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Ian Sideman was a police detective, loyal to prosecutor Manfred von Karma,[1] who worked on the IS-7 Incident before being replaced by Tyrell Badd as lead detective.
Fall man[]
- Main article: IS-7 Incident
Detective Sideman was initially in charge of the IS-7 investigation. He reported to Chief Prosecutor Excelsius Winner that the victim's body had gone missing. However, this information failed to reach the lead prosecutor for the case, Manfred von Karma. Sideman was eventually replaced by Tyrell Badd, who had never before worked with von Karma. Sideman was, however, still placed in charge of interrogations.
Von Karma arrested Samson Tangaroa for the murder before learning that the body had gone missing and tried to keep this fact under wraps. Tangaroa's defense attorney, Gregory Edgeworth, found out about this, but von Karma managed to obtain a forged autopsy report thanks to Winner's meddling. The subsequent trial lasted a year, until von Karma had Sideman threaten Tangaroa: confess, or Judy Bound would be indicted instead. Tangaroa indeed confessed to being an accomplice, but Badd secretly recorded the confession and gave the recording to Edgeworth to use as a "secret weapon". The recording proved that Tangaroa's confession had been forced, and while Edgeworth lost the trial, von Karma received the only penalty in his "perfect" record. However, it was Sideman that took the brunt of the blame and was soon fired from the police department.
Name[]
- Japanese - Wataru Shirase (白瀬 渡):
- His full name is likely a play on the phrase, "shiraseru" (知らせる), which means "to let (one) know", or "give notice".
- English - Ian Sideman:
- This is a play on "inside man", due to his role as one of von Karma's supporters within the police.
Unofficial[]
- English - Rip Lacer:
- This is a play on "replacer", which references the fact he was replaced by, and later replaced, Tyrell Badd.
- "Lacer" could also be seen as a play on the word "Lacerate", which combined with his first name, "Rip", alludes to his ruthless interrogation techniques.
References[]
- ↑ Badd: ...Because I wasn't the first one they assigned. One of von Karma's pets was on the job before me. Ace Attorney Investigations 2: Prosecutor's Gambit. Capcom. Episode: Turnabout Legacy (in English). 2024.