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Channels Television   Updated December 10, 2020 In this file photo taken on November 21, 2002 Lebanese-Brazilian Joseph Safra speaks on his mobile phone as he arrives at a courthouse in Monaco for the start of the trial of former US soldier Ted Maher, accused of an arson attack that killed his brother Edmond.  Pascal GUYOT / AFP     Lebanese-Brazilian banking magnate Joseph Safra, the wealthiest man in Brazil, died Thursday at age 82 of natural causes, his bank said. Safra, who had an estim...

Say not only was he railroaded in the investigation, but also that the trial was rigged from the start and last summer a monaco judge came forward with evidence to back them up. that judge, who approved teds indictment says he was part of a secret meeting where the prosecutor and one of teds very own monaco attorneys agreed in advance to fix the verdict and the sentence. an official investigation is under way. the prosecutor on the case and teds monaco attorneys all say the trial wasnt fixed. an...

Most notably, he was the defense lawyer in the sensational case that became the movie "midnight express." griffith got involved in teds defense after he was contacted by amnesty international. >> he told me about the intruders. i told him that i could bring the justice department into this operation and possibly have the fbi contact the monaco authorities to do a real investigation. >> you saw this as, hey, maybe he signed a confession, but who believes a confession if its signed in a language t...

My left calf. and i turned and i was cut on my right side with this knife, then i turned again trying to get away and i was stabbed in the middle. at that point, i went unconscious. >> ted believes he was only out for two minutes. when he came to, the masked men were no longer on the scene. >> she said, my god, ted, youre bleeding. i said vivian, theres two people here. take mr. safra and go into the bathroom. >> safra had equipped his bathroom with steel reinforced doors turning it into a panic...

>> it was the summer of 1999. ted maher packed his bags and headed to monte carlo. his dream job waiting. coming up, blessing or curse? >> i went down, and i was dazed. my god, ted, youre bleeding. >> a violent surprise inside the penthouse. when the mystery of the billionaire banker continues.

Scared the hell out of me. >> edmond safra had a crack security team. why not go to them? why not tell them the security of edmond safra is compromised and your family has been threatened? >> my primary motive for my silence was the safety of my family. and i wasnt going to put them at risk. >> ted went to work the next night. he says the window shutter hed been warned about was already open. he believes the men who stabbed him came in through that window and says all hes guilty of is trying to ...

Was cut on my left calf here, on my left calf. and i turned and i was cut on my right side with this knife, then i turned again trying to get away and i was stabbed in the middle. at that point, i went unconscious. >> ted believes he was only out for a few minutes. when he came to, the masked men were nowhere to be seen. >> she said, my god, ted, youre bleeding. i said vivian, theres two people here. take mr. safra and go into the bathroom. >> safra had equipped his bathroom with steel reinforce...

Confession, yes. >> your lawyers instructed you to do that? >> yes. >> teds monaco lawyers say they never suggested he should lie in court. but now, eight years later, teds version of events has changed again. what really happened the night edmond safra died? coming up -- >> no investigation was ever done by the monaco police. >> new revelations come to light. was the case against ted maher fixed? when the mystery of the billionaire banker continues. discover card

A muddle of half truths and unproved accusations. >> everybody in the story -- >> ted maher believes he was witness to an assassination attempt gone awry. but we had some more questions about his version of events. can you help me understand a few more things if we can go back to the night in question. remember, ted says he was abducted two days before the attack. and told that a window shutter needed to be left open. >> what i dont understand about these guys is, why tell you that theyre going ...

If they have inside knowledge they know all about you. why tell you that stuff? >> i dont know. i dont know. >> and then they come and theyre just armed with knife? >> im not sure. book over the head, im down on the floor, i pick up a barbell, i hit somebody, they grab me, a guy pulls out a knife. were talking seconds this whole thing happened. this didnt transpire over a five-minute fight. im stabbed, im conscious, i come to. these people are i dont know where. >> ted believes the men who stabb...