1 00:00:01,725 --> 00:00:04,556 [sirens wailing in the distance] 2 00:00:07,352 --> 00:00:09,423 [exhales] 3 00:00:15,498 --> 00:00:17,707 [panting] 4 00:00:17,741 --> 00:00:20,158 [woman]: Brenda? 5 00:00:22,643 --> 00:00:23,920 [knocking] 6 00:00:23,954 --> 00:00:25,715 It's time. 7 00:00:31,065 --> 00:00:32,584 You okay? - Yeah. 8 00:00:32,618 --> 00:00:35,138 We don't want to keep this judge waiting. 9 00:00:38,072 --> 00:00:41,662 - And what if we... just get outta here? 10 00:00:41,696 --> 00:00:45,459 Went all Thelma and Louise on their asses. 11 00:00:46,218 --> 00:00:48,358 I get that you're scared, 12 00:00:48,393 --> 00:00:51,292 but save the jokes for when you're back on stage, okay? 13 00:01:00,577 --> 00:01:03,235 [crowd laughing] 14 00:01:03,270 --> 00:01:05,962 - Only men name things after themselves. 15 00:01:05,996 --> 00:01:09,138 There are no woman junior's. There are no woman the second. 16 00:01:09,172 --> 00:01:11,830 Men have to do it. It's like a compulsion for us. 17 00:01:11,864 --> 00:01:16,041 Hi, I'm Zeke Thompson and meet my lovely son, Zeke Thompson Jr. 18 00:01:16,076 --> 00:01:18,078 [crowd laughing] 19 00:01:18,112 --> 00:01:20,114 Ladies and gentlemen, that's all I got. 20 00:01:20,149 --> 00:01:21,184 You're terrific. 21 00:01:21,219 --> 00:01:23,186 - Zeke Thompson. 22 00:01:23,221 --> 00:01:25,257 - Thank you. 23 00:01:25,982 --> 00:01:30,814 - In case you didn't know, I'm Joyce Golden, the owner of this dump. 24 00:01:30,849 --> 00:01:32,678 He started on this stage 25 00:01:32,713 --> 00:01:35,198 and now he's playing packed arenas around the country. 26 00:01:35,233 --> 00:01:38,339 Alright, go have a drink. We'll be back in a few. 27 00:01:38,374 --> 00:01:40,238 - I don't know why you don't just ask Zeke yourself. 28 00:01:40,272 --> 00:01:43,310 I hear he's throwing an afterparty at his new place. 29 00:01:43,344 --> 00:01:46,347 - Yeah. You can show him your new material. 30 00:01:46,382 --> 00:01:48,418 - Will you guys come with me? 31 00:01:48,453 --> 00:01:50,213 - No way. 32 00:01:50,248 --> 00:01:52,629 - Yeah, uh, I wasn't suggesting that we go. 33 00:01:52,664 --> 00:01:55,391 - C'mon. Bren, we haven't heard from Zeke since he blew up. 34 00:01:55,425 --> 00:01:57,462 And seeing all the things that he has that I don't 35 00:01:57,496 --> 00:01:59,464 will send me off the deep end. - Uh-huh. 36 00:01:59,498 --> 00:02:02,156 - We can stay for 15 minutes, max. 37 00:02:02,191 --> 00:02:03,571 - Not me. [Brenda scoffs] 38 00:02:03,606 --> 00:02:05,677 - What's up, boys. - What's up, Fletch? 39 00:02:05,711 --> 00:02:09,508 - You again. Oh, hello. Missed you. 40 00:02:09,543 --> 00:02:10,958 - Oh! Tease... 41 00:02:10,992 --> 00:02:13,167 - Now see, if I grabbed a woman's ass like that... 42 00:02:13,202 --> 00:02:16,032 Come to this party with me and you can grab my ass all you want. 43 00:02:16,066 --> 00:02:17,585 - Okay. - Go. I dare ya. 44 00:02:17,620 --> 00:02:19,415 - I can confirm it's a great ass. 45 00:02:19,449 --> 00:02:21,002 - No, you missed your chance. 46 00:02:21,037 --> 00:02:23,936 I was on NyQuil the entire college tour, he didn't even try. 47 00:02:23,971 --> 00:02:25,075 Didn't even try. 48 00:02:25,110 --> 00:02:27,492 - True. True. - Insulting. 49 00:02:28,078 --> 00:02:30,115 Please, Chadwick? 50 00:02:30,150 --> 00:02:32,048 Please, please. - Uh-uh. No way. 51 00:02:32,082 --> 00:02:33,670 - Please. Fifteen minutes. 52 00:02:33,705 --> 00:02:35,672 - I said no, bish. 53 00:02:36,190 --> 00:02:38,537 [loud music] 54 00:02:44,060 --> 00:02:46,476 - Talk about a come up. 55 00:02:47,650 --> 00:02:50,411 - Yeah, now I gotta go home and kill myself. 56 00:02:50,446 --> 00:02:51,757 What? 57 00:02:54,243 --> 00:02:56,521 It's still warm. 58 00:02:56,555 --> 00:02:58,350 I hate him. 59 00:02:59,558 --> 00:03:01,974 Hey, hey, check it out. - What? 60 00:03:02,009 --> 00:03:03,597 - Chris Rock, ten o'clock. - Where? 61 00:03:03,631 --> 00:03:05,944 There he is. There's Zeke. 62 00:03:05,978 --> 00:03:07,566 Zeke! - Zeke! 63 00:03:07,601 --> 00:03:08,912 - Zeke! 64 00:03:08,947 --> 00:03:10,914 What are you doing here? 65 00:03:10,949 --> 00:03:13,158 [laughing] Come here. 66 00:03:13,193 --> 00:03:15,747 You gotta meet my friends. Oh, my God. 67 00:03:15,781 --> 00:03:18,336 Ahhh! 68 00:03:19,268 --> 00:03:21,339 - My guy. - Hey. 69 00:03:21,373 --> 00:03:23,996 You guys have to meet my Scott. 70 00:03:24,031 --> 00:03:25,515 This is the Scott that I have. 71 00:03:25,550 --> 00:03:28,035 He manages me and like... half the people in this room. 72 00:03:28,069 --> 00:03:31,245 Scott, these are my friends. I came up with these people. 73 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:32,867 [Brenda]: Yeah. 74 00:03:32,902 --> 00:03:36,250 - Oh, you guys remember writing jokes, listen at Tupac all night? 75 00:03:36,285 --> 00:03:38,287 - Eating Bottom Ramen. - Ha ha! 76 00:03:38,321 --> 00:03:39,702 - Those were the days, man. 77 00:03:39,736 --> 00:03:42,532 - Those are still the days for us, bro. 78 00:03:43,153 --> 00:03:45,121 - So... 79 00:03:45,155 --> 00:03:47,192 - Hey, will you snap us really quick? 80 00:03:47,227 --> 00:03:48,607 - Yes. Photo. 81 00:03:48,642 --> 00:03:51,438 Family photo. Come here. 82 00:03:53,750 --> 00:03:55,062 - So stupid. 83 00:03:55,096 --> 00:03:57,133 - Oh, that's terrible. 84 00:03:57,167 --> 00:03:59,273 - Are you gonna post it? 85 00:03:59,894 --> 00:04:01,275 Could you tag me? 86 00:04:01,310 --> 00:04:03,795 - Yo, so whatever happened to grumpy ass Aaron? 87 00:04:03,829 --> 00:04:05,245 - Oh, you know, Aaron. 88 00:04:05,279 --> 00:04:06,763 Brenda wants to talk to you about something. 89 00:04:06,798 --> 00:04:09,076 I was just gonna ask you something if you had a second? 90 00:04:09,110 --> 00:04:10,836 [Scott]: We need to say hi to Sarah. 