- 6/14/2025
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00:00Do you know what it's like to watch someone you love endure constant, senseless pain?
00:11Of course you don't.
00:13You're incapable of empathy.
00:19I tried to do it the right way.
00:22But you made it impossible.
00:27And now I understand suffering.
00:31All I feel is rage in my chest.
00:40I live with a hole in my heart.
00:46And soon you will too.
00:49This is for you, sis.
00:52This is for all of us.
00:56Her chemotherapy is supposed to start today.
00:58Please, please, just check one more time.
01:01And when you should calm down, I will check one more time for you, okay?
01:03Okay.
01:04Your insurance did not her claim.
01:06Truman has canceled.
01:10Canceled?
01:11What?
01:12So you're telling me there's nothing we can do?
01:17You want to continue treatment?
01:19Then pay out of pocket.
01:20You will die.
01:30I've done all that I can.
01:32You still got a problem?
01:34You can appeal or take it up with the CEO of your insurance company.
01:37I have to appeal or Amelia's gonna die.
01:51I still believe someone up there might listen.
01:52I still believe someone up there might listen.
02:05They denied the appeal?
02:06No!
02:07No!
02:08I don't wanna die!
02:09I don't wanna die!
02:10I never do!
02:11It's okay, Amelia!
02:12You're okay!
02:13You're okay!
02:14You're okay!
02:15You're okay!
02:16You're okay!
02:17You're okay!
02:18You're okay!
02:19You're okay!
02:20Someone help!
02:21Someone help!
02:22Doctor!
02:24Hello?
02:26Please!
02:27She's all I have left.
02:28Please someone save her!
02:30It's okay!
02:32You're okay!
02:34Someone help!
02:35Someone help!
02:37Doctor!
02:38Hello?
02:40Please!
02:41She's all I have left!
02:42Please, someone save her!
02:48Your sister's leukemia has spread, and I gave her emergency stem cell transplant.
02:54But without continuing the treatment, she has no chance.
03:18I'm done going down with these money-hungered assholes.
03:25I'm gonna cover my sister's treatment or I'll...
03:28Insurance trouble?
03:32DB Health is killing my little sister. She's only nine.
03:36Evil snakes. My husband's gone because they denied every last claim.
03:42It would have been his sixth and third birthday today.
03:46They were his favorite.
03:48Now I can't have one in his honor because DB Health wouldn't cover my tremor medications anymore.
03:59Thank you, Yemen.
04:01I'm sorry about your sister.
04:04I'm sorry about your husband.
04:09Those greedy bastards don't care if any of us live or die as long as their pockets are lined.
04:13Don't let them get you down. We've got to fight back.
04:17If I could just meet him face-to-face. If I could just tell him.
04:32Check your hands there.
04:34I'm gonna show you right now.
04:35All right, I know the drill.
04:37Get on your horses, boys.
04:39I'll take $100,000 on the crib keeper's wife over there.
04:42She won't last a week.
04:44I'm gonna get $200,000 on the cancer, kid.
04:48Those little coffins are so cute.
04:51Don't you talk about my sister?
04:55Don't you talk about my sister?
04:57You asshole! You go apologize to her right now!
04:59Make me!
05:01Damn it! What do you want, dipshit?
05:02Mr. Thornwall, you're coming to deny my sister's leukemia treatment!
05:05I want you to do the right thing!
05:06Save her life!
05:07You come near me again, you're gonna be very sorry.
05:10It's you who will be sorry.
05:11If you won't hear me out, I'll make you.
05:41Hey.
05:48Who are you?
05:50Stop! Get back here!
05:52Security, catch him!
06:08The fuck is this?
06:09You underestimated me.
06:12You underestimated me.
06:14I'm sorry, who are you?
06:16The guy who sits there you're slowly killing!
06:19He's only nine years old!
06:21She has her whole life ahead of her!
06:24You want a bottle of crybaby?
06:26You think I'd give a fuck about some snotty kid's wasted potential?
06:31He was denied, so what?
06:33That's business.
06:35It's not my fault you're too broke to save your sister's life.
06:37You heartless son of a bitch!
