1 00:00:04,221 --> 00:00:06,180 In the criminal justice system, 2 00:00:06,180 --> 00:00:07,485 sexually based offenses 3 00:00:07,485 --> 00:00:09,792 are considered especially heinous. 4 00:00:09,792 --> 00:00:12,360 In New York City, the dedicated detectives 5 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:14,144 who investigate these vicious felonies 6 00:00:14,144 --> 00:00:15,624 are members of an elite squad 7 00:00:15,624 --> 00:00:17,843 known as the Special Victims Unit. 8 00:00:17,843 --> 00:00:20,411 These are their stories. 9 00:00:22,805 --> 00:00:25,938 Pretty quiet back there. 10 00:00:25,938 --> 00:00:27,636 Naomi, everything OK? 11 00:00:27,636 --> 00:00:29,768 Yeah, I'm just getting a head start on college applications. 12 00:00:29,768 --> 00:00:32,554 That's cool, Ms. Harvard, but you're debating today. 13 00:00:32,554 --> 00:00:34,686 I know, Coach. 14 00:00:34,686 --> 00:00:35,861 Coaches. 15 00:00:35,861 --> 00:00:37,472 I got this. 16 00:00:37,472 --> 00:00:39,648 I'm dreaming Wikileaks, Anonymous, FBI versus Fazaga. 17 00:00:39,648 --> 00:00:41,911 Well, just keep the hand gestures down. 18 00:00:41,911 --> 00:00:44,000 When a guy makes a chopping motion, it's decisive. 19 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:45,132 When a woman does it-- 20 00:00:45,132 --> 00:00:46,829 both: The judges cross their legs. 21 00:00:49,092 --> 00:00:50,746 Do I have to be partnered with Todd again? 22 00:00:50,746 --> 00:00:53,096 You and Todd are our star debaters. 23 00:00:53,096 --> 00:00:55,142 But he constantly makes fun of me. 24 00:00:55,142 --> 00:00:56,317 Same with Sean. 25 00:00:56,317 --> 00:00:57,927 It's just because they like you. 26 00:00:57,927 --> 00:00:59,798 At least you don't ride the bus with any of them, right? 27 00:01:01,844 --> 00:01:04,412 Hey, your prissy teammate too good for the school bus? 28 00:01:04,412 --> 00:01:05,891 Have you ever met her mom? 29 00:01:05,891 --> 00:01:07,589 Lives in a van. 30 00:01:07,589 --> 00:01:10,374 This bus probably triggers her memories of her childhood, 31 00:01:10,374 --> 00:01:11,941 peeing in some empty water bottle. 32 00:01:11,941 --> 00:01:13,421 Not possible. 33 00:01:13,421 --> 00:01:15,118 Little Ms. Fridge probably pisses ice cubes. 34 00:01:15,118 --> 00:01:17,686 I bet every time she opens her legs, a light comes on. 35 00:01:17,686 --> 00:01:19,557 Who taught you dad jokes, Sean? 36 00:01:19,557 --> 00:01:21,820 Thought yours ran off with some chick from work. 37 00:01:21,820 --> 00:01:24,432 Shut up and keep studying, Booker. 38 00:01:27,435 --> 00:01:28,436 All right, hustle, guys. 39 00:01:28,436 --> 00:01:30,742 Everybody off the bus. 40 00:01:30,742 --> 00:01:33,397 Let's go. 41 00:01:33,397 --> 00:01:35,834 OK, Birchfield Prep, listen up. 42 00:01:35,834 --> 00:01:37,880 We're going to go check into the hotel, 43 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:39,708 then you're going to go straight to your rooms, 44 00:01:39,708 --> 00:01:41,492 drop off your bags. 45 00:01:41,492 --> 00:01:44,800 We'll meet in the ballroom at 15:00. 46 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:46,628 Suit jackets, ties. 47 00:01:46,628 --> 00:01:47,977 Look sharp. 48 00:01:47,977 --> 00:01:49,761 We're here to kill. 49 00:01:49,761 --> 00:01:51,067 All right, let's go. 50 00:01:51,067 --> 00:01:53,548 Do not get hit by a car, please. 51 00:01:59,031 --> 00:02:00,859 Activism benefits democracy. 52 00:02:00,859 --> 00:02:03,340 We contend that fear of hacking causes the government 53 00:02:03,340 --> 00:02:05,908 to lock down information it never intended 54 00:02:05,908 --> 00:02:07,692 to share with the public in the first place. 55 00:02:07,692 --> 00:02:11,435 Furthermore, can governments actually become more secretive 56 00:02:11,435 --> 00:02:13,350 than they already are? 57 00:02:13,350 --> 00:02:17,615 As Michael Hayden, former CIA and NSA director said, 58 00:02:17,615 --> 00:02:19,661 "I got an email saying Merry Christmas. 59 00:02:19,661 --> 00:02:23,143 It carried a top secret classification marking." 60 00:02:25,797 --> 00:02:28,191 We contend that secrecy in the government 61 00:02:28,191 --> 00:02:32,152 doesn't lead to security, only more secrecy. 62 00:02:32,152 --> 00:02:34,806 Democracy cannot thrive in the shadows. 63 00:02:34,806 --> 00:02:38,027 Hacktivists uncover governmental abuses, 64 00:02:38,027 --> 00:02:42,336 inform the citizenry, and keep politicians honest. 65 00:02:42,336 --> 00:02:44,599 Hacktivism is a sanitizing light 66 00:02:44,599 --> 00:02:46,470 shining into the dark corners 67 00:02:46,470 --> 00:02:50,213 essential for the very survival of our democracy. 68 00:02:50,213 --> 00:02:52,215 Yes, good girl! 69 00:02:52,215 --> 00:02:53,825 Whoo! 70 00:03:03,879 --> 00:03:07,361 I see the judges have reached a decision. 71 00:03:14,455 --> 00:03:16,805 The first round goes to... 72 00:03:20,374 --> 00:03:22,332 Birchfield Prep. 73 00:03:22,332 --> 00:03:24,682 Yes! Whoo! 74 00:03:24,682 --> 00:03:28,512 Senior Todd Edmondson and junior Naomi Hayes, 75 00:03:28,512 --> 00:03:30,862 who may be the best reason 76 00:03:30,862 --> 00:03:33,691 Birchfield went coed two years ago. 77 00:03:39,044 --> 00:03:40,481 Just a sec. 78 00:03:42,047 --> 00:03:44,049 Just a sec! 79 00:03:44,049 --> 00:03:45,486 Can I help you? 80 00:03:47,357 --> 00:03:49,272 - Nice robe. - It's a kimono. 81 00:03:49,272 --> 00:03:51,143 - Your mom get it at Goodwill? - Hey. 82 00:03:51,143 --> 00:03:52,841 Don't listen to him. 83 00:03:52,841 --> 00:03:55,017 - You guys are drinking? - Want to join us? 84 00:03:55,017 --> 00:03:57,889 Resolved--hangovers leave you stupid and slow. 85 00:03:57,889 --> 00:04:00,892 Kubota et al 2001, alcohol shrinks brain volume, 86 00:04:00,892 --> 00:04:03,025 or as my Uncle Lew likes to say, 87 00:04:03,025 --> 00:04:04,592 "you drink, you can't think." 88 00:04:04,592 --> 00:04:06,724 What'd I tell you? Little Ms. Fridge. 89 00:04:06,724 --> 00:04:10,554 Yo, there they are, the power couple-- 90 00:04:10,554 --> 00:04:14,254 Obi Naomi and the Toddfather, you two killed it today. 91 00:04:14,254 --> 00:04:15,864 Et tu, Booker? 92 00:04:15,864 --> 00:04:18,301 I'm cutting myself off and hitting the pillow in an hour. 93 00:04:18,301 --> 00:04:20,172 We have a 7:00 a.m. wake up tomorrow. 94 00:04:20,172 --> 00:04:25,613 Look, I know I talk trash sometimes, I don't mean it. 95 00:04:25,613 --> 00:04:28,050 Come on, Nay. Just one? 96 00:04:28,050 --> 00:04:31,445 ♪ Everybody's talking, talking ♪ 97 00:04:31,445 --> 00:04:34,883 ♪ I don't hear a thing, I just... ♪ 98 00:04:34,883 --> 00:04:36,624 One of us. 99 00:04:36,624 --> 00:04:39,975 One of us, one of us, 100 00:04:39,975 --> 00:04:43,239 one of us, one of us! 101 00:04:47,939 --> 00:04:50,115 Naomi, you OK? 102 00:04:50,115 --> 00:04:52,030 I'm fine. 103 00:07:07,383 --> 00:07:08,993 Self care? 104 00:07:08,993 --> 00:07:11,561 Peony and black currant. 105 00:07:11,561 --> 00:07:13,389 Smells nice. 106 00:07:13,389 --> 00:07:14,782 Yeah, you know, 107 00:07:14,782 --> 00:07:18,525 15-minute meditation just to get it out of my head. 108 00:07:18,525 --> 00:07:20,309 I'm surprised that's all it takes. 