The Guardian (2001) s01e04 Episode Script
Lolita?
Alvin Masterson called.
I haven't heard him that worked up since McGirvan had his ass handed to him on a plate by Nixon in '72.
So, Mr.
Fallin.
How do you think your first week went? You know you strike me is the kind of person, who does your homework.
My guess is, that before you showed up for your first day of community service at Children's Legal Services, you probably did a pretty thorough review of state law regarding shelter hearings and placements.
You read up on how CLS is run, its budget, its philosophy for handling its enormous case load, and you don't like fast food approach to representing these kids.
Do you? Masterson wants you to go away.
Then I'll go away.
from tne highway in public parks seem's like such a waste.
I'm not too good to pick up trash.
I'm gonna give you a choice.
One time only.
You can finish your sentence at Children's Legal Services, or you can transfer over to the Community Development desk and work with low income housing applicants.
Think about it for a few days.
Can I help you? I was Ah I was.
.
What? I was raped.
How old you honey? Fifteen The doctor is going to examine the condition vaginal area Than take any sample of fluids for DNA testing Police want to talk to you after that What's that guy doing? We have to take pictures.
Please don't do that.
If you want to press charges the police need the evidence.
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I'm sentencing you to 1500 hours of community service Using your skills as a corporate attorney To work as a child advocate Children's Legal Services Can you hold, please? Nick, I need you take a new case.
I don't think Masterson wants me to She's fifteen walked herself into hospital this morning, says she raped by step-father.
Evidence? Abrasions, vaginal tearing, bruises from where she was held down at the wrist.
And where's the step-father? Arrested last night.
Then why isn't she back in her home? Her mother bailed him out.
She's at a Country Hospital Rape Crisis Center.
You're my lawyer? Yes.
Thank you.
That's nice to know.
You wanna tell me what happened? He started to come into my bedroom at night.
He'd lay next to me on the bed, and touch himself.
Then one night he.
.
put his hand, his fingers He shoved them He told me not to move and put his, put it in my mouth.
I fought him, but he'd tell me he'd hurt my mom, if I didn't.
I saw what he could do to her, hit her in the face.
So I just let him do what he wanted.
And you're staying with your aunt now? Yeah, my mom's sister.
Why did your mother bail your step-father out of jail? Because he'll kill her if she didn't.
Why didn't you report this to the police earlier? You don't get it, do you? What? My stepdad is a cop.
Conference room, fifteen minutes ago.
You're killing me man, you're killing me here! John Clayton, Nicholas Fallin Mr.
Clayton.
What can we do for you? This conversation is completely confidential? Clayton Steel is 15 million in debt.
Bankruptcy? Yes.
Okay, you have two options.
You can go chapter 11, reorganize.
Or you can go chapter 7, liquidate, cut your loses.
I want to reorganize.
It's easier to liquidate.
I want to reorganize.
You've got resources? Okay.
That's a $25,000 retainer to start.
Ah, Mr.
Clayton.
Mr.
Clayton I can't take that until my father approves.
What is it? I was just, ah wondering how felt to run the family business into the ground.
Burton Fallin, John Clayton.
How are you? Well, quite ah Quite a history your family has.
My great-grandfather was third in command at Homestead Works under Carnegie and Henry Frick, he helped to revolutionize the way steel was manufactured.
Right.
So, what can we do for you today? He wants our firm to file chapter 11 papers for his company.
Wou didn't your father, your father and your grandfather, didn't they deal exclusively with the McGee and Kirk? Yes.
It's a good firm.
So why leaving them now? I felt it was time for a change.
Not because your creditors have a blanket lien on your corporation? Well.
Didn't know, McGee and Kirk approach the bank with the request to reorganize? Yes.
They already did that.
Right? Yes.
Well, I'm assuming, ah.
.
because you walked across a street that, ah The bank told them, your company worth more to them liquidated then reorganized.
Yes.
So, McGee and Kirk just washed their hands of you? They didn't see my account as profitable.
Neither do I, Mr.
Clayton.
But, um.
.
Good luck to you.
Mr.
Fallin, reorganizing our filing system.
Maybe you can help Barbara with some of these sexual abuse cases.
You know, I could use some coffee, be a dear will you and pour me a cup? Cream or sugar? Please.
Any of these closed cases that are over 5 years old should be put in the storage box.
You know I'm from the Mon Valley, I knew some Fallins who worked the plant with my dad, I think they were from Denora, any relation? Yeah, uh, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins.
Ah.
.
So, you're one of those Fallins.
Huh, you make it sound kind of ominous.
No.
I just don't take you for real person.
Can I help you? Nicholas Fallin? Yeah.
That's me.
I'm Al Sandrow.
April Sandrow's step-father.
April's a problem, she's always been a problem.
She sleeps around a lot, she parties.
Why are you telling me this? You believe her? Come on man.
Well, the evidence suggests that Evidence? What a hell then you know about evidence? This little slut is lying.
Little slut DNA is gone be proving me right Then why is she accusing you? A few weeks ago I came early from work and I caught April on the couch with some guy.
