1:23:00
Robert.
They're ready for us.
1:23:12
Don't look over there.
You'll just get upset.
1:23:15
I've gone over
your preliminary statements.
1:23:18
Ms Reynolds,
you and Mr Cooper...
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are presently not married,
is that right?
1:23:23
Yes, Your Honour,
but we're engaged.
1:23:25
It's a very short engagement.
Later this summer we--
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The child's natural father--
he has no interest here?
1:23:32
No.
1:23:34
Mr Whittaker,
you're requestingjoint custody.
1:23:37
Yes, Your Honour.
1:23:39
What makes you think
you're entitled to that?
1:23:42
- Well, I've been Sam's father since--
- Objection. Your Honour...
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since Mr Whittaker has neither legal
nor biological paternity here...
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it is completely inappropriate
for him to refer to himself...
1:23:53
as "the father."
1:23:55
Perhaps he could use the term...
1:23:57
"caregiver"?
1:23:58
"Caregiver"?
1:24:00
Your Honour, my client has been
living with Ms Reynolds...
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since the child was born.
1:24:03
He's performed
all the daily functions ofa father.
1:24:06
Sam acknowledges him
as his father.
1:24:08
For the sake ofclarity,
I think it's best that Mr Whittaker
be referred to as caregiver...
1:24:13
in these proceedings.
1:24:15
Thankyou, Your Honour.
1:24:17
Mr Whittaker...
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did you live for fiive years
with a certain Eric Walker?
1:24:23
Yes.
1:24:24
And what was the nature
ofthat relationship?
1:24:26
- Objection, Your Honour.
- Overruled.
1:24:28
We were together.
1:24:29
Is this the same Eric Walker that's now
serving a fiive-year prison sentence
for drug possession?
1:24:33
Yes, but I haven't seen him
for seven years. This has
nothing to do with anything.
1:24:37
Mr Whittaker,
on October 8th of last year...
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did you go to a nightclub
in Santa Monica called...
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Sit and Spin?
1:24:47
I don't remember.
1:24:50
Sit and Spin's
a gay club, isn't it?
1:24:52
- I hadn't noticed. Probably.
- Did you notice drug use going on?
1:24:55
- No.
- Mr Whittaker, is it true...
1:24:57
that you're an active member
in several militant gay organizations?