1 00:00:01,290 --> 00:00:03,099 NARRATOR: In the criminal justice system 2 00:00:03,159 --> 00:00:06,902 the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups, 3 00:00:06,963 --> 00:00:08,874 the police who investigate crime 4 00:00:08,931 --> 00:00:11,673 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 5 00:00:11,734 --> 00:00:13,213 These are their stories. 6 00:00:17,374 --> 00:00:19,354 I thought you said we were done? 7 00:00:19,409 --> 00:00:21,218 This is the last one. 8 00:00:23,647 --> 00:00:25,456 (SPEAKING SPANISH) 9 00:00:27,284 --> 00:00:29,525 You don't like it, get your own job. 10 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:32,293 Until then el baño 11 00:00:34,858 --> 00:00:36,394 Ugh, and don't forget the towels. 12 00:00:37,060 --> 00:00:39,062 Ah! Irma! 13 00:00:39,129 --> 00:00:40,199 What? There! 14 00:00:41,031 --> 00:00:42,908 (EXCLAIMING IN SPANISH) 15 00:00:44,269 --> 00:00:46,442 Calluses on the fingers of her left hand. 16 00:00:46,504 --> 00:00:48,677 Brown discoloration on her jaw. 17 00:00:48,740 --> 00:00:50,083 She's a string player. 18 00:00:50,208 --> 00:00:54,315 Natalie Dreisner, 24, Manhattan Symphony Orchestra. 19 00:00:54,846 --> 00:00:56,655 I take it she didn't slip in the shower. 20 00:00:56,714 --> 00:00:59,854 One shot to the head. Entrance wound's in the right temporal area. 21 00:01:00,185 --> 00:01:03,428 BRISCOE: Singeing and smudging, up close and personal. 22 00:01:04,255 --> 00:01:06,292 But the shell casing's over by the makeup table. 23 00:01:06,357 --> 00:01:08,030 There's also some deep muscle bruising 24 00:01:08,092 --> 00:01:09,400 on the left side of her neck. 25 00:01:09,460 --> 00:01:11,440 Defense wounds on the hands and the arms. 26 00:01:11,496 --> 00:01:13,067 She put up one hell of a struggle. 27 00:01:13,165 --> 00:01:15,145 So after he pops her, he drags her in here, 28 00:01:15,201 --> 00:01:16,976 covers her up and makes her comfortable. 29 00:01:17,036 --> 00:01:18,879 Yeah, a real labor of love. 30 00:01:19,505 --> 00:01:20,984 The cash is still in the wallet. 31 00:01:21,140 --> 00:01:24,053 Jewelry's still in the box. The violin's still here. 32 00:01:24,376 --> 00:01:25,753 Anything appear missing to you? 33 00:01:25,844 --> 00:01:27,653 Like I said, I just patrol the grounds. 34 00:01:27,913 --> 00:01:29,654 Uh, did you hear the gun shot? 35 00:01:29,715 --> 00:01:30,785 Rooms down here are soundproof. 36 00:01:30,849 --> 00:01:32,123 Can't hear nothing from the outside. 37 00:01:32,184 --> 00:01:33,322 Any service exits nearby? 38 00:01:33,385 --> 00:01:34,455 Two on the basement level. 39 00:01:34,553 --> 00:01:35,725 All right. Let's go. 40 00:01:35,888 --> 00:01:37,162 Layout down there's like a maze. 41 00:01:37,223 --> 00:01:38,566 Got lost a few months ago, 42 00:01:38,691 --> 00:01:41,104 was hollering and banging an hour before anyone heard me. 43 00:01:41,294 --> 00:01:43,171 Well, we'll drop bread crumbs. 44 00:02:34,015 --> 00:02:36,052 Any sign of sexual assault? Nope. 45 00:02:36,117 --> 00:02:40,032 Based on stomach contents, M.E. puts the time of death between 11:00 and midnight. 46 00:02:40,088 --> 00:02:42,932 Her last meal was seared ahi and edamame. 47 00:02:43,058 --> 00:02:45,004 Eda-what? Japanese soy beans. 48 00:02:45,260 --> 00:02:47,536 She was killed just after the reception. 49 00:02:47,596 --> 00:02:48,700 Yeah, got a guest list? 50 00:02:48,797 --> 00:02:50,572 Mostly blue-hairs with season tickets. 51 00:02:50,666 --> 00:02:52,304 Whoever did it knows his way around. 52 00:02:52,367 --> 00:02:53,471 The place is like a catacomb. 53 00:02:53,535 --> 00:02:56,539 Well, Byrne is running background checks on symphony personnel. 54 00:02:56,605 --> 00:03:00,280 It's gonna take a while. Between musicians and stage hands and tech personnel, 55 00:03:00,342 --> 00:03:02,083 you're talking over 200 people. 56 00:03:02,144 --> 00:03:03,487 Well, any word on the murder weapon? 57 00:03:03,545 --> 00:03:06,390 Extractor and bump marks look like a SIG-Sauer. 58 00:03:06,482 --> 00:03:09,952 We've got uniforms checking every dumpster and grate within a 10-block radius. 59 00:03:10,119 --> 00:03:11,325 What's your next stop? 60 00:03:11,387 --> 00:03:13,060 We're gonna have a conversation with the conductor. 61 00:03:16,793 --> 00:03:20,297 Four years ago. That's when I first saw her at a Juilliard recital. 62 00:03:20,463 --> 00:03:22,943 Even then, her playing was inspired. 63 00:03:23,499 --> 00:03:24,842 Almost haunting. 64 00:03:24,934 --> 00:03:26,504 It's a great loss to all of us. 65 00:03:26,736 --> 00:03:29,478 Was your sense of admiration shared by the rest of the orchestra? 66 00:03:29,706 --> 00:03:31,777 They respected her virtuosity. 67 00:03:31,841 --> 00:03:34,412 Well, that's not exactly a ringing endorsement. 68 00:03:34,577 --> 00:03:39,254 Everyone here has spent their childhood chained to an instrument. 69 00:03:39,583 --> 00:03:41,563 They were each a star in their own small town. 70 00:03:41,618 --> 00:03:43,359 Then they joined the orchestra. 71 00:03:43,420 --> 00:03:47,425 All those fantastic individual gifts merged into one unified mass. 72 00:03:47,491 --> 00:03:48,936 Seated by instrument, 73 00:03:49,059 --> 00:03:50,561 and told what to do. 74 00:03:50,828 --> 00:03:53,240 As a whole they resent more than they admire. 75 00:03:53,364 --> 00:03:55,002 Did any of them resent Natalie? 76 00:03:55,232 --> 00:03:57,974 Some did. I doubt enough to foment murder. 77 00:03:58,135 --> 00:04:01,207 Did Ms. Dreisner ever complain about anybody harassing her? 78 00:04:01,271 --> 00:04:03,080 Any stalking fans? 79 00:04:03,140 --> 00:04:04,779 She had her share of fan letters. 80 00:04:04,843 --> 00:04:08,052 Nothing ominous. The classical audience is a rather staid group. 81 00:04:08,113 --> 00:04:10,855 Were there any men in her life? Boyfriends, ex-boyfriends? 82 00:04:11,049 --> 00:04:14,189 None that I knew of. Between rehearsing, performances and tour dates, 83 00:04:14,252 --> 00:04:15,629 she wouldn't have the time. 84 00:04:16,020 --> 00:04:19,194 Frankly, the only quality time I share with my wife is during rehearsals. 85 00:04:19,357 --> 00:04:21,735 She is a harpist with the orchestra. 86 00:04:22,127 --> 00:04:24,038 What about the stage hands? 87 00:04:24,596 --> 00:04:25,700 I couldn't tell you. 88 00:04:25,764 --> 00:04:29,678 Maybe one of them wanted to spend some quality time with Ms. Dreisner. 89 00:04:30,769 --> 00:04:32,043 There is one guy. 90 00:04:32,104 --> 00:04:35,108 Good looking. Seems like a real charmer with the ladies. 91 00:04:35,174 --> 00:04:38,849 Whenever Natalie would get chilled, he'd run and get her a sweater. 92 00:04:38,911 --> 00:04:40,015 What's his name? 93 00:04:40,079 --> 00:04:42,025 I think Brannigan. Something Brannigan. 94 00:04:42,648 --> 00:04:44,525 His father was a stage hand here. 95 00:04:47,086 --> 00:04:49,259 Everyone is more or less in a state of shock around here. 96 00:04:49,321 --> 00:04:50,857 I have to go back to the orchestra rehearsal 97 00:04:50,923 --> 00:04:54,370 if we have any hope of sounding halfway decent for our next performance. 98 00:04:54,527 --> 00:04:55,528 Thank you, sir. 99 00:05:00,266 --> 00:05:01,905 So where's Mr. Brannigan now? 100 00:05:01,968 --> 00:05:03,914 Called in sick about a half hour ago. 101 00:05:04,070 --> 00:05:05,208 Stomach bug. 102 00:05:05,338 --> 00:05:06,510 Came on last night. 103 00:05:06,573 --> 00:05:07,916 Had to let him go early. 104 00:05:07,974 --> 00:05:09,248 What time was that? 105 00:05:09,309 --> 00:05:11,186 Oh, right after the show. Around 10:20. 106 00:05:11,244 --> 00:05:12,917 Here it is. Jay Brannigan. 107 00:05:13,180 --> 00:05:15,023 Punched out last night at 10:23. 108 00:05:15,081 --> 00:05:17,527 Which doesn't mean that's when he actually left. 109 00:05:17,951 --> 00:05:20,227 Anything goes wrong around here, it's always us, isn't it? 110 00:05:20,387 --> 00:05:21,491 What does that mean? 111 00:05:21,555 --> 00:05:24,058 Stagehands. You got a hundred Looney Tunes 112 00:05:24,124 --> 00:05:25,501 working in this joint and you come to us. 113 00:05:25,559 --> 00:05:27,505 Hey, save your speech for the union rally. 114 00:05:27,561 --> 00:05:29,473 This is a homicide investigation. 115 00:05:29,730 --> 00:05:31,732 I've known Jay Branningan since he was a kid. 116 00:05:31,899 --> 00:05:33,037 He's not your guy. 117 00:05:33,100 --> 00:05:34,443 Well, any idea who is? 118 00:05:34,535 --> 00:05:35,605 Take your pick. 119 00:05:35,670 --> 00:05:36,774 Cellos, please remember 120 00:05:36,838 --> 00:05:39,785 I want a long, primordial groan until the second beat. 121 00:05:39,874 --> 00:05:41,376 Then pull it out. Forte. 