91 00:04:10,871 --> 00:04:14,426 - Uh, can you guys just hang out for a little bit? 92 00:04:14,461 --> 00:04:16,221 - Yes. Yes. - Okay, drink up! 93 00:04:16,256 --> 00:04:19,155 There's so many drinks and they need to be drunk, so please. 94 00:04:19,189 --> 00:04:21,122 - I'm sorry. I owe you. - Yup. 95 00:04:21,157 --> 00:04:23,953 - Please, he's blind and he gets nervous when I'm gone. 96 00:04:23,987 --> 00:04:26,162 - I have to call the cops. - Don't call the cops. 97 00:04:26,196 --> 00:04:27,646 I'm on my way. 98 00:04:27,681 --> 00:04:31,685 My dog's barking like a maniac again so I gotta go. 99 00:04:36,310 --> 00:04:38,070 Bren. 100 00:04:40,003 --> 00:04:41,557 - Fine. 101 00:04:43,317 --> 00:04:44,698 - Just one second. 102 00:04:44,732 --> 00:04:46,078 Uh, excuse me. 103 00:04:46,113 --> 00:04:47,425 Excuse me. 104 00:04:47,459 --> 00:04:49,047 Where do you guys think you're goin'? 105 00:04:49,081 --> 00:04:50,462 - Gotta skate, bro. 106 00:04:50,497 --> 00:04:52,084 - Bren, didn't you wanna talk to me? 107 00:04:52,119 --> 00:04:54,294 - Yeah, you're busy. It's fine. 108 00:04:54,328 --> 00:04:57,952 - No, Scott is like prancing me around like a little show pony. 109 00:04:57,987 --> 00:05:00,161 I am all yours now. 110 00:05:00,852 --> 00:05:04,131 - I could just take the train. - My driver will take you home. 111 00:05:04,165 --> 00:05:06,444 - Okay, alright. - Driver. 112 00:05:06,478 --> 00:05:10,448 Hey, if it couldn't be me, I'm glad it's you. 113 00:05:11,656 --> 00:05:14,348 - God, I love you. - I know. 114 00:05:14,383 --> 00:05:15,901 Love ya. See ya. 115 00:05:15,936 --> 00:05:19,422 - Um, I, I wanted to show you my new material 116 00:05:19,457 --> 00:05:21,148 that I've been working on. 117 00:05:21,182 --> 00:05:25,083 Um, I sent a link to your manager but I don't think he... 118 00:05:25,117 --> 00:05:26,602 - You have the link? 119 00:05:26,636 --> 00:05:30,053 - Yeah, but it's too loud in here. 120 00:05:30,088 --> 00:05:31,779 - It's quiet upstairs. 121 00:05:31,814 --> 00:05:33,954 - You can't leave your own party! 122 00:05:33,988 --> 00:05:37,129 - I can do whatever I want. 123 00:05:37,164 --> 00:05:39,062 C'mon. 124 00:05:56,114 --> 00:05:59,669 - I grew up in foster care, I don't mean to brag. 125 00:05:59,704 --> 00:06:01,947 Um... and because of that, 126 00:06:01,982 --> 00:06:05,744 everyone always wants to know if I want to meet my dad and I don't. 127 00:06:05,779 --> 00:06:07,608 I... at all, 128 00:06:07,643 --> 00:06:10,508 but I what I do want to know on some level that he would want me 129 00:06:10,542 --> 00:06:12,958 so what I wanna do is find out his name, 130 00:06:12,993 --> 00:06:15,720 find him on a dating app, match with him, 131 00:06:15,754 --> 00:06:18,239 DM him a naked photo of myself, 132 00:06:18,274 --> 00:06:22,209 and be like, Do you wanna be my daddy? 133 00:06:22,243 --> 00:06:23,762 And he's gonna be like "Yeah". 134 00:06:23,797 --> 00:06:26,316 And I'm gonna be like, "Good, 'cause you are". 135 00:06:26,351 --> 00:06:29,665 And then... and then I will ghost him... 136 00:06:29,699 --> 00:06:31,529 - You know what? That's pretty good. 137 00:06:31,563 --> 00:06:33,462 - ...because the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. 138 00:06:33,496 --> 00:06:35,533 - Damn, this is really good. - Thank you. 139 00:06:35,567 --> 00:06:37,811 - Yeah, Bren, when did you write this? 140 00:06:37,845 --> 00:06:40,434 Ages... like, I've been working on this for a while. 141 00:06:40,469 --> 00:06:43,437 I was just thinking like, what if like I... 142 00:06:43,472 --> 00:06:46,544 what if I went on tour with you? 143 00:06:48,131 --> 00:06:49,616 What? 144 00:06:49,650 --> 00:06:51,618 Is that why you showed up tonight? 145 00:06:51,652 --> 00:06:54,414 You show up tonight so you could pitch yourself to me? 146 00:06:54,448 --> 00:06:56,519 - Shut up. No, I just... 147 00:06:56,554 --> 00:06:58,694 you know I, I, 148 00:06:58,728 --> 00:07:02,111 I know it took me a second to, like, figure out my thing, 149 00:07:02,145 --> 00:07:05,217 but if I just had a, like, a shot, you know, 150 00:07:05,252 --> 00:07:07,254 I would kill it. 151 00:07:07,288 --> 00:07:09,670 - Okay. 152 00:07:11,431 --> 00:07:12,708 - Okay, what? 153 00:07:12,742 --> 00:07:15,331 - Okay. You can host. 154 00:07:15,365 --> 00:07:17,298 - Are you serious? 155 00:07:17,333 --> 00:07:20,163 - Yeah, you can host and then, after a couple of cities, you can feature? 156 00:07:20,198 --> 00:07:21,717 - Oh my God, really? 157 00:07:21,751 --> 00:07:23,339 - Yeah, you're talented. 158 00:07:23,373 --> 00:07:25,617 You're great, you're funny. - Thank you. 159 00:07:25,652 --> 00:07:28,862 Oh my... can I... I have to go tell Chad. 160 00:07:32,003 --> 00:07:33,522 Excuse me? 161 00:07:33,556 --> 00:07:36,145 I think we should go back to your fancy party. 162 00:07:36,179 --> 00:07:39,044 - I'm so tired of talking. 163 00:07:39,079 --> 00:07:44,429 - I know, I, listen... I actually don't want to. 164 00:07:44,464 --> 00:07:46,396 I don't want to. 165 00:07:46,431 --> 00:07:48,226 - Why not? Why not? 166 00:07:48,260 --> 00:07:50,608 - You know what? Hey, hey, hey. No. 167 00:07:50,642 --> 00:07:53,265 - It's not like we haven't done this before. 168 00:07:53,300 --> 00:07:57,891 Like, you remember the last time, it was super freaky. 169 00:07:59,789 --> 00:08:03,137 - Ow! - Yeah, you remember last time? 170 00:08:04,691 --> 00:08:08,591 Just relax. - Argh! 171 00:08:08,626 --> 00:08:10,524 Just, just... [groaning] 172 00:08:10,559 --> 00:08:12,492 Relax. [panting] 173 00:08:12,526 --> 00:08:15,080 [Brenda groaning] 174 00:08:18,670 --> 00:08:21,017 - I just want this to be over. 175 00:08:23,364 --> 00:08:26,298 What if we just... 176 00:08:26,333 --> 00:08:28,266 take the plea offer? 