"Hey, you up for a meal, Clay?" "Yeah, sounds good, Ravi." "He went from the fresh-faced kid we see there to the brink of the national team with you in his corner every step of the way." "And now he's dead." "We're the National Crime Commission, we just want to know who's the big catch and where are the proceeds of crime." "Which we will get." " Now!" " Soon!" " Richard." " Oh, and Maxine Reynolds." " This is Nate's manager." " Richard's friends." " Hey, guys, who hasn't met Stirlo?" " Hey." "Now, if you ever get nabbed, he's your man." "Stirlo, this is Tyler Perati." "Now, he hasn't played first grade yet, but he will this year." "You remember the name." "Mate, your face!" "I don't believe Clay's a major profit taker in this labyrinth." "But he knows something." "She's right, you know." "It actually feels good just thinking about it." "Might as well tell them everything." "Rich..." "Just give me a second, will you?" "The police are yet to confirm the dead man's identity." "However, witnesses have told us..." "He was... he was just walking along the street." "Where was the bus when you first saw it?" "I didn't see a bus." "Clay was looking at me." "He looked..." "He looked at me and then he..." "Did the driver make any attempt to stop?" " I mean, did you hear brakes?" " No, no." "He stepped right in front of it and was hit." "Thanks, Janet." "We'll keep you in the loop." "Are you okay?" "Clay looked at me just before he stepped out." "He must have lost concentration, didn't see the bus." "No, his look was kind of strange." "Intense, like..." "Like what?" "Richard..." "Should she really be working?" ""When in doubt, work" is the King motto, Bianca." "It all happened so fast." "Are you sure he didn't just not see the bus?" "The more I think about it, the more I'm sure he knew what he was doing." "But a suicide doesn't make sense." "Doesn't it?" "He was about to come clean about his role in a multimillion-dollar betting scam." "He must have realised it was only a matter of time before he was publicly disgraced." "And I was hard on him about Oliver's death, his responsibility for it." "Yesterday, when he made up his mind to talk to the NCC, he was relieved." "He said telling the truth would feel great." "Okay, so, yesterday he's happy to give evidence, today he steps in front of a bus, why?" "We spoke again last night." "He rang, wanting to go through how today would play out." "I heard someone turn up at his door." "He said he'd call me back." " Who was it?" " No idea." "Clay just said, "G'day, mate..."" "Sorry." "Shit." "His agent's called a press conference." " Apparently, I have to be there." " Yeah." " Remember you can't disclose anything." " About the investigation." "I know." " Where's Clay's son now?" " At school." "They've notified his mother." "Devastated parents, grieving former partner, his beautiful son, okay?" "We stay focused on the personal tragedy, though." "# NelsonSpotBet is trending so no doubt there's gonna be questions about Oliver." "Well, deflect them." "We can't breach the secrecy rules of the NCC." " Okay." "Off you go." " No, I thought that you were..." "I have been Clay's agent for nearly seven years, Richard." "Now, I can't think straight, much less fend off muckraking journos." "Now, I need your help and, dead or alive, so does he." "Now, you're his lawyer." "You're paid to say, "No comment"." "Now, off you go." "In five, four..." "And we're live." "Uh, thank you all for coming." "I'm Richard Stirling, I'm Mr Nelson's barrister." "This morning... this morning, Australia lost a great sportsman, but Clayton Nelson's family lost a loved son and brother." "His child lost a father." "Our first thought is for them." "Has Mr Nelson's reputation or legacy been damaged by allegations of match fixing?" "He was coming to the end of a very successful international career." "What was his attitude to the death of Oliver Pittman?" "He was struck by its tragedy, as we are by his." "The old one-two." "Very nice." "Richard and another high-profile client." "God, we should all be lawyers to the stars." "You know the problem with being flavour of the month?" "Duration." "Were Clay and Oliver close?" "They were teammates." "Clay was his captain, and they were both very fine examples of the caliber of sportsmen that this country produces." "What about the rumours he was involved in spot betting?" "I don't think it's appropriate to comment on rumours, especially today." "It's still a very fresh wound for so many people." "It needs time to heal." "Now there will be a chance for all of these questions to be addressed, but right now, our focus..." ""Celebrity lawyer", doesn't it just make your heart swell with pride." "Well, whether Clay Nelson stepped in front of that bus deliberately or had poor peripheral vision, with him goes the reference's best source of info." "Well, we now know that Clay had a visitor last night, so we should go back over his phone taps, see if we missed anything." "Ba-bow!" "We didn't." "I've listened to them all." "Wasn't your focus his finances?" "Sure, but if someone said," ""Clay, mate, throw yourself in front of a speeding bus,"" " I would have noticed." " All right, thanks, Bonnie." "All these online accounts holders who were part of the series of betting spikes, the soccer match in regional Victoria, the Northern Devils Football Club making the semis..." "The dodgy satellite tennis match in Darwin." "Oliver Pittman's non-wide in the fifth over of the A20." "Would be laying their bets for someone else, the real profit taker behind the scenes." "Someone with access to top athletes." "Shannon