109 00:07:20,309 --> 00:07:24,444 Well, I'm learning to take my moments when I can. 110 00:07:24,444 --> 00:07:27,403 Speaking of which, Phoebe got tickets 111 00:07:27,403 --> 00:07:31,842 to some lecture tonight at NYU to expand our horizons. 112 00:07:31,842 --> 00:07:33,670 Oh, nice. 113 00:07:33,670 --> 00:07:36,934 Well, you better go while it's still quiet. 114 00:07:36,934 --> 00:07:38,806 It's almost too quiet. 115 00:07:38,806 --> 00:07:42,374 Velasco and Churlish close talking? 116 00:07:42,374 --> 00:07:43,985 That pilgrimage to Maine 117 00:07:43,985 --> 00:07:45,813 must have gone well. 118 00:07:45,813 --> 00:07:47,075 He got what he needed. 119 00:07:47,075 --> 00:07:49,294 So you two good? 120 00:07:49,294 --> 00:07:51,993 Yeah. 121 00:07:51,993 --> 00:07:54,691 Anything more you want to tell me? 122 00:07:54,691 --> 00:07:56,084 Nope. 123 00:07:59,522 --> 00:08:01,916 Captain Benson. 124 00:08:04,527 --> 00:08:07,617 Naomi Hayes, 17, straight-A student, 125 00:08:07,617 --> 00:08:10,838 star of the debate team at Birchfield Prep in Albany, 126 00:08:10,838 --> 00:08:12,492 no record, no discipline issues. 127 00:08:12,492 --> 00:08:14,885 And you're sure she's the one that set the bus on fire? 128 00:08:14,885 --> 00:08:16,060 She was sitting on the sidewalk 129 00:08:16,060 --> 00:08:17,497 right in front of the hotel, 130 00:08:17,497 --> 00:08:19,455 had the knife used to slash the seats in her hand. 131 00:08:19,455 --> 00:08:20,848 Wasn't even trying to hide it. 132 00:08:20,848 --> 00:08:23,111 All right, any obvious signs of sexual assault? 133 00:08:23,111 --> 00:08:25,156 Something happened to the girl tonight. 134 00:08:25,156 --> 00:08:27,942 Her affect, the way she's holding herself, 135 00:08:27,942 --> 00:08:29,987 and her sweatpants are on inside out. 136 00:08:29,987 --> 00:08:33,991 Got it. OK. We'll take it from here. 137 00:08:33,991 --> 00:08:35,515 I take it those are the parents? 138 00:08:35,515 --> 00:08:37,734 Team chaperones. Staying in the same hotel. 139 00:08:37,734 --> 00:08:40,345 - You talk to them yet? - Saved it for you. 140 00:08:40,345 --> 00:08:43,871 OK, Churlish and Velasco, you take the chaperones. 141 00:08:43,871 --> 00:08:46,308 Muncy, you're with me. 142 00:08:47,875 --> 00:08:49,311 Naomi? 143 00:08:49,311 --> 00:08:53,141 I'm Captain Benson. This is Detective Muncy. 144 00:08:53,141 --> 00:08:54,577 Brought you some snacks. 145 00:08:54,577 --> 00:08:58,625 I told the other detective I'm good. 146 00:08:58,625 --> 00:09:01,192 You're on the debate team, right? 147 00:09:01,192 --> 00:09:03,194 All about getting down to the truth. 148 00:09:03,194 --> 00:09:05,501 It's a lot like our job. 149 00:09:08,548 --> 00:09:10,375 You want to tell us why you set the bus on fire? 150 00:09:10,375 --> 00:09:12,116 I don't know why I did it. 151 00:09:12,116 --> 00:09:13,814 Well, maybe something else triggered it. 152 00:09:13,814 --> 00:09:17,382 Maybe something you don't even realize is connected. 153 00:09:17,382 --> 00:09:20,124 Are you paying attention? I said I don't know why. 154 00:09:20,124 --> 00:09:22,736 Naomi, something happened. 155 00:09:22,736 --> 00:09:26,957 Was anybody else sharing your hotel room? 156 00:09:26,957 --> 00:09:28,916 I'm the only girl on the team. 157 00:09:28,916 --> 00:09:30,265 - That's got to be rough. - Yeah. 158 00:09:30,265 --> 00:09:31,788 Guys can be jerks sometimes. 159 00:09:31,788 --> 00:09:33,573 How about all the time? 160 00:09:33,573 --> 00:09:38,186 You know, sometimes trauma, um, can make us behave 161 00:09:38,186 --> 00:09:41,624 in surprising ways, you know? 162 00:09:41,624 --> 00:09:45,149 Like, make us angry, 163 00:09:45,149 --> 00:09:47,543 make us violent. 164 00:09:47,543 --> 00:09:48,631 Classic cop. 165 00:09:48,631 --> 00:09:50,807 See a result and retrofit symbolism. 166 00:09:50,807 --> 00:09:53,810 A narrative that someone was hurt, so they lit a match. 167 00:09:53,810 --> 00:09:55,986 - Were you hurt? - No. 168 00:09:55,986 --> 00:09:57,597 There's no symbolism here. 169 00:09:57,597 --> 00:09:59,337 The sea is the sea. 170 00:09:59,337 --> 00:10:02,645 The old man is the old man, the boy is the boy. 171 00:10:02,645 --> 00:10:04,821 That's Hemingway. 172 00:10:04,821 --> 00:10:06,649 Yeah. 173 00:10:06,649 --> 00:10:07,911 I've heard of him. 174 00:10:07,911 --> 00:10:10,000 I did see Naomi when she left the hotel. 175 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:11,523 She seemed fine. 176 00:10:11,523 --> 00:10:13,525 Were you aware of anything that might have upset her? 177 00:10:13,525 --> 00:10:16,006 No. No, she won the debate. 178 00:10:16,006 --> 00:10:18,095 Well, maybe the guys weren't too happy about that. 179 00:10:18,095 --> 00:10:22,012 To be honest, I'm not sure why sex crimes is involved. 180 00:10:22,012 --> 00:10:23,361 Wasn't this arson? 181 00:10:23,361 --> 00:10:25,015 The detective who picked her up 182 00:10:25,015 --> 00:10:26,756 thinks she may have been assaulted. 183 00:10:26,756 --> 00:10:29,716 By one of the boys? 184 00:10:29,716 --> 00:10:32,196 What can you tell me about them? 185 00:10:32,196 --> 00:10:35,504 Everybody was pretty pumped, in a great mood. 186 00:10:35,504 --> 00:10:36,984 I mean, we won the first round 187 00:10:36,984 --> 00:10:38,812 of the East Coast finals today. 188 00:10:38,812 --> 00:10:42,250 Mm. Well, when was the last time you saw Naomi? 189 00:10:42,250 --> 00:10:44,252 Uh, last I checked was curfew. 190 00:10:44,252 --> 00:10:46,254 I found them all in Todd's room. 191 00:10:46,254 --> 00:10:48,038 There was some drinking going on, 192 00:10:48,038 --> 00:10:50,693 but Naomi seemed fine with it. 193 00:10:50,693 --> 00:10:52,216 She was participating. 194 00:10:52,216 --> 00:10:53,696 I was hoping that they'd finally 195 00:10:53,696 --> 00:10:55,480 accepted her as an equal. 196 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:57,047 You're a very smart girl Naomi, 197 00:10:57,047 --> 00:10:58,396 and from what we understand, 198 00:10:58,396 --> 00:11:02,705 you get really great grades, huh? 199 00:11:02,705 --> 00:11:07,275 But sometimes in life, situations happen that we-- 200 00:11:07,275 --> 00:11:10,321 we're just not equipped to deal with. 201 00:11:10,321 --> 00:11:12,280 Sometimes a fire is just a fire. 202 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:14,586 Yeah, sometimes. 203 00:11:14,586 --> 00:11:18,852 Sometimes it's a way to try and take control. 204 00:11:24,205 --> 00:11:26,120 After my mom died, I kept getting in trouble 205 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:27,991 for stealing shopping carts. 206 00:11:27,991 --> 00:11:30,602 I would race them down the hill with my little brother. 207 00:11:30,602 --> 00:11:34,084 Did that make you feel better? 208 00:11:34,084 --> 00:11:37,740 Every time. 209 00:11:37,740 --> 00:11:41,918 Nothing I do makes me feel better. 210 00:11:52,363 --> 00:11:54,757 When did you start cutting, Naomi? 211 00:11:54,757 --> 00:11:57,368 I don't remember. 