177 00:08:28,300 --> 00:08:31,925 - They only offered the plea because they want you to go away. 178 00:08:34,583 --> 00:08:36,964 I know it's hard... 179 00:08:37,827 --> 00:08:43,281 ...but this all started because Zeke Thompson raped you. 180 00:08:48,666 --> 00:08:51,841 [theme music] 181 00:09:07,581 --> 00:09:09,307 [beeping] 182 00:09:35,713 --> 00:09:37,853 [water pouring] 183 00:09:45,136 --> 00:09:47,379 [gulps loudly] 184 00:10:02,636 --> 00:10:05,328 [trembling breath] 185 00:10:08,366 --> 00:10:11,058 [panting, sniffling] 186 00:10:30,422 --> 00:10:33,149 [panting] 187 00:10:51,616 --> 00:10:52,997 - All I'm just sayin' is, 188 00:10:53,031 --> 00:10:55,585 Black Twitter could be a little more inclusive, right? 189 00:10:55,620 --> 00:10:59,520 [crowd laughing] - Hey, look who's too smancy to return my calls! 190 00:10:59,555 --> 00:11:04,594 I have to hear it from 10 other people that you're hosting Zeke Thompson's tour. 191 00:11:04,629 --> 00:11:06,907 - Joyce, uh... 192 00:11:07,390 --> 00:11:09,910 Zeke... he, uh... 193 00:11:11,740 --> 00:11:13,293 he, um... 194 00:11:13,327 --> 00:11:16,986 had sex with me and I didn't want to. 195 00:11:18,125 --> 00:11:21,577 - Are you saying he... - Yeah. 196 00:11:21,611 --> 00:11:25,270 - But how? I mean, there must've been a million people around. 197 00:11:25,305 --> 00:11:26,478 - Oh, my God... 198 00:11:26,513 --> 00:11:28,204 - Joyce! He raped me! 199 00:11:29,654 --> 00:11:31,173 Joyce. 200 00:11:31,207 --> 00:11:34,728 - I heard you, I'm just trying to... 201 00:11:34,763 --> 00:11:36,350 - To what?! - To process! 202 00:11:36,385 --> 00:11:38,939 - I called you for help and you're just not gonna. 203 00:11:38,974 --> 00:11:41,010 Oh my God, forget it. - Brenda, wait. 204 00:11:41,045 --> 00:11:43,910 You and your damn temper, 205 00:11:43,944 --> 00:11:45,912 will you just listen? 206 00:11:48,121 --> 00:11:52,366 I believe you and I want to help you. 207 00:11:52,401 --> 00:11:56,474 You want me to tell you the truth or pull from the MeToo handbook? 208 00:11:56,508 --> 00:11:58,303 - Truth. 209 00:11:58,338 --> 00:12:01,237 - Okay, here it is. 210 00:12:01,272 --> 00:12:04,724 You've been working your ass off for years 211 00:12:04,758 --> 00:12:07,450 and you finally hit pay dirt. 212 00:12:07,485 --> 00:12:10,143 This is the big time, Brenda. 213 00:12:10,177 --> 00:12:13,353 - How can I possible work with him after this? 214 00:12:13,387 --> 00:12:16,252 - Can you imagine how many times I had to lie down 215 00:12:16,287 --> 00:12:18,910 and take it from some dirt bag I was workin' with? 216 00:12:18,945 --> 00:12:23,812 You just wiped the stink off and got on with your life. 217 00:12:23,846 --> 00:12:27,125 - It makes me wanna kill God. 218 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:28,955 - If He existed. 219 00:12:28,989 --> 00:12:31,751 Oh, Brenda, what are we talkin' here? 220 00:12:31,785 --> 00:12:34,201 One, maybe two minutes of hell 221 00:12:34,236 --> 00:12:38,481 in exchange for the opportunity of a lifetime? 222 00:12:38,516 --> 00:12:41,001 Be smart, honey. 223 00:12:41,830 --> 00:12:43,728 I care about you. 224 00:12:43,763 --> 00:12:46,696 Nobody is gonna tell you the truth like me. 225 00:12:46,731 --> 00:12:49,251 I care about ya and I believe in you. 226 00:12:49,285 --> 00:12:51,598 That's why I stuck with you all these years. 227 00:12:51,632 --> 00:12:53,842 - I know. 228 00:12:54,843 --> 00:12:57,638 - I want you to go to bed 229 00:12:57,673 --> 00:13:00,089 and call me in the morning. 230 00:13:00,952 --> 00:13:03,161 Brenda, promise, 231 00:13:03,196 --> 00:13:08,097 you won't do anything without calling me first, okay? 232 00:13:09,685 --> 00:13:11,514 - Okay. 233 00:13:11,549 --> 00:13:14,310 - Okay. Bye. 234 00:13:14,345 --> 00:13:17,072 [nervous breathing] 235 00:13:25,011 --> 00:13:28,497 [horn tooting, sirens wailing] 236 00:13:30,499 --> 00:13:32,812 [phone buzzing] 237 00:14:00,046 --> 00:14:03,256 [muffled soundscape] 238 00:14:18,616 --> 00:14:21,101 [trembling breath] 239 00:14:23,483 --> 00:14:26,900 [phone keys clicking] 240 00:14:26,935 --> 00:14:29,420 [line ringing] 241 00:14:31,525 --> 00:14:34,874 - Hello, New Hope Center, Queens. Can I help you? 242 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:41,673 - I've been assaulted and I need to know what to do. 243 00:14:41,708 --> 00:14:43,952 - This is my hand, okay? 244 00:14:43,986 --> 00:14:47,093 I'm inserting the speculum. 245 00:14:51,994 --> 00:14:55,618 - Almost there, Ms. Kramer, hang in there. 246 00:14:56,930 --> 00:14:59,899 [sniffling and sobbing] 247 00:14:59,933 --> 00:15:02,384 [door opening] 248 00:15:18,124 --> 00:15:20,160 - I called Joyce. 249 00:15:20,195 --> 00:15:23,232 She told me to let it go. 250 00:15:24,509 --> 00:15:26,201 Take the tour. 251 00:15:26,235 --> 00:15:29,031 - Joyce is about Joyce. 252 00:15:29,066 --> 00:15:30,860 - Zeke's her golden goose. 253 00:15:30,895 --> 00:15:33,553 - That bitch is savage. 254 00:15:33,587 --> 00:15:37,143 You know I heard she, uh... reached out to Cosby. 255 00:15:39,248 --> 00:15:41,354 Too soon? 256 00:15:43,494 --> 00:15:47,394 - Do you think that he lured them in 257 00:15:47,429 --> 00:15:50,432 with his Fat Albert impression? 258 00:15:50,466 --> 00:15:52,675 [laughing] 259 00:15:52,710 --> 00:15:57,439 [weird voice]: Hey, hey, hey, gimme that boo... 260 00:15:57,473 --> 00:16:00,131 [laughing] 261 00:16:05,861 --> 00:16:10,003 You're gonna get through this, you hear me? - I know. I know. 262 00:16:10,038 --> 00:16:13,006 - You're a damn warrior. 263 00:16:18,425 --> 00:16:20,117 - Chad? 264 00:16:20,151 --> 00:16:24,362 - Hey, your coffee's just horrible. 265 00:16:25,950 --> 00:16:29,229 - So is my life. - Ha-ha! 266 00:16:33,820 --> 00:16:35,787 - What? 267 00:16:37,824 --> 00:16:39,757 - Here. 268 00:16:45,935 --> 00:16:47,937 You reported it yesterday. 269 00:16:47,972 --> 00:16:49,767 - At least they didn't print my name. 270 00:16:49,801 --> 00:16:52,735 - No, but... 271 00:16:54,185 --> 00:16:56,291 your name's out there. 272 00:17:02,607 --> 00:17:04,782 - Lying... lying whore? 273 00:17:06,508 --> 00:17:11,961 Ain't no one gonna beat that busted... 