1 00:00:01,436 --> 00:00:01,653 . 2 00:00:01,697 --> 00:00:03,699 - In the criminal justice system, 3 00:00:03,742 --> 00:00:05,135 sexually based offenses 4 00:00:05,179 --> 00:00:06,658 are considered especially heinous. 5 00:00:06,702 --> 00:00:08,704 In New York City, the dedicated detectives 6 00:00:08,747 --> 00:00:10,575 who investigate these vicious felonies 7 00:00:10,619 --> 00:00:12,142 are members of an elite squad 8 00:00:12,186 --> 00:00:14,231 known as the Special Victims Unit. 9 00:00:14,275 --> 00:00:16,059 These are their stories. 10 00:00:16,103 --> 00:00:17,452 [dramatic tones] 11 00:00:17,495 --> 00:00:18,931 - Some guy called 911, 12 00:00:18,975 --> 00:00:20,194 said he was out walking his dog 13 00:00:20,237 --> 00:00:21,934 and saw a dead body. 14 00:00:21,978 --> 00:00:23,414 Turns out he jumped the gun. 15 00:00:23,458 --> 00:00:25,242 Didn't leave a name. - You get a number? 16 00:00:25,286 --> 00:00:26,722 - No, it was one of those what-do-you-call-its. 17 00:00:26,765 --> 00:00:28,158 - A burner? 18 00:00:28,202 --> 00:00:30,508 - Anyway, someone didn't like her face much. 19 00:00:33,294 --> 00:00:35,339 - Pulse is low, pupils dilated. 20 00:00:35,383 --> 00:00:36,819 Good news is, she's breathing. 21 00:00:36,862 --> 00:00:38,690 - You get an ID? - Nada. 22 00:00:38,734 --> 00:00:41,519 - It's a little cold to be out without a coat on. 23 00:00:41,563 --> 00:00:43,260 Hold up. 24 00:00:43,304 --> 00:00:45,349 Her stockings are on backwards. 25 00:00:45,393 --> 00:00:47,047 - Maybe she got dressed in a hurry. 26 00:00:47,090 --> 00:00:48,396 - Maybe she didn't dress herself. 27 00:00:48,439 --> 00:00:50,702 A hooker's night gone bad? Maybe a pimp? 28 00:00:50,746 --> 00:00:52,095 - Pimps are rough, but the girls 29 00:00:52,139 --> 00:00:53,444 are their bread and butter. 30 00:00:53,488 --> 00:00:54,967 They're not gonna leave her to die. 31 00:00:55,011 --> 00:00:56,186 - So we're looking at a john. 32 00:00:56,230 --> 00:00:58,580 - That's not afraid to kill. 33 00:00:58,623 --> 00:01:01,670 [dramatic music] 34 00:01:03,541 --> 00:01:05,195 - Multiple contusions. 35 00:01:05,239 --> 00:01:07,284 A few lacerations. Strangle marks on her neck. 36 00:01:07,328 --> 00:01:09,069 In other words, someone beat the hell out of her. 37 00:01:09,112 --> 00:01:10,983 - Is she conscious? - In and out. 38 00:01:11,027 --> 00:01:12,246 - Drugs? - Unclear. 39 00:01:12,289 --> 00:01:13,812 Waiting on a tox screen. 40 00:01:13,856 --> 00:01:16,119 There was extensive trauma to the genital region. 41 00:01:16,163 --> 00:01:17,555 - Did you go ahead and do a rape kit? 42 00:01:17,599 --> 00:01:20,167 - No semen, but there was lubricant from a condom. 43 00:01:20,210 --> 00:01:22,038 - Okay, you mind if we ask her a few questions? 44 00:01:22,082 --> 00:01:23,692 - Don't push it, and don't expect much. 45 00:01:23,735 --> 00:01:25,781 - Okay. We'll tread lightly. 46 00:01:27,087 --> 00:01:28,566 Hi. 47 00:01:28,610 --> 00:01:32,222 I'm Detective Rollins. This is Detective Tutuola. 48 00:01:34,311 --> 00:01:36,487 - You're the ones who brought me here. 49 00:01:36,531 --> 00:01:39,577 - We found you unconscious in an alley. 50 00:01:39,621 --> 00:01:41,449 - You got a name? 51 00:01:43,146 --> 00:01:45,453 - Everybody has a name. 52 00:01:46,323 --> 00:01:48,804 - Okay. And what's yours? 53 00:01:48,847 --> 00:01:52,286 - Sky. - Keep going. 54 00:01:53,809 --> 00:01:56,028 - It's just Sky. 55 00:01:56,072 --> 00:01:57,987 - Who did this to you? 56 00:01:58,030 --> 00:02:00,729 Where did this happen, Sky? 57 00:02:00,772 --> 00:02:02,252 - We can't help you unless you talk-- 58 00:02:02,296 --> 00:02:04,776 - Maybe I just-- I just want to go home. 59 00:02:04,820 --> 00:02:07,562 - And we just want to catch the guy who raped you. 60 00:02:08,650 --> 00:02:10,565 - What makes you think I was raped? 