(male announcer) IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM,
THE PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTED BY TWO SEPARATE
YET EQUALLY IMPORTANT GROUPS--
THE POLICE WHO INVESTIGATE CRIME
AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS WHO PROSECUTE THE OFFENDERS.
THESE ARE THEIR STORIES.
(Donna) HAVE YOU EVER SEEN
SO MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF CANDY?
WE HAVE CANDY STORES IN DES MOINES TOO, SWEETHEART.
BUT NOT WITH THESE PRICES.
I LOVE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S SO COOL.
IT'S DIRTY.
AND I'D SLEEP BETTER KNOWING YOU WERE LIVING IN A DORM.
A DORM?
MOM, WILL YOU TALK TO DAD, PLEASE?
(Melanie) HONEY, WE'RE GOING THIS WAY.
I'LL CATCH UP.
WHOA, CHECK OUT THAT SUNBURST.
YEAH, IT'S NICE.
[loud engine]
[man shouting]
[woman screams]
(woman) AAH! HELP! SOMEBODY HELP!
[car alarm]
(Gerrard) MELANIE AND DONNA HUELSMAN.
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER FROM IOWA.
VEHICLE RAN THE LIGHT.
(Lupe) ANYBODY GET PLATE NUMBERS?
NAW, CAR'S DESCRIBED AS A SILVER SEDAN,
FOUR DOOR, AMERICAN MAKE.
DRIVER AND PASSENGER, NO DESCRIPTION.
THIS CAME OFF A DODGE,
'06 MODEL.
A DODGE?
CAN YOU GET THAT OUT OVER THE AIR?
I DON'T SEE SKID MARKS.
THERE AREN'T ANY.
ALL INDICATIONS HE KEPT ACCELERATING.
DETECTIVES!
THEY THINK THEY FOUND THE CAR UP NEAR 14TH STREET.
WE RAN THE V.I.N.
CAR WAS REPORTED STOLEN TWO WEEKS AGO
FROM A LIVERY SERVICE.
ALL RIGHT, CAN YOU START A CANVAS
TWO BLOCKS EITHER WAY ALL THE WAY
UP TO THE 1ST AND 3RD AVENUE SUBWAY STATIONS?
CHECK IT OUT.
MUST BE AT LEAST TEN GRAND IN HERE.
MY GUESS, THEY DIDN'T WIN IT AT CHURCH BINGO.
STOLEN MONEY, STOLEN CAR.
HIT-AND-RUN'S ONLY THE TIP OF THIS ICEBERG I BET.
(Green) THERE WERE NO PRINTS ON THE CAR.
IT WAS WIPED CLEAN.
A WITNESS SAW TWO PEOPLE RUNNING AWAY FROM THE CAR.
MAYBE MALE, MAYBE WHITE OR HISPANIC.
TALK TO ME ABOUT THE MONEY.
UH, 10,000 IN NEW BILLS, ALL SEQUENTIAL.
THE BAND AROUND THE BRICK
IS FROM A HUDSON MUTUAL BANK.
YOU CHECKED ROBBERY REPORTS?
NONE REPORTED, BANKS OR OTHERWISE.
WELL, TRACE THE BILLS BACK
TO THE BRANCH THEY CAME FROM
AND FIND OUT WHO MADE THE WITHDRAWAL.
WE NEEDED CASH TO BUY SOME FURNITURE.
$50,000 FOR FURNITURE.
THAT'S WHAT THE BANK TOLD US
YOU TOOK OUT, MR. CONROY-- MOST OF YOUR SAVINGS.
OH, WE NEEDED FURNITURE. WE JUST BOUGHT A HOUSE.
YOU MIND TELLING US WHERE YOU WERE
YESTERDAY AROUND 2:00?
I WAS AT WORK IN MIDTOWN.
AT AN INSURANCE COMPANY.
MARGARET AND I BOTH WORK THERE. THAT'S HOW WE MET.
WHY DO YOU ASK?
LOOK, $10,000 OF YOUR MONEY
TURNED UP IN A STOLEN CAR YESTERDAY.
STOLEN CAR.
WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.
SO WHY DON'T YOU GIVE US
THE NAME OF THE FURNITURE PLACE?
TELL THEM, JERRY.
WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG.
IT COULD VOID OUR CONTRACT.
CONTRACT FOR WHAT?
(Margaret) THE NEW HOUSE.
YOU PAID CASH FOR A HOUSE?
(Jerry) JUST PART OF IT.
SELLER SAID IF WE PAID $50,000 IN CASH,
THEY'D KNOCK THAT MUCH OFF THE PRICE
THAT GETS FILED WITH THE COUNTY.
RIGHT. YOU SAVE ON TAXES.
GIVE US THE NAME OF THE SELLER.
IT'S A COMPANY.
THEY SELL HOUSES IN FORECLOSURE.
WE GOT A GREAT DEAL.
WHEN DID YOU GIVE 'EM THE MONEY?
CLOSING WAS YESTERDAY MORNING.
"DENNIS LANGDON,
HOME RELIEF CORPORATION."
MR. LANGDON PREPAID TWO MONTHS
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LEASE.
NOW HE'S THREE MONTHS BEHIND.
I KEEP CALLING THE NUMBER HE GAVE ME
BUT I GET A RECORDING.
JUNK, JUNK, JUNK.
IT'S EMPTY.
TO DENNIS LANGDON
FROM THE COUNTY RECORDERS OFFICE.
THAT LOOKS LIKE A RECEIPT FOR A DEED TRANSFER FILING.
COUNTY RECORDERS OFFICE, COUNTY RECORDERS OFFICE,
COUNTY RECORDERS.
THESE ARE THE DEED TRANSFERS
FOR THE HOUSES HOME RELIEF CORPORATION
BOUGHT AND SOLD IN SEPTEMBER.
AUGUST AND JULY ARE ON THE WAY.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
HOME RELIEF'S A DBA FOR DENNIS LANGDON.
BEEN IN BUSINESS FOUR MONTHS.
ONLY ADDRESS IS... THE OFFICE HE NEVER USES.
THIS GUY GETS SKETCHIER AND SKETCHIER.
ALL THESE HOUSES HE BOUGHT AND SOLD,
HE GOT TITLED TO THEM BY QUIT CLAIM DEEDS,
INCLUDING THE HOUSE THE CONROYS BOUGHT.
WELL THEY SAID THE PLACE WAS IN FORECLOSURE.
PREVIOUS OWNERS PROBABLY GOT JAMMED UP
AND WALKED AWAY FROM THE HOUSE.
IF THEY SIGNED IT OVER TO LANGDON,
MAYBE THEY KNOW HOW TO FIND HIM.
HE SAID HE WOULD STOP THE FORECLOSURE NOTICES
AND GET THE PAYMENTS BACK DOWN.
HOW EXACTLY WAS HE GONNA DO THAT?
MR. LANGDON HAD ME SIGN SOME PAPERS
AND NOW EVERYTHING'S OKAY.
IS THIS WHAT LANGDON HAD YOU SIGN?
