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This made-for-television drama film tells the true story of Indiana teenager Ryan White and his fight to return to school after being diagnosed with AIDS. The story begins in Kokomo in 1984 as Jeanne White chats with her industrial plant co-workers, including the flirtatious Harley, as her kids Ryan, Heath and Andrea tease one another on the way to Andrea's roller-skating finals. The others, including Ryan's crush Sue Hatch, cheer Andrea on as she wins the competition, though Ryan, a hemophiliac, soon falls ill with a high fever and what seems to be pneumonia. Ryan undergoes a lung biopsy at the hospital, and Jeanne and Andrea are stunned when Dr. Kleiman tells them that he has pneumocystis, which "normal children" do not get, indicating that he has contracted HIV/AIDS from his many blood transfusions. Distraught by her son's apparent death sentence, Jeanne considers killing herself and her other children as well, but she resolves not to tell Ryan about his condition until after the holidays, feeling that he should enjoy what may well be his last Christmas. Her parents arrive, with her mother feeling that "the homosexuals" are to blame for the disease, though Jeanne expresses guilt over "giving" Ryan hemophilia through her genes.

Ryan, desperate to be home for Christmas, begs his mother for a dog, and the family's woes are increased when Jeanne finds that their house has been robbed and the kids' presents stolen. They celebrate the holiday in his hospital room after all, and Jeanne brings their local priest to his room to comfort him as they finally tell Ryan of his diagnosis. Jeanne reads through several pamphlets about HIV/AIDS, frustrated at the lack of clear information, and she apologizes to Andrea for her rash comment about killing themselves. By April 1985, Ryan has returned home and is thrilled when Jeanne surprises him with a dog, but he is furious to learn that he has been banned from school, due to the public's fear of AIDS and lack of understanding about how it is spread. Jeanne and Ryan meet with a father-son lawyer team, Charles Vaughn Sr. and Jr., explaining that they have little money but wish to fight the unfair ruling, as Ryan genuinely enjoys school and wishes to continue learning. Other parents at the school start a petition to keep him out, sure that their children will be in danger of infection, and a neighbor is outraged when a newspaper apparently delivered by Ryan seems to have blood on it, though Andrea protests that she took over her brother's route and accidentally smudged the paper with fake blood while joking around with Heath.

Vaughn Sr. explains that while Indiana state law cannot help them, federal law dictates that handicapped children have a right to public education, and he argues in court that Ryan must be allowed to learn "in the time he has left." The other attorney, David Day, counters that he must follow the standard long procedure given to other disabled children, and Harley defends Jeanne at work when some of her colleagues treat her with suspicion, worried that she too is infected and dangerous. Ryan is angered to learn via television that their case has been "kind of delayed" and realizes that the school is trying to drag the case out long-term, believing that he will soon die. He assures his mother that he does not blame her for his condition, however, telling her that she "gave him life." Andrea is hounded by press as she heads to school in September, and Ryan tries to defend his position in a television interview, noting that he has also received erroneous homophobic backlash, though the reporter is more interested in asking inflammatory questions about AIDS. Ryan then attempts to "attend" school via telephone, though the faulty speaker fails to transmit correctly, and Jeanne is further frustrated when her co-workers make a point of listening to a radio disc jockey who frequently criticizes Ryan's situation.

Ryan is saddened when Sue's mother bans them from studying together, and when his illness forces him back to the hospital, he meets and bonds with Chad, another young AIDS patient who wears a feeding tube to avoid nausea. Back in the courtroom, Jeanne is confused when Vaughn and Day focus on the precise parameters of "handicapped" rather than on the specifics of Ryan's banning, and Ryan tries to fight Dr. Kleiman when he decides that he too should receive a feeding tube. Jeanne happily tells Ryan that he officially "qualifies" as handicapped, meaning that he can return to school when he is "better," but their happiness is short-lived when the school appeals and wins. Jeanne, overwhelmed by their repeated disappointments, wonders if they should give up their fight, but Ryan refuses to quit and Vaughn Sr. declares that he now works directly for the boy. Jeanne and Harley are amused when they hear Ryan himself on the radio, castigating the rude DJ for his insensitive comments, though Andrea grows frustrated with her family's endless focus on her sibling, and Ryan is heartbroken when the perpetual crowd of press and police outside his home leads to his dog being hit by a car.

