1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.BZ 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.BZ 3 00:00:29,333 --> 00:00:31,031 Look, I don't know what kinda game you're playin' 4 00:00:31,074 --> 00:00:32,902 but I'm not interested! 5 00:00:32,945 --> 00:00:34,991 No, you really need to hear what I've gotta say. 6 00:00:34,991 --> 00:00:37,298 I told you I'd tell Joey you stopped by. 7 00:00:37,385 --> 00:00:39,561 That good enough for you? - No. 8 00:00:44,696 --> 00:00:47,612 Everyone saw Amy Fisher as a victim. 9 00:00:47,699 --> 00:00:50,398 A teenaged girl seduced by an older man. 10 00:00:50,528 --> 00:00:52,356 And in some ways she was. 11 00:00:52,530 --> 00:00:54,532 But that's not the whole truth. 12 00:00:55,055 --> 00:00:56,665 Amy Fisher made choices, 13 00:00:56,752 --> 00:00:59,972 devastating choices, that nearly cost me my life. 14 00:01:00,016 --> 00:01:02,671 I am Mary Jo Buttafuoco 15 00:01:02,801 --> 00:01:04,499 and this is the first time you're hearing 16 00:01:04,586 --> 00:01:06,805 the story directly from me. 17 00:01:06,936 --> 00:01:09,678 A story a lot of people think they know, but don't. 18 00:01:09,765 --> 00:01:12,594 Not all of it. Not everything. 19 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:17,077 Thank you for coming in, Mary Jo. 20 00:01:17,077 --> 00:01:18,513 Do you mind if I call you Mary Jo? 21 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:19,949 Sure. 22 00:01:19,992 --> 00:01:21,733 You know, you do not look like someone 23 00:01:21,777 --> 00:01:23,518 who was uh, shot in the face. 24 00:01:23,692 --> 00:01:25,824 - Well, it was over 30 years ago. 25 00:01:25,824 --> 00:01:28,610 It's been a long journey and the surgeries, 26 00:01:28,697 --> 00:01:30,568 but here I am, still intact. 27 00:01:31,091 --> 00:01:32,614 - Here you are. 28 00:01:32,701 --> 00:01:34,746 You know, and that's why I think now is the time 29 00:01:34,790 --> 00:01:35,965 that we make a documentary about what you 30 00:01:36,052 --> 00:01:38,576 and Amy Fisher suffered through. 31 00:01:38,663 --> 00:01:40,230 Excuse me. 32 00:01:40,274 --> 00:01:42,102 - The other victim. 33 00:01:42,189 --> 00:01:46,802 I think reuniting you two would be what I would call undeniable. 34 00:01:46,932 --> 00:01:49,065 - Just to make sure that I'm following. 35 00:01:49,109 --> 00:01:50,197 Mm-hmm. 36 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:51,894 - I get shot in the head, 37 00:01:51,981 --> 00:01:55,767 which causes me to go through decades of living hell. 38 00:01:55,811 --> 00:01:57,465 Me, and my kids. 39 00:01:57,682 --> 00:01:59,641 And you think that Amy Fisher, 40 00:02:00,772 --> 00:02:02,905 the person who shot me, 41 00:02:04,559 --> 00:02:05,951 is the other victim? 42 00:02:06,648 --> 00:02:07,823 - Right? 43 00:02:08,128 --> 00:02:10,869 - That bullet's still lodged in my skull. 44 00:02:10,913 --> 00:02:13,350 - A permanent reminder of that day. 45 00:02:13,350 --> 00:02:16,527 Thanks to what happened, my beautiful, innocent children 46 00:02:16,527 --> 00:02:18,703 and I learned what it was like to be watched publicly, 47 00:02:18,790 --> 00:02:20,401 long before the Kardashians. 48 00:02:20,618 --> 00:02:22,490 Amy and Joey both made choices 49 00:02:22,533 --> 00:02:24,709 that changed all of our lives forever. 50 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:28,452 Joey! Joey! Joey! 51 00:02:29,279 --> 00:02:31,194 Look, I never had nothin' to do with Amy Fisher. 52 00:02:31,238 --> 00:02:33,457 Joey Buttafuoco took advantage of my innocence. 53 00:02:33,457 --> 00:02:34,806 - I did not sleep with that girl! 54 00:02:34,850 --> 00:02:37,592 - The gun went off by accident. 55 00:02:37,592 --> 00:02:39,898 - You'd think, after all this time, 56 00:02:39,985 --> 00:02:43,075 my story's been fully told, but it hasn't. 57 00:02:43,075 --> 00:02:45,339 And I'll start by answering the question 58 00:02:45,382 --> 00:02:47,776 on most people's minds: 59 00:02:47,863 --> 00:02:49,647 why did I believe Joey didn't sleep 60 00:02:49,691 --> 00:02:52,563 with Amy Fisher for so long, after I was shot? 61 00:02:52,563 --> 00:02:55,914 Or should I have realized what kind of man Joey was 62 00:02:55,958 --> 00:02:58,352 before any of this happened? 63 00:02:58,656 --> 00:03:02,094 The answers are clearer now, but they weren't back then. 64 00:03:02,182 --> 00:03:05,794 Not when this all started. Not on day one. 65 00:03:11,974 --> 00:03:13,062 Think I'm sitting here. 66 00:03:20,765 --> 00:03:22,593 What, are you shy? 67 00:03:23,290 --> 00:03:26,597 My mother told me not to talk to strangers, is all. 68 00:03:26,771 --> 00:03:29,470 - I'm Joey. Joey Buttafuoco. You are? 69 00:03:29,557 --> 00:03:32,603 - Mary Jo. Mary Jo Connery. 70 00:03:32,690 --> 00:03:35,519 - So, uh Mary Jo, you believe in density? 71 00:03:35,737 --> 00:03:37,913 You mean destiny? 72 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,132 - No, no, no, I'm talkin' 'bout the teacher. 73 00:03:40,220 --> 00:03:41,264 - Don't be mean. 74 00:03:41,308 --> 00:03:43,484 - Who's being mean? 75 00:03:43,527 --> 00:03:46,313 Look at all the framed degrees and diplomas behind her desk. 76 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:48,097 I'm talkin' about density, like in the context 77 00:03:48,140 --> 00:03:50,317 of describing the volume of something. 78 00:03:51,056 --> 00:03:53,755 But hey, seeing as you brought up destiny. 79 00:03:59,674 --> 00:04:01,197 Hey, hey, hey! 80 00:04:01,241 --> 00:04:02,677 Hey! 81 00:04:07,508 --> 00:04:09,249 I'm the luckiest guy in the world. 82 00:04:09,292 --> 00:04:12,252 Hmm, not gonna argue with you. 83 00:04:12,904 --> 00:04:15,516 - Oh, you better not, Mrs. Buttafuoco. 84 00:04:15,559 --> 00:04:17,387 'Cause with our autobody business, 85 00:04:17,387 --> 00:04:19,171 I'm gonna make sure we get whatever we want 86 00:04:19,215 --> 00:04:22,349 and whatever we need, for the rest of our lives. 87 00:04:23,001 --> 00:04:25,265 - I can't believe we were able 88 00:04:25,352 --> 00:04:28,790 to save up for and buy a house on top of planning this wedding! 89 00:04:30,922 --> 00:04:32,794 - Stick with me, babe. 90 00:04:32,968 --> 00:04:34,926 You're not gonna have a bad day from here on out. 91 00:04:37,015 --> 00:04:39,191 - Have you been drinking? 92 00:04:39,583 --> 00:04:41,193 - It's a celebration, isn't it? 93 00:04:41,193 --> 00:04:44,545 - Well, yeah. Whatcha got? 94 00:04:44,762 --> 00:04:46,895 - Shh! Come on. - Okay. 95 00:04:50,768 --> 00:04:55,251 - Take a sip. That's the spirit. 96 00:04:55,295 --> 00:04:56,948 - Oof! 97 00:04:57,253 --> 00:04:59,342 Come on get back to dancing! 98 00:05:04,782 --> 00:05:06,480 - You think it's always gonna be like this. 99 00:05:06,523 --> 00:05:08,525 You and me, on cloud nine. 100 00:05:08,830 --> 00:05:10,310 - What could ever stop that? 101 00:05:18,056 --> 00:05:19,971 Only, life moved on a little faster 102 00:05:20,015 --> 00:05:21,843 than either of us expected. 103 00:05:23,323 --> 00:05:24,933 - I'm pregnant. 104 00:05:32,332 --> 00:05:33,420 For real? 105 00:05:33,724 --> 00:05:37,641 - Uh... I mean, wasn't this always the plan? 106 00:05:37,685 --> 00:05:41,297 Get married, buy a house, have kids? 107 00:05:41,819 --> 00:05:43,604 - Yeah... - Yeah. 108 00:05:43,647 --> 00:05:47,869 But uh, are we even done being kids yet ourselves? 109 00:05:48,826 --> 00:05:50,175 I mean... 110 00:05:50,175 --> 00:05:51,438 Life was just starting to get good. 111 00:05:51,481 --> 00:05:54,092 Look... 112 00:05:54,092 --> 00:05:56,834 I-I can double check with my doctor. 113 00:05:56,921 --> 00:06:01,186 I mean, but these tests are supposed to be pretty accurate. 114 00:06:01,230 --> 00:06:03,580 Plus I'm late, which is why I did the test 115 00:06:03,624 --> 00:06:04,973 in the first place, you know? 116 00:06:11,283 --> 00:06:12,676 - You know what? 117 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:21,206 This is great. 118 00:06:21,250 --> 00:06:24,384 This is really, really great. 119 00:06:24,427 --> 00:06:26,386 You mean it? 120 00:06:27,125 --> 00:06:28,562 You can always count on me. You know that. 121 00:06:28,910 --> 00:06:30,302 No matter what. 122 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:32,522 And that goes for our kids, too. 123 00:06:32,609 --> 00:06:34,481 I'd never do anything to hurt ya. 124 00:06:37,658 --> 00:06:40,617 Joey was my first serious relationship, 125 00:06:40,922 --> 00:06:42,489 my only sexual partner. 126 00:06:42,489 --> 00:06:45,709 I was an Irish Catholic girl in the 70s. 127 00:06:45,753 --> 00:06:47,972 This was the man I loved, I trusted. 128 00:06:47,972 --> 00:06:50,801 I was committed to raising a family with. 129 00:06:51,149 --> 00:06:54,239 Being Joey's other half became my identity. 130 00:06:54,283 --> 00:06:56,894 And I was sure he loved me just as much, 131 00:06:56,894 --> 00:07:00,158 even though there were times he definitely tested my limits. 132 00:07:02,770 --> 00:07:04,554 Joey, they just pulled up behind us. 133 00:07:04,554 --> 00:07:05,686 You weren't speeding, were you? 134 00:07:05,903 --> 00:07:07,209 - How should I know? 135 00:07:09,298 --> 00:07:10,560 - All right, just say you're goin' into labor, 136 00:07:10,647 --> 00:07:11,692 so I had to drive a little faster. 137 00:07:11,996 --> 00:07:13,171 - Joey, no, I'm not doin' that. 138 00:07:13,389 --> 00:07:14,782 Just trust me on this, Mary Jo. Come on! 139 00:07:14,999 --> 00:07:16,740 Don't I always know what I'm doin'? 140 00:07:35,672 --> 00:07:37,021 What's the problem? 141 00:07:37,413 --> 00:07:39,720 - You coulda gotten a ticket, Joey. 142 00:07:39,937 --> 00:07:41,983 - Key word, could've. 143 00:07:42,070 --> 00:07:45,421 But I didn't. All 'cause of my brilliant idea. 144 00:07:45,987 --> 00:07:47,597 Yeah, yeah. 145 00:07:48,032 --> 00:07:52,384 Joy to the world... 146 00:07:52,428 --> 00:07:54,952 Ah, stick with me, babe. 147 00:07:56,301 --> 00:07:57,912 - I can get away with anything. 148 00:07:58,260 --> 00:08:00,305 I think Joey really believed that, 149 00:08:00,305 --> 00:08:03,134 which explains why his behavior got even worse 150 00:08:03,134 --> 00:08:05,267 after I gave birth to our son, Paul. 151 00:08:08,792 --> 00:08:10,751 - But the time our daughter Jessie came along, 152 00:08:10,794 --> 00:08:12,709 I was having more and more trouble keeping track 153 00:08:12,753 --> 00:08:14,406 of Joey and what he was up to. 154 00:08:14,537 --> 00:08:19,324 Ooh, what's that? It's okay. Yeah. 155 00:08:19,411 --> 00:08:21,065 - It's almost time to take little Jessica back 156 00:08:21,152 --> 00:08:22,806 to the nursery, Mrs. Buttafuoco. 157 00:08:22,850 --> 00:08:24,504 Oh, I'm waitin' on my husband. 158 00:08:24,547 --> 00:08:26,593 Uh, he went home to get our son Paul 159 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:29,334 so he could bring him here and meet his little sister. 160 00:08:29,334 --> 00:08:31,336 Visiting hours ended over 30 minutes ago. 161 00:08:31,336 --> 00:08:33,208 - Really? 162 00:08:35,166 --> 00:08:38,648 Promised he was comin' right back. Didn't he? 163 00:08:38,735 --> 00:08:40,824 Yeah, he did. 164 00:08:42,347 --> 00:08:45,307 Yeah. It's okay, though. I got you. 165 00:08:45,350 --> 00:08:48,484 I was really excited to be a good mom and wife. 166 00:08:48,484 --> 00:08:52,053 I knew it was the right thing to give up the partying. 167 00:08:52,140 --> 00:08:55,926 But Joey, he sorta stayed a perpetual teenager. 168 00:08:56,274 --> 00:08:58,799 But that's what everyone loved about him. 169 00:08:58,799 --> 00:09:00,844 My mother considered him a son. 170 00:09:00,931 --> 00:09:04,326 My baby sister Eileen thought of him as an older brother. 171 00:09:04,413 --> 00:09:07,198 Anytime I tried to share behavior I was troubled by, 172 00:09:07,285 --> 00:09:09,636 everyone assured me that's just Joey. 173 00:09:10,158 --> 00:09:12,552 All they saw was his sweetness. 174 00:09:12,595 --> 00:09:14,162 Not that he was usually trying to make up 175 00:09:14,249 --> 00:09:16,033 for some kind of bad behavior. 176 00:09:18,122 --> 00:09:20,516 - Is there a beautiful woman in here? 177 00:09:20,734 --> 00:09:24,346 For me? Thank you. 178 00:09:25,782 --> 00:09:29,046 Oh, Joey, it's beautiful! 