1 00:00:03,937 --> 00:00:04,286 . 2 00:00:04,329 --> 00:00:06,331 - In the criminal justice system, 3 00:00:06,375 --> 00:00:09,378 sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous. 4 00:00:09,421 --> 00:00:11,815 In New York City, the dedicated detectives 5 00:00:11,858 --> 00:00:13,860 who investigate these vicious felonies 6 00:00:13,904 --> 00:00:15,253 are members of an elite squad 7 00:00:15,297 --> 00:00:17,212 known as the Special Victims Unit. 8 00:00:17,255 --> 00:00:19,214 These are their stories. 9 00:00:22,739 --> 00:00:24,567 [gunshots] 10 00:00:33,358 --> 00:00:35,143 - Hey, Annie Oakley? - Huh? 11 00:00:35,186 --> 00:00:37,101 - One more round then grab a quick drink? 12 00:00:37,145 --> 00:00:39,234 - Aw, my sitter's on the clock. 13 00:00:39,277 --> 00:00:40,800 - Just had some changes in the squad room 14 00:00:40,844 --> 00:00:42,063 I wanted to run by you. 15 00:00:42,106 --> 00:00:43,542 - What's that? Kat not working out? 16 00:00:43,586 --> 00:00:45,327 - Actually... 17 00:00:45,370 --> 00:00:47,329 uh, just got off the phone with the chief 18 00:00:47,372 --> 00:00:50,810 and, um, he'd like you to report to 1-P-P on Friday. 19 00:00:50,854 --> 00:00:52,203 - About what? 20 00:00:52,247 --> 00:00:54,031 [gunshots in background] 21 00:00:54,075 --> 00:00:57,426 What? Just get it over with. 22 00:00:57,469 --> 00:00:59,819 - I had a whole speech prepared... 23 00:01:00,907 --> 00:01:04,650 Um, but you... 24 00:01:04,694 --> 00:01:06,130 [sighs] 25 00:01:06,174 --> 00:01:07,740 are being promoted. 26 00:01:07,784 --> 00:01:09,177 Detective Second Grade. 27 00:01:09,220 --> 00:01:11,179 - Oh, my God. Really? 28 00:01:11,222 --> 00:01:12,615 - Congratulations. - Really? 29 00:01:12,658 --> 00:01:14,095 Wow. 30 00:01:14,138 --> 00:01:15,444 I didn't even know I was on the grid. 31 00:01:15,487 --> 00:01:17,098 And after the year I've had? 32 00:01:17,141 --> 00:01:19,752 - You've had some challenges this year, 33 00:01:19,796 --> 00:01:21,928 but you've persisted. 34 00:01:21,972 --> 00:01:23,974 - Well, thanks. 35 00:01:24,017 --> 00:01:26,411 - Congratulations, really. 36 00:01:26,455 --> 00:01:29,719 [both laughing] - That's great. 37 00:01:30,850 --> 00:01:32,156 Bottoms up. - Yep. 38 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:33,201 - [laughs] 39 00:01:33,244 --> 00:01:35,507 Whoo! 40 00:01:41,818 --> 00:01:43,602 [radio chatter] 41 00:01:43,646 --> 00:01:44,429 - There you go. 42 00:01:44,473 --> 00:01:46,475 - Thank you. - Mm-hmm. 43 00:01:47,432 --> 00:01:48,868 - Did you get me anything sweet? 44 00:01:48,912 --> 00:01:51,784 - Ooh, my bad. 45 00:01:51,828 --> 00:01:54,787 [car horns honking] 46 00:01:54,831 --> 00:01:58,095 [ominous music] 47 00:01:58,139 --> 00:02:05,842 48 00:02:05,885 --> 00:02:06,973 [car horns honking] 49 00:02:07,017 --> 00:02:09,150 - Hey! Hey! 50 00:02:12,022 --> 00:02:13,763 - What the hell? 51 00:02:13,806 --> 00:02:16,026 No, no, no! 52 00:02:16,069 --> 00:02:18,507 Oh, geez. - Are you kidding me? 53 00:02:20,683 --> 00:02:23,947 [dramatic music] 54 00:02:23,990 --> 00:02:25,253 - [gasps] 55 00:02:25,296 --> 00:02:27,211 - Having a little cupcake party tonight? 56 00:02:27,255 --> 00:02:28,995 - Whoa, whoa. Stay where you are, ma'am. 57 00:02:29,039 --> 00:02:32,260 Ma'am, have you been drinking? - I hope to God you haven't, 58 00:02:32,303 --> 00:02:35,306 because you just hit a parked NYPD patrol car 59 00:02:35,350 --> 00:02:36,786 on an empty street. 60 00:02:36,829 --> 00:02:38,179 - I did? - Yeah. 61 00:02:38,222 --> 00:02:40,137 - I'm sorry. - Is this your truck? 62 00:02:40,181 --> 00:02:41,443 Is that your name? Jill? 63 00:02:41,486 --> 00:02:43,096 - Yes. 64 00:02:43,140 --> 00:02:44,446 Jill. 65 00:02:46,230 --> 00:02:47,753 Cup...cakes. 66 00:02:47,797 --> 00:02:50,365 I need to lie down. - Um, Jill, Jill. 67 00:02:50,408 --> 00:02:52,628 Jill, stand up. Stand up for us, come on. 68 00:02:52,671 --> 00:02:54,412 Jill, stand up. Stand up. 69 00:02:54,456 --> 00:02:55,674 We're gonna have to take you in. 70 00:02:55,718 --> 00:02:57,850 If you could just turn around for me. 71 00:02:57,894 --> 00:03:01,550 72 00:03:01,593 --> 00:03:03,465 - Blow into the mouth piece. 73 00:03:03,508 --> 00:03:07,599 - [sucking] - Blow out. 74 00:03:09,297 --> 00:03:11,777 - In... 75 00:03:11,821 --> 00:03:13,431 or out? 76 00:03:13,475 --> 00:03:16,347 77 00:03:16,391 --> 00:03:17,914 - [gasps] 78 00:03:17,957 --> 00:03:19,481 - This doesn't hurt. 79 00:03:21,091 --> 00:03:23,224 [metal clanking] 80 00:03:23,267 --> 00:03:26,227 [dramatic music] 81 00:03:26,270 --> 00:03:30,231 82 00:03:30,274 --> 00:03:32,755 - What am I doing here? 83 00:03:37,412 --> 00:03:39,109 - On the charges of robbery, 84 00:03:39,152 --> 00:03:40,545 predatory sexual assault, 85 00:03:40,589 --> 00:03:43,461 and unlawful imprisonment, how do you plead? 86 00:03:43,505 --> 00:03:45,681 - She wasn't imprisoned. - Guilty, Your Honor. 87 00:03:45,724 --> 00:03:47,813 - The victim was 83 years old, Your Honor. 88 00:03:47,857 --> 00:03:49,554 People request remand pending sentencing. 89 00:03:49,598 --> 00:03:52,427 - So ordered. Next case. 90 00:03:52,470 --> 00:03:54,037 - There you are. [chatter] 91 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:55,691 - Thank you, let's see. 92 00:03:55,734 --> 00:03:58,650 People versus Jill Bailey. 93 00:04:01,131 --> 00:04:04,352 On the charge of driving while intoxicated, how do you plead? 94 00:04:04,395 --> 00:04:06,267 - Plead? Oh-- 95 00:04:06,310 --> 00:04:07,920 - Not guilty, Your Honor. 96 00:04:07,964 --> 00:04:09,705 - People on bail. - Fin, what are you doing here? 97 00:04:09,748 --> 00:04:11,576 Told you your perp was gonna plead guilty. 98 00:04:11,620 --> 00:04:13,535 - I just wanted to see the scumbag go down. 99 00:04:13,578 --> 00:04:14,971 It's good for my morale. 100 00:04:15,014 --> 00:04:17,930 - Then it will be released ROR. - Hold on! 101 00:04:18,627 --> 00:04:21,586 Hold on, this isn't right. I wasn't drunk. 102 00:04:21,630 --> 00:04:23,719 - Ms. Bailey, this isn't the time nor the place 103 00:04:23,762 --> 00:04:25,503 to argue your case--Bailiff. - Ma'am. 104 00:04:25,547 --> 00:04:27,026 - Why is nobody listening to me? 105 00:04:27,070 --> 00:04:28,419 - Let's go outside, talk. 106 00:04:28,463 --> 00:04:29,768 - I don't need to talk. I need help. 107 00:04:29,812 --> 00:04:31,335 - Everything all right, Counselor? 108 00:04:31,379 --> 00:04:32,641 - Yeah, it's fine. 109 00:04:32,684 --> 00:04:33,816 - No, I just realized what happened! 110 00:04:33,859 --> 00:04:35,165 Did I say you could touch me!? 111 00:04:35,208 --> 00:04:36,514 - Okay, what happened here? 112 00:04:36,558 --> 00:04:39,517 - I was raped last night. 113 00:04:39,561 --> 00:04:42,128 And they arrested me. 114 00:04:42,172 --> 00:04:49,571 115 00:04:49,614 --> 00:04:52,791 [dramatic music] 116 00:04:52,835 --> 00:04:59,842 117 00:05:36,618 --> 00:05:36,922 . 118 00:05:36,966 --> 00:05:38,881 - She was sexually assaulted 119 00:05:38,924 --> 00:05:40,665 then drove her truck into a patrol car. 120 00:05:40,709 --> 00:05:44,190 - Yeah, Jill Bailey, 35 years old, she's a cupcake baker. 121 00:05:44,234 --> 00:05:46,192 No priors until the DWI. 122 00:05:46,236 --> 00:05:48,151 - What was her BSE? - 09. 123 00:05:48,194 --> 00:05:49,674 Barely over the limit, 124 00:05:49,718 --> 00:05:51,763 but the officers that arrested her said she was wasted. 125 00:05:51,807 --> 00:05:53,678 - She told me that her brain wasn't working right. 