274 00:17:11,996 --> 00:17:15,896 - I hit it. Okay, my boy hit it, the neighborhood dog. 275 00:17:15,931 --> 00:17:17,346 She's thirsty. [laughs] 276 00:17:17,381 --> 00:17:18,934 She's thirsty. - Okay. Those are ... 277 00:17:18,968 --> 00:17:21,833 Hey, hey. Look at me. Look at me. Those are just trolls. 278 00:17:21,868 --> 00:17:24,043 [phone buzzing] 279 00:17:26,493 --> 00:17:28,357 Don't answer it. 280 00:17:30,394 --> 00:17:32,292 - What do I do? - I have no idea 281 00:17:32,327 --> 00:17:35,330 but I'm here, okay? Okay? 282 00:17:51,518 --> 00:17:54,728 [buzzing, phone clacking on the table] 283 00:17:56,765 --> 00:17:58,215 - I'm calling the cops. 284 00:17:58,249 --> 00:18:00,044 - Bren, please, don't hang up, okay? 285 00:18:00,079 --> 00:18:02,011 Just hear me out. 286 00:18:02,046 --> 00:18:04,013 Listen, um... 287 00:18:04,048 --> 00:18:07,224 if you go through with this, 288 00:18:07,258 --> 00:18:10,261 you will ruin both of our lives. 289 00:18:13,161 --> 00:18:17,441 Bren, um, look, I'm sorry, okay? 290 00:18:17,475 --> 00:18:20,237 I'm sorry if I misread some signals. 291 00:18:20,271 --> 00:18:21,997 - Misread the signals? 292 00:18:22,031 --> 00:18:25,276 What about any of that made you think I wanted to have sex? 293 00:18:25,311 --> 00:18:27,451 - What are you, what are you talking about? 294 00:18:27,485 --> 00:18:32,352 Brenda, we have had sex on your floor, twice, and it was rough. 295 00:18:32,387 --> 00:18:34,043 That's how we liked it. 296 00:18:34,078 --> 00:18:36,529 - I said I didn't want to. - Why didn't you fight back? 297 00:18:36,563 --> 00:18:37,771 - I did. 298 00:18:37,806 --> 00:18:40,533 - Why didn't you just leave? - I tried. You held me down. 299 00:18:40,567 --> 00:18:42,638 - Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 300 00:18:42,673 --> 00:18:44,019 Relax. 301 00:18:44,053 --> 00:18:46,021 - You think 'cause you're famous now, 302 00:18:46,055 --> 00:18:48,265 you can just treat people like this? 303 00:18:49,231 --> 00:18:51,509 I'm a person. 304 00:18:51,544 --> 00:18:53,235 Zeke, I'm... 305 00:18:53,270 --> 00:18:55,651 I may be crap but I am a person. 306 00:18:55,686 --> 00:18:58,102 - You're gonna go through with this? Is that what you're saying? 307 00:18:58,137 --> 00:18:59,931 - You're just gonna do it again. 308 00:18:59,966 --> 00:19:01,795 - Great. 309 00:19:01,830 --> 00:19:04,833 Say whatever you want, Bren, 310 00:19:04,867 --> 00:19:07,284 everybody knows you're crazy. 311 00:19:14,187 --> 00:19:15,671 [phone beeping] 312 00:19:18,743 --> 00:19:20,642 [Brenda sighs] 313 00:19:29,098 --> 00:19:30,617 - Ms. Kramer. 314 00:19:30,652 --> 00:19:32,826 I'm sorry to keep you waiting. I'm ADA Lavigne. 315 00:19:32,861 --> 00:19:35,104 I'll be in charge of your case. - Thank you. 316 00:19:35,139 --> 00:19:37,486 - We're just in here. 317 00:19:45,253 --> 00:19:48,083 Okay, just a few more questions about that night. 318 00:19:48,117 --> 00:19:51,224 - Can I leave out the part where I was raped? [chuckles] 319 00:19:52,950 --> 00:19:54,917 It was a joke. 320 00:19:54,952 --> 00:19:56,643 - Right. 321 00:19:56,678 --> 00:20:01,027 So in your statement, you mention that you entered the room willingly. 322 00:20:01,061 --> 00:20:02,925 Why? 323 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:08,137 - Zeke was about to go on the road, um, for a tour, 324 00:20:08,172 --> 00:20:11,624 and I wanted to pitch myself to open for him. 325 00:20:11,658 --> 00:20:14,834 - It's not out of the ordinary to 'pitch yourself' in a bedroom? 326 00:20:15,628 --> 00:20:18,320 - Well, it was just really loud in there and I... 327 00:20:18,355 --> 00:20:20,495 I had the link on my phone and I just, 328 00:20:20,529 --> 00:20:22,704 I didn't want to play it in front of everyone 329 00:20:22,738 --> 00:20:25,983 so we just, like, went in... like, a room. 330 00:20:29,124 --> 00:20:31,160 - Was Zeke sober? 331 00:20:31,195 --> 00:20:34,163 - Didn't have my breathalyzer on me. 332 00:20:34,198 --> 00:20:35,820 - What about you? 333 00:20:36,304 --> 00:20:39,065 - What about me? - Were you sober? 334 00:20:39,686 --> 00:20:43,069 - Sober enough to know I was... 335 00:20:43,103 --> 00:20:44,898 being raped. 336 00:20:46,452 --> 00:20:48,385 - You should commend yourself. 337 00:20:48,419 --> 00:20:51,802 Most victims of sexual assaults never even report it. 338 00:20:53,666 --> 00:20:57,325 - I can't let him ruin someone else's life. 339 00:20:58,464 --> 00:21:00,638 Are there more questions or... 340 00:21:00,673 --> 00:21:03,089 - Uh, no, I think we're good for now. 341 00:21:03,123 --> 00:21:05,298 - Thank you. - Okay. 342 00:21:06,506 --> 00:21:08,991 Uh, just one more thing actually. 343 00:21:09,026 --> 00:21:10,269 Um... 344 00:21:10,303 --> 00:21:12,857 you waited a day to report this, why? 345 00:21:14,721 --> 00:21:16,965 - Because... 346 00:21:16,999 --> 00:21:19,554 this is a nightmare. 347 00:21:19,588 --> 00:21:22,660 - Is there something else I should know? 348 00:21:22,695 --> 00:21:26,526 - Anything about your relationship with Mr. Thompson? 349 00:21:26,561 --> 00:21:28,356 - No. 350 00:21:28,390 --> 00:21:31,220 - Are you sure? - Yeah. 351 00:21:31,255 --> 00:21:35,294 - Please tell the court in what context you met the defendant. 352 00:21:35,328 --> 00:21:39,470 - I was the ADA in charge of investigating Ms. Kramer's alleged rape. 353 00:21:39,505 --> 00:21:41,610 - And as your investigation progressed, 354 00:21:41,645 --> 00:21:44,406 did Brenda Kramer's behavior change? 355 00:21:45,234 --> 00:21:49,308 - She got angrier, obsessive and disturbed. 356 00:21:49,342 --> 00:21:51,931 - Can we refrain from pathologizing my client? 357 00:21:51,965 --> 00:21:55,037 - Jury will disregard Mr. Lavigne's last statement. 358 00:21:55,072 --> 00:21:58,455 - Mr. Lavigne, it's too early in the morning for this. 359 00:21:58,489 --> 00:22:01,078 - I'll rephrase, Your Honor. 