1 00:00:05,273 --> 00:00:06,807 (male announcer) In the criminal justice system, 2 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:09,243 the people are represented by two separate 3 00:00:09,277 --> 00:00:11,112 yet equally important groups-- 4 00:00:11,145 --> 00:00:12,780 the police who investigate crime 5 00:00:12,813 --> 00:00:15,783 and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. 6 00:00:15,816 --> 00:00:17,551 These are their stories. 7 00:00:18,852 --> 00:00:20,454 This neighborhood doesn't look so black. 8 00:00:20,488 --> 00:00:22,190 Yeah, well, she's a big-time rapper. 9 00:00:22,223 --> 00:00:23,624 She can live wherever she wants. 10 00:00:23,657 --> 00:00:26,060 Yeah, but here? 11 00:00:26,094 --> 00:00:28,096 The web site said this is the place. 12 00:00:28,129 --> 00:00:30,398 And start thinking dollar signs. 13 00:00:30,431 --> 00:00:33,067 150 bucks on eBay if she signs it. 14 00:00:33,101 --> 00:00:34,202 If she's home. 15 00:00:34,235 --> 00:00:35,536 If she's not, we'll wait. 16 00:00:35,569 --> 00:00:37,705 Look, two hours tops, all right. 17 00:00:37,738 --> 00:00:39,740 Then we're heading back to Syosset. 18 00:00:41,409 --> 00:00:43,377 [doorbell rings] Yo, Sweet Clarice! 19 00:00:43,411 --> 00:00:44,845 Dude, she's probably gonna open the door 20 00:00:44,878 --> 00:00:46,547 and bust a cap in your ass. 21 00:00:46,580 --> 00:00:49,550 No one's gonna bust a cap in anyone's ass. 22 00:00:49,583 --> 00:00:51,252 [doorbell rings repeatedly] 23 00:00:51,285 --> 00:00:53,354 Where is homegirl? 24 00:00:58,159 --> 00:01:00,161 What are you doing? 25 00:01:03,864 --> 00:01:06,100 Hello? 26 00:01:06,134 --> 00:01:08,802 Dude, we are so stealing something! 27 00:01:08,836 --> 00:01:10,738 What?! 28 00:01:10,771 --> 00:01:12,873 Dude, what are you doing?! 29 00:01:12,906 --> 00:01:14,742 Just something small. 30 00:01:14,775 --> 00:01:17,311 A BlackBerry. This is huge. 31 00:01:17,345 --> 00:01:21,182 Ten bucks she's got Diddy on speed dial. 32 00:01:21,215 --> 00:01:22,516 Forget the T-shirt. 33 00:01:22,550 --> 00:01:25,319 We're gonna make a fortune on this one. 34 00:01:29,423 --> 00:01:31,659 What are you doing? 35 00:01:41,635 --> 00:01:43,604 These knuckleheads found her and called it in. 36 00:01:43,637 --> 00:01:45,139 Said they were autograph hunters. 37 00:01:45,173 --> 00:01:46,140 They got blood on them? 38 00:01:46,174 --> 00:01:47,141 No blood, no weapon. 39 00:01:47,175 --> 00:01:48,642 Well, hold them anyway. Was it a forced entry? 40 00:01:48,676 --> 00:01:50,144 All the doors and windows are intact. 41 00:01:50,178 --> 00:01:50,911 Is the place ransacked? 42 00:01:50,944 --> 00:01:52,513 Nothing. 43 00:01:52,546 --> 00:01:53,547 You said they wanted an autograph. 44 00:01:53,581 --> 00:01:55,516 From who, the DOA? 45 00:01:55,549 --> 00:01:57,551 Name's Clarice James. 46 00:01:57,585 --> 00:01:59,153 Sweet Clarice, the rapper. 47 00:01:59,187 --> 00:02:00,588 Too violent for me. 48 00:02:00,621 --> 00:02:03,757 Sex, guns, and a nasty mouth. 49 00:02:03,791 --> 00:02:05,726 No sign of a struggle. 50 00:02:05,759 --> 00:02:08,329 She got powder burn on her dress. 51 00:02:08,362 --> 00:02:09,663 She took two the chest. 52 00:02:09,697 --> 00:02:11,365 (Green) Oh, wow. 53 00:02:11,399 --> 00:02:13,534 That's a whole lot of bling to leave behind. 54 00:02:13,567 --> 00:02:15,303 What do you think that goes for? 55 00:02:15,336 --> 00:02:17,805 Our combined salaries. 56 00:03:07,988 --> 00:03:08,989 The ME's mid autopsy, 57 00:03:09,022 --> 00:03:11,392 but so far we've got Clarice alive till 1:00 AM. 58 00:03:11,425 --> 00:03:13,561 She did an appearance at the Garden with Jay-Z 59 00:03:13,594 --> 00:03:15,329 at 11:00. 60 00:03:15,363 --> 00:03:18,832 Her promoter says the town car got her home at 1:00. 61 00:03:18,866 --> 00:03:20,334 You talked to the limo driver? 62 00:03:20,368 --> 00:03:22,370 Yeah, he's 70 years old. He doesn't have a record. 63 00:03:22,403 --> 00:03:23,571 And he had another pickup 64 00:03:23,604 --> 00:03:25,439 ten minutes after he dropped Clarice off. 65 00:03:25,473 --> 00:03:27,375 (Cassady) Hey, Lieu? Yeah? 66 00:03:27,408 --> 00:03:29,910 South Squad faxed over this five from two weeks ago. 67 00:03:29,943 --> 00:03:31,312 Clarice was questioned in a shooting 68 00:03:31,345 --> 00:03:33,847 that went down outside the Z103 radio station. 69 00:03:33,881 --> 00:03:36,016 Questioned as a witness or a suspect? 70 00:03:36,049 --> 00:03:37,017 A witness. 71 00:03:37,050 --> 00:03:38,386 Clarice was there with her crew 72 00:03:38,419 --> 00:03:39,587 to do a promotional appearance 73 00:03:39,620 --> 00:03:41,989 when Roxy Black showed up with her boys. 74 00:03:42,022 --> 00:03:43,691 Ended up with Roxy's guy getting shot in the arm. 75 00:03:43,724 --> 00:03:47,595 Uh, Ricky Bonner. Long sheet. 76 00:03:47,628 --> 00:03:50,831 So Roxy Black and our DOA were rivals? 77 00:03:50,864 --> 00:03:52,300 Oh, my God, for years. 78 00:03:52,333 --> 00:03:54,735 You're looking at payback? 79 00:03:54,768 --> 00:03:56,370 That's the theory, but Clarice's rap sheet 80 00:03:56,404 --> 00:03:58,339 ain't enough to support her gangster persona. 81 00:03:58,372 --> 00:03:59,707 But it's hard to believe it's all an act. 82 00:03:59,740 --> 00:04:02,576 I mean, Lieu, have you heard any of her lyrics? 83 00:04:02,610 --> 00:04:05,746 Temptations. Al Green. 84 00:04:05,779 --> 00:04:07,448 Anything on the canvass? 85 00:04:07,481 --> 00:04:09,483 Nobody saw anything. Nobody heard anything. 86 00:04:09,517 --> 00:04:11,619 All right, let's start with Ricky Bonner. 87 00:04:11,652 --> 00:04:13,354 See if he settled the score. 88 00:04:16,690 --> 00:04:18,326 (Ricky) I got nothing to say. 89 00:04:18,359 --> 00:04:19,192 Studio time ain't free. 90 00:04:19,226 --> 00:04:20,828 Okay, then let's start with who shot you 91 00:04:20,861 --> 00:04:22,296 at the radio station. 92 00:04:22,330 --> 00:04:23,364 I don't know. 93 00:04:23,397 --> 00:04:24,765 You got a beef with someone in Clarice's posse? 94 00:04:24,798 --> 00:04:26,767 I'm all about peace, man. 95 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:28,402 Your three assault collars say differently. 96 00:04:28,436 --> 00:04:29,603 And we got a homicide here, Ricky. 97 00:04:29,637 --> 00:04:31,505 We're not leaving empty-handed. 98 00:04:31,539 --> 00:04:32,473 I was here all night. 99 00:04:32,506 --> 00:04:34,542 The boys will say it and so will security. 100 00:04:34,575 --> 00:04:35,909 See ya. 101 00:04:35,943 --> 00:04:37,378 I will search everybody in this room 102 00:04:37,411 --> 00:04:38,479 while my partner does background checks 103 00:04:38,512 --> 00:04:40,548 unless you start talking. 104 00:04:48,021 --> 00:04:49,623 [door closes] 105 00:04:49,657 --> 00:04:51,825 I got no beef with Sweet Clarice, all right? 106 00:04:51,859 --> 00:04:53,427 I was caught in the crossfire. 107 00:04:53,461 --> 00:04:54,428 Between who and who? 108 00:04:54,462 --> 00:04:55,496 I don't know. 109 00:04:55,529 --> 00:04:56,664 There was, like, 30 people there. 110 00:04:56,697 --> 00:04:58,466 But I've got nothing against Clarice. 111 00:04:58,499 --> 00:04:59,933 She was down. Know what I'm saying? 112 00:04:59,967 --> 00:05:01,068 Is there anybody in Roxy's crew 113 00:05:01,101 --> 00:05:02,436 that would take revenge for you? 114 00:05:02,470 --> 00:05:03,737 Not unless Roxy gave the word. 115 00:05:03,771 --> 00:05:05,439 Which she wouldn't against Clarice. 116 00:05:05,473 --> 00:05:06,507 Oh, yeah? 117 00:05:06,540 --> 00:05:07,608 Word is they hated each other. 118 00:05:07,641 --> 00:05:10,411 Heh. Wrong. 119 00:05:10,444 --> 00:05:12,580 You're buying the hype. 120 00:05:12,613 --> 00:05:14,448 When your beef with Clarice has bullets flying, 121 00:05:14,482 --> 00:05:16,049 we take it seriously. 122 00:05:16,083 --> 00:05:18,452 Yeah, but that had nothing to do with me and her. 123 00:05:18,486 --> 00:05:19,487 Not according to the press. 124 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:21,589 And it got a lot of records sold too. 125 00:05:21,622 --> 00:05:23,891 Get it? Then who threw the shots? 126 00:05:23,924 --> 00:05:25,559 I ain't no snitch. 127 00:05:25,593 --> 00:05:28,128 [laughing] Don't you love when people say that? 128 00:05:28,161 --> 00:05:29,863 Oh, I do. Energizes me. 129 00:05:29,897 --> 00:05:31,599 Makes me want to arrest everyone I see 130 00:05:31,632 --> 00:05:33,033 and hold them for 24 hours. 131 00:05:33,066 --> 00:05:34,768 And it won't get you a thing. 132 00:05:34,802 --> 00:05:37,971 Satisfaction. 133 00:05:40,574 --> 00:05:42,576 There were two hardcore bangers there 134 00:05:42,610 --> 00:05:44,144 that had something personal between them. 135 00:05:44,177 --> 00:05:46,046 But that had nothing to do with me and Clarice. 136 00:05:46,079 --> 00:05:47,781 And that's all I know about that. 137 00:05:47,815 --> 00:05:50,551 Look, if I thought it was connected, I'd tell you. 138 00:05:50,584 --> 00:05:52,386 Clarice was my friend. 139 00:05:52,420 --> 00:05:54,154 Despite the disses? Come on. 140 00:05:54,187 --> 00:05:56,089 Look, we grew up two blocks away from each other 141 00:05:56,123 --> 00:05:58,058 in Bed Stuy and went to the same grammar school. 