212 00:12:01,459 --> 00:12:03,244 Well, whatever happened to you in your past, 213 00:12:03,244 --> 00:12:06,900 whatever happened tonight, 214 00:12:06,900 --> 00:12:10,164 it's over now and you're safe. 215 00:12:11,643 --> 00:12:14,211 You can tell us what happened. 216 00:12:18,694 --> 00:12:20,783 I was at a party, the room next door. 217 00:12:20,783 --> 00:12:24,918 I had some drinks, then later I had sex but I didn't want to. 218 00:12:24,918 --> 00:12:26,920 With a boy on your team? 219 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:28,660 I don't really remember. It was dark. 220 00:12:28,660 --> 00:12:29,836 I don't want to get anyone in trouble. 221 00:12:29,836 --> 00:12:31,794 I shouldn't have said anything. - Naomi. 222 00:12:31,794 --> 00:12:35,319 Naomi, we're just here to help you. 223 00:12:35,319 --> 00:12:36,668 OK? 224 00:12:36,668 --> 00:12:38,148 Yeah? 225 00:12:38,148 --> 00:12:40,629 - Naomi's mother is here. - Thank you. 226 00:12:40,629 --> 00:12:42,674 I can't have my mother know about this. 227 00:12:42,674 --> 00:12:47,114 OK. I understand. That's your choice. 228 00:12:47,114 --> 00:12:49,681 You know, Naomi, in my experience, um, 229 00:12:49,681 --> 00:12:54,251 sometimes keeping secrets can make things worse. 230 00:12:54,251 --> 00:12:56,863 Can you just talk to her, please? 231 00:13:02,999 --> 00:13:04,871 Sure. 232 00:13:10,224 --> 00:13:11,573 My--my--my baby girl? 233 00:13:11,573 --> 00:13:13,357 Listen, she's been-- there we-- 234 00:13:13,357 --> 00:13:15,707 Oh, my poor baby. 235 00:13:15,707 --> 00:13:18,928 All right, Ms. Hayes, Naomi's going to get through this, 236 00:13:18,928 --> 00:13:21,844 but we still do have more questions for her and for you. 237 00:13:21,844 --> 00:13:23,672 Yeah, what about the arson arrest? 238 00:13:23,672 --> 00:13:26,153 Well, the precinct captain has agreed 239 00:13:26,153 --> 00:13:28,111 to release Naomi into your custody. 240 00:13:28,111 --> 00:13:30,331 And they're going to give you a desk appearance ticket 241 00:13:30,331 --> 00:13:32,028 for a date for youth court. 242 00:13:32,028 --> 00:13:33,595 So we can go home? 243 00:13:33,595 --> 00:13:36,206 First, we need you to go to the ER and get a rape kit. 244 00:13:36,206 --> 00:13:37,729 And Detective Muncy will take you, 245 00:13:37,729 --> 00:13:40,907 and I will speak with you tomorrow. 246 00:13:45,868 --> 00:13:48,131 Well, this isn't going to be easy. 247 00:13:48,131 --> 00:13:50,351 She admitted to being assaulted, 248 00:13:50,351 --> 00:13:51,961 but she won't give a name. 249 00:13:51,961 --> 00:13:53,920 Where are the Youngs? - Went back to the hotel. 250 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:55,486 They got a dozen boys to chaperone. 251 00:13:55,486 --> 00:13:57,097 All right, do they have any idea which one of them 252 00:13:57,097 --> 00:13:58,750 might have done this? 253 00:13:58,750 --> 00:14:00,796 They acknowledge the guys can be bullies, but not rapists. 254 00:14:00,796 --> 00:14:02,580 So they're protecting them, which is to be expected. 255 00:14:02,580 --> 00:14:04,278 Well, the tournament's over in a few days. 256 00:14:04,278 --> 00:14:05,888 Should we bring them in before they all go back to Albany? 257 00:14:05,888 --> 00:14:07,411 You know, let's get some leverage first. 258 00:14:07,411 --> 00:14:09,631 Check the hotel security footage, 259 00:14:09,631 --> 00:14:13,591 wait for the rape kit, and then we bring in the entire team, 260 00:14:13,591 --> 00:14:15,898 debate or no debate. 261 00:14:21,034 --> 00:14:23,819 So this girl, after she gets arrested for arson, 262 00:14:23,819 --> 00:14:25,429 she discloses an assault, but she won't name her assailant? 263 00:14:25,429 --> 00:14:26,909 Well, she claims she doesn't remember. 264 00:14:26,909 --> 00:14:28,737 Is this just a ploy for sympathy? 265 00:14:28,737 --> 00:14:30,391 I got to ask. 266 00:14:30,391 --> 00:14:32,959 Hey, she says that she was assaulted and I believe her. 267 00:14:32,959 --> 00:14:36,179 And her debate team sounds competitive, brutal. 268 00:14:36,179 --> 00:14:38,225 I mean, maybe she's afraid of reprisals. 269 00:14:38,225 --> 00:14:41,881 Did you guys get anything from the hotel security? 270 00:14:41,881 --> 00:14:43,404 Just elevator footage. 271 00:14:43,404 --> 00:14:45,188 Naomi leaving, no cameras in the hallway. 272 00:14:45,188 --> 00:14:46,755 I did get a room assignment list. 273 00:14:46,755 --> 00:14:48,235 The whole team's on one floor. 274 00:14:48,235 --> 00:14:49,932 Todd Edmondson and Sean Richards 275 00:14:49,932 --> 00:14:51,760 are in the room connected to Naomi. 276 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:52,935 Do these boys have a record? 277 00:14:52,935 --> 00:14:54,197 Any discipline problems? - No. 278 00:14:54,197 --> 00:14:55,720 Straight A's, college bound. 279 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:57,113 Which we know means nothing. 280 00:14:57,113 --> 00:14:58,680 Well, nothing is what you're giving me 281 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:00,247 for evidence right now. 282 00:15:00,247 --> 00:15:02,031 Uh, Naomi's rape kit just came back positive 283 00:15:02,031 --> 00:15:03,728 for semen and abrasions. 284 00:15:03,728 --> 00:15:05,382 No matches in the system. 285 00:15:05,382 --> 00:15:08,472 OK, pick up all the boys who partied in that room. 286 00:15:08,472 --> 00:15:11,127 Will do. 287 00:15:11,127 --> 00:15:13,216 My son's no rapist. 288 00:15:13,216 --> 00:15:15,044 He's the star of the debate team. 289 00:15:15,044 --> 00:15:16,959 We have a credible allegation. 290 00:15:16,959 --> 00:15:18,134 Just trying to rule him out. 291 00:15:18,134 --> 00:15:19,440 Naomi's accusing me? 292 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:20,876 Was she in your room last night? 293 00:15:20,876 --> 00:15:22,269 Yeah. So were four other guys. 294 00:15:22,269 --> 00:15:23,748 I assume you're talking to them. 295 00:15:23,748 --> 00:15:25,228 Yes, we are. 296 00:15:25,228 --> 00:15:26,490 You ask me, she was afraid to compete today. 297 00:15:26,490 --> 00:15:28,057 Yeah, well, we're not asking you. 298 00:15:28,057 --> 00:15:30,494 Except for a DNA sample. 299 00:15:32,018 --> 00:15:33,933 You want to test Sean's DNA? I don't know. 300 00:15:33,933 --> 00:15:34,977 I should call my husband. 301 00:15:34,977 --> 00:15:36,718 It'll rule your son out. 302 00:15:36,718 --> 00:15:38,024 Unless there's a reason your DNA 303 00:15:38,024 --> 00:15:39,677 is on Naomi's rape kit, Sean. 304 00:15:39,677 --> 00:15:41,810 No. No. Ms. Fridge? 305 00:15:41,810 --> 00:15:43,072 I wouldn't go anywhere near her. 306 00:15:43,072 --> 00:15:44,769 But you two were hanging out last night? 307 00:15:44,769 --> 00:15:46,467 She had one drink. 308 00:15:46,467 --> 00:15:48,643 Then she went back to her room supposedly to study. 309 00:15:48,643 --> 00:15:50,123 Supposedly? 310 00:15:50,123 --> 00:15:52,081 What does that mean? 311 00:15:52,081 --> 00:15:55,084 It seems like she had other plans to me. 312 00:15:55,084 --> 00:15:57,565 And I'm not talking about lighting our bus on fire. 313 00:15:57,565 --> 00:15:59,480 I don't know why Naomi torched our bus. 314 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:01,134 I don't even know her that well. 315 00:16:01,134 --> 00:16:02,178 But you hung out with her last night. 