WEBVTT - The Scoop 0:00:02.840 --> 0:00:08.719 If you're listening to this, I'm already dead or I've 0:00:08.960 --> 0:00:13.800 mysteriously disappeared. I don't know. Maybe I'm just being paranoid, 0:00:13.880 --> 0:00:18.400 but I've seen it happen twice, at least one dead, 0:00:18.560 --> 0:00:22.760 one missing. Also that rich and powerful men can keep 0:00:22.800 --> 0:00:27.200 their secrets. If your silence can't be bought, it'll be enforced. 0:00:28.280 --> 0:00:34.479 That's how these guys operate. These recordings contain everything I know. 0:00:35.080 --> 0:00:38.720 I made them throughout the investigation. They upload automatically to 0:00:38.760 --> 0:00:46.320 my cloud. I trust that someone will find them. Okay, 0:00:46.760 --> 0:00:49.160 I'm Every Stevens with the Metro Sun Times, and everything 0:00:49.200 --> 0:00:51.320 you hear on these recordings is true. It comes from 0:00:51.360 --> 0:00:55.960 evidence I've seen, firsthand, interviews I've conducted. Please just follow 0:00:56.000 --> 0:01:06.920 the facts. Get the funk out of here now, I'll 0:01:06.959 --> 0:01:14.280 call the cops. I where to God? Okay, let go 0:01:14.520 --> 0:01:42.240 of my phone. Yeah. Welcome to Solve, the interactive mystery 0:01:42.319 --> 0:01:46.240 podcast where you don't just hear about crimes, you solve them. 0:01:46.240 --> 0:01:49.000 Each episode will present you with a different case inspired 0:01:49.040 --> 0:01:53.200 by a true crime. You'll interrogate suspects, piece together evidence, 0:01:53.400 --> 0:01:57.120 and investigate the crime scene. You're the detective. This is 0:01:57.200 --> 0:02:07.120 your case. Can you solve it self presents the scoop. Okay, 0:02:07.520 --> 0:02:12.160 m hm. Today is August twelve, and I'm still trying 0:02:12.200 --> 0:02:14.840 to decide what to do about this call I received today. 0:02:15.840 --> 0:02:18.320 I was at my desk on a deadline and trying 0:02:18.360 --> 0:02:21.160 to bang out this article on farm a price fixing 0:02:24.639 --> 0:02:28.280 m A pharmaceutical giant is on the ropes as a 0:02:28.320 --> 0:02:35.600 company whistleblower reveals new details in the unfolding price fixing conspiracy. 0:02:37.960 --> 0:02:41.640 Every Stevens, Is this the reporter who covered Wayne Leslie 0:02:41.720 --> 0:02:45.600 during his last Senate run? Yes, it is long time. Every. 0:02:46.480 --> 0:02:49.240 I'm sorry, who is this? Well? The last time we 0:02:49.320 --> 0:02:52.959 bumped into each other, well, I guess I bumped into 0:02:53.000 --> 0:02:57.480 you and I could have been gentler. I never did 0:02:57.520 --> 0:03:00.240 apologize for that. I was asking a sitting that are 0:03:00.240 --> 0:03:02.280 a simple question, and you hip checked me to the ground. 0:03:02.480 --> 0:03:04.560 It wasn't meant to be so rough. That was just 0:03:04.680 --> 0:03:08.079 doing my job, So was I. Where's the apology? This 0:03:08.120 --> 0:03:13.000 is it? I'm retiring, cleaning out my desk. I guess 0:03:13.000 --> 0:03:17.240 you could say and found some things that might interest you. 0:03:18.040 --> 0:03:21.200 It's not my beat anymore. I know you're an investigations 0:03:21.240 --> 0:03:25.000 now and you know what I do. You're a fixer 0:03:25.040 --> 0:03:27.519 for Senator Leslie and men like him. Not at all 0:03:27.639 --> 0:03:31.119 curious what I have to show you. Fine, I'll send 0:03:31.160 --> 0:03:33.680 you a secure link. You can send anything in person. 0:03:34.120 --> 0:03:36.960 Fifth level of the parking garage at City Hall. Come along. 0:03:39.480 --> 0:03:43.480 Two years we were together. We told each other everything. 