He's an older guy.
I threatened to arrest him for statutory rape and he took off.
I grounded April for a month.
You're saying she's doing this as payback for getting grounded? Don't believe her lies.
You just send April back home where she belongs, okay, Mr.
Fallin? How did it go with the step-dad? Oh, uh.
.
He says she's lying.
Well a lot of these kids grow up around people who lie and cheat, and some of them pick those habits up themselves.
Your mascara's Oh Date night.
Might as well send the babysitter home.
Hey, I'm gonna go get some dinner, you want to come? Don't get any big ideas hotshot, you're not getting lucky tonight.
Hey, Nick.
Jake, Amanda this is Barbara Lodzinsky Hey, Barbara, nice to meet you.
Jake.
Jake, yeah.
Hi.
.
Amanda.
.
Yeah.
Um, do.
.
You wanna? Oh.
.
Thanks So, um, well.
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Where did you two meet? Oh.
.
Personals.
Nick was looking for a plus size woman and I was looking for a khaki sugar daddy.
You think I'm kidding? No, no.
.
This is actually our third date.
I thought it was time to.
.
you know.
.
bring her around, meet the family.
I'm the secretary over at Children's Legal Services.
Oh.
.
oh.
.
Right.
We just met when Nick started.
Right, oh.
.
How are you? Can I get you a drink? Cranberry and grapefruit, please.
What's with the face? Nothing.
He's angry because Nick's dad won't represent the Clayton family.
Clayton Steel? Yeah.
Jake brought him in.
Yeah, well, everybody used to work there.
Old Man Clayton walked around Denora like he was running for office.
Kissing babies and shaking hands, 'till he decided to off himself with a shotgun.
Regular Richard Cory.
King of the Mon Valley.
What a crappy fiefdom.
Richard Cory.
Yeah.
It's a poem 'bout a rich guy, who everybody thinks real happy, who decides to shoot himself.
Crappy fiefdom.
Whenever Richard Cory went downtown we people on the pavement smiled at him.
He was immaculately groomed from toe to crown, clean, favoured and imperially slim.
So, what do you guys want with the Clayton family? You know.
.
It's really doesn't matter now, because Nick's father doesn't want his business.
Because? My grandfather, Non-union immigrants, steel workers, Sixteen hour shifts, dollar an hour.
You know.
.
I know this story too well.
So your family? No, my father's family.
Call Clayton, uh, tell him we'll sort something out.
Don't anybody dance around here? We're lawyers.
Children's Legal Services.
You've got to do three petition hearings with me this morning.
I can do them alone.
According to Alvin you can't.
Now we've got a 10, 10.
30 and 11.
Why is this locked? That's your office, now? Why's it locked? That's the broom closet.
Where are we gonna keep the brooms? You're late.
Where's my keys? Your keys? To my office.
Your office? Yeah, I've gotta have some place to work.
That for the cleaning supplies.
You want me to be in here at 8, you want me to do three hearings a day, plus all the support works to go with it? I've got to have a place to work.
Fine, it's all yours.
Mr.
Fallin? What are you doing here? Did my step-father come to see you? Yeah, we talked.
He tell you I was a slut? That's what he tells everyone.
Why are you here? I'm afraid.
For my mother.
She can take care of herself.
No, she can't.
I mean.
I can get out of there.
I'll be safe.
You'll make me safe.
But my mom, all the things he does to me he'll just do to her.
There's nothing that I can do about that.
Sometimes I think I should just go back there, live with him, just so .
.
she doesn't get hurt.
No.
You're not going back there, April, okay? Okay? Need a lift to the courthouse? No, um My aunt's boyfriend, he's helping to look after me.
He's waiting for me.
Okay.
Are you Mr.
Fallin? Yes.
I'm Jenny Sandrow, April's mom.
I'm afraid of what's going to happen to her.
Look, April, she hasn't had it easy.
Her father left when she was just a baby, men have been in and out of our lives, I haven't always made the best choices.
This is a number of a clinic.
They'll tell you where there's a woman's shelter.
April is lying.
Al would never do something like that, Mr.
Fallin.
We'll discuss this in court.
Mr.
Fallin, what are your client's wishes? My client would like to be placed under the care of her maternal aunt Gale Barehost.
Where is maternal aunt? I'm here, your honor.
Are you currently employed? Yes, sir.
I waitress days.
Can you provide care for April until the petition hearing? Yes, your honor.
The child should be placed under supervision on the Allegany County Social Services, with permission to be placed in the home of her maternal aunt Gale Barehost.
The step-father is under no contact order.
My daughter should be with me.
You'll have your chance to tell your side of story at the petition hearing.
Gale just wanting a money.
I'm as sure, Mrs.
Barehorst Could find at easy way make an extra three hundred seven dollars a month, you honor.
You may have one supervise visit a week.
Filed a dependency petition within 24 hours And schedule a petition hearing within a next 10 day's.
That's it? That's it.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
Yeah.
April, why are you doing these? He's lying to you mama.
