1. In the criminal justice system...Copy !req
2. the people are represented by two
separate yet equally important groups:Copy !req
3. the police who investigate crime...Copy !req
4. and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.Copy !req
5. These are their stories.Copy !req
6. First time I heard this,
I was in my parent's basement
with Shelly Fern.Copy !req
7. Sixth grade,
you listened to Sinatra?Copy !req
8. My brother, he was in tenth.
He said it never fails.Copy !req
9. I love hotels,
they make me horny.Copy !req
10. This is last call.Copy !req
11. I thought this was the city
that never sleeps.Copy !req
12. The city doesn't, I do.Copy !req
13. Does she have a name?Copy !req
14. She's been sitting alone
for the last hour.Copy !req
15. I'm a perfect cure for that.Copy !req
16. You from out of town?Copy !req
17. Me and my friend,
we're from Elmira.Copy !req
18. I know it sounds corny
but we're kind of overwhelmed.Copy !req
19. Maybe you could show us—
Please, leave me alone.Copy !req
20. How about a refill?
Hey, Dave.Copy !req
21. You want a drink? Here.Copy !req
22. I just want to go home.Copy !req
23. Look, miss,
maybe the gentleman
was a little out of line.Copy !req
24. It's no reason
to get violent.Copy !req
25. In the future,
I suggest you take
your business elsewhere.Copy !req
26. Business?
Honey, it's after 1:00.
You're alone.Copy !req
27. I want to make a phone call.Copy !req
28. Yes.
I'd like to report a rape.Copy !req
29. At the Radcliffe Hotel.Copy !req
30. Her name is Julia Wood, 19,
junior at Bradfield College.Copy !req
31. She says it happened
in one of the hotel suites.Copy !req
32. So how bad did it happen?Copy !req
33. Positive for semen.
There's some vaginal bruising.Copy !req
34. She says it was rape.
And you're not buying it?Copy !req
35. She's definitely upset. Rape?Copy !req
36. My mother told me that ladies
don't go to rock stars'
hotel suites after midnight.Copy !req
37. Wanna give me a hint?
She claims it was C-Square.Copy !req
38. She's sedated now.
You'll have to come back.Copy !req
39. C-Square?
Smile, Lennie. Heavy metal.Copy !req
40. Your kids will probably
want his autograph.Copy !req
41. Four platinum records.Copy !req
42. You know what kind
of money that is?Copy !req
43. It'll keep his
great-great-grandchildren
driving Bentleys.Copy !req
44. I'm glad about his future.
What about his past?Copy !req
45. His real name is, get this...Copy !req
46. Clarence Carmichael.Copy !req
47. He was born right here
in Hell's Kitchen.
Now he lives in L.A.Copy !req
48. Besides being number one
on Tipper Gore's hit list
for dirty words, nothing.Copy !req
49. Rock 'n' roll rapist.
Not much in
the initial report.Copy !req
50. We got some pictures here,
but they don't really
take us anyplace.Copy !req
51. I see a lot of
black and blue.Copy !req
52. (Logan)
Shoulders, upper arms.Copy !req
53. This guy C-Square
weighs a 180.Copy !req
54. According to that report,
she was 100 soaking wet.Copy !req
55. The doctors
can ascertain intercourse,
but not necessarily rape.Copy !req
56. Yeah. I picked
this up on the way in.Copy !req
57. Have you ever had
a look at this guy?Copy !req
58. One more time,
on the kitchen floorCopy !req
59. Your tank's on empty
but I want moreCopy !req
60. I get what I want,
it's a one-way tripCopy !req
61. You ain't my lady,
you my bitchCopy !req
62. Great lyrics.
Early Cole Porter.Copy !req
63. Okay, okay, so what?
Being hairy
gets him 25-to-life?Copy !req
64. Just thinking
maybe he puts his monkey
where his mouth is.Copy !req
65. He came to my dorm.
He said we were going dancing.Copy !req
66. In his hotel room?Copy !req
67. He's rich. He's famous.Copy !req
68. Why would anyone believe
a normal person like me?Copy !req
69. We believe you, Julia,
but we have to ask.Copy !req
70. He was gonna
give me tickets to a concert.Copy !req
71. He said they were in his room,
the suite where
the President stayed.Copy !req
72. He said I'd get a kick
out of seeing it.Copy !req
73. And when you got up there?Copy !req
74. When he was done...Copy !req
75. he told me I could
find cab fare in his pocket.Copy !req
76. Did you scream
or try to get away?Copy !req
77. (Logan)
Look, Julia...Copy !req
78. we're not saying
that this didn't happen...Copy !req
79. but I got to tell you,
everybody knows his act.Copy !req
80. What's a jury gonna think,
they know you went
up to his room at that hour?Copy !req
81. He can have
any woman he wants.
Why did he do this to me?Copy !req
82. So this is why they bounced us
from the presidential suite,
eh?Copy !req
83. It's a crime scene.
They have to check it out.Copy !req
84. The crime is you guys
waking me up before noon,
okay?Copy !req
85. Hey.Copy !req
86. This is a fairy tale.
The girl's nuts.Copy !req
87. Me, I was up for dancing.Copy !req
88. But what's-her-face
had other plans.Copy !req
89. So you admit
you went to bed with her?