0:03:44.440 --> 0:03:48.360 But then all of a sudden she was acting. I 0:03:48.400 --> 0:03:56.880 don't know, man, it was weird. I got a head out, whoa, whoa, 0:03:56.920 --> 0:03:58.800 we are you going? I thought tonight was a little 0:03:58.800 --> 0:04:00.760 bit of the Benge and Boone and I asked to 0:04:01.080 --> 0:04:04.320 source or contential source. I don't really know. It could be. 0:04:04.720 --> 0:04:07.080 Come on, come on, I had this whole night plane 0:04:07.200 --> 0:04:12.480 we were going to order in. Maybe not wear many clothes. Okay, well, 0:04:12.840 --> 0:04:16.279 I gotta say, you're always working. Well I'm a reporter, 0:04:16.480 --> 0:04:20.000 so yeah, I know that. Okay, what's going on with you? 0:04:20.000 --> 0:04:22.800 You're like super short with me lately. We not do 0:04:22.880 --> 0:04:26.239 this right now? Please do what Chris. I'm looking into 0:04:26.240 --> 0:04:30.120 a story. That's what's going on. Okay, Okay, all right, 0:04:30.160 --> 0:04:32.719 it seems important to tell me about it. I can't. 0:04:33.240 --> 0:04:35.760 I mean, you can't. Do you not trust me? I know, 0:04:36.080 --> 0:04:38.560 It's just it's a fucked up thing, and I don't 0:04:38.600 --> 0:04:43.119 want you trying to get involved, because I'll just screw 0:04:43.160 --> 0:04:47.719 it up. Chris, come on, I can't do this right now. 0:04:47.760 --> 0:04:53.520 I gotta go. Okay, I'm sorry. Yep, another solo night 0:04:57.240 --> 0:04:59.360 and then all of a sudden she's like sneaking around 0:05:00.080 --> 0:05:02.719 And honestly, I feel awful saying this right now, But 0:05:03.279 --> 0:05:04.960 at the time I thought she was cheating on me. 0:05:05.560 --> 0:05:07.760 I did. I had no clue that she was going 0:05:07.880 --> 0:05:10.400 to this clandestine meet up with some goon, and she 0:05:10.520 --> 0:05:12.599 was right. I would have gotten involved. She should not 0:05:12.640 --> 0:05:24.719 have gone by herself, so stupid. Come on, where are you? 0:05:27.040 --> 0:05:42.520 H Okay, here we go, Drisco Avery, get in? How 0:05:42.520 --> 0:05:44.680 about you get out? You want to see what I have? 0:05:44.960 --> 0:05:57.880 You want this story? Get in? Well? Can you make 0:05:57.960 --> 0:06:02.799 this any less unnerving? A phone? You're jumpie? Your CD 0:06:04.320 --> 0:06:10.560 photos album named client work. Okay, this is explicit? Well 0:06:10.560 --> 0:06:13.000 it would be, wouldn't it if you can bring yourself 0:06:13.000 --> 0:06:18.599 to look closer. It's it's Senator Leslie and that's not 0:06:18.680 --> 0:06:22.599 his wife. That's not a woman, and that's not a 0:06:22.640 --> 0:06:26.760 Bible Lys thumping. So much for Captain conservative values. He 0:06:26.839 --> 0:06:29.000 paid you to make these go away. Gave the young 0:06:29.040 --> 0:06:31.600 man a generous monetary gift wrapped in an n d A. 0:06:32.200 --> 0:06:34.680 But the good Senator is not the only one keeps grolling. 0:06:35.800 --> 0:06:40.800 Is that guy Bergman Fragman and a sprightly young woman 0:06:40.839 --> 0:06:43.960 who is not his wife of twenty years tabloid mogul 0:06:43.960 --> 0:06:48.039 paying you to keep him out of the tabloids. It's ironic. Oh, 0:06:48.080 --> 0:06:53.040 in this guy, I know him, the first baseman, Pat Giles. 0:06:53.560 --> 0:06:56.440 My boyfriend's a big baseball fan, and here he is 0:06:56.560 --> 0:06:59.680 diving head first into this young lady's third base. So 0:06:59.839 --> 0:07:01.800 the people wanted to go public about the affairs, and 0:07:01.839 --> 0:07:05.120 you silence them. What's with the sudden attack of conscience. 0:07:06.120 --> 0:07:09.479 I have a wife too, as it turns out, I 0:07:09.600 --> 0:07:12.800 care very much, which she thinks of me very much. 0:07:13.240 --> 0:07:14.920 So you figure you a tone for being a thug 0:07:14.960 --> 0:07:21.040 until respect you sure and she comes back. There's more 0:07:21.040 --> 0:07:24.320 where that came from. I'll need more proof, you'll get it. Hey, 0:07:24.480 --> 0:07:26.280 let me send those to myself. I'll hold on to 0:07:26.360 --> 0:07:29.000 them for now. I know you guys can't pay sources, 0:07:29.080 --> 0:07:31.800 but maybe you can drum up some sort of licensing 0:07:31.880 --> 0:07:34.360 fee for these photos. I thought this was about cleaning 0:07:34.400 --> 0:07:37.680 up your act. Clean act isn't cheap I'll call you tomorrow. 