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Monaco authorities were holding his wife heidi. she'd 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, ted's wife told "dateline," that while her husband was in the hospital, she was subjected to a three-day police interrogation. >> i answered them anything they wante...

Ambulance, on his way to princess grace hospital thinking the worst was over. >> i'm going to make it, i'm going to make it, i'm going to make it. i did it and everyone's 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 maher's actions inside the penthouse that night did not lead to the happy ending he might have envisioned. far from it. coming up -- >> i know he's innocent. he could never do this. >> things turn fatal. and ted maher is in the middle.

It's gotten squarer. over the years. brighter. bigger. it's gotten thinner. even curvier. but what's 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 king? >> yes, it was. >> safra's formal estate in the south of france was, in fact, a

>> outside on the street police say their cameras blanketing the city picked up no sign of fleeing intruders. but there's something else about ted's story we thought didn't quite add up. remember that weight he says he used to fight off the intruders? >> you've been working out. >> i had done some things with my arms, yeah. >> because it's the middle of the night and you're, it's easy to fall asleep. >> right. >> but i don't understand, because you know that that particular night -- >> something may happen. >> something huge is going to happen. the valance is open. i mean that's not a typical ...

In court, ted's lawyers didn't deny that he faked the attack and started the fire, but argued that he'd never meant to harm anyone. least of all edmond safra, whom he'd 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 start of a long uphill struggle to clear his name. >> that's why i'm here before you today, to ...