360 00:22:01,112 --> 00:22:05,116 Mr. Lavigne, how would you describe Ms. Kramer's state of mind? 361 00:22:06,152 --> 00:22:08,844 - She was upset, understandably. 362 00:22:11,847 --> 00:22:13,262 - Be calm. 363 00:22:13,297 --> 00:22:15,437 - Calm. Ten years. 364 00:22:15,472 --> 00:22:17,128 Fired me over text. Be calm? 365 00:22:17,163 --> 00:22:18,544 - Hold, hold up, Brenda. Hold up. 366 00:22:18,578 --> 00:22:20,718 - What do you mean hold up? I'm just gonna talk to her. 367 00:22:20,753 --> 00:22:22,375 - She doesn't wanna talk to you. - Oh, my God. 368 00:22:22,410 --> 00:22:25,171 - Tell her to get her shriveled ass out here before I make a scene. 369 00:22:25,205 --> 00:22:26,552 - Oh, okay. That's calm? 370 00:22:26,586 --> 00:22:28,588 - What are you doing? - Y'all trying to get me fired. 371 00:22:28,623 --> 00:22:32,247 - Chad, you got a set in 15. And you don't work here anymore. 372 00:22:32,281 --> 00:22:34,007 - I thought you cared about me. 373 00:22:34,042 --> 00:22:36,700 - I told you to call me before you did anything. 374 00:22:36,734 --> 00:22:38,564 - So you could talk me out of it? 375 00:22:38,598 --> 00:22:40,393 - I am done trying, Brenda. 376 00:22:40,428 --> 00:22:42,775 You had a chance and you blew it. 377 00:22:42,809 --> 00:22:46,434 - You only fired me 'cause Zeke is your meal ticket. 378 00:22:46,468 --> 00:22:49,954 I fired you because you can't get out of your own way. 379 00:22:49,989 --> 00:22:53,337 You'd never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. 380 00:22:53,372 --> 00:22:54,925 Look, just take this check 381 00:22:54,959 --> 00:22:58,549 and get out of my club before I call the cops. 382 00:22:59,447 --> 00:23:01,518 - Oh, my God. 383 00:23:01,552 --> 00:23:03,727 You know I can't get a job anywhere. 384 00:23:03,761 --> 00:23:06,108 Where am I gonna go? No one's gonna hire me. 385 00:23:06,143 --> 00:23:08,352 - Brenda, it's over. 386 00:23:08,387 --> 00:23:10,423 I'm done. 387 00:23:10,458 --> 00:23:12,805 One minute or you lose your spot. 388 00:23:15,946 --> 00:23:18,914 - I'm quitting. - Don't be stupid. 389 00:23:18,949 --> 00:23:21,538 - We can form a buddy act, we could take it on the road. 390 00:23:21,572 --> 00:23:24,230 - Go. Get on stage. 391 00:23:24,264 --> 00:23:27,509 Go. - I'll come by after. 392 00:23:29,580 --> 00:23:31,410 - I saw that. 393 00:23:31,444 --> 00:23:33,342 She's wrong. - Oh... 394 00:23:33,377 --> 00:23:35,068 That's show business. 395 00:23:35,103 --> 00:23:38,865 - How disappointing because I came to see you. 396 00:23:41,350 --> 00:23:43,491 - You look familiar. Do I know you? 397 00:23:43,525 --> 00:23:46,459 - RBG's Cape, from online. 398 00:23:46,494 --> 00:23:48,806 - Oh, my God. 399 00:23:49,531 --> 00:23:52,258 RBG's Cape. You know, you are funny. 400 00:23:52,292 --> 00:23:55,330 - Thanks, that's a high compliment coming from you. 401 00:23:55,364 --> 00:23:57,159 I'm Tess. 402 00:23:57,194 --> 00:23:59,023 - Nice to meet you. 403 00:23:59,058 --> 00:24:00,611 - Nice to meet you. 404 00:24:00,646 --> 00:24:03,200 - Well, I'm sorry I'm not going on tonight. 405 00:24:03,234 --> 00:24:06,583 - And I am no longer supporting this establishment. 406 00:24:06,617 --> 00:24:09,206 There's a Thai restaurant a few blocks down. 407 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:10,828 I'm buying. 408 00:24:10,863 --> 00:24:13,244 - I'm starving. [chuckles] 409 00:24:16,075 --> 00:24:19,665 - And they always make the woman out to be the crazy one. 410 00:24:19,699 --> 00:24:22,875 Do you remember that movie, uh, Fatal Attraction? - Yes! 411 00:24:22,909 --> 00:24:26,465 - When Glenn Close's character, really successful, independent, 412 00:24:26,499 --> 00:24:29,398 goes crazy after sleeping with a guy one time?! 413 00:24:29,433 --> 00:24:32,091 Loses her mind. [laughing] 414 00:24:33,230 --> 00:24:34,645 - Um! 415 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:37,545 And I personally feel like Michael Douglas sucked at sex. 416 00:24:37,579 --> 00:24:41,790 Oh, Chadwick! 417 00:24:41,825 --> 00:24:44,103 - Whoa. Okay, you're jolly. 418 00:24:44,137 --> 00:24:47,486 - Tess, this is my best friend, his name's Chad. 419 00:24:48,141 --> 00:24:50,903 - Chad, nice to meet you. I'm Tess. - Nice to meet ya. 420 00:24:50,937 --> 00:24:52,352 - Have a seat. 421 00:24:52,387 --> 00:24:54,665 I'll get you some wine. 422 00:24:55,735 --> 00:24:59,532 How'd it go tonight? - Yeah, it was uh, dead. 423 00:25:00,326 --> 00:25:02,708 So Tess, uh, what do you do? 424 00:25:02,742 --> 00:25:05,469 - I'm an associate at a law firm. 425 00:25:05,504 --> 00:25:07,713 Contracts. Boring stuff. 426 00:25:07,747 --> 00:25:10,301 [loud clanging] Are you okay? 427 00:25:11,026 --> 00:25:12,649 [Brenda groans] 428 00:25:12,683 --> 00:25:14,374 - Oh... lemme... 429 00:25:14,409 --> 00:25:16,618 - Okay, let's uh, let's get you to bed. 430 00:25:16,653 --> 00:25:18,102 - No. - Yeah. Come on. 431 00:25:18,137 --> 00:25:19,518 - You're okay. Okay. 432 00:25:19,552 --> 00:25:21,105 - You know, just... - Get to bed. 433 00:25:21,727 --> 00:25:23,763 - You know what? I'll hold onto this for you. 434 00:25:23,798 --> 00:25:26,041 Okay? - Okay, you can have it. 435 00:25:26,076 --> 00:25:27,629 You are just so soft. 436 00:25:27,664 --> 00:25:29,735 - I'll clean up. 437 00:25:50,341 --> 00:25:54,276 - She passed out as soon as her head hit the pillow. 438 00:25:54,863 --> 00:25:57,590 It's gonna take her some time, Chad. 439 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:00,386 - I'm sorry. 440 00:26:00,420 --> 00:26:02,871 You been here like five minutes, 441 00:26:02,906 --> 00:26:05,253 how do you know what she needs? 442 00:26:06,599 --> 00:26:10,154 - Did you know that one in three women are subjected to sexual violence? 443 00:26:10,810 --> 00:26:13,641 It's a club no one wants to belong to, 444 00:26:13,675 --> 00:26:15,746 but it has the largest membership. 