Escape Routes was a Saturday-night reality series that aired on NBC last spring, showing a competition among teams of Millennials who used the new Escape to get around.
Vehicles sales for Ford Motors rose 13% helped by strong performances by F-series pick up trucks and Escape SUV, which were up 19% and 37% respectively.
Beginning his closing speech, Mr Altman said the three men on trial had told "a series of outrageous and outlandish lies" to try to escape their own words in the recordings.