He's lying and you didn't even see it.
Please.
You let him do this to me He broke in the house.
You let him.
Please, April.
I hate you.
I am never coming home.
I hate you.
He raped your only daughter and you still want her to be on the same roof with him? She's not your daughter.
Maybe she should be.
I want ante the Claton plant.
I think we should represent him.
How you see doing it.
Liquidate.
You know, Claton want to safe a business.
He's wrong.
He should take a scorched earth approach.
What about a workers? They want to see a money.
That's bad business, Nickolas.
Pertains to small.
We wouldn't see a penny about a time the banks got deal rogue If I can safe the trust this would be worth million in fees.
Could also eated up some thousant billable hours for nothing.
It's passed Hey.
Oh I'm late.
I got a few questions for you About at brief I'm supposed to be filing.
I thought we can grab come lunch.
I give you back some in clinic.
Can I tag along? Chance in hell.
Thanks.
Nick.
The woman from the rape unit just fax some lab task back from a hospital.
April Sandrow are pregnant You knew, you are pregnant? What are you wanting to do? We're talking about an abortion.
I'm catholic.
April, you're raped.
My mother won't never say I was.
She needs to sign a form.
I just have to explain to the court the circumstances your pregnancy The judge will grant you judicial bypass without your mother's consent.
I just want to be left alone now.
OK.
I'm good with Gale.
See, I'm back in school and people, you are leaving me alone.
I can take myself from here.
If you have a child now He will be taken away from you or Let me alone.
Alright? You did your things.
Just let me alone.
Can I help you? You know this guy? Hm .
.
Jo.
He works here.
Who are you? I'm a lawyer.
I'm working for Legal Services.
Well.
Is not here.
Got the address? Yo man, this stuff coming yet? We'll be in Dantist.
Hey, it's me.
Wigeon is coming up.
You got any? I'm dying here, man.
Hey Gale, it's April.
Can you pick me up over Townie Pizza at 5? I've missed the bus.
April Sandrow is pregnant.
A-ha And entire place to it has a living boyfriend, who is dealing Are you sure? I'd heard the answering machine tape.
How do you know that he's dealing? I know.
So So, I'd placed pregnant teenager in the dangerous environment.
Or what else are you going to do? Put her back with the stepdad? No.
Tell me something.
Who do you think the father this baby is? Ah I don't know.
Alright.
Just call to Social Services and arrange for emergency evacuation.
Police, Social Servies.
Open up! Police, Social Servies, Mrs Barehorst we're here for raid.
Right here What are you doing? Miss Barehorst, Miss Barehorst What is hell going on here? Get a hell out of my house.
Leave him alone.
What is wrong with you? Get a hell out of my house Stop it.
How are you can do this to me? I love him.
He wants to marry me.
How are you can do this to me? Second mortgage property value in the Alsace report This is it We're can't take the account.
When I spoke with Jake, I thought you farther firm been around for generations.
No.
He is started himself.
I know that now.
I was curious, why have you disliked me so much? So I had my secretary search on employment record You know, your dad used to work on our fabricating plant? It was my grandfather.
Your grandfather and your father Burton Fallin work here from 1953 to 1955.
Seem's your dad had hand in United Steel worker's attempt unionized the plant.
That was my grandfather.
No.
That was your father.
So, what are you, Mr.
Fallin? You guy's acting like a country club sect but you do business like a liberals? You always said, don't let your feeling getting away on business.
Your father would have loved the effect that they coming to you for help.
Hmm.
.
Unfortunately, you don't really know what your grandfather would've loved.
This is.
.
This is the kind of money that you'd wanna represent? Money is money.
It's yours then.
You put in an hour, you take the risk.
We got the go ahead.
What? Your dad changes his mind.
Yeah.
What he said to him? Alas, I still can't get over with this, I mean, I work for this guy's know he hates me so much.
I'm thinking, that pretty stall argument to get him to change this You don't have to move on your diligence.
What What are you going? I got meeting at Cross.
Well, come on, Nick, I'm a little help on this.
I got my dad to take a client, you get to do diligence.
I got handed to you, had me go with the school's uniform and this head story.
April, you do not want to spend your life with the guy like that.
Don't tell me what I want.
You fifteen.
What's gonna happen to me? I'm recommending you go back home to your mother.
You can't see me back there.
April My mother let him rape me.
She knew was happening she let him.
April She could hear me crying, I know she could.
She might try to fight him off, she just on the next remover.
I'm sending you home.
Why would anybody listen to me? It'd happened It'd happened.
He'd rolled over and He's put his hand His fingers He'd shoved them He'd told me not to move and I mean, I mean, I'd fought with him first But After awhile I'd just quit Let him do what he wanted Crying every time.
That's it.
I never do it again.
You think she's telling the truth? Then I mean, than if he'll just come back a few nights later I believe she was raped.
But I've never seen a perpetrator giving fifteen years old girl such advance warning Crawling into bed, masturbating next her, breaking its waist slowly toward touching her Just isn't a typical behavior toward the girl April's age.