316 00:16:02,178 --> 00:16:03,658 Yeah, but I didn't rape her. 317 00:16:03,658 --> 00:16:05,312 My son's not involved in this in any way. 318 00:16:05,312 --> 00:16:06,313 He's a good kid. 319 00:16:06,313 --> 00:16:07,836 If he gives us a DNA sample, 320 00:16:07,836 --> 00:16:09,316 we can rule him out as a suspect. 321 00:16:09,316 --> 00:16:11,013 So he can be in the system forever? 322 00:16:11,013 --> 00:16:12,406 Give me one good reason why any Black man 323 00:16:12,406 --> 00:16:14,060 should trust the cops. - I didn't do it. 324 00:16:14,060 --> 00:16:17,585 Booker, no more. I'm calling a lawyer. 325 00:16:17,585 --> 00:16:19,761 - That's your right, but-- - But what? 326 00:16:19,761 --> 00:16:22,416 What are you gonna say to me right now, brother? 327 00:16:22,416 --> 00:16:24,418 Dad, hold on. 328 00:16:24,418 --> 00:16:25,506 I didn't do it. 329 00:16:25,506 --> 00:16:27,029 Neither did any of the other guys. 330 00:16:27,029 --> 00:16:29,989 They haze her and make jokes, but they didn't rape her. 331 00:16:29,989 --> 00:16:32,556 I know who did. 332 00:16:45,830 --> 00:16:48,181 No. 333 00:16:50,531 --> 00:16:53,882 Has everybody at school seen this? 334 00:16:53,882 --> 00:16:56,363 I'm sorry, Naomi. 335 00:16:56,363 --> 00:16:59,714 Are you gonna--are you gonna tell my mom I lied? 336 00:16:59,714 --> 00:17:02,021 No. 337 00:17:02,021 --> 00:17:05,981 But you are when you're ready. 338 00:17:08,288 --> 00:17:12,683 She just thinks I'm always perfect. 339 00:17:12,683 --> 00:17:16,209 So the good girl... 340 00:17:16,209 --> 00:17:20,082 who can never lie, who can never say no. 341 00:17:21,475 --> 00:17:25,609 Naomi, is that what happened with you and the Youngs? 342 00:17:25,609 --> 00:17:27,089 It's complicated. 343 00:17:27,089 --> 00:17:30,788 Oh, it always is. 344 00:17:30,788 --> 00:17:33,574 So how about you tell me how... 345 00:17:33,574 --> 00:17:37,621 all of this started. 346 00:17:37,621 --> 00:17:39,754 I hated riding on the bus. 347 00:17:39,754 --> 00:17:41,364 The guys were so loud. 348 00:17:41,364 --> 00:17:43,584 They would pull my things out of my backpack 349 00:17:43,584 --> 00:17:46,195 and throw it around, they would laugh at my tampons. 350 00:17:46,195 --> 00:17:50,069 Teenage boys can be cruel. 351 00:17:50,069 --> 00:17:52,201 And when Helene and Parker said that 352 00:17:52,201 --> 00:17:56,249 I could ride with them, 353 00:17:56,249 --> 00:17:59,904 that made me feel seen. 354 00:17:59,904 --> 00:18:02,385 I get that. 355 00:18:03,952 --> 00:18:06,346 But how-- 356 00:18:06,346 --> 00:18:10,132 how did it turn sexual? 357 00:18:10,132 --> 00:18:11,786 We had dinners together. 358 00:18:11,786 --> 00:18:14,354 They--they served wine. 359 00:18:17,531 --> 00:18:21,143 They treated me like we were equals. 360 00:18:21,143 --> 00:18:25,278 No one has ever done that to me before. 361 00:18:25,278 --> 00:18:27,889 At first, it was-- it was just kissing. 362 00:18:27,889 --> 00:18:31,197 Mostly me and Helene. 363 00:18:31,197 --> 00:18:34,678 Parker watched. 364 00:18:34,678 --> 00:18:37,768 It made them both happy, so that made me happy. 365 00:18:37,768 --> 00:18:40,249 And I was performing at the debates better than ever. 366 00:18:43,296 --> 00:18:47,648 So, Naomi, what happened? What happened last night? 367 00:18:49,954 --> 00:18:55,525 I went to their room after hanging out with the boys. 368 00:18:57,440 --> 00:19:00,182 Helene and Parker and I usually would celebrate 369 00:19:00,182 --> 00:19:02,750 after a debate win. 370 00:19:05,361 --> 00:19:09,278 Helene could tell that I had been drinking. 371 00:19:09,278 --> 00:19:10,975 I thought she'd be mad at first. 372 00:19:10,975 --> 00:19:12,499 But she wasn't? 373 00:19:12,499 --> 00:19:14,631 She was happy that we won the first round. 374 00:19:14,631 --> 00:19:17,199 She said that she wanted to give Parker 375 00:19:17,199 --> 00:19:19,201 what he'd been waiting for. 376 00:19:22,073 --> 00:19:25,599 What does that mean? 377 00:19:25,599 --> 00:19:30,343 We made out with Parker watching, like normal. 378 00:19:33,041 --> 00:19:37,263 Except this time, 379 00:19:37,263 --> 00:19:39,003 he came up behind me 380 00:19:39,003 --> 00:19:40,309 and he started touching my breasts. 381 00:19:40,309 --> 00:19:41,615 And then Helene pulled me down 382 00:19:41,615 --> 00:19:43,486 and he started unzipping his pants. 383 00:19:43,486 --> 00:19:47,316 Did you consent, Naomi, to any of that? 384 00:19:47,316 --> 00:19:51,059 I tried to explain to them it wasn't a good idea. 385 00:19:51,059 --> 00:19:52,974 I tried to talk my way out of it. 386 00:19:52,974 --> 00:19:55,672 - But it didn't work? - No! 387 00:19:55,672 --> 00:19:57,587 So then what happened? 388 00:19:57,587 --> 00:19:59,546 And then he-- 389 00:19:59,546 --> 00:20:02,723 he raped me. 390 00:20:02,723 --> 00:20:07,206 Helene held me down, and he raped me. 391 00:20:09,295 --> 00:20:13,647 That had never happened to me before. 392 00:20:13,647 --> 00:20:16,040 I was freaked out. 393 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:18,042 Is that why you set the bus on fire? 394 00:20:18,042 --> 00:20:21,045 If I had just kept my mouth shut 395 00:20:21,045 --> 00:20:24,005 and continued to ride with the boys in the damn bus, 396 00:20:24,005 --> 00:20:27,051 this never would have happened! - Honey, this isn't about 397 00:20:27,051 --> 00:20:30,577 the boys, and it's not about you. 398 00:20:30,577 --> 00:20:32,405 Naomi. 399 00:20:32,405 --> 00:20:36,713 Naomi, this is about the Youngs. 400 00:20:38,454 --> 00:20:42,066 And we're going to get your power back. 401 00:20:54,035 --> 00:20:55,863 I know this looks bad. 402 00:20:55,863 --> 00:20:57,517 That's an understatement. 403 00:20:57,517 --> 00:20:59,954 I realize there's no excuse for a sexual relationship 404 00:20:59,954 --> 00:21:01,912 with a student. - Relationship? 405 00:21:01,912 --> 00:21:04,393 That's what you call it? - We were her mentors. 406 00:21:04,393 --> 00:21:05,916 Mentoring? 407 00:21:05,916 --> 00:21:08,267 You and your wife were using her for threesomes. 408 00:21:08,267 --> 00:21:10,138 The lines get blurred sometimes with these kids, 409 00:21:10,138 --> 00:21:12,358 especially when you spend the amount of time with them 410 00:21:12,358 --> 00:21:13,924 that Helene and I do. 411 00:21:13,924 --> 00:21:16,797 Unethical, yes, but not criminal. 412 00:21:16,797 --> 00:21:18,407 Naomi is 17. 413 00:21:18,407 --> 00:21:20,801 Everything that we did together was completely consensual. 414 00:21:20,801 --> 00:21:22,759 Not according to Naomi. 415 00:21:22,759 --> 00:21:24,848 What she described to us about that night 416 00:21:24,848 --> 00:21:26,415 sounds like sexual assault. 417 00:21:26,415 --> 00:21:30,419 Sounds like rape one to me. 418 00:21:30,419 --> 00:21:32,639 No, she's confused. 419 00:21:32,639 --> 00:21:35,337 She's trying to hurt us for some reason. 