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[operator] 911, what's your emergency?
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[man] These people, they're nuts.
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They're stalking us. They're harassing us.
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[operator] Your name?
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[man] Michael Barisone.
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B-A-R-I-S-O-N-E.
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[woman] I've been shot in the heart!
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{\an8}411 Westmill Drive.
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{\an8}411...
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{\an8}A former U.S. Olympian charged
with two counts of attempted murder.
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{\an8}[reporter 1] He shot and injured
another rider
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{\an8}who lived and trained on his property.
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{\an8}[Michael] This is a war.
It's gonna be dealt with right now.
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{\an8}We're under siege here.
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{\an8}[reporter 2] Police say they found a woman
with multiple gunshot wounds
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{\an8}and former Olympian Michael Barisone.
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{\an8}[reporter 3] Michael Barisone is facing
60 years in prison.
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{\an8}His attorneys plan to argue
the insanity defense as well.
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{\an8}A rare strategy.
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{\an8}Claiming Lauren used social media
to push him to his breaking point.
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{\an8}[Michael] They are clients here
at our stable.
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{\an8}The situation is getting worse
and worse and worse.
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{\an8}We are in fear for our lives.
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{\an8}[man] Michael was driven over the edge
by Lauren Kanarek.
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[reporter 4] Can social media
be its own weapon?
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{\an8}What Lauren Kanarek did to him
was horrible!
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He had no recollection
of what had happened in this instance.
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I find it hard to believe that you could
shoot somebody and not remember.
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[woman] He was painting a picture
in the courtroom.
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This is acting.
This is theater that you're watching.
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There's no memory disorder that happens
just when someone's committing a crime.
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He knew when he opened the safe
and took that gun
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exactly what he was going to do.
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[Michael] I'm taking my life back.
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[horse snorts]
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[gunshot]
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[woman] I'm losing a lot of blood.
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Washington Township!
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[operator] Okay, you're at 411 Westmill,
Washington Township. Okay?
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- [woman] I'm...
- [operator] Okay. Ma'am, where...
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[woman] Most people know
by the time they're four or five years old
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if they're a horse person or not.
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[whistles]
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{\an8}I knew that when I was exactly that age.
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{\an8}I'm a horse person.
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[sing-song] Symphony!
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I have six horses.
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They each have their completely
entirely separate personalities.
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Evie. [clicks tongue] Come here.
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The minute you walk into a barn,
they're always waiting to see you.
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Who's my good boy?
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I think even a person
that's never been around a horse before,
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bring them to me,
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I will show them a miracle in the making.
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I will show them why horses are special.
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[soft music playing]
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[man 1] When God created the horse,
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he said to the magnificent creature,
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"I have made thee as no other."
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[pistol fires]
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[woman 1] They're something
out of a story book. Like a fairy tale.
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[man 2] Horses are marvelous animals.
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They've been man's companion
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for we don't know
how many thousands of years.
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[Lauren] Horse people
are people that understand
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that horses are not
just things that you see
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on someone's property eating grass.
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A horse girl is, like,
someone that likes horses?
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{\an8}[man 3] Yeah, but it's an energy...
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[woman 2] Hello.
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[man 4] There are over
eight million horses in America,
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and perhaps twice that many riders.
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[crowd cheering]
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[Lauren] My father would ask me,
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"Don't you get bored getting on a horse
and riding it around?"
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I'm like, "What?"
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It's the most exciting thing
in the world, riding a horse.
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Walk on, walk on.
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Come on.
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Looks like she's walking.
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I'm the type of person that is, like,
people love you immediately,
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and they're like,
"You're my people, for sure."
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But for other people,
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I come off maybe a bit strong at times.
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"Why does she sound so, like, entitled?"
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They always use the word "entitled."
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There's nothing about me that is entitled.
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Like, I work very hard at what I do.
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I'll do this. Thank you.
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[man] You wanna do it?
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[Lauren] Roll it up tighter than usual.
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Like, pre-roll it tighter than usual.
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I have to recheck your work on that.
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- [man] Huh?
- I feel like I need to recheck your work.
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You put enough time into something,
you get better and better.
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And if you do have patience in this sport,
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the right people will come along
and help you.
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March of 2018,
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my trainer at the time mentioned the name,
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"Oh, I'm gonna go do a clinic
with Michael Barisone."
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[announcer] For the Grand Prix Special,
Safir and Michael Barisone.
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[Lauren] I just Googled him
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and saw, like, that he was
on the 2008 Olympic team.
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And I'm not saying
I'm looking to go be an Olympian.
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My goal as a rider was the journey of it.
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I wanted to ride my horses
every single day
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and learn as much
as you can possibly learn
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from somebody who knows more than you do.
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[Michael] I got involved with riding
as a kid.
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Pretty epic failure at jumping.
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And, uh, dressage was what I gravitated to
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because I was good at it.
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{\an8}[woman] Dressage is a French word
that means training.
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{\an8}[man] It's beauty in motion.
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Ladies on horses, men as well.
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And it's got a deep, deep history.
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[Michael] Dressage is based on
horsemanship in the battlefield,
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where a horse had to learn
to move sideways, forward, and backward
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and obediently follow
the commands of its rider.
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{\an8}[woman] You're doing it
with this particular position of the head,
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{\an8}the position of the body.
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Everything has to be
harmonious and rhythmical.
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And we have to instill those things
in a horse first.
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Training a horse is about teaching
the horse to accept your aids,
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your legs, your hands,
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so the horse learns to be responsive,
acceptant of the rider.
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That is a very hard job.
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[woman 2] We are asking the horses
to perform
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to the utmost
of their athletic gymnastic ability.
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Yet they must do it
as a dancer must perform leaps,
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making it look easy.
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[graceful music playing]
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[Michael] The Olympics are
a very interesting competition,
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particularly when it comes to equestrian.
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Twenty-five Olympic Games in a century.
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Four people go on a dressage team.
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That means there's a maximum
of 100 people in a century
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who represent their country
at the Olympic Games in dressage.
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[man] Two, one, ignition.
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[Michael] It's about the size of the club
who have ridden a rocket into space.
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But I consider myself a decent competitor.
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I think I'm an excellent horse trainer.
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Is this fair and reasonable to the horse,
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and can he mentally understand
what I'm asking him to do?
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Most professional horse people,
myself included,
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we make our money in various ways.
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We take riders and horses
in training in our stables.
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Somebody brings their horse to you.
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I say, "I'll keep the horse in my stable."
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Some clients, I ride the horse myself.
They never ride.
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Other clients want me to teach them
every day, or one of my staff.
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That's what it is about contact and push.
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If they misbehave,
you feel what they're doing before.
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You know what I mean?
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I taught a seminar
to one of my top Grand Prix rider students
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in the beginning of 2018.
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And this woman says, "Oh, by the way,
I'm coming for the month of March."
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"I would like to bring my student with me
for one month to train."
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"Her name's Lauren Kanarek."
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Lauren Kanarek called me,
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and she gushed
about how she knew who I was
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and had researched my success.
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She wanted to come train,
and what an honor it was gonna be.
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[Lauren] He's like,
"You gotta train with the best."
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"You gotta be in the best places
with the best trainer available."
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"You have everything it takes
to go to the Olympics."
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"You have great horses."
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"You know, you have the ambition.
You're driven."
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He just talks such a good game.
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By the end, he had me saying to him,
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like, "Where do I sign up?"
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[Michael] Hawthorne Hill was my sanctuary.
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It was my peaceful place.
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It was in this beautiful valley
an hour from New York City.
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And you would've thought
you were in Tennessee.
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It was idyllic.
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And I built a large portion of it
with my own two hands.
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It was my sweat and blood and heart.
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It was designed as kind of a campus.
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I was the overseer of training.
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{\an8}When you get me, you get my team.
You get Justin Hardin, my right-hand man.
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You get Mary Haskins Gray.
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{\an8}She was a dressage rider
and my girlfriend at that time.
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I lived on the property.
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Mary Haskins Gray lived with me
most of the time.
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{\an8}And Lauren stayed in the apartment
with her boyfriend, Rob.
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{\an8}Her father was heavily involved.
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{\an8}He said, "Send the bills to me.
I'll pay them."
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{\an8}Lauren had two horses at the time
that, uh, Michael was gonna train.
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{\an8}And, uh, Michael invited her up and said,
"You know, I happen to have a spot."
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"The place is beautifully furnished,
and Lauren can live there."
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And I said, "Great.
She's on the property."
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She's a seven-minute walk to the barn,
which is at the same address.
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And it was all settled.
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Lauren had a place to live.
She had two horses being trained.
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Everyone was happy.
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[Michael] Okay, sit back.
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Don't let her pull the bit down.
Drive her uphill.
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Wonderful change. Do another one.
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There is a definite trust level
that has to exist
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between your trainer and your horse.
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And Michael and I did have that.
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[Michael] Close your leg and lean back.
Push his nose up.
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Wow. Hallelujah!
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- [Lauren] Hallelujah!
- [Michael] Look at Lauren smokin' around!
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I could see him fixing problems quickly.
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[Michael] Good. Hands together.
Keep your contact.
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Good. Keep riding forward into the...
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He really was doing
what he promised he would do.
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He was making me a better rider.
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But I soon learned
that pretty much everybody there
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was, like, almost cult-like,
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obsessed with this thing of,
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"This guy's gonna get me
into the Olympics."
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He said, "The Olympics isn't a goal.
The Olympics is like a dream."
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He's like, "And every one
of these people here, it is their dream."
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And I was like, "Yay for them."
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"They have a dream.
I have a dream. We all have a dream."
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[Michael] This is a picture of,
like, authority.
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Like, I look at you
and you're back in your seat
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and your conduct says to me
you're in control.
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That is authority.
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In dressage, three things are necessary
for a winning combination.
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You need a good trainer, a good rider,
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and a good horse.
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And on top of all the rest of this stuff,
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it takes a lot of money.
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There's a reason
it's called the sport of kings.
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Going to Europe to compete
is necessary for anybody
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in the international horse sport.
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Round-trip transport
is 25,000 dollars for one show,
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and that doesn't include your groom
and your stuff and the show fees.
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Then you get back here,
and if you have your own horse trailer,
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that's 125 grand for a decent rig.
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And horseshoes,
the horse needs every four weeks
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for 500 or 700 dollars.
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We say things like,
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"Oh, it's a cheap horse."
"How much?" "50,000."
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It's staggering, the cost.
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[auctioneers chattering]
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[Michael] Jay-T is a horse
that I purchased in 2006.
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And he was this incredible athlete.
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He was a horse my ex-wife and I owned.
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And we made an agreement.
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I would personally ride the horse
and compete the horse,
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and I would sell the horse.
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[Lauren] JJ!
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Hello, my good boy.
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It's very common for us as horse trainers
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to let a lesser-skilled rider
sit on a more-skilled horse
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periodically from time to time.
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You put 'em on the horse,
let 'em feel something,
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let 'em feel a little bit
of what the future's supposed to feel like
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and where they're headed.
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Justin Hardin did that with Jay-T.
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He put her on the horse
and let her ride it.
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[Lauren] Justin said, "We have this horse,
and we think you're gonna like him."
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"I just want you to try him."
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"We don't let everybody ride this horse
because, to be honest,
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he can be a little bit difficult."
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And the first minute I got on,
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they were like,
"Just be careful. It'll be fine."
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I get on him. He feels amazing.
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You could feel, like,
a ball of, like, energy
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underneath your body rise.
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And I was like, "Yeah,
this horse is gonna be mine one day."
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My good boy.
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[Michael] Compared to her horses,
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her horses were Toyota Corollas.
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Jay-T was a Corvette.
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We let her drive a Corvette once.
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And unfortunately,
that sent the snowball down the mountain.
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[Michael] Sharp turn
and straight across the ring!
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Two days after riding the horse,
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Lauren posting things online,
videos of her riding my horse.
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[Lauren] JJ! Jay-T!
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Rob, you look so tiny next to him.
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[Michael] And then, in July of 2018,
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Lauren Kanarek enters shows on my horse.
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She went and rented
the Corvette convertible from Hertz
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and then decided it was hers
to drive for the rest of her life.
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She, in effect, had commandeered my horse
for her own purposes,
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and it was disastrous.
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She's devaluing him,
and it just can't go on.
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And I told them,
"You can't show this horse."
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And they came after me in the stable,
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screaming at me and all these things.
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I was terrified of them.
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I'm a chicken. You know?
I've never been in a fight.
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And at the same time
they're threatening me,
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the father's sending me all these texts.
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"I'm gonna bankrupt you
and keep you in court."
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"I'll break you." All this.
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I'm like, I'm seeing another lawyer bill,
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and I've got a divorce
and lawyer bills there.
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I'm in a panic mode
to not get beat up, to not get sued.
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So I capitulate.