Hinksman." "We saw him hanging out with the Firecrackers in Melbourne." "And he's got form, for assault, dealing and standover." "The dog team are on him, see where it leads us." "Darren Faulkes, you saw him at the charity auction, didn't you Bonnie?" "Yep, Mr Concrete." "Nate Baldwin's BFF, by the looks of things." "And Nate Baldwin bet on both the dodgy soccer and the tennis." "And won so much they closed his account after that." "Want to bring him in?" "No, let's start with her, Maxine Reynolds." "She managed both Clay Nelson and Nate Baldwin." "She might know where the treasure's buried." "But first I want to go to the state cops about Clay, tell them what I saw." "Oh, you need to check with your chief investigator before sharing information with other agencies." " And that's you, so..." " We'll go through Andy." "Find out if the guys working Clay's death are available." "Hey!" "That's Nate Baldwin's WAG." "She has an online betting account." "Lucy Brooks is his WAG." "Well, wife, not 'and girlfriend'." " Lucy Brooks?" " Baldwin nee Brooks." "She was at that charity auction thing, too." "Maybe she paid for that dress via illegal betting." "Well, Brooks is not that unusual a name." "We need a background check to confirm the account holder is her." "Mm, I suppose we do." "Oh, you want me to do that now?" "Brings a certain je Ne sais quoi." "I've worked with plenty of analysts and Bonnie's easily the best." "Yeah, it's not her work." "She's just so damned..." " Confident?" " Bouncy." "Andy." "National Crime Commission, eh?" "How's that working out for you?" "I couldn't possibly say." "So... suicide?" "I'm sure Clay saw that bus coming." " Other witnesses say he didn't." " I saw him see it." "A couple of passengers also stated the driver was distracted, wasn't watching the road." "Well, you've been to Clay's house." "Was there anything there?" "A note?" "I think I would have noticed a suicide note, Janet." "His son had been with him on an overnight stay, reckoned him and his father had a normal night." "Played video games together." "Clay dropped him at school the next day, kissed him goodbye." "Everything as normal." "There was this, on a coffee table in the lounge." "Oxycodone." "That's like morphine, isn't it?" "It's dangerous stuff to leave lying around, especially if you've got a kid." "No patient or prescriber name." "His doctor didn't prescribe it." "His son and ex-wife both reckon they've never seen them before." "Maybe Clay had a secret opiate habit." "The autopsy would show if he was a user or not." "The pack was unopened." "Seal intact." "Richard heard someone come to Clay's last night." "Whoever that was, maybe they left it." "We'll trace the batch number, find out where it came from." " We'll check it out." " Thanks." " There you go." " Thank you." "Need this." "I think they're finally asleep." "I keep thinking about the night I had to tell the twins" "Ash wasn't coming home." "They were two, and hadn't been without her for more than a day." "I had to try to explain what 'never' meant." ""Mummy's never coming home."" "I could barely say it myself." "Anyway, they didn't understand it, so... over the next few months, they just kept on asking..." ""Where is Mummy?"" ""In heaven," I used to say." "And so, for at least a year, every time we went for a drive," "Emma would say, "Are we going to heaven?"" "I don't think a child ever gets over the loss of a parent." "Liam and Emma, and..." "Clay's son, Reed." "Do you remember that we only just saw them in Melbourne?" "And they looked so happy." "Mummy." "Mummy, I can't sleep again." "Come here, sweetheart." "You give Mum a hug." "It's all right." "It's all right." "Shh." "I'm here." "You're okay." "Shh." "So, how long's this gonna take?" "As long as it takes." "So, you were responsible for Clay Nelson's contracts, his sponsorships." "You do know he just died?" "We've expressed our sympathies." "Answer the question, please." "I looked after his career, yes." "Australian Tax Office records show that last financial year his income from all sources was $710,000." "Sounds right." "And in that same year, he bought a yacht, a Sidney Nolan, a house, outright, no debt, on 710,000?" "What was his other source of income?" "My God." "Clay's a wonderful cricketer." "He's one of our greatest." "He's loved all over the world." "There's talk of a state funeral." "Did you know..." "Your client, Ms Reynolds, may have been the best batsman since Tendulkar, but he was obviously not declaring all his income." "Lucky at the casino, my guess." "Another of your clients has been lucky recently, too." "Nate Baldwin, got off a really serious assault charge..." "I thought this was about Clay." "And now his team, the Northern Devils, who were tipped to finish bottom of the ladder last year, have defied expectation quite considerably." "Very good season." "When the odds of the Devils making the semis was 1,000 to 1, a number of large online bets were placed on them." "If the Devils made the semis, those punters would make millions." "And lo and behold, Nate and the boys defy the odds, cellar dwellers to number four." "The Northern Devils have won several matches we suspect were fixed." "Nate is a wonderful role model." "He does charity work, clinics with kids." "Nate Baldwin's regularly photographed with this man." "Darren Faulkes?" "He's a fan." "Mr Faulkes is known to be linked to organised crime." "Strange choice of companion for a role model." "Look, I don't understand you people." "I mean, my clients, Nate and Clay, they are fine young men..." "Who are both associated with