142 00:05:58,091 --> 00:05:59,860 So lady, you come on. 143 00:05:59,893 --> 00:06:01,829 So you can account for yourself 144 00:06:01,862 --> 00:06:03,797 and your posse past 1:00 last night? 145 00:06:03,831 --> 00:06:05,032 I had a show in Brooklyn 146 00:06:05,065 --> 00:06:06,467 and most of them were with me. 147 00:06:06,500 --> 00:06:07,901 But ask 'em if you want to. 148 00:06:07,935 --> 00:06:10,538 I wasn't involved. 149 00:06:10,571 --> 00:06:12,773 Okay, did Clarice have a boyfriend? 150 00:06:12,806 --> 00:06:14,508 She said she was too busy for men. 151 00:06:14,542 --> 00:06:15,776 She was working too hard. 152 00:06:15,809 --> 00:06:18,979 Anyone else she was having trouble with? 153 00:06:19,012 --> 00:06:21,081 She mentioned some problems at her record label. 154 00:06:21,114 --> 00:06:22,583 Time Of Death Records? 155 00:06:22,616 --> 00:06:24,685 She said she was owed over 200 grand 156 00:06:24,718 --> 00:06:26,654 in royalties from her latest album, 157 00:06:26,687 --> 00:06:29,657 but Andre Blair wasn't hearing it. 158 00:06:31,525 --> 00:06:32,860 [ice clatters] 159 00:06:32,893 --> 00:06:36,630 Folks, I don't see the connection. 160 00:06:36,664 --> 00:06:38,566 There was a mild financial dispute, 161 00:06:38,599 --> 00:06:39,433 but name one artist 162 00:06:39,467 --> 00:06:41,034 who doesn't pitch a beef now and then. 163 00:06:41,068 --> 00:06:42,770 You do have a reputation 164 00:06:42,803 --> 00:06:44,204 for mixing business with violence. 165 00:06:44,237 --> 00:06:46,607 You hung a guy out of a hotel room window 166 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:48,075 so he'd sign over his publishing. 167 00:06:48,108 --> 00:06:49,443 A guy who came 168 00:06:49,477 --> 00:06:50,811 to my Christmas party this year. 169 00:06:50,844 --> 00:06:52,446 That was all press. I got the photos. 170 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:53,747 (Green) Mr. Blair... 171 00:06:53,781 --> 00:06:55,215 that assault and gun collar on your sheet 172 00:06:55,248 --> 00:06:57,618 didn't have anything to do with press. 173 00:06:57,651 --> 00:06:58,819 Guilty on both. 174 00:06:58,852 --> 00:07:00,120 Paid for with six years of my life. 175 00:07:00,153 --> 00:07:01,789 Not an experience I care to repeat. 176 00:07:01,822 --> 00:07:02,956 So if we ask around, 177 00:07:02,990 --> 00:07:04,191 which we will, 178 00:07:04,224 --> 00:07:06,494 everything was cool between you and Clarice? 179 00:07:06,527 --> 00:07:09,597 All I will cop to is being displeased with her sales. 180 00:07:09,630 --> 00:07:10,864 But that was all on her. 181 00:07:10,898 --> 00:07:12,032 Because? 182 00:07:12,065 --> 00:07:13,667 It wasn't the Clarice people wanted. 183 00:07:13,701 --> 00:07:15,969 It was Clarice Lite. No guts. 184 00:07:16,003 --> 00:07:19,039 That translates to no profanity, no sex? 185 00:07:19,072 --> 00:07:20,674 Equals no sales. 186 00:07:20,708 --> 00:07:22,009 But that'll get an artist dropped off a label, 187 00:07:22,042 --> 00:07:23,243 not killed. 188 00:07:23,276 --> 00:07:24,512 Fine. 189 00:07:24,545 --> 00:07:25,913 Were where you last night? 1:00 AM. 190 00:07:25,946 --> 00:07:28,516 Deuces, which is my club. 191 00:07:28,549 --> 00:07:29,917 Law enforcement always welcome. 192 00:07:29,950 --> 00:07:32,520 I appreciate that. Who'll back it up? 193 00:07:32,553 --> 00:07:34,021 Everybody. 194 00:07:37,858 --> 00:07:39,560 Andre Blair checks out as the club, 195 00:07:39,593 --> 00:07:40,828 but there's plenty of gaps. 196 00:07:40,861 --> 00:07:43,063 In his timeline, but also his sheet. 197 00:07:43,096 --> 00:07:45,766 His last collar was 11 years ago. 198 00:07:45,799 --> 00:07:47,601 Well, six of which he spent locked up. 199 00:07:47,635 --> 00:07:48,836 Yeah, but we're talking about a guy 200 00:07:48,869 --> 00:07:51,038 with a multinational company now. 201 00:07:51,071 --> 00:07:53,073 So leopards change their spots? 202 00:07:53,106 --> 00:07:54,742 Point taken. 203 00:07:54,775 --> 00:07:56,243 Clarice's cell records. 204 00:07:56,276 --> 00:07:57,277 Got some calls in the afternoon 205 00:07:57,310 --> 00:07:58,746 to Andre Blair, 206 00:07:58,779 --> 00:07:59,747 but the majority of the calls 207 00:07:59,780 --> 00:08:01,649 are to Isaac Krantz, Iced Out Ike. 208 00:08:01,682 --> 00:08:03,551 (Van Buren) Is he a rapper? 209 00:08:03,584 --> 00:08:04,985 No, he's the king of bling. 210 00:08:05,018 --> 00:08:06,687 Jeweler to the rap world. 211 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:08,155 Oh, so she was buying jewelry. 212 00:08:08,188 --> 00:08:09,222 I don't know. 213 00:08:09,256 --> 00:08:11,058 Last call to Ike, 1:00 AM. 214 00:08:11,091 --> 00:08:13,293 Talk to him. 215 00:08:13,326 --> 00:08:15,563 (Ike) Last night, I went to a record release party 216 00:08:15,596 --> 00:08:17,931 for one of my clients, M.C. Excellence. 217 00:08:17,965 --> 00:08:20,133 Bought an exquisite piece from me last year. 218 00:08:20,167 --> 00:08:23,704 19 karats of rose diamonds set in platinum, really nice. 219 00:08:23,737 --> 00:08:25,606 We can talk in the vault here. 220 00:08:25,639 --> 00:08:27,107 Anybody see you at this party? 221 00:08:27,140 --> 00:08:28,676 Sure, I could find, probably, 222 00:08:28,709 --> 00:08:30,644 15 or 20 people who'll confirm that. 223 00:08:30,678 --> 00:08:34,615 What was your relationship with Clarice James? 224 00:08:34,648 --> 00:08:36,316 She was a client. 225 00:08:36,349 --> 00:08:37,585 A client who owed you a lot of money, 226 00:08:37,618 --> 00:08:38,586 according to your sales manager. 227 00:08:38,619 --> 00:08:40,721 Well, unfortunately, she wouldn't be the first. 228 00:08:40,754 --> 00:08:43,190 But we were working it out. At 1:00 AM? 229 00:08:43,223 --> 00:08:44,658 You have to understand the rap world 230 00:08:44,692 --> 00:08:45,793 doesn't really keep banker's hours. 231 00:08:45,826 --> 00:08:47,027 It's 24/7. 232 00:08:47,060 --> 00:08:49,663 How much was she into you for? 233 00:08:49,697 --> 00:08:51,264 A general number, 400 grand. 234 00:08:51,298 --> 00:08:53,133 How were you working it out? 235 00:08:53,166 --> 00:08:55,102 She had agreed to give some of the pieces back 236 00:08:55,135 --> 00:08:57,270 and also do some promotional work for me. 237 00:08:57,304 --> 00:08:59,172 [cell phone rings] Well, that doesn't get you up to 400 grand, 238 00:08:59,206 --> 00:09:01,742 and you had a lot of late night phone calls from her. 239 00:09:01,775 --> 00:09:02,876 Believe me, I threatened to sue her for the money, 240 00:09:02,910 --> 00:09:05,713 but she know that would be a nightmare in the press. 241 00:09:05,746 --> 00:09:07,715 And she begged me to reconsider, which I did. 242 00:09:07,748 --> 00:09:09,683 I know it's kind of an odd way to do business, 243 00:09:09,717 --> 00:09:10,951 but it's their game. 244 00:09:10,984 --> 00:09:12,786 I just kind of go with the flow. 245 00:09:12,820 --> 00:09:14,087 Okay, we'll right be there. 246 00:09:14,121 --> 00:09:15,288 Listen, thank you for your time. 247 00:09:15,322 --> 00:09:16,690 We'll get back to you. Oh, sure. 248 00:09:16,724 --> 00:09:18,859 It's the M.E. Thanks. 249 00:09:18,892 --> 00:09:22,596 Rigor and core temp has her dead about 12 hours. 250 00:09:22,630 --> 00:09:24,665 Got two .38 slugs out of her. 251 00:09:24,698 --> 00:09:26,634 Neither worth much for ballistics. 252 00:09:26,667 --> 00:09:27,835 She's been dead 12 hours? 253 00:09:27,868 --> 00:09:28,969 That's what, like, 5:00 AM? 254 00:09:29,002 --> 00:09:30,170 We were thinking it might be earlier. 255 00:09:30,203 --> 00:09:31,839 It was 5:00 when she died, 256 00:09:31,872 --> 00:09:34,675 but I'll bet she was shot much earlier. 257 00:09:34,708 --> 00:09:37,678 Slug in her eighth thoracic vertebra. 258 00:09:37,711 --> 00:09:39,880 Couldn't move, couldn't speak. 259 00:09:39,913 --> 00:09:42,616 Only thing she could do was bleed. 260 00:09:42,650 --> 00:09:45,853 Could've taken her three hours to die. 261 00:09:45,886 --> 00:09:47,921 Anyone tip you off to her pregnancy? 262 00:09:47,955 --> 00:09:50,257 How far along? 263 00:09:50,290 --> 00:09:53,727 Six weeks. 264 00:09:53,761 --> 00:09:55,829 Anything in Clarice's phone records 265 00:09:55,863 --> 00:09:56,664 to indicate a pregnancy? 266 00:09:56,697 --> 00:09:58,799 I put a call in to her gynecologist. 267 00:09:58,832 --> 00:10:00,668 Nothing stuck out at the time, but now-- 268 00:10:00,701 --> 00:10:01,869 What was the name? 269 00:10:01,902 --> 00:10:03,003 City Women's Medical Center. 270 00:10:03,036 --> 00:10:04,772 I worked on a case there a few years ago. 271 00:10:04,805 --> 00:10:05,839 They were getting bomb threats. 272 00:10:05,873 --> 00:10:06,707 They do abortions. 273 00:10:06,740 --> 00:10:09,910 You got it. 274 00:10:11,745 --> 00:10:13,781 (Rubin) It really makes me very nervous 275 00:10:13,814 --> 00:10:15,816 to talk to anyone about a patient. 276 00:10:15,849 --> 00:10:17,117 This is a murdered patient, Dr. Rubin. 277 00:10:17,150 --> 00:10:18,786 Who called here the day she died. 278 00:10:18,819 --> 00:10:19,953 Now we can get a subpoena, 279 00:10:19,987 --> 00:10:21,989 but it's only gonna slow us down. 280 00:10:29,229 --> 00:10:31,364 Why'd she call? 281 00:10:31,398 --> 00:10:33,934 She had an appointment to terminate the pregnancy, 282 00:10:33,967 --> 00:10:35,869 and she just backed out. 283 00:10:35,903 --> 00:10:37,938 She say why? 284 00:10:37,971 --> 00:10:40,207 She didn't know what to do. She needed more time to think. 