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[THUNDER CRASHES]
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[GASPS]
[PAGE GRUNTING]
[PAGE YELLING]
PAGE: No.
[SCREAMS]
MAN [ON RADlO]: --details of the brutal slaying of Page Forrester
at the Forrester's Baker Beach retreat are still sketchy.
Her husband, John C. Forrester, has been rushed to St. Paul's Clinic.
--Times-Lofton Publishing empire, founded by her grandfather in 1 876.
She was a prominent socialite--
I'm District Attorney Krasny. Yes, sir, Mr. Krasny.
[PEOPLE CHATTERlNG OVER POLICE RADIO]
What are you doing outside? Needed air.
You got a lot of headlines in there.
It's a forced rear-entry window at the back. We're upstairs.
It's the maid.
Consuela Martinez.
That's Page Forrester.
Christ.
We got multiple stab wounds.
The wounds are jagged. The blade must have some serration.
I'll know much more tomorrow. Cause of death is obvious.
Where was Forrester?
Over here. He comes in, he gets hit, blacks out.
He comes to and goes upstairs and finds them.
And saw what? The bodies.
Where is he now? St. Paul's Clinic.
There he is.
Mr. Krasny, was she raped? Is it a ritual killing?
WOMAN 1 : Were they both stabbed? We have no comment.
WOMAN 2: Mr. Krasny--
We have no comment. WOMAN 3: Oh, give us something.
No sign of sperm.
No evidence of any real sexual pattern,
apart from the specific wounds we found on the wife.
The knife used was a heavy blade,
6 inches long with a serrated upper edge.
MARTlN: I'm betting a hunting knife.
The rope you could buy at any Safeway.
There were no prints found except Forrester's, his wife's and the maid's.
The blood on Forrester's clothes was that of the wife's, but not the maid's.
What about his head wound?
No concussion. Some bleeding. Blunt object.
Come on, Al. You know what I'm asking you.
Possibly self-inflicted.
Got it. Everything was in her name.
The corporate stuff, the personal stuff, everything.
I mean, she owned the guy.
He was an employee, and you know what? He gets it all.
Jack Forrester is the direct beneficiary
of all of Page Forrester's corporate and personal assets.
You really think he could've done that to his own wife?
What the hell is that, you murder your wife to take the money?
That is the oldest crime in the world.
Only you're real smart,
so you make it look like some fucking Charlie Manson did it.
You want people to say, "You think he could've done that to his own wife?"
If l was gonna kill my wife,
that's the way I'd do it.
Mr. Forrester, why didn't you go out to the beach house with your wife?
I had dinner at the Union Club,
then I went back to the paper and checked on the Sunday editorials.
You don't write those yourself, do you?
I didn't think editors wrote their own editorial.
Sometimes they do.
Did you write the ones about me? Yes, l insisted on writing all of those.
Is that relevant here? The editorials I wrote on Mr. Krasny.
I was just going to object to that. Objection sustained.
I was just curious, that's all.
Page was a woman of great generosity and compassion.
I think the thing I'll miss about my sister the most
is her great sense of resolve.
Page always did whatever she set out to do.
I'll miss her more than I know how to say.
Thank you.
Nice service.
Krasny.
Now? Yes.
He's gonna ride my ass into the Senate.
He can't do that, you're innocent. The fuck he can't.
[♪♪♪]
You've been coming here for weeks,
putting the best apples on top of the barrel. I'm not buying it.
You say you were happy? You ever argue? Any problems?
We've been over and over this.
And we're gonna go over it again and again and again.
Frank, there's no need to badger Mr. Forrester.
Right, counselor?
I'm not trying to get you to admit
you whacked your wife around on a daily basis.
I wanna know if you ever argued.
I never said we didn't have arguments.
So you argued. What did you argue about?
I told you. I told you, we had the usual arguments.
We were married. Mr. Arnold needs to speak to you.
I thought you had the only perfect marriage in the state of California.
Fine, Mr. Fabrizi, let's get back to the bit about the lockers.
The club gives me a passkey, so l go through them.
The members don't even know I been there.
I seen all their stuff, their rubbers and everything.
[CHUCKLES]
So that's when l saw it.
The knife? Yeah, the knife.
When did you see it? When?
Right after New Year's last year.
They like me to go in at the beginning of the year and clean them out.
Start the year off with clean assholes, right? Excuse me.
They let you clean out private lockers?
They trust me. I've been working for them for 20 years.
Mr. Fabrizi, what kind of knife did you see?
A hunting knife, about 6 inches long, with a jag on the edge.
How'd you know it was Forrester's locker?
FABRlZI: Because it was numbered 122, and that's his number.
Right after I saw it I thought to myself:
"Jeez, I didn't know Mr. Forrester was a hunter."
So it kind of made me feel good, you know?
That he was a hunter. You know what I mean?
Yeah, l know what you mean.
I'm getting tired of this, Andrew. MARTlN: Admit it. She owned you.
I'm getting tired of this. MARTlN: We're all getting tired of it.
We've been doing this too long.
I had no quarrel with the financial structure of the company.
Do you hunt, Mr. Forrester?
What?
Have you ever been hunting?
No. Do you own a hunting knife?
No. What the fuck is going on?
Have you ever been in possession of a hunting knife?
No.
I'm giving you a chance to cop a plea.
You think I killed my wife? Prove it.
You're under arrest
for the murders of Page Forrester and Consuela Martinez.
Frank, read him his rights.
MARTlN: You have the right to remain silent.
If you give up that right, anything you say
can be used against you in a court of law.
LAWYER: Mr. Forrester is the editor of The San Francisco Times
and the president of Times-Lofton Publishing.
He is, however, charged with two capital-offense felonies.
Your Honor, the charges are based purely on circumstantial evidence.
Mr. Forrester has no prior criminal record.
I don't expect him to flee the jurisdiction.
Fine. Then set bail of $500,000 will stand.
I've made calls back East. We're gonna get a heavy hitter.