suspect sport betting and match fixing." "You're either a very bad manager or a very good one." "But I already told you," "I don't know anything about match fixing or illegal gambling." "But you know who might?" "The Devils' major sponsor, Pax Car Rentals." "Plus, it wouldn't surprise me if the company's got money troubles, because the team's under pressure, huge pressure, to finish even better than fourth this season." "You gotta deliver, boys." "Earn your keep." "This isn't preschool, it's the big time." "What Yanni's saying is, last season we got close, all right." "This time we want to go all the way." "History happens now." "So, chop chop." "Holiday's over." "Let's go." "Oi, coach." "Am I gonna get a start in first grade?" "It's day one of preseason, Ty." "For round one, yeah?" "I'll get a start?" "You'll need your mouthguard first, okay?" "Okay." "Nate!" "Wakey wakey, hand off snakey!" "All right, we're gonna go back to the three Fs, fitness, fitness and fitness." "Are you serious?" "Are you fucking serious?" "!" " What's your problem?" " That's my fucking sister!" "Go give those blokes a boot up the bum, would ya?" " That's my fucking sister!" " Oi!" " Fuck, mate." " Oi!" "Fuck off!" "Fuck off, Nate!" "Shit." "Ty?" "Ty!" "Jesus Christ." "Rhys, call an ambulance." "Come on, mate." "Ty?" "Ty, come on." " Have you charged him?" " Detained for questioning." "Which we haven't begun, because he wanted his lawyer." "Couple of minutes?" "He's dead, Stirlo." "Tyler's bloody dead." "He died in the ambulance." " He didn't make it to the hospital..." " Why don't you sit down?" "I didn't even hit him that hard." "I just gave him a tap." " Nate..." " And he swung at me first." "You ask the others, they'll tell you, it was self-defence..." "Nate, sit down!" "Rhys and Dale, they saw the whole thing." "Yeah, we'll get to them." "What happened?" "Ty..." "Ty saw this." " Tonight?" " Fresh air." " What's your name?" " I don't have one." "Let go of me!" "Stop!" "Fuck off!" "Fuck off!" "I wanna go home!" "Let me go!" "Yeah!" "Fuck you!" "There goes she who was about to be fucked!" "It was Ty's sister." "I mean, they didn't know it was his sister, but." "They just thought it was some random chick." "Right." "He was already aggro with Rhys and Dale and then when I came up he just went... he just went apeshit at me and tried to punch my lights out." "I've never touched his bloody sister." "Really, I didn't hit him that hard." "If I tell that cop it was self-defence, he will believe me, right?" "Uh, I'm afraid, with your history of assault, he might not." "So, what's your game plan?" "I got them some extra coaching before the Zone Carnival." " Ah, they're gonna make Tokyo." " Liam's keen." "Emma could take it or leave it, despite almost breaking the 70-metre state record." "I mean, with talent like that, she really should give it a proper go." "Well, let me know when they're next racing and I'll come along and cheer embarrassingly on the sidelines." "They'd love that." "Bonnie, we need a full background of Pax Car Rentals, corporate structure, board members, finances, how long they've sponsored the Devils, the amount they..." "Whoa, whoa, whoa." "You just asked me to do Lucy Baldwin." "And now I'm asking you to do this." "You know, we'd get more work done if you stayed in the office." "Nice pants, but." "Oh, my God." "Nate Baldwin's just killed one of his teammates." " What?" " I've got alerts on all our pols." "Internet's going off like a frog in a sock." "A fight at training." "Nate killed the guy with one punch." "Baldwin just got off an assault charge." "How's a thug like him still at the club?" "He wins games." "Deadly on the field." "And off it, apparently." ""Mr Perati was arguing with some of his teammates" ""following an incident at a party on the weekend."" "There's a link." " Tonight?" " Fresh air." "What's your name?" "I don't have one." "Oh, come on!" "Jesus." "Hey, great tits, darl!" "There goes she who was about to be!" "Classy." "Overentitled boofheads behaving badly." "Has Nate Baldwin been charged?" "Still helping with enquiries." "We've spoken with the eyewitness." "Now tell us in your own words what happened." "No comment." "How was it you came to strike Mr Perati?" "No comment." "Nate, this is your chance to clear the air, get your side of the story on the record." "No comment." "Richard." "You know, um, refusing to make a statement makes him look guilty, right?" "If I was prosecuting, that's exactly what I'd say too." "You really have gone over to the dark side, haven't you?" " Are you going to arrest him?" " No comment." " There you go." " Oh." "Is this a 10-bucks-a-glass meet for a quick drink, or a 15?" "Suck it and see." "Nate Baldwin." "What's the DPP gonna charge him with?" "You thinking manslaughter?" "Involuntary manslaughter?" "Well, the DPP generally waits for the autopsy and the police brief before bringing charges, or have things changed since you were here?" "Oh, causation's clear, he punched the victim, the victim died." "Well, either you're a closet fan of another footy club and you want to make sure the Devils lose their star player, or your interest in Baldwin comes from another place." "The NCC?" "Nate's name may have come up in a reference." "The one into, uh, corruption in sport?" "Don't worry, I won't put it on Facebook." "Leverage to encourage him to give full and frank evidence would be useful." "There's a good chance of a conviction." "He's got a history of violence, there were witnesses..." "Hang on." "This is like deja vu." "It feels like you're telling me how to do my job again." "And