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(sirens wailing in the distance)
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(exhales)
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(panting)
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(woman): Brenda?
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(knocking)
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It's time.
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You okay?
- Yeah.
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We don't want to keep
this judge waiting.
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- And what if we...
just get outta here?
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Went all Thelma and Louise
on their asses.
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I get that you're scared,
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but save the jokes for
when you're back on stage, okay?
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(crowd laughing)
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- Only men name things
after themselves.
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There are no woman junior's.
There are no woman the second.
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Men have to do it.
It's like a compulsion for us.
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Hi, I'm Zeke Thompson and meet
my lovely son, Zeke Thompson Jr.
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(crowd laughing)
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Ladies and gentlemen,
that's all I got.
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You're terrific.
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- Zeke Thompson.
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- Thank you.
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- In case you didn't know,
I'm Joyce Golden,
the owner of this dump.
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He started on this stage
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and now he's playing
packed arenas
around the country.
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Alright, go have a drink.
We'll be back in a few.
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- I don't know why you don't
just ask Zeke yourself.
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I hear he's throwing
an afterparty at his new place.
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- Yeah. You can show him
your new material.
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- Will you guys come with me?
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- No way.
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- Yeah, uh, I wasn't suggesting
that we go.
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- C'mon. Bren, we haven't heard
from Zeke since he blew up.
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And seeing all the things
that he has that I don't
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will send me off the deep end.
- Uh-huh.
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- We can stay for 15 minutes,
max.
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- Not me.
(Brenda scoffs)
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- What's up, boys.
- What's up, Fletch?
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- You again. Oh, hello.
Missed you.
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- Oh! Tease...
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- Now see, if I grabbed
a woman's ass like that...
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Come to this party with me
and you can grab my ass
all you want.
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- Okay.
- Go. I dare ya.
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- I can confirm
it's a great ass.
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- No, you missed your chance.
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I was on NyQuil
the entire college tour,
he didn't even try.
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Didn't even try.
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- True. True.
- Insulting.
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Please, Chadwick?
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Please, please.
- Uh-uh. No way.
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- Please. Fifteen minutes.
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- I said no, bish.
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(loud music)
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- Talk about a come up.
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- Yeah, now I gotta go home
and kill myself.
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What?
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It's still warm.
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I hate him.
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Hey, hey, check it out.
- What?
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- Chris Rock, ten o'clock.
- Where?
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There he is.
There's Zeke.
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Zeke!
- Zeke!
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- Zeke!
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What are you doing here?
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(laughing)
Come here.
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You gotta meet my friends.
Oh, my God.
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Ahhh!
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- My guy.
- Hey.
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You guys have to meet my Scott.
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This is the Scott that I have.
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He manages me and like...
half the people in this room.
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Scott, these are my friends.
I came up with these people.
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(Brenda): Yeah.
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- Oh, you guys
remember writing jokes,
listen at Tupac all night?
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- Eating Bottom Ramen.
- Ha ha!
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- Those were the days, man.
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- Those are still the days
for us, bro.
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- So...
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- Hey, will you snap us
really quick?
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- Yes. Photo.
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Family photo.
Come here.
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- So stupid.
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- Oh, that's terrible.
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- Are you gonna post it?
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Could you tag me?
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- Yo, so whatever happened
to grumpy ass Aaron?
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- Oh, you know, Aaron.
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Brenda wants to talk
to you about something.
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I was just gonna ask you
something if you had a second?
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(Scott): We need to say hi
to Sarah.
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- Uh, can you guys just hang out
for a little bit?
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- Yes. Yes.
- Okay, drink up!
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There's so many drinks and
they need to be drunk,
so please.
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- I'm sorry. I owe you.
- Yup.
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- Please, he's blind and he gets
nervous when I'm gone.
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- I have to call the cops.
- Don't call the cops.
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I'm on my way.
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My dog's barking like a maniac
again so I gotta go.
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Bren.
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- Fine.
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- Just one second.
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Uh, excuse me.
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Excuse me.
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Where do you guys think
you're goin'?
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- Gotta skate, bro.
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- Bren, didn't you wanna
talk to me?
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- Yeah, you're busy. It's fine.
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- No, Scott is like
prancing me around
like a little show pony.
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I am all yours now.
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- I could just take the train.
- My driver will take you home.
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- Okay, alright.
- Driver.
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Hey, if it couldn't be me,
I'm glad it's you.
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- God, I love you.
- I know.
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Love ya. See ya.
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- Um, I, I wanted
to show you my new material
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that I've been working on.
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Um, I sent a link to your
manager but I don't think he...
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- You have the link?
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- Yeah, but it's too loud
in here.
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- It's quiet upstairs.
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- You can't leave
your own party!
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- I can do whatever I want.
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C'mon.
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- I grew up in foster care,
I don't mean to brag.
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Um... and because of that,
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everyone always wants to know
if I want to meet my dad
and I don't.
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I... at all,
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but I what I do want to know on
some level that he would want me
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so what I wanna do is find out
his name,
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find him on a dating app,
match with him,
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DM him a naked photo of myself,
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and be like,
Do you wanna be my daddy?
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And he's gonna be like "Yeah".
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And I'm gonna be like,
"Good, 'cause you are".
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And then... and then
I will ghost him...
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- You know what?
That's pretty good.
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- ...because the apple
doesn't fall far from the tree.
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- Damn, this is really good.
- Thank you.
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- Yeah, Bren,
when did you write this?
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Ages... like, I've been
working on this for a while.
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I was just thinking like,
what if like I...
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what if I went on tour
with you?
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What?
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Is that
why you showed up tonight?
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You show up tonight so
you could pitch yourself to me?
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- Shut up.
No, I just...
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you know I, I,
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I know it took me a second
to, like, figure out my thing,
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but if I just had a, like,
a shot, you know,
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I would kill it.
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- Okay.
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- Okay, what?
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- Okay. You can host.
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- Are you serious?
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- Yeah, you can host and then,
after a couple of cities,
you can feature?
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- Oh my God, really?
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- Yeah, you're talented.
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You're great, you're funny.
- Thank you.
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Oh my... can I...
I have to go tell Chad.
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Excuse me?
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I think we should go back
to your fancy party.
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- I'm so tired of talking.
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- I know, I, listen...
I actually don't want to.
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I don't want to.
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- Why not? Why not?
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- You know what?
Hey, hey, hey. No.
