mike dippolito denies it.step further. if she couldn't send him to the big house, she'd get rid of hum altogether. >> killing somebody, come on? nobody's going to be able to point a finger at me. >> bmng iwaner anyone's intention to harm anyone. >> it wasn't a murder plot, he says. >> it was a stunt. it was a hoax. >> it was a plot to get on television. a reality tv defense. >> the plot seems to thicken, and thicken and then thicken again. >> i've seen a lot of wild and crazy defenses in my day. this is certainly one of the wildest and one of the craziest. >> reality tv has become a way to launch a center stage career. >> salnick tells the jury michael dippolito wasn't a victim. he was an accomplice. that dalia, mohammed and michael were working together to create some kind of videotape to try to land themselves as stars in reality tv. the website name says, "welcome to reality tv casting call.com. salnick presents a computer forensic expert who found that dalia had searched reality shows on her computer. >> t