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NARRATOR:
In the criminal justice system
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the people are represented by two
separate yet equally important groups,
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the police
who investigate crime,
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and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.
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These are their stories.
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I'm telling you,
it was fantastic.
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Skiing in Japan,
who knew?
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I just got tired of the
Pyrenees, year in, year out.
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So rude.
I hate when people do this.
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Guess who?
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Those have been
in there for days.
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What are you gonna do?
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Teach our friend
in 1G some manners.
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Walderman! You left your
laundry in the dryer. Again.
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Walderman!
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Walderman?
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Walderman!
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My God.
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Neighbor down the hall found him.
Said the door was unlocked.
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Oh, it's cold in here.
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Windows are open, heat's off.
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Looks like he went a couple
rounds with somebody.
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ED: Hey.
Hey.
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I don't see any blood
on that knife.
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Looks like he got strangled. Got raccoon
eyes, bruising around the ears.
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God, it must be
40 degrees in here.
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Is that gonna mess
with your time of death?
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Yeah. Two days,
a week, maybe.
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Hopefully you can
narrow that down.
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(LAUGHS)
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Well, it seems he tried
to defend himself.
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Or he started something
he couldn't finish.
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Either way,
he's finished now.
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Did anybody else have
access to his apartment?
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Even the super
didn't have keys.
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Ira kept changing the locks
so we couldn't get in.
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Why is that?
He was paranoid.
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Thought we were trying to take
his apartment away from him.
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Were you?
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Please.
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Two bedrooms, two baths. That's
pretty big for one dude.
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Rent-controlled, at that.
Seven hundred a month.
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Well, you can get
10 times that much now.
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You'd think. Although
crime scene and homicide
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aren't exactly the kind of
extras that attract buyers.
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Buyers?
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Oh, most of
the rest of the building
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went co-op ages ago.
Ira was the last holdout.
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And how much can
you get for that now?
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(SCOFFS)
A million, a million five.
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Uh, you said he was the last renter.
How long was he there?
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Ira grew up in that apartment.
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His parents lived there, too, until they
passed away four or five years ago.
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ED: Any other family?
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In fact, when we transferred the lease
into lra's name after his parents passed,
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he listed his boss
as an emergency contact.
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Sad, really.
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FONTANA:
Did he work here a long time?
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Twenty years.
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You two
were friends?
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I was the man's boss.
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Did you ever meet any
of his family or friends?
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I'm sorry. He didn't have any
particular friends in this office.
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How about
a girlfriend?
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Girlfriend? Ira?
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Was he gay?
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(LAUGHS)
Uh, just hopeless.
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You know that show Queer
Eye For A Straight Guy?
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Even they couldn't do
anything for Ira.
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Well, how about enemies, people
he didn't get along with?
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Well, that was
everybody, in a way.
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Ira had a mild disdain
for other human beings.
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Nothing worth getting
killed for.
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There's gotta be something you
can tell us about this dude.
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Had black coffee with two sugars and a
hot pastrami sandwich on rye for lunch.
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Every day?
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I'm trying to tell you this guy
was not exactly Mr. Excitement.
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That's the picture
we're getting, too.
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Did he have any
interests or hobbies?
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Basketball. Pro and College.
Knew all the stats.
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Bore you to death. That's the
only thing he ever talked about.
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You mind if we look
around a little longer?
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If it helps.
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Thank you.
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Nothing here but a bunch
of take-out menus.
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ED: Datebook. Doesn't have
one appointment in it.
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Radio.
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Last week's paper.
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Sports page. He's got New York,
Washington and Indiana circled.
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Well, he knew how to pick 'em.
All those teams won.
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(CELL PHONE RINGING)
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Hello?
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If I had to take a guess, I'd
say our friend is a gambler.
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All right.
We'll be right there.
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M.E.'s ready for us.
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The M.E. on the scene said that
he was probably strangled.
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Well, from the bruising, it looks like
somebody put him in a choke hold,
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but that's not what
actually killed him.
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Second and third vertebra were fractured.
Somebody snapped his neck.
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How hard is that?
It's not easy.
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Takes a lot of leverage.
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Like a hanging.
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Yeah, exactly
like a hanging.
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He was lifted off
his feet by his neck.
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The drag from his body weight
helped to break the vertebrae.
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And Walderman was what, 5'9?
Roughly.
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So we're looking for
somebody who was what?
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Well over six feet.
And muscular.
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Whoever did this
was a big, strong guy.
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Latent lifted a good thumbprint
off his watch, but no hits.
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If it is our killer's, he's
not in any of the databases.
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And no other usable prints
in the apartment?
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Just Walderman's, and his
are on the knife, too.
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Well, what do we know
about Mr. Walderman?
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We think he was a gambler betting
on professional basketball teams.
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We pulled his bank records. He made
an $80,000 deposit last month.
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Cashier's check.
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That's a pretty
nice score.
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Well, if he deposited his winnings
in cash, he's not betting online.
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Well, some of us do prefer to squander
our cash in the old-fashioned way.
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Well, see if you can find out who
was taking Mr. Walderman's action.
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If he was betting enough to get himself
killed, he memorized his bookie's number.
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Where was he calling him from, though?
Pay phone? He didn't have a cell phone.
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Well, check his office LUDs.
Maybe he was betting from work.
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Oh, well, here's a number
he called one, two,
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five times in two days
last month.
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Who?
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Oh, I'm sorry.
I got the wrong number.
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Sorry, bye-
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The Lexington Grand.
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That's a nice hotel.
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Maybe he had a friend
in for a visit.
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Cross-check
the hotel's records,
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see if anybody
called him back.
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You get the room number.
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Okay.
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A bunch of junk mail.
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Hey. Rosalie Horton,
apartment 4A.
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What would he be doing
with his neighbor's mail?
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Which one of you
is my driver?
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(CHUCKLES)
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Neither, actually. Uh...
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I'm Detective Fontana. This is
Detective Green, New York City Police.
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Are you Mrs. Horton?
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Taka Furukawa.
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Mrs. Horton moved out
nearly a year ago.
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This about
the dead guy in 1G?
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Yeah, Ira Walderman.
Did you know him?
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Not really. He said if I held onto Mrs.
Horton's mail he'd make sure she got it.
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You mind if I keep packing?
I've got a plane to catch.
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Sure. Where you off to?
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London. I'm a Nylon.
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A what?
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Nylon. New York Londoner.
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That's a hell of a commute.
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Tell me about it.
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Man, it's hard to believe that
this is the same building.
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I was about to say, Mr. Walderman's
apartment don't look like this.
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He was rent-controlled.
So was Mrs. Horton.
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I'm co-op.
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Do you know where
Mrs. Horton moved to?
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Sorry. Are you going
to see her?
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We hope so.
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When you do,
can you give her these?
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I was afraid of something like this.
lwarned him.
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Warned him about what?
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Mr. Levin. The owner.
He wanted all of us out.
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ED: The rent-controlled
tenants.
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Ira was the only one
who stayed.
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Did Mr. Levin
threaten you?
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Well, not exactly.
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He just made it
impossible to stay.
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Then he offered me money.
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How much?
$20,000.
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I told Mr. Levin thanks,
but no thanks.
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I've been here 30 years.
I'm too old to move.
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Then hejust let the place go to hell.
First my electricity went out.
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He said it was the wiring.
I asked him to fix it he said,
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"Maybe you should move to a place
that has direct sunlight."
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So you moved.
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We all did.
But I took the money first.
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Last time I saw Ira,
he told me that
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Mr. Levin had just
cut off his heat, too.
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Have a seat,
Mr. Levin.
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I have a meeting
in an hour.
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I could reschedule if you think
this is going to take a long time.
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How does 20-to-life
sound to you?
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Detectives, I had nothing whatsoever
to do with Mr. Walderman's death.
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Oh, no? He was sitting on a gold mine.
One that belonged to you.
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Yeah, what's that apartment going
to be worth after it goes co-op?
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Amillion?
A million five?
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I'm a businessman. I solve
problems with money, not murder.
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Is that why you gave
Walderman 80 grand to move?
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Nothing wrong with a little financial
incentive. Perfectly legal.
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But he didn't move.
He double-crossed you, right?
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Now, that had
to piss you off.
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Now, we know you didn't
strangle him because
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you're not big enough
or strong enough.
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But he is wealthy enough. He could
pay somebody to do it for him.
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We had an agreement. A contract. He
reneged. That's what lawyers are for.
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Lawyers?
You sued him?
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Hey. He sued me first.
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Which Ira Walderman
lawsuit did you want?
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ED: There's more than one?
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He's the plaintiff
in several.
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Okay, so what's he got
versus Jonathan Levin?
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Restraining order
against Mr. Levin.
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We'll take a copy of that.
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Hey, what are
the other lawsuits?
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He's suing the Basketball
League of America,
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the Philadelphia Cannons,
the New York Empires...
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ED: Wait.
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He was one of the fans who got
beat up in that big brawl?
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You saw the footage?
It's incredible footage.
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I think the whole bunch
should've been tossed for life.
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Mr. Walderman claims he was
seriously injured. His back.
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He's also suing one of the players.
Silas lnwood.
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Oh, lnwood. Commissioner suspended
him for the rest of the season.
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But he's still playing while the Players'
Association takes the League to court.
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The sports page nowadays,
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you read it, it's like
reading the crime blotter.
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You can't tell the felons
without a scorecard.
