"Yes, don't worry, the lawyer said I had a big chance of winning...... No, no, Mom, as I said before, you guys coming here will only make a big fuss about the media...... Don't worry, I'm fine, very good, I'll go back to San Francisco to see you after the lawsuit. Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, Sean, in a suit and leather shoes, was on the phone.

"Sean, it's time for us to go." Galen knocked at the door.

Sean nodded in understanding: "Okay, Mom, I'm going to court, it's going to be fine, I love you." ”

After hesitating, he still said: "Also, say hello to my dad for me, and ...... Xie Lu thanked him for everything he did for me at the San Francisco Chronicle. ”

No one told him, but in the phone calls with his mother and sister, and the neutral stance of the San Francisco Chronicle at the beginning, he could not guess what his father had done, even though they had an argument over the phone.

Sean didn't want to say that on the phone if he could, because it sounded like an explanation...... Funeral? But he had to say this, because the outcome of his case depends on today, and although he said cruel things in front of Frederick at the beginning, he himself could not be sure what the outcome would be.

It's good that you can't be convicted, once you are convicted, even if you go in for two or three weeks, you can be parole through various relationships, and you don't want to continue your career.

"Here we are, Sean." Galen, who was driving, reminded at this time.

Sean, who was pretending to sleep, opened his eyes, and the outside of the courtroom was as full of reporters and media as ever, no different from the last time the court was held, these guys were never satisfied.

When the car in front of them stopped, the lawyers got down, and the waiting media surrounded him, Sean got out of the car, and then entered the courtroom with them with a serious expression, and turned a deaf ear to the questioning.

The courtroom was the same as it had been a week ago, the prosecution was already there, the jury was not there, and the audience was only a few people seated.

Sean sat down in his seat, exchanged a few words with Cassel and Walker, and then began to wait, and then, someone came over from the back audience: "Sean." ”

"Fred, what's wrong?" Sean turned his head and saw a pair of bloodshot eyes, but he asked in as calm a tone as he could.

Frederick didn't answer immediately, just lowered his head and took a deep breath before he raised and looked into his eyes: "Do you believe me, Sean?" ”

"What did you do?" The sharp-minded Sean immediately asked, and pinched his thigh to prevent himself from changing color.

"Do you believe me, Sean?" Frederick repeated his own question.

"Tell me, what did you do?" Sean asked the same repeatedly.

The agent didn't back down and kept staring into his eyes, which made Sean feel like he was looking at himself a few days ago, just as determined and desperate, so he couldn't help but take a step back.

"What do you want to say?" He asked.

"Wait a minute, don't be surprised by what you see, and think about how to cooperate in the shortest possible time." Frederick said word by word.

"What do they know?" Sean couldn't help but look at the Cassel next to him, a look of shock flashed in his eyes, and his heart began to become agitated, "What the hell have you done!" ”

Frederick didn't say anything more, and retreated to his seat, Sean wanted to catch him and ask him for an explanation, but the jury began to enter the room at this time, and he could only start to sit upright to prevent the strong uneasiness in his heart from being revealed.

After the judge took his seat and announced the official opening, Walker of the defense was the first to stand up: "Honorable judge and jury, we have just found a new witness who can convincingly prove that my client was not there that night, please allow me to summon her." ”

The prosecution was a little surprised, obviously not expecting that they would be able to throw out new evidence at this time, which would be a bit unpleasant, if the evidence was really that strong. But even if they had doubts, they couldn't object, and with the judge's nod, the bailiff behind had already opened the door, and Sean pinched his thighs covertly.

With the rustling of footsteps, tall women in plain clothes appeared in the courtroom, and the two rows of default press seats immediately resounded with a buzzing sound that almost made the judge hit a small hammer. It took a lot of effort for Sean to resist the urge to turn his head to look at it, but waited for Kassel and them to slowly turn around, and then saw Kate? Blanchett came into view.

Although it is only a little powder, the calm temperament still makes her so eye-catching, but her face is a little pale. Sean, whose heart sank, was furious in his heart, and he easily took the matter down, in order not to let her appear in such a place, but he didn't expect to go a step further.

Fred is such a bastard! What else to say whether to believe him or not! You shouldn't have told him soft-heartedly in the first place! Sean clenched his fists fiercely, his mouth was a little bitter, especially when he heard the sound of the mobile phone buttons sending messages from behind, and the place where his thigh was pinched became more numb, if it wasn't in court, he would have turned around and punched the guy hard.