285 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:42,142 It had to do with the baby's father. 286 00:10:42,175 --> 00:10:43,276 The guy didn't know. 287 00:10:43,310 --> 00:10:45,946 He didn't know, and he was married. 288 00:10:52,452 --> 00:10:53,987 I thought all arrows pointed to Andre Blair, 289 00:10:54,021 --> 00:10:55,255 but it turns out he's not married 290 00:10:55,288 --> 00:10:56,890 and he has three kids by two different women, 291 00:10:56,924 --> 00:10:58,325 neither of whom he lives with. 292 00:10:58,358 --> 00:10:59,760 Doesn't sound like a new child 293 00:10:59,793 --> 00:11:01,394 would've presented much static. 294 00:11:01,428 --> 00:11:03,096 Or it wasn't about the baby. 295 00:11:03,130 --> 00:11:04,732 Andre talked a lot about guns. 296 00:11:04,765 --> 00:11:06,366 I can't imagine he wouldn't have access to one. 297 00:11:06,399 --> 00:11:08,736 So do 40,000 other New Yorkers. 298 00:11:08,769 --> 00:11:10,804 Where are we on married boyfriends? 299 00:11:10,838 --> 00:11:11,805 There's no boyfriend on the radar, 300 00:11:11,839 --> 00:11:13,941 but sleeping around a lot was part of her rap. 301 00:11:13,974 --> 00:11:15,709 You know, I'm starting to think 302 00:11:15,743 --> 00:11:18,779 her reality and her rap might not sync up. 303 00:11:18,812 --> 00:11:20,213 Maybe not. 304 00:11:20,247 --> 00:11:21,949 The email C.I.T.U. sent over. 305 00:11:21,982 --> 00:11:24,384 "There's no one more beautiful, sexier. 306 00:11:24,417 --> 00:11:26,119 "You make a blind man see. 307 00:11:26,153 --> 00:11:28,155 You make a dead man..." so on and so on. 308 00:11:28,188 --> 00:11:30,490 So who's the sweet talker? Steven Smith. 309 00:11:30,523 --> 00:11:32,993 Find out if he's married. 310 00:11:33,026 --> 00:11:36,196 I was home with my wife and baby boy that night. 311 00:11:36,229 --> 00:11:38,265 So you're a good father, a loyal husband, 312 00:11:38,298 --> 00:11:39,967 and your wife will confirm this? 313 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:41,735 I don't see any reason to get her involved in this. 314 00:11:41,769 --> 00:11:44,171 Hey, man, your ex-girlfriend was murdered. 315 00:11:44,204 --> 00:11:46,173 We're gonna talk to your wife. 316 00:11:49,176 --> 00:11:51,111 I was in the city. 317 00:11:51,144 --> 00:11:53,080 A business school buddy of mine has a place 318 00:11:53,113 --> 00:11:54,948 I use when I need to work late. 319 00:11:54,982 --> 00:11:57,084 But I did not kill Clarice. 320 00:11:57,117 --> 00:11:58,919 So why did you just lie to us? 321 00:11:58,952 --> 00:12:02,055 I was with a prostitute. 322 00:12:02,089 --> 00:12:03,090 If that's the case, you wouldn't mind 323 00:12:03,123 --> 00:12:04,758 submitting to a paternity test. 324 00:12:04,792 --> 00:12:06,760 No, wrong. Clarice wasn't pregnant. 325 00:12:06,794 --> 00:12:07,795 Not by me. 326 00:12:07,828 --> 00:12:09,496 Well, a test will prove that. 327 00:12:09,529 --> 00:12:10,497 I haven't seen her in three months. 328 00:12:10,530 --> 00:12:12,065 How pregnant was she? 329 00:12:12,099 --> 00:12:14,001 Are you sure she didn't mention the pregnancy? 330 00:12:14,034 --> 00:12:15,435 You didn't have any words? 331 00:12:15,468 --> 00:12:16,536 All we talked about was business. 332 00:12:16,569 --> 00:12:18,038 That was our relationship. 333 00:12:18,071 --> 00:12:20,240 It got sexual twice, but that was it. 334 00:12:20,273 --> 00:12:21,875 We heard your broke her heart. 335 00:12:21,909 --> 00:12:24,144 Because I wouldn't support her record label idea, 336 00:12:24,177 --> 00:12:25,813 not out of love. 337 00:12:25,846 --> 00:12:27,480 She needed backers. 338 00:12:27,514 --> 00:12:29,482 I expressed an interest maybe to get her into bed, 339 00:12:29,516 --> 00:12:30,984 but then I told her to self-finance. 340 00:12:31,018 --> 00:12:32,252 She's loaded. 341 00:12:32,285 --> 00:12:34,254 That ain't what we heard, man. 342 00:12:34,287 --> 00:12:37,825 Have you seen her safety deposit box? 343 00:12:37,858 --> 00:12:39,192 That dude wasn't kidding. 344 00:12:39,226 --> 00:12:41,061 This is a fortune. 345 00:12:41,094 --> 00:12:43,897 They all have "I & Company" stamped on them. 346 00:12:43,931 --> 00:12:45,565 That's Iced Out Ike. 347 00:12:45,598 --> 00:12:48,035 He said that Sweet Clarice owed him 400 grand. 348 00:12:48,068 --> 00:12:49,536 This has gotta be like a million. 349 00:12:49,569 --> 00:12:50,871 At least. 350 00:12:50,904 --> 00:12:52,005 Ain't he married? 351 00:12:52,039 --> 00:12:54,207 With two kids. 352 00:12:54,241 --> 00:12:56,043 Yeah, I recognize the pieces. 353 00:12:56,076 --> 00:12:57,444 They're--they're obviously mine. 354 00:12:57,477 --> 00:12:58,478 And? 355 00:12:58,511 --> 00:12:59,847 How'd she get 'em? 356 00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:01,448 I don't know. Maybe she bought them. 357 00:13:01,481 --> 00:13:03,984 I don't really oversee every transaction in the store. 358 00:13:04,017 --> 00:13:05,318 Well, how's she buying all these jewels 359 00:13:05,352 --> 00:13:06,987 when she owes you so much money? 360 00:13:07,020 --> 00:13:07,888 Couldn't tell you. 361 00:13:07,921 --> 00:13:09,489 Maybe she borrowed them from a friend. 362 00:13:09,522 --> 00:13:10,590 You got the sales records for these 363 00:13:10,623 --> 00:13:11,591 so we can confirm that? 364 00:13:11,624 --> 00:13:13,126 For some of them, sure. 365 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:14,862 You saying your books are incomplete? 366 00:13:14,895 --> 00:13:16,830 No, the books are complete, 367 00:13:16,864 --> 00:13:18,331 but we do a lot of cash transactions 368 00:13:18,365 --> 00:13:19,867 where the buyer remains nameless. 369 00:13:19,900 --> 00:13:21,835 Oh, isn't that convenient. 370 00:13:21,869 --> 00:13:23,503 What are you implying? 371 00:13:23,536 --> 00:13:25,272 (Green) M.C. Excellence's party. 372 00:13:25,305 --> 00:13:27,007 Your name wasn't checked off on the guest list. 373 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:29,476 Yeah, I know, I went as a friend's plus one. 374 00:13:29,509 --> 00:13:30,878 Name of your friend. 375 00:13:30,911 --> 00:13:32,846 You know, I don't think I like your tone. 376 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:34,214 Scared we're gonna find out 377 00:13:34,247 --> 00:13:35,582 you're cheating on your wife with Clarice? 378 00:13:35,615 --> 00:13:38,618 Listen, you want to buy some stones? 379 00:13:38,651 --> 00:13:40,888 Fine, we'll talk. If not, excuse me. 380 00:13:44,057 --> 00:13:46,459 Boss, ran Clarice's financials. 381 00:13:46,493 --> 00:13:48,361 There's no evidence of big expenditures. 382 00:13:48,395 --> 00:13:50,864 So the jewels were gifts from Ike to his girlfriend. 383 00:13:50,898 --> 00:13:52,365 Under the table, off the books. 384 00:13:52,399 --> 00:13:53,566 So we think. 385 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:54,401 We'll prove it 386 00:13:54,434 --> 00:13:56,236 when we subpoena his business records. 387 00:13:56,269 --> 00:13:57,337 I don't see enough for that. 388 00:13:57,370 --> 00:13:59,639 What other evidence do you have of a relationship? 389 00:13:59,672 --> 00:14:01,141 A lot of phone calls. 390 00:14:01,174 --> 00:14:02,575 Photos of them together at her apartment. 391 00:14:02,609 --> 00:14:05,245 Right, which he'll call business. 392 00:14:05,278 --> 00:14:07,114 TARU just said Ike's cell hit on a tower 393 00:14:07,147 --> 00:14:08,548 on East 97th Street 394 00:14:08,581 --> 00:14:11,084 at 1:10 AM the night of the murder. 395 00:14:11,118 --> 00:14:12,185 A block away from the crime scene, 396 00:14:12,219 --> 00:14:13,420 just after Clarice got home. 397 00:14:13,453 --> 00:14:15,022 When he said he was in Battery Park 398 00:14:15,055 --> 00:14:16,356 at a record release party. 399 00:14:16,389 --> 00:14:18,325 And a half hour later, there were site hits 400 00:14:18,358 --> 00:14:20,593 on White Street in Tribeca, 401 00:14:20,627 --> 00:14:23,396 right where LexisNexis has Ike linked to an apartment. 402 00:14:23,430 --> 00:14:25,265 A love nest. 403 00:14:25,298 --> 00:14:26,934 Does this place have a doorman? 404 00:14:26,967 --> 00:14:28,568 His name is Mike. He's waiting for us. 405 00:14:28,601 --> 00:14:30,637 On your way. 406 00:14:30,670 --> 00:14:33,273 He came in around 1:30 moving quick. 407 00:14:33,306 --> 00:14:34,674 Didn't respond to my hello. 408 00:14:34,707 --> 00:14:36,176 Not the first time. 409 00:14:36,209 --> 00:14:37,945 You seen him since then? 410 00:14:37,978 --> 00:14:38,946 Nope. 411 00:14:38,979 --> 00:14:40,647 Was there anything odd about him that night? 412 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:42,615 A lot odd about that guy. 413 00:14:42,649 --> 00:14:45,518 Cagey, stiffed me every holiday, 414 00:14:45,552 --> 00:14:46,686 but nothing I noticed. 415 00:14:46,719 --> 00:14:49,056 Did you hear from him again that night? 416 00:14:49,089 --> 00:14:51,191 Walked out again about 20 minutes later. 417 00:14:51,224 --> 00:14:52,225 When he left was there anything 418 00:14:52,259 --> 00:14:53,526 different about him? 419 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:54,962 Clothes? Was he carrying anything? 420 00:14:54,995 --> 00:14:56,964 Everything was different. 