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Hey, what was he asking
for in that suit?
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$20 million.
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Oh, baby.
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ED: You must be dealing with a whole
lot of lawsuits because of this brawl.
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We've already settled
most of them.
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You didn't have much
of a choice, did you?
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Oh, no admission
of wrongdoing.
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The League felt it was
the right thing to do.
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No admission
of wrongdoing?
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They went into the stands,
for crying out loud.
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The League knows a few players need to
learn how to conduct themselves better.
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That's why we suspended every
player who left the bench
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to throw a punch
during the brawl.
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A mere slap
on the wrist.
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Silas lnwood was suspended for
the remainder of the season.
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That's not a slap on the wrist.
It's serious money.
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That is if the suspension is upheld.
But right now he's playing, isn't he?
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A fan, Ira Walderman,
he claims that
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Silas lnwood threw him down,
injured his back.
242
00:11:32,125 --> 00:11:35,095
I'm not at liberty to discuss
Mr. Walderman's claims.
243
00:11:35,161 --> 00:11:38,290
His lawsuit is still
pending. League policy.
244
00:11:40,099 --> 00:11:43,194
Well, I can't tell you if Mr.
Walderman was at that particular game
245
00:11:43,269 --> 00:11:46,261
but he is a season ticket holder.
Has been for the last 15 years.
246
00:11:46,339 --> 00:11:47,397
ED: Where did he sit?
247
00:11:47,473 --> 00:11:49,202
One level up
from courtside.
248
00:11:49,275 --> 00:11:50,709
Wow, that's gotta cost.
249
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$1,900 a seat,
250
00:11:52,111 --> 00:11:53,909
41 home games a year.
You do the math.
251
00:11:53,980 --> 00:11:55,448
Eighty grand.
252
00:11:55,682 --> 00:11:58,174
That's what Mr. Levin gave him
when he wanted him to move.
253
00:11:58,251 --> 00:11:59,946
Yeah. Now we know what
he was doing with his money.
254
00:12:00,019 --> 00:12:02,750
He wasn't betting on the
games, he was coming to them.
255
00:12:02,822 --> 00:12:04,813
Our season ticket holders
are pretty dedicated.
256
00:12:04,891 --> 00:12:07,519
Each section is like a little neighborhood.
Everyone knows everybody.
257
00:12:07,594 --> 00:12:09,323
You make friends.
Or enemies.
258
00:12:10,129 --> 00:12:11,494
So who were
lra's neighbors?
259
00:12:11,798 --> 00:12:13,732
I'm sorry, I can't give
that information out.
260
00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:14,790
I'll tell you what.
261
00:12:14,867 --> 00:12:18,462
Why don't you have the people that
sit around Ira give us a call.
262
00:12:19,005 --> 00:12:20,530
You can do that.
263
00:12:23,710 --> 00:12:26,202
We talked to the M.E. about
Walderman's back injuries
264
00:12:26,279 --> 00:12:28,475
and it turns out he does
have a herniated disc.
265
00:12:28,548 --> 00:12:32,746
The only problem is you can't tell if
he got it 20 years ago or at the game.
266
00:12:34,220 --> 00:12:36,416
Keep your eyes on number 17.
That's Silas lnwood.
267
00:12:36,489 --> 00:12:37,957
(ALL YELLING)
268
00:12:44,297 --> 00:12:45,924
VAN BUREN: There.
269
00:12:45,999 --> 00:12:48,093
That white guy
running for the exit?
270
00:12:48,167 --> 00:12:50,397
That looks like
it might be Walderman.
271
00:12:50,470 --> 00:12:52,871
You can't tell if anybody
hit him or not.
272
00:12:53,106 --> 00:12:54,631
VAN BUREN: Keep going.
273
00:12:54,707 --> 00:12:56,436
(YELLING CONTINUES)
274
00:12:57,577 --> 00:12:59,978
He leads the League in technicals.
He gets tossed at every game
275
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and he's involved in the biggest
brawl in sports history.
276
00:13:03,049 --> 00:13:04,983
And they're trying to kick him
out for the rest of the season.
277
00:13:05,051 --> 00:13:07,019
That means he's gonna lose
about three million bucks.
278
00:13:07,086 --> 00:13:09,384
Hey Ed,
a Troy Johnston called.
279
00:13:09,455 --> 00:13:11,389
Something about
season tickets.
280
00:13:11,457 --> 00:13:14,722
If you need a date for an
Empires game, let me know.
281
00:13:18,665 --> 00:13:21,635
Ira could be pretty rough. He
was always on lnwood's case.
282
00:13:21,701 --> 00:13:25,194
Just rode him unmercifully every
time the Cannons came to town.
283
00:13:25,271 --> 00:13:26,432
It was embarrassing, really.
284
00:13:26,506 --> 00:13:28,474
Could lnwood even hear him
from down on the court?
285
00:13:28,541 --> 00:13:30,475
Oh, yeah.
Ira had lungs of steel.
286
00:13:30,743 --> 00:13:33,337
One time Ira had him so riled
up, he gave Ira the finger
287
00:13:33,413 --> 00:13:35,108
and then missed two
critical free throws.
288
00:13:35,181 --> 00:13:38,549
And then the League fined him 10
grand for unprofessional behavior.
289
00:13:38,618 --> 00:13:42,418
After that, there was no stopping him.
Ira was all over him like a cheap suit.
290
00:13:42,488 --> 00:13:43,478
So what happened
that night?
291
00:13:43,556 --> 00:13:44,717
Ira was on a roll.
292
00:13:44,791 --> 00:13:47,192
And then the fight broke out.
What a disgrace.
293
00:13:47,260 --> 00:13:50,992
Game used to be played by gentlemen,
you know, Bird, Magic, Michael Jordan?
294
00:13:51,064 --> 00:13:52,793
Did you see how
the fight started?
295
00:13:52,865 --> 00:13:55,266
I don't know who threw the first beer.
But somebody did
296
00:13:55,335 --> 00:13:56,530
and then all hell
broke loose.
297
00:13:56,602 --> 00:13:58,570
Did you see
Walderman get hit?
298
00:13:58,638 --> 00:14:00,072
I wouldn't be surprised,
you know.
299
00:14:00,139 --> 00:14:01,629
He was one of the guys
throwing beers.
300
00:14:01,708 --> 00:14:04,302
So you don't know if he was
injured in that fight or not?
301
00:14:04,377 --> 00:14:07,938
I don't. But he looked just fine when
I ran into him last Friday night.
302
00:14:08,014 --> 00:14:09,072
ED: Where was that?
303
00:14:09,148 --> 00:14:12,243
They had a promotion for a new video
game at that sports bar in midtown.
304
00:14:12,318 --> 00:14:14,309
Uh, Time Out.
On 48th Street.
305
00:14:14,754 --> 00:14:15,880
Was Silas there, too?
306
00:14:15,955 --> 00:14:17,946
Yeah, yeah, as a matter
of fact, Silas was there.
307
00:14:18,024 --> 00:14:19,992
Did Walderman go after him
at the bar, too?
308
00:14:20,059 --> 00:14:22,494
He wouldn't. Guys like
Ira, they only yell
309
00:14:22,562 --> 00:14:25,190
that really ugly stuff when they're
safe, you know, in a crowd.
310
00:14:25,498 --> 00:14:27,592
Thanks a lot.
We'll be in touch.
311
00:14:27,900 --> 00:14:31,131
Walderman picks a fight
with this dude,
312
00:14:31,204 --> 00:14:32,467
sues him for
20 million dollars,
313
00:14:32,538 --> 00:14:33,903
then he shows up
at a sports bar
314
00:14:33,973 --> 00:14:35,566
to watch him promote
his new video game?
315
00:14:35,641 --> 00:14:38,133
And three days later
he turns up dead.
316
00:14:38,211 --> 00:14:41,670
Yeah, I worked the night of the video
game promotion. The tips sucked.
317
00:14:41,748 --> 00:14:43,739
You know, the richer the
customer, the tighter they are.
318
00:14:43,816 --> 00:14:45,477
They're so used to getting
everything for free.
319
00:14:45,551 --> 00:14:46,814
Do you remember seeing
this dude here?
320
00:14:46,886 --> 00:14:49,878
Look, all I see are foreheads
and receding hairlines.
321
00:14:49,956 --> 00:14:51,651
You know what I mean. They
don't usually look at my face.
322
00:14:51,724 --> 00:14:54,216
Why don't you give
it a shot anyway?
323
00:14:56,295 --> 00:14:58,093
Actually, yeah,
I do remember him.
324
00:14:58,164 --> 00:15:00,792
He got into it with one
of the basketball guys.
325
00:15:01,100 --> 00:15:02,090
Another player?
326
00:15:02,168 --> 00:15:05,695
This other guy my boss said
was Silas lnwood's agent.
327
00:15:06,239 --> 00:15:08,298
What do you mean, they got into it?
They have a fight?
328
00:15:08,374 --> 00:15:11,309
No, just loud. But the agent
was all up in the guy's face,
329
00:15:11,377 --> 00:15:12,708
ripping him a new one.
330
00:15:12,779 --> 00:15:13,940
Guy looked a little shook.
331
00:15:14,013 --> 00:15:15,003
What did
the agent look like?
332
00:15:15,081 --> 00:15:17,049
Uh, tall, black, built.
333
00:15:17,417 --> 00:15:20,079
I actually thought he was
a basketball player, too.