Yeah. Why wouldn't l?Copy !req
90. Well, because Julia
said that this is a bad case
of life imitating art.Copy !req
91. I write what sells, man.Copy !req
92. Doesn't mean I live it. Okay?
Okay.Copy !req
93. Last night,
little Miss College,
dressed up like that...Copy !req
94. I guess I was wrong.Copy !req
95. She said all she wanted
was some tickets.Copy !req
96. She came up to my room
to get her eyeballs
put on the ceiling, okay?Copy !req
97. (Logan)
Take it easy.Copy !req
98. What, did you get up
on the wrong side of your cage
this morning?Copy !req
99. Hey, Teddy...Copy !req
100. don't we have lawyers
for this?Copy !req
101. Yeah. It's okay, Clarence.
Right.Copy !req
102. It's obvious what crap's
going down here.
It is? Fill us in.Copy !req
103. Clarence is in town to sign
a six-album, $20-million deal.Copy !req
104. You got to see your Miss Wood
wants a little piece.Copy !req
105. So it's extortion, not rape?
Like that never happened?Copy !req
106. I been in the business
10 years, the last two with
Clarence. Give me a break.Copy !req
107. Just check her out.Copy !req
108. (Logan)
You know, my cousin
used to play bass in a band.Copy !req
109. Biggest joint they ever booked
was Louie's on Varick Street.Copy !req
110. They couldn't even
get a record company guy
to look at them.Copy !req
111. So now he's pumping gas?
Booze.Copy !req
112. But I got to tell you,
something about
rock 'n' roll...Copy !req
113. The chicks that used
to line up at his dressing
room door was unbelievable.Copy !req
114. Yeah, but Julia's
not like the ones we saw
hanging with the band.Copy !req
115. Just 'cause she wears
pleated skirts doesn't mean
she listens to Barry Manilow.Copy !req
116. You know,
most rape victims...Copy !req
117. they run home, grab a shower,
call a close friend.Copy !req
118. Julia heads
straight for a bar.Copy !req
119. Where the bartender said
she had a couple on the rocks.Copy !req
120. I wonder how many she had
to warm up with?Copy !req
121. Julia, Marti, and l
had an English exam
in the morning...Copy !req
122. and we went over to One Fifth
for lunch. You know,
kind of a celebration.Copy !req
123. Yeah? Did you talk
the bartender into giving
you a couple of bloody marys?Copy !req
124. We had cobb salads
and club soda.Copy !req
125. C-Square was there
with his entourage.Copy !req
126. And what? He hit on Julia
in the restaurant?Copy !req
127. (Patti)
It wasn't obnoxious
or anything.Copy !req
128. We were at a table for four
and he kind of
invited himself to join us.Copy !req
129. I hate to admit it,
but it was kind of a kick.Copy !req
130. You know,
the whole restaurant
staring at us.Copy !req
131. Julia mentioned
something about tickets.
They were for her brother.Copy !req
132. He's into heavy metal.Copy !req
133. So she was expecting
C-Square to drop by
with two in the front row?Copy !req
134. No. He said
he'd send them over.Copy !req
135. We were in our room studying,
around midnight...Copy !req
136. and C shows up,
looking for Julia.Copy !req
137. He said that the tickets
were down in the car.
Julia went down with him.Copy !req
138. And a couple of minutes
later, she called us
from his car phone...Copy !req
139. said they were
going out dancing.Copy !req
140. Julia usually go out dancing
after midnight?Copy !req
141. He's C-Square.Copy !req
142. (Briscoe)
The people in
the room next to his...Copy !req
143. were either
very sound sleepers...Copy !req
144. or Julia isn't a screamer,
'cause nobody heard anything.Copy !req
145. French silk. Button torn off.Copy !req
146. Sounds like
he was a little eager.Copy !req
147. You know,
I'm trying awfully hard
to be politically correct...Copy !req
148. but I've been eager myself.
It's no crime.
If you don't take no
for an answer, it is.Copy !req
149. Unless it was "no"
after the fact.Copy !req
150. If Ann-Margret had asked me
to go dancing when I was
standing at the altar...Copy !req
151. I would have turned
to the preacher and said,
"l don't."Copy !req
152. Fame makes people
do stupid things.Copy !req
153. Okay, so Julia's star-struck.Copy !req
154. Why does she call foul
after the fact?Copy !req
155. Money. Publicity. Guilt.
Probably in that order.Copy !req
156. You guys both single?
Three times.Copy !req
157. Hey, how about this?Copy !req
158. Julia's supposedly studying
when C-Square shows up.Copy !req
159. Now, what co-ed bones up on
calculus in a $100 blouse?Copy !req
160. Yeah. Maybe
she was expecting somebody.Copy !req
161. Do you think it's possible
that someone in the lobby...Copy !req
162. saw them on their way
up to his suite?Copy !req
163. C-Square checks in,
we put on extra security.Copy !req
164. Girls come out of the shag
in the carpet.Copy !req
165. What about this girl?Copy !req
166. Yeah, sure.
She was with him last night.Copy !req
167. They look pretty friendly?
He had his arm around her.Copy !req
168. And how accommodating
was the girl?Copy !req
169. Like a cat after
five courses of canary.
