00:00I'm Reuven Fenton.
00:01I've been a reporter for the New York Post since 2007.
00:04I've worked thousands of stories, but as far as my top five, if not my number one would
00:10be my interview with Joel Steinberg, the guy who, without a doubt, beat his adopted daughter
00:17to death.
00:18A grand jury today indicted attorney Joel Steinberg with murder, manslaughter, and two
00:23counts of endangering the welfare of a child.
00:25Elizabeth, or Lisa Steinberg, was found comatose and brain dead on Monday in the attorney's
00:31Greenwich Village apartment.
00:32So what commenced was a seven-hour interview.
00:36Never in my life have I felt as trapped as I did with another person as I did that interview.
00:41Never in my life have I wanted to get out of an interview as badly as I did at that
00:47moment.
00:48And as he's talking, he's staring you straight in the eye.
00:52And he wants to intimidate, and he wants to persuade.
00:56For those seven hours, I felt like I was under a spell.
00:59And it really took me to a dark place.
01:01I'm not kidding.
01:02I do not hit, strike, or use any form of forceful discipline of any sort at any time in any
01:10way
01:10to those children.
01:11It was a unique experience that has no comparison.
01:14And that's what makes it arguably the most memorable story I ever worked on for the New York Post.
01:19the New York Post.
01:23Amen.