I don't want anybody from out of town. I don't wanna contribute to the circus.
Your firm has got to handle it.
We're corporate lawyers, we can barely handle a hearing.
Jack, got something for us? What do you think?
I'm innocent. That's all I can say.
MAN: What do you think about Krasny?
We have no comment.
Doesn't this have something to do with the Senate race?
No further comment.
Look, my paper has been critical
of Mr. Krasny's conduct as district attorney, that's no secret.
He's got big political aspirations. You can draw your own conclusions.
Excuse me.
MAN: Here he comes. No comments at this time. Please.
This is going to be a show trial.
We've only got one person who's had criminal experience.
Who is he? She.
And she hasn't practiced criminal law for four years.
She any good? Yes, she was a very good prosecutor.
She worked for Krasny.
Teddy, are you familiar with the Jack Forrester case?
I go out of my way not to be familiar with criminal cases.
Jack would like to speak to you about representing him.
I'm in the middle of a case.
I think whatever the case is, it can wait.
Oh, yes. Teddy--
There is nothing in the world that will make me go back to criminal work.
You know the decision l made.
There's nothing in the world I'd like less
than to lose Jack Forrester as a client.
Teddy, you know the affection that I've always had for you.
And nothing would please me more
than one day being able to speak to you as one of my partners.
So, please, do an old man a personal kindness.
Speak to him.
Who lives here anyway, Joe Montana?
TEDDY: I told you, a guy called Jack Forrester.
He killed his wife, l saw it on TV.
He allegedly killed his wife.
That means he's gonna get away with it.
So how do I look?
Weird. Weird.
Good morning. Good morning.
Mr. Forrester is expecting you.
JACK: No, I agree, but the murders happened over two months ago.
There's no leads because Krasny's locked into me.
Excuse me, I'll be right with you.
Look, l'll tell you what I'm gonna do at the meeting.
All right, listen, l've gotta go.
I'll be home all evening, so if you need me, you can catch me here.
All right. Bye.
Hello. Hello.
Glad you came. Nice to meet you.
Nice meeting you. We met at a party five or six years ago.
You probably don't remember.
Do you like horses? Yeah, very much.
Come on.
JACK: Andrew spoke to you? TEDDY: Yes, he did.
JACK: And?
TEDDY: The problem is I don't do criminal work anymore.
JACK: Yes, l know. He told me. I was hoping you'd reconsider.
I didn't kill my wife.
I didn't ask you if you did.
If you represented me, you would.
I'd ask about the case they had against you. I'd wanna win my case.
You win all your cases when you were a prosecutor?
Yes, l won every one.
Is that why you wanted me to represent you?
Yes, and because you're a woman and because you're good.
You know what Krasny's capable of.
Thanks, Karen.
All right, let's show her what you got. Come on.
I love this beauty. He was Page's pride and joy.
Isn't he beautiful?
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
The oldest equine species, the most beautiful.
Perfectly tempered.
It makes men imperious to sit on a horse.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, right?
Well, he was wrong.
Look at his legs.
Shows how vulnerable we all are.
What's this lead Krasny we're running Sunday?
It's a profile. Reviews his career, looks at the Senate race.
The Senate race is nine months away. I just thought now would be--
Look, folks. I don't want any slant,
any bias on our coverage of my case or of Krasny. Do you hear me?
I put my nuts into this paper for 1 5 years.
I want routine objective coverage.
I'm gonna be taking a leave of absence till my trial's over.
Carl's gonna be running things.
I'm gonna miss you.
Thank you.
You know how much l'm gonna miss these machines?
[CHATTERING]
Good evening, Mrs. Barnes. Good evening.
Is Mr. Barnes here? Yes. Right through there.
Hi. Sorry l'm late.
We went to the zoo.
David's been after me for weeks.
Damn, l was gonna take him to the zoo next weekend.
Oh, well. We'll just do something else.
TEDDY: I'm starving.
KRASNY: Did I hear something about you and the Forrester case?
You heard wrong.
Matthew, remember Tom Krasny?
May I?
I think you should take the case.
Think of the fun we'll have. It wouldn't be any fun.
Maybe you're right.
Too bad about Styles.
What?
You remember Henry Styles.
He's dead.
[♪♪♪]
What?
I'm sorry.
You didn't know.
He hanged himself.
When?
KRASNY: Day before yesterday.
I don't know how you figure it.
Teddy and I send this guy to the joint four years ago,
he's halfway to his parole hearing, he hangs himself.
You take care.
Good night.
When's Bridget gonna be back?
Bridget is coming... She's coming back tomorrow.
What's for dinner?
TEDDY: What do you want? I'll cook you anything.
Oh, God, Mom. You can't cook.
Neither can Bridget.
Oh, yes, she can.
I thought you liked Bridget.
She farts too much.
[LAUGHS]
JENNY: Well, so do you. At least it's not atom bombs.
Did you finish your homework? DAVID: Yes.
Was Dad here last night? TEDDY: Mm-hm.
He was? Why didn't he wake us?
He kissed you when you were asleep.
JENNY: Bye, Mom. TEDDY: Bye-bye, honey.
David?
David.
David?
Can I have my kiss?
Tell him to wake me next time.
I will.
Bye, Mom. Bye-bye.
Have a good day.
Bye-bye.
TEDDY: Mrs. Styles.
You have no place here.
MAN: Wait a goddamn minute!
Teddy.
[LAUGHS]
Christ.
You look like a real broad. Come over here.
Oh, it's good to see you.
Come on in. Oh, yeah. Yeah.
Teddy, l'm a busted tire, for chrissake.
My lungs are shot.
I can't even piss straight.
TEDDY: You were the best investigator the DA's office ever had.
A long time ago. Four years.
I know the fuck how long ago it was.
Henry Styles.
Dumb fucking asshole. He hanged himself.
I know.
I know you know. You're here, aren't you?
Forrester isn't Styles, right?
Okay, let's say the son of a bitch didn't do it.
You're never gonna get him off. If he didn't do it, I'll get him off.