122 00:05:41,876 --> 00:05:43,412 Like the smell of the Earth. 123 00:05:43,478 --> 00:05:44,889 Where do you want to start? 124 00:05:45,847 --> 00:05:47,451 Tuba's a lonely profession. 125 00:05:47,815 --> 00:05:49,692 Hidden in the back, seldom written for, 126 00:05:49,784 --> 00:05:51,491 not utilized to a tenth of our ability. 127 00:05:51,552 --> 00:05:54,089 Well that probably means you're in a good position to observe. 128 00:05:54,255 --> 00:05:56,861 An orchestra's like a musical insane asylum. 129 00:05:57,024 --> 00:05:58,231 Bassoon's the worst. 130 00:05:58,293 --> 00:06:01,206 From years of blowing the double reed, pressure builds up in the brain. 131 00:06:01,330 --> 00:06:04,277 Our first has a collection of firearms stashed in his basement. 132 00:06:04,333 --> 00:06:06,210 First French horn's a real piranha. 133 00:06:06,268 --> 00:06:08,714 He'd steal your wallet, your lunch, or your wife. 134 00:06:08,871 --> 00:06:10,373 Plus, he's got a chronic marijuana habit. 135 00:06:10,439 --> 00:06:12,919 Mr. Hogart, did either of these two 136 00:06:12,975 --> 00:06:15,353 have any animosity toward Natalie Dreisner? 137 00:06:15,511 --> 00:06:16,649 No. Good. 138 00:06:16,712 --> 00:06:18,453 Now can you think of anyone who did? 139 00:06:18,514 --> 00:06:20,653 Well, she was young. She was female. 140 00:06:20,716 --> 00:06:22,923 She made it to second chair in the wink of an eye. 141 00:06:23,151 --> 00:06:25,188 All the prima donna violins were jealous. 142 00:06:25,254 --> 00:06:27,292 The one that hated her the most was Kessler. 143 00:06:27,357 --> 00:06:29,303 Who's that? Raphael Kessler. 144 00:06:29,492 --> 00:06:31,597 First chair violin, concert master. 145 00:06:31,995 --> 00:06:34,202 The next Milstein to hear him tell it. 146 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:39,710 What was the problem between you and Ms. Dreisner? 147 00:06:39,769 --> 00:06:42,181 I've been playing professionally since I'm 14 years old, 148 00:06:42,238 --> 00:06:45,082 I've been a member of this orchestra since 1979, 149 00:06:45,608 --> 00:06:48,714 she comes in out of Juilliard and a year later, she's second chair. 150 00:06:48,778 --> 00:06:50,985 No. Not the way it's supposed to work. 151 00:06:51,381 --> 00:06:53,588 Where were you last night after the concert? 152 00:06:53,850 --> 00:06:55,353 So now I'm a suspect? 153 00:06:55,719 --> 00:06:57,756 I was in the ER at St. Luke's. 154 00:06:57,821 --> 00:07:00,301 Premature ventricular contractions. 155 00:07:00,491 --> 00:07:02,698 Feel free to speak to my doctor. 156 00:07:03,260 --> 00:07:05,137 Of all the musicians I could be playing next to, 157 00:07:05,196 --> 00:07:07,039 I get a pair of legs and a del Gesu. 158 00:07:07,298 --> 00:07:08,971 What's a del Gesu? 159 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:11,807 Her violin. It's a del Gesu. 160 00:07:15,105 --> 00:07:16,345 Monzina and Figli. 161 00:07:16,407 --> 00:07:17,579 This is what she used for practice. 162 00:07:17,641 --> 00:07:19,086 She had another violin. 163 00:07:19,243 --> 00:07:21,723 Of course. The del Gesu was used for concerts. 164 00:07:21,779 --> 00:07:25,057 I admit, I'm pretty ignorant about musical things but if it doesn't say 165 00:07:25,116 --> 00:07:28,791 what it is, how can you be sure this isn't a del Gesu? 166 00:07:28,954 --> 00:07:30,991 Well, it's like asking how do you know it's a Rembrandt. 167 00:07:31,089 --> 00:07:32,193 Or a Titian. 168 00:07:32,257 --> 00:07:33,930 A del Gesu is a work of art. 169 00:07:33,992 --> 00:07:37,337 I can't explain to you how. It's everything. 170 00:07:37,395 --> 00:07:41,537 It's the wood, the varnish, the expressiveness, 171 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:43,773 the power. It's... 172 00:07:44,102 --> 00:07:45,445 It's gone. 173 00:07:47,272 --> 00:07:50,014 I don't know how we could have missed it. 174 00:07:50,508 --> 00:07:53,217 Dreisner played a J. B. Vuillaume del Gesu. 175 00:07:53,446 --> 00:07:55,517 It's insured by Lloyd's for$1 million. 176 00:07:56,182 --> 00:07:58,128 Whoever stole it murdered her. 177 00:07:58,484 --> 00:08:00,555 $1 million dollars, that's a lotta money for a violin. 178 00:08:00,653 --> 00:08:02,394 How does a 24-year-old swing that? 179 00:08:02,455 --> 00:08:05,129 Wealthy patrons and large corporations buy them. 180 00:08:05,691 --> 00:08:07,762 Loan them out to promising musicians. 181 00:08:08,094 --> 00:08:10,734 Hers was owned by a Swedish shipping company. 182 00:08:10,896 --> 00:08:12,842 Mmm. So, what's the market for a stolen one? 183 00:08:12,898 --> 00:08:14,036 Mmm. Limited. 184 00:08:14,100 --> 00:08:17,309 There are only 200 concert quality del Gesus in the world. 185 00:08:17,603 --> 00:08:20,982 Unloading it would be like selling a Van Gogh or a Renoir. 186 00:08:21,073 --> 00:08:23,554 Each instrument is numbered. Documented. 187 00:08:23,844 --> 00:08:25,517 No reputable dealer would touch it. 188 00:08:25,579 --> 00:08:27,149 So we're talking about the black market? 189 00:08:27,214 --> 00:08:28,750 And there are plenty of wealthy people 190 00:08:28,815 --> 00:08:31,193 who'd like something like this for their private collection. 191 00:08:31,418 --> 00:08:33,557 It was most probably stolen on order. 192 00:08:33,654 --> 00:08:35,930 By someone with established channels. 193 00:08:36,089 --> 00:08:38,069 Someone who knew where to look for one. 194 00:08:38,158 --> 00:08:40,764 We should run a check on big ticket stolen instruments, 195 00:08:40,827 --> 00:08:42,602 see what comes back. 196 00:08:44,231 --> 00:08:47,474 Well, we got a 1680 Amati cello, 197 00:08:47,534 --> 00:08:49,707 valued at 1.2 million, 198 00:08:49,904 --> 00:08:53,044 lifted from the New York Philharmonic five years ago. 199 00:08:53,241 --> 00:08:55,744 Recovered from an 87-year-old janitor. 200 00:08:55,843 --> 00:08:57,481 I guess he was a music lover on the side. 201 00:08:57,545 --> 00:08:59,616 Wait. Hold up. Here's something a little closer to home. 202 00:08:59,714 --> 00:09:02,558 In '98 a Stradivarius was stolen from the LA Philharmonic. 203 00:09:02,617 --> 00:09:05,029 Customs seized it on a cargo ship in New York Harbor. 204 00:09:05,086 --> 00:09:07,999 Bill of lading was in the name of Dmitri Andropovich. 205 00:09:08,056 --> 00:09:10,036 International trading, Lower East Side. 206 00:09:11,626 --> 00:09:15,972 I was new in country. I make clerical error but all charges dropped. 207 00:09:16,164 --> 00:09:18,577 Let me guess, now you're strictly legit, right? 208 00:09:18,667 --> 00:09:21,580 Look around, detective. My life open book. 209 00:09:21,737 --> 00:09:24,343 We ran your sheet. 1998, grand larceny, 210 00:09:24,406 --> 00:09:26,647 possession of stolen goods, case still pending. 211 00:09:26,709 --> 00:09:29,349 And you still got a criminal matter in the southern district. 212 00:09:29,511 --> 00:09:32,048 You know, I call the US Attorney, he calls immigration, 213 00:09:32,581 --> 00:09:33,958 and you got a problem. 214 00:09:34,283 --> 00:09:36,524 How's the weather in Minsk this time of year? 215 00:09:39,088 --> 00:09:41,090 Uh, there is a fence I know. 216 00:09:41,323 --> 00:09:43,929 He's uh, he's always by Little Odessa. 217 00:09:45,394 --> 00:09:48,467 He might've say something about a violin. Okay? 218 00:09:49,466 --> 00:09:50,945 That's all I know. 219 00:09:51,634 --> 00:09:53,011 Uh, really. 220 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:04,625 I'll call for back up. 221 00:10:05,415 --> 00:10:06,917 (SIREN WAILING) 222 00:10:13,323 --> 00:10:14,597 Move, move, move, move, move. 223 00:10:14,657 --> 00:10:16,467 Hey, what are you doing? 224 00:10:30,274 --> 00:10:31,582 (GRUNTING) 225 00:10:33,611 --> 00:10:34,988 You all right, Ed? 226 00:10:35,045 --> 00:10:36,524 I'm fine! 227 00:10:41,285 --> 00:10:42,525 Get up! 228 00:10:43,921 --> 00:10:45,833 Look, I did nothing. 229 00:10:45,891 --> 00:10:48,770 Well, then you have nothing to worry about, Tovarisch. 230 00:10:49,294 --> 00:10:50,796 I did nothing. 231 00:10:51,997 --> 00:10:55,137 I don't know what the hell violin you're talking. 232 00:10:55,734 --> 00:10:58,112 Assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest. 233 00:10:58,170 --> 00:11:00,047 What kind of time is Mr. Korsakoff looking at? 234 00:11:00,105 --> 00:11:02,813 Served consecutively, we're talking a bullet or more. 235 00:11:03,175 --> 00:11:06,952 Oh, this like KGB with trumped-up charge. 