Marw Albert Trial: 1997

Then Black produced an incredible piece of evidence: a taped conversation between Perhach and a taxicab driver, in which she appeared to coax the driver into supporting her allegations against Albert. "You know what to say … that when you went to pick him up, that he [Albert] wanted to get a boy. We gotta get tight on that."

On the tape the cab driver responded, "I'm getting too old for this. You owe me $50,000 and a new car." Both Perhach and the cab driver laughed as she told him, "Okay baby."

Sportscaster Marv Albert. (APVWide World Photos)

Stunned by the tape, Perhach denied trying to coach the cab driver, saying she was only joking with him about the promised money and car.

At this point most trial observers felt that Albert would be acquitted, but the prosecution had an ace of its own.