by the way, I really shouldn't be talking to you at all, you could be a witness in an upcoming case." "Really?" "What case is that?" "Bill Hawkins." "Reckless driving occasioning the death of a cricketing icon." "You can't prosecute the bus driver." "The preliminary police brief says that he was arguing with a passenger and not looking at the road." "No, Clay Nelson stepped in front..." "Further conversation moves from inappropriate to attempting to pervert the course of justice." "You don't understand, he may have actually..." "Listen, Janet." "My great respect for due process leads me to tell you to just... stop talking." "Jaz!" "It's Janet, actually." "I wouldn't have thought this was your sort of vibe." "Mm." "Woman of many parts." "Hi." "Bonnie Mahesh." "Work with Jaz." " Owen Mitchell." " I know." "Mr DPP." "I'm late to pick up the kids." "See ya, Jaz." "Dick." "Well, can you at least sit on the brief until the oxycodone's been traced?" "All right." "Thanks, Andy." "What about Nate?" "Is Owen going with manslaughter?" "He'll probably declare insufficient to prosecute just to piss me off." " He's done that already." " On your marks!" "Set..." "That's it, walk it back." "Tom!" "Quit mucking up!" "Concentrate!" " Zoe DiCosta?" " Yeah, hi." "It's like herding cats, right?" "Which one's yours?" "Uh, that ones..." "There." "Uh, Liam." "And the other one, Emma." "So, that one's yours, huh?" "I wondered where she came from." "Runs high, quick legs." "She's good." "Yeah, so I've been told." "Sorry." "I'm Janet." "Bianca." "Can I just have a fan moment?" "That road race in Beijing when you won gold, that was awesome." "Thanks." " Are you still racing?" " Retired." "Just coaching now." "Ah." "Any future champions we should know about?" "Yeah, one girl's pretty good." "She even broke my time trial record last week." "That hurt." "Still, if she can stay focused, she could be anything." "Excuse me." "It's from Bonnie." "Tyler's sister's video's gone viral." "It's still being reposted." "Her brother's just died and she's being blamed!" "Blaming and shaming, social media's forte." "The men in that video could be charged with sexual assault, but sadly, it'd be deemed low end of the scales." " Oh, wow!" " Oh." " That's lovely, Emma." " That's beautiful." "That's Mum, that's me, that's Liam." " And who's that?" " Uncle Tony." "Can you give it to him, Mummy?" "Of course." "He's gonna love that." "I love it." "Maybe next time you can draw a special picture for Bianca." " What do you think?" " Maybe." "All right, it's bedtime." "Liam, bedtime." " I need to finish this level." " No, you don't." "I'll lose all my progress." "Liam, if you pause it, I'll finish the level for you before I go." "I didn't know you could play." "X is punch, A is jump, Y is special moves?" "Thanks, Bee-Bee." " Are you staying tonight?" " Maybe." "We'll see." "Come on." "Go brush your teeth." "I didn't know you had 'gamer' on your CV." "Oh, yeah." "Misspent youth." "Here you go, Captain." "Go kill some fairies." "That's quite a stride you've got." "You could walk for your country." "I see half our pols have made the front page." ""Accidental death."" "Any word from the state cops overnight?" "Nah, nothing." "Anything from the DPP on Nate being charged with manslaughter?" "No, just the usual Owen Mitchell chest-beating." "Well, the chairman of Pax Car Rentals is in." "Who scheduled a hearing this early?" " Where have you been?" " Dropping my children to school." "Oh see, that's why I don't want kids." "Too much driving." "Pax chairman's in hearing room one." "Yes, and I would have appreciated being told that a hearing had been arranged." " Yeah, well early bird, worm." " Background?" "Australian citizen, on the boards of five companies, but Pax seems to be his main focus." "It's been in serious financial Doo-Doo, though things have improved over the last six months." "But this guy's done all right throughout." "Got three investment properties, lots of assets, labyrinthine..." "Two years ago, Pax Car Rentals began their sponsorship of the Northern Devils Football Club with the sum of 1 million dollars." "Last year, the sponsorship was increased to 1.5 million." "Uh, entering the room is Senior Counsel Ms Janet King." "That is correct." "1.5 million." "That's very generous sponsorship for a team that was 1,000 to 1 to make the finals at the start of last season." "Pax just wanted a reasonable return on our investment, be associated with a club that was competitive, that could take our name to the top." "If you're not on top, you're failing." "You must have been delighted with their meteoric rise up the ladder." "Delighted." "Now, what's this about?" "During last season, the Devils won several matches against much higher-ranked teams, games now under investigation for match fixing." "I don't know anything about that." "Pax Car Rentals had financial trouble, but since the Devils did so well, that's changed." "As you said, sponsorship's only worth it if the team's doing well." "Tempting to guarantee it." "Are you insinuating that I, as the chairman of a successful company, am involved in football match fixing?" "We are suggesting that you offered inducements to players from opposing teams to lose." "I did not." "Spending money to make money. 