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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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It's gotta be
in here someplace.
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We're supposed
to be at City Hall
in 15 minutes!
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Don't worry, baby,
I'm gonna fix the flat
and I'll get us there on time.
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Well, watch out!
If you dirty up the tuxedo,
they'll make me pay for it.
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Yeah.
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I think my brother
borrowed the jack.
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Your brother?
I'm marrying
a family of morons!
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Maybe this guy
has a jack.
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There's nobody in here.
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Maria!
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Door was unlocked.
This is how we found him.
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Somebody did
a number on his head.
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Defensive wounds
on the hands.
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ID?
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Not on the body.
No wallet, no money.
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I've heard that song
before. No hits,
no runs, no errors.
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What about the van?
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Registered to
a Donald Gibson.
Brooklyn address.
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Do we think
that's Mr. Gibson?
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That or his twin brother.
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Oh, yeah.
I see what you mean.
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Hey, do me a favor.
Make my lieutenant happy
and roll his prints.
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So the witness
pulled in at 8:00 a. m.,
the van was sitting here.
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Beside the
bride and groom,
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he doesn't remember
anybody near it.
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Oh, from the blood
smears on the floor,
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it looks like
he was dragged in
after the beating.
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Anything turn up
in the parking area?
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No blood,
no murder weapon.
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Thanks.
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Hell of a way to
start a life together.
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Or end one.
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M.E. makes the time of death
between 10:00 last night
and 2:00 this morning.
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How many blows
to the head
did he take?
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One. But he got
worked over pretty
good before that.
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Two shattered ulnae,
fractured ribs.
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Internal bleeding
from his vital organs.
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A little over-the-top
for a straight-up robbery.
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Yeah. Maybe he forgot
to say "please"
and "thank you. "
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Oh, my God.
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That's Donnie.
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Look what they
did to him.
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Can I get some water?
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You okay to continue,
Mrs. Gibson?
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When was the last time
you spoke to your husband?
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Uh, yesterday morning,
when he left for the office.
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He didn't come
home after work?
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Donnie meets
clients at night.
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We found your
husband's van.
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He installs
audio systems?
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For clubs, restaurants,
that kind of thing.
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Was Donnie having
trouble with anybody?
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Not like that.
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Like what then?
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We understand this
is hard, Mrs. Gibson.
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Donnie's kind of loud.
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People take it
the wrong way
sometimes.
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But he never means
anything by it.
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Well, we noticed your
husband was convicted
in a federal court
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for buying
stolen goods.
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That was seven years ago.
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Donnie bought
a few amplifiers off
a boat in New Jersey.
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He didn't even
go to jail.
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Is there
any reason to think
that he'd be involved
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in something
like that recently?
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The only reason
he did that
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was because
business was slow.
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He was a good husband.
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These are your husband's
personal effects.
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His wallet's not here.
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We assume it was
taken in the robbery.
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Donnie kept our
wedding picture in there.
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I was wondering
why Mr. Gibson didn't
come to work today.
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I tried
calling his wife.
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Yeah.
She's at the precinct.
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I hope she's okay.
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Was Mr. Gibson having
any problems at work?
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Not that I know of.
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His biggest worry
was how to make the
company grow faster.
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Where was he yesterday?
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He was doing
an installation
in Flatbush.
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A disco.
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Mr. Gibson was
going to get me
and my boyfriend
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put on the guest list
when they opened.
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He was nice like that.
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Did he come
into work first?
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Just for an hour or so.
He stopped at the bank
on his way in.
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He needed some cash
before he left
for Brooklyn.
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How much cash?
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$4,000.
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He gave me
the withdrawal slip
to put in the books.
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He say what it was for?
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It came out of
the business account.
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It must have had something
to do with the job
he was working on.
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Did he usually walk around
with that kind of money?
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No.
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Well, one time
he bought his wife
a pearl necklace.
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Oh, I feel
so bad for her.
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Donnie pulled
in about 12:00.
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Spent his day
wiring the DJ booth
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and running sound
to the bathrooms.
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When did he leave?
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8:30, 9:00.
Big hurry.
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Something important
to take care of.
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He say what?
Nah, I'm not sure.
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Take a guess.
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Look, this guy is dead...
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You don't need
to worry about
his reputation.
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So what? He went out to go
buy some audio equipment
for your club here?
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He took out $4,000
before he came here.
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Now what do you need
that costs four grand?
Four grand, hot?
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Can I get in
trouble for this?
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Relax. We're not
looking for a stolen
property collar.
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Speakers.
For the dance floor.
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Did Gibson say
where he was
gonna get 'em?
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No.
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You guys didn't happen
to come across
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four audio-acoustic 960s
in that van, did you?
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Sorry.
Then I'm screwed.
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So, Gibson went to
pick up some speakers,
at night, for cash.
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Let's see if he
looked up his friends
from New Jersey.
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Donnie's dead?
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He was killed
Tuesday night.
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You know
anything about it?
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Oh, man,
sorry to hear that.
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We see you, uh,
converted your
criminal know-how
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into something
more productive.
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Yeah, 30 months
in a jumpsuit,
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tie and jacket looked
pretty attractive.
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Your old pal
Donnie Gibson
only got probation.
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What are you sayin'?
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You got cause
to be resentful.
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Maybe he ratted you
out to get his deal.
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I had priors,
Gibson was a virgin.
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So where were you
Tuesday night?
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Look, the only reason
I'm gonna tell you this
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is 'cause I didn't
do nothing.
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I was with Gibson
at a strip joint.
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Guys and Dolls,
on the Upper East Side.
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So, it's just a coincidence
Gibson was out
with his old fence?
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I haven't been near
a piece of swag since
before Lewisburg.
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Maybe you were
brokering the deal.
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Look, fellas, Gibson
said he was gonna pick up
some merchandise.
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I told him I didn't
wanna know from it.
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What time was that?
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Around 11:00.
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I hung out a while longer.
The girls will tell you.
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You got
their names?
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My first time there.
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His girl was a blonde
wearing this
schoolgirl thing.
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Uh, plaid mini-skirt,
knee socks.
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And yours?
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Redhead, a cop outfit.
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Lucky Martin?
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Our clientele
don't have nicknames,
detectives.
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They have initials
after their names,
M.D., J.D.
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Yeah.
And they all come here
to see the double Ds.
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Oh, no. We're
not a strip club.
We're a rudy club.
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And what's that,
a poetry reading?
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Is there something
I can do for you guys
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or are you just here
to poke fun at how
I make a living?
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Did you see a guy named
Donnie Gibson in here
on Tuesday night?
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I don't know
if he was here,
but I know the name.
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What?
He's a regular?
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Three years ago,
we bought the club,
took it out of the gutter.
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Donnie did our
sound system.
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Oh, detectives,
my partner, Tom Wilder.
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What's this all about?
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Donnie Gibson
was killed
Tuesday night.
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Oh, my God.
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They think
he was here, Tom.
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Great. More bad press.
Just what we need with
Guiliani cracking down.
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You remember
seeing Gibson?
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No, I don't.
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One of your girls
was with Gibson.
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Blonde, schoolgirl costume.
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Kimberly.
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Donnie Gibson?
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Hmm. Doesn't ring a bell.
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The men who come
here don't usually
give their names.
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How about a face?
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Yeah. He kind of
looks familiar.
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I don't remember him
from Tuesday.
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Gibson's friend said
that you danced for him
between 10:00 and 11:00.
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I'm sorry,
I just don't
remember the guy.
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I work a 10-hour shift,
six days a week.
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So, a lot of faces.
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I have to change,
so if you don't mind...
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Oh, you an actress?
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Yeah. I'm trying to be.
I've been in a commercial
and two indie films.
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And I take classes. Why?
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Oh, I got a nephew
in Hollywood.
He's an agent.
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He's always looking
for new faces.
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Thanks.
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Now the cop.
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Can you guys
make it quick?
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I gotta cram
for my psyche exam
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before the
happy hour crunch.
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Wouldn't you do
better in a library?
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Hey, I'm covering my
tuition and fulfilling
a public service.
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Oh, which one's that?
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Read the literature.
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Clubs like this,
they boost a man's
testosterone level.
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He leaves here
feeling confident.
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More productive.
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And broke.
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Then everybody's happy.
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Tuesday night,
you were teamed up
with Kimberly?
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So?
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Look, one of your
customers was murdered.
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Kimberly asked me
to sit with her
for a while.
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She said she knew
one of the guys,
Donnie.
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How well did they
know each other?
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I once saw them
picking out a baby doll
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from the
Victoria's Secret
catalogue.
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Was she seeing Donnie
outside of work?
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We're not really close.
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So the two of you
just happened to be
working this guy
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the night he got killed?
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She said he was
a good tipper.
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Was he?
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I never got a chance
to find out.
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Kimberly broke up
the party when she went
to return a phone call.
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Any idea who
the call was from?
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Not really.
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Is that the best
you can do?
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Donnie seemed to know
what was going on.
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Right after that,
he got his coat.
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And I saw him
talking to Kimberly
before he left.
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Thanks.
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Sounds like the phone call
was Gibson's
speaker connection.
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Funny Kimberly
forgot to mention it.
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Not if
she was the one
who set him up.
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Before we rattle her cage,
let's get the LUDs
from the club
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and find out
who she called.
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Tuesday night,
there was nobody
on the pay phone.
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This would've been
a little before 11:00.
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We close at 11:00.
There was nobody here.
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Hey, Pete, didn't that
guy Sean order a pie
right before we closed up?