0:07:37.880 --> 0:07:40.280 We should move fast before the good senator catches wind 0:07:40.320 --> 0:07:46.520 at this. Look, I'm a four term senator. People have 0:07:46.640 --> 0:07:49.160 said all kinds of things about me over the years, 0:07:49.840 --> 0:07:52.280 and when you're in the midst of a campaign, you 0:07:52.360 --> 0:07:57.240 can count on basios rumors coming up. As I understand it, 0:07:57.840 --> 0:08:03.480 whatever story Miss Stevens was investigating was so weak that 0:08:03.640 --> 0:08:10.520 own editor wouldn't even allow it to pursue it. You've 0:08:10.600 --> 0:08:13.440 got to be kidding me, you know me always the jokes. 0:08:13.640 --> 0:08:16.280 This is a massive scandal. Tom What have you got here? 0:08:16.720 --> 0:08:19.800 You've got Driscoes words. I've seen the photos and I 0:08:19.840 --> 0:08:22.720 believe you. But in case you haven't noticed, journalists aren't 0:08:22.760 --> 0:08:25.640 exactly getting the benefit of the doubt these days. Were 0:08:25.760 --> 0:08:28.080 usually their editors at least let them pull the thread. 0:08:28.240 --> 0:08:32.480 I'm glad you used that word thread. That's what this 0:08:32.520 --> 0:08:36.960 paper is hanging by. I've worked my ass off every 0:08:37.000 --> 0:08:40.319 day to make sure we're not another Twitter casualty. What 0:08:40.360 --> 0:08:42.040 do you think is going to happen when these three 0:08:42.080 --> 0:08:45.880 sue us for libel? He says, there's more clients, more lawsuits. 0:08:46.280 --> 0:08:52.480 It's not libel if it's true. Look, Avery normally I'd 0:08:52.520 --> 0:08:55.480 say check it out, see where it leads. But you're 0:08:55.520 --> 0:08:58.920 dealing with thux, You're meeting them in parking garages, you're 0:08:58.920 --> 0:09:01.960 putting yourself atsk, and this guy's asking for money. The 0:09:01.960 --> 0:09:16.160 whole thing smells bad. Drop it. Oh, the story was solacious, 0:09:16.200 --> 0:09:19.160 but it just didn't meet our journalist at criteria. When 0:09:19.200 --> 0:09:22.679 your only sources a fixer, you have no source. I 0:09:22.720 --> 0:09:25.280 wasn't trying to upset Avery. I was. I was trying 0:09:25.320 --> 0:09:28.480 to help her. She was one of the best, probably 0:09:28.520 --> 0:09:31.920 would have won a Pulitzer one day. That's a damn 0:09:31.920 --> 0:09:35.640 saying what happened to her. I wish I could tell 0:09:35.640 --> 0:09:37.880 you more, but you know, as much as I do. 0:09:39.640 --> 0:09:41.640 The word around the newsroom is that her and that 0:09:41.760 --> 0:09:44.760 boyfriend of her as we're having problems, so it might 0:09:44.800 --> 0:09:55.160 be worth looking into. Hey, babe, a little benje and bone, 0:09:55.440 --> 0:09:58.440 little bone and bene. No, stop saying that what you 0:09:58.520 --> 0:10:01.240 like the benge and bone. Look, I'm sorry, I've had 0:10:01.240 --> 0:10:05.599 a really shitty day at work. That Sucks'll tell me 0:10:05.600 --> 0:10:08.160 about it. Is it the little story you're working on 0:10:08.880 --> 0:10:11.600 was working on? I don't know anymore? What do you mean? 0:10:11.640 --> 0:10:15.520 You don't know what? What's the story. I just I 0:10:15.559 --> 0:10:21.080 can't get into it right now. Why not protecting my sources? 0:10:22.480 --> 0:10:33.560 What from me? I gotta take this. Hello, any word 0:10:33.600 --> 0:10:37.600 on that licensing fee not going to happen. Fine, forget it. Listen. 0:10:38.080 --> 0:10:40.160 I was talking to some of the girls. They're willing 0:10:40.160 --> 0:10:44.000 to come forward and be damned. Really, they'll go on record. 0:10:44.160 --> 0:10:47.120 Don't need good lawyers. If you can recommend anyone. Okay, 0:10:47.160 --> 0:10:48.679 If I'm gonna go down this rabbit hole with you, 0:10:48.760 --> 0:10:50.240 I need you to send me those photos so I 0:10:50.240 --> 0:10:52.280 can show my boss all of them with the other names. 