334
00:15:20,153 --> 00:15:21,780
ED: Thanks a lot.
335
00:15:22,288 --> 00:15:25,314
So Walderman had a confrontation
with lnwood's agent
336
00:15:25,391 --> 00:15:27,450
a few days before
his body was found.
337
00:15:27,527 --> 00:15:29,996
It might have been the night of the murder.
It fits the time frame.
338
00:15:30,062 --> 00:15:33,032
Silas lnwood's agent, by the way,
also happens to be his cousin.
339
00:15:33,132 --> 00:15:34,224
His name is Reggie Uggams.
340
00:15:34,300 --> 00:15:35,461
What do we know about him?
341
00:15:35,535 --> 00:15:37,731
He used to be a point
guard at Georgetown.
342
00:15:37,804 --> 00:15:39,465
But he blew out his knee and
then went to law school.
343
00:15:39,539 --> 00:15:41,564
Now he works on the
business side of the game.
344
00:15:41,641 --> 00:15:44,406
Making deals for his
famous cousin, huh?
345
00:15:44,911 --> 00:15:47,812
So now we've gone from no
suspects to two suspects.
346
00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:50,975
Inwood does have the bad
boy reputation but look,
347
00:15:51,083 --> 00:15:53,245
Walderman let that killer
into his apartment.
348
00:15:53,319 --> 00:15:56,050
And we don't think he would open the
door for Uggams after what happened
349
00:15:56,122 --> 00:15:57,453
between them
at the sports bar.
350
00:15:57,523 --> 00:16:01,050
Well, they're both physically
capable of breaking someone's neck.
351
00:16:01,127 --> 00:16:03,892
So, you think he'd open
the door for lnwood?
352
00:16:04,030 --> 00:16:05,623
A basketball nut
like Walderman? Yeah!
353
00:16:05,731 --> 00:16:08,996
But why would lnwood go after
Walderman on his own?
354
00:16:09,068 --> 00:16:13,062
He's got lawyers, agents, an entourage,
a lot of people to do his dirty work.
355
00:16:13,139 --> 00:16:14,402
If this thing got personal,
356
00:16:14,474 --> 00:16:17,239
lnwood's the type of dude that
would wanna handle it himself.
357
00:16:19,378 --> 00:16:22,439
All right. Philly's an hour
and a half by train.
358
00:16:26,185 --> 00:16:28,051
FONTANA: Silas lnwood?
359
00:16:28,321 --> 00:16:29,345
Excuse me,
Silas lnwood?
360
00:16:29,422 --> 00:16:30,446
Look, I'm eating,
all right?
361
00:16:30,523 --> 00:16:31,513
No autographs.
362
00:16:31,591 --> 00:16:32,615
ED: We didn't come here
for an autograph.
363
00:16:32,692 --> 00:16:34,057
We came here
for some answers.
364
00:16:34,126 --> 00:16:36,322
I'm Detective Fontana.
This is Detective Green,
365
00:16:36,395 --> 00:16:37,920
New York City
Police Department.
366
00:16:39,165 --> 00:16:41,293
Philadelphia's kind of
far out of your jurisdiction.
367
00:16:41,567 --> 00:16:42,625
Who wants to know?
368
00:16:42,702 --> 00:16:44,192
ReQQie Uggams.
369
00:16:44,737 --> 00:16:46,535
President and founder,
Uggams Sports Agency.
370
00:16:46,906 --> 00:16:48,874
Let me give you my card.
371
00:16:49,609 --> 00:16:51,338
Well, thank you very much,
Mr. Uggams.
372
00:16:51,410 --> 00:16:53,469
If we have questions for you,
we'll know where to find you.
373
00:16:53,546 --> 00:16:56,413
But right now, we'd like
to speak with Mr. lnwood.
374
00:16:56,482 --> 00:16:58,507
So speak.
Bark. Roll over.
375
00:17:00,152 --> 00:17:01,415
FONTANA:
Are you talking to us?
376
00:17:01,721 --> 00:17:04,247
Because the only dog that's gonna
get put down around here is you.
377
00:17:04,323 --> 00:17:07,452
You want to tell your baby
cousin to put a muzzle on it?
378
00:17:07,527 --> 00:17:08,995
Silas, chill.
379
00:17:12,064 --> 00:17:13,361
What's this
in reference to?
380
00:17:14,367 --> 00:17:16,495
The murder of
Ira Walderman.
381
00:17:16,903 --> 00:17:18,302
REGGIE: Who?
382
00:17:18,871 --> 00:17:19,963
You don't know him?
383
00:17:20,540 --> 00:17:21,939
Never heard of him.
384
00:17:22,008 --> 00:17:24,102
You?
No.
385
00:17:24,176 --> 00:17:26,736
That's funny because you gave him
the finger at a game last season.
386
00:17:26,812 --> 00:17:29,509
It cost you 10,000
and you got into his face
387
00:17:29,582 --> 00:17:31,880
at the video promotion
last Friday night.
388
00:17:31,951 --> 00:17:34,579
Obnoxious fans are
ubiquitous in this business.
389
00:17:35,354 --> 00:17:36,617
Ubiquitous?
390
00:17:36,689 --> 00:17:38,214
A dime a dozen.
Yeah, we know what it means.
391
00:17:38,324 --> 00:17:40,418
Are you sure you don't know
who we're talking about?
392
00:17:40,493 --> 00:17:41,585
Look,
393
00:17:42,395 --> 00:17:45,922
all the fans look alike, all right?
Especially the jerks.
394
00:17:46,332 --> 00:17:48,426
What time did you leave
the video game promotion?
395
00:17:48,534 --> 00:17:49,695
REGGIE: We both left at 7:00.
396
00:17:50,069 --> 00:17:53,437
I drove back to Philly and Silas
had a plane to DC to catch.
397
00:17:54,307 --> 00:17:55,775
All right, we're gonna
need proof of that.
398
00:17:55,841 --> 00:17:58,139
The ticket, the credit
card, receipt, something.
399
00:17:58,210 --> 00:18:01,669
I went out to Queens first. I didn't
get to DC until the next day.
400
00:18:02,815 --> 00:18:05,648
Remember I told you I had dinner
with my old coach from St. James.
401
00:18:06,185 --> 00:18:08,984
Coach Dyer. That's right,
now I remember.
402
00:18:12,725 --> 00:18:14,659
Listen, I already
gave a statement.
403
00:18:14,727 --> 00:18:16,593
None of my guys
were at that strip club.
404
00:18:16,662 --> 00:18:17,754
(LAUGHING)
405
00:18:17,830 --> 00:18:20,561
No, coach, actually, we're here
to ask you something else.
406
00:18:20,633 --> 00:18:24,069
Would you mind telling us
where you were Friday night.
407
00:18:24,303 --> 00:18:27,170
Having dinner with Silas lnwood.
At my house.
408
00:18:27,239 --> 00:18:28,400
ED: What was the occasion?
409
00:18:28,474 --> 00:18:29,873
No occasion.
410
00:18:30,176 --> 00:18:34,044
We talk on a regular basis. I've always
had a good relationship with Silas.
411
00:18:34,113 --> 00:18:36,946
On and off the court.
Like with most of my players.
412
00:18:37,717 --> 00:18:41,085
Except maybe that Silas gave you a little
more trouble than most of your players?
413
00:18:41,287 --> 00:18:42,948
Misunderstandings.
414
00:18:43,389 --> 00:18:46,757
Some guy in a bar picks a fight
with Silas, that's not his fault.
415
00:18:46,826 --> 00:18:49,022
And he calls you, Coach, and
you straighten everything out?
416
00:18:49,095 --> 00:18:51,063
Like I would
for my own kids.
417
00:18:51,130 --> 00:18:55,226
For most of these boys I'm the first
real father figure they've ever had.
418
00:19:01,374 --> 00:19:04,400
It was about eight years ago.
lnwood's senior year.
419
00:19:04,477 --> 00:19:07,344
He was charged with assault two,
criminal possession of a weapon.
420
00:19:07,413 --> 00:19:09,745
He whacked some guy in the
head with a vodka bottle.
421
00:19:09,815 --> 00:19:10,873
Cut him up
pretty good.
422
00:19:10,950 --> 00:19:12,543
We ran lnwood
through NCIC.
423
00:19:12,618 --> 00:19:13,676
There was
nothing there.
424
00:19:13,753 --> 00:19:14,948
The D.A. declined
prosecution.
425
00:19:15,021 --> 00:19:16,511
The victim didn't want
to press charges?
426
00:19:16,589 --> 00:19:19,524
He was convinced it would be
beneficial to his bank account not to.
427
00:19:19,592 --> 00:19:20,991
Somebody paid
him off.
428
00:19:21,093 --> 00:19:24,529
I heard maybe it was the coach, with the
help from some St. James alumni boosters.
429
00:19:24,597 --> 00:19:27,123
Whatever they did, it worked
out good for everybody.
430
00:19:27,233 --> 00:19:30,134
Inwood got to play out the year, St.
James went to Final Four,
431
00:19:30,236 --> 00:19:31,726
and lnwood was
a first-round draft pick.
432
00:19:31,804 --> 00:19:33,932
And you personally put lnwood
through the system?
433
00:19:34,006 --> 00:19:36,839
I drove him down
to central booking myself.
434
00:19:37,610 --> 00:19:40,375
Inwood lied to us about what he
did after the sports bar event.
