Do you want to know how much I earn a year? All right. So, that was You did not need to spit at me. I did. >> you to place your Remember, remember, remember, remember, remember. Vanessa, if you don't do that, I'm going to put you back on handcuffs in the back, okay? I don't want to do that. I want you to use the bathroom. On the night of November [music] 28th, 2023, a 23-year-old woman sat behind the wheel of her car during a traffic stop in Lake Forest, Illinois. Police officers were standing at her window. The body cam [music] was recording. This young woman, who had been through this exact situation before, has stood in a courtroom before, who had paid [music] thousands of dollars in fines before. You look hot. Like, I know I Are you Corey's dad? No. No. She charmed. She sweet-talked. She behaved in ways that the internet would later describe as bizarre, delusional, and deeply entertaining. You're doing it. Hi. I'm Vanessa. Are you Corey's dad in pinch? I am, huh. No, I'm sorry. No. What are you guys What are you guys doing here? I live. I live right here. Don't do this to me. No, I live right here. I'm not going to drive anywhere. I'm just trying to get to Okay. Um just so you know, you got to I'm sorry? NONSENSE. NO. WE LIVE IN THE APARTMENT RIGHT >> NO. NOT HERE. I SAW you I saw you guys driving in, so I wanted to make sure everything's okay. >> my house. The driver rolled down her window. Her name was Vanessa Castrillon. [music] She was 22 years old. She had just left a bar called Fat Man's. Once again, we see a car with two people in it at 1:00 in the morning, we got to make sure everything's okay, you know? No, we're okay. We just wanted to see you like pull up and like look at the video. Okay. So. We just wanted to see you from our perspective and like, you know. Where did you guys come from? Um we just wanted to come from our apartment. So, like if you didn't want to come from our apartment. >> Do you know where you're at? OF COURSE WE DID. DO YOU KNOW WHAT TOWN YOU'RE IN? OF COURSE I LIVE HERE. WHAT TOWN are you in? Lake Forest. Okay. Just making sure. Just making sure I'm not hurting you. When the deputy leaned in to speak with her, he detected the unmistakable smell of alcohol. Can I do with you? Of course I'm going to play with you. Look. I'm a business woman, so I have a lot of ideas with me. If you don't mind me just pull out pulling out of like these with me. >> Okay. What do you do? I will my own >> No. by your rules. So, I'm a I can't have a business bag. I mean, do you need paramedics to come check you out? No, because I actually So, there's nothing to be nervous about. All I'm asking is for your identification. I want to identify who I'm talking to right now. >> Yes, because that's Can I Can I say something? What's so crazy? No. No, we were We were out here just being Oh my god. You know what's so crazy? I'm listening. The fact that I live here and I've asked him, "Hey, can we just be okay?" And I'm so cold. I'm so cold. The DUI [music] investigation proceeded by the book. Deputy Struck asked Vanessa to exit the vehicle. She did. He conducted the standard field sobriety tests. So, I I I don't know you are, but I'm so glad I'm just like I don't know what I'm doing. I don't know what I'm doing. >> look. Listen to me. I need to get some sort of identification. Do you have a picture of it or you have it with you? Can I please see it? I think I've asked you You have, but I'm so glad Okay, sorry. I'm so I'm so What's that? It's my No, I don't need that. I was just looking for an ID. My ID is What do you need your headphones for? It's cold. How much have you How much have you had to drink tonight, Vanessa? No, nothing. Can Do you want me to open Do you want me to open it up? How much have you had to drink tonight? Nothing. I can clearly smell it. No, you can't. This is I went to my home. I went to my home so you can You weren't at From what I where I was at, you weren't home. No, I was at home. >> Vanessa tries to talk her way out of the situation, but this officer isn't having it. Again, like I said, I saw you driving. That's where you were coming from. >> guys you guys were driving, right? No, we live right here. Cuz he saw you guys driving. No, well, he's obviously Can Can you get an an evaluation? Evaluation of what? I'm sorry. Of you drinking. I I can do anything that anybody needs. That's I don't Again, this is I'm not the one in question. Okay. I'm going to ask you to step out of the car, okay? Step out of the car? No, you're going to stay in here, Vanessa. We're still talking. So, again, I'm going to ask you one more