0:10:52.400 --> 0:10:54.760 All Right, I'm on my way home. I'll do it 0:10:54.760 --> 0:11:00.640 as soon as I think. I gotta till someone's following you. 0:11:01.200 --> 0:11:12.959 Maybe it doesn't matter. I'm just around the corner. Drisco, Drisco. Okay, 0:11:13.240 --> 0:11:19.880 it's uh August and and uh and today I heard 0:11:19.920 --> 0:11:27.360 a man die over the phone. Car accident, accident. Somebody 0:11:27.400 --> 0:11:33.120 knew Drisco was giving his clients up. And if they 0:11:33.160 --> 0:11:38.480 knew he was talking, they knew who he was talking to. 0:11:42.400 --> 0:11:47.720 I'll return to family, I returned to common sense. I'll 0:11:47.760 --> 0:11:54.480 return to Jesus, my friends. If you reelect me as 0:11:54.480 --> 0:11:58.800 your senator, we can continue our mission to return this 0:11:59.000 --> 0:12:04.240 country to its glory days and remind everyone why we 0:12:04.360 --> 0:12:10.240 are one nation under God. Thank you very much, well, 0:12:10.320 --> 0:12:13.880 thank you all for coming. Oh, thank you, Eumerica. I 0:12:13.960 --> 0:12:20.800 have a lovely dress you have on, dear oh, Senator Leslie, 0:12:21.559 --> 0:12:26.760 Senator Leslie, Miss Stevens, I thought you no longer covered 0:12:26.760 --> 0:12:32.320 politics respectfully. I was glad to be free of you. Well, 0:12:32.360 --> 0:12:34.560 as long as we're both being respectful, i'd like to 0:12:34.559 --> 0:12:40.600 express my condolences for your loss. Steve Drisco. M hm, oh, yes, 0:12:41.080 --> 0:12:44.640 I heard about that tragic And what was the exact 0:12:44.720 --> 0:12:48.280 nature of your relationship with Drisco? You know he works 0:12:48.320 --> 0:12:52.080 security detail for us a few times, But to be honest, 0:12:52.240 --> 0:12:55.400 I really didn't know him that well. Just a coffee boy, right, 0:12:56.000 --> 0:12:57.720 And what about your relationship with the young man in 0:12:57.720 --> 0:13:00.520 that hotel room. You must have heard the old coffee 0:13:00.520 --> 0:13:06.040 boy was stopping that around you. People are sick by 0:13:06.160 --> 0:13:09.520 every one. Thank you so much for coming. You really lovely? 0:13:10.600 --> 0:13:16.800 Is that a new comment? Then? I heard something about 0:13:16.800 --> 0:13:23.240 this so called affair with that gentleman, but everyone knows 0:13:23.559 --> 0:13:28.160 that as a model of Christian conservatism, I would never 0:13:28.320 --> 0:13:34.000 be in such a situation and I will not have 0:13:34.520 --> 0:13:38.160 my character called into question by a member of the 0:13:38.280 --> 0:13:46.360 liberal media. God rest us soul. At first blushed. Drisco's 0:13:46.400 --> 0:13:49.719 clients don't seem to have any connection whatsoever. But the 0:13:49.760 --> 0:13:52.920 connection is actually a simple one. There are men with 0:13:53.040 --> 0:14:02.920 money and secrets from the gas studios. It's the Goss Live. Now, 0:14:02.960 --> 0:14:07.680 here's Guy Bragman with all the latest. Guys, what do 0:14:07.679 --> 0:14:10.719 you got for me? So I've got Kate Upton coming 0:14:10.720 --> 0:14:12.920 out of that new vegan joint downtown. All right, she 0:14:12.960 --> 0:14:15.760 got very lander with her. She's just with this girlfriend. 0:14:15.840 --> 0:14:19.520 But the friend is like super hot. All right, you 0:14:19.560 --> 0:14:25.120 know what that means. All right, let's cut there, Jesus Tyler, 0:14:25.880 --> 0:14:28.480 Kate Upton at a vegan place? Are you trying to 0:14:28.560 --> 0:14:31.120 fucking bore me to death? Look, get your camera and 0:14:31.160 --> 0:14:33.400 stake out that rubbin tug in kay Town seems to 0:14:33.400 --> 0:14:35.720 get a lot of celebrity traffic, right, go, be useful, 0:14:36.560 --> 0:14:41.760 Guy Bergman. I'm a reporter with the Metrosunt Times. Okay, 0:14:41.840 --> 0:14:45.600 then why are you with my paper? Not what this is? Yeah, paper, radio, TV, 0:14:45.720 --> 0:14:48.480 we do everything. Do you also hire fixers to squash 0:14:48.480 --> 0:14:50.960 stories about you? What are you talking about? You know? 0:14:50.960 --> 0:14:54.440 Stu Drisco heard of him. You hear he's dead. Yeah, 0:14:54.680 --> 0:14:57.600 shame convenient that all of his secrets died with him. 0:14:58.000 --> 0:14:59.920 Did you hear he kept copies of the photos of 0:15:00.120 --> 