1,000 to 1." " Sounds like a reasonable investment." " I don't match fix." "Nor do I gamble." "We have your financial records." "We'll trace every transaction you've made." "There are serious consequences for giving false information to the Commission." "Um, Ms King, do you have any questions?" "No, Mr Examiner, I don't." "Janet!" "Thought you'd do your best Calypso impression, sit silent on a rock?" "I didn't want to compromise the hearing." "How could you compromise the hearing?" "That man." "The witness." "He's my father." "Your father?" "!" "Graham..." "King, chairman of Pax Car Rentals?" "I didn't know he was chairman." "I don't know what he does, where he works." " We're not... close." " Clearly." "Janet, if your father's one of this reference's pols, you can't question him." "Which is why I didn't." "Well, even being in the same room could be construed as a conflict of interest." "There's no conflict of interest, because I'm not interested in him." " Did you know about this?" " Bonnie Mahesh speaking." " Of course not." " Well, you've gotta step back." "This is absurd." "I haven't spoken to him in years." "Shh!" "It's piping hot Mr Mitchell." "Look, I didn't ask him a question, and if his name comes up in the reference again" "I will consult with you and Bianca." "But there's no conflict of interest." "I am perfectly capable of doing my job." "Owen." "Did that young colleague of yours just call me piping hot?" "Is this about Nate Baldwin?" "Tyler Perati's post-mortem is in." "And?" "Well, he's got a bruise on his face the size of Tasmania." ""Just tapped him" my arse." "Nate!" "Nate!" "How do you feel about being charged with manslaughter?" "My client's been bailed." "We have no further comment." "Have you seen the video of Tyler Perati's sister?" "Were you there when it was recorded?" "What was your involvement in the incident?" "Anything you want to say to the Perati family?" " Why don't you fuck..." " My client has no comment." "For God's sake, Nate, silence is your friend." " Nate, listen to Richard." " But those bastards are fucking..." "And it doesn't help to swear." "You're required at the NCC." "Shit." "Mr Baldwin, you placed several online bets on sporting events we know to have been fixed." "Who'd you place those bets for?" "I just say "no comment", right?" "In this place, you have no right not to answer." "You've gotta say something." "I'll ask again." "Who'd you place those bets for?" "Myself." "And I never knew anything about fixed matches." "Did Darren Faulkes ask you to place those bets for him?" "No." "Well, he's a powerful man, a man it'd be hard to say no to." "Yeah, well he's never asked me to do nothin' for him but play good." "All right, what about your major sponsors, Pax Car Rentals?" "What about 'em?" "Did anyone from Pax coerce you or any other player in any way?" "No." "Mr Baldwin, this morning you were charged..." "Last season, you won four games courtesy of some remarkably poor play by your opponents." "Uh, we've got the Falcons in June, Bull Ants July, the Gryphons twice, in both July and August." "We believe someone paid players in those teams to throw matches, which, well, can only be a big gambler who'd bet a lot of money on the Devils winning, or a major investor, who wouldn't get a bang for their buck if you lost," "like..." "Pax Car Rentals." "I don't know anything about that, all right?" "I just play footy." "Yeah, if I may step in, Madam Examiner." "Mr Baldwin, this morning you were charged with manslaughter." "You could be facing up to 20 years in jail." "If you cooperate with us we'll tell the DPP." "They'll take your cooperation into consideration in their recommendation for sentencing..." "It was self-defence." "I'll get off." "I wouldn't be so sure about that." "Juries can be very hostile about one-punch attacks, and given your history of violence, if I was your lawyer," "I'd be urging you to get as many people in your corner as possible." "But you're not my lawyer." "He is." "And I only gave Tyler a tap because he came at me." "Stirlo will get me off." "Thanks, mate." "So, what happens now?" "I'll talk to the witnesses to the fight with Tyler, corroborate Nate's version of events." "I just wish I'd been there when Rhys and Dale were giving Ty's sister a hard time." "If someone had just stopped the dickheads and told them to leave her alone, none of this would have happened." ""The deceased's blood results present a platelet count"" ""substantially below normal range," dah-dah-dah," ""leading to death by cerebral haemorrhage."" "Why would Tyler's blood have low platelets?" " Maybe he took something." " Yeah, toxicology's clear." "They've tested for a range of PEDs." "It's all negative." "Could be on something new." "Autopsies only pick up on known substances." "You'll have to do another test." "Can you organise a broader blood test?" " Sure." " Don't mind me." "Just checking in, to see where the reference is heading." "Only athletes who are doping are way ahead of the testers." "ASADA eventually catches up, but by then some bright spark with a biochem degree's already invented a new juice." "Wayne was in a training squad for the English National League." "Dartford." "By age 20." "Nothing like a ruptured ACL to kill off your hopes and dreams." "Ahh." "Could a side effect of a PED be low platelets?" "Yeah, the sports docs warned us off doping by listing the side effects." "So, blood won't coagulate, arteries and veins will collapse, blood pressure will skyrocket, liver will stuff up, kidneys will fail." "You'll get cancer, you won't be able to get..." "Janet, could I have a word?" "Yes, Tony?" "This reference is about corruption in sport, with the aim to discover and recover the proceeds of crime." "Can you tell me how discovering what, if anything, this young man had in system fits into that?" "Well, the Devils were part of a chain of betting spikes." "They're suspected of match