tell us where you were
05:18last night after the pageant eating pizza for the first time in a year got anybody who can back
05:24that up yeah a few classmates kind of turned into a party i asked katie if she wanted to join
05:31but
05:32she said she couldn't we gotta go katie's dad just got in from alabama
05:40thank you
05:44i still remember the day i helped katie move in here
05:51mom just passed katie wanted to stay at home look after me of course but uh i told her she
05:59had to
05:59follow her dreams
06:02i just knew she was meant for great things mr harrington were you and your daughter very close
06:08yeah we talked every day was she having any problems with anyone friends a boyfriend
06:15she was always too busy with work for much of a social life
06:21i encouraged her to date didn't want her to be lonely
06:29you know there was this one guy kept chasing after her like a damn dog with a bone
06:35you got her name i never made it that far never even went out on a date but
06:40he was persistent kept calling her sending her flowers got a bit much for katie if i'm being
06:46honest do you know where he worked how they met any detail will help they met at some sort of
06:52cancer fundraiser and he was a hockey player that's all i know
06:57any luck with the hockey player yeah i checked out katie's instagram looks like the only cancer
07:02fundraiser she attended in the last six months was the united hands leukemia gala
07:06lots of photos of her and this guy named alexander hayes look smitten hockey player rookie left
07:13winger for new york's favorite hockey team islanders not funny no choir boy you just finished a five
07:20game suspension for smashing a stick into his opponent's head here's the best part he posted
07:25a story last night at 9 30 p.m location tag puts him two blocks away from the pageant
07:38i adored katie i would never hurt her well you say adored we say stalked we talked to her doorman
07:45we know that you were sending her flowers hanging outside her building yes it's a show that i liked
07:49her that i was serious about dating her she had two extra deadbolts installed in her door look i was
07:55just trying to get a date it's called being romantic if she said yes it's romantic if she said
08:01no it's scary so what happened you get tired of waiting for her to see how romantic you were maybe
08:06you stuck into her dressing room last night what we know you were near the theater where the pageant
08:10was held right around the time of the murder hey look you guys are crazy all right i was at
08:14a party
08:14last night with about 200 other people and i was there until about midnight instead of wasting your
08:19time talking to me you should look into the shady people she was dealing with at work
08:24what does that mean she told me that as a journalist she had to take big swings to go where
08:27her
08:28colleagues were too scared to go so if she was adding extra locks to her door i mean it's because
08:33of that not because of me you should go talk to her boss
08:41i wouldn't call her segments dangerous more like ambitious she was a smart woman had a great gut
08:47instinct knew how to avoid trouble sounds like you knew her well well i took her under my wing when
08:51she first started here i got her out from behind the research desk made her a field reporter
08:55i was a producer on some of her segments very nice of you well it's a tough business for women
09:00here
09:01so i thought i could help wherever possible if you don't mind when was the last time you spoke to
09:07katie
09:08um she was in the office until about 5 30 last night and then headed downtown to the pageant
09:13you speak to her after that no i stayed working for a few more hours and then i went home
09:18and you were there all night sorry just standard procedure you know the more people we can eliminate
09:24from her life the better right of course i want to be helpful yes i was home all night
09:30here is her work schedule i hope it's helpful yeah we will take a look do you know did she
09:37have a
09:38work phone of any sort yes she had several good reporters always use burners to protect their
09:45resources katie was a terrific reporter she was going to do great things