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- It's not like
we haven't done this before.
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Like, you remember the
last time, it was super freaky.
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- Ow!
- Yeah, you remember last time?
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Just relax.
- Argh!
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Just, just...
(groaning)
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Relax.
(panting)
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(Brenda groaning)
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- I just want this to be over.
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What if we just...
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take the plea offer?
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- They only offered the plea
because they want you
to go away.
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I know it's hard...
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...but this all started
because Zeke Thompson raped you.
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(theme music)
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00:09:07,530 --> 00:09:09,256
(beeping)
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(water pouring)
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(gulps loudly)
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00:10:02,510 --> 00:10:05,228
(trembling breath)
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00:10:08,257 --> 00:10:11,026
(panting, sniffling)
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(panting)
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- All I'm just sayin' is,
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Black Twitter could be
a little more inclusive, right?
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(crowd laughing)
- Hey, look who's too smancy
to return my calls!
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I have to hear it from 10
other people that you're hosting
Zeke Thompson's tour.
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00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:06,647
- Joyce, uh...
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00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:09,668
Zeke... he, uh...
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00:11:11,563 --> 00:11:12,987
he, um...
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00:11:13,064 --> 00:11:16,716
had sex with me
and I didn't want to.
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00:11:17,994 --> 00:11:21,162
- Are you saying he...
- Yeah.
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00:11:21,256 --> 00:11:24,849
- But how? I mean, there must've
been a million people around.
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- Oh, my God...
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00:11:26,169 --> 00:11:28,061
- Joyce!
He raped me!
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00:11:29,505 --> 00:11:30,914
Joyce.
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00:11:30,916 --> 00:11:34,434
- I heard you,
I'm just trying to...
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00:11:34,510 --> 00:11:35,919
- To what?!
- To process!
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00:11:35,921 --> 00:11:38,604
- I called you for help
and you're just not gonna.
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00:11:38,757 --> 00:11:40,757
Oh my God, forget it.
- Brenda, wait.
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00:11:40,759 --> 00:11:43,609
You and your damn temper,
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00:11:43,762 --> 00:11:45,620
will you just listen?
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00:11:47,933 --> 00:11:51,859
I believe you
and I want to help you.
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00:11:51,937 --> 00:11:56,214
You want me to tell you
the truth or pull
from the MeToo handbook?
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00:11:56,365 --> 00:11:57,882
- Truth.
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00:11:58,034 --> 00:12:00,868
- Okay, here it is.
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00:12:00,887 --> 00:12:04,222
You've been working your ass off
for years
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00:12:04,299 --> 00:12:07,133
and you finally hit pay dirt.
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00:12:07,227 --> 00:12:09,619
This is the big time, Brenda.
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00:12:09,637 --> 00:12:12,972
- How can I possible work
with him after this?
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00:12:13,049 --> 00:12:15,808
- Can you imagine how many times
I had to lie down
215
00:12:15,902 --> 00:12:18,385
and take it from some dirt bag
I was workin' with?
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00:12:18,405 --> 00:12:23,466
You just wiped the stink off
and got on with your life.
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00:12:23,485 --> 00:12:26,745
- It makes me wanna kill God.
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00:12:26,896 --> 00:12:28,413
- If He existed.
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00:12:28,564 --> 00:12:31,249
Oh, Brenda,
what are we talkin' here?
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00:12:31,326 --> 00:12:33,585
One, maybe two minutes of hell
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in exchange for the opportunity
of a lifetime?
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00:12:38,149 --> 00:12:40,675
Be smart, honey.
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I care about you.
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00:12:43,321 --> 00:12:46,247
Nobody is gonna tell you
the truth like me.
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00:12:46,266 --> 00:12:48,600
I care about ya
and I believe in you.
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That's why I stuck with you
all these years.
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00:12:51,420 --> 00:12:53,521
- I know.
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00:12:54,274 --> 00:12:57,108
- I want you to go to bed
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and call me in the morning.
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00:13:00,672 --> 00:13:02,596
Brenda, promise,
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00:13:02,616 --> 00:13:07,702
you won't do anything
without calling me first, okay?
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- Okay.
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00:13:11,107 --> 00:13:13,866
- Okay. Bye.
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00:13:13,943 --> 00:13:16,711
(nervous breathing)
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00:13:24,863 --> 00:13:28,181
(horn tooting, sirens wailing)
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00:13:30,051 --> 00:13:32,477
(phone buzzing)
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(muffled soundscape)
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00:14:18,099 --> 00:14:20,650
(trembling breath)
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00:14:23,088 --> 00:14:26,513
(phone keys clicking)
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00:14:26,533 --> 00:14:29,117
(line ringing)
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00:14:31,096 --> 00:14:34,455
- Hello, New Hope Center,
Queens. Can I help you?
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00:14:36,935 --> 00:14:41,045
- I've been assaulted
and I need to know what to do.
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00:14:41,122 --> 00:14:43,364
- This is my hand, okay?
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00:14:43,383 --> 00:14:46,593
I'm inserting the speculum.
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00:14:51,449 --> 00:14:55,226
- Almost there, Ms. Kramer,
hang in there.
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00:14:56,229 --> 00:14:59,397
(sniffling and sobbing)
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(door opening)
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00:15:17,733 --> 00:15:19,659
- I called Joyce.
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00:15:19,811 --> 00:15:22,712
She told me to let it go.
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00:15:23,924 --> 00:15:25,665
Take the tour.
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00:15:25,741 --> 00:15:28,651
- Joyce is about Joyce.
252
00:15:28,653 --> 00:15:30,244
- Zeke's her golden goose.
253
00:15:30,263 --> 00:15:32,822
- That bitch is savage.
254
00:15:32,824 --> 00:15:36,601
You know I heard she, uh...
reached out to Cosby.
255
00:15:38,754 --> 00:15:41,022
Too soon?
256
00:15:43,001 --> 00:15:46,852
- Do you think
that he lured them in
257
00:15:46,929 --> 00:15:49,855
with his Fat Albert impression?
258
00:15:49,932 --> 00:15:52,099
(laughing)
259
00:15:52,118 --> 00:15:56,788
(weird voice): Hey, hey, hey,
gimme that boo...
260
00:15:56,864 --> 00:15:59,624
(laughing)
261
00:16:05,356 --> 00:16:09,467
You're gonna get through this,
you hear me?
- I know. I know.
