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NARRATOR:
In the criminal justice system
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the people are represented by two
separate yet equally important groups,
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the police
who investigate crime
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and the district attorneys
who prosecute the offenders.
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These are their stories.
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Look at the line. Chicago's
gonna be sold out.
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I told you we should've
gotten here earlier.
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Yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah.
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If we'd left the house when I wanted to.
I said, I hear you.
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Hey, punk. Watch it.
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See, this is why I hate
coming into the city.
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I'm tired of
your excuses, Bob.
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Now, this move
is awin-win.
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No. This is a very...
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(sun FIRING)
(PEOPLE SCREAMING)
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What's the condition
of the victims?
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One DOA at the scene, one on
the bus on the way to the OR.
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Is he gonna make it?
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Shot in the abdomen.
He was conscious.
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So who's the DOA?
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OFFICER: Roman Rybakov,
45, Queens address.
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Took one in the chest and
in the back of the head.
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We're trying to
reach the next of kin.
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You guys
catching this one?
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Yeah. Detective Green
from the 27.
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This is my partner,
Joe Fontana.
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Marley,
Public Information.
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What can we do
for you, Lieutenant?
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I got two actresses
on a ride-along,
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background for
a buddy movie.
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Oh. I don't
recognize 'em.
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Supposed to be big
on basic cable.
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(SIREN WAILING) Anyway, we were
around the corner on Sixth.
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They think they might have
seen a person of interest
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fleeing the scene.
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I owe you one.
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Okay, Lieutenant. Looks like
your Hollywood ride-alongs
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just became
our witnesses.
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Ladies,
I'm Detective Fontana.
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I think he was black.
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You think?
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Well, black
but Hispanic.
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You know,
not American.
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Cuban, maybe.
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He, singular?
Just one shooter?
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There were more
than one?
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You think the man you saw
with the gun was Hispanic.
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You heard an accent?
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No, you can just tell.
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Something about them
says Hispanic.
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Uh-huh, okay.
So, how tall was he?
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Oh, I don't know.
How tall is he?
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Yeah, I saw 'em.
Them?
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Yeah, it was
two dudes for sure.
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One of 'em was, like,
real short.
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I didn't see anything.
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I heard two shots.
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I was on the ground by the
time I heard the next two.
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Two, and then two more?
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Yeah, four. Total.
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Look, I really need to
be on my way.
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So, over there
on the sidewalk,
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is that what they
call "brain matter"?
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Yes, as a matter
of fact, it is.
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So, you saw someone
get into what you think
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may have been
a getaway car.
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It was blue.
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Or black.
I'm not sure.
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And I was turned this
way, facing east.
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Actually, that's west.
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One guy,
he threw open the door
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and hejumped
in the back seat.
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It was blue.
A blue SUV.
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There you go. Now, that
wasn't hard, was it?
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Now, what did
the guy look like?
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CHIEF: The Commissioner
wants a daily briefing
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so he can apprise His
Honor of your progress.
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VAN BUREN: Of course.
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Detectives.
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Chief.
Chief.
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Twenty-seven
eyewitnesses,
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and the only thing a majority
agree on is four shots fired.
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So we're looking for a tall,
white, Haitian, Hispanic midget
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with maybe an accomplice
who took the subway?
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Or, according to the two
starlets that I interviewed,
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drove off
in a blue SUV.
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By the way,
who are going to make
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very believable police officers.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
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Got a seven
on the survivor.
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Ernesto Borges,
Broadmore Medical.
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Looks like he's
gonna pull through.
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You should be there when
he gets out of surgery.
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And if they remove
any rounds,
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get them over
to Ballistics.
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The boss call, he say, "Somebody sick.
You work?"
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I say, "Sure, I work."
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lgo in.
I wake up here.
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Take it easy.
I didn't see nothing.
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Honest.
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I'm not gonna
lose my job?
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No, you're not gonna lose your job.
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
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You see, we're not interested
in your immigration status,
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if that's what you're worried about.
Yeah.
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But we are interested in
finding the guy who shot you.
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Soifyou remember
anything, call us, okay?
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All right. s1.
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ED: All right. Later.
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The DOA from Queens, Mr.Rybakov?
Yeah?
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He's a diamond merchant.
Oh.
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No offense
to Mr. Borges,
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but I'm guessing that
Rybakov is the real target.
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The store manager
tells the Lieutenant
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that there's diamonds
missing from the store.
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A lot of 'em.
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Missing diamonds?
Uh-huh.
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A target
and a motive?
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I like that.
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We received a shipment of 22
uncut blue flawless stones
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from Amsterdam
two months ago.
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How much is something
like that worth?
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Ten thousand
per karat per stone.
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I'm talking wholesale,
of course.
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Of course.
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So, roughly a quarter
of a million dollars?
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We cut and polish them
and put them in the safe.
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After I heard
what happened to Roman,
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I checked our inventory.
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Then I called you.
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So, you think Mr. Rybakov had
those diamonds with him?
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I didn't take them.
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Roman often carried
a fortune in stones
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from one appointment
to another.
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He'd put them
in an envelope,
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wrap them in a handkerchief,
stick them in his pocket.
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That's pretty casual,
isn't it?
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It's a handshake business.
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You can't go around
with armed guards.
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You have any idea where
he was going yesterday?
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I assume lunch with Terry and
Natalie Donner, at their shop.
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ED: You assume?
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Like every Thursday.
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Do you think that Mr. Rybakov was
taking the diamonds to them?
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Possibly.
Or somewhere else.
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With the Donners,
it wasn't always business.
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Sometimes lunch
was just lunch.
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And they had lunch together
every Thursday?
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For the last 10 years.
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TERRY: Who didn't show?
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Roman had a good nosh, left us
the stones, and went on his way.
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Wait a second.
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Are you saying that you do have Mr.
Rybakoxfs diamonds?
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Diamonds? What are
you talking about?
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His manager told us
he was carrying
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about a quarter of
a million dollars worth.
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I hope you don't
mind me saying,
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but you guys don't seem
to know which end is up.
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Roman brought over
42 class-C peridots.
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Semi-precious stuff.
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Nice,
but worth 20,000 tops.
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Did he say where he was
going when he left?
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Sure. Something about the
dentist, a loose filling.
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Kept complaining
all through lunch.
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About his dentist,
lwouldn't know.
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You should ask his wife.
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(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
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Yes, Mom.
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Mrs. Rybakov, your
husband told the Donners
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that he was on his way
to the dentist,
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that he had a problem
with a tooth. Do you...
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I don't know anything
about that.
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He didn't say
anything to me.
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David. Please.
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Go ahead, Mama. Ask.
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Sit down, please.
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Detectives, I need
my husband's body.
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When can I
get him back?
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Well, Mrs. Rybakov,
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when the Medical Examiner's
Office is finished with it...
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My father should be buried
within 24 hours after he dies.
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Until we bury him, we
cannot begin to mourn him.
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(SOBBING) Oh, my God, David,
what are we going to do?
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Mama...
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(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
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Anything you can do to get him back
for us as quickly as possible.
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We'll make the call,
of course.
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DAVID: Thank you.
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Mrs. Rybakov, if you know where
your husband was going yesterday,
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or why he was
carrying the diamonds.
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Roman never discussed
business with me.
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Really, please, what difference
does it make about diamonds?
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He's gone.
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(SOBBING)
Mama.
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(SHUSHING)
Oh, God.
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The slugs recovered
from Borges and Rybakov
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were fired
from two different guns.
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Hey, what do you know, the kid
with the skates was right.
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There were
two shooters.
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Speaking of Mr. Borges,
he took a powder.
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Checked out
of the hospital.
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Social Security's fake.
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Probably an illegal. He
didn't know anything anyway.
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Innocent bystander,
caught in the crossfire.
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You checked
with Rybakov's dentist?
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Rybakov “ed
to the Bonnets.
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He did not have an appointment
with his dentist.
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And according to
the Medical Examiner,
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there was nothing wrong
with his fillings.
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He didn't want anyone to know where
he was going or what he was carrying.
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What do we know
about Rybakov?
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So far? He's a
successful businessman,
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very influential
in his community.
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What community is that?
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The Bukharan Jews,
out in Queens.
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They're from
the former Soviet Union.
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Bukharan?
Mmm-hmm.
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It's in Central Asia,
near Afghanistan.
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That's a tough
neighborhood.
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You thinking
Russian mob?
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Soviet immigrant, diamond
merchant, it's worth a look.
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I know a detective
in Queens who's Jewish.
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You could talk to him.
He'll know this community.
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LEVY: I've been
a community liaison officer
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with these people
for some time.
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They started coming over to
New York in the mid-'80s,
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when perestroika
opened things up.
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You know them well?
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I do and I don't.
These are tough Jews
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from a very rough part
of the world. Uzbekistan.