Vaughn Sr. argues that the law banning children with communicable diseases from school has not been updated since 1949 and should not apply to a unique disease like AIDS, but the judge grants a temporary restraining order, much to the other parents' relief. Ryan flies into a rage at home, furious at this latest setback, and Jeanne considers moving the family to another town as she promises that he will get back to school no matter what. Another judge dissolves the restraining order and the Whites celebrate the victory, though they are sobered to find a bullet hole in the window of their home. Ryan returns to school amid more press scrutiny and attempts to follow the severe restrictions on his behavior, such as not using the water fountains, but several parents remove their children from the school all the same. Andrea sadly offers to give up roller-skating, feeling that the family is too consumed with Ryan's situation to accommodate her hobby, and Jeanne finally decides to move the family out of Kokomo for good. Her parents are surprised when she buys a new home, and she explains that she has made a special arrangement to pay back her loan after Ryan's death. Ryan heads to his new school, relieved when he is greeted with kindness by the principal and fellow students. Commercials deleted.

NETWORK: ABC

DATE: January 19, 1989 9:00 PM

RUNNING TIME: 1:33:08

COLOR/B&W: Color

CATALOG ID: B:74467

GENRE: Drama, historical

SUBJECT HEADING: Drama, historical; HIV/AIDS; Legal system and the courts

SERIES RUN: ABC - TV, 1989

COMMERCIALS: N/A

Alan Landsburg ... Executive Producer

Joan Barnett ... Executive Producer

Linda Otto ... Producer

Fred Slark ... Associate Producer

John Herzfeld ... Director, Writer

Phil Penningroth ... Writer

Mike Post ... Music by

Judith Light ... Cast, Jeanne White

Lukas Haas ... Cast, Ryan White

Michael Bowen ... Cast, Harley

Nikki Cox ... Cast, Andrea White

George Dzundza ... Cast, Dr. Martin Kleiman

Valerie Landsburg ... Cast, Loretta

Sarah Jessica Parker ... Cast, Laura

Mitchell Ryan ... Cast, Tom

Peter Scolari ... Cast, David Day

Grace Zabriskie ... Cast, Gloria White

George C. Scott ... Cast, Charles Vaughan Sr.

Kathy Wagner ... Cast, Sue Hatch

Casey Ellison ... Cast, Heath White

Cliff Bemis ... Cast, WKKI Radio

Mark Joy ... Cast, Charles Vaughan Jr.

Ryan White ... Cast, Chad

Robert Albertia ... Cast, Judge Noland

Kurek Ashley ... Cast, Jim

Helen Baldwin ... Cast, Marcia Rosselot

Nat Benchley ... Cast, David Rosselot

Joyce Bowden ... Cast, Reporter

Amelia Burnette ... Cast, Girl

Kendraith Cheek ... Cast, Tammy

Bonnie Cook ... Cast, Katherine Angelone

Jim Grimshaw ... Cast, Policeman

Bob Hannah ... Cast, Daniel Carter

Frankie Little-Hardin ... Cast, Mitzi Johnson

Mert Hatfield ... Cast, Union Representative

Randall Haynes ... Cast, Judge O'Neill

John Herzfeld ... Cast, Florist

Heather Hodde ... Cast, Heather

Lucious Houghton ... Cast, Charlie Cropper

Steve Howard ... Cast, Ron Colby

J. Michael Hunter ... Cast, Jeffrey Squires, M.D.

Rebecca Koon ... Cast, Housewife

Stephanie Lake ... Cast, Schoolgirl

Lorri Lindberg ... Cast, Factory Worker

Terry Loughlin ... Cast, J.O. Smith

Michael Melon ... Cast, Reporter

Mark Jeffrey Miller ... Cast, Jake

Robert P. Miller ... Cast, Parent #1

Richard Olsen ... Cast, Judge Brubaker

Michael Ruff ... Cast, Obnoxious Kid

Alan Sader ... Cast, Reverend Williams

Sue Satoris ... Cast, Jennifer

Steven Shaw ... Cast, Announcer

John M. Silvia ... Cast, Parent #2

Larry Sprinkle ... Cast, Reporter

Larry Sprinkle ... Cast, Reporter

Meredith Strange-Boston ... Cast, Reporter

Jon Thompson ... Cast, Cicero Principal

Andrea White ... Cast, Girl on Bus

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This made-for-television drama film tells the true story of Indiana teenager Ryan White and his fight to return to school after being diagnosed with AIDS. The story begins in Kokomo in 1984 as Jeanne White chats with her industrial plant co-workers, including the flirtatious Harley, as her kids Ryan, Heath and Andrea tease one another on the way to Andrea's roller-skating finals.