262
00:16:09,618 --> 00:16:12,512
- You're a damn warrior.
263
00:16:17,885 --> 00:16:19,385
- Chad?
264
00:16:19,462 --> 00:16:23,982
- Hey, your coffee's
just horrible.
265
00:16:25,301 --> 00:16:28,695
- So is my life.
- Ha-ha!
266
00:16:33,384 --> 00:16:35,284
- What?
267
00:16:37,388 --> 00:16:39,247
- Here.
268
00:16:45,396 --> 00:16:47,171
You reported it yesterday.
269
00:16:47,323 --> 00:16:49,081
- At least
they didn't print my name.
270
00:16:49,234 --> 00:16:52,260
- No, but...
271
00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:55,680
your name's out there.
272
00:17:02,004 --> 00:17:04,272
- Lying... lying whore?
273
00:17:06,008 --> 00:17:11,178
Ain't no one gonna
beat that busted...
274
00:17:11,197 --> 00:17:15,107
- I hit it. Okay, my boy hit
it, the neighborhood dog.
275
00:17:15,260 --> 00:17:16,592
She's thirsty.
(laughs)
276
00:17:16,594 --> 00:17:18,202
She's thirsty.
- Okay. Those are ...
277
00:17:18,429 --> 00:17:21,039
Hey, hey. Look at me. Look
at me. Those are just trolls.
278
00:17:21,115 --> 00:17:23,499
(phone buzzing)
279
00:17:25,861 --> 00:17:27,670
Don't answer it.
280
00:17:29,716 --> 00:17:31,624
- What do I do?
- I have no idea
281
00:17:31,776 --> 00:17:34,677
but I'm here, okay? Okay?
282
00:17:50,978 --> 00:17:54,155
(buzzing, phone
clacking on the table)
283
00:17:56,058 --> 00:17:57,466
- I'm calling the cops.
284
00:17:57,468 --> 00:17:59,410
- Bren, please,
don't hang up, okay?
285
00:17:59,487 --> 00:18:01,470
Just hear me out.
286
00:18:01,489 --> 00:18:03,322
Listen, um...
287
00:18:03,474 --> 00:18:06,475
if you go through with this,
288
00:18:06,477 --> 00:18:09,587
you will ruin both of our lives.
289
00:18:12,333 --> 00:18:16,502
Bren, um, look, I'm sorry, okay?
290
00:18:16,654 --> 00:18:19,597
I'm sorry if I misread
some signals.
291
00:18:19,674 --> 00:18:21,173
- Misread the signals?
292
00:18:21,250 --> 00:18:24,343
What about any of that made
you think I wanted to have sex?
293
00:18:24,495 --> 00:18:26,512
- What are you,
what are you talking about?
294
00:18:26,664 --> 00:18:31,758
Brenda, we have had sex on your
floor, twice, and it was rough.
295
00:18:31,778 --> 00:18:33,260
That's how we liked it.
296
00:18:33,279 --> 00:18:35,780
- I said I didn't want to.
- Why didn't you fight back?
297
00:18:35,931 --> 00:18:37,022
- I did.
298
00:18:37,433 --> 00:18:39,525
- Why didn't you just leave?
- I tried. You held me down.
299
00:18:39,619 --> 00:18:41,786
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
300
00:18:41,937 --> 00:18:43,121
Relax.
301
00:18:43,272 --> 00:18:45,123
- You think 'cause
you're famous now,
302
00:18:45,274 --> 00:18:47,583
you can just treat people
like this?
303
00:18:48,686 --> 00:18:50,777
I'm a person.
304
00:18:50,797 --> 00:18:52,446
Zeke, I'm...
305
00:18:52,523 --> 00:18:54,690
I may be crap
but I am a person.
306
00:18:54,783 --> 00:18:57,284
- You're gonna go through
with this? Is that
what you're saying?
307
00:18:57,286 --> 00:18:59,362
- You're just gonna do it again.
308
00:18:59,364 --> 00:19:00,972
- Great.
309
00:19:01,048 --> 00:19:03,975
Say whatever you want, Bren,
310
00:19:04,126 --> 00:19:06,561
everybody knows you're crazy.
311
00:19:13,544 --> 00:19:15,027
(phone beeping)
312
00:19:17,973 --> 00:19:19,991
(Brenda sighs)
313
00:19:28,409 --> 00:19:29,650
- Ms. Kramer.
314
00:19:29,727 --> 00:19:32,061
I'm sorry to keep you waiting.
I'm ADA Lavigne.
315
00:19:32,063 --> 00:19:34,172
I'll be in charge of your case.
- Thank you.
316
00:19:34,323 --> 00:19:36,674
- We're just in here.
317
00:19:44,333 --> 00:19:47,243
Okay, just a few more questions
about that night.
318
00:19:47,261 --> 00:19:50,479
- Can I leave out the part
where I was raped?
(chuckles)
319
00:19:52,099 --> 00:19:53,749
It was a joke.
320
00:19:53,768 --> 00:19:55,509
- Right.
321
00:19:55,678 --> 00:20:00,347
So in your statement,
you mention that you entered
the room willingly.
322
00:20:00,425 --> 00:20:02,015
Why?
323
00:20:02,035 --> 00:20:07,263
- Zeke was about to go
on the road, um, for a tour,
324
00:20:07,281 --> 00:20:10,541
and I wanted to pitch myself
to open for him.
325
00:20:10,693 --> 00:20:13,936
- It's not out of the ordinary
to 'pitch yourself'
in a bedroom?
326
00:20:14,622 --> 00:20:17,364
- Well, it was just really loud
in there and I...
327
00:20:17,442 --> 00:20:19,458
I had the link on my phone
and I just,
328
00:20:19,535 --> 00:20:21,702
I didn't want to play it
in front of everyone
329
00:20:21,779 --> 00:20:25,264
so we just, like, went in...
like, a room.
330
00:20:28,286 --> 00:20:30,210
- Was Zeke sober?
331
00:20:30,230 --> 00:20:33,213
- Didn't have
my breathalyzer on me.
332
00:20:33,233 --> 00:20:34,881
- What about you?
333
00:20:35,460 --> 00:20:38,218
- What about me?
- Were you sober?
334
00:20:38,887 --> 00:20:42,314
- Sober enough
to know I was...
335
00:20:42,467 --> 00:20:44,158
being raped.
336
00:20:45,728 --> 00:20:47,470
- You should commend yourself.