A QUIT CLAIM DEED?
HE EXPLAINED I HAVE TO TURN OVER THE TITLE
IN ORDER FOR HIM TO FIX MY CREDIT.
YOU KNOW YOU SIGNED OVER YOUR HOME, RIGHT?
IT'S JUST TEMPORARY UNTIL MY CREDIT'S FIXED.
MS. SIMONIAN,
I--I HATE TO TELL YOU THIS
BUT MR. LANGDON SOLD YOUR HOME.
WHAT?
YEAH.
WHEN?
UH, THREE DAYS AGO.
HAVE YOU HEARD FROM HIM SINCE YOU SIGNED?
NO.
ALL OF THE HOUSES THAT LANGDON FLIPPED,
SAME STORY.
HE WOULD CON PEOPLE WHO WERE IN TROUBLE
WITH THEIR SUB-PRIME MORTGAGES
INTO SIGNING A QUIT CLAIM DEED.
AND THEN A WEEK LATER
HE'D BE SELLING THE HOUSES AT BARGAIN PRICES.
HOW DOES HE MAKE HIS MONEY?
HE GOT EVERY BUYER TO SLIP HIM
$50,000 IN CASH UNDER THE TABLE.
SO HE'S FLIPPED ALMOST 40 HOUSES IN TWO MONTHS?
YEP.
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT.
AND WE THINK HE'S THE GUY
THAT WAS DRIVING THE HIT-AND-RUN CAR?
IF NOT HIM, THEN SOMEBODY HE KNEW.
HIS MONEY WAS IN THE CAR.
IS LANGDON IN OUR SYSTEM?
HE'S NOT IN ANYBODY'S SYSTEM.
IT'S PROBABLY AN ALIAS.
WE'RE HAVING HOMEOWNERS PAST AND PRESENT
LOOK AT MUG SHOTS.
WHAT ABOUT ACCOMPLICES?
IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE HE'D PULL OFF
A SCAM THIS BIG BY HIMSELF.
WELL ONE NAME KEEPS POPPING UP.
A BUNCH OF THE CLOSINGS WERE HANDLED
BY THE SAME PERSON FROM THE TITLE COMPANY.
KIM BRODY.
(Brody) I'VE DONE 14 CLOSINGS WITH MR. LANGDON.
ALL THE PAPERS WERE IN ORDER.
IT DIDN'T BOTHER YOU
THAT ALL THE PROPERTIES LANGDON SOLD
HE GOT BY QUIT CLAIM DEEDS?
WE'VE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF THAT IN THIS MARKET.
THE HOMEOWNERS WHO NEVER SHOULD'VE QUALIFIED
FOR A MORTGAGE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
EXCEPT IN THIS CASE,
THESE HOMEOWNERS THOUGHT LANGDON
WAS HELPING THEM KEEP THEIR HOMES.
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
HE CONNED THEM INTO SIGNING QUIT CLAIM DEEDS.
GOD.
I HAD NO IDEA.
HE SEEMED SO DECENT.
THAT'S WHY THEY CALL THEM CON MEN.
LOOK, WE NEED TO FIND HIM.
HIS BUSINESS ADDRESS IS A BUST.
BUT YOU HAVE HIS NAME.
WE DON'T THINK LANGDON'S HIS REAL NAME.
LISTEN, YOU CHECK I.D.s DURING A CLOSING?
OF COURSE. IT'S CUSTOMARY.
BUT I GO THE EXTRA MILE.
I MAKE PHOTOCOPIES OF DRIVERS' LICENSES.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE MR. LANGDON'S?
YEAH. GREAT.
THE DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS BOGUS
BUT WE RAN LANGDON'S PHOTO THROUGH FACIAL RECOGNITION.
WE GOT A WINNER.
PHIL NEWSOM, AKA DENNIS LANGDON.
POSSESSION OF STOLEN GOODS,
FORGERY, LARCENY,
DEFRAUDING HOMEOWNERS IS RIGHT IN HIS COMFORT ZONE.
HE'S A KNOWN ASSOCIATE OF THE FATONE CREW.
THAT FIGURES THE MOB WOULD HAVE
THEIR FINGERS IN THE SUB-PRIME PIE.
IT GETS BETTER.
NICKY FATONE RUNS A CIGAR CLUB ON GRAND.
THAT'S FIVE BLOCKS FROM THE HIT-AND-RUN.
TALK TO A JUDGE ABOUT A SEARCH WARRANT.
[music playing]
*
[music stops]
YOU, SIT.
EVERYBODY STAY SEATED.
NICKY FATONE.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOUR BUDDY PHIL NEWSOM.
YEAH, WELL KEEP LOOKING.
HOW'D YOU GET THAT BRUISE?
I MUSTA HIT MY HEAD SHAVING.
THAT'S FUNNY.
STAY IN HERE.
OH, WHAT HAPPENED HERE?
TERMITES.
(Lupo) BULLET HOLE IN THE DOOR FRAME.
LOOKS NEW.
THERE'S ANOTHER ONE IN THE WALL OVER THERE.
LOOK AT THIS.
IT WAS FORCED OPEN.
CLEANED OUT.
SOMEBODY SHOT UP THE PLACE AND ROBBED FATONE.
MAYBE THESE HIT-AND-RUN GUYS
WERE COMING FROM HERE.
FATONE HAD THE MONEY FROM THE QUIT CLAIM SCAM.
THEY STOLE IT.
RIPPING OFF THE MOB.
NO WONDER THEY WERE IN A HURRY.
AND THE PEOPLE THAT ROBBED FATONE WE THINK
ARE THE SAME PEOPLE IN THE HIT-AND-RUN?
(Green) THE WAY IT LOOKS,
HE WAS IN ON THE QUIT CLAIMS SCAM
WITH PHIL NEWSOM, AKA DENNIS LANGDON.
FATONE WAS HOLDING THE MONEY WHEN HE GOT ROBBED.
ODDS ARE IT'S AN INSIDE JOB, SOMEONE WHO KNOWS
WHEN THE QUIT CLAIM MONEY IS COMING IN.
BUT IF FATONE HAS AN IDEA WHO THAT IS,
HE'S NOT TELLING.
WE NEED TO CONVINCE HIM TO COOPERATE WITH US.
WELL IF WE HAD EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM
IN THE QUIT CLAIMS SCAM,
WE COULD LEVERAGE HIS COOPERATION.
SO WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
WE ARE?
WE WANT TO DO A STING
ON FATONE AND LANGDON.
DON'T YOU HAVE TO FIND LANGDON FIRST?
WE THINK WE GOT SOMEBODY THAT CAN FIND HIM FOR US.
BUT WE MIGHT NEED A LITTLE PROSECUTORIAL PRESSURE.
THAT'S MY SPECIALTY.
ALL I HAVE IS HIS VOICE MAIL.
IF MR. LANGDON NEEDS ME FOR A CLOSING,
HE CALLS ME.
OKAY, CALL HIM, LEAVE HIM A MESSAGE.