But you do see such behavior in rape cases? Yes, but typically a pedophile supremo a much younger children.
Find out if April Sandrow had any previous history of sexual abuse.
Hey .
.
Hey.
Come here.
Maybe you used other people do your work for you over in your daddy's firm But here we do it ourselves.
Come here Working here cost you a lot of money, isn't it? You realize, you year salary is much as our entire operating budget? Yes, I do.
Well, you'll may want to think about the fact, The people work here have so much to do and so little money and time than you need further think from there might.
Can you borough's check on girl's name's April Sandrow? See, if she'd lived in another county or state? Hold on I've got something Marriage record for Al Sandrow and Jennifer Evans Looks like she change the name and April is well.
Where.
.
Where is the close cases? Here .
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Oh .
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Oh, April Evans Oh, God I remember this one.
This court held the initial detention hearing in this matter in January, 11 1995 After the Battle Park police department receives the report than James Evans had sexually abused April then 9.
April reported that Mr.
Evans, her new stepfather had been getting into bed with her And touching himself and then he's put his fingers inside of her, enforce his penis into her mouth.
This is exactly the same things she's made three day's ago.
We have to start again I'm your lawyer This is gonna be petition hearing regarding your custody day after tomorrow My custody? You have three choices as I see it.
You can go to a group home for pregnant teenagers Or if the court sees fit to charge you at detention center.
You'd said three choices.
You can still back home.
I know you were raped Six years ago I know that your mother made you drop the charges April I was nine years old Sending an innocent man to prison not gonna change that I can't go home.
I really wish you would.
It would be a terrible mistake send you to a group shelter You still have a chance, a good chance for a better life With your mother and your stepfather.
Tell the police what really happened Tell him that your stepfather never laid a hand on you What happen to you I'm sorry It's not right But we can change it.
Will you tell the police a truth? If I did that Yes You'll talk to my mother for me? Right now Thank you for helping me.
My husband isn't home.
He doesn't like.
Why people up here leave me alone? This won't take long Let off your, we haven't vintage store Why did you leave last husband? Just didn't work out.
Because he'd raped your daughter? Mrs.
Sandrow April wants to come home What a hell is going on here? We picked April up last night She's three month pregnant and the father of the child is dealing drugs from his sister's house.
What? Why can you just bring her back here? Until the charges against your husband I want her back here now Shh It's OK.
I'll stay in a motel.
No.
Yes, you go home, take care of your kid.
Yeah? Where is April? That, what's there? She isn't here.
Do you know where she is? She left When? I don't know, some guy came and got her.
Right, Nona.
You know, I understand that.
Wow .
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I have the file right here in front of me.
What Actually, hold on give me a second.
I'd spoken with a police April's boyfriend lab store where he was working, he was taken off.
The police are looking for him but They think he'd left the state.
Hello Shall we back? Enough to hear for placement them through the delinquency system for breaking the law.
You know Most this kids just stay in system for rest theirs lives.
Just the way's goes.
Why do it then? Because You never know when you make a difference.
This never often, Mr.
Fallin but ah Sometimes you do.
You're coming back tomorrow? Clayton's coming in sue.
Tonight? Taking clock.
We're gonna meeting with creditor's committee the morning.
You know We haven't representing him No No No.
You're right The past is a past.
All the guy is spoil ass.
That's no reason not to represent him.
That's That's grandfather There was the tough, arrogant son of a bitch.
He'd go war over nothing He'd asked for 50 cents at hour more Sundays off My father wants to go into church for this.
Wanted have one meal in weeks with his family but No way says Clayton Huh .
.
What a bastard.
I'll tell Jake to drop the case.
No, no, no Go ahead.
Liquidate it.
Let it just disappear.
Can't be helped anyway.
We'll help him cut the cord.
We have to drop entire cooperation and focus on protecting your assets What are we doing? Well, first we attack the bank, cancel the lending.
How? Claim the interfere to management of the company.
We're doing that.
You should fly under a flow and get yourself a driver license and register the vote.
California resident.
Buy yourself the biggest house you can down there Because bank can't touch it.
Can a workers come after me? They can't do anything.
Hm Look, instead of protecting your assets Why to you to not take a real share, reorganizing a company? The first thing to do is exchange debt for equity.
How? Make the employee part owner of the company.
The workers? The workers.
You OK? Yeah, I'm OK.
Why do you ask? I don't no.
You just seemed Upturn left the plant outside that hill.
You know, if isn't working out you probably won't get paid.
Ha-ha No.
I know.
Nickolas.
Do you see door over there It's where your grandfather's work back down there, the furnace room.
Man was operating 4000 men work here.
Twelve hours shift Seven days a week Never got a rise Never got any thanks After Clayton fired my dad, He never worked again.
Black Poll.
See that far over there, that street Spent all the day on it, drinking Died a wicked, pass far advance.
Always felt like my hand on Hand on to his death.
Well That can be honored, Nickolas It's that something.
Howdy That can be honored.
So, Mr.
Fallin What does kind of being? I'll stay.
