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| − | *This part of the episode was loosely inspired by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Jewish_Congress_lawsuit_against_Swiss_banks World Jewish Congress lawsuit] filed against the Swiss banking community in 1995 over allegations that the Swiss banks had denied Holocaust survivors and their families access to their bank accounts after the Second World War ended in Europe in May 1945. The lawsuit had also alleged that the Swiss banks were colluding with the Nazi German Government, violating Swiss claims of neutrality. |
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Revision as of 02:18, 20 May 2022
| "Blood Money" | ||
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| ← | L&O, Episode 10.08 | → |
| Production number: E1111 First aired: 1 December 1999 | ||
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| Written By Barry Schindel Directed By Matthew Penn | ||
Plot
Pietro Grimaldi, an elderly retired insurance salesman, is found dead and stabbed in a taxi cab after he arrives at his final destination. The driver only noticed that Grimaldi was helped into the cab when he was picked up near a bank. When the medical examiner investigates, she finds that before Grimaldi was stabbed, he was also shot.
The detectives learn more about Grimaldi, and find out that he sold life insurance to European Jews during World War II. After the war, he refused to honor the policies of holocaust victims, claiming that there was no documentation for the claims. He then emigrated from Italy to the United States, where he worked for the American parent company (All-Atlantic Insurance) of his Italian firm.
Grimaldi had kept a handwritten log of all the policies he sold, in a safe deposit box at the bank, and took it with him when he was subpoenaed to testify about the scheme. Years before, he had shown his son Jordan the book, telling him that it was worth a large amount of money.
The prosecutors determine two different crimes occurred: when Grimaldi left the bank, he was shot by Jordan, to stop him from selling the book. Afterwards Grimaldi was stabbed by a man hired indirectly by All-Atlantic to steal the book.
The prosecutors charge the stabber and his accomplice with manslaughter, Jordan with murder, and Hamilton Stewart - the chief executive of All-Atlantic - with over one thousand counts of grand larceny, one count for each of the accounts purported to be in the book. The policies would, in total, be worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
At first, the prosecutors have a difficult time making a case, but Alan Bresler - one of Stewart's assistants - fills in details of the case after feeling remorse during earlier testimony, as he witnessed Jordan destroy himself on the stand over what his father did; Bresler has children of his own and he doesn't want the same thing to happen to them. When McCoy suggests that Bresler consult an attorney, the man refuses, saying he is an attorney and knows what he's doing. Bresler tells the prosecutors that Stewart has the book and was the one who created the plan to steal it. In return for the book, Stewart agrees to plead guilty with a prison sentence of four to twelve years and a written waiver of extradition to Italy.
Cast
Main cast
- Jerry Orbach as Detective Lennie Briscoe
- Jesse L. Martin as Detective Ed Green
- S. Epatha Merkerson as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
- Sam Waterston as Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy
- Angie Harmon as A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael
- Steven Hill as D.A. Adam Schiff
Recurring cast
- George Grizzard as Defense Attorney Arthur Gold
- Leslie Hendrix as M.E. Elizabeth Rodgers
- Larry Clarke as Detective Morris LaMotte
- Lynette DuPree as Judge Joyce Randall
Guest cast
- Matt Servitto as Jordan Grimaldi
- Phillip Goodwin as Alan Bresler
- Laura Esterman as Eva Walcoff
- Ray Aranha as Judge
- Jacqueline Antaramian as Donna Grimaldi
- Felix Fibich as Mr. Radsenhauer
- Henderson Forsythe as Hamilton Stewart
- Chris McKinney as Reggie Hollis
- Jayson Williams as Roland Dell
- Ronald Guttman as Assistant Italian Consul
- Diane Kagan as Gail Barlett
- Victor Verhaeghe as Gary Howard
- Damian Young as Daniel Catterson
- Edward James Hyland as Donald Burton
- Patrick Garner as Walter Estes
- Jack Davidson as Bank Manager
- Ismail Bashey as Harish Singh
- Kim Yancey as Leslie Sawyer
- Roger Pretto as Martin Garcia
- Gerard O'Brien as Doorman
- Bunny Levine as Irene Drummond
- Wai Ching Ho as Owner
- Marcus Naylor as Eric Lee
- Karl Kenzler as Arraignment Clerk
References
- Italy
- Germany
- Pietro Grimaldi (victim)
- Philadelphia
- Poland
Quotes
quotes
Background information and notes
- Continuity error: Lynette DuPree is credited as ""Judge Rhonda Hall" but her character's nameplate displays her name as "Joyce Randall" in this and all her previous appearances.
Episode scene cards
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Apartment Of |
Manhattan Terrace Hotel |
Office Of |
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Supreme Court |
Supreme Court |
| Previous episode: "Patsy" |
"Blood Money" Law & Order Season 10 |
Next episode: "Sundown" |