TELL HIM YOU HAVE A VERY MOTIVATED HOMEOWNER
WHO NEEDS TO STRAIGHTEN OUT HIS CREDIT.
I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T REALLY WANT TO GET INVOLVED.
YOU ARE INVOLVED.
YOUR NAME IS ON 14 SHAM TRANSACTIONS.
BUT I DIDN'T KNOW. REALLY?
ONCE WE CATCH LANGDON--
AND WE WILL, WITH OR WITHOUT YOUR HELP--
YOU SURE HE'S GONNA BACK UP YOUR STORY?
YOU KNOW, MAYBE I SHOULD'VE SUSPECTED SOMETHING.
WHY DO YOU SAY THAT?
WELL IT'S CUSTOMARY
TO TIP THE TITLE PERSON AFTER THE CLOSING.
MR. LANGDON TIPPED ME $3,000 EVERY TIME.
I THOUGHT IT WAS TOO GENEROUS, BUT...
WE WILL OVERLOOK IT
IF YOU HELP US.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MS. BRODY TOLD YOU,
BUT ONCE HOME RELIEF CORPORATION STEPS IN,
THE CALLS FROM THE MORTGAGE COMPANY,
THE CREDITORS, THEY STOP.
WE'LL NEGOTIATE ON YOUR BEHALF AND WE'LL GET YOU
A PAYMENT SCHEDULE YOU CAN AFFORD.
SO THEY WON'T TAKE AWAY OUR HOUSE?
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
THAT'S OUR MISSION.
WE MAKE SURE THAT DECENT FOLKS LIKE YOU
DON'T LOSE THEIR HOMES.
WE--WE REALLY TRY TO MAKE THOSE PAYMENTS
EVERY MONTH, MR. LANGDON.
BUT SINCE I GOT LAID OFF,
IT'S BEEN A STRUGGLE.
YOU GOT NO MORE WORRIES NOW.
WELL, HOW DOES THIS WORK?
FIRST YOU TRANSFER THE DEBT OVER TO HOME RELIEF
BY ASSIGNING US THE TITLE TO THE HOME.
WAIT, YOU'RE SAYING WE HAVE TO GIVE YOU OUR HOUSE?
NO, HONEY, I-- THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
IT'S A COMMON QUESTION.
YOU ASSIGN US THE TITLE TEMPORARILY.
YOU'LL STILL BE LIVING HERE.
WE JUST NEED TO SHOW THE MORTGAGE COMPANY
THAT YOU'RE SERIOUS ABOUT FIXING YOUR CREDIT.
SO I JUST SIGN THIS?
I'LL NEED BOTH OF YOUR SIGNATURES.
WOW.
I FEEL LIKE A WEIGHT HAS BEEN LIFTED ALREADY.
PERHAPS WE CAN GET A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP.
I FEEL KIND OF BAD FOR THESE PEOPLE.
ONE PERSON'S MISFORTUNE IS ANOTHER'S FORTUNE, RIGHT?
LIKE YOU SAW THIS MORNING,
THE HOUSE IS A REAL GEM.
[Green chuckles] WELL ANY PLACE MY EX-WIFE AIN'T
IS A REAL GEM.
(Brody) EVERYTHING'S IN ORDER.
I'LL FILE THESE WITH THE COUNTY
AND YOU SHOULD BE SET.
THEN I GUESS WE'RE DONE HERE.
UNLESS YOUR LAWYER HAS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
UM, I WENT OVER EVERYTHING.
YOU'RE GOOD.
THERE YOU GO. WE'RE GOOD.
THAT JUST LEAVES THE OTHER MATTER
WE TALKED ABOUT ON THE PHONE.
RIGHT.
THERE YOU GO.
IT'S $50,000. IT'S ALL THERE.
WELL, MR. SANDERS,
CONGRATULATIONS.
YOU JUST CLOSED ON A BEAUTIFUL NEW HOME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
HOLD ON, KIM.
I'LL GO DOWN WITH YOU.
HOW WAS IT FOR YOU?
AUDIO WAS PERFECT.
HERE COMES OUR TITLE COMPANY LADY.
(Green) WHERE'S LANGDON?
THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE COMING DOWN TOGETHER.
LUPO, YOU SEE LANGDON?
[Lupo on radio] NEGATIVE.
[static]
(Van Buren) LUPO?
[tires screeching]
(Lupo) HEY.
WHAT HAPPENED TO LANGDON?
I DON'T KNOW.
HE TOOK A DIFFERENT ELEVATOR.
WHAT DID HE TELL YOU?
HE SAID TO MEET HIM
AT JOHNNY ROMAN'S GRILL
IN BROOKLYN IN 1/2 HOUR.
HE'D PAY ME THEN.
I THINK HE SUSPECTS SOMETHING.
WHY DO YOU THINK THAT?
I OVERHEARD HIM ON THE PHONE
AND SOMEONE NAMED NICKY IS GOING TO BE THERE TOO.
I'M SCARED.
I JUST WANT TO GO HOME AND FORGET EVERYTHING.
[door slams]
(Green) THIS PLACE IS EMPTY, MAN.
NOTHING BUT RATS BACK THERE.
I DON'T GET WHY LANGDON TOLD HER
TO MEET HIM HERE.
WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY HEAR LANGDON
TELL HER ANYTHING, DID WE? [cell phone rings]
YEAH, LUPO.
WE'RE ON OUR WAY.
SHOTS FIRED AT FATONE'S CIGAR CLUB.
(Kuo) SECTOR CAR RESPONDED TO A RADIO RUN
OF SHOTS FIRED.
FIVE VICTIMS HERE, ALL DOA.
I GOT FATONE HERE.
LANGDON HERE.
HIS LEATHER POUCH WITH THE 50K IS GONE.
9MM. OUR FRIENDS CAME BACK.
AND THEY LEFT NO WITNESSES THIS TIME.
DETECTIVES!
THERE'S ANOTHER VICTIM BEHIND THE BUILDING.
BAG THIS.
LOOKS LIKE ONE HALF OF OUR ROBBERY TEAM.
THE OTHER HALF TOOK THE MONEY.
SOMEBODY GOT GREEDY.
CHECK THIS OUT.
WHATCHA GOT?
ON HIS FACE HERE.
IT'S NOT BLOOD. IT'S LIPSTICK.
SHE KISSED HIM.
HIS PARTNER. IT'S HER.
OH, MAN.
POLICE, OPEN UP!
COME HERE.
WHAT'S--
AGAINST THE WALL.
PUT YOUR HANDS WHERE I CAN SEE 'EM, UP.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
WE FOUND LIPSTICK ON YOUR BOYFRIEND'S FACE.
IS IT CUSTOMARY TO SHOOT YOUR PARTNER
OR DOES THAT FALL UNDER GOING THE EXTRA MILE?
(officer) CLEAR! CLEAR!
UP AGAINST THE WALL.
ARE YOU ARRESTING ME?
WHAT DID I DO?
FIRST OF ALL, THOSE $3,000 TIPS?
