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in the swimming pool? A I seen one girl nude in the swimming pool one time, but it wasn't Mrs. Polanski or it wasn't Abigail. Q Who was it? A I don't know. Q Was she visiting you? A No. Q Who was she visiting? A It was one of their friends that was when--well, that was when Mrs. Polanski and Mr. Polanski, they were in Europe. It was one of their friends, the younger Polanski, and they were taking movies while she was swimming nude. Q They were taking movies? A Yes, but that was--that was in March or somewhere around there. Q Did they let you come up and watch? A No, no, no, I--one time I had just brought my laundry back, sheets and stuff I had done. Q Yeah. A And I walked by and, you know, I seen her up by the pool and they were taking pictures, you know; she was swimming nude, but then they put a towel around her and everything. Q Was this a professional setup or just a home movie? A No, it was just a home movie camera. Q Who was taking the pictures? Page 42 A The younger Polanski, I think. Q Who was with him? A That was quite awhile ago. I don't think I can remember. Q You can remember how many people were there? A There might have been about four or five. Q One girl and all the rest were males? A No. No, no, no. Abigail Folger was there, I think, and the other girl swimming in the nude. There might have been three girls and two boys. I don't know. There may have been two girls and three boys. Q Describe the guy that drives the Porsche? A I never really seen him. Q Tell me what you have seen. A I--I don't know. I don't know if he's tall or not. I think I might have seen him once. I don't know, but I never really seen him close up. Q Does he look gay? A I don't know. I've never talked to him or anything. Q Well, is he little, short, fat man or is he a fancy-Dan dresser, this type of thing? A I never--you know. Q Would you know him if you saw him? A Would I know him if I saw him? I don't know. There's been so many people that's, you know, been up there. But I don't know if I ever saw him or not, really. I think Page 43 he had black hair, maybe. I know he had dark hair. He had dark hair. I would say he was about--I don't know, he was about--I couldn't say whether he was very tall or not. Q What do you think happened to Steve? A To Steve? Well, I heard he got shot. Q Why? A I don't know. Q What do you think? A I don't know. I didn't hear any shots. Q Would you tell me if you had? A Yes. Q Why? A Would I tell you if I heard any shots? Because I would just tell you if I heard any shots. Q You're out there and you're nervous as a cat on a hot tin roof in that house, and you don't hear anything other than a dog bark? A I have been that way several times. I mean not only that night; I have been scared other nights, too. Q Why? A Well, way back in March or something I heard the poodles run around, and there was somebody back there tramping around. Q Did you go out to investigate? A No. Q Didn't you look out the window to see if you could Page 44 see what was going on? A Yeah, but I can't see anything out there. My porch light wasn't working or anything. Q Did you fix it? A Yes. Q Does it work now? A Yes. Q When you were nervous Friday, didn't you look out? A I looked out once. Q What did you see? A Nothing. Q The lights on? House dark? A I didn't look out. I didn't look out by the main house. I looked down by--the bathroom window, you know, right where the patio is in the guesthouse. Q This was when Christopher was making all this noise? A Yes. Q And what did you see? A Nothing. Q That was after Steve had left? A It was about two or three hours after he left. Somewhere around there. That's when I looked out in the yard. I didn't look in the back yard. There's a cement platform where you walk into the guest house. Q You looked out there? Page 45 A Yes. Q That the only place you could look out? A No, I could have looked out if I wanted to. I could look out by the main house. Q Why didn't you? A I don't know. Q Maybe you did. A I went back there in the room, and the thing was unbolted and I bolted it up. But I didn't look out the window. Q What was unbolted? A Well, it was the shutters. It was unbolted and the screen has been pried before. I don't know how that got there. It must have happened quite awhile because the screen (*) then I hooked it up then. Q Wasn't it already hooked up? A No, it was unlatched. Q Is it usually unlatched? A The last I remember it was latched. Q