421 00:14:56,997 --> 00:14:59,566 Walked in dressed to party. Walked out in a track suit. 422 00:14:59,599 --> 00:15:00,968 And no briefcase. 423 00:15:01,001 --> 00:15:03,170 And again, 424 00:15:03,203 --> 00:15:05,138 no response to "hello." 425 00:15:05,172 --> 00:15:06,606 Okay, thank you for your time, man. 426 00:15:06,639 --> 00:15:09,009 I'm calling Connie to get a warrant. 427 00:15:13,346 --> 00:15:15,415 There's nothing but papers in this briefcase. 428 00:15:15,448 --> 00:15:16,683 Well, there's no gun in the bedroom 429 00:15:16,716 --> 00:15:18,251 or master bath. 430 00:15:18,285 --> 00:15:19,652 Any blood on those clothes? 431 00:15:19,686 --> 00:15:21,354 Not at first glance, 432 00:15:21,388 --> 00:15:24,724 but I'll get 'em over to the lab. 433 00:15:24,757 --> 00:15:26,493 You know, it doesn't look like Ike 434 00:15:26,526 --> 00:15:27,627 spent a whole lot of time here. 435 00:15:27,660 --> 00:15:29,496 Looks like all he needed was the bed 436 00:15:29,529 --> 00:15:31,698 and a fully stocked bar. 437 00:15:31,731 --> 00:15:33,733 And a convenient place to do laundry. 438 00:15:33,766 --> 00:15:35,568 There's not a washer and dryer. 439 00:15:35,602 --> 00:15:37,437 The building has a service. 440 00:15:40,707 --> 00:15:42,009 You know, it looks like 441 00:15:42,042 --> 00:15:44,044 we might be hitting a brick wall here. 442 00:15:44,077 --> 00:15:45,745 Un-uh. Look at this. 443 00:15:45,778 --> 00:15:47,514 Dark spots. Could be blood. 444 00:15:50,017 --> 00:15:50,984 Can I help you? 445 00:15:51,018 --> 00:15:52,485 We need to speak with your husband. 446 00:15:52,519 --> 00:15:54,521 What's going on? 447 00:15:54,554 --> 00:15:55,989 Okay, what are you doing here? 448 00:15:56,023 --> 00:15:56,789 (Gwen) You know them? 449 00:15:56,823 --> 00:15:57,724 Got some questions for you, Ike. 450 00:15:57,757 --> 00:15:59,492 What about? What's going on? 451 00:15:59,526 --> 00:16:00,994 It's all a big misunderstanding, okay? 452 00:16:01,028 --> 00:16:02,429 What the hell is this about? 453 00:16:02,462 --> 00:16:04,664 Hey. Come here. 454 00:16:04,697 --> 00:16:06,233 We found blood on your shoe. 455 00:16:06,266 --> 00:16:08,035 Same blood type as Clarice James. 456 00:16:08,068 --> 00:16:08,835 Now you want to act like a gentleman, 457 00:16:08,868 --> 00:16:09,769 or do you want me to tell your wife. 458 00:16:09,802 --> 00:16:11,371 You know what? 459 00:16:11,404 --> 00:16:12,672 I'm not gonna say anything until I talk to my lawyer. 460 00:16:12,705 --> 00:16:13,706 Well, our bracelets are cheaper than 461 00:16:13,740 --> 00:16:16,243 what you're used to, Ike, but they'll have to do. 462 00:16:16,276 --> 00:16:17,677 (Gwen) Oh, my God. 463 00:16:17,710 --> 00:16:19,379 You're under arrest for the murder of Clarice James. 464 00:16:19,412 --> 00:16:21,014 You have the right to remain silent. 465 00:16:21,048 --> 00:16:23,683 Anything you say may be used against you in a court of law. 466 00:16:23,716 --> 00:16:24,717 You have the right to have an attorney present... 467 00:16:29,156 --> 00:16:30,390 Docket number 0241575. 468 00:16:30,423 --> 00:16:32,125 People v. Isaac Krantz. 469 00:16:32,159 --> 00:16:33,693 Charge is murder in the second degree. 470 00:16:33,726 --> 00:16:35,262 How does the defendant plead? 471 00:16:35,295 --> 00:16:36,229 Not guilty. 472 00:16:36,263 --> 00:16:37,764 Bail? People seek remand. 473 00:16:37,797 --> 00:16:40,133 Based on what? 474 00:16:40,167 --> 00:16:41,201 The defendant owns a home in South Africa, 475 00:16:41,234 --> 00:16:42,735 has access to a private plane, 476 00:16:42,769 --> 00:16:44,271 and millions of dollars in cash. 477 00:16:44,304 --> 00:16:45,672 Due to the gravity of the crime, 478 00:16:45,705 --> 00:16:47,474 we believe he's a significant flight risk. 479 00:16:47,507 --> 00:16:49,309 Mr. Krantz is an American citizen. 480 00:16:49,342 --> 00:16:51,044 Born and raised in Westchester County. 481 00:16:51,078 --> 00:16:53,180 Now, despite his wealth and multiple addresses, 482 00:16:53,213 --> 00:16:56,116 he understands and respects the American judicial system, 483 00:16:56,149 --> 00:16:57,550 and has no intention of fleeing the city, 484 00:16:57,584 --> 00:16:58,385 let alone the country. 485 00:16:58,418 --> 00:17:01,121 Private jets and limitless resources 486 00:17:01,154 --> 00:17:02,622 make me nervous, Counselor. 487 00:17:02,655 --> 00:17:04,224 You can't punish a man for being successful. 488 00:17:04,257 --> 00:17:05,792 Defendant is remanded. 489 00:17:05,825 --> 00:17:08,228 Remanded. What the hell does that mean? 490 00:17:08,261 --> 00:17:09,762 You're gonna sit in jail until trial. 491 00:17:09,796 --> 00:17:12,199 [gavel pounds] Next case. 492 00:17:12,232 --> 00:17:14,234 I assume that we can prove that Ike 493 00:17:14,267 --> 00:17:15,702 is the father of the unborn child. 494 00:17:15,735 --> 00:17:17,304 The paternity test just came back. 495 00:17:17,337 --> 00:17:18,738 It's a match. 496 00:17:18,771 --> 00:17:21,208 Okay, so he's the father. That's great. 497 00:17:21,241 --> 00:17:23,276 But it doesn't mean he killed the mother. 498 00:17:23,310 --> 00:17:25,478 He lied to Detectives Cassady and Green 499 00:17:25,512 --> 00:17:28,148 about his relationship with the victim. 500 00:17:28,181 --> 00:17:30,250 He has no credible alibi. 501 00:17:30,283 --> 00:17:33,320 And his fingerprints are all over the crime scene. 502 00:17:33,353 --> 00:17:35,422 And he made five phone calls to the victim 503 00:17:35,455 --> 00:17:36,756 on the night of the murder, 504 00:17:36,789 --> 00:17:39,792 all prior to her approximate time of death. 505 00:17:39,826 --> 00:17:41,628 Can we put him near the crime scene? 506 00:17:41,661 --> 00:17:44,464 According to TARU, one of the calls was made 507 00:17:44,497 --> 00:17:46,166 from about a block away at 1:10 AM. 508 00:17:46,199 --> 00:17:47,167 What about the bloody shoe? 509 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:48,168 Blood type's a match, 510 00:17:48,201 --> 00:17:49,269 but the sample's small, 511 00:17:49,302 --> 00:17:51,171 so we're still waiting for a DNA result. 512 00:17:51,204 --> 00:17:52,405 Motive? 513 00:17:52,439 --> 00:17:53,506 Wealthy married man. 514 00:17:53,540 --> 00:17:55,208 Beautiful wife, beautiful house, 515 00:17:55,242 --> 00:17:57,177 two beautiful kids. 516 00:17:57,210 --> 00:18:00,280 And a pregnant, bankrupt rapper from Bed Stuy 517 00:18:00,313 --> 00:18:02,249 who refused to get an abortion. 518 00:18:02,282 --> 00:18:04,451 Walk on the wild side gone bad. 519 00:18:04,484 --> 00:18:06,219 Pretty much. 520 00:18:06,253 --> 00:18:08,121 Makes sense. 521 00:18:08,155 --> 00:18:09,522 As long as Ike's life 522 00:18:09,556 --> 00:18:12,259 was as perfect as you say it was. 523 00:18:16,896 --> 00:18:20,267 Ike is... how do I say this? 524 00:18:20,300 --> 00:18:23,236 He's the kid who got his ass kicked in high school, 525 00:18:23,270 --> 00:18:25,372 didn't get into the cool frat in college, 526 00:18:25,405 --> 00:18:27,340 and then hits it big in the diamond business. 527 00:18:27,374 --> 00:18:29,809 So he's making up for lost time, 528 00:18:29,842 --> 00:18:30,810 if you know what I mean. 529 00:18:30,843 --> 00:18:34,414 Like a Revenge of the Nerds type of thing. 530 00:18:34,447 --> 00:18:37,317 Does Ike seem to be in love with his wife? 531 00:18:37,350 --> 00:18:39,686 All he does is talk about how great she is. 532 00:18:39,719 --> 00:18:40,587 It's like he can't believe 533 00:18:40,620 --> 00:18:42,289 that he actually married someone like her: 534 00:18:42,322 --> 00:18:44,524 Beautiful, Ivy League, a doctor's daughter. 535 00:18:44,557 --> 00:18:46,159 What about Clarice? 536 00:18:46,193 --> 00:18:47,594 I don't know anything about that. 537 00:18:47,627 --> 00:18:49,362 Did you ever see her come to the store? 538 00:18:49,396 --> 00:18:51,731 No, Ike handles all the celebrity stuff himself. 539 00:18:51,764 --> 00:18:54,301 Does Ike enjoy being a father? 540 00:18:54,334 --> 00:18:55,768 Loves it. 541 00:18:55,802 --> 00:18:58,405 He's even on the board of his kids' preschool. 542 00:18:58,438 --> 00:18:59,272 Cost him 100 grand, 543 00:18:59,306 --> 00:19:01,341 but he didn't care. 544 00:19:01,374 --> 00:19:02,809 Did he ever mention anything about a divorce? 545 00:19:02,842 --> 00:19:05,345 Never. 546 00:19:05,378 --> 00:19:06,646 Thank you. 547 00:19:06,679 --> 00:19:08,915 Hey. Learn anything? 548 00:19:08,948 --> 00:19:10,450 Yeah, never date the guy [cell phone rings] 549 00:19:10,483 --> 00:19:11,751 who got picked on in high school. 550 00:19:11,784 --> 00:19:13,253 Especially if he gets rich. 551 00:19:13,286 --> 00:19:16,289 Rubirosa. 552 00:19:16,323 --> 00:19:17,590 Great. 553 00:19:17,624 --> 00:19:19,359 The blood on Ike's shoes 554 00:19:19,392 --> 00:19:21,428 is a DNA match for Clarice James. 555 00:19:21,461 --> 00:19:23,330 Sounds like game over. 556 00:19:23,363 --> 00:19:25,332 Yeah, I'll set up a meeting with Ike and his attorney. 557 00:19:25,365 --> 00:19:28,601 Maybe we can convince them to take a plea. 558 00:19:28,635 --> 00:19:30,737 If you plead guilty today, 559 00:19:30,770 --> 00:19:33,673 we'll recommend 15 years. 560 00:19:33,706 --> 00:19:37,444 If we go to trial, we'll recommend 25 to life. 561 00:19:37,477 --> 00:19:39,446 Ten years is a long time, Mr. Krantz. 