- 6/23/2025
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00:00CEO of DV Health has been shot dead.
00:04Matteo Leone has been identified as a shooter.
00:07This is for you, Amelia.
00:09My nine-year-old sister.
00:13Your insurance died for clay.
00:15She was fine.
00:17No, Amelia!
00:18I want you to do the right thing.
00:20That's business.
00:22You will never deny anyone again.
00:25Search the area.
00:26I didn't know that there are almost 200,000 health insurance-related deaths per year.
00:32Matteo Leone.
00:34Go ahead and arrest me.
00:35The people are about to wake up.
00:37Who has had the right to choose a justice now or pay your bills?
00:40The United States versus Matteo Leone, also known as the adjuster.
00:45He's a murderer.
00:46You think you're a hero?
00:48You're a terrorist.
00:49For the second charge, first-degree murder, we, the jury, find Matteo Leone.
00:56Do you know what it's like to watch someone you love endure constant senseless pain?
01:13Of course you don't.
01:16You're incapable of empathy.
01:17I tried to do it the right way, but you made it impossible.
01:30And now I understand suffering.
01:35All I feel is rage in my chest.
01:38I live with a hole in my heart.
01:50And soon you will, too.
01:53This is for you, sis.
01:55This is for all of us.
01:59Her chemotherapy is supposed to start today.
02:01Please, please, just check one more time.
02:04I will need you to calm down.
02:05I will check one more time for you, okay?
02:06Okay, okay.
02:06Your insurance did not her claim.
02:09Tremendous cancel.
02:13Canceled?
02:14What?
02:17So you're telling me there's nothing we can do?
02:19You want to continue treatment?
02:21Then pay out of pocket.
02:31She will die.
02:33I've done all that I can.
02:35You still got a problem?
02:36You can appeal, or take it up with the CEO of your insurance company.
02:51I have to appeal, or Amelia's going to die.
02:54I still believe that someone up there might listen.
03:09I don't want to die, I don't want to die, I don't want to die.
03:23I don't want to die, I don't want to die, I don't want to die, I have a tail.
03:35You're okay, you're okay, you're okay.
03:36You're going to be okay.
03:37No.
03:37Someone help.
03:38Someone help.
03:40Doctor, hello?
03:42Please.
03:43She's all I have left.
03:44Please, someone save her.
03:45Your sister's leukemia has spread, and I gave her an emergency stem cell transplant.
03:57But without continuing the treatment, she has no chance.
04:00I'm done going down with these money-hungered assholes.
04:23I'm going to cover my sister's treatment or I'll...
04:30Insurance troubles?
04:34TB Health is killing my little sister.
04:37She's only nine.
04:39Evil snakes.
04:40My husband's gone because they denied every last claim.
04:45It would have been his 63rd birthday today.
04:49They were his favorite.
04:51Now I can't have one in his honor because TB Health wouldn't cover my tremor medications anymore.
05:02Thank you, young man.
05:04Sorry about your sister.
05:07I'm sorry about your husband.
05:10Those greedy bastards don't care if any of us live or die as long as their pockets are lined.
05:17Don't let them get you down.
05:18We've got to fight back.
05:30If I could just meet him face to face.
05:33If I could just tell him.
05:36Check your hands there.
05:37I'll show you right now.
05:38All right, I know the drill.
05:40Down your horses, boys.
05:42I'll take 100k and the crib keeper's wife over there.
05:45She won't last a week.
05:47I'm going to get 200,000 on the cancer, kid.
05:50Those little coffins are so cute.
05:54Don't you talk about my sister?
05:57Don't you talk about my sister?
05:58You asshole.
06:00You asshole.
06:00You go apologize to her right now.
06:02Make me.
06:03What do you want, dipshit?
06:05Mr. Thornwald, you're coming to deny my sister's leukemia treatment.
06:08I want you to do the right thing.
06:09Save her life.
06:10You come near me again, you're going to be very sorry.
06:12It's you who will be sorry.
06:14If you won't hear me out, I'll make you.
06:37Hey.
06:49Who are you?
06:52Stop!