WE CALL THOSE BRIBES.
BUT MS. RUBIROSA SAID--
(Green) THAT WAS BEFORE YOU SENT US
ON THAT WILD GOOSE CHASE TO BROOKLYN.
I DID NO SUCH THING-- COME ON, KIM.
THE INSIDE MAN IS YOU.
THAT'S CRAZY.
THAT HURTS.
LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.
WHEN YOU SAW THAT WOMAN AND HER DAUGHTER
CROSSING THE STREET, YOU THINK FOR A SECOND
TO TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE GAS?
WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME?
AFTER ALL I DID FOR YOU,
I DON'T DESERVE THIS.
THIS IS SO UNFAIR.
(clerk) CASE 1-1-1-0-7. PEOPLE V. BRODY.
14 COUNTS OF OBSTRUCTING GOVERNMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
IN THE FIRST DEGREE.
HOW DO YOU PLEAD--
NOT GUILTY, YOUR HONOR.
I--I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M HERE.
AND I CAN'T AFFORD A LAWYER.
(Judge Harper) THAT'S WHY MR. BERBATOV'S BEEN APPOINTED
TO REPRESENT YOU AT NO COST.
(Rubirosa) YOUR HONOR, PEOPLE REQUEST REMAND.
MS. BRODY IS A SUSPECT IN EIGHT HOMICIDES,
INCLUDING TWO HIT-AND-RUN VICTIMS.
YET SHE'S ONLY BEEN CHARGED WITH A FEW E-FELONIES.
SHE HAS NO TIES TO THE COMMUNITY.
HER WORK HISTORY TRACES BACK JUST SIX MONTHS,
NOT TO MENTION SHE OBTAINED A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER
JUST LAST YEAR.
MY CLIENT'S PEDIGREE WAS GOOD ENOUGH
WHEN THEY ASKED HER TO BE A COOPERATING WITNESS
IN A STING OPERATION.
MS. RUBIROSA, YOUR CASE IS A MOTION AWAY
FROM MISDEMEANOR STATUS.
I SEEN NO REASON TO DENY THIS DEFENDANT
REASONABLE BAIL.
YOUR HONOR, THE DEFENDANT IS PRIVY
TO THE WORKINGS OF A MASSIVE REAL ESTATE SCAM.
PEOPLE REQUEST A MATERIAL WITNESS WARRANT.
THAT'S JUST BACKDOOR REMAND.
DIDN'T YOU JUST TELL ME
SHE WAS A COOPERATING WITNESS, MR. BERBATOV?
WARRANT TO ISSUE
IN THE NAME OF KIM BRODY.
[whispers indistinctly]
YOUR HONOR, SINCE THE REAL ESTATE SCAM
INVOLVES ORGANIZED CRIME,
WE REQUEST PROTECTIVE CUSTODY
IN A SECURE LOCATION.
[indistinct]
UH, MUTUALLY AGREEABLE SECURE LOCATION.
(Brody) SO THIS IS WHAT I GET FOR HELPING YOU?
ACCUSATIONS OF MURDER AND ROBBERY?
WHY DID YOU SEND THE POLICE TO BROOKLYN?
BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE MR. LANGDON TOLD ME
HE WAS GOING TO BE.
IT'S MY BAD LUCK HE CAN'T TELL YOU HIMSELF.
IT IS BAD LUCK YOU AND YOUR BOYFRIEND KILLED HIM.
I DON'T EVEN HAVE A BOYFRIEND.
I'M A SINGLE GIRL ALL ALONE HERE.
(Berbatov) AS LONG AS I'M HERE, YOU CAN'T BULLY HER.
WE'LL DISCUSS A PLEA ON THE BRIBERY CHARGES.
ANYTHING ELSE, WE'RE NOT INTERESTED.
BOBBY SINCLAIR,
ESCAPED FROM BROWARD COUNTY JAIL IN '04
WHILE AWAITING TRIAL.
CONVICTIONS FOR ASSAULT AND ARMED ROBBERY.
YOU DON'T KNOW HIM?
THAT'S YOUR STORY.
THAT'S RIGHT.
HE HAD YOUR LIPSTICK ON HIS FACE.
SAME MAKE, SAME COLOR AS THE ONE IN YOUR PURSE.
AND IN THOUSANDS OF OTHER PURSES
IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA.
DON'T KID YOURSELF.
WE WILL CONNECT YOU TO MR. SINCLAIR
AND THEN YOUR CLOCK WILL RUN OUT,
MS. BRODY, OR WHATEVER YOUR REAL NAME IS.
IT IS KIM BRODY.
WITH A YEAR-OLD SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER.
I DON'T THINK SO.
(Brody) I NEVER NEEDED ONE UNTIL NOW.
I WORKED IN MY UNCLE'S LIQUOR STORE IN GREENVILLE
UNTIL HE DIED AND IT WENT OUT OF BUSINESS.
I NEVER HAD A STRAIGHT JOB...
UNTIL I CAME HERE.
I THOUGHT FINALLY CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD TURN IN MY FAVOR.
BUT SOME THINGS...
THEY JUST NEVER CHANGE.
FIRST THINGS FIRST.
THIS MATERIAL WITNESS WARRANT,
YOU'LL HAVE MY MOTION TO DISMISS
BY TOMORROW MORNING.
IF THE WARRANT GETS DISMISSED,
SHE'LL MAKE BAIL AND DISAPPEAR
WITH THE MONEY SHE STOLE FROM FATONE AND LANGDON.
WELL DON'T LOOK AT ME FOR GOOD NEWS.
THE SEARCH OF HER APARTMENT TURNED UP NOTHING.
AS FAR AS HER PEDIGREE,
WE FOUND ONE KIM BRODY LIVING
IN A VIRGINIA ORPHANAGE 12 YEARS AGO,
EMANCIPATED AT 16, NOTHING SINCE.
NO PHOTO, NO SOCIAL.
AN ORPHANAGE.
I ALMOST FEEL SORRY FOR HER.
LOOPS, PUT UP YOUR LAPTOP.
FLORIDA'S SENDING US SOMETHING ON SINCLAIR.
HE HAD HELP BREAKING OUT OF PRISON
FOUR YEARS AGO
FROM A PARALEGAL NAMED CLAIRE TOMALIN.
SHE SMUGGLED IN A GUN TO HIM.
CLAIRE TOMALIN/ KIM BRODY?
HERE IT IS.
(Rubirosa) WHAT DO YOU THINK?
KIM BRODY, THE GREEN EYE SHADOW YEARS?
SHE'S AN INCH SHORTER THAN BRODY,
15 POUNDS HEAVIER,
SAME COLOR EYES.
NO FINGERPRINTS ON FILE.
WE CAN RUN IT THROUGH FACIAL RECOGNITION.
MIGHT TAKE A COUPLE DAYS.
WELL THE MOTION HEARING'S THIS AFTERNOON.
PRINT IT OUT.
MAYBE IF I POKE THE JUDGE IN THE EYE.
