: Dan uses his influence and a high-powered attorney, Priscilla Chaney, to block the detectives from questioning his son.

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: Dan Hoffman is a "pillar of the community," making it difficult for the detectives to find anyone willing to believe he is capable of such violence.

: Tommy witnessed the assault but is too traumatized and terrified of his father to identify the attackers initially.