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It's a mystery that's thrown Europe's poorest nation into deep crisis - $1bn has vanished from three of Moldova's leading banks, much of it passing through UK companies. A confidential report has blamed 28-year-old businessman, Ilan Shor, but in an exclusive BBC interview he proclaims his innocence.

Ilan Shor isn't tall. So his personal assistant keeps telling him to adjust his posture, so that the deep cream leather armchair he's sitting in doesn't appear to swallow him up. That wouldn't make good photos. But Shor doesn't really succeed in conveying an air of gravitas - partly because with his round, lightly bearded face, he looks even younger than his 28 years.

It's hard to believe, looking at him, the scale of the allegations he faces. A report by the private international investigation agency Kroll, leaked by the speaker of Moldova's parliament, suggests he was the prime co-ordinator and beneficiary of a bafflingly complex web of transactions that pushed three leading banks to the verge of collapse.

It says loans worth $1bn were transferred in just two days to a series of UK- and Hong Kong-registered companies - companies whose ultimate owners are unknown.

As a result, the state was forced to step in to bail the banks out - protecting depositors but creating a hole in the public finances equivalent to an eighth of GDP.

But Shor denies responsibility for the financial catastrophe. The Kroll report - based on National Bank records - proves nothing, he says, and contains no documents "apart from cuttings from various articles".

We're meeting in his cream-and-gold-decorated "residence" - not his actual home - in the very centre of the capital, Chisinau. It's just across the road from the palatial modern building that he hired four years ago for his wedding to a Russian pop star. At the time it was home to Moldova's parliament, and most of the country's social and political elite attended the celebrations. Ilan Shor is very well-connected. He inherited a series of companies - including a chain of duty-free shops - from his father, Miron, who moved to Moldova from Israel when his son was three.

A grinning model of Ilan at his residence - he says it's a gift from a friend - sums up his brash style, and the breadth of his activities. With one hand, he's juggling mobile phones. His other brandishes a kebab stick with dollar bills skewered between the lumps of meat and onion. He's also got a football - he funds the team that has just won the Moldovan championship. And his arm is resting on a racket - he sponsors the country's Tennis Federation.

The federation's president, Marina Tauber, is a friend who went to school with him. "From the age of 13 he was already doing business," she says. "Where all of us were going after school to do homework, he was going to business conferences with his father... I think all the results he obtained are because he was very stubborn and dedicated."

The Kroll report describes how the three banks - Unibank, Banca Sociala and Banca de Economii - were taken over, beginning in 2012, by new owners, who appeared to be unconnected.

Some bought their shares using funds from UK limited partnerships, whose ownership is often opaque.

The banks then entered into a series of transactions which Kroll says had "no sound economic rationale". The web of loans emptied them of funds until "they were no longer viable as going concerns".

The report suggests many of the companies involved had links to Ilan Shor - and that "there was a deliberate intention to extract as much benefit as possible" for them - to the detriment of the banks.

But it says it's still unclear whether Shor was acting alone or with others.

Ilan Shor denies he has any link to either Unibank or Banca Sociala, other than as a customer. He served as chairman of Banca de Economii - but he blames the crisis on bad loans made by that bank before it was privatised and he took charge.

"When we took over the bank, we were horrified," he says. "There was a 7bn lei ($376m) hole."

But National Bank governor Dorin Dragutanu says: "Nobody faces a problem of bad loans with even more aggressive lending activity... That's why for me it is difficult to believe in this version of Mr Shor."

The loans that brought the banks to the verge of collapse, according to the Kroll report, are particularly hard to explain. It says Banca Sociala, which it alleges was controlled by companies linked to Shor, lent 13.7bn lei (£484m, $750m) to five Moldovan firms, also allegedly linked to Shor.

One is named in the Kroll report as Caritas Group SRL - not connected to the international development charity or any other group of the same name. According to National Bank data it borrowed 2.6bn lei ($143m). But the address in Chisinau where it's registered turns out to be a complex of tiny, scruffy repair workshops and offices around a puddle-filled courtyard.

The company that rents out the premises tells me Caritas Group did briefly hire a room there. But it's no wider than my outstretched arms - hardly a place to process such enormous sums. I'm given the address of the man who hired the premises - who's described in the Kroll report as "owner". He's a young man called Andrei Nirauta. But when I get to his flat, in a run-down Soviet-era apartment block, a young woman tells me he's left, and she doesn't know how to contact him.