236 00:11:07,012 --> 00:11:08,719 Of course, you add to that accessory to murder, 237 00:11:08,814 --> 00:11:10,418 that's what, 25-to-life? 238 00:11:10,549 --> 00:11:11,857 Murder? 239 00:11:11,917 --> 00:11:13,329 What murder? 240 00:11:13,386 --> 00:11:16,924 The violin's owner was found with a slug in her head this morning. 241 00:11:17,223 --> 00:11:18,566 Where're you going? We're wasting time. 242 00:11:18,624 --> 00:11:20,126 I'm calling the D.A. to get a search warrant. 243 00:11:20,193 --> 00:11:21,900 Wait, wait, wait. Okay, okay. 244 00:11:22,128 --> 00:11:24,039 Uh, I have violin. 245 00:11:25,298 --> 00:11:28,370 But that's it. The murder, I know nothing. 246 00:11:28,434 --> 00:11:29,674 We're listening. 247 00:11:30,536 --> 00:11:32,982 Uh, this morning a man came to me. 248 00:11:33,172 --> 00:11:34,583 He had with him violin. 249 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:37,519 Said belonged to uncle. He want to sell. 250 00:11:37,577 --> 00:11:38,885 What'd he look like? 251 00:11:39,212 --> 00:11:41,819 Not tall. Not short. 252 00:11:41,949 --> 00:11:44,327 Uh, blond hair. Pale eyes. 253 00:11:44,384 --> 00:11:45,385 Oh, that guy. 254 00:11:45,519 --> 00:11:47,055 All right, how'd you meet him? 255 00:11:47,221 --> 00:11:48,666 A friend of mine set it up. 256 00:11:49,289 --> 00:11:51,963 Call your friend, tell him we need a name. 257 00:11:55,028 --> 00:11:56,166 Jay Brannigan? 258 00:11:56,230 --> 00:11:57,368 Yeah. Who are you? 259 00:11:57,431 --> 00:12:00,275 Police. We have a search warrant. Mind if we come in? 260 00:12:02,703 --> 00:12:04,148 You going somewhere? 261 00:12:04,204 --> 00:12:05,478 I thought I'd go up to Maine for a few days. 262 00:12:05,539 --> 00:12:06,779 Do some fishing. 263 00:12:07,274 --> 00:12:08,344 I thought you were sick. 264 00:12:08,408 --> 00:12:10,046 Well, I'm feeling better. Hey what the hell are you doing? 265 00:12:10,545 --> 00:12:11,683 Whoa! 266 00:12:12,247 --> 00:12:14,488 Price of worms must've gone through the roof. 267 00:12:14,649 --> 00:12:17,493 You're under arrest for the murder of Natalie Dreisner. 268 00:12:18,052 --> 00:12:19,531 You have the right to remain silent. 269 00:12:19,687 --> 00:12:22,167 Anything you say can be used against you in a court of law. 270 00:12:23,057 --> 00:12:25,298 JAY: I always did things for her. 271 00:12:25,426 --> 00:12:27,235 What kind of things? 272 00:12:28,162 --> 00:12:31,006 She'd forget her score, I'd bring it to her. 273 00:12:31,065 --> 00:12:34,603 She'd want to eat in her dressing room, so I'd go to Yoshi's. 274 00:12:34,869 --> 00:12:37,110 You know, this restaurant she liked, I'd get her sushi. 275 00:12:37,305 --> 00:12:38,511 Mmm-hmm. 276 00:12:39,675 --> 00:12:44,317 Ah, and then, like two weeks ago, I got her this charm bracelet. 277 00:12:44,546 --> 00:12:47,254 It had silver violins dangling from it. 278 00:12:48,784 --> 00:12:51,060 Well, she gave me a weird look. 279 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:53,066 Said it made her feel uncomfortable 280 00:12:53,188 --> 00:12:55,099 and wouldn't give me the time of day after that. 281 00:12:55,224 --> 00:12:58,068 I hear you, man. You try to do something decent and get slapped down. 282 00:12:58,193 --> 00:13:01,436 Sure. I can understand stealing her violin to get back at her. 283 00:13:01,530 --> 00:13:04,010 Yeah. And this guy I hang out with said he knew this fence. 284 00:13:04,066 --> 00:13:07,240 So I figured I could make some cash, too. 285 00:13:07,570 --> 00:13:09,516 Okay. Is this when she walked in on you 286 00:13:09,573 --> 00:13:10,779 and things got complicated? 287 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:14,117 She did not walk in on me. She was at the reception. 288 00:13:14,311 --> 00:13:16,291 So, you're telling us you stole the violin, 289 00:13:16,346 --> 00:13:18,917 then an hour later somebody else came in and killed her? 290 00:13:18,982 --> 00:13:20,017 That's right. 291 00:13:20,083 --> 00:13:22,654 Okay, man, if you're gonna lie, be creative otherwise we get bored. 292 00:13:22,786 --> 00:13:26,256 Look, just gimme the lie detector test if you don't believe me. 293 00:13:26,389 --> 00:13:27,993 What time did you leave work? 294 00:13:28,058 --> 00:13:29,696 I get... 10:15. 295 00:13:30,427 --> 00:13:31,872 I put the violin in my gym bag, 296 00:13:31,928 --> 00:13:33,771 I told my boss I felt sick. 297 00:13:33,830 --> 00:13:36,071 Then what? Went home, dropped off the bag. 298 00:13:36,133 --> 00:13:38,943 Went to the Red Parrot. Threw down a few with a couple of friends 299 00:13:39,003 --> 00:13:40,744 and stayed till closing. 300 00:13:41,472 --> 00:13:44,043 I swear, that is the God's honest truth. 301 00:13:45,843 --> 00:13:48,483 Brannigan's buddies confirm he was at the Red Parrot 302 00:13:48,546 --> 00:13:50,082 from 11:00 p.m. till closing. 303 00:13:50,147 --> 00:13:51,148 His buddies? 304 00:13:51,215 --> 00:13:52,489 Bartender confirmed also. 305 00:13:52,817 --> 00:13:54,558 The guys a thief, he's not a murderer. 306 00:13:54,618 --> 00:13:59,033 Well, the ballistics report came back on the murder weapon SIG-Sauer P225. 307 00:13:59,290 --> 00:14:00,325 What else you got? 308 00:14:00,391 --> 00:14:02,598 Besides a lot of time wasted on the wrong motive, not much. 309 00:14:04,730 --> 00:14:06,710 Um, you know, the M.E.'s report 310 00:14:06,765 --> 00:14:09,245 said that she ate Japanese the night she died. 311 00:14:09,468 --> 00:14:12,677 Didn't Brannigan mention a sushi restaurant? 312 00:14:13,071 --> 00:14:14,175 Uh, Yoshi's. 313 00:14:15,574 --> 00:14:16,644 Right. 314 00:14:20,212 --> 00:14:21,384 Thank you. 315 00:14:22,881 --> 00:14:24,326 Yeah, she was here that night. 316 00:14:24,383 --> 00:14:26,090 I remember because she ordered sake. 317 00:14:26,151 --> 00:14:28,097 Normally she drank Perrier before a concert. 318 00:14:28,153 --> 00:14:29,655 And you said she was with somebody. 319 00:14:29,721 --> 00:14:31,428 Yeah. Well-dressed guy. 320 00:14:31,523 --> 00:14:32,900 He'd been here before. 321 00:14:32,958 --> 00:14:34,802 Now, did he seem upset about anything? 322 00:14:34,894 --> 00:14:36,669 Uh, no. He was cool. 323 00:14:37,196 --> 00:14:38,903 I remember he gave her roses. 324 00:14:38,965 --> 00:14:40,308 I assume he paid. 325 00:14:40,533 --> 00:14:41,944 Yeah. Big tipper. 326 00:14:42,035 --> 00:14:43,139 Cash. 327 00:14:43,302 --> 00:14:44,576 No receipt. 328 00:14:44,871 --> 00:14:48,318 Only the tip was cash He put the rest on a credit card. 329 00:14:48,508 --> 00:14:49,851 ED: All right. 330 00:14:54,047 --> 00:14:55,651 Jorgen Stern. 331 00:14:56,215 --> 00:14:57,319 Thanks. 332 00:15:00,820 --> 00:15:03,927 Natalie could have been the next Anne-Sophie Mutter. 333 00:15:04,191 --> 00:15:05,363 She had it all. 334 00:15:05,426 --> 00:15:09,875 Dazzling technique, musicality, charisma and outstanding talent. 335 00:15:10,364 --> 00:15:12,742 So, what did you two talk about the night of the murder? 336 00:15:14,435 --> 00:15:17,109 Her career as a solo artist. 337 00:15:17,504 --> 00:15:19,677 We had been pursuing her for months. 338 00:15:19,873 --> 00:15:21,443 Unsuccessfully. 339 00:15:21,942 --> 00:15:23,853 That night at dinner, she told me 340 00:15:23,911 --> 00:15:26,187 that she'd finally decided to sign with us. 341 00:15:27,281 --> 00:15:28,919 Ironic, isn't it? 342 00:15:29,116 --> 00:15:30,892 She was leaving the Manhattan Symphony? 343 00:15:30,952 --> 00:15:32,898 Going solo would have put her on another level entirely. 344 00:15:33,688 --> 00:15:37,761 Recording contracts, TV appearances, international tour dates. 345 00:15:38,026 --> 00:15:39,972 Sounds great. What was the problem? 346 00:15:40,028 --> 00:15:42,099 Carl Reger didn't want it. 347 00:15:42,664 --> 00:15:44,940 I tried to talk with him. Didn't get very far, though. 348 00:15:44,999 --> 00:15:47,240 He said they were "joined to the hip." 349 00:15:48,303 --> 00:15:52,012 I knew from her that he had this Svengali-like control over her. 350 00:15:52,073 --> 00:15:53,074 How so? 351 00:15:56,077 --> 00:15:58,182 Really not my place to say. 352 00:15:58,413 --> 00:16:00,758 A subpoena can make it your place. 353 00:16:03,919 --> 00:16:06,024 They were having an affair. 354 00:16:06,422 --> 00:16:07,423 For how long? 355 00:16:07,656 --> 00:16:09,192 A year? Maybe more. 356 00:16:09,358 --> 00:16:10,894 It was taking a huge toll. 357 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:12,064 On Ms. Dreisner? 