06:53Get back here!
06:55Security, catch him!
06:56What the fuck is this?
07:12You underestimated me.
07:14You underestimated me.
07:16I'm sorry, who are you?
07:19The guy who sits there you're slowly killing!
07:22He's only nine years old!
07:23She has her whole life ahead of her!
07:26You want a bottle of cry, baby?
07:29You think I'd give a fuck about some snotty kid's wasted potential?
07:33He was denied.
07:34So what?
07:35That's business.
07:37It's not my fault you're too broke to save your sister's life.
07:40You heartless son of a...
07:42Jake!
07:43When the world finds out what you've done to children,
07:47how many people your business has killed.
07:49Bill, what?
07:51Nobody's going to listen to you.
07:56You're not even a pimple on my ass.
08:03You...
08:03You...
08:04You...
08:04You...
08:05You...
08:05You...
08:06You...
08:07You...
08:07You...
08:08Randall!
08:09Randall!
08:11You...
08:12You shouldn't have done that.
08:17Gallons of blood on your hands,
08:26but soon yours will be on mine.
08:29Don't give up, Amelia.
08:30Keep fighting.
08:32I'll find another way.
08:33No.
08:47Keep this.
08:49So, Mama and Daddy, you love them.
08:55No.
08:56No, Amelia.
08:58No!
08:58Amelia!
08:59Amelia!
08:59Doctors!
09:02Doctors!
09:04Amelia!
09:06I hate how quiet it is without you.
09:14You were just a kid.
09:16You had a whole life unlived.
09:19A future.
09:21But they took it from you.
09:24They denied you.
09:25No.
09:25No.
09:29Almost enough to pay for the treatment that would have saved your life.
09:46A sick joke.
09:47How naive to trust the system.
09:53To believe that a rich health insurance CEO would actually care about people.
10:00It's unjust.
10:02I'm done being upon.
10:03I'm done being upon.
10:03You think you're untouchable.
10:15You hide behind your billions while the rest of us fight for scraps.
10:20But all that's going to change.
10:27Because you're not a god.
10:30When my bullet hits you, you'll bleed.
10:34You're not a god.
10:34Don't you hate.
10:34I don't know.
11:04She'll never get to see this amazing place.
11:19You took everything away from her, and she's not the only one.
11:24You'll pay for it all.
11:31Do you have a reservation?
11:33Mario Lanchotti.
11:35Why so serious, Batman?
11:40If only she knew.
11:44So, Mario.
11:49Are you here for business, or...
11:52I'm not sure.
11:55Off to work.
12:04Off to school.
12:06Just an ordinary day.
12:08We should be celebrating.
12:15But you're gone.
12:22And now everything is about to change.
12:26Remember me, Mr. Thornwald?
12:39Remember me, Mr. Thornwald?
12:52Get out of my way, scum.
12:55You'll never deny anyone else ever again.
13:04Now run!
13:13I thought I'd regret it.
13:38I thought I'd regret it.
13:39But this feels like justice.
13:46Now time for phase two.
13:53Chief, it's over here.
14:06Let's go.
14:07Who would murder the CEO of D.D. Health?
14:16What happened here, Chief?
14:17Randall Thornwald was murdered in full blood.
14:22Hey, Chief.
14:23Check this out.
14:24And there's two more.
14:27Defend and oppose?
14:29You don't think it's some whack job vigilante.
14:36Mere moments ago, a man now identified as 54-year-old Randall Thornwald, CEO of D.B. Health, has been shot dead using bullets labeled deny, defend, and depose.
14:48Police are speculating that the assailant might be a vigilante.
14:53Whoever did this, enjoy your freedom, because we will hunt you down, and when I catch you, you'll never see the light of day again.
15:03I need to walk free long enough to make sure my message is heard loud and clear.
15:07The shooter who won a life in a Randall Thornwald.
15:10My poppin, give a fuck!
15:12I did this so others won't die like my sister did.
15:20But what would she think of me now?
15:23I have to go back.
15:33Yes, Mr. Mayor, I know Randall Thornwald was a close personal friend.
