:51:02
He got a summons!
:51:08
Well, exactly what is libel,
Mr. Beckett?
:51:10
It's when you print an untruth about
someone that damages them, Luther.
:51:13
Well, who did I damage?
"Whom."
:51:15
Whom?
The Simmons' family name.
:51:23
Mr. Simmons.
Room 51.
:51:40
Step down.
Mr. Heggs,
:51:43
can I have
your autograph?
:51:46
He wants my autograph.
Sure.
:51:49
Just draw a little
ghost under it there.
:51:53
Okay.
:52:02
Thank you.
:52:17
Gentlemen.
:52:23
My attorney,
Mr. Whitlow.
:52:25
Mr. Whitlow.
Mr. Whitlow.
:52:27
Well, let's get
right down to business.
:52:29
Heggs, as you know,
I'm suing you personally,
:52:31
and Beckett, I'm suing
the Rachel Courier Express,
:52:33
of which you are
editor and owner.
:52:35
Now, if I win this suit,
and I will,
:52:38
I'm going to
take the paper.
:52:40
And if I take Beckett's paper, where
are you going to work, Mr. Heggs?
:52:44
I don't know. Chicago Trib,
Pittsburgh Press maybe.
:52:48
Now, I don't wanna sue and waste
all that time in court,
:52:51
so I have an
alternative to offer.
:52:53
Simply publish the fact
that this story is...
:52:55
a figment of Heggs' imagination
and I'll call off the suit.
:52:58
What do you say? In other words,
you want a retraction. Is that it?