But the money, according to Kroll, isn't in Moldova anyway. The five Moldovan firms, including Caritas Group SRL, that allegedly received the loans are said to have transferred the money immediately to five UK- and Hong-Kong-registered firms. But they all bank in Latvia, and most seem to be owned in turn by companies in offshore tax havens. And in a final layer of obfuscation, they now owe all the money not to Banca Sociala, but to another UK-registered entity, Fortuna United LP, that's said to have bought the entire combined loan.

Look up Fortuna United LP, and you'll find it's registered - along with 421 other active firms - at a flat in a run-down part of Edinburgh. It's a limited partnership formed of two companies in the Seychelles about which no further information is available.

UK limited partnerships, unlike limited companies, are not required to file publicly-available annual returns or accounts. The only public information they must supply is their registered address and the names of partners - but these need not be individuals, and need not be based in the UK. The number of limited partnerships registered in the UK has risen sharply, from 17,239 in 2009-2010, to 27,853 in the last financial year, 2013-14.

Vasile Sarco of Moldova's Office for Prevention of Money-laundering says the purpose of using UK-registered companies is to hide the beneficiaries of the funds. He's investigating not only the disappearance of the $1bn from the three banks, but also an earlier $20bn operation which laundered dirty money from Russia through Moldova into the EU.

In both cases, he says, there's been a similar use of UK "shell" companies with Latvian accounts. They're not the same companies, though some use identical UK addresses. He believes there's a single "Mr Big" living in Russia who masterminded the first scheme and advised on the second.

"We've analysed the character of the transactions," he says, "and all the pieces involved here give us reason to say that this guy helped Ilan Shor to make this scenario."

He won't tell me the man's name - only that he's a joint Moldovan-Russian citizen who controls some banks in Moldova.

But Moldova's prosecutor-general, Corneliu Gurin, doubts that there could have been one mastermind. He's extending his investigation back to 2007, long before the transactions from 2012 to 2014 detailed in the Kroll report. He says: "The main question for us is why Banca de Economii was defrauded when it was owned by the state, and why that continued after it came under private control."

That investigation, he says, will involve questioning almost the whole political elite of Moldova, maybe 100 people - including five former prime ministers.

"It's a bomb," he says. "It was pretty difficult to initiate such an investigation."

For now, Ilan Shor - the man at the centre of the allegations - has only been charged with one offence - abuse of office while in charge of Banca de Economii. And for the last few weeks, he's been released from house arrest to allow him to compete in mayoral elections in his family's home town of Orhei, north of Chisinau.

He won, this week, with 62% of the vote, perhaps partly because of the "presents" I saw being given out at the end of one of his campaign meetings - plastic bags containing toothpaste, shampoo and washing powder.

Afterwards, he told me the gifts weren't from him. He says they were from "investors - some of them my friends" whom he had asked to help the people of the town.

Prosecutor-general Corneliu Gurin says he doesn't know how long the investigation will take.

But a new protest movement, Dignity and Truth, says it wants answers from politicians before the end of the summer. It wants to know how the financial catastrophe could have happened and says the officials who failed to prevent it must be punished.

"There's disappointment. Disappointment in the whole political class," says the speaker of parliament, Andrian Candu, who leaked the Kroll report. "Disappointment that things stay as they are because we fail to build functional institutions... So the political elite should have this wake-up call."

The crisis, he says, could even affect Moldova's efforts to get closer to the European Union.

"We are very close to disappointing our international partners. If we don't switch from messages to real actions, then we are under the risk of losing our credibility completely."

But for many people on the streets of Chisinau, that credibility is already lost. They don't blame Ilan Shor - just everyone in power.

"They are stealing," one woman says. "We think that our government steal everything they can from us."

Listen to Tim Whewell's radio documentary The Mysterious Magnate and Moldova's Missing Millions on the BBC World Service at 22:30 BST on 18 June, or afterwards on the BBC iPlayer.

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It's a mystery that's thrown Europe's poorest nation into deep crisis - $1bn has vanished from three of Moldova's leading banks, much of it passing through UK companies. A confidential report has blamed 28-year-old businessman, Ilan Shor, but in an exclusive BBC interview he proclaims his innocence. Ilan Shor isn't tall.

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