337
00:20:47,472 --> 00:20:51,082
Most victims of sexual assaults
never even report it.
338
00:20:52,585 --> 00:20:56,504
- I can't let him ruin
someone else's life.
339
00:20:57,665 --> 00:20:59,740
Are there more questions or...
340
00:20:59,834 --> 00:21:02,093
- Uh, no, I think
we're good for now.
341
00:21:02,095 --> 00:21:04,470
- Thank you.
- Okay.
342
00:21:05,673 --> 00:21:08,324
Uh, just one
more thing actually.
343
00:21:08,326 --> 00:21:09,341
Um...
344
00:21:09,418 --> 00:21:12,103
you waited a day
to report this, why?
345
00:21:13,922 --> 00:21:15,940
- Because...
346
00:21:16,091 --> 00:21:18,517
this is a nightmare.
347
00:21:18,594 --> 00:21:21,670
- Is there something else
I should know?
348
00:21:21,689 --> 00:21:25,649
- Anything about your
relationship with Mr. Thompson?
349
00:21:25,726 --> 00:21:27,526
- No.
350
00:21:27,678 --> 00:21:30,437
- Are you sure?
- Yeah.
351
00:21:30,456 --> 00:21:34,199
- Please tell the court
in what context
you met the defendant.
352
00:21:34,276 --> 00:21:38,537
- I was the ADA in charge
of investigating
Ms. Kramer's alleged rape.
353
00:21:38,689 --> 00:21:40,464
- And as your investigation
progressed,
354
00:21:40,541 --> 00:21:43,450
did Brenda Kramer's
behavior change?
355
00:21:44,211 --> 00:21:48,288
- She got angrier,
obsessive and disturbed.
356
00:21:48,366 --> 00:21:50,975
- Can we refrain
from pathologizing my client?
357
00:21:50,977 --> 00:21:53,869
- Jury will disregard
Mr. Lavigne's last statement.
358
00:21:53,888 --> 00:21:57,631
- Mr. Lavigne, it's too early
in the morning for this.
359
00:21:57,708 --> 00:21:59,817
- I'll rephrase, Your Honor.
360
00:21:59,968 --> 00:22:04,280
Mr. Lavigne,
how would you describe
Ms. Kramer's state of mind?
361
00:22:05,216 --> 00:22:08,034
- She was upset, understandably.
362
00:22:10,830 --> 00:22:12,163
- Be calm.
363
00:22:12,314 --> 00:22:14,390
- Calm.
Ten years.
364
00:22:14,392 --> 00:22:15,891
Fired me over text.
Be calm?
365
00:22:15,893 --> 00:22:17,168
- Hold, hold up, Brenda.
Hold up.
366
00:22:17,337 --> 00:22:19,578
- What do you mean hold up?
I'm just gonna talk to her.
367
00:22:19,672 --> 00:22:21,172
- She doesn't wanna talk to you.
- Oh, my God.
368
00:22:21,490 --> 00:22:24,008
- Tell her to get
her shriveled ass out here
before I make a scene.
369
00:22:24,085 --> 00:22:25,343
- Oh, okay.
That's calm?
370
00:22:25,570 --> 00:22:27,736
- What are you doing?
- Y'all trying to get me fired.
371
00:22:27,755 --> 00:22:31,182
- Chad, you got a set in 15.
And you don't work here anymore.
372
00:22:31,333 --> 00:22:32,999
- I thought you cared about me.
373
00:22:33,077 --> 00:22:35,686
- I told you to call me
before you did anything.
374
00:22:35,838 --> 00:22:37,671
- So you
could talk me out of it?
375
00:22:37,690 --> 00:22:39,415
- I am done trying, Brenda.
376
00:22:39,433 --> 00:22:41,525
You had a chance
and you blew it.
377
00:22:41,677 --> 00:22:45,345
- You only fired me
'cause Zeke is your meal ticket.
378
00:22:45,365 --> 00:22:48,757
I fired you because you can't
get out of your own way.
379
00:22:48,776 --> 00:22:52,203
You'd never miss an opportunity
to miss an opportunity.
380
00:22:52,279 --> 00:22:53,929
Look, just take this check
381
00:22:54,022 --> 00:22:57,583
and get out of my club
before I call the cops.
382
00:22:58,603 --> 00:23:00,378
- Oh, my God.
383
00:23:00,454 --> 00:23:02,529
You know I can't get a job
anywhere.
384
00:23:02,623 --> 00:23:05,107
Where am I gonna go?
No one's gonna hire me.
385
00:23:05,109 --> 00:23:07,385
- Brenda, it's over.
386
00:23:07,461 --> 00:23:09,278
I'm done.
387
00:23:09,296 --> 00:23:12,014
One minute
or you lose your spot.
388
00:23:14,894 --> 00:23:17,636
- I'm quitting.
- Don't be stupid.
389
00:23:17,788 --> 00:23:20,564
- We can form a buddy act,
we could take it on the road.
390
00:23:20,641 --> 00:23:23,142
- Go. Get on stage.
391
00:23:23,218 --> 00:23:26,570
Go.
- I'll come by after.
392
00:23:28,574 --> 00:23:30,241
- I saw that.
393
00:23:30,317 --> 00:23:32,225
She's wrong.
- Oh...
394
00:23:32,278 --> 00:23:33,986
That's show business.
395
00:23:34,062 --> 00:23:38,040
- How disappointing
because I came to see you.
396
00:23:40,235 --> 00:23:42,253
- You look familiar.
Do I know you?
397
00:23:42,404 --> 00:23:45,481
- RDG's Cape, from online.
398
00:23:45,499 --> 00:23:47,666
- Oh, my God.
399
00:23:48,410 --> 00:23:51,153
RBG's Cape.
You know, you are funny.
400
00:23:51,155 --> 00:23:54,339
- Thanks, that's a high
compliment coming from you.
401
00:23:54,492 --> 00:23:56,008
I'm Tess.
402
00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:57,918
- Nice to meet you.
403
00:23:57,937 --> 00:23:59,419
- Nice to meet you.
404
00:23:59,439 --> 00:24:02,106
- Well, I'm sorry
I'm not going on tonight.
405
00:24:02,257 --> 00:24:05,517
- And I am no longer supporting
this establishment.
406
00:24:05,594 --> 00:24:08,094
There's a Thai restaurant
a few blocks down.