15:43He was a goddamn visionary.
15:45And we're doing everything we can to catch him.
15:47Find the psychopath that murdered him, or you'll never work again.
15:50Sir, we'll squash this cocky fucker faster than you can.
15:53I'll call you back, Mr. Mayor.
15:58CCTV caught the perp biking into Central Park.
16:01Hit it.
16:02I shouldn't have come back, but I can't let this go.
16:12Over there.
16:18They're faster than I thought.
16:21Search the area.
16:22I have an email.
16:23Where could it...
16:30Could this be a clue?
16:33Lieutenant.
16:42I knew there would be sacrifices.
16:44I have to get out of here.
16:45This will keep him busy.
16:50Let's see how long it takes for them to fix that.
16:53Y'all already know my struggle.
16:55So when I heard Danai defend a...
16:56...harm the bullets.
16:57Like, uneniving is wrong, but I am on the edge.
17:00DB health is corrupt, and karma is a bitch, hunty.
17:03So I'm rooting for Mateo.
17:04Excuse me, officer.
17:05I just found this.
17:06Yeah, I was over there.
17:08You contaminated evidence, you...
17:10...harm the bullets.
17:11I just found this.
17:16Hey, chief.
17:24Hey, chief.
17:35We found the backpack.
17:43Get the fuck out of here, give me that there's a note how much paper for a life
18:13and you keep raising the price. Who gave them the right to choose? Time to adjust and pay their dues.
18:21Take this to forensics. Got it. The plot is thickening and I think our vigilante has just
18:31earned his nickname, The Adjuster. Let me know what you think in the comments below.
18:35I won't be made a fool of.
18:44Have you seen this man?
19:11Tell us what you know, dickwad.
19:15Look, I don't see nothing. My insurance wouldn't cover new glasses, so we throw out these glasses.
19:22Everything's a big flare. Then get out of my face. This adjuster will pay with his life.
19:30People are rooting for this guy just shows how sick our society is.
19:42Okay, but the adjuster can get it done.
19:47It's too hot to commit.
19:48It's some loser who wanted to be famous.
19:51All of this is pointless if they don't understand why I did it, but they will soon.
19:55But they will soon.
20:03Who gave them the right to choose? A justice now or pay or do?
20:09Who gave them the right to choose? A justice now or pay or do?
20:14This is what I wanted.
20:16The people rising up, shouting back at the system that tried to silence them.
20:20Who gave them the right to choose? A justice now or pay?
20:24Denying claims is inhumane! Denying claims is inhumane! Denying claims is inhumane!
20:28You should be ashamed of yourself. Harassing people at your age?
20:33I'm proud to fight for what's right, for what we all deserve.
20:36You're defending a murderer!
20:41Who are what? Look at you, shaking like a leaf. You're nothing but a weak old...
20:45Don't lay a hand on her.
20:48How dare you touch me?
20:49Who's touching my wife?
20:53You better apologize, punk.
20:55Your wife's the one who should apologize.
20:56She stole something that doesn't belong to her.
20:58You loudmouth maggots are stealing our precious time.
21:03Leave! Before I make you go ahead and try.
21:13You shouldn't have done that one.
21:15Oh yeah? How about this?
21:21Do you realize you just assaulted the CEO of Purple Cross?
21:25I was defending myself. What you did, what you did to my friend Patty here, that was assault.
21:31Who's gonna believe some decrepit old woman and her rat-faced sidekick over a CEO and his wife?
21:37Everyone here, they all saw what happened.
21:40You mean these lazy invalids who'd rather shout themselves hoarse, demanding money from us, than work an honest job?
21:48I worked night shift for 35 years in a warehouse, until the insurance company denied my back surgery.
21:55I was trained to become a pilot, until Purple Cross didn't add my insulin prescription.
22:00Now I'm blind in one eye, and have to give up on everything I worked for.
22:04All they want is a chance to live.
22:06You're done taking that away?
22:09I'm done. Newsflash. The one who has the gold makes the rules, asshole.
22:14Aw, did no one tell you?