0:15:03.920 clients wanted to disappear. No honor amongst thieves. I guess. Look, 0:15:03.960 --> 0:15:08.120 this type of character seems a little low brown. Weren't 0:15:08.160 --> 0:15:11.720 the attention of a paper of the suntimes alleged stature. Well, 0:15:11.720 --> 0:15:13.920 we're not so much interested in him as we are 0:15:14.000 --> 0:15:16.600 his clients. Did you ever engage Drisco for any of 0:15:16.680 --> 0:15:20.880 his services? Is that on the record, No, this is 0:15:21.760 --> 0:15:27.880 Get the fuck off my set. Oh yeah, I remember 0:15:27.880 --> 0:15:30.840 that reporter. She snuck her way onto our studios, started 0:15:30.880 --> 0:15:33.800 nosing around. Not very cool, if you ask me, not 0:15:33.960 --> 0:15:36.320 very professional. We may have a good time, but it's 0:15:36.320 --> 0:15:38.920 still a serious place of business, and she comes at 0:15:38.920 --> 0:15:41.360 me with these scandalous rumors. I mean, leave it to 0:15:41.360 --> 0:15:48.520 the professionals. Kid, founder of tablet Empire, the Guss. He 0:15:48.800 --> 0:15:51.400 and wife Chaine are regularly spotted hope not being with 0:15:51.440 --> 0:15:57.560 the very celebrities they dig up dirt on. Dude. Hey, Hey, 0:15:57.600 --> 0:16:10.080 i'm working, I'm working, okay. By looking up Guy Bergman, 0:16:10.720 --> 0:16:13.920 I think it's Bregman. Actually Hey, tell me about this. 0:16:14.000 --> 0:16:17.080 Some Pat Giles guy. He's not much of a glove, 0:16:17.200 --> 0:16:19.440 but man, hell of a bat. He was running up 0:16:19.480 --> 0:16:22.120 the Rookie of the Year last season. Why what is that? 0:16:22.160 --> 0:16:25.560 Are they homer away this week? U nine game home 0:16:25.640 --> 0:16:29.840 stand starts tomorrow? But thanks, I've got to make a call. Avery, 0:16:30.200 --> 0:16:39.920 this is this is bullshit? Nice hit. That must be 0:16:39.920 --> 0:16:42.160 the swing that made you runner up for Rookie of 0:16:42.200 --> 0:16:44.720 the Year. Are you supposed to be here? That's a 0:16:44.760 --> 0:16:48.240 badge slicker. Look, you might have a press badge, but 0:16:49.240 --> 0:16:52.520 clearly you don't cover baseball. What makes you say that? 0:16:53.960 --> 0:16:55.520 First of all, you're talking to me during my bat 0:16:55.520 --> 0:16:58.200 and practice. I'm here to ask you about the n 0:16:58.240 --> 0:17:01.440 d A and want now the n d A that 0:17:01.480 --> 0:17:03.280 you got that woman to sign. Source who wouldn't come 0:17:03.320 --> 0:17:06.280 forward about your affair. I've seen the photos. Look, lady, 0:17:06.280 --> 0:17:09.199 I don't know what you're talking about. Nobody knows what 0:17:09.240 --> 0:17:11.919 I'm talking about. Why do you suppose that is I 0:17:11.920 --> 0:17:15.320 don't know? Bad information? So you deny you had an 0:17:15.359 --> 0:17:17.440 affair with a woman and then paid Steve Drisco to 0:17:17.440 --> 0:17:20.400 suppress the photos of you and she. Look, I'm a ballplayer, 0:17:20.400 --> 0:17:24.240 all right. I take pictures with people. It would be 0:17:24.240 --> 0:17:26.800 pretty difficult for her to get these particular angles from 0:17:26.840 --> 0:17:29.600 an autograph line. You want to show me these pictures 0:17:29.640 --> 0:17:32.800 you're talking about. I'd love to, but you or one 0:17:32.800 --> 0:17:35.400 of Drisco's other clients had him killed before he could 0:17:35.400 --> 0:17:38.199 hand them over to me. So ah, so this is 0:17:38.240 --> 0:17:41.480 just another one of those crazy conspiracy theories. No, I 0:17:41.520 --> 0:17:43.520 thought you used paper. People were supposed to be better 0:17:43.560 --> 0:17:49.680 than Twitter. We're really not. Baseball is a metal game, 0:17:50.440 --> 0:17:53.800 and being accused something like that it totally screwed my head. 0:17:54.320 --> 0:17:56.760 I went on an over hitless Streek after that and 0:17:56.840 --> 0:17:59.480 was demoted to the miners. So with this woman trying 0:17:59.480 --> 0:18:03.640 to mess with personal life and my job, I could 0:18:03.680 --> 0:18:07.360 see someone