reporter: it was only after detectives told him his dad had just been arrested that the son turned on his father. she got coffee thrown at her. before you found out that your dad was a rested did you lie? yes. did you lie more than once? yes. reporter: why would jonathan turn on his father and lie? the confidence lawyer said it was jonathan, not his dad, who was motivated by greed. if stephen scharf was convicted, his son would get all that insurance money. who does the money go to? it goes to me. reporter: in the end, the lawyer called stephen scharf s son a spoiled brat. that s some spoiled kid. reporter: who was not a credible witness. in closing the attorney insisted this wasn t a murder case. just a sad story about a woman who tumbled drunkenly to her death.
i think he was you know, fairly decent, you know fairly decent guy. reporter: it was only after detectives told him his dad had just been arrested that the son turned on his father. she got coffee thrown at her. before you found out that your dad was a rested did you lie? yes. did you lie more than once? yes. reporter: why would jonathan turn on his father and lie? the confidence lawyer said it was jonathan, not his dad, who was motivated by greed. if stephen scharf was convicted, his son would get all that insurance money. who does the money go to? it goes to me. reporter: in the end, the lawyer called stephen scharf s son a spoiled brat. that s some spoiled kid. reporter: who was not a credible witness.
it was only after detectives told him his dad had just been arrested that the son turned on his father. she got coffee thrown at her by him. before you found out that your dad was arrested, did you lie? yes. and did you lie more than once? yes. why would jonathan turn on his father and lie? the defense lawyer said it was jonathan, not his dad who was motivated by greed. if stephen scharf was convicted, his son would get all that insurance money. who s the money go to? it goes to me. in the end the lawyer called stephen scharf s son a spoiled brat. that sounds like some spoiled kid. who was not a credible witness. in closing, he insisted this wasn t a murder case. just a sad story about a woman who tumbled drunkenly to her
interviewed jonathan back in 2008, the young man described his dad as a good guy. i think he was a fairly decent guy. it was only after detectives told him his dad had just been arrested that the son turned on his father. before you found out that your dad was arrested, did you lie? yes. and did you lie more than once? yes. why would jonathan turn on his father and lie? the defense lawyer said it was jonathan, not his dad, who was motivated by greed. if stephen scharf was convicted, his son would get all that insurance money. who does the money go to? it goes to me. in the end, the lawyer called stephen scharf s son a spoiled brat. that sounds like some spoiled kid. who was not a credible witness.
as a good guy. i think he was a fairly decent guy. it was only after detectives told him his dad had just been arrested that the son turned on his father. before you found out that your dad was arrested, did you lie? yes. and did you lie more than once? yes. why would jonathan turn on his father and lie? the defense lawyer said it was jonathan not his dad who was motivated by greed. if steven sharp was convicted, his son would get all that insurance money. who does the money go to? it goes to me. in the end the lawyer called steven sharp s son a spoiled brat. that sounds like some spoiled kid who was not a credible witness. in closing insisted this wasn t