(Judge Barclay) IF I UNDERSTAND THE PEOPLE'S CASE CORRECTLY,
MR. CUTTER, MS. BRODY IS BEING HELD
AS A MATERIAL WITNESS AGAINST FIVE DEAD MEN?
WE DON'T KNOW HOW FAR THE REAL ESTATE SCAM EXTENDS,
YOUR HONOR.
MS. BRODY'S TESTIMONY
MAY BE INVALUABLE IN UNCOVERING OTHER SUSPECTS.
"MAY BE INVALUABLE?"
WHAT IS THIS, PREVENTIVE CUSTODY FOR WITNESSES?
I'M ALREADY THERE, MR. BERBATOV.
MR. CUTTER, SEEMS TO ME
YOUR WARRANT'S NOTHING MORE THAN DEFACTO REMAND.
I'M DISMISSING THE WARRANT
AND SETTING REASONABLE BAIL
ON THE BRIBERY CHARGE.
YOUR HONOR, WE BELIEVE MS. BRODY IS USING
AN ASSUMED NAME AND IS, IN FACT, CLAIRE TOMALIN,
THE KNOWN ACCOMPLICE OF ROBERT SINCLAIR,
THE DECEASED MURDER AND ROBBERY SUSPECT.
MS. TOMALIN IS WANTED IN FLORIDA
FOR AIDING AND ESCAPE.
AND ONCE WE ESTABLISH THAT SHE AND MS. BRODY
ARE ONE IN THE SAME PERSON,
WE WILL BE CHARGING HER HERE WITH MURDER.
I SEE A SLIGHT RESEMBLANCE.
MAY I SEE THAT PHOTO, YOUR HONOR?
YOUR HONOR, IT'S INCONCEIVABLE
THAT ANYONE AS ATTRACTIVE AS MY CLIENT
COULD EVER HAVE LOOKED LIKE THIS...
PERSON.
YOUR HONOR, I HAVE ANOTHER PHOTO
FOR YOUR EXAMINATION.
THAT DOESN'T EVEN REMOTELY RESEMBLE MY CLIENT.
WHO IS THIS?
ME AS A SOPHOMORE.
I GREW TWO INCHES MY SENIOR YEAR
AND THEN EVERYTHING SORT OF FELL INTO PLACE.
[chuckles] MADE YOUR POINT, MS. RUBIROSA.
MS. TOMALIN'S PHOTO
IS BEING ANALYZED WITH FACIAL RECOGNITION SOFTWARE.
WE WILL HAVE THE RESULTS IN 48 HOURS.
WE ASK THAT YOU SUSTAIN THE WARRANT UNTIL THEN.
ALL RIGHT, BACK TO YOUR SEATS.
I NEED A FEW MINUTES TO CONSIDER.
WHOA, MIGHT HAVE STOOD A CHANCE WITH YOU BACK THEN.
WHAT?
BRODY'S LAWYER IS WEARING A MAN'S SOCK ON HIS LEFT FOOT
AND A WOMAN'S SOCK ON HIS RIGHT.
(Judge Barclay) ALL RIGHT, HERE'S MY DECISION.
THE MATERIAL WITNESS WARRANT
IS SUSTAINED FOR 48 HOURS.
IF BY THEN THE PEOPLE CANNOT PROVE
TO MY SATISFACTION
THAT MS. BRODY AND MS. TOMALIN
ARE ONE IN THE SAME PERSON,
THE WARRANT WILL BE DISMISSED.
[bangs gavel]
THE OFFICER SAID BERBATOV SPENT TWO HOURS
CONSULTING WITH HIS CLIENT
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS IN THE HOTEL BEDROOM
BEFORE COMING HERE.
AND HE ENDS UP WITH MISMATCHED SOCKS.
WE NEED TO SEARCH THAT BEDROOM.
YEAH, I TOLD THE OFFICERS TO TAKE THEIR TIME
RETURNING BRODY TO THE HOTEL.
DETECTIVE LUPO, PLEASE.
[muttering] SOCK.
HEY MAN, ARE YOU A SOCKS-ON GUY OR A SOCKS-OFF?
YOU KNOW.
YEAH, YEAH, I KNOW.
WELL I GET COLD FEET, SO...
TO BE CONSIDERATE, I WEAR SOCKS, YOU KNOW?
I GET IT, MAN.
I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT.
[chuckles]
HEY.
HEY-- HEY!
FOUND IT. A MAN'S ARGYLE.
[door shuts]
BERBATOV LOST HIS SOCK
SO HE BORROWED ONE OF HERS.
THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY IT ENDED UP
BURIED IN THE SHEETS.
MS. BRODY FOUND A FRIENDLY WAY TO COMPENSATE
HER COURT-APPOINTED LAWYER.
THIS IS A WOMAN WHO SHOT HER PREVIOUS BOYFRIEND
WHILE KISSING HIM.
SHE HAS PLANS FOR BERBATOV.
I WANT HIM UNDER SURVEILLANCE.
LOOPS, YOU BEEN ON THE SAME PAGE
FOR THE LAST HALF HOUR.
YOU WANNA GET THROUGH LAW SCHOOL,
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PICK UP THE PACE A LITTLE BIT.
SHUT UP, MAN.
THIS STUFF IS DEEP. IT'S COMPLICATED.
HEADS UP.
(Green) HEY!
STEP AWAY FROM THE CAR.
OH, GOD!
PUT THE BAG DOWN.
(Berbatov) THIS BAG IS SUBJECT
TO ATTORNEY/CLIENT PRIVILEGE.
YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO SEARCH IT.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S IN THERE, I SWEAR.
I CAN'T TALK ABOUT THIS.
IT'S ATTORNEY/CLIENT PRIVILEGE.
(Rubirosa) WHICH CLIENT?
THE ONE WHO LENT YOU HER STOCKING
TO WEAR IN COURT?
WE FOUND IT IN HER BED.
WHAT WAS SHE DOING, GIVING YOU A PEDICURE?
IT'S ATTORNEY/CLIENT PRIVILEGE.
MR. BERBATOV...
YOU'RE NOT THE FIRST LAWYER
TO GET IN BED WITH HIS CLIENT.
AND MS. BRODY IS A VERY ATTRACTIVE WOMAN.
SHE'S COME A LONG WAY
FROM THE MOUSY LITTLE PARALEGAL
WHO WAS SEDUCED BY ROBERT SINCLAIR
AND HELPED HIM ESCAPE FOUR YEARS AGO.
IN FACT, YOU COULD SAY
THE STUDENT HAS SURPASSED HER TEACHER.
SHE GOT RID OF HIM WITH RUTHLESS EFFICIENCY,
THE SAME WAY SHE'LL GET RID OF YOU
WHEN YOU OUTLIVE YOUR USEFULNESS.
WHAT--
WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP MYSELF?
WE'LL LET YOU PLEAD TO A MISDEMEANOR.
IN RETURN, YOU TELL US EVERYTHING YOU KNOW
ABOUT KIM BRODY.
