Spotlight Page #17

KEVIN:

So, I was probably a few years after

you, right?

ROBBY:

More than a few.

KEVIN:

(laughing)

Well after BC High, I came down to

Providence, played hockey for the

Friars.

ROBBY:

You must’ve been pretty good.

KEVIN:

No, rode the bench in college. But

I loved the city, never left. We

just had our third kid. And I still

get my Globe, for the record.

ROBBY:

Good to know.

11/26/14 105.

Kevin smiles. Robby nods. Takes a beat. Then dives in.

ROBBY (CONT’D)

Look, Kevin, that’s actually why I’m

here. I need ask you some questions

about Father Talbot.

Kevin’s face tightens, his eyes intense. Robby waits.

KEVIN:

How’d you find out? I guess that

doesn’t matter.

(shakes his head)

I never even told my wife.

129 INT. SUFFOLK COUNTY COURTHOUSE, HALLWAY - MOMENTS LATER 129

Mike, still carrying his bags from the plane, emerges from an

elevator, hurries down the hall, nearly knocking people out

of the way. He arrives at the Records Room and slams up

against the glass just as the clerk (O’BRIAN) LOCKS the door.

MIKE:

Hey, hey, I need to get in there.

CLERK O’BRIAN

We’re closed.

MIKE:

Come on, let me in, five minutes,

come on.

CLERK O’BRIAN

I’m sorry, we’re closed!

MIKE:

Come on, five minutes!

But the clerk leaves. Mike bangs the door in frustration.

130 INT. SUFFOLK COUNTY COURTHOUSE, HALLWAY - MORNING 130

The elevator door opens and Clerk O’Brian walks out with

coffee and a copy of the Globe. He approaches the door and

stops.

Mike sits on the floor, waiting. O’Brian eyes him. A beat,

then he unlocks the door. Mike follows him into --

131 INT. SUFFOLK COUNTY COURTHOUSE, RECORDS ROOM - MORNING 131

O’Brian walks in. Mike fills out a form at the ‘application

for records’ table. He turns to the desk, hands the form to

Clerk O’Brian, who reads it.

11/26/14 106.

CLERK O’BRIAN

This is the Geoghan case?

MIKE:

Yeah. That’s right.

CLERK O’BRIAN

Those records are sealed.

MIKE:

No, that’s a public motion, those

records are public. Look, I work

for the Globe.

Mike shows his credentials.

CLERK O’BRIAN

Good for you.

MIKE:

Can I talk to your supervisor?

CLERK O’BRIAN

He’s not in today.

Mike, frustrated, eyes the CROSS the clerk is wearing.

MIKE:

What about a judge? You gotta have

a judge who handles these issues.

The clerk eyes Mike.

CLERK O’BRIAN

Sixth floor.

132 INT. SUFFOLK COUNTY COURTHOUSE, JUDGE’S CHAMBERS - LATER 132

Mike walks in. Sees a receptionist.

MIKE:

I’d like to see Judge Volterra

please. It’s urgent.

RECEPTIONIST:

Judge is in court until 3:30.

MIKE:

There’s no other judge on duty?

RECEPTIONIST:

Would you like to have a seat?

Her look says it all.

11/26/14 107.

MIKE:

Yeah. Sure. I’ll take a seat.

Mike sits. Frustrated and anxious. We PRELAP --

JACK DUNN (PRELAP)

We understand the nature of the

allegations against Father Talbot.

133 INT. BC HIGH, PRESIDENT KEMEZA’S OFFICE, DORCHESTER - DAY 133

Robby, Sacha sit with PRESIDENT BILL KEMEZA, 50s, SPOKESMAN

JACK DUNN, 40, and Pete Conley, the swell we met earlier.

JACK DUNN:

I’m just not sure what you want from

President Kemeza. Talbot taught

here long before Bill took over.

SACHA:

Of course. We just want to know if

it’s possible that the faculty, the

President, the Board, that no one

knew what was going on at the time.