Happy she made the short list.Copy !req
170. So it's the same routine
every night, different girl.Copy !req
171. Actually,
he's had a regular.Copy !req
172. A tall blond with him
every other night this week.Copy !req
173. You got a name for the blond?
We don't keep track
of our guests' guests.Copy !req
174. Let me explain something.Copy !req
175. This girl in the picture here
had a couple of belts
in the bar.Copy !req
176. She's only 19.Copy !req
177. (desk clerk)
He could sue me for this.Copy !req
178. He called the same
four numbers every day.Copy !req
179. I got a feeling
one of them's a blond.Copy !req
180. (Sheila)
Whenever he's in town, we have
drinks, dinner. What of it?Copy !req
181. We were just wondering,
did he kiss you on the cheek
at the doorstep after dessert?Copy !req
182. What's this about?Copy !req
183. We found out that you spent
six of the last seven nights
at his apartment.Copy !req
184. Then I'm sure you know
exactly where it was
that he kissed me.Copy !req
185. And exactly
what of mine you can kiss.Copy !req
186. You guys don't look like Vice.Copy !req
187. Look like them?
We don't even know
their phone number.Copy !req
188. Teddy Wayne, C-Square's
manager, always puts me
together with the top people.Copy !req
189. You might call me
an entertainer's entertainer.Copy !req
190. So if he buys off the rack,
you mean, he never really
knows what he's getting.Copy !req
191. Guys in C-Square's
stratosphere,
they're sitting ducks...Copy !req
192. for people with bad intentions
and/or bad infections.Copy !req
193. Teddy looks out for him.Copy !req
194. I'm well compensated for
a week's work and everybody
gets a good night's sleep.Copy !req
195. Yeah, all right. You got paid
for a week, but what happened
to last night?Copy !req
196. C-Square was supposed
to pick me up at 5:00.Copy !req
197. 4:45 he calls,
says he made other plans.Copy !req
198. So I did the same.Copy !req
199. Tall drink of water.
Made me break a sweat.Copy !req
200. I wonder if she takes
charge cards. Here we go.Copy !req
201. Listen,
if you had a sure thing...Copy !req
202. you gonna cancel
unless you had someone
waiting in the wings?Copy !req
203. You mean Julia?
Not my type.
I like them a little dirty.Copy !req
204. Well, maybe C-Square likes
the smell of soap.Copy !req
205. What do you say
we ask her over to our place?Copy !req
206. I was trying to do something
nice for my brother.Copy !req
207. He's into heavy metal.
I thought if I could get him
tickets to the Garden—Copy !req
208. So you go up to
this guy's hotel room?Copy !req
209. In my grandmother's day
it was etchings.
You think I'm lying?Copy !req
210. Guy's a star. Who knows?
A lot of girls
might consider you lucky.Copy !req
211. You think I would've
gone up there if I knew
what he was gonna do?Copy !req
212. So you went up there
with no expectations.Copy !req
213. He's good-looking,
he's famous, rich.Copy !req
214. You weren't thinking,
"Maybe I'll see what
it's like, just this once."Copy !req
215. Why does it matter
what I thought?
He wouldn't let me leave.Copy !req
216. He grabbed me.
He stuck his tongue
down my throat.Copy !req
217. You try to push him away?Copy !req
218. Do I have to do this?Copy !req
219. He didn't commit
a Class A felony
with his tongue, Julia.Copy !req
220. You made
a serious charge here.
This is part of the drill.Copy !req
221. I went into the bathroom.Copy !req
222. When I came out he was naked.Copy !req
223. He threw me down on the bed,
pulled up my skirt,
tore my underwear off...Copy !req
224. You know what happens.
You're helpless.Copy !req
225. You just shut your eyes
and want it to be over.Copy !req
226. Julia,
I'm gonna get a cup of coffee.
You need anything?Copy !req
227. Okay, give her a lift home.Copy !req
228. We dropping it?
No.Copy !req
229. What? Did she slip you
a note in code?Copy !req
230. "Shut your eyes
and want it to be over"?
That girl was raped.Copy !req
231. We're giving her facts.
She's giving us
feminine intuition.Copy !req
232. At this rate,
the precinct's budget's gonna
go swirling down the toilet.Copy !req
233. Since when are you
so fiscally responsible?Copy !req
234. Come on,
a detective with brains
wouldn't pull this crap.Copy !req
235. Maybe the lady lieutenant's
got a take on this
that we don't have.Copy !req
236. I mean, what the hell
do we know about what goes on
in a girl's mind...Copy !req
237. when some guy's groping her?Copy !req
238. You're forgetting,
his other girlfriend said
he was a pussycat.Copy !req
239. Yeah,
but she's on the payroll.
We need somebody who isn't.Copy !req
240. How about a Mrs. C-Square?Copy !req
241. I hate to think of the stories
my exes would tell.Copy !req
242. (Sharon)
Remember Different Colors?Copy !req
243. Clarence wrote that one
for me.Copy !req
244. (Logan)
I guess
those were better times.Copy !req
245. What changes?
That boy still likes
his reruns, though.Copy !req
246. He comes into town
and it's the same old story.Copy !req
247. "Sharon, won't you please
come home."Copy !req
248. And what? You turn him down?
Well, that depends.Copy !req
249. I mean, I've been going
with this guy since I was 17.Copy !req
250. Married him two years later.
Got so, I don't know,
I kind of like it.Copy !req
251. So what happened?
You got tired of life
on the cover of Rolling Stone?Copy !req
252. Clarence has got
one large sexual appetite.Copy !req
253. Any reruns this trip?Copy !req
254. Andy, sweetie,
why don't you go inside
for a little bit. Okay?Copy !req
255. Two nights ago, he comes over,
and he lays it on thick,
like molasses.Copy !req
256. Dinner, flowers,
you name it.Copy !req
257. Andy gets me up at 6:00.
It's after midnight.