61 00:02:10,608 --> 00:02:12,567 - Okay, we want to catch the guy 62 00:02:12,610 --> 00:02:15,613 that used your face as a speed bag. 63 00:02:15,657 --> 00:02:16,745 - I fell down. 64 00:02:16,788 --> 00:02:18,964 - And you--what, you strangled yourself 65 00:02:19,008 --> 00:02:20,749 on the way down? Okay. 66 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:28,278 - We're gonna let you rest a little bit, Sky, 67 00:02:28,322 --> 00:02:30,889 and maybe later you'll feel like talking to us. 68 00:02:32,152 --> 00:02:34,806 - Yeah. 69 00:02:34,850 --> 00:02:37,287 Have a good day. 70 00:02:44,207 --> 00:02:47,167 [dramatic music] 71 00:02:47,210 --> 00:02:54,391 ♪ 72 00:03:31,123 --> 00:03:32,342 - Hey, Lieu. - Hey. 73 00:03:32,386 --> 00:03:33,430 - So forensics found a footprint 74 00:03:33,474 --> 00:03:34,518 at the scene of the crime. 75 00:03:34,562 --> 00:03:35,998 It's a men's boot, size 11, 76 00:03:36,041 --> 00:03:37,652 going from the street to where we found Sky. 77 00:03:37,695 --> 00:03:39,219 - Okay, can we ID the boot? - No, not yet. 78 00:03:39,262 --> 00:03:41,482 But the thing is, the print consisted of a mixture 79 00:03:41,525 --> 00:03:43,135 of tinted cement and a light-colored, 80 00:03:43,179 --> 00:03:44,659 pebble-sized aggregate. 81 00:03:44,702 --> 00:03:47,139 - All right, so our guy walked through a sidewalk repair? 82 00:03:47,183 --> 00:03:48,402 - That's what I'm thinking. - So we could be looking 83 00:03:48,445 --> 00:03:49,751 at the whole damn city. 84 00:03:49,794 --> 00:03:51,622 - Yeah, but Sherlock here has a theory. 85 00:03:51,666 --> 00:03:53,450 - All right, listen. It was freezing last night. 86 00:03:53,494 --> 00:03:54,886 The high was 19 degrees, 87 00:03:54,930 --> 00:03:57,149 so I doubt this guy was working outside. 88 00:03:57,193 --> 00:03:58,803 - So you're thinking she was assaulted at the hotel 89 00:03:58,847 --> 00:04:00,065 and then moved to the alley? 90 00:04:00,109 --> 00:04:01,284 - Except there was no way 91 00:04:01,328 --> 00:04:02,546 that you get an unconscious girl 92 00:04:02,590 --> 00:04:04,287 out of a place like the Peninsula 93 00:04:04,331 --> 00:04:05,375 without anybody noticing. 94 00:04:05,419 --> 00:04:06,811 So I think that at best, 95 00:04:06,855 --> 00:04:08,248 we're looking for a two-star hotel 96 00:04:08,291 --> 00:04:09,858 that's close to a sidewalk getting repaired. 97 00:04:09,901 --> 00:04:12,252 Now, that leaves two options. 98 00:04:12,295 --> 00:04:14,558 You got the Abington. That's 29th and 11th Avenue. 99 00:04:14,602 --> 00:04:16,343 And the Clinton Arms, 46th and 8th. 100 00:04:16,386 --> 00:04:17,344 - Very good. 101 00:04:17,387 --> 00:04:18,867 Okay, Carisi and I 102 00:04:18,910 --> 00:04:20,260 will take the Clinton Arms, 103 00:04:20,303 --> 00:04:22,000 and you two take the other one. 104 00:04:23,437 --> 00:04:25,265 Hey. 105 00:04:25,308 --> 00:04:27,745 You have a problem? 106 00:04:27,789 --> 00:04:29,791 - No. 107 00:04:33,316 --> 00:04:34,926 [dramatic tones] 108 00:04:34,970 --> 00:04:36,537 - I'm sorry about the girl, 109 00:04:36,580 --> 00:04:38,103 but I haven't heard any complaints 110 00:04:38,147 --> 00:04:39,409 about noise or anything. 111 00:04:39,453 --> 00:04:41,411 - And you don't know a girl named Sky? 112 00:04:41,455 --> 00:04:42,934 - Sorry. - Okay. 113 00:04:42,978 --> 00:04:45,110 We're gonna need to check your security footage. 114 00:04:45,154 --> 00:04:46,938 - Look, I--I don't want to get in any trouble, 115 00:04:46,982 --> 00:04:48,810 detectives, but to-- to tell you the truth, 116 00:04:48,853 --> 00:04:51,203 the security cameras-- they-re--they're just for show. 117 00:04:51,247 --> 00:04:53,771 - Okay, maybe you could check your records from last night. 118 00:04:53,815 --> 00:04:57,601 See if anybody checked in and out for an hour or so. 119 00:04:57,645 --> 00:04:59,734 - Don't you need a warrant or--or something? 