Reus to death at some point after the dragon set piece fell, and this prolonged the trial long enough for Retinz to take the stand in order to testify about the prank. This new evidence allowed Justice to open up the possibility of a third party stabbing Mr. However, Bonny stood up to her sister when court resumed, saying she could no longer remain quiet, and testified in Wright's defense by presenting a video of the magic show filmed by a fan of hers. In the subsequent recess, Bonny went to the defendant lobby to try and talk to Justice, but Betty followed her sister and interrupted their conversation, taking Bonny away. Reus had been in on the prank, disproving Justice's theory that the murder had been committed in the understage area and once again returning suspicion onto Wright. However, Prosecutor Nahyuta Sahdmadhi then had the twins admit to participating in the defamation plot against Wright, and Betty presented a video which proved Mr. After Betty revealed her existence and admitted to being in the understage area, Justice tried to accuse her of the murder, as she was the only one besides Wright to lack an alibi. Once Betty, in her guise as Bonny, was called to testify, Justice found several holes in her testimony which indicated that she had been in the understage area during the show, proving that there were two Bonnys – as the real one had been on stage – and blowing the twins' cover. Reus had actually been killed in the understage area and his body had been placed in the coffin from below afterwards.
During the police's investigation, Betty, convinced that Wright had committed murder, conspired with Retinz to go to any lengths necessary to have her found guilty in court Retinz promised to use his position as a producer for Take-2 TV to have Wright tried in the court of public opinion, while Betty was to pose as her twin sister in court and testify against Wright.īetty and Bonny at the witness stand after having the secret to their trick revealed.ĭuring Wright's trial the following day, her defense attorney, Apollo Justice, proposed that Mr.
Additionally, since Bonny and Retinz had alibis and Betty's existence was unknown to those not directly involved with the show, Wright was regarded as the only possible suspect and arrested for the crime. As Wright's sword trick involved replacing a sharp steel sword with a fake rubber one before stabbing it into the coffin, it appeared to everyone watching as if she had failed to switch the swords and actually stabbed Mr. Reus somehow turned up dead afterwards, having been killed by a stab wound to the back. Reus was connected to the same wire as the dragon set piece once Wright went into a panic over his apparent death, he would "come back to life" and fly up into the air, causing everyone to have a laugh at Wright's expense.Īlthough the prank initially worked as planned, things quickly went wrong when Mr. Bonny was to remain on the stage and prevent Wright from getting hurt during the prank, while Betty would hide in the understage area and use a remote control to activate the winch suspending a dragon set piece over the stage, thereby causing the set piece to fall down. Reus fall out of a coffin that Wright would stab with a rubber sword during the show, after which he would pretend to be dead. The plan was to have Wright make a fool of herself on live television by having Mr. Hiding in the understage passage while Wright pushes the stage lifts.
Due to her jealousy of Wright's skill at magic despite her young age, Betty quickly agreed to help with the prank and roped her reluctant sister, who was a huge fan of Wright's, into it.
However, Retinz then asked them to participate in a prank on Wright during the show's dress rehearsal at the Penrose Theater. Reus were chosen by Take-2 TV producer Roger Retinz to appear as Trucy Wright's co-stars in the magic show "Trucy in Gramarye-Land".