Exploiting Hollywood 1980

   Chapter 149 Your Client My Client

   "What happened here?" Lindsay Dole, dressed in a formal suit, had just arrived at Ronald's house from the court to work overtime to review the contract. I saw Ronald's room door wide open, and there were several policemen inside, putting Ronald's collected scripts and his own scripts into the file bag.

   "I'm Ronald Lee's attorney, police officers, what's going on here?"

   A white police officer glanced at her, saw a blonde beauty with a round face, and answered her question, "Your client is suspected of kidnapping and illegal detention and has been taken to the Southern District Police Station in Manhattan."

  Lindsay saw that Ronald was taken away without her present. She often dealt with the police, knowing that the case might be a big deal, and immediately turned around and walked to the stairs, preparing to go to the Southern District of Manhattan Police Station to bail.

   "Are you Ronald's lawyer?" Lindsay saw a man and a woman walking by the stairs, blocking her way. The woman also had a round face and asked her who she was.

   "Who are you?" Lindsay turned to the two of them and glanced back at the police officer at the door of Ronald's apartment, not far away.

   "Don't get me wrong, we are CAA's agents, and we were waiting for you to sign the contract." Richard handed over a business card, indicating his identity.

"Before Ronald is taken away, let's find his lawyer and explain the situation." The three came to the Ukrainian restaurant opposite the apartment, and Richard took what Ronald and Pfeiffer saw in the casting studio. The conflict between the two "brokers" was said from beginning to end.

   "Where is that Miss Pfeiffer now?" Lindsay Dole saw the point of the case at a glance. As long as Michelle Pfeiffer appeared and could testify for Ronald, all the problems would be solved easily.

   "We don't know, but we heard Ronald say to take Michelle to his aunt's house."

   "So those two liars are probably the whistleblowers who falsely accused Ronald to the NYPD", Lindsay quickly guessed who was behind it.

"This matter can be big or small, it may be a report to vent their anger, or they may be staring at us, trying to find out Miss Pfeiffer's whereabouts, and then grab someone to escape from New York State, before alerting the FBI that can enforce law across states. , they can control Miss Pfeiffer again and ask her to revise her confession. If so, Ronald will be very passive."

   "How do you need us to cooperate?" Richard spoke first.

   "It's okay, you stay here for now, and then give me the contact information of your hotel. We can't assume that the two suspects have no accomplices, they will probably follow us separately, you just need to stay in the hotel to keep it safe."

   "We're staying at the Holiday Inn" Richard took out the hotel matchbox, wrote his room number, and handed it to Lawyer Lindsay.

   "Okay, I'll make two calls first."

"Karen? I'm Ronald's attorney Lindsay, yes... he's fine, nothing happened. The two crooks reported him for taking Michelle Pfeiffer and hiding her. … , you don't need to do anything, don't call the police, wait for my colleague to come and do it."

   Lindsay took another change from his bag and stuffed it into the payphone.

   "Bobby, I'm Lindsay, my client Ronald is involved in a criminal case, kidnapping and unlawful confinement of liberty, has a search warrant for... and was taken to the police station before seeing a lawyer."

   "Lindsay, in this case, your client will either have key evidence captured by the police, or a shocking case has occurred, and the police station is under pressure from above and is very urgent, regardless of the procedural flaws."

   "Bobby, can you use your connections with the NYPD and the district attorney to find out what happened?"

   "Are you so confident in your customers?" Bobby asked rhetorically.

   "Yes, because he is innocent. The client is actually at her aunt's house."

   "Okay, where are you?... XXX Street in the East Village... I'll go ask Rudy first and meet you there."

   Lindsay stuffed the coin for the third time.

   "Helen? I have a favor and I need your help."

   "I'm still making up my sleep, don't you know that lack of sleep is the natural enemy of a woman's beauty? Well, what can I do to help?"

   "I have a client... Can you find out what's going on in New York today?"

"Okay, but you owe me a double spa treatment. Who is your client? Ronald Lee? Is he handsome?...Like the actor who played Superman? You didn't say it sooner... Hang up, there is news to hit you pager."

   Lindsay Dole drove to Ronald's aunt's house, leaving two CAA agents who didn't know what to do.

   "Do you still want to sign Ronald as a client?" Paula asked Richard.

   "Of course, why not? You can sign a promising screenwriter at the apprenticeship level, and I'll think God has favored me. Why, you don't want to sign him?"

   Paula shook her head, "I don't mean that, I just care more about the sunny boy in the casting studio. His face is very suitable for the movie screen, and he is a star material. I hope to talk to him."

   "As long as Ronald is proven innocent, we can ask him." Richard didn't think it was a big deal, "So you're more optimistic about star actors, right?"

   "Yes, stars are the cornerstone of Hollywood, and those who have stars own the box office."

"I agree with the boss. Now is a good time to enter a studio. Many studios have suffered serious losses. In recent years, the newly appointed management has jumped over from the TV industry. For example, Paramount Eisner of Columbia, Frank Price of Columbia. What they need most is a good script, which is why good scripts can sell for $200-300,000 in recent years.”

   "Your training course is really good." Paula can't say whether it is a praise or a criticism, "If you were Ronald Lee's main agent, would you like it?"

  Richard glanced at Paula unexpectedly, put down his knife and fork, and clasped his hands tightly: "What? Are you willing to give up the position of the main agent?"