126 00:05:53,722 --> 00:05:56,681 That nothing felt real. - So 12 hours plus in holding, 127 00:05:56,725 --> 00:05:58,640 she ate, she drank, she used the bathroom. 128 00:05:58,683 --> 00:06:00,511 So as soon as we get her statement, 129 00:06:00,555 --> 00:06:01,860 we need to do a rape kit. 130 00:06:01,904 --> 00:06:05,168 - I was at a bar downtown. 131 00:06:06,169 --> 00:06:08,737 Luke... 132 00:06:08,780 --> 00:06:11,870 I never got his last name. We met on TrueHeart. 133 00:06:11,914 --> 00:06:14,830 - Dating app? - Yeah. 134 00:06:14,873 --> 00:06:18,399 He ordered these funky drinks. Howlers. 135 00:06:18,442 --> 00:06:20,183 - Do you remember how many of those you had? 136 00:06:20,226 --> 00:06:22,838 - Two. If that. 137 00:06:24,274 --> 00:06:26,755 They must've been strong. 138 00:06:26,798 --> 00:06:28,452 I felt-- 139 00:06:28,496 --> 00:06:31,063 feel not myself. 140 00:06:31,107 --> 00:06:33,196 And then... 141 00:06:34,284 --> 00:06:35,720 Nothing. 142 00:06:38,636 --> 00:06:41,509 My memory drops out. - When does it pick back up? 143 00:06:41,552 --> 00:06:44,599 - Trying to drive my truck, I guess. 144 00:06:46,775 --> 00:06:49,473 I could not stay in my lane. 145 00:06:49,517 --> 00:06:53,782 My body wasn't listening to my brain. 146 00:06:55,218 --> 00:06:57,438 I felt... 147 00:07:00,528 --> 00:07:02,530 Drugged. 148 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:06,055 That would make sense, right? 149 00:07:07,926 --> 00:07:12,148 And then it didn't hit until I was...in court. 150 00:07:13,976 --> 00:07:17,196 That... 151 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:19,111 Luke had raped me. 152 00:07:19,155 --> 00:07:20,939 - And what made it click? 153 00:07:20,983 --> 00:07:24,421 - My clothes felt wrong, and I'm sore. 154 00:07:24,465 --> 00:07:27,206 I just know. I know I was raped. 155 00:07:27,250 --> 00:07:31,515 - We need to contact Luke. Do you have his number? 156 00:07:31,559 --> 00:07:33,125 - No. 157 00:07:33,169 --> 00:07:38,043 But, I can show you the message he sent me this morning. 158 00:07:41,482 --> 00:07:42,831 Oh, what the hell? 159 00:07:42,874 --> 00:07:45,660 - What did he say? - He's gone. 160 00:07:45,703 --> 00:07:49,664 He said he had a great time, asked if I got home okay. 161 00:07:49,707 --> 00:07:52,188 I messaged back, "What did you do to me?" 162 00:07:52,231 --> 00:07:55,365 - And he deleted your match? He ghosted you. 163 00:07:55,408 --> 00:07:56,888 - So you can't find him? 164 00:07:56,932 --> 00:07:59,500 - Well, we can contact the dating app, but... 165 00:07:59,543 --> 00:08:01,458 right now, Jill, 166 00:08:01,502 --> 00:08:04,417 we need to get you to the hospital to do a tox screen. 167 00:08:04,461 --> 00:08:06,376 - You can find out if I was drugged? 168 00:08:06,419 --> 00:08:08,987 - The clock is ticking, but there's a good chance. 169 00:08:09,031 --> 00:08:11,947 They test for over 300 drugs. 170 00:08:15,167 --> 00:08:17,648 - Kat's not getting anywhere with TrueHeart. 171 00:08:17,692 --> 00:08:19,171 - Yeah, I'm not surprised. 172 00:08:19,215 --> 00:08:22,261 The DMV is more user-friendly than these dating apps. 173 00:08:22,305 --> 00:08:24,655 Hmm, there's Howlers. 174 00:08:24,699 --> 00:08:27,528 [soft rock music] 175 00:08:27,571 --> 00:08:29,007 Hey, bud? 176 00:08:29,051 --> 00:08:31,227 These things, what-- what's in 'em? 177 00:08:31,270 --> 00:08:33,708 - Uh, it's white rum, palm sugar, 178 00:08:33,751 --> 00:08:36,449 muddled pandan leaves, and coconut cream. 179 00:08:36,493 --> 00:08:37,842 Two? - That's not why we're here. 180 00:08:37,886 --> 00:08:38,974 - NYPD. 181 00:08:39,017 --> 00:08:40,932 - You see her in here last night? 182 00:08:40,976 --> 00:08:43,369 - It was pretty busy, but maybe, yeah. 183 00:08:43,413 --> 00:08:44,632 - Was she with anyone? 184 00:08:44,675 --> 00:08:46,895 - [sighs] Some guy. Dark hair. 185 00:08:46,938 --> 00:08:48,766 - He have a credit card by any chance? 186 00:08:48,810 --> 00:08:51,595 - Um, uh, no. Cash. 187 00:08:51,639 --> 00:08:53,815 He counted out loud as he put it down. 188 00:08:53,858 --> 00:08:55,164 I wish I could help you. 189 00:08:55,207 --> 00:08:57,166 - Actually, you can. 190 00:08:57,209 --> 00:08:59,821 We need to see the footage from your security cameras. 191 00:08:59,864 --> 00:09:01,736 - Not mine. I'm freelance. 192 00:09:01,779 --> 00:09:05,348 - Okay, find a manager. We'll wait. 193 00:09:05,391 --> 00:09:08,830 194 00:09:08,873 --> 00:09:10,309 - Where are we on Jill's timeline? 195 00:09:10,353 --> 00:09:12,964 - Security cams put her and Luke at the bar 196 00:09:13,008 --> 00:09:14,313 from 8:00 to 8:50. - And you watched 197 00:09:14,357 --> 00:09:17,055 all 50 minutes? - Yeah. Two drinks each. 198 00:09:17,099 --> 00:09:19,667 From this angle, he doesn't seem to spike her glass. 199 00:09:19,710 --> 00:09:21,407 Maybe they were just strong drinks. 200 00:09:21,451 --> 00:09:23,409 - Keep going. 201 00:09:23,453 --> 00:09:25,020 - Fast forward. 202 00:09:27,631 --> 00:09:29,285 They walk out. 203 00:09:30,460 --> 00:09:32,854 She doesn't seem incapacitated. 204 00:09:32,897 --> 00:09:34,116 - She's not visibly drunk, 205 00:09:34,159 --> 00:09:35,987 but she doesn't remember leaving the bar. 206 00:09:36,031 --> 00:09:38,250 It's textbook drug-facilitated rape. 207 00:09:38,294 --> 00:09:41,210 - So we pulled street cam footage to follow their route 208 00:09:41,253 --> 00:09:42,472 after the bar. 209 00:09:42,515 --> 00:09:45,431 At 9:00 p.m. they head south on West Broadway 210 00:09:45,475 --> 00:09:46,563 where we lose them. 211 00:09:46,607 --> 00:09:47,912 - She's still walking normally. 212 00:09:47,956 --> 00:09:49,610 You pick them up later that night? 213 00:09:49,653 --> 00:09:51,699 - An hour goes by, 214 00:09:51,742 --> 00:09:53,657 and he walks her out to her truck 215 00:09:53,701 --> 00:09:55,964 on the corner of North Moore. 216 00:09:57,313 --> 00:09:59,054 Kisses her good night. 217 00:10:01,056 --> 00:10:03,101 - She's standing, but not responsive. 218 00:10:03,145 --> 00:10:04,929 All right, and when was the crash? 219 00:10:04,973 --> 00:10:06,278 - Ten minutes later. 220 00:10:06,322 --> 00:10:07,932 - So he either drugged her in the bar 221 00:10:07,976 --> 00:10:10,456 or in the hour with no video. 222 00:10:10,500 --> 00:10:12,720 - Well, we know what blocks they're on and when, 223 00:10:12,763 --> 00:10:15,331 so somebody saw them. 224 00:10:20,466 --> 00:10:22,512 - You ever seen this guy? 225 00:10:22,555 --> 00:10:24,645 - Yeah, I'm always telling him 226 00:10:24,688 --> 00:10:26,211 to keep his dog off my planters. 227 00:10:26,255 --> 00:10:29,867 Even brings his mutt into that bodega over there. 228 00:10:29,911 --> 00:10:31,913 - Thanks. - Sure. 229 00:10:33,088 --> 00:10:35,960 - Two beers almost every night. - Does he pay by credit card? 230 00:10:36,004 --> 00:10:38,006 - Cash. Counts it out. 231 00:10:38,049 --> 00:10:40,182 But I know where he lives. When it rains, he orders in. 232 00:10:40,225 --> 00:10:44,490 - Two beers? - And a pizza. 233 00:10:44,534 --> 00:10:45,491 - Yeah? 234 00:10:45,535 --> 00:10:46,928 - Pizza, pizza, pizza, baby. 235 00:10:46,971 --> 00:10:50,627 - I didn't order a pizza. - Luke Mitchell. 236 00:10:51,367 --> 00:10:53,804 We need to talk to you. - Uh, yeah. 237 00:10:53,848 --> 00:10:55,153 Yeah, uh, really? 238 00:10:55,197 --> 00:10:56,633 My place is a little messy right now. 239 00:10:56,677 --> 00:10:58,940 - Nothing we haven't seen before. 240 00:11:01,116 --> 00:11:02,421 - Jill? 241 00:11:02,465 --> 00:11:05,163 Geez, I thought that we hit it off at the bar. 242 00:11:05,207 --> 00:11:07,513 You know she drives a cupcake truck? 