Why don't you stop the horseshit, Teddy?
I don't give a flying fuck how much money he's got.
Rich guy like Forrester, where the hell is he gonna find a jury of his peers?
He's gonna get people who hate him for what he's got.
If he didn't do it,
I'll get him off.
Forget Styles, will you? Forget him.
You're gonna eat yourself alive with that guilt you got.
I can't forget him, and neither can you.
The fuck l can't! I'm responsible and so are you.
Like hell I am!
Tom Krasny is responsible!
And fuck Styles, and fuck you and your goddamned guilt.
I'll take the case on one condition.
If you lie to me, if l think you're guilty, I'm gonna drop out.
That's not a professional attitude.
I have no problem with that. I'm not gonna lie to you.
Okay. l want Sam to have access
to all personal and corporate correspondence.
Financial records, your wife's records, everything. Absolute access.
You've got it.
TEDDY: We've got four months till the trial.
I don't want you out in public. I don't wanna see you in the paper.
Look as though your life has been shattered.
My life has been shattered.
Andrew, I don't want visible support from the firm unless I ask for it.
I wanna sit alone, not with a team of high-priced lawyers.
The jury will like that.
I like her. Yeah? She pisses me off.
Nice to meet you.
Very happy. See you tomorrow.
Andrew? Be back in a moment.
So, what do you think? What the fuck do l know?
Did your mother ever wash your mouth out with soap?
Yeah, but it didn't do any fucking good.
What if he passes the polygraph test?
How you gonna know if he's lying? I'll know.
Teddy, a guy like him, you never know.
I'm representing Jack Forrester.
Is he finally gonna cop a plea?
Go ahead. I'm a reasonable man, I'll listen.
I don't want any problems with discovery.
I don't know what you're talking about.
If you hold anything back on me, I'm gonna bust your ass wide open.
You talk to your clients this way? I mean it, Tom.
It is unprofessional conduct for a prosecutor to fail to disclose--
I know the words, Teddy. I'm not gonna let it happen again.
You prosecuted Styles with me and you did a good job.
The jury found him guilty.
He had a rap sheet as long as my dick.
I'm gonna nail you to the wall.
KRASNY: I'll see you in court, counselor.
[♪♪♪]
Consuela...
Consuela's door was open.
TEDDY: What could you see?
JACK: Blood.
I ran to our room.
Was the door closed?
No.
Open it.
I can't. What did you see?
That word on the wall.
And the rope. Her hands and her feet were tied.
There was blood all around her breasts and all over the bed.
She didn't have any clothes on.
Between her legs, the blood. Oh, God.
[SOBBING]
How did you meet her?
We met at Stanford.
We met at this party, I didn't even know her name.
Glad I didn't. I never would've had the nerve to talk to her.
Then a couple of years later, we ran into each other at the country club.
I wasn't a member, but I used to
go in and use their pool every once in a while.
Then we got married.
I started working for the paper.
I used to
bring coffee around to everybody. I hated that shit.
Worked in Advertising-Circulation.
Got to know everything about the company.
Her father liked me.
Why didn't you ever have any children?
God, that's the biggest mistake we ever made.
Were you faithful to her?
You know how many times Krasny asked me that?
Yes, l was faithful to her.
Except for a short period, a long time ago.
Wasn't even an affair, really. It was a series of one-night stands.
The girl went back to France.
It didn't even last a month.
You'll have to tell me all about her.
Yeah, l'll send you all the details, times, dates, restaurants.
You want the motel room numbers? I may have forgotten those.
You're divorced, aren't you?
Yeah.
Were you faithful to him?
Really?
Really.
Was she faithful to you?
Yeah, as far as l know. What does that mean?
It means, as far as l know.
I didn't kill her.
I know you didn't.
No, you don't.
You just wanna get closer to have a better look.
What you doing, Mom?
TEDDY: Oh, homework. Nothing much.
I could sure use a hug, though.
Oh, you're such a good hugger.
Really? Really.
Mom?
What?
Do you ever...?
Do you ever think about boys and all that stuff?
Sometimes.
Do you ever think about it with Dad?
Sometimes.
Mom?
I liked it when Dad was here the other night.
I miss him, Mom.
Give me the bottom line, Dan. The bottom line?
A straight, solid graph. The machine loves him.
He's telling the truth.
Or he's a kind of ice cube even the machine can't melt.
Is he psychopathic? No.
But he's manipulative.
He didn't get where he is without being manipulative.
Neither did I, neither did you.
But did he do that bloodbath?
I don't know.
But if you're asking me whether I think he's capable of doing that,
I saw nothing that would lead me to that conclusion.
Sam, come on in.
Thank you, doctor. I'll call you later.
All right, l've 832 got pages
signed, sealed and delivered by Thomas Krasny, Esquire.
The People v. John C. Forrester.
TEDDY: It really took Krasny two months to put this together?
Chrissake, he's got him tied to that fucking knife.
No, he doesn't.
He has a janitor who claims to have seen a knife in a locker.
Next best thing, isn't it? Nope. It's not good enough.
It's circumstantial.
Krasny doesn't have the knife. The janitor isn't identifying it.
What about this friend of his wife's, this Virginia Howell?
It's hearsay coming from one witness, Sam.
Kathy, would you get Mr. Forrester on the phone for me, please? Thank you.
Krasny's too smart.
Holding something back. That son of a bitch has gotta have more.
Teddy, l gotta tell you,
I been watching this guy for months now.
Do you wanna know what I think? What l really think?
What do you think?
He killed her.
Hi.
He's got a witness who saw a hunting knife
in your locker at the country club.
I figured something like that. It's complete bullshit.
May I use your phone? Yeah.
He described it. He said it was 6 inches long--
I never had any kind of knife in my locker.
Why would he be lying?
All I can tell you is it never happened.
JACK: Did you always wanna be a lawyer?
I always wanted to be a prosecutor. My dad was a cop.
What'd I get myself into?
You want some more of this? No, thank you.