445 00:26:15,781 --> 00:26:18,887 It's gonna be rough for her for a while. 446 00:26:18,922 --> 00:26:22,581 So like I said, give her some time. 447 00:26:35,214 --> 00:26:37,837 I grew up in foster care, I don't mean to brag. 448 00:26:37,872 --> 00:26:40,460 Um, and because of that, 449 00:26:40,495 --> 00:26:44,016 everyone always wants to know if I want to meet my dad and I don't. 450 00:26:44,050 --> 00:26:45,845 I, at all, 451 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:48,952 but what I do want to know on some level that he would want me 452 00:26:48,986 --> 00:26:51,264 so what I wanna do is find out his name, 453 00:26:51,299 --> 00:26:53,922 find him on a dating app, match with him, 454 00:26:53,957 --> 00:26:56,684 DM him a naked photo of myself, 455 00:26:56,718 --> 00:27:00,446 and be like, Do you wanna be my daddy? 456 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:01,999 And he's gonna be like, "Yeah". 457 00:27:02,034 --> 00:27:04,139 And I'm gonna be like "Good, 'cause you are." 458 00:27:04,174 --> 00:27:08,937 And then... and then, I will ghost him 459 00:27:08,972 --> 00:27:11,975 because the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. 460 00:27:13,148 --> 00:27:14,736 [sighs] 461 00:27:15,703 --> 00:27:17,636 - Ms. Kramer's sense of humor, 462 00:27:17,670 --> 00:27:20,742 would you describe her comedy as reflecting her off-stage personality? 463 00:27:20,777 --> 00:27:22,675 - Oh yeah. Definitely. 464 00:27:22,710 --> 00:27:25,609 - Would you go so far as to describe her behavior as promiscuous? 465 00:27:25,644 --> 00:27:29,682 - Well, if sleeping with everyone at the club is promiscuous, then yeah. 466 00:27:29,717 --> 00:27:31,304 [chuckles] 467 00:27:33,582 --> 00:27:35,205 - So just to confirm, 468 00:27:35,239 --> 00:27:38,864 you told Brenda Kramer she could open for you before the alleged rape? 469 00:27:38,898 --> 00:27:41,901 - Yeah. Mm-hmm. - So there was no quid pro quo, 470 00:27:41,936 --> 00:27:45,560 no coercion of sexual favors in exchange for a job offer. 471 00:27:45,594 --> 00:27:47,976 - Absolutely not. 472 00:27:48,011 --> 00:27:50,047 - Do you know why she would invent a story that she knew 473 00:27:50,082 --> 00:27:52,878 would cost her the biggest professional opportunity of her career? 474 00:27:52,912 --> 00:27:56,916 - Brenda is the poster-child for self-sabotage, 475 00:27:56,951 --> 00:27:59,263 she always has been. 476 00:27:59,850 --> 00:28:02,232 - Alright, let's get back to that night. 477 00:28:02,266 --> 00:28:06,063 Um, so she played you her material, you hired her... 478 00:28:06,098 --> 00:28:09,860 - We were laughing, you know, we're having a good time 479 00:28:09,895 --> 00:28:12,829 and uh, then we started kissing, 480 00:28:12,863 --> 00:28:15,832 and you know, one thing leads to another. 481 00:28:15,866 --> 00:28:20,353 - And no part of you ever thought that Brenda Kramer did not want to have sex? 482 00:28:20,388 --> 00:28:22,977 - We both wanted it. 483 00:28:24,392 --> 00:28:27,947 I mean, it's not like we hadn't done it before. 484 00:28:30,329 --> 00:28:32,780 - You're saying that prior to that night, 485 00:28:32,814 --> 00:28:35,506 you and Ms. Kramer...? - Had sex? 486 00:28:35,541 --> 00:28:38,302 Yeah. Twice. 487 00:28:41,098 --> 00:28:43,031 - Can you repeat the question? 488 00:28:43,066 --> 00:28:46,276 - Do you have any knowledge of previous sexual relations 489 00:28:46,310 --> 00:28:49,175 between Brenda Kramer and Zeke Thompson? 490 00:28:51,108 --> 00:28:52,834 [sighs] 491 00:28:52,869 --> 00:28:55,630 You can answer the question here or in court. 492 00:28:55,664 --> 00:28:57,839 - Yes, they had sex before. 493 00:28:57,874 --> 00:28:59,772 - And who told you? 494 00:28:59,807 --> 00:29:01,947 Brenda. 495 00:29:03,811 --> 00:29:06,745 - So do you know why Lavigne wants to see you? 496 00:29:06,779 --> 00:29:09,506 - He probably has more questions. 497 00:29:09,540 --> 00:29:11,163 Thanks for the clothes. 498 00:29:11,197 --> 00:29:13,406 I don't even want to know how much they cost. 499 00:29:13,441 --> 00:29:15,374 - I wouldn't tell you anyway. 500 00:29:16,962 --> 00:29:20,103 - I never had a real like, female friend. 501 00:29:20,137 --> 00:29:23,900 The girls in my business will cut ya! 502 00:29:23,934 --> 00:29:25,902 [phone buzzing] 503 00:29:26,765 --> 00:29:28,559 - You okay? - Yeah. 504 00:29:28,594 --> 00:29:30,803 I just always think it's him. 505 00:29:30,838 --> 00:29:32,840 And I just hate being scared. 506 00:29:32,874 --> 00:29:35,290 Embarrassing. - I know what you mean. 507 00:29:37,430 --> 00:29:41,676 - You never told me about what happened to you which is... 508 00:29:41,710 --> 00:29:44,058 no pressure, of course. 509 00:29:46,646 --> 00:29:48,476 - Sophomore year, 510 00:29:48,510 --> 00:29:52,756 I was on my way back to the dorm and he raped me on the grass. 511 00:29:52,791 --> 00:29:56,035 Just out in the open. How brazen is that? 512 00:29:56,070 --> 00:29:58,727 He was captain of the rugby team 513 00:29:58,762 --> 00:30:02,214 and our parents traveled in the same circle. 514 00:30:02,248 --> 00:30:05,527 So they got together and worked it out. 515 00:30:06,218 --> 00:30:09,842 You know... and his parents were very embarrassed. 516 00:30:12,465 --> 00:30:14,640 The thing is... 517 00:30:14,674 --> 00:30:17,022 I wouldn't have reported it anyway. 518 00:30:17,056 --> 00:30:19,196 I'm not brave, like you. 519 00:30:19,231 --> 00:30:21,716 - You annihilate people online. 520 00:30:21,750 --> 00:30:23,718 - That's different. 521 00:30:23,752 --> 00:30:25,789 - Don't you ever... 522 00:30:25,824 --> 00:30:28,171 think about him raping other women? 523 00:30:28,205 --> 00:30:31,277 - Of course. But I was just a kid. 524 00:30:34,246 --> 00:30:37,283 - You have to stop letting him get away with it at some point. 