CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS ELAINE FRIEDMAN 3 sons Divorced from Arnold eventually Her sons wanted her to lie and say that she believed them but she wanted to tell the truth which was that she didn t know Remarries and moves away ARNOLD FRIEDMAN Likes pictures Columbia University and graduated and went to the Catskills to play in his band Didn t like spending time with his wife Would teach high school and then computer lessons and piano lessons Died of a heart attack David describes him as selfless and altruistic Ordered child pornography from Netherlands which was taken away Award winning teacher Sexual abuse against minors as he taught computer Show certain signs tests to see if the kids would be receptive to the abuse by sexual computer games etc Kids would be raped in the bathroom or bedroom on the floor One boy brought home a computer game and copied it and Arnold found out threatened to kill everyone kid confessed and then Jesse and Arnold raped him Sodomy Arnold had sex with his brother after seeing his mother have sex with a man in her bed all the time Had partners all with boys his age and even as he grew up he still was attracted to boys his brother s age When he had kids he was worried that he would molest his kids and went to therapy and his therapist said don t worry you have it under control Pleaded guilty but was manipulated according to his son Pussy whipped that was the result of pleading guilty Killed himself by taking antidepressants DAVID FRIEDMAN Oldest Made a video diary in November 1988 When he found out they were arresting his father he took underwear and Lot of responsibility put it on his head because he didn t want to be on camera and danced around saying that they were harassing his father Child entertainer SETH FRIEDMAN Outright rebel JESSE FRIEDMAN Keep trying to catch up and doesn t quite make it Jesse abused the children his self with his father slapping hair pulled etc Rumors that Jesse was violent and his dad was the coward Accounts from his friends said he wasn t an angry and upset person Gets out of jail after 13 years goes to see his mother Still has to go to trial Police got a search warrant and were able to search for child pornography Wife thought they were searching for marijuana she had no clue Stash of magazines were held behind the piano child pornography of boys 1st time cameras were allowed in a Nassau County courtroom Case mostly based on testimony I felt bad for the family It seemed like they were using the documentary to try and make sense of all that happened some trying to prove their father s innocence or some just saying they will never know