562 00:19:39,479 --> 00:19:40,913 (Weller) Why in God's name 563 00:19:40,947 --> 00:19:42,315 would he plead guilty to a crime he didn't commit? 564 00:19:42,349 --> 00:19:44,417 I'll take the deal. Ike, what-- 565 00:19:44,451 --> 00:19:45,518 I just want to get this over with. 566 00:19:45,552 --> 00:19:46,786 (Weller) We should talk about this private. 567 00:19:46,819 --> 00:19:48,588 Hey, listen, I'm not going to trial. 568 00:19:48,621 --> 00:19:51,691 I can't. My family. 569 00:19:51,724 --> 00:19:53,760 I just--I just want to plead guilty, 570 00:19:53,793 --> 00:19:56,263 do my time and get-- get on with my life. 571 00:19:57,664 --> 00:19:59,766 What happened the night of the murder? 572 00:20:01,901 --> 00:20:03,303 Well... 573 00:20:03,336 --> 00:20:06,306 Clarice and I had been arguing. 574 00:20:06,339 --> 00:20:07,907 She wanted to have the baby. 575 00:20:07,940 --> 00:20:10,343 I didn't for obvious reasons. 576 00:20:10,377 --> 00:20:14,714 But she just wouldn't listen to a word I said. 577 00:20:14,747 --> 00:20:17,350 She just kept talking about the baby and money. 578 00:20:17,384 --> 00:20:20,553 She wanted $50,000 a month. 579 00:20:20,587 --> 00:20:21,788 I couldn't believe it. 580 00:20:21,821 --> 00:20:24,924 I--I called her-- well, I said some 581 00:20:24,957 --> 00:20:28,728 pretty nasty things, and... 582 00:20:28,761 --> 00:20:31,564 She hit me and I shot her. 583 00:20:31,598 --> 00:20:33,566 Where's the gun? 584 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:38,338 I threw it into the Hudson. 585 00:20:38,371 --> 00:20:41,608 I'll schedule an allocution hearing 586 00:20:41,641 --> 00:20:43,543 for tomorrow morning. 587 00:20:50,417 --> 00:20:52,018 (Judge Bradley) Mr. Krantz... 588 00:20:52,051 --> 00:20:54,421 you wish to plead guilty to the charge of murder 589 00:20:54,454 --> 00:20:56,356 in the second degree. Yes, sir. 590 00:20:56,389 --> 00:20:57,490 And you are pleading guilty 591 00:20:57,524 --> 00:20:59,326 of your own accord? 592 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:00,527 Yes. 593 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:02,395 You killed Clarice James. 594 00:21:04,997 --> 00:21:06,966 Mr. Krantz... 595 00:21:06,999 --> 00:21:09,369 you killed Clarice James, is that correct? 596 00:21:09,402 --> 00:21:11,037 Yes. 597 00:21:11,070 --> 00:21:13,906 Was it your intent to kill her? 598 00:21:13,940 --> 00:21:15,875 No. 599 00:21:15,908 --> 00:21:19,045 Mr. Krantz, you're pleading guilty to second degree murder. 600 00:21:19,078 --> 00:21:21,080 That means you must have intended 601 00:21:21,113 --> 00:21:24,083 to kill Ms. James. Right-- 602 00:21:24,116 --> 00:21:26,419 Or you acted with a depraved indifference to human life. 603 00:21:26,453 --> 00:21:29,055 Fine, I intended to kill her. Is that better? 604 00:21:29,088 --> 00:21:31,090 I'm not concerned about "better," Mr. Krantz. 605 00:21:31,123 --> 00:21:32,392 I just want the truth. 606 00:21:32,425 --> 00:21:34,894 Okay, I--I intended to kill her. 607 00:21:34,927 --> 00:21:38,465 Okay. 608 00:21:38,498 --> 00:21:40,032 I'd like to know what happened 609 00:21:40,066 --> 00:21:41,668 the night you shot Ms. James. 610 00:21:41,701 --> 00:21:43,703 What happened? 611 00:21:43,736 --> 00:21:44,837 Yes, just walk me through the events 612 00:21:44,871 --> 00:21:46,506 leading up to the shooting, Mr. Krantz. 613 00:21:46,539 --> 00:21:47,740 What time you got there, 614 00:21:47,774 --> 00:21:49,576 what you were arguing about, 615 00:21:49,609 --> 00:21:51,110 where the gun was, where you shot her, 616 00:21:51,143 --> 00:21:52,512 what you did afterwards. 617 00:21:52,545 --> 00:21:55,515 I was very upset. 618 00:21:55,548 --> 00:21:56,916 Uh, I thought she was gonna have an abortion. 619 00:21:56,949 --> 00:21:59,919 And, uh, we were fighting, 620 00:21:59,952 --> 00:22:01,120 and she slapped me. 621 00:22:01,153 --> 00:22:03,823 I, I pushed her. She slapped me again. 622 00:22:03,856 --> 00:22:06,593 I punched her in the face. 623 00:22:06,626 --> 00:22:07,594 And she fell down and hit her head, 624 00:22:07,627 --> 00:22:09,429 and that's when I shot her. 625 00:22:09,462 --> 00:22:10,296 Where? 626 00:22:10,329 --> 00:22:14,066 I'm not sure. In the head, I think. 627 00:22:14,100 --> 00:22:18,505 Your Honor, can we discuss this matter in chambers? 628 00:22:18,538 --> 00:22:21,508 What the hell is going on here? 629 00:22:21,541 --> 00:22:22,675 I'm just trying to plead guilty. 630 00:22:22,709 --> 00:22:25,512 You're trying, Mr. Krantz? What does that mean? 631 00:22:25,545 --> 00:22:26,813 Look, I don't know what you want me to say. 632 00:22:26,846 --> 00:22:29,148 Did you kill Clarice James, yes or no? 633 00:22:29,181 --> 00:22:30,550 Yes! 634 00:22:30,583 --> 00:22:32,485 You punched her in the face. Mm-hmm. 635 00:22:32,519 --> 00:22:33,653 She fell to the ground, you shot her in the head. 636 00:22:33,686 --> 00:22:35,054 Yeah, something like that. 637 00:22:35,087 --> 00:22:36,489 Something like that? 638 00:22:36,523 --> 00:22:38,458 What is the problem here? 639 00:22:38,491 --> 00:22:39,759 The problem, Mr. Krantz, is that your story 640 00:22:39,792 --> 00:22:41,528 doesn't make any damn sense. 641 00:22:41,561 --> 00:22:43,430 There's no evidence Ms. James 642 00:22:43,463 --> 00:22:44,931 was struck in the face or head 643 00:22:44,964 --> 00:22:46,666 prior to her death. 644 00:22:46,699 --> 00:22:49,402 Second, she was shot in the chest. 645 00:22:49,436 --> 00:22:50,603 Well, it all happened really fast, you know? 646 00:22:50,637 --> 00:22:51,738 There was a lot of blood and yelling. 647 00:22:51,771 --> 00:22:54,641 Did you kill Clarice James? 648 00:22:54,674 --> 00:22:57,444 Will you please just let me go to jail? 649 00:22:57,477 --> 00:22:59,011 Yes or no, Mr. Krantz? 650 00:23:05,852 --> 00:23:07,520 No. 651 00:23:10,022 --> 00:23:12,024 Then why are you trying to plead guilty? 652 00:23:13,493 --> 00:23:14,994 Because I have no choice. 653 00:23:15,027 --> 00:23:16,596 Excuse me? 654 00:23:20,066 --> 00:23:21,133 The man who shot her, 655 00:23:21,167 --> 00:23:23,536 the man who really shot her, 656 00:23:23,570 --> 00:23:25,204 said that if I testified against him 657 00:23:25,237 --> 00:23:26,939 or went to the police, that he'd kill my wife 658 00:23:26,973 --> 00:23:28,908 and my two children. 659 00:23:28,941 --> 00:23:30,877 What's this person's name? 660 00:23:34,647 --> 00:23:36,683 It's Andre Blair. 661 00:23:36,716 --> 00:23:37,850 The music producer. 662 00:23:37,884 --> 00:23:39,652 Yes, sir. 663 00:23:39,686 --> 00:23:41,153 The music producer shot her, not you? 664 00:23:41,187 --> 00:23:43,656 That's correct. 665 00:23:43,690 --> 00:23:44,924 But you want to plead guilty. 666 00:23:44,957 --> 00:23:47,660 I shouldn't have been involved with Clarice 667 00:23:47,694 --> 00:23:49,028 in the first place. 668 00:23:49,061 --> 00:23:50,730 It's my fault that I was there. 669 00:23:50,763 --> 00:23:52,131 I saw him shoot her. 670 00:23:52,164 --> 00:23:53,566 I'm not gonna endanger my family. 671 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:55,768 I'm not gonna ruin their lives. 672 00:23:55,802 --> 00:23:57,637 Your guilty plea is denied. 673 00:23:57,670 --> 00:24:00,039 The defendant will remain in custody 674 00:24:00,072 --> 00:24:04,544 until you sort this mess out and get back to me. 675 00:24:07,514 --> 00:24:09,616 A man so riddled with fear 676 00:24:09,649 --> 00:24:11,117 that he tries to confess to another man's murder? 677 00:24:11,150 --> 00:24:12,685 It's possible. 678 00:24:12,719 --> 00:24:13,520 15 years on the inside 679 00:24:13,553 --> 00:24:15,154 is a long time for a diamond merchant. 680 00:24:15,187 --> 00:24:16,556 He's either brave... 681 00:24:16,589 --> 00:24:17,957 or really, really terrified. 682 00:24:17,990 --> 00:24:19,659 Look into this music producer. 683 00:24:19,692 --> 00:24:23,496 See if Ike's story makes any sense. 684 00:24:23,530 --> 00:24:24,631 I don't talk about Andre. 685 00:24:24,664 --> 00:24:27,567 His business is his business, and nothing happened. 686 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:29,502 Leave them drums on the truck. 687 00:24:29,536 --> 00:24:30,770 Yeah, we hear different. 688 00:24:30,803 --> 00:24:33,740 The police say you had trouble over music publishing rights, 689 00:24:33,773 --> 00:24:35,508 and Andre hung you out a window. 690 00:24:35,542 --> 00:24:37,276 He says you're friends. 691 00:24:37,309 --> 00:24:39,712 And friends like us don't talk about other friends. 692 00:24:39,746 --> 00:24:41,147 They do under subpoena. 693 00:24:41,180 --> 00:24:43,683 Tsk, fine, whatever. Throw me a subpoena. 694 00:24:43,716 --> 00:24:45,852 I'll deny everything under oath. 695 00:24:45,885 --> 00:24:48,721 True or false. Andre has a temper. 696 00:24:48,755 --> 00:24:50,523 So people say. 697 00:24:50,557 --> 00:24:52,625 They also say he gets violent. 698 00:24:55,995 --> 00:24:57,697 Here's the story. 699 00:24:57,730 --> 00:24:59,065 Ask me to swear on a Bible, 700 00:24:59,098 --> 00:25:01,033 I say Andre's the sweetest, kindest brother 701 00:25:01,067 --> 00:25:02,034 on God's Earth. 702 00:25:02,068 --> 00:25:03,736 We straight on that? 703 00:25:03,770 --> 00:25:04,971 Yeah, we're straight. 