120 00:04:59,777 --> 00:05:02,258 - Not unless you're the one that did the beating. 121 00:05:02,302 --> 00:05:04,304 - [stammers] Maybe I should call a lawyer. 122 00:05:04,347 --> 00:05:07,089 - Now you're starting to look real suspicious. 123 00:05:08,395 --> 00:05:09,613 - [stammering] Well, I suppose 124 00:05:09,657 --> 00:05:11,136 you could take a look... - Yeah. 125 00:05:11,180 --> 00:05:13,138 - Without me noticing. - Yeah, cool. 126 00:05:13,182 --> 00:05:15,358 Bring your eyes over here. Look this way. 127 00:05:15,402 --> 00:05:17,534 [knocks on counter] Look at me. 128 00:05:18,492 --> 00:05:19,797 - I'm guessing you don't check IDs. 129 00:05:19,841 --> 00:05:21,973 We got Mickey Mouse in room 212, 130 00:05:22,017 --> 00:05:24,672 Elvis in 117. 131 00:05:24,715 --> 00:05:26,891 - You were gonna make us get a warrant for that? 132 00:05:26,935 --> 00:05:29,590 - [mumbles] - Hey, Grigor. 133 00:05:29,633 --> 00:05:31,200 This--this your bag? 134 00:05:31,243 --> 00:05:32,810 - It was turned in. 135 00:05:33,985 --> 00:05:35,726 - Condoms, lube, mouthwash. 136 00:05:35,770 --> 00:05:37,119 - Put your hands behind your back. 137 00:05:37,162 --> 00:05:38,599 - Hey, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. 138 00:05:38,642 --> 00:05:39,600 All right, all right, all right. 139 00:05:39,643 --> 00:05:41,036 There were three guys. 140 00:05:41,079 --> 00:05:43,430 They went running out, and--and I went to-- 141 00:05:43,473 --> 00:05:46,389 to see what was going on, and--and that's when I saw her. 142 00:05:46,433 --> 00:05:48,043 - Room number? - 117. 143 00:05:50,175 --> 00:05:51,960 - I knew it was Elvis. 144 00:05:56,181 --> 00:06:00,534 - Look, I--I'm sorry the maid hasn't tidied up yet. 145 00:06:00,577 --> 00:06:02,231 - You find her here? - Yeah, yeah, yeah. 146 00:06:02,274 --> 00:06:05,756 Right there, on the floor. She was dead. 147 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:06,975 - So why didn't you call the police? 148 00:06:07,018 --> 00:06:08,106 - No, I did! 149 00:06:08,150 --> 00:06:09,325 - After you dumped her in the street 150 00:06:09,369 --> 00:06:10,326 like a piece of trash. 151 00:06:10,370 --> 00:06:11,675 - Cops all over the place 152 00:06:11,719 --> 00:06:13,329 ain't exactly good for business, no offense. 153 00:06:13,373 --> 00:06:15,026 I mean, the girl's dead. 154 00:06:15,070 --> 00:06:16,419 You know, who's it gonna hurt? 155 00:06:16,463 --> 00:06:18,029 - Except she's not dead. 156 00:06:18,073 --> 00:06:19,466 - That's... 157 00:06:19,509 --> 00:06:20,858 She's not dead? 158 00:06:20,902 --> 00:06:22,686 - No, and you endangered an impaired person. 159 00:06:22,730 --> 00:06:23,818 That's a felony. - Which means 160 00:06:23,861 --> 00:06:25,210 you're under arrest, dumbass. 161 00:06:25,254 --> 00:06:27,387 - Wait, wait, wait. That--I was-- 162 00:06:27,430 --> 00:06:29,519 No, you don't... Ah, come on! 163 00:06:29,563 --> 00:06:31,695 - Vitals have stabilized. Swelling has come down a bit. 164 00:06:31,739 --> 00:06:33,871 So she's gonna make a full recovery. 165 00:06:35,743 --> 00:06:37,484 She was just here. 166 00:06:37,527 --> 00:06:40,182 Joyce, did she say anything to you? 167 00:06:41,183 --> 00:06:43,707 - Looks to me like she checked herself out. 168 00:06:45,622 --> 00:06:46,971 [sighs] 169 00:06:50,410 --> 00:06:52,455 - New York's finest, meet "New York's finest." 170 00:06:52,499 --> 00:06:53,804 - Yeah, something like that. 171 00:06:53,848 --> 00:06:55,545 I just don't figure Sky for a street walker. 172 00:06:55,589 --> 00:06:57,112 - How can you tell? 173 00:06:57,155 --> 00:06:59,636 - From the picture, it looks like she has all her teeth. 174 00:07:01,769 --> 00:07:03,727 - I've been here, what, seven years? 175 00:07:03,771 --> 00:07:04,989 I still don't get it. 176 00:07:05,033 --> 00:07:06,469 - World's oldest profession, my friend. 