Chapter 1020 Come Prepared
Tom glanced at Maria, and their eyes conveyed a message that only they understood.
Even though Tom generously agreed to help Maria, and even though he had made sufficient mental preparations in the past few days, he was still very nervous when he really told his private story in front of thousands of people. His palms curled up unconsciously. A fearless expression appeared on his handsome face, as if he was going to die heroically. Anyway, his face had already been thrown away! What are you afraid of? Go ahead!
After taking a deep breath, Tom turned his gaze to Katie. "Maria and I participated in the program together because I never felt that she did anything wrong, and I did nothing wrong either. There is nothing we cannot do. I can now clearly answer the two questions you just asked. First, I am not a male mistress. When I met Maria, Maria clearly told her that she was single. Second, I only like to compete with my opponents on the court. In life, I am a pure pacifist. My biggest wish is world peace! I will never take the initiative to cause trouble unless others provoke me..."
Tom recounted in detail the fight between him and Richard. Even the police station records were not as detailed as he described now. Like Liu, he had previously been thinking of settling the matter peacefully.
Two men fighting for one woman is not something to brag about. He didn't want to make a big fuss, which would make everyone look bad. He also wanted to save face. He was taller and stronger than Richard, but he couldn't beat him. How embarrassing. So he took the initiative to ask for a settlement and asked his lawyer to go to the police to close the case. Even so, the American media still reported this incident extensively.
On TV, Tom revealed many details that had not been mentioned in previous media reports, such as he was unarmed, but Tom also had a knife with him at the time, and during the scuffle, the knife was kicked away by Tom.
"I was very depressed some time ago. I was confused about the public opinion in our country. Everyone seemed to be full of sympathy and all stood on Richard's side. I was obviously the victim and the kind-hearted person who forgave Richard, but I was criticized as a despicable and shameless villain who stole someone's love, while Richard was praised for his blood and courage and his courage to fight against the unfair fate? Is it because he is more handsome than me? More famous than me? Knowing Maria before me?"
Tom spread his hands and made an extremely ridiculous expression. "I'm not against fighting for women, and I'm not afraid of fighting, but you can challenge me in advance. If you are prepared, I must be prepared too. This is a truly fair fight. Otherwise, what's the difference between this sudden attack with weapons and unilateral intentional injury?"
Katie listened and said seriously, "The same thing can be interpreted differently. If you hadn't told me these unknown experiences now, I would have thought you deserved to be beaten."
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Katie is truly known for her sharp tongue.
The audience laughed at Katie's words, but they were also surprised by Tom's story. Their previous view was really as he said, that Richard was a hero.
"This is just your one-sided story. You two men have different stories." Katie actually knew the whole story very well, but she had to maintain her neutral position and not lean towards either side. She had to create conflicts and topic clashes on the show. So she raised another question, "None of us were at the scene of your fight, and it's been a long time since the incident. Maybe the truth will always be a secret."
Tom smiled. These were pre-arranged lines. He would not be angry. "Do you think it is 100 years ago when no one even knows who Jack the Ripper is? I am responsible for my words and deeds. I dare to say it here. Of course, I have evidence."
"Then show it to us."
"I have a video here," Tom took out his phone, "and the answer you want to know is in the video."
Katie pretended to ask her assistant to come up and get the phone. In fact, the video content was uploaded to the program team's computer in the morning. The director directly cut the picture and started playing the video on the screen behind the three people.
The video content is a color surveillance video. The camera should be located at the door of Tom's residence. Richard is standing by the door. He is looking around furtively. He is holding something in his right hand, which is hidden by his sleeve. He rings the doorbell and Tom opens the door. Before he can say anything, Richard rushes towards him. Tom subconsciously retreats. Everything happens very quickly. The two figures are no longer in the picture. They broke into the house.
Katie said, "Your video doesn't prove anything, it only proves that Richard started the fight."
"Director, please rewind the video two seconds," Tom said to the person outside the camera.
The director did as he was told. The video paused at the moment when Richard pounced on Tom. His right hand was raised, and something glaring was revealed. "Oh my God, he's holding a knife!"
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