704 00:25:05,004 --> 00:25:07,674 He was gonna come by my club. 705 00:25:07,707 --> 00:25:09,108 Hear some open freestyles. 706 00:25:09,141 --> 00:25:12,111 He never shows. I look bad to my people. 707 00:25:12,144 --> 00:25:14,714 I go to his office. I say, "Hey, what's up?" 708 00:25:14,747 --> 00:25:15,948 Six bottles of Dom P. 709 00:25:15,982 --> 00:25:17,584 I keep his table open all night. 710 00:25:17,617 --> 00:25:18,585 It ain't right. 711 00:25:18,618 --> 00:25:20,787 He brings me in a room, hangs me out a window. 712 00:25:20,820 --> 00:25:23,756 Andre said it was a publicity stunt. 713 00:25:23,790 --> 00:25:26,759 Yeah, my broken arm didn't make Page Six. 714 00:25:26,793 --> 00:25:28,628 Titanium rod. 715 00:25:28,661 --> 00:25:31,798 I pack a doctor's note to go through airport detectors. 716 00:25:31,831 --> 00:25:33,332 And you didn't file charges. 717 00:25:33,365 --> 00:25:34,734 Neither did Baby X. 718 00:25:34,767 --> 00:25:36,703 I hear he put a gun between her legs. 719 00:25:36,736 --> 00:25:39,639 She signed her contract in five seconds. 720 00:25:39,672 --> 00:25:41,007 She'll deny it under oath too. 721 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:42,709 He broke your arm, 722 00:25:42,742 --> 00:25:44,811 but he told the cops you went to his Christmas party. 723 00:25:44,844 --> 00:25:47,079 Andre invites, you go. 724 00:25:47,113 --> 00:25:48,347 Put your nose out. 725 00:25:48,380 --> 00:25:50,883 See how many deals he closes with a gun. 726 00:25:50,917 --> 00:25:53,219 Baby X, Outlaw. 727 00:25:53,252 --> 00:25:55,822 But we all got the same story. 728 00:25:55,855 --> 00:25:57,223 We love Andre. 729 00:25:57,256 --> 00:25:59,692 Does that include Sweet Clarice? 730 00:25:59,726 --> 00:26:04,631 What do you think he'll say when you ask him? 731 00:26:04,664 --> 00:26:06,032 I don't know a damn thing about Clarice's murder. 732 00:26:06,065 --> 00:26:08,034 Not a damn thing, hear me? 733 00:26:08,067 --> 00:26:09,736 Where were you the night she was killed? 734 00:26:09,769 --> 00:26:11,037 Where were you? 735 00:26:11,070 --> 00:26:12,672 I'm not a suspect. 736 00:26:12,705 --> 00:26:13,806 Neither am I. 737 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:15,775 You're sure acting like one. 738 00:26:15,808 --> 00:26:17,109 Why is that? 739 00:26:17,143 --> 00:26:18,978 'Cause I'm not rolling over, cooperating with the man? 740 00:26:19,011 --> 00:26:20,847 All we want to do-- 741 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:21,881 I know what you want to do. 742 00:26:21,914 --> 00:26:24,283 Lynch the black man for a murder he didn't commit 743 00:26:24,316 --> 00:26:25,852 and get the white Jew a free pass. 744 00:26:25,885 --> 00:26:27,253 We just want to know where you were 745 00:26:27,286 --> 00:26:28,788 so we can clear this mess up. 746 00:26:28,821 --> 00:26:30,156 This isn't a black-white thing. 747 00:26:30,189 --> 00:26:33,192 It's always a black-white thing, sweetie, always. 748 00:26:33,225 --> 00:26:35,762 We can subpoena phone records, credit cards receipts-- 749 00:26:35,795 --> 00:26:37,797 Unless you came here to arrest my black ass, 750 00:26:37,830 --> 00:26:39,999 get the hell out of my office. 751 00:26:40,032 --> 00:26:42,869 Now. 752 00:26:42,902 --> 00:26:43,836 Don't make any sense. 753 00:26:43,870 --> 00:26:44,637 If he was guilty, 754 00:26:44,671 --> 00:26:46,405 would he throw us out of his office? 755 00:26:46,438 --> 00:26:47,907 No, he'd be polite 756 00:26:47,940 --> 00:26:50,042 and try and point us in another direction. 757 00:26:50,076 --> 00:26:52,211 He's been very successful as a bully. 758 00:26:52,244 --> 00:26:54,714 In business, but you can't actually believe 759 00:26:54,747 --> 00:26:56,182 that he's gonna bully you. 760 00:26:56,215 --> 00:26:57,283 Why not? 761 00:26:57,316 --> 00:26:58,818 It's been working for him a long time. 762 00:26:58,851 --> 00:26:59,686 You heard him. 763 00:26:59,719 --> 00:27:01,788 He doesn't want to roll over for the man. 764 00:27:01,821 --> 00:27:03,756 Well, he better roll over for someone, 765 00:27:03,790 --> 00:27:04,757 or he's gonna end up with a charge 766 00:27:04,791 --> 00:27:07,393 of second degree murder. 767 00:27:07,426 --> 00:27:11,197 Jack, Andre Blair withdrew $600 768 00:27:11,230 --> 00:27:14,166 from an ATM three blocks from Clarice James' brownstone 769 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:16,869 at 1:20 AM on the night of the murder. 770 00:27:16,903 --> 00:27:18,104 He told detectives he was hanging out 771 00:27:18,137 --> 00:27:19,739 at his club in SoHo all night. 772 00:27:19,772 --> 00:27:21,107 Anything else? 773 00:27:21,140 --> 00:27:23,209 We found an email he wrote her a month ago. 774 00:27:23,242 --> 00:27:24,844 "Quit sweating my ass about the cash, 775 00:27:24,877 --> 00:27:26,746 'cause I'm about to lose my patience." 776 00:27:26,779 --> 00:27:29,048 Definitely sounds like there was some bad blood, 777 00:27:29,081 --> 00:27:31,017 but without Ike's testimony... [telephone rings] 778 00:27:31,050 --> 00:27:33,886 it's just that, bad blood. 779 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:36,188 McCoy. 780 00:27:36,222 --> 00:27:38,825 Right. Be right there. 781 00:27:38,858 --> 00:27:42,929 Ike got stabbed in the bathroom at Rikers 782 00:27:42,962 --> 00:27:46,198 two hours ago... twice...in the back. 783 00:27:52,171 --> 00:27:53,372 Look, all I know is I was taking a leak 784 00:27:53,405 --> 00:27:55,775 and somebody jumped me from behind. 785 00:27:55,808 --> 00:27:57,143 You didn't see who the assailant was? 786 00:27:57,176 --> 00:27:59,278 No, whoever it was just pushed me against the wall 787 00:27:59,311 --> 00:28:00,479 and stabbed me. 788 00:28:00,512 --> 00:28:01,714 He say anything to you? 789 00:28:01,748 --> 00:28:03,382 Yeah, he said, "This is for Andre." 790 00:28:03,415 --> 00:28:05,451 Andre Blair. 791 00:28:05,484 --> 00:28:06,786 I'm telling you, this guy wants to kill me 792 00:28:06,819 --> 00:28:08,254 whether I keep my mouth shut or not. 793 00:28:08,287 --> 00:28:09,756 (Rubirosa) If you cooperate 794 00:28:09,789 --> 00:28:10,823 and you're telling the truth, 795 00:28:10,857 --> 00:28:11,758 we can put you and your family 796 00:28:11,791 --> 00:28:12,992 in protective custody. 797 00:28:13,025 --> 00:28:15,394 What a way to live. 798 00:28:15,427 --> 00:28:17,229 Better than the alternative. 799 00:28:18,765 --> 00:28:21,067 Andre's a bad guy. 800 00:28:21,100 --> 00:28:22,468 He's a murderer. 801 00:28:22,501 --> 00:28:23,736 He shot Clarice right in front of me 802 00:28:23,770 --> 00:28:26,272 like it was nothing. 803 00:28:26,305 --> 00:28:28,007 Of course I'm gonna cooperate. 804 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:30,242 Why not? 805 00:28:30,276 --> 00:28:32,912 Tell us what happened the night of the murder. 806 00:28:32,945 --> 00:28:34,814 He and Clarice were arguing about profits 807 00:28:34,847 --> 00:28:36,115 from her latest CD. 808 00:28:36,148 --> 00:28:37,817 She said that she knew he was running drugs 809 00:28:37,850 --> 00:28:39,752 and washing money, and he just 810 00:28:39,786 --> 00:28:41,821 pulled out a gun and shot her. 811 00:28:41,854 --> 00:28:43,923 Why didn't he kill you? 812 00:28:45,992 --> 00:28:48,394 Because I help him out from time to time. 813 00:28:48,427 --> 00:28:50,062 Selling diamonds. 814 00:28:50,096 --> 00:28:52,932 You help him launder his drug profits. 815 00:28:52,965 --> 00:28:54,200 I sell him diamonds for cash. 816 00:28:54,233 --> 00:28:56,035 That's all I know. 817 00:28:56,068 --> 00:28:57,804 You willing to testify to this? 818 00:28:57,837 --> 00:28:59,238 Well, yeah. 819 00:28:59,271 --> 00:29:00,339 If you help me with the whole 820 00:29:00,372 --> 00:29:03,475 selling diamonds for cash thing, sure. 821 00:29:05,477 --> 00:29:08,247 We'll get back to you. 822 00:29:11,117 --> 00:29:14,854 My client had nothing to do with this murder. 823 00:29:14,887 --> 00:29:16,188 Nothing. 824 00:29:16,222 --> 00:29:19,125 Then why do you refuse to give us an alibi? 825 00:29:19,158 --> 00:29:20,459 People aren't required 826 00:29:20,492 --> 00:29:21,861 to prove their innocence, Mr. McCoy. 827 00:29:21,894 --> 00:29:23,162 I assume you're aware 828 00:29:23,195 --> 00:29:24,964 of this fairly well known legal principle. 829 00:29:24,997 --> 00:29:26,933 I'm trying to do your client a favor. 830 00:29:26,966 --> 00:29:28,000 [scoffs] Favor. 831 00:29:28,034 --> 00:29:29,068 (Rubirosa) We have an eyewitness. 832 00:29:29,101 --> 00:29:30,569 You mean murder defendant. 833 00:29:30,602 --> 00:29:31,938 An eyewitness willing to testify 834 00:29:31,971 --> 00:29:33,205 that your client shot Clarice James 835 00:29:33,239 --> 00:29:35,307 over a financial dispute. 836 00:29:35,341 --> 00:29:36,542 We're just trying to give him the chance 837 00:29:36,575 --> 00:29:37,810 to tell us we're crazy. 838 00:29:37,844 --> 00:29:39,879 My client is an innocent man. 839 00:29:39,912 --> 00:29:44,016 Two felony convictions. Six years in Greenhaven. 840 00:29:44,050 --> 00:29:45,852 His music glorifies murder, 841 00:29:45,885 --> 00:29:47,987 rape, degrading sex. 842 00:29:48,020 --> 00:29:50,489 Yeah, he's a model citizen. 843 00:29:50,522 --> 00:29:52,524 Kiss my ass. 844 00:29:58,464 --> 00:30:00,066 So the victim knew that Ike and Andre Blair 845 00:30:00,099 --> 00:30:01,934 were cleaning money. 