fixing." "A man with powerful criminal connections is associated with the club." "Pax Car Rentals have invested huge money in them staying in the top four." "So, in that environment, it's entirely possible players like Tyler were doping." "Well, that's ASADA's problem, not ours." "No, it is ours." "If Tyler was taking something, the whole team could have too, which means someone is cheating on a massive scale." "Oh, that's a long bow, with your father clearly the target..." "Which falls clearly within our purview." "And the events of this morning have in no way steered you towards this particular line of enquiry..." "Facts have steered me, Tony." " You can't go gallivanting off..." " You asked me.." " On a personal vendetta." " To run this reference." " You've had a huge shock." " So, coffee anyone?" "Again, all I'm asking is you take a step back," " and regain your objectivity." " Well thanks, Tony." "But I don't need two fathers in my life!" "Fine." "Run it your way." "But don't you ever cut me off in front of a witness again." "Who knew you had even one father?" "Yeah, well everyone's got a father." "Some are just more useless than others." "Wayne, you're coming with me." " Yeah, can I just..." " Now." "Oh!" "Terrible tragedy." "We're all shattered." "For Tyler's family, and for Nate and his family too, frankly." "What's the Crime Commission's interest in his death?" "We're conducting a broad investigation." "What sort of supplements program do you run?" " Supplements?" " Yeah." "All supplements we give our players are triple-checked and guaranteed ASADA approved." "It's a complex science, I imagine." "Very." "Eddie Cook, our biochemist at Continuum Therapy, world class." "Individual players are advised what they can and can't take?" "We do ASADA-approved education programs through Continuum and the coaching staff." " What's this really about?" " Well..." "There were some anomalies in Mr Perati's autopsy." "What kind of anomalies?" "Indications he may have taken a PED not currently identified by ASADA." "Any idea where he might have got something like that?" "It wasn't through us." "We're careful about giving our players an aspirin." "Whatever Tyler took, did it affect him, like negatively?" "Well, we can't say." "What was, um... what was Tyler like?" "Oh, he was fast for his size." "Strong, good skills on the ball." "Yeah, had a bright future at the club, didn't he Mitchell?" "Angelou." "Excuse me." "G'day, mate..." "Can you think of any reason why he might take a performance-enhancing drug without you knowing?" "Ty was a very good player." "Was he going to make first grade?" "I mean, you've got a pool of blokes to choose your top players from..." "Ty was close to breaking through." "But there were other blokes who were just that much closer?" "The pressure on these young blokes is fucked, all right?" "Their whole family is banking on them to make a lot of money." "Right?" "They've got such a short window before some career-ending injury." "You can hardly blame them for wanting to make the most of their chances." "So, if Ty thought he mightn't have made the cut... do you think he could have taken something to help give himself that extra edge?" "Yeah." "Hey, Mum, did you see that one?" "It was perfect." "Yes, darling, that was wonderful." "Why don't you do another one and I'll take a photo." " Okay." " Look, Mum!" "Look at me!" "Oh, that's good." "Liam." " Just don't go too high, all right?" " Okay." "Ow!" " Liam!" "Are you all right?" " Ow!" " Ow!" " Don't touch it, okay?" " Where does it hurt?" "Show Mummy." " Ow!" "It's all right." "Don't touch it." "So, remember what the doctor said." "You need to keep it up as much as you can." "All right, sweetheart?" "It was my turn for the top bunk." "Well Emma will give you her turn." " Won't you, Em?" " Maybe." "And I wanted to run at Zone." "Well, maybe it'll be better by zone." "Anyway, it doesn't matter if..." "Ah, Liam, that's enough screen time for tonight, all right?" "Bianca." "Hi." "Yeah, I'm with the kids." "Yeah, he's all right." "Thanks." "Look, can I call you back?" "Thank you." "Bye." "Liam, off." "Don't make me repeat myself." "Liam, off." "Don't make me repeat myself." "Stop being a pest." "Stop being a pest." "My name is Liam and I must obey my mother." "My name is Liam and I must obey my mother." "All right, 10 more minutes." "Does your brother always get his own way?" " Yeah." " I think so too." "The spectrophotometric results on Tyler's blood have come in." "What does it say?" "Blah, blah, metabolites, blah, blah, acid-based regulation, blah, blah, plasma." "It's in science-ese, need a PhD in chemistry." "Wayne!" "Wayne has a PhD in chemistry?" "This confirms he was on a foreign substance." "Probably something new ASADA hadn't seen yet." "This thing he's on, would it affect his platelet count?" "I can't tell without knowing what it was." " Well, how do we find this substance?" " We need to find more of it." "Right." "Let's talk to the Devils' biochemist and the Perati family." "Can it wait until this arvo?" "I've got a meeting." "I'd rather go now." "Okay, well, I'll push it." "It's fine." "I'll go with Wayne." "She finds me irresistible." "Thanks for making the time to see us." "Yanni, the Chairman of the Devils, said you'd probably be coming." "Some of our hyperbaric chambers." "Hey, Flynn." "All good?" "Yeah." "Just set up Mr Collins' saturative." "Hyperbaric therapy is a marvel." "It improves and speeds up healing and recovery for diseased or damaged tissue." "You've worked with the Northern Devils for a while?" "Last two seasons." "Very proud of