BUT THE ATTORNEY/CLIENT PRIVILEGE--
THAT PRIVILEGE EVAPORATED
WHEN YOU WENT AND RECOVERED THIS MONEY.
YOU BECAME PART
OF AN ONGOING CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE.
WHAT ABOUT MY LICENSE TO PRACTICE?
THAT'S BETWEEN YOU AND THE BAR ASSOCIATION.
DEAL, MR. BERBATOV?
(Berbatov) YES, ROOM 235, PLEASE?
[phone ringing]
[man on phone] HELLO, ROOM 235.
THIS IS PETER BERBATOV.
CAN I SPEAK TO MY CLIENT?
[man on phone] HOLD ON.
[Brody on phone] LET ME CLOSE THE DOOR.
[door closing over phone]
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? I WAS WORRIED.
I HAD TO TAKE MY MOTHER TO THE DOCTOR.
[Brody on phone] YOU'RE A VERY THOUGHTFUL MAN, PETER.
DID YOU FIND THE CAR ALL RIGHT?
YES. I GOT THE BAG.
[Brody on phone] NOW RENT A CAR AND PUT THE BAG IN THE TRUNK
AND PARK THE CAR IN THE LOT
ACROSS FROM THE HOTEL.
AND DON'T FORGET THE PARKING CLAIM CHECK.
OKAY.
ARE YOU OKAY?
YOU SOUND UPSET.
OH, I'M--
I'M JUST--I'M WORRIED ABOUT MY MOM.
[Brody on phone] YOU'RE A SWEETIE.
ONCE YOU GET THE CAR,
CALL ME ON THE OTHER PHONE.
[Brody on phone] BYE.
[phone clicks]
GOOD WORK.
WE ARREST MS. BRODY.
THE CHARGE IS MURDER.
WHO ARE YOU?
SPECIAL AGENT HASKER, FBI.
YOU?
NYPD.
RICHARD CASSIDY, U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
UH, THAT'S OUR PRISONER.
(Cassidy) NOT ANYMORE.
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT
IS ASSERTING JURISDICTION OVER HER.
(Lupo) LIKE HELL.
WE'RE ARRESTING HER ON EIGHT MURDERS.
IT'LL HAVE TO WAIT.
MS. BRODY IS A MATERIAL WITNESS
IN A PATRIOT ACT ANTI-TERROR INVESTIGATION.
WH--WHAT INVESTIGATION?
I CAN'T DISCUSS THAT.
THAT'S MY SWEATER. (Lupo) HOLD ON--
SHE'S CONNING YOU.
COULD YOU STEP ASIDE, PLEASE?
MS. BRODY INITIATED CONTACT
WITH THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOUR DAYS AGO.
SHE INDICATED SHE HAD INFORMATION
ON A MONEY-LAUNDERING SCHEME
RUN BY ARAB NATIONALS.
(Cutter) ASSUMING THIS ALLEGATION
ISN'T THE FABRICATION OF A PSYCHOPATHIC MIND,
HOW DOES MONEY LAUNDERING
TRUMP EIGHT HOMICIDES?
THE GOVERNMENT BELIEVES WE'VE DISCOVERED
A PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN TERROR CELL.
IT'S ALL DETAILED IN OUR BRIEF.
WHICH, BY THE WAY, WE HAVEN'T SEEN.
UNDER 18 U.S.C. 2003,
THE GOVERNMENT CAN ONLY PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION
TO A FEDERAL MAGISTRATE.
YOUR HONOR, MS. BRODY IS A CLOSER
FOR A TITLE COMPANY.
HOW COULD SHE POSSIBLY HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF TERROR CELLS?
MS. BRODY.
THESE MEN-- THESE ARAB MEN
WERE BUYING AND SELLING HOUSES.
A LOT OF THEM.
AND ALL THE MONEY WAS BEING WIRED
TO KUWAIT AND DUBAI.
I--I GOT CONCERNED.
HAS SHE PROVIDED ANY EVIDENCE TO BACK THIS UP?
AGAIN, UNDER 18 U.S.C. 2003,
THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT--
THAT'S NOT AN ANSWER.
YOUR HONOR, MS. BRODY IS USING
THE U.S. ATTORNEY TO EVADE PROSECUTION
FOR MURDER.
MR. CUTTER, I DON'T SEE HOW A PAUSE,
HOWEVER LONG IN YOUR PROCEEDINGS AGAINST MS. BRODY
WILL ADVERSELY EFFECT YOUR CASE
IN THE LONG TERM.
I'M REMANDING MS. BRODY
TO THE CUSTODY OF THE U.S. MARSHALL
FOR THE DURATION
OF THE GOVERNMENT'S REQUIREMENTS.
THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.
FEDS MUST'VE BEEN HER BACK-UP ALL ALONG
IN CASE HER ESCAPE PLAN DIDN'T WORK.
SHE PROBABLY FELT BERBATOV WAS SHAKY ON THE PHONE
SO SHE PULLED THE TRIGGER ON THE U.S. ATTORNEY.
I CALLED CASSIDY'S BOSS.
EVERY RESPONSE FROM HIM
CONSISTED OF A VERB, A SUBJECT,
AND 9/11.
THE ARROGANCE.
IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING QUICK,
KIM BRODY WILL DISAPPEAR
DOWN SOME FEDERAL RABBIT HOLE.
UNTIL THEY FIGURE OUT HER TERRORIST CELL STORY
IS BOGUS.
THAT WON'T STOP THEM.
THEY'VE BEEN KNOWN TO INVENT CASES
WHERE NONE EXIST.
AND KIM BRODY WILL PARLAY IT
INTO WITNESS PROTECTION AND A NEW IDENTITY.
YOU HAVE THE NAMES OF THE FBI AGENTS
WHO TOOK MS. BRODY INTO CUSTODY?
YEAH, HASKER AND CORDELL.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
TAKING PRISONERS.
ARTHUR CORDELL, LEO HASKER.
WELL IF IT ISN'T BATMAN AND ROBIN.
YEAH, AND LOOK WHAT WE GOT HERE.
COUPLE WARRANTS FOR YOUR ARREST
FOR KIDNAPPING.
WHAT?
THIS IS A JOKE, RIGHT?
(Green) NO.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO, GIRLS. MOVE ALONG NOW.
THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS.
THIS KIND OF PETTY, INTERNECINE BULLYING
WHILE OUR COUNTRY IS UNDER ATTACK--
DUE PROCESS IS WHAT'S UNDER ATTACK.
MS. BRODY WAS LEGALLY IN OUR CUSTODY
WHEN SHE WAS HIJACKED BY THE U.S. ATTORNEY.
YOUR HONOR RULED THAT OUR ACTION WAS LEGAL.
AN AFTER-THE-FACT RUBBER STAMP.
I HOPE YOU'RE NOT IMPLYING THAT I MADE--
MY SCORN IS NOT DIRECTED AT YOU, YOUR HONOR,
BUT AT AN ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY
WHO'S SO BLINDED BY ZEALOTRY THAT HE DOESN'T SEE
HE'S BEING PLAYED FOR A FOOL
BY A PSYCHOPATHIC KILLER.
