>> reporter: her attorney, brian claypool, says dalia is the of a fame-hungry police department. >> this case is about a police department that tossed her under the bus for purposes of getting fame on a "cops" tv >> reporter: the now-infamous moment when police staged a fake crime scene and told dalia dippolito her husband was dead. >> is your husband michael? i'm sorry to tell you, killed. >> this special edition of "cops" is filmed on location -- >> reporter: he says it's all part of the plan so be on the "cops" when mohammad came to them with the story about a beautiful woman wanting to have her husband the police department did is found out she's an they're like ching ching ching, this is a perfect skit to get on not long after filming the exchange between the police and dalia, the police posted the video online. >> why did you go back toartment and immediately post, on youtube, a video of the staged crime scene of dalia dippolito? >> well, we part of our entire plan of publicizing the arrest in this case. >> you agree with me there's still a pending investigation on dalia dippolito