I'll stay with the clinic.
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I haven't heard him that worked up since McGirvan had his ass handed to him on a plate by Nixon in '72.
So, Mr.
Fallin.
How do you think your first week went? You know you strike me is the kind of person, who does your homework.
My guess is, that before you showed up for your first day of community service at Children's Legal Services, you probably did a pretty thorough review of state law regarding shelter hearings and placements.
You read up on how CLS is run, its budget, its philosophy for handling its enormous case load, and you don't like fast food approach to representing these kids.
Do you? Masterson wants you to go away.
Then I'll go away.
from tne highway in public parks seem's like such a waste.
I'm not too good to pick up trash.
I'm gonna give you a choice.
One time only.
You can finish your sentence at Children's Legal Services, or you can transfer over to the Community Development desk and work with low income housing applicants.
Think about it for a few days.
Can I help you? I was Ah I was.
.
What? I was raped.
How old you honey? Fifteen The doctor is going to examine the condition vaginal area Than take any sample of fluids for DNA testing Police want to talk to you after that What's that guy doing? We have to take pictures.
Please don't do that.
If you want to press charges the police need the evidence.
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I'm sentencing you to 1500 hours of community service Using your skills as a corporate attorney To work as a child advocate Children's Legal Services Can you hold, please? Nick, I need you take a new case.
I don't think Masterson wants me to She's fifteen walked herself into hospital this morning, says she raped by step-father.
Evidence? Abrasions, vaginal tearing, bruises from where she was held down at the wrist.
And where's the step-father? Arrested last night.
Then why isn't she back in her home? Her mother bailed him out.
She's at a Country Hospital Rape Crisis Center.
You're my lawyer? Yes.
Thank you.
That's nice to know.
You wanna tell me what happened? He started to come into my bedroom at night.
He'd lay next to me on the bed, and touch himself.
Then one night he.
.
put his hand, his fingers He shoved them He told me not to move and put his, put it in my mouth.
I fought him, but he'd tell me he'd hurt my mom, if I didn't.
I saw what he could do to her, hit her in the face.
So I just let him do what he wanted.
And you're staying with your aunt now? Yeah, my mom's sister.
Why did your mother bail your step-father out of jail? Because he'll kill her if she didn't.
Why didn't you report this to the police earlier? You don't get it, do you? What? My stepdad is a cop.
Conference room, fifteen minutes ago.
You're killing me man, you're killing me here! John Clayton, Nicholas Fallin Mr.
Clayton.
What can we do for you? This conversation is completely confidential? Clayton Steel is 15 million in debt.
Bankruptcy? Yes.
Okay, you have two options.
You can go chapter 11, reorganize.
Or you can go chapter 7, liquidate, cut your loses.
I want to reorganize.
It's easier to liquidate.
I want to reorganize.
You've got resources? Okay.
That's a $25,000 retainer to start.
Ah, Mr.
Clayton.
Mr.
Clayton I can't take that until my father approves.
What is it? I was just, ah wondering how felt to run the family business into the ground.
Burton Fallin, John Clayton.
How are you? Well, quite ah Quite a history your family has.
My great-grandfather was third in command at Homestead Works under Carnegie and Henry Frick, he helped to revolutionize the way steel was manufactured.
Right.
So, what can we do for you today? He wants our firm to file chapter 11 papers for his company.
Wou didn't your father, your father and your grandfather, didn't they deal exclusively with the McGee and Kirk? Yes.
It's a good firm.
So why leaving them now? I felt it was time for a change.
Not because your creditors have a blanket lien on your corporation? Well.
Didn't know, McGee and Kirk approach the bank with the request to reorganize? Yes.
They already did that.
Right? Yes.
Well, I'm assuming, ah.
.
because you walked across a street that, ah The bank told them, your company worth more to them liquidated then reorganized.
Yes.
So, McGee and Kirk just washed their hands of you? They didn't see my account as profitable.
Neither do I, Mr.
Clayton.
But, um.
.
Good luck to you.
Mr.
Fallin, reorganizing our filing system.
Maybe you can help Barbara with some of these sexual abuse cases.
You know, I could use some coffee, be a dear will you and pour me a cup? Cream or sugar? Please.
Any of these closed cases that are over 5 years old should be put in the storage box.
You know I'm from the Mon Valley, I knew some Fallins who worked the plant with my dad, I think they were from Denora, any relation? Yeah, uh, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins.
Ah.
.
So, you're one of those Fallins.
Huh, you make it sound kind of ominous.
No.
I just don't take you for real person.
Can I help you? Nicholas Fallin? Yeah.
That's me.
I'm Al Sandrow.
April Sandrow's step-father.
April's a problem, she's always been a problem.
She sleeps around a lot, she parties.
Why are you telling me this? You believe her? Come on man.
Well, the evidence suggests that Evidence? What a hell then you know about evidence? This little slut is lying.
Little slut DNA is gone be proving me right Then why is she accusing you? A few weeks ago I came early from work and I caught April on the couch with some guy.