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I got threatened, pushed,
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essentially extorted into selling my horse
for 50 cents on the dollar.
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Getting bullied into buying a horse
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is the biggest piece of bullshit
I ever heard in my entire life.
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Okay? Period.
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I was on the way to a show
that Michael had been training me for,
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and Rob's telling me that Jay-T
had just been pulled off the trailer.
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And Michael's saying he can't go.
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So I immediately run to the office.
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I'm asking Michael,
"What's going on with Jay-T?"
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"Why is he not in that trailer?"
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He is panicking, freaking out.
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I've never seen him like this.
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He's just saying to me,
"Jay-T can't go to this show."
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He had to sell this horse
as soon as possible.
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I'm like, "Why? What is going on?"
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And he goes, "It's the divorce."
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I'm like, "Why don't I just buy him?"
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"Will that help something?"
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And all of a sudden, he calmed down.
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He was very happy to accept his check.
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The horse was mine.
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It's all settled.
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Or that's what I thought.
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Oh, hey.
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Good boy, Jay.
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- Walk him up. Is the girth on?
- Yep.
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- Tight enough?
- Yep.
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- Stop, stop, stop. Oh my God, Rob.
- What?
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- Please stop. Look what's happened here.
- Hold on.
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- Stop. Easy!
- Let me pull you--
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[Lauren] Let go of him. What did I say?
Let go of the reins. Stop. Easy, boy.
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- Rob?
- Yeah?
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- I need a whip.
- Uh, check that table.
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I can't check anything.
I need a whip immediately.
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Whoa, easy! Whoa, he's spooking bad.
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- [Rob] Just focus and do it again.
- Oh, this sucks.
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[Michael] We haven't really addressed
her level as a rider.
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I compare it to baseball.
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I have played on a World Series team.
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{\an8}Mary Haskins Gray
and Justin Hardin were players
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on a triple-A minor league baseball team,
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just about ready to make the jump
into the major leagues as rookies.
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Follow me?
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Lauren Kanarek is...
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[tense music playing]
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[music builds, stops]
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...Little League for nine-year-olds.
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Flying change.
That was late. I'll do it again.
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Rob, right now. Do you understand?
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- [Rob] What? Slow down.
- It's 6:30. Easy, boy.
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Rob, are you listening to me?
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- Rob?
- Yes, go.
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- Are you listening to me?
- I'm in a conversation.
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So rude. I'm asking you.
You know what? Never mind.
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You don't get a choice now.
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[Michael] I teach Olympians,
not second-level riders.
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Over that period of time, there were times
that Mary Haskins taught Lauren.
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Mary Haskins, in my mind,
was the biggest fool,
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most unknowledgeable person about riding.
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[Jonathan] At some point in time,
I started receiving texts from Lauren
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that the staff wasn't doing
their job properly,
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and they'd be encouraged
not to do their job properly
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by Michael's girlfriend, Mary Haskins.
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In April, I went to have a meeting
with Rob and Lauren
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and Michael's girlfriend, Mary Haskins.
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Lauren starts screaming
about what everyone's not doing for her,
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and Mary Haskins is saying to her,
"You don't even show up and ride,
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so don't talk about
what people aren't doing for you."
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"You have to work."
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That starts a screaming match
between these girls.
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Jonathan and Goodwin are trying
to get control of her,
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and I'm trying to get control
of Mary Haskins.
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And at that meeting, Mary Haskins,
you know, said the words,
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"Y'all have to leave."
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Michael said to Mary Haskins,
"Shut the fuck up, Mary Haskins."
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"I have a deal with these people."
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"Shut the fuck up." I've never said that
to a woman in my life.
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{\an8}He was allowing his girlfriend
to get away with this,
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{\an8}instead of simply saying
to his girlfriend, "Listen, cut the crap."
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Michael, throughout the whole thing,
was trying to burn the candle at both ends
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until, eventually,
the candle burned to the middle.
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Rose, to your left,
is your back right hind puffy?
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Blink once for yes, two for no.
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00:19:32,337 --> 00:19:34,547
[horse snorts softly]
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All right, we go back now.
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I met Michael in 2018.
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My daughter signed up
for a horsemastership clinic with him.
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Horse people are quirky.
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And it's not unusual
to have difficult clients.
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[Rob] Yeah, it sticks to it.
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You know, we tend to kind of ignore it
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because it's just
the nature of the business.
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First time I met Lauren was at a show
at the New Jersey Horse Park.
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[Lauren] Good girl.
Yes, you're a good girl.
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[Lara] As soon as I met her,
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I knew something wasn't right with her.
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Rob, what the hell happened to this bag?
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00:20:23,138 --> 00:20:26,599
Rob, I think we have not used
this bitless bridle.
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Rob?
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Rob, can you hear me?
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[Lara] Her energy was so frantic, manic,
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00:20:34,608 --> 00:20:38,486
that I actually got a migraine,
and I had to walk away from her.
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00:20:38,487 --> 00:20:44,200
It was so disruptive
and so... just nerve-wracking.
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It was horrible.
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{\an8}[keyboard clacking]
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[sparse, intriguing music playing]
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[Lara] At Hawthorne Hill,
there was a lot of tension
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between Lauren and Mary Haskins.
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00:21:12,896 --> 00:21:17,733
Lauren would snap demands
and insist on certain things.
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00:21:17,734 --> 00:21:20,279
It just was... turmoil.
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[music quickens]
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[Lara] She had friended me on Facebook,
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so I was seeing her posts
as they were coming up.
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00:21:41,383 --> 00:21:44,385
You can't turn away
every client that's difficult,
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but when things start to cross the line
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from being difficult to being dangerous...
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Many of them use chess images.
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00:21:54,604 --> 00:21:56,939
"The king has been captured and killed."
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"The queen must be sacrificed
to protect the castle."
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00:22:00,569 --> 00:22:02,988
"The castle comes crumbling down."
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00:22:04,156 --> 00:22:08,076
Who has the time or the energy
to put things out like this?
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[Lara] In the dressage community,
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people were seeing what was being said
and were horrified by it.
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00:22:16,251 --> 00:22:18,127
With the things I was writing,
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00:22:18,128 --> 00:22:21,005
it was for him to realize the problem here
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00:22:21,006 --> 00:22:23,257
is you were being led around
by your girlfriend.
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00:22:23,258 --> 00:22:26,218
She was making me
riding at the barn impossible.
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00:22:26,219 --> 00:22:28,804
I'm the guy with his name
on the top of the letterhead.
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00:22:28,805 --> 00:22:31,807
I have sweet ladies who ride with me
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00:22:31,808 --> 00:22:34,643
and... and older people and kids.
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00:22:34,644 --> 00:22:37,313
Lara's daughter was a 16-year-old girl
living with me.
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00:22:37,314 --> 00:22:39,315
I was responsible for her.
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00:22:39,316 --> 00:22:43,194
I was extremely worried
about the situation at Hawthorne Hill.
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00:22:43,195 --> 00:22:45,280
[intriguing music continues]
436
00:22:52,371 --> 00:22:54,373
[music fades]
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00:22:55,123 --> 00:22:58,125
There was a hostility
between the two women.
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00:22:58,126 --> 00:23:00,836
It may not be easy
between having an important client
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00:23:00,837 --> 00:23:02,797
and your... and your girlfriend,
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00:23:02,798 --> 00:23:06,634
but Michael had to do it
or come up with some kind of solution.
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00:23:06,635 --> 00:23:08,720
[uneasy music playing]
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00:23:09,721 --> 00:23:11,014
[Michael] This will not work.
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00:23:11,515 --> 00:23:15,684
You cannot be going on the Internet
and saying bad things about us.
444
00:23:15,685 --> 00:23:20,731
He came down to literally scream at me.
445
00:23:20,732 --> 00:23:22,483
Who do you think you are?
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00:23:22,484 --> 00:23:26,112
I will be a nobody in this sport.
He'll make one phone call.
447
00:23:26,113 --> 00:23:28,448
My career will be ended.
448
00:23:29,783 --> 00:23:35,163
He was there to lay down the law
of who is in charge of the sport.
449
00:23:36,415 --> 00:23:38,291
Now, who's in charge of his barn?
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00:23:39,126 --> 00:23:42,795
Who runs things?
Who are the powerful people?
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00:23:42,796 --> 00:23:44,840
And what can they do?
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00:23:45,966 --> 00:23:47,592
[Michael] In the horse world,
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00:23:48,427 --> 00:23:53,014
reputation is critical to your success.
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00:23:54,558 --> 00:23:58,145
Reputation is earned. It's not just given.
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00:24:00,021 --> 00:24:03,150
Your whole life
revolves around this one thing.
456
00:24:05,277 --> 00:24:08,989
If he says, "I will ruin your career
with one phone call,"
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00:24:09,781 --> 00:24:11,532
that's not something you take lightly.
458
00:24:11,533 --> 00:24:12,533
[camera shutter clicks]
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00:24:12,534 --> 00:24:17,121
Because Michael's friends
do have the power to blackball,
460
00:24:17,122 --> 00:24:18,915
get me banned from the sport.
461
00:24:19,416 --> 00:24:23,377
My life, my livelihood,
and my riding career
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00:24:23,378 --> 00:24:25,130
has been put in jeopardy.
463
00:24:26,173 --> 00:24:27,799
You're thinking, "Just kill me, then."
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00:24:28,300 --> 00:24:30,801
Maybe you're not really thinking,
"I wanna be dead,"
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00:24:30,802 --> 00:24:33,972
but you're thinking,
"Get it over with now, and just kill me."
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00:24:34,556 --> 00:24:36,266
[keyboard clacking]
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00:24:37,642 --> 00:24:42,563
[Michael] Lauren Kanarek got very weird
and very unstable.
468
00:24:42,564 --> 00:24:45,609
At 2:45, three o'clock in the morning,
469
00:24:46,276 --> 00:24:51,155
is up in the trees behind the stable
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00:24:51,156 --> 00:24:53,741
putting out cryptic social media posts.
471
00:24:53,742 --> 00:24:55,659
Lauren did not go on the offensive.
472
00:24:55,660 --> 00:24:57,161
Lauren went on the defensive
473
00:24:57,162 --> 00:24:59,497
with Facebook posts,
"Here's what's happening."
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00:24:59,498 --> 00:25:01,874
Michael has all these friends
in high places,
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00:25:01,875 --> 00:25:03,542
all these former Olympiads,
476
00:25:03,543 --> 00:25:06,879
and Lauren only has, you know,
Facebook to say what's happening.
477
00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:08,631
She's putting out public messages.
478
00:25:08,632 --> 00:25:10,717
[phone ringing]
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00:25:12,344 --> 00:25:14,553
[operator] 911. What's the address?
480
00:25:14,554 --> 00:25:17,431
I did what I'm supposed to do.
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00:25:17,432 --> 00:25:19,892
What we've been taught
since we were children, right?
482
00:25:19,893 --> 00:25:20,936
Call the authorities.
483
00:25:21,645 --> 00:25:25,898
I need an officer here to get these people
to get their shit together
484
00:25:25,899 --> 00:25:27,733
and not menace us.
485
00:25:27,734 --> 00:25:29,610
We are decent people.
486
00:25:29,611 --> 00:25:31,820
- [operator] Okay.
- This is turning out terribly.
487
00:25:31,821 --> 00:25:33,656
These are menaces to society.
488
00:25:33,657 --> 00:25:36,910
If I need to get a restraining order
tonight, I will get it.
489
00:25:37,410 --> 00:25:39,912
This is a war,
and it's gonna be dealt with right now.
490
00:25:39,913 --> 00:25:42,666
I've had enough of these people.
I need them gone.
491
00:25:43,959 --> 00:25:45,627
[Lauren] This is a civil dispute.
492
00:25:46,127 --> 00:25:50,756
He's using the police as a weapon
for something they can't even do.
493
00:25:50,757 --> 00:25:53,008
They even said to him, "Stop calling us."
494
00:25:53,009 --> 00:25:55,678
"We are not your remedy
for a civil dispute."
495
00:25:55,679 --> 00:25:58,514
Lauren was in the barn
and heard whisperings
496
00:25:58,515 --> 00:26:02,476
of getting someone to beat them up
or something of the like
497
00:26:02,477 --> 00:26:03,561
and was concerned.
498
00:26:03,562 --> 00:26:05,145
I spoke with Lauren and said,
499
00:26:05,146 --> 00:26:07,774
"I think we should get
some kind of audio device."
500
00:26:08,692 --> 00:26:12,653
[Michael] Mary Haskins. Here's the deal,
the cop wants to pass the buck.
501
00:26:12,654 --> 00:26:15,406
He says it's a civil matter.
It's a civil matter.
502
00:26:15,407 --> 00:26:18,909
[Mary] That's why I keep saying
that's why you need to keep calling
503
00:26:18,910 --> 00:26:23,163
because you need to push the burden
onto the police department.