177 00:07:06,513 --> 00:07:08,776 - I understand why there are hookers, Carisi. 178 00:07:08,819 --> 00:07:10,386 I just don't get why we give a damn. 179 00:07:10,430 --> 00:07:12,736 They--they know the risks. 180 00:07:12,780 --> 00:07:13,998 - Maybe they don't have a choice. 181 00:07:14,042 --> 00:07:15,435 - Everybody's got a choice. 182 00:07:15,478 --> 00:07:17,001 Besides, there are plenty of women out there 183 00:07:17,045 --> 00:07:18,568 who need our help, and more importantly, 184 00:07:18,612 --> 00:07:19,961 want it. 185 00:07:22,485 --> 00:07:23,660 - Hold on, here we go. 186 00:07:23,704 --> 00:07:26,924 "Sky. I will blow your mind." 187 00:07:26,968 --> 00:07:29,666 - Among other things. - Is that her? 188 00:07:29,710 --> 00:07:32,016 - Yeah. Without the swollen eye. 189 00:07:32,060 --> 00:07:35,063 SkysTheLimitXXX.com. It's classy. 190 00:07:37,718 --> 00:07:39,633 [dramatic tones] 191 00:07:41,025 --> 00:07:43,114 -She's late. 192 00:07:43,158 --> 00:07:45,769 - Come on, a player like you, how could she stay away? 193 00:07:47,075 --> 00:07:50,382 - I think one of her colleagues just got here. 194 00:07:50,426 --> 00:07:52,994 - Saving New York, one hooker at a time. 195 00:07:53,734 --> 00:07:55,562 - I think they prefer "sex worker." 196 00:07:55,605 --> 00:07:57,781 - Eh, if the shoe fits. 197 00:08:01,568 --> 00:08:03,178 Hey, you're on, Carisi. 198 00:08:08,096 --> 00:08:10,272 - Ooh, you've got to be Sky. 199 00:08:10,315 --> 00:08:12,579 - Hey, sexy, you must be Dominick. 200 00:08:12,622 --> 00:08:13,928 You get a room? 201 00:08:13,971 --> 00:08:15,886 - Well, I figured we talk a little first... 202 00:08:15,930 --> 00:08:17,192 - It's your hour. 203 00:08:17,235 --> 00:08:19,934 - Down at the station. - Damn it. 204 00:08:19,977 --> 00:08:22,980 - Hey. Remember me? 205 00:08:23,024 --> 00:08:25,069 - You're busting me? - Yeah. 206 00:08:25,113 --> 00:08:26,723 Whether you know it or not, we're trying to help you. 207 00:08:26,767 --> 00:08:28,943 - [scoffs] 208 00:08:34,688 --> 00:08:34,862 . 209 00:08:34,905 --> 00:08:36,994 - I never asked to press charges. 210 00:08:37,038 --> 00:08:38,082 - That's not the way it works. 211 00:08:38,126 --> 00:08:39,344 - I don't know anything. 212 00:08:39,388 --> 00:08:40,345 - Now, how can I believe anything 213 00:08:40,389 --> 00:08:41,738 if I can't see your eyes? 214 00:08:44,524 --> 00:08:47,396 That happen often? - I get paid for this. 215 00:08:47,439 --> 00:08:48,919 You get paid to pretend to worry about it, 216 00:08:48,963 --> 00:08:50,355 and the world goes round. 217 00:08:50,399 --> 00:08:51,574 - Speak for yourself. 218 00:08:51,618 --> 00:08:52,880 - Everybody's pretending. 219 00:08:52,923 --> 00:08:54,229 That's the way this works. 220 00:08:54,272 --> 00:08:56,100 I get paid to pretend I enjoy my work. 221 00:08:56,144 --> 00:08:58,538 You get paid to pretend you think yours is important. 222 00:08:58,581 --> 00:09:00,757 - You know what, you've wasted enough of my time. 223 00:09:00,801 --> 00:09:03,281 How about you tell me who smacked you around? 224 00:09:04,239 --> 00:09:05,719 - I forgot. 225 00:09:06,589 --> 00:09:08,983 - I could care less what happened to you. 226 00:09:09,026 --> 00:09:10,288 To me, you're about, what, 227 00:09:10,332 --> 00:09:13,161 110 pounds of wasted skin and lipstick. 228 00:09:13,204 --> 00:09:14,858 - All right-- - No, no. No, no. 229 00:09:14,902 --> 00:09:16,643 Hey, how much would it take for you to just give me a name? 230 00:09:16,686 --> 00:09:18,122 30 bucks? I bet you'd let me break your nose. 231 00:09:18,166 --> 00:09:19,428 - That's enough. - What? Sorry, green 232 00:09:19,471 --> 00:09:20,560 is the only language she knows. 233 00:09:20,603 --> 00:09:22,692 - Yeah, I'll take it from here. 234 00:09:22,736 --> 00:09:24,433 Detective. 235 00:09:27,741 --> 00:09:30,395 - I am so sorry. 236 00:09:30,439 --> 00:09:34,835 I apologize for Detective Rollins' attitude. 