Sex and Lies in Sin City: The Ted Binion Scandal Page #7

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Paid by a wealthy family

who didn't want Ted's girlfriend

to get the inheritance Ted promised her.

So why are we here?

Because casino royalty was offended,

and in Las Vegas,

what casinos want, casinos get.

They even get to create

a murder out of thin air.

Are we really going to let them

get away with that again?

Hail, Caesar!

Come on!

There will be order in this court!

Sandy.

Sandy.

What are you doing in here?

You didn't say goodbye

after court yesterday.

So you noticed.

I'm still in love with you.

I've been in love with you

ever since I first laid eyes on you.

-Shut up.

-Look.

Sandy, I know

we've been through hell together,

but when we get through this,

I want us to find our way back to each other.

You're crazy.

No. You're all I've thought about.

You're the thing

that kept me going four years, Sandy.

Look, if we don't end up together,

then all this misery has been for nothing.

I will never be with you again, never.

Are you hearing me, Rick?

There was only one man that I loved,

and it wasn't you.

Man, that Serra dude,

he's got me believing she didn't do it.

The whole thing was straight-up fabricated.

Then you're an idiot.

'Cause there's no other way to explain how

she was in the house at the time Ted died.

What do you mean? She explained

everything to the cops on the first day,

how Ted bought himself

all those balloons of big H.

-Ted, don't.

-He was going to town on them.

No more. You've been at it all night.

Oh, God. Come on, baby, now.

Come on, put that down.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on, baby,

let me just get you to bed, okay?

No, I'm thinking that

she helped him lie down.

Teddy. Stop it.

Come on, baby.

-Come on.

-she called the maid,

told her not to come in

and wake old Teddy up.

she babysat him while he slept.

And she went off to get herself some lunch,

no idea he was going to croak.

Then how do you explain

all the Xanax in his system?

Or the fact that Rick told the cops

when he was arrested for doing the silver

that he was in the house

that day Ted died. No.

Rick and Sandy were there.

They forced that Xanax down his throat.

I don't think that's what happened.

I think Ted probably

confronted her about Rick.

You two-bit whore!

You want to call me names? Fine.

Put that down, and I'll get you to bed,

and you can call me all the names you want.

I wouldn't touch you,

not after Tabish has

put his hands all over you.

Look at you. Look at you!

You can't even pretend it's not true!

She called Rick, told him...

Teddy knows.

I don't know.

I don't know, but he's so messed up,

I don't know what he's going to do.

Okay, hurry.

How long has he been in there?

He's coming.

Teddy.

Teddy.

You're not worth

the blood stain on the carpet.

Hey. Hey.

-Hey, Teddy.

-Look.

Look who it is. The betrayer.

-Did you bring your truck?

-Teddy, put the gun down.

'Cause I'm throwing this b*tch out.

You can keep her.

-Let's just talk about it.

-I don't want to talk about it!

-We're going to talk about this, man!

-Sit down!

You're making me nervous,

standing there like that.

-Sit down.

-All right.

You're freaking me out

standing there like that.

-All right.

-Go on.

Okay, all right. All right, Teddy.

Ain't this nice?

Happy little family.

Slut.

Liar.

Pills with your names on them.

I'm calling the paramedics.

Why?

So I can get arrested for possession?

That, I will shoot you for.

Sit down.

Freaking whore.

Slut.

And you...

-I thought you was my friend.

-I am your friend.

You're not my friend.

How can you seriously think that Sandy was

gonna make the call and Ted stopped her?

No, if anything, it was the other way around.

I took too much.

Sandy.

Took too much.

Please call an ambulance.

Call...

Call...

Ambulance, ambulance.

What?

What? It's possible.

No, I don't think that Sandy

wanted to watch him die.

I think Rick talked her into it.

What are you doing?

He took the whole bottle.

We have to get him to a hospital.

No, we don't.

Think about it.

This could be a good thing.

You heard him.

He said when he wakes up,

he's going to kick you out

and you're going to have nothing,

but if he doesn't wake up...

No.

Rick, I can't.

If he dies this time, this house is yours

and the silver.

No one knows about it.

That could be ours.

You better call the maid,

tell her not to come.

No, you can't pin this all on Tabish.

That's why she won't look at Rick anymore.

Because he talked her

into watching Ted die.

He promised her nothing bad would happen,

and she believed him.

How say you on the charge against

the defendant Sandra Murphy

of grand larceny for

the felony theft of the silver?

Guilty.

How say you in the charge against

the defendant Sandra Murphy

for murder in the first degree?

Not guilty.

How say you in the charge against

the defendant Richard Tabish

of grand larceny for

the felony theft of the silver?

Guilty.

And how say you in the charge against

the defendant Richard Tabish

for murder in the first degree?

Not guilty.

The defendants are free to go

pending sentencing.

Date to be determined by the court.

This court is adjourned.

No more comments.

But if I did have a comment,

it would be about the damn irony

of them saying that I bought a verdict,

when they're the ones

who spent a truckload on lawyers.

Lawyers who kept out key evidence,

by the way.

And where do you think

all that money came from for their case?

From my murdered brother's safe,

that's where.

We just want to say that

our convictions haven't changed.

We know they're guilty,

but we have to respect our judicial system,

recognize our system, honor it.

And it is not up to me to decide their guilt.

I just hope that I get the opportunity to

be there for my children

before they're grown,

be there with my parents

before they're gone.

Will I have to go back

and do time for the silver charge?

With the four years you've already done

and your clean record,

the judge will have to pronounce you

free on time served.

Rick won't be so lucky.

He'll go back for a couple more years.

Thank you for everything.

Thank you. Goodbye.

-Bye.

-Take care.

Sandy. Sandy,

how about a couple comments?

Just a couple.

All I have to say is that even though

I was vindicated today, I didn't win.

I still lost four years of my life,

and I still lost my man,

and I can never get him back.

-Sandy.

-A few more questions.

Rick, what about Sandy?

I hope she finds happiness in her life.

She deserves it.

Told you we'd win.

Sandy.

Still think she's guilty?

The jury says no.

What do you say?

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