245
00:11:02,561 --> 00:11:04,756
I think your head's
spending a little bit
too much time in the oven.
246
00:11:04,830 --> 00:11:06,024
He wasn't
on the phone.
247
00:11:06,098 --> 00:11:08,089
You remember this
Sean taking a call?
248
00:11:08,167 --> 00:11:09,794
Yeah, the phone rang
and he picked it up.
249
00:11:09,869 --> 00:11:11,461
Know who
he was talking to?
250
00:11:12,071 --> 00:11:13,732
You recognize her?
251
00:11:14,140 --> 00:11:15,129
She an actress?
252
00:11:15,207 --> 00:11:16,504
She moonlights
at a hooter bar
253
00:11:16,575 --> 00:11:18,270
when she's not playing
Lady Macbeth.
254
00:11:18,344 --> 00:11:20,073
I think it's time
you shut your mouth,
Augie.
255
00:11:20,146 --> 00:11:21,875
Hey, you want to face
an obstructing charge?
256
00:11:22,815 --> 00:11:24,112
I don't know her.
257
00:11:24,183 --> 00:11:25,548
Where can
we find Sean?
258
00:11:25,618 --> 00:11:28,382
Yeah. Probably in
the parking lot near
the Spotsfield Mall sign.
259
00:11:28,721 --> 00:11:29,745
Thanks.
260
00:11:36,395 --> 00:11:38,829
Which one
of you is Sean?
261
00:11:38,898 --> 00:11:40,092
Hey, you don't
like the band?
262
00:11:40,166 --> 00:11:41,793
Not at 100 decibels.
263
00:11:41,867 --> 00:11:42,856
Where you guys from?
264
00:11:42,935 --> 00:11:44,197
NYPD.
265
00:11:44,270 --> 00:11:45,794
Didn't yous guys
see the sign
on your way here?
266
00:11:45,871 --> 00:11:46,963
This is Westchester.
267
00:11:47,039 --> 00:11:49,132
We're looking
for Sean.
268
00:11:49,208 --> 00:11:50,334
Well, Sean ain't here.
269
00:11:50,409 --> 00:11:52,172
So why don't you guys
go back where yous
came from?
270
00:11:52,244 --> 00:11:53,768
Shut up, Jason.
271
00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:55,972
I'm Sean Russo.
272
00:11:56,782 --> 00:11:58,909
Why don't we go somewhere
where there's a little
more ambiance?
273
00:11:58,984 --> 00:12:00,451
Gonna take a warrant.
274
00:12:00,519 --> 00:12:02,885
Oh, let's see if
we can arrange that.
275
00:12:02,955 --> 00:12:04,320
This your Explorer?
276
00:12:04,390 --> 00:12:06,017
Yeah, pretty nice, huh?
277
00:12:08,060 --> 00:12:11,962
Oh, what's this, Rey?
An open 40 on
the front seat?
278
00:12:12,031 --> 00:12:13,521
You're under arrest
for having an open
279
00:12:13,599 --> 00:12:15,794
alcoholic beverage
container in your vehicle.
280
00:12:15,868 --> 00:12:17,028
You're sure you
wanna do this?
281
00:12:17,103 --> 00:12:18,434
Damn sure.
282
00:12:20,539 --> 00:12:22,166
Never heard of this
Donnie Gibson.
283
00:12:22,241 --> 00:12:23,833
Sit up.
284
00:12:23,909 --> 00:12:26,639
He was banging
your movie star
girlfriend.
285
00:12:28,047 --> 00:12:29,207
Which one's that?
286
00:12:29,281 --> 00:12:31,146
Kimberly, from
the strip joint.
287
00:12:31,217 --> 00:12:34,152
I whacked this mope
'cause he's getting
some from Kimberly?
288
00:12:34,220 --> 00:12:36,154
I'm gonna let you
in on something.
289
00:12:36,222 --> 00:12:39,555
Half the girls in Spotsfield
rock harder than that Barbie.
290
00:12:39,625 --> 00:12:43,356
We know Kimberly called
you back at the pizza
joint Tuesday night.
291
00:12:43,429 --> 00:12:44,418
Big deal.
292
00:12:44,497 --> 00:12:47,091
You had her
set Gibson up with
a phony speaker deal.
293
00:12:47,166 --> 00:12:49,225
Gibson met you and
you wailed on him.
294
00:12:49,301 --> 00:12:51,769
The four grand
he was carrying
was a bonus.
295
00:12:51,837 --> 00:12:55,238
This is what happened.
I left the mall,
went straight home.
296
00:12:55,307 --> 00:12:56,296
By yourself?
297
00:12:56,375 --> 00:12:58,843
I live with my mother.
Go do some police work,
she'll tell you.
298
00:12:58,911 --> 00:13:00,378
Yeah. We pulled
your sheet, Russo.
299
00:13:00,446 --> 00:13:02,414
You've been picked up
three times for assault.
300
00:13:02,481 --> 00:13:06,042
You and your friends,
you settle your disagreements
with baseball bats.
301
00:13:06,118 --> 00:13:08,052
That's it.
Interrogation's done.
302
00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:09,587
Hey, why don't you
have a seat, Counselor?
303
00:13:09,655 --> 00:13:12,055
Maybe we can get a couple
of straight answers
outta your client.
304
00:13:12,124 --> 00:13:14,718
Do you have any idea
who this is?
305
00:13:14,794 --> 00:13:17,763
A punk kid who spends
his life drinking beer
in a parking lot?
306
00:13:17,830 --> 00:13:19,730
Dominic Russo's son.
307
00:13:21,500 --> 00:13:22,831
Dominic "The Sledge" Russo?
308
00:13:23,435 --> 00:13:25,198
Yeah, that's my pop.
309
00:13:25,704 --> 00:13:27,638
Too bad
he's doing life.
310
00:13:27,706 --> 00:13:29,071
You charging me
with something?
311
00:13:30,342 --> 00:13:33,277
Write Mr. Russo
a citation for the
motor vehicle violation
312
00:13:33,345 --> 00:13:34,835
and send him
on his way.
313
00:13:35,447 --> 00:13:37,244
I want these
sons of bitches sued.
314
00:13:37,316 --> 00:13:38,647
We'll talk about it
on the way home.
315
00:13:38,717 --> 00:13:40,184
And this one,
316
00:13:41,654 --> 00:13:43,281
I want his badge.
317
00:13:47,660 --> 00:13:50,959
Like they say,
genius always
skips a generation.
318
00:13:51,030 --> 00:13:52,463
If that's the future
of the mob,
319
00:13:52,531 --> 00:13:54,499
we got nothing
to worry about.
320
00:13:54,567 --> 00:13:56,592
Tell that to
Donnie Gibson.
321
00:13:59,305 --> 00:14:00,897
Why would I lie?
322
00:14:01,407 --> 00:14:04,069
I see Sean around the club.
That's as far as it goes.
323
00:14:04,143 --> 00:14:06,373
He filled us in
on the two of you.
324
00:14:06,445 --> 00:14:07,434
What'd he say?
325
00:14:07,513 --> 00:14:09,447
Oh, you two think
the world of each other.
326
00:14:09,515 --> 00:14:10,846
Why'd you lie to us?
327
00:14:10,916 --> 00:14:14,044
Because you were seeing
Donnie Gibson and Sean Russo
at the same time?
328
00:14:14,119 --> 00:14:16,178
I wasn't seeing Donnie.
329
00:14:16,255 --> 00:14:19,520
He just likes
a little attention
from a pretty girl.
330
00:14:20,092 --> 00:14:21,081
It's not what you think.
331
00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:22,650
What did Russo think
when he saw you
332
00:14:22,728 --> 00:14:25,856
in that slinky baby doll
you and Gibson picked out?
333
00:14:25,931 --> 00:14:26,955
Baby doll?
334
00:14:27,032 --> 00:14:28,021
Yeah.
335
00:14:28,100 --> 00:14:30,762
Uh, no. That was
a Valentine's present
for Donnie's wife.
336
00:14:30,836 --> 00:14:33,737
Hey, we got
the phone records
from the club.
337
00:14:33,806 --> 00:14:36,900
You forgot to tell us
you called Russo
Tuesday night.
338
00:14:36,976 --> 00:14:37,965
Well, I didn't mean to.
339
00:14:38,043 --> 00:14:40,341
Right. You were
covering for Russo.
340
00:14:40,412 --> 00:14:43,006
You set Gibson up
so that Russo
could stomp him.
341
00:14:43,082 --> 00:14:45,915
You want to see
how he bashed
Donnie's head in?
342
00:14:45,985 --> 00:14:47,577
No, don't show me that.
Look!
343
00:14:47,653 --> 00:14:49,746
Please!
Start being
straight with us.
344
00:14:50,089 --> 00:14:52,216
I think I'm just gonna
keep my mouth shut.
345
00:14:52,291 --> 00:14:54,350
Oh, Russo's got you
scared to talk?
346
00:14:57,096 --> 00:14:59,428
My shift starts
in 15 minutes.
347
00:14:59,498 --> 00:15:01,329
Mr. Stahl gets mad
when I'm late.
348
00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:04,426
Well, he's just gonna
have to learn
how to manage his anger.
349
00:15:04,503 --> 00:15:07,131
First we're gonna
check out your story.
350
00:15:08,007 --> 00:15:12,171
Donnie got me a baby doll
for Valentine's Day.
Why is that important?
351
00:15:12,244 --> 00:15:15,771
Well, we think your
husband might've been
having an affair.
