MONITORING REPORT
SOURCE: Sam Hinkie's office
DATE: June 19, 2014
TIME: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
DEVICE: Telephone tap
* 8:49 a.m.
Hinkie: Good morning.
Caller: Who's this?
Hinkie: It's Sam. Sam Hinkie. How are you doing?
Caller: Good, Sam. What's up?
Hinkie: Did you hear about Embiid?
Caller: About Cleveland?
Hinkie: No, no. It's his foot.
Caller: What do you mean, his foot?
Hinkie: It's broken.
Caller: What?
Hinkie: I'm telling you, it's broken - but you can't quote me. Call Arn. I don't think he'll deny it.
Caller: Are you sure?
Hinkie: Who do you think told me?
Caller: All right. Thanks.
Hinkie: No problem. Just call Arn.
(CALL ENDS)
* 8:55 a.m.
Hinkie: He'll be calling you. Soon, I'm sure.
Caller: All right. Are you sure this is going to work?
Hinkie: Do you want him in Cleveland?
Caller: Yeah, yeah, you're right. Wait . . . this might be him . . . gotta go.
(CALL ENDS)
* 9:27 am
Hinkie: The plan's in motion.
Caller: When will the story be out?
Hinkie: I have to think, well, within the hour.
Caller: Are you sure about this?
Hinkie: Josh, I'm sure.
Caller: OK, OK. Keep me informed.
(CALL ENDS)
* 11:26 a.m.
Hinkie: Arn, you did great.
Caller: I guess. Now what?
Hinkie: X-ray. You need an X-ray.
Caller: How do I get that?
Hinkie: It's a foot. Any foot will do.
Caller: Any foot?
Hinkie: Not a woman or a child but, yeah, any foot. We'll blow up the film a little if we have to.
Caller: Are you sure?
Hinkie: Arn, they don't wear name tags. Any broken foot. You can draw on the X-ray with a Sharpie for all I care.
Caller: All right.
Hinkie: Just send it to me when you have it.
(END CALL)
* 1:15 p.m.
Hinkie: Arn, I was kidding about the Sharpie.
Caller: What do you mean? That's a real broken foot X-ray.
Hinkie: That break looks like the Grand Canyon. Who did you get it from?
Caller: One of my neighbors is an ER doc. It's from a guy in a car accident.
Hinkie: It's no good. It has to be more subtle. Let me see what I can do.
Caller: All right. Oh, and Gilbert called.
Hinkie: Did you play it like we talked about.
Caller: I really minimized it. He said their docs were worried when they examined him - the kid played it great. He said it hurt a little but that it was nothing. Said ouch in all the right places. Gilbert still sounds nervous.
Hinkie: Good, good. You keep with that line and let me work on the X-ray.
(END CALL)
* 1:43 p.m.
Caller: The story's everywhere.
Hinkie: All according to plan, so far.
Caller: Are you sure he's really OK?
Hinkie: Yeah, it's nothing. It's not even a bruise. It might be healed already.
Caller: So we'll get him at 3?
Hinkie: No question. Gilbert's scared already. Everybody's scared.
Caller: And you're not?
Hinkie: Brett, this is going to work. You'll see.
(END CALL)
* 1:58 p.m.
Hinkie: What's this with the second opinion? And maybe surgery? Arn, we didn't talk about that.
Caller: I improvised. What does it matter? It's not like there will be any witnesses in the doctor's office. Nobody's under oath here.
Hinkie: I guess you're right.
Caller: Anything else?
Hinkie: I just have to get the X-ray - but don't show Cleveland unless they really insist, OK?
Caller: OK, OK. Just send it to me.
(END CALL)
* 2:17 p.m.
Hinkie: Do we keep old medical records?
Caller: Sure.
Hinkie: Real old?
Caller: How old is real old?
Hinkie: Like 30 years ago.
Caller: I guess. We probably have 'em in storage someplace. What am I looking for?
Hinkie: Andrew Toney. Everything you've got - especially the X-rays.
Caller: Really? Why?
Hinkie: Don't ask.
(END CALL)