- Special Agent Nina Chase: Yeah, it's common for people to panic about multiple shooters, but it's more than likely a sole perpetrator.
- Special Agent Sheryll Barnes: Is Manny a delusional stalker?
- Special Agent Ray Cannon: Nah, it's probably jealousy. Walt's worth over 8 million in NIL deals and sponsorships. The NCAA used to make all of the money off the talent of the players, all right? But the athletes were students, so they can't get paid. They weren't allowed to make money off of their hard work.
- Special Agent Hana Gibson: Well, until a few years ago, they changed the rules, and then student athletes could profit off their personal brands.
- Special Agent Ray Cannon: Players are now allowed to make money off of their name, image, and likeness.
- Special Agent Nina Chase: Yeah, I read an article about a gymnast at Amherst. She makes, like, $50,000 off of every sponsored post.
- Special Agent Sheryll Barnes: And how good was Manny? If he wasn't injured and he wasn't dropped, could he be as successful as Walt?
- Special Agent Ray Cannon: As a high school prospect, he ranked amongst the top 50 point guards in the country. He could have made a couple million easy.
- Special Agent Ray Cannon: This coach gets a lot of love from his former players. He's got a bunch of cards and thank-you letters.
- Special Agent Hana Gibson: Well, at least he's getting it from somewhere because he's not getting it anywhere else. He's on five different dating sites.
- Special Agent Ray Cannon: You gotta shoot your shots somewhere.
- Special Agent Nina Chase: Hey, Remy. Coach Nathan's car is in the garage, so I'm changing the BOLO to armed, dangerous, and with a hostage in tow.
- Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott: No blood, no shell casings.If Coach is alive, it's a miracle.
- Special Agent Nina Chase: He didn't mention any of this yesterday?
- Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott: He lied to us for a reason. We gotta figure out why.
- Special Agent Sheryll Barnes: Guys, I just searched the bedroom, and I found the strangest thing in the coach's nightstand. Walt Felton's last will and testament.
- Special Agent Nina Chase: Walt Felton?
- Special Agent Sheryll Barnes: Yeah, dated from two months ago.Walt never said anything about knowing Coach when we talked to him. Not only does Walt know Coach, it says he made him the executor of his will.
- Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott: What?
- Special Agent Sheryll Barnes: If Walt were to die, Coach would be responsible for making sure all the money went to the right people listed in his will.
- Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott: This case is driving me insane. What the hell are we missing? Why the hell would Walt give Coach Nathan so much power? It doesn't make any sense.
- Special Agent Nina Chase: No, we have to find the connection between the two. So okay, Walt went to high school in Texas. He graduated from St. Jerome's.
- Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott: What, are you thinking he went somewhere before?
- Special Agent Nina Chase: I don't know, maybe.
- Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott: Let's go through these.
- Special Agent Sheryll Barnes: Let me see.
- Special Agent Nina Chase: Okay.
- Special Agent Sheryll Barnes: Walford High School...
- Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott: Search every damn page if we have to.
- Special Agent Sheryll Barnes: Wait a second, 2019?
- Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott: I got this one right here.
- Special Agent Sheryll Barnes: 2019
- Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott: Wait, wait, wait, wait. Look at this. Walt's freshman year. He played for Coach Nathan
- Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott: Right. Under New York law, the executor gets a commission for overseeing the will. It's a percentage of the total estate value. And given what Walt is worth, we're talking big-ass money.
- Special Agent Ray Cannon: All right, so they're both thinking Walt got his, they need to get theirs.
- Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott: He's not. Walt was always the target. Think about it. Coach adopts Walt thinking that he's gonna get some of Walt's riches, and he doesn't. Then two months ago, Coach gets an even bigger slap in the face. Walt basically writes him out of his will... after everything Coach has done for him.
- Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott: Manny's holding the gun, but Coach is calling the shots. He doesn't know we're on to him. This was part of the plan, but the live stream wasn't.