179 00:09:29,481 --> 00:09:31,658 All right, careful. One big step. 180 00:09:31,701 --> 00:09:34,399 All right. All right. I trust you. Now we turn? 181 00:09:35,139 --> 00:09:36,576 Ya-dah. 182 00:09:36,619 --> 00:09:37,881 You got me a sports car?! 183 00:09:38,099 --> 00:09:39,709 - A sports car. - Oh! 184 00:09:39,796 --> 00:09:41,581 Mwah! Yeah, I did. 185 00:09:41,668 --> 00:09:43,844 I kept telling myself he'd eventually get it together 186 00:09:43,887 --> 00:09:45,672 and be the man I thought I married. 187 00:09:45,759 --> 00:09:47,412 Yeah, honey, I got this. 188 00:09:58,598 --> 00:10:00,251 Babe? 189 00:10:00,774 --> 00:10:04,212 Don't be mad. I didn't mean to stay out this late. 190 00:10:11,698 --> 00:10:14,091 - It's after midnight, Joey. 191 00:10:17,617 --> 00:10:21,708 - Remember you promised you would come home 192 00:10:21,751 --> 00:10:23,971 and help me put the kids to bed? 193 00:10:24,188 --> 00:10:25,494 Things got a little outta hand. 194 00:10:25,537 --> 00:10:26,495 Did they? 195 00:10:26,582 --> 00:10:27,627 - Is it so wrong? 196 00:10:27,931 --> 00:10:29,150 I just wanted to let off a little steam. 197 00:10:33,415 --> 00:10:36,113 All right, all right, I messed up. 198 00:10:39,769 --> 00:10:42,119 - I... 199 00:10:42,554 --> 00:10:44,992 I think this partyin's gettin' a little outta hand, 200 00:10:45,209 --> 00:10:46,733 you know? I mean... 201 00:10:46,776 --> 00:10:49,126 No, look, I-I need you... 202 00:10:49,257 --> 00:10:51,346 to be a part of this family. 203 00:10:51,433 --> 00:10:54,915 A part that the kids and I can rely on. You know? 204 00:10:57,308 --> 00:11:00,485 Or, or else, you know... - Oh. Or else. 205 00:11:00,529 --> 00:11:01,573 Yeah. 206 00:11:01,617 --> 00:11:03,488 - Or else what? Hmm? 207 00:11:03,532 --> 00:11:06,361 You can never stay mad at me, babe. 208 00:11:06,404 --> 00:11:10,452 - Hey, I'm not playin' around, Joey. 209 00:11:12,976 --> 00:11:15,196 I think it's time you get some help. 210 00:11:16,806 --> 00:11:18,199 Hmm? 211 00:11:19,548 --> 00:11:22,507 Yeah. Help. 212 00:11:22,551 --> 00:11:23,770 Just... 213 00:11:23,857 --> 00:11:25,336 You know, to... 214 00:11:27,425 --> 00:11:28,688 Look just to, just to, just to control 215 00:11:28,731 --> 00:11:31,299 whatever it is that... 216 00:11:31,342 --> 00:11:34,389 makes you... 217 00:11:35,695 --> 00:11:37,348 Hmm? 218 00:11:42,702 --> 00:11:44,660 - You know you and the kids mean the world to me. 219 00:11:44,660 --> 00:11:46,183 I'll do anything to prove that to ya. 220 00:11:48,490 --> 00:11:50,013 - Anything? 221 00:11:52,015 --> 00:11:56,541 - All right, I will get some "help". 222 00:11:56,541 --> 00:11:58,500 - You will? - Your wish is my command. 223 00:11:58,500 --> 00:12:00,110 - I love you, Joey Buttafuoco. 224 00:12:00,328 --> 00:12:02,504 - And I love you, Mary Jo Buttafuoco. 225 00:12:02,547 --> 00:12:03,766 Yeah. 226 00:12:03,940 --> 00:12:06,682 - And I'll never stop provin' that to ya. 227 00:12:07,509 --> 00:12:08,510 Never. 228 00:12:10,730 --> 00:12:12,079 I should have seen the pattern. 229 00:12:12,166 --> 00:12:14,734 Joey would mess up, promise to change, 230 00:12:14,821 --> 00:12:17,432 then go right back to his old ways. 231 00:12:17,432 --> 00:12:21,566 But I loved him. I loved our kids, our life. 232 00:12:21,610 --> 00:12:23,612 I wanted to believe him so badly. 233 00:12:28,748 --> 00:12:30,750 - Yeah, that'll work as a replacement part. 234 00:12:30,793 --> 00:12:34,057 And I think uh... oh. 235 00:12:42,152 --> 00:12:45,416 Can't be in the work area, ma'am. It's too dangerous. 236 00:12:46,940 --> 00:12:49,203 - I like danger. Makes me hot. 237 00:12:52,772 --> 00:12:53,685 - How old are you? 238 00:12:53,903 --> 00:12:57,602 - Sixteen. Why, like what you see? 239 00:13:02,912 --> 00:13:04,261 Talkin' 'bout my car. 240 00:13:09,527 --> 00:13:11,660 Looks a little beat up, to be honest. 241 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:14,054 Only 'cause I like to go fast. 242 00:13:14,054 --> 00:13:18,145 And sometimes I get distracted when I see a cute guy. 243 00:13:22,236 --> 00:13:23,977 - You're Elliot Fisher's daughter. 244 00:13:24,020 --> 00:13:27,371 - Oh, guilty. 245 00:13:27,415 --> 00:13:29,330 But don't hold it against me. 246 00:13:29,460 --> 00:13:31,549 My dad has an account here so he would want you 247 00:13:31,593 --> 00:13:35,292 to take extra special care of my car. 248 00:13:38,730 --> 00:13:39,819 - Would he now? 249 00:13:39,862 --> 00:13:41,342 - Mm-hmm. 250 00:13:41,385 --> 00:13:43,083 - While I was home taking care of our kids 251 00:13:43,300 --> 00:13:44,911 and managing our life, 252 00:13:44,954 --> 00:13:46,913 I honestly had no idea 253 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:49,829 what my husband was really doing behind my back. 254 00:13:49,829 --> 00:13:51,352 We're not done yet, are we? 255 00:13:53,397 --> 00:13:54,659 Don't you ever get tired? 256 00:13:54,703 --> 00:13:56,705 - Isn't that what you like about me? 257 00:13:56,748 --> 00:13:59,664 That I can go longer and more often than your wife? 258 00:14:00,056 --> 00:14:01,449 - All right, all right. 259 00:14:01,536 --> 00:14:03,581 No more of this pay-per-view stuff, okay? 260 00:14:03,625 --> 00:14:06,454 These one-hour hotel stays are breakin' my bank. 261 00:14:06,889 --> 00:14:10,284 - You'd have a lot more time and money if you left Mary Jo. 262 00:14:12,677 --> 00:14:14,679 - How do you know my wife's name? 263 00:14:14,984 --> 00:14:17,073 - I know your kids' names too, Paul and Jessica. 264 00:14:17,117 --> 00:14:18,945 What's wrong with that? 265 00:14:18,988 --> 00:14:21,469 You know, I'm 17 now, 266 00:14:21,643 --> 00:14:24,689 which means I'm legal in the state of New York. 267 00:14:25,516 --> 00:14:27,605 We could get married. 268 00:14:27,823 --> 00:14:28,998 - Would you stop? 269 00:14:29,346 --> 00:14:32,741 - Undressing you or talking about getting married? 270 00:14:32,784 --> 00:14:33,742 - All of the above. 271 00:14:35,657 --> 00:14:40,096 - I-I... I wanna be with you all the time. 272 00:14:40,140 --> 00:14:42,577 - What part of "I'm married" do you not understand? 273 00:14:51,803 --> 00:14:54,850 - This is where I want you to really pay attention. 274 00:14:54,894 --> 00:14:58,593 I know now that Amy Fisher came from a troubled background. 275 00:14:58,593 --> 00:15:01,465 That she was struggling with her own pain. 276 00:15:01,552 --> 00:15:04,686 And I have compassion for that young girl. 277 00:15:04,773 --> 00:15:07,602 But that doesn't erase the choices she made next... 278 00:15:07,645 --> 00:15:10,518 calculated, deliberate choices. 279 00:15:10,953 --> 00:15:13,216 She was determined to get what she wanted 280 00:15:13,260 --> 00:15:15,958 and she knew exactly what she was doing. 281 00:15:32,583 --> 00:15:34,194 - C'mere. 282 00:15:35,586 --> 00:15:37,893 You're Steven, right? 283 00:15:37,893 --> 00:15:39,982 - Yeah. 284 00:15:39,982 --> 00:15:42,593 - I'm Amy. I know Lou. He told me I could find ya here. 285 00:15:45,205 --> 00:15:47,163 - I heard you would do... 286 00:15:47,163 --> 00:15:50,384 just about anything to spend a little time with a girl like me? 287 00:15:51,559 --> 00:15:56,216 He did? I'm... I mean uh... yeah. 288 00:15:56,259 --> 00:15:59,915 =- As it happens, you are just the kinda guy I'm lookin' for. 289 00:16:00,481 --> 00:16:02,570 You got a gun, right? 290 00:16:05,965 --> 00:16:08,358 - I've been on a few hunting trips with my uncle. 291 00:16:08,445 --> 00:16:09,794 Got a rifle. 292 00:16:09,838 --> 00:16:11,796 - Hmm. Perfect. 293 00:16:13,102 --> 00:16:14,930 'Cause I need you to kill someone for me. 294 00:16:20,153 --> 00:16:22,851 - Joey worked hard to provide for the family. 295 00:16:22,938 --> 00:16:24,809 But I was the one running the household, 296 00:16:24,896 --> 00:16:28,161 paying the bills, taking care of every detail of our lives. 297 00:16:28,204 --> 00:16:30,815 - Sure, he was a hard worker, 298 00:16:30,902 --> 00:16:33,949 but Joey and my's relationship was more like mother and son. 299 00:16:34,036 --> 00:16:37,474 I grew up while Joey stayed a perpetual teenager. 300 00:16:41,609 --> 00:16:43,654 I did a lot of research on adult men 301 00:16:43,654 --> 00:16:46,266 who showed no signs of maturing. 302 00:16:46,657 --> 00:16:49,182 Peter Pan Syndrome describes adults 303 00:16:49,182 --> 00:16:51,706 who cling to teenage habits and attitudes. 304 00:16:51,793 --> 00:16:56,145 Yep, that was Joey, only I had no idea what to do about it. 305 00:16:56,667 --> 00:16:58,930 Still, never in a million years, 306 00:16:58,974 --> 00:17:01,542 did I think he'd ever cheat on me and the kids. 307 00:17:07,156 --> 00:17:08,549 Hey. 308 00:17:14,033 --> 00:17:16,383 Thought you were mad at me for not leaving my wife? 309 00:17:18,124 --> 00:17:20,169 - Oh, how could I stay mad at you, Joey? 310 00:17:21,736 --> 00:17:23,520 We were meant to be together. 311 00:17:28,264 --> 00:17:29,831 What're you doin'? 312 00:17:29,874 --> 00:17:31,876 - Decided you've been right all along. 313 00:17:33,704 --> 00:17:35,054 - Oh yeah? 314 00:17:35,489 --> 00:17:38,492 - As long as you're married, I don't expect you to marry me. 315 00:17:38,622 --> 00:17:42,452 'Course, if that ever changes... 316 00:17:42,496 --> 00:17:46,804 I wanna be the first in line to be the next Mrs. Buttafuoco. 317 00:18:20,969 --> 00:18:25,060 Indistinct chatter 318 00:19:04,273 --> 00:19:06,057 You did good, Steven. 319 00:19:06,101 --> 00:19:08,451 We can use this information for our next move. 320 00:19:11,324 --> 00:19:15,023 Hello? Now we know when Mary Jo's all alone in the house. 321 00:19:15,937 --> 00:19:17,330 - For? 322 00:19:18,026 --> 00:19:20,942 - For when we go there to shoot her with your gun? 323 00:19:21,247 --> 00:19:23,901 - Oh um... right. 324 00:19:23,945 --> 00:19:26,034 You mean my-my r-r-r-rifle? 325 00:19:26,077 --> 00:19:27,514 - Mm-hmm. 326 00:19:27,731 --> 00:19:30,691 - Um... I mean... 327 00:19:30,778 --> 00:19:32,693 - Say it, Steven. 328 00:19:32,736 --> 00:19:35,826 - I'm not really sure if I can actually kill somebody. 329 00:19:36,827 --> 00:19:38,133 - I mean, between you and me, 330 00:19:38,177 --> 00:19:39,830 I had a hard time killing a deer upstate. 331 00:19:42,311 --> 00:19:43,660 - Hmm. 332 00:20:02,940 --> 00:20:05,204 You wanna sleep with me, don't you? 333 00:20:05,204 --> 00:20:08,032 Then all you've gotta do is kill that bitch. 334 00:20:08,076 --> 00:20:10,383 Trust me, I'm doing a public service here. 335 00:20:10,470 --> 00:20:12,428 Mary Jo's an obstacle that I'm clearin' outta 336 00:20:12,472 --> 00:20:13,951 the way for everyone's sake. 337 00:20:24,919 --> 00:20:27,051 Thanks for treating. 338 00:20:27,051 --> 00:20:29,489 How's it that you come by so much cash? 339 00:20:29,532 --> 00:20:31,882 I mean, does your boyfriend... 340 00:20:32,970 --> 00:20:35,408 - Joey? You can say his name. 341 00:20:35,408 --> 00:20:39,673 - Yeah, but you here with me, isn't that cheating? 342 00:20:39,977 --> 00:20:43,285 - Uh, first off, he's cheating on me with his wife. 343 00:20:43,329 --> 00:20:45,548 Besides, he likes that I'm so sexual. 344 00:20:45,592 --> 00:20:47,289 It's one of my many qualities. 345 00:20:47,333 --> 00:20:50,161 - Cool. So... he just gives you money? 346 00:20:50,292 --> 00:20:52,033 - Actually, I earn it. 347 00:20:52,076 --> 00:20:54,383 Men pay to spend time with me. You know, 348 00:20:54,470 --> 00:20:55,776 through an escort service? 349 00:20:56,646 --> 00:20:58,126 - And Joey's good with that? 350 00:20:58,996 --> 00:21:00,476 - Yeah, what'd I just say? 351 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:03,044 He likes that I'm so comfortable with my body. 352 00:21:03,262 --> 00:21:04,132 - Cool. 353 00:21:07,918 --> 00:21:11,182 - So uh, when are you free to shoot Mary Jo? 354 00:21:11,270 --> 00:21:13,054 The sooner the better. 355 00:21:13,402 --> 00:21:15,535 - Gotta make sure I could get a good aim at her. 356 00:21:15,578 --> 00:21:17,972 You know, for the kill shot. 357 00:21:20,017 --> 00:21:22,803 - Don't worry, Steven, I got a plan. 358 00:21:37,948 --> 00:21:39,820 - Hi. Can I help you? 359 00:21:39,950 --> 00:21:43,606 - I'm here to raise money for my high school. 360 00:21:43,824 --> 00:21:46,174 I think you went there too? 361 00:21:47,871 --> 00:21:49,525 - How would you know that? 362 00:21:50,221 --> 00:21:53,529 - The uh, principal's office gave us a list of names 363 00:21:53,529 --> 00:21:56,140 to solicit on account of uh, 364 00:21:56,227 --> 00:21:58,273 he wanted us girls to be safe 365 00:21:58,273 --> 00:21:59,796 when raising money for the school. 