Molly's Game Page #16

Where are they, Molly?

You kept their secrets.

Where are the people

you're protecting

by not telling the whole

story in the book,

by settling the

Brad Marion suit,

by not taking five million

dollars of your own money,

by going to jail?

Where did everybody go?!

It's not their names I'm

protecting, Charlie, it's mine.

Oh, that's great. Well,

we don't have the luxury

of integrity. You have

to take the deal.

No.

You stay out of jail,

you get your money back,

you pay your debts,

you start a new life.

No.

Is this self-imposed punishment

for naming four guys in a book?

It's not.

You didn't do anything wrong.

I threw four people under

the bus for $35,000, Charlie.

I noticed you kept that out of

your speech to the prosecutor.

-No, don't do that to me.

-I took advantage

of gambling addicts.

Donnie Silverman, my

brilliant find, he lost

-six million dollars on my table,

-Molly, stop, stop.

-moved to Florida,

-Uh-huh.

got a job as a

substitute teacher,

-and the hanged himself

-Oh!

-in the shower.

-and that's your fault?

-Donnie Silverman's dead.

-That's not your fault!

Harlan Eustice is in jail

in Nevada wishing he was.

But that's not why

I'm saying no.

You're not saying no.

I was named after

my great-grandmother.

I don't care.

-Molly Dubin Bloom

-We will stay here all night

-is my name.

-until you understand--

until you understand

nobody gives a sh*t

about your good name.

I do.

Why?

-Because!

-Why?

-Because!

-Tell me why!

Because it's all I have left.

Because it's my name.

"And I'll never have another."

Now you read The Crucible?

Yeah, everyone's right, it's great.

It is great.

I want to go into the courtroom

and plead guilty.

No deals.

No trades.

And you're very sure?

Yes.

All rise.

The business of the court began.

We stood for the Honorable

Judge Dustin Foxman

and counsel entered their

names for the record.

Assistant U.S. Attorney

Harrison Wellstone

The docket was called

and some pro forma instructions

were given to counsel.

And I was asked a series

of questions from a script

the judge had in front of him.

-What is your full name?

Molly Dubin Bloom.

How old are you?

Have you taken any drugs,

medicine or pills

or had any alcoholic beverages

in the past 48 hours?

Sudafed.

Is there anything about the

reasons for you taking Sudafed

that would interfere with

what's going on here today?

87 questions he was

required to ask

before he'd permit

me to plead guilty.

Is your mind clear

today, Ms. Bloom?

It is.

Do you understand

what's going on here today?

I do.

Under the Constitution and

laws of the United States

you have a right to plead to

the charges in the indictment,

do you understand that?

Yes, Your Honor.

-And do you understand that?

-Yes, sir.

At that trial you would be

presumed to be innocent

and would not have to prove

that you were innocent,

-do you understand that?

-Yes, sir.

Yes, Your Honor.

Yes, sir.

If you plead guilty

and I accept your plea,

you will give up

your right to appeal

along with all other

rights I've enumerated,

do you understand?

Yes, sir.

Do you understand that you

are charged in count 20

with operating an illegal

gambling business

in violation of Title 18

United States

Code Sections 1955 and 2?

Yes, I understand.

Understanding everything

you've been told,

do you now wish to enter a plea?

Yes, sir.

How do you plead to the charge?

Guilty, Your Honor.

Your plea has been so recorded

and you may take your seat.

Before we move to the

sentencing phase,

I would like a word

with counsel, please.

And then something happened.

Pardon me, Mr. Jaffey,

just government counsel.

Yes, sir.

What's going on?

What are they doing?

Wait for it.

What?

Would the defendant please

rise for sentencing.

Based on all available

information,

this court manifestly disagrees

with the government's

sentencing recommendation.

This courthouse is located

within spitting distance

of Wall Street.

I know this from my

personal experience

trying to spit at it.

The men and women who

work there will commit

more serious crimes

by lunchtime today

than the defendant has

committed in this indictment.

I simply don't see how

either the people

or the cause of

justice are served

by locking Molly Bloom

in prison.

It was as casual as if he was

ordering lunch off a menu.

Ms. Bloom,

this court sentences you

to two hundred hours

of community service,

one year of supervised

probation, drug testing

and a two hundred

thousand dollar fine.

This case is adjourned.

And that was that.

It was crying and hugging,

jokes from my brothers.

Tough talk about how no one

messes with the Blooms

and level-headed talk about

Christmas miracles.

Steaks and beer

bought by my father

and full reenactments.

And in the middle of it all,

as grateful as you are,

the reality starts creeping

toward you like the tide.

And that's the first time

you have the thought...

"What do I do now?"

We're gonna race her down.

We need a tobogan

or a backboard.

I'm a felon.

I'm 35 years old, unemployed,

and pled guilty

in a mob indictment.

People, make way!

Move away, move away!

I owe the government close

to two million dollars

in taxes assessed on

the civil forfeiture

plus the two hundred

thousand dollar fine.

And you better believe

they're gonna come get it.

Is there a pass?

Come on back, please.

I have a quarter of a million

dollars in legal bills.

I don't know what

I'd say in a job interview,

or if I'll ever be given

a job interview.

I'll never be allowed

to vote again.

Gonna need a set of vitals.

And for some reason,

I'm not allowed to go to Canada.

Molly, can you hear us?

Pelvis is stable.

Her dad's here.

What's her LOA?

Uh, she's comin' around now.

Open your eyes

if you can hear us.

She's conscious.

Molly, what day is it?

You need to stay down, okay?

You need to go to a hospital.

What day?

Dad, I'm fine.

Caution you

not to move, Molly.

Let go of my arm.

-Trying to get up, hon?

-Yeah.

She wants to get up.

Our cameras can't get in

there, so we don't know--

I wonder if Tracy's got an

update for us on the ground?

-She's moving, guys.

-She's moving!

-You sure you're good?

-Yeah.

Okay, here we go.

We can see that she's being

helped to her feet now.

Molly Bloom is of course

the sister of Jeremy Bloom

who holds the world's

number one ranking.

That's her long-time

coach there, Ted Keene

and her father.

She came back from an injury

when she was just 13.

You know, you have to wonder

about the psychological toll

coming that close

only to lose it like that.

Did anything good come of this?

Not really.

But I learned something encouraging.

I'm very hard to kill.

You and I both know people who

have never gotten over it.

I don't know if the young woman

we've just seen is-

is one of those people.

We may not see her ski

competitively again

but I think we're gonna see her.

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