352
00:15:15,848 --> 00:15:17,179
With who?
353
00:15:17,249 --> 00:15:20,047
Her name's Kimberly.
Uh, she's a stripper.
354
00:15:20,953 --> 00:15:24,320
Well, we just thought
the name might be familiar,
maybe she called?
355
00:15:24,390 --> 00:15:26,654
Kimberly? No.
356
00:15:27,326 --> 00:15:29,886
Well, could be we're
jumping to conclusions
about your husband.
357
00:15:29,962 --> 00:15:32,897
Yeah. It sounds like it.
Donnie wasn't like that.
358
00:15:32,965 --> 00:15:36,992
Um, did Donnie
ever mention a guy
named Sean Russo?
359
00:15:37,069 --> 00:15:38,832
No. Who's he?
360
00:15:38,904 --> 00:15:40,496
A mobster.
361
00:15:40,572 --> 00:15:43,097
What did Donnie
get himself into?
362
00:15:43,175 --> 00:15:45,735
Hey, right now
everything's very vague.
363
00:15:45,811 --> 00:15:48,803
We'll call you
if we find out
anything. Thanks.
364
00:15:49,114 --> 00:15:51,674
Oh, I was gonna call you.
365
00:15:53,085 --> 00:15:54,848
This came in the
mail this morning.
366
00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:56,717
It's Donnie's wallet.
367
00:15:58,857 --> 00:16:01,382
Our wedding picture's
still in there.
368
00:16:01,460 --> 00:16:03,690
Do you still
have the envelope
that it came in?
369
00:16:03,762 --> 00:16:05,627
Uh, yeah.
370
00:16:09,635 --> 00:16:11,296
No return address.
371
00:16:12,071 --> 00:16:14,232
This stain here,
was it on the envelope
when you got it?
372
00:16:14,306 --> 00:16:15,364
Yes.
373
00:16:17,309 --> 00:16:19,106
It's blood, isn't it?
374
00:16:21,513 --> 00:16:25,176
The envelope's postmarked
Morningside Station,
southwest Harlem.
375
00:16:25,250 --> 00:16:28,276
That's 20 blocks north
of where Donnie Gibson's
body was found.
376
00:16:28,354 --> 00:16:31,812
So latent didn't get a hit
on the prints off the wallet
or the envelope.
377
00:16:31,890 --> 00:16:34,222
But that stain,
it's pig's blood.
378
00:16:34,626 --> 00:16:36,617
There's that wholesale
meat district
379
00:16:36,695 --> 00:16:39,357
around a 125th Street
on the West Side Highway.
380
00:16:39,431 --> 00:16:41,524
Dominic Russo
has a brother in
the meat business.
381
00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:43,830
Yeah! The legit
side of the family.
382
00:16:43,902 --> 00:16:44,891
So they say.
383
00:16:44,970 --> 00:16:47,029
Our love triangle theory
didn't pan out.
384
00:16:47,106 --> 00:16:49,631
So, what? We think
this is a mob hit?
385
00:16:50,142 --> 00:16:51,700
After The Sledge
went to jail,
386
00:16:51,777 --> 00:16:53,540
couple of guys were
found in the swamps.
387
00:16:53,612 --> 00:16:56,240
There's been
a power vacuum
in his old crew.
388
00:16:56,315 --> 00:16:59,512
Yeah, but how
did Donnie Gibson
get sucked into it?
389
00:17:02,855 --> 00:17:05,551
My man found it out back
Wednesday morning.
390
00:17:05,624 --> 00:17:08,855
I got the address
on the driver's license
and stuck it in the mail.
391
00:17:08,927 --> 00:17:11,020
So why didn't you
try to call, Mr. Russo?
392
00:17:11,697 --> 00:17:13,358
Why didn't I call?
393
00:17:13,766 --> 00:17:15,290
What do you think?
This guy got killed here?
394
00:17:15,768 --> 00:17:17,633
This is where
his wallet was found.
395
00:17:17,703 --> 00:17:19,068
You sayin' I did this?
396
00:17:19,138 --> 00:17:20,366
There's no return address.
397
00:17:20,439 --> 00:17:21,736
Well, why would
I kill the guy
398
00:17:21,807 --> 00:17:23,775
and then mail
his wallet back
to his wife?
399
00:17:23,842 --> 00:17:25,901
Because one
of your workers
picked it up.
400
00:17:27,312 --> 00:17:30,509
You just don't believe
that I would do
anything decent.
401
00:17:30,582 --> 00:17:35,679
Let me explain something.
This last name I got,
I'm me, that's them.
402
00:17:35,754 --> 00:17:37,312
Two distinct situations.
403
00:17:37,389 --> 00:17:40,119
Well, why don't you
just show us where
your guy found the wallet?
404
00:17:43,629 --> 00:17:45,096
I came out here
to take a smoke.
405
00:17:45,164 --> 00:17:47,359
And it was
layin' right there.
406
00:17:49,134 --> 00:17:52,194
Lennie. Looks like blood.
407
00:17:52,271 --> 00:17:54,239
Well, we hose down
our trucks back here.
408
00:17:54,306 --> 00:17:56,536
We'll bring our
technicians up here
just to be sure.
409
00:17:56,608 --> 00:17:57,768
Oh, great.
410
00:17:57,843 --> 00:18:00,175
You tape off this area,
where am I gonna
park my trucks?
411
00:18:00,245 --> 00:18:01,940
It's the price of
being a good citizen.
412
00:18:02,014 --> 00:18:04,244
Is your nephew
Sean ever up here?
413
00:18:04,316 --> 00:18:07,615
Yeah, he worked for me
part of a summer when
he was in high school.
414
00:18:07,686 --> 00:18:09,119
He couldn't
handle the work.
415
00:18:09,188 --> 00:18:10,678
Too much
blood and guts.
416
00:18:10,756 --> 00:18:12,621
He got over it.
417
00:18:12,691 --> 00:18:14,716
Time to check
Sean's alibi.
418
00:18:15,427 --> 00:18:18,521
First you take away
my husband from me
for life.
419
00:18:18,597 --> 00:18:19,928
Now you want my son?
420
00:18:19,998 --> 00:18:23,832
We're just trying
to establish his
whereabouts, Mrs. Russo.
421
00:18:23,902 --> 00:18:26,302
I got the number
of my husband's lawyer
somewhere.
422
00:18:26,371 --> 00:18:27,963
Uh,
once the lawyers
get involved,
423
00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:29,974
then we have to start
with search warrants,
424
00:18:30,042 --> 00:18:32,033
the arrest warrants,
the subpoenas.
425
00:18:32,111 --> 00:18:33,601
I mean, you went
through all that
with your husband.
426
00:18:33,679 --> 00:18:36,876
Yes, I did.
But Sean is not
like his father.
427
00:18:37,282 --> 00:18:40,649
Dominic promised me
he would never let Sean
get involved in that life.
428
00:18:40,719 --> 00:18:42,516
Well, if he's got
nothing to hide,
Mrs. Russo,
429
00:18:42,588 --> 00:18:45,318
then you can't mind
telling us where he was
last Tuesday night.
430
00:18:46,125 --> 00:18:48,059
He was with his friends.
431
00:18:48,127 --> 00:18:51,585
I heard him come in
about 11:30.
432
00:18:51,663 --> 00:18:53,494
What, you still
wait up for him?
433
00:18:53,565 --> 00:18:55,658
I couldn't sleep.
I was watching TV.
434
00:18:55,734 --> 00:18:57,326
Oh, yeah?
What were you watching?
435
00:18:57,402 --> 00:18:59,836
A movie. I can't
remember the name.
436
00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:03,974
Where's your TV?
In my bedroom.
437
00:19:04,476 --> 00:19:06,239
What? You don't believe me?
438
00:19:06,311 --> 00:19:07,300
Your
bedroom's upstairs?
439
00:19:07,379 --> 00:19:08,368
Yeah.
440
00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:09,669
Sean's is where?
441
00:19:09,748 --> 00:19:13,775
Sean's room is down here.
But I heard him come up
to use the bathroom.
442
00:19:13,852 --> 00:19:15,444
Why? Because in
a house this big,
443
00:19:15,521 --> 00:19:16,852
there's no bathroom
down here?
444
00:19:17,489 --> 00:19:18,751
What do you
want from me?
445
00:19:18,824 --> 00:19:20,621
That's what happened.
446
00:19:21,126 --> 00:19:22,753
Forensics says
the blood outside
447
00:19:22,828 --> 00:19:25,296
the uncle's meat business
matches Gibson's.
448
00:19:25,364 --> 00:19:27,355
Can you put Russo
at his uncle's place?
449
00:19:27,432 --> 00:19:29,525
His mother gives him
some half-baked alibi.
450
00:19:29,601 --> 00:19:32,468
Oh, I'm sure she's
had lots of practice
with her husband.
451
00:19:32,538 --> 00:19:34,699
I'd like to get
a look inside
Russo's Explorer.
452
00:19:34,773 --> 00:19:38,300
Well, it sounds like
we have enough for
a search warrant.
453
00:19:38,677 --> 00:19:40,907
Marijuana residue
under the driver's seat.
454
00:19:40,979 --> 00:19:44,380
Yeah, we already rang him
up on a nuisance charge.
Anything else?
455
00:19:44,449 --> 00:19:47,111
Not to the naked eye.
I sent some swabs
down to the lab.
456
00:19:47,186 --> 00:19:49,313
I'm waiting
for a callback.
457
00:19:49,388 --> 00:19:52,221
You got something big
I can stretch out in?