22:18This protest is pointless. You'll all stay poor and sick, begging for money you're never gonna get.
22:26Like diseased hamsters stuck in a broken wheel.
22:28It's how the world works. You can't do it without money.
22:32It's always about money.
22:34You're right. When money talks.
22:40People listen.
22:43Here's Emili's insurance money. They need it more than I do.
22:47Free medication. There's enough here for everyone, okay?
22:52Hey! There's over 200k in here.
22:57Either you stole this, or you're a drug dealer.
23:00Let's go out for a real nice dinner tonight, honey.
23:04Stealing from the sick once again. That's what you greedy CEOs do best, isn't it?
23:08Stealing! I'll bet half these leeching phlegm buckets owe me money.
23:16Preach like you don't scare me anymore.
23:18Yeah? How about the cops?
23:21They'll get me eventually. But not today.
23:25What makes you think you're so invincible? You're a scrawny little nobody.
23:29I'm the CEO of a billion dollar healthcare company.
23:32You have no idea who I am.
23:36And you don't want to find out.
23:37The job, who gave you the right to choose, adjust things now or pay your due.
23:44Who gave you the right to choose?
23:47pay your due. Who gave you the right to choose? Adjusting now or pay your due. I'm shutting
23:56this down. We're not going anywhere. We're not going anywhere. Who gave you the right
24:05to choose? Adjusting now or pay your due. Who gave you the right to choose? Adjusting
24:10now or pay your due. Cops aren't going to be enough. We need the mayor. Mayor Camden,
24:15there are violent protesters in front of DB Health intimidating pedestrians.
24:19Protesters, huh? Those chanting morons are a virus infecting the minds of our youth.
24:25I'll send more officers over. Mr. Mayor, their leader is the adjuster.
24:33I'll be there in five.
24:35What? It's for you. It's for you. Thank you. Yeah, one more for you. Please.
24:44It's a miracle. But how? It's my sister's life insurance money. She'd want me to help people
24:55out while they still have a fighting chance. Consider an adjustment. There he is, the adjuster.
25:03That's the mayor. Now you'll be sorry. Mayor Camden, he's here. This pathetic guy is the
25:13adjuster? The calculated terrorist who murdered my dear friend Randy. I can't let them take me
25:19in yet. My work isn't done. No. I am the adjuster. No. I'm the adjuster. It's me. I'm the adjuster.
25:34No, it's me. I'm the adjuster. Go. Now. Get him. Let's go. He's getting away.
25:42He's getting away. He's getting away. Don't let him go. Don't let him go.
25:57There. There. Get him. Get him. Get him. Get him. Get him. Not so clever after all.
26:09Hey, man. Hey, you cold? Can you use the jacket?
26:30Right there. God bless you.
26:36Take care of it, man. Stay safe.
26:4626-year-old Matteo Leone has been identified as the CEO shooter. A $10,000 reward is being
26:53offered for any info that comes into our office. My name is out there now, but I won't hide
26:58much longer. I wish someone didn't have to die to make them listen. I wish I could
27:03hear my sisters laugh just one more time. But life isn't fair. I wish someone didn't have
27:10to die to make them listen. I wish I could hear my sisters laugh just one more time. But life
27:18isn't fair. Do you need some help? Do you mind? I don't mind. I have to put her on these
27:28walks so she can sleep. And then when she's asleep, I can never lift this up. Have a good night.
27:38Hi. The healthcare system has failed the people and it needs to be taken down. This
27:45won't bring Amelia back. But it will save millions of people.
27:47But it will save millions of people.
27:48But it will save millions of people.
27:49I will never lift this up.
27:50I will never lift this up.
27:51Have a good night.
27:52Bye.
27:53The healthcare system has failed the people and it needs to be taken down.
28:08This won't bring Amelia back. But it will save millions.
28:26I'm not a monster. Accountability is part of the plan.
28:37Have a good one.
28:39And I'm almost ready to take it.