358 00:16:12,328 --> 00:16:13,739 And Mrs. Reger. 359 00:16:14,697 --> 00:16:16,267 She'd cornered Natalie a few weeks ago, 360 00:16:16,332 --> 00:16:18,209 read her the riot act. 361 00:16:18,968 --> 00:16:22,142 Natalie said that was one of the reasons she'd agreed to sign with us. 362 00:16:22,238 --> 00:16:24,184 She wanted to get away from it all. 363 00:16:24,573 --> 00:16:27,383 Professionally and emotionally. 364 00:16:27,843 --> 00:16:29,881 Did Mr. Reger know about her decision? 365 00:16:31,781 --> 00:16:34,557 She said she was going to tell him that night. 366 00:16:35,519 --> 00:16:36,930 (MUSIC PLAYING) 367 00:16:37,554 --> 00:16:38,658 Stop! 368 00:16:39,189 --> 00:16:42,363 Are you paying any attention at all to your rhythm? 369 00:16:43,059 --> 00:16:45,232 Because I can tell you it's totally non-specific. 370 00:16:45,295 --> 00:16:47,241 It's not just staying out of the rests, 371 00:16:47,297 --> 00:16:49,777 it's how you come in at the dotted sixteenths. 372 00:16:49,933 --> 00:16:52,277 If you're not prepared to render this with any kind of precision, 373 00:16:52,335 --> 00:16:53,609 please don't waste my time. 374 00:16:53,670 --> 00:16:54,876 Sorry. 375 00:16:54,938 --> 00:16:55,939 I'll try it again. 376 00:16:56,006 --> 00:16:58,078 Don't try! Do it! 377 00:17:02,146 --> 00:17:03,648 What can I do for you? 378 00:17:03,714 --> 00:17:05,523 We need to ask you some more questions. 379 00:17:06,083 --> 00:17:07,585 Anything I can do to help. 380 00:17:09,420 --> 00:17:11,491 Of course, I knew about the solo offer. 381 00:17:11,556 --> 00:17:12,899 I encouraged her to take it. 382 00:17:12,957 --> 00:17:14,664 Not worried about losing her? 383 00:17:14,992 --> 00:17:16,938 (SCOFFS) I've been conducting for 20 years. 384 00:17:16,994 --> 00:17:19,167 I've watched a lot of artists come and go. 385 00:17:19,297 --> 00:17:21,937 Including artists you've been sleeping with? 386 00:17:23,067 --> 00:17:25,378 At the risk of sounding crass, 387 00:17:27,239 --> 00:17:28,775 she wasn't the first. 388 00:17:29,074 --> 00:17:31,714 Is that why you neglected to tell us? 389 00:17:32,110 --> 00:17:33,384 That was out of respect. 390 00:17:33,445 --> 00:17:34,947 For who, Ms. Dreisner? 391 00:17:35,347 --> 00:17:36,655 And for my wife. 392 00:17:36,815 --> 00:17:37,816 Oh, she knew? 393 00:17:39,318 --> 00:17:41,059 Marion is an exceptional woman. 394 00:17:41,120 --> 00:17:43,259 I've always been candid with her. 395 00:17:43,555 --> 00:17:46,900 Mind being candid with us about your whereabouts on the night of the murder? 396 00:17:47,526 --> 00:17:49,301 After the concert, I showered, 397 00:17:49,394 --> 00:17:51,738 changed and drove to Chappaqua. 398 00:17:51,864 --> 00:17:53,400 ED: What time was that? 399 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:56,542 About 11:15,11:30. 400 00:17:56,669 --> 00:17:57,773 Marion was already home. 401 00:17:58,204 --> 00:18:00,013 You and your wife drove separate cars? 402 00:18:00,139 --> 00:18:02,676 Marion is an early riser, I'm more nocturnal. 403 00:18:02,742 --> 00:18:05,154 I sometimes like to go out after a performance. 404 00:18:05,211 --> 00:18:06,986 Catch a little jazz. 405 00:18:07,614 --> 00:18:09,116 Anybody see you leave? 406 00:18:09,749 --> 00:18:11,626 No one I remember distinctly. 407 00:18:11,818 --> 00:18:13,695 Where's your wife now? 408 00:18:15,054 --> 00:18:18,263 He came home about 11:30, I think. The news had just ended. 409 00:18:18,391 --> 00:18:20,234 It took us about a half an hour to drive up here 410 00:18:20,293 --> 00:18:21,931 once we cleared the tolls, so what does it take you, 411 00:18:21,995 --> 00:18:23,805 about 45 minutes to an hour? 412 00:18:23,898 --> 00:18:25,070 Oh, we use the E-Z Pass, 413 00:18:25,132 --> 00:18:26,406 so it's a little quicker. 414 00:18:26,467 --> 00:18:28,572 What was your husband's behavior when he came home? 415 00:18:28,869 --> 00:18:30,849 Well, he was tired. 416 00:18:30,971 --> 00:18:32,644 It was a very difficult piece. 417 00:18:33,140 --> 00:18:35,086 You know what, detectives, you're wasting your time. 418 00:18:35,142 --> 00:18:37,144 My husband is not a murderer. 419 00:18:37,478 --> 00:18:38,786 And considering his reputation, 420 00:18:38,846 --> 00:18:41,349 I find it rather insulting that you would think so. 421 00:18:41,482 --> 00:18:43,519 What about his womanizing? 422 00:18:43,851 --> 00:18:45,626 Was that insulting, too? 423 00:18:47,254 --> 00:18:49,234 Is this really necessary? 424 00:18:51,459 --> 00:18:54,167 All right. Carl is an artist. 425 00:18:54,496 --> 00:18:57,966 His passion and his strength are tremendously attractive to other women. 426 00:18:58,300 --> 00:19:00,871 He has certain needs. He's very discreet. 427 00:19:01,636 --> 00:19:02,979 I've learned to live with it. 428 00:19:03,038 --> 00:19:05,109 And he always comes back to you. 429 00:19:06,675 --> 00:19:08,279 It's been 19 years. 430 00:19:10,278 --> 00:19:12,349 I don't expect you to understand. 431 00:19:12,981 --> 00:19:14,858 Do you think that he was in love with Ms. Dreisner? 432 00:19:14,950 --> 00:19:16,486 Oh, absolutely not. 433 00:19:16,584 --> 00:19:18,564 So you didn't pull her aside, 434 00:19:18,620 --> 00:19:21,568 and have a little chat about the sanctity of marriage? 435 00:19:22,692 --> 00:19:24,968 Their affair was dividing the orchestra. 436 00:19:25,294 --> 00:19:28,298 The other musicians felt she was accorded a special status. 437 00:19:28,364 --> 00:19:30,037 She would show up late to rehearsals, 438 00:19:30,099 --> 00:19:32,306 she didn't bother to review the scores. 439 00:19:32,768 --> 00:19:36,716 I had a bad day, I lashed out at her. 440 00:19:38,040 --> 00:19:40,247 Mrs. Reger, does your husband own a gun? 441 00:19:41,410 --> 00:19:44,721 Oh, I was raised in New York and so when we moved up here, 442 00:19:44,780 --> 00:19:46,657 I was very uneasy at night. 443 00:19:46,882 --> 00:19:49,420 All that silence, it was deafening. 444 00:19:49,486 --> 00:19:51,261 So Carl bought me a gun. 445 00:19:52,222 --> 00:19:53,462 Mind if we take a look at it? 446 00:19:54,791 --> 00:19:56,862 I don't have it anymore. 447 00:19:57,794 --> 00:20:00,604 You see, a few months ago a neighbor's house was broken into 448 00:20:00,664 --> 00:20:03,201 and he was shot to death with his own gun. 449 00:20:04,034 --> 00:20:05,342 It just terrified me. 450 00:20:05,469 --> 00:20:06,971 What did you do with it? 451 00:20:07,337 --> 00:20:09,749 I dropped it in the Hudson River. 452 00:20:13,210 --> 00:20:15,053 She's covering. Yeah, but for who? 453 00:20:15,112 --> 00:20:17,389 There's enough motive and opportunity for both of them. 454 00:20:17,448 --> 00:20:19,826 Not to mention alibis. I'm putting my money on him. 455 00:20:19,984 --> 00:20:22,794 Why don't we go talk to the good people at E-Z Pass. 456 00:20:22,854 --> 00:20:24,128 You know, Lennie, when I grow up, 457 00:20:24,188 --> 00:20:25,599 I wanna be as smart as you. 458 00:20:27,658 --> 00:20:30,832 Car approaches the sensor, sends out an electronic pulse, 459 00:20:30,928 --> 00:20:32,236 automatically opens the gate. 460 00:20:32,296 --> 00:20:33,297 That part we know. 461 00:20:33,431 --> 00:20:35,707 It's cut down bridge traffic by 65%. 462 00:20:35,767 --> 00:20:38,304 And the pulse contains code on each car? 463 00:20:38,403 --> 00:20:39,746 On each transponder. Yeah. 464 00:20:39,871 --> 00:20:41,407 You said Reger, right? 465 00:20:43,975 --> 00:20:45,283 Okay. Here she is. 466 00:20:45,376 --> 00:20:47,152 Marion Reger. Jaguar. 467 00:20:47,246 --> 00:20:49,123 Twelve hits in the last 30 days. 468 00:20:49,181 --> 00:20:51,525 BRISCOE: What about the night of the 14th? 469 00:20:51,984 --> 00:20:54,430 Okay. 10:32 p.m. Outbound. 470 00:20:54,620 --> 00:20:56,827 Okay, Carl Reger. Same night. 471 00:20:59,691 --> 00:21:02,968 Mercedes. I have him inbound at 10:13 a.m. in the morning. 472 00:21:03,095 --> 00:21:05,598 Nothing that night. Sorry. 473 00:21:06,532 --> 00:21:07,704 Don't be. 474 00:21:08,967 --> 00:21:10,139 He commutes to work. 475 00:21:10,202 --> 00:21:13,649 Uses the E-Z Pass every single morning, every single night. 476 00:21:13,706 --> 00:21:15,345 With one glaring exception. 477 00:21:15,408 --> 00:21:16,512 The night of the murder. 478 00:21:16,576 --> 00:21:19,056 Right. We figure he knew that if he used the E-Z Pass, 479 00:21:19,212 --> 00:21:21,988 the time would have been electronically recorded. Would've blown his alibi. 