237 00:09:34,878 --> 00:09:36,706 - Yeah, she's a real bitch, with a capital C. 238 00:09:36,750 --> 00:09:39,361 - Listen, I'm-- I'm Olivia Benson, 239 00:09:39,404 --> 00:09:40,971 and I am the lieutenant here. 240 00:09:42,712 --> 00:09:45,628 - You're the boss? - Oh, yeah. Go figure, right? 241 00:09:47,151 --> 00:09:50,241 So, Sky... 242 00:09:50,285 --> 00:09:52,853 three guys, one girl? 243 00:09:52,896 --> 00:09:54,594 You didn't stand a chance. 244 00:09:55,507 --> 00:09:58,946 - Manager at the hotel, right? 245 00:09:58,989 --> 00:10:01,296 I knew I couldn't trust him. 246 00:10:01,339 --> 00:10:04,081 - Sounds like you don't trust a lot of people. 247 00:10:04,125 --> 00:10:06,257 - People are scum. 248 00:10:06,301 --> 00:10:07,563 - Yeah, some of them are, 249 00:10:07,607 --> 00:10:10,131 but in my experience, most-- 250 00:10:10,174 --> 00:10:12,655 - Oh, do not tell me they're good. 251 00:10:12,699 --> 00:10:14,962 - Okay. 252 00:10:15,005 --> 00:10:17,399 They're not all scum. 253 00:10:23,274 --> 00:10:26,974 I believe this belongs to you. 254 00:10:28,323 --> 00:10:29,759 - Thanks. 255 00:10:29,803 --> 00:10:32,893 - Well, it's the least I could do for you, Sky. 256 00:10:37,332 --> 00:10:39,290 - Sandy. 257 00:10:39,334 --> 00:10:41,684 That's my name. Sandy Ksenivich. 258 00:10:41,728 --> 00:10:46,515 You know, sand between my toes, eyes in the sky. 259 00:10:46,558 --> 00:10:49,649 Hence, Sky. 260 00:10:50,824 --> 00:10:52,347 - It's clever. 261 00:10:54,915 --> 00:10:56,656 - Guy who called said his name was Gus, 262 00:10:56,699 --> 00:10:58,919 but that's probably bogus. 263 00:11:00,790 --> 00:11:03,314 - Okay. 264 00:11:03,358 --> 00:11:04,838 Tell me, 265 00:11:04,881 --> 00:11:08,015 what do you remember about them? 266 00:11:08,058 --> 00:11:11,758 There's no detail too small. 267 00:11:11,801 --> 00:11:13,585 Anything? 268 00:11:15,718 --> 00:11:17,807 - Uh, they had short hair. 269 00:11:19,722 --> 00:11:22,290 No hair. - Okay. 270 00:11:22,333 --> 00:11:25,554 - One of them was young. - How young? 271 00:11:25,597 --> 00:11:27,687 - Maybe 20. 272 00:11:27,730 --> 00:11:29,253 It was his first time. 273 00:11:29,297 --> 00:11:31,865 He was sweet, actually. 274 00:11:31,908 --> 00:11:35,956 "Yes, ma'am. No, ma'am. Thank you, ma'am." 275 00:11:35,999 --> 00:11:37,522 He was supposed to be the only one. 276 00:11:37,566 --> 00:11:40,351 It was the second guy who hit me. 277 00:11:40,395 --> 00:11:42,179 He was old, like... 278 00:11:42,223 --> 00:11:44,181 40. 279 00:11:44,225 --> 00:11:45,966 Uh... 280 00:11:46,009 --> 00:11:49,186 He wanted a freebie. I said no way. 281 00:11:49,230 --> 00:11:53,582 That's when he hit me and forced me to... 282 00:11:57,281 --> 00:11:58,892 - Sounds like rape. 283 00:11:58,935 --> 00:12:00,197 Lieutenant's pretty good at this. 284 00:12:00,241 --> 00:12:01,982 - After I teed it up for her. 285 00:12:02,025 --> 00:12:05,028 - You were pretty convincing in there. 286 00:12:05,072 --> 00:12:06,726 You okay? 287 00:12:12,340 --> 00:12:15,125 - When he was done, he left, 288 00:12:15,169 --> 00:12:17,562 and the third guy came in. 289 00:12:17,606 --> 00:12:20,957 I hit him with a lamp, he started bleeding, 290 00:12:21,001 --> 00:12:23,177 and that's when grandpa came back 291 00:12:23,220 --> 00:12:25,135 and beat the crap out of me. 292 00:12:27,181 --> 00:12:29,923 - Sky... 293 00:12:29,966 --> 00:12:33,056 I just want to tell you that I am... 294 00:12:33,100 --> 00:12:37,147 very sorry that that happened to you. 295 00:12:40,324 --> 00:12:41,761 - Right. 296 00:12:41,804 --> 00:12:43,110 The joke's on them. 297 00:12:43,153 --> 00:12:44,894 The nervous virgin left his money clip 298 00:12:44,938 --> 00:12:49,072 on the nightstand before any of the drama went down. 299 00:12:49,116 --> 00:12:50,595 - And you took it? 300 00:12:50,639 --> 00:12:52,206 - I earned it. 301 00:12:56,645 --> 00:12:58,690 - U.S. Army. 302 00:13:07,003 --> 00:13:09,789 [men chanting] 303 00:13:11,312 --> 00:13:12,443 - March! 