525 00:30:37,318 --> 00:30:38,526 [knocking on door] 526 00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:40,424 - Open up, bish! 527 00:30:43,634 --> 00:30:45,636 Hey, uh... - Hi. 528 00:30:53,610 --> 00:30:57,890 Okay, you two need to stop acting like bitches and just be civil. 529 00:30:57,925 --> 00:30:59,788 - He's the one who has the problem. 530 00:30:59,823 --> 00:31:01,480 - Ah, no, I just don't like you. 531 00:31:01,514 --> 00:31:04,932 Can I talk to you privately, please? - Sorry. 532 00:31:09,212 --> 00:31:11,248 - That woman is... - Don't start. 533 00:31:11,283 --> 00:31:13,837 Hey, hey, I saw the heads in the ashtray. 534 00:31:13,872 --> 00:31:15,908 Of the photos of you and Zeke from the wall. 535 00:31:15,943 --> 00:31:18,842 - We were just playing around and if you came here to bitch about Tess... 536 00:31:18,877 --> 00:31:22,673 - No, um, the prosecutor called me in. 537 00:31:24,365 --> 00:31:26,608 - He said he would... talk to people. 538 00:31:26,643 --> 00:31:31,579 - Yeah well, uh, he asked if you and Zeke had sex before. 539 00:31:33,512 --> 00:31:35,686 - What did you say? 540 00:31:38,379 --> 00:31:41,140 - Before I recommend whether to bring your case to trial, 541 00:31:41,175 --> 00:31:43,487 I have to weigh the likelihood of a conviction. 542 00:31:43,522 --> 00:31:45,627 - Right. 543 00:31:45,662 --> 00:31:49,424 - Based on witness interviews, on the fact that you had consensual sex with Mr. Thompson 544 00:31:49,459 --> 00:31:52,151 prior to the allegation, which you withheld from me. 545 00:31:52,186 --> 00:31:55,948 - So sorry, I just... what are you implying exactly? 546 00:31:55,983 --> 00:31:59,055 - I'm not bringing charges. 547 00:32:01,989 --> 00:32:05,613 - Uh, is this because he's famous, or...? 548 00:32:05,647 --> 00:32:09,065 - No. You would be eviscerated on the stand. - Mm-hmm. 549 00:32:09,099 --> 00:32:12,931 - Between the provocations on social media, 550 00:32:12,965 --> 00:32:14,863 the drinking and the promiscuity. 551 00:32:14,898 --> 00:32:16,486 - Got it. 552 00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:18,350 There it is. 553 00:32:19,730 --> 00:32:22,595 I'm a drunk and I'm a slut 554 00:32:22,630 --> 00:32:24,666 so I deserved it. 555 00:32:24,701 --> 00:32:25,944 - Okay, look. - Cool. 556 00:32:25,978 --> 00:32:27,324 - If you're interested, 557 00:32:27,359 --> 00:32:29,016 I can refer you to a mental health professional. 558 00:32:29,050 --> 00:32:30,810 - You know what? I'm actually good. 559 00:32:30,845 --> 00:32:33,089 Um... [clattering] 560 00:32:33,123 --> 00:32:35,954 I sincerely... 561 00:32:35,988 --> 00:32:39,681 hope that you go to hell, sir. 562 00:32:49,622 --> 00:32:52,660 - Now is not a good time for you to be here. 563 00:32:54,627 --> 00:32:57,561 - Brenda, I am so, so sorry. 564 00:32:57,596 --> 00:32:59,011 C'mon, c'mon. 565 00:32:59,046 --> 00:33:02,083 Can you stop being mad at me and just let me... be here for you? 566 00:33:02,118 --> 00:33:03,774 - Be here. Be here for me 567 00:33:03,809 --> 00:33:06,743 like the way you were here for me with that douchebag DA? 568 00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:10,402 Zeke's performing at Goldie's tonight, 569 00:33:10,436 --> 00:33:13,198 kicking off his tour before moving up to arenas 570 00:33:13,232 --> 00:33:17,098 where he will help himself to a buffet of female fans. 571 00:33:17,133 --> 00:33:21,206 - Look, the DA screwed up big time, okay. 572 00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:23,967 But... but... um, it's over now 573 00:33:24,002 --> 00:33:27,005 and... and maybe you have a chance to move on. 574 00:33:27,039 --> 00:33:30,456 - What a ridiculous little man you are. 575 00:33:31,285 --> 00:33:33,183 - And you're a pathetic... - Don't. 576 00:33:33,218 --> 00:33:35,082 - Lonely ... - Okay. 577 00:33:35,116 --> 00:33:36,393 - Seriously? 578 00:33:36,428 --> 00:33:39,534 - Okay Chad, just, just go, just go. - Me? 579 00:33:39,569 --> 00:33:41,950 She's... don't you see that she's messing with your head, Brenda? 580 00:33:41,985 --> 00:33:43,918 - I'd like to report an intruder. 581 00:33:43,952 --> 00:33:45,678 He's not leaving and he's getting violent. 582 00:33:45,713 --> 00:33:49,061 Oh, you're gonna pull that, huh? Are you co-signing this behavior? 583 00:33:49,096 --> 00:33:51,477 - He's leaving, hang up. 584 00:33:51,512 --> 00:33:53,065 Hang up. 585 00:33:53,100 --> 00:33:55,757 Please just go. I... 586 00:33:55,792 --> 00:33:58,415 Sorry. - I'm out. 587 00:33:59,899 --> 00:34:02,488 - He doesn't understand. He can't. 588 00:34:05,112 --> 00:34:08,391 I saw what you posted on the rapist's Instagram. 589 00:34:10,738 --> 00:34:14,224 The only way you'll understand the burning shame of what you did to me 590 00:34:14,259 --> 00:34:17,572 is if someone pours gasoline on you and lights a match. 591 00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:21,680 - That was the wine talking. 592 00:34:23,061 --> 00:34:25,442 - In vino veritas. 593 00:34:27,065 --> 00:34:28,997 - In wine, truth, Brenda. 594 00:34:29,032 --> 00:34:32,484 - The only way you'll understand 595 00:34:32,518 --> 00:34:36,591 the burning shame of what you did to me 596 00:34:36,626 --> 00:34:40,664 is if someone pours gasoline on you 597 00:34:40,699 --> 00:34:43,322 and lights a match. 598 00:34:45,152 --> 00:34:48,120 Do you know who wrote that, Ms. Richards? 599 00:34:48,155 --> 00:34:50,571 - Brenda posted it 600 00:34:50,605 --> 00:34:53,643 the night before Zeke Thompson performed at Goldie's. 601 00:34:53,677 --> 00:34:56,473 - And you attended this performance in person. 602 00:34:58,958 --> 00:35:01,202 [crowd cheering] 603 00:35:05,482 --> 00:35:07,622 - Yeah! 604 00:35:07,657 --> 00:35:09,590 Y'all can't kill me!! 605 00:35:09,624 --> 00:35:11,764 Ah-ha! 606 00:35:14,181 --> 00:35:16,252 Woohoo! 607 00:35:17,460 --> 00:35:20,532 Alright, thank you for the love. Thank you everyone. 608 00:35:20,566 --> 00:35:23,362 Uh, I don't want to start heavy 609 00:35:23,397 --> 00:35:26,262 but the last two weeks have been a little rough. 