458
00:19:53,392 --> 00:19:55,690
When's my car
gonna be ready?
459
00:19:55,761 --> 00:19:58,821
Getting all worked up
won't make it
go any faster.
460
00:19:58,897 --> 00:20:01,331
If there's anything wrong
with my car, these jerks
are liable, right?
461
00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:02,890
That's right, Sean.
462
00:20:02,968 --> 00:20:04,060
Good.
463
00:20:09,675 --> 00:20:11,540
I want my car, now.
464
00:20:15,714 --> 00:20:19,241
Boy, this thing is loaded.
Two alarm systems,
cell phone, CD player.
465
00:20:19,318 --> 00:20:21,081
Yeah, he's got
three kinds of radar.
466
00:20:21,153 --> 00:20:24,213
Yeah, maybe you could
accidentally disable
a few of them.
467
00:20:27,626 --> 00:20:28,786
Jackson.
468
00:20:28,860 --> 00:20:30,350
How's the patient?
469
00:20:30,429 --> 00:20:31,987
I'd check his
blood pressure.
470
00:20:32,064 --> 00:20:34,624
Driver's side.
I'll let 'em know.
471
00:20:35,934 --> 00:20:38,232
Lab didn't find any
blood off my swabs.
472
00:20:38,303 --> 00:20:40,237
But the driver's side
floor mat showed traces
473
00:20:40,305 --> 00:20:42,398
of ammonia and
liquefied Freon.
474
00:20:42,474 --> 00:20:43,463
Is that unusual?
475
00:20:43,542 --> 00:20:45,066
Yeah, this time of year.
476
00:20:45,143 --> 00:20:49,341
Most likely source,
the driver stepped in a puddle
from a refrigeration unit.
477
00:20:50,449 --> 00:20:53,782
Russo was killing
Gibson near his
uncle's meat trucks.
478
00:20:53,852 --> 00:20:55,046
Thanks.
479
00:20:58,257 --> 00:20:59,724
Finally.
Where's my car?
480
00:20:59,791 --> 00:21:02,282
We'll be supplying
your transportation
from now on.
481
00:21:02,361 --> 00:21:04,386
You're under arrest
for the murder
of Donald Gibson.
482
00:21:04,463 --> 00:21:05,589
You have the right
to remain silent.
483
00:21:05,664 --> 00:21:08,360
First you get me out,
then you get my car.
484
00:21:08,433 --> 00:21:09,764
You have the
right to an attorney.
485
00:21:09,835 --> 00:21:11,598
If you cannot afford one,
one will be appointed.
486
00:21:13,405 --> 00:21:18,775
"Docket number 89254,
People v. Sean Russo.
Murder in the First Degree. "
487
00:21:18,844 --> 00:21:21,369
Mr. Russo is being
railroaded, Your Honor.
488
00:21:21,446 --> 00:21:25,109
I'll take that as
a not guilty plea.
Let's talk bail.
489
00:21:25,183 --> 00:21:27,242
The People have
a solid case, Judge.
490
00:21:27,319 --> 00:21:29,617
The defendant
lured the victim
to an isolated area.
491
00:21:29,688 --> 00:21:31,246
Forensics connects him
to the murder scene.
492
00:21:31,323 --> 00:21:32,620
The People request remand.
493
00:21:32,691 --> 00:21:33,953
The People's
forensic evidence
494
00:21:34,026 --> 00:21:35,493
could have come from
a thousand places.
495
00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:38,290
Mr. Russo intends
to fight this to
the bitter end, Judge.
496
00:21:38,363 --> 00:21:39,921
He's not going anywhere.
497
00:21:39,998 --> 00:21:42,398
He's got strong ties
to the community
as you can see.
498
00:21:42,467 --> 00:21:45,436
Given Mr. Russo's
three assault arrests
499
00:21:45,504 --> 00:21:47,199
and his reputation
for violence,
500
00:21:47,272 --> 00:21:49,240
he poses
a distinct threat
to our community.
501
00:21:49,308 --> 00:21:50,900
When you don't have a case,
you argue reputation...
502
00:21:50,976 --> 00:21:54,468
Would you ask Mr. Sklar
to get his finger
out of my face!
503
00:21:54,546 --> 00:21:56,446
Both of you, enough.
504
00:21:56,515 --> 00:21:58,278
$1,000,000,
cash or bond.
505
00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:02,609
Russo
commanded an audience.
506
00:22:02,688 --> 00:22:04,952
Half the wise guys
in the five boroughs.
507
00:22:05,023 --> 00:22:07,423
They were treating him
like he was the heir
apparent to his father.
508
00:22:07,492 --> 00:22:09,517
The heir apparent
to Dominic Russo
509
00:22:09,594 --> 00:22:12,586
robbed and killed
a man for $4,000?
510
00:22:12,664 --> 00:22:14,427
Then what's he doing
with Bernie Sklar?
511
00:22:14,499 --> 00:22:17,400
Sklar's made a career
out of representing
high-level mobsters.
512
00:22:17,469 --> 00:22:19,960
Maybe we need to
re-examine our theory
about motive.
513
00:22:20,939 --> 00:22:22,998
First spend time
increasing his bail.
514
00:22:24,076 --> 00:22:25,168
One million's not enough?
515
00:22:25,243 --> 00:22:27,438
I want him
off the street.
516
00:22:27,512 --> 00:22:29,980
If this punk
is trying to step
in his father's shoes,
517
00:22:30,048 --> 00:22:32,380
now's the time
to close him down.
518
00:22:35,587 --> 00:22:36,815
$10,000,000?
519
00:22:37,255 --> 00:22:39,780
The District Attorney's
on a vendetta here.
520
00:22:39,858 --> 00:22:42,122
Bail's been argued
and decided.
521
00:22:42,194 --> 00:22:46,130
You do need to demonstrate
some change in
circumstance, Mr. McCoy.
522
00:22:46,198 --> 00:22:48,223
It's apparent
from his arraignment
that Mr. Russo
523
00:22:48,300 --> 00:22:51,098
has ascended to
a dominant position in
his father's crime family.
524
00:22:51,169 --> 00:22:53,467
There's no crime family
run by Dominic Russo.
525
00:22:53,538 --> 00:22:56,735
He was convicted
on multiple counts
of racketeering,
526
00:22:56,808 --> 00:23:00,335
extortion and
ordering the murder
of his Mafia rivals.
527
00:23:00,412 --> 00:23:04,178
That term is an ethnic slur
concocted by law enforcement
528
00:23:04,249 --> 00:23:06,080
and adopted wholesale
by the media.
529
00:23:06,151 --> 00:23:08,483
And the KKK is
a civic organization?
530
00:23:08,553 --> 00:23:11,920
Show me where the mafia's
existence has been proven
in any court of law.
531
00:23:11,990 --> 00:23:14,686
Save it for your
summation, Mr. Sklar.
532
00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:16,785
Your presence here
belies your argument.
533
00:23:17,295 --> 00:23:20,822
Bail is raised
to $10,000,000,
cash or bond.
534
00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:23,265
We'll be ready to post
by the weekend.
535
00:23:26,405 --> 00:23:30,501
If Mr. Russo plans to post
collateral by third parties,
I want a surety hearing.
536
00:23:31,176 --> 00:23:34,612
Why? To intimidate
anybody who's gonna
stand up for my client?
537
00:23:34,679 --> 00:23:37,705
No. To insure
they're not intimidated
by Mr. Russo,
538
00:23:37,783 --> 00:23:42,015
or pledging property
obtained from the proceeds
of criminal activity.
539
00:23:42,087 --> 00:23:44,647
You've been there
before, Mr. Sklar.
540
00:23:44,723 --> 00:23:45,985
Hearing's set for Monday.
541
00:23:48,026 --> 00:23:49,152
We'll need discovery first.
542
00:23:49,227 --> 00:23:52,219
Ah, don't worry, Jack.
I'm not gonna stiff you.
543
00:24:00,305 --> 00:24:03,103
Russo's ambassadors
of goodwill.
544
00:24:03,175 --> 00:24:04,642
Just in case
the bail guarantors
545
00:24:04,709 --> 00:24:07,041
forget why
they've put up
their life's savings.
546
00:24:07,112 --> 00:24:09,012
The discovery
I promised you, Jack.
547
00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:10,604
Five minutes from
the hearing, Bernie?
548
00:24:10,682 --> 00:24:13,947
Oh, they don't get it to me,
I can't get it to you.
549
00:24:15,220 --> 00:24:17,586
Nobody had to
tell us what to do.
550
00:24:17,656 --> 00:24:21,251
My wife's brother-in-law's
a first cousin of
Sean's father, Dominic.
551
00:24:21,660 --> 00:24:24,629
So you've offered
to post a $500,000
piece of real estate
552
00:24:24,696 --> 00:24:25,890
for a distant relative?
553
00:24:27,732 --> 00:24:29,427
Dominic's been
very good to us
over the years.
554
00:24:29,501 --> 00:24:32,766
We decided it was time
to repay his favors.
555
00:24:32,838 --> 00:24:36,205
Did one of those favors
include giving you
a bag full of cash
556
00:24:36,274 --> 00:24:37,707
for a down payment
on your house?
557
00:24:37,776 --> 00:24:41,644
No. I got that money
from my parents
35 years ago.
558
00:24:44,749 --> 00:24:46,876
No further questions.
559
00:24:47,352 --> 00:24:48,341
Who's next?
560
00:24:49,488 --> 00:24:50,978
Jeffrey Stahl.