her dad, But I was on a rickety 0:18:07.359 --> 0:18:09.960 bus with no way, seeing the deadest summer, going to 0:18:09.960 --> 0:18:11.880 play a minor league game in front of maybe two 0:18:12.240 --> 0:18:15.040 people at the time. She was killed. So I'm so 0:18:15.119 --> 0:18:17.399 sorry if I can't she any light on what happened 0:18:17.400 --> 0:18:25.000 to her. Miss Stevens, and who are you? Can I 0:18:25.040 --> 0:18:29.200 come in? That's a stupid name, Please, I come bearing 0:18:29.200 --> 0:18:34.399 gifts from a senator leslie m. You don't look like 0:18:34.400 --> 0:18:37.160 you're a member of the good Senator staff. No, I'm 0:18:37.200 --> 0:18:41.399 a friend. What's up? I told you it's a gift. 0:18:43.280 --> 0:18:45.400 I couldn't even put it in a birthday card. Well 0:18:45.440 --> 0:18:47.880 you know these days the cards are almost as expensive 0:18:47.920 --> 0:18:52.639 as the gift. A ten dollar card. What fucking homework 0:18:52.680 --> 0:18:58.080 are you going to? Oh? And uh another gift? Ah 0:18:58.119 --> 0:19:00.440 an n d A. How do you know the girl 0:19:00.440 --> 0:19:03.879 who has everything? Here? The new fixer consultant, Maybe you 0:19:03.880 --> 0:19:06.040 should consult your client not to try and buy off 0:19:06.080 --> 0:19:12.080 a reporter. H Look, obviously these are unsubstantiated rumors that 0:19:12.080 --> 0:19:14.520 aren't fit for print in the first place. Otherwise you'd 0:19:14.560 --> 0:19:18.840 have already run the story, right, But another election is 0:19:18.920 --> 0:19:22.560 upon us and we don't want any destructions. So what 0:19:22.640 --> 0:19:24.840 do we have to do to make this go away? 0:19:26.240 --> 0:19:29.040 Take care of yourself. The last fixer ended up dead. 0:19:33.600 --> 0:19:35.760 Senator Leslie just sent his new fixer to try and 0:19:35.760 --> 0:19:38.639 buy me off. Still don't think this is a story 0:19:38.760 --> 0:19:42.320 money murder, politicians, video moguls, athletes. Oh I'm sorry, is 0:19:42.359 --> 0:19:46.640 this boring to you? It's chantilizing tabloid fodder, but it's 0:19:46.720 --> 0:19:52.760 unsubstantiated and it's not news. Speaking of tabloid fodder, I 0:19:52.880 --> 0:19:56.800 hear you're harassing guy Bregman. I believe it's Berkman. Wait, 0:19:56.840 --> 0:19:59.040 how do you hear that he called to complain about you? 0:19:59.680 --> 0:20:01.760 People sure are up in arms about a non story, 0:20:02.040 --> 0:20:04.800 wouldn't you if someone was going after you with these allegations. 0:20:05.000 --> 0:20:07.000 People don't drop on the loops of cash on your 0:20:07.000 --> 0:20:10.960 coffee table to squash allegations. Offering to buy your silence 0:20:11.240 --> 0:20:15.399 is not incriminating, then I'll keep digging. You'll stop digging. 0:20:16.520 --> 0:20:19.760 I told you to drop this, and you went rogue. Anyway, 0:20:20.760 --> 0:20:23.000 if you don't knock this off, you'll be looking for 0:20:23.040 --> 0:20:26.399 a new job, and the market does not look good 0:20:26.440 --> 0:20:33.439 for journalists right now. I understand Avia always upset with 0:20:33.480 --> 0:20:36.200 my decision, but it was for her own good, maybe 0:20:36.200 --> 0:20:41.760 as she actually listens. Well, who knows who actually killed her? 0:20:41.800 --> 0:20:44.760 That's for you to figure out. All I know is 0:20:45.359 --> 0:20:48.160 that everything I did I did the name of protecting 0:20:48.200 --> 0:20:52.240 the integrity of the newspaper. That's the job of needitor. 0:20:53.040 --> 0:20:58.800 If a story is no good, you kill it. This 0:20:58.920 --> 0:21:02.240 is Avery Stevens from Metros sometimes calling again. I saw 0:21:02.240 --> 0:21:04.199 a picture of you with a bunch of other volunteers 0:21:04.240 --> 0:21:07.159 from Senator Leslie's last campaign and well, I think I 0:21:07.200 --> 0:21:09.240 saw another photo of you recently that I'd like to 0:21:09.280 --> 0:21:13.440 talk about. Please call me. Hey, oh, miss Stevens, Sorry 0:21:13.440 --> 0:21:17.280 I didn't see there, Mr Bergman, Bregman, whatever, what do 0:21:17.280 --> 0:21:19.640 you want? Just doubt for a little stroll like yourself. 