407
00:24:08,114 --> 00:24:09,780
I'm buying.
408
00:24:09,932 --> 00:24:12,324
- I'm starving.
(chuckles)
409
00:24:14,787 --> 00:24:18,622
- And they always make the woman
out to be the crazy one.
410
00:24:18,774 --> 00:24:21,684
Do you remember that movie,
uh, Fatal Attraction?
- Yes!
411
00:24:21,702 --> 00:24:25,278
- When Glenn Close's character,
really successful, independent,
412
00:24:25,356 --> 00:24:28,132
goes crazy after sleeping
with a guy one time?!
413
00:24:28,283 --> 00:24:31,135
Loses her mind.
(laughing)
414
00:24:32,029 --> 00:24:33,378
- Um!
415
00:24:33,531 --> 00:24:36,548
And I personally feel like
Michael Douglas sucked at sex.
416
00:24:36,701 --> 00:24:40,719
Oh, Chadwick!
417
00:24:40,796 --> 00:24:42,963
- Whoa.
Okay, you're jolly.
418
00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:46,391
- Tess, this is
my best friend, his name's Chad.
419
00:24:47,044 --> 00:24:49,803
- Chad, nice to meet you.
I'm Tess.
- Nice to meet ya.
420
00:24:49,822 --> 00:24:51,213
- Have a seat.
421
00:24:51,232 --> 00:24:53,473
I'll get you some wine.
422
00:24:54,494 --> 00:24:58,329
How'd it go tonight?
- Yeah, it was uh, dead.
423
00:24:59,223 --> 00:25:01,406
So Tess, uh, what do you do?
424
00:25:01,559 --> 00:25:04,168
- I'm an associate
at a law firm.
425
00:25:04,245 --> 00:25:06,729
Contracts. Boring stuff.
426
00:25:06,822 --> 00:25:09,298
(loud clanging)
Are you okay?
427
00:25:09,917 --> 00:25:11,583
(Brenda groans)
428
00:25:11,660 --> 00:25:13,085
- Oh... lemme...
429
00:25:13,237 --> 00:25:15,587
- Okay, let's uh,
let's get you to bed.
430
00:25:15,664 --> 00:25:16,847
- No.
- Yeah. Come on.
431
00:25:16,999 --> 00:25:18,257
- You're okay. Okay.
432
00:25:18,333 --> 00:25:19,833
- You know, just...
- Get to bed.
433
00:25:20,502 --> 00:25:22,745
- You know what?
I'll hold onto this for you.
434
00:25:22,763 --> 00:25:24,913
Okay?
- Okay, you can have it.
435
00:25:24,932 --> 00:25:26,524
You are just so soft.
436
00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:28,609
- I'll clean up.
437
00:25:49,123 --> 00:25:52,883
- She passed out as soon
as her head hit the pillow.
438
00:25:53,611 --> 00:25:56,512
It's gonna take her some time,
Chad.
439
00:25:57,873 --> 00:25:59,056
- I'm sorry.
440
00:25:59,133 --> 00:26:01,725
You been here like five minutes,
441
00:26:01,727 --> 00:26:04,119
how do you know what she needs?
442
00:26:05,398 --> 00:26:08,807
- Did you know that
one in three women are subjected
to sexual violence?
443
00:26:09,476 --> 00:26:12,403
It's a club no one wants
to belong to,
444
00:26:12,479 --> 00:26:14,387
but it has
the largest membership.
445
00:26:14,407 --> 00:26:17,557
It's gonna be rough for her
for a while.
446
00:26:17,635 --> 00:26:21,453
So like I said,
give her some time.
447
00:26:33,651 --> 00:26:36,668
I grew up in foster care,
I don't mean to brag.
448
00:26:36,821 --> 00:26:38,987
Um, and because of that,
449
00:26:39,006 --> 00:26:42,749
everyone always wants to know
if I want to meet my dad
and I don't.
450
00:26:42,768 --> 00:26:44,435
I, at all,
451
00:26:44,511 --> 00:26:47,512
but what I do want to know on
some level that he would want me
452
00:26:47,665 --> 00:26:50,165
so what I wanna do is
find out his name,
453
00:26:50,167 --> 00:26:52,684
find him on a dating app,
match with him,
454
00:26:52,761 --> 00:26:55,279
DM him a naked photo of myself,
455
00:26:55,430 --> 00:26:59,116
and be like,
Do you wanna be my daddy?
456
00:26:59,193 --> 00:27:00,525
And he's gonna be like, "Yeah".
457
00:27:00,620 --> 00:27:02,861
And I'm gonna be like
"Good, 'cause you are."
458
00:27:03,013 --> 00:27:07,532
And then... and then,
I will ghost him
459
00:27:07,609 --> 00:27:10,753
because the apple doesn't fall
far from the tree.
460
00:27:11,947 --> 00:27:13,505
(sighs)
461
00:27:14,375 --> 00:27:16,133
- Ms. Kramer's sense of humor,
462
00:27:16,284 --> 00:27:19,619
would you describe her comedy
as reflecting her off-stage
personality?
463
00:27:19,697 --> 00:27:21,363
- Oh yeah.
Definitely.
464
00:27:21,382 --> 00:27:24,124
- Would you go so far
as to describe her behavior
as promiscuous?
465
00:27:24,201 --> 00:27:28,537
- Well, if sleeping
with everyone at the club is
promiscuous, then yeah.
466
00:27:28,555 --> 00:27:30,189
(chuckles)
467
00:27:31,892 --> 00:27:33,466
- So just to confirm,
468
00:27:33,653 --> 00:27:37,396
you told Brenda Kramer
she could open for you
before the alleged rape?
469
00:27:37,548 --> 00:27:40,473
- Yeah. Mm-hmm.
- So there was no quid pro quo,
470
00:27:40,493 --> 00:27:44,144
no coercion of sexual favors
in exchange for a job offer.
471
00:27:44,163 --> 00:27:46,497
- Absolutely not.
472
00:27:46,573 --> 00:27:48,573
- Do you know why she would
invent a story that she knew
473
00:27:48,726 --> 00:27:51,502
would cost her the biggest
professional opportunity
of her career?
474
00:27:51,653 --> 00:27:55,731
- Brenda is the poster-child
for self-sabotage,
475
00:27:55,749 --> 00:27:57,900
she always has been.
476
00:27:58,493 --> 00:28:00,736
- Alright, let's get back
to that night.