504
00:26:23,164 --> 00:26:25,917
- She's playing old school.
- [Michael] She needs a lesson.
505
00:26:29,212 --> 00:26:32,548
[Lauren] We did this thinking
a crime was going to be committed.
506
00:26:32,549 --> 00:26:34,383
And if there is,
507
00:26:34,384 --> 00:26:35,968
we'd like to have evidence
508
00:26:35,969 --> 00:26:38,555
that they were planning
to commit that crime.
509
00:26:40,473 --> 00:26:42,224
[Michael] I'm gonna...
I'm dealing with this.
510
00:26:42,225 --> 00:26:44,393
[Mary] She needs to get banned
from this county.
511
00:26:44,394 --> 00:26:47,187
[Michael] Nobody can give a lifetime ban
in horse sports
512
00:26:47,188 --> 00:26:48,564
except SafeSport. That's it.
513
00:26:48,565 --> 00:26:50,649
- Yeah.
- And they give the...
514
00:26:50,650 --> 00:26:52,569
[brooding music playing]
515
00:27:03,913 --> 00:27:07,291
[Lauren] You can't call the police
and say, "Hi, I have a report to make."
516
00:27:07,292 --> 00:27:10,502
"People are threatening
to get me kicked out of the sport I love."
517
00:27:10,503 --> 00:27:13,339
"Please arrest them."
That's not what they're there for.
518
00:27:13,340 --> 00:27:16,383
SafeSport's job is to make sure
519
00:27:16,384 --> 00:27:22,807
that people who have those kinds of powers
are never allowed to do such things.
520
00:27:24,017 --> 00:27:26,394
There is a big problem
in equestrian sports.
521
00:27:27,354 --> 00:27:30,690
Many trainers have been banned for life
by SafeSport.
522
00:27:31,691 --> 00:27:35,195
Michael's biggest fear
was being unable to compete in the sport.
523
00:27:36,946 --> 00:27:40,909
I called the hotline,
and I reported him to SafeSport.
524
00:27:41,910 --> 00:27:46,247
The report was about bullying,
harassment, and abuse of power.
525
00:27:47,749 --> 00:27:51,835
But at the time,
the interviewer, she kept asking me,
526
00:27:51,836 --> 00:27:53,796
"Are there minors in the property?"
527
00:27:53,797 --> 00:27:55,924
"Where are they living?
What are they doing?"
528
00:27:57,592 --> 00:28:01,513
[Michael] I hear the truck. It comes up,
and it pulls right in front of the stable.
529
00:28:02,013 --> 00:28:05,392
And Lauren Kanarek is on her phone,
and she's pacing.
530
00:28:06,976 --> 00:28:09,603
"I'm going to do everything in my power
531
00:28:09,604 --> 00:28:14,109
to destroy everything Mary Haskins loves
or is important to her!"
532
00:28:15,694 --> 00:28:18,279
Mary Haskins, she had two young children,
533
00:28:18,780 --> 00:28:21,073
and I treated them like my own kids.
534
00:28:21,074 --> 00:28:24,369
She said, "I don't feel good
about my children here with these people."
535
00:28:26,579 --> 00:28:30,124
- [Michael] If anything happens, I will...
- [Mary] You know what? You--
536
00:28:30,125 --> 00:28:31,792
[Michael] You're already talking--
537
00:28:31,793 --> 00:28:34,921
You've already talked
the last few days about leaving.
538
00:28:35,922 --> 00:28:37,674
[Mary] I'm not leaving you, Michael.
539
00:28:38,174 --> 00:28:39,341
I'm not leaving you.
540
00:28:39,342 --> 00:28:41,885
[Michael] We would have
these conversations.
541
00:28:41,886 --> 00:28:45,640
Then we would get taunting messages
like they know what I'm saying.
542
00:28:47,892 --> 00:28:49,185
Lauren said to me,
543
00:28:50,270 --> 00:28:55,024
"Now you know
the lovely lady's not going to leave you."
544
00:28:55,900 --> 00:28:59,404
I told Mary,
"I'm pretty sure we're being bugged."
545
00:29:00,905 --> 00:29:01,990
"And I don't know how."
546
00:29:03,491 --> 00:29:05,075
"How are they hearing us?"
547
00:29:05,076 --> 00:29:08,412
"Has somebody infected a phone?
Justin's phone? Don't talk on your phone."
548
00:29:08,413 --> 00:29:10,372
"Are they trying to learn my movements?"
549
00:29:10,373 --> 00:29:12,000
Why do you need to do this?
550
00:29:13,668 --> 00:29:17,964
You start to think the walls have ears
and the darkness has eyes.
551
00:29:19,924 --> 00:29:21,176
I found this post,
552
00:29:21,926 --> 00:29:23,761
and I realized, at that time,
553
00:29:23,762 --> 00:29:27,306
Lauren Kanarek will give you
the road map to what she's doing.
554
00:29:27,307 --> 00:29:31,477
She has to tell someone
what she's done bad
555
00:29:31,478 --> 00:29:33,646
or what she's going to do bad.
556
00:29:34,439 --> 00:29:35,814
And she says...
557
00:29:35,815 --> 00:29:39,735
You read all these memes about being happy
and everything's a beautiful day.
558
00:29:39,736 --> 00:29:41,529
And then she says,
559
00:29:42,030 --> 00:29:45,365
"But contrary to what Mr. Rogers says,
560
00:29:45,366 --> 00:29:49,328
it's not always a beautiful day
in the neighborhood."
561
00:29:49,329 --> 00:29:52,290
"Sometimes the neighbors are dark,
562
00:29:53,458 --> 00:29:57,337
and they are using
secret recording devices,
563
00:29:57,879 --> 00:30:02,175
which one day they will use
to destroy your life."
564
00:30:05,845 --> 00:30:07,095
[phone ringing]
565
00:30:07,096 --> 00:30:10,224
[Michael] There were texts to me
last night where...
566
00:30:10,225 --> 00:30:12,684
Apparently, they've been
bugging my conversations
567
00:30:12,685 --> 00:30:15,813
in my other building
where we're all sitting and holing up,
568
00:30:15,814 --> 00:30:17,147
like we're hostages.
569
00:30:17,148 --> 00:30:19,149
The police were called again.
570
00:30:19,150 --> 00:30:20,984
[tense music playing]
571
00:30:20,985 --> 00:30:24,197
[Michael] This is not looking good.
We're under siege here.
572
00:30:24,697 --> 00:30:28,700
We're stalking them. We're harassing them.
Have you met us?
573
00:30:28,701 --> 00:30:31,078
[Michael] If they come up,
I don't know what to do.
574
00:30:31,079 --> 00:30:33,498
- [operator] Were weapons involved?
- No.
575
00:30:35,875 --> 00:30:38,836
[Lauren] Police have been called
for some kind of harassment,
576
00:30:38,837 --> 00:30:40,712
{\an8}which I wasn't even in the barn for,
577
00:30:40,713 --> 00:30:42,881
{\an8}but I decided
that this needed to be recorded,
578
00:30:42,882 --> 00:30:44,467
{\an8}which I am now recording.
579
00:30:45,176 --> 00:30:47,262
{\an8}[Michael] Stay right here.
Don't you walk away.
580
00:30:47,762 --> 00:30:51,140
{\an8}- [operator] Don't engage them, okay?
- [Michael] I'm talking to my friend.
581
00:30:51,641 --> 00:30:55,310
{\an8}Ruth Cox was a client friend.
582
00:30:55,311 --> 00:30:58,565
{\an8}She was Mary Haskins' partner
on a couple of horses and...
583
00:31:00,483 --> 00:31:03,902
So Ruth Cox is on her way
from North Carolina
584
00:31:03,903 --> 00:31:05,697
the night of August 2nd.
585
00:31:07,156 --> 00:31:10,826
I said to Ruth, "Did you bring that gun?"
586
00:31:10,827 --> 00:31:14,913
Because I know
she travels with a 9mm pistol.
587
00:31:14,914 --> 00:31:16,582
She said, "Why, yes."
588
00:31:16,583 --> 00:31:19,793
I said, "Get it. It has to go in the safe.
It's not safe out there."
589
00:31:19,794 --> 00:31:22,297
"The cop told me,
'Don't leave anything in the cars.'"
590
00:31:24,048 --> 00:31:25,174
She brought it in,
591
00:31:26,467 --> 00:31:29,387
went right into my office,
and we put it in the safe.
592
00:31:31,389 --> 00:31:34,516
This thing is escalating,
and it's spiraling out of control,
593
00:31:34,517 --> 00:31:38,103
and I keep calling the federation,
calling the police, and calling lawyers,
594
00:31:38,104 --> 00:31:40,648
and just saying,
"Just get this under control."
595
00:31:42,275 --> 00:31:44,276
It was so far out of control.
596
00:31:44,277 --> 00:31:46,904
The night of August 2nd,
early morning of August 3rd,
597
00:31:46,905 --> 00:31:50,157
she's out in the trees,
circling the stable in the night,
598
00:31:50,158 --> 00:31:51,825
we now know, dressed like a ninja.
599
00:31:51,826 --> 00:31:54,244
I'm in just full-blown panic mode
600
00:31:54,245 --> 00:31:56,413
about what in the world
is gonna happen there?
601
00:31:56,414 --> 00:31:58,999
Are they gonna kill somebody
or burn this barn down?
602
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:00,334
What is gonna happen?
603
00:32:00,335 --> 00:32:02,294
They're nuts. They're stalking us.
604
00:32:02,295 --> 00:32:04,254
They've... They're harassing us.
605
00:32:04,255 --> 00:32:06,965
- Last night, there was a Facebook post.
- [operator] Hold on.
606
00:32:06,966 --> 00:32:09,968
It's a harassing Facebook post
that's going on right now, correct?
607
00:32:09,969 --> 00:32:13,513
[Michael] It was last night.
"Everyone should be worried."
608
00:32:13,514 --> 00:32:16,767
"I'm not responsible for anything
my other personalities do
609
00:32:16,768 --> 00:32:18,018
when they're threatened."
610
00:32:18,019 --> 00:32:19,353
That's insane.
611
00:32:19,354 --> 00:32:20,771
I have a family.
612
00:32:20,772 --> 00:32:23,483
I'm trying to do everything right.
613
00:32:24,651 --> 00:32:25,485
Everything.
614
00:32:26,235 --> 00:32:27,653
I'm crying for help.
615
00:32:27,654 --> 00:32:29,656
We are in fear for our lives.
616
00:32:30,281 --> 00:32:31,782
Get over here and fix this.
617
00:32:31,783 --> 00:32:34,034
That's what a responsible citizen does.
618
00:32:34,035 --> 00:32:36,663
And they told me to go to hell.
619
00:32:37,372 --> 00:32:40,375
This is the third time.
And I'm getting no relief.
620
00:32:41,417 --> 00:32:45,587
I'm living my life in my community,
the one I created.
621
00:32:45,588 --> 00:32:47,882
[tense music continues]
622
00:32:49,133 --> 00:32:52,052
People came, people went.
We made friends, had Christmas parties,
623
00:32:52,053 --> 00:32:53,261
Thanksgiving parties.
624
00:32:53,262 --> 00:32:57,349
I could put wood fire in the wood stove
and watch the Labrador sleep in front.
625
00:32:57,350 --> 00:32:59,643
I could go out
and cut my firewood logs myself.
626
00:32:59,644 --> 00:33:00,895
It was idyllic.
627
00:33:01,396 --> 00:33:03,522
And then these vagrants come in.
628
00:33:03,523 --> 00:33:06,108
And I've called them terrorists.
That's exactly what it was.
629
00:33:06,109 --> 00:33:07,777
They did a mini 9/11 to me.
630
00:33:10,697 --> 00:33:12,115
I'm taking my life back.
631
00:33:12,824 --> 00:33:14,366
[music fades]
632
00:33:14,367 --> 00:33:16,452
[birds squawking]
633
00:33:17,203 --> 00:33:19,247
[quiet, ominous music playing]
634
00:33:20,665 --> 00:33:24,002
[Michael] I stood there in the courtyard
and watched this gray van come up.
635
00:33:26,504 --> 00:33:29,047
It pulled right into the courtyard,
right up next to me,
636
00:33:29,048 --> 00:33:30,925
and it was a dark-haired lady.
637
00:33:31,801 --> 00:33:32,968
And she said,
638
00:33:32,969 --> 00:33:35,763
"I'm from Child Protective Services."
639
00:33:38,516 --> 00:33:41,309
She wants to talk.
We go in the office. I get two chairs.
640
00:33:41,310 --> 00:33:43,812
I go sit down in the chair.
She and Mary Haskins sit down.
641
00:33:43,813 --> 00:33:46,899
"Mr. Barisone, we don't need you.
I need to talk to Ms. Gray."
642
00:33:47,483 --> 00:33:49,527
And I'm standing in the club room.