You're a very pretty lady.
She thinks, "Maybe he did do it. It sounds like he's coming on to me."
You like to play games, don't you?
Racquetball. I play every day.
I used to play. We should play. You're still in shape.
I don't play games with my clients. Yeah, you do.
Tell me about Virginia Howell.
She's a real bitch.
She says your wife told her she was gonna divorce you.
We can blow her right out of the water. You want some coffee?
Yeah. When you come back, I wanna know exactly how.
When I come back, I'll tell you exactly how.
Hello, Mr. Fabrizi? Teddy Barnes.
How do you know it was this locker?
Because right after l saw it, I put it together that it was Mr. Forrester's,
and it stuck in my head that he had it.
Is there any possibility that it wasn't this locker?
Lady, listen. I like Mr. Forrester.
I wished to Christ I'd never seen the damn thing.
Now, you ask me if I think Mr. Forrester killed his wife,
I'd say, "No way Mr. Forrester would ever do a thing like that."
But, lady, you ask me if the knife I saw was in the locker here,
I say, "Hell yes, the son of a bitch was right up there."
I'm telling you now, I see this trial degenerating
and l'll hit you like a freight train roaring down the High Sierra.
We've got a man's life at stake here. Not headlines, not careers.
Either of you have anything you wanna share?
No, Your Honor. Yes, Your Honor. I'm not satisfied
the prosecution is complying with its discovery obligations.
I have complied, Your Honor.
Do you have any evidence Mr. Krasny has not complied
with his discovery obligations?
TEDDY: No, Your Honor.
Then what do you base your allegation on?
On my past association with Mr. Krasny, Your Honor.
Cite the case.
I held something back?
Cite the case, Teddy.
I hope I don't have to say this to you again,
but you don't question ethics in my chamber
unless you have the evidence to support you.
Thank you, Your Honor.
Yes, Your Honor.
Why didn't you cite the case, Teddy?
You could've gotten disbarred before the trial.
Do you realize how much I admired you?
Never got me anywhere with you, did it?
What about Forrester?
You like him any better?
Yeah.
I like him a lot better.
Why don't you cite the case? Put it all on the line.
The People v. Henry Styles. Case number 26022.
[TEDDY LAUGHlNG]
JACK: You got me. Come on, you can catch me. Watch out.
You can do it.
I'm not sure l want to.
Yes, you do. Come on.
See, it's a cinch. Hey, where you going?
[TEDDY LAUGHlNG]
I'm getting you now.
Whoa.
Well, you ride very well. Thank you.
That was wonderful. I loved it.
You're not going anywhere.
You left your lights on.
I'll get a jumper. Why don't you just take me home?
[♪♪♪]
First time l saw you, I wondered.
You did too, didn't you?
No.
You liar.
Dad?
David.
Sorry.
Good night.
You got another one of these crank letters today.
[PHONE RINGS]
Hello. MATTHEW: Hi, Teddy.
Matthew. Uh, David called from school.
He was a little upset.
Matthew, nothing happened.
Well, that's not what David said.
It's just so difficult. lf I like someone, I'd like to be able to invite him home.
I'll talk to David when they come this weekend. Man to man.
Thanks.
Bye.
TEDDY: Hi. Hi.
Got another one. Yeah? Are all the T's slightly raised?
Yeah.
I had the last one analyzed.
Told me it was typed on a 1 942 Corona.
It's a big help, isn't it?
How you doing with the knife?
Striking out, that's how I'm doing.
How are you doing with our killer?
I like him. You like him.
He wants you to like him.
The more you like him the harder you'll work.
I know that, Sam.
I'm just reminding you, sweetheart.
TEDDY: I can't. Yeah, you can.
TEDDY: No-- Let it go.
I can't. Yes, you can.
[♪♪♪]
TEDDY: I'm at a friend's house.
Jen, l gotta go, all right, darling?
Okay, l love you too. Bye-bye.
I make a great Denver omelet.
I have to go.
I know.
Look, l hope you don't think...
It's okay, Teddy.
Really, it is.
I want you to sit close to me in court tomorrow.
I think you should help me carry my things.
Might as well take advantage of the fact that a woman is defending you.
The jury's gonna be watching every move that we make,
so body language is really--
Wear a blue suit.
Juries like blue suits.
Anything else?
WOMAN 1 : Here they come. MAN 1 : There they are.
Look, there they are, there.
WOMAN 2: They're across the street, come on.
All right, let's go. Come on. MAN 2: They're over here.
Jack, this way.
MAN 3: Any new developments in the case?
[CHATTERING]
MAN: Hear ye, hear ye.
Superior Court for the county of San Francisco is now in session.
The Honorable Clark Carrigan presiding.
The facts in this case are simple.
The people will prove that on the night of June 1 2th of this year,
the defendant, John C. Forrester,
brutally murdered his wife and his wife's maid.
The murders were in cold blood with malice aforethought.
And he did it out of lust and greed.
His greed for money and his lust for power.
Finally, the people will prove
that John C. Forrester was, in fact, living a lie.
That behind the facade of all the dinners
and all the charity events he and his wife attended,
their marriage was crumbling.
The people will prove that if Page Forrester divorced him,
it would have meant the end of his prestigious career.
The end, in fact, of his livelihood.
We will prove that at the time of her death,
her brutal murder,
Page Forrester was contemplating divorce.
Thank you for your attention.
Ms. Barnes, you wish to make your statement?
Yes, Your Honor.
John Forrester did not murder his wife.
He did not murder his wife's maid.
He is an innocent man, unjustly accused.
You may call your first witness.
My sister directly owned 20 percent of the 8 million shares outstanding.
The shares were in her name. She had absolute control.
Jack had less than 1 percent of the shares in his name.
Mr. Lofton, could you tell us the provisions of your sister's will?
LOFTON: Jack Forrester is the direct beneficiary of all my sister's assets.
All of it? Corporate and personal assets?
Yes.
Mr. Lofton,
did your sister ever express any dissatisfaction to you
about Jack's administration of the company?