06:41When the world finds out what you've done to children, how many people your business has killed!
06:47Bill, what?
06:49Nobody's gonna listen to you.
06:51You're not even a pimple on my ass!
07:02God!
07:04Yeah!
07:06Randall!
07:08Randall!
07:09You shouldn't have done that!
07:14You shouldn't have done that!
07:22Gallons of blood on your hands, but soon yours will be on mine.
07:25Don't give up, Amelia!
07:27Keep fighting!
07:29I'll find another way!
07:31No!
07:32Keep this!
07:33So, Mom and Daddy love them?
07:34No!
07:35Amelia!
07:36No!
07:37Amelia!
07:38No!
07:39No!
07:40Amelia!
07:41No!
07:42Amelia!
07:44No!
07:54No!
07:55No!
07:56Amelia!
07:57No!
07:58Amelia!
08:00Doctor!
08:01Doctors!
08:03Amelia!
08:04I hate how quiet it is without you
08:11You were just a kid
08:13You had a whole life unlived
08:16A future
08:18But they took it from you
08:21They denied you
08:34Almost enough to pay for the treatment
08:42That would have saved your life
08:43A sick joke
08:45How naive to trust the system
08:50To believe that a rich health insurance CEO
08:53Would actually care about people
08:55It's unjust
08:59I'm done being a pawn
09:01You think you're untouchable
09:12You hide behind your billions
09:16While the rest of us fight for scraps
09:18But all that's gonna change
09:24Because you're not a god
09:27When my bullet hits you
09:30You'll bleed
09:32You'll bleed
10:00She'll never get to see this amazing place
10:05You took everything away from her
10:20And she's not the only one
10:21You'll pay for it all
10:23You'll pay for it all
10:25You have a reservation?
10:29Mario and Charity
10:31Why so serious?
10:33Batman
10:35If only she knew
10:37So Mario
10:39Are you here for business or
10:49Are you here for business or
10:51I'm not sure
10:53Off to work?
10:54Off to school?
10:55Off to school?
10:56Just an ordinary day?
10:57We should be celebrating
10:59But you're gone
11:07And now everything is about to change
11:11We should be celebrating
11:13But you're gone
11:19And now everything is about to change
11:23Remember me, Mr. Thornwald?
11:39Get out of my way, scum
11:49Remember me, Mr. Thornwald?
11:51Get out of my way, scum
11:53You'll never deny anyone else ever again
12:11Now run
12:23I thought I'd regret it
12:42But this feels like justice
12:50Now time for phase two
12:53Chief, it's over here
13:05Let's go
13:11Who would murder the CEO of DB Health?
13:14What happened here, Chief?
13:18Randall Thornwald was murdered in cold blood
13:21Hey, Chief, check this out
13:25And there's two more
13:27Defend and depose?
13:29You don't think it's some whack job vigilante?
13:34Mere moments ago
13:35A man now identified as 54-year-old Randall Thornwald
13:39CEO of DB Health
13:41Has been shot dead
13:42Using bullets labeled
13:43Deny, defend and depose
13:46Police are speculating that the assailant
13:48Might be a vigilante
13:49Whoever did this
13:51Whoever did this
13:53Enjoy your freedom
13:55Because we will hunt you down
13:57And when I catch you
13:59You'll never see the light of day again
14:01I need to walk free long enough
14:03To make sure my message is heard loud and clear
14:06The shooter who won a life
14:07Finn and a Randall Thornwald
14:09I popped through you for fuck
14:10That's it
14:12Woo!
14:13I did this so others won't die like my sister did
14:19But what would she think of me now?
14:22I have to go back
14:27I have to go back
14:30Yes, Mr. Mayor, I know Randall Thornwald was a close personal friend
14:40He was a god damn visionary
14:42And we're doing everything we can to catch him
14:45Find the psychopath that murdered him or you'll never work again
14:48Sir, we'll squash this cocky fucker faster than you can
14:52I'll call you back, Mr. Mayor
14:56CCTV caught the perp biking into Central Park
15:00Hit it
15:06I shouldn't have come back
15:08But I can't let this go
15:09Over there
15:17They're faster than I thought
15:20Search the area
15:21I have an email
15:30Where could it...