480 00:21:22,048 --> 00:21:23,356 What about a murder weapon? 481 00:21:23,416 --> 00:21:25,487 There was a gun that belonged to the wife. 482 00:21:25,585 --> 00:21:27,861 She threw it in the Hudson three months ago So she says. 483 00:21:27,921 --> 00:21:31,562 Told us that a neighbor of hers got shot to death with his own gun. 484 00:21:32,058 --> 00:21:33,469 It spooked her. She's lying. 485 00:21:33,526 --> 00:21:34,971 We checked with the Chappaqua police. 486 00:21:35,028 --> 00:21:37,406 There hasn't been a homicide there for four years. 487 00:21:37,464 --> 00:21:40,570 So he shot her, drove home and then ditched the gun. 488 00:21:41,935 --> 00:21:43,882 I'll get a search warrant. 489 00:21:45,005 --> 00:21:46,575 This is an abuse of authority. 490 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:48,984 You have no right to be going through our home like this. 491 00:21:49,043 --> 00:21:50,454 Just trying to do our jobs, ma'am. 492 00:21:50,511 --> 00:21:51,956 But they are touching everything. 493 00:21:52,012 --> 00:21:54,822 They're going through our linens, our clothing, I just can't stand it. 494 00:21:54,882 --> 00:21:56,225 Is that my phone? 495 00:21:59,854 --> 00:22:01,891 Yeah. Yeah, Lou. 496 00:22:03,791 --> 00:22:04,997 Right. 497 00:22:06,627 --> 00:22:11,440 Van Buren just called. Carl Reger has a SIG-Sauer P225 498 00:22:11,500 --> 00:22:12,843 registered in his wife's name. 499 00:22:12,901 --> 00:22:14,244 Oh, that's a big surprise. 500 00:22:14,402 --> 00:22:16,404 I found this button under the back seat. 501 00:22:16,505 --> 00:22:18,485 Tiny brown spots. Could be dried blood. 502 00:22:18,540 --> 00:22:21,146 There's also a small, white fiber attached to it. 503 00:22:22,477 --> 00:22:24,980 There's a 2 millimeter spot with a microscopic 504 00:22:25,046 --> 00:22:26,821 pattern of blood spatter surrounding it. 505 00:22:26,915 --> 00:22:28,087 Type matches the victim. 506 00:22:28,150 --> 00:22:29,322 You get enough for DNA? 507 00:22:29,384 --> 00:22:31,193 We sent it out. What about the fiber? 508 00:22:31,286 --> 00:22:34,324 Yup. High quality Italian-knit cotton. 509 00:22:35,123 --> 00:22:37,125 White dress shirt of some kind. 510 00:22:37,292 --> 00:22:40,399 I love it when it all comes together like this. 511 00:22:43,366 --> 00:22:46,404 The chord progression here is almost an exact quote 512 00:22:46,469 --> 00:22:48,312 from Stravinsky's "Rite of spring." 513 00:22:48,371 --> 00:22:49,748 Yeah, that's just what I was thinking. 514 00:22:49,806 --> 00:22:52,719 Carl Reger you're under arrest for the murder of Natalie Dreisner. 515 00:22:52,775 --> 00:22:54,186 Hands behind your back. 516 00:22:54,243 --> 00:22:56,189 My lawyer'll have your jobs. 517 00:22:56,245 --> 00:22:57,918 Great. Can we have his? 518 00:22:58,214 --> 00:22:59,716 You have the right to remain silent. 519 00:22:59,782 --> 00:23:03,059 Anything you say can be used against you in a court of law. 520 00:23:05,488 --> 00:23:08,868 Mr. Reger has admitted having an affair with the deceased. 521 00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:12,238 Things get exchanged including bodily fluids. 522 00:23:12,462 --> 00:23:16,410 An affair he conveniently omitted when first questioned by the police. 523 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:17,601 They didn't ask me. 524 00:23:17,668 --> 00:23:21,582 He conveniently omitted having sex with a woman other than his wife. 525 00:23:21,939 --> 00:23:24,010 Now, where have we heard that before? 526 00:23:24,074 --> 00:23:26,281 Ms. Dreisner told Reger she was leaving him 527 00:23:26,343 --> 00:23:30,689 on the night of her murder, which adds motive to means and opportunity. 528 00:23:30,914 --> 00:23:33,326 Come on, Carl, this is one big bluff. 529 00:23:38,323 --> 00:23:39,666 That went well. 530 00:23:39,724 --> 00:23:41,431 Brace yourself with William Wright on the bench 531 00:23:41,526 --> 00:23:43,437 it's only gonna get worse. 532 00:23:49,067 --> 00:23:50,239 Judge Wright. 533 00:23:50,301 --> 00:23:51,905 Glad you could work me into your schedule. 534 00:23:51,970 --> 00:23:52,971 Of course. 535 00:23:53,204 --> 00:23:54,581 How are you finding things? 536 00:23:54,973 --> 00:23:58,216 Well, it certainly is different from academics, that's for sure. 537 00:23:58,743 --> 00:24:01,087 Although, you know, it's interesting no matter where you go 538 00:24:01,145 --> 00:24:03,147 you find the same personality types. 539 00:24:03,314 --> 00:24:04,850 You know, there's the class clown 540 00:24:04,916 --> 00:24:06,760 and there's the earnest plodder, 541 00:24:06,819 --> 00:24:09,129 and there's the, uh, brilliant flake. 542 00:24:09,288 --> 00:24:11,097 And the loose cannon. 543 00:24:11,790 --> 00:24:13,667 Did you have anybody in mind? 544 00:24:13,792 --> 00:24:15,203 I guess I just tend to worry about 545 00:24:15,261 --> 00:24:17,605 the danger of doing things for effect. 546 00:24:17,997 --> 00:24:19,305 What kind of things? 547 00:24:19,431 --> 00:24:21,035 Well, obviously if you have a solid case 548 00:24:21,100 --> 00:24:22,408 you want to proceed. 549 00:24:22,768 --> 00:24:26,580 But anytime there's a high profile individual involved, 550 00:24:27,006 --> 00:24:30,647 you have to be on your guard that a prosecutor isn't a little too quick 551 00:24:30,709 --> 00:24:33,690 to seize an opportunity for grand-standing. 552 00:24:34,313 --> 00:24:35,884 Any particular individual? 553 00:24:35,949 --> 00:24:37,895 I think this upcoming Reger case 554 00:24:37,984 --> 00:24:41,090 smacks of Jack McCoy going trophy hunting. 555 00:24:42,622 --> 00:24:44,795 Have you found Jack McCoy guilty of that in the past? 556 00:24:44,858 --> 00:24:48,032 If I had, this wouldn't be the first you'd be hearing about it. 557 00:24:48,428 --> 00:24:50,101 You need to understand 558 00:24:50,163 --> 00:24:52,541 that when it comes to trying someone for murder, 559 00:24:52,599 --> 00:24:54,408 particularly someone like Carl Reger, 560 00:24:54,467 --> 00:24:57,380 who's given so much of himself to this city, 561 00:24:57,737 --> 00:25:00,047 that Jack McCoy doesn't get a free one. 562 00:25:00,573 --> 00:25:04,818 And you need to understand that veiled threats, disguised as friendly advice, 563 00:25:04,879 --> 00:25:07,416 sound an awful lot to me like judicial bias, 564 00:25:07,715 --> 00:25:10,059 especially when delivered ex parte. 565 00:25:10,551 --> 00:25:12,531 I'll have a vodka tonic, please. 566 00:25:16,657 --> 00:25:19,365 Sounds like he was too smart to hand us grounds for removal. 567 00:25:19,493 --> 00:25:21,336 All implication and innuendo. 568 00:25:21,395 --> 00:25:23,136 We file a motion to it, it'll be just have been 569 00:25:23,197 --> 00:25:25,438 casual banter between colleagues. 570 00:25:25,633 --> 00:25:27,408 Get an indictment and go to trial. 571 00:25:27,635 --> 00:25:28,875 If we put on a strong enough case, 572 00:25:28,936 --> 00:25:30,074 no matter how much he wants to, 573 00:25:30,137 --> 00:25:33,278 he won't be able to help Reger. His hands'll be tied. 574 00:25:34,776 --> 00:25:35,948 Thanks. 575 00:25:36,511 --> 00:25:38,013 How'd it go? 576 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:39,150 Nora'll be pleased. 577 00:25:39,214 --> 00:25:42,058 The grand jury returned an indictment in less than 14 minutes. 578 00:25:42,317 --> 00:25:43,455 That augurs well. 579 00:25:43,618 --> 00:25:47,225 Be prepared for them to trot out free concerts in the park, 580 00:25:47,289 --> 00:25:48,563 the Young People's Symphony. 581 00:25:48,623 --> 00:25:52,093 The jury will be looking at a defendant who's lovable as well as distinguished. 582 00:25:52,227 --> 00:25:53,535 Ms. Carmichael? Yeah? 583 00:25:53,595 --> 00:25:55,006 People v. Reger, that yours? 584 00:25:55,063 --> 00:25:56,599 Yes. Thank you. 585 00:25:58,467 --> 00:26:00,709 Gold's moving to suppress the button. 586 00:26:02,638 --> 00:26:05,084 The warrant was for the contents of the home. 587 00:26:05,274 --> 00:26:06,582 Not the garage. 588 00:26:06,709 --> 00:26:09,747 You're splitting hairs here. The garage is part of the home. 589 00:26:09,812 --> 00:26:13,919 It's a detached structure 50 yards from the house on a separate plot. 590 00:26:13,983 --> 00:26:16,896 Even if we quibble about whether a garage is part of a house... 591 00:26:16,953 --> 00:26:18,830 The warrant didn't specify the car, 592 00:26:18,888 --> 00:26:20,196 which is where the button was found. 