FBI: International (2021) s02e08 Episode Script

Emma.
What are you doing?
Luca's asking for you.
Sorry. I just I needed a break.
This isn't an office job.
Come on.
Where the hell have you been, huh?
I've got a group of financiers who want
to meet my new American girl.
Mr. Rossi, I'm not really feeling well.
Just relax, Emma.
Drink, smile, flirt,
laugh at all their jokes.
Make the right man happy,
and there is no limit
on how successful you
can be in this business.
Are you ready?
Not really.
Have another, my dear.
Bevi, bevi!
I'll be right back.
Absolutely no way.
You'd like that, wouldn't you, huh?
I despise you.
Hey, Raffaella.
I don't care.
Tell him I got a headache.
'Cause his breath smelled
like garlic and cigarettes.
Uh, hey, what's going on?
What is Dandridge doing here?
He wants to talk to you.
About what? Wait, where's Forrester?
Supervisor in-service training.
He was supposed to be back today.
Change of plans.
We're extending Agent Forrester's stay
in Quantico for another couple of weeks.
You'll stay acting
lead until he returns.
Would have appreciated more
of a heads up, but okay.
One more thing.
I want visibility on
all major decisions.
All due respect, that's
not really how we operate.
And I'm asking you to adjust.
I want us all on the same page.
We weren't before?
Keep me looped in.
Supervisor in-service training?
That sounds made up and boring.
Forrester must be bouncing
off the walls over there.
You think Dandridge
is trying to bench him?
- I'd like to see him try.
- We caught something.
Call just came in from the
U.S. consulate in Milan.
Jocelyn Bell, 30,
American fashion model.
Two nights ago at an
industry after-party,
she took a header off
a penthouse balcony,
eight stories high.
The Italian police are
calling it a suicide,
but there's another American
model who says different.
Emma Staley, 20, Iowa girl.
We've got a signed
witness statement from Emma
saying she saw Jocelyn arguing
with an unidentified Italian man
just a couple hours before she died.
- CCTV?
- Negative.
CCTV cams were shut off for the party.
- Still trying to find out why.
- What about social media?
Plenty to comb through.
Jocelyn's phone wasn't
recovered at the site, though.
Well, that's a red flag.
The venue was booked by Luca Rossi,
head of Ultima Models,
the agency that reps Emma.
He also owns the penthouse
suite that Jocelyn was in
right before the incident.
I've heard of Rossi.
Wild parties, disreputable investors.
He's had several former
clients come forward
with allegations of abuse.
Rumors are Rossi brokers dates
between his models and wealthy men.
Nothing stuck, though.
- Everything's settled out of court.
- Sounds like a charmer.
Can you see about getting
our witness some protection?
I'll make the call.
You've all worked cases in Italy?
I haven't.
You should know, the Italian
justice system is a bit baroque.
It's inquisitorial.
Public prosecutors lead
criminal investigations,
not the police.
Isn't that backwards?
Like putting on shoes before trousers.
But when in Rome.
Captain Ennio Sindona.
Megan Garretson, Europol.
These are Agents Kellett,
Vo, and Raines, FBI.
Is the public prosecutor here?
She'll meet you at the
scene of the incident.
Also, your witness is
under protection, as asked.
Thank you for your cooperation.
We'd like to speak with
Emma Staley as soon as po
Before that
- May I have a word?
- Of course.
I just want to make sure
you understand our position.
- This was a suicide.
- You're sure about that?
Yeah, I've seen this
before with American girls.
They come here with
big eyes, big dreams,
and they end up on the wrong path.
It's tragic, but it happens.
Emma Staley doesn't
think it was a suicide.
Yes, your witness.
About her, when my men
questioned Miss Staley,
she was a bit unstable.
What's that supposed to mean?
Emma was brillo.
She had been drinking.
Okay.
Anything else?
Captain, if Jocelyn Bell
was the victim of a crime,
then she deserves justice.
As police, we owe her that,
regardless of what path she was on.
Emma's protection detail.
She was crying. She wasn't sad.
She looked angry.
Like she was having a
fight with her boyfriend.