304 00:13:12,487 --> 00:13:14,358 Second squad, forward! 305 00:13:14,402 --> 00:13:16,621 - I'm not happy about this. - Well, think of it like this. 306 00:13:16,665 --> 00:13:18,188 We're not investigating the army. 307 00:13:18,232 --> 00:13:21,148 We're looking for a rapist. - First squad, forward! 308 00:13:21,191 --> 00:13:22,802 - A lot of these guys look alike. 309 00:13:22,845 --> 00:13:25,587 - But only one got hit in the head with a lamp. 310 00:13:25,630 --> 00:13:27,937 We need to know if anybody came in for stitches 311 00:13:27,981 --> 00:13:30,679 in the head on Saturday night or early Sunday morning. 312 00:13:30,722 --> 00:13:32,246 - I'm not sure if I'm allowed to disclose 313 00:13:32,289 --> 00:13:33,247 personal medical records. 314 00:13:33,290 --> 00:13:34,596 - Hey. See this badge? 315 00:13:34,639 --> 00:13:36,816 It says NYPD. You know what that means? 316 00:13:36,859 --> 00:13:38,774 - Please excuse my impertinent colleague. 317 00:13:38,818 --> 00:13:40,863 I'm sure you're aware that the city has an arrangement 318 00:13:40,907 --> 00:13:43,910 made with the local Army bases. 319 00:13:43,953 --> 00:13:46,086 Yeah, they're willing to open their files to us 320 00:13:46,129 --> 00:13:48,523 on any alleged crimes committed off base. 321 00:13:48,566 --> 00:13:49,959 - You know what, don't trouble yourself. 322 00:13:50,003 --> 00:13:51,613 We'll just go back to your base commander, 323 00:13:51,656 --> 00:13:53,571 tell him that you refused to help us. 324 00:13:53,615 --> 00:13:55,573 I'm sure he's gonna love seeing us again. 325 00:14:00,535 --> 00:14:01,928 [keyboard clacks] 326 00:14:01,971 --> 00:14:03,320 - Sergeant Jim Preston. 327 00:14:03,364 --> 00:14:05,235 Said he got cut in the gym. 328 00:14:05,279 --> 00:14:08,151 - Does the computer say where he is right now? 329 00:14:08,195 --> 00:14:10,675 - He's with the 303rd Infantry Brigade. 330 00:14:10,719 --> 00:14:13,330 That's on the east side of the base. 331 00:14:13,374 --> 00:14:14,897 - Let's go! Let's go! 332 00:14:14,941 --> 00:14:16,507 Shaughnessy, bring it in tight. 333 00:14:16,551 --> 00:14:18,335 - Sergeant James Preston? 334 00:14:18,379 --> 00:14:19,728 - Busy here. 335 00:14:19,771 --> 00:14:22,122 - Detective Tutuola, NYPD. 336 00:14:22,165 --> 00:14:24,733 We need to talk to you about Saturday night. 337 00:14:30,217 --> 00:14:31,871 - Not here. 338 00:14:31,914 --> 00:14:34,177 Not in front of my soldiers. 339 00:14:34,221 --> 00:14:35,787 Run it again. 340 00:14:35,831 --> 00:14:39,182 Back to Sector Tango. Now! Move! 341 00:14:47,190 --> 00:14:47,408 . 342 00:14:47,451 --> 00:14:50,019 - Hey, boss. We'll take it from here. 343 00:14:50,063 --> 00:14:51,368 - Mr. Preston. 344 00:14:51,412 --> 00:14:53,196 Is it all right if I call you Jim? 345 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:54,894 - Sure. - All right. 346 00:14:54,937 --> 00:14:58,506 What can you tell me about what happened Saturday night? 347 00:14:58,549 --> 00:15:01,161 You were at the Abington Hotel, room 117, 348 00:15:01,204 --> 00:15:04,207 with a prostitute named Sky, right? 349 00:15:04,251 --> 00:15:05,992 - James Preston. 350 00:15:06,035 --> 00:15:08,472 Sergeant. United States Army. 351 00:15:08,516 --> 00:15:11,475 ID number 1-2-0-1-9-0-1-0. 352 00:15:11,519 --> 00:15:13,608 - Okay. Got that. 353 00:15:13,651 --> 00:15:16,132 You want to tell me anything else? 354 00:15:16,176 --> 00:15:17,438 - James Preston. 355 00:15:17,481 --> 00:15:19,353 Sergeant. United States Army. 356 00:15:19,396 --> 00:15:20,397 [door creaks open] 357 00:15:20,441 --> 00:15:22,747 ID number 1-2-0-1-9-0-1-0. 358 00:15:22,791 --> 00:15:25,228 - Anything? - Name, rank, and ID number. 