15:39Could this be a clue?
15:50Lieutenant
15:52I knew there would be sacrifices
15:56I have to get out of here
16:00This will keep him busy
16:02Let's see how long it takes for them to fix that
16:06Y'all already know my struggle
16:07So when I heard deny defend a...
16:09On the bullet?
16:11Like, end-aliving is wrong
16:12But I am on the edge
16:14DB health is corrupt
16:16And karma is a bitch, I'm D
16:18So I'm rooting for Mateo
16:24Excuse me, officer
16:26I just found it
16:32Yeah, I was over there
16:34You contaminated evidence, you idiot
16:36My bad
16:37Hey, chief
16:39We found the backpack
16:48Get the fuck out of here
16:53Give me that
17:06There's a note
17:10How much paper for all life
17:12And you keep raising the price
17:15Who gave them the right to choose?
17:18Time to adjust and pay their dues
17:23Take this to forensics
17:25Got it
17:27The plot is thickening
17:28And I think our vigilante has just earned his nickname
17:30The Adjuster
17:31Let me know what you think in the comments below
17:34I won't be made a fool of
17:38I won't be made a fool of
17:41I won't be made a fool of
17:42be made a fool of.
18:09Have you seen this man?
18:12Tell us what you know, dickwad.
18:17Look, I don't see nothing.
18:19My insurance wouldn't cover new glasses, so without these glasses, everything's a big
18:23blur.
18:24Then get out of my face.
18:27This adjuster will pay with his life.
18:38People are rooting for this guy just shows how sick our society is.
18:41Okay, but the adjuster can get it done.
18:46He's too hot to collect.
18:48It's some loser who wanted to be famous.
18:50All of this is pointless if they don't understand why I did it, but they will soon.
18:57Who gave them the right to choose a justice now or pay or do?
19:04Who gave them the right to choose a justice now or pay or do?
19:06Who gave them the right to choose a justice now or pay or do?
19:09Oh, this is what I wanted, the people rising up, shouting back at the system that tried to silence them.
19:27You should be ashamed of yourself, harassing people at your age.
19:33I'm proud to fight for what's right, for what we all deserve.
19:36You're defending a murderer.
19:39What the heck?
19:41Who are what?
19:42Look at you, shaking like a leaf.
19:44You're nothing but a weak old-
19:45Don't lay a hand on her.
19:48How dare you touch me?
19:49Who's touching my wife?
19:52You better apologize, punk.
19:54Your wife's the one who should apologize.
19:56She stole something that doesn't belong to her.
19:58You loudmouth maggots are stealing our precious time.
20:02Leave!
20:03Before I make you go ahead and try.
20:09You shouldn't have done that one.
20:14Yeah?
20:15How about this?
20:16Do you realize you just assaulted the CEO of Purple Cross?
20:24I was defending myself.
20:25What you did, what you did to my friend Patty here, that was assault.
20:30Who's going to believe some decrepit old woman and her rat-faced sidekick over a CEO and his wife?
20:36Everyone here, they all saw what happened.
20:38They all saw what happened.
20:40You mean these lazy invalids who'd rather shout themselves hoarse, demanding money from us, than work an honest job?
20:48I worked night shift for 35 years in a warehouse, until the insurance company denied my back surgery.
20:55I was trained to become a pilot, until Purple Cross didn't have my insulin prescription.
20:59Now I'm blind in one eye, and have to give up on everything I worked for.
21:03All they want is a chance to live.
21:06You're done taking that away?
21:09I'm done.
21:10News flash.
21:11The one who has the gold makes the rules, asshole.
21:14Aw, did no one tell you?
21:16This protest is pointless.
21:19You'll all stay poor and sick, begging for money you're never going to get.
21:24Like diseased hamsters stuck in a broken wheel.
21:27It's how the world works.
21:28You can't do it without money.
21:30It's always about money.
21:32You're right?
21:33When money talks, people listen.
21:39Here's Amelia's insurance money.
21:44They need it more than I do.
21:47Here's your medication.