time. She tried to redirect the conversation. She asked questions instead [music] of answering them. She complimented the officers. She behaved as if the traffic stop were a social gathering at which she was the most interesting guest. I can clearly smell it. I can see your eyes. They're bloodshot and glassy. I asked you for identification. You never were able to produce it. You gave me your registration. You pulled out what looked like a business card. >> [snorts] >> I love that for you. Thank you. I'm not going to be This is so crazy because this has never happened to me and I feel like just because I'm a Latina, it's happening to me. First thing I notice is the car. I don't notice the people who are driving. It's dark out. It's 1:00 in the morning. It's 1:00 in the morning. I'm Hispanic as well. You noticed it right away as I walked up. I've lived here for 2 and 1/2 years. And I've parked in that parking spot at least 20 times. And I've felt I don't care if you don't like If you don't >> The internet would later describe her behavior as Karen-level entitlement wrapped in a charm offensive. So, you again, you got to understand. I see a car, two people at 1:00 in the morning. I got to make sure everything's okay. >> That's fine. I walk up here. He clearly says you're drunk as hell. Those were his words. >> Those were his words. >> Hold on. Vanessa. No. I'm so sorry. Those were his words. I can see it in your eyes. I can >> No, I just want to go Listen. to work. Okay. How much have you had to drink tonight? Can we Can we work this out? >> That's what I'm trying to do. Excuse me? No, I'm just You look hot. Like I know I Are you Tori's dad? No. No. I'm sorry. Can This is really really firing me. Just stay in the car. Okay. And so, let's go to the train station where it's nice and warm. Yeah, it's >> I'll take you in my squad car. It's like The kind of performance that works at brunches and networking events, but evaporates the moment it meets a body cam and a badge. Are we going to go, yes or no, Vanessa? Do you I don't want to keep you out here longer than you should be. All right. So, the faster we get to do this, the faster you get you know, you can get home. So, are you going to go with me, yes or no? Yes. Okay. So, let's go. Wait, what's that? Lights. She's I've been saying There's She's got white stuff all over her tongue. I hope you kill me. I do not hope that at all. No, I hope you kill me. Okay. I hope you kill me. She's not going to come. So, ultimately it's whatever you end up doing with it. Because [snorts] this is my home. No one's disputing this is your home or not, Vanessa. >> do this to white woman. The officers were not [music] charmed. They were not distracted. They were not amused. They had seen this before, perhaps not with this specific level of theatrical commitment, but the strategy itself was familiar. And if you want to do this, you can do this. You Like I told you earlier, I see the car, that's all I saw. It's 1:00 in the morning at night. I can't see in the car. It's dark. >> in the morning? Oh, wow. 1:00 in the morning. It doesn't matter what kind of car it is. >> know how much I earn a year? I honestly You probably don't give a [ __ ] Cuz it doesn't affect me, Vanessa. I'm If you earn a lot of money, you earn more than me, good for you. I'm happy for you. But I want you to get a life. I want you to get a life. Because I see you around the streets. I see you. I do. Yeah, cuz of my job is to patrol the streets the streets of Lake Forest. Yeah, same job. I'm just doing an investigation, that's it. >> An investigation? Yeah. You got that? Don't play me. Everything's >> Everything's being audio and video recorded. It's all recorded. Everything's on audio. >> it than me. I already told you. You get it than me. When the officers informed Vanessa that she was being placed under arrest, the transformation was instant. My hands are literally crippling. Crippling. And I want to go home. Okay. My house is down the street. >> answer me this question, and that's it. And this will determine what happens next. Do you want to do the exercises, yes or no? It's just a or no question. I have an attorney and you will not pull me out of this car. I'm not saying I'm pulling you out of the car. I'm just asking you a question. I need a yes or no question. I don't know. It's a yes or It's a yes or no question. You want to do the exercises? No. You don't want to do the exercises. >> Don't pull me out of this car because I have an attorney. >> I have no reason to pull you out of the car. >> Thank you so much. >> no reason to pull you out of the