366 00:22:03,278 --> 00:22:05,498 - And what are you sellin' exactly? 367 00:22:05,889 --> 00:22:07,674 Uh, candy bars. 368 00:22:07,674 --> 00:22:11,155 Only got three left, then I'll meet my goal. 369 00:22:13,636 --> 00:22:15,856 - Just, just give me a moment. 370 00:22:27,128 --> 00:22:28,869 - What you waitin' for? 371 00:22:33,439 --> 00:22:34,875 Excuse me? 372 00:22:36,050 --> 00:22:38,835 Um... um... 373 00:22:42,012 --> 00:22:44,014 Which one do you want? 374 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:46,234 - You have a nice day. 375 00:22:46,321 --> 00:22:47,496 Yeah, um... 376 00:22:50,978 --> 00:22:52,066 You too. 377 00:22:55,461 --> 00:22:59,334 - This isn't candy for a school charity. 378 00:22:59,378 --> 00:23:01,075 Is she serious? 379 00:23:02,816 --> 00:23:04,557 What were you waitin' for, a written invitation? 380 00:23:04,644 --> 00:23:06,036 All you had to do is take the shot. 381 00:23:06,210 --> 00:23:07,951 - You kept on stepping in front of my aim. 382 00:23:08,038 --> 00:23:09,344 I did not want to shoot you by mistake. 383 00:23:09,388 --> 00:23:11,041 - So instead you didn't end up shooting anybody. 384 00:23:11,172 --> 00:23:13,740 After I planned everything perfect. 385 00:23:16,525 --> 00:23:19,659 - I tried telling you, I don't think I could ever kill nobody. 386 00:23:20,137 --> 00:23:22,923 - It's "can't kill anybody" you idiot! 387 00:23:25,665 --> 00:23:27,928 You could forget about me ever sleepin' with you now. 388 00:23:31,018 --> 00:23:32,280 - Sorry. 389 00:23:34,413 --> 00:23:36,893 Don't be. 390 00:23:37,067 --> 00:23:38,678 I'll find a way to kill the bitch myself, 391 00:23:38,765 --> 00:23:40,767 if it's the last thing I do. 392 00:23:49,123 --> 00:23:52,518 - Amy Fisher became fixated on Joey. 393 00:23:52,605 --> 00:23:55,172 Looking back, I can see how he manipulated 394 00:23:55,259 --> 00:23:58,001 that young girl the same way he manipulated me. 395 00:23:58,349 --> 00:24:00,351 - He was that good at convincing anyone 396 00:24:00,439 --> 00:24:03,354 that they were the center of his attention. 397 00:24:03,398 --> 00:24:04,660 Everyone loved him. 398 00:24:04,704 --> 00:24:06,880 He was mister fun. 399 00:24:07,097 --> 00:24:10,797 He had everyone fooled. Especially me. 400 00:24:10,971 --> 00:24:12,494 - Your carburetor's filthy. 401 00:24:12,538 --> 00:24:15,149 I gotta take out the whole thing, clean it up. 402 00:24:15,236 --> 00:24:16,803 I don't wanna let you drive outta here without, 403 00:24:16,890 --> 00:24:18,326 without me doin' that, all right? 404 00:24:20,241 --> 00:24:22,286 It's kind of expensive. It is, yeah. 405 00:24:23,766 --> 00:24:26,813 Joey, I got good news. 406 00:24:26,856 --> 00:24:29,076 A way we can be together all the time. 407 00:24:29,511 --> 00:24:31,339 - Sir, I'll call you back, all right? 408 00:24:36,126 --> 00:24:37,171 - Out. 409 00:24:37,954 --> 00:24:39,173 Joey... 410 00:24:47,181 --> 00:24:49,139 - Hey, hey. Get it through that thick skull of yours 411 00:24:49,183 --> 00:24:51,272 once and for all, I'm married. 412 00:24:55,755 --> 00:24:57,234 - Not for long, you're not. 413 00:24:57,583 --> 00:25:00,760 Amy Fisher wasn't about to stop trying. 414 00:25:00,803 --> 00:25:03,850 In her mind, I was the only thing standing between her 415 00:25:03,937 --> 00:25:06,417 and the life she wanted with Joey. 416 00:25:06,505 --> 00:25:09,682 And she decided the solution was to eliminate me. 417 00:25:09,725 --> 00:25:11,553 She was gonna make it happen. 418 00:25:16,340 --> 00:25:18,168 You're just crazy, man. 419 00:25:20,301 --> 00:25:21,215 I see. 420 00:25:35,229 --> 00:25:36,535 Couldn't help but notice you been starin' 421 00:25:36,535 --> 00:25:38,667 at me all night. 422 00:25:38,972 --> 00:25:40,234 I'm Peter. 423 00:25:40,321 --> 00:25:42,453 - I know. 424 00:25:42,497 --> 00:25:43,542 Amy. 425 00:25:46,675 --> 00:25:48,024 - You messin' with me? 426 00:25:48,155 --> 00:25:52,246 - No, but you definitely got somethin' I want. 427 00:25:53,421 --> 00:25:54,770 - Do I now? 428 00:25:55,336 --> 00:25:59,079 - Relax, Romeo. I'm here on business. 429 00:26:02,473 --> 00:26:03,431 - Business? 430 00:26:09,176 --> 00:26:10,438 - Heard you could sell me a gun. 431 00:26:13,746 --> 00:26:15,095 - Get lost, little girl. 432 00:26:16,662 --> 00:26:19,229 - Eight hundred. Cash. 433 00:26:19,578 --> 00:26:20,883 - Wow... - Close your mouth, Peter. 434 00:26:21,101 --> 00:26:22,232 You're practically drooling. 435 00:26:24,234 --> 00:26:28,456 Gun first. Cash second. 436 00:26:28,761 --> 00:26:31,807 - Oh yeah? What's third? 437 00:26:32,547 --> 00:26:33,635 - You teachin' me how to use it 438 00:26:33,635 --> 00:26:35,942 so I don't miss my intended target. 439 00:26:47,518 --> 00:26:49,608 Mrs. Buttafuoco? 440 00:26:50,913 --> 00:26:52,480 - Do I know you? 441 00:26:52,611 --> 00:26:54,482 - No. Definitely not. 442 00:26:55,614 --> 00:26:57,572 I'm Anne-Marie Fisher. 443 00:26:57,616 --> 00:27:01,141 I'm here 'cause I'm concerned about my little sister, Amy. 444 00:27:02,664 --> 00:27:05,058 - Why do you um, why do you look so familiar? 445 00:27:05,101 --> 00:27:08,452 - Uh, probably seen me and my sister around the neighborhood. 446 00:27:08,496 --> 00:27:11,151 She's why I'm here. She's only 17. 447 00:27:11,194 --> 00:27:12,935 - And how old are you? 448 00:27:12,979 --> 00:27:16,460 - Nineteen. Which is why I'm... 449 00:27:16,504 --> 00:27:19,463 so concerned about my little sister, see? 'Cause, 450 00:27:19,507 --> 00:27:21,378 your husband seduced her when she was even younger 451 00:27:21,465 --> 00:27:22,902 than she is now. 452 00:27:23,511 --> 00:27:26,122 - Is... is this some kind of prank? 453 00:27:27,384 --> 00:27:30,736 - Your husband's Joey Buttafuoco, right? 454 00:27:31,171 --> 00:27:32,868 - Listen, look, I'm a little busy right now 455 00:27:32,912 --> 00:27:34,827 so if you're done messin' around I'm gonna-- 456 00:27:34,870 --> 00:27:35,958 - No, no I'm serious. 457 00:27:36,045 --> 00:27:37,394 Your husband and my little sister 458 00:27:37,438 --> 00:27:38,787 have been sleeping together. 459 00:27:38,831 --> 00:27:40,354 - I have proof. 460 00:27:44,663 --> 00:27:46,360 - Where'd you get this? 461 00:27:48,318 --> 00:27:50,669 I mean, you can't even get this at the shop yet. 462 00:27:50,669 --> 00:27:52,105 - Your husband gave it to my little sister. 463 00:27:52,322 --> 00:27:57,023 after he slept with her. Over and over and over. 464 00:27:59,852 --> 00:28:03,682 - Look, I don't know how you got this, but keep it. 465 00:28:03,725 --> 00:28:05,509 I don't want it. 466 00:28:09,339 --> 00:28:10,950 I'll tell Joey you stopped by. 467 00:28:10,993 --> 00:28:12,560 - No, don't do that! 468 00:28:13,692 --> 00:28:15,041 - Why not? 469 00:28:15,389 --> 00:28:17,565 - Listen, I-I don't want any trouble. I'm here because... 470 00:28:19,698 --> 00:28:20,611 What are you lookin' at? 471 00:28:20,786 --> 00:28:22,701 - Is that who you came here with? 472 00:28:22,918 --> 00:28:24,267 Look, I don't know what kinda game you're playin' 473 00:28:24,398 --> 00:28:25,878 but I'm not interested. 474 00:28:25,965 --> 00:28:28,141 I told you I'd tell Joey you stopped by, all right? 475 00:28:28,271 --> 00:28:29,577 That good enough for you? No. 476 00:29:03,045 --> 00:29:05,047 Dr. Flores, dial 182, please. 477 00:29:05,047 --> 00:29:06,788 In an instant, everything about my life 478 00:29:06,832 --> 00:29:08,355 was changed forever. 479 00:29:11,924 --> 00:29:14,491 - I don't understand. Shouldn't we have heard something by now? 480 00:29:14,491 --> 00:29:15,754 Mr. Buttafuoco. 481 00:29:15,797 --> 00:29:17,103 - Oh, this is Eileen. 482 00:29:17,146 --> 00:29:19,540 This is Mary Jo's sister. Is Mary Jo okay? 483 00:29:19,540 --> 00:29:20,584 - Your wife's still with us. 484 00:29:22,586 --> 00:29:24,458 - The bullet severed her carotid artery 485 00:29:24,501 --> 00:29:26,329 and is lodged at the base of her brain. 486 00:29:26,416 --> 00:29:28,462 Just above her spinal column. 487 00:29:29,115 --> 00:29:32,814 - But she'll be okay? She'll live? 488 00:29:33,510 --> 00:29:35,991 Honestly, it's too early to tell. 489 00:29:36,035 --> 00:29:37,166 We want to operate 490 00:29:37,297 --> 00:29:38,777 but even if she survives the surgery, 491 00:29:38,820 --> 00:29:40,996 she's likely to have severe brain damage. 492 00:29:41,083 --> 00:29:43,303 Could even be paralyzed, deaf, and or blind. 493 00:29:45,827 --> 00:29:47,307 Now, with your permission, we'll operate right away. 494 00:29:47,394 --> 00:29:50,092 - You do what you gotta do. You go save my wife. 495 00:29:50,614 --> 00:29:52,138 - We'll do the best we can. 496 00:29:53,966 --> 00:29:56,577 - I don't understand. 497 00:29:56,620 --> 00:30:00,233 Who would do somethin' like this? Who'd wanna hurt Mary Jo? 498 00:30:01,495 --> 00:30:03,497 - Nobody I can think of, that's for sure. 499 00:30:37,574 --> 00:30:39,446 Mrs. Buttafuoco? 500 00:30:42,710 --> 00:30:44,625 Mrs. Buttafuoco? 501 00:30:52,459 --> 00:30:54,374 Mary Jo, can you hear me? 502 00:30:56,985 --> 00:30:58,726 Can you blink if you hear me? 503 00:31:04,950 --> 00:31:07,822 Mary Jo, you've been shot. 504 00:31:07,866 --> 00:31:10,129 We're doing everything we can for you. 505 00:31:10,346 --> 00:31:12,566 Stay strong now. Okay? 506 00:31:20,704 --> 00:31:24,752 - Mary Jo. Hey, who shot you? 507 00:31:25,231 --> 00:31:27,146 Who did this to you? 508 00:31:27,624 --> 00:31:29,496 Don't try to speak, Mrs. Buttafuoco. 509 00:31:29,539 --> 00:31:31,498 You've been outfitted with a tracheostomy tube. 510 00:31:35,371 --> 00:31:36,503 We'd better sedate her. 511 00:31:38,809 --> 00:31:41,247 Can we at least let her try writing? 512 00:31:46,426 --> 00:31:48,167 I was fighting for my life 513 00:31:48,210 --> 00:31:50,604 while everyone else was fighting about the truth. 514 00:31:50,691 --> 00:31:52,171 No one took me seriously at first 515 00:31:52,171 --> 00:31:54,782 because they were convinced that I had brain damage. 516 00:31:54,825 --> 00:31:56,827 Not to mention, they couldn't remove the bullet 517 00:31:56,871 --> 00:31:58,786 since it might've put me in even more danger. 518 00:32:11,407 --> 00:32:12,713 - Anne-Marie, who's... 519 00:32:14,193 --> 00:32:15,759 is that who shot you? 520 00:32:37,607 --> 00:32:41,568 No. No, we... we don't know any Anne-Marie. 521 00:32:46,616 --> 00:32:48,314 She's writing more. 522 00:32:52,013 --> 00:32:53,580 Even with a bullet in my head 523 00:32:53,623 --> 00:32:55,495 I was determined to be heard. 524 00:33:00,021 --> 00:33:01,414 - None of this is makin' any sense. 525 00:33:06,071 --> 00:33:07,463 Um... 526 00:33:10,814 --> 00:33:14,079 Your wife has suffered a great deal of harm. 527 00:33:14,079 --> 00:33:17,821 It's very likely she's delirious or... worse. 528 00:33:18,126 --> 00:33:20,476 We're still assessing possible brain damage. 529 00:33:21,869 --> 00:33:23,610 I lost track of all the surgeries 530 00:33:23,697 --> 00:33:26,656 and physical therapy sessions I had to go through. 531 00:33:26,700 --> 00:33:28,702 I wasn't the one who committed the crime 532 00:33:28,789 --> 00:33:31,052 but I was the one paying the price. 533 00:33:51,855 --> 00:33:54,858 Mr. Buttafuoco, I have some news. 534 00:33:54,902 --> 00:33:56,947 The bullet penetrating your jaw bone 535 00:33:57,035 --> 00:33:58,906 likely saved your life. 536 00:33:58,906 --> 00:34:01,561 But it got stuck there and we weren't able 537 00:34:01,691 --> 00:34:03,606 to remove it without jeopardizing you further. 538 00:34:03,824 --> 00:34:06,044 Unfortunately, with the bullet being so close 539 00:34:06,087 --> 00:34:07,741 to your brain and spinal cord, 540 00:34:07,741 --> 00:34:09,351 it's likely that your facial paralysis 541 00:34:09,395 --> 00:34:10,831 and hearing loss are permanent. 542 00:34:13,225 --> 00:34:14,661 Honey, it's okay. 543 00:34:14,704 --> 00:34:16,880 You don't, you don't have to. 544 00:34:18,665 --> 00:34:21,233 - When can I go back to solid foods at least? 545 00:34:21,233 --> 00:34:23,322 As you know, your jaw bone was shattered. 546 00:34:23,539 --> 00:34:24,932 So only liquids for now. 547 00:34:27,543 --> 00:34:29,545 - And uh, how 'bout her eye? 548 00:34:29,676 --> 00:34:31,330 - Well, she has to wear an eye patch for a while, 549 00:34:31,634 --> 00:34:32,940 due to severe corneal damage. 