593 00:26:20,256 --> 00:26:23,032 Your honor... If there'd been exigent circumstances, maybe. 594 00:26:23,559 --> 00:26:24,902 But there was no reason why the officers 595 00:26:24,961 --> 00:26:26,235 couldn't have secured the area 596 00:26:26,295 --> 00:26:28,036 and gotten another warrant for the vehicle. 597 00:26:28,931 --> 00:26:30,172 I'm suppressing the button. 598 00:26:30,234 --> 00:26:32,840 You're excluding key evidence based on a lack of exigency? 599 00:26:32,903 --> 00:26:35,782 I'm excluding based on the law as I understand it. 600 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:40,411 In light of your honor's ruling, defense moves for a dismissal of all the charges. 601 00:26:40,477 --> 00:26:42,320 Don't press your luck, counselor. 602 00:26:42,379 --> 00:26:46,020 The case is tenuous, but there's enough meat on the bone for a jury to gnaw on. 603 00:26:46,150 --> 00:26:49,962 But I'm warning you, Mr. McCoy, you'd better not be wasting this court's time. 604 00:26:52,956 --> 00:26:54,731 He went just far enough. 605 00:26:55,025 --> 00:26:56,971 If he'd dismissed the charges, we could have appealed, 606 00:26:57,027 --> 00:26:59,201 including the suppression of the button. 607 00:26:59,264 --> 00:27:02,575 Instead, he rips the guts out of our case and forces us to go to trial. 608 00:27:02,734 --> 00:27:04,441 And he has just enough case law on his side 609 00:27:04,669 --> 00:27:06,478 to avoid having it look like bias. 610 00:27:06,538 --> 00:27:07,778 (PHONE RINGING) 611 00:27:08,807 --> 00:27:09,842 Yes? 612 00:27:12,911 --> 00:27:14,254 Thank you. 613 00:27:15,613 --> 00:27:18,184 The lab just got the DNA results on the button. 614 00:27:18,316 --> 00:27:20,387 It's a perfect match with Dreisner. 615 00:27:24,022 --> 00:27:27,197 First off, I don't have to justify my decisions to you. 616 00:27:27,660 --> 00:27:29,901 And second, that sound you hear 617 00:27:30,196 --> 00:27:32,870 is the ice cracking underneath your feet. 618 00:27:35,568 --> 00:27:38,811 With all due respect, your honor, you weigh more than I do. 619 00:27:40,272 --> 00:27:44,311 I request that you recuse yourself in the case of People v. Reger. 620 00:27:44,610 --> 00:27:45,748 Request denied. 621 00:27:45,911 --> 00:27:48,050 Then you can explain yourself to the grievance board. 622 00:27:48,113 --> 00:27:50,024 You file a complaint against me, 623 00:27:50,115 --> 00:27:52,959 and your A.D.A.'s will never get to first base inside my courtroom, 624 00:27:53,285 --> 00:27:56,267 based strictly on the merits of their cases. 625 00:27:56,323 --> 00:28:00,169 If you threaten me again, I'll report this conversation and our last conversation 626 00:28:00,227 --> 00:28:02,935 to the presiding judge of the appellate division. 627 00:28:03,396 --> 00:28:07,310 And if you step over the line in court just once, I'll take you down. 628 00:28:07,634 --> 00:28:09,636 And you won't get up again. 629 00:28:17,244 --> 00:28:18,848 Incident report? 630 00:28:21,281 --> 00:28:23,318 Abbie, are you with me here? 631 00:28:23,383 --> 00:28:24,727 What? Yeah. 632 00:28:25,887 --> 00:28:28,800 This is the fourth profile I've seen on Reger this week. 633 00:28:28,890 --> 00:28:30,870 He's completely contaminating the jury pool. 634 00:28:30,925 --> 00:28:33,667 An annoying by-product of the First Amendment. 635 00:28:33,828 --> 00:28:37,640 He has an alibi, Jack. Without that button we're... 636 00:28:37,698 --> 00:28:39,837 We're going forward. We don't have a choice. 637 00:28:42,003 --> 00:28:44,483 If Carl Reger committed this murder, 638 00:28:44,805 --> 00:28:46,307 then Marion Reger is lying. 639 00:28:46,374 --> 00:28:48,877 The police didn't get anywhere with her. 640 00:28:49,176 --> 00:28:51,554 Well, maybe we should talk to her. 641 00:28:52,481 --> 00:28:55,223 I have already been through this with the police. 642 00:28:55,484 --> 00:28:58,226 Mrs. Reger, we know this has been difficult for you, 643 00:28:58,287 --> 00:29:00,358 but the truth is going to come out in court. 644 00:29:00,422 --> 00:29:03,164 If you had anything solid, you would not be here. 645 00:29:03,358 --> 00:29:04,769 JACK: We know you're covering for him. 646 00:29:04,927 --> 00:29:07,567 Over a speeding ticket, that might be understandable. 647 00:29:07,729 --> 00:29:10,300 On the stand in a murder trial, it's called perjury. 648 00:29:10,599 --> 00:29:12,442 Did you drive all the way up here to threaten me? 649 00:29:12,568 --> 00:29:16,311 We drove here to make sure you understood the gravity of the situation. 650 00:29:16,405 --> 00:29:19,818 Oh, I understand full well the gravity of the situation. 651 00:29:19,975 --> 00:29:21,614 JACK: Then you know what we threaten is real. 652 00:29:21,878 --> 00:29:25,087 My husband is a kind, warm, generous man 653 00:29:25,615 --> 00:29:28,255 and over the years we have built a life together. 654 00:29:28,585 --> 00:29:29,757 A good life. 655 00:29:29,819 --> 00:29:31,958 And I'm supposed to stand here and watch you two destroy it. 656 00:29:32,021 --> 00:29:33,762 I don't think so. 657 00:29:34,390 --> 00:29:37,394 We've already had to sell our home in London to pay legal expenses. 658 00:29:37,460 --> 00:29:39,963 Things are gonna get worse before they get better. 659 00:29:42,932 --> 00:29:44,673 Don't you understand? 660 00:29:45,868 --> 00:29:47,404 He's my husband. 661 00:29:50,741 --> 00:29:52,778 I have to get back to practice. 662 00:29:58,482 --> 00:30:00,359 We'd been pursuing her for months. 663 00:30:00,451 --> 00:30:02,761 Going solo was a very difficult decision for her. 664 00:30:02,886 --> 00:30:04,331 JACK: What was standing in her way? 665 00:30:04,388 --> 00:30:05,526 Carl Reger. 666 00:30:05,622 --> 00:30:07,363 Objection. Speculation. 667 00:30:07,424 --> 00:30:08,664 Sustained. 668 00:30:09,126 --> 00:30:13,404 Did you ever speak to Mr. Reger about Natalie's potential as a solo artist? 669 00:30:13,731 --> 00:30:15,574 Yes. And what did he say? 670 00:30:15,966 --> 00:30:18,607 He remarked there are a hundred violinists in New York 671 00:30:18,670 --> 00:30:20,479 with greater technical ability. 672 00:30:20,605 --> 00:30:24,451 He believed her strength lay in her expression and her emotion 673 00:30:24,542 --> 00:30:26,579 which only he could elicit. 674 00:30:26,978 --> 00:30:29,254 He said he'd never let her go. 675 00:30:31,783 --> 00:30:34,320 Describe the nature of the relationship 676 00:30:34,386 --> 00:30:36,662 between Ms. Dreisner and Mr. Reger. 677 00:30:37,188 --> 00:30:39,759 It was common knowledge they were having an affair. 678 00:30:39,924 --> 00:30:41,528 At first Natalie was 679 00:30:42,460 --> 00:30:46,636 flattered by the attention, but then Mr. Reger became obsessed. 680 00:30:46,698 --> 00:30:48,440 Tired to control her every movement. 681 00:30:48,501 --> 00:30:50,538 That's when she decided to make a clean break. 682 00:30:50,603 --> 00:30:54,016 Did she Express concern about Mr. Reger's reaction? 683 00:30:54,273 --> 00:30:57,015 She knew he'd be angry, but in the end, her desire to leave him 684 00:30:57,076 --> 00:30:59,078 was greater than her fear. 685 00:30:59,245 --> 00:31:01,191 JACK: Do you know when it was that she was going to tell him. 686 00:31:02,415 --> 00:31:04,417 The night she was killed. 687 00:31:05,651 --> 00:31:07,722 I have no further questions. 688 00:31:10,022 --> 00:31:14,129 Isn't it true that you were not only wooing Ms. Dreisner professionally, 689 00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:16,398 but romantically as well? 690 00:31:17,264 --> 00:31:20,177 We had a lot in common. We enjoyed each other's company. 691 00:31:21,568 --> 00:31:22,876 Is that ayes? 692 00:31:22,936 --> 00:31:26,816 We talked about the possibility of seeing each other romantically, yes. 693 00:31:27,741 --> 00:31:29,015 She said she needed more time. 694 00:31:29,076 --> 00:31:31,181 She was still getting over Mr. Reger. 695 00:31:31,478 --> 00:31:33,719 So he was standing in your way, too? 696 00:31:35,282 --> 00:31:36,283 That's absurd. 697 00:31:36,383 --> 00:31:37,623 Weren't you so jealous 698 00:31:37,684 --> 00:31:40,426 of Ms. Dreisner's relationship with Mr. Reger 699 00:31:40,654 --> 00:31:42,895 that you would say anything to discredit him? 700 00:31:42,956 --> 00:31:44,300 Objection. 701 00:31:45,026 --> 00:31:46,369 Sustained. 702 00:31:47,261 --> 00:31:48,262 Withdrawn. 703 00:31:53,034 --> 00:31:56,948 The relationship between a conductor and his string section is quite intimate. 