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An isolated community
with its own language,
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its own customs,
very tight-knit.
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Still is. Very difficult for
an outsider to get into.
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ED: Orthodox?
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Traditional,
but not religious.
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And coming up under
the Soviet system,
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not a hell of a lot of respect
for authority, either.
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Lots of family businesses.
Silk, diamonds, gold.
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Those are all cash businesses, right?
Absolutely.
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What about ties
to the Russian mob?
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Some of them,
definitely.
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And let's face it, every
community has its gangsters.
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How about
Roman Rybakov?
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Definite ganef.
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Shady for sure,
and everybody knew it.
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After he got shot,
word on the street was
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that he may have
had a problem.
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Problem with
the Russians?
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The Russians, the
Albanians, the Columbians,
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00:10:35,101 --> 00:10:37,331
the Dominicans,
the rumors are flying.
249
00:10:37,837 --> 00:10:40,363
I did get a line
on the man's lawyer
250
00:10:40,473 --> 00:10:44,569
who must have sent his kids
to college on this Rybakov.
251
00:10:49,082 --> 00:10:52,313
Three words, Detectives, and I'm
sure you've heard them before.
252
00:10:52,385 --> 00:10:54,353
Attorney-client
privilege?
253
00:10:54,420 --> 00:10:57,754
Don't you love it when you
can just cut to the chase?
254
00:10:57,991 --> 00:11:00,392
All right, let's see.
255
00:11:02,896 --> 00:11:04,660
I can tell you this much,
256
00:11:04,731 --> 00:11:06,529
Roman wasn't headed
to the dentist.
257
00:11:06,599 --> 00:11:08,158
ED: How do you know?
258
00:11:08,234 --> 00:11:11,534
Because where Roman Rybakov
was going, I was going, too,
259
00:11:11,604 --> 00:11:14,164
and my teeth are just
fine, thank you.
260
00:11:15,642 --> 00:11:18,111
Now, if you'll
pardon me a moment,
261
00:11:18,178 --> 00:11:20,112
I have to
use the facilities.
262
00:11:20,180 --> 00:11:22,774
I'll be back in
exactly three minutes.
263
00:11:27,620 --> 00:11:28,951
(DOOR OPENS)
264
00:11:29,556 --> 00:11:30,717
(DOOR CLOSES)
265
00:11:32,992 --> 00:11:36,622
lsaacson and Rybakov
had a 1:00 in Brooklyn.
266
00:11:38,865 --> 00:11:41,926
"Assistant United States
Attorney Mike Warner,
267
00:11:43,069 --> 00:11:44,764
"Criminal Division."
268
00:11:48,241 --> 00:11:50,903
Roman Rybakov was cooperating
with you, Mr. Warner?
269
00:11:50,977 --> 00:11:54,572
Helped us bust open this Russian
diamond scam a mile wide.
270
00:11:55,281 --> 00:11:58,376
Serge Andropov,
and his comrades-in-crime.
271
00:11:58,451 --> 00:12:01,614
Andropov's an up and coming
mobster, a real rising czar.
272
00:12:01,688 --> 00:12:02,917
ED: What was the scam?
273
00:12:02,989 --> 00:12:04,047
You know about
blood diamonds?
274
00:12:04,591 --> 00:12:06,218
The fighting
in West Africa, right?
275
00:12:06,292 --> 00:12:08,954
Right. The rebels sell
stolen diamonds
276
00:12:09,028 --> 00:12:10,996
on the black market
to finance the fighting.
277
00:12:11,064 --> 00:12:14,056
So, now, all legit diamonds
have to have an ID.
278
00:12:14,367 --> 00:12:17,667
So how the scam works is, the Russians
smuggle 'em in from Amsterdam.
279
00:12:17,737 --> 00:12:19,762
And the late Mr. Rybakov
put a cut and polish on them.
280
00:12:19,839 --> 00:12:23,139
Along with a bogus serial
number, nothing but profit.
281
00:12:23,376 --> 00:12:24,844
We're talking millions
of dollars.
282
00:12:24,911 --> 00:12:27,175
Well, apparently Rybakov
was on his way to see you
283
00:12:27,247 --> 00:12:30,182
with a briefcase full of those
diamonds when he got shot.
284
00:12:30,250 --> 00:12:32,241
I wasn't aware of that.
285
00:12:32,685 --> 00:12:34,653
How did you get onto Rybakov
to begin with?
286
00:12:34,721 --> 00:12:36,086
A couple of
anonymous calls.
287
00:12:36,155 --> 00:12:37,213
ED: About the Russians?
288
00:12:37,290 --> 00:12:38,780
About Rybakov.
289
00:12:38,858 --> 00:12:40,383
The tips were
so damn specific.
290
00:12:40,460 --> 00:12:41,950
Diamonds from here
end up there,
291
00:12:42,028 --> 00:12:43,393
this date, that route.
292
00:12:43,463 --> 00:12:44,658
But without an ID
on the snitch,
293
00:12:44,731 --> 00:12:45,994
you can't get
a search warrant.
294
00:12:46,065 --> 00:12:47,089
Didn't need one.
295
00:12:47,166 --> 00:12:50,329
Everything the anonymous
rat said panned out 110%.
296
00:12:51,437 --> 00:12:53,371
Whoever ratted out
Rybakov to the feds
297
00:12:53,439 --> 00:12:54,873
had dates,
times, and places.
298
00:12:54,941 --> 00:12:56,568
Had his comings
and goings to a
299
00:12:56,643 --> 00:12:59,476
Inside stuff. You talk
to his co-worker?
300
00:12:59,545 --> 00:13:01,570
We're working on it. I
cross-referenced his phone calls.
301
00:13:01,648 --> 00:13:04,674
He made a whole bunch of calls
to this club in Brighton Beach.
302
00:13:04,751 --> 00:13:06,879
Brooklyn South Narcotics
raided it a few years back.
303
00:13:06,953 --> 00:13:08,079
Look.
304
00:13:09,422 --> 00:13:12,187
Oh, I know this place.
It's a strip club.
305
00:13:12,292 --> 00:13:14,192
Run by the Russian mob.
306
00:13:16,462 --> 00:13:17,588
(FUNKY MUSIC PLAYING)
307
00:13:17,664 --> 00:13:19,996
ED: Why don't you
take another look, Cholenko.
308
00:13:20,066 --> 00:13:23,161
I already tell you, I do
not know this Rybakov.
309
00:13:23,236 --> 00:13:24,294
Very sorry.
310
00:13:24,370 --> 00:13:26,532
You do too
know him, Chucky.
311
00:13:26,606 --> 00:13:27,698
Chucky?
312
00:13:27,774 --> 00:13:30,607
Rybakov has this huge
diamond pinky ring.
313
00:13:30,677 --> 00:13:33,078
Comes in all the time with his
friends, the Jewish guys.
314
00:13:33,146 --> 00:13:34,375
They practically
live here.
315
00:13:34,447 --> 00:13:36,472
Really?
Good customers.
316
00:13:36,549 --> 00:13:39,075
They actually know the
difference between presidents.
317
00:13:39,152 --> 00:13:40,677
You mean, between
Jackson and Washington?
318
00:13:40,753 --> 00:13:43,279
Exactly. You put a bill
in my G-string,
319
00:13:43,356 --> 00:13:45,051
make it Andrew,
not George.
320
00:13:45,124 --> 00:13:46,956
Better yet,
make it Ben Franklin.
321
00:13:47,026 --> 00:13:49,358
Well, you know that Franklin
wasn't a president.
322
00:13:49,429 --> 00:13:51,727
He wasn't?
He should've been.
323
00:13:52,899 --> 00:13:55,493
Let's you and I have a little
conversation about this.
324
00:13:55,568 --> 00:13:57,696
Me and you are gonna work on
your memory lapse, Chucky.
325
00:13:57,770 --> 00:13:58,999
Come on.
326
00:14:03,142 --> 00:14:05,167
Good morning, gentlemen.
I'm Detective Green.
327
00:14:05,244 --> 00:14:07,713
This is my partner
Detective Fontana.
328
00:14:07,780 --> 00:14:09,145
What can we do
for you gentlemen?
329
00:14:09,515 --> 00:14:11,176
Which one of you
is Andropov?
330
00:14:11,851 --> 00:14:12,943
That is me.
331
00:14:13,786 --> 00:14:14,844
And you, sir, are?
332
00:14:15,755 --> 00:14:16,881
Egan Ludovic.
333
00:14:16,956 --> 00:14:20,051
Yeah, I recognize you from your picture
at the U.S. Attorney's office.
334
00:14:20,226 --> 00:14:22,752
U.S. Attorney has my picture?
Harassment.
335
00:14:22,829 --> 00:14:25,264
He's right, you know. They're
legitimate businessmen.