550 00:34:35,638 --> 00:34:37,205 - We are gonna find out who did this. 551 00:34:37,205 --> 00:34:39,381 - I already know who did it. 552 00:34:44,691 --> 00:34:46,562 And I know why she did it. 553 00:34:58,226 --> 00:34:59,793 - I spoke to the nurse. 554 00:34:59,793 --> 00:35:01,186 She's gonna have your pain medication 555 00:35:01,229 --> 00:35:02,839 at the top of the hour. 556 00:35:04,885 --> 00:35:05,799 Hey... 557 00:35:07,322 --> 00:35:11,935 Sweetheart, we're gonna get through this. Okay? 558 00:35:13,459 --> 00:35:15,765 I don't care what that doctor says. 559 00:35:17,332 --> 00:35:21,641 - What about what the... the police think, huh? 560 00:35:25,035 --> 00:35:27,081 - I keep tellin' ya, I... 561 00:35:27,081 --> 00:35:31,129 I got no connection to this Anne-Marie or her sister. 562 00:35:31,172 --> 00:35:35,045 Honey, honey, 563 00:35:35,089 --> 00:35:38,745 I did not have an affair with this awful person who shot you. 564 00:35:40,399 --> 00:35:42,401 -Or anyone, for that matter. 565 00:35:42,618 --> 00:35:46,492 On our kids' lives, I swear. 566 00:35:54,152 --> 00:35:56,676 What? Come on, come on. 567 00:35:59,896 --> 00:36:02,116 Okay, okay, okay. 568 00:36:02,769 --> 00:36:04,684 It hurts. 569 00:36:05,554 --> 00:36:07,643 Only a few more questions, Mrs. Buttafuoco. 570 00:36:07,817 --> 00:36:10,255 - Anything to help find who did this to Mary Jo. 571 00:36:10,255 --> 00:36:12,648 - According to your wife, the young lady with the gun 572 00:36:12,735 --> 00:36:15,390 said that you and her little sister were having an affair. 573 00:36:19,786 --> 00:36:21,048 - Uh... 574 00:36:25,008 --> 00:36:27,315 No, I got no knowledge of that sorta thing. 575 00:36:27,402 --> 00:36:30,188 - We gotta ask. - The shirt. 576 00:36:30,492 --> 00:36:32,538 You know how many shirts we give away in a year? 577 00:36:32,842 --> 00:36:37,064 - It was one of the new golf shirts. Yeah. 578 00:36:37,325 --> 00:36:39,109 - Those are still in boxes. 579 00:36:39,109 --> 00:36:42,983 - Sh-sh... she said you gave it to her little sister... 580 00:36:46,508 --> 00:36:49,032 it's how she was trying to prove that 581 00:36:49,337 --> 00:36:51,383 what she said was true. 582 00:36:52,993 --> 00:36:54,690 - Wasn't. 583 00:36:54,908 --> 00:36:56,518 It isn't. 584 00:36:58,085 --> 00:37:00,043 I don't know. Maybe someone stole the shirt? 585 00:37:02,002 --> 00:37:04,918 - Maybe another employee of the autobody shop had access to 'em? 586 00:37:07,703 --> 00:37:10,184 - You know, on second thought, 587 00:37:10,271 --> 00:37:12,839 there actually was a customer I-I gave one of those shirts 588 00:37:12,926 --> 00:37:15,885 to as a preview. A male customer. 589 00:37:17,060 --> 00:37:18,366 Elliot Fisher. 590 00:37:18,627 --> 00:37:21,282 - And he's the only one you gave a golf shirt to? 591 00:37:21,282 --> 00:37:23,850 - Maybe this Elliot Fisher has, has daughters, 592 00:37:23,893 --> 00:37:25,591 or nieces, or somethin'. 593 00:37:42,651 --> 00:37:44,131 - We got somethin'. - 'Bout time. 594 00:37:51,399 --> 00:37:54,968 - That's her. Yeah, that's... 595 00:37:55,055 --> 00:37:57,144 that's the girl that shot me. Th-that's Anne-Marie. 596 00:37:57,187 --> 00:37:59,581 - Amy. Amy Fisher. 597 00:37:59,929 --> 00:38:01,888 The daughter of your customer, Elliot Fisher. 598 00:38:03,019 --> 00:38:05,326 - Wow. So, he got kids, huh? 599 00:38:05,370 --> 00:38:06,893 One daughter. 600 00:38:08,938 --> 00:38:10,505 - We just needed your confirmation. 601 00:38:10,766 --> 00:38:12,377 Now we can lure her in. 602 00:38:12,855 --> 00:38:14,596 - How you gonna do that? 603 00:38:24,171 --> 00:38:27,217 - Stick to the script. Nothin' more, nothin' less. 604 00:38:27,261 --> 00:38:28,784 - Yeah, yeah, got it. 605 00:38:38,446 --> 00:38:39,578 - Hello? 606 00:38:39,708 --> 00:38:41,144 - Hey, is this Amy Fisher? 607 00:38:41,188 --> 00:38:42,450 This is Joey Buttafuoco from the autobody shop. 608 00:38:42,537 --> 00:38:44,452 - Joey, how come you're-- 609 00:38:44,496 --> 00:38:46,280 You know what? It's better we talk in person. 610 00:38:46,324 --> 00:38:47,934 - Yeah. Uh... 611 00:38:47,977 --> 00:38:49,196 - Can you meet right now? 612 00:38:49,457 --> 00:38:53,113 Just uh, tell me where you're at. Okay. 613 00:38:54,070 --> 00:38:55,202 Be right there. 614 00:39:08,215 --> 00:39:12,611 Stay calm. Could be just a, uh, traffic ticket. 615 00:39:13,176 --> 00:39:14,308 Step out of the vehicle 616 00:39:14,352 --> 00:39:16,136 and place both hands on your head. 617 00:39:26,886 --> 00:39:29,018 Amy! Amy! 618 00:39:29,062 --> 00:39:31,673 Did you do it? If you didn't, who did? Amy! 619 00:39:31,717 --> 00:39:33,066 Amy! Miss Fisher! 620 00:39:33,153 --> 00:39:35,547 Talk to us, Miss Fisher. It'll take two minutes. 621 00:39:35,808 --> 00:39:37,636 - Amy! Amy! 622 00:39:39,725 --> 00:39:42,467 Amy Fisher, dubbed "The Long Island Lolita" 623 00:39:42,510 --> 00:39:44,599 since it's rumored she was having an illicit affair 624 00:39:44,599 --> 00:39:46,253 with the victim's husband, 625 00:39:46,296 --> 00:39:48,386 is now the prime suspect in the shooting 626 00:39:48,429 --> 00:39:50,300 of Mary Jo Buttafuoco. 627 00:39:50,344 --> 00:39:53,869 It should be noted that Miss Fisher is only 17 years old, 628 00:39:54,043 --> 00:39:56,437 leaving many to wonder just how responsible 629 00:39:56,481 --> 00:39:58,221 someone this young could be, 630 00:39:58,221 --> 00:40:00,659 for the circumstances she finds herself in. 631 00:40:00,702 --> 00:40:03,096 - The media portrayed Amy Fisher 632 00:40:03,183 --> 00:40:06,708 as this sweet 17-year-old who'd been taken advantage of. 633 00:40:06,752 --> 00:40:08,754 Who didn't know what she was doing. 634 00:40:08,841 --> 00:40:11,147 I understand the complexity now, 635 00:40:11,147 --> 00:40:13,715 that someone can be both victim and perpetrator. 636 00:40:13,759 --> 00:40:15,456 But I was there on that front porch 637 00:40:15,500 --> 00:40:17,110 the day she shot me, 638 00:40:17,197 --> 00:40:20,983 and Amy Fisher knew what she was doing before, 639 00:40:20,983 --> 00:40:23,246 during, and after. 640 00:40:29,905 --> 00:40:31,864 All right, I got this. 641 00:40:33,300 --> 00:40:35,171 Ms. Buttafuoco! Ms. Buttafuoco! 642 00:40:35,215 --> 00:40:38,087 - Hey, what're you doin'? Back off! Clear a path. Come on! 643 00:40:38,958 --> 00:40:40,742 Hey, I got ya. I got ya. 644 00:40:45,094 --> 00:40:46,618 What, these people don't have anything 645 00:40:46,661 --> 00:40:48,794 better to do, huh? 646 00:40:48,794 --> 00:40:50,796 I keep tellin' ya, sweetheart, we're famous. 647 00:40:51,013 --> 00:40:53,276 - I don't wanna be famous. 648 00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:55,453 I want my kids. 649 00:40:55,496 --> 00:40:56,932 - Mom! 650 00:40:57,019 --> 00:40:58,325 - Hi! Oh, my God. - Mom! 651 00:40:58,325 --> 00:41:00,240 Oh, hey, c'mere, c'mere. 652 00:41:00,719 --> 00:41:02,808 - Careful, Paul and Jessie, your mother's still hurt. 653 00:41:02,851 --> 00:41:04,505 Don't listen to your father. 654 00:41:04,549 --> 00:41:05,724 I love you. 655 00:41:05,767 --> 00:41:06,986 I love you too. 656 00:41:07,160 --> 00:41:08,553 I never want you to let go. 657 00:41:08,553 --> 00:41:09,728 I love you too, baby. 658 00:41:09,771 --> 00:41:10,903 Who do you believe, Mary Jo, 659 00:41:10,990 --> 00:41:13,296 your husband or Amy Fisher? 660 00:41:29,051 --> 00:41:30,749 I was so beaten up, 661 00:41:30,792 --> 00:41:32,838 so dependent on Joey financially. 662 00:41:32,881 --> 00:41:34,840 I didn't want to break up our family. 663 00:41:34,970 --> 00:41:36,537 The kids were young. 664 00:41:36,581 --> 00:41:39,018 I was worried what people would say. 665 00:41:39,061 --> 00:41:40,846 What my Irish Catholic mother would think 666 00:41:40,846 --> 00:41:43,631 if I questioned Joey's and my wedding vows. 667 00:41:44,110 --> 00:41:46,199 Joey was all I knew. 668 00:41:46,242 --> 00:41:50,682 All I thought I had. And he seemed so sincere. 669 00:41:51,421 --> 00:41:53,598 It wasn't so much that I was ignorant, 670 00:41:53,641 --> 00:41:56,818 it's that Joey was that good at being dishonest. 671 00:42:02,171 --> 00:42:04,913 The realization that my life would never be the same, 672 00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:07,437 that I might never be able to smile again, 673 00:42:07,481 --> 00:42:10,702 was something I didn't know if I could ever come to terms with. 674 00:42:25,847 --> 00:42:27,240 Jess? 675 00:42:34,073 --> 00:42:37,424 Sweetie, you awake, huh? 676 00:42:41,254 --> 00:42:42,342 Hmm? 677 00:42:51,438 --> 00:42:52,874 Hi. 678 00:42:55,529 --> 00:42:57,009 Can I see this? 679 00:43:17,682 --> 00:43:19,466 You are the sweetest girl. 680 00:43:22,425 --> 00:43:24,079 Thank you. 681 00:43:37,789 --> 00:43:40,008 - I keep telling you, it was an accident. 682 00:43:40,008 --> 00:43:42,141 - That's all you gotta say for yourself? 683 00:43:46,014 --> 00:43:50,671 - I was confused on account of Joey's so much older than me, 684 00:43:50,758 --> 00:43:53,500 and I really didn't know what I was doing. 685 00:43:53,543 --> 00:43:56,242 You gotta believe me. The gun went off by itself. I swear! 686 00:44:01,508 --> 00:44:03,379 The physical evidence told a different story. 687 00:44:03,466 --> 00:44:06,165 Detectives had the theory that the gun Amy used 688 00:44:06,295 --> 00:44:08,994 had its slide pulled back before it was fired, 689 00:44:09,211 --> 00:44:10,952 which showed she came to my home 690 00:44:11,170 --> 00:44:12,650 with the intent to shoot me. 691 00:44:12,693 --> 00:44:14,869 That was hard to accept. 692 00:44:15,435 --> 00:44:18,656 All I wanted was for my life to return to normal, 693 00:44:18,699 --> 00:44:21,093 and that meant putting faith in my family. 694 00:44:26,489 --> 00:44:28,796 - I'm not sure this is the best idea, Joey, 695 00:44:28,840 --> 00:44:30,189 you know? I mean... 696 00:44:34,454 --> 00:44:36,238 Feels like... 697 00:44:36,369 --> 00:44:38,023 It feels like it's too soon. 698 00:44:44,290 --> 00:44:45,813 - What'd I tell ya? Everyone loves ya. 699 00:44:46,161 --> 00:44:47,467 Same as us. 700 00:44:48,424 --> 00:44:49,774 Especially me. 701 00:44:50,122 --> 00:44:51,689 All right, let's go find a nice cabana for your mother. 702 00:44:51,732 --> 00:44:53,212 Come on. 703 00:45:06,791 --> 00:45:08,531 - Does it hurt? 704 00:45:10,142 --> 00:45:11,491 - 'Scuse me? 705 00:45:11,491 --> 00:45:13,536 - Where the bullet went in and out. 706 00:45:14,799 --> 00:45:16,191 - You wanna know a secret? 707 00:45:18,193 --> 00:45:19,804 - It's still in my head, yeah? 708 00:45:20,152 --> 00:45:21,370 In my jaw. 709 00:45:22,197 --> 00:45:23,721 - Can we see? 710 00:45:23,764 --> 00:45:27,550 - Sure ya can. 711 00:45:27,637 --> 00:45:30,379 If you had X-ray vision like Superman, 712 00:45:30,466 --> 00:45:32,860 you'd be able to see right there. 713 00:45:32,904 --> 00:45:33,861 - Wow! 714 00:45:34,166 --> 00:45:35,254 - Mm-hmm. 715 00:45:37,343 --> 00:45:39,562 - Mrs. Buttafuoco, you're the coolest lady, ever! 716 00:45:45,394 --> 00:45:47,353 - He's right, you know. 717 00:45:47,527 --> 00:45:49,094 You're definitely the coolest lady ever. 718 00:45:50,660 --> 00:45:53,402 Joey was a fabulous liar and manipulator. 719 00:45:53,446 --> 00:45:55,317 But he wasn't the only one still hiding the truth 720 00:45:55,404 --> 00:45:56,536 of what really happened. 721 00:45:58,364 --> 00:45:59,452 - I'm glad we came. 722 00:46:16,251 --> 00:46:17,557 - So? 723 00:46:17,644 --> 00:46:18,819 Anything change? 724 00:46:19,037 --> 00:46:21,256 - You can ask me the same questions over and over 725 00:46:21,343 --> 00:46:23,476 all you want. My story's never gonna change. 726 00:46:24,390 --> 00:46:26,871 None of this is my fault. 727 00:46:26,914 --> 00:46:29,177 I got caught up in other people's troubles, is all. 728 00:46:29,308 --> 00:46:31,092 Their manipulations. 729 00:46:32,180 --> 00:46:33,486 I was used! 730 00:46:36,924 --> 00:46:38,839 - A Mr. Steven Sleeman 731 00:46:38,839 --> 00:46:41,799 and a Mr. Peter Guagenti tell a very different story 732 00:46:41,842 --> 00:46:43,670 from the one you've shared, Miss Fisher. 733 00:46:43,713 --> 00:46:47,630 They tell one of helping you try to kil Mary Jo Buttafuoco 734 00:46:47,674 --> 00:46:49,676 last November. 