435
00:19:40,446 --> 00:19:42,938
He said he had dinner with
his college coach in Queens.
436
00:19:43,015 --> 00:19:45,746
But he was ticketed for
parking in front of a hydrant
437
00:19:45,818 --> 00:19:47,752
a block down from
Walderman's building.
438
00:19:47,820 --> 00:19:50,517
The Sergeant confirmed the old
assault charges were dropped?
439
00:19:50,589 --> 00:19:53,217
If the charges were dropped,
the records were sealed.
440
00:19:53,292 --> 00:19:55,852
You know, not always.
Not in the CARS database.
441
00:19:55,928 --> 00:19:58,260
Well, see what
you can come up with.
442
00:19:58,330 --> 00:20:00,662
I'll never understand why they
didn't close that loophole.
443
00:20:00,733 --> 00:20:02,531
I hope they never do.
444
00:20:05,004 --> 00:20:06,733
There he is.
You're kidding.
445
00:20:07,273 --> 00:20:10,038
Well, in that case, I wonder
if his fingerprint card
446
00:20:10,109 --> 00:20:12,134
is still on file down
at 1 Police Plaza?
447
00:20:12,211 --> 00:20:13,406
You know what?
It's worth a shot,
448
00:20:13,479 --> 00:20:17,006
especially since the Cannons are
playing in New York tomorrow.
449
00:20:17,083 --> 00:20:18,482
(PEOPLE CLAMORING)
450
00:20:19,418 --> 00:20:22,285
Some autographs?
Okay, I'll sign 'em.
451
00:20:22,354 --> 00:20:24,379
All right, all right,
all right, okay.
452
00:20:24,957 --> 00:20:27,119
Silas lnwood. Welcome
back to New York.
453
00:20:28,828 --> 00:20:31,490
You two need to work on your
timing, all right? Now's bad.
454
00:20:31,564 --> 00:20:33,862
Is there ever really a good
time to get arrested?
455
00:20:33,933 --> 00:20:35,492
Hey, you want
to do this inside
456
00:20:35,568 --> 00:20:37,593
or do you want us to cuff
you in front of your fans?
457
00:20:37,670 --> 00:20:38,899
(SCOFFS)
458
00:20:39,572 --> 00:20:41,040
That's on you.
459
00:20:41,107 --> 00:20:42,666
Here, let them see
how the police do me.
460
00:20:42,742 --> 00:20:43,834
Okay.
461
00:20:43,943 --> 00:20:47,709
Silas lnwood, you're under arrest
for the murder of Ira Walderman.
462
00:20:49,381 --> 00:20:51,611
FONTANA: No autographs, folks.
463
00:20:54,887 --> 00:20:57,948
"Docket number 4-7-2-3-8.
People v. Silas Inwood.
464
00:20:58,023 --> 00:21:00,219
"Charge is murder
in the second degree."
465
00:21:00,292 --> 00:21:02,659
I guess Philly won't be going
to the playoffs this year.
466
00:21:02,728 --> 00:21:04,696
Don't count them out
just yet, Your Honor.
467
00:21:05,131 --> 00:21:06,292
How does Mr. lnwood plead?
468
00:21:06,365 --> 00:21:07,389
Not guilty.
469
00:21:07,466 --> 00:21:10,595
We have forensic evidence, the defendant's
fingerprint on the victim's wrist watch.
470
00:21:10,669 --> 00:21:12,831
My client and the victim attended
the same event that evening.
471
00:21:12,905 --> 00:21:14,669
Most likely the fingerprint
was left then.
472
00:21:14,740 --> 00:21:18,506
Your Honor, the victim was suing Mr.
lnwood for $20 million.
473
00:21:18,577 --> 00:21:20,875
And Mr. lnwood may have blamed
him for his suspension,
474
00:21:20,946 --> 00:21:23,313
which has cost him dearly both
financially and professionally.
475
00:21:23,649 --> 00:21:25,947
This is almost as exciting
as Mr. lnwood's last game.
476
00:21:26,285 --> 00:21:27,548
JUDGE: People on bail,
Ms. Borgia?
477
00:21:27,620 --> 00:21:28,815
The people request remand.
478
00:21:28,921 --> 00:21:32,983
Mr. lnwood is clearly not a flight risk.
Where could he go without being recognized?
479
00:21:33,058 --> 00:21:35,686
He has the financial resources
to go anywhere in the world
480
00:21:35,761 --> 00:21:37,627
where he won't have
to worry about extradition.
481
00:21:38,531 --> 00:21:39,794
Bail is set at five million.
482
00:21:39,865 --> 00:21:42,835
Hardly guarantees his appearance,
Your Honor, given his last contract.
483
00:21:42,902 --> 00:21:46,429
Sorry, Ms. Borgia. There'll be no
home court advantage for you today.
484
00:21:46,705 --> 00:21:48,298
(GAVEL BANGS)
485
00:21:49,408 --> 00:21:52,935
Not only is lnwood out on bail but
he's asked the court for scheduling
486
00:21:53,012 --> 00:21:55,242
consideration so he wouldn't
have to miss any games.
487
00:21:55,314 --> 00:21:59,046
If I made $75,000 a game, I
wouldn't want to miss one either.
488
00:21:59,418 --> 00:22:03,218
Most people don't get to set their own
calendar when they're on trial for murder.
489
00:22:03,289 --> 00:22:06,816
Silas lnwood isn't most people. We all
know there are two sets of rules.
490
00:22:06,892 --> 00:22:09,452
One for celebrities
and one for everyone else.
491
00:22:09,528 --> 00:22:13,396
That's what worries me about the jury.
I don't want them to be starstruck.
492
00:22:13,465 --> 00:22:15,490
It might never
come to that.
493
00:22:16,168 --> 00:22:17,636
Defense motion
to dismiss.
494
00:22:17,703 --> 00:22:20,536
They claim lnwood's fingerprints
were illegally obtained.
495
00:22:20,606 --> 00:22:22,404
How is that possible?
496
00:22:23,175 --> 00:22:26,634
Talk to Lieutenant Van Buren.
Find out what's going on.
497
00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:31,378
The CARS database doesn't purge
sealed records. It never did.
498
00:22:31,684 --> 00:22:34,654
Silas lnwood was arrested in college,
but the charges were dropped?
499
00:22:34,753 --> 00:22:39,020
So he had an old print card that should have
been sealed along with his arrest record.
500
00:22:39,091 --> 00:22:42,356
The fingerprint tech who gave it to
my detectives had no way to know
501
00:22:42,428 --> 00:22:43,418
that case was sealed.
502
00:22:43,495 --> 00:22:45,657
But your detectives did. And
lnwood shouldn't have been in
503
00:22:45,731 --> 00:22:46,994
the police database
to begin with.
504
00:22:47,299 --> 00:22:49,233
Like I said, it's a
glitch in the system.
505
00:22:49,635 --> 00:22:51,694
And Fontana and Green
exploited it.
506
00:22:51,770 --> 00:22:53,204
For information.
507
00:22:53,272 --> 00:22:56,003
They didn't find out about lnwood's
old arrest from that database.
508
00:22:56,075 --> 00:22:59,136
All this could have been avoided
if they'd come to me first.
509
00:22:59,211 --> 00:23:01,236
I could have gotten an order
to unseal the records.
510
00:23:03,115 --> 00:23:05,140
I don't mind your guys
working the system
511
00:23:05,217 --> 00:23:07,276
but they need to
keep me in the loop.
512
00:23:07,353 --> 00:23:09,788
And once they found out
that lnwood was their guy,
513
00:23:09,855 --> 00:23:12,085
they should have gotten a legal
fingerprint match somehow.
514
00:23:12,157 --> 00:23:14,626
They did.
When they arrested him.
515
00:23:17,663 --> 00:23:20,064
Let's hope we get
the rightjudge.
516
00:23:23,836 --> 00:23:26,703
Eight years ago, my client was arrested.
The D.A. declined prosecution,
517
00:23:26,772 --> 00:23:29,833
and as Mr. McCoy is fully aware, all
records relating to that arrest
518
00:23:29,909 --> 00:23:31,206
should have been sealed.
519
00:23:31,277 --> 00:23:34,144
The People are allowed to take
fingerprints for use at a later date,
520
00:23:34,213 --> 00:23:37,581
Your Honor, just because the
case was denied prosecution,
521
00:23:37,650 --> 00:23:41,280
doesn't mean that lnwood's
prints were unlawfully obtained.
522
00:23:41,654 --> 00:23:43,349
The arrest itself
was legitimate.
523
00:23:43,422 --> 00:23:45,117
But retaining
his print card wasn't.
524
00:23:45,190 --> 00:23:48,785
The defendant has no constitutional
protection against wrongfully retained
525
00:23:48,861 --> 00:23:51,626
evidence, just wrongfully
obtained evidence.
526
00:23:51,697 --> 00:23:53,859
Retained, obtained. The People
are splitting hairs, Your Honor.
527
00:23:53,933 --> 00:23:57,301
The government isn't supposed to have
that evidence, period, Mr. McCoy.
528
00:23:57,369 --> 00:24:00,430
The police would have obtained
lnwood's prints legitimately
529
00:24:00,506 --> 00:24:02,167
through independent
investigation.
530
00:24:02,241 --> 00:24:05,006
Would have, could have, and certainly
should have, but they didn't.