561
00:24:53,225 --> 00:24:54,954
Mr. Stahl.
562
00:25:06,271 --> 00:25:07,966
How did you acquire
the property
563
00:25:08,039 --> 00:25:10,473
you're pledging for bail,
Mr. Stahl?
564
00:25:10,542 --> 00:25:13,875
My partner and I
put down $500,000
in 1995
565
00:25:13,945 --> 00:25:16,311
to purchase the
building where our
nightclub's located.
566
00:25:16,715 --> 00:25:18,046
Where did you
get the money?
567
00:25:18,116 --> 00:25:20,778
We solicited certain
qualified investors.
568
00:25:20,852 --> 00:25:23,787
But we drew the bulk
of the money from
our own savings.
569
00:25:23,855 --> 00:25:27,188
Were any of these
investors associated with
the Russo crime family?
570
00:25:27,259 --> 00:25:29,489
Object to the
characterization,
Your Honor.
571
00:25:29,561 --> 00:25:31,995
Overruled.
The witness will answer.
572
00:25:33,298 --> 00:25:37,530
Our investors are high
net-worth individuals
who work on Wall Street.
573
00:25:38,236 --> 00:25:39,669
How about your initial
working capital,
574
00:25:39,738 --> 00:25:41,069
where did that come from?
575
00:25:41,139 --> 00:25:42,834
Family and friends.
576
00:25:42,908 --> 00:25:45,001
Then I'm
a little confused, sir.
577
00:25:45,076 --> 00:25:47,840
Why are you pledging
your company's main asset
578
00:25:47,913 --> 00:25:50,074
for an accused murderer
like Sean Russo?
579
00:25:51,116 --> 00:25:54,381
Mr. Russo is a customer
in my club who I've come
to know and respect.
580
00:25:54,452 --> 00:25:57,148
I feel he is deserving
of my assistance.
581
00:25:58,924 --> 00:26:03,054
Did he or any of his friends
pressure you to pledge
this collateral?
582
00:26:04,663 --> 00:26:06,130
Absolutely not.
583
00:26:09,501 --> 00:26:10,525
Just a moment,
Your Honor?
584
00:26:11,336 --> 00:26:13,896
Donald Gibson filed
a mechanic's lien
against Guys and Dolls
585
00:26:13,972 --> 00:26:16,497
for $12,000
three months before
he was killed.
586
00:26:16,575 --> 00:26:17,803
What for?
587
00:26:17,876 --> 00:26:20,310
Work performed
and not paid for.
Nothing more specific.
588
00:26:23,782 --> 00:26:29,015
Mr. Stahl, you owed $12,000
to the victim in this case,
didn't you?
589
00:26:29,087 --> 00:26:31,351
Objection. What's this
got to do with anything?
590
00:26:31,423 --> 00:26:33,721
Goes to the relationship
between the witness
and the deceased.
591
00:26:33,792 --> 00:26:37,091
How does this
debt relate to
Mr. Russo's bail?
592
00:26:37,162 --> 00:26:38,527
I'd like to explore that.
593
00:26:38,597 --> 00:26:40,360
It's a fishing
expedition.
594
00:26:40,432 --> 00:26:42,297
Looks like that to me.
595
00:26:42,367 --> 00:26:44,130
Objection sustained.
596
00:26:44,803 --> 00:26:46,771
Anything more,
Mr. McCoy?
597
00:26:47,839 --> 00:26:50,273
Then I'll rule on
the surety issue.
598
00:26:54,412 --> 00:26:57,313
Mr. Russo
is very gratified
at his release.
599
00:26:57,382 --> 00:26:59,907
By going forward with
these unfounded charges,
600
00:26:59,985 --> 00:27:03,113
it's obvious the D.A.
is still trying to
punish his father.
601
00:27:03,188 --> 00:27:05,418
Beyond that, we have
no further comment.
602
00:27:05,490 --> 00:27:06,479
Thank you.
603
00:27:10,562 --> 00:27:12,689
It was a long shot
anyway, Jack.
604
00:27:12,764 --> 00:27:15,562
At least we turned up
that 12,000-dollar debt.
605
00:27:15,634 --> 00:27:19,593
Stahl owes Gibson money.
Russo murders Gibson.
606
00:27:19,671 --> 00:27:22,765
Let's get the story
behind this mechanics' lien.
607
00:27:26,611 --> 00:27:30,638
Here. Guys and Dolls
was billed 15,000 at
the beginning of the year.
608
00:27:30,715 --> 00:27:33,775
We got checks
the next three months,
1,000 each.
609
00:27:34,486 --> 00:27:36,317
Nothing's come
in since then.
610
00:27:36,388 --> 00:27:38,356
They still owe
Mr. Gibson $12,000.
611
00:27:38,423 --> 00:27:39,412
Wait a minute.
612
00:27:39,491 --> 00:27:43,484
The payments stopped
a couple of months before
Mr. Gibson was killed.
613
00:27:43,561 --> 00:27:44,858
Did your boss usually
take out a lien
614
00:27:44,929 --> 00:27:46,089
when someone
owed him money?
615
00:27:46,164 --> 00:27:47,597
Only if they gave
him a hard time.
616
00:27:47,666 --> 00:27:49,691
You know,
as a last resort.
617
00:27:50,702 --> 00:27:52,693
So why'd you owe
Gibson the money?
618
00:27:52,771 --> 00:27:55,103
Well, what does that
got to do with anything?
619
00:27:55,173 --> 00:27:57,641
You were having
a billing dispute with
the victim of a murder.
620
00:27:57,709 --> 00:27:59,074
Look, it wasn't a dispute.
621
00:27:59,144 --> 00:28:01,544
The mayor's crackdown
forced us to
re-configure space
622
00:28:01,613 --> 00:28:03,911
so we brought Donnie in
to redo the sound system.
623
00:28:03,982 --> 00:28:05,244
But you never paid
him for the work.
624
00:28:05,316 --> 00:28:07,716
Oh, I'm getting to that.
We made several payments.
625
00:28:07,786 --> 00:28:09,253
We had a cash flow problem.
626
00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:11,379
This new law
hurt our business.
627
00:28:11,456 --> 00:28:13,185
So Gibson dropped
a mechanic's lien
on you.
628
00:28:13,258 --> 00:28:15,624
He filed it to
protect his interests.
629
00:28:15,694 --> 00:28:17,025
Standard operating
procedure.
630
00:28:17,095 --> 00:28:18,722
That's not what
his secretary says.
631
00:28:18,797 --> 00:28:21,288
I don't know what to
tell you, Miss Carmichael.
She's wrong.
632
00:28:21,366 --> 00:28:24,631
You still haven't paid.
And I'm sure his widow
could use the money.
633
00:28:25,470 --> 00:28:29,270
We plan on
paying her in full
with interest.
634
00:28:29,340 --> 00:28:30,864
Now does that answer
your questions?
635
00:28:30,942 --> 00:28:33,376
Let me see
if I understand this.
636
00:28:33,445 --> 00:28:34,912
You're in
financial trouble,
637
00:28:34,979 --> 00:28:37,345
defaulting on
your obligations,
638
00:28:37,415 --> 00:28:39,883
but instead of tapping
into the equity
on your building,
639
00:28:39,951 --> 00:28:42,681
you pledge it
to get Sean Russo
out of prison.
640
00:28:42,754 --> 00:28:44,221
I explained
that in court.
641
00:28:44,289 --> 00:28:46,780
Your explanation makes
even less sense now
than it did then.
642
00:28:46,858 --> 00:28:49,986
Well, maybe it'll make
more sense
coming from my attorney.
643
00:28:50,061 --> 00:28:51,653
We're done here.
644
00:28:54,099 --> 00:28:56,192
My partner told me
you were snooping around.
645
00:28:56,267 --> 00:28:58,394
He doesn't even want me
speaking to you.
646
00:28:58,470 --> 00:29:01,166
By not cooperating,
you only increase
our suspicion.
647
00:29:01,239 --> 00:29:05,608
For God's sake, we are just
a couple of businessmen
trying to make a living.
648
00:29:05,677 --> 00:29:07,110
You own a strip club.
649
00:29:07,178 --> 00:29:10,614
Do I look like
some degenerate,
Miss Carmichael.
650
00:29:10,682 --> 00:29:13,412
I would have rather
bought the Blue Note,
it wasn't for sale.
651
00:29:13,485 --> 00:29:15,453
Jeff talked me into this.
652
00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:17,784
Did he talk you
into co-signing
Russo's bail pledge?
653
00:29:19,624 --> 00:29:21,148
I can't go into that.
654
00:29:22,761 --> 00:29:24,854
If there's anything
illegal going on,
you're responsible.
655
00:29:24,929 --> 00:29:26,191
There's nothing going on.
656
00:29:26,264 --> 00:29:27,788
Then why go to
bat for Russo?
657
00:29:27,866 --> 00:29:29,026
Jeff explained it to you.
658
00:29:29,100 --> 00:29:30,567
Unless you do a better
job than he did,
659
00:29:30,635 --> 00:29:32,967
we're putting your business
under a magnifying glass.
660
00:29:33,037 --> 00:29:35,437
You're not from
New York, are you?
661
00:29:36,341 --> 00:29:39,037
You're being extorted.
Is that why you
put up the building?
662
00:29:39,844 --> 00:29:43,473
Do you know what
you're dealing with here,
Miss Carmichael?
663
00:29:45,383 --> 00:29:46,782
How'd it go?