09:57hey warrant for the burner phones came through and and we got a pretty interesting text
10:03this is not okay make this right or things are going to get ugly any luck ideing the sender
10:09phone's registered to a jasmine hernandez she's affiliated with the cobra 10 gang got a pretty
10:13healthy rap sheet too drugs assault weapons charges let's go talk to her
10:22yeah that's me i meant it too could you be more specific katie came up here a few months ago
10:30with
10:30that other news lady ann merrick they convinced me to help them do a segment showing gangs recruiting
10:38young girls so you were a source i connect to her to the right people doesn't explain the angry text
10:46though when the segment came out a few weeks ago there was a mistake a guy that lives here he
10:52was in
10:52some of the video they shot they claimed he was a gang member he was pissed and now people are
10:58coming
10:58after me about it all right well can you tell us where you were last night around 10
11:05work in the register at a bodega 166 and webster they got cameras everywhere if you want to check
11:18so am i good for now
11:23where did you get that hot and merrick gave it to me
11:33all right yep thank you turns out and merrick had those beanies made for the station's anniversary
11:41okay ann told us that she went home after work and never left right
11:45yeah her doorman confirmed it i don't think her doorman saw that
11:49surveillance video from her garage rear side of her building
11:53shows her leaving at 9 24 p.m wearing an xlv beanie and an outfit that matches the video we
11:58have
11:59of the killer fleeing the scene
12:02nypd stop we're about to go live no you're not
12:05hey you can't be here warren says we can't side what's going on and merrick you're under arrest
12:10for what the murder of katie harrington what the hell are you talking about katie was my friend
12:14she was like my little sister
12:19earlier today veteran tv news anchor ann merrick was arrested on suspicion of
12:24arresting a news anchor is big news
12:27how's the evidence strong detectives found a beanie in her apartment identical to the one
12:33seen at the crime scene plus her dna was on the murder weapon pair of scissors found in her neck
12:39motive still not adding up so this woman suddenly bolts from her apartment walks three miles to this
12:48beauty contest and stabs her colleague in a dressing room something must have triggered her question is
12:54what yeah well
12:59since nolan's out for a few weeks
13:02this is your case
13:05oh okay
13:09great
13:13and thank you
13:23how can i help
13:24you had a six minute call with ann merrick the night of the murder just before she left her
13:28apartment to go kill katie harrington we want to know what that call's about
13:34i can put you in touch with new york 32's lawyers
13:37or we can subpoena you
13:41just tell us what you know now
13:46ann had been hounding me
13:48she wanted to know why she hadn't gotten the paperwork for her contract renewal
13:51so i finally called
13:53told her we wouldn't be renewing her
13:56it must have made her upset
13:58yeah she was livid
14:00she wanted to know how i could possibly justify firing her after all she's done for the station
14:04and
14:05i told her hr would discuss the matter with her
14:08i've learned to keep these calls brief
14:10you guys discuss anything else on this call
14:13she asked who was replacing her
14:15and you said katie harrington
14:18yes
14:19i regret it
14:22yeah
14:24okay well thank you for your help mr williams
14:30there's your motive sam
14:32vengeance
14:36sam
14:37sam
14:38sam
14:41abby
14:41hi
14:42hi how are you
14:43good busier than ever
14:45oh we're overdue for dinner
14:46well don't worry you're gonna be seeing plenty of me in the next month or so
14:50what are you
14:51i am
14:52well
14:53and maryk has good taste in lawyers
14:55we'll see
14:56i gotta go
14:57i'll see you in there
14:58okay
15:06your honor
15:07we've got dna evidence that links the defendant to the murder weapon
15:10video showing her leaving the crime scene and clear motive
15:14your honor the people request for a man
15:16your honor we plead not guilty and request reasonable bail
15:20my client has no criminal record