336
00:14:25,331 --> 00:14:26,992
We own a strip club.
You should come by.
337
00:14:27,266 --> 00:14:29,030
Yeah, we were just there.
338
00:14:29,102 --> 00:14:32,265
We were asking about your
good customer, Roman Rybakov.
339
00:14:33,306 --> 00:14:34,330
Rybakov?
340
00:14:35,241 --> 00:14:37,005
Shot dead
in broad daylight.
341
00:14:37,076 --> 00:14:38,669
You know,
the same Roman Rybakov
342
00:14:38,745 --> 00:14:40,907
that you're involved with
in the diamond scam.
343
00:14:41,681 --> 00:14:42,705
Diamonds?
344
00:14:42,782 --> 00:14:46,377
The scam you're about to be indicted
for by the Attorney's Office.
345
00:14:46,452 --> 00:14:49,786
Because we know that you knew
that he was cooperating.
346
00:14:50,256 --> 00:14:51,553
Rybakov... Rybakov?
347
00:14:51,624 --> 00:14:53,888
(BOTH SPEAKING RUSSIAN)
348
00:14:55,395 --> 00:14:56,624
Oh, yes.
349
00:14:57,063 --> 00:14:58,929
Something happen to him?
350
00:14:58,998 --> 00:15:00,625
I don't read papers.
351
00:15:01,534 --> 00:15:04,196
I don't think you know
how to read at all.
352
00:15:08,141 --> 00:15:11,008
VAN BUREN: So, in addition to being
involved with Russian mobsters,
353
00:15:11,077 --> 00:15:15,446
Mr. Rybakov had a fondness for
ladies other than his wife.
354
00:15:15,515 --> 00:15:17,347
That's right.
But far as we can tell,
355
00:15:17,417 --> 00:15:19,909
his cooperation with the
feds, and the ladies,
356
00:15:19,986 --> 00:15:21,511
was strictly
on the QT.
357
00:15:21,587 --> 00:15:24,454
(CELL PHONE RINGING) Well, I'd say
the Russians found out somehow.
358
00:15:24,524 --> 00:15:25,889
Van Buren.
359
00:15:25,958 --> 00:15:27,221
I think it was
a little pillow talk
360
00:15:27,293 --> 00:15:29,421
between him and one of his
girlfriends from the club.
361
00:15:29,495 --> 00:15:30,553
She gets mad at him
for something,
362
00:15:30,630 --> 00:15:31,688
and rats him out
to the Russians?
363
00:15:31,764 --> 00:15:32,993
Exactly. Wouldn't be
the first time
364
00:15:33,065 --> 00:15:35,932
a girl made an anonymous
call, got a fellowjammed up.
365
00:15:36,002 --> 00:15:38,096
You sound like you're speaking
from personal experience.
366
00:15:38,171 --> 00:15:39,866
All right, thanks.
367
00:15:39,972 --> 00:15:42,066
That was Warner's office.
Mr. Borges?
368
00:15:42,141 --> 00:15:43,199
Our illegal dishwasher.
369
00:15:43,276 --> 00:15:44,710
Our second shooter.
370
00:15:44,844 --> 00:15:45,868
You're kidding?
371
00:15:45,945 --> 00:15:48,004
VAN BUREN: CSU printed
him in the hospital
372
00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:49,673
when they thought they
were going to lose him.
373
00:15:49,749 --> 00:15:51,444
Interpol coughed up a hit.
374
00:15:51,517 --> 00:15:54,248
His real name
is Stefano Granados.
375
00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:56,812
He's wanted in three countries
for contract murder.
376
00:15:56,889 --> 00:15:58,152
Damn. Let me guess,
377
00:15:58,224 --> 00:15:59,623
the place where he worked
never heard of him?
378
00:15:59,692 --> 00:16:00,955
Oh, they've heard
of him, all right.
379
00:16:01,027 --> 00:16:02,119
But if you want details,
380
00:16:02,195 --> 00:16:03,424
you should go talk
to the owner,
381
00:16:03,496 --> 00:16:06,397
one of the Russians
on Warner's hit parade.
382
00:16:06,466 --> 00:16:08,093
I love this job.
383
00:16:11,938 --> 00:16:13,133
KALINOV: Anna? Natalia?
384
00:16:13,206 --> 00:16:14,435
(SPEAKING RUSSIAN)
385
00:16:18,678 --> 00:16:21,613
Dishwasher, seemed like
such nice young man.
386
00:16:21,681 --> 00:16:22,944
Who knew?
387
00:16:23,382 --> 00:16:25,976
Leaves me short-handed
on evening shift.
388
00:16:26,052 --> 00:16:29,454
Ivan, a killer uses your
place as cover for a hit,
389
00:16:29,522 --> 00:16:32,321
that makes you an accomplice
to first-degree murder.
390
00:16:32,391 --> 00:16:33,881
If you know someone
who needs work...
391
00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:35,155
You know what?
You talk to him.
392
00:16:35,228 --> 00:16:37,595
If you don't talk,
I'm sure Granados will.
393
00:16:37,663 --> 00:16:39,153
I thought you don't know
where he is.
394
00:16:39,232 --> 00:16:40,461
ED: Oh, we're
gonna find him.
395
00:16:40,533 --> 00:16:44,299
The doctors say in his condition,
he ain't gonna get that far.
396
00:16:46,038 --> 00:16:48,507
Know what I got here,
tovarisch? Hmm?
397
00:16:48,908 --> 00:16:50,273
In about 10 seconds,
398
00:16:50,343 --> 00:16:52,505
I'm going to start smiling
like a village idiot
399
00:16:52,578 --> 00:16:55,604
and peeling off $100 bills
on your shiny brass bar.
400
00:16:55,848 --> 00:16:56,906
What are you
talking about?
401
00:16:56,983 --> 00:16:58,974
And then my partner here
is going to start dropping
402
00:16:59,051 --> 00:17:01,543
"thank you's" and "tell us more"
like there's no tomorrow.
403
00:17:02,088 --> 00:17:04,352
Which means, if your
friends back there
404
00:17:04,423 --> 00:17:05,857
ain't deaf, dumb,
and blind,
405
00:17:05,925 --> 00:17:07,950
you're gonna have
a little trouble.
406
00:17:08,494 --> 00:17:09,484
Don't.
407
00:17:16,369 --> 00:17:18,360
I don't know
why he was here.
408
00:17:18,437 --> 00:17:19,836
I put him on books
as favor.
409
00:17:20,006 --> 00:17:22,532
A favor to who?
Andropov?
410
00:17:25,478 --> 00:17:26,946
Where's Granados?
411
00:17:28,848 --> 00:17:30,373
Here comes
the first C-note.
412
00:17:30,449 --> 00:17:33,384
Is there anything you want
us to tell your widow?
413
00:17:38,624 --> 00:17:40,649
I'll tell you
what I know.
414
00:17:41,227 --> 00:17:43,059
There is this doctor.
415
00:17:47,266 --> 00:17:48,529
DOCTOR: He told me
he was cleaning his gun.
416
00:17:48,601 --> 00:17:49,625
And you bought that?
417
00:17:49,702 --> 00:17:52,069
Law says you have to report
a gunshot wound, Doctor.
418
00:17:52,138 --> 00:17:53,867
I know. This isn't a
misdemeanor, Doctor.
419
00:17:53,940 --> 00:17:55,237
This is a serious offense.
420
00:17:55,308 --> 00:17:58,676
We're gonna arrest you, and
you're gonna lose your license.
421
00:17:59,145 --> 00:18:01,375
Oh, man.
What can I do?
422
00:18:01,447 --> 00:18:03,245
What can you do? You can
tell us all you know,
423
00:18:03,316 --> 00:18:05,614
that's what you can do, and we won't
take you out of here in cuffs
424
00:18:05,685 --> 00:18:06,948
in front
of your patients.
425
00:18:07,019 --> 00:18:09,750
If you cooperate, you might
be able to cut a deal
426
00:18:09,822 --> 00:18:11,290
with the D.A.
427
00:18:11,657 --> 00:18:15,719
Okay, okay. He paid me
20 grand in cash.
428
00:18:16,028 --> 00:18:18,725
Do you know where we can
find Stefano Granados?
429
00:18:18,798 --> 00:18:20,288
Did he leave a number?
An address?
430
00:18:20,366 --> 00:18:23,631
No, but I heard him confirming
a flight on his cell.
431
00:18:24,036 --> 00:18:25,526
He's flying to Bogota
later today.
432
00:18:25,871 --> 00:18:28,704
I told him he was in no shape
to fly, but he wouldn't listen.
433
00:18:28,774 --> 00:18:30,242
That's all I know.
434
00:18:30,309 --> 00:18:31,572
I swear.