735 00:46:49,763 --> 00:46:51,765 And when that plan didn't work out... 736 00:46:52,461 --> 00:46:54,463 ...the other says that he sold you a gun 737 00:46:54,507 --> 00:46:56,814 and drove you to the Buttafuoco residence 738 00:46:56,901 --> 00:46:58,728 so that you could do it yourself. 739 00:46:58,728 --> 00:47:00,643 - We're not gonna comment on what sounds like hearsay, 740 00:47:00,687 --> 00:47:01,775 at best. 741 00:47:06,084 --> 00:47:08,216 - Holding back information 742 00:47:08,347 --> 00:47:09,696 isn't gonna do you any favors. 743 00:47:11,306 --> 00:47:12,699 - We're aware of our rights. 744 00:47:16,529 --> 00:47:18,792 - According to sources, the only person 745 00:47:18,879 --> 00:47:21,534 who doesn't suspect Joey Buttafuoco had an affair 746 00:47:21,577 --> 00:47:23,579 with the accused assailant is his wife, 747 00:47:23,666 --> 00:47:26,539 the gunshot victim, Mary Jo Buttafuoco. 748 00:47:32,110 --> 00:47:33,459 Come bearing gifts. 749 00:47:38,029 --> 00:47:40,335 Apple sauce and cottage cheese? 750 00:47:40,466 --> 00:47:41,989 - At least you don't have to eat through a straw. 751 00:47:41,989 --> 00:47:43,643 - Yeah. 752 00:47:43,686 --> 00:47:44,774 - All right. 753 00:47:44,862 --> 00:47:46,298 Yuck. 754 00:47:49,518 --> 00:47:51,433 - I hear the news on here again? 755 00:47:51,433 --> 00:47:52,957 Hmm? 756 00:47:53,305 --> 00:47:55,655 How many times I gotta tell you that stuff's no good for ya. 757 00:47:56,047 --> 00:47:58,788 - Can I help it if we're all that's on TV? 758 00:47:58,876 --> 00:48:02,531 And if I wanted to be famous or infamous? 759 00:48:02,618 --> 00:48:05,404 You know who really doesn't mind being famous? 760 00:48:05,534 --> 00:48:07,710 It's that girl. 761 00:48:07,710 --> 00:48:08,711 Who... 762 00:48:08,711 --> 00:48:10,496 - Who? 763 00:48:12,715 --> 00:48:14,413 - What? 764 00:48:14,456 --> 00:48:16,458 You go ahead, say it. 765 00:48:16,894 --> 00:48:19,287 - You don't believe I never slept with Amy Fisher, do ya? 766 00:48:19,505 --> 00:48:21,899 Looking back, I can see the cracks forming 767 00:48:21,942 --> 00:48:23,465 all around me. 768 00:48:23,596 --> 00:48:25,946 If only I'd been ready to admit it to myself 769 00:48:26,033 --> 00:48:27,426 at the time. 770 00:48:27,469 --> 00:48:30,168 - It's not that I don't believe you, Joey. 771 00:48:30,385 --> 00:48:31,909 I just wish that these... 772 00:48:31,952 --> 00:48:33,954 These idiots on TV did. 773 00:48:34,520 --> 00:48:36,130 - You know I'm... 774 00:48:36,348 --> 00:48:38,916 The things that these reporters, these newscasters are saying 775 00:48:38,959 --> 00:48:41,440 about us. 776 00:48:41,527 --> 00:48:42,702 About our marriage? 777 00:48:45,618 --> 00:48:46,967 - We've gotta make sure Paul and Jessie 778 00:48:47,098 --> 00:48:48,664 never see this stuff. 779 00:48:49,100 --> 00:48:52,625 - Amy Fisher is a very confused young girl. 780 00:48:52,625 --> 00:48:55,062 Sure, I remember her being in the shop a lot. 781 00:48:55,062 --> 00:48:57,282 Her dad let her charge repairs to his account. 782 00:48:57,412 --> 00:48:58,544 She was a really bad driver, 783 00:48:58,631 --> 00:48:59,849 always getting in all these accidents. 784 00:49:02,113 --> 00:49:03,941 - Anything she says about me? 785 00:49:03,984 --> 00:49:05,159 Bald-faced lie. 786 00:49:05,159 --> 00:49:06,595 That's all there is to it. 787 00:49:06,682 --> 00:49:08,119 Besides, something I want to talk to you about 788 00:49:08,162 --> 00:49:09,424 that's better than TV? 789 00:49:09,468 --> 00:49:11,252 Oh, yeah? What's that? 790 00:49:14,342 --> 00:49:15,648 - Movies. 791 00:49:17,563 --> 00:49:20,435 "Dear Mr. and Mrs. Buttafuoco, 792 00:49:20,566 --> 00:49:22,872 "if you'll kindly grant us your valuable time 793 00:49:22,916 --> 00:49:25,353 "for a meeting, we'd like to explain 794 00:49:25,527 --> 00:49:28,095 "how telling your story cinematically, 795 00:49:28,095 --> 00:49:31,185 "can bring something good outta something that's been 796 00:49:31,446 --> 00:49:34,710 "truly awful for you." 797 00:49:38,976 --> 00:49:41,413 Give me a kiss. 798 00:49:41,804 --> 00:49:44,068 Hollywood came calling sooner than the police 799 00:49:44,111 --> 00:49:45,852 could wrap up the case. 800 00:49:45,939 --> 00:49:47,985 Everyone wanted in on the action. 801 00:49:48,028 --> 00:49:50,509 They were making three movies at the same time. 802 00:49:50,639 --> 00:49:52,337 I couldn't believe it. 803 00:49:52,772 --> 00:49:55,253 But everyone around me thought it was so exciting. 804 00:49:55,296 --> 00:49:59,039 "Oh, Mary Jo's on TV. Joey's consulting on a movie." 805 00:49:59,083 --> 00:50:01,346 I thought to myself, if this was happening 806 00:50:01,476 --> 00:50:03,478 to my best friend, it would be exciting. 807 00:50:03,565 --> 00:50:05,785 So, I went along with it. 808 00:50:09,484 --> 00:50:10,833 Even though we were on the set 809 00:50:10,877 --> 00:50:13,271 for one of the movies, I was still in total denial 810 00:50:13,358 --> 00:50:15,316 of the absurdity of it all. 811 00:50:17,318 --> 00:50:19,799 Not to mention barely functional because of all 812 00:50:19,799 --> 00:50:21,931 the drugs I was on for pain. 813 00:50:21,975 --> 00:50:23,629 And action. 814 00:50:24,021 --> 00:50:25,674 - You're gonna wanna hear what I have to say. 815 00:50:25,718 --> 00:50:28,155 I need to get back to my painting. 816 00:50:28,199 --> 00:50:29,548 He's lying to you. 817 00:50:31,593 --> 00:50:33,160 - It's not how it happened. 818 00:50:33,160 --> 00:50:35,119 - Nah, it's Hollywood, babe. 819 00:50:35,206 --> 00:50:37,034 Just be glad that one of these movies is finally telling 820 00:50:37,077 --> 00:50:37,904 my side of the sto... 821 00:50:39,210 --> 00:50:40,907 Our side of the story. 822 00:50:42,691 --> 00:50:43,910 - Hmm. 823 00:50:48,828 --> 00:50:50,003 - You okay? 824 00:50:56,270 --> 00:50:57,750 Someone call 911! 825 00:50:57,750 --> 00:50:58,925 Mary Jo. 826 00:50:59,012 --> 00:51:00,187 Mary Jo, you okay? 827 00:51:00,187 --> 00:51:01,493 Come on. 828 00:51:08,587 --> 00:51:10,154 - Dr. Forrest, dial 118, please. 829 00:51:10,154 --> 00:51:12,112 Dr. Forrest, please dial 118. 830 00:51:12,199 --> 00:51:13,592 - Joey? 831 00:51:30,478 --> 00:51:32,219 You should be resting, Mary Jo. 832 00:51:32,219 --> 00:51:33,742 - Hmm? 833 00:51:33,829 --> 00:51:35,614 - You don't mind me calling you that, do you? 834 00:51:35,701 --> 00:51:37,616 - No, of course not. 835 00:51:40,053 --> 00:51:41,881 - So, um... 836 00:51:41,881 --> 00:51:44,753 ...you feeling well enough for me to ask a small favor? 837 00:51:49,149 --> 00:51:50,759 - Can I get an autograph? 838 00:51:53,022 --> 00:51:54,459 - I figure if I get yours and Joey's, 839 00:51:54,676 --> 00:51:56,635 then all I need is Amy Fisher's. 840 00:51:57,201 --> 00:52:00,247 - Although I am very much Team Mary Jo. 841 00:52:01,118 --> 00:52:03,946 I never wanted to be recognized in public. 842 00:52:03,946 --> 00:52:06,297 I was happy being a wife, a mom. 843 00:52:06,645 --> 00:52:08,603 I loved my life. 844 00:52:08,603 --> 00:52:11,519 All I wanted was to be there for my children. 845 00:52:12,172 --> 00:52:15,567 Those three movies did nothing to help my anonymity. 846 00:52:15,654 --> 00:52:17,090 - Pfft. At this point in my life, 847 00:52:17,177 --> 00:52:19,179 I've seen myself shot in the head on TV 848 00:52:19,223 --> 00:52:20,659 more than 300 times. 849 00:52:21,964 --> 00:52:25,316 - Everything became about Joey and Amy. 850 00:52:25,838 --> 00:52:27,840 Me and my kids got lost in the shuffle. 851 00:52:29,058 --> 00:52:31,800 And things just kept getting worse. 852 00:52:34,151 --> 00:52:35,761 - Was Joey Buttafuoco the one who told you 853 00:52:35,804 --> 00:52:37,197 to shoot Mary Jo, Amy? 854 00:52:37,197 --> 00:52:39,939 - Whose idea was it to kill Mrs. Buttafuoco? 855 00:52:40,026 --> 00:52:41,767 - If you're innocent, we wanna hear from you, Amy. 856 00:52:41,810 --> 00:52:42,985 You can talk to us. 857 00:52:57,217 --> 00:52:58,610 - What's so funny? 858 00:52:58,740 --> 00:53:00,829 - This show really cracks me up. 859 00:53:00,873 --> 00:53:02,266 - Come on. 860 00:53:02,309 --> 00:53:03,310 Watch some TV with us. 861 00:53:03,571 --> 00:53:04,964 Take a load off. 862 00:53:08,097 --> 00:53:09,708 - No, I'm okay. 863 00:53:17,106 --> 00:53:18,934 A lot of the comedy shows back then 864 00:53:18,978 --> 00:53:20,284 thought it was funny to do sketches, 865 00:53:20,371 --> 00:53:22,111 making fun of what happened, 866 00:53:22,111 --> 00:53:23,809 what I was going through, 867 00:53:23,896 --> 00:53:26,551 me being paralyzed on one side of my face. 868 00:53:27,900 --> 00:53:29,945 You know who didn't find any of that funny? 869 00:53:29,989 --> 00:53:31,077 Me. 870 00:53:36,387 --> 00:53:39,564 - I can't even watch those comedy shows right now. 871 00:53:39,694 --> 00:53:40,913 And like not knowing when 872 00:53:41,000 --> 00:53:43,698 they're gonna make fun of us again. 873 00:53:50,009 --> 00:53:51,489 When did I... 874 00:53:51,706 --> 00:53:53,969 Did we become the... 875 00:53:54,056 --> 00:53:55,319 ...punchline? 876 00:53:55,536 --> 00:53:57,146 - Our lawyer's looking in and see when the shows 877 00:53:57,146 --> 00:53:58,191 that are doing that. 878 00:53:58,409 --> 00:53:59,801 - 'Cause because I got shot in the face? 879 00:53:59,888 --> 00:54:01,977 'Cause I believe you? 880 00:54:02,717 --> 00:54:08,419 The man I promised to love 'til death do us part, you know. 881 00:54:09,158 --> 00:54:12,901 - What you and I got is rock solid. 882 00:54:12,988 --> 00:54:14,903 No one needs to understand that except for you, me, 883 00:54:14,947 --> 00:54:16,383 and the kids. 884 00:54:16,818 --> 00:54:18,690 Looking back, I can see I had all the symptoms 885 00:54:18,777 --> 00:54:20,169 of Stockholm Syndrome. 886 00:54:20,344 --> 00:54:22,781 I still didn't think Joey had been having an affair 887 00:54:22,868 --> 00:54:25,349 with the person who did this to me. 888 00:54:25,436 --> 00:54:27,699 Life was too foggy because of the multiple 889 00:54:27,742 --> 00:54:29,483 pain medications I was on. 890 00:54:30,049 --> 00:54:32,617 - When I was in 6th grade, I had a concussion 891 00:54:32,704 --> 00:54:35,184 after a bad fall and couldn't remember anything 892 00:54:35,228 --> 00:54:36,882 for a short period. 893 00:54:37,012 --> 00:54:39,798 Catholic school left me back a grade. 894 00:54:39,928 --> 00:54:43,367 Everyone called me immature, the left-back baby. 895 00:54:43,410 --> 00:54:45,412 Kids told me I was stupid. 896 00:54:46,152 --> 00:54:47,719 Then later in life, this all happens, 897 00:54:47,762 --> 00:54:51,940 and now I'm stupid again because I'm not leaving Joey. 898 00:54:51,984 --> 00:54:54,116 Because I believed the man I swore to stay with, 899 00:54:54,160 --> 00:54:55,770 for better or for worse. 900 00:54:58,033 --> 00:55:00,993 - These interrogations are bordering on harassment. 901 00:55:01,036 --> 00:55:03,604 My client remains a frightened young girl, 902 00:55:03,822 --> 00:55:05,563 a victim of everyone who's trying to take 903 00:55:05,606 --> 00:55:07,434 inappropriate advantage of her. 904 00:55:07,521 --> 00:55:09,262 - We're just trying to do our best to piece together 905 00:55:09,306 --> 00:55:11,133 the facts as they're revealed to us, 906 00:55:11,177 --> 00:55:12,831 for everyone's best interest, 907 00:55:12,961 --> 00:55:14,441 including Miss Fisher's. 908 00:55:14,441 --> 00:55:15,921 - If you've got something you haven't disclosed, 909 00:55:16,008 --> 00:55:17,183 that alone could be grounds for-- 910 00:55:17,401 --> 00:55:18,663 - All we're asking for is a little clarification 911 00:55:18,880 --> 00:55:20,621 on all the stuff about Miss Fisher 912 00:55:20,926 --> 00:55:22,667 being reported on TV night after night. 913 00:55:22,710 --> 00:55:25,409 - Tabloid fodder, none of which has been substantiated. 914 00:55:25,496 --> 00:55:27,672 Just some people trying to make a quick buck off 915 00:55:27,759 --> 00:55:29,804 all the publicity surrounding my client. 916 00:55:32,590 --> 00:55:34,200 - Coming, Cap. 917 00:55:41,250 --> 00:55:42,382 - Hey, don't worry. 918 00:55:42,730 --> 00:55:44,210 We're still gonna get 'em to agree to a plea deal. 919 00:56:07,451 --> 00:56:08,756 Hello? 920 00:56:08,756 --> 00:56:10,062 I just wanted to let you know 921 00:56:10,149 --> 00:56:11,890 that Amy Fisher's grand jury testimony has been 922 00:56:11,933 --> 00:56:13,021 temporarily postponed. 