420 00:21:35,337 --> 00:21:37,296 This wasn't rape. 421 00:21:37,296 --> 00:21:41,038 My heart breaks for Naomi, but she's an angry kid 422 00:21:41,038 --> 00:21:43,171 with an abysmal home life. 423 00:21:43,171 --> 00:21:44,912 She's lying to protect herself. 424 00:21:44,912 --> 00:21:46,479 That's your theory. 425 00:21:46,479 --> 00:21:48,655 Her mother just found out about our relationship. 426 00:21:48,655 --> 00:21:50,352 And Naomi couldn't tell her the truth-- 427 00:21:50,352 --> 00:21:53,094 that she was having sex with us willingly. 428 00:21:53,094 --> 00:21:56,315 So she fabricated a rape allegation? 429 00:21:56,315 --> 00:22:01,363 We saved that girl from living in a van, 430 00:22:01,363 --> 00:22:04,540 from a mother who has no idea how smart her daughter is. 431 00:22:04,540 --> 00:22:06,760 Do you even hear yourself? 432 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:08,370 You had sex with a student. 433 00:22:08,370 --> 00:22:11,025 Sex that was completely consensual. 434 00:22:11,025 --> 00:22:14,594 We saw the video. You were holding her down. 435 00:22:14,594 --> 00:22:18,598 You've seen how she hurts herself. 436 00:22:18,598 --> 00:22:22,384 Naomi is a bit of a masochist. 437 00:22:22,384 --> 00:22:24,255 But I'm not. 438 00:22:24,255 --> 00:22:25,735 At this point, I would have to be one 439 00:22:25,735 --> 00:22:27,041 to talk to you without a lawyer. 440 00:22:27,041 --> 00:22:28,912 Well, she's right about one thing. 441 00:22:28,912 --> 00:22:31,001 Oh, that she's not a masochist? 442 00:22:31,001 --> 00:22:32,612 She's a manipulative predator. 443 00:22:32,612 --> 00:22:33,830 That video does not prove rape. 444 00:22:33,830 --> 00:22:35,876 But Naomi's testimony will. 445 00:22:35,876 --> 00:22:38,182 I need to be sure, before this goes to trial, 446 00:22:38,182 --> 00:22:40,837 there's nothing else she's leaving out. 447 00:22:40,837 --> 00:22:44,580 You're--you're charging the Youngs with rape? 448 00:22:44,580 --> 00:22:46,669 But what about your scholarship? 449 00:22:46,669 --> 00:22:48,497 Mom, they hurt me. 450 00:22:48,497 --> 00:22:50,281 They're writing your recommendation letter 451 00:22:50,281 --> 00:22:52,719 to Harvard. - Be that as it may, Ms. Hayes, 452 00:22:52,719 --> 00:22:54,285 the Youngs will be arraigned tomorrow. 453 00:22:54,285 --> 00:22:56,723 - And she has to testify? - Yes. 454 00:22:56,723 --> 00:22:58,420 They're claiming it was consensual, 455 00:22:58,420 --> 00:23:00,117 so it'll be up to us to refute that. 456 00:23:00,117 --> 00:23:02,293 I can make that argument. That's what I'm good at. 457 00:23:02,293 --> 00:23:04,034 I also need to know that there's nothing else 458 00:23:04,034 --> 00:23:05,384 you're leaving out. 459 00:23:05,384 --> 00:23:07,298 There's nothing that you haven't told me? 460 00:23:07,298 --> 00:23:09,344 I realize now it was a strategic error 461 00:23:09,344 --> 00:23:10,867 to blame the boys. 462 00:23:10,867 --> 00:23:12,782 And just so we're clear, 463 00:23:12,782 --> 00:23:15,568 you're not on that stand to argue the law. 464 00:23:15,568 --> 00:23:17,352 That's my job, OK? 465 00:23:23,227 --> 00:23:26,666 Are we charging the Youngs as co-defendants, Mr. Carisi. 466 00:23:26,666 --> 00:23:27,971 That's correct, Your Honor. 467 00:23:27,971 --> 00:23:29,756 I assume, Ms. Samuels, that your clients 468 00:23:29,756 --> 00:23:31,453 have been made aware of the inherent 469 00:23:31,453 --> 00:23:33,890 conflict of interest here. - They have. 470 00:23:33,890 --> 00:23:35,892 And do they knowingly and willingly 471 00:23:35,892 --> 00:23:37,807 waive their right to separate counsel? 472 00:23:37,807 --> 00:23:39,635 That is their decision, Your Honor. 473 00:23:39,635 --> 00:23:41,898 I need to hear it from them. 474 00:23:41,898 --> 00:23:43,552 - I do. - I do. 475 00:23:43,552 --> 00:23:47,338 On the charges of rape one, Helene Young and Parker Young, 476 00:23:47,338 --> 00:23:49,776 how do you plead? - Not guilty, Your Honor. 477 00:23:49,776 --> 00:23:52,474 - People on bail. - We request $75,000. 478 00:23:52,474 --> 00:23:55,390 We're talking a class-B violent felony, Your Honor, 479 00:23:55,390 --> 00:23:57,174 committed by a couple who was tasked 480 00:23:57,174 --> 00:23:58,480 with chaperoning a student. 481 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:00,003 This is a gross abuse of their power. 482 00:24:00,003 --> 00:24:02,266 An ongoing consensual relationship 483 00:24:02,266 --> 00:24:03,746 that the alleged victim knowingly 484 00:24:03,746 --> 00:24:05,400 and willingly initiated. 485 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:10,231 $75,000, borderline generous Mr. Carisi. 486 00:24:10,231 --> 00:24:11,972 Bail is set. 487 00:24:15,671 --> 00:24:17,586 I'm ready to talk to you when you are, Ms. Samuels. 488 00:24:17,586 --> 00:24:19,283 A deal? 489 00:24:19,283 --> 00:24:20,937 The media has already painted her as a troubled girl. 490 00:24:20,937 --> 00:24:22,504 Half the potential jurors in the city 491 00:24:22,504 --> 00:24:24,898 have seen TikTok videos of a bus on fire. 492 00:24:24,898 --> 00:24:26,290 Let me make it easy for you then. 493 00:24:26,290 --> 00:24:27,944 Aggravated sexual abuse II, 10 years. 494 00:24:27,944 --> 00:24:29,772 You'll be maxing out a C violent felony? 495 00:24:29,772 --> 00:24:31,295 Well, it's better than 25. 496 00:24:31,295 --> 00:24:32,775 Your clients are immoral, they're unethical, 497 00:24:32,775 --> 00:24:34,124 and they're upper middle class. 498 00:24:34,124 --> 00:24:35,735 Juries already hate authority figures 499 00:24:35,735 --> 00:24:37,563 abusing their power, especially rich Caucasian ones. 500 00:24:37,563 --> 00:24:40,000 Their race or class isn't what's on trial here. 501 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:41,480 Oh, it will be if I make it. 502 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:43,873 Helene and Parker are two of the most 503 00:24:43,873 --> 00:24:46,485 devoted, caring people I know. 504 00:24:46,485 --> 00:24:51,098 This crime that they have been unjustly accused of 505 00:24:51,098 --> 00:24:53,622 is unequivocally false. 506 00:24:53,622 --> 00:24:55,450 Is this one of your character witnesses? 507 00:24:55,450 --> 00:24:57,104 First I'm hearing any of this. 508 00:24:57,104 --> 00:24:59,106 My name is Colin Sharpe, and I had 509 00:24:59,106 --> 00:25:01,282 a sexual relationship with Helene and Parker 510 00:25:01,282 --> 00:25:02,892 when they were my coaches. 511 00:25:02,892 --> 00:25:04,851 It was always consensual. 512 00:25:04,851 --> 00:25:07,157 It was the best relationship of my life. 513 00:25:07,157 --> 00:25:09,725 - Why you coming forward now? - Wow. 514 00:25:09,725 --> 00:25:13,512 I see your star debater and raise you a star witness. 515 00:25:13,512 --> 00:25:15,688 No deal. 516 00:25:15,688 --> 00:25:18,255 I'll see you in court, counselor. 517 00:25:27,961 --> 00:25:30,180 We won the first round of the debate. 518 00:25:30,180 --> 00:25:32,139 I had a few drinks with the boys next door. 519 00:25:32,139 --> 00:25:33,488 I left early. 