243 00:11:07,557 --> 00:11:09,602 - Yeah. So what happened? 244 00:11:09,646 --> 00:11:11,779 - What happened? Oh, like after? 245 00:11:11,822 --> 00:11:13,084 Um, well, uh, 246 00:11:13,128 --> 00:11:16,087 I asked her to come back here, uh... 247 00:11:16,131 --> 00:11:18,307 I guess this is okay. She already spoke to you. 248 00:11:18,350 --> 00:11:19,743 Um, we had sex. 249 00:11:19,787 --> 00:11:21,745 - Whose idea was that? 250 00:11:21,789 --> 00:11:24,530 - Both of ours. I-I asked. 251 00:11:24,574 --> 00:11:26,097 I always ask these days. 252 00:11:26,141 --> 00:11:28,143 You know, afterwards I even walked her to her truck. 253 00:11:28,186 --> 00:11:29,187 - We know. 254 00:11:29,231 --> 00:11:30,798 We checked the security cameras. 255 00:11:30,841 --> 00:11:33,191 - Oh, okay. [laughs] It's a little bit 256 00:11:33,235 --> 00:11:35,846 of a police state that we live in these days. 257 00:11:35,890 --> 00:11:38,196 That's--that's a good thing, right? 258 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:39,894 Um, yeah, anyway, you know, I did-- 259 00:11:39,937 --> 00:11:41,547 I made sure she got to her truck all right. 260 00:11:41,591 --> 00:11:43,854 - So you're a gentleman? - Yeah. 261 00:11:43,898 --> 00:11:45,551 And I messaged her the next day. 262 00:11:45,595 --> 00:11:46,901 Told her what a great time I had. 263 00:11:46,944 --> 00:11:49,338 - Did she say she had a great time too? 264 00:11:49,381 --> 00:11:51,122 - Well, now that you mention it, 265 00:11:51,166 --> 00:11:53,777 she messaged me back something really weird. 266 00:11:53,821 --> 00:11:56,388 - Like, "What did you do to me?" 267 00:11:56,432 --> 00:11:57,868 - Yeah. 268 00:11:57,912 --> 00:12:01,219 Yeah, it's, like, I don't know what she meant. 269 00:12:02,699 --> 00:12:07,095 Guys, I support all the MeToo stuff. 270 00:12:07,138 --> 00:12:09,793 I am one of the nice guys. 271 00:12:09,837 --> 00:12:12,274 [dog barking] 272 00:12:13,275 --> 00:12:15,146 The pendulum, it swings too far. 273 00:12:15,190 --> 00:12:17,888 You know, these women, they come up with ideas, 274 00:12:17,932 --> 00:12:20,195 and then they just blame anybody for anything. 275 00:12:20,238 --> 00:12:21,892 [barking] I gotta walk my dog. 276 00:12:21,936 --> 00:12:23,938 - And get your two beers? 277 00:12:26,157 --> 00:12:28,943 - Um, okay, look, no disrespect. 278 00:12:28,986 --> 00:12:30,945 I know you guys are working hard and all, 279 00:12:30,988 --> 00:12:33,730 but, um, can I ask you to leave? 280 00:12:33,774 --> 00:12:36,689 [tense music] 281 00:12:36,733 --> 00:12:39,083 282 00:12:39,127 --> 00:12:42,478 - Seem like a nice guy to you? - For a rapist. 283 00:12:42,521 --> 00:12:44,785 284 00:12:47,788 --> 00:12:47,918 . 285 00:12:47,962 --> 00:12:50,094 - Luke walked me to my truck, kissed me? 286 00:12:50,138 --> 00:12:51,530 I don't remember any of that. 287 00:12:51,574 --> 00:12:53,532 - So he's saying you two had consensual sex 288 00:12:53,576 --> 00:12:55,230 in his apartment. 289 00:12:55,273 --> 00:12:56,840 - I was in his apartment? 290 00:12:56,884 --> 00:12:59,408 - We have security footage of you two in his elevator. 291 00:12:59,451 --> 00:13:01,627 - I have no memory of that. 292 00:13:01,671 --> 00:13:03,151 Did you find out what I was drugged with? 293 00:13:03,194 --> 00:13:06,850 - Actually, Jill, your tox screen came back negative. 294 00:13:09,070 --> 00:13:11,289 - How can that be, I... 295 00:13:11,333 --> 00:13:13,857 That can't be true. I know how I felt. 296 00:13:13,901 --> 00:13:16,077 - It's possible that whatever you were given 297 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:17,818 had already left your system, 298 00:13:17,861 --> 00:13:20,733 or you were dosed with something 299 00:13:20,777 --> 00:13:23,040 that we may not have a test for. 300 00:13:23,084 --> 00:13:24,694 - Okay, I don't understand. 301 00:13:24,737 --> 00:13:27,871 One of the other detectives told me you test for 300 drugs. 302 00:13:27,915 --> 00:13:29,786 - We do, but there are people out there 303 00:13:29,830 --> 00:13:31,570 who are designing drugs we can't ID. 304 00:13:31,614 --> 00:13:32,789 The labs can't keep up. 305 00:13:32,833 --> 00:13:35,574 - Drugs to turn women into zombies? 306 00:13:35,618 --> 00:13:37,446 - They all have different effects, 307 00:13:37,489 --> 00:13:39,230 but what we found with a lot of these drugs 308 00:13:39,274 --> 00:13:43,931 is that the victims may be able to walk, sometimes talk, 309 00:13:43,974 --> 00:13:46,237 but they may not know where they are 310 00:13:46,281 --> 00:13:49,197 or what is happening to them. 311 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:51,112 - And you don't have tests for them? 312 00:13:51,155 --> 00:13:52,635 - They buy stuff online, 313 00:13:52,678 --> 00:13:54,898 they mix up the ingredients in their kitchen-- 314 00:13:54,942 --> 00:13:58,641 tranquilizers, antipsychotics, antihistamines. 315 00:13:58,684 --> 00:14:01,426 - But they're undetectable? 316 00:14:01,470 --> 00:14:03,994 And he wiped out my memory? 317 00:14:04,777 --> 00:14:07,476 So no one's even gonna believe I was drugged? 318 00:14:07,519 --> 00:14:09,478 - We believe you. 319 00:14:09,521 --> 00:14:12,263 And your affect, your demeanor, 320 00:14:12,307 --> 00:14:14,918 and everything that you've described 321 00:14:14,962 --> 00:14:16,615 is evidence to us. 322 00:14:16,659 --> 00:14:18,443 - Still, it's hard to get conviction 323 00:14:18,487 --> 00:14:21,446 on something like this, isn't it? 324 00:14:21,490 --> 00:14:23,535 - Let us worry about that. 325 00:14:23,579 --> 00:14:26,451 [somber music] 326 00:14:26,495 --> 00:14:27,844 [elevator bell dings] 327 00:14:30,281 --> 00:14:31,892 - Ms. Bailey. 328 00:14:31,935 --> 00:14:34,895 How are you doing? - Not great. 329 00:14:35,678 --> 00:14:37,680 There's no proof I was drugged. 330 00:14:37,723 --> 00:14:39,943 And I still have this DWI to deal with. 331 00:14:39,987 --> 00:14:41,858 Insurance, my truck's impounded... 332 00:14:41,902 --> 00:14:43,991 - Well, I'll try to get that DWI kicked down the road, 333 00:14:44,034 --> 00:14:46,732 at least until we deal with-- with this case. 334 00:14:46,776 --> 00:14:48,343 - Thank you. 335 00:14:53,522 --> 00:14:54,653 - Oh, Carisi. 336 00:14:54,697 --> 00:14:56,046 - Where are we on Luke Mitchell? 337 00:14:56,090 --> 00:14:57,482 - Oh, nice to see you too. 338 00:14:57,526 --> 00:14:58,831 Uh, no priors. 339 00:14:58,875 --> 00:15:00,311 We're looking for similar assaults. 340 00:15:00,355 --> 00:15:02,052 Look, this was well-planned. - Hmm. 341 00:15:02,096 --> 00:15:04,359 - All right, I think that Luke has done this before. 342 00:15:04,402 --> 00:15:05,882 - He's a risk analyst in Midtown. 343 00:15:05,926 --> 00:15:07,971 Never married, boring-ass Facebook. 344 00:15:08,015 --> 00:15:09,407 - He's a loser. 345 00:15:09,451 --> 00:15:10,974 No wonder he needed an app to get a date. 346 00:15:11,018 --> 00:15:14,064 - Fin, not everybody is as magnetic as you. 347 00:15:14,108 --> 00:15:16,284 - Yeah, it's the fastest way to meet people. 348 00:15:16,327 --> 00:15:18,677 But do you know how many times I've seen someone's profile 349 00:15:18,721 --> 00:15:20,288 and then met him or her out at a bar 350 00:15:20,331 --> 00:15:21,680 and they are nothing like they say? 351 00:15:21,724 --> 00:15:23,030 - All you have is a username and a photo. 352 00:15:23,073 --> 00:15:24,945 You have no idea who you're actually meeting. 353 00:15:24,988 --> 00:15:26,685 Uh, which brings me back to Luke. 354 00:15:26,729 --> 00:15:28,252 I need a search warrant for his apartment. 