there isn t in english law, a charge of conspiracy to manslaughter. and di stefano did exploit the law. brilliantly. the appeal had been successful and his conviction washed. i should never have been tried with these two muppets anyway, these other two guys. i should have never been in the same court with them. looking relieved, nicholas van hoogstraten left court this afternoon a free man. the two trials in the palmer case completely transformed di stefano s standing. i started as a peasant boy from a small village in italy. and you are worth, 40, 50 million? it s a little bit of it took off completely.
that was disgusting. but he had found discrepancies with the filing and he won the right to appeal. i d say, i know you are a sneaky bastard, but i need you to be a sneaky bastard. i need you to be the devil for me, because in order to win any case in court i actually do need the devil. but i also think giovanni might have needed me as well. giovanni did enjoy the starlight. i think he thought he could pick up some of the glamour. when you have to think back into the early days, hollywood was his number one objective. i had all the stories, heard the stories he was trying to buy mgm studios. the stories he was trying to buy mgm studios.
[speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] giovanni di stefano always claim that around 92 - 93, when he left the u.s., the mgm situation has gone wrong. he feared for his personal safety. when the reality emerge, he was just deported. he was not and he actually had convictions in the uk. deportation, i consented to it. i could ve fought, i was married to an american citizen, for god sake. everything, every mood in the world, there is a trail of destruction left behind.
was a a qualified lawyer? he s probably one of the wealthiest conman behind bars. by the vast majority of the time share victims has yet to receive a penny in compensation. i went to the court of appeal for a hearing on behalf of john goldfinger palmer. this persecution, in my view giovanni was in court. on the first day, no justice rose. extremely serious judge. stopped immediately, and said, who is that gentlemen? i said, well, he is giovanni destefano, why? this man has been filing legal documents related to his cause. that should only be signed by counsel and by lawyers with rights of order, ordinance in this country.
[speaking foreign language] in the town of campobasso, there was no trace of giovanni di stefano, as being an avvocato. it was not final proof, there s a pontential he could ve been registered elsewhere. when we found out there were 165 with that name, my heart did sink a little bit. there was always going to be that nagging doubt that he could be registered anywhere. could be registered anywhere