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Monaco authorities were holding his wife heidi. shed jumped on a plane to see him, leaving their three children back in new york. >> the french police came up and they said, you will sign this document, otherwise your wife will not leave this country. i basically told them to -- a few french letters of my own words and told them that i was not signing anything. i realized that somehow they had gotten hold of her. >> back in 2000, teds wife told "dateline," that while her husband was in the hospi...

Ambulance, on his way to princess grace hospital thinking the worst was over. >> im going to make it, im going to make it, im going to make it. i did it and everyones going to be okay. >> when you say, i did it, what do you mean i did it? >> i stopped these people from killing mr. safra. >> but it soon would become abundantly clear that ted mahers actions inside the penthouse that night did not lead to the happy ending he might have envisioned. far from it. coming up -- >> i know hes innocent. h...

Its gotten squarer. over the years. brighter. bigger. its gotten thinner. even curvier. but whats next? for all binge watchers. movie geeks. sports freaks. x1 from xfinity will change the way you experience tv. monte carlo, monaco, an elite showcase for the rich and famous and as a personal nurse to billionaire edmond safra, ted maher had been granted a backstage pass. >> every place that i ever visited, his banks, his offices, were beyond your wildest dreams. >> this was like working for a ki...

>> outside on the street police say their cameras blanketing the city picked up no sign of fleeing intruders. but theres something else about teds story we thought didnt quite add up. remember that weight he says he used to fight off the intruders? >> youve been working out. >> i had done some things with my arms, yeah. >> because its the middle of the night and youre, its easy to fall asleep. >> right. >> but i dont understand, because you know that that particular night -- >> something may hap...

In court, teds lawyers didnt deny that he faked the attack and started the fire, but argued that hed never meant to harm anyone. least of all edmond safra, whom hed been desperately trying to impress. ted himself called the entire affair a terrible accident. in the end, the story that started out as an international whodunit concluded with a swift conviction, ten year for deadly arson. but that decisive ending was actually just the beginning. ted maher says today. for him, the conviction was the...

Belgian monarch. his apartment in the center of monaco was a sprawling penthouse on the top two floors of this bank building. >> it was beyond any description. so lavish, so beautiful. >> around the time ted maher began working for edmond safra, the banker, who was 67 years old and suffered from parkinsons disease, was eyeing retirement and planning to make monaco his permanent home. he was selling his republic national bank to hsbc. it was a curious and controversial move since wall street anal...

Youre the last person i would warn. youre a guy with an impeccable record. if theyve got inside knowledge, they know all about you. why tell you that stuff? >> i dont know. >> not only do they warn you, but they come and theyre just armed with knives? >> im sure they had guns. >> you didnt see any? >> i didnt see any. the whole incident if somebody can picture in mayor mind. boom over the head, im down on the floor, i pick up a barbell, they grab me, were talking seconds this whole thing happene...

Plot. >> they arrested him. they prevented him from going inside. >> a picture of an inept bungling monaco police department was beginning to take shape. the story now had the potential to be a huge source of embarrassment for the principality, which banked on its reputation as a safe haven for the rich and royal. with each new detail, the story of the banker and his masked assassins became increasingly bizarre. but according to authorities here, there was a reason why early news reports read li...

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