359 00:15:25,272 --> 00:15:27,230 - Did Carisi explain we're not gonna torture him? 360 00:15:27,274 --> 00:15:28,579 - This guy wouldn't talk even if we did. 361 00:15:28,623 --> 00:15:30,277 - Yeah, maybe his buddy will. 362 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:32,148 I checked the base logs. 363 00:15:32,192 --> 00:15:33,758 Jim clocked back in on the base 364 00:15:33,802 --> 00:15:35,978 with a Private William Shaughnessy. 365 00:15:36,022 --> 00:15:38,459 - Okay. What do we do with him? 366 00:15:38,502 --> 00:15:41,810 - Let him sweat. It's good practice. 367 00:15:41,853 --> 00:15:44,117 - This is a whole lot of work for a whole lot of nothing. 368 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:46,554 - You want to go home? Go home. 369 00:15:46,597 --> 00:15:48,121 - Right there? Back of the formation. 370 00:15:48,164 --> 00:15:49,949 - Private William Shaughnessy. 371 00:15:49,992 --> 00:15:51,254 - I'm Private Shaughnessy. 372 00:15:51,298 --> 00:15:53,213 - We want to talk to you. We're NYPD. 373 00:15:53,256 --> 00:15:55,519 We want to talk to you about Saturday night. 374 00:15:55,563 --> 00:15:57,260 - Okay. What's up? 375 00:15:57,304 --> 00:15:59,132 - You were in the city? 376 00:15:59,175 --> 00:16:01,047 - Yeah. - Who with? 377 00:16:01,090 --> 00:16:02,439 - No one. 378 00:16:02,483 --> 00:16:04,354 - Well, the log says you returned to base 379 00:16:04,398 --> 00:16:05,877 with Sergeant Jim Preston. 380 00:16:05,921 --> 00:16:07,183 - Yeah, we clocked back around the same time, 381 00:16:07,227 --> 00:16:08,619 but we weren't together. 382 00:16:08,663 --> 00:16:11,971 - You didn't hook up with a prostitute named Sky? 383 00:16:12,014 --> 00:16:13,973 - I...I don't know. 384 00:16:14,016 --> 00:16:16,758 - She's claiming she was raped on Saturday night, 385 00:16:16,801 --> 00:16:19,152 and all the evidence points to you or your buddies 386 00:16:19,195 --> 00:16:20,675 or all of the above. 387 00:16:20,718 --> 00:16:22,329 - Which means right now is your chance to tell us 388 00:16:22,372 --> 00:16:24,287 your side of the story. 389 00:16:26,768 --> 00:16:28,161 - Hey, bud, 390 00:16:28,204 --> 00:16:32,730 rape one carries a sentence of 25 years in prison. 391 00:16:34,732 --> 00:16:37,300 - It was me. I raped her. 392 00:16:39,389 --> 00:16:41,957 - You're admitting to raping and beating her? 393 00:16:43,263 --> 00:16:45,395 - Yeah. 394 00:16:46,222 --> 00:16:48,181 - Okay. 395 00:16:48,224 --> 00:16:50,835 - Then... you're under arrest. 396 00:16:56,928 --> 00:16:58,408 [handcuffs click] 397 00:16:59,409 --> 00:17:01,672 - Number three is Billy Shaughnessy. 398 00:17:01,716 --> 00:17:04,066 He's confessed to raping and beating you. 399 00:17:04,110 --> 00:17:06,373 - Why would he do that? 400 00:17:06,416 --> 00:17:08,418 He didn't do anything bad to me. 401 00:17:08,462 --> 00:17:11,726 - Looks like he's willing to go down for his friends. 402 00:17:11,769 --> 00:17:13,336 - He's one of those trustworthy people 403 00:17:13,380 --> 00:17:15,382 you were talking about. 404 00:17:15,425 --> 00:17:17,732 - See? They really do exist. 405 00:17:17,775 --> 00:17:20,735 - Yeah. You offer absolution in your spare time? 406 00:17:20,778 --> 00:17:23,694 - No, no, that's-- that's above my pay grade. 407 00:17:23,738 --> 00:17:26,088 But, um... 408 00:17:26,132 --> 00:17:30,005 but I can offer some solace, and... 409 00:17:30,049 --> 00:17:31,398 some hope. 410 00:17:31,441 --> 00:17:32,964 - Why bother? 411 00:17:33,008 --> 00:17:34,923 - Because it matters. 412 00:17:34,966 --> 00:17:37,491 Because you matter. 413 00:17:37,534 --> 00:17:41,408 And what happened to you matters. 414 00:17:42,887 --> 00:17:44,324 I'll tell you what doesn't matter 415 00:17:44,367 --> 00:17:47,327 is why you were in that hotel that night. 416 00:17:48,415 --> 00:17:52,114 - That I get paid to have sex. 417 00:17:52,158 --> 00:17:54,595 - My priority 418 00:17:54,638 --> 00:17:58,251 is putting away the person who did this to you. 419 00:17:58,294 --> 00:18:00,427 But I need your help. 420 00:18:01,819 --> 00:18:04,822 - I'll have to go to court? 