- Special Agent Sheryll Barnes: He's pretending to be Manny's hostage so they can get Walt alone and kill him.
- Special Agent Ray Cannon: Yeah, then they'll probably turn on each other.
- Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott: As far as Coach knows, we still think he's the victim. Let's play him like a fiddle.
- Special Agent Sheryll Barnes: Listen to me, Manny. All the adults in your life who were supposed to help you handle the pressure, they let you down instead.
- Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott: We're all family here, Coach. Why don't you tell Manny what you were so worried about when the cops came sniffing around about that bribe to CKU?
- Coach Sam Nathan: People have done worse for less.
- [SCOFFS]
- Coach Sam Nathan: I discovered the kid. I put him on the path of fame and fortune. I don't deserve a piece of the pie? And you, you owe me everything. Instead you cut me out of your will and make me your damn executor.
- Special Agent Sheryll Barnes: We're both willing to do the therapy, so we're obviously both still in it.
- Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott: Mm.
- Special Agent Sheryll Barnes: That's what I'm trying to hang onto right now.
- Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott: Well, take it from me, as excellent as Dr. Fairweather is, it's still gonna take time.
- Special Agent Sheryll Barnes: Yeah.
- Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott: And given my track record, I don't think you want marriage advice from me.
- Special Agent Sheryll Barnes: [CHUCKLES] That is true.
- Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott: I imagine it's not too different from what makes our team work so damn well together, you know, good communication, honesty, knowing your weaknesses, bringing your strengths to the table.
- Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott: I imagine it's not too different from what makes our team work so damn well together, you know, good communication, honesty, knowing your weaknesses, bringing your strengths to the table.
- Special Agent Ray Cannon: And do you have any idea why he took you?
- Pete Lee: Uh, he was all over the place, asking me why my agency dropped him. He figured it was because he didn't get drafted by the NBA fast enough. That's why he decided to go pro abroad. He thought if he did well in New Zealand, he could transfer back to an NBA team here.
- Special Agent Sheryll Barnes: Which wasn't the case?
- Pete Lee: No way. He was damaged goods. Everybody named in the bribery scandal was.
- Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott: What scandal?
- Pete Lee: Summer of 2019,right before Manny was about to go to Central Kansas, there was a task force investigating coaches who were bribing prospects to commit to their colleges. And not just coaches... it was also sponsors, agents, financial managers. A lot of people got kickbacks for hooking up top talent.
- Special Agent Sheryll Barnes: High school prospects aren't even supposed to talk to those folks, including agents.
- Pete Lee: W-well, no deals were made, just introductions.
- [CHUCKLES]
- Pete Lee: The rules were about to change, and everyone saw the writing on the wall.
- Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott: And how was Manny involved with this scandal? Did he take a bribe for attending CKU?
- Pete Lee: It looked like it. When he was a high school senior, he busted a tooth in a game and had to get an implant. It turns out Manny's coach at CKU paid that dental bill for him.
- Special Agent Ray Cannon: How much are we talking?
- Pete Lee: Not much, maybe four or five grand. But a bribe's a bribe.
- Special Agent Sheryll Barnes: And Manny didn't know about any of this until today?
- Pete Lee: That's what he said. I remember CKU quietly removed that coach and withdrew their offers to all his recruits. They ghosted those kids like we did to Manny.
- Special Agent Ray Cannon: How did the cops even find out about the dental payment?
- Pete Lee: The coach at Central Kansas copped to it.He said Manny's high school coach Sam Nathan called him and asked him to, uh, cover it as a favor.Manny didn't know about that, either, and when I told him, he was furious.
- Special Agent Hana Gibson: Okay. Why does he have Walt's birth certificate? You know he was born in Ottawa?
- Special Agent Ray Cannon: He's Canadian?
- Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott: Felton went to Walford.
- Special Agent Hana Gibson: Well, that might explain why Coach Nathan has a hidden hard drive filled with Walt's personal documents.I just found his Canadian birth certificate. There are some photos here. This is a petition from when he changed his name from Walt Felstone to Walt Felton. These are adoption papers. Around the same time he legally changed his name,Walt was also adopted by Coach Nathan.
