Was it your understanding that by doing what you were doing, Bonny was facing prison?

You faked getting cancer, didn’t you?

You mean my whole opening statement is over?

The fact that Robert Blake wants a do-over doesn’t mean that he’s entitled to one. The fact that Mr. Blake is not happy about his legacy is something Mr. Blake should have thought of before...

Regardless of what she did for a living, Bonny loved her kids and her kids loved her,

Wait, are you saying because they spoke Spanish they were illegal?

Well, if you’re undocumented are you going to go to the police?

He winked and smiled at me like we were at the beach.

We feel that Bonny was murdered twice — once in the car and once on the stand. I plan on proving Robert Blake to be a murderer in July.

We had a three-month trial. The jury took two weeks in deciding that Robert Blake killed his wife. The fact that Robert Blake wants a do-over does not mean he’s entitled to one. He’s no...

I ask you to listen to her kids and not the lawyers.

I don’t know if there is any ambiguity to it. I don’t take what he said lightly.

I’m not talking about the criminal trial, … I said: I spent a hell of a lot of money.

Robert Blake realizes the importance to his future acting prospects of not being proven a murderer in a court of law. He also wants to avoid the stigma that O.J. Simpson got after his civil...

I’ll take a cashier’s check or cash, whatever he wants. Hopefully not in quarters.

Your honor, I’m having a hard time seeing what the race of busboys has to do with it,

She was a mother of four. She loved her children. They had dinner together every night. She was in the PTA. She did some stupid things in her life. You’re going to hear (from the...

It’s too much to say he didn’t do it, … He did it. I wish he didn’t, but he did.

Do you have any facts that someone didn’t come forward because they were undocumented?

Your honour, this is a tough crowd.

Do you have any explanation how the gun got from the seat to the floor?

Okay. Let’s start with William Welch.

You couldn’t do it once you got to know her,

Killing a woman freaked him out more than he thought, … He overestimated his acting abilities.

You have a very elaborate imagination, sir!

I’m going to try to show the real Bonny Lee Bakley, a mother of four beautiful children.

I don’t have to put a gun in Robert Blake’s hand to show he’s responsible.

It really comes down to the fact that I get to put Robert Blake on the stand. That’s what separates this from the criminal trial in almost every way possible.

And a majority of it was false,

is a really good lawyer, arguing really bad facts.

How many times would you say you changed your story on the night your wife was murdered?

Yes, if it came with a tag saying that Robert Blake is a murderer.

Were you afraid you would be attacked while eating your ravioli?

When you received Rosie, did you say, ‘It’s now you and me, kid?’

Do you realize these kids lost their mother? … Are you having fun?

His heart may have been in the right place, but his head wasn’t,

It’s a new jury, so I guess we have a new alibi. I would call it a desperate and insulting attempt to create an alibi that had never been there for four years.

The argument that this particular case is about money is the standard argument made in every civil case, because every civil case can only be about money. I can’t give Bonny’s kids their mom back,...

How many times would you say you lied under oath since your wife was murdered on May 4, 2001 ?

Describe for the jury what steps you took to find the killer of your wife,

Anybody that was in the courtroom today knows that that 20-year detective was telling the truth about Mr. Blake wanting to whack his wife, planting drugs to have her sent to jail. All these things...

We’re talking about a mom. No more holidays. No more birthdays. It’s over. Because this wasn’t Robert Blake’s retirement plan, she had to go.

Would you say Caldwell, who was your handyman, had a hobby of murder?

Do you think you should be on this jury?

Husbands don’t get to decide whether their wives should die, … There are no more holidays or Christmases with their mom because it wasn’t good for Robert Blake’s schedule. This was not Robert Blake’s retirement...

Are you having fun?

Stop!

I have every reason to believe that Robert Blake will make good on this judgment.

I think it’s easy to say that I’m ready for this trial, … We’ve been ready for three years, and we’re excited and I feel great about my case. I feel great about the rulings...

This was a crusade for Rosie. They thought they were doing the best thing for her.