15:22strong community ties and a face recognizable in most of the tri-state area
15:28good for her
15:29but i'm denying bail anyways
15:31defendant is hereby remanded
15:38you open for a plea discussion
15:41you're asking for a plea
15:43that might be your record
15:44oh
15:45we don't want to waste anyone's time
15:47meaning what
15:48meaning she doesn't intend to
15:50dispute the fact she killed katie harrington
15:52but you just pled not guilty
15:54to murder too
15:56but
15:58manslaughter that's different
15:59we're willing to plead guilty to that
16:03no i'm not open to discussing that
16:06you're gonna have a really hard time hearing our defense
16:12i'll see you in court abby
16:17yes nolan for the fifth time
16:20i've double checked the affidavits
16:22the addresses and everything else in the damn file
16:24so you can relax
16:25okay just
16:26focus on getting better
16:28who needs an appendix anyway
16:33thank you
16:34okay i'll do my best
16:36i promise
16:37okay
16:39defense lawyer is claiming eed
16:41yeah she's saying the defendant and katie harrington had
16:45an intimate mentor mentee relationship
16:47and that the idea of katie taking her job
16:50triggered such extreme emotional disturbance
16:53that it drove the defendant to kill her
16:55nice try but that's not how eed works
16:57it's not meant to cover workplace issues
17:00exactly
17:00it's a big stretch
17:02i'm not surprised abigail donahue is uh
17:06she's aggressive
17:07i worked with her in the brooklyn dia's office
17:09yeah well
17:10unless there's evidence i don't know about this is murder too all day long
17:14no you're not missing anything
17:16yeah i think uh abigail is hoping that the jury is gonna buy into the old trope
17:21that all women are prone to hysteria
17:23right
17:28at the crime scene we discovered a pair of scissors
17:31were jammed into her neck
17:32in your experience does that type of injury create a substantial risk of death
17:37yes
17:38when the carotid is severed the victim dies within minutes
17:42is it fair to say that these are the type of injuries you see from someone intending to kill
17:47yes
17:47can you please describe what you see in this video
17:54that is the defendant exiting the back door of her apartment building
17:58and what's relevant about her clothing
18:00the clothing matches video we have of the killer fleeing the scene
18:04one last question
18:06can you read the time stamp on the video
18:089 24 p.m
18:10about an hour before the murder
18:12thank you nothing further
18:16the back exit of my client's building the southern exit
18:20to be exact isn't that closest to where she was headed
18:23downtown
18:23yes
18:24so the suggestion that she was headed out the back door to evade detection
18:28it doesn't really make any sense does it
18:31still makes sense to me
18:35lieutenant brady did you determine where the scissors in question came from
18:39the scissors came from a hairstyling kit belonging to the victim
18:42they were present in the victim's dressing room
18:44yes
18:45which means my client brought no weapon of any kind
18:48that night
18:50not that we know of
18:51hmm
18:53so she went there to kill katie
18:56but she didn't bring a weapon
18:59that doesn't make any sense either does it
19:01maybe she didn't decide to kill katie until she got into the dressing room
19:05ah
19:05so ann merrick acted in the heat of the moment
19:08i don't want to parse legal terms with you
19:12but the intent to kill can happen fast instantaneously
19:16so it doesn't mean she acted in the heat of the moment
19:18but you're the one who said that she was triggered in the dressing room
19:20she's badgering the witness
19:22sustained
19:25nothing further
19:33mr williams
19:34as chief executive of the new york 32 television station
19:38you had cause
19:39to speak with the defendant on the telephone
19:42approximately two hours before the murder
19:44yes
19:45would you tell the court why
19:46well i had to inform miss merrick
19:49that the network would not be renewing her contract
19:52how did she react
19:53after 22 years of annual renewals
19:56not well
19:57she became extremely upset
19:59and she accused me of sexism
20:01and ageism
20:03is that true
20:04did you fire the defendant because uh