520 00:25:33,488 --> 00:25:34,924 That's when I went to Parker and Helene's room. 521 00:25:34,924 --> 00:25:36,752 And what happened in their room, Naomi? 522 00:25:36,752 --> 00:25:39,494 Helene started kissing me, 523 00:25:39,494 --> 00:25:41,975 pulled me down on the bed with her. 524 00:25:41,975 --> 00:25:43,498 Parker joined us. 525 00:25:43,498 --> 00:25:45,239 But this wasn't the first time 526 00:25:45,239 --> 00:25:48,024 that you had engaged in sexual behavior with them, was it? 527 00:25:48,024 --> 00:25:49,635 No. 528 00:25:49,635 --> 00:25:52,551 But usually Parker just watched. 529 00:25:52,551 --> 00:25:54,988 That night, things escalated. 530 00:25:54,988 --> 00:25:56,598 He took off his pants. 531 00:25:56,598 --> 00:25:58,557 I said no. I wasn't ready. 532 00:25:58,557 --> 00:25:59,688 But he didn't stop. 533 00:25:59,688 --> 00:26:01,472 That's when he penetrated me. 534 00:26:01,472 --> 00:26:04,432 And where was Helene? 535 00:26:04,432 --> 00:26:07,348 Parker raped me, but Helene held me down. 536 00:26:07,348 --> 00:26:08,915 I looked into it. 537 00:26:08,915 --> 00:26:10,612 When it comes to criminal culpability, 538 00:26:10,612 --> 00:26:12,309 New York State law doesn't distinguish 539 00:26:12,309 --> 00:26:14,834 between the primary offender and the accomplice. 540 00:26:14,834 --> 00:26:16,183 Objection. 541 00:26:16,183 --> 00:26:18,533 Your Honor, the witness isn't a legal expert. 542 00:26:18,533 --> 00:26:20,404 Sustained. 543 00:26:20,404 --> 00:26:22,537 Ms. Hayes, did you consent 544 00:26:22,537 --> 00:26:24,365 to sex with the Youngs that night? 545 00:26:24,365 --> 00:26:26,193 No, I did not. 546 00:26:26,193 --> 00:26:27,890 Thank you. Nothing further. 547 00:26:34,897 --> 00:26:39,728 You had a busy night, didn't you, Ms. Hayes? 548 00:26:39,728 --> 00:26:43,558 A party with boys, then a trip to my clients' room. 549 00:26:43,558 --> 00:26:45,604 How many more drinks did you have with them? 550 00:26:45,604 --> 00:26:47,997 I don't see how that is legally relevant 551 00:26:47,997 --> 00:26:49,172 to the issue of consent? 552 00:26:49,172 --> 00:26:52,436 Just answer the question, Ms. Hayes. 553 00:26:52,436 --> 00:26:54,308 Yes, I had more drinks with them. 554 00:26:54,308 --> 00:26:55,483 And then they raped me. 555 00:26:55,483 --> 00:26:57,354 According to your story now. 556 00:26:57,354 --> 00:26:58,965 Objection. Is there a question here? 557 00:26:58,965 --> 00:27:01,402 Sustained. 558 00:27:01,402 --> 00:27:05,928 After you were arrested for arson, 559 00:27:05,928 --> 00:27:09,845 didn't you tell SVU the boys next door raped you? 560 00:27:09,845 --> 00:27:12,065 I was conflicted. I liked the Youngs. 561 00:27:12,065 --> 00:27:14,589 So you lied to the police to protect your rapist? 562 00:27:14,589 --> 00:27:16,286 I confabulated. 563 00:27:16,286 --> 00:27:18,332 Oh, that's just a $10 word for saying you lied. 564 00:27:18,332 --> 00:27:19,942 Withdrawn. 565 00:27:19,942 --> 00:27:24,773 Ms. Hayes, is it true you only accused the Youngs of assault 566 00:27:24,773 --> 00:27:29,996 after a video of you having sex with them surfaced? 567 00:27:29,996 --> 00:27:32,607 More to the point, you changed your story 568 00:27:32,607 --> 00:27:34,740 after your mother found out you were 569 00:27:34,740 --> 00:27:36,611 having sex with your debate coaches. 570 00:27:36,611 --> 00:27:37,960 It wasn't sex. It was rape. 571 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:40,136 Well, you can debate that point within yourself 572 00:27:40,136 --> 00:27:43,662 all you like, my point is you lied. 573 00:27:43,662 --> 00:27:46,490 Excuse me, confabulated. 574 00:27:46,490 --> 00:27:50,016 So how can the jury trust you now? 575 00:27:50,016 --> 00:27:52,105 Because now I'm telling the truth. 576 00:27:52,105 --> 00:27:54,934 I see, so I guess 577 00:27:54,934 --> 00:27:57,980 we're all just supposed to take your word for it? 578 00:27:57,980 --> 00:28:00,243 Withdrawn. 579 00:28:00,243 --> 00:28:02,985 Nothing further. 580 00:28:08,338 --> 00:28:09,775 The jury didn't believe me. 581 00:28:09,775 --> 00:28:11,167 Look, juries are hard to read, Naomi. 582 00:28:11,167 --> 00:28:12,778 I was trying too hard to sound smart. 583 00:28:12,778 --> 00:28:14,736 Mr. Carisi is doing everything 584 00:28:14,736 --> 00:28:17,130 he can to protect you. 585 00:28:23,397 --> 00:28:25,747 Why is Colin Sharpe here? 586 00:28:25,747 --> 00:28:28,228 He's a character witness for the Youngs. 587 00:28:28,228 --> 00:28:30,273 But you know him, Naomi? 588 00:28:30,273 --> 00:28:32,798 Yeah, he was star of the debate team a few years ago. 589 00:28:32,798 --> 00:28:34,234 Accepted to Harvard. 590 00:28:34,234 --> 00:28:35,757 Middle of freshman year, he dropped out. 591 00:28:35,757 --> 00:28:37,541 Who drops out of Harvard? 592 00:28:37,541 --> 00:28:40,283 Don't ask me. I set a bus on fire. 593 00:28:40,283 --> 00:28:44,984 Why don't you get her some fresh air? 594 00:28:44,984 --> 00:28:47,638 What--what do we know about this Colin Sharpe? 595 00:28:47,638 --> 00:28:49,118 Well, He dropped out to work for his brother's 596 00:28:49,118 --> 00:28:50,424 moving company. 597 00:28:50,424 --> 00:28:52,121 A couple of DUIs, agg assaults all pled down. 598 00:28:52,121 --> 00:28:53,906 That's a pretty quick free fall from grace. 599 00:28:53,906 --> 00:28:56,865 OK, and when is he needed on the stand? 600 00:28:56,865 --> 00:28:58,780 We have until tomorrow. 601 00:28:58,780 --> 00:29:02,566 Muncy, loop in Fin and Velasco, talk to Harvard. 602 00:29:02,566 --> 00:29:05,613 There's got to be more to this story. 603 00:29:08,703 --> 00:29:11,575 This is a difficult question, Mrs. Young. 604 00:29:11,575 --> 00:29:14,709 Can you explain the intimate component 605 00:29:14,709 --> 00:29:16,319 of your relationship? 606 00:29:16,319 --> 00:29:20,802 In retrospect, I am aware of how ethically wrong it was, 607 00:29:20,802 --> 00:29:23,370 but you have to understand. 608 00:29:23,370 --> 00:29:27,548 A young woman that intelligent, it felt like we were peers. 609 00:29:27,548 --> 00:29:28,854 We--we got close. 610 00:29:28,854 --> 00:29:32,466 We spent a lot of time together. 611 00:29:32,466 --> 00:29:34,685 And Parker and I paid the price. 612 00:29:34,685 --> 00:29:37,123 We've been terminated from our jobs. 613 00:29:37,123 --> 00:29:40,213 But what the three of us had together 614 00:29:40,213 --> 00:29:42,824 was a loving, consensual relationship. 615 00:29:42,824 --> 00:29:44,870 But Naomi reported she was raped. 616 00:29:44,870 --> 00:29:48,830 She was obviously angry, suffering. 617 00:29:48,830 --> 00:29:51,833 She was arrested for arson, grilled by police 618 00:29:51,833 --> 00:29:53,835 who pressed her to explain why she set the fire. 619 00:29:53,835 --> 00:29:57,099 I guess we were just her excuse. 620 00:30:02,452 --> 00:30:05,586 Mrs. Young, you went to the police precinct 621 00:30:05,586 --> 00:30:07,153 after Naomi's arrest, correct? 622 00:30:07,153 --> 00:30:08,241 Yes. 623 00:30:08,241 --> 00:30:09,459 And you were told by detectives 624 00:30:09,459 --> 00:30:11,287 that she had claimed assault. 