0:21:20.119 --> 0:21:22.520 But now that you mention it, how much you drop 0:21:22.560 --> 0:21:26.000 this whole hush money and the a story as a 0:21:26.000 --> 0:21:31.440 professional courtesy? Professional courtesy? Sure we're peers, after all, you're 0:21:31.480 --> 0:21:33.679 a tabloid rag. I work for a newspaper that's been 0:21:33.720 --> 0:21:36.959 around since the Suffragets. Don't call us Pierce. My tabloid 0:21:37.080 --> 0:21:39.679 rag can expose things in your life too. I'd be 0:21:39.720 --> 0:21:41.720 careful if I were you, or else you'll have me 0:21:41.800 --> 0:21:46.920 killed like Drisco. No, of course not. I'll just make 0:21:46.960 --> 0:21:56.840 you wish you were dead. Hello, Hi, um, every Yes, 0:21:56.960 --> 0:22:01.560 who's this evany I don't know if you remember me. 0:22:01.680 --> 0:22:03.920 I'm an intern at the Times. We talked in the 0:22:04.000 --> 0:22:08.560 kitchen one time, right, Yes, I remember. What's up, tiffany Um. 0:22:08.600 --> 0:22:10.439 I was wondering if I could talk to you about something. 0:22:11.160 --> 0:22:14.520 Maybe we could meet up somewhere. I'm sure I'll be 0:22:14.560 --> 0:22:18.919 back at the office in ten No. Um, not at 0:22:18.920 --> 0:22:26.600 the office somewhere off, m thanks for agreeing to meet 0:22:26.600 --> 0:22:30.200 me here. I just I didn't want to talk about 0:22:30.200 --> 0:22:35.760 this at the office. Sure, what's going on? I couldn't 0:22:35.760 --> 0:22:39.119 help over hearing the other day you're looking into that 0:22:39.119 --> 0:22:42.000 guy who paid women to keep quiet. There was one 0:22:42.000 --> 0:22:46.920 man in there as well. Really, yeah, politician, right, of course, 0:22:47.920 --> 0:22:52.560 what about it, Tiffany? I just thought maybe I should 0:22:52.600 --> 0:22:56.240 let you know that that guy gave me an indie 0:22:56.359 --> 0:23:02.399 design too. Just go, any aid you. Well, Actually it 0:23:02.560 --> 0:23:04.640 was more like, if you don't sign this, your career 0:23:04.720 --> 0:23:09.679 is over kind of thing. All right? Fuck? Who were 0:23:09.720 --> 0:23:14.639 you with? Who was he working on? Behalf of uh? 0:23:16.000 --> 0:23:25.000 Tom as in our editor Tom. Yeah, I'm sorry. Oh 0:23:25.080 --> 0:23:42.240 I'm so fucking stupidl No, No, you aren't. Fuckka. Well, 0:23:42.680 --> 0:23:44.400 now I know why Tom has been trying so hard 0:23:44.440 --> 0:23:46.960 to kill this story. He is part of the story. 0:23:47.680 --> 0:23:51.000 I suppose I could have guessed Tom the senator Bergman Bergman. 0:23:51.200 --> 0:23:53.200 They're all part of the old boys club in town. 0:23:53.880 --> 0:24:05.320 They all used Drisco to keep their secrets categorically false. Look, 0:24:06.960 --> 0:24:10.200 sometimes young interns developed these school girl crushes because I'm 0:24:10.240 --> 0:24:13.359 the boss, and they make up these relationships in their heads. 0:24:14.720 --> 0:24:16.879 I don't know what she told avery. But I'm a 0:24:16.920 --> 0:24:21.000 happily married man for over three decades. To suggest I've 0:24:21.040 --> 0:24:29.679 been unfaithful is crazy, simple as that. Okay, judging by 0:24:29.720 --> 0:24:31.560 the pacing now, it's probably not a good time to 0:24:31.600 --> 0:24:35.359 talk either. Then I need a drink. Look, you've been 0:24:35.400 --> 0:24:38.320 avoiding me. It's been a crazy couple of weeks. No, no, 0:24:38.640 --> 0:24:45.080 long before that. Yes, I have okay, good? Why you 0:24:45.160 --> 0:24:49.040 know why? No? No, I don't ave you barely pay 0:24:49.080 --> 0:24:51.520 attention to me. We haven't fucked in like, whike, come on, 0:24:51.720 --> 0:24:53.920 this hasn't been working for a while. Yeah, well, you 0:24:54.000 --> 0:24:55.920 know what that's breaking news to me. No, it's not. 0:24:56.640 --> 0:24:58.119 You've been wanting more than I can give you for 0:24:58.200 --> 0:25:01.160 a long time. We've been fighting. We haven't. I've been trying. 