923 00:56:13,021 --> 00:56:14,588 - What? 924 00:56:14,849 --> 00:56:16,938 - Yeah, apparently she's been hit hard by a news story 925 00:56:17,069 --> 00:56:19,288 airing last night with a video of her admitting to 926 00:56:19,288 --> 00:56:21,856 her boyfriend that she's keeping her name in the press 927 00:56:21,943 --> 00:56:25,120 to make a lot of money and get a super high-end car. 928 00:56:25,120 --> 00:56:26,121 - Really. 929 00:56:26,121 --> 00:56:27,384 - Mm-hmm. 930 00:56:27,688 --> 00:56:30,169 So, they said that she'll be there for at least 931 00:56:30,256 --> 00:56:33,041 a week for psychiatric examination and observation. 932 00:56:33,390 --> 00:56:35,479 - Look, it's not like I want her to... 933 00:56:35,522 --> 00:56:37,568 You know? 934 00:56:37,611 --> 00:56:39,831 - I'll be in touch when we have more information. 935 00:56:40,092 --> 00:56:42,399 - Okay. Thank you. 936 00:56:42,964 --> 00:56:44,183 Take care of yourself, Mary Jo. 937 00:56:52,278 --> 00:56:53,758 - Everything good? 938 00:56:56,456 --> 00:56:58,893 - Nothing's been good since May, Joey. 939 00:56:58,980 --> 00:57:00,852 Or have you not been paying attention? 940 00:57:01,069 --> 00:57:02,462 - Babe, I... 941 00:57:02,810 --> 00:57:04,377 - Amy's in the hospital for psychiatric examination. 942 00:57:08,729 --> 00:57:10,514 Yeah, yeah, I mean, 943 00:57:10,601 --> 00:57:12,733 I keep telling you how messed up she is. 944 00:57:15,519 --> 00:57:17,085 - What about me, Joey? 945 00:57:19,566 --> 00:57:22,308 - Do you understand how long I have been waiting to finally 946 00:57:22,351 --> 00:57:25,267 see the person who shot me testify to a grand jury 947 00:57:25,267 --> 00:57:27,922 so she will finally face charges? 948 00:57:29,010 --> 00:57:30,316 - I do. - No. 949 00:57:39,760 --> 00:57:41,719 - This is never gonna end, is it? 950 00:57:50,945 --> 00:57:53,078 Will today be the final chapter 951 00:57:53,078 --> 00:57:55,515 in the lengthy saga of the Long Island Lolita? 952 00:57:55,515 --> 00:57:57,778 Inside this courthouse, Amy Fisher will at long last 953 00:57:57,822 --> 00:57:59,519 come face to face with her victim. 954 00:57:59,563 --> 00:58:01,565 It will be the first time the two have seen each other 955 00:58:01,608 --> 00:58:04,002 since May 19th, 1992, 956 00:58:04,045 --> 00:58:06,570 when Amy Fisher allegedly visited a tranquil 957 00:58:06,613 --> 00:58:10,269 Massapequa home and put a bullet in Mary Jo Buttafuoco's head. 958 00:58:25,763 --> 00:58:27,504 - Let's try to keep this matter 959 00:58:27,547 --> 00:58:28,853 as efficient as we can 960 00:58:29,070 --> 00:58:31,203 since the defendant has already agreed to plead guilty 961 00:58:31,333 --> 00:58:34,075 to the shooting in arrangement for her plea deal. 962 00:58:41,387 --> 00:58:44,129 - The defendant has a statement she wishes to enter? 963 00:58:44,521 --> 00:58:45,957 - Uh, yes, Your Honor. 964 00:58:52,354 --> 00:58:54,879 Seeing Amy Fisher in person for the first time 965 00:58:55,096 --> 00:58:57,316 since the shooting was surreal. 966 00:58:57,359 --> 00:58:58,839 The girl who tried to kill me 967 00:58:59,013 --> 00:59:00,537 in the same room. 968 00:59:00,580 --> 00:59:02,756 But I held my head high. 969 00:59:02,800 --> 00:59:04,628 I knew who I was. 970 00:59:04,671 --> 00:59:06,238 I had my integrity, 971 00:59:06,281 --> 00:59:08,501 and I wasn't trading it for anything. 972 00:59:14,899 --> 00:59:17,031 - Sometimes I think this was a nightmare, 973 00:59:17,075 --> 00:59:20,644 and it didn't really happen, and then I realize that it did. 974 00:59:21,427 --> 00:59:24,865 I went up to the doorstep with a loaded gun in my pocket. 975 00:59:24,909 --> 00:59:28,477 I spoke with Mrs. Buttafuoco outside her Massapequa home 976 00:59:28,565 --> 00:59:31,089 for 15 minutes until Mrs. Buttafuoco turned 977 00:59:31,176 --> 00:59:32,351 to go back inside. 978 00:59:33,874 --> 00:59:35,789 I hit her on the back of the head. 979 00:59:36,094 --> 00:59:37,748 I hit her again. 980 00:59:37,791 --> 00:59:39,706 The gun went off. 981 00:59:39,793 --> 00:59:41,882 I tried to get her off of me, 982 00:59:41,926 --> 00:59:45,364 and I hit her, I think, twice. 983 00:59:45,407 --> 00:59:46,626 And then I left. 984 00:59:46,670 --> 00:59:47,845 I ran away. 985 00:59:49,368 --> 00:59:51,109 These, Your Honor, are all true. 986 00:59:51,196 --> 00:59:53,198 They are all facts. 987 00:59:53,241 --> 00:59:54,808 And I cannot and will not take them back 988 00:59:55,113 --> 00:59:56,462 for the sake of harmony. 989 01:00:03,034 --> 01:00:06,777 - And now I believe we'll hear from Amy Fisher's victim. 990 01:00:10,650 --> 01:00:12,652 Make no mistake, 991 01:00:12,696 --> 01:00:15,524 this courtroom will not devolve into the media frenzy 992 01:00:15,524 --> 01:00:17,744 that has surrounded these goings-on 993 01:00:17,831 --> 01:00:19,137 for the last year and a half. 994 01:00:20,660 --> 01:00:21,879 - Mrs. Buttafuoco. 995 01:00:35,457 --> 01:00:39,505 - My two beautiful children are having a difficult time 996 01:00:39,548 --> 01:00:40,985 leaving me alone. 997 01:00:41,246 --> 01:00:44,771 They are afraid I might not be there when they get home 998 01:00:44,815 --> 01:00:46,468 from school. 999 01:00:46,512 --> 01:00:48,079 They have been severely traumatized 1000 01:00:48,166 --> 01:00:49,907 by this event. 1001 01:00:49,950 --> 01:00:53,867 And this, to me, is the greatest tragedy of all. 1002 01:00:53,911 --> 01:00:56,087 All this damage by someone 1003 01:00:56,130 --> 01:00:59,090 who still shows absolutely no remorse for her actions. 1004 01:01:02,441 --> 01:01:05,531 The bullet is still lodged in the base of my brain 1005 01:01:05,662 --> 01:01:08,273 and causes me constant pain and suffering. 1006 01:01:08,360 --> 01:01:10,710 The future holds numerous operations, 1007 01:01:10,797 --> 01:01:12,843 and if there is any unnatural movement 1008 01:01:13,191 --> 01:01:14,714 of the bullet, 1009 01:01:14,714 --> 01:01:16,977 I am faced with paralysis, 1010 01:01:17,238 --> 01:01:19,501 and perhaps, even death. 1011 01:01:19,763 --> 01:01:21,503 I understand you have a letter written 1012 01:01:21,547 --> 01:01:24,202 by your daughter, Jessica, that you'd like to read? 1013 01:01:26,857 --> 01:01:30,251 - "Thank you for putting Amy Fisher in jail. 1014 01:01:30,382 --> 01:01:34,995 "She has done so many bad things to my family and I. 1015 01:01:35,082 --> 01:01:40,131 "Please make Amy Fisher stay in jail for a very long time 1016 01:01:40,566 --> 01:01:42,568 "so she can't hurt my mom again. 1017 01:01:44,396 --> 01:01:46,833 "My daddy, 1018 01:01:46,833 --> 01:01:49,749 "brother Paul, and I love her very much." 1019 01:02:09,769 --> 01:02:12,554 - So far, the seductive teenager has stuck to her story, 1020 01:02:12,641 --> 01:02:15,775 that she had a steamy romance with the Mary Jo Buttafuoco's 1021 01:02:15,775 --> 01:02:17,211 husband, Joey Buttafuoco, 1022 01:02:17,342 --> 01:02:19,561 who isn't in the courtroom today. 1023 01:02:20,040 --> 01:02:21,433 - At an earlier news conference, 1024 01:02:21,476 --> 01:02:23,914 he once again claimed he never had sex 1025 01:02:23,957 --> 01:02:25,524 with the accused. 1026 01:02:26,003 --> 01:02:28,005 - I have a brief statement. 1027 01:02:28,048 --> 01:02:30,921 Amy Fisher is a liar and has zero credibility. 1028 01:02:31,269 --> 01:02:32,836 She knows that. 1029 01:02:32,836 --> 01:02:34,141 I know she's a liar. 1030 01:02:34,315 --> 01:02:36,013 I know she has no credibility. 1031 01:02:36,056 --> 01:02:37,623 That's all I'm gonna say. 1032 01:02:41,845 --> 01:02:46,763 - You are a tragedy and disgrace to yourself, 1033 01:02:46,806 --> 01:02:48,112 to your family, 1034 01:02:48,329 --> 01:02:50,679 to your friends, and to society. 1035 01:02:50,723 --> 01:02:54,031 And you deserve no less than the maximum sentence 1036 01:02:54,074 --> 01:02:56,337 I can impose by law. 1037 01:02:56,424 --> 01:03:00,559 For many months, You had stalked Mary Jo Buttafuoco 1038 01:03:00,559 --> 01:03:03,388 like a wild animal stalks its prey. 1039 01:03:04,606 --> 01:03:08,001 Motivated by lust and passion, 1040 01:03:08,001 --> 01:03:11,875 you were a walking stick of dynamite with the fuse lit. 1041 01:03:11,962 --> 01:03:13,964 Amy Fisher... 1042 01:03:14,007 --> 01:03:17,489 ...you are sentenced to 5 to 15 years in prison. 1043 01:03:21,014 --> 01:03:23,321 - Do you have anything you wish to say to the court? 1044 01:03:24,322 --> 01:03:29,501 Or to Mrs. Buttafuoco? 1045 01:03:29,588 --> 01:03:32,243 - If I could change everything, I would. 1046 01:03:32,417 --> 01:03:34,636 If I could put my hand over her face 1047 01:03:34,680 --> 01:03:36,595 and make it go away, I would. 1048 01:03:38,249 --> 01:03:39,903 - I don't wanna be the Amy Fisher 1049 01:03:39,990 --> 01:03:41,513 that stands here today. 1050 01:03:41,600 --> 01:03:44,908 I wanna be the Amy Fisher I was before I met Joe Butafuoco 1051 01:03:44,951 --> 01:03:46,779 in November of 1990. 1052 01:04:01,794 --> 01:04:03,665 Do you still believe your husband didn't sleep 1053 01:04:03,709 --> 01:04:05,624 with Amy Fisher? 1054 01:04:05,624 --> 01:04:06,843 Do you feel sorry for her at all? 1055 01:04:06,886 --> 01:04:08,192 - You don't need to talk to them, okay? 1056 01:04:08,409 --> 01:04:09,846 - Amy Fisher is a liar, 1057 01:04:09,889 --> 01:04:11,848 not to mention an attempted murderer. 1058 01:04:11,978 --> 01:04:13,371 Right? 1059 01:04:13,545 --> 01:04:16,896 And the DA is taking her word over Joey's. 1060 01:04:16,940 --> 01:04:19,812 I am not gonna let this one person destroy our lives. 1061 01:04:23,337 --> 01:04:24,556 - There you have it. 1062 01:04:37,961 --> 01:04:39,658 - You're Mary Jo Buttafuoco, right? 1063 01:04:39,701 --> 01:04:40,964 You've been through so much. 1064 01:04:41,051 --> 01:04:42,922 I am a big fan. 1065 01:04:42,966 --> 01:04:44,402 - Thank you. 1066 01:04:47,013 --> 01:04:48,885 - I am so embarrassed. 1067 01:04:48,928 --> 01:04:50,147 Sorry. 1068 01:04:50,234 --> 01:04:52,149 - No, it's okay. 1069 01:04:52,192 --> 01:04:53,890 Have a nice day, all right? 1070 01:04:54,368 --> 01:04:55,761 Is it true what they're saying? 1071 01:04:55,935 --> 01:04:59,460 That Amy Fisher can describe, you know, Joey's privates? 1072 01:04:59,678 --> 01:05:01,985 I developed this weird ability to ignore 1073 01:05:02,072 --> 01:05:04,074 what anyone was saying. 1074 01:05:04,117 --> 01:05:05,814 I still believed Joey. 1075 01:05:05,902 --> 01:05:07,120 I was in pain, 1076 01:05:07,164 --> 01:05:08,817 mental and physical, 1077 01:05:08,861 --> 01:05:11,603 and on way too many drugs to know the difference. 1078 01:05:11,733 --> 01:05:14,171 Not to mention being raised Catholic in the 60s 1079 01:05:14,171 --> 01:05:17,739 absolutely shaped my view of what was right and wrong. 1080 01:05:17,783 --> 01:05:20,177 Catholics don't get divorced. 1081 01:05:20,960 --> 01:05:23,745 One time when Joey and I temporarily separated, 1082 01:05:23,789 --> 01:05:25,399 my mother said, "This is what happens when 1083 01:05:25,573 --> 01:05:27,184 "you don't have Jesus in your life." 1084 01:05:27,271 --> 01:05:28,968 That was her answer to everything 1085 01:05:29,012 --> 01:05:30,839 I was going through. 1086 01:05:30,927 --> 01:05:33,364 Everyone close to us still believed Joey, 1087 01:05:33,538 --> 01:05:35,453 even when one of his former employees 1088 01:05:35,496 --> 01:05:37,672 told a talk show Joey had admitted to sleeping 1089 01:05:37,759 --> 01:05:38,760 with Amy Fisher. 1090 01:05:38,978 --> 01:05:40,806 And the DA filed charges because of it. 1091 01:05:44,984 --> 01:05:47,813 I keep telling ya, 1092 01:05:47,813 --> 01:05:49,771 that former employee is just trying to stir up trouble. 1093 01:05:49,771 --> 01:05:51,295 None of what he says on TV is true. 1094 01:05:55,821 --> 01:05:57,736 - You want me to go to trial to get sentenced for something 1095 01:05:57,779 --> 01:05:58,737 I never did? 1096 01:05:58,824 --> 01:06:01,522 Six counts of statutory rape, 1097 01:06:01,609 --> 01:06:03,089 12 counts of sodomy, 1098 01:06:03,133 --> 01:06:05,309 one count of endangering the welfare of a child? 