I'm Antonio Cerejido, the host of Imperfect Paradise.

Beginning September 27th, the award-winning series from LA Studios comes to you weekly.

We start with the biggest political scandal in recent LA history.

It began as a private conversation between four of the most powerful people in the city.

There's something that's about to break.

There's a secret recording of Nuri Il and Kevin.

Former LA City Council President Nuri Martinez, two other council members,

and the head of a powerful union group, four Latino leaders,

making racist derogatory comments about their colleagues and a child.

Secretly recorded, then leaked online.

She called your son a monkey, and that's when I lost it.

I can't think of anything in recent modern history that's comparable, especially in the city of LA.

There's very, very few people who actually get a glimpse behind that closed door,

and that's what this is.

Nuri Martinez has since disappeared from the public eye.

There is no playbook for how to survive tapes of this magnitude.

A year of complete silence about what happened.

I think Nuri is due for a more complete picture of her.

One, two, three. Give me a thumbs up. Is that good? Okay.

Until now.

My name is Nuri Martinez, and it's spelled N-U-R-Y.

And how do you introduce yourself?

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