643
00:33:50,611 --> 00:33:54,782
I could swear I stood there
and I heard the word "sexual abuse."
644
00:33:55,658 --> 00:34:01,455
And I remember...
my body going a thousand degrees.
645
00:34:01,456 --> 00:34:04,332
It was like a blowtorch went...
[exhales sharply] ...on top of me.
646
00:34:04,333 --> 00:34:06,918
And every inch of my body
was sweating and burning.
647
00:34:06,919 --> 00:34:10,172
It was like someone put a rope
around my neck and pulled it tight.
648
00:34:10,173 --> 00:34:12,132
And I couldn't breathe. Like... [wheezes]
649
00:34:12,133 --> 00:34:15,052
And I remember picking up my phone.
"Who am I gonna call?"
650
00:34:15,053 --> 00:34:18,055
"I'll call the police.
No, they won't help. Nobody can help."
651
00:34:18,056 --> 00:34:20,891
I can remember spinning
and the lights like this,
652
00:34:20,892 --> 00:34:23,101
and I just lost my balance, and bang.
653
00:34:23,102 --> 00:34:26,856
And I can remember being out of balance,
and black, and then it's over.
654
00:34:27,356 --> 00:34:29,609
[thunder rumbling]
655
00:34:37,075 --> 00:34:40,244
[Lauren] I start to hear pebbles.
656
00:34:40,995 --> 00:34:42,955
Just, like, first it was faintly,
657
00:34:43,831 --> 00:34:45,833
and then it was, like, louder and louder.
658
00:34:46,334 --> 00:34:50,463
So I immediately run up the stairs
and get Rob.
659
00:34:52,006 --> 00:34:53,341
Michael is here.
660
00:34:54,258 --> 00:34:55,926
I don't know why he's here. I...
661
00:34:55,927 --> 00:34:59,638
We haven't had any words
or spoken in, like, a few days.
662
00:34:59,639 --> 00:35:01,264
[ominous music playing]
663
00:35:01,265 --> 00:35:04,768
Rob walks off the two little,
like, steps of the porch.
664
00:35:04,769 --> 00:35:07,813
He's saying, "Michael, what do you want?"
665
00:35:07,814 --> 00:35:11,484
And he's like, "How do we end this?
I don't want a war."
666
00:35:13,486 --> 00:35:15,113
So I'm walking over to him.
667
00:35:15,947 --> 00:35:20,325
And he... is just staring at me.
668
00:35:20,326 --> 00:35:21,952
[lightning crashing]
669
00:35:21,953 --> 00:35:23,955
[Lauren] There was something not right.
670
00:35:25,123 --> 00:35:28,500
And immediately, Michael pulls out a gun,
671
00:35:28,501 --> 00:35:30,878
shoots it at me, bang, bang.
672
00:35:31,671 --> 00:35:34,464
- [operator] 911. What's the address--
- [Lauren] I've been shot in the heart.
673
00:35:34,465 --> 00:35:38,051
- Okay--
- 411 Westmill Drive. 411 Westmill Drive.
674
00:35:38,052 --> 00:35:40,470
- Where are you?
- I'm losing a lot of blood.
675
00:35:40,471 --> 00:35:42,306
Michael Barisone shot me.
676
00:35:43,391 --> 00:35:45,101
[Rob] Stop fucking moving!
677
00:35:45,643 --> 00:35:47,436
Stop fucking moving!
678
00:35:48,020 --> 00:35:49,521
- [Rob] Hello?
- [operator] Sir?
679
00:35:49,522 --> 00:35:51,273
[Rob] Is an ambulance coming?
680
00:35:51,274 --> 00:35:54,025
[operator] Officers are
being dispatched, okay?
681
00:35:54,026 --> 00:35:56,112
[muffled shouting]
682
00:35:56,654 --> 00:35:59,072
[siren wailing]
683
00:35:59,073 --> 00:36:00,783
[man] I was on a traffic detail.
684
00:36:01,576 --> 00:36:04,244
While on the detail, we received
a dispatch of an active shooter
685
00:36:04,245 --> 00:36:05,788
at 411 Westmill Road.
686
00:36:06,831 --> 00:36:08,373
It was stressful,
687
00:36:08,374 --> 00:36:11,877
and dispatch didn't have
much information to provide.
688
00:36:11,878 --> 00:36:15,088
As I started to go up the driveway,
I opened the driver's side door,
689
00:36:15,089 --> 00:36:16,965
unholstered my handgun.
690
00:36:16,966 --> 00:36:18,633
[muffled shouting]
691
00:36:18,634 --> 00:36:21,553
[Rob] You fucking move,
or I'm gonna fucking kill you!
692
00:36:21,554 --> 00:36:22,804
Do you understand me?!
693
00:36:22,805 --> 00:36:25,016
- [Lauren] I'm shot!
- [Rob] You understand me?!
694
00:36:25,516 --> 00:36:29,186
I saw one male face down on the ground
with another male on top of his back,
695
00:36:29,187 --> 00:36:30,145
also face down,
696
00:36:30,146 --> 00:36:32,397
{\an8}and a female a few feet to the left,
697
00:36:32,398 --> 00:36:34,025
{\an8}who appeared to have been shot.
698
00:36:34,525 --> 00:36:36,277
I yelled out, "Where's the shooter?"
699
00:36:36,861 --> 00:36:38,612
[Rob] He's the shooter right here!
700
00:36:38,613 --> 00:36:39,779
Right here!
701
00:36:39,780 --> 00:36:41,073
Gun is underneath him.
702
00:36:41,574 --> 00:36:44,618
I rolled Mr. Barisone over.
His hand was open underneath him.
703
00:36:44,619 --> 00:36:48,371
{\an8}And there was a 9mm handgun
with a slide lock back
704
00:36:48,372 --> 00:36:49,665
{\an8}right next to his hand.
705
00:36:50,166 --> 00:36:51,458
{\an8}I secured the weapon.
706
00:36:51,459 --> 00:36:54,377
I then turned my attention
toward Miss Kanarek.
707
00:36:54,378 --> 00:36:56,379
[siren wailing]
708
00:36:56,380 --> 00:36:58,925
[Heymer] Chest seals! Get chest seals!
709
00:36:59,425 --> 00:37:00,760
Were you shot just once?
710
00:37:04,055 --> 00:37:07,098
She was very gray,
not really speaking much.
711
00:37:07,099 --> 00:37:08,808
She said, "Help me," a few times.
712
00:37:08,809 --> 00:37:12,437
Based on her appearance,
there was, uh, a good chance
713
00:37:12,438 --> 00:37:14,648
that she was not gonna
survive her injuries.
714
00:37:14,649 --> 00:37:16,734
[siren wailing]
715
00:37:18,277 --> 00:37:21,739
Once more officers got on scene,
we separated Mr. Barisone.
716
00:37:23,866 --> 00:37:26,702
We had him
seated against a landscaping trailer,
717
00:37:27,203 --> 00:37:28,788
waiting for medical attention.
718
00:37:29,705 --> 00:37:32,123
While sitting there
with his back against the trailer,
719
00:37:32,124 --> 00:37:34,542
he just was staring off in the distance
720
00:37:34,543 --> 00:37:38,172
and repeated,
"I had a good life," three times.
721
00:37:43,803 --> 00:37:47,098
[Jonathan] I arrived at the hospital,
and I have no idea what happened.
722
00:37:48,015 --> 00:37:49,975
Some doctor comes in and said,
723
00:37:49,976 --> 00:37:52,686
"We can't keep her blood pressure up.
We're gonna have to..."
724
00:37:52,687 --> 00:37:54,521
I forget exactly what he said,
725
00:37:54,522 --> 00:37:58,566
"but we have to get her to surgery
and get the trauma team working."
726
00:37:58,567 --> 00:38:00,527
And now we realize it's serious,
727
00:38:00,528 --> 00:38:02,988
and I guess this was on, uh, Wednesday,
728
00:38:02,989 --> 00:38:06,033
and I guess we were able to see her,
and she had...
729
00:38:09,870 --> 00:38:14,125
so many, you know, tubes in her mouth
and her nose and bandages, and...
730
00:38:16,043 --> 00:38:18,629
And we just didn't know
whether she was gonna make it or not.
731
00:38:21,590 --> 00:38:23,175
[Lauren] I opened my eyes.
732
00:38:25,386 --> 00:38:28,764
I don't know where I am... at all.
733
00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:35,520
I see tubes coming out
of my left side abdomen,
734
00:38:35,521 --> 00:38:37,355
and I see machines.
735
00:38:37,356 --> 00:38:39,150
I see machines everywhere.
736
00:38:39,650 --> 00:38:41,444
So that's when I started thinking,
737
00:38:42,028 --> 00:38:46,614
"Maybe I'm not, like, in limbo
or, like, some in-between place."
738
00:38:46,615 --> 00:38:50,745
"Maybe I'm in a hospital,
but why do I not remember anything?"
739
00:38:51,329 --> 00:38:55,249
"Why don't I remember how I...
Why don't I remember how I got here?"
740
00:38:56,167 --> 00:38:58,294
So my mom comes in smiling.
741
00:38:59,253 --> 00:39:01,630
She said, "You've been through surgery."
742
00:39:02,757 --> 00:39:06,635
"You just woke up,
and you've been in a coma."
743
00:39:07,178 --> 00:39:08,636
"And the doctors are coming in."
744
00:39:08,637 --> 00:39:14,018
And you start to slowly remember
little bits of the things that happened.
745
00:39:15,394 --> 00:39:18,980
I can't wait to be there in court
to testify to what happened.
746
00:39:18,981 --> 00:39:20,899
This is an open-and-shut case.
747
00:39:20,900 --> 00:39:22,734
What could possibly go wrong?
748
00:39:22,735 --> 00:39:25,236
[unsettling music playing]
749
00:39:25,237 --> 00:39:28,406
[reporter] A US Olympian is accused
of attempted murder.
750
00:39:28,407 --> 00:39:30,992
He was a member
of the 2008 Beijing Olympic team
751
00:39:30,993 --> 00:39:34,996
and the 2009 Sportsman
International Horseman of the Year.
752
00:39:34,997 --> 00:39:37,833
Police say this incident
is still under investigation.
753
00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:41,252
[Michael] I was awakened.
754
00:39:41,253 --> 00:39:42,212
[music fades]
755
00:39:42,213 --> 00:39:45,173
And I remember, I looked at my arm,
756
00:39:45,174 --> 00:39:49,512
and it was wrapped in this stuff like this
from my shoulder down to my hand.
757
00:39:50,012 --> 00:39:52,807
And I couldn't bend it.
I looked, and I said, "What the fuck?"
758
00:39:54,642 --> 00:39:55,768
"I want my lawyer."
759
00:39:59,355 --> 00:40:02,400
{\an8}[Bilinkas] I think I'm the best there is
at what I do.
760
00:40:03,484 --> 00:40:05,610
I don't advertise.
761
00:40:05,611 --> 00:40:07,571
I don't have a website.
762
00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:14,412
All I have is 43 years of pouring
my heart and soul into each case.
763
00:40:15,287 --> 00:40:18,164
It takes over my mind, my soul,
764
00:40:18,165 --> 00:40:21,793
and I give everything that I have
765
00:40:21,794 --> 00:40:26,966
because every time I try a case,
I have someone's life in my hands.
766
00:40:28,968 --> 00:40:31,386
I travel to Morris County Jail,
767
00:40:31,387 --> 00:40:34,140
and I'm put into a room.
768
00:40:35,391 --> 00:40:38,269
And all of a sudden, the door opens,
769
00:40:38,853 --> 00:40:41,522
and Michael comes shuffling in.
770
00:40:42,898 --> 00:40:44,107
He tells me...
771
00:40:44,108 --> 00:40:46,068
I don't remember being at the scene.
772
00:40:46,569 --> 00:40:51,448
Someone ruined my life,
and they did it on purpose.
773
00:40:51,449 --> 00:40:55,743
At first, I wasn't sure I believed,
774
00:40:55,744 --> 00:41:00,833
but he started to tell me
about this woman, Lauren Kanarek.
775
00:41:01,584 --> 00:41:04,002
[Michael] She started to attack me
on Facebook.
776
00:41:04,003 --> 00:41:06,629
And it is this unabating attack.
777
00:41:06,630 --> 00:41:08,423
She's talked about,
"The king needs to die,
778
00:41:08,424 --> 00:41:10,341
queen needs to die, weapons hot."
779
00:41:10,342 --> 00:41:12,135
What person bugs another person?
780
00:41:12,136 --> 00:41:14,138
What are you planning to do to us?
781
00:41:15,222 --> 00:41:18,641
I had called everyone from
the Equestrian Federation to the cops,
782
00:41:18,642 --> 00:41:20,685
asking for the chief,
asking for detectives,
783
00:41:20,686 --> 00:41:21,728
emails, phone calls,
784
00:41:21,729 --> 00:41:23,730
the Washington Township Police Department.