531
00:24:05,077 --> 00:24:08,377
In fact, a print card
was obtained legally
532
00:24:08,614 --> 00:24:11,447
when Mr. lnwood was arrested for
the murder of Ira Walderman.
533
00:24:11,517 --> 00:24:13,713
Mr. McCoy's putting
the cart before the horse.
534
00:24:13,786 --> 00:24:16,687
Mr. lnwood wouldn't have been arrested but
for illegal use of fingerprint evidence
535
00:24:16,755 --> 00:24:17,950
to secure a warrant.
536
00:24:18,023 --> 00:24:21,482
That's patently untrue. Mr. lnwood
was already the prime suspect.
537
00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:23,392
The policejust
didn't have proof.
538
00:24:23,462 --> 00:24:25,988
Do the People have evidence to offer
besides fingerprint evidence?
539
00:24:26,065 --> 00:24:30,332
The defendant's Porsche was ticketed on the
victim's block on the night of the murder.
540
00:24:30,402 --> 00:24:33,303
We don't know for a fact that Mr.
Walderman died that evening.
541
00:24:33,372 --> 00:24:35,602
The murder could have occurred
almost 24 hours later.
542
00:24:35,674 --> 00:24:38,666
I have to agree with Mr. Chiles.
It's not nearly enough.
543
00:24:38,744 --> 00:24:41,111
I'm dismissing the indictment
without prejudice.
544
00:24:43,382 --> 00:24:44,907
JACK: I want to refile.
545
00:24:44,984 --> 00:24:47,510
Where was he that night before he
drove to Walderman's apartment?
546
00:24:47,586 --> 00:24:50,681
At a sports bar in midtown with
his agent at a promotional event.
547
00:24:50,756 --> 00:24:52,053
Were any other
players there?
548
00:24:52,124 --> 00:24:53,819
Sure, from the Cannons
and the Empires.
549
00:24:53,892 --> 00:24:55,826
Start with his teammates.
550
00:24:58,397 --> 00:25:00,764
Yeah, I was at
the video game signing.
551
00:25:00,833 --> 00:25:04,201
I'm featured in it. They
got myjumper and my hook.
552
00:25:04,536 --> 00:25:07,062
Not as sick as mine,
but it's a pretty good game.
553
00:25:07,573 --> 00:25:09,507
Do you know what Silas lnwood
did after the signing?
554
00:25:11,410 --> 00:25:12,935
I thought that case
was dismissed.
555
00:25:13,345 --> 00:25:15,746
The D.A. isn't gonna let
a murder go unprosecuted.
556
00:25:15,814 --> 00:25:19,307
You come sniffing around me
to help you pin this on Silas?
557
00:25:19,385 --> 00:25:20,580
This is all because of
that damn fight.
558
00:25:20,886 --> 00:25:21,944
If you know something...
559
00:25:22,021 --> 00:25:25,389
I know just because you buy a
ticket doesn't mean you own me.
560
00:25:25,457 --> 00:25:28,119
If a fan puts his hands on me,
I'm gonna put my hands on him.
561
00:25:28,193 --> 00:25:29,957
Is that what Silas
lnwood did?
562
00:25:32,264 --> 00:25:34,460
Kevin, we'll finish
this up later.
563
00:25:38,404 --> 00:25:40,498
Now, how would you like it if
people threw things at you
564
00:25:40,572 --> 00:25:42,199
and heckled you while
you're trying to work?
565
00:25:42,908 --> 00:25:45,240
Try walking through
a cellblock at Rikers.
566
00:25:46,145 --> 00:25:48,443
Look, the fans
are out of control.
567
00:25:48,514 --> 00:25:51,279
Every time the team plays New
York, Silas gets these obnoxious
568
00:25:51,350 --> 00:25:53,478
crank phone calls
at his hotel room.
569
00:25:54,319 --> 00:25:55,809
Obnoxious how?
570
00:25:56,522 --> 00:25:58,513
Heavy breathing,
hang ups?
571
00:25:59,258 --> 00:26:00,419
Worse.
572
00:26:02,728 --> 00:26:06,460
Ira Walderman was clearly harassing
Silas lnwood for the last two seasons.
573
00:26:06,532 --> 00:26:08,432
I pulled LUDs
from his home phone.
574
00:26:08,500 --> 00:26:10,264
In the last 18 months
he's made over
575
00:26:10,335 --> 00:26:13,600
40 calls to lnwood at his home,
at his hotels, on the road.
576
00:26:13,672 --> 00:26:16,505
So lnwood's claim that he didn't
know Walderman isn't true.
577
00:26:16,608 --> 00:26:18,975
Their history goes back well
before the big brawl.
578
00:26:19,044 --> 00:26:21,513
Any idea what Walderman
said in these calls?
579
00:26:21,580 --> 00:26:24,208
Walderman left messages, but
there's no way to recover them.
580
00:26:25,651 --> 00:26:29,417
Without the fingerprint evidence
it's a weak circumstantial case.
581
00:26:29,488 --> 00:26:34,050
But, in conjunction with Walderman's
lawsuit and his behavior at the games,
582
00:26:34,126 --> 00:26:37,357
the phone calls start to look a lot
more like stalking than harassment.
583
00:26:37,429 --> 00:26:40,421
Well, it's far from
a slam dunk, so to speak.
584
00:26:41,500 --> 00:26:43,332
Now, we'd be wise
to make a deal.
585
00:26:43,402 --> 00:26:46,394
Inwood walked into the man's home
and snapped his neck like a twig.
586
00:26:46,472 --> 00:26:47,940
He doesn't deserve man one.
587
00:26:48,006 --> 00:26:52,500
And he might not get murder two if there
are any basketball fans on the jury.
588
00:26:52,578 --> 00:26:54,205
You got a celebrity
sports star.
589
00:26:54,313 --> 00:26:55,940
Rae Carruth was
convicted of murder.
590
00:26:56,014 --> 00:27:00,474
And Ray Lewis was allowed to plead a
murder charge down to one year probation.
591
00:27:01,820 --> 00:27:03,584
I'll make the offer.
592
00:27:09,628 --> 00:27:12,120
I take it you have
a new indictment?
593
00:27:12,531 --> 00:27:16,024
Before we rearrest your client, we thought
you might be interested in a deal.
594
00:27:16,101 --> 00:27:17,830
Not for something
I didn't do.
595
00:27:17,903 --> 00:27:20,429
Man, this isn't fair.
What do you want from me?
596
00:27:21,140 --> 00:27:23,541
We know Ira Walderman
was harassing you
597
00:27:23,609 --> 00:27:25,805
every time you came
to New York to play.
598
00:27:25,878 --> 00:27:28,472
All the hard core fans know
where the visiting teams stay.
599
00:27:28,547 --> 00:27:31,312
Harassment is just nothing
out of the ordinary.
600
00:27:31,383 --> 00:27:35,149
He also called you at your home in
Pennsylvania, your unlisted number.
601
00:27:35,220 --> 00:27:36,915
Is that who that was?
I didn't know.
602
00:27:36,989 --> 00:27:38,388
I just changed
my number.
603
00:27:38,457 --> 00:27:40,482
Walderman took the train
to Philadelphia
604
00:27:40,559 --> 00:27:43,153
half a dozen times
in the last three years.
605
00:27:43,228 --> 00:27:46,493
We have logs from the cab companies
who took him to your house.
606
00:27:46,565 --> 00:27:49,660
One driver will testify that he
saw you walking across the lawn,
607
00:27:49,735 --> 00:27:53,103
yelling and cursing at
Walderman, calling him by name.
608
00:27:58,977 --> 00:28:00,103
What are you offering?
609
00:28:01,146 --> 00:28:02,375
Man one.
610
00:28:03,115 --> 00:28:05,846
CHILES: Man two, no jail
time, community service.
611
00:28:06,118 --> 00:28:08,018
Man one. Best I can do.
612
00:28:12,291 --> 00:28:14,157
(WHISPERING INAUDIBLY)
613
00:28:17,963 --> 00:28:20,398
Mr. lnwood admits
killing Mr. Walderman.
614
00:28:21,366 --> 00:28:22,356
Then we have a deal.
615
00:28:22,434 --> 00:28:24,163
We're arguing self-defense.
616
00:28:25,137 --> 00:28:29,040
What jury is going to believe that a
professional athlete like Mr. lnwood
617
00:28:29,107 --> 00:28:31,735
felt threatened by a
middle-aged couch potato?
618
00:28:31,810 --> 00:28:33,778
He attacked my client
with a knife.
619
00:28:34,079 --> 00:28:36,912
What were you doing at Walderman's
apartment to begin with?
620
00:28:39,751 --> 00:28:42,584
Look, I went to reason
with him, all right?
621
00:28:43,522 --> 00:28:45,251
I told him to be
a man about it.
622
00:28:45,324 --> 00:28:47,622
To leave me
and my family alone.
623
00:28:48,026 --> 00:28:51,724
But he went off on me. Came at
me with a damn butcher knife.
624
00:28:51,997 --> 00:28:54,659
I had no choice
but to take him down.
625
00:28:55,767 --> 00:28:57,394
It was him or me.
626
00:29:10,649 --> 00:29:13,550
I don't see how they're gonna
argue self-defense.
627
00:29:13,619 --> 00:29:17,021
Inwood would have had to have believed
he was in imminent danger of death,
628
00:29:17,089 --> 00:29:19,251
and had to use deadly force
to protect himself.