car. I'm asking you a simple yes or no question. All right, Vanessa. So, I've been trying to work with you and you said you know it doesn't look like you want to do the exercise, right? If If you haven't had alcohol, what have you had tonight? Have you had any illegal drugs? >> No. Any illegal drugs? Okay. So, what I'm going to need you to do is I'm going to need you to step out the car, okay? I want a lawyer. I get that. So, I'm going to need you to step out the car. You don't have a warrant. I don't need a warrant at this point. I'm going to need you to step out the car. You need I'm so I'm cold. I'm going to need you to step out of the car, Vanessa. >> am. At this point, it's not a it's not >> disappeared. The charm evaporated. The sweet talking stopped. I wish I would knew the Got you. It's still raining, too. >> You got to exit the vehicle, I'm sorry. Oh, wait. You can kill me? No. I won't. So, I I need you to step out the car, Vanessa. It's no longer I'm asking you to. So, it's like yes or no, it's I'm ordering you to step out of the car. >> Yeah. It's an order. Exactly why I want you to step out. Well, once I step out? Yep. Step out of the car, please. I'm so cold. And I have I need you to step out the car. I get that. Your friend's feeding him right now. You gave him your house keys. He's He's in Canada. Well, we're going 95, right? Yeah. You can just tell him right now. I should Yeah, tell time then. All right. So, I am going to place you under arrest for being under the influence. So, you were clearly driving. I saw you driving. So, you are under arrest. I need you to step out of the car and then I'm going to take you into custody, okay? That's it. I'm being honest. Wow, do you like What replaced [music] it was the raw, unfiltered reality of a 23-year-old woman who had just been told for the second time in her life that flirting is not a legal defense and that the inside of a police car does not care how friendly you are. >> Get it out, okay? We can discuss this more at the station where it's nice and warm you're not out here in the cold. >> [snorts] >> Please step out of the car. Can I ask you something? I need you to step out of the car. No. At this At this point we're done talking. Then I said if you don't get out of the car we're going to have to remove you from the car and I'd really like to not do that. I'm going to put my personal belongings right there. Before you Please don't do that. It would not be my new There's nothing in there. If I find anything in there afterwards, it's going to be long to you, okay? Can I sit? Put your foot. Okay. Put this one right there. Oh. No, no, no. No, no. Damn >> no. Under. Under Under? No. Take it out. No, I'm not miss. Put it on the floor. Put it on the Dude, I'm not miss. Right there. Stop. What? When the body cam footage was published on YouTube, the internet did what the internet does. It watched. It reacted. It shared. So, we'll put the seat belt back on. We'll tell her to stop kicking, but then she keeps kicking then Kill me. Kill me. And this is the second time you take off your seat belt. Kill me. I'm going to put the seat belt seat belt back on. I need you to stop taking off your seat belt. or kick anything. I need you to sit right and I'm going to reach for the seat belt, okay? >> Kill me right now. Vanessa. Kill me. We're going to go back to the station. >> me cuz I'm going to find you. SHOOT ME RIGHT NOW. SHOOT ME. SHOOT ME RIGHT NOW CUZ YOU'RE GOING KILL ME REGARDLESS. Shoot me right now. SHOOT ME. KILL ME. KILL ME. KILL ME. >> [screaming] >> KILL ME. KILL ME. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SO, SHE'S REFUSING TO PUT HER SEAT BELT ON, SO I'M JUST GOING TO HAVE TO take her out. All right. Vanessa, you need to step out. We're going to go put you in there, okay? Do you think that's going to help us? What's that? Do you think that's going to help us? And it gave Vanessa Castro-John a level of fame that no amount of charm at a traffic stop could have produced. All right. So, that was You did not need to spit at me. I did. >> you to face that. Force me. Force me. Take me to jail. Take me to jail. Take me right now. Take me to jail. Take me to jail. Take me to jail right now. She spit. She spit. She spit. All right. That's going to be an extra charge. >> I know. It's okay. Take it. Two, cuz you did kick me, too. Take it. Thank you. Oh, I kicked you. Take me. I JUST WANT YOU TO TAKE me so bad. I just wanted to be taken. me in the squad car and just spit me in face. Oh, I just wanted him to take me. I'll take you. She just spit in my face right after kicking me in