You think Jocelyn and the man you
saw her with were in a relationship?
He called her stellina.
It means "little star,"
a term of endearment.
Did he grab her?
Was he rough with her in any way?
No. No, they just went
back into the room.
But ah, it just
doesn't make any sense.
I don't know what
Jojo was going through,
but she didn't look suicidal.
How long have you been in Milan?
Two months.
I was back home in Des Moines
just posting on Instagram.
Scout found me, and now I'm here.
Was being a model not
exactly how you pictured it?
It's just there are parts of the job
I didn't really know about.
In Milan, the fashion
houses, magazines, designers,
they don't matter.
If you want to walk the best shows
and get the best spreads,
you have to go to these parties,
make the moneymen happy.
Bankers, investors, the VIPs.
Luca calls it "paying the bills."
Luca Rossi, your agent?
Emma, I know this is hard,
but I have to ask you something.
Has Rossi or anyone at the agency
ever forced you to do
something you didn't want to do?
You mean like sex?
No.
What about Jocelyn?
I don't know. I didn't
know her that well.
Can you describe the
man you saw her with?
He was tall, gray hair.
He looked rich.
What about his face? Any
distinguishing features?
I don't know, um, I
think he had glasses.
Actually, no.
Um let me think, I just
Emma, the night of the party,
did you have anything to drink?
Um, just half a glass of champagne.
The Italian police say that
when they arrived on the scene,
- you were drunk.
- What?
That's not true.
They say you were being erratic.
A body hit a car literally
right in front of me.
I mean, I was scared.
I was kind of losing it,
but I was not drunk, okay?
You have to believe me.
We're just trying to gather
as much information as we can.
Would you recognize the
man you saw Jocelyn with
if we showed you some pictures,
faces of different men?
Yeah.
Do you think he pushed her?
That's what we're trying to find out.
And while we do, I think it'd be best
if you stay here in your apartment.
I'm not going anywhere.
Are you the Americans?
Special Agent Andre Raines, FBI.
This is Megan Garretson, Europol.
Brit.
Nunzia Linari. Public prosecutor.
Luca Rossi's here, per your request.
- He also brought his lawyer.
- Wait, you brought him here?
Isn't this a crime scene?
Crime scene?
No.
I haven't opened an investigation.
We don't see any evidence
of a criminal act.
Hard to see what you're not looking for.
This way.
Yes, I own it, but I
don't actually live here.
Not full-time, anyway.
I got a villa in Basiglio.
Did you come down to the
suite during the party?
No, I was playing host.
Did you see anyone else come down?
I was attending to my
guests, not monitoring them.
We'll need to see that guest list.
What was Jocelyn Bell
doing in your suite?
I have no earthly idea, you know?
I gave up on accounting
for Jojo ages ago.
She was spiraling.
Becoming a liability, drinking, drugs,
racking up debts, boyfriends.
Boyfriends you set her up with?
No charges have ever been brought
against Ultima Models or Luca Rossi.
Oh, I'm aware.
And I remind you, my client has agreed
to this interview as a courtesy.
If you slander him, that
courtesy will be revoked.
Understood?
Why are you so sure that
Jocelyn killed herself?
Two weeks ago, I told her
I was gonna drop her from my roster.
Looking back, that was probably
what pushed her over the edge.
My apologies. Poor choice of words.
We have a witness who
doesn't think it is suicide.
Who?
I'm not at liberty to say.
Are you talking about Emma Staley?
Was she on her meds that night?
- All right, that's enough.
- Hold on, I just have
If you have any further questions,
contact me directly.
Luca.
- You get anything?
- Not much. How about you?
Housekeeping says the
suite was never sealed off
after the body was discovered.
At least a dozen people
came down from the party
and passed through,
which means they probably
walked out on the balcony.
Which means the whole
scene is contaminated.
Bang-up policework.
Any word on Jocelyn's phone?
They found a purse in
the suite, but no phone.
Also, her service was disconnected
an hour after she died.
What about security cams?
No cameras in the suite,
but the rooftop CCTV system
was switched off at the
express request of Luca Rossi.
- Of course it was.
- One more thing.