477
00:28:00,754 --> 00:28:04,515
Um, so she played you
her material, you hired her...
478
00:28:04,666 --> 00:28:08,352
- We were laughing, you know,
we're having a good time
479
00:28:08,429 --> 00:28:11,413
and uh, then we started kissing,
480
00:28:11,415 --> 00:28:14,249
and you know,
one thing leads to another.
481
00:28:14,251 --> 00:28:19,087
- And no part of you ever
thought that Brenda Kramer
did not want to have sex?
482
00:28:19,089 --> 00:28:21,699
- We both wanted it.
483
00:28:23,093 --> 00:28:26,662
I mean, it's not like
we hadn't done it before.
484
00:28:29,099 --> 00:28:31,283
- You're saying that prior
to that night,
485
00:28:31,377 --> 00:28:34,044
you and Ms. Kramer...?
- Had sex?
486
00:28:34,121 --> 00:28:37,131
Yeah. Twice.
487
00:28:39,793 --> 00:28:41,610
- Can you repeat the question?
488
00:28:41,612 --> 00:28:45,113
- Do you have any knowledge
of previous sexual relations
489
00:28:45,132 --> 00:28:48,016
between Brenda Kramer
and Zeke Thompson?
490
00:28:49,729 --> 00:28:51,377
(sighs)
491
00:28:51,455 --> 00:28:54,214
You can answer the question here
or in court.
492
00:28:54,233 --> 00:28:56,625
- Yes, they had sex before.
493
00:28:56,627 --> 00:28:58,402
- And who told you?
494
00:28:58,553 --> 00:29:00,612
Brenda.
495
00:29:02,390 --> 00:29:05,391
- So do you know
why Lavigne wants to see you?
496
00:29:05,469 --> 00:29:08,061
- He probably has
more questions.
497
00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:09,747
Thanks for the clothes.
498
00:29:09,898 --> 00:29:11,990
I don't even want
to know how much they cost.
499
00:29:12,067 --> 00:29:14,126
- I wouldn't tell you anyway.
500
00:29:15,496 --> 00:29:18,814
- I never had a real like,
female friend.
501
00:29:18,832 --> 00:29:22,651
The girls in my business
will cut ya!
502
00:29:22,653 --> 00:29:24,595
(phone buzzing)
503
00:29:25,264 --> 00:29:27,155
- You okay?
- Yeah.
504
00:29:27,157 --> 00:29:29,266
I just always think it's him.
505
00:29:29,417 --> 00:29:31,343
And I just hate being scared.
506
00:29:31,419 --> 00:29:34,062
Embarrassing.
- I know what you mean.
507
00:29:35,775 --> 00:29:40,185
- You never told me about what
happened to you which is...
508
00:29:40,262 --> 00:29:42,696
no pressure, of course.
509
00:29:45,117 --> 00:29:47,175
- Sophomore year,
510
00:29:47,177 --> 00:29:51,196
I was on my way back to the dorm
and he raped me on the grass.
511
00:29:51,273 --> 00:29:54,625
Just out in the open.
How brazen is that?
512
00:29:54,776 --> 00:29:57,127
He was captain of the rugby team
513
00:29:57,354 --> 00:30:00,613
and our parents traveled
in the same circle.
514
00:30:00,633 --> 00:30:03,950
So they got together
and worked it out.
515
00:30:04,695 --> 00:30:08,514
You know... and his parents
were very embarrassed.
516
00:30:10,976 --> 00:30:13,201
The thing is...
517
00:30:13,203 --> 00:30:15,628
I wouldn't have
reported it anyway.
518
00:30:15,648 --> 00:30:17,722
I'm not brave, like you.
519
00:30:17,875 --> 00:30:20,150
- You annihilate people online.
520
00:30:20,227 --> 00:30:22,210
- That's different.
521
00:30:22,229 --> 00:30:24,154
- Don't you ever...
522
00:30:24,231 --> 00:30:26,806
think about him
raping other women?
523
00:30:26,826 --> 00:30:30,035
- Of course.
But I was just a kid.
524
00:30:32,723 --> 00:30:35,891
- You have to stop letting him
get away with it at some point.
525
00:30:35,893 --> 00:30:36,983
(knocking on door)
526
00:30:37,002 --> 00:30:39,127
- Open up, bish!
527
00:30:42,157 --> 00:30:44,299
Hey, uh...
- Hi.
528
00:30:52,017 --> 00:30:56,261
Okay, you two need to stop
acting like bitches
and just be civil.
529
00:30:56,413 --> 00:30:58,188
- He's the one
who has the problem.
530
00:30:58,265 --> 00:31:00,173
- Ah, no,
I just don't like you.
531
00:31:00,250 --> 00:31:03,527
Can I talk to you
privately, please?
- Sorry.
532
00:31:07,849 --> 00:31:09,533
- That woman is...
- Don't start.
533
00:31:09,684 --> 00:31:12,352
Hey, hey, I saw the heads
in the ashtray.
534
00:31:12,429 --> 00:31:14,112
Of the photos of you
and Zeke from the wall.
535
00:31:14,206 --> 00:31:17,265
- We were just playing around
and if you came here
to bitch about Tess...
536
00:31:17,284 --> 00:31:21,295
- No, um,
the prosecutor called me in.
537
00:31:22,864 --> 00:31:25,031
- He said he would...
talk to people.
538
00:31:25,125 --> 00:31:30,220
- Yeah well, uh, he asked
if you and Zeke had sex before.
539
00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:34,308
- What did you say?
540
00:31:36,803 --> 00:31:39,396
- Before I recommend
whether to bring your case
to trial,
541
00:31:39,547 --> 00:31:41,547
I have to weigh
the likelihood of a conviction.
542
00:31:41,567 --> 00:31:43,642
- Right.
543
00:31:43,794 --> 00:31:47,646
- Based on witness interviews,
on the fact that you had
consensual sex with Mr. Thompson
544
00:31:47,798 --> 00:31:50,482
prior to the allegation,
which you withheld from me.
545
00:31:50,634 --> 00:31:54,302
- So sorry, I just...
what are you implying exactly?
546
00:31:54,396 --> 00:31:57,581
- I'm not bringing charges.
547
00:32:00,402 --> 00:32:03,812
- Uh, is this
because he's famous, or...?
548
00:32:03,830 --> 00:32:07,482
- No. You would be eviscerated
on the stand.