29:07I can't run forever. One last thing to check off the list. Let me get a McCrazy with Oreo
29:28space. It's fire. Can I have a bite? What? You want a bite? Yeah. If you pay for your own,
29:36I guess. Sure. Maybe. Okay. Sure. Can I get two then? And you can keep the change. Thank you. No fucking way. Hey. I got the car you're looking for. My time as a free man is ending. But are any of us really free?
30:01Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Well. Well. Well. Matteo Leone. Please. Don't do anything stupid. Is there a problem, officers? You little shit. Chief. It's all here. It's all here. It's all here. It's all here. It's all here. It's all here. It's all here. It's all here. It's all here. It's all here. It's all here. It's all here. It's all here. It's all here. It's all here. It's all here. It's all here. It's all here. It's all here. It's all here. It's all here. It's all here. It's all here. It's all here. It's all here. It's all here. It's all here. It's all here. It's all here.
30:31You're under arrest, motherfucker.
30:41You have the right to remain silent.
30:44Go ahead and arrest me.
30:45The people are about to wake up.
30:51No way.
30:53If you're reading this, I am in police custody.
30:56I won't stop fighting, but I can't do it alone.
30:59Will you join me?
31:01I won't stop fighting, but I can't do it alone.
31:05Matteo Leone is a cold-blooded killer who brutally murdered CEO Randall Thornwald.
31:11For his crimes, we are seeking the death penalty.
31:15How do you plead?
31:17They have it all wrong.
31:19Not guilty.
31:26Answer me, you shit-eating cockroach!
31:28Or should I pull the teeth out from your pretty little smile?
31:36Don't you realize you're going to get the death penalty?
31:39You don't realize nobody's free until everybody's free?
31:41Let him go, chief!
31:48Let him go!
31:51Can't let this sad sack have all the fun.
31:54You think you're a hero?
32:02You're a terrorist.
32:04And I won't rest until you're on death row.
32:08And you're afraid of me because you can't stop what I started.
32:12You're losing control, Mayor Cameron.
32:14Is that what you think?
32:15Well, let's see what the streets have to say, huh?
32:18No.
32:25After you, gentlemen.
32:26Hang in there, Mateo.
32:40We're all on your side.
32:41We're fighting for you.
32:45You're going down.
32:51Great use of resources, guys.
32:52So talking.
32:53The system is designed to annihilate scum like you.
32:59Burn in hell, you filthy criminal.
33:02You'll fry in that chair.
33:04Are you scared of me, Mr. CEO?
33:05Scared.
33:06Where's your money now?
33:07You're empty threats.
33:08You think you're some sort of superhero?
33:10You're shit on the bottom of a shoe.
33:12A fly about to be swatted.
33:14Easy for you to say.
33:16Surrounded by cops in your bulletproof vests.
33:18Cowards.
33:20All of you.
33:21I could rip you apart.
33:22You're nothing but a filthy criminal.
33:31Powerless.
33:33Stupid.
33:34Pathetic.
33:35You know it.
33:36Back off.
33:37Let the court decide.
33:39Innocent is unproven guilty.
33:41Innocent is unproven guilty.
33:43Innocent is unproven guilty.
33:45Innocent is unproven guilty.
33:47It's completely unjust.
33:48It's an insult to the intelligence of the American people and their lived experience.
33:55It's an insult to the American people and their lived experience.
33:58They can yell all they want, but they can't keep you from rotting in jail.
34:03Come on.
34:04Hear me.
34:06See you in court.
34:09Innocent is unproven guilty.
34:10Innocent is unproven guilty.
34:12Innocent is unproven guilty.
34:13Innocent is unproven guilty.
34:14Innocent is unproven guilty.
34:14No one can protect you in here.
34:18Let's see how long you last.
34:28Maybe I deserve everything that's coming to me.
34:33What you in here for, princess?
34:35What's your name, boy?
34:38Better start answering me, son, before I fuck you up, boy.
34:41I'm gonna fuck you up so bad they ain't gonna be able to recognize you when I'm fucking through.
34:45Now what's your fucking name, boy?
34:47Mateo, Leone.
34:55Oh, shit.
34:57You the adjuster.
35:04Dixon, you see the brothers in here, they're all gonna test you and they're gonna fuck with you.