610 00:35:26,986 --> 00:35:32,509 I was accused of doing something that I did not do. 611 00:35:32,544 --> 00:35:35,236 - He did do it and they let him go. 612 00:35:35,271 --> 00:35:37,307 No one did anything about it. 613 00:35:37,342 --> 00:35:38,895 - Except for you. 614 00:35:39,999 --> 00:35:42,347 - Hey, break a leg. 615 00:35:42,381 --> 00:35:44,901 I'm never gonna forget your loyalty. 616 00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:48,111 - Hey, I got it, man. No worries. 617 00:35:48,146 --> 00:35:50,458 - Zeke Thompson. - Yeah. 618 00:35:51,252 --> 00:35:53,875 Jesus. God! 619 00:35:53,910 --> 00:35:56,430 What is wrong with you... Aaah! 620 00:35:57,948 --> 00:35:59,329 Zeke! 621 00:35:59,364 --> 00:36:01,504 Somebody call the cops. [Zeke shouting in pain] 622 00:36:01,538 --> 00:36:05,301 - I had to stop him before he hurt other women. 623 00:36:09,581 --> 00:36:13,205 - Rape is a heinous crime, I'm not denying that. 624 00:36:13,240 --> 00:36:15,587 But we have a legal system, imperfect as it is. 625 00:36:15,621 --> 00:36:17,520 - The legal system did nothing! 626 00:36:17,554 --> 00:36:19,763 - Brenda Kramer may not have 627 00:36:19,798 --> 00:36:23,077 explicitly instructed you to light Zeke Thompson on fire, 628 00:36:23,111 --> 00:36:25,838 but she planted the idea in your head 629 00:36:25,873 --> 00:36:29,290 and encouraged you, however indirectly, to act on it. 630 00:36:29,325 --> 00:36:31,879 The fact is, you wouldn't have done what you did 631 00:36:31,913 --> 00:36:35,538 if Brenda Kramer hadn't posted on social media. 632 00:36:36,987 --> 00:36:39,231 - I did it for you, Bren. 633 00:36:41,785 --> 00:36:43,339 [door opens] 634 00:36:50,311 --> 00:36:52,417 - Rapist! - You should leave. 635 00:36:52,451 --> 00:36:54,108 - They should have killed you. 636 00:36:54,142 --> 00:36:55,972 - Order. Order. 637 00:36:56,628 --> 00:36:59,078 [gavel banging] I'll have order. 638 00:37:00,045 --> 00:37:03,290 I'll have order or you'll be removed from the court. 639 00:37:07,190 --> 00:37:08,916 - I'm a comedian. 640 00:37:09,434 --> 00:37:12,057 We say things. We say crazy things. 641 00:37:12,091 --> 00:37:16,406 We say things that make people laugh and shock people. 642 00:37:16,441 --> 00:37:18,166 Immature and childish maybe, 643 00:37:18,201 --> 00:37:23,171 but it's... we're not, our intent is never to cause violence. 644 00:37:23,206 --> 00:37:24,759 There's... 645 00:37:25,864 --> 00:37:29,764 what happened to Zeke was not my intent. 646 00:37:29,799 --> 00:37:31,870 - It wasn't? 647 00:37:36,288 --> 00:37:39,533 Violence wasn't your intent. 648 00:37:39,567 --> 00:37:41,051 - No. 649 00:37:41,086 --> 00:37:43,295 - Look at him. 650 00:37:45,332 --> 00:37:46,436 - You did this. 651 00:37:46,471 --> 00:37:48,438 - Your Honor! - Counsellor. 652 00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:58,345 - Pick up. Pick up. [line ringing] 653 00:38:00,830 --> 00:38:03,936 - Who is this and how did you get my number? 654 00:38:03,971 --> 00:38:05,662 - It's me. 655 00:38:06,732 --> 00:38:10,633 - I know you probably never wanna talk to me again 656 00:38:11,289 --> 00:38:13,256 but I just wanted to let you know 657 00:38:13,291 --> 00:38:15,569 that I've been, um... [sniffling] 658 00:38:15,603 --> 00:38:17,916 going back to meetings. 659 00:38:19,089 --> 00:38:21,471 And if there is anyone 660 00:38:21,506 --> 00:38:26,821 that I need to make amends with, it... it's you. 661 00:38:28,651 --> 00:38:34,519 Um, I don't assume you're following my legal situation. 662 00:38:36,072 --> 00:38:38,350 And um... 663 00:38:38,385 --> 00:38:42,872 today the verdict comes in 664 00:38:44,632 --> 00:38:47,463 and I know this is a lot to ask 665 00:38:47,497 --> 00:38:50,949 especially with... 666 00:38:50,983 --> 00:38:53,814 how badly I treated you, 667 00:38:55,263 --> 00:39:00,752 but I was just wondering if there is any way that you can come up here? 668 00:39:00,786 --> 00:39:03,962 I just don't wanna stand up there alone, you know. 669 00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:11,003 Uh... 670 00:39:13,558 --> 00:39:16,526 you were a good friend to me. 671 00:39:33,405 --> 00:39:35,959 [soft music] 672 00:39:45,452 --> 00:39:48,247 - Has the jury reached a verdict? 673 00:39:48,282 --> 00:39:50,733 - We have, Your Honor. 674 00:39:54,426 --> 00:39:56,670 - Will the defendant please rise? 675 00:39:59,638 --> 00:40:02,676 - To the count of the indictment, aggravated mayhem, 676 00:40:03,470 --> 00:40:05,679 how does the jury find? 677 00:40:06,473 --> 00:40:09,993 - Not guilty, Your Honor. - Oh, God. 678 00:40:10,028 --> 00:40:13,169 - The jury is dismissed and we thank you for your service. 679 00:40:13,687 --> 00:40:16,310 - Thank you for everything. - The court is adjourned. 680 00:40:16,344 --> 00:40:18,830 - Take care of yourself. - All rise. 681 00:40:34,328 --> 00:40:36,572 - Bren, aren't you relieved? 682 00:40:36,606 --> 00:40:38,677 - Not really. 683 00:40:39,920 --> 00:40:41,956 Zeke... 684 00:40:43,958 --> 00:40:46,858 I did not mean for this to happen. 685 00:40:47,548 --> 00:40:49,308 - Yeah, well, it did. 686 00:40:49,343 --> 00:40:52,173 - I did not know that Tess was unstable. 687 00:40:52,208 --> 00:40:53,796 I had no idea. 688 00:40:53,830 --> 00:40:56,937 I couldn't... I missed the signs and she was there for me. 689 00:40:59,560 --> 00:41:01,182 - Apologize. 690 00:41:01,217 --> 00:41:02,839 You raped her! 691 00:41:02,874 --> 00:41:05,670 - Move, please. - Tess should've killed you! 692 00:41:05,704 --> 00:41:08,707 - Oh my God, please let him go. Please. 693 00:41:18,614 --> 00:41:20,857 I know you're mad 694 00:41:20,892 --> 00:41:22,825 but hurting them is not the answer. 695 00:41:22,859 --> 00:41:25,552 - What are we supposed to do? 696 00:41:27,036 --> 00:41:28,865 - I don't know. 697 00:41:31,523 --> 00:41:33,836 - Let's go home.