629
00:29:19,324 --> 00:29:20,621
It's always
the same problem,
630
00:29:20,692 --> 00:29:22,421
keeping the victim alive
in the mind of the jury.
631
00:29:22,494 --> 00:29:23,984
I'll continue to stress
632
00:29:24,062 --> 00:29:27,157
the disparity in size and
strength between the two men.
633
00:29:27,232 --> 00:29:30,896
I keep wondering why lnwood went to
Walderman's apartment that night.
634
00:29:30,969 --> 00:29:32,459
Something happened
at the bar.
635
00:29:33,138 --> 00:29:37,302
All the witnesses say lnwood and Walderman
never exchanged two words that whole evening.
636
00:29:37,376 --> 00:29:39,777
That lnwood's posse
kept him away from the table.
637
00:29:39,845 --> 00:29:43,110
Maybe it was just the sight of
him, the fact of his showing up.
638
00:29:43,682 --> 00:29:45,673
That he had the gall
to crash lnwood's party.
639
00:29:45,751 --> 00:29:48,345
Exactly, I mean, that's
the rub, right there.
640
00:29:48,420 --> 00:29:51,355
These fans, who think their ticket
entitles them to a piece of the players.
641
00:29:51,423 --> 00:29:52,891
Maybe that's all it was.
642
00:29:52,958 --> 00:29:56,292
Walderman got too close once too often.
And lnwood snapped.
643
00:29:56,662 --> 00:29:57,857
I buy it.
644
00:29:57,929 --> 00:30:00,125
Let's hope the jury does, too.
645
00:30:03,902 --> 00:30:06,872
I've been a professional basketball
coach for the last 20 years.
646
00:30:06,938 --> 00:30:08,406
JACK: Did you ever coach
the defendant?
647
00:30:08,473 --> 00:30:12,034
Yes, for two seasons, when I was
with the Philadelphia Cannons.
648
00:30:12,110 --> 00:30:14,977
How would you describe
yourexpefience with Mr. lnwood?
649
00:30:15,047 --> 00:30:16,071
Difficult.
650
00:30:16,148 --> 00:30:18,446
I was the coach and Silas didn't
think that he needed one.
651
00:30:18,517 --> 00:30:20,281
So, we fought
about everything.
652
00:30:20,352 --> 00:30:21,444
You fought?
653
00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:23,511
Yeah, we'd scream
at each other in practice.
654
00:30:23,588 --> 00:30:26,182
I told him there was
no "I" in team,
655
00:30:26,258 --> 00:30:28,818
and he said, "Yeah, but
there is an 'l' in win."
656
00:30:28,894 --> 00:30:30,828
I mean, they make so much
money these days.
657
00:30:30,896 --> 00:30:32,955
As soon as their paychecks
have more zeroes than yours,
658
00:30:33,031 --> 00:30:35,022
well, you can just
forget about it.
659
00:30:35,100 --> 00:30:38,559
Did your fights with Silas
lnwood ever become physical?
660
00:30:38,637 --> 00:30:42,335
Once. He was late to practice. It
was the second time that week.
661
00:30:42,407 --> 00:30:44,603
And I told him that
rules were for everyone.
662
00:30:44,676 --> 00:30:46,201
And he told me that
663
00:30:46,278 --> 00:30:49,373
it would be better if I didn't talk
to him for the rest of the day.
664
00:30:49,448 --> 00:30:51,815
So a little while later we were
running drills, I asked him
665
00:30:51,883 --> 00:30:54,318
if he had joined the team
and he just went off.
666
00:30:54,386 --> 00:30:56,184
"Went off"?
He jumped me.
667
00:30:56,254 --> 00:30:58,120
From behind.
He put me in a choke hold.
668
00:30:58,190 --> 00:31:00,090
He's so strong, he actually
picked me off the ground.
669
00:31:00,158 --> 00:31:02,456
My feet were dangling.
I blacked out.
670
00:31:02,527 --> 00:31:03,858
I really don't know
what would've happened
671
00:31:03,929 --> 00:31:05,488
if the other players
hadn't pulled him off.
672
00:31:05,564 --> 00:31:08,363
Was the defendant
punished for attacking you?
673
00:31:08,433 --> 00:31:09,901
The owners didn't want
the League to find out,
674
00:31:09,968 --> 00:31:13,598
so he was never punished or
reprimanded, fined, anything.
675
00:31:13,672 --> 00:31:14,662
And what happened
to you?
676
00:31:14,740 --> 00:31:15,764
I was fired.
677
00:31:15,841 --> 00:31:16,831
Because?
678
00:31:16,908 --> 00:31:17,898
It was him or me.
679
00:31:17,976 --> 00:31:20,946
Who do you think management's gonna
side with, the coach or the star?
680
00:31:27,219 --> 00:31:28,550
The, uh,
681
00:31:30,622 --> 00:31:33,455
second season that you coached
Mr. lnwood and the Cannons,
682
00:31:33,525 --> 00:31:37,723
I mean, that was widely considered
a disappointment, wasn't it?
683
00:31:37,796 --> 00:31:39,195
We had a lot of injuries.
684
00:31:39,264 --> 00:31:43,360
You finished 15 games
under 500. I mean...
685
00:31:43,969 --> 00:31:45,733
Isn't that right?
Yeah.
686
00:31:45,804 --> 00:31:48,739
The media speculated that you
were already gonna be fired,
687
00:31:48,807 --> 00:31:52,437
and this was long before
the incident with my client.
688
00:31:52,511 --> 00:31:53,876
You know,
I don't even recall.
689
00:31:53,945 --> 00:31:56,778
You were fired and you
blame my client for it.
690
00:31:56,848 --> 00:31:58,782
I blame the system
691
00:31:58,850 --> 00:32:01,717
for coddling these guys. I mean,
they make more money than God
692
00:32:01,787 --> 00:32:03,915
and nobody says no to them.
693
00:32:03,989 --> 00:32:07,425
So this is payback. You're
testifying against Mr. lnwood
694
00:32:07,492 --> 00:32:09,483
because you're angry
about losing your job.
695
00:32:09,561 --> 00:32:12,758
I'm testifying against Silas
lnwood because he's dangerous.
696
00:32:12,831 --> 00:32:15,630
He could have killed me and I think it's
time that we got him off the streets.
697
00:32:21,106 --> 00:32:24,076
Basketball was lra's life.
He loved the Empires.
698
00:32:24,142 --> 00:32:25,871
How did he behave
at the games?
699
00:32:25,944 --> 00:32:27,810
He liked to scream
and shout.
700
00:32:27,879 --> 00:32:29,074
(LAUGHING) He got into n.
701
00:32:29,147 --> 00:32:30,581
He got into it?
702
00:32:30,649 --> 00:32:33,277
That's what the teams want.
They,uh“.
703
00:32:33,351 --> 00:32:37,015
They play all this loud music, and they have
cheerleaders, everyone's drinking beer.
704
00:32:37,088 --> 00:32:39,648
They rev up the crowd so you feel
like you're part of the team,
705
00:32:39,724 --> 00:32:41,192
like you're contributing.
706
00:32:41,259 --> 00:32:43,785
It's the home court
advantage. It's real.
707
00:32:43,895 --> 00:32:46,830
Do you think Ira Walderman
felt he was part of the team?
708
00:32:46,898 --> 00:32:49,629
Definitely. He'd like to say
that he was the sixth man.
709
00:32:49,901 --> 00:32:51,733
How did he feel
about Silas lnwood?
710
00:32:51,803 --> 00:32:52,861
Ira hated him.
711
00:32:52,938 --> 00:32:56,499
He felt if he could throw lnwood off
his game, the Empires would win.
712
00:32:56,575 --> 00:32:59,101
What would he do to throw
lnwood off his game?
713
00:32:59,177 --> 00:33:03,171
He'd call him names, yell stuff. Whatever
it took to get under lnwood's skin.
714
00:33:03,482 --> 00:33:04,472
Did it work?
715
00:33:04,549 --> 00:33:07,712
Oh yeah. Once Walderman made a
comment about lnwood's baby's mama
716
00:33:07,786 --> 00:33:10,483
and lnwood looked right at
him and gave him the finger.
717
00:33:10,555 --> 00:33:14,458
He was so angry that he missed two free
throws that would have iced the game.
718
00:33:14,526 --> 00:33:16,119
And how did
Walderman react?
719
00:33:16,194 --> 00:33:18,788
He couldn't believe that he'd
gotten a rise out of lnwood.
720
00:33:18,864 --> 00:33:21,231
But after that it was
all lnwood, all the time.
721
00:33:21,299 --> 00:33:23,495
He just lived
to torment him.
722
00:33:26,872 --> 00:33:29,534
Other than that
one incident,
723
00:33:29,608 --> 00:33:32,669
did Mr. lnwood react
to Mr. Walderman's taunts?
724
00:33:32,744 --> 00:33:33,734
No.
725
00:33:33,812 --> 00:33:36,110
You were at that game when
what's now come to be known
726
00:33:36,181 --> 00:33:38,149
as the "big brawl"
broke out,
727
00:33:38,216 --> 00:33:39,513
isn't that right?
Yeah, I was.
728
00:33:39,584 --> 00:33:40,574
Sitting next
to Mr. Walderman.
729
00:33:40,652 --> 00:33:41,710
Yes.
