The Practice (TV Series)
Checkmates (2000)
Nick Cornish: Scott Lopes
Quotes
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Detective Michael McGuire : Listen to me. If she goes down for murder, you could be an accessory before the fact. That's life in prison. You're ready for that?
[Scott didn't answer]
Detective Michael McGuire : That fact that this just happened last night could be a big break for you. Maybe you didn't know what happened when she called. Maybe she didn't tell you till later. You come forward now, you won't look like an accessory at all.
Scott Lopes : I'm not going to talk.
Detective Michael McGuire : Look, Scott, I could be your friend here or not.
Scott Lopes : My dad's a police officer. I know my rights, and I want a lawyer.
Detective Michael McGuire : Who's your dad?
Scott Lopes : Detective Frank Lopes.
[Detective McGuire didn't know]
Scott Lopes : So get me a lawyer.
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Scott Lopes : I didn't shoot at him, just to the side to scare him.
Detective Frank Lopes : For God's sakes, why didn't you tell me?
Scott Lopes : I was afraid of how it would look.
Detective Frank Lopes : You aimed the gun...
Scott Lopes : I shot 6 ft. wide of him, dad, at 4 ft. away. There's no way...
Detective Frank Lopes : But you lied! Okay? You lied to me, you lied to them, and any chance of cooperation - God!
Bobby Donnell : All right, all right. Yelling's not going to solve anything. We need to think.
Scott Lopes : I didn't shoot at him, and I didn't push him. It was an accident.
Detective Frank Lopes : Well, now what?
Bobby Donnell : He's being arraigned tomorrow. After that, we dig in.
Detective Frank Lopes : He's going to go trial for murder.
Scott Lopes : I don't believe this.
Eugene Young : There may be another way to go.
Bobby Donnell : What?
Eugene Young : I don't want to speak too soon. I - I need to do a little research, but we may have an out.
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Scott Lopes : She was crying when she called. I asked her what was wrong, but she just said, "he did it again." I figured he must have hit her again.
A.D.A. Helen Gamble : Her father hit her?
Scott Lopes : Yes.
A.D.A. Helen Gamble : And this has happened before?
Scott Lopes : A few times. I even told my dad about it.
[Scott turned to his father Detective Lopes. Assistant D.A. Gamble looked at him]
A.D.A. Helen Gamble : She tell you what the fight was about?
Scott Lopes : It was always about how she talked back. He was an ass.
A.D.A. Helen Gamble : Did she push him down the stairs?
Scott Lopes : No. She wasn't even there when he fell. She was calling me from her cell phone.
A.D.A. Helen Gamble : You know for a fact she wasn't even there?
Scott Lopes : Yes.
A.D.A. Helen Gamble : How do you know?
[Scott turned to his father Detective Lopes. He nodded. Scott continues his statement]
Scott Lopes : Because when I went there... I went alone.
A.D.A. Helen Gamble : You saw Mr. Lowhurst?
Scott Lopes : I took my dad's gun and went to his house.
[Miss Gamble looked suspicious]
A.D.A. Helen Gamble : Okay, and what happened then?
Scott Lopes : I went upstairs looking for him.
A.D.A. Helen Gamble : How'd you get in?
Scott Lopes : I walked in. The door wasn't locked.
A.D.A. Helen Gamble : Then what happened?
Scott Lopes : He wasn't in his bedroom, so I went back into the hallway just as he's coming out of the bathroom.
A.D.A. Helen Gamble : What'd you do?
Scott Lopes : I pointed the gun at him and told him if he ever laid a hand on Wendy again, I'd kill him. I just wanted to scare him, but he backed up and fell down the stairs.
[Detective Lopes believes it]
Scott Lopes : At first I thought he was knocked out, but then I could tell he was dead. I got scared and ran out. I swear, Ms. Gamble, I never, ever wanted to hurt him. I just wanted to scare him.
[Scott sobbing in horror. Detective Lopes comforts his son Scott. Ms. Gamble understand]