- Special Agent Hana Gibson: Walt is raised by a devoted single mother who never misses a game.But then she lets Coach Nathan adopt him four years ago after he changes his name?
- Special Agent Ray Cannon: I don't think she let him. I think she asked him to.
- Special Agent Sheryll Barnes: Why?
- Special Agent Ray Cannon: Money. I'm reading the NIL rules here. You have to be a U.S. citizen to profit off of them.
- Special Agent Nina Chase: So his mom gets Coach Nathan to agree...
- Special Agent Ray Cannon: Yeah, Coach watches Walt play, knows he's gonna be a big star, figures he's gonna get a piece of the pie when the NIL money starts rolling in.
- Special Agent Hana Gibson: I ran Coach Nathan's financials, and nothing popped. I mean, he makes barely 50K a year and lives within his means.
- Special Agent Sheryll Barnes: I get none of this is illegal, but doesn't this all go against his "good boy" image? I mean, his PR team must work hard to keep this all a secret.
- Special Agent Nina Chase: Unless they don't know.You know, the adoption papers are sealed. And when you search "Walt Felton," nothing about Walter Felstone from Ottawa came up.
- Special Agent Nina Chase: Yeah, but none of this explains why Manny is targeting Coach.
- Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott: He's not. Walt was always the target. Think about it. Coach adopts Walt thinking that he's gonna get some of Walt's riches, and he doesn't. Then two months ago, Coach gets an even bigger slap in the face. Walt basically writes him out of his will... after everything Coach has done for him.
- Special Agent Ray Cannon: Yeah, I'm sure that pissed him off. But Walt did make Coach the executor of his will, right?
- Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott: Right. Under New York law, the executor gets a commission for overseeing the will. It's a percentage of the total estate value. And given what Walt is worth, we're talking big-ass money.
- Special Agent Nina Chase: Yeah, that's a big-ass reason to want Walt dead.
- Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott: That's where Manny comes in. Coach was never about his players being family. He uses them, exploits them... probably even jealous of them. And he goes to Manny and manipulates this poor kid. He knew he was back from New Zealand, injured, hopeless, depressed, broke.He goes to him, and he says,if you kill Walt, I'll give you a cut of the executor's fee to do it.
- Special Agent Ray Cannon: All right, so they're both thinking Walt got his, they need to get theirs.
- Special Agent Sheryll Barnes: You're saying that Manny and the coach are working together, and they staged this kidnapping?
- Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott: I'd bet the damn farm on it.
- Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott: That's where Manny comes in. Coach was never about his players being family. He uses them, exploits them... probably even jealous of them. And he goes to Manny and manipulates this poor kid. He knew he was back from New Zealand, injured, hopeless, depressed, broke.He goes to him, and he says,if you kill Walt, I'll give you a cut of the executor's fee to do it.
- Manny Hayesman: [WHISPERS] I trusted you. I trusted you more than my pops! You said it was our goal for me to make it to the NBA!
- Coach Sam Nathan: It was our goal. And you spoiled brats would never give me my due.And for all the sacrifices I've made for you... for all my players. What, do you... you think postgame shout-outs and... and postcards pay the bills?
- Manny Hayesman: Because of you, my life is over, Coach.
- Coach Sam Nathan: Here's a news flash. Your life was over when your knee blew out.
- Manny Hayesman: Yeah, it's over, but on my terms for once.
- Special Agent Hana Gibson: Well, he has a $2 million shoe contract. Maybe he'll be okay.
- Special Agent Nina Chase: I don't get that. I mean, we tell these kids, go get the brass ring, and then they do, and we vilify them and let the system screw them over. It just makes no sense.
- Special Agent Ray Cannon: Yeah, let them get what they earn, right? Yeah. Sucks, though. His adoption secret is out now.
- Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott: We love to forgive our stars and athletes,and he's both.