35:08But they gotta get to us first.
35:11And my man Terrence over here is gonna get you cleaned up.
35:14Yo, T, cleanest man up.
35:16Take a seat, bro.
35:17The denial letter came a week after we buried her.
35:31I'm so sorry that happened.
35:33And what you did made a lot of guys in here feel a lot better.
35:38Just...
35:38feel less hopeless.
35:40I'm so sorry that happened.
35:42There's no going back.
35:44I'll fight to the death.
35:45I'll fight to the death.
35:46I'll fight to the death.
35:47Janet here, but the man of the hour hasn't shown yet.
35:51If you didn't know, today is the first day of the trial of the century.
35:58The United States vs.
35:59The United States vs. Matteo Leone, also known as the adjuster.
36:03You saw the wanted posters.
36:05Corrupt CEO's time is running out.
36:08You crusty plebeians could never get past security.
36:12Oh, yeah?
36:13You sure about that?
36:14It's called survival of the fix.
36:16We have not.
36:17We have not.
36:18The vibes are giving pressure cooker.
36:20We have not.
36:20We are not.
36:22We are not.
36:23We have not.
36:26Get her, get her!
36:26Ah!
36:36Woo!
36:38Woo!
36:41Woo!
36:43Woo!
36:45We are not.
36:46We are not.
36:48Woo!
36:48Woo!
36:49Woo!
36:49The people are waking up.
36:52Enjoy it while it lasts.
36:54Our case is airtight.
36:56After this, nothing but prison and death
36:59for a sadistic monster like you.
37:01We'll see about that.
37:03Talk to my client again,
37:05and I'll have you disbarred.
37:07I'll see you in court.
37:08All right.
37:19Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,
37:35Matteo Leone viciously targeted Randall Thornwald.
37:40Rather than grieve with dignity
37:42when his sister died of cancer,
37:44he cruelly premeditated the murder
37:46of a loving family man,
37:48a successful visionary CEO worth billions.
37:52Who purposely profited off of people's pain.
37:58These witnesses will paint a picture
38:00of just how dangerous Matteo Leone is.
38:09He could have saved his sister,
38:11but he was too broke to pay.
38:13He had motive.
38:14He was aggressive from the start here.
38:16He's a bully.
38:18He pushed me and threatened my husband.
38:21He wanted them to suffer.
38:22That's not true.
38:24He thought he was so smart with all his messages.
38:27Mr. Leone is entitled, manipulable,
38:30and frankly, psychotic.
38:33Thank you, Mayor Camden.
38:37For my final witness, I call Brady Thornwald,
38:42Randall Thornwald's son.
38:44Brady, how has the death of your father, your hero, affected you?
38:53Will this kid be the nail in my coffin?
38:57My father's not my hero.
38:58Uh, you mean?
39:10I mean, I was incredibly devastated when that cold-blooded,
39:12killer took my father's life away from me.
39:25You know what?
39:26Fuck that.
39:27My dad enjoyed hurting people.
39:28His entire vision as CEO was built on keeping people sick.
39:42And I'm not just going to sit here and lie because some company paid me to.
39:45You disrespect your own father.
39:48After everything he did for you?
39:50You know what?
39:51Lock me up.
39:52I don't care.
39:53Objection.
39:54He can't just sit down.
39:55You're nothing lower than suing sludge.
39:57Mr. Mayor, first, you treat him like some kind of sue event.
40:02Order!
40:07Mayor Camden, one more word and you'll be held in contempt.
40:11Yeah, yeah, yeah.
40:13No further questions.
40:16Based on the evidence provided, Matteo Leone undoubtedly is guilty of murder in the first degree.
40:25Prosecution rests.
40:28Ms. Weinhart.
40:32Judge will shine, people to jury.
40:36As the prosecution detailed, my client, Matteo Leone,
40:40shot and killed the CEO of DB Health.
40:45Randall Thornwall, dead.
40:52Someone had to do it.
40:55That's right.
40:56My client does not deny killing Mr. Thornwall.
40:59What he does deny, it was unwarranted.