(Cassidy) YOUR HONOR, THEY KEEP REFERRING TO HER
AS A KILLER.
WHERE ARE THE MURDER CHARGES?
WHERE'S THE EVIDENCE?
IF WE'D BEEN ABLE TO ARRAIGN AND CHARGE HER--
SHE'S TOO VALUABLE A WITNESS.
YOUR HONOR, I ASK YOU TO ORDER THE RELEASE
OF AGENTS HASKER AND CORDELL.
THEY ARE ESSENTIAL TO OUR INVESTIGATION.
MR. MCCOY, THIS STALEMATE CAN'T LAST.
I AGREE. I PROPOSE A PRISONER EXCHANGE.
OUR MURDER SUSPECT FOR HIS AGENTS.
YOUR HONOR, THAT'S EXTORTION.
AND YOU OVERPLAYED YOUR HAND, MR. CASSIDY.
CUSTODY OF MS. BRODY
WILL PASS TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
WHO WILL PROCEED TO INDICTMENT FORTHWITH.
IN TURN THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AGREES
TO DISMISS WITHOUT PREJUDICE
ALL CHARGES AGAINST AGENTS HASKER AND CORDELL.
RIGHT, MR. MCCOY?
AS SOON AS MS. BRODY IS IN OUR CUSTODY.
PEOPLE V. BRODY.
MURDER IN SECOND DEGREE. EIGHT COUNTS.
HOW DO YOU--
NOT GUILTY.
OH, YOU AGAIN.
YOUR HONOR, IF THE PEOPLE MAY BE HEARD ON BAIL--
NO NEED, MS. RUBIROSA.
DEFENDANT IS REMANDED PENDING INDICTMENT.
DEFENDANT REQUESTS THAT THE DEFENDANT'S
180.80 RELEASE TIME BE CALCULATED
FROM THE DATE OF HER FIRST ARREST
FOUR DAYS AGO.
YOUR HONOR, THE STATUTORY TIME LIMIT
TO INDICT THE DEFENDANT
BEGINS TODAY ON THE MURDER ARREST.
NO-NO, MS. RUBIROSA. MR. LORIMER'S RIGHT.
THE ORIGINAL ARREST STARTS THE CLOCK TICKING.
YOUR HONOR, THAT GIVES THE PEOPLE
LESS THAN 48 HOURS TO GET AN INDICTMENT
BEFORE MS. BRODY GETS RELEASED.
(Judge Harper) YOUR MATH IS FLAWLESS, COUNSELOR.
INDICT MS. BRODY BY NOON FRIDAY
OR SHE'S A FREE WOMAN.
I'LL FILE AN EMERGENCY APPEAL
WITH THE APPELLATE DIVISION.
FORGET IT.
FOCUS ON THIS.
WHAT'S YOUR CASE SO FAR?
WE HAVE THE STOLEN MONEY
AND THE CONVERSATION WITH BERBATOV.
NEITHER OF WHICH GETS YOU A MURDER INDICTMENT.
SHE MADE NO ADMISSION TO BERBATOV?
NO.
WE'D HAVE A BETTER CHANCE
OF CONVINCING THE GRAND JURY
SHE WAS BOBBY SINCLAIR'S ACTIVE ACCOMPLICE
IF WE COULD PROVE SHE BUSTED HIM OUT OF JAIL
FOUR YEARS AGO.
[knocks]
(Rubirosa) FACIAL RECOGNITION
WAS NO HELP.
BUT CLAIRE TOMALIN USED TO WORK
FOR ORLANDO LEGAL AID,
SO I CALLED THEM TO SEE IF THEY'D SEND OVER
SOME OF HER OLD PAPERWORK.
CAME IN THIS MORNING
AND LATENT LIFTED A PARTIAL FINGERPRINT.
IT'S A FOUR-POINT MATCH TO BRODY.
FOUR-POINT?
THAT HARDLY QUALIFIES AS A MATCH,
LET ALONE EVIDENCE.
I DON'T KNOW, JACK.
A FOUR-POINT MATCH IS A MATCH
AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE GONNA TELL THE GRAND JURY?
AT TRIAL, SHE CAN HAVE HER OWN EXPERTS
REFUTE THE EVIDENCE.
YOU'RE SPLITTING ETHICAL HAIRS.
SO ARE YOU.
WE KNOW TOMALIN AND BRODY ARE ONE IN THE SAME.
SHE'S LAUGHING AT US, JACK.
LET HER.
THIS IS AS FAR AS I GO.
YOU TELLING ME NOT TO DO IT?
YOU'RE A GROWN-UP.
YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN.
I'M GETTING OFF THE TRAIN.
HOW ABOUT YOU?
ALL ABOARD.
A PARTIAL PRINT FOUND ON A FILE
BELONGING TO CLAIRE TOMALIN
WAS MATCHED BY THE POLICE TO KIM BRODY.
YES.
WHEN YOU SAY PARTIAL PRINT,
HOW CONCLUSIVE A MATCH IS IT?
CONCLUSIVE ENOUGH TO CONVINCE ME
THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME PERSON.
AND TO CONVINCE ME THAT THE WOMAN
WHO SMUGGLED A GUN IN TO ROBERT SINCLAIR
AND HELPED HIM BREAK OUT OF JAIL IN FLORIDA
WAS A FULL AND WILLING ACCOMPLICE
IN HIS ROBBERY AND MURDER SPREE
FOUR YEARS LATER.
UM, LET'S BREAK FOR LUNCH.
THANK YOU.
I THINK WE'RE ALMOST HOME FREE
FOR AN INDICTMENT.
MAYBE NOT.
BRODY'S LAWYER JUST FILED NOTICE.
SHE WANTS TO TESTIFY BEFORE THE GRAND JURY.
I HAVE LIVED IN ABSOLUTE TERROR
EVER SINCE THE DAY FOUR YEARS AGO
WHEN BOBBY SINCLAIR KIDNAPPED ME AT GUNPOINT.
I'D BEEN WORKING ON HIS CASE
FOR A FEW MONTHS.
HE SMILED AT ME A LOT.
AND I THOUGHT HE MIGHT BE
A DECENT PERSON AFTER ALL.
I WASN'T VERY WISE IN THE WAYS OF EVIL MEN.
I DON'T KNOW HOW HE GOT A GUN,
BUT HE SAID HE'D SHOOT ME IF I DIDN'T HELP HIM.
ONCE WE DROVE OUT OF FLORIDA,
I BEGGED HIM TO LET ME GO
BUT HE WOULDN'T.
I BECAME HIS PRISONER.
I WASHED HIS CLOTHES,
I COOKED HIS MEALS.
AND HE USED ME SEXUALLY.
I WAS SCARED ALL THE TIME.
HE WOULD SHOW ME
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES WHERE I WAS ACCUSED
OF HELPING IN THE ESCAPE.
