is it marsh?
who found him?
she was here?
show me.
how long?
cause?
miss braslow -- i'm district attorney john cardenas. you arrived at what time tonight?
why did you come by?
do you know who mr. marsh was with?
her name?
you wouldn't know her address, would you?
thank you.
what'd he die of?
the official cause?
but there's more?
what are you saying, henry? that his girlfriend fucked him to death?
what can we prove?
any prints on the nasal spray?
can we put rebecca lawson at the scene?
what did he say about miss lawson?
so she knew about his heart?
what about the will?
miss lawson?
i'm district attorney, john cardenas.
i just wanted to introduce myself and inform miss lawson that there will be an inquiry.
for starters i'd like to know why she left the house and didn't report the death?
did i say it was a natural death?
how?
miss lawson, do you use cocaine?
did you use it the night marsh died?
were you aware of mr. marsh's heart condition?
mr. marsh's cardiologist and his nurse have told us that you accompanied mr. marsh to their office on at least two occasions.
sit down, frank.
fine.
i don't think the handcuffs will be necessary. you can finish giving miss lawson her rights outside.
marsh left her close to three million dollars in his will. that's motive. she admits to being there the night of his death. that's opportunity -- and her fingerprints are on the nasal spray bottle.
take your pole out of the water, frank. the fish ain't biting today.
she planned this. she wanted us to find the nasal spray.
because she's clever. because she knows that even if we didn't find it we'd have suspicions as to why a man in marsh's condition would use cocaine.
the m.e.'s report stated that marsh's nasal membranes showed no sign of prior cocaine use. without the nasal spray we would have still treated it as a poisoning. we would have looked for motive and the trail would have still led back to her.
we're going all the way on this one, frank. tell your client she has until the prelim to cop a plea for murder two -- fifteen to twenty five.
then she's not as smart as i thought she was. you've seen her in the depositions. tell me you don't have any doubts?
aren't they all?
you all can see the defendant, rebecca lawson. but as this trial proceeds you will see that she is not only the defendant -- she is the murder weapon itself.
doctor mccurdy, what was the cause of death?
what was mr. marsh's physical condition prior to his death?
was the heart attack the result of natural causes?
what induced it?
so, mr. marsh used cocaine?
then how did it get into his body?
is this the bottle that was found on the nightstand?
your honor, the state enters this evidence as exhibit a. were any fingerprints found on the bottle?
dr. mccurdy, what would cocaine do to someone in mr. marsh's condition?
-- and if he were in the midst of making love while under the influence of cocaine?
what would be the effect if someone secretly administered cocaine to mr. marsh and then induced him to make love?
thank you, doctor mccurdy. your witness.
doctor trammel, when did you first diagnose that mr. marsh had heart disease?
did mr. marsh change his lifestyle after that?
he did everything he could to take care of his heart?
did miss lawson ever accompany mr. marsh to your office?
just one last question. what does the sign on your office door say?
how long were you mr marsh's personal secretary?
did you ever see mr. marsh use cocaine?
what about miss lawson?
tell the court about that, please.
did you see mr. marsh the day before his death?
how did he look?
did you talk about miss lawson?
what did mr. marsh say?
thank you. your witness.
the state calls doctor alan paley.
where did you meet miss lawson?
did you ever see her again after that?
what eventually happened to your relationship with miss lawson?
why?
what kind of information?
did you suggest any?
what did she say?
-- and what did you suggest?
your witness.
objection. your honor, we don't know where this tape is from. who made it -- or under what circumstances it was made.
mrs. crawford, you were mr. marsh's maid for nine years?
did miss lawson and mr. marsh ever argue?
what did they argue about?
did they argue the day before he died?
what was the nature of the argument?
could you be more specific?
did you ever see mr. marsh use cocaine?
your witness.
your honor, i fail to see what mrs crawford's educational background has to do with this case.
objection, your honor. the fact that mrs. crawford heard mr. troxell reconstruct her sentence and decided to rephrase her words in a more intelligent manner for the court doesn't mean the incident never happened.
your honor -- please!
i'm surprised you can walk after the way burnham chewed your ass out this afternoon.
hey -- the bell's sounded. it's between rounds.
what's happening to you, frank? you're acting like you're on trial here. this has become personal to you.
you're sleeping with her, aren't you?
i'm talking to you as a friend now. don't ruin your life, your career for her. she'll spit you out when this is over.
really? what does an attorney speak to his client about at her house until three o'clock in the morning?
her. it's an obvious move. i'm building a case against her, remember?
if your head wasn't up your ass you would have thought of it too. you're losing perspective. get out while you can -- before she takes you down with her.
the state calls jeffery roston.
the state's investigation just uncovered mr. roston yesterday afternoon in chicago.
your honor, mr. roston is an ex-lover of miss lawson's.
he was away on an extended vacation and just returned two days ago.
mr. roston, what was your relationship with miss lawson?
how long were you together?
how would you describe your sex life with miss lawson?
i know this is a very personal subject, but could you be a little more specific?
what kind of condition are you referring to?
what happened next?
and how are you now?
how did your relationship with miss lawson progress after the surgery?
why not?
why did she say she was leaving?
why do you think she left you?
your honor, mr. roston lived with the defendant for many months. i feel that his opinion is valid in substantiating the character of the miss lawson.
did miss lawson ever give you any indication why she was leaving?
when you say your sexual relations with miss lawson were intense what exactly do you mean?
can you give the court an example?
what would she do that made it hard to resist?
what did she say?
mr. roston i know this is difficult for you, but it's important you tell the court what she did.
what did she do next, mr. roston?
if you knew it was bad for you why did you do it?
what happened after that?
did you change your will while you were with miss lawson?
who was your primary beneficiary?
thank you. the state rests.
objection!
objection! mr. roston's sexual preferences are not at issue in this trial.
no questions.
objection! may i remind mr. dulaney that the person on trial here is miss lawson -- not dr. paley.
objection, your honor.
whether or not miss braslow uses drugs is not an issue here.
it's true -- we all have fires burning inside us. rebecca lawson was very aware of the fire burning inside andrew marsh -- and she stoked those flames -- fanning them until they burned so hot that reason and judgement left him. is making love a crime? of course not -- but the question isn't as simple as that. rebecca lawson used her seductive qualities to entice andrew marsh. she used sex as a catalyst and cocaine as the terminus. the combination of the two provided the conclusion of a premeditated act. she asked dr. paley about cocaine. her fingerprints were found on the nasal spray bottle that contained the cocaine -- and she was the sole beneficiary of andrew marsh's will. she planned it from beginning to end. she knew about his heart. she secretly administered cocaine, then used wild and physically demanding sex to induce a heart attack. making love is an act of passion between two people to affirm their vows of love. this was not an act of love -- this was an act of greed. this was betrayal. rebecca lawson killed andrew marsh -- and i'm counting on you to punish her for that crime.
paley's confessed to the whole thing. it's like he's got no will to live now that she's gone. she almost got away with it. ironic, huh? do you believe in karma, frank?
well -- call it what you want. fate. destiny. we usually get what we deserve in the end.
you get his statement?
then you can go.
frank?
i found this video in her room. it has your name on it.
i assume it's yours.