355 00:15:28,296 --> 00:15:30,428 - I hear you, but the tox screen was negative, right? 356 00:15:30,472 --> 00:15:32,300 So I have no idea what to ask for. 357 00:15:32,343 --> 00:15:33,823 - I think I have something. 358 00:15:33,866 --> 00:15:36,913 Similar M.O. in ViCAP four months ago. 359 00:15:36,957 --> 00:15:38,871 The vic, Rebecca Larson, reports 360 00:15:38,915 --> 00:15:41,352 that she was drugged and raped by a Luke 361 00:15:41,396 --> 00:15:42,788 that she met on TrueHeart. 362 00:15:42,832 --> 00:15:44,225 - Who caught the case? - Brooklyn SVU. 363 00:15:44,268 --> 00:15:47,445 It was closed, unfounded. Insufficient evidence. 364 00:15:47,489 --> 00:15:49,970 - So we open it back up. 365 00:15:53,408 --> 00:15:55,192 - But after my tox screen came back clean, 366 00:15:55,236 --> 00:15:56,933 the detective stopped returning my calls. 367 00:15:56,977 --> 00:15:59,501 - We think you may have been drugged 368 00:15:59,544 --> 00:16:02,591 with something there's no test for. 369 00:16:05,115 --> 00:16:08,162 - Oh, my God. The... 370 00:16:10,077 --> 00:16:12,166 No, but I-- 371 00:16:12,209 --> 00:16:14,211 I was careful. 372 00:16:14,255 --> 00:16:15,778 I ordered beer in a bottle. 373 00:16:15,821 --> 00:16:17,823 How? How did he do that to me? 374 00:16:17,867 --> 00:16:20,826 - Um, you met this guy on TrueHeart. 375 00:16:20,870 --> 00:16:22,698 - Yeah, he said his name was Luke, 376 00:16:22,741 --> 00:16:25,483 but after our date, he deleted me. 377 00:16:25,527 --> 00:16:27,703 - What can you tell me about that night? 378 00:16:28,443 --> 00:16:29,748 - I don't know. 379 00:16:29,792 --> 00:16:32,403 He wasn't hot, but he seemed fine. 380 00:16:32,447 --> 00:16:34,797 We went to Pinky Six. 381 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:37,974 I only had that one beer, but I got woozy. 382 00:16:38,888 --> 00:16:40,585 Then there's a significant gap, 383 00:16:40,629 --> 00:16:42,979 and it's all tiny flashes after that. 384 00:16:44,067 --> 00:16:45,851 - Can you tell us about the flashes? 385 00:16:45,895 --> 00:16:46,939 - Yeah. 386 00:16:46,983 --> 00:16:49,551 I'm awake, but I can't open my eyes. 387 00:16:50,508 --> 00:16:53,468 I feel limp. I can't move. 388 00:16:55,426 --> 00:16:58,255 I mean, I knew I was on my bed... 389 00:16:58,299 --> 00:16:59,865 [sighs] 390 00:16:59,909 --> 00:17:01,345 Naked. 391 00:17:01,389 --> 00:17:03,391 There's someone on top of me. 392 00:17:03,434 --> 00:17:06,829 My whole body is shaking, and then my eyes pop open. 393 00:17:09,614 --> 00:17:11,964 - Do you remember what you saw? 394 00:17:15,664 --> 00:17:18,623 [dramatic music] 395 00:17:18,667 --> 00:17:25,935 396 00:17:27,415 --> 00:17:29,765 Oh, his chin. 397 00:17:32,115 --> 00:17:33,682 I think that's him. 398 00:17:33,725 --> 00:17:35,553 - Which number? 399 00:17:35,597 --> 00:17:38,078 - Number one. 400 00:17:39,296 --> 00:17:42,821 Can he come closer and look up? That's, uh, how I remember him. 401 00:17:42,865 --> 00:17:44,475 - Yeah, we can do that. 402 00:17:44,519 --> 00:17:46,086 [click] - So can each of you 403 00:17:46,129 --> 00:17:49,350 please step up to the mirror chin up. 404 00:17:49,393 --> 00:17:51,917 Number one first. [click] 405 00:17:51,961 --> 00:17:54,877 - We have some more forms for you to sign. 406 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:56,270 - Is someone else IDing him? 407 00:17:56,313 --> 00:17:59,534 - Well, I can't tell you that. Have a seat. 408 00:17:59,577 --> 00:18:01,449 I'll pick up your file. 409 00:18:01,492 --> 00:18:08,325 410 00:18:08,369 --> 00:18:09,631 - No. [exhales] 411 00:18:09,674 --> 00:18:11,067 That is him. 412 00:18:11,111 --> 00:18:12,808 - Ms. Larson, are you okay? - I need to... 413 00:18:12,851 --> 00:18:14,288 - Mrs. Larson-- - I'm sorry, I need to-- 414 00:18:14,331 --> 00:18:15,332 - Rebecca, Rebecca. 415 00:18:15,376 --> 00:18:16,507 You're gonna be all right. 416 00:18:16,551 --> 00:18:18,422 - I--That is him. 417 00:18:18,466 --> 00:18:20,032 Number one, he raped me. 418 00:18:20,076 --> 00:18:21,512 He raped me. - All right, good. 419 00:18:21,556 --> 00:18:22,774 You IDed him. It's over, all right? 420 00:18:22,818 --> 00:18:24,341 - Hey, look at me. - Take him back. 421 00:18:24,385 --> 00:18:25,951 - Look at me. You're safe. 422 00:18:25,995 --> 00:18:28,519 - No, I am not safe. I just-- 423 00:18:28,563 --> 00:18:30,347 I'm sorry. I need to go. 424 00:18:30,391 --> 00:18:32,654 I need to go. [crying] 425 00:18:32,697 --> 00:18:34,177 - Jill, you can't go over there. 426 00:18:34,221 --> 00:18:36,223 - [groans] - Did he rape you too? 427 00:18:36,266 --> 00:18:38,703 Did he drug you? - Jill you can't be here. 428 00:18:38,747 --> 00:18:40,096 - Did you ID him? - Ladies, please, please. 429 00:18:40,140 --> 00:18:41,924 Listen, you can't talk about this. 430 00:18:41,967 --> 00:18:43,447 The whole case could get thrown out. 431 00:18:43,491 --> 00:18:45,319 - You gotta come with me. Come on. 432 00:18:45,362 --> 00:18:47,538 - Did he do this to her too? - I cannot say. 433 00:18:47,582 --> 00:18:49,410 - He did though. He did though. 434 00:18:50,106 --> 00:18:52,587 Those other detectives, they did not believe me. 435 00:18:52,630 --> 00:18:55,546 I doubted myself, but seeing her... 436 00:18:55,590 --> 00:18:58,549 I'm not crazy. 437 00:18:58,593 --> 00:19:01,161 I'm not the only one. 438 00:19:01,204 --> 00:19:05,252 [dark music] 439 00:19:09,430 --> 00:19:09,647 . 440 00:19:09,691 --> 00:19:11,345 - Okay, we know that you know Jill. 441 00:19:11,388 --> 00:19:12,737 - Mm-hmm. 442 00:19:12,781 --> 00:19:14,174 - What about this woman? 443 00:19:14,217 --> 00:19:17,220 - Um...yeah! 444 00:19:17,264 --> 00:19:20,092 Yeah, that's--that's Rebecca. 445 00:19:20,136 --> 00:19:22,486 - Go on. - Um... 446 00:19:22,530 --> 00:19:25,359 Okay, I know--guys, I know this'll sound bad, 447 00:19:25,402 --> 00:19:27,839 but it is-- it's the same story as Jill. 448 00:19:27,883 --> 00:19:30,320 It was a bar and some drinks and then... 449 00:19:30,364 --> 00:19:31,974 just sex. - Sex? 450 00:19:32,017 --> 00:19:34,498 Well, she's saying that you raped her. 451 00:19:34,542 --> 00:19:35,586 - [sighs] 452 00:19:35,630 --> 00:19:37,762 - Now, one woman makes an accusation, 453 00:19:37,806 --> 00:19:39,851 maybe, right, your word against hers, 454 00:19:39,895 --> 00:19:43,420 but two women who don't remember consenting to sex. 455 00:19:43,464 --> 00:19:46,423 Two women who felt incapacitated. 456 00:19:46,467 --> 00:19:49,948 - No, no, no, no, no, no, no. They were capacitated, okay? 457 00:19:49,992 --> 00:19:52,864 [chuckling] This is--this is what I was talking about. 458 00:19:52,908 --> 00:19:55,389 See, it's open season on men. 459 00:19:55,432 --> 00:19:57,434 This girl is piling on. 460 00:19:57,478 --> 00:19:59,523 - If you're not guilty, why'd you ghost 'em? 461 00:19:59,567 --> 00:20:02,222 - Is not calling a girl back a crime? 462 00:20:02,265 --> 00:20:04,224 - Drugging women and raping them is. 463 00:20:04,267 --> 00:20:06,574 - I did not give them any drugs. 464 00:20:06,617 --> 00:20:08,924 - When we search your apartment, what will we find? 465 00:20:08,967 --> 00:20:10,491 - Not drugs. 466 00:20:16,845 --> 00:20:19,935 Look, I kinda take these girls to bars 467 00:20:19,978 --> 00:20:21,197 that pour strong drinks. 468 00:20:21,241 --> 00:20:24,287 And they may be really strong, 469 00:20:24,331 --> 00:20:27,334 but it's just 'cause it-- it makes it easier to relax, 470 00:20:27,377 --> 00:20:29,727 'cause the dating world is brutal, you know? 471 00:20:29,771 --> 00:20:35,342 472 00:20:35,385 --> 00:20:36,908 - Sorry, I work front of the house. 