our association with them." "Our media people did some deal with Nate and Lucy, but I suppose we'll have to revisit it, seeing Nate's in trouble again." "But publicity's not my field, I'm just a humble scientist." "What therapies are you giving the current Devils players?" "HBO pre and post game, circulating stem cells CD34+, growth factors, anti-inflammatory interleukins, pro-inflammatory interleukins." "Cytokine profile testing for the guys nearing the end of their careers." "It's all in there." "Nothing WADA or ASADA banned." "Wouldn't stay in business long if my clients lost their jobs." "Did you know Tyler Perati?" "Of course." "It's a terrible tragedy." "He hadn't quite reached first grade, so I didn't see him as frequently as some of the other boys." "And he received the same therapies as the other players?" "Adjusted for body mass." "We'll need samples of all the substances he was given last season, and this, and his records." "Of course." "I'll have Flynn send them over." "Pretty cooperative." "With a whiff of snake oil." "We should go and talk to Tyler Perati's parents." "Come back!" "If you hadn't flashed your tits all over the internet none of this would've happened, okay?" "None of this would've fuckin' happened!" " You're a disgrace!" " I'M the fuckin' disgrace?" "!" " Watch your..." " You are a fuckin' disgrace!" " Oi, you watch your fuckin' mouth!" " Police!" "Police!" "Mrs Perati!" "Detective Senior Constable Page, New South Wales Police." "My associate, Ms King." "We'd like to ask you a few questions about your son." " This isn't a good time." " We're fuckin' grieving." "Who are you, mate?" "Kevin." "Riley." "Viki's fiancé." "We're making inquiries into Tyler's possible drug use." " No drugs here." " Not drugs." "Medicines, or supplements he might have taken." "Perhaps to help with injuries or train harder?" "Nup." "His coach reckoned he'd do whatever it took to be graded." "He was always training." "It's all he thought about." "We don't know anything about drugs." "Ty'd never bring anything like that into this house." "It's Pearl, isn't it?" "He was gonna make first grade and buy me a house." "I'm Janet." "I'm really sorry about your brother." "I saw you at the clubhouse." "The flowers you left him were really beautiful." "Thanks." "Where'd you get money for fuckin' flowers?" " If you've been pinching..." " Hey, easy mate!" "Easy!" "I'm speaking to my fuckin' stepdaughter, all right?" "!" "Under a lot of stress, aren't we Pearly?" "You gotta understand." "Tyler's death's been upsetting enough." "You coming around, implying he was some kind of drug cheat, not to mention all those internet trolls saying those terrible things about Pearl." "I really have to ask you to... to leave us in peace, right?" "How old is she?" "15?" "Having to live like that." "Shows you why Tyler was so determined to make first grade." "Yeah, get his sister out of that hellhole." "Um, sorry." "You go on." "I'll just be a minute." "I didn't get your reply." "I didn't send one." "Good to see you too, sweetheart." "So, the twins, they'd be six, seven now?" "Something like that." "Terrific age." "You can just start to mould them." "They're children, Dad, not Play-Doh." "Be good to meet them, now that you're back in the country." "If you can make time." "You still in the same place?" "Yep." "What do you want?" "Janet, please, manners." "What would your mother say?" "She'd say, "What do you want?"" "Just a catch-up." "National Crime Commission, eh?" "What about it?" "Just I thought you'd be Judge of the Supreme Court by now." "Inquisitorial litigation has its perks." "Unlike you to take a backward step." "Now, that Royal Commission you did, that had some teeth." "Well, that's the thing about coercive powers." "The NCC has teeth and a very wide jaw." "You just don't know if you've been bitten." "He's hiding something." "The way he reacted just now when I said the NCC had wide-reaching powers, he was spooked, which is not something my father often gets." "Perhaps I need my ears tested, because I could have sworn" "I heard you say you had next to no contact with him." " I don't, but he texted me..." " Sounds like contact." "And we need to check his phones and find out what he's hiding." "Look, I know you think I'm not being objective, but these are the facts." "My father has barely sent me a birthday card in years." "And what, the day after he gets called in here he gets in contact, and he's fishing." " Fishing?" " I know him, Tony." "Without having seen him in years." "Yeah, he hasn't changed." "I'll authorise a search of his phone records." "If... if they contain information analysis deems worth pursuing" "I'll discuss with Bianca a possible phone tap." "So, when was the last time you saw this illustrious patriarch?" "Oh, four or five years." "I can't recall." "Anyway, look, it seems that Tyler Perati was on something beyond your average PED." "It's not on ASADA's banned list, which means it's unlikely to be available in Australia." "Illegal importations." "Now you're singing my team song." "And I've got Bouncy going through Continuum Therapy's records." "I believe her name's Bonnie." "So, what's taking so long?" "Oh, checking witness statements, going through CCTV, running forensics on the bus's brakes, going through the driver's driving record." "Not to mention, Clay Nelson isn't the only sports star to hit my desk recently." "Nobody cares about Tyler Perati, mate." "It's demigod Clay Nelson the public are crying for." "I've had the Sports Minister and the Premier on the phone this morning." "Mate, when the brief is ready, if