625 00:30:11,287 --> 00:30:13,420 They said she blamed one of the boys. 626 00:30:13,420 --> 00:30:16,423 When they asked you when the last time you saw Naomi was, 627 00:30:16,423 --> 00:30:18,991 what did you say? 628 00:30:18,991 --> 00:30:20,819 To refresh your memory, 629 00:30:20,819 --> 00:30:23,212 based off the police notes, your response was, 630 00:30:23,212 --> 00:30:24,605 "She was in the hallway." 631 00:30:24,605 --> 00:30:25,780 Well, if the police wrote it down, 632 00:30:25,780 --> 00:30:27,826 I'm sure that's what I said. 633 00:30:29,479 --> 00:30:32,134 So I tracked down Colin Sharpe's old RA at Harvard. 634 00:30:32,134 --> 00:30:33,701 And? 635 00:30:33,701 --> 00:30:35,746 On record, he was officially put on academic probation. 636 00:30:35,746 --> 00:30:37,270 Didn't go to class, didn't get the grades. 637 00:30:37,270 --> 00:30:38,880 Yeah, but the RA said there was more to that. 638 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:41,100 He was also drinking heavily, doing drugs. 639 00:30:41,100 --> 00:30:45,060 So he didn't set a bus fire. He set his life on fire. 640 00:31:01,903 --> 00:31:05,124 How's it going? 641 00:31:05,124 --> 00:31:06,386 Excuse me? 642 00:31:06,386 --> 00:31:08,518 Hey, man, I'm not trying to pick you up. 643 00:31:08,518 --> 00:31:12,871 I saw you in that press conference about the Youngs. 644 00:31:12,871 --> 00:31:15,961 Nice looking couple. 645 00:31:15,961 --> 00:31:18,485 Whoa, but you really did both of them? 646 00:31:18,485 --> 00:31:20,095 No, man. 647 00:31:20,095 --> 00:31:22,750 Just her. 648 00:31:22,750 --> 00:31:25,971 You really think I'd sleep with some guy? 649 00:31:25,971 --> 00:31:29,931 Then why are you protecting both of them? 650 00:31:29,931 --> 00:31:31,193 Helene asked me for help. 651 00:31:31,193 --> 00:31:34,370 I'm doing it for her, not for him. 652 00:31:34,370 --> 00:31:37,330 You must really love her. 653 00:31:42,204 --> 00:31:43,858 So Colin's relationship with the Youngs 654 00:31:43,858 --> 00:31:45,251 isn't quite what he said it was, huh? 655 00:31:45,251 --> 00:31:48,036 He said he was in a relationship with both, 656 00:31:48,036 --> 00:31:49,995 but the kid is a stone-cold homophobe. 657 00:31:49,995 --> 00:31:51,387 So what are we looking at here? 658 00:31:51,387 --> 00:31:53,302 I can't cross a witness because of a conversation 659 00:31:53,302 --> 00:31:54,956 at the urinal. - You'll figure it out. 660 00:31:54,956 --> 00:31:56,349 You always do, but right now, 661 00:31:56,349 --> 00:31:59,178 it seems like we're looking at another rape. 662 00:32:06,881 --> 00:32:11,451 I met Helene and Parker when I was a junior at Birchfield. 663 00:32:11,451 --> 00:32:13,844 My home life was pretty chaotic. 664 00:32:13,844 --> 00:32:15,716 My parents were getting a divorce. 665 00:32:15,716 --> 00:32:19,502 The Youngs let me come over to study. 666 00:32:19,502 --> 00:32:21,722 We became close. - How old were you? 667 00:32:21,722 --> 00:32:24,464 16. 668 00:32:24,464 --> 00:32:29,860 On my 17th birthday, uh, they threw me a birthday party. 669 00:32:29,860 --> 00:32:32,341 We had some wine. 670 00:32:32,341 --> 00:32:35,344 And Helene, she just, uh-- 671 00:32:35,344 --> 00:32:37,912 she kissed me. 672 00:32:37,912 --> 00:32:40,784 We ended up having sex. 673 00:32:40,784 --> 00:32:43,091 And Parker? 674 00:32:43,091 --> 00:32:45,964 He watched at first. 675 00:32:45,964 --> 00:32:48,967 And then things escalated. 676 00:32:48,967 --> 00:32:52,405 Parker wanted to try an MFM. 677 00:32:52,405 --> 00:32:55,538 You were 17? 678 00:32:55,538 --> 00:33:01,196 All this was completely consensual 679 00:33:01,196 --> 00:33:03,720 with both Parker and Helene? 680 00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:06,375 I wanted to have sex with Helene. 681 00:33:06,375 --> 00:33:08,377 I would have been just happy with that. 682 00:33:08,377 --> 00:33:11,380 But again, everything that happened 683 00:33:11,380 --> 00:33:16,429 with both Parker and Helene, you consented to? 684 00:33:20,172 --> 00:33:22,913 Yeah, I guess. 685 00:33:28,963 --> 00:33:31,574 Uh, Your Honor, 686 00:33:31,574 --> 00:33:33,968 I need a moment with my witness. 687 00:33:33,968 --> 00:33:37,580 Do you need a recess? 688 00:33:37,580 --> 00:33:39,365 No. No, I just want to get this over with. 689 00:33:39,365 --> 00:33:40,540 Your Honor-- 690 00:33:40,540 --> 00:33:44,587 Counselor, any more questions? 691 00:33:44,587 --> 00:33:48,069 Uh, not at this time. 692 00:33:48,069 --> 00:33:51,768 Mr. Carisi, your witness. 693 00:33:53,814 --> 00:33:56,295 You doing all right, Colin? 694 00:33:56,295 --> 00:33:58,732 Yeah. Why? 695 00:33:58,732 --> 00:34:00,690 Imagine it can be confusing when you're in a relationship 696 00:34:00,690 --> 00:34:02,170 with your teachers. - Objection. 697 00:34:02,170 --> 00:34:05,739 Withdrawn. Withdrawn. 698 00:34:05,739 --> 00:34:08,568 What's the real reason you're testifying here today, Colin? 699 00:34:08,568 --> 00:34:11,092 I don't want them to go to prison. 700 00:34:11,092 --> 00:34:13,268 When was the last time you saw the Youngs? 701 00:34:13,268 --> 00:34:16,445 Or even heard from them? 702 00:34:16,445 --> 00:34:17,968 After I left the team. 703 00:34:17,968 --> 00:34:22,843 So is it fair to say that you miss them? 704 00:34:22,843 --> 00:34:24,975 - I guess. - Yeah, it's natural. 705 00:34:24,975 --> 00:34:27,587 You saw each other every day for almost two years. 706 00:34:27,587 --> 00:34:29,067 Then you went to Harvard. 707 00:34:29,067 --> 00:34:32,113 Did you ever try to get in touch with them? 708 00:34:32,113 --> 00:34:36,117 They said that all three of us had our own lives now, 709 00:34:36,117 --> 00:34:38,467 that I should move on, that they had too. 710 00:34:38,467 --> 00:34:43,211 You mean, they had moved on to Naomi Hayes. 711 00:34:43,211 --> 00:34:44,647 Helene didn't tell me her name, 712 00:34:44,647 --> 00:34:46,127 but she said that they had a new one. 713 00:34:46,127 --> 00:34:47,955 A new one? A new what? 714 00:34:51,001 --> 00:34:52,699 Protégé. 715 00:34:52,699 --> 00:34:56,311 Oh. You mean they had-- 716 00:34:56,311 --> 00:34:58,966 they had replaced you? 717 00:34:58,966 --> 00:35:00,228 I guess. 718 00:35:00,228 --> 00:35:01,490 And how long after you realized 719 00:35:01,490 --> 00:35:03,013 that you've been replaced 720 00:35:03,013 --> 00:35:06,234 did you start to flunk out of Harvard? 721 00:35:06,234 --> 00:35:08,628 - I was upset. - Mm-hmm. 722 00:35:08,628 --> 00:35:10,151 Helene stopped returning my calls. 723 00:35:10,151 --> 00:35:12,849 I--I couldn't eat. 724 00:35:12,849 --> 00:35:15,156 I couldn't--I couldn't sleep. I couldn't focus. 725 00:35:15,156 --> 00:35:16,940 And so you turned to booze. 726 00:35:16,940 --> 00:35:19,247 You started acting aggressively with people. 727 00:35:19,247 --> 00:35:21,293 Is it fair to say that this changed your personality? 728 00:35:21,293 --> 00:35:24,731 - I didn't know what to do. - Because you were angry 729 00:35:24,731 --> 00:35:27,342 at being thrown out like a piece of trash by the Youngs. 730 00:35:27,342 --> 00:35:28,865 - Objection! - Withdrawn. 