785
00:41:23,731 --> 00:41:27,234
I know the number by heart.
It's 908-876-3232.
786
00:41:28,444 --> 00:41:32,238
In deciding
how to approach Michael's case,
787
00:41:32,239 --> 00:41:38,370
it was clear that a psychiatric defense
was something that I needed to look into.
788
00:41:39,246 --> 00:41:42,540
Only a very small percentage
of all felony defendants
789
00:41:42,541 --> 00:41:44,584
successfully use the insanity defense.
790
00:41:44,585 --> 00:41:47,504
[reporter 1] Insanity defense,
a claim that at the time of the crime,
791
00:41:47,505 --> 00:41:50,048
the defendant did not know
the conduct was wrong
792
00:41:50,049 --> 00:41:52,759
{\an8}as a result of
a severe mental disease or defect.
793
00:41:52,760 --> 00:41:57,222
{\an8}[reporter 2] ...raised in only one percent
of all felony cases in this country.
794
00:41:57,223 --> 00:42:00,683
{\an8}Jeffrey Dahmer tried to plead insanity,
and the jury rejected it.
795
00:42:00,684 --> 00:42:03,645
{\an8}Even though he admitted
to cannibalizing his victims.
796
00:42:03,646 --> 00:42:05,522
[reporter 3] John Wayne Gacy
killed 33 children.
797
00:42:05,523 --> 00:42:08,483
The jury refused to accept
Gacy's insanity defense.
798
00:42:08,484 --> 00:42:11,110
{\an8}Why is the insanity defense
so rarely successful?
799
00:42:11,111 --> 00:42:14,365
{\an8}[scoffs] Perhaps
because it so rarely is credible.
800
00:42:15,282 --> 00:42:18,744
[Bilinkas] Chris Deininger
is the legal mind of the team.
801
00:42:19,245 --> 00:42:21,621
The basis of the insanity defense
802
00:42:21,622 --> 00:42:24,707
is that you have
a mental disease or defect
803
00:42:24,708 --> 00:42:26,417
at the time of the act
804
00:42:26,418 --> 00:42:29,254
that prohibits you
from knowing right or wrong
805
00:42:29,255 --> 00:42:31,130
or being able to control your behavior.
806
00:42:31,131 --> 00:42:37,554
It was our position that Lauren Kanarek
had driven Michael Barisone insane.
807
00:42:37,555 --> 00:42:40,014
At the time of the shooting,
808
00:42:40,015 --> 00:42:42,684
Michael was in a delusional state
809
00:42:42,685 --> 00:42:46,896
and therefore would not be
responsible for his actions.
810
00:42:46,897 --> 00:42:49,524
{\an8}A rare strategy, the insanity defense,
811
00:42:49,525 --> 00:42:53,528
{\an8}claiming Lauren used social media
to push him to his breaking point.
812
00:42:53,529 --> 00:42:56,489
{\an8}Some 50-year-old man all of a sudden
developing a mental illness
813
00:42:56,490 --> 00:42:59,242
{\an8}at this point in his life
seems highly unlikely.
814
00:42:59,243 --> 00:43:02,537
{\an8}[reporter] He faces up to a maximum
of 60 years in prison.
815
00:43:02,538 --> 00:43:04,497
{\an8}[Bilinkas] Who takes a case like this?
816
00:43:04,498 --> 00:43:07,750
Who mounts a defense in a case like this?
817
00:43:07,751 --> 00:43:10,546
I believed that I could pull it off.
818
00:43:13,966 --> 00:43:18,094
{\an8}Thank you, members of the jury.
We are ready to commence with the trial,
819
00:43:18,095 --> 00:43:20,097
{\an8}beginning with opening statements.
820
00:43:20,598 --> 00:43:22,558
- [indistinct chattering]
- Quiet on the set!
821
00:43:23,058 --> 00:43:27,729
{\an8}There's no way to describe the pressure,
the intensity that you feel.
822
00:43:27,730 --> 00:43:29,606
{\an8}You walk into that courtroom,
823
00:43:29,607 --> 00:43:34,611
{\an8}and the judge tells me
it's time for me to give my opening.
824
00:43:34,612 --> 00:43:39,074
That moment is like
no other moment in my life.
825
00:43:39,783 --> 00:43:42,494
I stand up, I walk to the jury,
826
00:43:43,412 --> 00:43:46,248
and I say my first words.
827
00:43:48,292 --> 00:43:50,960
"Help! I'm in..."
828
00:43:50,961 --> 00:43:52,879
"...fear of my life."
829
00:43:52,880 --> 00:43:54,214
"Someone..."
830
00:43:55,049 --> 00:43:58,093
"...anyone, please, help me!"
831
00:43:59,553 --> 00:44:03,515
{\an8}Those are the cries for help
from Michael Barisone.
832
00:44:05,392 --> 00:44:06,851
It's a tragedy,
833
00:44:06,852 --> 00:44:11,106
a tragedy that Lauren Kanarek
was shot on that day.
834
00:44:11,899 --> 00:44:13,150
That said,
835
00:44:13,817 --> 00:44:15,735
there is another tragedy.
836
00:44:15,736 --> 00:44:20,783
The tragic story of Michael Barisone.
837
00:44:21,408 --> 00:44:25,204
Every man has a breaking point.
838
00:44:26,747 --> 00:44:29,708
What this case is really about,
839
00:44:30,417 --> 00:44:33,920
it's about Lauren Kanarek
and her boyfriend
840
00:44:33,921 --> 00:44:40,469
devising a plan to destroy this man
and drive him crazy.
841
00:44:41,345 --> 00:44:42,971
[Taylor] Thank you, Mr. Bilinkas.
842
00:44:43,472 --> 00:44:44,682
{\an8}Uh, Mr. Schellhorn?
843
00:44:45,974 --> 00:44:48,394
Do I need to, uh, project more?
844
00:44:49,019 --> 00:44:49,977
{\an8}I'm Chris Schellhorn.
845
00:44:49,978 --> 00:44:53,773
{\an8}I'm an assistant prosecutor
in the Morris County Prosecutor's Office.
846
00:44:53,774 --> 00:44:59,570
Part of, um, a prosecutor's role
is to represent the crime victims
847
00:44:59,571 --> 00:45:02,908
and hopefully seek justice on their behalf
as we go to court.
848
00:45:03,867 --> 00:45:04,784
Good morning.
849
00:45:04,785 --> 00:45:08,621
Thank you again, all, for being here today
and for serving on the jury.
850
00:45:08,622 --> 00:45:12,291
It is definitely a lot of pressure
to give the opening statement
851
00:45:12,292 --> 00:45:15,211
in a way where you're gaining
that trust with the jury
852
00:45:15,212 --> 00:45:18,715
but also being persuasive
in what you're telling them.
853
00:45:18,716 --> 00:45:22,301
We're here on this trial
because of the defendant's choice
854
00:45:22,302 --> 00:45:24,554
on August 7th, 2019.
855
00:45:24,555 --> 00:45:26,473
His choice to get a gun,
856
00:45:27,099 --> 00:45:29,559
to point that gun at Lauren
and pull the trigger twice,
857
00:45:29,560 --> 00:45:32,645
and then to turn it on Rob
and pull the trigger again.
858
00:45:32,646 --> 00:45:35,398
We knew that we had prepared
859
00:45:35,399 --> 00:45:39,193
and had a... a coherent theory
of... of what happened,
860
00:45:39,194 --> 00:45:41,237
why the shooting happened
when it happened,
861
00:45:41,238 --> 00:45:44,700
what was going on between these folks
leading up to the shooting.
862
00:45:45,284 --> 00:45:48,077
This man, the defendant,
is the one on trial.
863
00:45:48,078 --> 00:45:50,329
So you may hear things that you don't like
864
00:45:50,330 --> 00:45:54,334
about Lauren or Rob or Mary Haskins
or any of these other people.
865
00:45:55,002 --> 00:45:58,546
But none of that
is a justification to get shot.
866
00:45:58,547 --> 00:46:00,006
Looking at the charges,
867
00:46:00,007 --> 00:46:03,509
make sure that we have
enough evidence to give to a jury
868
00:46:03,510 --> 00:46:06,012
that would establish the crimes
beyond a reasonable doubt.
869
00:46:06,013 --> 00:46:09,057
We felt that we had
sufficient evidence to prove that.
870
00:46:13,145 --> 00:46:15,646
[Bilinkas] To mount a defense of insanity,
871
00:46:15,647 --> 00:46:17,857
you need to have an expert,
872
00:46:17,858 --> 00:46:21,486
a psychiatrist
who's evaluated your client.
873
00:46:21,487 --> 00:46:25,783
His diagnosis is that
it meets the legal definition.
874
00:46:26,575 --> 00:46:27,658
[Taylor] Call your witness.
875
00:46:27,659 --> 00:46:31,204
[Bilinkas] Defense calls
Dr. Steven Simring.
876
00:46:31,205 --> 00:46:35,416
What I was trying to prove
is that Lauren Kanarek had a plan
877
00:46:35,417 --> 00:46:38,045
to destroy Michael Barisone.
878
00:46:38,629 --> 00:46:41,547
{\an8}Doctor, uh, what are your opinions
879
00:46:41,548 --> 00:46:45,384
{\an8}that you formed reviewing
everything in its entirety?
880
00:46:45,385 --> 00:46:49,055
[Simring] Mr. Barisone,
in my opinion, has two diagnoses.
881
00:46:49,056 --> 00:46:52,558
So the first diagnosis
is delusional disorder.
882
00:46:52,559 --> 00:46:57,231
And the second diagnosis
is persistent depressive disorder.
883
00:46:57,981 --> 00:46:59,774
[Bilinkas] Dr. Simring agreed,
884
00:46:59,775 --> 00:47:06,656
and he also felt that Michael Barisone
was driven over the edge by Lauren Kanarek
885
00:47:06,657 --> 00:47:09,951
and that he was not responsible
for his actions.
886
00:47:09,952 --> 00:47:11,702
When you have a delusional disorder,
887
00:47:11,703 --> 00:47:14,413
you don't get talked out
of the false belief.
888
00:47:14,414 --> 00:47:16,958
The core false belief
889
00:47:16,959 --> 00:47:20,753
is that Lauren Kanarek
was going to annihilate him
890
00:47:20,754 --> 00:47:22,713
and did everything he could
891
00:47:22,714 --> 00:47:26,509
to try to protect himself
against this delusion.
892
00:47:26,510 --> 00:47:29,178
[Bilinkas] As far as the actual incident,
893
00:47:29,179 --> 00:47:32,682
he was never able to give you
any specific details--
894
00:47:32,683 --> 00:47:36,395
That is correct. He gave me no details,
and he gave law enforcement no details.
895
00:47:37,062 --> 00:47:39,856
[Bilinkas] Did he know the difference
between right and wrong?
896
00:47:39,857 --> 00:47:42,150
Time of the incident, he did not. No.
897
00:47:43,569 --> 00:47:46,696
[reporter 1] Michael Barisone has
no personal knowledge of what happened.
898
00:47:46,697 --> 00:47:48,323
Pretty hard for a jury to swallow.
899
00:47:48,991 --> 00:47:52,243
[reporter 2] You can snap that much
that you don't remember nothing?
900
00:47:52,244 --> 00:47:55,037
[Deininger] We have a doctor's opinion
saying he was broken.
901
00:47:55,038 --> 00:47:56,497
We started to present evidence
902
00:47:56,498 --> 00:48:01,295
of people who saw physical manifestations
of Michael's breaking.
903
00:48:02,045 --> 00:48:04,797
{\an8}[Bilinkas] Did you ever see Michael
break down
904
00:48:04,798 --> 00:48:08,593
in response to what he saw
on those social media posts?
905
00:48:08,594 --> 00:48:13,848
Um, he continued to become
more and more fearful,
906
00:48:13,849 --> 00:48:17,852
um, to unravel,
to be in panic, sheer panic.
907
00:48:17,853 --> 00:48:20,855
[Bilinkas] Can you describe
your observations,
908
00:48:20,856 --> 00:48:23,774
say, for the last two or three days
909
00:48:23,775 --> 00:48:25,193
{\an8}prior to the shooting?
910
00:48:25,819 --> 00:48:28,572
{\an8}I would say he was
in an almost catatonic state.
911
00:48:29,406 --> 00:48:31,366
{\an8}Hadn't been sleeping, eating...
912
00:48:32,200 --> 00:48:33,201
Um...
913
00:48:33,702 --> 00:48:35,495
Glazed-over look in his eyes. Just...
914
00:48:37,956 --> 00:48:41,293
[Bilinkas] Every trial
has its ups and downs.
915
00:48:42,169 --> 00:48:45,254
Each day is a separate battle.