  Richard knew that Rick Nisita didn't really care about the screenwriter, and insisted on the star line of William Morris. So as long as Paula doesn't fight him, he has little competition to be Ronald Lee's lead agent.

   "Yes, Ronald is your client. If he's all right tonight."

   "Conditions?" Richard is not a childish person, Paula certainly has her conditions.

"In the future, try to support me at business meetings, and then... help me sign the sunshine boy as my client." Paula decided that if Ronald couldn't come out temporarily, she would go to the "Endless Love" crew to inquire. Anyway, director Ze Firelli is also the target of CAA's public relations. It shouldn't be difficult to ask him the name of an unknown actor.

   "Deal." Richard agreed quickly.

  …

   "Lindsay!" A tall bald black man jumped out of the corridor of Karen's house and stopped Lindsay Dole.

   Lindsay wasn't scared at all, this was her law firm colleague Eugene, a former police officer and current lawyer. "Hello, Eugene. Is the client inside?" Lindsay pointed to Karen's house.

   "Yes, the client Michelle Pfeiffer, she is talking to Bobby about her situation." Bobby is a friend of Ronald's agent Eddie, the boss of Lindsay Law Firm, Robert Donnell.

   "I'll be watching here, those two vegetarian liars may follow you to find her."

   "Thank you, Eugene." Attorney Lindsay knocked on the door and entered Karen's house.

   "How's Bobby? What's the news from the police? Did Miss Pfeiffer say anything?" Lindsay pulled Bobby Donnell aside and asked about the situation.

   "My teacher's friend Rudy, who used to be an assistant federal prosecutor, has a lot of connections in the Southern District of New York. The news said that the reckless action of the police was because the serial **** and murderer committed another crime."

   "The one that looks like Bundy?" Lindsay remembers serial **** and murderer Teddy Bundy, who was arrested and sentenced to death last year.

He has the appearance of a woman who is willing to date. A top student at the University of Washington, relying on this skin, he raped and killed about 30 women in total. After being taken in, there are girls who court him and marry in prison. and give birth to children.

"Yes, they gave him a nickname, Manhattan Bundy," said attorney Bobby Donnell. "Your client, Ronald, fits the suspect's mental profile, is highly educated, and looks good. Popular with women."

   "It's okay, it's just a coincidence. As long as Miss Pfeiffer can provide her testimony to the police, I'll be able to clear my client's name."

   "I'm sorry, Lindsay, that's not going to work in the short term. Miss Pfeiffer cannot testify for your client right away."

   "Why?" Lindsay asked very strangely.

"Because I'm responsible for my client, giving testimony would expose my client's privacy, tobacco, alcohol, drug addiction, and that would have a very bad impact on an actress's career. Oh, I forgot to tell you, Just now I officially represented Miss Michelle Pfeiffer, who is now my client."

"Wadhan, Bobby, are you crazy?" Lindsay blurted out, "You can apply to the judge to testify anonymously so that her privacy will not be exposed. And Michelle Pfeiffer has been scammed out of her money. Now, she may not be able to pay your attorney fees now."

   "Yes, Lindsay, but this will take time, so I beg you, to postpone Pfeiffer's testimony until tomorrow afternoon, when I get permission from the judge. As for attorney's fees, I'm just representing her for my conscience."

   "No, it doesn't matter, I'm willing to testify for Ronald." Michelle Pfeiffer heard the loud quarrel of the two lawyers in the room, pushed open the door and walked out. "Ronald was falsely accused because of me, and I can't let him get into trouble."

   "Your client said yes, too, Bobby."

   "But I want to consider the best interests of my client, Michelle, I will explain to you slowly, not to not help Ronald, but to get the guarantee to protect your privacy before testifying."

   "You pedantic and idealistic lawyer who doesn't receive legal fees." Lindsay said angrily.

   "You only have money in your eyes, and sometimes you forget the ideal realist lawyer."

   "You! Don't forget who paid the bills for the firm."

   "Beep, beep, beep..." Lindsay Dole's pager rang, interrupting her argument with Bobby's attorney.

   "Hello, Helen." Lindsay called the Assistant Attorney for the Southern District of Manhattan in New York, her live-in friend, Helen Gable.

   "A good news, and a bad news." Helen said in a slightly hoarse **** voice.

   "The good news is that they arrested Ronald for no reasonable reason (ProbableCause), you can easily question procedurally and reverse the NYPD arrest decision."

   "What about the bad news?"

   "The bad news is that he is suspected of being the serial killer Manhattan Bundy and is now being interrogated by the FBI Task Force (TaskForce).

  Federal law enforcement has never cared much about Fourth Amendment violations, they will take your client Ronald's case to federal court. Compared with state courts, federal courts also tend not to exclude the Fourth Amendment from excluding evidence obtained in a post-unlawful arrest trial. "

   (Content of the Fourth Amendment of the United States: Except in accordance with reasonable cause and procedure, the right of the people to be free from unreasonable search and seizure of their persons, houses, documents and property shall not be violated.)

   "I'll go to the FBI office, they can't keep Ronald in custody."

   "Dang bang..." Aunt Karen stood at the door of the bedroom, and the coffee served to the lawyer fell to the ground, "Why is Ronald detained by the FBI?" Aunt Karen asked in a trembling voice.

   (end of this chapter)