730
00:33:41,820 --> 00:33:44,721
Did Mr. Walderman do anything
to provoke any of the players?
731
00:33:44,789 --> 00:33:46,018
He threw a beer.
732
00:33:46,091 --> 00:33:48,219
The beer that
hit Mr. lnwood
733
00:33:48,293 --> 00:33:49,783
while he was lying
on the scorer's table?
734
00:33:49,861 --> 00:33:51,295
I don't know.
Might have been.
735
00:33:51,363 --> 00:33:53,388
There were a lot of people
throwing things onto the court.
736
00:33:53,465 --> 00:33:55,365
Did you see Mr. lnwood
leave the court?
737
00:33:55,433 --> 00:33:59,028
Yeah. He jumped off the table and
just charged right into the stands.
738
00:33:59,104 --> 00:34:01,402
Did you see him
go after Mr. Walderman?
739
00:34:01,473 --> 00:34:03,134
It was pretty chaotic.
740
00:34:03,208 --> 00:34:05,973
Well, I'm sure it was. But did you
see him go after Mr. Walderman?
741
00:34:06,044 --> 00:34:07,034
No.
742
00:34:07,112 --> 00:34:09,672
Hit him, beat him,
physically assault him? No.
743
00:34:09,748 --> 00:34:13,184
Did you see Mr. Walderman in a physical
confrontation with any of the players?
744
00:34:13,485 --> 00:34:14,509
No.
745
00:34:14,586 --> 00:34:18,352
But when you read about his lawsuit
against the League and Mr. lnwood...
746
00:34:18,423 --> 00:34:19,413
Objection.
747
00:34:19,491 --> 00:34:23,894
Your Honor, The People posit that lawsuit
as part of my client's alleged motive.
748
00:34:24,462 --> 00:34:26,863
I'll allow it.
Witness may answer.
749
00:34:27,599 --> 00:34:29,693
Honestly, lthought
it was a scam.
750
00:34:29,768 --> 00:34:32,066
To defraud Mr. lnwood?
751
00:34:32,137 --> 00:34:34,663
That, and to make
his life miserable.
752
00:34:36,207 --> 00:34:37,538
Thank you.
753
00:34:41,046 --> 00:34:43,811
With all of the hostile
basketball fans in New York,
754
00:34:43,882 --> 00:34:46,715
how did Mr. lnwood even
know who Mr. Walderman was?
755
00:34:46,785 --> 00:34:50,153
Because Walderman was especially
obnoxious and mean-spirited.
756
00:34:50,221 --> 00:34:53,350
Fans yell things all the time and
players learn to deal with it.
757
00:34:53,425 --> 00:34:55,086
But Walderman
really crossed the line.
758
00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:56,150
How so?
759
00:34:56,227 --> 00:34:58,423
He'd show up at Silas'
house in Philadelphia,
760
00:34:58,496 --> 00:35:00,055
and his hotel in New York.
761
00:35:00,131 --> 00:35:02,964
He'd also call in the middle of the
night, the night before a game.
762
00:35:03,034 --> 00:35:04,729
How often would
he call his hotel?
763
00:35:04,803 --> 00:35:06,771
Three, four times a day.
764
00:35:07,539 --> 00:35:09,268
Every time he played
in New York.
765
00:35:09,841 --> 00:35:11,240
Did you ever hear
any of these phone calls?
766
00:35:11,576 --> 00:35:13,135
Yes. In fact, I saved one.
767
00:35:13,211 --> 00:35:16,442
Now, Your Honor, I'd like to play a message
left for Mr. lnwood by Mr. Walderman.
768
00:35:16,514 --> 00:35:18,073
Go ahead, Mr. Chiles.
769
00:35:20,085 --> 00:35:23,020
I own you, lnwood,
you lazy mutt.
770
00:35:23,121 --> 00:35:24,953
You're nothin'
but a dumb jock.
771
00:35:25,023 --> 00:35:26,582
No more free ride
for you.
772
00:35:27,092 --> 00:35:30,392
My boys are gonna kick your
overpaid ass back to Philly.
773
00:35:31,262 --> 00:35:35,699
Better put the kids to bed unless you
want them to see Daddy get schooled.
774
00:35:35,900 --> 00:35:37,265
(mm. TONE)
775
00:35:39,671 --> 00:35:42,197
And what effect did these phone
calls have on Mr. lnwood?
776
00:35:42,273 --> 00:35:43,866
He was unnerved.
777
00:35:44,976 --> 00:35:46,774
As a black man in America,
778
00:35:46,845 --> 00:35:51,339
any time you get a white man saying things
with even a hint of racial bias, it's...
779
00:35:51,416 --> 00:35:52,542
It's upsetting.
780
00:35:52,617 --> 00:35:55,109
What were racial about these
phone calls, in your opinion?
781
00:35:55,186 --> 00:35:59,020
The words "lazy,"
"overpaid," "dumb."
782
00:35:59,524 --> 00:36:01,959
From a white fan
to a black player?
783
00:36:02,027 --> 00:36:04,655
It's code.
It makes you uncomfortable.
784
00:36:04,729 --> 00:36:05,719
Hmm.
785
00:36:05,797 --> 00:36:08,357
Now, what happened
the evening
786
00:36:08,433 --> 00:36:09,867
of the video game
promotion?
787
00:36:09,934 --> 00:36:13,302
It was supposed to be a fun,
low-key, family type of event.
788
00:36:14,072 --> 00:36:16,370
Silas got upset when he saw
Walderman in the crowd.
789
00:36:16,708 --> 00:36:17,732
CHILES: What did you do?
790
00:36:17,809 --> 00:36:20,244
I asked Mr. Walderman to leave
Silas and his family alone.
791
00:36:20,311 --> 00:36:23,110
We've heard testimony that you
confronted Mr. Walderman.
792
00:36:23,181 --> 00:36:24,808
I told him what
I thought of him.
793
00:36:24,883 --> 00:36:27,875
That he was pathetic
and needed to get a life.
794
00:36:28,086 --> 00:36:31,147
He said the only reason why
Silas' son had shoes on his feet
795
00:36:31,256 --> 00:36:33,782
and clothes on his back was
because of fans like him.
796
00:36:33,858 --> 00:36:35,690
He said he owned Silas.
797
00:36:35,994 --> 00:36:37,928
CHILES: Owned Silas lnwood?
798
00:36:37,996 --> 00:36:40,488
He said he was
public property.
799
00:36:41,099 --> 00:36:43,625
And that's when I really
went off on him.
800
00:36:45,003 --> 00:36:46,334
Thank you.
801
00:36:47,739 --> 00:36:49,366
JUDGE: Mr. McCoy?
802
00:36:51,543 --> 00:36:54,740
The People have no questions for this
witness at this time, Your Honor.
803
00:36:55,313 --> 00:36:57,111
Trial is recessed
until tomorrow.
804
00:36:57,549 --> 00:36:59,142
(GAVEL BANGS)
805
00:36:59,217 --> 00:37:02,744
Let's find out just what family
lnwood had at that event.
806
00:37:06,191 --> 00:37:09,354
Inwood's mother and his ex-girlfriend
were at the sports bar.
807
00:37:09,427 --> 00:37:12,658
His ex is the mother of
his seven-year-old son, Trey,
808
00:37:12,731 --> 00:37:13,755
who was also there.
809
00:37:14,199 --> 00:37:15,462
Did you talk
to the two women?
810
00:37:15,533 --> 00:37:17,297
Itried. They weren't
very cooperative.
811
00:37:17,368 --> 00:37:19,336
I did find a waitress
who remembers Walderman
812
00:37:19,404 --> 00:37:21,896
at their table,
trying to talk to the son.
813
00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:24,937
The mother and the ex
were shooing him away.
814
00:37:26,478 --> 00:37:28,572
I'd be upset if the man
who'd been harassing me
815
00:37:28,646 --> 00:37:30,740
suddenly turned
his attention to my child.
816
00:37:30,949 --> 00:37:32,678
I'll see what else
I can find out.
817
00:37:34,319 --> 00:37:37,414
After the video game event,
I went to his place.
818
00:37:37,589 --> 00:37:39,353
I thought if I talked
to the man face to face...
819
00:37:39,424 --> 00:37:42,189
CHILES: What happened when you got to Mr.
Walderman's apartment?
820
00:37:42,260 --> 00:37:45,127
I told him that I wanted a truce,
and that we needed to talk.
821
00:37:45,196 --> 00:37:46,721
And what did
he say to that?
822
00:37:46,798 --> 00:37:48,061
He said to come in.
823
00:37:48,133 --> 00:37:51,228
I told him all the phone calls
and nonsense had to stop.
824
00:37:51,302 --> 00:37:53,066
And what did he say?
825
00:37:53,238 --> 00:37:55,536
He denied it,
so I called him a liar.
826
00:37:57,142 --> 00:37:58,405
You argued?
827
00:37:58,476 --> 00:38:00,444
Yeah, it got pretty hot.
828
00:38:00,979 --> 00:38:02,037
And then what happened?
829
00:38:02,113 --> 00:38:03,911
We go back and forth.
830
00:38:04,783 --> 00:38:07,684
Next thing I know, he's coming up out
of the kitchen at me with a knife.
831
00:38:08,586 --> 00:38:10,111
And what did you do?
832
00:38:10,188 --> 00:38:12,054
I grabbed him by his arm.