The sidewalk below
is about 10 feet wide.
Jocelyn's body cleared
it and landed on the taxi.
Just eyeballing it, but for
her to have landed there,
a simple jump wouldn't have cut it.
She would have needed a running start.
Or someone launching her off.
I don't think this was a suicide.
But without a witness
What about that renovation?
What time do they close
up shop for the day?
Checked that. 6:00 p.m.
The workers were all gone by
the time the party started.
- What do you want?
- Ah, splendid.
My name is Megan
Garretson, I'm with Europol.
I'm looking into the
death of an American girl.
This was two nights ago.
I didn't see anything.
The thing is, this incident
happened across from your balcony.
I said I did not see it.
I don't have anything to say.
My number is on this card, Signora.
In case you want to talk.
Finally got the autopsy results.
The contusions on
Jocelyn's arms and shoulders
are consistent with
a physical encounter.
Could that have resulted
from the impact of the fall?
Technically, yes.
She's got defensive injuries on
her hands and fingers as well,
but we can't tell whether they happened
at the party or sometime before.
There's another issue.
Luca Rossi wasn't lying.
Emma was diagnosed with bipolar
disorder seven years ago.
She's talked about it on social media.
Unclear if she's currently
on any meds though.
Without medication, bipolar disorder
can cause breaks in reality,
but that doesn't make
Emma an unreliable witness.
I don't know if an
Italian jury would agree.
Emma.
Emma?
Are you in here?
Any sign of her?
She's gone.
Emma didn't leave a note.
She didn't take any of
her clothes or her meds.
And her phone's disconnected.
Just like Jocelyn's.
You want to tell me what happened here?
We left and came back.
It was just a few minutes.
You left? Why the
hell would you do that?
Lunch break.
I'm sure she's fine.
She probably just ran off somewhere.
American girls in Italy
are like wild horses.
Are you kidding?
Calm down, please.
You just lost our witness.
She was nervous, scared.
We told her to stay here.
There is no way she
would have just run off.
I think you are overreacting.
It's only been a couple of hours.
She could come back at any time.
Just spoke to the
shopkeeper across the street.
He said he saw Emma leave
with two men in dark suits.
They were driving a black SUV.
Let me guess, this was around lunchtime?
If I find out this is anything more
than you just being incompetent,
you're gonna see what
overreacting actually looks like.
No, I haven't heard from her.
You don't seem too concerned.
I'm not her babysitter.
You're going to another party?
Luca wants us working again tonight.
It's part of the job,
and Luca always says,
"Make the right man
happy and there's no limit
to how successful you can be."
Didn't seem to be working for Jocelyn.
Rossi was about to drop her
from his roster, wasn't he?
It's a tough business.
Not every girl makes it.
You don't have a problem with that?
I'm from the south, by Napoli.
If you knew Italy, you
would know what that means.
And believe me, I'm
not going back, ever.
So if I have to go to
these parties and flirt
and laugh with these
old, rich men, I'll do it.
Is that it?
Excuse me?
Is that all Luca Rossi ever
made you do, flirt and laugh?
What about Emma?
Was she popular with
the men at these parties?
Anyone specifically?
Jojo was the one everyone wanted.
La bella figura.
She got all the attention.
She had a lot of boyfriends?
Just one.
It was his big secret, so
she never said his name,
and he would take her
to places, buy her gifts.
What kind of gifts?
This is from an Ultima
Model social media page.
Timestamp 1 hour and 36
minutes before Jocelyn's death.
Now, Raffaella said that
Jocelyn's secret boyfriend
bought her this necklace.
Makes sense because it's a bespoke piece
from an artisanal jeweler
on Via Monte Napoleone.
Yellow gold and diamonds.
Sticker price, 82,000 euros.
It didn't get bagged at the scene.
Which means it must have come
off before she hit the taxi.
Who's the gift giver?
Walter Maldini, an
Italian hedge fund CEO.
Purchased the necklace six months ago.
Maldini, really?
- You know this guy?
- Europol knows him.
He's one of the guys who
manages about 1 billion
of the Vatican's assets.
They call him "The Holy Banker."