No, she was very pleased with Jack's helmsmanship.
Did she ever express any dissatisfaction to you
about her personal relationship with her husband?
No. TEDDY: Never?
LOFTON: Never.
Mr. Lofton, do you think Jack killed your sister?
God, no. Objection.
I move to strike that from the record. CARRlGAN: Granted.
Jury, you will please ignore the last remark.
KRASNY: The people call Mrs. Virginia Howell.
Mrs. Howell, describe your relationship with Page Forrester, please.
Well, we were like sisters.
What did she say about her husband?
Objection, Your Honor. It calls for hearsay.
This testimony is being offered to show the state of mind of Page.
It's an exception to the hearsay rule.
Mr. Krasny has shown no connection between
the state of mind of Mrs. Forrester, my client and the charges in this case.
I'll allow it, subject to connection to Mr. Forrester.
Mrs. Howell, what did Page say about her relationship with her husband?
She knew that he didn't love her
and she was sure that he was seeing someone else.
And did she tell you anything else?
She was going to tell her husband that she wanted a divorce.
Thank you.
[CROWD MURMURING]
[GAVEL BANGlNG]
CARRlGAN: I will tolerate no further disruptions in this courtroom.
Mrs. Howell,
when was the last time you saw Mrs. Forrester at her home?
At her home?
I really don't remember.
Wasn't it about the same time
she stopped playing tennis with you at the club?
HOWELL: No, we played together all the time.
She's bluffing.
Isn't it true, Mrs. Howell, that six months before her death,
Page Forrester broke all contact with you?
No, we spoke together on the telephone
and we'd see each other at the club.
Mrs. Howell,
you find Jack Forrester an attractive man, don't you?
What do you mean?
Isn't it true that Page Forrester broke all contact with you
because she learned you were trying to seduce her husband?
That's not true. You're under oath.
Objection. Badgering the witness, Your Honor.
CARRlGAN: Motion denied.
Isn't it true, Mrs. Howell, that during the week of December 7th, 1 984,
you called Jack Forrester at his office on eight separate occasions?
I don't remember that.
Let me refresh your memory.
December 7th, 9:40 a.m. and 4:23 p.m.
December 8th, 1 0:1 5 a.m. and 3:45 p.m.
Would you like me to read the list to you?
Jesus Christ, how did you miss this?
Tom, she came to us. How was l supposed to know?
TEDDY: Did you ever write to Mr. Forrester?
No.
No?
No.
Is this note in your handwriting, Mrs. Howell?
Yes. Your Honor,
I ask that this be marked as Defense Exhibit A and admitted into evidence.
Mrs. Howell, did you send this note to Jack Forrester?
Yes, l suppose so.
Will you read it, please?
"Dear Jack,
I've been trying to reach you all week.
I'll be at the Canyon in Palm Springs.
Wouldn't it be fun if you came down?
Isn't it silly to keep avoiding me?
Page will never know."
How is it signed, Mrs. Howell?
"Love, Ginny."
Your Honor, may I show this to the jury?
Mrs. Howell,
did Mr. Forrester meet you in Palm Springs?
No. Did he meet you anytime, anywhere?
No.
TEDDY: What did he do with your note?
HOWELL: I really don't know.
He gave it to his wife, didn't he? I don't know.
Why don't you ask her?
[CROWD MURMURING]
[GAVEL BANGlNG]
Mrs. Howell, did Mrs. Forrester, to your knowledge,
begin divorce proceedings against her husband?
No.
No further questions, Your Honor.
How was l supposed to find out, Tom? Only the two of them knew.
Mom, l don't understand this.
Honey, why don't you go ask Jenny? I don't wanna ask Jenny.
David, l have a trial tomorrow. I've got a test tomorrow.
Honestly, David. You don't care.
Forget it.
I hope he did it. I hope he's guilty.
Oh, David, honey. Come here.
David-- David, honey, come on. I didn't--
Hi, Sam. Teddy, come here.
A tennis pro at the club, a guy named Slade,
"Bobby Slade," talked to the bartender at the club.
Two weeks ago he drops out of sight
when guys from the DA's office come to see him.
Krasny's gonna spring him on us.
What do you have on him?
Just that he worked in all the clubs.
I got La Jolla, Laguna, Newport Beach, Santa Cruz.
Santa Cruz? Yeah.
And l talked to 1 83 goddamn club members about that knife.
You know what I get? Nada, zilch. I told you, you're dreaming.
What about former club members?
People who quit after January of last year.
Come on, that's a wild-goose chase.
Sam, he didn't do it. Yeah?
Is that your head talking or another part of your anatomy?
Hey, okay, what the hell? Fuck me.
CARRlGAN: You may call your next witness.
The people call Eileen Avery, Your Honor.
Who's she?
Your Honor, may counsel approach the bench?
This witness was not mentioned in the discovery material.
I told you the prosecution was not complying--
She's a reluctant witness. She was served a subpoena
on the basis of information we uncovered yesterday.
Bullshit. Ms. Barnes.
I want it on the record. I'll put it on the record.
You think that's gonna hold up in appeal?
What appeal? You expect to lose? Here's the subpoena, Your Honor.
I'll allow her testimony.
Put the circumstances of the subpoena on the record.
Thank you, Your Honor.
CARRlGAN: Let's continue.
Let the record show that Miss Eileen Avery is a reluctant witness.
Get something for me as fast as possible.
Who is she?
A friend.
What do you mean, a friend? A friend, that's all.
KRASNY: State your name, please. AVERY: Eileen Avery.
KRASNY: How old are you?
I'm 26.
What's your relationship to John C. Forrester?
He's a friend of mine.
Between July and December of 1 983 what was your relationship to him?
He was my...
He was my lover.
[CROWD MURMURING]
[GAVEL BANGlNG]
You had an affair with him for six months
two years ago?
Answer the question, please.
Yes, l did.
You were in love with him?
AVERY: Yes, l was.
KRASNY: And he was in love with you?