704 00:31:57,038 --> 00:32:00,042 In the best cases, there is an implicit trust, 705 00:32:00,108 --> 00:32:03,578 a deep level of communication and a shared passion. 706 00:32:04,345 --> 00:32:06,484 I had all that with Natalie. 707 00:32:07,582 --> 00:32:10,529 Overtime, it led to a sexual relationship. 708 00:32:11,085 --> 00:32:14,624 Was there ever a violent nature to your relationship? 709 00:32:14,757 --> 00:32:15,827 Never. 710 00:32:16,158 --> 00:32:17,899 She was like a delicate flower. 711 00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:19,962 I gave her the freedom to bloom. 712 00:32:20,162 --> 00:32:22,233 I nurtured her. How could I destroy her? 713 00:32:22,297 --> 00:32:24,277 She was part of me. 714 00:32:24,466 --> 00:32:28,573 GOLD: Mr. Reger, will you describe what you did that night after the concert. 715 00:32:28,671 --> 00:32:31,675 I went to my dressing room, showered, changed 716 00:32:31,740 --> 00:32:33,811 and drove home to my wife in Chappaqua. 717 00:32:33,909 --> 00:32:35,684 And what time was that? 718 00:32:35,844 --> 00:32:37,050 About 11:30. 719 00:32:38,013 --> 00:32:39,959 No further questions. 720 00:32:41,016 --> 00:32:44,863 What was your reaction when Ms. Dreisner told you she was leaving you? 721 00:32:45,121 --> 00:32:46,532 She never told me any such thing. 722 00:32:46,589 --> 00:32:49,069 Mr. Stern misunderstood 723 00:32:49,392 --> 00:32:52,032 what she told him she was meeting you to do? 724 00:32:52,128 --> 00:32:54,199 Either misunderstood or misrepresented. 725 00:32:54,464 --> 00:32:56,740 Was it misunderstanding or misrepresentation 726 00:32:56,800 --> 00:32:58,245 when you failed to tell the police 727 00:32:58,334 --> 00:33:01,144 about the affair between yourself and Ms. Dreisner? 728 00:33:01,337 --> 00:33:02,611 Neither. 729 00:33:03,072 --> 00:33:05,177 It is that I didn't want to hurt my wife. 730 00:33:08,545 --> 00:33:13,154 Wasn't the entire orchestra aware of this liaison? 731 00:33:14,018 --> 00:33:17,295 Isn't your wife a member of the orchestra? 732 00:33:17,655 --> 00:33:21,159 Private knowledge is one thing, public humiliation another. 733 00:33:21,592 --> 00:33:24,266 I didn't want to subject Marion to any more pain. 734 00:33:24,395 --> 00:33:27,274 You bought your wife a gun, a SIG-Sauer? 735 00:33:27,765 --> 00:33:29,438 Yes, but she got rid of it. 736 00:33:29,533 --> 00:33:31,809 So the woman you were having an affair with, 737 00:33:31,869 --> 00:33:34,315 the woman who was leaving you, was shot dead 738 00:33:34,538 --> 00:33:38,179 with the make of gun registered to your wife on the very night 739 00:33:38,242 --> 00:33:40,587 she told you she was leaving. 740 00:33:41,012 --> 00:33:43,652 Is that just a coincidence, Maestro? 741 00:33:43,748 --> 00:33:44,852 Objection. 742 00:33:44,916 --> 00:33:47,021 Overruled. The witness can answer. 743 00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:51,400 Yes, it is. It's pure coincidence. 744 00:34:00,832 --> 00:34:02,334 It all comes down to his alibi. 745 00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:05,006 If the jury believes it, we don't have a prayer. 746 00:34:05,370 --> 00:34:08,978 He says he left that night after the performance at 10:45. 747 00:34:09,242 --> 00:34:12,485 Got home by 11:30. Mrs. Reger confirms it. 748 00:34:13,012 --> 00:34:15,322 Yeah. He lies and she swears to it. 749 00:34:15,715 --> 00:34:18,321 The only anomaly with his routine that night 750 00:34:18,484 --> 00:34:20,361 was that he didn't use the E-Z Pass lane. 751 00:34:20,486 --> 00:34:24,127 Presumably not because his E-Z Pass account was out of money. 752 00:34:24,257 --> 00:34:25,736 Well, his bank account was. 753 00:34:25,791 --> 00:34:28,067 Mrs. Reger told us they were hurting financially. 754 00:34:28,127 --> 00:34:29,765 Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. 755 00:34:29,829 --> 00:34:32,366 The man makes $2 million a year 756 00:34:32,498 --> 00:34:34,478 and they're hurting financially? 757 00:34:34,634 --> 00:34:38,048 She said they had to sell their house in London to pay for legal expenses. 758 00:34:38,105 --> 00:34:39,846 Why would she lie about that? 759 00:34:40,507 --> 00:34:43,545 We should take another look at their financials. 760 00:34:47,414 --> 00:34:50,258 This doesn't imply that I've engaged in anything improper. 761 00:34:50,651 --> 00:34:51,686 Absolutely not. 762 00:34:51,752 --> 00:34:54,232 It simply entitles us to take a look at the books. 763 00:34:54,521 --> 00:34:57,730 It might be easier if I took you through them. 764 00:34:58,492 --> 00:34:59,664 That's not necessary. 765 00:34:59,726 --> 00:35:02,605 Well, I say that, not because I'm looking to conceal anything, 766 00:35:02,663 --> 00:35:06,009 but just because it might make it easier for you to follow. 767 00:35:06,901 --> 00:35:09,438 I'm pretty good deciphering financial records. 768 00:35:09,704 --> 00:35:11,274 You understand that an accountant has 769 00:35:11,339 --> 00:35:14,411 a particularly intimate relationship with a client. 770 00:35:14,676 --> 00:35:16,121 Intimate but not privileged. 771 00:35:16,177 --> 00:35:19,488 The people who come to me expect a high level of confidentiality. 772 00:35:19,714 --> 00:35:21,716 JACK: You've spoken to Mr. Reger's attorney? 773 00:35:21,783 --> 00:35:22,853 Yes. 774 00:35:22,917 --> 00:35:25,420 He's informed you that a subpoena compels you 775 00:35:25,487 --> 00:35:27,831 to turn over Mr. Reger's financial records? 776 00:35:27,922 --> 00:35:29,333 Yes, he has. 777 00:35:29,991 --> 00:35:33,735 Will you at least let Mr. Reger know that I was forced to do this? 778 00:35:34,063 --> 00:35:35,804 We absolutely will. 779 00:35:38,233 --> 00:35:39,803 There must be some mistake. 780 00:35:39,902 --> 00:35:44,248 There's no mistake. We contacted Alan Bostwick, your husband's CPA. 781 00:35:45,374 --> 00:35:49,880 For the past three years, Carl's been actively selling off stocks and mutual funds. 782 00:35:50,312 --> 00:35:53,088 He places the proceeds into a money market account 783 00:35:53,149 --> 00:35:56,494 then withdraws the cash and then wires the transfers 784 00:35:56,552 --> 00:35:58,862 to an offshore account in Switzerland. 785 00:35:59,088 --> 00:36:00,123 No. 786 00:36:00,256 --> 00:36:03,704 Here are the wire receipts and your husband's passport. 787 00:36:06,162 --> 00:36:08,540 There are also numerous trips to Switzerland 788 00:36:08,999 --> 00:36:11,605 none of which correspond to tour dates. 789 00:36:13,036 --> 00:36:14,515 And you thought you were broke. 790 00:36:14,571 --> 00:36:15,572 (SCOFFS) 791 00:36:15,805 --> 00:36:17,944 Carl said we lost money in the market. 792 00:36:18,008 --> 00:36:19,612 That's why he hired Alan. 793 00:36:19,776 --> 00:36:21,255 Said he was a financial genius. 794 00:36:21,311 --> 00:36:23,917 That he could make up the money that we lost. 795 00:36:24,848 --> 00:36:28,955 Mrs. Reger, Alan Bostwick's specialty 796 00:36:29,653 --> 00:36:32,260 is helping rich guys hide assets from women 797 00:36:32,323 --> 00:36:34,098 they're planning on divorcing. 798 00:36:34,825 --> 00:36:35,929 (SCOFFS) 799 00:36:36,027 --> 00:36:38,906 Carl is not planning to divorce me. 800 00:36:39,030 --> 00:36:40,703 Do the math, Mrs. Reger. 801 00:36:40,931 --> 00:36:44,504 $2 million socked away for three years, 802 00:36:44,568 --> 00:36:46,138 and you haven't seen a penny. 803 00:36:50,474 --> 00:36:54,217 A year ago your husband transferred the deed on your house in London. 804 00:36:54,278 --> 00:36:55,279 No. 805 00:36:55,413 --> 00:36:58,792 We sold that house less than three months ago to pay for legal expenses. 806 00:36:58,916 --> 00:37:00,726 Look at the deed of transfer. 807 00:37:00,786 --> 00:37:02,424 He still owns the house. 808 00:37:04,222 --> 00:37:06,964 It's just registered to his corporation. 809 00:37:09,061 --> 00:37:11,200 I know how hard this must be for you. 810 00:37:21,807 --> 00:37:22,877 No. 811 00:37:24,609 --> 00:37:25,952 You don't. 812 00:37:30,583 --> 00:37:32,688 He did all of this for her. 813 00:37:35,521 --> 00:37:37,501 A girl died, Mrs. Reger. 814 00:37:38,024 --> 00:37:41,403 He's now involved you, not only in his infidelities, 815 00:37:41,461 --> 00:37:42,701 but in a murder. 816 00:37:45,898 --> 00:37:47,502 How long are you gonna protect him? 817 00:37:52,939 --> 00:37:55,886 GOLD: This is a prosecutorial mugging, your honor. 818 00:37:56,042 --> 00:37:59,889 Nowhere did I see Marion Reger's name on McCoy's witness list. 819 00:37:59,947 --> 00:38:02,518 Until last night, she had no intention of being a witness. 