He's an older guy.
I threatened to arrest him for statutory rape and he took off.
I grounded April for a month.
You're saying she's doing this as payback for getting grounded? Don't believe her lies.
You just send April back home where she belongs, okay, Mr.
Fallin? How did it go with the step-dad? Oh, uh.
.
He says she's lying.
Well a lot of these kids grow up around people who lie and cheat, and some of them pick those habits up themselves.
Your mascara's Oh Date night.
Might as well send the babysitter home.
Hey, I'm gonna go get some dinner, you want to come? Don't get any big ideas hotshot, you're not getting lucky tonight.
Hey, Nick.
Jake, Amanda this is Barbara Lodzinsky Hey, Barbara, nice to meet you.
Jake.
Jake, yeah.
Hi.
.
Amanda.
.
Yeah.
Um, do.
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You wanna? Oh.
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Thanks So, um, well.
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Where did you two meet? Oh.
.
Personals.
Nick was looking for a plus size woman and I was looking for a khaki sugar daddy.
You think I'm kidding? No, no.
.
This is actually our third date.
I thought it was time to.
.
you know.
.
bring her around, meet the family.
I'm the secretary over at Children's Legal Services.
Oh.
.
oh.
.
Right.
We just met when Nick started.
Right, oh.
.
How are you? Can I get you a drink? Cranberry and grapefruit, please.
What's with the face? Nothing.
He's angry because Nick's dad won't represent the Clayton family.
Clayton Steel? Yeah.
Jake brought him in.
Yeah, well, everybody used to work there.
Old Man Clayton walked around Denora like he was running for office.
Kissing babies and shaking hands, 'till he decided to off himself with a shotgun.
Regular Richard Cory.
King of the Mon Valley.
What a crappy fiefdom.
Richard Cory.
Yeah.
It's a poem 'bout a rich guy, who everybody thinks real happy, who decides to shoot himself.
Crappy fiefdom.
Whenever Richard Cory went downtown we people on the pavement smiled at him.
He was immaculately groomed from toe to crown, clean, favoured and imperially slim.
So, what do you guys want with the Clayton family? You know.
.
It's really doesn't matter now, because Nick's father doesn't want his business.
Because? My grandfather, Non-union immigrants, steel workers, Sixteen hour shifts, dollar an hour.
You know.
.
I know this story too well.
So your family? No, my father's family.
Call Clayton, uh, tell him we'll sort something out.
Don't anybody dance around here? We're lawyers.
Children's Legal Services.
You've got to do three petition hearings with me this morning.
I can do them alone.
According to Alvin you can't.
Now we've got a 10, 10.
30 and 11.
Why is this locked? That's your office, now? Why's it locked? That's the broom closet.
Where are we gonna keep the brooms? You're late.
Where's my keys? Your keys? To my office.
Your office? Yeah, I've gotta have some place to work.
That for the cleaning supplies.
You want me to be in here at 8, you want me to do three hearings a day, plus all the support works to go with it? I've got to have a place to work.
Fine, it's all yours.
Mr.
Fallin? What are you doing here? Did my step-father come to see you? Yeah, we talked.
He tell you I was a slut? That's what he tells everyone.
Why are you here? I'm afraid.
For my mother.
She can take care of herself.
No, she can't.
I mean.
I can get out of there.
I'll be safe.
You'll make me safe.
But my mom, all the things he does to me he'll just do to her.
There's nothing that I can do about that.
Sometimes I think I should just go back there, live with him, just so .
.
she doesn't get hurt.
No.
You're not going back there, April, okay? Okay? Need a lift to the courthouse? No, um My aunt's boyfriend, he's helping to look after me.
He's waiting for me.
Okay.
Are you Mr.
Fallin? Yes.
I'm Jenny Sandrow, April's mom.
I'm afraid of what's going to happen to her.
Look, April, she hasn't had it easy.
Her father left when she was just a baby, men have been in and out of our lives, I haven't always made the best choices.
This is a number of a clinic.
They'll tell you where there's a woman's shelter.
April is lying.
Al would never do something like that, Mr.
Fallin.
We'll discuss this in court.
Mr.
Fallin, what are your client's wishes? My client would like to be placed under the care of her maternal aunt Gale Barehost.
Where is maternal aunt? I'm here, your honor.
Are you currently employed? Yes, sir.
I waitress days.
Can you provide care for April until the petition hearing? Yes, your honor.
The child should be placed under supervision on the Allegany County Social Services, with permission to be placed in the home of her maternal aunt Gale Barehost.
The step-father is under no contact order.
My daughter should be with me.
You'll have your chance to tell your side of story at the petition hearing.
Gale just wanting a money.
I'm as sure, Mrs.
Barehorst Could find at easy way make an extra three hundred seven dollars a month, you honor.
You may have one supervise visit a week.
Filed a dependency petition within 24 hours And schedule a petition hearing within a next 10 day's.
That's it? That's it.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
Yeah.
April, why are you doing these? He's lying to you mama.
He's lying and you didn't even see it.
Please.
