|
Morton Freeny Show
Official Transcript
Episode #3215 August 25, 2005
By Travis Thomas
___________________
[Morton Freeny] Hello everyone, and welcome to the Morton Freeny show. I’m
Morton Freeny, and tonight—it’s the case that has transfixed America. Wendy
Wooten, B-Movie star, socialite, and mother of two, murdered in her Hollywood
condominium. The accused? Her lover and pool-boy, Miguel Sanchez.
Sanchez goes on trial next week, and the prosecutors claim their case is
airtight. Miguel, as we all know, is being represented by high-profile attorney
Leland Way. Last Thursday on this very show, Lee predicted that Miguel will be
acquitted.
Joining me tonight to discuss this case are two very special friends of the
show: first, please welcome Gloria Nasgool, former federal prosecutor from Utah.
She joins us via satellite feed from Salt Lake City. Gloria is also proud to
announce the release of her new book, entitled Up from Hatred: A Crime
Victim’s Story. Welcome Gloria, it’s great to have you back on the show.
[Gloria Nasgool] Thanks Mort, it’s good to be here.
[Mr Freeny]: And joining me right here in the studio is much-sought-after
Hollywood defense attorney Parker Larkin, ‘attorney to the stars.’ He has
represented such luminaries as Ruth Westheimer, Clara Peller, and that guy from
Diff’rent Strokes—Todd something. Parker, welcome.
[Parker Larkin] Morton, I have to tell you in all honesty, it’s wonderful to
be back.
[Mr Freeny] It was Todd something, right?
[PL] That’s right, Mort, it was Todd something or other.
[Mr Freeny] Okay guys, let’s get down to it. A beautiful young woman, an
actress in several low budget movies, Wendy Wooten, is found partially nude and
bludgeoned to death in her bedroom. No shirt on. Just her panties. Police are
baffled, until a tip leads them to pool boy Miguel Sanchez, an illegal immigrant
with a mysterious past and the face of an angel. After his arrest, one explosive
revelation after another, giving us all a fascinating glimpse into the twisted
world of Hollywood high society. Cocaine, heroin, nude pool parties, nude
finger-painting, nude sex. An inter-racial love triangle. Gloria, just what is
it about this case that has captured America’s imagination?
[GN] Well, Mort…
[Mr Freeny] Is it the sex?
[GN] …I think it’s got to be the sex aspect, that’s uh…that’s….
[Mr Freeny] What do you think Park?
[PL] No question, it’s the sex. The sex and the money. And we got a Mexican
guy boffin’ a white girl, don’t forget that.
[Mr Freeny] Right…hmmm, so okay, this is a classic whodunit, isn’t it
Gloria?
[GN] Absolutely not, Mort. We know who ‘dun’ it: it was Miguel Sanchez.
Leland Way can spin all the wild theories he wants, but at the end of the day
the American people are too smart to be sucked in…
[PL] Here we go…
[GN] …by this kind of—can I please just finish Mr. Larkin—this kind of
obfuscation and lies. In fact, the prosecution…
[PL] In fact, here’s Gloria Nasgool convicting the defendant on national
television without the benefit of even a…
[GN] Mr. Larkin…Mr. Larkin…
[PL] …trial by a jury of his peers, which is what this case is about, not the
histrionics of a vicious ex-prosecutor, but the considered judgment of twelve
open-minded…
[GN] Oh please.
[PL] …real Americans.
[GN] Oh please.
[Mr Freeny] Now, Park, there’s really a lot of evidence that Mr. Sanchez will
have to explain away, is there not? For example, we have a story out today in
Newsweek alleging that he has a history of violence…
[PL] Inadmissable. Not relevant.
[Mr Freeny] …and there’s that tattoo on his left arm, what’s that say,
Gloria? ‘Born with…’
[GN] ‘Born to Kill’, Mort. It says Born to Kill on his left arm.
[PL] Oh, come on now…what does that have to do with--
[GN] With big drops of blood dripping down.
[PL] Did you actually see this tattoo Gloria? Have you seen it yourself
personally?
[GN] It’s in the police report, Mr. Larkin...did you read—
[PL] So the answer’s NO, you didn’t see it yourself. Can you just answer the
question Gloria? I just want to hear Gloria answer the question for everybody,
will you just--
[Mr Freeny] Well, it’s in the police report Park, uh, I think--
[GN] I have not personally visited this sicko, no Mr. Larkin, but…
[PL] Right, thank you. Thank. You. Very. Much.
[GN] …I don’t need to open a sewer lid to know what’s--
[PL] Thank you Gloria. Thank you.
[Mr Freeny] It’s laid out there in the police report, though, isn’t it?
[PL] Well, uh…that’s what you’re saying here now, uh, but look…I read
that it wasn’t that clear, is what my sources tell me. It MIGHT say ‘Born to
Kill’ but it’s smudged. It’s a very amateurish tattoo, it’s borderline
illegible….I’ve heard it might actually say ‘Born to Fill’, or even
something else…
[GN] Oh right, Parker, sure…Born to Fill…
[PL] …or something else, I said…Did you see it yourself, Gloria? I thought
we--
[GN] Look at me, baby, I was Born to Fill!
[Mr Freeny] Okay, well, tattoo or not, this guy has some explaining to do,
doesn’t he Park? I mean there’s the blood evidence. What word did the
prosecutor use, was it, uh…covered? In blood?