664
00:29:47,418 --> 00:29:48,908
Well, Wilder won't
say it directly,
665
00:29:48,987 --> 00:29:52,320
but he and Stahl
are paying Russo
to stay in business.
666
00:29:52,390 --> 00:29:55,325
Even so, putting up
the building for bail's
667
00:29:55,393 --> 00:29:57,156
above and beyond
the call of duty.
668
00:29:57,228 --> 00:29:59,662
Yeah. And there's
something else
bothering me.
669
00:29:59,731 --> 00:30:01,562
If Gibson knew
the club was
mobbed up,
670
00:30:01,633 --> 00:30:04,898
why would he continue
to go there after hitting
them with a mechanic's lien?
671
00:30:04,969 --> 00:30:07,403
You're looking for
the answer in Gibson's
business records.
672
00:30:07,806 --> 00:30:10,138
Well, maybe he
had ties to Russo.
673
00:30:11,176 --> 00:30:12,268
Here.
674
00:30:14,479 --> 00:30:17,607
Gibson did some work
for one of Dominic
Russo's underbosses,
675
00:30:17,682 --> 00:30:19,411
Vincent Carpignano.
676
00:30:19,484 --> 00:30:23,682
Gibson put in a sound
system in Carpignano's
house in Staten Island.
677
00:30:23,755 --> 00:30:25,222
Carpignano...
678
00:30:26,157 --> 00:30:29,149
I don't remember him
being in court to pay
homage to Sean Russo.
679
00:30:29,227 --> 00:30:32,390
He knew Gibson,
he knows Russo.
It's worth a shot.
680
00:30:32,997 --> 00:30:36,990
I hired Donnie because
of some work he did
in this club I managed.
681
00:30:37,535 --> 00:30:38,934
For Dominic Russo?
682
00:30:39,003 --> 00:30:42,029
Hey, that's all
behind me now.
683
00:30:43,174 --> 00:30:46,974
We're not interested in
Dominic, Mr. Carpignano,
just his son.
684
00:30:47,045 --> 00:30:50,572
Pee Wee I call him.
That's not a term
of endearment.
685
00:30:50,648 --> 00:30:52,707
We noticed
you weren't in
court for him.
686
00:30:52,784 --> 00:30:55,912
If Pee Wee
whacked Donnie,
687
00:30:55,987 --> 00:30:57,852
good luck
putting him away.
688
00:30:57,922 --> 00:31:00,186
Did he have anything
to do with you leaving
the business?
689
00:31:00,258 --> 00:31:02,249
You might say that.
690
00:31:02,327 --> 00:31:06,696
I remember Dominic
telling me one day
Pee Wee became a made man.
691
00:31:07,465 --> 00:31:09,990
I was sorry to hear that,
I told him.
692
00:31:10,401 --> 00:31:14,235
He should've put the kid
in a real business,
like I did with my boys.
693
00:31:14,706 --> 00:31:17,504
Did Dominic know
Sean was shaking down
Guys and Dolls?
694
00:31:20,378 --> 00:31:21,402
It was known.
695
00:31:22,046 --> 00:31:23,411
By Donnie Gibson?
696
00:31:25,350 --> 00:31:30,287
Well, I knew Donnie
was doing work there.
I might've said something.
697
00:31:31,389 --> 00:31:32,583
Wasn't he worried?
698
00:31:32,657 --> 00:31:34,750
Donnie was
a very cocky guy.
699
00:31:35,260 --> 00:31:37,387
Said he had friends
who could protect him.
700
00:31:37,462 --> 00:31:39,020
What kind
of friends?
701
00:31:39,097 --> 00:31:40,792
Government friends.
702
00:31:40,865 --> 00:31:44,028
From years back
when they grabbed
him buying swag.
703
00:31:47,238 --> 00:31:48,967
Thank you for
speaking with us.
704
00:31:49,841 --> 00:31:51,468
Don't mention it.
705
00:31:57,148 --> 00:31:59,378
You think Donnie
could mention his
government friends
706
00:31:59,450 --> 00:32:01,111
to collect a debt?
707
00:32:01,586 --> 00:32:04,851
What are you saying, Jack,
that Stahl and Wilder
panicked and ran to Russo?
708
00:32:04,923 --> 00:32:07,357
If I'm wrong,
they can tell me why.
709
00:32:07,859 --> 00:32:10,327
A jury will see
right through this,
Miss Carmichael.
710
00:32:10,395 --> 00:32:13,694
Legitimate businessmen
don't have a contractor killed
over a few thousand dollars.
711
00:32:13,765 --> 00:32:16,962
But your clients aren't
legitimate businessmen.
712
00:32:17,035 --> 00:32:20,198
It's just a matter of time
before we turn up evidence
of payoffs to Russo.
713
00:32:20,271 --> 00:32:22,831
Assuming you do,
it's a minor league
rackets prosecution.
714
00:32:22,907 --> 00:32:25,535
Not if Donnie Gibson
threatened to take it
to the feds.
715
00:32:25,610 --> 00:32:26,736
It's a motive for murder.
716
00:32:27,245 --> 00:32:28,769
You can't prove that.
717
00:32:31,783 --> 00:32:34,343
Complete cooperation
against Russo,
we'd offer man one.
718
00:32:34,419 --> 00:32:35,477
On what theory?
719
00:32:35,553 --> 00:32:39,045
Maybe your client's only
intent was to have Russo
break a couple of kneecaps.
720
00:32:40,458 --> 00:32:44,292
I don't care if you're
offering jaywalking.
I'm not interested.
721
00:32:46,464 --> 00:32:47,453
We charge
you with murder,
722
00:32:47,532 --> 00:32:50,467
you're looking at
life without parole,
if not the death penalty.
723
00:32:50,535 --> 00:32:51,934
Highly unlikely.
724
00:32:52,003 --> 00:32:55,632
But not impossible.
Twenty-five to life
is my fall-back position.
725
00:32:57,342 --> 00:32:58,366
I can't go to jail.
726
00:32:58,977 --> 00:33:01,207
Then convince us
you shouldn't.
727
00:33:05,450 --> 00:33:08,112
They approached us
while we were still
under construction.
728
00:33:08,186 --> 00:33:09,517
Who did?
729
00:33:09,587 --> 00:33:11,612
Sean Russo
and his friends.
730
00:33:12,223 --> 00:33:14,714
He said he knew
a few tradesmen
who needed work.
731
00:33:14,792 --> 00:33:15,781
Could we accommodate them?
732
00:33:16,561 --> 00:33:18,188
It didn't seem
like a big deal.
733
00:33:18,262 --> 00:33:20,059
We needed the
work done anyway.
734
00:33:20,131 --> 00:33:21,223
Were any threats made?
735
00:33:21,299 --> 00:33:22,561
Not then.
736
00:33:23,234 --> 00:33:27,534
After we opened,
Russo recommended a liquor
wholesaler we should use,
737
00:33:28,206 --> 00:33:30,470
then a laundry service
for the linens.
738
00:33:30,541 --> 00:33:31,599
Recommended?
739
00:33:31,676 --> 00:33:34,008
It wasn't presented
as an option.
740
00:33:35,146 --> 00:33:37,774
The next thing we knew,
we were paying Russo
741
00:33:37,849 --> 00:33:40,545
a cut of the
coatroom revenues,
the vending machines.
742
00:33:41,019 --> 00:33:42,486
How much were
you paying out?
743
00:33:42,553 --> 00:33:44,316
Over 100,000 a year.
744
00:33:45,123 --> 00:33:48,286
They were bleeding us.
That's why we couldn't
pay Gibson on time.
745
00:33:48,359 --> 00:33:51,089
Why didn't you just
sell the club, get
out from under Russo?
746
00:33:51,162 --> 00:33:53,960
Jeff and I put
everything we had
into this.
747
00:33:54,699 --> 00:33:57,065
Our dream was to
own a night club.
748
00:33:57,135 --> 00:34:00,832
We had customers
from the movie business,
all the sports teams.
749
00:34:00,905 --> 00:34:03,032
It was a blast.
And we were in
the middle of it.
750
00:34:03,107 --> 00:34:06,634
And the prerequisite
was going into business
with mobsters.
751
00:34:07,879 --> 00:34:09,608
I thought I was
giving them an inch.
752
00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:12,410
I didn't realize
I was giving them
a yard.
753
00:34:13,151 --> 00:34:15,619
Then one night
I came home,
754
00:34:16,621 --> 00:34:19,215
there was a bullet
on my coffee table.
755
00:34:20,224 --> 00:34:21,691
I was living
every day in fear.
756
00:34:21,759 --> 00:34:25,320
Either we'd get caught,
or Russo would do
something violent.
757
00:34:25,863 --> 00:34:27,490
And that's where
Gibson came in.
758
00:34:28,166 --> 00:34:29,690
He threatened us
with exposure,
759
00:34:29,767 --> 00:34:31,598
said he knew
someone at the FBI.
760
00:34:32,136 --> 00:34:33,296
And you told Russo?
761
00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:38,204
Not directly.
I talked it over
with Jeff.
762
00:34:38,276 --> 00:34:39,766
He went to see Russo.
763
00:34:39,844 --> 00:34:41,243
Did you try
and stop him?
764
00:34:41,312 --> 00:34:44,247
Jeff wasn't asking for
Gibson to be murdered.
765
00:34:44,615 --> 00:34:47,982
I never thought
that this would get
so out of control.
766
00:34:48,453 --> 00:34:50,546
Can you help me
out of this?
767
00:34:52,156 --> 00:34:53,817
Please, Mr. McCoy?
