Chapter 47 Section 20

"Too fast! I didn't see what was going on at all... I really thought she just punched him in the stomach. All I can remember now is seeing the two of them touch each other and then separate ," gesturing, "what do I think with my eyes closed, and I can't remember seeing a knife at that time. Mr. Stepanato clutched here, "demonstration, "just..." "Chest or stomach?" Jerry Gessler asked. "It's not here, it's here." Lana moved her hands from her chest to her abdomen. "He took two steps forward, turned about half a circle, and then fell to the ground on his back with a 'plop' sound..."

Lana Turner spoke for a total of 62 minutes.According to reports, when the court was adjourned, a reporter heard someone in the back row commenting: "The acting is so fucking like!" After the adjournment, there was Cheryl's father, Steven Karan, who said: "I kept reassuring my daughter: 'It's okay, kid, everything will be OK.'... I went back to Ms. Turner's Face, understand that everything is not OK." And Lana's mother, Mrs. Mithrida Turner, who answered each question with an impatient "Is there anything else you want to know?" Cheryl Karan did not appear in court.Jerry Gessler had asked the judge to allow the little girl to "do not have to relive that unbearable scene in court...she has experienced too much pain and stimulation", not to mention that she is just a "future adult", besides, she has already recorded her statement.

Cheryl's statement was read to the court by Pavel Hill Police Chief Clinton Anderson.The confession was very short, the director only read it for less than three minutes, and there were only a few words upside down: "I'm sorry, director, I didn't mean it... I heard Johnny say that he was going to kill his mother and destroy her. Rong... I don't know how it all happened, I just know I did it..." or "I don't understand what happened, anyway, I just killed him..." It wasn't until all the words that had been published in the newspapers had been said again, that the police officers at the scene appeared in court one after another, showing the jury one after another the suspicious points discovered during the investigation:

First, according to the person concerned, the 8-inch butcher knife used as a tool for the crime was just bought in the afternoon of the crime, because Lana went shopping for several days after finishing the "Oscar" to buy property.The store's price tag was still attached to the handle of the butcher knife, and Lana also showed the invoice to the investigators.However, the blade and handle are riddled with countless scratches and small nicks, as if they have been used - or wiped - repeatedly. Second, the entire knife did not have any fingerprints, except for a very shallow bloodstain on the handle, so shallow that the police laboratory could not take samples for analysis.

Third, the police who arrived at the scene first noticed that there was no blood in the master bedroom of the Turner Mansion where the crime occurred, and the furniture and furnishings in the room were still in order, unlike any quarrels and fights. Fourth, given the condition of Jonny Stepanato's wound, the amount of bleeding should not be so small. ………… The next day, a newspaper commented that, from an unbiased point of view, every suspicion of the police seemed to be aimed at Lana Turner. At noon, when the hearing was coming to an end, the ten men and two women of the jury got up and were about to leave, when a more dramatic scene appeared in the courtroom.

A man wearing sunglasses suddenly jumped up from his seat and shouted: "No! No, no! It can't end like this. I want to testify, I request to testify!" After being rejected by the judge, the man continued to shout: "Lies Lies! All lies! Both mother and daughter fell in love with Stepanato at the same time. He is infinitely better than the men around them. There is no good man in Hollywood!" The man was dragged to the door by two bailiffs, and Back pumping his fist: "Jony Stepanato is a gentleman, he's the best!" At that time, not many people in the court cared about the man's "crazy words".

The jury left the court and entered the deliberation room, and returned the verdict in less than 30 minutes-"Justifiable Homicide".