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If he's anything, he wants to be in control at all times. which is why he didn't want his wife, pamela, doing anything having to do with transfer licenses. the same m.o. is what drove this contract killing. >> and investigators believe that jim fayed exhibited that need for control as he planned his wife's murder. he focused, they believe, on a particular fear of pam's. >> it was discovered that she had a phobia about knives. and she had believed that she -- if she was killed, that she was going to be killed by someone with a knife. >> who expresses a belief that if they're killed they're goin...

>> the evidence will show that the plot for the contract killing of mike dippolito was never real. mike dippolito hoped to capture the attention of someone in reality tv. >> reporter: the defense attorney argued that dalia was in on the reality show idea the whole time . that scene out front of dalia wailing? acting, said the defense. >> dalia knew that mike wasn't harmed and hers is a fake reaction to a fake event. >> reporter: the defense pushed michael dippolito hard on cross-examination, accusing him of dragging dalia down with his stupid idea of being a tv star. >> this whole reality thin...

If he's anything, he wants to be in control at all times, which is why he didn't want his wife, pamela, doing anything having to do with transfer licenses. the same m.o. is what drove this contract killing. >> and investigators believe that jim fayed exhibited that need for control as he planned his wife's murder. he focused, they believe, on a particular fear of pam's. >> it was discovered that she had a phobia about knives. and she had believed that she -- if she was killed, that she was going to be killed by someone with a knife. >> who expresses a belief that if they're killed, they're goi...

>> james fayed is a control freak. if he's anything, he wants to be in control at all times, which is why he didn't want his wife, pamela, doing anything having to do with transfer licenses. the same m.o. is what drove this contract killing. >> and investigators believe that jim fayed exhibited that need for control as he planned his wife's murder. he focused, they believe, on a particular fear of pam's. >> it was discovered that she had a phobia about knives. and she had believed that she -- if she was killed, that she was going to be killed by someone with a knife. >> who expresses a belief ...

>> he was bankrolling it. >> no question. he commissioned this crime. and that's where the investigation began to lead us. that's where the evidence began to lead us. we knew clearly that he had an alibi for the actual stabbing. he's not the stabber. he's not the actual killer. >> you also knew he had probably a bigger motive than anybody else. >> there were always, in my mind, dual motives for james fayed to contract the murder of his wife. one was the divorce. but one was to silence who he thought was going to be a witness against him. pamela fayed. >> did he just give this hit man that he h...