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That calls

for speculation.

JUDGE:

Sustained.

If he had a gun or a knife.

Kathy, did you see a knife

in the defendant's hand?

Did you see a gun?

Still, she was tied up,

wasn't she?

Do you like to read?

Yes. I like to read.

Do you sometimes read books

you're not supposed to?

Books on the list?

KATHY:

Sometimes.

Have you read a novel

entitled The Story of O?

No.

Have you heard

of it?

Yes.

From friends?

One friend.

So you know

from this friend

that there are people

who derive sexual pleasure

from being

physically restrained.

Tied up. Some of them

even enjoy being beaten up.

Not my sister.

The answer to my question,

though, Kathy, is...

Not my sister.

Please, Your Honor.

Let it pass, Mr. Cartright.

You've made your point.

Not my sister.

CARTRIGHT:

Miss McCormick,

surely you have experienced

oral copulation in the past.

BONDI:

The witness' sexual history is inadmissible.

JUDGE:

Objection sustained.

I hope I haven't

given the impression

that I believe you

to be a promiscuous person.

I object.

Well, yes, you did,

by your questions.

Then I want to state

quite emphatically

that Mr. Stuart's defense

does not depend upon

your promiscuity.

I object to these

gratuitous comments

by the defense attorney.

Sustained.

This is cross-examination,

Mr. Cartright, not argument.

Mr. Bailiff,

could you get the board, please?

Your Honor,

I have defense exhibits

which I've already marked

"B" through "G,"

and which I believe

Mrs. Bondi has already seen.

If it please, Your Honor,

may we approach the bench?

Yes, you may approach.

I object, Your Honor,

to the introduction

of these photographs.

On what grounds, Mrs. Bondi?

As not being relevant

to the case.

JUDGE:

Mr. Cartright?

CARTRIGHT:

At least one of these frames is from a film commercial

that was photographed

the day before

the alleged attack.

Now, it's acknowledged

that Mr. Stuart was

present on that occasion.

They'll be received in evidence.

Proceed, Counselor.

Now, this is a frame

from the film commercial

that was photographed the day

before the alleged attack.

Is that correct?

BONDI:

Objection. Yes.

These are rejects

out of hundreds,

perhaps thousands,

of work prints.

They're called outtakes,

and they're not meant

for general distribution.

( gavel pounding )

JUDGE:

Overrulled.

Are spectators normally

permitted to watch the filming?

No. Not from close.

But Mr. Stuart

was present, was he not?

CHRIS:

Yes.

CARTRIGHT:

So he must have been there

by your invitation.

CHRIS:

No. Well, he was going...

CARTRIGHT:

No, just answer the question.

Was he there at

your invitation?

Yes.

And you knew he was there

when you posed

like this?

It's my work,

and I do what I'm told.

Everything you're told?

If you were told to perform

certain sexual acts...?

Objection, Your Honor.

That's argumentative

and irrelevant.

JUDGE:

Sustained.

I want you to look

at this frame once again--

remembering, of course,

that it's one frame

from a long,

slow, continuous action--

and I want you

to tell me--

we're none of us here

experienced with this...

with this kind of work--

can you tell me

how someone managed

to look as

seductive as this?

As suggestive

as this?

Do you have

to think certain things?

Bring certain

images to mind?

Yes.

Images of men,

I assume?

Yes.

And these are

really meant

to make you hot,

isn't that true?

Excite you a bit?

Very well.

A little.

Sexy thoughts

that are meant...

I object, Your Honor.

That's vague

and ambiguous.

JUDGE:

Objection overruled.

I'm going to allow that.

Answer the question.

What's the question, please?

Do you use

sexy thoughts

to make you

a little bit hot?

Thoughts of oral sex?

Yes.

Sodomy?

No.

No. Oral sex, yes.

Sodomy, no.

BONDI:

I object, Your Honor.

That's not a question.

Sustained.

Do you have daydreams

of being overpowered?

Objection.

JUDGE:

Overruled.

Sometimes.

So the answer is yes.

Yes. Yes.

So, one afternoon,

you invite this young man

to watch you

going through these

erotic daydreams

of being raped...

Objection.

of being overwhelmed...

to see these sexual fantasies

on the beach-- helpless,

half naked,

lusting.

And, the very next afternoon,

you invite this young

man to your apartment.

The man of your choice,

in the place of your choice.

And you expect this jury

to believe

that he had to brutalize you...

Objection!

to make you perform these sexual acts?!

JUDGE:

Sustained! Objection!

I have only one

more question, Miss McCormick,

and I believe

the jury has only one more question:

In spite of everything,

were you sexually aroused?

Objection! Objection!

Objection! Objection!

And did you not,

in fact, reach a sexual climax?

Objection!

No! No!

JUDGE:

Sustained. Jury will disregard both question and answer.

Your Honor, it must

be made absolutely clear

that there has been

no admission of orgasm.

And, in any case, such

a reaction would have no bearing

on whether or not a crime

has been committed!

JUDGE:

Do you have any further questions,

Mr. Cartright?

No, Your Honor.

JUDGE:

Any redirect, Mrs. Bondi?

BONDI:

Yes, I certainly do.

Did you pose in this manner

because you knew that

Gordon Stuart was present?

No.

Why was he present?

My sister had him come

because she wanted me

to hear some of his music.

BONDI:

So then you did not, in fact, personally invite him?

No. I only told her

that she could bring him

if she wanted to.

( crying )

Then will you tell us why...

on this occasion...

you allowed yourself

to be photographed like this?

I'm... I'm a model.

You mean you sell yourself?

Your body, your dreams,

your fantasies?

No.

What do you sell?

Lipstick.

To men?

To women.

Then why like that?

( sighs )

'Cause I'm supposed to look like

what every... woman

wants to look like.

( sighs )

( murmuring )

STUART:

I'm not proud of what happened--

what I did.

But I love to teach;

it's my career.

And I need a job,

it's a job, too.

It's the, it's the teaching.

What did you do?

I said, "You'll have to show me

what you want."

CARTRIGHT:

Then what happened?

STUART:

She said...

"It'll be

my pleasure.

( murmuring )

( bangs gavel )

She led me into the bedroom.

She, uh...

she had, uh... soft silk,

silk s-scarves

that she wanted me to...

tie her with so that

they would leave no marks.

Other places,

she wanted me to mark her,

so that they

would be...

Carla... can't you do

something about him?

Please, please.

Will you stop him?

( bangs gavel )

Liar! You're a liar!

( bangs gavel )

JUDGE:

Court will be in order!

Rape is an act of violence,

I know.

But she wanted this violence,

and...!

She's...

She's... she's a beautiful,

lovely woman

and I-I-I'd look at her,

and I'd want

to make love to her.

But love!

In an affectionate way, not...

She wants something else.

JUDGE:

Your witness, Mrs. Bondi.

Your Honor, in view

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