Yes.
KRASNY: Did Mr. Forrester ever speak to you about divorcing his wife?
Please, Miss Avery.
He said he wanted to.
KRASNY: Yes?
He said he could never do it.
And why could he never do it?
Because he said
he would lose everything he had always worked for.
Your witness, Mrs. Barnes.
No questions.
Thank you, Miss Avery.
You may step down.
The people call Robert Slade.
Mr. Slade, how did you meet Mrs. Forrester?
I played tennis with her at the club. And you became friends.
She liked me, l liked her a lot too. It went on from there.
You had an intimate, sexual relationship with Mrs. Forrester?
SLADE: Yes.
KRASNY: For how long?
Let's see. I got to the club in November of '83
until the time she died.
You knew Mrs. Forrester was married?
Sure.
Didn't seem to bother her though. What do you mean?
She said he didn't care what she did. Objection as to form.
Sustained.
Did she ever talk to you about her husband?
Objection. Hearsay.
I'm trying to establish the state of mind of Mrs. Forrester prior to her murder.
The testimony is irrelevant.
I think I can establish the relevancy of the testimony.
You may proceed.
Did she ever speak to you about her relationship with her husband?
She said he didn't care what she did. Move to strike, Your Honor.
Motion denied.
Please continue.
She said she knew he was seeing someone too.
Whoever he was seeing,
Page said he'd take her riding all the time.
KRASNY: Riding?
SLADE: Yeah, she joked about it. She said those horses of his were, uh,
foreplay.
Mr. Slade, did Mrs. Forrester ever talk about divorcing her husband?
SLADE: She was thinking about it.
She said the only thing that stopped her from getting a divorce before
is that he was doing such a good job running the company.
She said he had a million-dollar image.
I remember once, she said that she knew he was using her,
but she said she was using him too.
She said that was his special talent. He really knew how to use people.
Your witness.
Due to the lateness of the hour,
we will adjourn and reconvene at 9:00 Monday morning.
Well, that's it. lt's over.
You didn't think he'd find out?
Four years ago, I walked away from all this.
I felt that I was drowning, over my head.
The dirt, the slime.
You played me.
You played me so well.
No.
You set me up from the very beginning.
How did you find out about Styles?
That's why you wanted me to defend you.
What are you talking about?
If you'd told me about Avery, I wouldn't have taken the case.
I had an affair with somebody. That doesn't mean I killed my wife.
Teddy, l couldn't tell you. I couldn't tell you in the beginning--
That's why, because you wouldn't have taken the case.
Later on, l...
What?
I couldn't, because then you wouldn't have thought we were real.
You lied to me. I had to lie to you.
Don't you understand? I had to lie to you.
Teddy, that stuff about Page, I didn't know anything about it.
I didn't wanna be used anymore.
I gave all this up because l just...
I wanted to clean myself off.
I'm dropping the case. You can't.
It's my life. lt's my life. You can't.
I didn't kill her.
I don't believe you.
[♪♪♪]
SAM: What did he say?
I told you. I don't wanna hear it.
We got another letter from the 1 942 Corona.
I'm sorry to disturb you, Your Honor.
It's against all better judgment for me to speak with you.
Please, Your Honor.
Did this hypothetical client confess his guilt
to his hypothetical lawyer?
Then the defense counsel has no real ethical dilemma.
He took an oath.
He must live up to that oath.
What if he finds that he can't?
Then he had no business taking the oath in the first place.
What if someone came to you under circumstances like these
and asked to be dropped from a case?
I probably would accede to his
or her wishes,
but with great regret.
Teddy.
Teddy?
What the fuck are you doing sitting in the dark?
You playing with yourself?
Are you okay?
You're gonna love what we got on Bobby Slade.
What the hell's the matter with you? Come on, read it.
Hey,
are you okay?
No.
You're not okay, you look like shit.
Oh, baby.
I'm sorry. Come here.
Oh, goddamn it.
I'm sorry, kid.
MAN: Hear ye, hear ye.
Superior Court for the county of San Francisco is now in session.
The Honorable Clark Carrigan presiding.
Will counsel please approach the bench?
Do you have anything you wanna say to me, Ms. Barnes?
Yes, Your Honor.
The defense would like to recall Bobby Slade.
Recall Robert Slade.
Mr. Slade, where were you employed before the Hillsborough Country Club?
At the Oceanside Racquet Club in Santa Cruz.
What were the circumstances under which you left there?
I don't understand.
I think you do.
You were fired, were you not, Mr. Slade?
No, I got a better offer from Hillsborough.
Isn't it true that you were fired in Santa Cruz for selling sexual favors?
SLADE: That's not true. Perjury is a criminal offense.
Objection, Your Honor.
CARRlGAN: I presume you know the penalty for committing perjury, Mr. Slade?
That's what they said,
but there's no proof. There's nothing on my record. I wasn't fired, I left.
During the course of your sexual relationship with Mrs. Forrester,
where did you have sex with her?
Motels, the house in Hillsborough,
down at the beach house.
The house in Baker Beach? Yes.
TEDDY: Where the murders took place.
Did Mrs. Forrester ever pay you for having sex with her?
She was beautiful. She didn't have to pay anybody.
TEDDY: What kind of sex did you have?
What do you mean?
Did you tie her up? Objection, Your Honor.
CARRlGAN: Sustained.
You fucking bitch.
What did you call me?
Your Honor, l object. CARRlGAN: Denied.
What did you call me, Mr. Slade?
You called me a bitch.
Is that what you called me, Mr. Slade?
Speak up, Mr. Slade.
Yes.
No further questions, Your Honor.
[CROWD MURMURING]
No questions.
[GAVEL BANGlNG]
The people call Anthony Fabrizi.
It was a 6-inch hunting knife with jags on the edge.
And what locker was it in?
FABRlZI: It was in locker number 1 22.
And whose locker is that?
It was, uh,
Mr. Forrester's locker.