435
00:18:32,478 --> 00:18:35,004
You better go call
your lawyer, bro.
436
00:18:36,215 --> 00:18:38,775
Granadosjust paid 20 Gs
cash for a bulletectomy,
437
00:18:38,851 --> 00:18:40,580
I don't think he's gonna
be standing in line
438
00:18:40,653 --> 00:18:42,018
waiting for a commercial
flight, do you?
439
00:18:42,088 --> 00:18:43,351
Mmm-mmm.
440
00:18:43,923 --> 00:18:45,721
I'm gonna check private
flights with the FAA.
441
00:19:02,308 --> 00:19:03,537
Hey, give me that bag.
442
00:19:03,609 --> 00:19:04,667
Come here, come here.
443
00:19:04,744 --> 00:19:05,905
Get out. Get over.
444
00:19:05,978 --> 00:19:07,070
(YELLS)
445
00:19:19,759 --> 00:19:23,195
Stefano Granados, you have
the right to remain silent.
446
00:19:23,262 --> 00:19:24,593
You have the right
to an attorney.
447
00:19:26,866 --> 00:19:29,096
And you understand the charges
against you, Mr. Granados?
448
00:19:29,168 --> 00:19:30,158
Si.
449
00:19:30,236 --> 00:19:32,227
How do you plead? He pleads
not guilty, YourHonoL
450
00:19:33,305 --> 00:19:36,002
Given the defendant's medical
condition and immigration status...
451
00:19:36,075 --> 00:19:38,271
We don't
oppose remand, Judge.
452
00:19:38,344 --> 00:19:39,539
So ordered.
453
00:19:39,612 --> 00:19:42,104
Protective custody,
awaiting trial?
454
00:19:42,615 --> 00:19:43,946
So ordered.
455
00:19:44,016 --> 00:19:45,916
Ms. Southerlyn,
Counselor.
456
00:19:45,985 --> 00:19:47,646
Have a better one.
457
00:19:48,120 --> 00:19:51,488
We have a pretty good idea who hired
your client to kill Mr. Rybakov.
458
00:19:51,557 --> 00:19:53,525
Then you should arrest
that person and ask him.
459
00:19:53,592 --> 00:19:56,584
But like I said, my client
isn't interested in a plea.
460
00:19:56,662 --> 00:19:58,061
How do you know
till you hear it?
461
00:19:58,130 --> 00:19:59,222
Go ahead, Jack,
462
00:19:59,298 --> 00:20:01,289
offer him a misdemeanor
gun beef and six months.
463
00:20:01,367 --> 00:20:03,233
He'll pass,
because otherwise
464
00:20:03,302 --> 00:20:04,963
he's gotta cooperate
against the Russians.
465
00:20:05,037 --> 00:20:06,368
If you're concerned
for his safety,
466
00:20:06,439 --> 00:20:08,100
we can put him
in witness protection.
467
00:20:08,174 --> 00:20:10,233
You'll bring his parents and
six brothers and sisters up
468
00:20:10,309 --> 00:20:11,799
from Nicaragua?
469
00:20:11,877 --> 00:20:15,336
If not, it's gonna be chain-saw
night at casa Granados.
470
00:20:16,549 --> 00:20:18,142
How did he get shot?
471
00:20:18,217 --> 00:20:19,776
A stray slug, ricochet.
472
00:20:19,852 --> 00:20:20,876
What happened
to the diamonds?
473
00:20:20,953 --> 00:20:23,684
Did your client take them
from the scene?
474
00:20:23,989 --> 00:20:27,857
I have no knowledge of any diamonds,
and neither does my client.
475
00:20:31,464 --> 00:20:34,058
Now that I can tie
Andropov to a homicide.
476
00:20:34,133 --> 00:20:35,760
You can tie him?
477
00:20:35,935 --> 00:20:38,302
Mr. Branch,
if Granados cooperates,
478
00:20:38,370 --> 00:20:39,860
he can give us
the other shooter.
479
00:20:39,939 --> 00:20:43,068
With the other shooter, I can roll
up Andropov's whole organization.
480
00:20:43,142 --> 00:20:45,474
Mr. Warner, what do you
really have here?
481
00:20:45,544 --> 00:20:48,536
Conspiracy to defraud?
Tax evasion?
482
00:20:48,914 --> 00:20:51,815
Violation of the federal
import-export laws?
483
00:20:52,017 --> 00:20:55,647
I mean, you can't make a homicide
case out of this and we can.
484
00:20:55,721 --> 00:20:58,247
All right.
Charge him with murder.
485
00:20:58,324 --> 00:21:01,021
Maybe he'll deal the rest of his
crew on the diamond smuggling.
486
00:21:01,093 --> 00:21:03,187
We know Rybakov took the
diamonds from the safe,
487
00:21:03,262 --> 00:21:04,593
and we know he “ed
to the Bonnets
488
00:21:04,663 --> 00:21:06,392
about where
he was going that day.
489
00:21:06,465 --> 00:21:08,263
Someone obviously knew
where he was going.
490
00:21:08,334 --> 00:21:09,699
JACK: If we can
identify that person,
491
00:21:09,769 --> 00:21:12,670
we'd have a better idea of how
the Russians set up the hit.
492
00:21:13,072 --> 00:21:16,201
And may I suggest you two
work together on this?
493
00:21:20,012 --> 00:21:22,106
There's just no sign
of Rybakoxfs diamonds.
494
00:21:22,181 --> 00:21:23,512
And your eyewitness
statements
495
00:21:23,582 --> 00:21:25,983
don't even mention anyone
going near the bodies.
496
00:21:26,051 --> 00:21:28,110
If this even
was a robbery.
497
00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:30,288
I mean, if Rybakov told
anyone where he was going,
498
00:21:30,356 --> 00:21:31,915
I just can't find it.
499
00:21:31,991 --> 00:21:33,652
There's got to be another
layer to the onion.
500
00:21:33,726 --> 00:21:36,491
We just have to figure
out how to peel it.
501
00:21:38,264 --> 00:21:41,097
Hey, Mike...
Rybakov's attorney?
502
00:21:41,367 --> 00:21:42,835
Svi lsaacson.
503
00:21:43,035 --> 00:21:44,560
His offices are
in Brooklyn, right?
504
00:21:45,304 --> 00:21:47,602
Court Street
just off Joralemon. Why?
505
00:21:48,207 --> 00:21:50,403
Brooklyn's
a 718 area code.
506
00:21:50,876 --> 00:21:54,176
Rybakov's house LUDs
show a call to a 212.
507
00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:58,914
And the phone's registered to a
Mark Edleburg, attorney-at-law.
508
00:21:58,984 --> 00:22:00,383
If Rybakov hired
another lawyer,
509
00:22:00,452 --> 00:22:01,977
I'm sure I would've
heard about it.
510
00:22:03,455 --> 00:22:06,914
Maybe Rybakov felt lsaacson
was compromised in some way.
511
00:22:08,060 --> 00:22:09,994
Maybe hejust
couldn't tell you.
512
00:22:12,598 --> 00:22:14,726
If you didn't want to discuss
the matter, Mr. Edleburg,
513
00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:17,633
why on earth did you let your
secretary set up this meeting?
514
00:22:17,703 --> 00:22:19,933
Part courtesy,
part curiosity.
515
00:22:20,306 --> 00:22:22,331
Iwondered why the big, bad
Manhattan D.A.'s office
516
00:22:22,408 --> 00:22:25,139
would interest itself in a
lowly matrimonial matter.
517
00:22:25,211 --> 00:22:27,407
Matrimonial? What are
you talking about?
518
00:22:27,479 --> 00:22:29,607
You remember Domestic Relations
Laws from law school.
519
00:22:29,682 --> 00:22:32,310
Divorce, alimony, custody.
520
00:22:32,384 --> 00:22:33,510
Any of this
ring a bell?
521
00:22:33,586 --> 00:22:35,850
Roman Rybakov
wanted a divorce?
522
00:22:35,921 --> 00:22:38,686
Roman? Never met
the late Mr. Rybakov.
523
00:22:38,924 --> 00:22:41,689
I represent his widow,
Mrs. Zina Rybakov.
524
00:22:47,099 --> 00:22:50,296
Many things can happen
in a marriage.
525
00:22:51,203 --> 00:22:52,932
Some you live with.
526
00:22:53,339 --> 00:22:57,105
Others, you simply
cannot forgive.
527
00:22:58,077 --> 00:23:00,375
You were
married 20 years.
528
00:23:02,448 --> 00:23:05,782
Yes, my vows
were sacred to me.
529
00:23:06,685 --> 00:23:09,416
That's why I put up
with it for so long.
530
00:23:09,488 --> 00:23:10,580
It?
531
00:23:11,257 --> 00:23:16,752
The lies, the deceit,
the humiliation.