We've been looking into him
for fraud and embezzlement.
Well, it gets worse.
Maldini has a history of
violence against women.
I found seven reported
accusations of abuse and assault.
Yeah, it all bounces off, though.
He always finds a way
to run out the clock,
game the system, and he's
still widely respected in Italy.
There's something else.
Maldini ordered an
engraving on the necklace.
Per la mia stellina.
Little star.
What Emma heard him call Jocelyn.
Right before he pushed
her off the balcony?
Which I know we cannot prove yet.
But if Maldini did kill Jocelyn
and Emma can place him at the scene,
she's a threat, so we
need to find her, fast.
Interesting.
You Americans have a strange
understanding of the word "evidence."
Maldini is a clear suspect.
We have more than enough
reason to investigate him.
For what?
There are many ways to explain
what happened to that girl
that don't involve foul play.
He's a violent abuser, and Jocelyn
was in the same room with
him right before she died.
I won't authorize an investigation
until I see real evidence that
a crime has been committed.
Sometimes our job is to uncover crimes,
not just solve the ones
handed to us on a plate.
You should give seminars.
Something on your mind, Captain?
This isn't the first time Maldini's name
has come across my desk.
I still think Jocelyn Bell
probably killed herself,
but if Maldini was involved,
that complicates things.
Unbelievable.
It took some arm
twisting, but Luca Rossi
sent over the guest list
for the party tonight.
Maldini is on it.
This guy thinks he's untouchable.
And that's how we find Emma.
We'll get close, we gain his confidence,
and we get him talking.
- How do we do that?
- I've got an idea.
Hey.
Can you print out copies
of the autopsy photos for me
- and put them in an envelope?
- Sure thing. What for?
Just playing a hunch.
Hello.
Signora.
I thought you might want to see this.
- We need your help, Raffaella.
- Please just leave me alone.
I can't do that. Emma is in trouble.
She isn't just missing. She was taken.
I don't want to be involved.
You already are involved.
This isn't just about Emma or Jocelyn,
this is about every girl
who's been victimized here.
You can't stand in the storm
and pretend you're not getting wet.
- I said I don't want
- Villagio Coppola.
That's the village you come from, right?
10,000 people, tiny, poor?
I know nothing has been easy for you.
You said you were just a girl
when you first came here, right?
Do you remember that girl?
Don't you wish you could go
back and watch out for her?
Protect her?
That is what I'm asking
you to do right now.
For Emma.
What do you want?
I know you need another
American girl for tonight,
since Emma ran off.
And?
I've got a friend who just
moved here from New York.
She's a model and she's
looking for representation.
Hello, Mr. Rossi.
- I'm in. Rossi bought it.
- Great.
Raines, let's get surveillance set up.
Eyes and ears.
We may have a problem.
We have a problem.
Linari was livid when I talked to her,
and I don't blame her.
You're circumventing a public prosecutor
who happens to be your host.
Things are moving fast.
Also, circumventing is a tad strong.
We've been intermittently sidestepping.
You're investigating a highly prominent
Italian citizen without having
checked the proper channels.
An American girl is
missing, another is dead,
and we think Maldini killed her.
We have to investigate this.
I agree.
Which is why I've asked the Italians
to give you more time.
Linari has come around,
but whatever you need to do,
I would do it fast because
her patience is running out.
Now, why don't you walk me through
your next investigative steps?
We're still working through our options.
Nothing's imminent.
Whatever you decide
on, run it by me first.
Understood.
Is it just me or
He's up to something.
Let's finish getting Vo prepped.
I thought you said nothing was imminent.
I also said things are moving fast.
Can you hear me, Raines?
Loud and clear.
I've got eyes on Rossi.
Still blind on Maldini.
I've got eyes. Your 10 o'clock.
Stay close, okay?
I'm going in.
Mr. Maldini?
- And who might you be?
- Alex.
Mr. Rossi said I
should come talk to you.
I'm one of his new girls.
Why, yes, you are.
New and fresh like a pink spring lily.
Thank you.
First time in Milano?
Yeah, I just arrived, like, a week ago?
And I don't really know what I'm doing.
Well, it's a big city.