Who unlatched it? A I don't know. The thing was bent. Q Bent? A Yes. Q What do you mean? A The hook. Q But it latched okay. Page 46 A Yeah. Well, see it was bent like it was. It's a real little hook. It's bent a little bit. Do you mind if I have a cigarette or anything? Q I'd rather you didn't. A Okay. Q Let me read the questions to you, Bill, we're going to start with. I want you to concern yourself with these questions for the time being. We'll probably change them later on but right now just concern yourself with these questions. I'm going to ask you primarily about Steve, I think. Of course, he was the one that was visiting you? A Yes. Q He was the one that you did talk to that night? A Yes. Q And from what you told me, you were certainly one of the last persons that saw him alive? A Yes. Q Where did he live? A He said he lived out by Pomona. Q Pomona? A Yes. Q Ail right. So I'm going to primarily be concerned with the line of these. The questions will concern Steve, I'll ask you, regarding Steve's death. Do you intend to answer each question about that truthfully? A Yes. Page 47 Q I'll ask you concerning Steve: Did you cause his death? Do you know what I mean by that? A Did I cause his death? No, I didn't cause his death, no. Q Okay. I'll ask you: Are you the one who caused Steve's death? A No. Q I'll also ask you: Is your first name William; is your true last name Garretson? A Yes. Q I'll ask: Between the ages of 15 and 17- A No. Q Between the ages of 15- A No. Q Let me finish the question. Between the ages of 15 and 17, do you remember using narcotics? A No. I don't remember using narcotics. Right now? Q During the first 15 years of your life, do you remember using narcotics? A No. Q Is there some other question you're afraid I'm going to ask you? A No. Oh, I don't know. Q Here's the thing. I think--I don't know now whether you've looked at the situation that occurred the other night or not. I'm sure it's gone over in your mind Page 48 several times. Just from what you've told me, either you're involved in this by being an active participant or you're an extremely fortunate person. A I know, that's--that's why I keep thinking about why I wasn't murdered. Q I don't know. Let's review the questions again. I'm going to ask you in this order and answer these yes or know, if you can. This is the way I want you to answer during the examination. I'll ask you if your first name is William? A Yes. Q Is your true last name Garretson? A Yes. Q Regarding Steve's death, do you intend to answer each question about that truthfully? A Yes. Q I'll ask you: Is there some other question you're afraid I will ask you? A I don't know--I-- Q Is there something right now that's on your mind that you don't want to disclose? A All I can say is I was really afraid that night. Q You're not afraid of my asking you if you were frightened, are you? A No. Q That isn't what you are concerned with? Page 49 A No. Q All right. I'm going to ask you: Between the ages of 15 and 17, do you remember using narcotics? A No, I don't. No, I don't. Q Concerning Steve, did you cause his death? A No. Q During the first 15 years of your life, do you remember using narcotics? A During the 15-- Q During the first 15 years of your life, do you remember using narcotics? A No, I never used any narcotics. Q Just yes or no. Can you answer it yes or no? A No. Q Okay, are you the one who caused Steve's death? A No. Q Did you shoot him? A No. Q You heard he was shot? A I heard, yeah. Q You heard he was shot; is that true? A Yes. Q Did you shoot him? A No. Q Did you see him shot? A No. Page 50 Q Did you know he was shot before the police took you there ? A No. Q Huh? A You mean did I know he was shot? No, I didn't know he was shot, no. Q I don't know. Maybe you went outside and you saw this happen, and you ran back in and bolted the door and covered your head over with a pillow. A (*) I never heard these shots. Q Did you cause his death? A No. Q Okay, is there some other question I failed to ask you? That question will be asked twice. Do you understand the questions? A Yes. Q Do you think you can answer them as simple yes or no answers? A Yes. Q You don't have to say yes, sir or no, sir or I think so or maybe. You just answer yes or no. A Just yes or no. Q Okay, now this instrument is going to record--It goes on the side of your body when I'm asking you these questions. If you are lying to me-- A I'm not. |
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