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Early morning of december 3rd, 1999. >> look, no investigation was ever done by the monaco police. okay? monaco police, if youre listening, do your investigation and maybe youll find out what really happened. >> what might a new investigation find? that assassins had, in fact, penetrated the safra apartment that night? or that ted mahers story falls apart before their eyes? coming up, what is the truth? so this is the question, really, ted, were you lying then or are you lying now? >> when the m...

Moved. but to ted maher and his lawyer thats just one of many unanswered questions from the early morning of december 3rd, 1999. >> look, no investigation was ever done by the monaco police. okay? monaco police, if youre listening, do your investigation and maybe youll find out what really happened. >> what might a new investigation find? that assassins had in fact penetrated the safra apartment that night? or that ted mahers story falls apart before their eyes? coming up -- what is the truth?...

And self-inflicted. the fire set by ted. the motive? ted was afraid of losing his dream job and wanted to curry favor by staging false heroics. >> he wanted to impress his boss. he was on very bad terms with the main nurse. two reasons. >> the international thriller starring the billionaire banker had fizzled into a sad tale about a desperate, possibly unstable employee. >> theres a human story now, but it is about the nurse. >> teds arrest was a devastating turn of events for his wife heidi. sh...

Castle that once belonged to a 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 controvers...

>> ted maher had spent more than three years in jail when his case came to trial in 2002. 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 years for deadly arson. but that decisive ...

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 hospital, she was subjected to a three-day police interrogation. >> i answered them...

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?

Within minutes he was in an 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 ...

>> 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. discover card. how can i help you? oh, youre real? you know im real! at discover, were always here to talk.

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, yes. >> its the middle of the night and its easy to fall asleep. >> right. >> but i dont understand because you know that that particular night -- >> something may happen. >> something huge is going to happen. the va...