473 00:20:36,952 --> 00:20:38,693 I don't recall these two. 474 00:20:38,736 --> 00:20:39,781 What'd he do? 475 00:20:39,824 --> 00:20:41,304 - We're trying to figure that out. 476 00:20:41,348 --> 00:20:42,610 - You ever had any complaints 477 00:20:42,653 --> 00:20:44,176 about customers being drugged here? 478 00:20:44,220 --> 00:20:46,527 - Not that I've heard. But I get it. 479 00:20:46,570 --> 00:20:48,398 When I cover the bar, I keep an eye out. 480 00:20:48,442 --> 00:20:51,314 - Can you tell us who else was on the schedule that night? 481 00:20:51,358 --> 00:20:53,621 - Mmm. Four months ago on a Friday? 482 00:20:53,664 --> 00:20:55,187 - Yeah. 483 00:20:55,231 --> 00:20:58,234 [background chatter] 484 00:20:58,278 --> 00:21:01,281 [rock music] 485 00:21:01,324 --> 00:21:03,500 Hmm. We were down two regulars. 486 00:21:03,544 --> 00:21:05,459 Manager called in a freelancer. 487 00:21:05,502 --> 00:21:08,810 - Freelance bartender? - There's an app for that. 488 00:21:08,853 --> 00:21:11,116 489 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:14,337 Here is his photo and profile. 490 00:21:14,381 --> 00:21:16,339 Ash Gordon. 491 00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:20,952 - Son of a bitch. 492 00:21:20,996 --> 00:21:23,346 - This is the guy you asked me about the other day, right? 493 00:21:23,390 --> 00:21:25,783 - You mean when you lied to us? 494 00:21:25,827 --> 00:21:27,829 - Or I just didn't remember him 495 00:21:27,872 --> 00:21:31,049 because a serve 100 people a night, six nights a week. 496 00:21:31,093 --> 00:21:33,356 They're all just drink orders to me. 497 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:35,619 - Let me refresh your memory. Luke Mitchell. 498 00:21:35,663 --> 00:21:37,926 He called you six times over the last six months. 499 00:21:37,969 --> 00:21:39,797 - I give out my number to lots of customers. 500 00:21:39,841 --> 00:21:41,364 I have a following. 501 00:21:41,408 --> 00:21:42,800 People wanna drink where I'm pouring. 502 00:21:42,844 --> 00:21:45,368 - Okay, well, the last two times you poured for Luke 503 00:21:45,412 --> 00:21:47,979 his dates ended up unconscious and sexually assaulted. 504 00:21:48,023 --> 00:21:49,416 - [scoffs] 505 00:21:49,459 --> 00:21:52,070 Well, what's that have to do with me? 506 00:21:52,114 --> 00:21:53,811 - You tell us, pour boy. 507 00:21:53,855 --> 00:21:56,074 - Look, I'm not stingy with the alcohol. 508 00:21:56,118 --> 00:21:57,728 These women, 509 00:21:57,772 --> 00:22:00,383 they have no problem letting guys buy them drinks all night. 510 00:22:00,427 --> 00:22:02,690 If they can't hold their liquor, that's on them, 511 00:22:02,733 --> 00:22:05,606 and I guess this, uh, Luke-- - Maybe you're right. 512 00:22:05,649 --> 00:22:07,303 You know, why don't you come with us downtown, 513 00:22:07,347 --> 00:22:08,609 talk about Luke a little more? 514 00:22:08,652 --> 00:22:10,828 - Do people fall for that? - [scoffs] 515 00:22:10,872 --> 00:22:13,178 - Technically, I don't have to talk to you at all. 516 00:22:13,222 --> 00:22:14,441 I was trying to help. 517 00:22:14,484 --> 00:22:17,052 But uh, I've got customers. 518 00:22:17,095 --> 00:22:18,401 If you're not buying drinks, 519 00:22:18,445 --> 00:22:20,055 I'm gonna need the room at the bar. 520 00:22:20,098 --> 00:22:23,580 521 00:22:23,624 --> 00:22:25,190 - Still waiting on the two eggs scrambled 522 00:22:25,234 --> 00:22:26,453 on a buttered Kaiser roll. 523 00:22:26,496 --> 00:22:28,498 So Luke spent the night in holding, huh? 524 00:22:28,542 --> 00:22:29,847 Good. - And we think 525 00:22:29,891 --> 00:22:31,371 that he has an accomplice. 526 00:22:31,414 --> 00:22:33,590 - Luke took his dates to two different bars 527 00:22:33,634 --> 00:22:35,070 in two different boroughs. 528 00:22:35,113 --> 00:22:36,854 Same bartender, Ash Gordon, was at both of them. 529 00:22:36,898 --> 00:22:39,204 - Now Jill and Rebecca didn't drink a lot, 530 00:22:39,248 --> 00:22:42,382 yet they both ended up with significant memory gaps. 531 00:22:42,425 --> 00:22:44,514 - But since we didn't find any substances at Luke's, 532 00:22:44,558 --> 00:22:46,734 you think Ash is the one who did the actual drugging? 533 00:22:46,777 --> 00:22:48,605 - Maybe. Now, he has no complaints, 534 00:22:48,649 --> 00:22:50,694 no arrests, no records, but-- 535 00:22:50,738 --> 00:22:53,480 - But he was a chemistry major in college who got kicked out 536 00:22:53,523 --> 00:22:55,917 for conducting unauthorized recreational drug trials 537 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:56,961 in the lab. 538 00:22:57,005 --> 00:22:58,659 - That's interesting. 539 00:22:58,702 --> 00:23:01,357 So what's he get out of this? - We're not sure yet, but-- 540 00:23:01,401 --> 00:23:03,446 - So no motive, no evidence? 541 00:23:03,490 --> 00:23:05,622 I need something to get a subpoena. 542 00:23:05,666 --> 00:23:08,190 - Carisi, tell the judge that it's your cop instincts. 543 00:23:08,233 --> 00:23:10,888 - Except I'm an ADA now. - Detective. 544 00:23:10,932 --> 00:23:13,282 Got your egg sandwich. 545 00:23:13,325 --> 00:23:15,023 - [sighs] 546 00:23:15,066 --> 00:23:16,546 All right, I'll try to push it through 547 00:23:16,590 --> 00:23:18,330 after Luke's arraignment. 548 00:23:18,374 --> 00:23:20,420 - Thank you. 549 00:23:23,945 --> 00:23:26,426 - Two counts of rape in the second. 550 00:23:26,469 --> 00:23:28,297 How do you plead? - Not guilty, Your Honor. 551 00:23:28,340 --> 00:23:30,560 - People on bail? - $50,000, Your Honor. 552 00:23:30,604 --> 00:23:33,433 - ROR. Mr. Mitchell has a steady job, 553 00:23:33,476 --> 00:23:34,825 never been in trouble with the law. 554 00:23:34,869 --> 00:23:36,914 This is a case of "morning after" regret. 555 00:23:36,958 --> 00:23:38,089 - Two cases, Your Honor. 556 00:23:38,133 --> 00:23:41,136 - You want 50, they want zero. 557 00:23:41,179 --> 00:23:42,529 Call me Solomon. 558 00:23:42,572 --> 00:23:44,835 Split the difference. Bail is set at 25. 559 00:23:47,055 --> 00:23:48,970 Next case. 560 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:53,453 - Jill, you didn't have to come. 561 00:23:53,496 --> 00:23:54,715 - I'm still trying to piece together 562 00:23:54,758 --> 00:23:56,499 what happened that night. 563 00:23:56,543 --> 00:23:59,110 I was hoping that seeing him, hearing his voice would help. 564 00:23:59,154 --> 00:24:00,547 - I get it. 565 00:24:00,590 --> 00:24:01,983 I used to be a cop. 566 00:24:02,026 --> 00:24:03,898 For what it's worth, I've had cases like this. 567 00:24:03,941 --> 00:24:05,290 It's gonna take some time. 568 00:24:05,334 --> 00:24:07,728 - I just wanna know what the hell he did to me. 569 00:24:07,771 --> 00:24:09,425 What he gave me. 570 00:24:09,469 --> 00:24:11,253 What did you find in his apartment? 571 00:24:11,296 --> 00:24:12,733 - Dog food and pizza boxes. 572 00:24:12,776 --> 00:24:15,779 We're--we're beginning to think he had an accomplice. 573 00:24:17,433 --> 00:24:19,653 - The bartender? 574 00:24:19,696 --> 00:24:21,655 They seemed to know each other. 575 00:24:22,482 --> 00:24:23,961 - How so? 576 00:24:24,005 --> 00:24:26,486 - They were laughing together when I walked in. 577 00:24:26,529 --> 00:24:29,140 And wait. They knew each other's names. 578 00:24:29,184 --> 00:24:31,316 - You're sure? 579 00:24:31,360 --> 00:24:33,318 You may have just gotten me probable cause. 