Maid's on vacation.Copy !req
258. How's Clarence take rejection?Copy !req
259. About the way Andy takes it
when I tell her
she can't have her rocky road.Copy !req
260. Problem for Clarence,
I scream a lot louder
than Andy.Copy !req
261. Well, it looks like
C-Square's sure thing
wasn't Julia.Copy !req
262. Yeah. He's in heat, his ex
turns him down, he's already
canceled his other date.Copy !req
263. Oh, well,
that scenario happens to me
a couple of times a week.Copy !req
264. So it's too late
to pick up the local virgin
down at the soda shop.Copy !req
265. He remembers Julia,
finds her address...Copy !req
266. And he and his hormones
head downtown in the limo?Copy !req
267. Yeah, but Julia said
C-Square was gonna
give her money for a cab.Copy !req
268. Why do you take a cab
when you've got a limo?Copy !req
269. I'm on 24 per.
Some nights I sit downstairs,
read the paper.Copy !req
270. How about last night?Copy !req
271. All right, so maybe
I caught a couple of z's.
That against the law?Copy !req
272. How do you know C-Square
wasn't looking for you?Copy !req
273. Between me, you,
and the coffee pot,
all right?Copy !req
274. My man's in for the night.
So I figure, what the hell,
I'm not tired.Copy !req
275. Plenty of time
to pick up some fares.
That's a no-no around here.Copy !req
276. How did you know
he was in for the night?
He told me.Copy !req
277. Said to come by
around noon for breakfast.Copy !req
278. Thanks.Copy !req
279. He told us he wanted
to go dancing.Copy !req
280. If you send your limo home,
you ain't going dancing.Copy !req
281. Do I have to tell you
100 times?Copy !req
282. We went up to my room,
the girl jumped me. Okay?Copy !req
283. All right. Tell me this.Copy !req
284. If Julia jumped you...Copy !req
285. how come she was
wearing all her clothes
and you were buck naked?Copy !req
286. Hey, whatever floats
her boat.Copy !req
287. You know, I don't think
that's very funny.Copy !req
288. I got a strong feeling
that the only way you get any
is to take it.Copy !req
289. You better be careful, man.Copy !req
290. You go too long,
juices back up,
it makes you bonzo.Copy !req
291. Well, tell me this, Clarence,
where were you planning
on going dancing?Copy !req
292. The girl said she wanted
to go to The Palladium.Copy !req
293. Well, what magic carpet
was gonna fly you there?Copy !req
294. See,
that club's way downtown...Copy !req
295. and we know you told your
limo driver to pack it in.Copy !req
296. You want 100 names? 1,000?Copy !req
297. Look, if this Julia chick
doesn't want it, I pick up
the phone and presto.Copy !req
298. I don't spend a night
by myself, okay? And there's
no way I have to rape anyone.Copy !req
299. Well, unless she was a nice,
squeaky-clean, preppy girl.Copy !req
300. And there was Julia,
right in your bedroom.
That's right.Copy !req
301. Tight young bod,
pleated skirt. Hey,
should have been there, man.Copy !req
302. What's the problem?Copy !req
303. The problem is,
she told you
to hit the brakes.Copy !req
304. You still don't get it,
do you, man? I'm C-Square.Copy !req
305. This piece of cheese thinks
the world owes him something.Copy !req
306. (Briscoe)
Yeah, a lot of women
would agree.Copy !req
307. I mean,
he says his black book's
into quadruple digits.Copy !req
308. If any of these women
told him to stop...Copy !req
309. do you think
he's the kind of guy
who'd listen?Copy !req
310. I think he's been standing
too close to his speakers
for too long.Copy !req
311. These rock 'n' rollers
are a traveling menagerie.Copy !req
312. You try talking
to any of them?Copy !req
313. Hey,
you're on the gravy train,
you don't shoot the conductor.Copy !req
314. What's the manager's name?
Teddy Wayne.Copy !req
315. He said he took over
C-Square's career
two years ago. Right?Copy !req
316. The guy's been
on the charts for what,
five years?Copy !req
317. Maybe the guy who had
the privilege of managing
C-Square before Wayne...Copy !req
318. might feel like he got raped.Copy !req
319. (Feinberg)
Ungrateful bastard.Copy !req
320. He'd still be bussing tables
here if it wasn't for me.Copy !req
321. A lot of guys forget
the people they met
on the way up the ladder.Copy !req
322. I'm not talking
about birthday cards,
Detective.Copy !req
323. I got him
his first record deal.Copy !req
324. I had him signed
to a 10-year contract
to manage him.Copy !req
325. And what happened?
Teddy Wayne's what happened.Copy !req
326. Tells Clarence
I'm screwing up his career.Copy !req
327. 10% of $100 million
should be in my
money market...Copy !req
328. and for that
I'd have looked out for him.Copy !req
329. You think this girl's
on the up-and-up?
We're looking
for confirmation.Copy !req
330. It was about six months
after Clarence left me,
he comes in here.Copy !req
331. He's in trouble, see,
so he comes back to me.Copy !req
332. Some girl in Passaic
accused him of some
very nasty things.Copy !req
333. He's scared.
He sees the whole thing
slipping away.Copy !req
334. I remember her name.
McCartney. No relation.Copy !req
335. Got to the stadium
at 4:00 a.m. on a Monday...Copy !req
336. slept on the sidewalk
till Wednesday to get tickets.Copy !req
337. I was 18. I was crazy.
I hope you got good seats.Copy !req
338. Eighth row.Copy !req
339. Right after the first break,
one of the roadies
slips me a note.Copy !req
340. C-Square wants
to buy me dinner
after the show.Copy !req
341. That's an offer
you couldn't refuse, right?Copy !req
342. Refuse?
50,000 people, he chose me?Copy !req
343. I was in heaven.Copy !req
344. Let me guess, C-Square
had a nice, full refrigerator
back at his hotel suite.Copy !req
345. We ordered pizzas.
(Logan)
Just the two of you?Copy !req
346. I thought we were gonna eat.
He was all over me.Copy !req
347. He got rough.
I kept saying,
"Hey, stop. I don't want to."Copy !req
348. It didn't make a difference.Copy !req
349. That's called rape, Tina.
I talked to the D.A.Copy !req
350. He said I could prosecute
if I wanted to but...Copy !req
351. You know.
No, no, we don't know.Copy !req
352. Did you take
the D.A.'s advice?