- Mm-hmm.
549
00:32:07,484 --> 00:32:11,319
- Between the provocations
on social media,
550
00:32:11,321 --> 00:32:13,413
the drinking
and the promiscuity.
551
00:32:13,432 --> 00:32:14,914
- Got it.
552
00:32:14,934 --> 00:32:16,975
There it is.
553
00:32:18,103 --> 00:32:21,012
I'm a drunk and I'm a slut
554
00:32:21,089 --> 00:32:23,014
so I deserved it.
555
00:32:23,167 --> 00:32:24,257
- Okay, look.
- Cool.
556
00:32:24,334 --> 00:32:25,667
- If you're interested,
557
00:32:25,686 --> 00:32:27,277
I can refer you
to a mental health professional.
558
00:32:27,429 --> 00:32:29,171
- You know what?
I'm actually good.
559
00:32:29,189 --> 00:32:31,673
Um...
(clattering)
560
00:32:31,675 --> 00:32:34,359
I sincerely...
561
00:32:34,436 --> 00:32:38,205
hope that you go to hell, sir.
562
00:32:48,025 --> 00:32:51,218
- Now is not a good time
for you to be here.
563
00:32:52,972 --> 00:32:55,880
- Brenda, I am so, so sorry.
564
00:32:56,033 --> 00:32:57,365
C'mon, c'mon.
565
00:32:57,701 --> 00:33:00,343
Can you stop being mad at me
and just let me...
be here for you?
566
00:33:00,420 --> 00:33:01,886
- Be here. Be here for me
567
00:33:01,963 --> 00:33:05,232
like the way you were here
for me with that douchebag DA?
568
00:33:06,819 --> 00:33:08,668
Zeke's performing
at Goldie's tonight,
569
00:33:08,670 --> 00:33:11,471
kicking off his tour
before moving up to arenas
570
00:33:11,490 --> 00:33:15,325
where he will help himself
to a buffet of female fans.
571
00:33:15,402 --> 00:33:19,645
- Look, the DA screwed up
big time, okay.
572
00:33:19,665 --> 00:33:22,240
But... but... um, it's over now
573
00:33:22,317 --> 00:33:25,335
and... and maybe you have
a chance to move on.
574
00:33:25,412 --> 00:33:28,821
- What a ridiculous
little man you are.
575
00:33:29,657 --> 00:33:31,508
- And you're a pathetic...
- Don't.
576
00:33:31,659 --> 00:33:33,493
- Lonely ...
- Okay.
577
00:33:33,512 --> 00:33:34,678
- Seriously?
578
00:33:34,829 --> 00:33:37,830
- Okay Chad,
just, just go, just go.
- Me?
579
00:33:37,850 --> 00:33:40,242
She's... don't you see
that she's messing
with your head, Brenda?
580
00:33:40,260 --> 00:33:42,410
- I'd like to report
an intruder.
581
00:33:42,429 --> 00:33:44,095
He's not leaving
and he's getting violent.
582
00:33:44,172 --> 00:33:47,507
Oh, you're gonna pull that, huh?
Are you co-signing
this behavior?
583
00:33:47,526 --> 00:33:49,918
- He's leaving, hang up.
584
00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:51,436
Hang up.
585
00:33:51,530 --> 00:33:54,105
Please just go. I...
586
00:33:54,258 --> 00:33:56,992
Sorry.
- I'm out.
587
00:33:58,278 --> 00:34:00,996
- He doesn't understand.
He can't.
588
00:34:03,433 --> 00:34:06,710
I saw what you posted
on the rapist's Instagram.
589
00:34:08,863 --> 00:34:12,440
The only way you'll understand
the burning shame of
what you did to me
590
00:34:12,459 --> 00:34:16,094
is if someone pours gasoline
on you and lights a match.
591
00:34:17,447 --> 00:34:20,182
- That was the wine talking.
592
00:34:21,393 --> 00:34:23,977
- In vino veritas.
593
00:34:25,230 --> 00:34:27,213
- In wine, truth, Brenda.
594
00:34:27,232 --> 00:34:30,642
- The only way
you'll understand
595
00:34:30,794 --> 00:34:34,979
the burning shame
of what you did to me
596
00:34:35,056 --> 00:34:38,983
is if someone pours gasoline
on you
597
00:34:39,136 --> 00:34:41,661
and lights a match.
598
00:34:43,565 --> 00:34:46,491
Do you know who wrote that,
Ms. Richards?
599
00:34:46,643 --> 00:34:48,585
- Brenda posted it
600
00:34:48,662 --> 00:34:51,830
the night before Zeke Thompson
performed at Goldie's.
601
00:34:51,924 --> 00:34:54,758
- And you attended
this performance in person.
602
00:34:57,412 --> 00:34:59,554
(crowd cheering)
603
00:35:03,769 --> 00:35:05,844
- Yeah!
604
00:35:05,996 --> 00:35:07,920
Y'all can't kill me!!
605
00:35:07,998 --> 00:35:10,148
Ah-ha!
606
00:35:12,519 --> 00:35:14,427
Woohoo!
607
00:35:15,672 --> 00:35:18,782
Alright, thank you for the love.
Thank you everyone.
608
00:35:18,859 --> 00:35:21,509
Uh, I don't want to start heavy
609
00:35:21,528 --> 00:35:24,454
but the last two weeks
have been a little rough.
610
00:35:25,198 --> 00:35:30,776
I was accused of doing
something that I did not do.
611
00:35:30,796 --> 00:35:33,296
- He did do it
and they let him go.
612
00:35:33,373 --> 00:35:35,615
No one did anything about it.
613
00:35:35,634 --> 00:35:37,259
- Except for you.
614
00:35:38,137 --> 00:35:40,470
- Hey, break a leg.
615
00:35:40,622 --> 00:35:43,140
I'm never gonna forget
your loyalty.
616
00:35:44,176 --> 00:35:46,217
- Hey, I got it, man.
No worries.
617
00:35:46,294 --> 00:35:48,728
- Zeke Thompson.
- Yeah.
618
00:35:49,631 --> 00:35:51,982
Jesus. God!
619
00:35:52,133 --> 00:35:54,693
What is wrong with you...
Aaah!
620
00:35:56,380 --> 00:35:57,562
Zeke!
621
00:35:57,714 --> 00:35:59,489
Somebody call the cops.