580 00:24:33,362 --> 00:24:36,321 [dramatic music] 581 00:24:36,365 --> 00:24:37,409 582 00:24:37,453 --> 00:24:39,542 [police radio chatter] 583 00:24:39,586 --> 00:24:41,675 - I'd offer you a beer, but what's the etiquette 584 00:24:41,718 --> 00:24:43,328 for guys illegally searching your apartment? 585 00:24:43,372 --> 00:24:45,635 - We have a warrant, but keep talking. 586 00:24:45,679 --> 00:24:46,984 Maybe you'll say something useful. 587 00:24:47,028 --> 00:24:48,290 - All you're gonna find 588 00:24:48,333 --> 00:24:49,683 is toothpaste, mouthwash, vitamins. 589 00:24:49,726 --> 00:24:51,336 I believe in clean living. 590 00:24:51,380 --> 00:24:52,990 - Found Percoset in the bathroom cabinet. 591 00:24:53,034 --> 00:24:55,950 - It's prescription. I had some dental work. 592 00:24:55,993 --> 00:24:57,517 - Hey, Sergeant? 593 00:24:59,693 --> 00:25:03,566 Well, on his computer, search history was erased, 594 00:25:03,610 --> 00:25:08,179 but I did find this. A folder labeled Luke. 595 00:25:08,223 --> 00:25:09,877 Half a dozen video files labeled with dates. 596 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:11,618 - Anything in the last four months? 597 00:25:11,661 --> 00:25:13,184 - Yeah, three. Right here. 598 00:25:13,228 --> 00:25:15,230 - Open them. 599 00:25:15,273 --> 00:25:17,449 - Um, I'm trying, but it looks like these files were created 600 00:25:17,493 --> 00:25:19,626 and exchanged using an encrypted app. 601 00:25:19,669 --> 00:25:22,193 It'll take some time. 602 00:25:22,237 --> 00:25:23,673 - Sorry, guys. 603 00:25:23,717 --> 00:25:25,588 Huff and puff all you want, but that's not happening. 604 00:25:25,632 --> 00:25:28,373 - Get him out of here. 605 00:25:29,026 --> 00:25:31,681 - These two files--they match the dates of your rapes, 606 00:25:31,725 --> 00:25:35,206 and there's four other folders with other guys' names. 607 00:25:35,250 --> 00:25:36,730 Five or six files in each. 608 00:25:36,773 --> 00:25:39,428 - So we could be looking at 25 more rapes? 609 00:25:39,471 --> 00:25:44,564 610 00:25:48,655 --> 00:25:49,046 . 611 00:25:49,090 --> 00:25:51,614 - Ash had a cabinet full of legal substances. 612 00:25:51,658 --> 00:25:53,094 Eye drops, antihistamines, prescription Percocet. 613 00:25:53,137 --> 00:25:54,312 - All of which can be used 614 00:25:54,356 --> 00:25:55,966 in drug-facilitated sexual assault. 615 00:25:56,010 --> 00:25:58,229 - But any good lawyer can explain that away. 616 00:25:58,273 --> 00:26:00,014 - Well, there's no internet purchases either, 617 00:26:00,057 --> 00:26:02,886 so if Ash was buying drugs, he's probably using cash 618 00:26:02,930 --> 00:26:04,322 or cryptocurrency. 619 00:26:04,366 --> 00:26:05,715 Were you able to get into his files? 620 00:26:05,759 --> 00:26:07,282 - Nope. Triple encrypted, 621 00:26:07,325 --> 00:26:09,066 and he's the only one with the password. 622 00:26:09,110 --> 00:26:10,502 - Okay, call Carisi and tell him 623 00:26:10,546 --> 00:26:12,461 to get a warrant for the app company. 624 00:26:12,504 --> 00:26:14,289 - Won't help. These apps are designed 625 00:26:14,332 --> 00:26:16,247 so the company itself can't even open them. 626 00:26:16,291 --> 00:26:17,640 - We've seen this before, Fin, 627 00:26:17,684 --> 00:26:19,947 with sex traffickers, child pornographers. 628 00:26:19,990 --> 00:26:22,340 There's no laws that cover this. 629 00:26:22,384 --> 00:26:25,517 It's still the Wild West out there. 630 00:26:25,561 --> 00:26:28,520 So how many files are there? - 26 total. 631 00:26:28,564 --> 00:26:30,305 - Each of those is connected to a rape? 632 00:26:30,348 --> 00:26:32,394 How do we find these other victims? 633 00:26:33,787 --> 00:26:35,963 - We get them to find us. 634 00:26:37,399 --> 00:26:42,534 SVU has arrested Luke Mitchell charged with raping two women. 635 00:26:42,578 --> 00:26:45,189 We believe that he has an accomplice, 636 00:26:45,233 --> 00:26:47,452 and we believe that there are other women 637 00:26:47,496 --> 00:26:50,020 who have not yet reported their assaults. 638 00:26:50,064 --> 00:26:53,197 Mr. Mitchell connected with both victims 639 00:26:53,241 --> 00:26:55,547 on a dating app called TrueHeart. 640 00:26:55,591 --> 00:26:59,682 He met Jane Doe one at a bar in Lower Manhattan 641 00:26:59,726 --> 00:27:03,555 and Jane Doe two in a bar in Williamsburg. 642 00:27:03,599 --> 00:27:07,342 Now, both of these victims experienced confusion, 643 00:27:07,385 --> 00:27:10,388 disorientation, and memory loss 644 00:27:10,432 --> 00:27:14,175 and we believe that these women and possibly others, 645 00:27:14,218 --> 00:27:16,481 were drugged and raped. 646 00:27:16,525 --> 00:27:18,353 Your decision to go on a date 647 00:27:18,396 --> 00:27:21,051 and consume alcohol with someone 648 00:27:21,095 --> 00:27:24,881 does not give them permission to rape you. 649 00:27:24,925 --> 00:27:30,017 Doing so is a crime that we at SVU and the DA's office 650 00:27:30,060 --> 00:27:32,236 are taking very seriously. 651 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:35,849 If you or anyone you know have been victimized 652 00:27:35,892 --> 00:27:37,285 in a similar manner, 653 00:27:37,328 --> 00:27:41,593 we urge you to contact Manhattan SVU. 654 00:27:41,637 --> 00:27:43,552 Thank you. 655 00:27:43,595 --> 00:27:45,554 - Do you have any other comment? 656 00:27:45,597 --> 00:27:47,469 - So how long till a call usually comes in? 657 00:27:47,512 --> 00:27:49,471 [phone rings] - Here we go. 658 00:27:49,514 --> 00:27:51,908 [phones ringing] - Detective Rollins. 659 00:27:51,952 --> 00:27:54,302 - SVU. 660 00:27:54,345 --> 00:27:56,347 - SVU. 661 00:27:57,697 --> 00:28:00,743 - I met him at Vinyl Lounge. 662 00:28:00,787 --> 00:28:02,484 We had, like... 663 00:28:02,527 --> 00:28:07,576 two drinks and then suddenly I can hear his dog barking. 664 00:28:08,272 --> 00:28:11,972 And I'm coming to in this bed, 665 00:28:12,015 --> 00:28:13,625 completely naked, 666 00:28:13,669 --> 00:28:17,281 and I can't really sit up. Like my body isn't working. 667 00:28:17,325 --> 00:28:21,285 - Is there anything else you recall hearing or feeling? 668 00:28:21,329 --> 00:28:23,766 - I felt confused. 669 00:28:23,810 --> 00:28:26,377 And embarrassed. 670 00:28:26,421 --> 00:28:29,598 I'm lying there, my brain is foggy, 671 00:28:29,641 --> 00:28:31,121 and he's telling me how hot I am. 672 00:28:31,165 --> 00:28:34,255 And I'm thinking, "Get out of here--fast." 673 00:28:34,298 --> 00:28:37,649 - What did you do? - I messaged him. 674 00:28:37,693 --> 00:28:39,913 The next day, um, 675 00:28:39,956 --> 00:28:42,350 "What exactly did we do last night?" 676 00:28:43,830 --> 00:28:46,441 I threw in some laughing emojis to try and keep it light. 677 00:28:46,484 --> 00:28:50,314 - That's very smart. Did he message you back? 678 00:28:50,358 --> 00:28:52,969 - He said we hit it off like rock stars. 679 00:28:53,013 --> 00:28:54,623 That's not what I remembered. 680 00:28:54,666 --> 00:28:58,627 - So I reported him to TrueHeart like five times. 681 00:28:59,846 --> 00:29:01,499 They never got back to me. 682 00:29:01,543 --> 00:29:05,286 - I didn't think I could call the police. 683 00:29:05,329 --> 00:29:06,548 - All I had was a sense 684 00:29:06,591 --> 00:29:08,550 that something bad had happened. 685 00:29:09,986 --> 00:29:11,988 So I tried to forget about it. 686 00:29:12,032 --> 00:29:15,992 687 00:29:16,036 --> 00:29:19,474 - When I saw you on the news, I knew I had to call. 688 00:29:19,517 --> 00:29:21,171 - 'Cause you were victimized, Ms. Hill? 689 00:29:21,215 --> 00:29:24,000 - Uh, not me. My daughter, Piper. 