Indictment: The McMartin Trial Page #5

of the people they trusted. Female reporter:

Kee McFarlane

also went on to say that the children's stories

have been remarkably consistent since the very

first allegations were made

nearly ten months ago. What is it?

What is so important? You know we have

a preliminary in two weeks. Hey, Malcolm.

Where's Judy? I thought it best that you

talked to Malcolm alone. Tell him, Malcolm. He hurt me. Hoag:

Who hurt you, Malcolm? He poked me. Hoag:

Who poked you? Daddy poked me

with a stick in my bottom. What's a stick, Malcolm? This is a stick. Where did it happen? In the bath. Daddy took a bath with me. Did Mommy tell you

to say bad things

about Daddy? Uh-uh. No. Why don't you, uh,

go in to your mom, hmm? Thanks, buddy. Do you really believe

this is what happened? What choice do I have? Could there be

some other explanation? Come on, Jane. Is there? Well, he filed for divorce.

Well, there it is. Judy doesn't work.

She doesn't have anything. This is her way

of getting even, maybe even

getting a little money. We have to file charges

against the father.

Jane... If we do that,

the defense will

kill us with it. This was the first charge

against Ray Buckey. Malcolm was with his father

the night before Judy

reported he was molested. They'll say that's how

this whole thing started. Well, what do you

want to do then? Let the father

have visitation again? No. No, of course not. Just, uh... ...tell Judy not

to let the father see Malcolm until we can check this out.

All right? You have no idea

what we went through

to get these tapes. We have to watch

all of them here. They won't let me take them

to my office. So I need you guys

to help me out. I want you to take notes

on each child. Write down every single thing

you can remember about him or her. The first kid

we're seeing is,

uh, Jonathan Lawson. Okay. We can skip him. I came to the school

after... after he was gone. Well, I think this tape

is gonna show

that he remembers you. So let's, um, refresh your recollection,

as they say in the courtroom. I've got some really

crazy-looking dolls

to show you. These are as nutty

as anything. (woman chuckles)

Wow, that's weird. Woman:

These kinda look

like cupcakes, don't they? (Jonathan giggles)

She has a belly button. She has hair on her vagina.

(giggles) (mutters indistinctly)

Woman:
And this one... This one has a penis.

(chuckles) Now, I'd like you

to look at a picture. Woman:

You know him, don't you? Remember him? Uh, yeah, I think. "I think."

Woman:
Was he a teacher when you were

in school back then? Um... No, I don't

think I remember him. Look at his face. No.

Was he around,

maybe back then? No, I wasn't.

Who is she to do this? Shhh, listen. I didn't see him much.

Once or twice. Woman:

The older kids like you

have to help the little kids 'cause they're not

as smart as you. And we found out

some crummy stuff happened to these little kids. Do you think you might

be able to help us out? It didn't happen to me.

No? It didn't happen to you? Somehow I can't remember.

I'm not sure about it. Woman:

Well, sometimes some

of this stuff is really hard to talk about. And that's why we use puppets! Hi, Snake! Some of the kids told us

they played yucky games and the teachers

would touch them

in some yucky places. Did something like that

happen to Jonathan? To me it didn't. It didn't happen

to Jonathan? No, it didn't happen to me. (voices rewind) No, it didn't happen to me.

"It didn't happen to me." Do you guys remember

the tickle game? Tickle game? Woman:

Come on. Your memory

can't be that bad. All your best friends

say you played it. What's the matter, Snake?

Isn't your memory

as good as theirs? Um, I remember

the tickle game. Woman:

See? What a good memory! I thought I had a bad one. It might be better

than you thought. Maybe you could show us

how the tickle game was played. Jonathan:

We'd crawl around, and they'd try to get us. They'd go slow and... ...tickle us!

(scoffs) Woman:

Was it a naked game sometimes? They'd go like this,

and pull up my t-shirt and tickle my belly.

That's all that happened. Woman:

That's all that happened?

Yes. This kid could end up

saving your life. Woman:

Okay. You guys remember

the naked movie star game? Naked movie star game? It was sort of

a fashion show, I think. Where I'll walk across

the room.

Turn around and around? What did the grownups do? Jonathan:

I think... I'm not sure. Taking pictures? Boy, you're

really somethin'! Who was taking pictures? I'm really trying

to test your brain here. It was Ray. I know that.

(voices rewind) It was Ray. I know that.

(voices rewind) It was Ray. I know that.

Woman:

Amazing! Amazing! Amazing! Amazing! It was scary.

He told us to hide

in a tunnel under the school. When our moms and dads came,

they wouldn't see us. And we were all naked, and we had to do this dance. And Ray, he killed the horse. He hit it and it died. What did he hit it with? A baseball bat. He hit it

and the horse fell down. Glenn:

Who else was there?

The Goat Man. And then they took us

to the airport

and we flew on a plane. The airport? Didn't... Didn't you tell me it was,

uh, the car wash? Uh, it was the airport, but the plane had no windows. (door opens) You're free.

You're out on bail. Your father's waiting

to pick you up

in the parking lot. What? Right now?

Right now. Let's go. What about the others?

Are they out, too? Not Ray.

But we expected that. And your mother's lawyer

waived her right

to a speedy trial. Oh, my God.

All right. Come on. I'm going to be

on my own here again. It'll be okay, Mom.

You'll be out soon. I'll leave this comb.

Maybe you'll need it. It'll be okay. Be strong.

I love you. I don't think I can

make it here alone. What? I don't think I can

make it here on my own. Okay. Okay.

(sobbing) Okay, I'll stay with you.

I'll stay. I won't let 'em

put up bail for me and I'll just... I can do that.

I can stay. Okay? No. You go on. Hurry up, before they

change their mind. Go on. Go on! Go on. Woman:

Prisoner release here. (sighs) I'm sorry.

I thought I heard

you say thank you for getting you out.

Clearly mistaken. I can't. I can't.

I feel too guilty.

Guilty about what? About leaving

everybody behind. Today, just weeks after

new DA Ira Reiner's

taking over the reins for... Incredibly, it's now

11 months since we started

bringing you these exclusive reports on this extraordinary...

...from the first child witness, a seven-year-old boy

named simply John Doe 7. Reporter:

Testimony is expected

to contain explicit allegations highly damaging

to the defense, and the mood here

in the courthouse is one of grim anticipation. There is no doubt

that feelings about the case

run very high indeed. Man: Here they come! Satz: ...in the whole area

of child abuse. I just hope that it doesn't

lead to hysteria and contagion. Peggy Ann:

Please, the lights

are hurting her eyes! She's got cataracts. Danny:

Hey, come on.

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