0:25:01.200 --> 0:25:03.119 I've actually been trying really hard to be nice and 0:25:03.160 --> 0:25:08.399 I've seen it. But the thing I've realized that I 0:25:08.480 --> 0:25:13.960 don't want to try, and that's not fair. Wow, wow, 0:25:14.160 --> 0:25:16.480 you know what? You know? What's not fair is that 0:25:16.560 --> 0:25:18.920 you've always cared more about your job than me. Kind 0:25:18.920 --> 0:25:21.400 of act. I don't know if it's that you're threatened 0:25:21.440 --> 0:25:27.639 by my career, your career, your career, babe, you're a 0:25:27.800 --> 0:25:30.920 typer really, why would I be threatened by some dumb 0:25:30.960 --> 0:25:33.399 little job. Wow, I guess that clears that up. You 0:25:33.480 --> 0:25:35.960 can go now, Avery, Please, we're good together, you know, 0:25:37.720 --> 0:25:39.680 tell me the truth. Tell it to me because I 0:25:39.800 --> 0:25:41.480 know you've been sleeping with someone else and you're just 0:25:41.560 --> 0:25:43.359 breaking up with me, So you can stop feeling like 0:25:43.359 --> 0:25:46.960 a little slut. I know it. Okay, Wow, I am 0:25:47.160 --> 0:25:49.440 so fucking done. Give me my house keeps back and 0:25:49.480 --> 0:25:53.480 get out such a bit ship the funk out, hey 0:25:53.720 --> 0:26:02.240 my key. Yeah. I was upset at the time, but 0:26:02.920 --> 0:26:05.040 I mean to be honest, I didn't take the break 0:26:05.119 --> 0:26:07.639 up very seriously. Look, we had broken up like a 0:26:07.720 --> 0:26:09.760 million times before, and she always took me back. I 0:26:09.880 --> 0:26:14.080 just figured she was just stressed with work and make 0:26:14.160 --> 0:26:18.840 up once things calmed down, and you know, and I 0:26:18.880 --> 0:26:28.240 got a call that she did she been killed. M hmm. Look, 0:26:28.280 --> 0:26:32.400 it just sucks because we had a really, really good thing. 0:26:32.840 --> 0:26:38.399 You know. I miss her, I really I miss Avery, 0:26:38.520 --> 0:26:44.119 and I don't know what to do right now. Hey, 0:26:44.240 --> 0:26:49.400 have you seen Tiffany Tiffany the intern, soft spoken blonde girl. 0:26:49.560 --> 0:26:52.600 Her cubicles cleared out. Oh yeah, she isn't here anymore. 0:26:52.920 --> 0:26:55.360 I hear she just stopped showing up for work. Well, 0:26:55.600 --> 0:26:57.240 did she come in to pick up her stuff for anything? 0:26:57.320 --> 0:26:59.840 Through herself off? And no, it sounds like she just 0:27:00.000 --> 0:27:06.719 went ay. Well, so people were like interns disappear all 0:27:06.760 --> 0:27:08.879 the time. They realized that this game is not for them, 0:27:08.960 --> 0:27:11.520 they moved back home. Whatever. But what I'm wondering is, 0:27:12.359 --> 0:27:18.399 did Tiffany disappear the way dress code did end? In 0:27:18.480 --> 0:27:29.000 my next? Hello? Hi, um, Avery, who's this the guy 0:27:29.040 --> 0:27:32.600 who'swing you messed up? Listen? If you're about to threaten me, 0:27:32.640 --> 0:27:36.520 you better take a number. No, no, no threats, listen. 0:27:36.640 --> 0:27:41.000 I just wanted to tell you off the record that 0:27:41.119 --> 0:27:46.639 will Um. You're right, Okay, I did cheat all my wife, 0:27:47.359 --> 0:27:50.199 but you're on the road for games a year. I mean, 0:27:50.720 --> 0:27:56.879 mistakes happen, but that's all. It was a mistake. And 0:27:57.040 --> 0:27:59.800 yes I did hire a fix here to keep re quiet, 0:28:00.080 --> 0:28:02.760 but again off the record. The center and the tabloid 0:28:02.800 --> 0:28:05.840 guy their season ticket holders, right, and we're talking after 0:28:05.880 --> 0:28:07.720 a game about how Drisco is going to reporter and 0:28:07.920 --> 0:28:10.560 and those two guys were talking about making him go away. 0:28:11.640 --> 0:28:13.320 Senator Leslie is the one that had the idea of 0:28:13.400 --> 0:28:17.800 making it look like a car crash. Anyway, I'm telling 0:28:17.840 --> 0:28:21.600 you all this so that you'll trust me, and so 0:28:21.720 --> 0:28:24.040 that you can do the story about those two, you know, 0:28:24.280 --> 0:28:28.920