and he met two struggling young actors, dan wozniak and rachel buffett. ery charming. >> he was. very open and personable, and i felt like we had a lot in common. and rachel is obviously beautiful and they were just very welcoming to me. >> chris soon learned his new friends had financial troubles. and he offered to help by lending them money. >> all of my friends had just done this big benefit for me. >> time to give back. >> yeah. >> chris also wanted to make sure that he got his money back. so chris told a story that was 100% false. >> so i said, well i can't lend you the money personally, but i know people i could get it from. but they're not good people, so we've got to get it back. >> he lent dan and rachel $2,000 cash. dan promised to pay him back by the end of the week, friday, may 21st. on the appointed day, chris drove to dan and rachel's apartment. who is there besides dan and rachel and you? >> i didn't know his name at the time, but it was sam. >> dan left with sam and told chris to hang back with rachel. >> in my mind, this is going to be lik