833
00:38:12,123 --> 00:38:13,887
I got behind him
and put him in a chokehold.
834
00:38:14,359 --> 00:38:15,884
Just to chill him out,
you know?
835
00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:17,724
And he still
had the knife?
836
00:38:17,796 --> 00:38:20,094
He kept trying to turn
and get at me with the knife.
837
00:38:20,165 --> 00:38:21,724
So ljerked him up.
838
00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:23,700
Told him to hold still.
839
00:38:23,935 --> 00:38:25,699
Then he quit moving.
840
00:38:27,639 --> 00:38:30,267
But I didn't mean to kill him.
I swear to God I didn't.
841
00:38:36,447 --> 00:38:40,315
Did it ever occur to you that Mr. Walderman
picked up a knife because he was scared?
842
00:38:40,385 --> 00:38:42,149
Look, all I know
is he attacked me.
843
00:38:42,220 --> 00:38:44,245
I never put my hands
on him till then.
844
00:38:44,322 --> 00:38:46,222
I just wanted him
to leave me alone.
845
00:38:46,291 --> 00:38:47,349
You?
846
00:38:47,759 --> 00:38:49,318
Or your son,
Mr. lnwood?
847
00:38:49,394 --> 00:38:50,725
Objection, relevance.
848
00:38:50,795 --> 00:38:52,024
Goes to motive.
849
00:38:52,096 --> 00:38:53,461
I'll allow it.
850
00:38:53,531 --> 00:38:56,193
JACK: Was your son Trey
at the video game signing?
851
00:38:56,267 --> 00:38:57,359
Yeah.
852
00:38:57,435 --> 00:39:00,735
Did you see Mr. Walderman
approach your son?
853
00:39:00,805 --> 00:39:02,899
I was busy signing games.
854
00:39:02,974 --> 00:39:04,442
My cousin told me about it.
855
00:39:04,509 --> 00:39:05,567
And you were angry.
856
00:39:05,643 --> 00:39:08,772
Harassing you was one thing, but
now he was harassing your son.
857
00:39:08,847 --> 00:39:09,905
Objection.
858
00:39:09,981 --> 00:39:12,348
Sustained.
Ask a question, Mr. McCoy.
859
00:39:12,750 --> 00:39:14,514
Did you ask Trey
about it afterwards?
860
00:39:14,586 --> 00:39:17,681
Yeah. He said some guy
came up to him at the party
861
00:39:17,755 --> 00:39:19,052
and said something
ugly about me.
862
00:39:19,123 --> 00:39:21,148
And what did
Mr. Walderman say to him?
863
00:39:21,226 --> 00:39:23,923
I don't know, exactly.
Something disrespectful.
864
00:39:23,995 --> 00:39:26,054
And how did
your son respond?
865
00:39:26,130 --> 00:39:27,188
He was upset.
866
00:39:27,265 --> 00:39:28,426
And that upset you?
867
00:39:28,499 --> 00:39:30,092
How would you feel
868
00:39:30,168 --> 00:39:32,694
if some guy said something bad
about you to your boy?
869
00:39:32,770 --> 00:39:35,239
So you went to his apartment
and confronted him?
870
00:39:35,306 --> 00:39:36,933
CHILES: Objection!
JUDGE: Sustained.
871
00:39:37,742 --> 00:39:39,574
What did you say
to Mr. Walderman
872
00:39:39,644 --> 00:39:41,442
about what he said
to your son?
873
00:39:41,512 --> 00:39:43,503
Look, I just told him
that I didn't appreciate it,
874
00:39:43,581 --> 00:39:45,879
and that he definitely crossed
the line when he did that.
875
00:39:45,950 --> 00:39:47,748
Did you threaten him?
876
00:39:48,186 --> 00:39:50,985
I just told him all of
it had to stop. Now.
877
00:39:51,389 --> 00:39:52,823
And his response?
878
00:39:52,891 --> 00:39:55,223
That's when
the dude attacked me.
879
00:39:57,695 --> 00:39:59,527
How tall are you,
Mr. lnwood?
880
00:40:00,965 --> 00:40:02,023
6' Q" .
881
00:40:02,100 --> 00:40:03,966
How much do you weigh?
882
00:40:04,435 --> 00:40:05,493
Two-fifty.
883
00:40:06,571 --> 00:40:09,040
Mr. Walderman was 5'8",
884
00:40:09,107 --> 00:40:11,007
and weighed 190 pounds.
885
00:40:11,376 --> 00:40:12,400
SILAS: So?
886
00:40:12,477 --> 00:40:15,777
An overweight,
42-year-old man
887
00:40:15,847 --> 00:40:17,872
who worked at a desk
all his life.
888
00:40:17,949 --> 00:40:19,576
He had a knife.
889
00:40:19,984 --> 00:40:21,179
So you say.
890
00:40:21,252 --> 00:40:24,347
Of course, we only have your word
for what happened that night.
891
00:40:24,422 --> 00:40:27,483
Mr. Walderman isn't here to
tell us his side of the story.
892
00:40:27,558 --> 00:40:29,993
YourHonon Mr. McCoy should
save his closing arguments
893
00:40:30,061 --> 00:40:31,051
for the appropriate moment.
894
00:40:31,129 --> 00:40:32,858
I agree. Mr. McCoy?
895
00:40:33,564 --> 00:40:38,832
Your Honor, at this time I would like to
illustrate more concretely for the court
896
00:40:38,903 --> 00:40:42,862
the disparity in size and strength
between the victim and the defendant.
897
00:40:42,941 --> 00:40:43,931
CHILES: Your Honor?
898
00:40:44,008 --> 00:40:45,703
What do you have in mind,
Mr. McCoy?
899
00:40:45,777 --> 00:40:49,736
If Mr. lnwood would step down for
a moment from the witness stand
900
00:40:50,114 --> 00:40:52,139
so that we can compare him
901
00:40:52,216 --> 00:40:55,550
to someone roughly Mr. Walderman's
height, age and weight...
902
00:40:55,620 --> 00:40:58,555
I object, Your Honor. Such a presentation
would be highly prejudicial.
903
00:40:58,623 --> 00:40:59,920
JACK: It's one thing to say
904
00:40:59,991 --> 00:41:04,485
that Mr. lnwood is a 6'9",
250-pound professional athlete
905
00:41:04,562 --> 00:41:07,827
and Mr. Walderman
was a foot shorter,
906
00:41:07,899 --> 00:41:11,802
60 pounds lighter, 15 years
older and an accountant.
907
00:41:12,403 --> 00:41:14,895
It's another thing to see
the two men side by side,
908
00:41:14,973 --> 00:41:17,135
and since Mr. Walderman
can't be with us.
909
00:41:18,009 --> 00:41:20,842
I'll allow it. The witness will
please step down for a moment.
910
00:41:23,247 --> 00:41:25,545
Stand there,
Mr. lnwood, please.
911
00:41:27,785 --> 00:41:29,981
Officer, please
step forward.
912
00:41:36,828 --> 00:41:38,455
How tall are you, sir?
5'10".
913
00:41:38,930 --> 00:41:40,125
And how much
do you weigh?
914
00:41:40,198 --> 00:41:41,529
195.
915
00:41:41,599 --> 00:41:44,762
I take judicial note of the court
officer's height and weight.
916
00:41:45,403 --> 00:41:47,838
Please stand next
to the defendant.
917
00:41:52,310 --> 00:41:53,641
Thank you.
918
00:41:54,946 --> 00:41:56,004
Now,
919
00:41:56,547 --> 00:42:00,450
we can't know exactly
what happened that night
920
00:42:00,551 --> 00:42:03,452
between Ira Walderman
and the defendant,
921
00:42:03,521 --> 00:42:04,989
Silas lnwood,
922
00:42:05,923 --> 00:42:07,084
but...
923
00:42:09,227 --> 00:42:10,592
Judge for yourselves.
924
00:42:11,129 --> 00:42:12,119
Your Honor.
925
00:42:12,196 --> 00:42:13,891
Please sit down,
Mr. Chiles.
926
00:42:39,057 --> 00:42:40,821
Has the jury
reached a verdict?
927
00:42:40,892 --> 00:42:42,587
FOREWOMAN:
We have, Your Honor.
928
00:42:42,660 --> 00:42:44,651
In "The People v.
Silas Inwood, "
929
00:42:44,729 --> 00:42:47,562
we, the jury, find the
defendant guilty as charged.
930
00:43:07,452 --> 00:43:10,979
A League spokesman was making the
rounds of the morning talk shows.
931
00:43:11,055 --> 00:43:12,284
Let me guess,
932
00:43:12,356 --> 00:43:15,087
now they're denouncing lnwood
for the thug that he is
933
00:43:15,159 --> 00:43:17,594
and distancing themselves
as fast as they can.
934
00:43:17,662 --> 00:43:21,155
The Cannons are trying to cancel
his contract. Morals clause.
935
00:43:21,232 --> 00:43:22,859
It took long enough
to exercise it.
936
00:43:22,934 --> 00:43:24,459
Did you see
this morning's headline?
937
00:43:25,136 --> 00:43:26,160
"Inwood Out Of Luck."
938
00:43:26,237 --> 00:43:27,932
I was referring to other one,
939
00:43:28,005 --> 00:43:29,530
"lnwood Selling Out."
940
00:43:29,607 --> 00:43:33,601
His jersey became the number-one
sports memorabilia item overnight.