NBC's Law & Order Criminal Intent aired a show loosely written on the Edmond Safra death.
Very loosely. Loose enough to miss by a mile.
International banker dies in bathroom saferoom from asphyxiation caused by arson--set by his wife and son.
NBC had the banker's son and wife charged with conspiracy to commit murder, and the male nurse charged with manslaughter,
All broadly drawn with two-dimensional cardboard cutouts to fit in 45 minutes with scheduled commercial breaks.
The arena foul horn blasts and NBC is sidelined--reality hits the court.
Take a moment to tack back to Ted nursing the twins of Howard and Laura Slatkin at Columbia Presbyterian;
The Slatkins leave an expensive camera, which Ted sends back to them through the mail;
Laura, friend of Lily, recommends Ted for Edmond's staff; after rigorous testing, investigation and interview, Ted is hired;
For a limited amount of time, with the understanding that he will return to Columbia Presbyterian after its nurses strike is settled;
The strike is settled; Ted drafts a letter of resignation; Lily's paid agent Sonia pencils Ted (and Vivian) into the schedule at the last minute;
Trapped in a meticulously planned hit, Ted is rolled in scapegoat like KFC in bread crumbs.
Three years of psychological technique, a daily "pill" administered, total isolation, concentrated interogation by magistrate Richet and attorney Manasse;
Sleep deprivation reaching a peak at trial, altogether with the suppression of exculpatory evidence and the manufacture of incriminating evidence:
The extorted false confession is pressure-cooked for a thousand days to be served at the Corte d'Kangaroo.
The widow has a history: she made 200 million when hubby #2 shot himself TWICE IN THE HEART in Brazil in 1976.
She makes three billion this time.
She spends (Edmond's) money like water to buy friends from Ted Kennedy to Elton John to Prince Charles and Camilla Porker.
She buys Vivian's husband and is now being sued by Vivian's son and daughter for 100 million.
Top forensic DNA expert Dr. Michael Baden says Vivian died of strangulation, not asphyxiation--
And Edmond had unidentified male DNA under his nails not belonging to Ted Maher.
So, Ted has outdone David Copperfield with a fire a kilometer away on a stage he left an hour earlier.
And Edmond has beat Penn & Teller for illusions--having wrestled with a phantom, spattered his blood through Vivian's outer garments;
Cremated himself and hidden underground in Geneva, Switzerland.
How would NBC handle the $4.8 billion in IMF loans to Russia laundered through Republic which was the subject of Safra's cooperation with the FBI?
Does it all get bulldozed into a takeoff on Sopranos set in Russia?
Bump for Ted Maher and his loving family......In Jesus' Precious Name, Amen.
She makes three billion this time.
But, the Monaco po-lice did not investigate her, and without any investigation into her background, motivation, or whereabouts that day, the Monaco po-lice determined she was beyond suspicion; because the Monaco po-lice's agenda was pre-determined: she had nothing at all to do with Safra's murder. "Superb," "A-1," detective work there by the Monaco po-lice.
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