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.This made me wonder if she knew something I didn�t.Had the Glendale detectives called her during the mid-morning break to warn of my impending arrest?�Mr.Haller, your witness,� she said to prompt me and keep things going.I went to the lectern with my legal pad and looked at my notes.If I was engaged in a defense of a thousand razors, I had to use at least half of them on this witness.I was ready.�Ms.Campo, have you engaged the services of an attorney to sue Mr.Roulet over the alleged events of March sixth?�She looked as though she had expected the question, but not as the first one out of the chute.�No, I haven�t.��Have you talked to an attorney about this case?��I haven�t hired anybody to sue him.Right now, all I am interested in is seeing that justice is ���Ms.Campo,� I interrupted.�I didn�t ask whether you hired an attorney or what your interests are.I asked if you had talked to an attorney�any attorney�about this case and a possible lawsuit against Mr.Roulet.�She was looking closely at me, trying to read me.I had said it with the authority of someone who knew something, who had the goods to back up the charge.Minton had probably schooled her on the most important aspect of testifying: don�t get trapped in a lie.�Talked to an attorney, yes.But it was nothing more than talk.I didn�t hire him.��Is that because the prosecutor told you not to hire anybody until the criminal case was over?��No, he didn�t say anything about that.��Why did you talk to an attorney about this case?�She had dropped into a routine of hesitating before every answer.This was fine with me.The perception of most people is that it takes time to tell a lie.Honest responses come easily.�I talked to him because I wanted to know my rights and to make sure I was protected.��Did you ask him if you could sue Mr.Roulet for damages?��I thought what you say to your attorney is private.��If you wish, you can tell the jurors what you spoke to the attorney about.�There was the first deep slash with the razor.She was in an untenable position.No matter how she answered she would not look good.�I think I want to keep it private,� she finally said.�Okay, let�s go back to March sixth, but I want to go a little further back than Mr.Minton did.Let�s go back to the bar at Morgan�s when you first spoke to the defendant, Mr.Roulet.��Okay.��What were you doing at Morgan�s that night?��I was meeting someone.��Charles Talbot?��Yes.��Now, you were meeting him there to sort of size up whether you wanted to lead him back to your place to engage in sex for hire, correct?�She hesitated but then nodded.�Please answer verbally,� the judge told her.�Yes.��Would you say that practice is a safety precaution?��Yes.��A form of safe sex, right?��I guess so.��Because in your profession you deal intimately with strangers, so you must protect yourself, correct?��Yes, correct.��People in your profession call this the �freak test,� don�t they?��I�ve never called it that.��But it is true that you meet your prospective clients in a public place like Morgan�s to test them out and make sure they aren�t freaks or dangerous before you take them to your apartment.Isn�t that right?��You could say that.But the truth is, you can never be sure about somebody.��That is true.So when you were at Morgan�s you noticed Mr.Roulet sitting at the same bar as you and Mr.Talbot?��Yes, he was there.��And had you ever seen him before?��Yes, I had seen him there and a few other places before.��Had you ever spoken to him?��No, we never talked.��Had you ever noticed that he wore a Rolex watch?��No.��Had you ever seen him drive up or away from one of these places in a Porsche or a Range Rover?��No, I never saw him driving.��But you had seen him before in Morgan�s and other places like it.��Yes.��But never spoke to him.��Correct.��Then, what made you approach him?��I knew he was in the life, that�s all.��What do you mean by �in the life�?��I mean that the other times I had seen him I could tell he was a player.I�d seen him leave with girls that do what I do.��You saw him leave with other prostitutes?��Yes.��Leave to where?��I don�t know, leave the premises
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