768
00:35:00,131 --> 00:35:02,463
Wilder says they
only wanted to
scare Gibson off.
769
00:35:02,533 --> 00:35:04,228
The whole thing
got out of hand.
770
00:35:04,302 --> 00:35:05,735
You believe him?
771
00:35:05,803 --> 00:35:07,395
Wilder made some
bad decisions.
772
00:35:07,472 --> 00:35:09,872
I don't see him
premeditating a murder.
773
00:35:09,941 --> 00:35:12,705
Well, we can offer him
manslaughter in exchange
for his testimony.
774
00:35:12,777 --> 00:35:13,766
That's a problem.
775
00:35:13,845 --> 00:35:17,576
Wilder wasn't privy
to his partner's
conversation with Russo.
776
00:35:17,982 --> 00:35:19,449
We don't have
the last link.
777
00:35:19,517 --> 00:35:21,348
And Stahl won't cooperate.
778
00:35:21,419 --> 00:35:23,011
Progress on
the Russo case?
779
00:35:23,087 --> 00:35:24,452
Two more arrests.
780
00:35:24,522 --> 00:35:27,423
The partners in the
strip club who set
the murder in motion.
781
00:35:29,227 --> 00:35:31,718
There's another player
on the field.
782
00:35:31,929 --> 00:35:35,160
The feds are ready
to indict Mr. Russo
for racketeering.
783
00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:37,124
Who's handling it
for the US Attorney?
784
00:35:37,635 --> 00:35:38,624
Bob Gervits.
785
00:35:40,571 --> 00:35:42,903
From the
car-dragging murder.
786
00:35:42,974 --> 00:35:44,134
This should be pleasant.
787
00:35:44,208 --> 00:35:45,800
Make sure it is.
788
00:35:47,645 --> 00:35:49,237
No hard feelings, Jack.
789
00:35:49,313 --> 00:35:51,178
But now it's
payback time?
790
00:35:51,249 --> 00:35:54,082
You think that's
why I'm going after
Sean Russo?
791
00:35:54,152 --> 00:35:57,019
Three days after
we arrest him,
you convene a grand jury.
792
00:35:57,088 --> 00:35:58,646
Our investigation
was in the works
793
00:35:58,723 --> 00:36:01,283
long before Russo
murdered Gibson.
794
00:36:01,359 --> 00:36:04,487
But you want
first crack at him,
I can wait.
795
00:36:04,562 --> 00:36:05,756
That's refreshing.
796
00:36:05,830 --> 00:36:08,060
Makes my life easier
if you convict him.
797
00:36:08,132 --> 00:36:11,693
Loosen him up for a plea on
my racketeering indictment.
798
00:36:11,769 --> 00:36:13,737
Just keep me
in the loop.
799
00:36:15,907 --> 00:36:17,932
Not to look
a gift horse
in the mouth,
800
00:36:18,009 --> 00:36:20,569
but anything less
than a murder conviction
against Russo
801
00:36:20,645 --> 00:36:23,011
and Gervits looks like
he's cleaning up our mess.
802
00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:25,310
You're getting
the hang of this,
Abbie.
803
00:36:25,383 --> 00:36:27,510
But it's not
going to happen.
804
00:36:28,519 --> 00:36:30,350
Stahl might
change his mind
about cooperating
805
00:36:30,421 --> 00:36:33,322
once he knows his partner
gave up the store.
806
00:36:34,225 --> 00:36:36,455
It's simple,
Mr. Stahl.
807
00:36:36,527 --> 00:36:40,623
You testify against Russo
and we cut you a break
on jail time.
808
00:36:41,232 --> 00:36:43,393
That's nice.
If Russo's boys
don't get me in prison,
809
00:36:43,467 --> 00:36:45,401
they'll be waiting for me
when I get out.
810
00:36:45,469 --> 00:36:48,131
You'll serve your sentence
in a secure facility
811
00:36:48,206 --> 00:36:51,369
and you'll get
federal witness protection
after you're released.
812
00:36:55,346 --> 00:36:58,076
I already told
Miss Carmichael,
I can't do it.
813
00:36:58,149 --> 00:36:59,616
I'm going to
testify, Jeff.
814
00:37:00,117 --> 00:37:01,948
Against Russo?
I have to.
815
00:37:02,019 --> 00:37:03,077
Don't be so stupid!
816
00:37:03,154 --> 00:37:04,451
With or without you.
817
00:37:05,256 --> 00:37:06,587
So I get screwed, too?
818
00:37:06,657 --> 00:37:08,386
I'm sorry, Jeff.
819
00:37:08,459 --> 00:37:11,155
You've got to
hang in there.
We can beat them.
820
00:37:11,229 --> 00:37:12,924
I've got a family
to worry about.
821
00:37:12,997 --> 00:37:14,726
I've listened
to you all along.
Look where we are.
822
00:37:15,266 --> 00:37:18,326
Damn it, Tom, I'm not
moving to Arizona
and working in a Kmart.
823
00:37:18,402 --> 00:37:19,960
Don't you get it?
It's over.
824
00:37:20,037 --> 00:37:22,232
This isn't going to
have a happy ending.
825
00:37:25,509 --> 00:37:27,101
I can't believe
this is happening.
826
00:37:27,178 --> 00:37:29,009
It's already happened.
827
00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:32,916
You made your choices.
Now you only have one left.
828
00:37:40,291 --> 00:37:42,259
What do you
need to know?
829
00:37:48,799 --> 00:37:50,767
At this time,
the defendants would
like to withdraw
830
00:37:50,835 --> 00:37:53,167
their not guilty pleas
and enter pleas of guilty
831
00:37:53,237 --> 00:37:55,603
to manslaughter
in the First Degree.
832
00:37:55,673 --> 00:37:59,905
Mr. Wilder, are
you prepared to allocute
to the reduced charge?
833
00:38:02,013 --> 00:38:04,277
Well, I...
834
00:38:06,517 --> 00:38:09,953
Judge, I ask that Mr. Russo
and his attorney be removed
from the courtroom.
835
00:38:10,021 --> 00:38:11,750
This is a public
proceeding, Your Honor.
836
00:38:11,822 --> 00:38:13,722
The constitution
gives us every right
to be here.
837
00:38:13,791 --> 00:38:15,952
Not if you're here
to intimidate
these defendants.
838
00:38:16,027 --> 00:38:18,018
If they tell
the truth, they have
nothing to be afraid of.
839
00:38:18,095 --> 00:38:21,462
Given that Mr. Russo
is about to be implicated
in their allocutions,
840
00:38:21,532 --> 00:38:23,591
his presence here
is highly inappropriate.
841
00:38:23,668 --> 00:38:26,466
Are you going to let
Mr. McCoy run your
courtroom, Your Honor?
842
00:38:26,537 --> 00:38:30,132
Please. Mr. Sklar,
you can stay
843
00:38:30,207 --> 00:38:32,266
and report
the proceedings
to your client.
844
00:38:32,343 --> 00:38:35,107
Mr. Russo will have
to leave. Officers.
845
00:38:37,848 --> 00:38:41,909
Hey, McCoy, what kind
of deal you giving these
guys to lie for you?
846
00:38:46,791 --> 00:38:50,557
Donnie came in one day
to ask why the payments
stopped.
847
00:38:50,628 --> 00:38:52,186
He said I had
till the end
of the month
848
00:38:52,263 --> 00:38:54,094
to come up with
the whole thing
849
00:38:54,165 --> 00:38:56,963
or he'd go talk
to his FBI friend
850
00:38:57,034 --> 00:38:59,525
about what was
going on at the club.
851
00:39:00,538 --> 00:39:02,335
Just to make sure
he wasn't bluffing,
852
00:39:02,406 --> 00:39:05,773
we confirmed that
Donnie got off easy
in federal court.
853
00:39:07,945 --> 00:39:10,743
That's when I told
Sean about the problem.
854
00:39:12,049 --> 00:39:14,415
I just wanted him
to talk some sense
into Donnie.
855
00:39:14,485 --> 00:39:16,453
You know,
frighten him off.
856
00:39:17,455 --> 00:39:21,391
I knew he might
rough Donnie up,
something like that.
857
00:39:21,625 --> 00:39:22,887
But, uh...
858
00:39:24,995 --> 00:39:28,089
I never believed
this would end
in a murder.
859
00:39:29,500 --> 00:39:33,334
Mr. McCoy,
are you ready with
a sentence recommendation?
860
00:39:33,404 --> 00:39:35,531
We'd like to hold off
until after the defendants
861
00:39:35,606 --> 00:39:37,801
have testified
against Mr. Russo.
862
00:39:38,342 --> 00:39:39,604
Fine.
863
00:39:39,677 --> 00:39:41,167
Pleas of guilty
to manslaughter
864
00:39:41,245 --> 00:39:43,577
in the First Degree
are accepted.
865
00:39:44,582 --> 00:39:45,981
Sentencing deferred.
866
00:39:46,050 --> 00:39:50,714
Mr. Sklar, we'll
start your client's
trial on the 15th.
867
00:39:52,656 --> 00:39:54,453
Wilder and Stahl
have been cooped up
for a week.
868
00:39:54,525 --> 00:39:55,822
They're on
pins and needles.
869
00:39:55,893 --> 00:39:57,383
They'll be fine once
they take the stand.
870
00:39:57,461 --> 00:39:59,326
Did you prep the
forensic witnesses?
871
00:39:59,397 --> 00:40:03,834
Last night. The stripper's
coming in this afternoon.