Mr. Fabrizi, are you absolutely certain that the knife that you saw
on January 2nd, 1 984, was in Mr. Forrester's locker?
Yes, l am certain.
Your witness.
No questions.
The people rest.
CARRlGAN: That will be all, Mr. Fabrizi.
Are you ready to call your first witness, Ms. Barnes?
I am, Your Honor. We call Duane Bendix.
Who's Duane Bendix? Find out who Duane Bendix is.
Mr. Bendix, were you a member of the Hillsborough Country Club
on January 2nd 1 984?
Yes, l was.
TEDDY: Mr. Bendix, was there a knife on that date in your locker at the country club?
BENDIX: There was. TEDDY: What kind of knife was it?
It was a hunting knife with a 6-inch blade and a jagged edge.
[CROWD MURMURING]
[GAVEL BANGlNG]
Is this the knife?
Yes, it is.
And Mr. Bendix, what was your locker number at the club?
BENDIX: 222.
No further questions.
Your witness, Mr. Krasny.
No questions.
Thank you, Mr. Bendix.
Your Honor, we would like to recall Anthony Fabrizi.
Mr. Fabrizi, I'd like to remind you that you are still under oath.
Thank you, judge.
Mr. Fabrizi,
are you certain, beyond any doubt,
the knife you saw was in Locker 122 and not in Locker 222?
No, it was in Locker 1 22. I remember because I put it together in my head
as l walked away, that it was Mr. Forrester's.
Where was Mr. Bendix's locker in relation to Mr. Forrester's?
Well, it was in the row right behind his.
Mr. Fabrizi, does this look like the knife that you saw that day?
No, this one's different.
How is it different?
Well, it's the same kind of knife, all right,
but this one here's all scratched up on the sides, and the handle's worn.
If this knife was brand-new and hadn't been used for over a year,
would it look like the knife you saw?
Could it have been the knife you saw?
Is it possible, Mr. Fabrizi?
Jesus Christ, I don't know. Yeah, sure, it's possible.
Your Honor, I would like this knife marked
and admitted into evidence as Defense Exhibit B.
Your witness.
Mr. Fabrizi--?
FABRlZI: What the hell are you gonna ask me now?
I told her, it looks different.
I don't know. If it was brand-new, sure. It's possible it was the one I seen.
I don't know how I could've mistaken the locker numbers.
No questions.
CARRlGAN: Thank you, Mr. Fabrizi. That's all.
We will adjourn
and reconvene again tomorrow morning 9:00.
Can I talk to you? There's nothing to talk about.
I tried calling you all weekend. I went over to your place.
You still think I'm guilty? How can you defend me if you think l'm guilty?
It happens all the time. It's the way our legal system works.
[♪♪♪]
SLADE: I bet you're a cold fuck.
What do you want, Mr. Slade?
You really think you're something, don't you?
You twist everything around, don't you?
You just don't give a shit.
I bet l could warm you up.
I bet l could make you real hot.
[HORN BLARlNG]
[CAR STARTS]
[♪♪♪]
Jen, hi.
What are you doing?
No, no, I'm at the office. I just wanted to call.
Get David to watch spider-Man while you do your homework.
Okay.
Why don't we talk about that when l get home, okay?
All right. l love you.
Bye-bye.
Julie Jensen?
I'd like to talk to you. My name is-- I know who you are.
MAN: Hear ye, hear ye.
Superior Court for the county of San Francisco is now in session.
The Honorable Clark Carrigan presiding.
Ms. Barnes, call your next witness.
Your Honor, we call Julie Jensen.
[WHlSPERlNG INDlSTlNCTLY]
Ms. Jensen,
where do you reside?
At 1 326 Del Mar Lane in Santa Cruz.
TEDDY: Would you describe for us the events which took place
on the night of January 21 st, 1 984?
Objection, Your Honor. This testimony is not relevant.
This testimony is directly related to the crimes Forrester is accused of,
and Mr. Krasny knows it.
The witness may continue.
JENSEN: I was in my bedroom,
I woke up, there was a knife at my throat.
There was a man there. He was dressed in black, all black.
Pants, a turtleneck. He wore a black ski mask.
I never saw his face.
Objection, Your Honor. This crime is not relevant to this case.
CARRlGAN: Overruled.
He kept the knife pressed to my throat.
It was a big knife. It had these jags on the top.
He tied my hands and my legs to the bed.
He cut my nightgown off of me.
What did he do then?
He pushed the knife against my nipples
and he cut me.
How did he cut you?
He cut around my right nipple with the tip of the knife
and then he, uh, smeared the knife
with the blood.
And he got up and he wrote it on the wall.
What did he write?
He wrote the word "bitch."
Then he came back to the bed,
and he started putting the knife
between my legs.
But he didn't
cut me.
And then he suddenly
stopped.
And he
went away.
And these events took place at your beach house in Santa Cruz
on January 21 st, 1 984,
1 8 months before the murders at Baker Beach?
Yes.
Well done.
Ms. Jensen,
did you ever relate these events
to anyone from the district attorney's office?
Your Honor, that is irrelevant. Overruled.
Yes, l did.
To that man there.
To this man? Mr. Arnold? An assistant district attorney.
Yes.
TEDDY: When did you relate these events to him?
He came to see me three weeks after Mrs. Forrester was killed.
And he came back to see me two days later.
When Mr. Arnold came back to see you, what did he tell you?
JENSEN: He told me the Baker Beach killings were not related
to what happened to me.
[CROWD MURMURING]
Ms. Jensen,
were you a member of the Oceanside Racquet Club in Santa Cruz
from January to October 1 983?
Yes. TEDDY: Do you play tennis?
I did before this happened.
Did you ever play with the club's pro, Bobby Slade?
KRASNY: I object-- Yes!
Bobby Slade is not on trial here!
Why isn't he? You knew, you hushed it up.
You're trying to mislead this jury. That is not true and you know it.
[GAVEL BANGlNG]
I will see you both in chambers.
[CHATTERING]
All I'm asking for is a two-week continuance.