Maybe I did lead him on.Copy !req
353. Anyway, I got the money.
Money, how?Copy !req
354. C-Square's manager
gave me $10,000.Copy !req
355. Said he was sorry
for the misunderstanding.Copy !req
356. There's at least
one other victim out there.
It happened the same way
as with Julia.Copy !req
357. Girl goes up to his room
willingly and he's only got
one thing on his mind.Copy !req
358. It shows predisposition.
Which isn't admissible
in court.Copy !req
359. Well, how many rapists
you know are gonna
rent out Shea Stadium?Copy !req
360. We're not gonna find
any witnesses.Copy !req
361. It's not so much
that I believe her
as I don't believe him.Copy !req
362. Call it my male intuition.
Pick him up.Copy !req
363. Clarence Carmichael.
Okay, you got me.
I shot the sheriff.Copy !req
364. But the deputy, I swear,
that was some other dude.Copy !req
365. I just love
rock 'n' roll.Copy !req
366. Clarence Carmichael,
you're under arrest
for the rape of Julia Wood.Copy !req
367. You have the right
to remain silent.Copy !req
368. You have the right
to kiss my ass—Copy !req
369. Just keep quiet, Clarence.
This is harassment.
False arrest.Copy !req
370. You'll hear
from our lawyers.Copy !req
371. Oh, no. Not the lawyers.
I'm scared. You scared, Mike?Copy !req
372. I'm shaking
in my blue suede shoes.Copy !req
373. (C-Square)
Bye, honey.Copy !req
374. (clerk)
"Docket number 679073.Copy !req
375. "People versus Clarence
Carmichael. Charge is rape
in the first degree."Copy !req
376. Nice place
you got here, Judge.Copy !req
377. How do you plead?
Not guilty.Copy !req
378. Not guilty.Copy !req
379. What do the People
have to say?
People request
bail of $250,000.Copy !req
380. Ms. Diamond?
That's fine, Your Honor.Copy !req
381. There's no business
like show business. Next.Copy !req
382. See you later.
See you later.Copy !req
383. Ms. Diamond? Claire Kincaid.Copy !req
384. Yes, Ms. Kincaid.Copy !req
385. This side of the table's
a long way...Copy !req
386. from the doctrine
you presented
in your Harvard lectures.Copy !req
387. Not when your side
confuses feminism...Copy !req
388. with destroying a man's life
for money and publicity.Copy !req
389. It's time we turned in
our passivity and took more
responsibility for our lives.Copy !req
390. That's the feminism
I lecture about now.Copy !req
391. She's one of the top
defense lawyers in the city.Copy !req
392. A judicial conference
this early in the case
doesn't make sense.Copy !req
393. No papers. She probably
just wants to go over
the parameters of discovery.Copy !req
394. Adele Diamond?
I wish life were that simple.Copy !req
395. Recuse myself?Copy !req
396. I put on my robes,
I leave my politics behind.Copy !req
397. In five years
no one's ever even hinted
that I've been biased.Copy !req
398. This is ridiculous, Adele.
Half the people sitting on the
bench are former A.D.A.'s...Copy !req
399. and most of them
have prosecuted rapes.Copy !req
400. Is everybody through?Copy !req
401. And it isn't your politics
I object to, Your Honor.
It's your genealogy.Copy !req
402. This better be good,
Counselor.Copy !req
403. Specifically,
one Gary Bergman.
I believe he's your nephew.Copy !req
404. My husband's sister's oldest.
I haven't seen him
since his bar mitzvah.Copy !req
405. He's also a limited partner
in a restaurant in L.A.
called The Amp.Copy !req
406. (Kincaid)
We're talking about
a rape trial 3,000 miles away.Copy !req
407. What influence
could that possibly have?Copy !req
408. If you'll let me finish,
Miss...
Kincaid. Claire Kincaid.Copy !req
409. The Amp has been losing money
hand over fist...Copy !req
410. and the limited partners
have filed suit against
the general partner.Copy !req
411. Let me guess.
The general partner
is your client.Copy !req
412. Clarence is scared
that you'll hold it
against him...Copy !req
413. and I can hardly say
I blame him.Copy !req
414. No, Adele, you're scared of
having a woman hear this case.Copy !req
415. Nonsense, Ben.Copy !req
416. This connection is so tenuous,
Your Honor...Copy !req
417. no bar committee
in the world could
fault you for continuing.Copy !req
418. Unfortunately,
it's the appearance of
impropriety I must deal with.Copy !req
419. Your motion is granted,
Counselor. I'm off the case.Copy !req
420. My clerk will draw up
the papers after lunch.Copy !req
421. I thought they had laws
intended to shield us.Copy !req
422. (Kincaid)
Someone tipped off
the tabloids.Copy !req
423. They prefer to publish today,
worry about the consequences
tomorrow.Copy !req
424. Mr. Stone. Mr. Wood and Julia.Copy !req
425. How do you do? Ms. Wood.
Please be seated.Copy !req
426. Julia and I have been over it.Copy !req
427. (Wood)
Backwards and forwards, and
there is only one conclusion.Copy !req
428. To pursue this matter
any further is not in
my daughter's best interest.Copy !req
429. Ms. Wood, I can't put myself
in your position.Copy !req
430. But I can sympathize.Copy !req
431. A rape trial
can be very painful.Copy !req
432. But balancing
the bad and the good—Copy !req
433. (Wood)
Good?Copy !req
434. Reporters are already camping
on my front lawn.Copy !req
435. They're going
through my garbage.
