:21:00
It was all over the media.
:21:02
And he was half-blind and
hadn't shaved in two days
:21:05
and shivering and cold
and scared out of his wits.
:21:09
The first words out
of his mouth were,
:21:11
"Howie, they're gonna kill me.
Get me out of here. "
:21:17
The People versus Arnold
Friedman and Jesse Friedman.
:21:21
Indictment 67430.
:21:23
Step up, please.
:21:25
So began the very first time
cameras were permitted
:21:28
in a Nassau County courtroom.
:21:30
Fifty-six-year-old
Arnold Friedman
:21:32
and his 18-year-old son Jesse
:21:33
heard the court clerk read off
a 91-count indictment
:21:37
charging them with
sodomy and sexual abuse.
:21:40
Arnold Friedman, how do you
plead to this indictment?
:21:43
Guilty or not guilty?
:21:44
Not guilty.
:21:45
And Jesse Friedman, how do you
plead to this indictment?
:21:48
Not guilty.
:21:49
My brother and Jesse kept
saying they're innocent.
:21:51
"This is trumped up charges. "
:21:53
And they got
a McMartin's, you know?
:21:54
They somehow got one kid to,
:21:58
they got the police to be
able to convince the kids,
:22:00
"Well, all of your friends
said something happened.
:22:02
Didn't something happen?
:22:03
Something must have happened,"
et cetera, et cetera.
:22:05
And they were convinced.
:22:06
They kept saying
they were innocent.
:22:10
And I just kept thinking,
:22:13
"I have to believe them. "
:22:16
It's very hard for people to
accept him as a pedophile.
:22:21
Arnold Friedman was
an award-winning teacher.
:22:25
All over the house
were plaques
:22:27
and newspaper articles
written about him.
:22:30
He had been given an award,
"Computer Teacher of the Year. "
:22:33
He also taught piano.
:22:39
David plays beautifully.
:22:40
And his father taught him
how to play the piano.
:22:46
It was when he died
that I realized
:22:49
how much of an impact
he had on my life.
:22:53
Take a bow.
:22:56
He was very supportive of my
magic when I was a kid.