846 00:30:01,968 --> 00:30:04,203 She got into an argument with Andre Blair 847 00:30:04,236 --> 00:30:05,972 and threatened to out him. 848 00:30:06,005 --> 00:30:07,974 Sounds like motive to me. 849 00:30:08,007 --> 00:30:10,076 What other evidence do we have? 850 00:30:10,109 --> 00:30:12,144 He was three blocks from the crime scene 851 00:30:12,178 --> 00:30:14,146 at or near the time of death. 852 00:30:14,180 --> 00:30:16,182 He lied to detectives about his alibi. 853 00:30:16,215 --> 00:30:17,950 His fingerprints 854 00:30:17,984 --> 00:30:20,219 were all over Clarice's house. 855 00:30:20,252 --> 00:30:21,988 We searched his apartment 856 00:30:22,021 --> 00:30:24,356 and found three boxes of ammunition. 857 00:30:24,390 --> 00:30:25,925 The same make and caliber as the bullets 858 00:30:25,958 --> 00:30:27,559 that killed her, 859 00:30:27,593 --> 00:30:31,030 and, of course, the eyewitness. 860 00:30:31,063 --> 00:30:34,166 An eyewitness who's been indicted for the same crime. 861 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:36,969 Who tried to plead guilty to the same crime. 862 00:30:37,003 --> 00:30:38,604 Because he was terrified of Andre Blair. 863 00:30:38,637 --> 00:30:40,072 Turns out for good reason. 864 00:30:40,106 --> 00:30:42,875 So you buy Ike's story? 865 00:30:42,909 --> 00:30:44,010 Ike has no record. 866 00:30:44,043 --> 00:30:45,644 Blair has a five-page rap sheet. 867 00:30:45,677 --> 00:30:48,580 Yeah, but he's also been clean for the past five years. 868 00:30:48,614 --> 00:30:50,649 He runs a successful record label. 869 00:30:50,682 --> 00:30:52,618 Makes millions of dollars. 870 00:30:52,651 --> 00:30:55,021 And he's been completely uncooperative. 871 00:30:55,054 --> 00:30:55,988 Yeah, but why would he throw it all away 872 00:30:56,022 --> 00:30:59,291 over $200,000 dispute with Clarice James? 873 00:30:59,325 --> 00:31:00,993 Some people don't change. 874 00:31:01,027 --> 00:31:02,628 Or maybe he's just had bad luck 875 00:31:02,661 --> 00:31:04,063 with authorities in the past. 876 00:31:04,096 --> 00:31:05,164 Which he's glamorized the hell out of 877 00:31:05,197 --> 00:31:06,665 on countless albums. 878 00:31:06,698 --> 00:31:08,901 I'm looking at the evidence, Connie, that's it. 879 00:31:08,935 --> 00:31:10,436 Just the evidence. 880 00:31:10,469 --> 00:31:11,570 (Branch) And you think that points to Blair? 881 00:31:11,603 --> 00:31:13,172 Yes. 882 00:31:13,205 --> 00:31:14,473 Fine. 883 00:31:14,506 --> 00:31:15,975 Dismiss the murder indictment against Ike 884 00:31:16,008 --> 00:31:17,443 and move forward against Blair. 885 00:31:17,476 --> 00:31:19,311 But you better hope that 886 00:31:19,345 --> 00:31:22,048 that diamond seller holds up on the stand. 887 00:31:26,185 --> 00:31:29,155 (McCoy) What was your relationship with Clarice James? 888 00:31:29,188 --> 00:31:33,092 We were dating. Well, lovers, I suppose. 889 00:31:33,125 --> 00:31:36,595 What happened the night of the murder? 890 00:31:36,628 --> 00:31:38,297 Clarice and I had a meeting with Andre Blair 891 00:31:38,330 --> 00:31:40,366 to talk about their financial dispute. 892 00:31:40,399 --> 00:31:42,568 What was the dispute about? 893 00:31:42,601 --> 00:31:44,203 Money, music royalties, 894 00:31:44,236 --> 00:31:45,171 that sort of thing. 895 00:31:45,204 --> 00:31:47,173 I tried to act as a mediator, if you will. 896 00:31:47,206 --> 00:31:49,641 When did Mr. Blair arrive? 897 00:31:49,675 --> 00:31:51,077 A little after 1:00. 898 00:31:51,110 --> 00:31:55,047 He seemed very impatient, jumpy. 899 00:31:55,081 --> 00:31:57,950 I'm pretty sure he was high on something. 900 00:31:57,984 --> 00:32:00,086 What happened next? 901 00:32:00,119 --> 00:32:01,220 Clarice and Mr. Blair started arguing. 902 00:32:01,253 --> 00:32:03,055 He was very upset. 903 00:32:03,089 --> 00:32:04,723 Said she wouldn't end up with a dime. 904 00:32:04,756 --> 00:32:06,125 That's when she brought up 905 00:32:06,158 --> 00:32:08,094 the drug dealing and the money laundering. 906 00:32:08,127 --> 00:32:10,096 What did she say? 907 00:32:10,129 --> 00:32:11,297 She said that if she wasn't paid 908 00:32:11,330 --> 00:32:13,032 everything she was owed, 909 00:32:13,065 --> 00:32:16,702 that she would tell the cops that he was dealing drugs 910 00:32:16,735 --> 00:32:19,338 and laundering money through diamond wholesalers. 911 00:32:19,371 --> 00:32:22,108 (McCoy) What happened next? 912 00:32:22,141 --> 00:32:24,643 He shot her in the chest. 913 00:32:24,676 --> 00:32:28,080 (McCoy) What did the defendant say after he shot her? 914 00:32:30,649 --> 00:32:34,586 He called her a stupid bitch. 915 00:32:34,620 --> 00:32:37,056 And then he put the gun in my mouth 916 00:32:37,089 --> 00:32:39,992 and told me that he'd kill me, 917 00:32:40,026 --> 00:32:41,360 my wife, and my two children 918 00:32:41,393 --> 00:32:44,296 if I ever told anybody what had happened. 919 00:32:44,330 --> 00:32:45,998 You're positive the defendant is the person 920 00:32:46,032 --> 00:32:47,566 who shot Clarice James? 921 00:32:54,206 --> 00:32:56,575 Yes, absolutely. 922 00:32:56,608 --> 00:32:58,610 No further questions. 923 00:33:01,580 --> 00:33:04,650 The mother of your unborn baby 924 00:33:04,683 --> 00:33:08,054 is shot in the chest. 925 00:33:08,087 --> 00:33:09,421 You don't call the police. 926 00:33:09,455 --> 00:33:12,658 I was in shock. I didn't know what to do. 927 00:33:12,691 --> 00:33:14,060 Didn't call an ambulance either, did you? 928 00:33:14,093 --> 00:33:16,262 No. 929 00:33:16,295 --> 00:33:17,596 Just left your lover, 930 00:33:17,629 --> 00:33:19,565 the mother of your unborn child, 931 00:33:19,598 --> 00:33:21,333 on the floor, 932 00:33:21,367 --> 00:33:23,569 bleeding out for several hours. 933 00:33:23,602 --> 00:33:25,571 Look, I--I thought she was already dead. 934 00:33:25,604 --> 00:33:27,773 You were arrested 935 00:33:27,806 --> 00:33:29,141 for murdering Clarice James, correct? 936 00:33:29,175 --> 00:33:30,609 Yes. 937 00:33:30,642 --> 00:33:32,344 You actually pleaded guilty 938 00:33:32,378 --> 00:33:34,080 to murdering Clarice James, didn't you? 939 00:33:34,113 --> 00:33:35,047 Objection. 940 00:33:35,081 --> 00:33:37,083 Overruled. 941 00:33:37,116 --> 00:33:39,185 I tried to plead guilty 942 00:33:39,218 --> 00:33:42,121 because I thought the defendant, Andre Blair, 943 00:33:42,154 --> 00:33:46,158 would kill my wife and my two children. 944 00:33:46,192 --> 00:33:50,096 Your family's still alive, right? 945 00:33:50,129 --> 00:33:52,731 Yes, thank God. 946 00:33:53,865 --> 00:33:56,135 Nothing further. 947 00:34:00,606 --> 00:34:03,175 Mr. Blair, did you have plans 948 00:34:03,209 --> 00:34:05,344 to see Clarice the night she was killed? 949 00:34:05,377 --> 00:34:07,213 Yeah. 950 00:34:07,246 --> 00:34:09,215 She asked me to come by her place and talk. 951 00:34:09,248 --> 00:34:12,118 Said she wanted to smooth things out between us 952 00:34:12,151 --> 00:34:14,786 regarding our dispute over alleged record profits. 953 00:34:14,820 --> 00:34:16,522 What happened when you went to her apartment? 954 00:34:16,555 --> 00:34:18,490 Nothing. 955 00:34:18,524 --> 00:34:19,658 I could see some lights on the second floor, 956 00:34:19,691 --> 00:34:21,193 but nobody answered the doorbell, 957 00:34:21,227 --> 00:34:22,261 so I rang it again. 958 00:34:22,294 --> 00:34:23,495 Did you see anyone inside? 959 00:34:23,529 --> 00:34:25,864 Yeah, a man. 960 00:34:25,897 --> 00:34:27,666 White, skinny. 961 00:34:27,699 --> 00:34:30,502 Could you see his face? No. 962 00:34:30,536 --> 00:34:32,438 Could it have been Isaac Krantz? 963 00:34:32,471 --> 00:34:34,173 Possible, but like I said, 964 00:34:34,206 --> 00:34:35,507 I couldn't make out his face. 965 00:34:35,541 --> 00:34:38,410 Do you believe Ike Krantz is trying to blame you 966 00:34:38,444 --> 00:34:39,411 for a murder he committed? 967 00:34:39,445 --> 00:34:40,679 Yes. 968 00:34:40,712 --> 00:34:42,414 (Mathew) Why? Why? 969 00:34:42,448 --> 00:34:43,749 'Cause I'm the perfect fall guy. 970 00:34:43,782 --> 00:34:47,719 Big, black, tattoos. 971 00:34:47,753 --> 00:34:49,855 My artists rap about murder, gangs, thug life. 972 00:34:49,888 --> 00:34:52,891 I'm an easy target, man. 973 00:34:52,924 --> 00:34:54,793 Badass black gang-banger 974 00:34:54,826 --> 00:34:57,896 versus nice little Jewish boy from Westchester. 975 00:34:57,929 --> 00:35:00,866 Who you think the people are gonna believe? 976 00:35:00,899 --> 00:35:04,303 Did you ever threaten to kill Ike Krantz? 977 00:35:04,336 --> 00:35:05,771 No. 978 00:35:05,804 --> 00:35:07,639 Did you ever solicit an inmate to stab him? 979 00:35:07,673 --> 00:35:11,510 Of course not. You're sure? 980 00:35:11,543 --> 00:35:13,612 I know how this sounds, 981 00:35:13,645 --> 00:35:15,281 but if I wanted Ike dead, 982 00:35:15,314 --> 00:35:16,415 he'd be dead. 983 00:35:16,448 --> 00:35:20,152 Not nursing some booboo on the side of his tummy. 984 00:35:20,186 --> 00:35:22,120 Nothing further. 985 00:35:26,192 --> 00:35:28,694 If somebody was going to testify against you 986 00:35:28,727 --> 00:35:31,230 in a murder trial, you'd kill them. 987 00:35:31,263 --> 00:35:33,332 Is that what you just said? 988 00:35:33,365 --> 00:35:36,268 I said if I wanted someone dead, he'd be dead. 989 00:35:36,302 --> 00:35:39,205 So your point is what? 990 00:35:39,238 --> 00:35:41,273 That you're a highly efficient murderer? 