916
00:48:45,255 --> 00:48:47,966
The only thing that matters at the end
917
00:48:48,467 --> 00:48:51,136
is winning the war.
918
00:48:52,054 --> 00:48:54,056
[horse whinnies]
919
00:48:54,640 --> 00:48:56,307
[Schellhorn] The State calls
Lauren Kanarek.
920
00:48:56,308 --> 00:48:58,100
[Taylor] All right, Lauren Kanarek.
921
00:48:58,101 --> 00:49:02,396
[clerk] Do you swear in the presence of
almighty God that testimony you give...
922
00:49:02,397 --> 00:49:03,814
[Deininger] Discovery starts,
923
00:49:03,815 --> 00:49:06,776
and in a normal case,
it'd usually be a small file.
924
00:49:06,777 --> 00:49:12,491
But in this case,
it was a book of 30, 40 DVDs.
925
00:49:13,200 --> 00:49:16,119
{\an8}There were mountains of text messages.
926
00:49:17,162 --> 00:49:18,955
Lauren Kanarek's Facebook account,
927
00:49:18,956 --> 00:49:21,708
that was 19,800 pages.
928
00:49:22,542 --> 00:49:25,169
{\an8}All right, cross examination,
Mr. Bilinkas.
929
00:49:25,170 --> 00:49:27,589
{\an8}- [Bilinkas] Good afternoon.
- [Lauren] Good afternoon.
930
00:49:28,590 --> 00:49:31,134
With regards to your Facebook account, uh,
931
00:49:32,010 --> 00:49:34,513
you were posting things daily, correct?
932
00:49:35,263 --> 00:49:36,098
Correct.
933
00:49:36,598 --> 00:49:40,226
I had spent 100 hours-plus
934
00:49:40,227 --> 00:49:42,812
going through all her social media posts.
935
00:49:42,813 --> 00:49:45,315
I felt that I could destroy her.
936
00:49:46,483 --> 00:49:48,818
"Once a homewrecker,
always a homewrecker."
937
00:49:48,819 --> 00:49:52,780
"She is hardly more than pond scum.
Weapons hot."
938
00:49:52,781 --> 00:49:54,115
Did you say that?
939
00:49:54,116 --> 00:49:57,618
- Probably.
- "It's about time to possibly go to war."
940
00:49:57,619 --> 00:50:00,371
[Lauren] Go back to the post
from a minute ago about--
941
00:50:00,372 --> 00:50:02,332
- I'm moving on. I have a lot to go.
- Okay.
942
00:50:03,083 --> 00:50:08,713
What Ed and I were trying to do was
to bring out the truth from the witness
943
00:50:08,714 --> 00:50:10,173
that they were trying to mask.
944
00:50:10,757 --> 00:50:14,635
Do you recall saying things like,
"The king will be killed,
945
00:50:14,636 --> 00:50:16,804
the queen will be sacrificed"?
946
00:50:16,805 --> 00:50:19,849
I don't know, honestly.
I was talking about a chess game,
947
00:50:19,850 --> 00:50:21,851
and it might have been an analogy, but--
948
00:50:21,852 --> 00:50:23,602
[Bilinkas] But the analogy was towards
949
00:50:23,603 --> 00:50:26,230
Michael Barisone
and Mary Haskins, correct?
950
00:50:26,231 --> 00:50:27,274
Most certainly.
951
00:50:27,774 --> 00:50:30,568
[Bilinkas] The things that
Lauren Kanarek had... had done
952
00:50:30,569 --> 00:50:35,573
were enough to drive anyone crazy.
953
00:50:35,574 --> 00:50:37,992
Did you say words to the effect,
954
00:50:37,993 --> 00:50:42,621
"This is me. Look out 'cause here I come"?
955
00:50:42,622 --> 00:50:44,331
I'm like, "Yes."
956
00:50:44,332 --> 00:50:45,666
♪ This is me ♪
957
00:50:45,667 --> 00:50:47,960
{\an8}♪ Look out 'cause here I come... ♪
958
00:50:47,961 --> 00:50:51,465
I think it was a post
from The Greatest Showman.
959
00:50:53,258 --> 00:50:56,093
He was so dirty to take something
960
00:50:56,094 --> 00:51:00,139
so obviously not about murder
961
00:51:00,140 --> 00:51:02,267
or fighting or hostility.
962
00:51:04,102 --> 00:51:05,811
I have no recollection of that.
963
00:51:05,812 --> 00:51:07,313
[laughs]
964
00:51:07,314 --> 00:51:11,609
I only brought out the things
that I thought were helpful to the jury.
965
00:51:11,610 --> 00:51:15,822
After I brought in numerous documents
966
00:51:16,406 --> 00:51:19,617
indicating that she said this
or she said that,
967
00:51:19,618 --> 00:51:22,037
I asked her that pivotal question.
968
00:51:22,621 --> 00:51:26,792
Did you have a plan
to destroy Michael Barisone?
969
00:51:28,585 --> 00:51:29,711
At some point, yes.
970
00:51:31,296 --> 00:51:33,005
As soon as she said that,
971
00:51:33,006 --> 00:51:35,133
I thought the game was over.
972
00:51:36,259 --> 00:51:38,469
[Taylor] Ladies and gentlemen,
we'll break for today.
973
00:51:38,470 --> 00:51:40,305
Please don't discuss the case.
974
00:51:40,889 --> 00:51:43,141
You can step down, ma'am.
You just wait outside.
975
00:51:43,725 --> 00:51:47,311
[Deininger] With questions and answers
like that, you really get this sense
976
00:51:47,312 --> 00:51:50,397
that there was
a concerted effort to break him.
977
00:51:50,398 --> 00:51:54,819
Bilinkas is using a word
that I'm interpreting in a different way.
978
00:51:54,820 --> 00:51:56,905
In my mind, I'm thinking,
979
00:51:57,447 --> 00:52:02,785
he has done nothing but harass me,
bully me, and try to ruin my life.
980
00:52:02,786 --> 00:52:04,453
I don't want him destroyed.
981
00:52:04,454 --> 00:52:05,955
I wanted him stopped.
982
00:52:05,956 --> 00:52:08,041
Michael Barisone
983
00:52:09,751 --> 00:52:13,255
was driven over the edge
984
00:52:13,839 --> 00:52:16,091
by Lauren Kanarek.
985
00:52:17,884 --> 00:52:20,637
Pure evil.
986
00:52:21,596 --> 00:52:26,183
[Taylor] Mr. Schellhorn, does the State
have any rebuttal witnesses?
987
00:52:26,184 --> 00:52:27,352
[Schellhorn] Yes, Judge.
988
00:52:27,853 --> 00:52:31,064
Our theory at trial
was that you can't shoot somebody.
989
00:52:31,982 --> 00:52:35,568
And Michael Barisone
took a substantial step
990
00:52:35,569 --> 00:52:38,279
in a course of conduct
to kill Lauren Kanarek.
991
00:52:38,280 --> 00:52:40,115
And that was his purpose.
992
00:52:40,615 --> 00:52:41,824
[clears throat]
993
00:52:41,825 --> 00:52:43,868
The State will call Dr. Louis Schlesinger.
994
00:52:43,869 --> 00:52:45,828
[Taylor] All right, Dr. Schlesinger.
995
00:52:45,829 --> 00:52:48,998
{\an8}[Schellhorn] In this case,
did you find any evidence of delusions
996
00:52:48,999 --> 00:52:51,167
{\an8}based on your examination
of Michael Barisone?
997
00:52:51,168 --> 00:52:54,712
{\an8}No. I found...
I found no evidence of this at all.
998
00:52:54,713 --> 00:52:58,966
Dr. Schlesinger did not diagnose
delusional disorder,
999
00:52:58,967 --> 00:53:01,385
didn't find any evidence
of delusion in the case.
1000
00:53:01,386 --> 00:53:04,263
I think that this is malingered amnesia.
1001
00:53:04,264 --> 00:53:09,018
He claimed that he doesn't have memory
only for the criminal behavior.
1002
00:53:09,019 --> 00:53:12,063
His memory for everything else
is excellent. Are you kidding?
1003
00:53:13,356 --> 00:53:16,025
If you have good memory like he does,
1004
00:53:16,026 --> 00:53:19,862
and the only thing you forget
is criminal conduct,
1005
00:53:19,863 --> 00:53:21,156
that's a red flag.
1006
00:53:22,824 --> 00:53:26,995
They made him into this, like, you know,
big Olympian who became a broken man.
1007
00:53:27,871 --> 00:53:29,079
"Why is this like this?"
1008
00:53:29,080 --> 00:53:31,207
"It had to have been those people."
1009
00:53:31,208 --> 00:53:33,876
"Because when we knew him, he was this."
1010
00:53:33,877 --> 00:53:35,837
"And now he's this."
1011
00:53:36,880 --> 00:53:40,591
He's this, like, shell of a man
looking for when the jury's there
1012
00:53:40,592 --> 00:53:42,718
to make sure he looks extra crazy,
1013
00:53:42,719 --> 00:53:46,264
and then when the jury's not there,
he's taking notes.
1014
00:53:46,848 --> 00:53:50,392
There's a certain point in the trial
where we're talking about a Twitter post.
1015
00:53:50,393 --> 00:53:52,102
Michael posted,
1016
00:53:52,103 --> 00:53:54,939
"Once you got into the Olympics,
you have all this power."
1017
00:53:54,940 --> 00:53:57,775
"I'm gonna do whatever I want."
Encouraging this person--
1018
00:53:57,776 --> 00:54:00,569
He said, "I'm gonna do whatever I want,"
in that Twitter?
1019
00:54:00,570 --> 00:54:04,365
Something like that.
I'm paraphrasing most of these things.
1020
00:54:04,366 --> 00:54:06,158
Like you have a little bit.
1021
00:54:06,159 --> 00:54:08,577
- But, um, yes.
- [Bilinkas scoffs]
1022
00:54:08,578 --> 00:54:11,331
He gets this note
handed to him from Michael,
1023
00:54:12,040 --> 00:54:16,085
crazy Michael who's sitting there
banging his head on the table, you know...
1024
00:54:16,086 --> 00:54:18,420
[wails] Making all these faces,
1025
00:54:18,421 --> 00:54:21,423
but has enough common sense,
1026
00:54:21,424 --> 00:54:24,803
and, like, obviously,
he's still in reality enough
1027
00:54:25,303 --> 00:54:28,514
to make a note to give to his lawyer.
1028
00:54:28,515 --> 00:54:29,807
"Make sure you add that in."
1029
00:54:29,808 --> 00:54:31,850
[Bilinkas] Would it surprise you to know
1030
00:54:31,851 --> 00:54:35,187
that Michael Barisone
doesn't have a Twitter account?
1031
00:54:35,188 --> 00:54:37,899
He's not still insane.
That's not what the thing was.
1032
00:54:38,900 --> 00:54:40,944
He was pleading insanity for that time.
1033
00:54:41,444 --> 00:54:43,363
Why's he still looking
like a crazy person?
1034
00:54:44,322 --> 00:54:46,156
[Schellhorn] Do you see Mr. Barisone
in court?
1035
00:54:46,157 --> 00:54:49,868
Um, I think it's... I think that's Michael
sitting next to his attorney.
1036
00:54:49,869 --> 00:54:52,663
Although I will say, he looks different
than when I saw him.
1037
00:54:52,664 --> 00:54:55,958
When I saw him, he was well-groomed
and looked appropriate,
1038
00:54:55,959 --> 00:54:58,377
and now he looks...
long, disheveled hair. I...
1039
00:54:58,378 --> 00:55:00,296
That's not how he looked when I saw him.
1040
00:55:00,297 --> 00:55:02,589
[Lauren] This is acting.
This is theater you're watching.
1041
00:55:02,590 --> 00:55:04,758
If you're not smart enough to know that,
1042
00:55:04,759 --> 00:55:07,512
you should not be on a jury, period.
1043
00:55:08,555 --> 00:55:13,642
I think one of the challenges here
was that they were working together.
1044
00:55:13,643 --> 00:55:16,061
They were living at the same property.
1045
00:55:16,062 --> 00:55:19,107
They each had perhaps separate goals.
1046
00:55:19,733 --> 00:55:23,235
At some point, did Michael Barisone
send you a text message
1047
00:55:23,236 --> 00:55:27,365
telling you that he would make things
miserable for them to stay?
1048
00:55:28,158 --> 00:55:30,327
{\an8}[Schellhorn reads messages aloud]
1049
00:55:35,957 --> 00:55:36,791
Yes.
1050
00:55:37,876 --> 00:55:40,919
Well, Lauren is driving Michael crazy
1051
00:55:40,920 --> 00:55:43,881
because she's saying
all these bad things about him
1052
00:55:43,882 --> 00:55:45,966
and reporting him to SafeSport,
1053
00:55:45,967 --> 00:55:50,637
and meanwhile, that's exactly
what Michael Barisone and Mary Haskins
1054
00:55:50,638 --> 00:55:52,307
are doing to Lauren.