21:49There's enough here for everyone, okay?
21:52Hey!
21:53There's over 200k in here.
21:56Either you stole this, or you're a drug dealer.
22:00Let's go out for a real nice dinner tonight, honey.
22:03Ooh!
22:04Stealing from the sick once again.
22:05That's what you greedy CEOs do best, isn't it?
22:07Stealing!
22:08I'll bet half these leeching phlegm buckets owe me money.
22:12Preach like you don't scare me anymore.
22:17Yeah?
22:18How about the cops?
22:20They'll get me eventually.
22:22But not today.
22:24What makes you think you're so invincible?
22:26You're a scrawny little nobody.
22:28I'm the CEO of a billion dollar healthcare company.
22:32You have no idea who I am.
22:35And you don't want to find out who gave you the right to choose.
22:41Adjust things now or pay your due.
22:43Who gave you the right to choose?
22:45Adjust things now or pay your due?
22:47Who gave you the right to choose?
22:50Adjust things now or pay your due?
22:52Who gave you the right to choose?
22:54Adjust things now or pay your due?
22:56I'm shutting this down!
22:58We're not going anywhere.
23:00We're not going anywhere.
23:03Who gave you the right to choose?
23:06Adjust things now or pay your due?
23:08Who gave you the right to choose?
23:10Adjust things now or pay your due?
23:11Cops aren't going to be enough.
23:12We need the mayor
23:14Here Camden, there are violent protesters in front of DB Health intimidating pedestrians
23:20Protesters, huh? Those chanting morons are a virus infecting the minds of our youth
23:27I'll send more officers over
23:30Mr. Mayor, their leader is the adjuster
23:34I'll be there in five
23:36It's for you
23:37It's for you
23:42Yeah, one more for you
23:44Please
23:44It's a miracle
23:49But how?
23:51It's my sister's life insurance money
23:53She'd want me to help people out while they still have a fighting chance
23:56Consider an adjustment
23:59There he is, the adjuster
24:03That's the mayor
24:07Now you'll be sorry
24:08Mayor Camden, he's here
24:10This pathetic guy is the adjuster?
24:14The calculated terrorist who murdered my dear friend Randy
24:18I can't let them take me in yet
24:20My work isn't done
24:21No, I am the adjuster
24:29No, I'm the adjuster
24:31It's me, I'm the adjuster
24:34No, it's me, I'm the adjuster
24:37Go, now
24:39Now
24:40Get him
24:41Let's go, he's getting away
24:43Get him
24:46He's getting away
24:48He's over there
24:49Don't let him go
24:51Don't let him go
24:52There
24:59There
25:01Get him
25:02Not so clever after all
25:09Hey man
25:22Hey, you cool?
25:29Can you use the jacket?
25:32Hey
25:32Right there
25:34God bless you
25:37Take care of it, man
25:44Stay safe
25:4526-year-old Matteo Leone has been identified as the CEO shooter
25:52A $10,000 reward is being offered for any info that comes into our office
25:57My name is out there now, but I won't hide for much longer
26:00I wish someone didn't have to die to make them listen
26:27I wish I could hear my sister's laugh just one more time
26:31But life isn't fair
26:34Do you need some help?
26:40Do you mind?
26:41I don't mind
26:42I have to put her on these walks so she can sleep
26:44And then when she's asleep, I can never lift this up
26:47Have a good night
26:51Bye
26:51The healthcare system has failed the people
26:55And it needs to be taken down
26:57This won't bring Amelia back
27:10But it will save millions
27:16I'm not a monster
27:28Accountability is part of the plan
27:31Have a good one
27:40And I'm almost ready to take it
27:43And I'm almost ready to take it
27:43Asking what he does
28:00Asking how he did
28:00Has Better
28:01What about my grandchildren
28:02Take my lady
28:04And I'm not afraid
28:05Do you imagine
28:07Asking what she looks like
28:07And I'm moving
28:09And I'm afraid
28:09I can't run forever.
28:19One last thing to check off the list.
28:26Let me get a McCrazy with Oreo space.
28:30It's fire.
28:31Can I have a bite?
28:34What?