You let him do this to me He broke in the house.
You let him.
Please, April.
I hate you.
I am never coming home.
I hate you.
He raped your only daughter and you still want her to be on the same roof with him? She's not your daughter.
Maybe she should be.
I want ante the Claton plant.
I think we should represent him.
How you see doing it.
Liquidate.
You know, Claton want to safe a business.
He's wrong.
He should take a scorched earth approach.
What about a workers? They want to see a money.
That's bad business, Nickolas.
Pertains to small.
We wouldn't see a penny about a time the banks got deal rogue If I can safe the trust this would be worth million in fees.
Could also eated up some thousant billable hours for nothing.
It's passed Hey.
Oh I'm late.
I got a few questions for you About at brief I'm supposed to be filing.
I thought we can grab come lunch.
I give you back some in clinic.
Can I tag along? Chance in hell.
Thanks.
Nick.
The woman from the rape unit just fax some lab task back from a hospital.
April Sandrow are pregnant You knew, you are pregnant? What are you wanting to do? We're talking about an abortion.
I'm catholic.
April, you're raped.
My mother won't never say I was.
She needs to sign a form.
I just have to explain to the court the circumstances your pregnancy The judge will grant you judicial bypass without your mother's consent.
I just want to be left alone now.
OK.
I'm good with Gale.
See, I'm back in school and people, you are leaving me alone.
I can take myself from here.
If you have a child now He will be taken away from you or Let me alone.
Alright? You did your things.
Just let me alone.
Can I help you? You know this guy? Hm .
.
Jo.
He works here.
Who are you? I'm a lawyer.
I'm working for Legal Services.
Well.
Is not here.
Got the address? Yo man, this stuff coming yet? We'll be in Dantist.
Hey, it's me.
Wigeon is coming up.
You got any? I'm dying here, man.
Hey Gale, it's April.
Can you pick me up over Townie Pizza at 5? I've missed the bus.
April Sandrow is pregnant.
A-ha And entire place to it has a living boyfriend, who is dealing Are you sure? I'd heard the answering machine tape.
How do you know that he's dealing? I know.
So So, I'd placed pregnant teenager in the dangerous environment.
Or what else are you going to do? Put her back with the stepdad? No.
Tell me something.
Who do you think the father this baby is? Ah I don't know.
Alright.
Just call to Social Services and arrange for emergency evacuation.
Police, Social Servies.
Open up! Police, Social Servies, Mrs Barehorst we're here for raid.
Right here What are you doing? Miss Barehorst, Miss Barehorst What is hell going on here? Get a hell out of my house.
Leave him alone.
What is wrong with you? Get a hell out of my house Stop it.
How are you can do this to me? I love him.
He wants to marry me.
How are you can do this to me? Second mortgage property value in the Alsace report This is it We're can't take the account.
When I spoke with Jake, I thought you farther firm been around for generations.
No.
He is started himself.
I know that now.
I was curious, why have you disliked me so much? So I had my secretary search on employment record You know, your dad used to work on our fabricating plant? It was my grandfather.
Your grandfather and your father Burton Fallin work here from 1953 to 1955.
Seem's your dad had hand in United Steel worker's attempt unionized the plant.
That was my grandfather.
No.
That was your father.
So, what are you, Mr.
Fallin? You guy's acting like a country club sect but you do business like a liberals? You always said, don't let your feeling getting away on business.
Your father would have loved the effect that they coming to you for help.
Hmm.
.
Unfortunately, you don't really know what your grandfather would've loved.
This is.
.
This is the kind of money that you'd wanna represent? Money is money.
It's yours then.
You put in an hour, you take the risk.
We got the go ahead.
What? Your dad changes his mind.
Yeah.
What he said to him? Alas, I still can't get over with this, I mean, I work for this guy's know he hates me so much.
I'm thinking, that pretty stall argument to get him to change this You don't have to move on your diligence.
What What are you going? I got meeting at Cross.
Well, come on, Nick, I'm a little help on this.
I got my dad to take a client, you get to do diligence.
I got handed to you, had me go with the school's uniform and this head story.
April, you do not want to spend your life with the guy like that.
Don't tell me what I want.
You fifteen.
What's gonna happen to me? I'm recommending you go back home to your mother.
You can't see me back there.
April My mother let him rape me.
She knew was happening she let him.
April She could hear me crying, I know she could.
She might try to fight him off, she just on the next remover.
I'm sending you home.
Why would anybody listen to me? It'd happened It'd happened.
He'd rolled over and He's put his hand His fingers He'd shoved them He'd told me not to move and I mean, I mean, I'd fought with him first But After awhile I'd just quit Let him do what he wanted Crying every time.
That's it.
I never do it again.
You think she's telling the truth? Then I mean, than if he'll just come back a few nights later I believe she was raped.
But I've never seen a perpetrator giving fifteen years old girl such advance warning Crawling into bed, masturbating next her, breaking its waist slowly toward touching her Just isn't a typical behavior toward the girl April's age.