1099 01:06:08,573 --> 01:06:09,835 - If you never did any of it... 1100 01:06:11,663 --> 01:06:15,145 ...why did the grand jury indict you? 1101 01:06:15,232 --> 01:06:18,496 And why would gonna trial be a problem, Joey? 1102 01:06:18,931 --> 01:06:21,194 - Our lawyer says taking the plea deal 1103 01:06:21,499 --> 01:06:22,979 is the safe bet. 1104 01:06:23,022 --> 01:06:24,502 Even though you and me, 1105 01:06:24,632 --> 01:06:26,330 we both know I never did what that girl said. 1106 01:06:38,907 --> 01:06:40,822 - Hey, no, no, 1107 01:06:40,866 --> 01:06:42,694 none of that's true. Don't get yourself worked up. 1108 01:06:44,130 --> 01:06:45,958 - When is this all gonna be... 1109 01:06:45,958 --> 01:06:47,307 ...done? 1110 01:06:47,394 --> 01:06:50,267 - I could save my face, or I could save my butt 1111 01:06:50,310 --> 01:06:52,356 and be here with you and the kids where I belong. 1112 01:07:02,366 --> 01:07:05,325 - This is the last of it, all right? 1113 01:07:05,369 --> 01:07:06,674 The last of this awful nightmare. 1114 01:07:06,761 --> 01:07:09,112 I take the plea, and then we can finally move on 1115 01:07:09,155 --> 01:07:10,678 and get the happy ever after 1116 01:07:10,765 --> 01:07:12,680 that you, me, and the kids deserve. 1117 01:07:14,073 --> 01:07:16,336 This was yet another wake-up call, 1118 01:07:16,554 --> 01:07:18,860 but I wasn't ready to wake up. 1119 01:07:18,904 --> 01:07:22,038 Instead, I numbed myself with pills, 1120 01:07:22,081 --> 01:07:23,952 believed harder, 1121 01:07:23,996 --> 01:07:25,737 held on even tighter, 1122 01:07:25,824 --> 01:07:28,653 to a version of Joey that didn't really exist. 1123 01:07:33,745 --> 01:07:35,355 When this relationship began, 1124 01:07:35,355 --> 01:07:36,878 I was not just a 16-year-old teenager 1125 01:07:36,878 --> 01:07:38,837 taken to bed by a man over twice my age, 1126 01:07:40,665 --> 01:07:43,146 I was a 16-year-old teenager shown a world that 1127 01:07:43,189 --> 01:07:44,669 I was not ready for, 1128 01:07:44,712 --> 01:07:46,366 a world of elaborate spending 1129 01:07:46,410 --> 01:07:48,107 and fast boats. 1130 01:07:48,673 --> 01:07:51,937 This man took me to expensive restaurants 1131 01:07:51,980 --> 01:07:54,940 and cheap motels. 1132 01:07:54,940 --> 01:07:57,334 I hope whatever sentence you might impose today 1133 01:07:57,377 --> 01:07:59,075 will send a message to other teenagers 1134 01:07:59,118 --> 01:08:01,686 who might be tempted by men like Mr. Buttafuoco. 1135 01:08:06,038 --> 01:08:08,823 - I know with all my heart that if Mr. Buttafuoco 1136 01:08:08,910 --> 01:08:12,131 had permitted me to cross the bridge between adolescence 1137 01:08:12,131 --> 01:08:14,046 and adulthood unmolested, 1138 01:08:14,133 --> 01:08:15,743 I would not be where I am today. 1139 01:08:20,879 --> 01:08:22,446 - Thank you. 1140 01:08:46,122 --> 01:08:48,863 I cannot accept your plea unless, in fact, 1141 01:08:48,950 --> 01:08:50,778 you are guilty. 1142 01:08:50,778 --> 01:08:52,650 Please, tell me. 1143 01:08:57,045 --> 01:08:59,874 - On July 2nd, 1991, 1144 01:08:59,961 --> 01:09:01,746 I had sexual relations 1145 01:09:01,746 --> 01:09:03,443 with Amy Fisher at a motel. 1146 01:09:16,978 --> 01:09:19,372 - There is a family involved here. 1147 01:09:19,590 --> 01:09:22,027 Joseph, Mary Jo's father, 1148 01:09:22,027 --> 01:09:24,247 in-laws, children. 1149 01:09:24,247 --> 01:09:26,466 That's the kind of man Joey is. 1150 01:09:26,640 --> 01:09:28,860 He did all he could do in that courtroom 1151 01:09:28,860 --> 01:09:30,949 so that everybody else's life could go free. 1152 01:09:31,384 --> 01:09:32,646 Joey, why didn't Mary Jo 1153 01:09:32,777 --> 01:09:33,865 accompany you here today? 1154 01:09:34,170 --> 01:09:35,649 - Well, last night, Mary Jo had a rough night. 1155 01:09:35,693 --> 01:09:39,175 Her true pain is for her children. 1156 01:09:39,218 --> 01:09:40,524 That's all we're saying. 1157 01:09:48,271 --> 01:09:50,316 These are for the walls in your cell, Daddy. 1158 01:09:50,664 --> 01:09:51,796 - It's not a cell, baby. 1159 01:09:51,839 --> 01:09:52,884 It's a room. 1160 01:09:52,927 --> 01:09:54,625 - So you don't forget about us. 1161 01:09:54,712 --> 01:09:56,540 - These are great, Jess. 1162 01:09:59,151 --> 01:10:00,239 - How about you, Champ? 1163 01:10:00,283 --> 01:10:01,632 You doing all right? 1164 01:10:01,675 --> 01:10:02,807 I don't know. 1165 01:10:02,807 --> 01:10:05,418 - This isn't right, Joey. 1166 01:10:05,418 --> 01:10:08,639 Bringing the kids here to visit you of all places, huh? 1167 01:10:09,205 --> 01:10:11,250 - You know, the lawyer says I'll get off early. 1168 01:10:11,381 --> 01:10:12,947 Four months instead of six, 1169 01:10:13,034 --> 01:10:14,906 then it'll be like none of this ever happened. 1170 01:10:14,993 --> 01:10:17,474 - Yeah, maybe not for the both of us, huh? 1171 01:10:17,517 --> 01:10:19,302 You wait and see, Mary Jo. 1172 01:10:19,302 --> 01:10:20,477 I'm gonna prove it to you. 1173 01:10:20,520 --> 01:10:22,479 Everything gets better from this moment. 1174 01:10:23,915 --> 01:10:25,090 - Look what our daughter drew for me. 1175 01:10:25,177 --> 01:10:27,135 Huh? 1176 01:10:27,223 --> 01:10:28,441 - Pretty good. 1177 01:10:28,659 --> 01:10:29,877 Is that me in the orange? 1178 01:10:29,921 --> 01:10:31,270 Come on. 1179 01:10:31,444 --> 01:10:33,272 After the statutory rape conviction, 1180 01:10:33,316 --> 01:10:34,360 when Joey got out of jail, 1181 01:10:34,491 --> 01:10:36,884 the neighborhood threw a huge party. 1182 01:10:36,928 --> 01:10:39,931 Joey came home a triumphant hero. 1183 01:10:39,974 --> 01:10:43,064 Nothing he did or was accused of changed the opinions 1184 01:10:43,108 --> 01:10:44,936 of those closest to him. 1185 01:10:44,979 --> 01:10:48,244 Not our friends, not our family, 1186 01:10:48,548 --> 01:10:50,724 not me, 1187 01:10:50,768 --> 01:10:51,682 not yet. 1188 01:11:01,082 --> 01:11:02,606 - Hello? 1189 01:11:02,649 --> 01:11:04,651 Don't be upset. 1190 01:11:04,782 --> 01:11:06,914 - What am I not supposed to be upset about, Joey? 1191 01:11:06,914 --> 01:11:08,220 It's the middle of the night here. 1192 01:11:08,264 --> 01:11:09,700 - All right. 1193 01:11:12,964 --> 01:11:14,444 - I, uh... 1194 01:11:17,185 --> 01:11:21,755 - I was arrested for solicitation here in L.A. 1195 01:11:21,755 --> 01:11:24,889 - What? 1196 01:11:24,932 --> 01:11:26,717 - You swore you were gonna stay out of trouble 1197 01:11:26,760 --> 01:11:28,109 while you were on the West Coast. 1198 01:11:28,153 --> 01:11:31,548 - It was a total setup. I-I'm innocent. 1199 01:11:31,809 --> 01:11:33,289 - You forget that you're on parole? 1200 01:11:33,289 --> 01:11:34,899 Hmm? - No, I talked to the lawyer. 1201 01:11:34,899 --> 01:11:37,031 He's... He's gonna clear it all up. 1202 01:11:37,336 --> 01:11:39,686 - Yeah, and what about the next time, Joey? 1203 01:11:39,730 --> 01:11:41,384 Huh? 1204 01:11:41,384 --> 01:11:45,518 Everything's just gonna get cleared up for you again? 1205 01:11:45,562 --> 01:11:48,391 'Cause everything's about you, right? 1206 01:11:48,434 --> 01:11:51,872 You know, all the news just makes everything about Amy. 1207 01:11:51,916 --> 01:11:53,265 And at the end of the day, 1208 01:11:53,526 --> 01:11:56,747 nobody cares about the woman walking around with a bullet 1209 01:11:56,877 --> 01:12:00,316 permanently stuck in her jaw. 1210 01:12:00,794 --> 01:12:02,753 - Sweetheart, we're gonna clear this up, okay? 1211 01:12:17,376 --> 01:12:19,900 With Joey, it always wasn't him. 1212 01:12:19,900 --> 01:12:21,641 It didn't happen this way. 1213 01:12:21,815 --> 01:12:23,861 He didn't give her the money, whatever. 1214 01:12:23,991 --> 01:12:27,212 It was the same crap I heard over and over again. 1215 01:12:32,478 --> 01:12:34,350 I needed the pills to function. 1216 01:12:34,393 --> 01:12:36,003 I wasn't getting high. 1217 01:12:36,090 --> 01:12:39,224 I was avoiding incredible pain. 1218 01:12:39,224 --> 01:12:41,748 Physical, and I now realize, mental. 1219 01:12:41,835 --> 01:12:45,186 The pills dulled my mind and my instincts. 1220 01:12:45,186 --> 01:12:48,755 I relied on drugs for seven long years. 1221 01:12:48,929 --> 01:12:51,105 But eventually, even they couldn't numb the depths 1222 01:12:51,192 --> 01:12:52,063 of what I was feeling. 1223 01:12:53,543 --> 01:12:55,196 - After Joey's arrest in L.A., 1224 01:12:55,240 --> 01:12:57,895 I went into a spiral of depression. 1225 01:12:57,982 --> 01:13:00,637 At this point, I just wanted to be dead. 1226 01:13:11,082 --> 01:13:12,475 I didn't know where else to turn, 1227 01:13:12,562 --> 01:13:14,085 what else to do. 1228 01:13:19,743 --> 01:13:21,484 Mom? 1229 01:13:21,527 --> 01:13:23,921 It's been like three days you've been in here. 1230 01:13:34,497 --> 01:13:36,673 Mommy? 1231 01:13:38,892 --> 01:13:40,328 - Jess? 1232 01:13:40,416 --> 01:13:42,113 - You scared me. 1233 01:13:44,463 --> 01:13:47,510 - I'm sorry, honey. I just... 1234 01:13:47,553 --> 01:13:50,295 I haven't felt like doing much the past few days with sleep, 1235 01:13:50,295 --> 01:13:51,383 you know? 1236 01:13:51,688 --> 01:13:55,518 - All me and Paul want is to see you happy. 1237 01:13:55,518 --> 01:13:58,259 - Hey, I know that, sweetheart, 1238 01:13:58,259 --> 01:13:59,609 but... 1239 01:14:01,175 --> 01:14:02,960 ...the paralysis from the bullet is permanent. 1240 01:14:03,003 --> 01:14:05,136 One half of my face is never gonna work right. 1241 01:14:07,181 --> 01:14:10,271 - Hey, but that doesn't mean I don't love you and Paul 1242 01:14:10,315 --> 01:14:12,883 with all my heart, okay? 1243 01:14:18,279 --> 01:14:20,194 - Oh, thank you. 1244 01:14:20,281 --> 01:14:21,979 You're too good to me. 1245 01:14:22,066 --> 01:14:23,502 Come here. 1246 01:14:23,589 --> 01:14:25,025 I love you. 1247 01:14:25,112 --> 01:14:26,810 It was the lowest point in my life, 1248 01:14:26,853 --> 01:14:28,812 and I gave up fighting. 1249 01:14:33,947 --> 01:14:35,688 - Nothing was getting better. 1250 01:14:35,819 --> 01:14:37,255 I was so torn up on the inside, 1251 01:14:37,255 --> 01:14:40,127 so depleted, 1252 01:14:40,127 --> 01:14:42,390 I actually researched carbon monoxide poisoning. 1253 01:14:42,390 --> 01:14:45,219 That's how low I sunk. 1254 01:14:45,219 --> 01:14:47,265 I didn't think there was any way out for me 1255 01:14:47,308 --> 01:14:49,136 or my kids. 1256 01:14:49,136 --> 01:14:51,269 Thank God I finally realized 1257 01:14:51,312 --> 01:14:53,010 I wasn't thinking with a clear mind. 1258 01:15:02,628 --> 01:15:04,674 - I finally decided if the bullet still lodged 1259 01:15:04,717 --> 01:15:06,545 in my head hadn't done me in, 1260 01:15:06,589 --> 01:15:09,896 then I was gonna have to somehow find a way to go on. 1261 01:15:10,288 --> 01:15:11,550 Let's make sure. 1262 01:15:11,550 --> 01:15:12,551 We're sure about this? 1263 01:15:12,595 --> 01:15:13,639 Mm-hmm. 1264 01:15:13,639 --> 01:15:15,206 This is the best idea? 1265 01:15:15,423 --> 01:15:18,035 Yeah, well, I wouldn't be footing the bill if I didn't. 1266 01:15:18,775 --> 01:15:21,342 - You remind me that there's still good in the world. 1267 01:15:21,386 --> 01:15:22,866 You know that? 1268 01:15:24,215 --> 01:15:25,869 - I could say the same to you, Mary Jo. 1269 01:15:27,827 --> 01:15:30,526 - Look, we both know that pills aren't the answer, 1270 01:15:30,526 --> 01:15:32,223 not ultimately. 1271 01:15:33,485 --> 01:15:35,226 But it's time you treated yourself 1272 01:15:35,313 --> 01:15:38,229 after all this mental pain you've been suffering through. 1273 01:15:43,669 --> 01:15:45,062 - Thank you. 1274 01:16:02,427 --> 01:16:03,907 Hey! Hey! 1275 01:16:08,694 --> 01:16:10,478 Oh, you gotta help me, all right? 1276 01:16:10,478 --> 01:16:12,568 You gotta at least give me my, my prescription, okay? 1277 01:16:12,568 --> 01:16:14,004 Please! 1278 01:16:16,397 --> 01:16:17,573 Please! 1279 01:16:17,790 --> 01:16:19,444 - Mary Jo, it can get better from this moment 1280 01:16:19,487 --> 01:16:21,925 if you decide to make this your rock bottom. 1281 01:16:42,859 --> 01:16:44,425 You can do this. 1282 01:16:44,469 --> 01:16:46,123 Yeah. 1283 01:16:46,253 --> 01:16:47,298 I'll get you some water. 1284 01:16:56,220 --> 01:16:58,135 - Thank you for sharing. 1285 01:16:58,178 --> 01:17:00,659 And what about shame? 1286 01:17:00,703 --> 01:17:02,313 - Oh, definitely me. 1287 01:17:04,141 --> 01:17:06,404 - Sorry, did you, did you say fame or shame? 1288 01:17:07,710 --> 01:17:09,668 - I don't really know what's worse. 