- 2 days ago
Category
📺
TVTranscript
00:07she knows how to wash away things that others can't but what's the hell with this company
00:15can i help you nice place how long you've been open about six months are you looking
00:22to hire a cleaning service six months look good sure our founder started it all on her
00:28own used her lottery winnings to build this place from the ground up kind of a crazy story
00:35lottery yeah i mean it's not a secret used it to start fresh start she's kind of a legend around
00:40here sir are you okay yeah yeah i'm fine i was just i used to know someone like that someone
00:50who won
00:51do you want to leave your name no i'll come back
01:23he knows he wants money
01:25we need to be ready for court when soon he's not gonna wait
01:42you came you said you wanted to talk you hit the lottery don't even try to lie to me nice
01:48car
01:49nice clothes and you look different whatever i have now i built
01:56you built it right listen to you you sound like a whole different person
02:01but here's the thing claire you bought that ticket and you're still my wife
02:05that makes it marital property half of everything is mine
02:09i've done the math i'm not greedy five million you give me five million i disappear deal
02:16you're not getting a penny
02:22look at you still the same pathetic
02:26you ever touch her again and i will make sure the next room you see is a cell
02:30do we understand each other you can't she's my wife i got right she's not your wife she's not
02:36your anything and you have no rights here you remember that
02:44i'm taking you home
02:47he hit me for seven years no one ever stopped him before someone stopped him today
02:57claire there's a man outside he's yelling your name he's drunk everyone in there works for a thief
03:02you hear me she stole my money and left me with nothing call the police
03:10sir we've received a complaint you need to leave the premises that's my wife she ran off with my
03:14kids and my money i got right she has a restraining order on file no she's the one who then
03:18you're
03:18on a public five walk but if you make threats or refuse to leave when asked that changes you understand
03:45hey are you still awake
03:51claire scott you've been served
03:59boss
04:00listen to me years ago i won a lottery ticket i used that money to start this company
04:03my ex-husband was not here he didn't help he didn't protect us
04:07and now he wants half of everything we built he's not going to get it i'm going to fight this
04:11and every single one of you your jobs are safe do you understand
04:14he's never going to touch us
04:19he's doing it court he wants half
04:28good
04:31good he put himself in a courtroom
04:35and the fastest way to destroy a man like that is to let him walk into a room where every
04:40word he says
04:41is recorded forever
04:46what if he wins
04:47he won't
04:49because i'm going to get you the best lawyer in this state
04:52and after that we're going to drag every last secret he has into the sunlight
05:19i just got off the phone with marcus he told me something i didn't know rick didn't show up at
05:23your door three days ago he's been circling you for weeks since the gala
05:27you got a letter you didn't tell me
05:31why
05:31because i was scared
05:34and i didn't want you to know how scared i was
05:37i was at the gas station i saw what he did to you
05:40i put him on the ground
05:41what else is there to hide
05:43you only saw him strike me once not seven years of abuse
05:47you never saw him drag me through the living room while lily cried
05:50or me hiding in the bathroom each night to breathe
05:52one punch for you
05:54a thousand torments for me alex
05:57and when that letter showed up on my porch the night you told me you loved me
06:00all i could think was if he sees this
06:01if he sees the real claire he won't look at me the same way
06:04because no one in mill pals ever did
06:06every single person in that town looked at me like i was damaged goods
06:09like i was the problem
06:10like i deserved it
06:12and here's the part i'm most ashamed of
06:14for a long time
06:16i believed them
06:18i don't care what they said
06:19i know who you are
06:20you're the woman who built an entire company out of nothing but guts and soap
06:24not the one they saw
06:25the one i see
06:27you don't hide things from me anymore
06:28you don't face it alone
06:29that ended the day i put him on the ground
06:31and i will do it again
06:32every single time
06:34i don't know how to let someone in i've never done
06:36then i'll show you
06:39we file monday
06:41plaintiff's case is strong on paper
06:42but you need to be ready to testify
06:44no surprises on the stand
06:49no
06:50no
06:50no
06:51no
06:51no
06:51no
06:51no
06:52no
06:53no
07:03no
07:07no
07:36he doesn't know what we know
07:48i'll keep it sealed
07:49we open it in court or not at all
07:58whatever's on it
07:58you don't carry it alone anymore
08:10case number 24 ccv 1883
08:14richard scott versus claire scott
08:17we are here on the plaintiff's motion for equitable distribution of marital mattets
08:22your honor
08:23the facts of this case are remarkably simple
08:25in march of this year while still legally married to my client
08:27miss scott purchased a lottery ticket at a gas station in milburgh pennsylvania
08:30that ticket was a winner 50 million dollars after the draw mrs scott tootley hired a lawyer
08:35and she began a calculated campaign to make her husband leave her
08:37she stopped cooking
08:38she stopped cleaning
08:39she deliberately neglected every aspect of her marriage
08:43not because she was depressed or abused as the defense may suggest
08:46but because she wanted her husband gone
08:48so she could keep all 50 million dollars for herself
08:52she manipulated him
08:53she deceived him
08:54she exploited his trust
08:56and then when he finally filed for divorce