690 00:29:24,044 --> 00:29:26,089 She's inside resting. 691 00:29:26,133 --> 00:29:29,179 - Can we speak with her? - I hope so. 692 00:29:29,223 --> 00:29:31,051 You could try. 693 00:29:31,094 --> 00:29:34,097 She had a stroke the night she was raped. 694 00:29:35,272 --> 00:29:37,013 - I'm so sorry. 695 00:29:37,057 --> 00:29:39,015 - Whoever heard of a 28-year-old girl 696 00:29:39,059 --> 00:29:41,017 having a stroke? 697 00:29:41,061 --> 00:29:44,281 My poor baby hasn't been the same since. 698 00:29:44,325 --> 00:29:48,546 She's afraid to sleep. I lay there with her all night. 699 00:29:48,590 --> 00:29:51,288 Even once I'm there, not until the sun comes up 700 00:29:51,332 --> 00:29:54,465 that she fills safe enough to drift off. 701 00:29:58,252 --> 00:30:01,908 - That night I got home, 702 00:30:01,951 --> 00:30:04,606 something felt wrong. 703 00:30:04,649 --> 00:30:07,130 I--I called my mom. 704 00:30:07,957 --> 00:30:09,959 We went to the ER. 705 00:30:10,003 --> 00:30:11,787 They started a rape kit. 706 00:30:13,354 --> 00:30:16,705 About ten minutes in, I... 707 00:30:16,748 --> 00:30:20,100 my ears started ringing. 708 00:30:20,970 --> 00:30:27,411 Numb, a stroke, and later, seizures. 709 00:30:27,455 --> 00:30:31,111 Always a surprise. - What did the doctor say? 710 00:30:31,154 --> 00:30:34,331 - That drugs could've triggered the stroke. 711 00:30:34,375 --> 00:30:36,594 - And we haven't gone to the police 712 00:30:36,638 --> 00:30:38,683 because she didn't remember anything. 713 00:30:38,727 --> 00:30:40,076 - When was this? 714 00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:42,774 - Three months ago. 715 00:30:42,818 --> 00:30:44,820 Tuesday. 716 00:30:44,864 --> 00:30:47,431 My life ended three months ago. 717 00:30:47,475 --> 00:30:49,607 - Mmm, don't say that, honey. - It did. 718 00:30:49,651 --> 00:30:52,480 Mom. 719 00:30:52,523 --> 00:30:53,960 It did. 720 00:30:54,003 --> 00:31:00,705 721 00:31:03,839 --> 00:31:04,013 . 722 00:31:04,057 --> 00:31:05,797 - My client's already been arraigned. 723 00:31:05,841 --> 00:31:07,538 You've publicly denounced him, 724 00:31:07,582 --> 00:31:08,539 and now you're re-arresting him? 725 00:31:08,583 --> 00:31:09,845 This is a vendetta. 726 00:31:09,889 --> 00:31:11,281 - We're bringing additional charges. 727 00:31:11,325 --> 00:31:13,414 - Two women have come forward with the identical MO. 728 00:31:13,457 --> 00:31:14,894 - Two more rapes. 729 00:31:14,937 --> 00:31:17,722 - And one woman who couldn't come forward, 730 00:31:17,766 --> 00:31:20,682 but her mother did. 731 00:31:20,725 --> 00:31:22,684 Piper, 732 00:31:22,727 --> 00:31:24,904 who had a stroke that night, 733 00:31:24,947 --> 00:31:27,210 is paralyzed and brain damaged. 734 00:31:27,254 --> 00:31:28,690 - And if she dies, 735 00:31:28,733 --> 00:31:31,475 you're staring down the barrel of felony murder. 736 00:31:31,519 --> 00:31:32,912 That's life in prison. 737 00:31:32,955 --> 00:31:35,610 - No. That is crazy. 738 00:31:35,653 --> 00:31:37,220 She was fine when I left her. 739 00:31:37,264 --> 00:31:40,528 I put her--now, I put her in a taxi, and she was walking. 740 00:31:40,571 --> 00:31:41,833 She was talking. 741 00:31:41,877 --> 00:31:43,226 - Well, all of your victims were, 742 00:31:43,270 --> 00:31:46,664 because that's how drug-facilitated rape works. 743 00:31:46,708 --> 00:31:47,839 - I don't know anything about drugs. 744 00:31:47,883 --> 00:31:49,972 - Well, maybe not, 745 00:31:50,016 --> 00:31:54,368 but your friend Ash does. 746 00:31:55,238 --> 00:31:58,415 - Now, we know that you two have been in contact 747 00:31:58,459 --> 00:31:59,851 since you've been arrested. 748 00:31:59,895 --> 00:32:02,376 You wanna tell us what he told you? 749 00:32:02,419 --> 00:32:04,247 - Hold up. 750 00:32:04,291 --> 00:32:07,947 First off, my client had absolutely no knowledge 751 00:32:07,990 --> 00:32:10,688 of this woman's condition or what she may have ingested. 752 00:32:10,732 --> 00:32:13,735 - Well, what does he know? 753 00:32:17,130 --> 00:32:20,220 - Um, before a date, I would call Ash, 754 00:32:20,263 --> 00:32:22,222 and I'd let him know that I was coming in. 755 00:32:22,265 --> 00:32:23,527 - And he would drug their drinks? 756 00:32:23,571 --> 00:32:24,964 - I guess. 757 00:32:25,007 --> 00:32:27,096 - Nope, that's not good enough. - I swear. 758 00:32:27,140 --> 00:32:29,794 All he said to me was the girls would be awake, 759 00:32:29,838 --> 00:32:32,145 but they would be, um, what was the word he used? 760 00:32:32,188 --> 00:32:35,409 He said--oh, he said they would be compliant. 761 00:32:35,452 --> 00:32:36,714 - So what was in it for him? 762 00:32:36,758 --> 00:32:39,717 - This guy is a mad scientist. 763 00:32:39,761 --> 00:32:41,719 These dates, he wants the videos of them. 764 00:32:41,763 --> 00:32:43,112 He calls them his clinical trials. 765 00:32:43,156 --> 00:32:45,462 - Where are your copies of the videos? 766 00:32:45,506 --> 00:32:46,898 - [laughs] I don't keep them. 767 00:32:46,942 --> 00:32:49,205 That would be a violation of the girls' privacy. 768 00:32:49,249 --> 00:32:50,902 - [groans] 769 00:32:50,946 --> 00:32:53,993 - All right, so the night you were on a date with Piper, 770 00:32:54,036 --> 00:32:58,301 did Ash say anything about her cocktail? 771 00:32:58,345 --> 00:33:00,782 - We talked about how my last date before Piper, 772 00:33:00,825 --> 00:33:02,175 how it wore off too soon. 773 00:33:02,218 --> 00:33:04,873 - Rebecca? 'Cause she stopped being compliant? 774 00:33:04,916 --> 00:33:06,657 - Kind of, and he said, 775 00:33:06,701 --> 00:33:07,832 "Well, that probably shouldn't happen again." 776 00:33:07,876 --> 00:33:10,400 So he must've cooked something up. 777 00:33:10,444 --> 00:33:12,315 I mean, I have no idea. 778 00:33:12,359 --> 00:33:15,797 - Well, guess what? You're gonna find out. 779 00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:23,022 780 00:33:26,112 --> 00:33:28,505 - Luke needs to chill. 781 00:33:28,549 --> 00:33:30,812 - I still don't get these men who drug these women 782 00:33:30,855 --> 00:33:32,161 so they'll just lay there 783 00:33:32,205 --> 00:33:33,554 and they can do whatever they want to them. 784 00:33:33,597 --> 00:33:35,512 - Well, it's about control. 785 00:33:35,556 --> 00:33:37,645 And maybe since the victims don't resist, 786 00:33:37,688 --> 00:33:39,908 they tell themselves it's consensual. 787 00:33:39,951 --> 00:33:42,041 - He can't get it any other way. 788 00:33:42,084 --> 00:33:43,868 This way they don't have to talk, 789 00:33:43,912 --> 00:33:46,175 buy dinner--they just get what they came for. 790 00:33:46,219 --> 00:33:47,742 - There he is. 791 00:33:47,785 --> 00:33:50,266 - What the hell are you doing? Your face is everywhere. 792 00:33:50,310 --> 00:33:52,181 You screwed up. - I know, I know, I know. 793 00:33:52,225 --> 00:33:54,705 I just, I need your help, Ash. I really need it. 794 00:33:54,749 --> 00:33:56,490 - You're under arrest. We can't talk. 795 00:33:56,533 --> 00:33:57,795 - I know, but my lawyer said 796 00:33:57,839 --> 00:33:59,058 they might charge me with murder. 797 00:33:59,101 --> 00:34:01,321 That girl, Piper. 798 00:34:01,364 --> 00:34:03,062 - I don't know names. 