872
00:40:03,901 --> 00:40:05,266
Carmichael.
873
00:40:07,838 --> 00:40:09,897
Bob Gervits.
He wants to talk
about Russo.
874
00:40:09,974 --> 00:40:13,171
Now? Tell him we'll
be by after lunch.
875
00:40:14,545 --> 00:40:18,447
Leonard Sklar
just called me with
the last minute jitters.
876
00:40:18,516 --> 00:40:20,609
He's desperate to
cut a deal for Russo
877
00:40:20,684 --> 00:40:22,584
on my racketeering
indictment.
878
00:40:22,653 --> 00:40:23,984
How desperate?
879
00:40:24,054 --> 00:40:26,022
Russo's prepared
to name enough names
880
00:40:26,090 --> 00:40:30,049
to put what's left of
his father's organization
on life support.
881
00:40:30,127 --> 00:40:33,528
That'll make Adam happy.
How many years
are you recommending?
882
00:40:33,597 --> 00:40:36,088
Assuming complete
cooperation, 10.
883
00:40:36,634 --> 00:40:38,795
Plus whatever he
gets on the state
murder conviction.
884
00:40:38,869 --> 00:40:41,429
That's what I wanted
to talk to you about.
885
00:40:41,505 --> 00:40:44,872
To get Russo to sign off,
I need you to get on board.
886
00:40:46,277 --> 00:40:47,539
On board what?
887
00:40:47,611 --> 00:40:50,978
Let him plead down
to man one on your
murder charge, six to 12.
888
00:40:51,048 --> 00:40:54,484
We'll stipulate the terms
be served concurrently.
889
00:40:54,552 --> 00:40:55,746
Ten years for everything?
890
00:40:56,253 --> 00:40:58,346
He's giving up
a dozen other guys.
891
00:40:58,422 --> 00:41:01,823
We've got him dead
to rights on Murder One.
Let me convict him first.
892
00:41:01,892 --> 00:41:03,985
Russo says
it's now or never.
893
00:41:04,061 --> 00:41:06,791
Let's see what he says
when he's staring at
life without parole.
894
00:41:06,864 --> 00:41:08,388
He'll deal on 25 to life.
895
00:41:08,466 --> 00:41:10,900
I'm not risking
my case on that.
896
00:41:10,968 --> 00:41:12,458
I've lined up
Stahl and Wilder
897
00:41:12,536 --> 00:41:14,766
and they're ready
to put their necks
on the line.
898
00:41:14,839 --> 00:41:16,670
Out of the goodness
of their hearts.
899
00:41:18,542 --> 00:41:20,976
You don't have the stomach
to call Russo's bluff.
900
00:41:21,445 --> 00:41:24,073
I can't make this
happen without you.
901
00:41:25,649 --> 00:41:28,447
I'm giving
my opening statement
tomorrow morning.
902
00:41:31,989 --> 00:41:33,217
What's up, Adam?
903
00:41:35,025 --> 00:41:37,619
I just got off with the
United States Attorney.
904
00:41:37,695 --> 00:41:39,322
She called you
an obstructionist.
905
00:41:40,998 --> 00:41:43,990
Under the circumstances,
I consider that a compliment.
906
00:41:44,068 --> 00:41:46,298
She wasn't
passing compliments.
907
00:41:46,704 --> 00:41:49,468
She wants you to clear out
so they can flip Russo.
908
00:41:51,175 --> 00:41:53,575
Does she want us to
offer him an apology?
909
00:41:54,011 --> 00:41:55,740
You're just one piece
in the puzzle.
910
00:41:55,813 --> 00:41:58,805
Their puzzle.
Russo will be getting
a free ride for a murder.
911
00:41:58,883 --> 00:42:00,009
I understand that.
912
00:42:00,084 --> 00:42:03,110
He's also putting
an organized crime family
out of business.
913
00:42:04,955 --> 00:42:06,889
I already told Gervits no.
914
00:42:07,258 --> 00:42:08,384
Tell him you
changed your mind.
915
00:42:09,260 --> 00:42:10,420
I haven't.
916
00:42:10,494 --> 00:42:11,722
Then I'll tell him.
917
00:42:13,430 --> 00:42:16,126
Don't pretend it's
coming from me, Adam.
918
00:42:16,734 --> 00:42:19,294
If you want to undermine me,
do it out in the open.
919
00:42:19,770 --> 00:42:21,328
Consider it done.
920
00:42:39,690 --> 00:42:40,782
Jack?
921
00:42:42,326 --> 00:42:45,762
Call our witnesses,
tell them we won't
be needing them.
922
00:42:46,463 --> 00:42:48,522
Forces beyond
our control.
923
00:42:48,599 --> 00:42:49,725
You should hear this.
924
00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:53,133
Gervits just filed
a racketeering indictment
against Wilder and Stahl.
925
00:42:55,272 --> 00:42:57,263
That son of a bitch.
926
00:42:57,341 --> 00:42:59,605
Withdraw the indictments
against Stahl and Wilder.
927
00:42:59,677 --> 00:43:00,905
I can't do that.
928
00:43:00,978 --> 00:43:01,967
If it wasn't for them,
929
00:43:02,046 --> 00:43:04,276
Russo wouldn't be
talking to you
about cooperating.
930
00:43:04,348 --> 00:43:05,781
As soon as they
became targets,
931
00:43:05,849 --> 00:43:07,146
you should've
given me a head's up.
932
00:43:07,217 --> 00:43:10,914
Why? You were handling
the state murder charge.
My claims are federal.
933
00:43:10,988 --> 00:43:14,651
Don't hide behind
jurisdictional niceties.
You ambushed them.
934
00:43:14,725 --> 00:43:16,317
They should've considered
the consequences
935
00:43:16,393 --> 00:43:19,191
before they went into
business with Russo.
936
00:43:24,835 --> 00:43:26,928
You sat there
while I made a deal
with them.
937
00:43:27,004 --> 00:43:29,268
They held up their end
and plead guilty.
938
00:43:29,340 --> 00:43:31,501
And they
deserve to go to jail.
939
00:43:31,575 --> 00:43:34,009
You promised them
witness protection.
You reneging on that, too?
940
00:43:34,078 --> 00:43:36,171
I don't consider them
witnesses anymore.
941
00:43:36,246 --> 00:43:37,907
So that no longer applies.
942
00:43:37,982 --> 00:43:39,540
You lied to their faces!
943
00:43:39,617 --> 00:43:41,141
That's not the way
I see it!
944
00:43:42,052 --> 00:43:43,576
You made me
a party to it!
945
00:43:43,654 --> 00:43:45,144
I'm sure you'll
get over it.
946
00:43:45,222 --> 00:43:48,123
I have my priorities,
you have yours.
947
00:43:48,192 --> 00:43:49,454
The front page
of the newspaper?
948
00:43:49,526 --> 00:43:51,391
You give me way
too much credit.
949
00:43:51,895 --> 00:43:55,592
You planned this
back when you gave us
first crack at Russo.
950
00:43:56,300 --> 00:43:57,289
You played me.
951
00:43:58,135 --> 00:44:01,866
If that's the way
you want to look at it,
guess we're even.
952
00:44:01,939 --> 00:44:04,339
And it's out of
your jurisdiction.
953
00:44:09,179 --> 00:44:11,340
What about the promises
you made, Mr. McCoy?
954
00:44:11,415 --> 00:44:13,849
You still have your
deal for manslaughter.
955
00:44:13,917 --> 00:44:15,714
What about
witness protection
for my family?
956
00:44:16,820 --> 00:44:20,187
As things stand,
there won't be any
witness protection.
957
00:44:21,925 --> 00:44:23,017
What?
958
00:44:24,261 --> 00:44:26,957
We're going to
federal prison as rats?
959
00:44:27,031 --> 00:44:29,431
Wrong, Tom.
We couldn't even
make it as rats.
960
00:44:29,500 --> 00:44:31,934
Russo's gonna
have us killed in there.
You know that, don't you?
961
00:44:32,002 --> 00:44:33,594
And it's going
to be on your head.
962
00:44:33,671 --> 00:44:36,071
How is this possible,
Mr. McCoy?
963
00:44:36,140 --> 00:44:37,607
We gave you
everything you wanted.
964
00:44:37,675 --> 00:44:40,735
Now the feds are going
to use our guilty pleas
as evidence against us.
965
00:44:40,811 --> 00:44:42,176
Tom, you should've
kept your mouth shut.
966
00:44:42,246 --> 00:44:44,305
Now we have nothing
left to offer anybody.
967
00:44:44,381 --> 00:44:46,110
Jack, there must be
something you can do?
968
00:44:47,618 --> 00:44:49,415
I can make a few calls.
969
00:44:49,486 --> 00:44:50,919
That's not
good enough.
970
00:44:50,988 --> 00:44:53,388
I wish I could do more.
I'm sorry.
971
00:44:54,958 --> 00:44:56,721
Is that all you can say?
972
00:44:57,394 --> 00:44:59,521
All we wanted
was to have a business.
973
00:44:59,596 --> 00:45:02,588
Mr. McCoy,
how could you let
this happen to us?
974
00:45:03,333 --> 00:45:05,301
Please, I'm begging you.
975
00:45:12,309 --> 00:45:14,607
It's not your fault.
976
00:45:15,179 --> 00:45:16,339
Right.
977
00:45:17,381 --> 00:45:20,646
Stahl and Wilder
swam with the sharks.
They got bit.
978
00:45:21,552 --> 00:45:23,543
They're not
the only ones.