28:34You want a bite?
28:35Yeah.
28:37If you pay for your own, I guess, sure.
28:40Maybe, okay, sure.
28:41Can I get two then?
28:45And you can keep the change.
28:49No fucking way.
28:54Hey, I got the guy you're looking for.
28:58My time as a free man is ending.
29:01But are any of us really free?
29:09Come on, come on, come on.
29:12Come on, come on, come on, come on.
29:14Well, well, well.
29:17Matteo Leone.
29:18Please, don't do anything stupid.
29:22Is there a problem, officers?
29:23You little shit.
29:29Chief, it's all here.
29:34You're under arrest, motherfucker.
29:42You have the right to remain silent.
29:44Go ahead and arrest me.
29:46The people are about to wake up.
29:47No way.
29:54If you're reading this, I am in police custody.
29:57I won't stop fighting, but I can't do it alone.
30:00Will you join me?
30:01Matteo Leone is a cold-blooded killer
30:09who brutally murdered CEO Randall Thornwald.
30:12For his crimes, we are seeking the death penalty.
30:16How do you plead?
30:18They have it all wrong.
30:20Not guilty.
30:27Answer me, you shit-eating cockroach!
30:31Or should I pull the teeth out
30:34from your pretty little smile?
30:37Don't you realize you're gonna get the death penalty?
30:40You don't realize nobody's free
30:41until everybody's free?
30:47Let him go, Chief!
30:48Let him go!
30:49You can't let this sad sack have all the fun.
31:00You think you're a hero?
31:03You're a terrorist.
31:05And I won't rest until you're on death row.
31:09And you're afraid of me
31:10because you can't stop what I started.
31:11You're losing control, Mayor Cameron.
31:15Is that what you think?
31:17Well, let's see what the streets have to say.
31:19Come on.
31:26After you, gentlemen.
31:27Hang in there, Mateo.
31:41We're all on your side.
31:42We're fighting, David.
31:43You're going down.
31:52Great use of resources, guys.
31:53No talking.
31:54The system is designed
31:56to annihilate scum like you.
32:00Burn in hell, you filthy criminal.
32:03You'll fry in that chair.
32:05You scared of me, Mr. CEO?
32:06Scared.
32:07Where's your money now?
32:08You're empty threats.
32:09You think you're some sort of superhero?
32:12You're shit on the bottom of a shoe.
32:13A fly about to be swatted.
32:15Easy for you to say.
32:17Surrounded by cops
32:18and your bulletproof vests.
32:19Cowards.
32:21All of you.
32:22I could rip you apart.
32:29You're nothing but a filthy criminal.
32:32Powerless.
32:34Stupid.
32:35Pathetic.
32:36You're no one.
32:37Back off.
32:38Let the court decide.
32:40Innocent is well proven guilty.
32:42Innocent is well proven guilty.
32:44Innocent is well proven guilty.
32:46Innocent is well proven guilty.
32:48It's completely unjust.
32:50It's an insult to the intelligence
32:51of the American people
32:52and their lived experience.
32:57It's an insult to the American people
32:59and their lived experience.
33:00They can yell all they want,
33:01but they can't keep you
33:02from rotting in jail.
33:04Come on.
33:06Hear me.
33:06Innocent is well proven guilty.
33:08See you in court.
33:10Innocent is well proven guilty.
33:12Innocent is well proven guilty.
33:14Innocent is well proven guilty.
33:18No one can protect you in here.
33:22Let's see how long you last.
33:24Maybe I deserve everything
33:30that's coming to me.
33:34What you in here for, princess?
33:36What's your name, boy?
33:39Better start answering me, son,
33:41before I fuck you up, boy.
33:42I'm gonna fuck you up so bad
33:44they ain't gonna be able to recognize you
33:45when I'm fucking through.
33:47Now what's your fucking name, boy?
33:48Mateo, Leone.
33:57Oh, shit.
33:58You're the adjuster.
34:05Dixon, you see the brothers in here,
34:07they're all gonna test you
34:08and they're gonna fuck with you.
34:09But they gotta get to us first.
34:13And my man Terrence over here
34:14is gonna get you cleaned up.
