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- I think you do.

You were fired, were you not?

No, I got a better offer from Hillsborough.

Isn't it true that you were fired

in Santa Cruz for selling sexual favours?

- That's not true.

- Perjury is a criminal offence, Mr. Slade.

Objection, your Honour.

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 intimate

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.

- 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.

What kind of sex did you have with her?

What do you mean?

Did you tie her up?

- Objection, your Honour!

- Sustained.

You f***ing b*tch!

What did you call me?

- I object!

- Denied.

What did you call me, Mr. Slade?

You called me a b*tch.

Is that what you called me?

Speak up, Mr. Slade.

Yes.

No further questions, your Honour.

No questions.

The People call Anthony Fabrizi.

It was a 6-inch hunting knife

with jags on the edge.

And what locker was it in?

- It was in locker 122.

- And whose locker is that?

It was Mr. Forrester's locker.

Mr. Fabrizi, are you absolutely certain

that the knife you saw...

...on January 2, 1984,

was in Mr. Forrester's locker?

Yes, I am certain.

Your witness.

No questions.

The People rest.

That will be all, Mr. Fabrizi.

Are you ready to call your first witness,

Mrs. Barnes?

I am, your Honour. We call Duane Bendix.

Who's Duane Bendix?

Were you a member of the Hillsborough

Country Club on January 2, 1984?

Yes, I was.

Was there a knife, on that date,

in your locker at the country club?

There was.

What kind of knife was it?

It was a hunting knife

with a 6-inch blade and a jagged edge.

Is this the knife?

Yes, it is.

What was your locker number at the club?

No further questions.

Your witness, Mr. Krasny.

No questions.

Thank you.

Your Honour, 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 122.

I remember, because I put it together

in my head that it was Mr. Forrester's.

Where was Mr. Bendix's locker

in relation to Mr. Forrester's?

Well, it's in the row right behind his.

Does this look like the knife

you saw that day?

- No, this one's different.

- How is it different?

It's the same kind of knife, but...

...this one here is all scratched up

on the sides and the handle's all worn.

If this knife was brand new and

hadn't been used for a year and a half...

...would it look like the knife you saw?

Could it have been the knife you saw?

It is possible?

Jesus Christ, I don't know! lt's possible!

Your Honour, I'd like this knife marked...

...and admitted into evidence

as "Defence Exhibit B."

Your witness.

- Mr. Fabrizi --

- What the hell are you going to ask me?

I told her, it looks different. I don't know.

If it was brand new, sure!

It's possible it's the one I seen.

I don't know how I could've mistaken

the locker numbers.

No questions.

Thank you, Mr. Fabrizi. That's all.

We'll adjourn and reconvene again

tomorrow morning at 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 I'm guilty?

It happens all the time.

It's the way our legal system works.

I bet you're a cold f***.

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 sh*t.

I bet I could warm you up.

I bet I could make you real hot.

Jen, hi.

What are you doing?

No, I'm at the office. I just wanted to call.

Why don't you get David to watch

"Spiderman" while you do your homework?

Okay.

Why don't we talk about that

when I get home, okay?

All right, I love you.

'Bye.

Julie Jensen?

- I'd like to talk to you. My name --

- I know who you are.

The Superior Court for the County

of San Francisco is now in session.

The Honourable Clark Carrigan presiding.

Mrs. Barnes, call your next witness.

We call Julie Jensen.

Ms. Jensen, where do you reside?

At 1326, Del Mar Lane in Santa Cruz.

Would you describe for us

the events that took place...

...on the night of January 21, 1984?

Objection, your Honour.

This testimony is not relevant.

This testimony is directly related to

the crimes Jack Forrester is accused of...

...and Mr. Krasny knows it.

The witness may continue.

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.

Pants, a turtleneck.

He wore a black ski mask.

- I never saw his face.

- Objection, your Honour.

- This crime is not relevant to this case.

- 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 night-gown 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.

He 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 "b*tch."

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, 1984...

...18 months before the murders

at Baker Beach?

Yes.

Well done.

Ms. Jensen...

...did you relate these events to anyone

from the San Francisco DA's office?

Your Honour, that is irrelevant.

Overruled!

Yes, I did.

To that man there.

To this man? Mr. Arnold?

- An assistant district attorney?

- Yes.

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?

He told me that the Baker Beach killings

were not related to what happened to me.

Ms. Jensen...

...were you a member of the Oceanside

Racquet Club in Santa Cruz...

...from January to October, 1983?

- Yes.

- Do you play tennis?

I did before this happened.

Did you ever play with the club's pro,

Bobby Slade?

- I object --

- Yes!

Bobby Slade is not on trial here!

Why isn't he?

You knew. You hushed it up.

You are trying to mislead this jury.

That is not true and you know it.

I will see you both in chambers.

All I'm asking for

is a two-week continuance.

For what?

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