TEDDY: For what, to tie him into the Santa Cruz crime?
He's had months to, he can't He's innocent and you know it.
That's why he didn't turn over her statement.
How the hell did you find her? She kept her name out of the papers.
We saw the police report. We pulled it.
You pulled the police report?
CARRlGAN: You've breached the canon of ethics, Mr. Krasny.
Now, your request is denied.
If it were up to me, I'd vote to disbar you.
He told you, didn't he?
He told you.
What did he do?
Did he phone you?
Send you anonymous notes?
You'll stop at nothing, won't you?
Anyone could've sent those. Everyone knew.
The police in Santa Cruz, people in your office.
Bullshit.
Don't you understand what he did?
He did the identical crime 1 8 months before he murdered his wife.
He knew it would get him off the hook.
He knew Bobby Slade was seeing his wife.
That's why he did the first crime in Santa Cruz.
He threw us Bobby Slade as a suspect.
He picked that woman very carefully.
He knew she played tennis with Slade.
He planned this for 1 8 months.
He is not a psychopath. He is an ice man.
He is a monster.
You're the monster, Tom.
If you make any attempt
to implicate Mr. Forrester in the Santa Cruz crime,
I shall strike it.
He is not charged with that offense.
[♪♪♪]
They're in.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, have you reached a verdict?
We have, Your Honor.
"Not guilty."
[CHATTERING]
CARRlGAN: We stand in recess.
WOMAN: Mr. Forrester, can we have a statement, please?
How do you feel about this? ANDREW: I'm so proud of you.
I'm proud of you.
MAN: Stay back. Stay back.
TEDDY: I'd like to say something, please.
Four years ago, I resigned my job as an assistant district attorney.
I'd like to tell you why.
I prosecuted a case with Mr. Krasny.
It was a very newsworthy case.
The kind of case that wins elections, makes careers.
We convicted the man and he went to jail.
A week after the trial, I discovered
that during the trial,
one of our investigators had come up with evidence
which would have exonerated the man we were prosecuting,
and that Mr. Krasny had buried that evidence.
WOMAN 1 : Can you verify that? Although I found--
I didn't do anything.
I didn't tell anyone.
I let that man...
He hanged himself in prison.
I will have to learn to live with that,
somehow.
The People v. Henry Styles.
Case number 26022.
MAN 1 : Mr. Krasny, do you have a comment on that?
MAN 2: Can you comment on that? Do you have any comment on that?
Mr. Krasny. WOMAN 2: Mr. Krasny.
MAN 1 : Can I have a comment from you? Do you have any comment?
WOMAN 2: Just one statement,
MAN 3: People, stay back. MAN 4: We can't get to it all.
MAN 3: Please, people, stay back.
Your partners are very proud of you.
JACK: --today's verdict has been a vindication of the way our legal system works.
It couldn't have happened without Teddy Barnes.
[CHATTERING]
[MAN CHATTERING ON TV]
Yoo-hoo! Where are you?
Congratulations. Congratulations.
Thank you. Congratulations.
DAVID: Congratulations.
What's going on?
We're going to my house, give you a chance to celebrate.
But I don't have anybody to celebrate with.
Oh, yes, you do.
Come on, you guys. Bye, Mom.
DAVID: Bye, Mom.
JACK [ON TV]: l feel vindicated.
More than anything, today's verdict has been
a vindication of our legal system.
It couldn't have happened without Teddy Barnes.
I'Il never be able to thank her.
Thank you very much.
WOMAN: Thank you, Mr. Forrester.
This is Jack Forrester. He was just found not guilty
of the brutal murders of his wife and her maid.
That's the situation here.
This word just in to the Channel 7 newsroom: Police are now seeking
Hillsborough Country Club tennis pro Bobby Slade
for questioning in the killings.
We'll have full details and a fiIm report at 1 1 :00.
[LAUGHING]
JACK: Well, l don't know, you can have it.
And as far as the grass goes, it's great. I love it. l love it. It's terrific.
You might take a couple of branches off...
Good morning.
Good afternoon. What time is it?
The time is 3:30.
[BOTH LAUGH]
Are you hungry?
I'm starving.
Good. I made some brunch for us. I'm gonna go to the stables.
I'll be back 1 0, 1 5 minutes. You know how l feel?
I feel free.
Free!
[♪♪♪]
[ENGINE STRUGGLING]
[♪♪♪]
Where you going?
It's David. He has a fever. I've gotta go home.
JACK: Oh, no.
Go on, Ed.
What's the matter with him? I don't know. Matthew called.
Well, l'll come with you. No. I'll call.
Here, let me try.
[ENGINE STARTS]
Can I at least kiss you goodbye?
[RINGlNG]
JACK: HelIo? Teddy?
Yes? How's David?
He's fine.
Well, what was the matter with him?
I've...
Nothing.
Come on, you said he had a fever.
I found the typewriter.
What typewriter? What are you talking about?
You killed her.
What is the matter with you?
Teddy, l love you-- No.
Will you listen to me? No.
I'm on my way over to you right now. No. No. No!
[♪♪♪]
[BUTTONS BEEPlNG]
[LINE RINGlNG]
SAM: Yeah, hello? Sam?
Yeah?
Sam... What the hell's the matter?
I-- l-- I need to talk-- Need to talk to you, Sam.
Well, what?
Teddy?
What is it?
Teddy, for chrissake, what is it?
Nothing.
I just wanted to...
I just wanted to say thank you.
Thank me?
What the fuck you gotta thank me for, baby?
They got a warrant out on Bobby Slade. They're gonna charge him.
Hey, did you hear me?
I don't want to hear about Bobby Slade.
Are you sure you're all right?
Sure you don't want me to come over?
No.
No, nothing's wrong.
It's all right now.
Bye, Sam.
[♪♪♪]
I need to see your face, Jack.
I could've loved--
[SCREAMlNG]
[GUN THUDS]
[DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHlNG]
SAM: Jesus Christ.
[♪♪♪]
Fuck him. He was trash.