20:09cause you don't like women or
20:11cause she's too old
20:13no it was performance related
20:15and i told her as much
20:17her response
20:18well she demanded to know
20:20more about the performance issue
20:22but i told her i wasn't at liberty to say more
20:25then what
20:26well she asked me who's going to replace her
20:28and i told her katie harrington
20:31and then she got even more angry
20:32thank you
20:34mr williams
20:35nothing further
20:39what was the performance issue
20:41you fired my client over
20:42anne had misidentified
20:45someone
20:46as a gang member
20:48in the segment
20:48that was a mistake
20:49that exposed the network
20:51to significant legal liability
20:53how did you know it was anne
20:54who made that mistake
20:56katie harrington told me
20:59your honor
20:59we move to admit
21:01as exhibit b
21:03an email
21:04sent by miss harrington
21:05from her new york 32 account
21:07to the misidentified individual
21:10in the gang segment
21:11objection
21:12your honor
21:12we had no notice of this
21:14your honor
21:14we just got our hands on this email
21:16and it's important that we present it now
21:19because it undermines everything
21:21that this witness just testified to
21:22chambers
21:23now
21:29this was unfair surprise
21:31your honor
21:31agreed
21:32that's not how we do things
21:33in this office
21:34miss donahue
21:35your honor
21:35we just got verification
21:36of this email earlier today
21:37had access to katie harrington's
21:39work accounts for weeks
21:40an abundance of correspondence
21:42the council is perfectly capable
21:43of reviewing discovery
21:44in a timely fashion
21:45your honor
21:46i request exclusion
21:47of this evidence
21:48at this point in time
21:49since the people
21:50have been deprived
21:50of any meaningful opportunity
21:52to investigate
21:53you will see the email
21:54comes from a new york 32 account
21:55that's the news station
21:56that miss maroon's witness
21:57has been testifying about
22:02if that's the case
22:03i will allow
22:04this exhibit
22:04but
22:05if this happens again
22:06miss donahue
22:07there will be sanctions
22:08of course
22:13that was not okay
22:14abby
22:14i'm just trying to win a trial here
22:17by hiding evidence for me
22:19it's the oldest trick in the book
22:21well you never taught me that one
22:24can't give away all my secrets
22:32mr williams will you please read
22:34the highlighted portion
22:36of the email
22:37sent by miss harrington
22:38from her new york 32 account
22:40the misidentified individual
22:42in the gang segment
22:44i'm horrified i did this
22:47i'll remove all footage of you
22:48from our files
22:49and correct the name immediately
22:52no um
22:53no katie told me
22:55that ann provided all the footage
22:58and oversaw the identifications
23:00in that segment
23:00exactly
23:03katie harrington
23:05who the prosecution has portrayed
23:07as a hard-working
23:09beauty pageant winner
23:10turned tv reporter
23:12actually threw
23:14her mentor
23:15under
23:16the bus
23:18to save her own skin
23:20she had ann merrick
23:22who had done nothing
23:23but tirelessly
23:25champion her work
23:26since the day she started
23:28at your network
23:29fired
23:32who wouldn't feel betrayed
23:36who wouldn't feel
23:37devastated
23:40out of their mind
23:56so they're sullying the victim
23:58it's the right move
23:59you think the jury's buying it
24:01i'm not certain
24:03definitely makes katie look less than saintly
24:05that's for sure
24:06what do you think
24:07i mentor a few women
24:09right i help them out
24:10i pull them up
24:11whenever it's possible
24:12and if one of them betrayed me like that
24:14yes i'd be emotional too
24:16fair
24:17but i'm guessing you wouldn't slam a pair of scissors into someone's neck
24:20probably not
24:21neither would 99.9 percent of other people
24:24which is why this is murder and not manslaughter
24:27so who's their first witness
24:29an expert in female workplace trauma
24:31well
24:32i didn't know that was a field of study
24:34neither did i
24:36use that to your advantage
24:39yeah
24:42and
24:43how would you
24:44describe the nature of the workplace relationship
24:47between female mentors
24:49and their protégés
24:50quite intimate