41:03Mr. Leone had to act drastically to save lives.
41:07And today, we're here to defend his right so he can defend himself and others from becoming victims of a murderous corporation.
41:15Order!
41:16I call Patty Sinclair to the stand.
41:18Please tell us what happened to your husband.
41:20Clay and I, we just found out that we were going to be grandparents.
41:21As for the right, we're here.
41:22Don't tell us what happened to our husband.
41:23No, no, no.
41:25No, no, no, no.
41:26No!
41:27Call it, no, no, no!
41:28No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
41:29No, no, no, no, no, no.
41:31No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
41:33Please tell us what happened to your husband.
41:46Clay and I, we just found out that we were going to be grandparents.
41:51Then one night, Clay had a heart attack.
41:58A doctor prescribed a treatment plan, but DB Health said no, not medically necessary.
42:03It would cost hundreds of thousands out of pocket, so we appealed, but all of our claims
42:09were denied.
42:10I was denied a walking boot from my fractured ankle.
42:13It got so bad they had to amputate, but they couldn't because they don't make prosthetics.
42:17I got addicted to pain medication, but denied the surgery to cure my pain for good.
42:23We went bankrupt, and now we're homeless.
42:25Couldn't afford it, so he died, appealed, but now she's paralyzed.
42:40If DB Health had approved my husband's surgery, he would still be alive.
42:45This young man, Mateo, saw how so many of us were being taken advantage of by DB Health's
42:52predatory business.
42:55And he did what no one else had the courage or actually the balls to do.
43:01He stood up.
43:08I couldn't have said it any better.
43:11Your Honor, I call Mr. Mateo Leoti to stand.
43:28This isn't a circus!
43:30Order in the court!
43:32Do you swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth?
43:42If you swear to listen, I swear to tell the truth.
43:53Mr. Leoti, what drove you to kill the CEO of DB Health?
44:05Your Honor, it'll be better if I show you.
44:08Objection!
44:09This is new evidence, not found to be-
44:10Sit down, Counselor.
44:13Go ahead.
44:18Thanks for being here.
44:23While I still have a voice, I want to tell you why.
44:29This is Amelia, my nine-year-old sister.
44:34She was just a baby when our parents died.
44:37And it's been the two of us against the world ever since.
44:41The doctor said she could beat leukemia if she started treatment right away.
44:46But DB Health wouldn't cover it.
44:49Even with a decent job, I couldn't afford to pay out of pocket.
44:53So I appealed.
44:54I was optimistic.
44:55I didn't know that there are almost 200,000 health insurance-related deaths per year.
45:01As we waited for a response, I watched my amazing little sister get sicker.
45:08And then DB Health denied her appeal.
45:13I did everything I could to fight back.
45:16I even pleaded with the CEO himself to save her life.
45:21He told me it was nothing personal.
45:24It's just the business of keeping people sick.
45:29And then he smiled.
45:35Amelia died.
45:36And I found out our story is very, very common.
45:43I'm talking mass corruption, leading to massive amounts of lives ruined, hundreds of thousands
45:51of lives ruined, all to fill their pockets.
45:55But we're bigger than them.
45:57All right?
45:58We're bigger than them.
45:59And then, if we stand up together, who's with me?
46:13The defense rests.
46:21Nothing more to do but wait.
46:24After thorough consideration, Purple Cross Health will discontinue our limited anesthesia policy.
46:30Our company will end its wait-and-see policy beginning at the first of the month.
46:34We'll be halting our lottery policy effectively.
46:37Whatever happens today, you did this.
46:40We, the jury, find Matteo Leone.
46:50Dear Tracy, your letter made me tear up.
46:53I am so sorry you and your daughter had to go through such senseless pain.
46:57No one should have to experience that kind of systemic failure.
47:00You are an inspiration, and your daughter is lucky to have a mother who didn't back down.
47:05All my best, Matteo Leone.
47:07Death or life in prison.
47:20At least I said my piece.
47:22May God bless you again.
47:23May God bless you.
47:24May God bless you.
47:40We'll see you next time, and seeing you next time.
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