Thursday January 23, 1997
OU11
The defense team discusses strategy in the light of Rickey's confession to Jimmy and Justine. Chris suggests that Rickey not be put on the witness stand. Justine says that they should do whatever they can to present a sympathetic view of Rickey to the jury. Jimmy is adamant that Rickey should confess on the stand and hope that the jury finds that he was justified in killing Fortas. This angers Aaron, and he leaves the room.
Gwen announces her engagement. Since her fiance is being transferred to New York right away and she wants to go with him, she bids Jimmy a fond farewell. Jimmy begins to look for her replacement. After several disastrous interviews, Jimmy is at a loss until Louis returns from Europe and Jimmy hires him on the spot.
Rickey's mother and a former professional basketball player who Rickey is helping financially testify as character witnesses for him.
Michaelson, a prostitute and a madam give damaging testimony about Fortas's character.
Rickey replaces Michaelson with Hicks, who expresses his disappointment in the way Jimmy's handling the case. Hicks also tells Jimmy that Hilly Jackson has been arrested on drug charges and that Scotto has been pressuring him into flipping on Rickey.
When Jimmy asks how he knows this, Hicks tells him that Weikopf has been leaking information to him about the case in exchange for Hicks's help in distributing her demo tape and helping her get a job as a sportscaster. When Jimmy confronts her about the leaks, Weikopf begs him not to turn her in, but he refuses.
Judge Bornstein confronts Weikopf about the leaks and she denies everything. She says that Jimmy is retaliating against her because she plans to file a sexual harassment suit against him for unwanted advances towards her when he was still a prosecutor. Bornstein orders an investigation. When Jimmy gets Weikopf alone, she admits that she lied about the harassment.
After Rickey and Jimmy visit Jackson in jail, they realize that he has already agreed to testify against Rickey in exchange for a reduced sentence on the drug charges.
Rickey finally testifies, and says that his wife had been tricked into having sex with Fortas in exchange for a tape that he was going to use to blackmail Rickey. Rickey testifies that he killed Fortas to protect his family. Scotto is outraged and requests a conference in chambers. Bornstein is equally outraged and fines the defense. She also has all of the testimony disparaging Fortas stricken from the record.
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