estimate she has been into more than 100 guys apartments and hotel rooms. Her pimp never went into the hotel rooms. Mandi is perfectly comfortable in an apartment with Mulrenin, and trusts herself way more than Scott, who works in paving and has never even been to a hotel. Mandi has been years in rooms with old men making small talk about her cats, sitting around while guys are in the shower, drinking drinks, smoking on the balcony, eating the free cookie, making the guys comfortable. Mandi has been years walking out of guys' rooms with cash. You might say it is the only thing she knows how to do. If she wants to steal from Mulrenin, she only needs to do it a little different this time, and take all the cash instead of just what the guy wants to give her. It is certainly something her years have prepared her to do without a gun. It is also hard not to remember the obvious: Mandi is able to empty old guys' wallets pretty well without stealing. They are happy to give her the money. A girl is born naked with everything she needs to take a guy's money. Never in the years I knew Mandi, during all the guys she went through, did she ever mention a strong guy might help her do better what she could already do very well. The sad truth is every stripper's entire life plan is based on the assumed uselessness of her own boyfriend. The plan is always "you wait outside while I go make us some money." If Mandi wanted a boyfriend who did things to make money, there are many out there. Strippers want instead to feel needed and be the provider. Maybe Mandi doesn't want to be accused of stealing, by someone who is in her social circle. So she doesn't want to be in Mulrenin's apartment when something gets stolen. She could easily fix that by going home with any of 10,000 richer guys just in Orlando, who are not in her social circle. She can walk down OBT, or place an ad on backpage, pick a guy with a nicer car or house than Mulrenin, and show up totally anonymous. But if her idea is to distract Mulrenin so Scott can enter and leave while Mulrenin is not home, the video doesn't fit that either. First, if you believe the police timeline of the video clips, Mandi called Mulrenin out to the curb before Scott was in position to sneak in. Mandi then drove through Mulrenins garage at a high rate of speed and went into his apartment, when she could have dreamed up something to keep Mulrenin out in the car for longer. Then, rather than leaving immediately to rendezvous with Scott, Mandi goes inside Mulrenin's apartment and stays. How does she know Scott has not already been inside as planned while Mulrenin was at the curb? Smoke signals? And if her plan is to have Scott go in and out when Mandi brings Mulrenin out to the garage later, as suggested by police, then why does Mandi supposedly go back in and stay there for another 80 minutes after she brings Mulrenin out to the garage? Wouldn't Mandi immediately start trying to distract Mulrenin when she gets to The Lofts, and then immediately leave to meet up with Scott and regroup to find out if he got in? Mulrenin goes out at least twice, first to meet Mandi at the curb, second with her in the garage. If both those failed, Mandi would need to go out and talk to Scott, and either leave or try again immediately. Whatever was going to happen, it would have happened success or failure in under an hour. And then Mandi would leave to meet up with Scott. So suppose Mandi was not willing to do the stealing herself while she was in there. And she did not distract Mulrenin outdoors as long as she could have. And then she stayed long after Scott was out of chances to sneak in. The only other plan she could have is taking by force, robbery, Scott going in with a gun like actually happened. Why wait two hours? Why not just have Scott knock on the door right behind Mandi? Why have Scott wander around looking like an idiot for 90 minutes? Why even apply to the strip club? There is no reason for Mandi to leave the apartment to let Scott in, as suggested by police. She would want to be there when Scott comes in. But given Scott has no phone or any way to communicate with Mandi, they are not going to have Scott wait 90 minutes with no communication before coming in. Scott is not seen looking at or wearing a watch, or anything that tells time, on all the Lofts video. When Mandi comes back fiom the garage with Mulrenin, she appears to put out a cigarette carefully. She then looks at it, and throws it away. It looks like she is trying to put it out and save it, so she can light it again when she gets to Mulrenin's apartment. Why would a girl about to do armed robbery be preoccupied with saving a half-smoked cigarette? Clearly Mulrenin was shot and bled for at most a few minutes before going over the balcony. Unless you think they III - 24