1289 01:17:09,755 --> 01:17:12,497 The fact that I... 1290 01:17:13,324 --> 01:17:16,240 I never wanted to be famous or the fact that I... 1291 01:17:18,329 --> 01:17:21,332 I really loved being a mom and a wife. 1292 01:17:22,638 --> 01:17:25,205 And I know that that's not... 1293 01:17:25,292 --> 01:17:27,599 ...popular to say nowadays, 1294 01:17:27,643 --> 01:17:29,514 but it's true. 1295 01:17:31,603 --> 01:17:33,692 I loved it. 1296 01:17:34,345 --> 01:17:36,521 I never wanted to be recognized in public, 1297 01:17:36,564 --> 01:17:38,523 least of all for having a life-altering injury. 1298 01:17:38,566 --> 01:17:41,439 You know, for people thinking that I'm, I'm an idiot 1299 01:17:41,526 --> 01:17:45,008 for desperately trying to honor my wedding vows, you know? 1300 01:17:47,097 --> 01:17:48,533 - I never wanted any of this. 1301 01:17:53,581 --> 01:17:55,192 - Not for me and, and... 1302 01:17:58,499 --> 01:18:01,677 Especially not for my, for my kids, you know? 1303 01:18:01,720 --> 01:18:03,026 - From what you shared, 1304 01:18:03,243 --> 01:18:05,202 I'm not sure that was a choice you made for them. 1305 01:18:05,681 --> 01:18:07,030 music 1306 01:18:28,704 --> 01:18:30,227 - Woo! 1307 01:18:31,750 --> 01:18:33,709 Jessie, Paul, c'mere, c'mere, c'mere! 1308 01:18:33,752 --> 01:18:35,362 - We missed you so much. 1309 01:18:35,493 --> 01:18:37,103 Oh, my God, I missed you so much. 1310 01:18:37,147 --> 01:18:38,757 Thank you for your letters 1311 01:18:38,801 --> 01:18:40,237 and your drawings. 1312 01:18:41,629 --> 01:18:42,805 - Where's your father? 1313 01:18:42,805 --> 01:18:43,893 - He-he couldn't make it. 1314 01:18:44,197 --> 01:18:45,677 - Don't worry about it. 1315 01:18:45,851 --> 01:18:47,592 Forget I said anything. I'm just so happy you're here. 1316 01:18:47,679 --> 01:18:48,636 - You look great! 1317 01:18:48,724 --> 01:18:49,768 - Kinda happy! 1318 01:18:50,116 --> 01:18:51,683 - Just kinda? 1319 01:18:51,727 --> 01:18:53,990 From now on, 1320 01:18:54,207 --> 01:18:56,209 we're gonna be really happy. 1321 01:18:56,340 --> 01:18:59,778 You know, my time in here did me a lot of good. 1322 01:18:59,822 --> 01:19:03,086 I can finally let go, move on, got my power back. 1323 01:19:05,523 --> 01:19:07,046 That means I got to forgive. 1324 01:19:07,220 --> 01:19:08,613 - Forgive? - Forgive who? 1325 01:19:18,884 --> 01:19:20,407 - Go ahead, Miss Fisher. 1326 01:19:20,451 --> 01:19:22,453 - I'd like to say something to Mary Jo. 1327 01:19:30,504 --> 01:19:32,463 What happened to you wasn't your husband's fault, 1328 01:19:32,550 --> 01:19:35,074 wasn't your fault, wasn't my father's fault, 1329 01:19:35,292 --> 01:19:38,774 and wasn't anybody else's fault. 1330 01:19:38,817 --> 01:19:40,253 It was my fault. 1331 01:19:40,340 --> 01:19:42,778 And I have spent the last seven years 1332 01:19:42,821 --> 01:19:44,127 trying to figure it out. 1333 01:19:46,477 --> 01:19:48,305 It was my fault, and I'm sorry. 1334 01:19:57,401 --> 01:19:58,489 Mrs. Buttafuoco? 1335 01:20:11,502 --> 01:20:16,028 - Amy Fisher has shown great remorse and sorrow 1336 01:20:16,289 --> 01:20:19,118 for what she did to me. 1337 01:20:19,336 --> 01:20:22,643 You're being given a second chance in life, 1338 01:20:22,687 --> 01:20:25,211 and I pray that you take it and make something good out 1339 01:20:25,342 --> 01:20:26,996 of something tragic. 1340 01:20:35,743 --> 01:20:38,007 - I'm sorry. 1341 01:20:38,050 --> 01:20:39,443 I'm truly very sorry. 1342 01:20:48,756 --> 01:20:49,932 - People always ask, why did I forgive the person 1343 01:20:50,236 --> 01:20:52,108 who tried to kill me? 1344 01:20:52,325 --> 01:20:53,979 It wasn't for Amy Fisher's sake, 1345 01:20:54,023 --> 01:20:55,502 I promise you. 1346 01:20:55,546 --> 01:20:57,200 It was for me. 1347 01:20:58,505 --> 01:21:00,725 Back then, I still had a lot to figure out. 1348 01:21:00,725 --> 01:21:03,859 About Joey, about myself. 1349 01:21:03,902 --> 01:21:05,338 But I knew this much, 1350 01:21:05,382 --> 01:21:07,819 I wasn't gonna let hate define me. 1351 01:21:07,863 --> 01:21:09,212 Not anymore. 1352 01:21:12,868 --> 01:21:14,695 - Your Honor, 1353 01:21:14,739 --> 01:21:17,133 given that my client now accepts full responsibility 1354 01:21:17,350 --> 01:21:19,004 for the terrible act of seven years ago, 1355 01:21:19,091 --> 01:21:21,267 and in light of her testimony, 1356 01:21:21,398 --> 01:21:23,574 we are urging you to grant Ms. Fisher parole. 1357 01:21:26,185 --> 01:21:28,753 When I finally came to my senses and told my mother 1358 01:21:28,753 --> 01:21:30,973 I was leaving Joey, she didn't speak to me 1359 01:21:31,060 --> 01:21:32,452 for four months. 1360 01:21:32,496 --> 01:21:35,499 I was wrong, he was right. 1361 01:21:35,542 --> 01:21:37,544 I was the bad Catholic. 1362 01:21:37,588 --> 01:21:39,982 That's the stronghold Joey still had on everyone 1363 01:21:40,069 --> 01:21:41,766 who knew him. 1364 01:21:41,809 --> 01:21:44,551 One day I just looked at that picture of our family, 1365 01:21:44,595 --> 01:21:46,684 covered Joey's face with my thumb, 1366 01:21:46,684 --> 01:21:48,816 and realized me and the kids 1367 01:21:48,904 --> 01:21:50,427 were better off without him. 1368 01:21:53,778 --> 01:21:56,085 I know you might be wondering if there was some big moment 1369 01:21:56,172 --> 01:21:58,087 that caused me to finally leave Joey? 1370 01:21:58,130 --> 01:22:01,742 Some dramatic confrontation or giant revelation. 1371 01:22:01,786 --> 01:22:03,744 But it wasn't like that. 1372 01:22:03,788 --> 01:22:06,878 It was more like death by a thousand cuts. 1373 01:22:06,922 --> 01:22:09,533 It took years and years before I realized 1374 01:22:09,576 --> 01:22:11,491 Joey was never gonna change. 1375 01:22:11,622 --> 01:22:15,234 And it was time for me to reclaim my power, my life. 1376 01:22:15,408 --> 01:22:19,499 I was finally done with him, once and for all. 1377 01:22:19,586 --> 01:22:22,546 Today, our son Paul has a limited relationship with him. 1378 01:22:23,677 --> 01:22:25,810 Jessie and I don't speak to him at all. 1379 01:22:25,853 --> 01:22:29,074 And yes, people still ask me about Amy Fisher. 1380 01:22:29,161 --> 01:22:30,946 Needless to say, we aren't in touch. 1381 01:22:30,989 --> 01:22:32,948 - The gun went off by accident. 1382 01:22:32,991 --> 01:22:34,993 Her version of events has changed over the years 1383 01:22:35,037 --> 01:22:36,603 since she shot me. 1384 01:22:36,647 --> 01:22:38,605 - It was Joey who told me to go up to the door, 1385 01:22:38,692 --> 01:22:39,998 point the gun, and keep firing. 1386 01:22:40,085 --> 01:22:42,566 Her truths aren't necessarily mine. 1387 01:22:42,609 --> 01:22:45,047 - I took the plea deal on account I'd get parole 1388 01:22:45,047 --> 01:22:46,613 three years after I went to jail. 1389 01:22:46,657 --> 01:22:49,877 - Amy Fisher's story is hers to tell. 1390 01:22:49,921 --> 01:22:52,271 Mine is about survival. 1391 01:22:52,489 --> 01:22:54,230 About refusing to let what she did 1392 01:22:54,273 --> 01:22:56,406 define the rest of my life. 1393 01:22:56,536 --> 01:22:58,712 Me and my kids are still here. 1394 01:22:58,799 --> 01:23:00,714 We're still standing. 1395 01:23:00,758 --> 01:23:02,194 We're still smiling. 1396 01:23:02,412 --> 01:23:04,370 That's our victory. 1397 01:23:04,588 --> 01:23:07,199 And would you believe I even got married again? 1398 01:23:07,243 --> 01:23:10,246 Stu Tendler and his children were a wonderful gift, 1399 01:23:10,246 --> 01:23:13,684 each of them showing Paul, Jessie, and me what it meant 1400 01:23:13,684 --> 01:23:15,991 to be part of a family that loved and was committed 1401 01:23:16,034 --> 01:23:17,383 to one another. 1402 01:23:17,905 --> 01:23:19,603 Even though the marriage didn't last, 1403 01:23:19,603 --> 01:23:21,648 Stu reminded me of my worth. 1404 01:23:21,692 --> 01:23:23,607 And that led to yet another surgery that 1405 01:23:23,650 --> 01:23:25,043 was completely unexpected. 1406 01:23:25,261 --> 01:23:27,741 - You really think I'm gonna be able to smile again, 1407 01:23:27,828 --> 01:23:28,873 Dr. Azizzadeh? 1408 01:23:29,178 --> 01:23:30,527 I've been dealing with this frozen look 1409 01:23:30,570 --> 01:23:32,094 for so long, it feels like I've, 1410 01:23:32,224 --> 01:23:33,791 you know, kinda given up hope. 1411 01:23:34,009 --> 01:23:35,880 There's certain muscles... 1412 01:23:36,359 --> 01:23:38,535 ...keeping your paralysis from improving. 1413 01:23:38,578 --> 01:23:40,450 What I'm talking about is rewiring your nerves. 1414 01:23:40,537 --> 01:23:42,626 - My mom doesn't think of herself as pretty 1415 01:23:42,669 --> 01:23:43,844 or beautiful, 1416 01:23:43,888 --> 01:23:46,499 when the complete opposite's true. 1417 01:23:46,543 --> 01:23:48,545 - I mean, she's the most beautiful person I know. 1418 01:23:49,546 --> 01:23:51,156 - The surgery will be intense. 1419 01:23:51,243 --> 01:23:52,984 I'd be using a nerve stimulator 1420 01:23:53,028 --> 01:23:55,421 to identify which microscopic nerves are working 1421 01:23:55,552 --> 01:23:57,075 and which are misfiring. 1422 01:23:57,119 --> 01:23:58,685 Well, Mary Jo, what do you say? 1423 01:23:58,772 --> 01:24:00,905 My smile was there all along, mind you. 1424 01:24:00,992 --> 01:24:02,689 Just hidden. 1425 01:24:02,776 --> 01:24:04,691 But it was always under the surface. 1426 01:24:04,778 --> 01:24:07,042 Thanks to Jessie and Paul, who, 1427 01:24:07,042 --> 01:24:08,913 through everything, always gave me a reason 1428 01:24:08,956 --> 01:24:11,046 to be happy. 1429 01:24:11,046 --> 01:24:13,483 Now Dr. Azizzadeh was offering me a chance 1430 01:24:13,570 --> 01:24:15,485 to show my smile to the world again. 1431 01:24:19,184 --> 01:24:21,491 Mom, how are you? 1432 01:24:22,883 --> 01:24:24,407 - So can you smile now or what? 1433 01:24:28,889 --> 01:24:30,674 - Hmm... 1434 01:24:30,761 --> 01:24:33,111 I don't know. 1435 01:24:33,155 --> 01:24:34,591 Try-try tellin' me a joke. 1436 01:24:35,679 --> 01:24:37,028 - Dad. 1437 01:24:39,117 --> 01:24:41,772 Mom? 1438 01:24:41,815 --> 01:24:44,601 - Doctor said it's gonna get even better. 1439 01:24:44,644 --> 01:24:46,081 You're amazing. 1440 01:24:46,081 --> 01:24:48,126 To this day, Joey doesn't accept 1441 01:24:48,126 --> 01:24:50,868 any responsibility for the lives he wrecked. 1442 01:24:50,868 --> 01:24:54,741 He never apologized to Paul or Jessie. 1443 01:24:54,785 --> 01:24:56,526 He couldn't even admit to me in person that 1444 01:24:56,656 --> 01:24:58,919 he really did sleep with Amy Fisher. 1445 01:24:58,919 --> 01:25:00,573 - Speaking of causes for celebration, 1446 01:25:00,660 --> 01:25:02,793 May 15th is around the corner. 1447 01:25:02,836 --> 01:25:05,491 - Must we celebrate when you're getting older? 1448 01:25:05,535 --> 01:25:09,669 - Duh! That's kinda what people do on their birthdays, Mom. 1449 01:25:10,148 --> 01:25:12,977 - Yeah, I think I'd rather celebrate shooting day 1450 01:25:13,064 --> 01:25:15,762 on May 19th. 1451 01:25:16,850 --> 01:25:19,636 - Oh, my gosh. That's genius. 1452 01:25:19,810 --> 01:25:22,247 The three of us celebrating everything we survived 1453 01:25:22,247 --> 01:25:24,771 on the actual date everything about our lives changed. 1454 01:25:25,555 --> 01:25:29,515 - Yeah, I wasn't certain I was being serious about that. 1455 01:25:29,950 --> 01:25:32,257 Shooting day. I'm in. 1456 01:25:32,344 --> 01:25:33,954 - We're gonna take back that date that's always brought us 1457 01:25:33,998 --> 01:25:35,782 shame and fear. 1458 01:25:35,782 --> 01:25:37,436 And we're gonna make it our own. 1459 01:25:41,048 --> 01:25:43,007 - Who are you callin'? 1460 01:25:43,050 --> 01:25:44,748 - I'm making restaurant reservations at our favorite 1461 01:25:44,791 --> 01:25:47,316 Italian place for May 19th. 1462 01:25:47,533 --> 01:25:49,405 Mom, you're a genius. 1463 01:25:51,581 --> 01:25:53,844 - So, that's what we do now. 1464 01:25:53,887 --> 01:25:56,890 Every May 19th, Paul, Jessie, 1465 01:25:56,977 --> 01:25:59,937 and I get together and celebrate "Survival Day" 1466 01:25:59,980 --> 01:26:04,028 because it's our day and no one else's. 1467 01:26:04,811 --> 01:26:06,987 - We're finally through being a spectacle 1468 01:26:07,031 --> 01:26:09,425 and done with letting that date pull us back into 1469 01:26:09,425 --> 01:26:12,079 the misery of what was in the past. 1470 01:26:12,167 --> 01:26:14,169 I am Mary Jo Buttafuoco. 1471 01:26:14,212 --> 01:26:16,997 I'm alive, I'm grateful, 1472 01:26:16,997 --> 01:26:19,783 I'm at peace... 1473 01:26:19,826 --> 01:26:21,524 and I'm smiling. 1474 01:26:37,931 --> 01:26:41,021 Subtitles: difuze