(Zeke shouting in pain)
622
00:35:59,566 --> 00:36:03,577
- I had to stop him
before he hurt other women.
623
00:36:07,649 --> 00:36:11,317
- Rape is a heinous crime,
I'm not denying that.
624
00:36:11,395 --> 00:36:13,745
But we have a legal system,
imperfect as it is.
625
00:36:13,897 --> 00:36:15,672
- The legal system did nothing!
626
00:36:15,823 --> 00:36:17,990
- Brenda Kramer may not have
627
00:36:18,010 --> 00:36:21,178
explicitly instructed you
to light Zeke Thompson on fire,
628
00:36:21,254 --> 00:36:23,829
but she planted the idea
in your head
629
00:36:23,907 --> 00:36:27,409
and encouraged you,
however indirectly,
to act on it.
630
00:36:27,411 --> 00:36:30,169
The fact is, you wouldn't have
done what you did
631
00:36:30,189 --> 00:36:33,732
if Brenda Kramer hadn't posted
on social media.
632
00:36:35,101 --> 00:36:37,527
- I did it for you, Bren.
633
00:36:39,940 --> 00:36:41,573
(door opens)
634
00:36:48,373 --> 00:36:50,615
- Rapist!
- You should leave.
635
00:36:50,767 --> 00:36:52,434
- They should have killed you.
636
00:36:52,452 --> 00:36:54,269
- Order.
Order.
637
00:36:54,862 --> 00:36:57,214
(gavel banging)
I'll have order.
638
00:36:58,275 --> 00:37:01,509
I'll have order or you'll be
removed from the court.
639
00:37:05,615 --> 00:37:06,890
- I'm a comedian.
640
00:37:07,467 --> 00:37:10,376
We say things.
We say crazy things.
641
00:37:10,454 --> 00:37:14,305
We say things that make
people laugh and shock people.
642
00:37:14,458 --> 00:37:15,974
Immature and childish maybe,
643
00:37:16,126 --> 00:37:21,463
but it's... we're not,
our intent is never
to cause violence.
644
00:37:21,481 --> 00:37:22,822
There's...
645
00:37:23,984 --> 00:37:27,819
what happened to Zeke
was not my intent.
646
00:37:27,971 --> 00:37:30,163
- It wasn't?
647
00:37:34,419 --> 00:37:37,662
Violence wasn't your intent.
648
00:37:37,739 --> 00:37:39,089
- No.
649
00:37:39,165 --> 00:37:41,466
- Look at him.
650
00:37:43,503 --> 00:37:44,410
- You did this.
651
00:37:44,429 --> 00:37:46,596
- Your Honor!
- Counsellor.
652
00:37:53,438 --> 00:37:56,564
- Pick up. Pick up.
(line ringing)
653
00:37:58,835 --> 00:38:01,945
- Who is this
and how did you get my number?
654
00:38:02,022 --> 00:38:03,596
- It's me.
655
00:38:04,616 --> 00:38:08,676
- I know you probably
never wanna talk to me again
656
00:38:09,346 --> 00:38:11,437
but I just wanted to let you
know
657
00:38:11,515 --> 00:38:13,623
that I've been, um...
(sniffling)
658
00:38:13,700 --> 00:38:16,167
going back to meetings.
659
00:38:17,129 --> 00:38:19,462
And if there is anyone
660
00:38:19,614 --> 00:38:25,093
that I need to make amends
with, it... it's you.
661
00:38:26,621 --> 00:38:32,642
Um, I don't assume you're
following my legal situation.
662
00:38:34,128 --> 00:38:36,220
And um...
663
00:38:36,315 --> 00:38:41,067
today the verdict comes in
664
00:38:42,729 --> 00:38:45,638
and I know this is a lot to ask,
665
00:38:45,715 --> 00:38:48,974
especially with...
666
00:38:49,052 --> 00:38:51,903
how badly I treated you,
667
00:38:53,406 --> 00:38:58,501
but I was just wondering
if there is any way
that you can come up here?
668
00:38:58,728 --> 00:39:02,172
I just don't wanna stand up
there alone, you know.
669
00:39:06,903 --> 00:39:09,179
Uh...
670
00:39:11,741 --> 00:39:14,601
you were a good friend to me.
671
00:39:31,595 --> 00:39:34,162
(soft music)
672
00:39:43,364 --> 00:39:46,049
- Has the jury
reached a verdict?
673
00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:48,760
- We have, Your Honor.
674
00:39:52,298 --> 00:39:54,724
- Will the defendant
please rise?
675
00:39:57,562 --> 00:40:00,730
- To the count of the
indictment, aggravated mayhem,
676
00:40:01,716 --> 00:40:03,625
how does the jury find?
677
00:40:04,385 --> 00:40:07,720
- Not guilty, Your Honor.
- Oh, God.
678
00:40:07,739 --> 00:40:11,056
- The jury is dismissed and
we thank you for your service.
679
00:40:11,559 --> 00:40:14,318
- Thank you for everything.
- The court is adjourned.
680
00:40:14,471 --> 00:40:16,996
- Take care of yourself.
- All rise.
681
00:40:32,172 --> 00:40:34,656
- Bren, aren't you relieved?
682
00:40:34,658 --> 00:40:36,683
- Not really.
683
00:40:37,844 --> 00:40:40,061
Zeke...
684
00:40:41,923 --> 00:40:44,899
I did not mean for this
to happen.
685
00:40:45,669 --> 00:40:47,259
- Yeah, well, it did.
686
00:40:47,279 --> 00:40:50,021
- I did not know
that Tess was unstable.
687
00:40:50,173 --> 00:40:51,614
I had no idea.
688
00:40:51,766 --> 00:40:54,993
I couldn't... I missed the signs
and she was there for me.
689
00:40:57,605 --> 00:40:59,030
- Apologize.
690
00:40:59,182 --> 00:41:00,531
You raped her!
691
00:41:00,625 --> 00:41:03,609
- Move, please.
- Tess should've killed you!
692
00:41:03,628 --> 00:41:06,713
- Oh my God, please let him go.
Please.
693
00:41:16,700 --> 00:41:18,791
I know you're mad
694
00:41:18,868 --> 00:41:20,718
but hurting them
is not the answer.
695
00:41:20,795 --> 00:41:23,563
- What are we supposed to do?
696
00:41:24,966 --> 00:41:26,733
- I don't know.
697
00:41:29,488 --> 00:41:31,696
- Let's go home.