I'd be very happy to show you around.
- If you like.
- Oh, that would be wonderful.
Thank you so much, Mr. Maldini.
Mm.
It's just, I was supposed to
be staying with this girl Jojo.
She's a model too.
I mean, she was a model.
I don't know if you heard,
but she killed herself.
It's really sad, obviously,
but I don't feel like
she was going to, you know.
She seemed fine.
Except for
Except for?
What?
I don't know if I should say.
Signora.
I'm sure her family would appreciate
any information you could give them.
Yes?
She tell you something?
Start reeling him in, Vo.
She was scared.
She had this boyfriend,
and they were fighting,
like, all the time.
I see.
Does this boyfriend have a name?
Not that she told me,
but I think he was being abusive.
And Jojo had proof.
Proof?
What proof?
Recordings.
I mean, he didn't know it,
but she recorded their fights.
Him yelling at her, hitting her.
Perhaps we should discuss this
in a more private setting.
Excuse me for a moment.
Good work.
Let's pull Raffaella now.
- Tell her to meet Raines outside.
- On it.
Let's go.
Agent Cameron Vo.
Welcome to the party.
Thanks.
I always wanted to meet an FBI agent.
Oh, you see my attorney
gave me the full lineup.
He seems to be well informed.
It's one of the perks of
having the GDP of Barbados
in your bank account.
That and Caspian Sea caviar.
I am not here for the fish eggs.
I am here because you can't
seem to stop hurting women.
If that were true, I would
not be meeting the Pope
for breakfast on Tuesday.
Well, why don't we tell him about how
you threw Jocelyn Bell off a balcony
and then see how he feels about that?
- Should we pull her out?
- No. She can handle this guy.
You American girls.
You got pretty mouth, but no
idea when to keep them shut.
Where is Emma Staley?
I know you took her.
Emma Staley.
Is that why you're here?
What did you do with her?
Oh, I showed her a good time.
Emma.
What are you doing here?
- Are you okay?
- She's fine.
She's here as my guest.
Isn't that right, Emma?
Vo, you've gotta get her out.
Bring her in.
- We're leaving. Let's go.
- No, I'm staying. I'm fine.
Hey.
Tell me what is going on.
Are they hurting you?
Are they threatening you?
I'm Mr. Maldini's guest.
He came to pick me up at my place.
He said I need to get
out and have some fun.
Maldini was with Jocelyn that night.
He's the man you saw, isn't he?
No. I was mistaken.
I didn't see anything.
- Emma, you told
- Just leave me alone.
Agent Vo.
I'm Robert Baldwin,
Miss Staley's legal representative.
Why do you need a lawyer?
Well, Ms. Staley is concerned
about her involvement
I wasn't talking to you.
From now on, please direct any questions
you have for my client to me.
So you can control everything she says.
Emma, if they are controlling you,
if they are hurting you, we can
What's all the commotion?
Agent Vo, meet my wife, Chiara Maldini.
Just an unfortunate misunderstanding.
Is that what I think it is?
Zoom in on it.
We'll get this all cleared up.
You'll see, amore.
Jocelyn's necklace.
Unreal.
The FBI is investigating
suicide, isn't it?
Oh, the American girl who
jumped off the building?
Jocelyn, that was her name.
But your husband called her stellina.
It's inscribed on that
necklace you're wearing,
because he bought it for her first.
The, um, agent here seems
to think I knew this girl?
I was with her at the party.
How odd.
I can assure you that this necklace
has never touched another woman's skin.
And Walter, he didn't go to that party.
He was with me at home all night.
Anyway, the poor thing.
As Dante wrote, "O human
race, born to fly upward,
wherefore at a little
wind dost thou so fall?"
Try some caviar before you leave.
Emma.
The public prosecutor is on her way.
She's going to send you home.
Maldini called her.
He is lodging a formal complaint
against me and the FBI.
He did it. I mean, he killed Jocelyn.
I saw it in his eyes.
Are we just gonna let
him get away with it?
Unless you can show
Linari direct evidence
that a crime has been committed,
I don't see what we can do.
We bring Emma in.
Are you serious?