24:52in what way
24:53powerful bonds form in stressful environments
24:56in spaces where women are outnumbered
24:58and the relationship provides emotional support
25:00often helping both women thrive in challenging situations
25:03and what happens if the bond is threatened or ruptured
25:08it's psychologically destabilizing
25:10given the intimacy of the relationship
25:12a betrayal would cause a shock to your core sense of safety
25:16akin to your spouse cheating on you
25:18would you say emotions dominate
25:20absolutely
25:21and based on your evaluation
25:23how did the termination
25:25psychologically affect
25:26miss merrick
25:27it was a highly traumatic event for her
25:30that the one person
25:32in the work environment
25:33with whom she had formed
25:34a strong emotional bond
25:36whose career
25:37she championed
25:39objection
25:39counsel is testifying
25:41i'll rephrase
25:42based on your examination
25:44how did the specifics
25:45of the dismissal
25:47shape
25:47her reaction
25:49i believe it was a perfect storm
25:51that triggered an extreme emotional disturbance
25:53she lost her capacity to reason
25:55when she realized
25:56what katie harrington had done to her
25:58thank you
26:00nothing further
26:03dr fitzgerald
26:04are you aware that the defendant
26:06has reported on police brutality
26:08city hall corruption
26:09human trafficking
26:10and terrorist cells
26:11i am
26:14yet it is
26:15your opinion
26:16that when she was faced with
26:18what essentially is a workplace conflict
26:21she became so emotional
26:23that she lost all self-control
26:25and killed someone
26:27yes
26:30as a preeminent expert
26:31in the field of workplace trauma
26:33have you ever been
26:35called to testify
26:36in a murder trial
26:38no
26:40well do you know of
26:41any
26:42instance
26:43in which a perceived betrayal
26:45of a senior
26:46female employee
26:47by a junior employee
26:48resulted in murder
26:50as i said
26:50this would have been a perfect storm
26:52yes or no
26:52doctor
26:55no
26:55so
26:57if an emotional reaction
26:58like that
26:59has never happened before
27:00it's impossible
27:02to call it reasonable
27:03isn't it
27:07i suppose so
27:08but i've
27:10nothing further
27:18miss maroon
27:21miss maroon
27:23mr harrington
27:25hi
27:27how are you
27:28um
27:29how are you feeling
27:30you know it's not easy
27:32sitting in there
27:33i want to know what all this means
27:34i think that doctor
27:36there's stuff about how
27:37man america's
27:38some sort of mental issue
27:41well
27:41they're saying that
27:43the defendant
27:44was so overcome
27:45with emotions
27:46that she
27:46didn't have legal intent
27:48to murder
27:50and if the jury agrees
27:52and they can't put her
27:53away from her
27:55correct
27:57but then what happens
28:00well then she'd be
28:01convicted with
28:02uh
28:02men
28:03which is a class b
28:04violent felony
28:07the sentence is
28:08five to twenty-five years
28:10five years
28:14they're stabbing my daughter
28:15in the neck
28:19katie was twenty-nine years old
28:20that woman
28:21stole her life
28:25no
28:27five years
28:28it's not okay
28:32twenty years ago
28:33there were only a handful
28:34of women doing
28:35on-air reporting
28:37everyone doubted
28:38that we could handle
28:39real stories
28:40my bosses handed me
28:42baking contests
28:43nanny scandals
28:45but i wanted to report
28:46real news
28:46so i found my own features
28:48woke up at 5 a.m
28:50worked till 10 p.m
28:51you made sacrifices
28:52i didn't have time
28:54for relationships
28:55marriage
28:55children
28:56but um
28:58it was worth it
28:59i loved my job
29:00and you excelled at it
29:02you won
29:03several local emmys
29:04three
29:06quite a feat
29:08so when you got
29:09the phone call
29:09from mr williams
29:10at new york 32
29:12that your contract
29:13was not going
29:14to be renewed
29:15how did that feel
29:17totally blindsided
29:18i'd thought that
29:19i was on the path
29:20to national anchor
29:21and suddenly
29:22a lifetime
29:23of work
29:25and sacrifices
29:28gone
29:29you know
29:29it was terrifying
29:31why blame
29:33katie harrington
29:34i had taken katie
29:36under my wing
29:36i wanted
29:37to make it easier
29:39for her
29:40than it had been
