 Khouri denies having received Mary's money illegitimately, and also shifts some blame for stealing to her Greek mother-in-law and her husband, John Toliopoulos, even as he constantly champions for her throughout the film.Toliopoulos expresses hopes for rejoining his wife in America; this is inter-cut with Khouri stating their marriage has been over for some time.Khouri claims to have been abused by her husband and to have been sexually molested as a child by her father.