532
00:23:17,496 --> 00:23:19,260
The girls at the club.
533
00:23:19,331 --> 00:23:22,426
And the gangsters that
Roman did business with.
534
00:23:23,168 --> 00:23:24,431
This was something new?
535
00:23:24,503 --> 00:23:29,737
Well, no, I knew about that part of
Roman's life long before I married him.
536
00:23:29,808 --> 00:23:32,038
His whole family was,
you know.
537
00:23:32,278 --> 00:23:33,370
They were mobsters.
538
00:23:33,445 --> 00:23:36,176
But there was never
any violence
539
00:23:36,282 --> 00:23:38,649
until he began
with the Russians.
540
00:23:39,551 --> 00:23:41,451
Those people scared me.
541
00:23:42,621 --> 00:23:44,919
So, you knew about
the illicit diamond scheme.
542
00:23:45,324 --> 00:23:47,816
Is that why you asked
for a divorce?
543
00:23:48,527 --> 00:23:51,428
I was very frightened
for my children.
544
00:23:53,599 --> 00:23:55,693
The kids are getting older,
he's getting in deeper,
545
00:23:55,768 --> 00:23:57,862
the company he's keeping
is getting rougher.
546
00:23:57,937 --> 00:23:59,666
And she's
finally had enough.
547
00:23:59,738 --> 00:24:03,504
I think she's the one who dropped a
dime on him with the U.S. Attorney.
548
00:24:03,842 --> 00:24:06,504
The anonymous calls
to Warner's office?
549
00:24:07,513 --> 00:24:09,948
They came from a pay
phone in Zina's mikvah.
550
00:24:10,783 --> 00:24:12,251
Mikvah?
Pardon my ignorance.
551
00:24:12,318 --> 00:24:15,413
Ritual cleansing baths
for Orthodox Jewish women.
552
00:24:16,021 --> 00:24:18,422
Zina Rybakov set her
husband up to go to jail?
553
00:24:19,158 --> 00:24:20,489
For his own good.
554
00:24:20,659 --> 00:24:22,354
Then why hire Edleburg?
555
00:24:22,428 --> 00:24:23,862
She makes the calls.
556
00:24:23,929 --> 00:24:25,829
Months later, he's still
walking the streets,
557
00:24:25,898 --> 00:24:27,093
she puts two
and two together
558
00:24:27,166 --> 00:24:28,930
and figures he's
cooperating with the feds
559
00:24:29,001 --> 00:24:30,969
and that he's not going to
be going away after all.
560
00:24:31,036 --> 00:24:33,971
So she retains Edleburg.
Using what for money?
561
00:24:34,039 --> 00:24:36,269
All the family's assets
were in his control.
562
00:24:36,342 --> 00:24:38,970
She knew the combination
to the store safe.
563
00:24:40,045 --> 00:24:41,376
The missing diamonds.
564
00:24:41,947 --> 00:24:44,314
A quarter of
a million dollar nest egg.
565
00:24:44,783 --> 00:24:47,184
Roman Rybakov never
had the diamonds on him.
566
00:24:47,252 --> 00:24:48,617
She could have taken them
at any time.
567
00:24:48,687 --> 00:24:50,018
(PHONE RINGING)
568
00:24:51,557 --> 00:24:53,184
Southerlyn.
569
00:24:54,326 --> 00:24:56,226
We'll be right there.
570
00:24:56,729 --> 00:24:58,458
Granados' attorney.
571
00:25:02,768 --> 00:25:06,227
MOLLOY: I received a call from
my client's cousin in Nicaragua.
572
00:25:06,305 --> 00:25:07,830
His family has
left the country.
573
00:25:07,906 --> 00:25:10,876
They're in a safe place.
He's ready to deal.
574
00:25:11,377 --> 00:25:12,811
You wired them money?
575
00:25:12,878 --> 00:25:15,643
I bought them bus tickets
to Tegucigalpa.
576
00:25:17,349 --> 00:25:18,646
Go ahead.
577
00:25:18,784 --> 00:25:19,910
What do you want
to know?
578
00:25:20,919 --> 00:25:23,013
Who hired you to
kill Mr. Rybakov?
579
00:25:24,223 --> 00:25:25,384
Clemente got the call.
580
00:25:25,624 --> 00:25:26,614
Clemente?
581
00:25:26,692 --> 00:25:28,990
Paolo Clemente,
the other shooter.
582
00:25:29,428 --> 00:25:30,918
He talked to
the Russians, not me.
583
00:25:30,996 --> 00:25:32,088
They set it up.
584
00:25:32,531 --> 00:25:34,397
Then you're really
not much good to us.
585
00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:36,861
Unless you can
give us Clemente.
586
00:25:36,935 --> 00:25:39,461
He can give you Clemente,
no problem.
587
00:25:42,141 --> 00:25:43,768
Murder two.
20-to-life.
588
00:25:44,977 --> 00:25:46,376
Is that the best
you can do?
589
00:25:46,445 --> 00:25:49,346
For a contract murder?
Count your blessings.
590
00:25:55,054 --> 00:25:58,820
We want the exact deal you
gave Granados, only better.
591
00:25:59,291 --> 00:26:00,816
Granados gave us
your client.
592
00:26:00,893 --> 00:26:02,019
What's he got to offer?
593
00:26:02,661 --> 00:26:04,857
The man who hired
the hit on Rybakov.
594
00:26:05,130 --> 00:26:06,723
Sergei Andropov?
595
00:26:07,633 --> 00:26:09,294
CHAGALS: Do we
have a deal?
596
00:26:11,236 --> 00:26:12,761
Twenty-to-life,
not a day less.
597
00:26:13,806 --> 00:26:15,001
That's not better.
598
00:26:15,074 --> 00:26:17,372
We'll arrange for him to serve
his time in a better facility.
599
00:26:17,443 --> 00:26:18,604
How would that be?
600
00:26:22,614 --> 00:26:24,013
(WHISPERING)
601
00:26:27,886 --> 00:26:30,412
Andropov.
He hired me.
602
00:26:30,789 --> 00:26:32,052
I hired Stefano.
603
00:26:32,825 --> 00:26:35,260
You spoke to him directly?
No intermediary?
604
00:26:35,327 --> 00:26:38,524
Si. I spoke with
Sefior Andropov myself.
605
00:26:39,531 --> 00:26:43,229
I told him, certainly the jeweler
can be eliminated, but...
606
00:26:43,302 --> 00:26:44,394
SERENA: What happened
at the scene?
607
00:26:44,470 --> 00:26:46,063
How did Granados
get shot?
608
00:26:46,138 --> 00:26:47,697
Andropov said
no loose ends,
609
00:26:47,773 --> 00:26:53,177
so after Stefano shot the
jeweler, I shot Stefano.
610
00:26:56,715 --> 00:26:58,877
We find ourselves
in the enviable position
611
00:26:58,951 --> 00:27:03,752
of having an overabundance
of charges and evidence
612
00:27:03,822 --> 00:27:05,483
against Mr. Andropov.
613
00:27:05,991 --> 00:27:08,426
My client's looking
for a big drop-down
614
00:27:08,494 --> 00:27:10,588
from the top count,
Mr. McCoy.
615
00:27:10,662 --> 00:27:13,029
Let me explain the facts of life, Mr.
Laval.
616
00:27:13,098 --> 00:27:15,760
We go up the food chain,
not down.
617
00:27:15,834 --> 00:27:20,897
Wheel man, shooter,
button man, chief.
618
00:27:21,707 --> 00:27:24,074
You think Mr. Andropov is
all there is to this?
619
00:27:24,143 --> 00:27:26,908
Unless you're offering up
Vladimir Putin.
620
00:27:27,980 --> 00:27:32,110
What he's got is more in the
line of a lateral move.
621
00:27:32,217 --> 00:27:34,879
He gets what everyone
else got, 20-to-life,
622
00:27:34,953 --> 00:27:36,478
and we could talk
about where.
623
00:27:39,091 --> 00:27:40,559
(WHISPERING)
624
00:27:43,162 --> 00:27:45,187
Why did you have
Mr. Rybakov killed?
625
00:27:45,898 --> 00:27:49,391
He was snitch. Selling
us out to save his skin.
626
00:27:50,068 --> 00:27:52,162
JACK: How did
you find out?
627
00:27:53,672 --> 00:27:54,969
Jeweler's wife.
628
00:27:55,707 --> 00:27:57,869
Mrs. Rybakov?
What about her?
629
00:27:57,943 --> 00:28:01,072
She told us her husband
was talking to the feds.
630
00:28:01,513 --> 00:28:02,708
She told you how?
631
00:28:02,781 --> 00:28:04,579
She called, anonymously.
632
00:28:05,217 --> 00:28:08,312
Told us how to get to her
husband, when, where.