29:41for me
29:42so what did you do
29:43to support her
29:43i did what i had
29:45always done
29:45for all the young women
29:46that i had mentored
29:47throughout my career
29:48and there have been
29:49dozens
29:49i advocated for them
29:51and nurtured
29:52their professional
29:52development
29:53miss merrick
29:55i want to show you
29:58some documents
29:59that were
30:00admitted
30:01to evidence
30:03would you please
30:04tell the jury
30:05what this is
30:05this is a letter
30:07of recommendation
30:08that i wrote
30:09for katie's
30:11hudson fellowship
30:12application
30:12and would you mind
30:13reading
30:13just the highlighted
30:15portion please
30:15katie harrington
30:17is a brilliant reporter
30:18with a great future
30:19ahead
30:19her work in our office
30:21has been nothing
30:22short of dazzling
30:23i recommend her
30:24without hesitation
30:25and would do anything
30:26to help advance
30:27her application
30:28would it be fair
30:29to say that you
30:29were devoted
30:30to katie harrington
30:33absolutely
30:34so what did you
30:35think
30:37when mr williams
30:38let you know
30:39that he was
30:39replacing you
30:41with her
30:43i was uh
30:44i was confused
30:46he said that i was
30:47getting fired
30:48because i'd made
30:49a big mistake
30:50and i had no idea
30:52what he was talking
30:52about and then i
30:53remembered that katie
30:54had misidentified
30:54someone in the gang
30:55segment
30:55and she had told
30:57me that she was
30:58terrified that it
30:59was going to get
30:59her fired
31:00so when he told
31:01me that she was
31:03replacing me
31:04i thought
31:05that she had
31:07laid the blame
31:08on me
31:08what did you do
31:10next
31:10i went to find katie
31:11to ask her how
31:12the network got
31:13the idea that
31:14i had made
31:15that major error
31:15what did she say
31:17she said
31:18she panicked
31:21and told them
31:22that
31:24that it was
31:24my mistake
31:25then what
31:32before i knew it
31:33katie was dead
31:36it was
31:38it was a blur
31:43katie did not
31:44deserve that
31:48i know that now
31:52but on that night
31:54in that moment
31:55i just
31:58i i i didn't
32:00think
32:01i didn't i didn't
32:02think i just i
32:02just reacted
32:04it's just
32:06like i said it was
32:07just
32:08it was such a blur
32:30donahue is trying to
32:31turn their work
32:32relationship into
32:33something much more
32:34deep and personal
32:35kind of like a husband
32:36and wife
32:36makes sense
32:37that's where most
32:38of these eed cases
32:39live
32:40spouses catching
32:41their partners
32:41in bed with
32:42someone else
32:43hell of a lot
32:44different than
32:44losing your job
32:45to a protege
32:46what i don't get
32:47though
32:48what
32:48now they're trying
32:50to paint
32:50and merrick
32:51as the world's
32:52most amazing
32:52mentor
32:52right
32:53as selfless
32:54devoted woman
32:54who lived to
32:55help everyone
32:57around her
32:57yet they haven't
32:58called any of those
32:59so-called mentees
33:01to testify to any
33:02of this
33:02it's strange
33:03right
33:05so talk to some
33:06of these women
33:06the defendant
33:07allegedly mentored
33:08see what they
33:09have to say
33:12i owe a lot
33:13to ann merrick
33:14i was a total
33:15novice when i
33:16started at the
33:17station
33:17and she was
33:19really helpful
33:21and kind
33:23until i got
33:24hired by msn
33:26then what
33:28she
33:30she wasn't
33:31happy
33:31about me
33:32getting that
33:32job
33:34was upset
33:35that i didn't
33:35tell her
33:36that i'd
33:36interviewed for
33:37it
33:38that i didn't
33:38get her
33:39opinion
33:42then i found
33:43out the real
33:43reason she
33:43was so upset
33:45she applied
33:46for the same
33:46spot
33:48and when
33:49you say
33:49she wasn't
33:50happy
33:50can you
33:51be more
33:51specific
33:53she
33:54she literally
33:55grabbed me
33:56by my
33:56collar
33:57and said
33:58if i
33:58ever
33:58double
33:59crossed
33:59her
34:00again
34:01she'd
34:01kill
34:01me
34:04she had
34:04this
34:05look
34:05in
34:05her
34:05eye
34:07i think
34:07she
34:08really
34:08meant
34:08it
34:30i got
34:31i got
34:38the
34:39email
34:39about
34:39sarah
34:40chase
34:41are you
34:42kidding
34:42me
34:45well
34:46it's
34:47relevant