[GN] ‘Drenched’ Mort. He said Sanchez was ‘drenched’ in blood. Wendy
Wooten’s blood. From head to toe.
[Mr Freeny] And so, how do you handle something like that? Park? I mean…
[PL] Okay, that’s just typical prosecutor’s hyperbole. What does that word
mean, anyway--drenched? Is that word standardized, or does it mean something
different to you than it does to me? Look, here’s the defense: you can’t
tell if those little drops of blood got on his sleeve, you know, before death or
after. He admits he was in the apartment, he admits he found her. He might have
tried to give her mouth-to-mouth…
[GN] Her head was torn almost completely off, Parker.
[PL] …or, okay, just a last embrace, you know the Mexicans are a passionate
people…do you have any Mexican friends, Gloria, do you understand their
culture?
[GN] Oh, I just can’t [unintelligible]
[Mr Freeny] You know, the part I find the most damning, really, is Miguel’s
own statements to the police, when he was found wandering around outside the
condo after the murder…
[GN] Drenched in blood.
[PL] Splatters of blood.
[Mr Freeny] …and let me read here from the official police report, let’s
see, it was down here…oh, okay here it is. It says, ‘at this point, suspect
brandished the aluminum bat at Officer Merck, saying You want some of this? You
want some—like that bitch I just offed?’ Suspect then broke down in tears,
saying: I just wanted to love her, oh God oh God what have I done?’
Now, Park, what do you think the jury will make of that?
[PL] Nothing. It’s inadmissible. He was not Mirandized, which is just
emblematic of this, this sloppy, botched investigation. You can’t use a
confession that….
[GN] Excited utterance, Parker. Totally admissible…
[PL] …was given before—excuse me, EXCUSE ME GLORIA—before he had an
attorney available…
[Mr Freeny] Still, everyone might start to wonder about Miguel’s claim that he
was not involved.
[GN] Everyone but Leland Way and Parker Larkin will wonder. Here is this young
lady in the prime of her life, I mean, I look at her and then I look at this
vermin Sanchez and this sick…gnome… Leland Way and I just want to…
[PL] Okay, here come the personal attacks, the hateful personal attacks.
[GN] …vomit. Just vomit.
[Mr Freeny] Hey guys, lets maybe try to…
[PL] Credibility? Did I hear Gloria talking about credibility?
[GN] No.
[PL] Let’s look at the credibility of this woman, this Wooten woman. You think
just flashing her incredible rack on Night of the Vampire gives her credibility,
is that what you think Gloria? Well, I have to be perfectly honest here for a
minute…
[GN] What the hell are you trying to…
[PL] …but this woman, this Wooten woman, she has quite a past herself. I’ve
seen—personally seen—her high school yearbook. You know what she was voted?
By her own class? She was voted…
[GN] Oh good God…
[PL] ‘Most likely to get bitch-slapped through a trailer house wall.’ By her
own class.
[GN] This is really [deleted] incredible.
[Mr Freeny] Whoa, whoa, uh, thank God for the seven second delay. I think--
[PL] She has no credibility, NONE, when she claims that…
[GN] She’s [deleted] dead you [deleted]…she’s…
[PL] …when she claims that—hold on, hold on, let me finish, can I just
finish? Can I…
[GN] …on a [deleted] slab down at the…
[PL] …can I just ask you one [deleted] question? Can I ask you one question
Gloria?
[GN] morgue…what? WHAT?
[PL] Here’s the question: can I finish? Can I [deleted] finish?
[Mr Freeny] I think Gloria raises a valid point, Park…
[GN] Go ahead. Go right ahead and finish.
[PL] Thank you Gloria. Thank. You.
[GN] Go ahead, I can’t wait. Tell us about credibility, because you’re so
very [deleted] credible Parker.
[PL] Okay, let me tell you about it, and here I’m talking to the American
people, not to you Gloria…because you know it all, don’t you? You know,
I’m starting to feel like I’m the one on trial here, Morton. Can I just say
that, in all honesty? I think…
[Mr Freeny] Aww, hey, Park…
[PL] …its just, well Gloria, maybe if you could stop being so [deleted] bitter
about how your boyfriend finally snapped and popped you, maybe if you could just
get past that…
[GN] You [deleted]! You [deleted]! He was NOT my [deleted] boyfriend you—
[PL] …and be more objective, well, fine maybe he was just some guy you were
sleeping with, I don’t know what you called him…
[GN] He was a total [deleted] stranger, you [deleted] weasel! I was beaten and
raped by a total stranger! Who the [deleted] do you [unintelligible]…
[Mr Freeny] I think it was a stranger that assaulted her, Park.
[PL] Whatever. Gloria, you should just try to relax. You’re making
a fool of yourself here.
[GN] [Deleted] you [deleted] your [unintelligible]
[Mr Freeny] Okay, we need to take a break for some important messages. Thanks
Gloria, thanks Park. When we come back we’ll take your calls. This is the
Morton Freeny show.
[End Segment: To Commercial]
____________________
Travis Thomas is really a lot smarter than he
looks and sounds. He dreams of someday becoming a paid assassin, but
realizes he will probably always remain an enthusiastic amateur. He was recently
quoted as saying 'You can lead a horse to water, but you can't just shoot it for
no good reason.'
|