we think it's strong, then we'll present it." "Owen might be breathing down my neck to deliver a brief against the bus driver, but that Oxycodone found on Clay's coffee table?" "It was stolen." "Came from a batch that went missing from the Greater Southern District Hospital." "I mean, it had to come via the black market, but we've got no evidence Clay was an opiate user." "Other than Clay's, any fingerprints on the packet?" "Nothing on the system." "Whoever visited Clay that night must have brought it." "What did Clay's son say?" "Just about to question him." "I'll bring the recording around." "Thanks, Andy." "What happened after dinner?" "Dad and me played video games." "Just the two of you, or did Dad have a friend round?" "Just us." "And what about later on?" "Did anyone call or pop by?" "Yeah, there... there was someone." "You know who?" "You can't say what they looked like?" "Guy?" "Girl?" "I never saw them." "Dad sent me to bed." "I didn't want to stop playing the game, and I got mad and Dad got mad at me back." "He said we'd finish the level." "He... he promised." "I don't get to see him much 'cause he's always away." "So..." " Can we stop?" " Yeah." "We're no closer to Clay's visitor and there's no connection with the oxy." "As far as we're concerned, it's not a suspicious death." "That poor kid, beating himself up because of a fight over a video game." "Liam and I, we..." "What game was he playing?" "Have you checked it?" "No." "These headphones record." " Oh, no!" " Oh yes, yes, yes!" " Yes!" " Oh!" "I got it." "Come on, yeah, that's it." "Okay, here we go." "I'm still in front." "I'm still in front." "Hang on, have I got the brake on or something?" "Come on, let's go!" "Oh come on, one wheel!" "Let's go." "Yes." "And that's it." "Ready, ready, ready, ready, ready, ready!" "Oh come on, get it, get it, get it, yes." "Oh...!" "Oh, backflip." "I win!" "Sucked in!" "You're done mate, you're done." " Nuh." " You're done." "Rich, mate, I'd like to go over a couple of things for tomorrow." "Why don't you brush your teeth, get into bed and I'll read you the rest of that story." "Come on, but you promised we'd finish this level." "Come on." " Just get in bed and I'll..." " You promised!" "Just hang on a second." "I'll..." "Mate, um, I was thinking..." "Just give me a sec, will ya?" "Rich, I'll call you back, mate." "See ya." "Mate, I just want to have a bit of a chat, you know?" "That wasn't Clay's phone." "We need a tower dump." "The boss is a little bit worried about how things are unfolding." "Oh, mate, I gotta tell the NCC something." "They'll put me away." "Yeah, well, that's why I'm here, you know." "Just talk things through." "Options, choices, you know, stuff like that." " Yeah." " Sounds fair, yeah?" "Yeah." "Listen, I was thinking I'd tell them" "Ollie and I cooked the whole thing up, that it was all our idea." "Nah, I don't reckon they'll buy that." "You know, I mean, they already know that there's people higher up the chain." "Yeah, yeah." "Well, I mean, I won't mention any names." "Yeah, but, you know, how can we be sure about that?" "Because I'm telling you." "No, there's millions involved here, mate." "You know, for that kind of money, people want, you know, absolute certainty." "Okay." "So what, do..." "Do you want me to go missing or something?" "I'll be on the next plane out of here." "Oh, Clay, how can you go missing?" "I mean, you're Clay bloody Nelson." "Okay, yeah, so what?" "You tell me what the answer is." "'Cause I'm telling you I'm not going to tell anyone." "You gotta trust me, though, right?" "What's that face for?" "What are you going to do?" "Kill me?" "No." "No, mate, I'm not gonna kill ya." "I mean, the last thing we want's a murder investigation on our hands." "Who needs that kind of hassle?" "But, Clay, you've been under a lot of pressure lately." "I mean, all that guilt over Oliver, it must be really eating you up, mate." "I'm sure everyone would understand if... it all got too much." " You've gotta be fuckin' kidding me." " It can look like an accident." "You didn't mean to take too many." "You just wanted everything to stop for a little while." "No mess." "Cleaner for everyone." "No, mate." "I'm not doing that." "Actually, fuck it." "I'll tell them everything, you know." "I'll bring you..." "I'll bring you all down with me..." "Careful, Clay." "If you do that, mate, we're gonna kill your son." "His school looks really nice, Clay." "How dare you threaten me with that." " How dare you..." " That's your choice, Clay." " And it's all you got." " Like hell it is!" "You come in here and fuckin' walk on me!" "Get out." "Get the fuck outta here, you fuckin' gorilla!" "Clay, we need absolute certainty." "With this much at stake, mate, it's the only option." "So, the only real question you gotta ask yourself is this." "Who do you love more?" "Yourself... or your son?" "That look he gave me." "He was telling me it was murder." "You tell Janet I know exactly what this is about, and if this is the way she wants to play it, let the games begin." "I'm not getting locked up!" "Now, I'm instructing you to get me off." " That was my brother's!" " You psycho bitch!" "I take it you've got Nate in your sights for match fixing too." "And it's your job to have nothing to do with him." "Your ethical wall just came crashing down." "What was I meant to do?" "!" "I had to tell them about Nate." "I had no choice." "We just picked this up from Nate Baldwin." "I didn't know what was up." "I had to call Graham." "Yeah, don't worry." "Nothing's changed." "That's the voice of the man who visited Clay Nelson."