34:47information
34:48abby
34:48your
34:49client
34:50doesn't
34:51like it
34:51when
34:51her
34:52mentees
34:52succeed
34:53yeah of course
34:54she didn't
34:55kill sarah
34:56chase but
34:56she sure as hell
34:57threatened her
34:58anne merrick
34:59is a woman
35:00of a certain
35:01generation
35:01she had to
35:02put on armor
35:03in order to
35:04survive a male
35:05dominated
35:05profession
35:06she threatened
35:07vengeance
35:07when she thought
35:08other women
35:08crossed her
35:09that's one way
35:10to put it
35:11the other
35:11she acted
35:12like a man
35:13she used
35:14male language
35:15she flexed
35:16verbal
35:17muscle
35:18telling people
35:18not to mess
35:19with her
35:19if a man
35:20said i'm gonna
35:21kill you
35:21in this context
35:22we wouldn't
35:23even blink
35:24let alone
35:25use it
35:26as evidence
35:27to prove
35:27intent
35:32look abby
35:35you put on
35:36a solid
35:37defense
35:39solid defense
35:42you know
35:42what i mean
35:45i want to
35:45plead this
35:46one out
35:46sam
35:49man
35:49one is the
35:50right result
35:50here
35:52like i said
35:53before
35:53i don't think
35:54this is
35:54eed
35:55because of
35:56existing
35:57sexist
35:57case law
36:00that's why
36:01men have
36:02successfully
36:02been using
36:03eed
36:03for crimes
36:04of anger
36:05and rage
36:05but women
36:07we can only
36:07use it
36:08if we're
36:09traumatized
36:10because the
36:10law doesn't
36:11allow us
36:12to be angry
36:13this is a
36:14chance to
36:14move the
36:15case law
36:15forward
36:16i can't
36:17tell katie
36:17harrington's
36:18father that
36:19the person
36:19who killed
36:19his daughter
36:20is going
36:20to be
36:20out in
36:21five years
36:23you owe
36:23me this
36:25i what
36:27i got
36:28you this
36:28damn
36:29job
36:31yes
36:32you definitely
36:33helped
36:35and i'm
36:36grateful for
36:37that
36:38i did you
36:39a favor
36:40and now
36:41i'm asking
36:42you for
36:42one
36:48please
36:53i haven't
36:54had a good
36:55result in
36:55a while
36:59i need
36:59this sam
37:16any luck
37:17finding other
37:17rebuttal
37:18witnesses
37:19working
37:20high
37:22everything
37:23okay
37:29did you
37:29ever have
37:30a mentor
37:32yeah
37:32a few
37:34did any
37:34of them
37:35ever
37:36ask you
37:36to repay
37:37the debt
37:38no
37:40and no
37:41mentor
37:41worth her
37:41soul
37:42would ever
37:42ask that
37:43of you
37:57please call
37:58your next
37:58witness
37:58miss maroon
38:04miss maroon
38:07your next
38:08witness
38:12your honor
38:13the people
38:13call
38:14sarah chase
38:32miss chase
38:35was the
38:35defendant
38:36your supervisor
38:37and mentor
38:38at
38:38new york
38:4032
38:41she was
38:41and is it
38:42true
38:43that you
38:43left five
38:44years ago
38:44for a better
38:45position in
38:46cable news
38:47yes
38:48sarah can you
38:49please tell
38:50the court
38:50what ann
38:51merrick said
38:51to you
38:52when you
38:52told her
38:52about your
38:53new job
38:56she
38:57grabbed hold
38:58of my
38:58collar
39:00and said
39:00if i ever
39:01double crossed
39:02her again
39:03she'd kill
39:03me
39:17members of the
39:17jury
39:17have you
39:18reached a
39:18verdict
39:20we have
39:20your honor
39:23on the count
39:24of murder
39:25in the second
39:25degree
39:26we find the
39:27defendant
39:28guilty
39:40members of the
39:41jury
39:41thank you
39:42for your
39:42service
39:44we are
39:45adjourned
39:45thank you
39:46that's my
39:47right
39:47thank you
39:48you're welcome
39:49thank you
39:58abby
39:59come on
40:00abby
40:03oh god
40:04abby
40:07i'd like
40:08to
40:09explain
40:10we're done
40:10here
40:17good work
40:18sam
40:22you did
40:23a great
40:23job
40:37she's famous
40:38right
40:39lots of
40:40family drama
40:40the father
40:41is super
40:42weird
40:42you're hiding
40:43something
40:43are you
40:44suggesting
40:44i had
40:45anything
40:45to do
40:45with it
40:45are you
40:46trying to
40:46help
40:46the man
40:47who killed
40:48your daughter
40:48law and order
40:49new next
40:50thursday
40:50on nbc
40:51and peacock
40:55the victim
40:56was a
40:56fighter
40:57something
40:58went sideways
41:00you ever
41:01seen anything
41:02like this
41:02this is a
41:03first
41:03svu
41:04mute
41:04next
41:05on nbc
41:06and peacock
Comments