1055
00:55:54,768 --> 00:55:57,270
[tense music playing]
1056
00:56:03,443 --> 00:56:05,944
[Schellhorn] Did you or the defendant
at some point
1057
00:56:05,945 --> 00:56:10,115
make a complaint directly to USEF
about Lauren Kanarek?
1058
00:56:10,116 --> 00:56:11,200
Yes.
1059
00:56:11,201 --> 00:56:14,495
Our argument to the jury
was that a lot of his behavior
1060
00:56:14,496 --> 00:56:17,206
was inconsistent
with someone who was scared.
1061
00:56:17,207 --> 00:56:22,044
He was having his lawyer send
fake eviction notices to scare her.
1062
00:56:22,045 --> 00:56:25,298
Michael did not want to start eviction.
1063
00:56:25,965 --> 00:56:29,635
He wanted to scare her into leaving. So...
1064
00:56:29,636 --> 00:56:33,597
The reason we didn't just leave
is because we couldn't,
1065
00:56:33,598 --> 00:56:37,309
because they were calling barns
and bad-mouthing us.
1066
00:56:37,310 --> 00:56:40,729
The barns that were going to take
my horses suddenly wouldn't.
1067
00:56:40,730 --> 00:56:45,025
Michael Barisone never wanted
to just use the words to Lauren,
1068
00:56:45,026 --> 00:56:47,528
"You're not welcome here.
You need to leave,"
1069
00:56:47,529 --> 00:56:53,450
and instead tried all these sideways
and backhanded ways to get her to leave,
1070
00:56:53,451 --> 00:56:56,413
and when that didn't work,
resorted to violence.
1071
00:56:58,998 --> 00:57:01,709
There are different theories
on how you try a case.
1072
00:57:02,627 --> 00:57:05,380
Some cases call for the drama
at the beginning.
1073
00:57:07,590 --> 00:57:10,426
Sometimes you want to ramp up the drama
till the end.
1074
00:57:10,427 --> 00:57:13,345
[clerk] State your name
and spell your last name for the record.
1075
00:57:13,346 --> 00:57:16,640
Ruth Pinnix Cox. My last name is C-O-X.
1076
00:57:16,641 --> 00:57:17,599
[clerk] Thank you.
1077
00:57:17,600 --> 00:57:19,643
- Ms. Cox. You may have a seat.
- Thank you.
1078
00:57:19,644 --> 00:57:22,229
All right. Please keep your voice up
so we hear...
1079
00:57:22,230 --> 00:57:25,858
{\an8}[Schellhorn] Dr. Cox owned a horse
with Mary Haskins Gray
1080
00:57:25,859 --> 00:57:27,985
{\an8}that was being trained with Mary Haskins
1081
00:57:27,986 --> 00:57:31,321
and being trained at the property
by Michael Barisone.
1082
00:57:31,322 --> 00:57:34,199
On August 4th,
were you having a conversation
1083
00:57:34,200 --> 00:57:36,952
with the defendant
in the stables on that property?
1084
00:57:36,953 --> 00:57:39,413
- Yes, sir. I was.
- [Schellhorn] Did he ask for something?
1085
00:57:39,414 --> 00:57:41,415
- Yes, sir.
- What did he ask you for?
1086
00:57:41,416 --> 00:57:44,710
He wanted to see a gun
that I had in my car.
1087
00:57:44,711 --> 00:57:46,879
Do you recall what kind of gun that was?
1088
00:57:46,880 --> 00:57:49,674
It is a 9mm Ruger.
1089
00:57:50,341 --> 00:57:53,218
[Schellhorn] You have any concerns
with giving it to him at that time?
1090
00:57:53,219 --> 00:57:56,054
Absolutely, sir, I did not at that time.
1091
00:57:56,055 --> 00:57:58,140
Dr. Cox gave him the gun.
1092
00:57:58,141 --> 00:58:00,185
It was unloaded. It was in the case.
1093
00:58:01,686 --> 00:58:04,606
Michael Barisone put that gun
into his gun safe.
1094
00:58:06,149 --> 00:58:08,860
And that was three days
before the shooting,
1095
00:58:09,777 --> 00:58:13,614
which would indicate
someone planning a murder
1096
00:58:13,615 --> 00:58:15,408
or preparing for a murder.
1097
00:58:17,452 --> 00:58:20,163
This wasn't just
a spur-of-the-moment decision,
1098
00:58:21,331 --> 00:58:23,082
but there was a culmination here.
1099
00:58:24,334 --> 00:58:26,001
It wasn't the product of a delusion,
1100
00:58:26,002 --> 00:58:30,339
but it was a response to neither side
getting what they wanted.
1101
00:58:30,340 --> 00:58:32,508
And it came to a head on August 7th
1102
00:58:32,509 --> 00:58:36,261
when a caseworker
from the Division of Child Protection
1103
00:58:36,262 --> 00:58:37,889
arrived at the farm.
1104
00:58:39,265 --> 00:58:42,726
{\an8}Minutes later,
Michael Barisone is getting into his car
1105
00:58:42,727 --> 00:58:45,103
{\an8}and driving a half a mile
to confront Lauren
1106
00:58:45,104 --> 00:58:49,776
without even ever knowing or understanding
why that worker was at the property.
1107
00:58:50,360 --> 00:58:53,278
Were you there looking specifically
for Michael Barisone?
1108
00:58:53,279 --> 00:58:54,197
No.
1109
00:58:54,781 --> 00:58:57,199
[Schellhorn] The caseworker
had been sent there
1110
00:58:57,200 --> 00:58:59,785
because of a neglect complaint
from SafeSport
1111
00:58:59,786 --> 00:59:04,706
about potential neglect
involving Mary Haskins and her children.
1112
00:59:04,707 --> 00:59:06,124
{\an8}[Lauren] When I made the report,
1113
00:59:06,125 --> 00:59:08,877
{\an8}SafeSport kept asking,
"Are there minors on the property?"
1114
00:59:08,878 --> 00:59:10,754
I'm not CPS, and I don't have kids,
1115
00:59:10,755 --> 00:59:13,006
so I don't know
what they're thinking about this
1116
00:59:13,007 --> 00:59:14,091
or why it's important.
1117
00:59:14,092 --> 00:59:16,760
I'm reporting him for what he is doing.
1118
00:59:16,761 --> 00:59:21,683
It was only about harassment,
bullying, and abuse of power.
1119
00:59:22,684 --> 00:59:26,853
While Mary Haskins and the caseworker
were having that private conversation,
1120
00:59:26,854 --> 00:59:28,981
three times he went in and interrupted.
1121
00:59:28,982 --> 00:59:31,400
And on the third occasion
is when he told them
1122
00:59:31,401 --> 00:59:33,319
he needed to use the office,
1123
00:59:33,945 --> 00:59:36,572
the office being the place
where the gun safe was.
1124
00:59:36,573 --> 00:59:41,326
His own expert testifies
he remembers getting the gun,
1125
00:59:41,327 --> 00:59:44,496
loading it, and driving
to go confront her.
1126
00:59:44,497 --> 00:59:46,915
[Schellhorn] Your recollection is
that at some point,
1127
00:59:46,916 --> 00:59:49,418
when you were interviewing
Michael Barisone,
1128
00:59:49,419 --> 00:59:51,253
he told you that he remembered
1129
00:59:51,254 --> 00:59:54,673
getting the gun from the safe
before he went to the house?
1130
00:59:54,674 --> 00:59:57,134
- Yes.
- You agree that's not in your report?
1131
00:59:57,135 --> 01:00:00,137
I'm not gonna look through it
and waste the jury's time.
1132
01:00:00,138 --> 01:00:01,889
I'll accept your representation.
1133
01:00:02,390 --> 01:00:05,892
He made a conscious decision
to go into his office
1134
01:00:05,893 --> 01:00:08,353
to get his gun, to load the gun,
1135
01:00:08,354 --> 01:00:10,440
put it in his pocket, hide it,
1136
01:00:11,024 --> 01:00:15,819
and that he went there
knowing that this was... the end.
1137
01:00:15,820 --> 01:00:18,364
- [siren wailing]
- [chattering over police radio]
1138
01:00:21,409 --> 01:00:24,244
[podcaster] We should have
a kind of lengthy show this morning
1139
01:00:24,245 --> 01:00:25,746
with the closing arguments
1140
01:00:25,747 --> 01:00:28,333
of the Michael Barisone
attempted murder trial.
1141
01:00:29,667 --> 01:00:31,377
[Taylor] We'll bring the jurors in.
1142
01:00:33,087 --> 01:00:35,172
[Bilinkas] There's a connection
with the jury.
1143
01:00:35,173 --> 01:00:39,092
I think they appreciate my passion.
1144
01:00:39,093 --> 01:00:41,595
He could've made up a much better story!
1145
01:00:41,596 --> 01:00:43,722
"Kanarek had a gun. I shot her."
1146
01:00:43,723 --> 01:00:46,016
"I was getting the hell beaten out of me!"
1147
01:00:46,017 --> 01:00:49,561
"I don't remember" doesn't help him.
1148
01:00:49,562 --> 01:00:55,275
They believe that I believe
that Michael Barisone was not guilty.
1149
01:00:55,276 --> 01:00:57,944
I don't have
any remarkable catchphrases for you.
1150
01:00:57,945 --> 01:00:59,739
I'm not gonna cry.
1151
01:01:00,281 --> 01:01:03,992
I'm just gonna ask you to follow the facts
and apply the law.
1152
01:01:03,993 --> 01:01:06,203
When it comes time for closing argument,
1153
01:01:06,204 --> 01:01:10,749
I'm asking them to rely on the evidence
we gave them and return a guilty verdict,
1154
01:01:10,750 --> 01:01:13,001
{\an8}that they trust the case
that we gave them.
1155
01:01:13,002 --> 01:01:16,546
Just based on the fact
that the defendant used a deadly weapon,
1156
01:01:16,547 --> 01:01:20,551
you can infer that his purpose
was to take a life.
1157
01:01:21,135 --> 01:01:24,388
He knew when he opened the safe
and took that gun
1158
01:01:24,389 --> 01:01:27,224
exactly what he was going to do.
1159
01:01:27,225 --> 01:01:31,562
What Lauren Kanarek
did to him was horrible!
1160
01:01:32,897 --> 01:01:33,939
Horrible!
1161
01:01:33,940 --> 01:01:39,945
Who goes to the extent that Lauren Kanarek
and Robert Goodwin went to?
1162
01:01:39,946 --> 01:01:42,239
Mr. Bilinkas said that
about Lauren Kanarek
1163
01:01:42,240 --> 01:01:44,491
over and over and over.
1164
01:01:44,492 --> 01:01:45,659
"Who would do this?"
1165
01:01:45,660 --> 01:01:47,828
{\an8}The defendant is doing
1166
01:01:47,829 --> 01:01:50,872
the exact same thing to her.
1167
01:01:50,873 --> 01:01:54,836
Michael Barisone was insane
at the time of the incident.
1168
01:01:55,586 --> 01:01:58,505
He was suffering from a mental defect.
1169
01:01:58,506 --> 01:02:01,675
There's no memory disorder
that a person would forget
1170
01:02:01,676 --> 01:02:04,219
just the time
when they're committing a criminal act
1171
01:02:04,220 --> 01:02:06,471
until they're finished
committing the criminal act.
1172
01:02:06,472 --> 01:02:09,683
They had a plan
to destroy Michael Barisone.
1173
01:02:09,684 --> 01:02:12,269
Don't let them use you!
1174
01:02:12,270 --> 01:02:15,689
I would ask that you not return a verdict
1175
01:02:15,690 --> 01:02:19,234
based on any sympathy,
disgust, or emotion.
1176
01:02:19,235 --> 01:02:22,280
Find Michael Barisone not guilty!
1177
01:02:23,030 --> 01:02:27,076
It is the right and just thing to do.
1178
01:02:30,121 --> 01:02:32,622
[reporter 1] Breaking news
coming out of New Jersey
1179
01:02:32,623 --> 01:02:34,374
as a verdict is in.
1180
01:02:34,375 --> 01:02:36,918
[reporter 2] A verdict is handed in
in the attempted murder case
1181
01:02:36,919 --> 01:02:38,712
of ex-Olympian Michael Barisone.
1182
01:02:38,713 --> 01:02:41,174
{\an8}The verdict is in for Michael Barisone.
1183
01:02:42,175 --> 01:02:44,302
[Bilinkas] The jury had been out for days.
1184
01:02:44,927 --> 01:02:48,013
The pressure, again, is mounting.
1185
01:02:48,014 --> 01:02:50,808
You never know what a jury is gonna do.