JACK DUNN:

I graduated in 1979 and I had no

idea about any of this, so if you’re

suggesting that Father Gibbons and

Father Callahan --

ROBBY:

Gibbons and Callahan ran this place

like the navy, Jack, you really

think they didn’t know?

JACK DUNN:

It’s a big school, Robby, you know

that. You’re talking about seven

alleged victims over eight years.

ROBBY:

Seven that we know about.

JACK DUNN:

This is ridiculous. You’re

reaching for a story here, we

can’t possible know if...

PRESIDENT KAMEZA

Jack. Jack --

PRESIDENT KAMEZA

Jack. If I had been President back

then, I would have known.

Conley looks at him, sharp.

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JACK DUNN:

Bill, I’m not sure that’s *

relevant -- *

PRESIDENT KAMEZA

Why do you think they sent

Talbot up to Cheverus? You

know they wanted him out of

town.

PETER CONLEY:

(to Robby, direct)

Robby, as well-intentioned as Bill’s

remarks are, I’m hoping maybe we can

keep this between us until we all

get on the same page.

ROBBY:

Is that why we’re here, to get on

the same page?

PETER CONLEY:

No, we’re here because you’re an

important alumnus, Robby, and a

friend.

JACK DUNN:

Exactly. We know you care about

this school as much as we do.

Robby contains his anger.

ROBBY:

Did you play a sport here, Jack?

JACK DUNN:

(confused)

Yeah. Football. Why?

ROBBY:

I ran track.

(then)

I went to Providence yesterday, to

talk to one of Talbot’s victims, he

played hockey here. He’s one of the

better ones, has a wife, kids, good

job. Ten minutes into the

conversation guy breaks down,

couldn’t stop crying. Said he could

never figure out why Father Talbot

picked him.

(beat, to Jack)

Father Talbot coached the hockey

team. So, I guess we just got lucky,

you and me.

Off Sacha, watching him.

11/26/14 109.

134 EXT. BC HIGH, DORCHESTER, MA - DAY 134

Robby and Sacha walk from BC High back to the Globe.

SACHA:

Does Jack Dunn work for the school?

ROBBY:

No. He’s PR for Boston College. They

call him when they need help.

SACHA:

And Pete Conley? Why was he there?

ROBBY:

Good question. Pete’s a big alum.

But I called Bill directly and I

asked for a sit-down, I never

mentioned anybody else.

SACHA:

It’s like everybody already knows

the story.

This hits Robby. He pauses, looks back at BC High.

ROBBY:

Yeah, except us. And we work right

there.

135 INT. SUFFOLK COUNTY COURTHOUSE, JUDGE’S CHAMBERS - LATER 135

Mike is still waiting. A JUDGE enters. Mike stands.

MIKE:

Judge Volterra?

JUDGE VOLTERRA:

Yes?

MIKE:

Hi, I’m Mike Rezendes from the

Boston Globe. I’m having some

trouble accessing some public

records down in the records room. I

was wondering if I could have a word

with you?

136 INT. SUFFOLK COUNTY COURTHOUSE, JUDGE’S CHAMBERS - LATER 136

JUDGE VIERI VOLTERRA stares down at Mike’s request.

11/26/14 110.

JUDGE VOLTERRA:

These exhibits you’re after, Mr.

Rezendes, they’re very sensitive

records.

MIKE:

All due respect, your honor, that’s

not the question here. The records

are public.

JUDGE VOLTERRA:

Maybe so, but tell me, where is the

editorial responsibility in

publishing records of this nature?

MIKE:

Where’s the editorial responsibility

in not publishing them?

137 INT. SUFFOLK COUNTY COURTHOUSE, RECORDS ROOM - DAY 137

Clerk O’Brian drops the file in front of Mike, who dives in.

His face says it all. HOLY SH*T. A beat, then Mike grabs

the files, starts to rush out.

CLERK O’BRIAN

You can’t take those. You need to

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