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Brooke's liposuction

posted 5 years ago by MikeHunt12345 (933)
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That was ridiculous. What kind of retard would rather spend the rest of their life in jail than admit to having liposuction?

And Elle not telling the court makes her a pretty bad lawyer. They're not supposed to make their clients happy, they're supposed to fight as hard as they can for their acquittal.

Just imagine if Chutney didn't mention her perm. Brooke would spend the rest of her life in jail for a crime she didn't commit. If Elle mentioned her liposuction, I doubt Brooke would be unhappy.

[–] captainbucky (15252) 5 years ago

She married that old dude

[–] hurricane (1960) 5 years ago

The point was it would ruin her career. She promoted a diet regime, but instead of sticking to it herself she had cheated with liposuction. She'd be ruined financially. On top of that, a lot of the women who had trusted her would become disillusioned and their good work could end up being reversed. She wanted her lawyers to find a way to defend her without ruining her career.

It might not be the most realistic thing, but you're talking about a movie where a lawyer chanced his arm on the assumption that somebody on the prosecution was gay because he knew about shoes, and that the case was won based on a first year law student's knowledge of perms. It's not supposed to be realistic, it's supposed to be warm-hearted fun.

[–] davebuffalo (3496) 3 years ago

Brooke was going to try hiding her alibi until the very last minute, and if it looked like she would be found guilty, she probably would've confessed rather than go to prison for murder.

Pool Boy's story was already proven to be a lie, so further grilling of him could have determined that Chutney was paying him to lie. And where in the hell did they dig up a name like CHUTNEY?