34:15Yo, T, clean this man up.
34:18Take a seat, bro.
34:27The denial letter came
34:28a week after we buried her.
34:32I'm so sorry that happened.
34:34And what you did
34:35made a lot of guys in here
34:37feel a lot better.
34:39Just feel less hopeless.
34:45There's no going back.
34:47I'll fight to the death.
34:52Janet here,
34:53but the man of the hour
34:54hasn't shown yet.
34:55If you didn't know,
34:56today is the first day
34:58of the trial of the century.
34:59The United States
35:00versus Matteo Leone,
35:02also known as
35:03the adjuster.
35:05You saw the one in posters.
35:07Corrupt CEO's time
35:09is running out.
35:10You crusty plebeians
35:11could never get past security.
35:13Oh, yeah?
35:14You sure about that?
35:15It's called survival
35:16of the fix.
35:18The vibes are giving
35:20pressure cooker.
35:27Get her, get her.
35:33People are waking up.
35:54Enjoy it while it lasts.
35:57Our case is airtight.
35:58After this,
35:59nothing but prison
36:00and death
36:01for a sadistic monster
36:02like you.
36:03You see about that?
36:06Talk to my client again?
36:07And I'll have you disbarred.
36:09I'll see you in court.
36:10All right.
36:11I'll be here.
36:11I'll see you in court.
36:13I'll see you in court.
36:14I'll see you in court.
36:15I'll see you in court.
36:16I'll see you in court.
36:16I'll see you in court.
36:17I'll see you in court.
36:18I'll see you in court.
36:18I'll see you in court.
36:19I'll see you in court.
36:19I'll see you in court.
36:20I'll see you in court.
36:20I'll see you in court.
36:21I'll see you in court.
36:21I'll see you in court.
36:22I'll see you in court.
36:22I'll see you in court.
36:23I'll see you in court.
36:23I'll see you in court.
36:24I'll see you in court.
36:24I'll see you in court.
36:25I'll see you in court.
36:25Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,
36:37Matteo Leone viciously targeted Randall Thornwald.
36:42Rather than grieve with dignity,
36:44when his sister died of cancer,
36:45he cruelly premeditated the murder of a loving family man,
36:50a successful visionary CEO worth billions,
36:54who purposely profited off of people's pain.
36:59These witnesses will paint a picture
37:01of just how dangerous Matteo Leone is.
37:11He could have saved his sister,
37:13but he was too broke to pay.
37:15He had motive.
37:17He was aggressive from the start.
37:18He's a bully.
37:20He pushed me and threatened my husband.
37:23He wanted them to suffer.
37:25That's not true.
37:27He thought he was so smart with all his messages.
37:30Mr. Leone is entitled, manipulable,
37:33and frankly, psychotic.
37:38Thank you, Mayor Camden.
37:41For my final witness, I call Brady Thornwald,
37:45Randall Thornwald's son.
37:46Brady, how has the death of your father,
38:04your hero, affected you?
38:08Will this kid be the nail in my coffin?
38:09My father's not my hero.
38:19Uh, you mean?
38:22I mean, I was incredibly devastated, um,
38:27when that cold-blooded killer
38:30took my father's life away from me.
38:35You know what?
38:38Fuck that.
38:39My dad enjoyed hurting people.
38:41His entire vision as CEO
38:43was built on keeping people sick.
38:46And I'm not just gonna sit here and lie
38:47because some company paid me to.
38:49You disrespect your own father.
38:51After everything he did for you?
38:53You know what?
38:53Lock me up.
38:54I don't care.
38:56Objection!
38:56He can't just...
38:57I mean, sit down!
38:58You're nothing lower than suing sluts.
39:00Mr. Mayor, first,
39:02you treat him like some kind of zoo event.
39:05Order!
39:10Mayor Camden, one more word
39:12and you'll be held in contempt.
39:15Yeah, yeah.
39:16No further questions.
39:19Based on the evidence provided,
39:23Matteo Leone undoubtedly is guilty
39:25of murder in the first degree.
39:28Prosecution rests.
39:30Ms. Weinhardt?