I can't live like that.Copy !req
436. Your daughter was the victim
of a Class A felony, Mr. Wood.
Not you.Copy !req
437. This will become
the central fact of her life
for much too long.Copy !req
438. (Stone)
Ms. Wood...Copy !req
439. I will do everything
in my power to protect
your privacy in the future.Copy !req
440. I'm sorry. I just can't do it.Copy !req
441. It was the father's decision,
Adam. I doubt if the daughter
was even consulted.Copy !req
442. Yeah, well, it's for the best.
You'll have a hell of a time
explaining...Copy !req
443. what that girl was doing
in his room after midnight.Copy !req
444. But does the 70-year-old
mugging victim
have to explain why...Copy !req
445. he was riding alone
on a subway at night?Copy !req
446. Well,
it'd make our job easier.Copy !req
447. Of course it would.
We wouldn't have
any more victims.Copy !req
448. I don't want regret
prosecuted as rape.Copy !req
449. She told him to stop, Adam.Copy !req
450. Yeah. I tell my grandson:Copy !req
451. "Your mother doesn't
want you eating any candy."Copy !req
452. And then I leave him
alone in a room
with a jar full of M&Ms.Copy !req
453. Julia Wood
is not a piece of candy, Adam.
To Clarence Carmichael she is.Copy !req
454. And that's why
we should pursue it.Copy !req
455. Yes, come in.Copy !req
456. You'd better read this.Copy !req
457. "Julia Wood, the co-ed
claiming to have been raped
by rocker C-Square...Copy !req
458. "reportedly told her roommates
earlier that day...Copy !req
459. "that it was a crime
how much money
the singer earned...Copy !req
460. "and that his ex-wife deserved
all the millions she received
in the divorce."Copy !req
461. (Schiff)
Well, that's just great.Copy !req
462. We can forget about a deal.Copy !req
463. Between her father
and the media, no wonder
she's running for cover.Copy !req
464. All I want to know is
was she, in fact, raped?Copy !req
465. And if she was?
Well, I'll get her into court.Copy !req
466. I think you might scare her.
You're probably right.Copy !req
467. You talk to her.Copy !req
468. I just want to be left alone.
Why can't anyone
understand that?Copy !req
469. You mean, you never thought
about his money?Copy !req
470. My father dragged me
to a lawyer's office.Copy !req
471. You hired an attorney?
I talked to him.
I never hired him.Copy !req
472. I was raped.Copy !req
473. Do you actually think
that any amount of money
will make that go away?Copy !req
474. You must have read
what your roommate
told the newspapers.Copy !req
475. You know the impression
that gives.
Of course I read it.Copy !req
476. That reporter
put words in her mouth.
It made me feel like a whore.Copy !req
477. You can't tell me
you've never been there.Copy !req
478. Some guy
has his hand in your...
And he won't stop.Copy !req
479. What's the use?Copy !req
480. You don't even believe me.
I do believe you.Copy !req
481. That's the problem.Copy !req
482. You know, Julia,
if you don't pursue this,
he wins.Copy !req
483. And you'll always
feel like a whore.Copy !req
484. I examined Ms. Wood
within two hours
of the alleged rape.Copy !req
485. What were the results
of your examination?Copy !req
486. I found semen.
There were hematomas on her
upper arms and shoulders.Copy !req
487. Vaginal bruising.Copy !req
488. And based on this examination,
what conclusion did you reach?Copy !req
489. (Wells)
The physical evidence and
her psychological demeanor...Copy !req
490. during the several hours
following her admission
are consistent with rape.Copy !req
491. Thank you.Copy !req
492. "Her psychological
demeanor." I see.Copy !req
493. The patient
was in shock, was she?
No.Copy !req
494. She was screaming
hysterically?
No.Copy !req
495. I don't understand, Doctor.Copy !req
496. What psychological demeanor
are you referring to?Copy !req
497. She was depressed,
listless, uncommunicative.Copy !req
498. Let's put Ms. Wood's
psychological demeanor
aside for a moment.Copy !req
499. Judging from the physical
evidence alone...Copy !req
500. could you say beyond
any reasonable doubt
that she was raped...Copy !req
501. as opposed to engaging
in enthusiastic intercourse?Copy !req
502. No.Copy !req
503. As soon as
we got to his suite,
his whole attitude changed.Copy !req
504. Julia, could you speak
a little louder, please?Copy !req
505. He became,
I don't know, crude.Copy !req
506. Like I was just there
to be used.Copy !req
507. It turned me off.Copy !req
508. So what did you do?Copy !req
509. I said it was late
and I was going home...Copy !req
510. but he grabbed me and said
I wasn't going anywhere.Copy !req
511. He started groping
at my blouse.