820 00:38:02,583 --> 00:38:05,189 Please, she just decided out of the blue 821 00:38:05,252 --> 00:38:07,254 to violate spousal privilege? 822 00:38:07,321 --> 00:38:09,426 What's she testifying to, Mr. McCoy? 823 00:38:09,523 --> 00:38:12,163 What she saw, what she knows from her own observation. 824 00:38:12,226 --> 00:38:14,672 Nothing that was communicated to her by her husband. 825 00:38:14,728 --> 00:38:16,730 Pure hair-splitting, your honor. 826 00:38:16,964 --> 00:38:19,001 It is a well-settled question 827 00:38:19,199 --> 00:38:23,147 that the sanctity of marital bond is held inviolate by the law. 828 00:38:23,237 --> 00:38:25,514 Mrs. Reger wants to testify on her own volition. 829 00:38:25,573 --> 00:38:26,677 Nobody's forcing her. 830 00:38:26,741 --> 00:38:28,550 Your honor, with all due respect, 831 00:38:28,610 --> 00:38:30,954 Mrs. Reger wouldn't be asking to testify 832 00:38:31,012 --> 00:38:34,721 were it not for ex parte communications from the district attorney's office. 833 00:38:34,783 --> 00:38:37,696 Mrs. Reger is not the defendant in this case. 834 00:38:38,219 --> 00:38:41,200 There's no rule against our communicating with her, ex parte or otherwise. 835 00:38:41,256 --> 00:38:42,633 I should also say 836 00:38:42,691 --> 00:38:44,637 if she's prevented from taking the stand 837 00:38:44,692 --> 00:38:46,797 we'll seek leave to take immediate appeal. 838 00:38:46,928 --> 00:38:48,839 GOLD: Pressure was brought to bear, your honor. 839 00:38:48,897 --> 00:38:51,935 Pressure on a wife to take sides against her husband 840 00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:56,108 and I must register my objection to that sort of tactic being rewarded. 841 00:38:56,939 --> 00:38:58,885 Register it you have, Mr. Gold. 842 00:39:00,009 --> 00:39:02,751 Mrs. Reger can testify as to what she observed. 843 00:39:02,812 --> 00:39:06,658 Privileged communication with her husband is deemed inadmissible, 844 00:39:07,082 --> 00:39:10,222 counsel is warned against referring to it in any way. 845 00:39:11,687 --> 00:39:13,826 Bring in your witness, Mr. McCoy. 846 00:39:16,559 --> 00:39:18,061 She can testify. 847 00:39:18,127 --> 00:39:19,401 He didn't take it under advisement? 848 00:39:19,461 --> 00:39:22,204 He heard me say "immediate appeal" and he got nervous. 849 00:39:22,265 --> 00:39:23,744 Nora called it. 850 00:39:23,934 --> 00:39:25,311 Marion Reger here? 851 00:39:25,368 --> 00:39:27,780 She's in our office. She didn't want to run into her husband. 852 00:39:27,838 --> 00:39:29,818 Judge says he wants to convene in half an hour. 853 00:39:29,873 --> 00:39:31,580 Okay, I'll get her. 854 00:39:33,677 --> 00:39:37,682 JACK: The orchestra gave a performance on the night of Ms. Dreisner's death, 855 00:39:37,814 --> 00:39:39,054 is that right? 856 00:39:39,583 --> 00:39:40,755 Yes. 857 00:39:40,884 --> 00:39:42,022 Rachmaninoff. 858 00:39:42,819 --> 00:39:45,197 What happened after the performance? 859 00:39:45,389 --> 00:39:48,768 I went to Carl's dressing room to see if he was ready to leave. 860 00:39:49,292 --> 00:39:50,966 He said Natalie needed to see him. 861 00:39:51,028 --> 00:39:52,200 I told him I would wait. 862 00:39:52,263 --> 00:39:54,265 JACK: Was it your habit to wait for your husband 863 00:39:54,332 --> 00:39:55,868 while he was seeing Ms. Dreisner? 864 00:39:57,635 --> 00:39:59,171 I knew that Natalie wanted to talk to him 865 00:39:59,237 --> 00:40:01,308 about her leaving the orchestra. 866 00:40:01,506 --> 00:40:03,508 I knew that Carl would be upset. 867 00:40:03,774 --> 00:40:05,117 I waited to see what would happen. 868 00:40:05,176 --> 00:40:06,484 Marion, please. 869 00:40:06,577 --> 00:40:09,786 Be quiet, Mr. Reger. You're not conducting here. 870 00:40:11,949 --> 00:40:14,759 Without revealing anything your husband may have said to you, 871 00:40:14,986 --> 00:40:18,627 was there anything unusual about his appearance as he came out? 872 00:40:18,856 --> 00:40:20,393 He was nervous. 873 00:40:20,759 --> 00:40:22,363 Sheepish. Objection. 874 00:40:22,528 --> 00:40:25,907 After 19 years of marriage presumably she can answer the question. 875 00:40:25,964 --> 00:40:27,307 Overruled. 876 00:40:29,401 --> 00:40:31,711 He told me that Natalie wasn't leaving. 877 00:40:33,672 --> 00:40:35,583 I told him to go home. 878 00:40:36,708 --> 00:40:38,688 I told him that I would meet him there later. 879 00:40:38,844 --> 00:40:39,879 For god's sake, Marion! 880 00:40:39,945 --> 00:40:41,822 Objection, spousal privilege. 881 00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:42,984 MR. REGER: Can we get a recess? 882 00:40:43,048 --> 00:40:45,824 Mr. Reger, you will refrain from speaking out of turn. 883 00:40:45,884 --> 00:40:47,261 I need to talk to my wife. 884 00:40:47,452 --> 00:40:49,262 Think, Marion, think about what you're doing. 885 00:40:49,322 --> 00:40:53,236 Mr. Reger, for the last time you are not permitted to address the witness! 886 00:40:53,293 --> 00:40:55,569 I'd like a moment to confer with the witness, your honor. 887 00:40:55,628 --> 00:40:56,834 Denied. 888 00:40:56,896 --> 00:40:58,898 The witness may continue. 889 00:41:01,901 --> 00:41:04,643 After he told me that she wasn't leaving, 890 00:41:05,338 --> 00:41:06,817 I knew what I had to do. 891 00:41:06,940 --> 00:41:08,078 You can't do this. 892 00:41:08,141 --> 00:41:09,279 I won't let you do this! 893 00:41:09,342 --> 00:41:11,481 That's it! Remove this man from the courtroom. 894 00:41:11,577 --> 00:41:13,682 My husband did not kill Natalie. 895 00:41:15,315 --> 00:41:16,316 I did. 896 00:41:16,382 --> 00:41:18,294 MR. REGER: She's lying! She's trying to protect me! 897 00:41:18,352 --> 00:41:19,956 I must be allowed to speak with her. 898 00:41:20,020 --> 00:41:21,021 (GAVEL HAMMERING) 899 00:41:21,088 --> 00:41:23,364 I'll see everybody in chambers. Now! 900 00:41:28,195 --> 00:41:29,902 The E-Z Pass records show that your car 901 00:41:29,964 --> 00:41:31,910 left the city before Ms. Dreisner was killed. 902 00:41:33,267 --> 00:41:35,474 My husband was driving my car. 903 00:41:35,669 --> 00:41:37,478 I was having trouble with the brakes. 904 00:41:38,205 --> 00:41:40,082 Carl took my car I took his. 905 00:41:40,174 --> 00:41:41,517 You can check with our mechanic. 906 00:41:41,642 --> 00:41:44,145 She's lying. She's doing all this to protect me. 907 00:41:45,747 --> 00:41:47,226 What about the button? 908 00:41:47,315 --> 00:41:48,623 It was my button. 909 00:41:49,684 --> 00:41:51,960 I also wear a white dress shirt to perform. 910 00:41:52,921 --> 00:41:56,767 Clearly we'll want a formal dismissal of all charges against my client. 911 00:41:57,959 --> 00:42:01,270 Did you plan to kill this girl, Mrs. Reger? 912 00:42:03,531 --> 00:42:05,533 Once the affair took on a life of its own, 913 00:42:06,668 --> 00:42:10,115 once Carl proved to me that he was unable to relegate it 914 00:42:10,171 --> 00:42:13,311 to the insignificant diversions the others had been. 915 00:42:14,910 --> 00:42:19,154 Once Natalie indicated that she had no intention of abiding the ground rules 916 00:42:19,215 --> 00:42:20,785 that I had laid down, 917 00:42:21,651 --> 00:42:23,460 I felt I had no choice. 918 00:42:24,020 --> 00:42:26,466 Marion, Please! 919 00:42:30,693 --> 00:42:32,798 That you are weak 920 00:42:33,162 --> 00:42:36,371 comes as no particular surprise to me, my darling. 921 00:42:40,269 --> 00:42:42,510 (EXHALES) How can you leave me? 922 00:42:45,943 --> 00:42:49,618 I would like for you to arrange to have someone stay with Carl 923 00:42:50,013 --> 00:42:51,959 so that he doesn't hurt himself. 924 00:42:53,583 --> 00:42:58,828 After that, I would like you to make whatever arrangements are necessary 925 00:42:58,889 --> 00:43:01,631 for me to begin serving my sentence. 926 00:43:09,700 --> 00:43:11,271 We were conned. 927 00:43:11,436 --> 00:43:14,144 Does it occur to anyone she might be conning us now? 928 00:43:14,439 --> 00:43:16,680 JACK: Carl Reger committed murder and this was all 929 00:43:16,741 --> 00:43:19,017 an elaborate charade to get him off the hook. 930 00:43:19,177 --> 00:43:20,178 Can we prove that? 931 00:43:20,912 --> 00:43:23,085 No. Not with what we've got. 932 00:43:23,514 --> 00:43:25,391 Right. We're sure one of them killed her, 933 00:43:25,450 --> 00:43:27,452 we're just not sure which one. 934 00:43:28,419 --> 00:43:30,057 We're sure enough. 935 00:43:30,755 --> 00:43:32,996 Let's close this case. Move on.