39:34Judge will shine.
39:36People to jury.
39:38As the prosecution detailed,
39:41my client, Matteo Leone,
39:43shot and killed the CEO of DB Health.
39:48Randall Thornwall, dead.
39:55Someone had to do it.
39:56That's right.
39:59My client does not deny killing Mr. Thornwall.
40:02What he does deny, it was unwarranted.
40:06Mr. Leone had to act drastically to save lives.
40:10And today, we're here to defend his right
40:12so he can defend himself and others
40:15from becoming victims of a murderous corporation.
40:18Let's do it.
40:25Order!
40:28I call Patty Sinclair to the stand.
40:30Please tell us what happened to your husband.
40:49Clay and I, we just found out that we were going to be grandparents.
40:54Then one night, Clay had a heart attack.
41:01A doctor prescribed a treatment plan, but DB Health said no, not medically necessary.
41:06It would cost hundreds of thousands out of pocket, so we appealed, but all of our claims
41:12were denied.
41:13I was denied a walking boot from my fractured ankle.
41:16It got so bad they had to amputate, but they couldn't because they don't make prosthetics.
41:20I got addicted to pain medication, but denied the surgery to cure my pain for good.
41:26We went bankrupt, and now we're homeless.
41:28He couldn't afford it, so he died.
41:32Appealed, but now she's paralyzed.
41:43If DB Health had approved my husband's surgery, he would still be alive.
41:48This young man, Mateo, saw how so many of us were being taken advantage of by DB Health's
41:55predatory business.
41:58And he did what no one else had the courage or actually the balls to do.
42:04He stood up.
42:07He stood up.
42:13I couldn't have said it any better.
42:16Your Honor, I called Mr. Mateo Leoti to stand.
42:31This isn't a circus! Order in the court!
42:38Do you swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth?
42:45If you swear to listen.
42:51I swear to tell the truth.
42:52Mr. Leone, what drove you to kill the CEO of DB Health?
43:08Your Honor, it'll be better if I show you.
43:11Oh, objection! This is new evidence not found to be-
43:13Sit down, Counselor.
43:16Go ahead.
43:22Thanks for being here.
43:26While I still have a voice, I want to tell you why.
43:32This is Amelia.
43:34My nine-year-old sister.
43:37She was just a baby when our parents died.
43:41And it's been the two of us against the world ever since.
43:44The doctor said she could beat leukemia if she started treatment right away.
43:49But DB Health wouldn't cover it.
43:51Even with a decent job, I couldn't afford to pay out of pocket.
43:56So I appealed.
43:57I was optimistic.
43:59I didn't know that there are almost 200,000 health insurance-related deaths per year.
44:05As we waited for a response,
44:07I watched my amazing little sister get sicker.
44:11And then DB Health denied her appeal.
44:16I did everything I could to fight back.
44:18I even pleaded with the CEO himself to save her life.
44:25He told me it was nothing personal.
44:28It's just the business of keeping people sick.
44:34And then he smiled.
44:35Amelia died.
44:41And I found out our story is very, very common.
44:46I'm talking mass corruption leading to massive amounts of lives ruined.
44:53Hundreds of thousands of lives ruined.
44:56All to fill their pockets.
44:59But we're bigger than them.
45:02All right?
45:02We're bigger than them.
45:03If we stand up together.
45:06Who's with me?
45:08The defense rests.
45:19Nothing more to do but wait.
45:28After thorough consideration,
45:30Purple Cross Health will discontinue our limited anesthesia policy.
45:34Our company will end its wait-and-see policy beginning at the first of the month.
45:38We'll be halting our lottery policy effectively.
45:40Whatever happens today, you did this.
45:43We, the jury, find Matteo Leone.
45:54Dear Tracy,
45:55Your letter made me tear up.
45:57I am so sorry you and your daughter had to go through such senseless pain.
46:01No one should have to experience that kind of systemic failure.
46:04You are an inspiration,
46:05and your daughter is lucky to have a mother who didn't back down.
46:09All my best,
46:10Matteo Leone.
46:13Death or life in prison.
46:24At least I said my peace.
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