the squad car. I didn't So just so you know. I just want to Don't spit. I'm going to piss myself. Have a seat. Have a seat. Can I pee? Have a seat and I'll let you use the bathroom in a little bit. What do you want me to pee myself? Don't do that. Have a seat. I already did. And then Vanessa did something that most people in her situation never do. I already did. She's peeing. I'm peeing. Give me a second. Leave your Leave your shirt on, Vanessa. I'm going to let you use the bathroom back there. You know I'm not closing that. I'm giving you privacy. It's Go to the bathroom and come back out. Give me a minute. Go to the bathroom and come back out. >> you close it. I need you to go use the bathroom. You said you wanted to use the bathroom, right? I'd rather piss myself right You know. Use the bathroom. I'm only doing this to give you privacy. Vanessa, please use the bathroom. Thank you, sir. No, I'd rather have absolutely everything that I want. Use the bathroom. Use the bathroom or you're going to bust, girls. You're going to be cuffed to the wall. Cuff me. Cuff Cuff me, please. I'm going to piss myself right now. I don't care if you piss yourself. Cuff me, too. the wall. Hands out. And you're going to clean this up right now. I'm not. Well, after I'm done peeing then >> Thank you, baby. She posted an apology video on TikTok. In the video, she spoke directly to the camera. She said she had not had a drink since her arrest. She talked about sobriety. She talked about accountability. [music] She talked about the embarrassment of watching herself on the internet behaving in a way that she now recognized as reckless and destructive. All right. So, the only reason I was closing this, Vanessa, is to give you privacy. That's it. I wasn't going to close it all the way. Just to give you another layer of privacy. That's all. Okay. I want to give you the respect that you deserve. And that give you that privacy. Privacy I can't find it. Vanessa, put your shirt on, please. Vanessa, if you don't do that, I'm going to put you back in handcuffs in the bathroom, okay? I don't want to do that. I want you to use the bathroom and take care of that. >> hard. Oh my god, I want to die. I I'd rather you kill me right now. What the Kill me. I want to Is that even how handcuffs go? I I'm killing killing myself. Vanessa, put your shirt back on. I think I'm just going to put her in a cell. I'm just Actually well, though. What is this? It's like Do you condemn Hamas? Are you Jewish? Nope. Do you want me to die right now or not? Have a seat. >> I I don't understand. Lock me up or don't lock me up. Hands behind your back. Lock her up or don't lock her up. Lock me up or don't lock me up. Lock me up or don't lock me up. Lock me up. >> Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Oh, yeah. That's hot. Yeah. I'm going to FIND THE TOILET. OH, OH, THANK YOU, BABY. NO more spitting. Oh, no more spitting? Are you sure? Yep. Thank you. You used to be spitting on yourself, so it's your prerogative. She did not make excuses. She did not blame the officers. She did not claim she was treated unfairly. Thank you. Double locked. Does that make you wet? Does that make you wet? Will this affect you? Yeah, it would. I don't I don't want you to get spit on, so No, I'm good. This one's much better. Do you have a breathalyzer or Not yet. I don't know. No. Does that make you wet? Does that make you wet? Does it make you wet? >> Yeah. No? No. Vanessa, see if you can walk. Is that a test? Vanessa >> Babe. What? Before I we ask you any questions, it is my duty to advise you of your rights. Mhm. You have the right to remain silent. >> Thank you. Oh. Are you willing to do do some tests with Officer Yager? >> No, I'm willing to die right now. >> are willing to do the test, I can remove the mask, remove the handcuffs as long as you're going to be cooperative. I know, I'm ready to die. A breathalyzer test returned a blood alcohol content of .124. The legal limit in Illinois is .08. She was over. Vanessa Castro Han was cited for driving under the influence of alcohol, driving under the influence with a BAC over .08, unsafe backing on a roadway, and driving 21 to 25 mph above the speed limit. She was not taken to jail. She was given a ride home. The system processed her charge, assigned [music] her a court date, and trusted her to appear. She did appear. On October 27th, 2023, 16 [music] months after the arrest, her case was disposed of in court. She was fined $3,258 [music] and ordered to pay $100 in restitution. A total of $3,358. It was a significant [music] financial penalty for a 22-year-old.