Compliance Page #9

or the Boston Market

across the street.

Ask around. See if they saw anybody

suspicious lingering on the phone

out in front of their stores for too long.

Guy wasn't calling

from a local number or cell.

He was calling from a calling card.

DETECTIVE:
Uh, yes, hello.

Uh, I'm calling because

we had a situation here

where a prank phone call

led to a sexual assault,

um, actually a rape, but, uh,

we found that the calling card,

uh, used to make the call

was purchased in your jurisdiction.

Prank phone call

that turned into a rape.

Yeah, I remember.

It was at a fast-food joint, right?

That's right.

Caller said he was a cop,

um, made 'em strip-search a girl.

- It was at a Wendy's.

- That's right.

Uh, no, not a Wendy's, no.

We've identified the place

where the calling card was sold from.

Its in your district,

and this just happened last night.

Here. It was at a Wendy's.

You're calling from Boston, right?

Boston? No.

Was right here in Ohio.

[Papers rustling]

"Manager strip-searched teen customer,

Wendy's, Essex County,

Massachusetts."

Two weeks ago.

[chuckles]

This happened more than once?

You gotta be shitting me.

- See if they got security.

- Yeah, right there.

So he paid cash.

And he bought one of those prepaid cellphones,

so that's why you're having trouble with that.

But there is good news.

We got him on video.

DETECTIVE:
Oh, that's great.

You should see some

of the stuff we got on video.

2nd DETECTIVE:

Well, I mean, he could be anybody

who's white, 5'11" and in their 30s.

But the, uh, footage had a big window,

and I could see his car.

1st DETECTIVE:

You got a license plate?

2nd DETECTIVE:

No, but there was a parking sticker

from this office park

right down the road.

You won't believe

what this guy does for a living.

DANIELS:
Hello, ma'am.

We're calling today

with an important offer

about your banking security.

Well, you should know

that our company

specializes in credit protection

for people like you who want

to monitor their credit scores.

Well, ma'am, I can make it

happen right away

before someone uses

your name to gain credit.

Can you hold on a sec?

BECKY:
I wanted to speak with you

about a civil suit against Sandra Fromme.

WOMAN:

I don't think that's the route to take.

These calls were happening

all over the country,

even in your particular chain.

Oh, no. I'm--Thank you.

You could sue Sandra, you know,

this unemployed,

former fast-food worker,

or you--you could bring a suit

against the national corporation.

They weren't issuing specific enough

warnings on hoaxes.

TV INTERVIEWER:
So you and Van

are no longer together?

No, I haven't talked to him

since that night,

and I don't want to ever,

because of what--

because of what he did.

But do you feel any responsibility

for what you did?

Of course I do.

L feel-- [sighs 1

I feel that it was terrible

what happened to Becky,

but I...

I was doing what I thought

was the right thing.

I--I did what I think,

um, anybody would do,

what you would do

in that circumstance.

Take a girl's clothes away

because someone

told you to on the phone?

Someone who said

they were the police.

Did you know that the police station

was only a half-mile away?

Well, what he said was

that he was investigating from her house.

And I asked him...

[exhales sharply]

You know, "When are you coming?"

I asked many times.

And yet he never came,

and that didn't make you suspicious?

Um, yeah, well...

He had an answer every time

that I asked a question.

And everything about it

was strange to me,

but he--I was very, very stressed,

and we were very busy,

and when I asked him a question,

he always had an answer.

Were you brainwashed?

Brainwashed? Well, I mean,

I felt very foolish.

I can say that. Heh.

But I don't know would I say brainwashed.

Maybe, a little bit.

So you were a victim, too.

I was absolutely a victim.

Not maybe like Becky was a victim,

but, uh, that was a very evil prank

that was played,

and I didn't want to do those things.

I felt he took advantage of me.

I did what I was told to do.

Becky told you

that she didn't want you to do it.

It wasn't a prank to her.

She begged you to stop.

It never occurred to you to think twice?

Well, she didn't--

No, I don't--

That's not how I recall.

She agreed to the search.

[coughs]

And she agreed to everything

that she--Yeah.

Well, it seems like she's crying

and begging on the tape.

What about when you came in

and Van still had her uncovered?

No, she had her apron.

She always had the apron on.

She was covered by the apron.

I'm sorry. I don't understand.

On the tape,

you can clearly see her naked...

- Mm, no.

- one moment when you walk in.

Can we, um--

Can we play that tape?

What were you, uh--

What were you thinking then?

MAN:
Sandra, you won't answer

those kinds of questions.

- Okay.

- We aren't answering that.

We won't answer that.

She can't answer

that question for me?

No.

[chuckles]

You from the area?

INTERVIEWER:

No, not originally.

Oh, really?

Where are you from?

New Orleans.

Oh. It's lovely down there

if-if you don't mind the heat, isn't it?

[Both chuckle]

Uh, yeah, yeah.

Well, yeah, I had a cousin

who went there,

and, uh, the humidity,

I think, is very high.

Uh-huh.

Yeah.

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