633
00:28:08,654 --> 00:28:10,281
She called you
anonymously?
634
00:28:10,622 --> 00:28:13,114
We figured it out.
It had to be her.
635
00:28:13,425 --> 00:28:14,688
Who else knew?
636
00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:16,285
You talked
to her personally?
637
00:28:16,361 --> 00:28:18,853
My associate,
Egan Ludovic.
638
00:28:20,299 --> 00:28:21,494
And he'll testify?
639
00:28:23,735 --> 00:28:26,261
Unfortunately,
Egan is in Russia now.
640
00:28:26,738 --> 00:28:28,866
He thought it prudent
to leave country.
641
00:28:29,241 --> 00:28:32,006
So we're just supposed to take your
word about these conversations
642
00:28:32,077 --> 00:28:34,944
between your associate
Ludovic and Zina Rybakov.
643
00:28:35,013 --> 00:28:36,378
You believe
what you want.
644
00:28:36,448 --> 00:28:38,678
If you want to make a deal, Mr.
Andropov,
645
00:28:38,750 --> 00:28:40,514
you better convince us
that your story is true.
646
00:28:40,586 --> 00:28:44,250
You hired two killers
to execute Mr. Rybakov.
647
00:28:45,324 --> 00:28:47,292
They're both in custody.
648
00:28:47,359 --> 00:28:49,691
They'll both testify
against you.
649
00:28:52,231 --> 00:28:56,065
Sure, I hired them.
With her money.
650
00:28:57,336 --> 00:29:00,306
Are you saying Mrs. Rybakov
paid you to murder her husband?
651
00:29:01,406 --> 00:29:02,931
$50,000.
652
00:29:13,552 --> 00:29:15,179
Why would she want to
have her husband killed?
653
00:29:15,254 --> 00:29:17,655
I mean, what's her motive? Why
wouldn't she just divorce him?
654
00:29:18,490 --> 00:29:21,391
Shelooked into that, Arthur,
she even hired a lawyer.
655
00:29:21,460 --> 00:29:22,655
So what's she up to?
656
00:29:22,728 --> 00:29:24,127
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
657
00:29:24,796 --> 00:29:26,787
We're sure this Andropov
is on the level?
658
00:29:26,865 --> 00:29:28,162
His story checks out.
659
00:29:28,233 --> 00:29:31,533
Four calls from Zina's mikvah
to the Russian social club.
660
00:29:31,603 --> 00:29:32,934
And over
the last few months,
661
00:29:33,005 --> 00:29:36,737
cash withdrawals of more than
$100,000 from Zina's accounts.
662
00:29:36,808 --> 00:29:38,242
So she did pay
the Russians.
663
00:29:38,310 --> 00:29:39,607
Well, it looks that way.
664
00:29:39,678 --> 00:29:42,909
On the other hand, Andropov
never spoke with Zina directly.
665
00:29:42,981 --> 00:29:45,382
She never solicited him
to kill her husband.
666
00:29:45,450 --> 00:29:47,384
No. She just dealt
with his associate.
667
00:29:47,452 --> 00:29:50,183
Andropov can still testify
as a co-conspirator.
668
00:29:51,790 --> 00:29:52,916
You know,
in a perfect world
669
00:29:52,991 --> 00:29:54,550
we'd have this
other Russian gangster
670
00:29:54,626 --> 00:29:56,685
dotting the "I's"
on this one for us.
671
00:29:56,962 --> 00:29:59,556
I'd settle for an arrest
warrant for Mrs. Rybakov.
672
00:30:03,035 --> 00:30:04,730
L-le'slyir19-
673
00:30:06,138 --> 00:30:07,970
I never met
this Andropov.
674
00:30:08,340 --> 00:30:11,366
I never gave the Russians
any money for anything.
675
00:30:11,443 --> 00:30:13,969
Certainly not
to kill my husband.
676
00:30:14,046 --> 00:30:15,707
You called
the federal authorities
677
00:30:15,781 --> 00:30:17,840
about your
husband's activities.
678
00:30:17,916 --> 00:30:20,942
My husband was doing
business with mobsters.
679
00:30:21,019 --> 00:30:22,817
Zina.
No, please.
680
00:30:22,888 --> 00:30:23,980
With mobsters.
681
00:30:24,056 --> 00:30:25,888
I did that to
protect my family.
682
00:30:25,957 --> 00:30:28,426
You wanted him to
go to prison.
683
00:30:28,493 --> 00:30:31,224
And when he made a deal
with the feds instead,
684
00:30:31,296 --> 00:30:33,628
you called
the Russians directly,
685
00:30:33,699 --> 00:30:35,428
told them what
your husband was doing,
686
00:30:35,500 --> 00:30:37,901
and that he was going
to testify against them.
687
00:30:37,969 --> 00:30:41,906
I wanted them to
leave my husband alone.
688
00:30:42,074 --> 00:30:43,508
You wanted him dead.
689
00:30:43,575 --> 00:30:47,978
No. I thought that when they
realized what he was doing,
690
00:30:48,046 --> 00:30:50,981
when they realized what he was
telling to the government,
691
00:30:51,049 --> 00:30:53,882
that they would panic,
go back to Russia.
692
00:30:54,119 --> 00:30:55,883
If you wanted to
be rid of your husband,
693
00:30:55,954 --> 00:30:58,423
why didn't you just go
forward with the divorce?
694
00:30:58,690 --> 00:31:01,489
That would not have
protected my children.
695
00:31:01,660 --> 00:31:03,094
You could have moved.
696
00:31:03,161 --> 00:31:06,620
In her community, she would
also have needed a get
697
00:31:06,698 --> 00:31:08,826
to move her children
even a block away.
698
00:31:08,900 --> 00:31:09,992
A yer;
699
00:31:10,068 --> 00:31:11,900
GREENBLATT:
A religious divorce.
700
00:31:11,970 --> 00:31:15,463
In Orthodox Judaism,
only the rabbinical court,
701
00:31:15,540 --> 00:31:18,532
the bet din, can grant a
dissolution of the marriage.
702
00:31:19,244 --> 00:31:20,973
Then she should
have applied to that body.
703
00:31:21,046 --> 00:31:22,514
GREENBLATT: She did.
SERENA: And?
704
00:31:23,382 --> 00:31:25,316
I'm waiting for it
to happen.
705
00:31:25,384 --> 00:31:27,045
GREENBLATT: So why would she
want to kill her husband?
706
00:31:27,119 --> 00:31:28,780
Her civil divorce is
in the works,
707
00:31:28,854 --> 00:31:30,618
her religious divorce
was pending.
708
00:31:30,689 --> 00:31:32,384
It was all just
a matter of time.
709
00:31:37,262 --> 00:31:39,959
You have to understand,
Mr. McCoy,
710
00:31:40,031 --> 00:31:43,934
that the bet din
does not grant the get.
711
00:31:44,436 --> 00:31:46,063
The husband does.
712
00:31:46,138 --> 00:31:49,438
The bet din talks to the
husband, reasons with him.
713
00:31:50,208 --> 00:31:51,869
And if he refuses?
714
00:31:52,110 --> 00:31:55,410
Without the husband's consent,
their hands are tied.
715
00:31:55,580 --> 00:31:57,412
Mrs. Rybakov's lawyer
told us
716
00:31:57,482 --> 00:31:59,507
that she was still
waiting for a decision
717
00:31:59,584 --> 00:32:02,076
at the time
of her husband's death.
718
00:32:02,154 --> 00:32:04,646
She might have had to wait
for the rest of her life.
719
00:32:04,723 --> 00:32:06,122
He said no?
720
00:32:06,625 --> 00:32:10,220
We appealed to him to give
his wife what she wanted.
721
00:32:10,295 --> 00:32:11,820
What can I say?
722
00:32:11,930 --> 00:32:15,093
He was not inclined
to let her go.
723
00:32:15,934 --> 00:32:17,060
And there was no way
to force him?
724
00:32:17,135 --> 00:32:20,400
Even though he was a known
adulterer and a criminal?
725
00:32:20,705 --> 00:32:22,571
It's not for me
to judge.
726
00:32:24,109 --> 00:32:25,201
Hardly seems fair.
727
00:32:25,277 --> 00:32:27,507
The process
favors the husband.
728
00:32:27,913 --> 00:32:31,440
This is a tradition,
thousands of years old.
729
00:32:31,983 --> 00:32:34,509
And without a get, where
does that leave the wife?
730
00:32:34,586 --> 00:32:38,489
She would remain agunah,
a woman in chains.
731
00:32:38,690 --> 00:32:41,387
Unable to break free
of her marriage.
732
00:32:41,460 --> 00:32:43,155
Even if she got
a civil divorce?
733
00:32:43,261 --> 00:32:47,220
She would still be unable to
remarry within our community.
