but those dumba$$ New York-ors prounounced it:
KAH-RUTH-ers-ville like Babe Ruth
In court, the defense attorney (Stephen Tobolowsky) produces a Missouri marriage licence showing Howard and Mackenzie were married before relocating to New York City. “The marriage licence was duly recorded in a courthouse in Caruthersville, MO [Monday], 27 August 2018,” Detective Dominick Carisi Jr. (Peter Scanavino) said as he was walking into Benson’s office.
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