08:59she hid the single largest financial asset of their marriage from the court
09:03from her husband and from the law
09:07pennsylvania law is clear
09:08assets acquired during marriage are marital property
09:11the lottery ticket was purchased during the marriage
09:13the winnings are marital property
09:15my client is entitled to 50 percent
09:17we are here today to ask this court to enforce the law
09:23mr scott describe your marriage to miss scott in its final months
09:28i was working 12 hour shifts when i came home she was just sitting there
09:32she wouldn't cook she wouldn't clean she wouldn't talk to me
09:35i'd ask her what was wrong and she'd just stare at the wall
09:37did you ever physically harm your wife
09:40never
09:42i loved her
09:44i wanted to make it work
09:46she's the one who checked out
09:52mr scott
09:53how long did you work at the markham manufacturing facility
09:56about six years
09:57and why were you let go
09:59i downsize
09:59were you aware that your floor manager mr frank del latos
10:02filed an internal report recommending your intimidation for an i quote
10:05suspected inventory theft
10:08objection your honor relevance
10:09overruled
10:10the witness will answer
10:13that was never proven they never found anything
10:16your honor if the defense has evidence of criminal conduct they should present it
10:19here sell from a terminated hr file is not evidence
10:22sustained move on counselor
10:24the evidence is clear
10:25the lottery ticket was purchased during the marriage the winnings belong to both parties
10:29anything else is a distraction an attempt to smear a hardworking man who committed no crime
10:33other than choosing the wrong spouse
10:34i asked this court to grant my client his lawful share
10:39does the defense have anything further before i consider the ruling
10:44yes your honor
10:46the defense has two pieces of evidence that i believe will change the entire nature of this proceeding
10:55your honor the plaintiff tire case rests on a single factual assumption that the lottery
11:00winnings were acquired during the marriage i would like to submit into evidence defend exhibit d4
11:04a certified copy of the prize claim record from the pennsylvania lottery commission
11:08your honor we've already stipulated the ticket was purchased with respect your honor the date
11:12of purchase is not in dispute the date of claim is and the date of claim per this certified state
11:16record is october 17th six weeks after the divorce decree was signed miss scott was legally
11:20single when she redeemed the ticket and acquired the winnings
11:30mr cole are you asserting that the winnings were never marital property because they were not
11:35acquired till after the divorce that is precisely what i am asserting your honor under pennsylvania
11:40law the critical date for classifying an asset as marital or separate is the date of acquisition
11:44not the date of purchase a lottery ticket is a contingent claim it becomes our property is
11:48redeemed miss scott redeemed it as a single woman the plaintiff has no claim to a single penny
11:53your honor the defense is engaging in a legal technicality it's not a technicality counselor
11:59it's the law continue rick
12:09your honor the defense would also like to submit exhibit a7 and exhibit a8
12:21the ogn parts with knockoffs looked identical workbench tested fine three months later boom equipment
12:29failure insurance adjuster came out scratched his head wrote a check nobody ever figured it out
12:35who's gonna find out the only two people in the world who know are in this room
12:50that's not that's fake she made that she's had it out for me mr scott sit down now one more
12:57word
12:58and you will be removed
13:12shut up i said shut up
13:15i said shut up
13:28mrs chambers does your client wish to contest the authenticity of this recording
13:35the plaintiff declines to offer testimony regarding exhibit a8 at this time
13:41your honor the defense rests but before this court adjourns i would ask that the audio recording
13:49of mr scott confessing to insurance fraud be referred to the district attorney's office for
13:53criminal investigation so ordered the court will retain a copy of all evidence for referral
14:17this court has reviewed the evidence submitted by both parties the court finds as follows
14:22first on the matter of marital property the civil claim is dismissed in its entirety with prejudice
14:28second the court has heard testimony and reviewed evidence of conduct by the plaintiff that goes well
14:33beyond the scope of this civil proceeding effective immediately all evidence retaining to potential
14:38criminal conduct will be forwarded to the district attorney's office this court will retain copies for
14:43the record bail stood take the plaintiff into custody pending the da's review
14:55you were nothing before me
15:00no rick i was everything before you you just made me forget it
15:31you okay yeah yeah i think i am
15:43you okay
15:55mommy you're squishing me i know baby one more second
16:11the last time i felt safe in this house was never i've lived here for a year and i've never
16:17once
16:17felt safe and now now i'm waiting to see if the feeling comes
16:32you
16:51i'm
16:52you
16:52you
16:53you
16:53you
16:54you
16:55you
16:57Morning. Still think we should do this forever.
17:01Depends. Do you promise to always steal my pancakes?
17:12Daddy, can I have the big pancakes?
17:15Of course, sweetie.
17:33Let's hear it for her.
17:35Fresh Start now operates in three cities.
17:38We employ over 80 people, 85% are women, 70% are single mothers.
17:42We don't just clean buildings.
17:45We build lives.
17:56Claire Shaw, I've watched you get back up every single time life tried to knock you down.
18:00Will you marry me?
18:06Yes.
18:08Rennie.
18:25We continue running home.
18:28We build a community charge when the world is in the future.
18:31or we will move away more than 70% of death.