734
00:32:47,599 --> 00:32:50,261
Or to retain custody
of her children.
735
00:32:51,536 --> 00:32:54,870
If Mrs. Rybakov was
unable to obtain a get,
736
00:32:54,940 --> 00:32:57,170
is there any other way
that she could have
737
00:32:57,242 --> 00:32:59,336
extricated herself
from this marriage?
738
00:32:59,845 --> 00:33:01,711
If she became a widow.
739
00:33:06,084 --> 00:33:09,054
CLEMENTE: We followed Sefior
Rybakov when he left the shop.
740
00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:10,713
Stefano was
in front of me.
741
00:33:10,789 --> 00:33:13,190
He shot Rybakov once
in the chest,
742
00:33:13,258 --> 00:33:15,920
and stepped up and shot him
again, in the back of the head,
743
00:33:15,994 --> 00:33:18,224
very close,
just to make sure.
744
00:33:18,363 --> 00:33:19,387
What did you do?
745
00:33:19,464 --> 00:33:21,455
I shot Stefano.
Twice.
746
00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:23,395
The second shot missed.
747
00:33:23,935 --> 00:33:25,061
JACK: And then?
748
00:33:25,136 --> 00:33:28,902
I rushed up to him, as if to
help him, and took away his gun,
749
00:33:29,207 --> 00:33:30,675
so it couldn't be
traced back to us.
750
00:33:31,476 --> 00:33:32,534
Why didn't you
shoot him again,
751
00:33:32,611 --> 00:33:33,703
to make sure
he was dead?
752
00:33:33,778 --> 00:33:36,338
There were too many
people, too close.
753
00:33:36,715 --> 00:33:38,149
And I thought
he would die, anyway.
754
00:33:38,517 --> 00:33:41,418
I stood up and walked
away into the crowd.
755
00:33:41,486 --> 00:33:43,147
Nobody stopped me.
756
00:33:46,324 --> 00:33:48,190
Mr. Clemente,
757
00:33:48,393 --> 00:33:51,124
have you ever met my client, Mrs.
Rybakov?
758
00:33:51,196 --> 00:33:52,254
CLEMENT E: No.
759
00:33:52,330 --> 00:33:54,059
Have you ever
spoken to her?
760
00:33:54,132 --> 00:33:55,224
No.
761
00:33:55,300 --> 00:33:57,166
How did you know where
to find her husband?
762
00:33:58,370 --> 00:33:59,929
SefiorAndropov told me.
763
00:34:00,372 --> 00:34:01,999
Nothing further.
764
00:34:04,009 --> 00:34:06,341
ANDROPOV: We knew Rybakov
was in gem business,
765
00:34:06,411 --> 00:34:08,846
we knew he liked
strippers at club.
766
00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:11,879
We approached him.
He was receptive.
767
00:34:12,717 --> 00:34:15,118
JACK: And what did
he do for you?
768
00:34:15,253 --> 00:34:19,850
Cut diamonds, polished, forged
documents, gave them ID number.
769
00:34:20,392 --> 00:34:22,656
And how much was he paid
for these services?
770
00:34:22,727 --> 00:34:27,062
10% of net, about
$200,000 per delivery.
771
00:34:27,299 --> 00:34:30,860
Maybe $2 million
last year?
772
00:34:31,269 --> 00:34:34,000
And how did you discover
that Mr. Rybakov
773
00:34:34,072 --> 00:34:36,837
was cooperating with
the federal authorities?
774
00:34:36,908 --> 00:34:38,433
His wife called us.
775
00:34:38,510 --> 00:34:40,137
You spoke to her?
776
00:34:40,345 --> 00:34:43,178
She spoke to my associate, Mr.
Ludovic.
777
00:34:43,248 --> 00:34:44,579
What was
your understanding
778
00:34:44,649 --> 00:34:46,708
after your conversation
with Mr. Ludovic?
779
00:34:46,785 --> 00:34:48,651
Objection.
Overruled.
780
00:34:49,454 --> 00:34:53,857
I understood Mr. Rybakov was
preparing to testify against us.
781
00:34:54,092 --> 00:34:55,924
And did there come a time
when you learned
782
00:34:55,994 --> 00:34:58,520
where Mr. Rybakov would be
on the day he was shot?
783
00:34:59,397 --> 00:35:02,765
Mrs. Rybakov told Ludovic her
husband had appointment that day.
784
00:35:03,435 --> 00:35:05,597
And you hired two men
785
00:35:05,670 --> 00:35:08,196
to waylay and
kill Mr. Rybakov?
786
00:35:08,273 --> 00:35:11,140
Stefano Granados
and Pack: Chmenke.
787
00:35:11,409 --> 00:35:13,741
And how much did you
pay them for this?
788
00:35:13,812 --> 00:35:15,644
$25,000.
789
00:35:15,714 --> 00:35:17,045
That's a lot of money.
790
00:35:17,115 --> 00:35:20,107
Yes, but Mrs. Rybakov
paid us $50,000.
791
00:35:20,685 --> 00:35:22,449
To kill her husband?
792
00:35:22,821 --> 00:35:24,585
To kill her husband.
793
00:35:27,826 --> 00:35:32,161
Mr. Andropov, the two men you
hired to kill Roman Rybakov,
794
00:35:32,697 --> 00:35:35,291
tell us again how they knew
where to find Mr. Rybakov,
795
00:35:35,367 --> 00:35:36,664
how to recognize him?
796
00:35:36,735 --> 00:35:39,261
I told them.
Showed them pictures.
797
00:35:39,337 --> 00:35:41,328
You told them? Did you
give them the money?
798
00:35:41,406 --> 00:35:42,430
Yes.
799
00:35:42,507 --> 00:35:44,601
Did you tell them
about his standing lunch
800
00:35:44,676 --> 00:35:46,542
with the Donners
every Thursday?
801
00:35:46,611 --> 00:35:47,737
Yes.
802
00:35:47,812 --> 00:35:51,908
And you knew about that lunch
because you knew Rybakov,
803
00:35:52,217 --> 00:35:53,685
knew his habits,
804
00:35:53,752 --> 00:35:56,084
were involved in a criminal
enterprise with him.
805
00:35:56,154 --> 00:35:58,714
No, his wife told us.
806
00:35:59,024 --> 00:36:00,514
Told you?
807
00:36:00,592 --> 00:36:01,753
Told Ludovic.
808
00:36:01,826 --> 00:36:03,453
According to you.
809
00:36:03,995 --> 00:36:07,989
According to you, a
devout mother of four
810
00:36:08,066 --> 00:36:11,661
paid you, a career criminal,
to kill her husband.
811
00:36:12,170 --> 00:36:13,228
Yes.
812
00:36:13,304 --> 00:36:15,864
GREENBLATT: You had a very good reason
of your own to kill him, didn't you?
813
00:36:15,940 --> 00:36:17,430
No. Not really.
814
00:36:17,509 --> 00:36:21,707
A stiff sentence in a federal penitentiary?
Not a good reason?
815
00:36:21,846 --> 00:36:23,507
We might have
done for free,
816
00:36:23,581 --> 00:36:27,415
but why should we, when his
wife is willing to pay for it?
817
00:36:27,652 --> 00:36:30,212
And with your extensive
criminal record,
818
00:36:30,288 --> 00:36:31,687
and in light of
your plea bargain
819
00:36:31,756 --> 00:36:33,019
with the District
Attorney's office,
820
00:36:33,091 --> 00:36:35,287
why should we believe
a word you say?
821
00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:37,488
Nothing further,
Your Honor.
822
00:36:42,367 --> 00:36:45,337
Yes, I called
the federal prosecutor.
823
00:36:45,770 --> 00:36:48,171
You wanted
your husband arrested?
824
00:36:48,473 --> 00:36:50,339
I wanted him stopped.
825
00:36:51,009 --> 00:36:54,570
He was putting us, he was putting
our children in jeopardy.
826
00:36:54,646 --> 00:36:57,411
And when Roman made his agreement
with the federal prosecutor,
827
00:36:57,482 --> 00:36:59,450
did you feel
better protected?
828
00:36:59,517 --> 00:37:01,747
No. Nothing changed.
829
00:37:01,886 --> 00:37:04,287
The women,
the late hours,
830
00:37:04,355 --> 00:37:08,087
the gangsters that he did business with.
Nothing changed.
831
00:37:10,428 --> 00:37:13,728
So, you hired
a divorce lawyer.
832
00:37:14,065 --> 00:37:16,329
A civil divorce
I could obtain,
833
00:37:16,401 --> 00:37:19,166
but I also needed
a religious divorce.
834
00:37:20,138 --> 00:37:21,128
Why?
835
00:37:22,340 --> 00:37:26,675
I would be nothing if I left
my husband without a get.