731 00:35:28,865 --> 00:35:32,434 You testified that you consented to having sex 732 00:35:32,434 --> 00:35:36,090 with both Helene and Parker, right? 733 00:35:36,090 --> 00:35:37,700 Yeah. 734 00:35:37,700 --> 00:35:39,833 Well, I'm going to ask you again. 735 00:35:39,833 --> 00:35:44,054 Did you really consent to intercourse with both of them, 736 00:35:44,054 --> 00:35:47,536 or was it just Helene? 737 00:35:47,536 --> 00:35:50,539 Just Helene. I loved her. 738 00:35:50,539 --> 00:35:52,628 And being penetrated by Parker was what? 739 00:35:52,628 --> 00:35:54,848 The price of admission? 740 00:35:54,848 --> 00:35:57,198 I didn't want to do that stuff with him. 741 00:35:57,198 --> 00:35:58,504 I'm not gay. 742 00:35:58,504 --> 00:35:59,896 I didn't even want your hands on me! 743 00:35:59,896 --> 00:36:01,594 I didn't want to do any of that stuff with you! 744 00:36:01,594 --> 00:36:03,944 But you did it anyway. And you ruined my life! 745 00:36:03,944 --> 00:36:04,771 Objection! 746 00:36:04,771 --> 00:36:06,642 I loved you, Helene. 747 00:36:06,642 --> 00:36:08,557 I'm--I'm--stupid enough to love you now. 748 00:36:08,557 --> 00:36:09,906 How could you do this to me? 749 00:36:09,906 --> 00:36:11,734 Your Honor, I-- I need a recess. 750 00:36:11,734 --> 00:36:14,998 Hm. Nothing further. 751 00:36:29,404 --> 00:36:31,101 My clients are ready to talk to you. 752 00:36:31,101 --> 00:36:32,929 Ah, they're willing to plead guilty to rape? 753 00:36:32,929 --> 00:36:35,236 - Attempted rape in the first. - A C felony? 754 00:36:35,236 --> 00:36:36,629 They have to do time. 755 00:36:36,629 --> 00:36:38,152 Less time than if they were convicted by a jury. 756 00:36:38,152 --> 00:36:39,980 We're not accepting more than five years. 757 00:36:39,980 --> 00:36:41,547 And the Youngs are willing to allocute that what they did 758 00:36:41,547 --> 00:36:43,244 was criminal and wrong? 759 00:36:43,244 --> 00:36:45,464 Not for me, for the victims. 760 00:36:48,510 --> 00:36:49,946 Helene and Parker Young, 761 00:36:49,946 --> 00:36:52,471 you've both pled guilty to attempted rape one? 762 00:36:52,471 --> 00:36:54,212 They have, Your Honor. 763 00:36:54,212 --> 00:36:56,779 Well, before we continue with sentencing, 764 00:36:56,779 --> 00:36:59,565 I understand Mr. Young has a statement. 765 00:36:59,565 --> 00:37:01,131 I do. 766 00:37:01,131 --> 00:37:02,655 If the People have no objection. 767 00:37:02,655 --> 00:37:04,265 We do not, Your Honor. 768 00:37:04,265 --> 00:37:06,528 You may proceed, Mr. Young. 769 00:37:08,704 --> 00:37:10,967 I took the job as a debate coach 770 00:37:10,967 --> 00:37:14,667 because I wanted to guide students to success. 771 00:37:16,016 --> 00:37:17,800 I blame everything that happened on the fact 772 00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:19,889 that I'm a skilled debater. 773 00:37:19,889 --> 00:37:24,024 But these students weren't the only people deceived. 774 00:37:24,024 --> 00:37:28,028 I framed an argument to myself that 775 00:37:28,028 --> 00:37:32,293 Colin and Naomi wanted me to be more than just their mentor. 776 00:37:32,293 --> 00:37:35,470 But I now see that that was a grievous misuse 777 00:37:35,470 --> 00:37:38,517 of the power of storytelling. 778 00:37:42,695 --> 00:37:44,914 I know I can't take back what I did, 779 00:37:44,914 --> 00:37:48,222 but I will spend the rest of my life trying to make up 780 00:37:48,222 --> 00:37:50,833 for the way that those stories have warped your sense 781 00:37:50,833 --> 00:37:53,183 of control and autonomy. 782 00:38:20,602 --> 00:38:24,171 Naomi, how you doing? 783 00:38:24,171 --> 00:38:25,694 Better now. 784 00:38:25,694 --> 00:38:27,696 Can't believe I let myself be fooled by the Youngs. 785 00:38:27,696 --> 00:38:29,698 No, you didn't let yourself be fooled. 786 00:38:29,698 --> 00:38:32,701 You--you thought you finally found someone 787 00:38:32,701 --> 00:38:36,096 to take care of you. 788 00:38:36,096 --> 00:38:38,707 You know, I-- 789 00:38:38,707 --> 00:38:42,537 I understand what it is to, um, 790 00:38:42,537 --> 00:38:46,280 be the parent in the household 791 00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:49,327 when you're growing up. 792 00:38:49,327 --> 00:38:53,331 It's time for you to take care of you first. 793 00:38:56,856 --> 00:38:58,858 Thank you for everything, Mr. Carisi. 794 00:38:58,858 --> 00:39:00,990 Yeah. Take care, Naomi. 795 00:39:00,990 --> 00:39:02,992 She will. I'll make sure of it. 796 00:39:02,992 --> 00:39:06,387 We both have things that we need to work on, Mom. 797 00:39:06,387 --> 00:39:09,042 Don't give up your passions and the things 798 00:39:09,042 --> 00:39:11,261 that you love because of the Youngs. 799 00:39:11,261 --> 00:39:15,440 You don't let anyone take that from you. 800 00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:16,832 Life's one big debate, 801 00:39:16,832 --> 00:39:18,878 but I don't want to live it just to win. 802 00:39:18,878 --> 00:39:23,404 I want to do what's right, like you, Mr. Carisi. 803 00:39:23,404 --> 00:39:24,971 Future lawyer, huh? 804 00:39:24,971 --> 00:39:26,451 Well, tell you what, in a few years, 805 00:39:26,451 --> 00:39:29,236 you come find me. 806 00:39:29,236 --> 00:39:31,151 Thank you. 807 00:39:31,151 --> 00:39:32,631 Bye. 808 00:39:37,462 --> 00:39:38,985 I'm gonna head home too. 809 00:39:38,985 --> 00:39:42,336 Rollins and the girls want Moo Shu take out tonight. 810 00:39:42,336 --> 00:39:45,208 Tell them I said hi. 811 00:39:45,208 --> 00:39:47,254 If you don't mind, Liv, I'ma clock out too. 812 00:39:47,254 --> 00:39:49,865 OK. You going to another lecture with Phoebe? 813 00:39:49,865 --> 00:39:52,302 Not if you paid me. 814 00:39:52,302 --> 00:39:56,219 I played some Jedi mind tricks on that kid Colin. 815 00:39:56,219 --> 00:39:57,699 You feel bad. 816 00:39:57,699 --> 00:40:00,441 Considering how messed up he is from all the lies 817 00:40:00,441 --> 00:40:02,922 he's been told up till now... 818 00:40:02,922 --> 00:40:04,793 So go make it right. 819 00:40:09,537 --> 00:40:12,018 Colin. 820 00:40:14,934 --> 00:40:17,153 You're a cop. 821 00:40:17,153 --> 00:40:20,679 Sorry I lied to you. You've been lied to enough. 822 00:40:22,594 --> 00:40:25,466 Helene never loved anyone. 823 00:40:25,466 --> 00:40:27,468 Just herself. 824 00:40:27,468 --> 00:40:31,690 Her and her husband did tap dance on your mind. 825 00:40:31,690 --> 00:40:33,474 Well, let me tell you something. 826 00:40:33,474 --> 00:40:36,825 Your mind is yours. It's no one else's. 827 00:40:36,825 --> 00:40:40,046 - So what do I do? - You take it back. 828 00:40:40,046 --> 00:40:41,743 What's going on with that Harvard thing? 829 00:40:41,743 --> 00:40:43,702 Is it fixable? 830 00:40:43,702 --> 00:40:46,139 I'm on academic probation. 831 00:40:46,139 --> 00:40:49,272 OK, so your story isn't over yet. 832 00:40:49,272 --> 00:40:52,580 This heartbreak thing, you'll get over it. 833 00:40:52,580 --> 00:40:54,277 And if you live your life right, 834 00:40:54,277 --> 00:40:58,368 you're going to get your heart broken more than once. 835 00:40:58,368 --> 00:40:59,761 Trust me on that.