He ripped a button.Copy !req
512. I asked him to stop.Copy !req
513. And did he listen?Copy !req
514. He laughed.Copy !req
515. I pulled away and went
into the bathroom and locked
the door. I was shaking.Copy !req
516. I don't know,
maybe 10 minutes later,
it was quiet.Copy !req
517. So I thought maybe
he'd left or passed out.Copy !req
518. (Stone)
So you came out
into the bedroom?Copy !req
519. He was naked.Copy !req
520. He was mad because
I still had my clothes on.Copy !req
521. He threw me down on the bed.Copy !req
522. Did you say anything
when he did that?
I said, "No."Copy !req
523. Continue, please.Copy !req
524. He forced my legs open.
He was so strong.Copy !req
525. Then he was inside me.Copy !req
526. Thank you, Julia.Copy !req
527. When he grabbed you and tried
to unbutton your blouse,
did you scream?Copy !req
528. No.Copy !req
529. Did you call for help?
I thought he would hurt me.
I was scared.Copy !req
530. But you had enough
presence of mind
to go into the bathroom.Copy !req
531. I just wanted him
to leave me alone.Copy !req
532. (Diamond)
Tell me, Julia,
why didn't you...Copy !req
533. pick up the telephone
on the wall next to the toilet
and call for help?Copy !req
534. I didn't think. I don't know.Copy !req
535. Isn't it true, Julia, that you
got a thrill out of being
with a famous rock star?Copy !req
536. Yes.Copy !req
537. Enough to fantasize
about sleeping with him?Copy !req
538. What I thought doesn't
make a difference. I begged
him to stop and he didn't.Copy !req
539. Very dramatic, Julia.Copy !req
540. Tell me,
has anyone from the media
approached you...Copy !req
541. about selling your rights
to this story?Copy !req
542. Yes, but I won't talk to them.Copy !req
543. Have you been in touch
with any lawyers or agents...Copy !req
544. who told you how much
you might make as a result
of these allegations?Copy !req
545. No.Copy !req
546. (Diamond)
No further questions.Copy !req
547. (Stone)
She perjured herself. Lied
about talking to a lawyer.Copy !req
548. Yeah.Copy !req
549. If you were sufficiently
informed...Copy !req
550. to recognize
the girl's perjury...Copy !req
551. why weren't you sufficiently
prepared to prevent it?Copy !req
552. I just found out myself.Copy !req
553. Julia told me about it
before the trial.Copy !req
554. You didn't think
you ought to tell somebody?Copy !req
555. She told me
that her father brought her
to the lawyer's office.Copy !req
556. She swore
that she didn't retain him.Copy !req
557. I didn't think it was relevant
to whether or not
she was raped. I still don't.Copy !req
558. Yeah. Did you notify Diamond?Copy !req
559. (Schiff)
She's already planning
her acquittal party.Copy !req
560. We can't afford
these mistakes.Copy !req
561. I'm very sorry.
I'm sure you are.Copy !req
562. We came forward
as soon as we learned
about the perjury.Copy !req
563. There is no
ethical violation.Copy !req
564. Don't you think
we can rationalize
Julia's lie to the jury?Copy !req
565. Ms. Kincaid...Copy !req
566. my immediate concern
is something altogether
different from that.Copy !req
567. Specifically,
being able to trust
the people that I work with.Copy !req
568. You have the right
to be angry. Okay.Copy !req
569. I made a mistake
and I'm ready to
take the heat for it.Copy !req
570. But I resent the implication
that I breached your trust.Copy !req
571. I'm not interested
in what you resent,
Ms. Kincaid.Copy !req
572. I think it would be wise
if you requested
a change of assignment...Copy !req
573. immediately after
Mr. Carmichael is acquitted.Copy !req
574. Fine.Copy !req
575. Ms. Wood,
yesterday I asked you...Copy !req
576. if you had the occasion
to speak with a lawyer...Copy !req
577. about any commercial aspects
of this case.Copy !req
578. Do you remember that?
Yes.Copy !req
579. And how did you answer
the question?
I said I didn't.Copy !req
580. I see. Was that the truth?
No.Copy !req
581. So you lied to this court,
is that correct?Copy !req
582. All I did was speak
to a lawyer. It doesn't mean
I wasn't raped.Copy !req
583. I see. And is that the story
you'd like to stick with?Copy !req
584. Maybe this will help
you decide.Copy !req
585. Do you recognize this?Copy !req
586. Ms. Wood.Copy !req
587. It's a retainer agreement
with a lawyer.Copy !req
588. (Diamond)
And whose signature
is that at the bottom?Copy !req
589. It's mine.Copy !req
590. Newspapers, television,
they wouldn't leave us alone.Copy !req
591. My father thought
we needed someone
to protect us.Copy !req
592. To deal with the reporters.Copy !req
593. Books, movies of the week...Copy !req
594. and the mother
of all jackpots...Copy !req
595. a civil suit after you
already have a conviction
in your pocket.Copy !req
596. It's better than the lottery,
isn't it, Julia?Copy !req
597. Why are you doing this to me?Copy !req
598. It's not me, Julia.
You sold yourself
for a wink and a prayer.Copy !req
599. Redirect, Mr. Stone?Copy !req
600. No, Your Honor.Copy !req
601. They're always all over me
after concerts. Backstage.Copy !req
602. I can't even
walk down the street.
She was no different.Copy !req
603. In what way
is she like the others,
Clarence?Copy !req
604. I talked to her
for maybe five minutes.
She came up to my room.Copy !req
605. When did she say
she didn't want sex?Copy !req
606. She didn't.
She didn't say anything when
I started with her blouse.Copy !req
607. Is this the shirt
she was wearing?
