Matthew Glave credited as playing...
Robbie Richards
- Garry Lowell: Is your name Robert Henry Richards?
- Robbie Richards: Yes.
- Garry Lowell: Were you born in Santa Monica, California?
- Robbie Richards: Yes.
- Garry Lowell: Did Tara McDermott consent to have sexual intercourse with you on September 20, 1991?
- Robbie Richards: Yes.
- Garry Lowell: Did you have the highest batting average in the national league last year?
- Robbie Richards: Uh, no.
- Garry Lowell: No?
- Robbie Richards: Well, they called my single in the last game and error. So Pendleton won the title.
- Garry Lowell: You were robbed. Their California driver's license?
- Robbie Richards: Uh, yes.
- Garry Lowell: Did you rape Tara McDermott on September 20, 1991?
- Robbie Richards: No.
- Garry Lowell: Okay. That's it. You can move.
- Robbie Richards: So, how I do?
- [Garry Lowell looked at Grace Van Owen. Grace nodded to Robbie Richards]
- Grace Van Owen: He can hear.
- Garry Lowell: Your client's telling the truth.
- [Mr. Lowell gets up, and unwrapped the polygraph arm cuff in Robbie's right arm]
- Robbie Richards: So how come we can't use this thing in court?
- Grace Van Owen: So how come you can't steal second base on a foul ball?
- Robbie Richards: Rules of the Game.
- Grace Van Owen: That's right. But don't worry, the jury will get to hear you.
- Jonathan Rollins: Didn't Tara McDermott pull away when you first tried to kiss her?
- Robbie Richards: No, sir. She kissed me back.
- Jonathan Rollins: Didn't she say, "No, I don't want to..."
- Robbie Richards: She did. But you had to hear her. She was laughing. She, uh, laid on the ground.
- Jonathan Rollins: You didn't push her down?
- Robbie Richards: No. That's a bunch of bull.
- Grace Van Owen: Don't lose your cool. That's what the D.A. wants.
- Jonathan Rollins: She reclined on the ground while you weren't touching her.
- Robbie Richards: Uh, no, I was holding her. We went down together. It was sort of frantic.
- Jonathan Rollins: OK. Now once you're down on the ground, what happened?
- Robbie Richards: Mm, we started to roll around. She seemed to be liking it.
- Jonathan Rollins: Now, rolling around, meaning sometimes you were on top and sometimes she was on top?
- Robbie Richards: Uh, I think I was on top.
- Jonathan Rollins: So you didn't roll. So you stayed on top. What made you think she liked it?
- Robbie Richards: The way she was uh... she wasn't just laying there. She was pressing against me.
- Jonathan Rollins: But you were on top, so weren't you pressing into her?
- Robbie Richards: Well, yeah. We were having sex.
- Jonathan Rollins: Well then when you put your arm across her throat...
- Robbie Richards: I wasn't trying to choke her. I was holding her hand.
- Jonathan Rollins: Her hand?
- Robbie Richards: Or... well, one of them.
- Jonathan Rollins: So you had both her hands in yours, held, what, over her head?
- Robbie Richards: Yeah. Maybe for part of it.
- Jonathan Rollins: Which part of it? The part when you entered her?
- Robbie Richards: I guess. Yeah. But she wasn't fighting.
- Jonathan Rollins: Not a little? Not even, you know, to struggle...
- Robbie Richards: Oh, sure. You know, like... like she was hot for it.
- Jonathan Rollins: Robbie, did she guide you in?
- Robbie Richards: No.
- Jonathan Rollins: That's right. Her hands were trapped over her head. What about her legs? Did her legs fall open?
- Robbie Richards: What do you mean?
- Jonathan Rollins: I mean, did you use your free hand or your knee to push her legs apart?
- Robbie Richards: Well, yeah. It was pretty passionate.
- Jonathan Rollins: And the frantic pace escalated.
- Robbie Richards: Yes.
- Jonathan Rollins: And she was struggling under you?
- Robbie Richards: Yes.
- Jonathan Rollins: And she was still laughing and yelling no?
- Robbie Richards: Eh... it was more like a whisper. You know, like women do.
- Jonathan Rollins: What do you mean?
- Robbie Richards: Saying no, when they mean yes, you know.
- [laughs]
- Robbie Richards: Like it's a turn-on or something.
- [laughs]
- Jonathan Rollins: Oh. So she was struggling like women do when they're turned on, and she was saying no the way women do when they mean yes.
- Robbie Richards: Right.
- Grace Van Owen: My God. You did it, Robbie. You raped her.
- Robbie Richards: No I, no I didn't.
- [to Jonathan]
- Robbie Richards: Tell her what I meant.
- Jonathan Rollins: Hey, man, I don't know what you meant. But I know you just described a rape.
- Robbie Richards: Uh, uh, I must have said it wrong. Tell me what I said, I won't say it that way.
- Grace Van Owen: You mean you'll lie. I can't put you on the stand.
- Robbie Richards: But you said the jury needed to hear me. You said if I didn't testify we could lose.
- Grace Van Owen: If I let you testify now, we will lose.