Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story Page #4

have a Webster's

dictionary so that this man can

look up what the word touch means.

Counselor, control yourself, I will not

tolerate this behaviour in my courtroom.

Did you ever touch, t-o-u-c-h

your daughter's genitals?

- In a way, but it's not what you think.

- Yes or no?

Yes.

And how many times

did you touch her genitals

Twenty times, two hundred times,

two thousand times?

I don't know, maybe twenty times.

Your Honour...

And would you please tell the court

for what possible reason you did that?

Get back Counselor! Step away

from the witness.

This is unacceptable.

Answer the question, please.

Cause she has all

these rashes and things.

Why did you touched

your daughter genitals?

To medicate her.

Medicate her?

Son of a b*tch. Let me go.

That's it. Counselor, no one does that

in my court room, you're out of here.

Let me go.

How much is bail?

There is no bail for you,

you're on a two day hold.

What happened to you?

Let's go.

OK, you've got five minutes.

Shari, are you alright?

Rose, I'm sorry, I blew the case.

I'll never forgive myself.

You didn't blow anything,

We got a continuance.

I'll find you another attorney, don't

worry, everything will be straightened out.

We don't need another attorney,

when you left, Darlene stood up and told

the judge she wanted to wait for you.

What?

We thought you were great.

I don't know what transpired in there,

Miss Karney.

But that was the most shocking display

of unprofessionalism I've ever witnessed

on my 22 years on the bench.

Now, you have three choices.

One, you can go back to jail.

Two, I can start proceedings

to have you disbarred.

Or three,

I put you on probation

and you seek psychological help.

Since your client still wishes to

retain you, God only knows why,

if you can finish this case

with some modicum of decorum

then I will seal your record and

strike your contempt conviction.

I'll get help, your Honour.

So what do you think

these typing sounds mean?

I've no idea.

Take a guess.

Believe me I've tried, I wish I knew.

Tell me about these

anxiety attacks during sex,

what exactly do you feel?

I feel...

trapped.

Trapped, how?

Like I want to get away and I can't.

I feel totally helpless.

It's pretty terrifying.

Do you have any idea of what

you want to get away from?

Something disgusting.

Something...

sleazy and slimy and horrible.

What's your family like?

We're very close.

What's your father do?

He is a West Coast editor

of a trade magazine.

He worked at home, so my mother went back

to school, and she became social worker.

We always lived in nice houses,

we drove nice cars

We celebrated holidays together.

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