1:24:00
Your Honour, my client has been
living with Ms Reynolds...
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since the child was born.
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He's performed
all the daily functions ofa father.
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Sam acknowledges him
as his father.
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For the sake ofclarity,
I think it's best that Mr Whittaker
be referred to as caregiver...
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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.
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And what was the nature
ofthat relationship?
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- 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...
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that you're an active member
in several militant gay organizations?
1:25:00
I used to help distribute food to AIDS
patients. I'd hardly call that militant.
1:25:02
- Does Sam understand that you're gay?
- No, not really.
1:25:06
Have you ever tried to explain to him
your sexual proclivities?
1:25:08
No, he's a six-year-old boy.
1:25:12
Wait. He once asked me
why I didn't sleep with his mother.
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- And what did you tell him?
- She snores.
1:25:18
Mr Whittaker, has Sam ever seen you
have oral sex with another man?
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- What?
- Stop it!
1:25:23
- Objection, Your Honour!
- I said stop it.
1:25:26
Counsel, I suggest
you confer with your client.
1:25:33
- Do you wanna win here, Abbie?
- You said he didn't have a chance.
1:25:35
- You don't have to kick
the shit out of him.
- Your Honour...
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this hearing is not about
my client's sexual history.
1:25:40
No, it's about his character...
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and whether he has the type ofcharacter
that would lead anyone to trust him...
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with shared custody
ofa young boy.
1:25:47
Your Honour...
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you want to know
about my character?
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I'll tell you.
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I am an active father.
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- Caregiver, please.
- Father!