799 00:34:03,105 --> 00:34:04,846 - Nah, nah, you remember. It was like three months ago. 800 00:34:04,889 --> 00:34:08,545 - January 5, 2020. Long blonde hair. 801 00:34:08,589 --> 00:34:10,069 Got it. Yeah, what? 802 00:34:10,112 --> 00:34:12,071 - Okay, well, she must've had, like, a bad reaction 803 00:34:12,114 --> 00:34:14,595 or something 'cause she's, like, stroked out 804 00:34:14,638 --> 00:34:16,205 and she might die, 805 00:34:16,249 --> 00:34:18,120 but if I could just tell the doctors what you gave her-- 806 00:34:18,164 --> 00:34:20,035 Like, I'll say it was me. 807 00:34:20,079 --> 00:34:21,558 But what was it? Roofies or... 808 00:34:21,602 --> 00:34:23,386 - Are you kidding me? Roofies? 809 00:34:23,430 --> 00:34:26,172 You think I went to Date Rape Depot and ordered a box? 810 00:34:26,215 --> 00:34:28,391 Luke, my work is artisanal. I tailor make each batch. 811 00:34:28,435 --> 00:34:30,915 Not too lively, or she'd kick your ass to the curb. 812 00:34:30,959 --> 00:34:32,613 Not too zombie because you'd be going, 813 00:34:32,656 --> 00:34:33,831 "Duh, what do I do now?" 814 00:34:33,875 --> 00:34:34,963 This doesn't happen to other guys. 815 00:34:35,006 --> 00:34:36,965 You got caught-- - NYPD. 816 00:34:37,008 --> 00:34:39,620 Hands on the wall. - Stupid moron. 817 00:34:39,663 --> 00:34:41,056 - [grunts] - Hey! 818 00:34:41,100 --> 00:34:42,579 That's enough. - [grunts] 819 00:34:42,623 --> 00:34:46,148 - You're under arrest. - You don't have anything. 820 00:34:46,192 --> 00:34:48,846 - Huff and puff all you want. You're going down. 821 00:34:50,457 --> 00:34:53,068 - Let's go. 822 00:34:55,853 --> 00:34:57,333 - [sighs] 823 00:34:57,377 --> 00:35:00,423 - My work is artisanal. I tailor each batch. 824 00:35:00,467 --> 00:35:03,165 - That is an admission. 825 00:35:03,209 --> 00:35:05,950 - Or bragging. You have no evidence. 826 00:35:05,994 --> 00:35:07,430 - Actually, we do. 827 00:35:07,474 --> 00:35:08,910 Aside from Luke's testimony, 828 00:35:08,953 --> 00:35:10,346 we have five women who will ID Ash 829 00:35:10,390 --> 00:35:12,000 as the bartender the night they were drugged. 830 00:35:12,043 --> 00:35:13,610 One of whom is paralyzed. 831 00:35:13,654 --> 00:35:15,395 - My client has nothing to do with that. 832 00:35:15,438 --> 00:35:18,137 - The tox screen, which was the only one taken 833 00:35:18,180 --> 00:35:20,269 the night of her assault, found traces of Percocet, 834 00:35:20,313 --> 00:35:22,924 which we also found in Mr. Gordon's medicine cabinet. 835 00:35:22,967 --> 00:35:24,273 - I have a prescription. 836 00:35:24,317 --> 00:35:27,320 - Which proves that they're you're drugs. 837 00:35:27,363 --> 00:35:30,540 And when a jury sees Piper Hill on the stand 838 00:35:30,584 --> 00:35:33,891 in her wheelchair, slurring her words, 839 00:35:33,935 --> 00:35:36,242 unable to use her right side-- 840 00:35:36,285 --> 00:35:37,504 - That's tough, 841 00:35:37,547 --> 00:35:38,983 but I never laid a hand on her or any of them. 842 00:35:39,027 --> 00:35:40,811 I'm just leveling the playing field. 843 00:35:40,855 --> 00:35:42,465 - How do you figure? 844 00:35:42,509 --> 00:35:44,946 - You ever work in a bar? 845 00:35:44,989 --> 00:35:47,470 I see these guys in their sweaty desperation 846 00:35:47,514 --> 00:35:51,213 getting rolled by women night after night. 847 00:35:51,257 --> 00:35:52,823 I told Luke, 848 00:35:52,867 --> 00:35:54,129 if you're gonna pick up the check, 849 00:35:54,173 --> 00:35:55,304 make sure you're getting something for it. 850 00:35:55,348 --> 00:35:58,177 - And you made sure that he did. 851 00:35:58,220 --> 00:35:59,874 And the same for your other clients. 852 00:35:59,917 --> 00:36:02,050 - They're not clients. They don't pay me. 853 00:36:02,093 --> 00:36:05,009 They're just guys trying to get over. 854 00:36:05,053 --> 00:36:08,448 Just like them, you need me more than I need you. 855 00:36:09,840 --> 00:36:14,018 I didn't rape these women, if that's what you wanna call it. 856 00:36:14,062 --> 00:36:16,064 But I know who did. 857 00:36:16,107 --> 00:36:19,110 - And you have the encrypted video files to prove it. 858 00:36:19,154 --> 00:36:23,114 859 00:36:23,158 --> 00:36:25,073 Hey. Put him in two. 860 00:36:28,511 --> 00:36:30,687 - All right, we'll be right with you, doll. 861 00:36:30,731 --> 00:36:33,212 - Come on, this way. In here. 862 00:36:33,255 --> 00:36:35,039 Come on, this way. In here. 863 00:36:35,083 --> 00:36:36,563 Full house. 864 00:36:36,606 --> 00:36:38,652 That's the fourth rapist from Ash's files. 865 00:36:38,695 --> 00:36:41,220 - I'll call Carisi and get them processed, arraigned. 866 00:36:41,263 --> 00:36:43,309 - And each one of them is more beta than the next. 867 00:36:43,352 --> 00:36:46,137 - Ash knew how to pick them. He's their puppet master. 868 00:36:46,181 --> 00:36:49,228 He got off watching them rape the girls that he drugged. 869 00:36:49,271 --> 00:36:50,881 - The scary part is he worked at a bar 870 00:36:50,925 --> 00:36:54,320 and had no trouble finding five guys who were into this. 871 00:36:54,363 --> 00:36:56,322 - Where are we with IDing their victims? 872 00:36:56,365 --> 00:36:58,541 - I--nowhere. Unless these guys talk, 873 00:36:58,585 --> 00:37:01,283 we may never be able to find all of them. 874 00:37:01,327 --> 00:37:04,417 - So we notify the ones we can. 875 00:37:04,460 --> 00:37:06,549 [dramatic music] 876 00:37:06,593 --> 00:37:07,681 [knocking] 877 00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:15,297 - [inhales] 878 00:37:15,341 --> 00:37:18,387 [cries] 879 00:37:19,083 --> 00:37:20,563 Thank you. 880 00:37:24,959 --> 00:37:26,917 - Hmm, yeah. Rebecca. 881 00:37:26,961 --> 00:37:28,441 - [sighs] 882 00:37:29,616 --> 00:37:31,095 [sighs] 883 00:37:36,710 --> 00:37:38,277 - [sighs] 884 00:37:39,713 --> 00:37:41,410 - So I don't have to testify? - No. 885 00:37:41,454 --> 00:37:44,065 And believe me, that's--that's a good thing. 886 00:37:45,893 --> 00:37:47,503 How are you doing? 887 00:37:49,462 --> 00:37:52,987 - Honestly, I don't know how I trust anyone ever again. 888 00:37:58,122 --> 00:38:00,821 - You caught him? 889 00:38:00,864 --> 00:38:02,997 - Them. 890 00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:06,435 So Luke, the man who assaulted you, 891 00:38:06,479 --> 00:38:08,132 will do ten years. 892 00:38:08,176 --> 00:38:13,137 And Ash, the man who drugged you will do two. 893 00:38:13,181 --> 00:38:14,530 - That's all? 894 00:38:14,574 --> 00:38:16,315 - He cooperated with our investigation. 895 00:38:16,358 --> 00:38:18,447 Gave up other rapists. 896 00:38:18,491 --> 00:38:22,321 And technically, whatever drugs he used, 897 00:38:22,364 --> 00:38:26,760 we can't prove they're even controlled substances. 898 00:38:26,803 --> 00:38:28,152 - They should be. 899 00:38:28,196 --> 00:38:29,458 Look at what happened to my daughter. 900 00:38:29,502 --> 00:38:33,027 - Unfortunately, at the moment, 901 00:38:33,070 --> 00:38:36,204 criminals and the drugs they use, it's... 902 00:38:37,292 --> 00:38:40,687 It's very hard for the law to keep up with them. 903 00:38:42,210 --> 00:38:46,083 - I, uh, I don't know if I'll be up for it, 904 00:38:46,127 --> 00:38:48,912 but I--I will-- 905 00:38:48,956 --> 00:38:54,353 I wanna get strong enough to make a statement at sentencing. 906 00:38:55,876 --> 00:38:58,182 They--they thought of me 907 00:38:58,226 --> 00:39:02,186 as just this thing to experiment on. 908 00:39:02,230 --> 00:39:06,669 I'm--I want them to know I'm a human being. 909 00:39:06,713 --> 00:39:09,019 That I matter. 910 00:39:09,063 --> 00:39:11,631 - And you're going to get there. 911 00:39:14,242 --> 00:39:19,856 And we will be by your side the whole time. 912 00:39:19,900 --> 00:39:27,168 913 00:39:41,225 --> 00:39:41,400 . 914 00:39:41,443 --> 00:39:44,054 [dramatic music] 915 00:39:44,098 --> 00:39:51,366 916 00:40:09,906 --> 00:40:13,127 [wolf howls]