She's already recanted.
She signed a witness statement.
Let's bring her in and hold her to it.
Do you realize what you're asking of me?
It could end my career.
Captain, you know Maldini did this.
So be a moral cop right now.
Do your job and let's
take this guy down.
Signora, I need to talk with you.
I know you saw what
happened to that girl.
You might be the only person who saw it.
The man who did it is
gonna keep hurting girls.
I need your help.
Signora, please open the door.
Where you been?
I believe you Yanks call it a Hail Mary.
- Any luck?
- No. What's going on?
We brought Emma back in.
Vo is with her now,
trying to flip her back,
get her to place Maldini at the scene.
What if she doesn't?
Like I said, Mr. Maldini
sent a car to pick me up.
He's taken an interest in my career,
and he's putting me up at his house
while we discuss
opportunities beyond modeling.
If that's true, then
why can't you look at me?
Emma, look at me.
Please.
I'm telling you the truth.
All right, enough.
You signed a witness
statement saying that
you saw Jocelyn Bell arguing with a man
just minutes before she died.
Is this the man you saw?
She already told you she was mistaken
I'm not talking to you right now.
Actually, you are. As her lawyer
Jocelyn had a family, Emma,
and they're never gonna see her again.
And you know what the worst part is?
Not knowing.
Not knowing what really happened.
And if you don't do the
right thing right now,
they're never gonna know that
she was murdered by this man.
Tell me what you saw that night.
Doesn't matter what I saw.
That night, the night of the party
I wasn't on my medication.
It's not true, obviously.
Maldini has to be
threatening her somehow.
That's not the point.
She just admitted to
not being on her meds
in front of witnesses.
Even if we can convince
her to tell the truth,
a defense lawyer will rip
her apart on the stand now.
It would never get that far.
Linari would throw the
statement out first thing.
What then? Maldini walks?
Hold on. There must be something else.
Who is it?
My Hail Mary.
Signora?
You're gonna come in or not?
I see you got my final package.
I have been alone for a long time.
At this age, you don't need much.
A nice view, good chair.
Most nights I sit and
I watch the world go by.
It doesn't sound very exciting,
but you would be surprised
at the things I have seen.
Why haven't you wanted
to talk with me before?
You are not from here.
It's hard to explain.
When I was a girl, my older sister
wanted to leave her husband.
Before she could do
it, my father found out.
He said that my sister
had disgraced his name.
Papa hit her so many times,
she was in the hospital for two months.
Was this when honor
killings were still legal?
Nothing happened to him.
We went to mass the next day.
This is how it has always been here.
And nothing will change
unless you do something about it.
Is this his wife?
He put that girl's
necklace on his own wife?
Yes, he did.
After he killed her.
Signora, I know it's difficult,
but the way this world is,
sometimes we have to do
more than just sit and watch.
They have been working on
this building for months.
An old place like this
needs repair all the time.
The men keep taking their
breaks on my balcony,
smoking their cigarettes.
I tried to make them
stop, but they wouldn't.
So the landlord,
he put this here.
And this was recording
the night of the party?
Everything it records.
Goes straight to the clouds, he said.
I know we have a different understanding
of the word "evidence, but
You know what else Dante wrote?
"Hope not ever to see heaven.
I have come to lead
you to the other shore
into eternal darkness."
Thank you for everything.
I really thought he was gonna hurt me.
You're safe now.
I'm going home.
Going back to school.
I think I'm gonna take a
break from the fashion world.
For a while, at least.
How about you?
I'm testifying against Luca Rossi.
I won't him hurt me
again, or anyone else.
I'm glad to hear that.
I don't know what's going to
happen, but you were right.
It's time to face the storm.
Ready?
The public prosecutor has opened
a criminal investigation
against Maldini.
Good.
I hear you're looking into
Luca Rossi and Ultima Models?
That's right. Trafficking
and prostitution.
Should be a simple case.
You know, you're actually
pretty good at it.
- At what?
- Being a cop.
It is a nice view.
What do you think we'll see?
Usually, when I sit here at night,
there is less talking.
Oh.
Understood.
Salute.
Per lei, Signora.