But you do see such behavior in rape cases? Yes, but typically a pedophile supremo a much younger children.
Find out if April Sandrow had any previous history of sexual abuse.
Hey .
.
Hey.
Come here.
Maybe you used other people do your work for you over in your daddy's firm But here we do it ourselves.
Come here Working here cost you a lot of money, isn't it? You realize, you year salary is much as our entire operating budget? Yes, I do.
Well, you'll may want to think about the fact, The people work here have so much to do and so little money and time than you need further think from there might.
Can you borough's check on girl's name's April Sandrow? See, if she'd lived in another county or state? Hold on I've got something Marriage record for Al Sandrow and Jennifer Evans Looks like she change the name and April is well.
Where.
.
Where is the close cases? Here .
.
Oh .
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Oh, April Evans Oh, God I remember this one.
This court held the initial detention hearing in this matter in January, 11 1995 After the Battle Park police department receives the report than James Evans had sexually abused April then 9.
April reported that Mr.
Evans, her new stepfather had been getting into bed with her And touching himself and then he's put his fingers inside of her, enforce his penis into her mouth.
This is exactly the same things she's made three day's ago.
We have to start again I'm your lawyer This is gonna be petition hearing regarding your custody day after tomorrow My custody? You have three choices as I see it.
You can go to a group home for pregnant teenagers Or if the court sees fit to charge you at detention center.
You'd said three choices.
You can still back home.
I know you were raped Six years ago I know that your mother made you drop the charges April I was nine years old Sending an innocent man to prison not gonna change that I can't go home.
I really wish you would.
It would be a terrible mistake send you to a group shelter You still have a chance, a good chance for a better life With your mother and your stepfather.
Tell the police what really happened Tell him that your stepfather never laid a hand on you What happen to you I'm sorry It's not right But we can change it.
Will you tell the police a truth? If I did that Yes You'll talk to my mother for me? Right now Thank you for helping me.
My husband isn't home.
He doesn't like.
Why people up here leave me alone? This won't take long Let off your, we haven't vintage store Why did you leave last husband? Just didn't work out.
Because he'd raped your daughter? Mrs.
Sandrow April wants to come home What a hell is going on here? We picked April up last night She's three month pregnant and the father of the child is dealing drugs from his sister's house.
What? Why can you just bring her back here? Until the charges against your husband I want her back here now Shh It's OK.
I'll stay in a motel.
No.
Yes, you go home, take care of your kid.
Yeah? Where is April? That, what's there? She isn't here.
Do you know where she is? She left When? I don't know, some guy came and got her.
Right, Nona.
You know, I understand that.
Wow .
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I have the file right here in front of me.
What Actually, hold on give me a second.
I'd spoken with a police April's boyfriend lab store where he was working, he was taken off.
The police are looking for him but They think he'd left the state.
Hello Shall we back? Enough to hear for placement them through the delinquency system for breaking the law.
You know Most this kids just stay in system for rest theirs lives.
Just the way's goes.
Why do it then? Because You never know when you make a difference.
This never often, Mr.
Fallin but ah Sometimes you do.
You're coming back tomorrow? Clayton's coming in sue.
Tonight? Taking clock.
We're gonna meeting with creditor's committee the morning.
You know We haven't representing him No No No.
You're right The past is a past.
All the guy is spoil ass.
That's no reason not to represent him.
That's That's grandfather There was the tough, arrogant son of a bitch.
He'd go war over nothing He'd asked for 50 cents at hour more Sundays off My father wants to go into church for this.
Wanted have one meal in weeks with his family but No way says Clayton Huh .
.
What a bastard.
I'll tell Jake to drop the case.
No, no, no Go ahead.
Liquidate it.
Let it just disappear.
Can't be helped anyway.
We'll help him cut the cord.
We have to drop entire cooperation and focus on protecting your assets What are we doing? Well, first we attack the bank, cancel the lending.
How? Claim the interfere to management of the company.
We're doing that.
You should fly under a flow and get yourself a driver license and register the vote.
California resident.
Buy yourself the biggest house you can down there Because bank can't touch it.
Can a workers come after me? They can't do anything.
Hm Look, instead of protecting your assets Why to you to not take a real share, reorganizing a company? The first thing to do is exchange debt for equity.
How? Make the employee part owner of the company.
The workers? The workers.
You OK? Yeah, I'm OK.
Why do you ask? I don't no.
You just seemed Upturn left the plant outside that hill.
You know, if isn't working out you probably won't get paid.
Ha-ha No.
I know.
Nickolas.
Do you see door over there It's where your grandfather's work back down there, the furnace room.
Man was operating 4000 men work here.
Twelve hours shift Seven days a week Never got a rise Never got any thanks After Clayton fired my dad, He never worked again.
Black Poll.
See that far over there, that street Spent all the day on it, drinking Died a wicked, pass far advance.
Always felt like my hand on Hand on to his death.
Well That can be honored, Nickolas It's that something.
Howdy That can be honored.
So, Mr.
Fallin What does kind of being? I'll stay.
I'll stay with the clinic.
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