Yeah.Copy !req
608. And was it buttoned
clear up to the top button?Copy !req
609. No, it was only
closed up to this one,
the one that came off.Copy !req
610. The third one from the top.Copy !req
611. Look, I'm telling you,
she wanted me.Copy !req
612. I know
what happened in that room.
There's no way I raped her.Copy !req
613. Mr. C-Square...Copy !req
614. did Julia Wood
ever tell you...Copy !req
615. that she wanted
to have sex?Copy !req
616. She was definitely
putting out a scent, yeah.Copy !req
617. By coming to your room?
That's right.Copy !req
618. So that any woman
coming into your room...Copy !req
619. is implicitly
consenting to sex?Copy !req
620. They don't come for the view,
that's for sure.Copy !req
621. Look, any time of the week,
I go to a club and I come home
with any lady I want.Copy !req
622. And do you make love
to all of them?
That's what I do.Copy !req
623. Do you recognize this?
Sure, it's the words
to one of my songs.Copy !req
624. Objection, it's irrelevant.
It goes to state of mind,
Your Honor.Copy !req
625. Then it's overly
prejudicial and inflammatory.Copy !req
626. The witness has sold millions
of albums, Ms. Diamond.
How prejudicial can it be?Copy !req
627. All right,
you can proceed, Mr. Stone.Copy !req
628. I'd like
the court clerk to read
the highlighted portion.Copy !req
629. "One more time, on the kitchen
floor. Your tank's on empty
but I want more.Copy !req
630. "l get what I want,
it's a one-way trip. You
ain't my lady, you my bitch."Copy !req
631. That's all, your honor.Copy !req
632. A man and a woman,
both young, both attractive...Copy !req
633. retire to a hotel room
after midnight.Copy !req
634. Throw in the fact that the man
is a famous musician...Copy !req
635. talented and wealthy
beyond anyone's dreams.Copy !req
636. And what do you think
is going to happen
in that room?Copy !req
637. Now, Ms. Wood admitted
that she had a little bit
of sex on the brain.Copy !req
638. She went up
to Mr. Carmichael's room.Copy !req
639. She unbuttoned her blouse
and showed a bit of cleavage.Copy !req
640. What was he supposed to think?Copy !req
641. Well, exactly
what you must be thinking...Copy !req
642. that she wanted it as much,
if not more, than he did.Copy !req
643. Now, we all want
to believe a woman
when she says she said no.Copy !req
644. But how can we believe her...Copy !req
645. after she
lied intentionally...Copy !req
646. in this courtroom, under oath.Copy !req
647. She says she lied
because she was scared.Copy !req
648. But the evidence shows
that she lied...Copy !req
649. because she wanted
to take advantage of
my client's wealth and fame...Copy !req
650. and didn't want you
to know about it.Copy !req
651. Ms. Wood may have said no.Copy !req
652. Unfortunately,
she said it a day too late,
and that doesn't count.Copy !req
653. Yes. Julia Wood...Copy !req
654. willingly joined
Mr. C-Square in his limo.Copy !req
655. And, yes, she willingly
went up to his hotel room.Copy !req
656. And, yes, she even thought
of having sex with him.Copy !req
657. But to give her
the benefit of the doubt...Copy !req
658. Mr. Clarence "C-Square"
Carmichael is rich...Copy !req
659. and to some people
in this courtroom,
he's attractive.Copy !req
660. And, of course,
he's world-famous.Copy !req
661. But Julia Wood did not ask...Copy !req
662. to be thrown down on the bed.Copy !req
663. She did not ask...Copy !req
664. to have her legs pried open.Copy !req
665. She did not ask
to be pinned down...Copy !req
666. and forcibly penetrated.Copy !req
667. Julia Wood said no.Copy !req
668. And whatever expectations
she had going up
to that hotel suite...Copy !req
669. once she got there,
she changed her mind.
And that's her right.Copy !req
670. But in Mr. C-Square's world...Copy !req
671. a woman's rights
are of no consequence.Copy !req
672. Sex is an entitlement
of his stardom.Copy !req
673. Julia Wood...Copy !req
674. ain't a lady.Copy !req
675. She a bitch, an amusement.Copy !req
676. To be held prisoner...Copy !req
677. and used until he decides
that he's through with her.Copy !req
678. In our country, one
of the fundamental rights...Copy !req
679. is the right of any of us
to say no.Copy !req
680. We do it in our religion.
We do it in our politics.Copy !req
681. And in our workplace.Copy !req
682. And in our world,
when a woman says no
and a man ignores her...Copy !req
683. that's rape
in the first degree.Copy !req
684. Have you reached a verdict?
(Foreman)
We have, Your Honor.Copy !req
685. (Barsky)
On the sole count
of the indictment...Copy !req
686. rape in the first degree,
how do you find?Copy !req
687. We find the defendant,
Clarence Carmichael, guilty.Copy !req
688. I'm preparing a calendar
of pending cases.Copy !req
689. I'll forward it
to your secretary.Copy !req
690. For all the problems we had,
I do want to thank you
for a learning experience.Copy !req
691. These working relationships
they can be...Copy !req
692. very difficult.
I remember one assistant...Copy !req
693. he stapled an internal memo
to a document
that he then sent...Copy !req
694. to defendant's counsel
and that case was lost.Copy !req
695. I thought
it was a career-ender
but they...Copy !req
696. They gave me another chance.Copy !req
697. So, see you in the morning?Copy !req