1186
01:02:52,143 --> 01:02:53,935
[Schellhorn] As I tell almost all victims,
1187
01:02:53,936 --> 01:02:56,688
I felt very confident
in the proofs that we had,
1188
01:02:56,689 --> 01:03:01,611
but anything is possible
when the case goes to deliberations.
1189
01:03:02,320 --> 01:03:03,862
All right, counsel, Mr. Barisone.
1190
01:03:03,863 --> 01:03:05,989
{\an8}The jury sent out a note
about ten minutes ago
1191
01:03:05,990 --> 01:03:09,201
{\an8}that they have in fact
reached a verdict in this matter.
1192
01:03:09,202 --> 01:03:10,202
{\an8}So we're gonna bring...
1193
01:03:10,203 --> 01:03:13,122
{\an8}I was convinced Michael
could literally have a heart attack.
1194
01:03:14,624 --> 01:03:16,125
[Lauren] I couldn't be in the room.
1195
01:03:16,626 --> 01:03:20,128
I left and went to go,
like, sit on the stairs
1196
01:03:20,129 --> 01:03:21,755
with just my head on my hands.
1197
01:03:21,756 --> 01:03:23,840
[tense music playing]
1198
01:03:23,841 --> 01:03:27,845
[Schellhorn] The moment that
a verdict comes in is highly stressful,
1199
01:03:28,429 --> 01:03:31,264
and it only gets worse
as the jurors walk into the courtroom,
1200
01:03:31,265 --> 01:03:35,770
and literally the fate of the case
is in their hands.
1201
01:03:37,647 --> 01:03:38,940
[Taylor] Be seated, everyone.
1202
01:03:42,527 --> 01:03:45,071
{\an8}All right, Mr. Foreman,
please rise, please.
1203
01:03:47,031 --> 01:03:51,159
Mr. Foreman, has the jury agreed
upon a verdict in this case?
1204
01:03:51,160 --> 01:03:52,494
[foreman] We have.
1205
01:03:52,495 --> 01:03:56,248
[Taylor] With regard to count one,
attempted murder of Lauren Kanarek,
1206
01:03:56,249 --> 01:03:57,499
what is your verdict?
1207
01:03:57,500 --> 01:04:00,086
[foreman] Not guilty
by reason of insanity.
1208
01:04:03,506 --> 01:04:05,842
[Taylor] With regard to count two...
1209
01:04:07,718 --> 01:04:12,390
[podcaster] I can't remember the last time
I heard, "Not guilty, reason of insanity."
1210
01:04:13,641 --> 01:04:16,685
[man 1] It's not temporary insanity.
If he was temporarily insane,
1211
01:04:16,686 --> 01:04:19,980
why'd he sit in the courtroom every day,
looking like he was a crazy man?
1212
01:04:19,981 --> 01:04:21,898
He did it 'cause he put on a show,
1213
01:04:21,899 --> 01:04:24,402
and the jury bought it
hook, line, and sinker.
1214
01:04:25,111 --> 01:04:28,947
[man 2] There's a lot of conjecture,
the idea that he was acting this way.
1215
01:04:28,948 --> 01:04:32,117
But I think for... That would have to be
an Oscar-level performance
1216
01:04:32,118 --> 01:04:34,453
for him to act that way for eight hours.
1217
01:04:36,414 --> 01:04:39,207
[Bilinkas] People are saying,
"That's an act."
1218
01:04:39,208 --> 01:04:42,711
"You had him act like this,
had him act like that."
1219
01:04:42,712 --> 01:04:46,507
Fuck you. That never happened.
1220
01:04:47,967 --> 01:04:52,013
That was raw human emotion.
1221
01:04:54,307 --> 01:04:57,142
[Lara] They announced the verdict
over the loudspeaker
1222
01:04:57,143 --> 01:04:59,519
at the show in Florida.
1223
01:04:59,520 --> 01:05:02,731
People at the show
were cheering and crying.
1224
01:05:02,732 --> 01:05:05,275
Hashtag Free Michael!
1225
01:05:05,276 --> 01:05:09,237
People would text me and say, "Oh, my God,
you've got to see the comments."
1226
01:05:09,238 --> 01:05:12,490
And, you know,
they would send me a screenshot.
1227
01:05:12,491 --> 01:05:15,995
Very few people had any support for her.
1228
01:05:16,704 --> 01:05:19,414
[Taylor] Members of the jury,
you have heard the verdict
1229
01:05:19,415 --> 01:05:21,959
as reported by your foreperson.
1230
01:05:22,752 --> 01:05:26,088
{\an8}The defendant, Mr. Barisone,
will now be civilly committed.
1231
01:05:27,256 --> 01:05:32,720
[Schellhorn] You can't shoot somebody,
and I think that remains true.
1232
01:05:33,346 --> 01:05:35,389
From a civilized perspective,
1233
01:05:36,140 --> 01:05:40,645
even if you don't like Lauren,
even if you don't like what she was doing,
1234
01:05:41,145 --> 01:05:43,730
it's just so hard for me
to wrap my head around
1235
01:05:43,731 --> 01:05:47,068
someone maintaining
that it was okay to shoot her.
1236
01:05:47,652 --> 01:05:51,029
[Jonathan] When you reach breaking point,
you don't kill somebody.
1237
01:05:51,030 --> 01:05:53,698
You quit your job. You divorce your wife.
1238
01:05:53,699 --> 01:05:56,076
You throw the child out,
move across the country.
1239
01:05:56,077 --> 01:06:00,164
The world knows you don't kill people
because you're upset with them.
1240
01:06:19,350 --> 01:06:21,059
Finally, freedom!
1241
01:06:21,060 --> 01:06:22,435
Justice!
1242
01:06:22,436 --> 01:06:24,229
Finally, for all!
1243
01:06:24,230 --> 01:06:26,648
Michael Barisone is a free man!
1244
01:06:26,649 --> 01:06:28,025
[man] Yee-haw!
1245
01:06:31,320 --> 01:06:32,904
Thank you so much. Go home and--
1246
01:06:32,905 --> 01:06:35,699
- [Bilinkas] I'm gonna get drunk.
- [Michael] I'm not.
1247
01:06:35,700 --> 01:06:36,866
[Bilinkas chuckles]
1248
01:06:36,867 --> 01:06:39,996
[Bilinkas] After the not guilty
by reason of insanity,
1249
01:06:40,621 --> 01:06:43,707
Michael was put in a mental institution.
1250
01:06:43,708 --> 01:06:47,293
The doctors did there
an extensive evaluation
1251
01:06:47,294 --> 01:06:51,881
and determined
he does not have a mental defect
1252
01:06:51,882 --> 01:06:54,801
and that he should be released
to the community.
1253
01:06:54,802 --> 01:06:57,304
[laughter]
1254
01:06:59,306 --> 01:07:02,893
I was physically at the trial
every single day.
1255
01:07:03,519 --> 01:07:05,603
Through everything,
our relationship just grew,
1256
01:07:05,604 --> 01:07:09,482
and, you know,
we just had feelings for each other.
1257
01:07:09,483 --> 01:07:13,778
With the verdict,
it was a huge, huge, huge relief
1258
01:07:13,779 --> 01:07:16,865
because I knew
that we would have a future.
1259
01:07:16,866 --> 01:07:18,951
[soft music playing]
1260
01:07:23,205 --> 01:07:27,167
I'm sitting here because somebody said,
"This wasn't his fault. He broke."
1261
01:07:27,168 --> 01:07:30,170
Whether I did anything wrong
or I didn't do anything wrong,
1262
01:07:30,171 --> 01:07:31,629
regardless of all that,
1263
01:07:31,630 --> 01:07:33,798
I've been given a chance
to have a new life,
1264
01:07:33,799 --> 01:07:35,092
and I wanna live it well.
1265
01:07:38,804 --> 01:07:41,097
- Halt. Halt.
- [horse whinnies]
1266
01:07:41,098 --> 01:07:42,183
Thank you.
1267
01:07:42,933 --> 01:07:44,310
Okay, walk on.
1268
01:07:46,854 --> 01:07:48,647
[woman] How are you recovering from this?
1269
01:07:49,148 --> 01:07:51,816
I mean, it's... it's been a long road,
1270
01:07:51,817 --> 01:07:56,489
a very long, difficult, hard road
that is never-ending.
1271
01:07:58,407 --> 01:08:02,369
Once two bullets
collapse your lung entirely,
1272
01:08:03,579 --> 01:08:07,333
your body is never
going to be the same again.
1273
01:08:09,043 --> 01:08:14,256
I do not think Michael Barisone is insane
one single bit.
1274
01:08:15,216 --> 01:08:18,051
[Deininger] Something incredibly bad
happened here.
1275
01:08:18,052 --> 01:08:21,054
I think that everybody involved
has a chance
1276
01:08:21,055 --> 01:08:23,431
to start to try
and live their lives again.
1277
01:08:23,432 --> 01:08:26,768
People go, "Michael,
you got your life back!" Blah, blah. No!
1278
01:08:26,769 --> 01:08:30,563
I lost a tremendous amount,
and I've gained back a lot,
1279
01:08:30,564 --> 01:08:34,901
but this is still
this trauma, stigma thing.
1280
01:08:34,902 --> 01:08:37,987
I have an asterisk next to my name
for the rest of my life.
1281
01:08:37,988 --> 01:08:39,198
I wanna show you this.
1282
01:08:39,698 --> 01:08:41,825
We have everything printed,
every single thing.
1283
01:08:41,826 --> 01:08:43,910
Two TBs of things printed.
1284
01:08:43,911 --> 01:08:47,205
I don't know if they're all here.
These are important messages too.
1285
01:08:47,206 --> 01:08:50,250
This is all printed-out text messages.
1286
01:08:50,251 --> 01:08:53,211
Don't get sucked down
that stupid rabbit hole from these people.
1287
01:08:53,212 --> 01:08:56,131
If you'd like me to produce the exchange,
I'll be happy to produce it.
1288
01:08:56,132 --> 01:08:58,217
[tense music playing]
1289
01:09:01,011 --> 01:09:04,264
I get told again and again and again,
"Michael, leave this behind."
1290
01:09:04,265 --> 01:09:06,099
I'm not allowed to leave this behind.
1291
01:09:06,100 --> 01:09:08,476
[Lauren] This is the transcript of audio...
1292
01:09:08,477 --> 01:09:11,020
[Michael] This stack alone
is hundreds of pages.
1293
01:09:11,021 --> 01:09:13,398
Rob, where is Dr. Hassan's...
1294
01:09:13,399 --> 01:09:16,109
How in the world
does someone survive this?
1295
01:09:16,110 --> 01:09:21,197
I was a law-abiding man
who never had any problems in life at all.
1296
01:09:21,198 --> 01:09:23,533
- Posting for page after page--
- Michael, we got--
1297
01:09:23,534 --> 01:09:25,410
Drink this. Relax.
1298
01:09:25,411 --> 01:09:26,578
We got this.
1299
01:09:26,579 --> 01:09:29,122
So he thought
I was gonna burn the barn down?
1300
01:09:29,123 --> 01:09:31,583
Bullshit. I'm not defending myself
against a post
1301
01:09:31,584 --> 01:09:33,084
that he made up in his head...
1302
01:09:33,085 --> 01:09:37,839
It's just so unbelievable
that this jury could reach this verdict.
1303
01:09:37,840 --> 01:09:39,757
She has to watch it over and over again.
1304
01:09:39,758 --> 01:09:42,218
I'd prefer she stop watching
because it's so painful.
1305
01:09:42,219 --> 01:09:46,806
Lauren Kanarek sat on a stand
in a courtroom, and she said,
1306
01:09:46,807 --> 01:09:50,102
"I instituted a plot to destroy his life."
1307
01:09:50,769 --> 01:09:53,771
Lauren, you tried to destroy my life,
and you failed.
1308
01:09:53,772 --> 01:09:58,276
If I was to actually make
the Olympic Games or the World Cup final,
1309
01:09:58,277 --> 01:10:01,529
I will be the biggest comeback in history.
1310
01:10:01,530 --> 01:10:03,865
- [man 1] Michael Barisone!
- [man 2] Michael Barisone.
1311
01:10:03,866 --> 01:10:05,825
- [man 3] Michael Barisone.
- [cheering]
1312
01:10:05,826 --> 01:10:07,619
And that's my goal.
1313
01:10:07,620 --> 01:10:10,830
I'm not the type of person
to go cry in the corner.
1314
01:10:10,831 --> 01:10:14,752
Come hell or high water,
I'm going to continue in this sport.
1315
01:10:15,252 --> 01:10:17,838
And if you want me out of it,
you're gonna have to kill me
1316
01:10:18,422 --> 01:10:19,548
like Michael tried to.
1317
01:10:21,050 --> 01:10:23,177
[tense music playing]
1318
01:11:53,142 --> 01:11:55,311
[music ends]