991 00:35:41,307 --> 00:35:44,210 If you set out to kill someone, they die. 992 00:35:44,243 --> 00:35:46,178 All I'm saying is if I was gonna hire 993 00:35:46,212 --> 00:35:47,613 some dude to kill someone, 994 00:35:47,646 --> 00:35:49,248 he'd take care of business. 995 00:35:49,281 --> 00:35:51,217 Wouldn't scrape someone 996 00:35:51,250 --> 00:35:52,951 in a damn love handle. 997 00:35:52,984 --> 00:35:54,253 Murder isn't a big deal to you, is it? 998 00:35:54,286 --> 00:35:55,187 That's not true. 999 00:35:55,221 --> 00:35:56,922 Your artists sing about it all the time. 1000 00:35:56,955 --> 00:36:00,659 In fact, your record label is called Time Of Death. 1001 00:36:00,692 --> 00:36:02,394 That's music. 1002 00:36:02,428 --> 00:36:04,230 Make-believe, fantasy, not real life. 1003 00:36:04,263 --> 00:36:06,965 Unfortunately, sometimes they merge. 1004 00:36:06,998 --> 00:36:07,966 Objection. 1005 00:36:07,999 --> 00:36:08,967 (McCoy) Withdrawn. 1006 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:10,669 Nothing further. 1007 00:36:15,707 --> 00:36:18,344 Interesting strategy. 1008 00:36:18,377 --> 00:36:19,845 Trying to convince the jury you're innocent 1009 00:36:19,878 --> 00:36:23,615 because your hired assassin would've actually killed Ike. 1010 00:36:23,649 --> 00:36:25,451 It might work too. 1011 00:36:25,484 --> 00:36:27,353 What do you mean? 1012 00:36:27,386 --> 00:36:29,355 I think he's telling the truth. 1013 00:36:29,388 --> 00:36:30,656 Connie! 1014 00:36:30,689 --> 00:36:32,991 Well, why do we believe Ike over Blair? 1015 00:36:33,024 --> 00:36:34,460 Because he's white? 1016 00:36:34,493 --> 00:36:36,762 Because he has a pretty wife, two kids? 1017 00:36:36,795 --> 00:36:39,398 You know, a new Lexus, Park Avenue address? 1018 00:36:39,431 --> 00:36:40,299 No! 1019 00:36:40,332 --> 00:36:42,734 And what about the stabbing at Rikers? 1020 00:36:42,768 --> 00:36:44,670 Was that a coincidence, an accident? 1021 00:36:44,703 --> 00:36:47,273 We have no proof that Blair was behind that. 1022 00:36:47,306 --> 00:36:49,375 Now you think Ike is lying. 1023 00:36:49,408 --> 00:36:50,542 I'm just saying we have no proof 1024 00:36:50,576 --> 00:36:52,578 that Blair was behind it. 1025 00:36:52,611 --> 00:36:54,380 Go out to Rikers first thing. 1026 00:36:54,413 --> 00:36:56,482 See what you find. 1027 00:36:58,784 --> 00:37:00,252 (Ryland) Look, I told you before. 1028 00:37:00,286 --> 00:37:01,620 I don't know if Ike had any enemies. 1029 00:37:01,653 --> 00:37:02,954 But come on, do the math. 1030 00:37:02,988 --> 00:37:04,423 A rich white guy in 1031 00:37:04,456 --> 00:37:05,357 for killing a pregnant black rapper? 1032 00:37:05,391 --> 00:37:08,394 Half the population probably wanted him dead. 1033 00:37:08,427 --> 00:37:11,330 Okay, no specific enemies. Any friends? 1034 00:37:11,363 --> 00:37:13,465 There was this one dude he hung out with a lot. 1035 00:37:13,499 --> 00:37:14,333 Lots of tats. 1036 00:37:14,366 --> 00:37:16,735 On trial for attempted murder, I think. 1037 00:37:16,768 --> 00:37:18,437 Know his name? 1038 00:37:18,470 --> 00:37:20,339 Don Bissell. 1039 00:37:20,372 --> 00:37:22,408 I'm gonna need that file. 1040 00:37:22,441 --> 00:37:25,644 I don't know nothing about no Ike. 1041 00:37:25,677 --> 00:37:27,479 I heard you two were pretty close. 1042 00:37:27,513 --> 00:37:29,315 Close? [scoffs] 1043 00:37:29,348 --> 00:37:31,450 Come on, cutie, that's-- that's not how it works. 1044 00:37:31,483 --> 00:37:33,018 I know your wife received 1045 00:37:33,051 --> 00:37:35,421 $10,000 from Ike's business account 1046 00:37:35,454 --> 00:37:38,424 two days after Ike was stabbed. 1047 00:37:38,457 --> 00:37:39,658 I'd prefer not to get your wife involved 1048 00:37:39,691 --> 00:37:42,027 in our criminal investigation. 1049 00:37:42,060 --> 00:37:45,030 Tell me the truth, we won't prosecute. 1050 00:37:47,499 --> 00:37:50,336 I don't owe that mutt nothing. 1051 00:37:50,369 --> 00:37:51,570 He told me to stab him in the back, 1052 00:37:51,603 --> 00:37:54,473 but on the side, so it wouldn't hit any organs. 1053 00:37:54,506 --> 00:37:56,742 But he wanted me to make it look real, 1054 00:37:56,775 --> 00:37:58,744 like a murder attempt. 1055 00:38:01,112 --> 00:38:04,450 Look, I paid Bissell to protect me. 1056 00:38:04,483 --> 00:38:05,984 Okay, I'm not exactly Charles Bronson, you know? 1057 00:38:06,017 --> 00:38:08,487 You paid him to stab you. 1058 00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:09,555 That's ridiculous. 1059 00:38:09,588 --> 00:38:11,056 I was getting death threats because of Clarice. 1060 00:38:11,089 --> 00:38:13,392 Here's my offer, Mr. Krantz. Good for today only. 1061 00:38:13,425 --> 00:38:15,994 You plead guilty to killing Clarice James, 1062 00:38:16,027 --> 00:38:17,963 and I'll recommend 20 years, 1063 00:38:17,996 --> 00:38:19,498 five years less than the max. 1064 00:38:19,531 --> 00:38:20,231 Is he kidding? 1065 00:38:20,265 --> 00:38:22,368 If you don't and we go to trial, 1066 00:38:22,401 --> 00:38:23,602 I'll ask for 25 years, 1067 00:38:23,635 --> 00:38:25,837 plus ten years for the money laundering 1068 00:38:25,871 --> 00:38:28,374 and ten years for multiple counts of perjury, 1069 00:38:28,407 --> 00:38:31,577 and I'll make sure that they run consecutively. 1070 00:38:31,610 --> 00:38:34,346 That's 45 years, if you're lucky. 1071 00:38:34,380 --> 00:38:35,681 You'll never get it past the grand jury. 1072 00:38:35,714 --> 00:38:38,450 I already did. 1073 00:38:38,484 --> 00:38:40,519 Bissell's gonna testify against you. 1074 00:38:40,552 --> 00:38:41,687 Oh, you think so? 1075 00:38:41,720 --> 00:38:42,788 Who's gonna believe that scumbag? 1076 00:38:42,821 --> 00:38:44,790 A lot more people than will believe you, Mr. Krantz. 1077 00:38:44,823 --> 00:38:47,526 I guarantee it. 1078 00:38:47,559 --> 00:38:48,860 See you at trial. 1079 00:38:48,894 --> 00:38:52,631 Hey, look, she attacked me, all right? 1080 00:38:52,664 --> 00:38:54,032 I was just defending myself. 1081 00:38:54,065 --> 00:38:56,034 There's no evidence of that. 1082 00:38:56,067 --> 00:38:57,636 Oh, come on! She was ghetto trash. 1083 00:38:57,669 --> 00:39:00,506 That's how these people behave. 1084 00:39:00,539 --> 00:39:02,808 We're done, Mr. Krantz. 1085 00:39:04,676 --> 00:39:06,945 All right, look, I'll take the deal. 1086 00:39:08,580 --> 00:39:12,918 I'll take the damn deal. 1087 00:39:12,951 --> 00:39:15,687 Ike Krantz agreed to plead guilty 1088 00:39:15,721 --> 00:39:17,122 to Clarice James' murder. 1089 00:39:17,155 --> 00:39:19,658 So as such, we're going to dismiss 1090 00:39:19,691 --> 00:39:21,693 the murder indictment against you. 1091 00:39:21,727 --> 00:39:23,161 I'm sorry about all this, 1092 00:39:23,194 --> 00:39:25,130 but we'll have you out of here 1093 00:39:25,163 --> 00:39:26,432 in the next few hours. 1094 00:39:26,465 --> 00:39:28,099 I think you forgot something. 1095 00:39:30,135 --> 00:39:31,537 I didn't hear a promise 1096 00:39:31,570 --> 00:39:33,505 to terminate the grand jury investigation 1097 00:39:33,539 --> 00:39:36,141 into my so-called money laundering and drug running. 1098 00:39:36,174 --> 00:39:38,910 I'm not in a position to do that. 1099 00:39:38,944 --> 00:39:41,580 I ain't perfect, McCoy, 1100 00:39:41,613 --> 00:39:44,149 but I don't deal drugs and I don't wash money. 1101 00:39:44,182 --> 00:39:46,151 Then you've got nothing to worry about. 1102 00:39:46,184 --> 00:39:47,052 (Andre) Yeah, right. 1103 00:39:47,085 --> 00:39:49,555 Just like with this murder trial, huh? 1104 00:39:49,588 --> 00:39:52,057 (Mathews) If Andre was a liar, 1105 00:39:52,090 --> 00:39:53,625 he would've told the jury he saw Ike Krantz 1106 00:39:53,659 --> 00:39:56,995 in Clarice's apartment, not some skinny white dude. 1107 00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:05,036 I'll talk to the prosecutor overseeing the investigation. 1108 00:40:05,070 --> 00:40:06,171 (Andre) Good. 1109 00:40:09,508 --> 00:40:11,843 Now what about a real apology? 1110 00:40:14,045 --> 00:40:17,015 I followed the facts. 1111 00:40:17,048 --> 00:40:19,117 You lied about your alibi. 1112 00:40:19,150 --> 00:40:23,889 You refused to cooperate with the police or us. 1113 00:40:23,922 --> 00:40:26,157 Meaning I had an attitude. 1114 00:40:26,191 --> 00:40:29,027 Where I live, you don't stay alive being nice. 1115 00:40:29,060 --> 00:40:31,229 You don't get rich being nice. 1116 00:40:31,262 --> 00:40:34,666 And I beat this thing because I didn't roll over. 1117 00:40:34,700 --> 00:40:37,569 You looked guilty on paper. 1118 00:40:37,603 --> 00:40:39,671 You acted guilty in person. 1119 00:40:39,705 --> 00:40:42,741 So it's on me that you prosecuted the wrong man? 1120 00:40:42,774 --> 00:40:46,678 The right man's going to prison. 1121 00:40:50,649 --> 00:40:54,886 Good luck to you, Mr. Blair. 1122 00:41:04,596 --> 00:41:06,698 Could be Blair was right. 1123 00:41:06,732 --> 00:41:09,901 It's always a black-white thing. 1124 00:41:09,935 --> 00:41:13,071 He did have an attitude. 1125 00:41:13,104 --> 00:41:15,106 Maybe he has a right. 1126 00:41:17,576 --> 00:41:20,579 Captioning by Matthew L. at CaptionMax www.captionmax.com