HE SAID THAT IF I TRIED TO RUN AWAY,
THE POLICE WOULD SHOOT ME ON SIGHT.
WHEN I STARTED WORKING AT THE TITLE COMPANY,
I TOLD BOBBY ABOUT MR. LANGDON
AND THE CASH TRANSACTIONS.
I WAS CONCERNED IT WAS ILLEGAL.
THEN ONE DAY BOBBY SAID
WE WERE GOING TO LEAVE NEW YORK,
THAT HE HAD A CAR
WITH A BAG OF MONEY IN THE TRUNK.
HE GOT REAL ANGRY WHEN I ASKED HIM
WHERE HE GOT IT FROM.
THEN, UH...I WAS TOLD
BOBBY WAS SHOT IN A ROBBERY.
AND I WAS ARRESTED AND ACCUSED
OF HORRIBLE CRIMES THAT I DID NOT COMMIT.
IT'S JUST...
IT'S LIKE I CAN'T WAKE UP FROM THIS NIGHTMARE
THAT STARTED FOUR YEARS AGO.
A NIGHTMARE.
DOES THAT INCLUDE YOUR SEDUCING
YOUR FIRST LAWYER, MR. BERBATOV,
WHOSE CONVERSATION WITH YOU THE GRAND JURY HEARD?
I DID NOT SEDUCE HIM.
HE EXTORTED ME.
HE SAID HE WAS GETTING PAID PEANUTS TO DEFEND ME
AND IF I WANTED HIM TO DO A GOOD JOB
THAT I WOULD HAVE TO DO SOMETHING EXTRA.
I WAS FIGHTING FOR MY LIFE.
BUT ON THE TAPE, YOU CALLED THE SHOTS.
YOU PLANNED YOUR ESCAPE--
NO, THAT'S NOT TRUE.
I TOLD MR. BERBATOV ABOUT THE MONEY.
I WANTED TO TURN IT INTO THE POLICE
BUT HE SAID NO,
THAT THEY'D USE IT AGAINST ME.
AND HE SAID WE SHOULD USE THE MONEY TO RUN AWAY.
HE KEPT PUSHING ME TO TELL HIM
WHERE THE CASH WAS.
THAT'S NOT WHAT MR. BERBATOV TOLD THE GRAND JURY.
HE'S A MAN AND A LAWYER.
HE'D SAY ANYTHING.
[Cutter scoffs]
AND YOU WOULDN'T?
MR. CUTTER,
WHEN THE POLICE ASKED ME
ABOUT THE QUIT CLAIM FRAUD,
I HELPED THEM FIND MR. LANGDON, DIDN'T I?
YOU DID HELP THEM FIND MR. LANGDON.
I'LL GRANT YOU THAT.
(Brody) AND AT GREAT RISK TO MYSELF,
DIDN'T I ALSO HELP YOU
DO A STING ON MR. LANGDON
AND A MEMBER OF ORGANIZED CRIME?
THAT'S NOT IN DISPUTE.
I BECAME A PARALEGAL BECAUSE
I WANTED TO HELP PEOPLE.
AND EVEN AFTER ALL THAT'S BEEN DONE TO ME
I'VE NEVER STOPPED BEING AN HONEST PERSON.
MS. TOMALIN--
I DIDN'T ROB OR CHEAT.
I DIDN'T DRIVE A GETAWAY GAR.
I DIDN'T KILL ANY PERSON.
AND I DIDN'T KILL BOBBY.
I CARED FOR HIM.
EVEN AFTER ALL HE DID TO ME.
[buzzing sound]
THANKS.
NO BILL.
THEY FELL FOR IT.
MR. CUTTER,
I, UH--I HEARD ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE GRAND JURY.
SO IT GOES.
YEAH, THAT'S, UH-- IT'S KIM.
SHE CAN BE PRETTY, UH, DISARMING.
BUT WE CAN HELP EACH OTHER.
CAREFUL WHAT YOU SAY.
THE BAR ASSOCIATION IS ABOUT TO STRIP ME
OF MY LIVELIHOOD BECAUSE OF HER.
THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT THAT.
WHAT IF I TESTIFY THAT SHE TOLD ME
SHE SHOT SINCLAIR?
THAT SHE DROVE THE CAR
AND RAN OVER THOSE PEOPLE.
IT'S NEW EVIDENCE
AND IT'LL GET YOU BACK INTO A GRAND JURY.
DID SHE TELL YOU SHE DID THOSE THING?
WE BOTH KNOW THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
THERE'S KNOWING AND THERE'S PROVING.
I'M THE PROOF.
PUT ME ON THE STAND.
MY MISDEMEANOR CHARGE GOES AWAY
AND I GET TO KEEP MY LICENSE.
THINK ABOUT IT.
WE'D BE SUBORNING PERJURY.
IT'S NOT PERJURY IF IT'S TRUE.
IT'S TOO LATE, CONNIE.
I'VE ALREADY APPLIED TO RE-PRESENT TO THE GRAND JURY.
MIKE, SHE IS NOT WORTH IT.
YOU SAW HER TODAY. IT WAS ONE LIE AFTER ANOTHER.
SO NOW YOU'RE GONNA PLAY BY HER RULES?
I'M SORRY, MIKE.
MM-MM.
THIS IS WHERE I GET OFF THE TRAIN.
I HAVE TWO MOTIONS HERE.
PEOPLE SEEK LEAVE TO RE-PRESENT TO THE GRAND JURY.
DEFENSE MOVES FOR THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF MS. BRODY.
YOUR HONOR--
(Judge Barclay) HOLD ON, COUNSELOR.
MR. CUTTER, WHAT'S THE NATURE
OF YOUR NEW EVIDENCE?
[clears throat]
YOUR HONOR, THE PEOPLE...
THE PEOPLE...
(Judge Barclay) MR. CUTTER?
AT THIS TIME...
YOUR HONOR, THE PEOPLE WITHDRAW THEIR APPLICATION
TO RE-PRESENT THE MATTER TO THE GRAND JURY.
ALL RIGHT.
WELL, GIVEN THE PEOPLE'S POSITION,
THE CHARGES AGAINST MS. BRODY
ARE HEREBY DISMISSED.
PURSUANT TO A FEDERAL ORDER,
MS. BRODY IS REMANDED TO THE CUSTODY
OF THE U.S. ATTORNEY.
[bangs gavel]
THIS JUST CAME IN FROM FLORIDA.
THEY THINK THEY FOUND CLAIRE TOMALIN.
THEY MATCHED THE PARTIAL PRINT FROM THE FILE
TO A JANE DOE THEY'VE HAD IN THE MORGUE
FOR THE LAST YEAR.
IT'S A 15-POINT MATCH.
AS FOR KIM BRODY THE ORPHAN,
VIRGINIA STATE POLICE LOCATED HER.
SHE'S A HOUSEWIFE, MOTHER OF THREE
LIVING IN EMPORIA.
ANYBODY'S GUESS WHO SHE IS.
WELL ONE THING SHE ISN'T ANYMORE...
OUR PROBLEM.