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Hm.
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Mm-hmm.
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[Inhales deeply]
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Hmm.
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[Inhales deeply]
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Yes, your husband did show remarkable
foresight in taking those pictures.
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And --
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yes --
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absent a swimming pool,
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the presence of a pool man
would appear to be suspicious.
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But madam, --
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who is the real victim here?
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Let me suggest to you the following.
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Your husband, who on a prior
occasion had slapped you, --
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beat you. l think that word
is not inappropriate.
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- No, l...
- Let me finish, please.
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l'm not concerned with
who slapped whom first.
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Your husband, who had
beaten you repeatedly --
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- No, he never...
- Please.
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Repeatedly, was at the time,
brandishing your firearm.
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- lt was his gun.
- And we'll get it back for you.
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Trying, in his rage, to shoot
an acquaintance, --
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a friend of long standing.
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They never really cared
for each other.
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And if not for your
cool-headed intervention,
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his tantrum might have ended
this schmo's life and ruined his own.
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As for the sexual indiscretion
which he imagined took place,
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wasn't it, in fact, he --
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who was sleeping with the pool man?
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No?
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Am l going too far here?
Were his sexual... No.
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- [Donaly] l don't...
- Sorry. l'm not omniscient.
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The point is that he acted upon
an assumption which he cannot prove,
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and, l take it, you deny.
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- Well...
- Fine. l'll take the case.
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[Massey] lt's imperative that l meet with
Oliver Olerud before we proceed any further,
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so that l can massage the kinks
out of our testimony.
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Do you really think
we could put all this across?
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The truth is so self-evident to me,
Mrs. Donaly,
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that l'm sure that l'll be able to make it
equally as transparent to any jury,
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should your husband decide
to take it that far.
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We'll need to caucus again to draw up
a picture of your husband's net worth.
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A map of enemy territory, so to speak.
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You said that he's
a television producer?
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He has a soap opera, The Sands of Time.
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lt's a silly show.
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Well, it'll be yours soon.
Thank you very much.
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-Oh, thank you, Mr. Massey.
-Yes. Bye-bye.
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Still you have to admire him
for taking those pictures.