"I swear to God Almighty that the evidence I present is true, and everything I say is true." Kate, who was seated on the witness stand, had already begun to take the oath, and then, as a defense lawyer, Walker got up and began to cross-examine.

"You've seen my client on the night of the incident, and twice, right?"

"Yes."

"When, please?"

"The first time was at about 10:20 at night, when I was looking for something in the kitchen, and then I saw him wandering under a big tree in front of the street outside, as if looking out at a house across the street."

"Can you confirm that?"

"Yes, we've worked on several films, and the street lights aren't dim, I can recognize him at a glance, and then I watched the time and made sure it's 10:20."

"When was the second time?"

"The second time was at two o'clock in the middle of the night, and I didn't sleep well during that time, so I often got up in the middle of the night, and when I went to the kitchen to pour water and drink, I saw him through the window again. Although I didn't turn on the lights at that time, he was different outside than before, but it wasn't far from the street lights, so I could still be sure, and ...... He was still looking across the street. ”

"Do you want to go over and ask him why he's staying outside?"

"Yes, I called, but the phone was turned off, so in the middle of the night when I found out he was still outside, I checked all the doors."

After these words came out, there were a few low laughs from the audience, and some of the jurors were also silent, although the expressionless Sean slowly relaxed after hearing the testimony, he smiled bitterly in his heart.

It was evident that she had been in contact with the lawyers many times before, and that such a performance would only occur after training on mock juries, as Sean had received such training more than once.

Obviously, Fred Drake went to Kate a few days ago, but it wasn't the most important thing, the important thing was that he actually asked her to sit on perjury! Damn, he doesn't know what it means to commit perjury!

But Sean didn't get much angry, because as soon as the phrase "looking across the street from a certain house" came out, he immediately guessed Frederick's strategy, because he and Kate knew and discussed who lived across the street from the house where they had a tryst.

In the current situation, it is a good strategy to have Kate come out to testify and protect her secrets, but it will involve some innocent people.

And, now there is another question, what are they going to do with it? A very important question.

When Walker finished asking, Prosecutor Anderson stood up and went straight to the point: "What's your relationship with Sean, ma'am?" ”

"Ordinary friends, ordinary friends who have worked together a few times in the movie." Kate replied simply.

"So you never thought to go out of Lu and ask him why he was staying here?" The prosecutor continued.

"Yes," Kate replied firmly, "I think you should know, Mr. Prosecutor, Sean is a well-known playboy, and once you get involved with him, the consequences are hard to predict. ”

The prosecutor frowned, glancing at the jury again, several of whom were taking notes.

"Were you home alone?" He asked again suddenly.

"Yes," Kate said, "I live in Sydney with my family, but I just took over a role and I had to figure it out on my own, so I came to Los Angeles." It's a habit of mine, every time I have an important role, I'll be alone for a few days to figure out the role. ”

"Every time in Los Angeles." The prosecutor found something in hot pursuit.

"Not necessarily, sometimes at home in Sydney, sometimes in London." Kate's expression remained calm and unchanged.

"So why did you only come out to testify today, instead of making it clear when the police started their investigation? You should have watched TV! "That's what the prosecutor really wants to ask, and the previous questions are just distracting the view.

"Yes, but I have to think about my family, I have a husband and two children, this is another criminal case, if I come out to testify, then there will be many eyes on my family, and they and I will be put under a magnifying glass to take a closer look, you should know how many reporters are in this courtroom, don't you?" Kate asked rhetorically as she spoke.

"So why are you willing to stand up now?" The prosecutor immediately asked again.

"I thought he was going to prove his innocence, and there were a lot of other residents on the street, and there were always people who saw him, so I went back to Sydney after the case was reported. I didn't know much about the specific situation when I was there, and when I came back two weeks ago to continue preparing for the movie, I realized that things had gone badly, and I was hesitating whether it would be misleading to come out at this time, and I finally made up my mind when I saw that the investigators of the agency were constantly going back and forth on the street to investigate and visit. Kate replied without a leak.

Although the prosecutor frowned very tightly, he couldn't find a loophole for a while, so he had to sit back.

The defense talked a few words here, and they all showed a relaxed smile, although Sean watched Kate walk down, he didn't dare to look at it much, so he could only try to adjust his breathing.

This should be the end of it, right? With Kate's testimony, the prosecution can't prove that he drove the car anyway, and the sooner the case is closed, the better.

However, at this moment, the prosecutor stood up: "Your Excellency, I hope to summon Sean?" Mr. Tang testified that, according to the regulations, he had this obligation to be cross-examined. ”