836
00:37:28,113 --> 00:37:31,743
I would be without friends,
I would be without family.
837
00:37:32,250 --> 00:37:35,584
My own mother and father
would turn their back on me.
838
00:37:36,588 --> 00:37:38,579
I would
lose my children.
839
00:37:40,191 --> 00:37:42,819
My children,
do you understand?
840
00:37:43,561 --> 00:37:45,188
Your husband
would have custody?
841
00:37:45,263 --> 00:37:46,822
Worst than that.
842
00:37:47,365 --> 00:37:50,801
They themselves, if I wanted
to see them, my children,
843
00:37:51,503 --> 00:37:54,131
they would
not want to see me.
844
00:37:55,373 --> 00:37:57,933
Did you ask your husband
for the get?
845
00:37:58,009 --> 00:37:59,340
Many times.
846
00:37:59,410 --> 00:38:01,777
He said it was
out of the question.
847
00:38:01,846 --> 00:38:06,010
He said divorce would diminish
our prestige in the community.
848
00:38:07,418 --> 00:38:09,113
Our prestige.
849
00:38:09,187 --> 00:38:12,088
Everyone knew
what he did for a living,
850
00:38:12,157 --> 00:38:14,182
everyone knew
what he was.
851
00:38:15,894 --> 00:38:20,661
And when he turned you down,
what did you do then?
852
00:38:21,299 --> 00:38:23,825
I took diamonds
from the store safe.
853
00:38:24,803 --> 00:38:26,931
I sold them,
it was not hard.
854
00:38:27,472 --> 00:38:29,338
And what did you do
with the money?
855
00:38:29,407 --> 00:38:31,034
I brought it
to the rabbis
856
00:38:31,109 --> 00:38:34,204
who would hear my plea,
the bet din.
857
00:38:34,946 --> 00:38:36,243
The religious court?
858
00:38:36,314 --> 00:38:39,773
Yes.
I donated $50,000
859
00:38:40,385 --> 00:38:43,218
hoping that they would
use their influence
860
00:38:43,288 --> 00:38:46,588
to put pressure on my husband
to grant me the divorce.
861
00:38:46,658 --> 00:38:48,649
Did you ever
give any money
862
00:38:48,726 --> 00:38:51,525
to Mr. Andropov
or Mr. Ludovic?
863
00:38:52,063 --> 00:38:53,724
No, never.
864
00:38:54,833 --> 00:38:57,700
Did you ask them to
kill your husband?
865
00:38:57,836 --> 00:38:59,565
No, I did not.
866
00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:10,605
Did the rabbis
take your money?
867
00:39:10,682 --> 00:39:12,207
Yes, they did.
868
00:39:12,717 --> 00:39:14,242
Did they apply
the pressure?
869
00:39:14,319 --> 00:39:15,718
They timed.
870
00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:17,945
They went to
the synagogue.
871
00:39:18,022 --> 00:39:21,287
They tried to shame him
before the community.
872
00:39:22,126 --> 00:39:23,787
Did your husband relent?
873
00:39:23,862 --> 00:39:25,261
Did he give you the get?
874
00:39:25,330 --> 00:39:28,459
No. He was by this time
beyond shame.
875
00:39:30,101 --> 00:39:31,626
He didn't care.
876
00:39:34,439 --> 00:39:37,739
The bet din told me there was
nothing more to be done.
877
00:39:38,576 --> 00:39:42,035
Sounds like you had every
reason in the world
878
00:39:42,113 --> 00:39:43,877
to want
your husband killed.
879
00:39:43,948 --> 00:39:48,442
And four very good reasons
not to. My children.
880
00:39:50,488 --> 00:39:53,458
I would never take their
father away from my children,
881
00:39:53,524 --> 00:39:55,390
no matter what he did.
882
00:39:58,563 --> 00:40:00,554
But your husband is dead.
883
00:40:02,967 --> 00:40:05,061
Not by my hand.
884
00:40:18,583 --> 00:40:21,314
The rabbi confirms his synagogue
received the donation
885
00:40:21,419 --> 00:40:22,648
from Mrs. Rybakov.
886
00:40:22,720 --> 00:40:24,984
So Andropov lied
to cut a deal with us?
887
00:40:25,056 --> 00:40:28,424
She had a quarter of a million
dollar slush fund to work with.
888
00:40:28,493 --> 00:40:31,121
I have no doubt she paid
him to hit her husband.
889
00:40:31,195 --> 00:40:34,392
But we can no longer establish
that fact to a certainty.
890
00:40:34,465 --> 00:40:36,661
Zina's testimony
perfectly sets forth
891
00:40:36,734 --> 00:40:38,429
her motive
to kill her husband.
892
00:40:38,503 --> 00:40:41,996
And at the same time undercuts
our case in its entirety.
893
00:40:42,540 --> 00:40:44,030
That woman's
like a wet bar of soap.
894
00:40:44,108 --> 00:40:45,405
The harder we squeeze...
895
00:40:45,476 --> 00:40:46,944
JACK: The guiltier
we know she is,
896
00:40:47,011 --> 00:40:48,479
the more innocent
she seems.
897
00:40:48,546 --> 00:40:50,571
You know, when you come
right down to it,
898
00:40:50,648 --> 00:40:53,447
all Zina Rybakov ever did
was make a phone call.
899
00:40:53,518 --> 00:40:55,043
That set the whole thing
in motion.
900
00:40:55,119 --> 00:40:56,985
She knew exactly
what would happen.
901
00:40:57,055 --> 00:40:58,989
Oh, yeah,
she got the get.
902
00:40:59,057 --> 00:41:00,889
And I tend to
agree with you, Jack,
903
00:41:00,959 --> 00:41:02,859
that morally she's
culpable of the murder.
904
00:41:03,194 --> 00:41:04,389
And legally?
905
00:41:04,462 --> 00:41:06,931
Legally, I don't know what
she's guilty of, exactly,
906
00:41:06,998 --> 00:41:08,727
without credible proof
of payment.
907
00:41:09,133 --> 00:41:11,363
The jury will have
to make that call.
908
00:41:11,803 --> 00:41:13,567
We've gone this far.
909
00:41:14,505 --> 00:41:15,939
Look, we've got
the shooter
910
00:41:16,007 --> 00:41:18,840
and the guy who hired him
behind bars for a long time.
911
00:41:18,910 --> 00:41:19,934
Don't you think
it's beginning
912
00:41:20,011 --> 00:41:22,241
to look like we're
persecuting a poor widow?
913
00:41:22,313 --> 00:41:23,678
A self-made widow.
914
00:41:23,748 --> 00:41:25,273
Ofa gangster.
915
00:41:25,350 --> 00:41:29,150
Look, I'm not suggesting that Mr.
Rybakov deserved to die.
916
00:41:29,220 --> 00:41:32,087
Even though we do tend
to reap what we sow.
917
00:41:32,357 --> 00:41:33,756
I just think
you might want
918
00:41:33,825 --> 00:41:36,760
to put a more magnanimous
face on this thing.
919
00:41:41,733 --> 00:41:42,825
What?
920
00:41:42,900 --> 00:41:45,801
That's just Arthur's way
of barking an order.
921
00:41:51,409 --> 00:41:52,535
JACK: Your Honor,
at this time,
922
00:41:52,610 --> 00:41:55,136
for the reasons
previously discussed,
923
00:41:55,546 --> 00:41:59,483
the People withdraw all
charges against Zina Rybakov.
924
00:41:59,817 --> 00:42:02,343
Counsel is aware that
jeopardy has attached
925
00:42:02,420 --> 00:42:05,355
and this defendant can never
be retried on these charges?
926
00:42:06,391 --> 00:42:08,917
The People are cognizant
of that fact, Your Honor.
927
00:42:08,993 --> 00:42:11,428
Then the People's motion
to dismiss the charges
928
00:42:11,496 --> 00:42:13,863
against this defendant
is granted.
929
00:42:13,998 --> 00:42:15,295
(GAVEL BANGS)
930
00:42:15,366 --> 00:42:16,993
These proceedings
are ended.
931
00:42:44,162 --> 00:42:47,359
She committed a murder
without committing a crime.
932
00:42:47,532 --> 00:42:50,229
She knows exactly
what she did.
933
00:42:50,301 --> 00:42:52,497
And so does every member
of her community.
934
00:42:52,570 --> 00:42:55,005
She won't be persona
non grata to everyone.
935
00:42:55,073 --> 00:42:56,802
There are other women
in her position.
936
00:42:56,874 --> 00:42:58,467
She's a role model?
937
00:42:58,543 --> 00:43:00,341
I imagine there will be
some glasses raised to her
938
00:43:00,411 --> 00:43:01,901
in that neighborhood
tonight.
939
00:43:01,979 --> 00:43:04,914
Yeah, there'll be
some nervous husbands, too.