421 00:18:04,866 --> 00:18:06,476 - You will. 422 00:18:08,913 --> 00:18:10,001 - Eh... 423 00:18:10,045 --> 00:18:13,048 people looking at me, judging me... 424 00:18:13,092 --> 00:18:16,573 - You know what, Sandy? 425 00:18:16,617 --> 00:18:20,795 The only opinion that matters... 426 00:18:20,838 --> 00:18:23,493 is yours. 427 00:18:26,192 --> 00:18:28,324 - What can I do? 428 00:18:28,368 --> 00:18:31,501 - Look at the pictures, Sandy. 429 00:18:32,981 --> 00:18:34,809 - [laughs softly] 430 00:18:37,333 --> 00:18:39,509 - What? 431 00:18:42,208 --> 00:18:45,646 - The last person to call me Sandy was my mom. 432 00:18:45,689 --> 00:18:48,301 She, uh, passed away a few years ago, 433 00:18:48,344 --> 00:18:51,173 some kind of brain thing, but... 434 00:18:51,217 --> 00:18:52,740 I went to see her in hospice. 435 00:18:52,783 --> 00:18:54,655 She didn't know who I was, 436 00:18:54,698 --> 00:18:57,788 but as I was leaving, she whispered, "Sandy." 437 00:18:59,225 --> 00:19:01,879 And then she died. 438 00:19:06,145 --> 00:19:08,582 Let me see these. 439 00:19:19,419 --> 00:19:22,726 That's the guy I hit with the lamp. 440 00:19:24,075 --> 00:19:25,729 - Okay. 441 00:19:25,773 --> 00:19:27,166 Keep going. 442 00:19:36,784 --> 00:19:41,049 - And that's the bastard who beat me up and raped me. 443 00:19:43,269 --> 00:19:45,184 - Staff Sergeant Tyler Jones. 444 00:19:45,227 --> 00:19:47,011 - You got her to talk. - Well, it only takes time. 445 00:19:47,055 --> 00:19:48,491 - I'm sure it took more than that. 446 00:19:48,535 --> 00:19:50,189 Look, I feel for her, Lieutenant. 447 00:19:50,232 --> 00:19:52,713 I do, and I want a conviction as much as you, 448 00:19:52,756 --> 00:19:55,324 but the fact is, to a jury, her word won't be enough. 449 00:19:55,368 --> 00:19:59,676 - Listen, in a rape case, a victim's ID goes a long way. 450 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:01,896 - Do you have semen? 451 00:20:01,939 --> 00:20:03,289 - No. - Hair samples? 452 00:20:03,332 --> 00:20:05,073 - No, but we do have fingerprints. 453 00:20:05,116 --> 00:20:06,683 - From the hotel room? - That's right. 454 00:20:06,727 --> 00:20:07,989 - Along with, I'm guessing, a thousand other 455 00:20:08,032 --> 00:20:09,730 sets of prints and God knows what else. 456 00:20:09,773 --> 00:20:11,166 Look, I'm not trying to be a hardass, 457 00:20:11,210 --> 00:20:13,342 but we need some kind of corroboration. 458 00:20:13,386 --> 00:20:14,604 And the bottom line? 459 00:20:14,648 --> 00:20:16,389 If we want to nail this bastard, 460 00:20:16,432 --> 00:20:17,955 one of his buddies has to rat. 461 00:20:24,788 --> 00:20:27,008 - I said all I'm gonna say. 462 00:20:27,051 --> 00:20:29,793 - Name, rank, and ID. - That's it. 463 00:20:29,837 --> 00:20:32,622 - Ratting out your superior isn't an easy thing. 464 00:20:32,666 --> 00:20:35,582 I was a ranger. I get it. 465 00:20:35,625 --> 00:20:37,279 - You don't get it. 466 00:20:37,323 --> 00:20:39,368 - And you don't listen. 467 00:20:39,412 --> 00:20:41,370 Come on. 468 00:20:41,414 --> 00:20:42,676 I remember what it was like. 469 00:20:42,719 --> 00:20:45,766 Get a couple days off to uncork. 470 00:20:45,809 --> 00:20:47,507 Throw a few dollars at some ass. 471 00:20:47,550 --> 00:20:49,465 You can talk to me, James. 472 00:20:49,509 --> 00:20:51,598 I've seen things. I've done things too. 473 00:20:51,641 --> 00:20:53,426 The good thing is, this girl doesn't remember 474 00:20:53,469 --> 00:20:55,297 you doing anything to her. 475 00:20:55,341 --> 00:20:57,299 You could walk on this. 476 00:20:57,343 --> 00:20:58,779 - James Preston. 477 00:20:58,822 --> 00:21:01,303 Sergeant. United States Army. 478 00:21:01,347 --> 00:21:03,914 ID number 1-2-0-1-9-0-- 479 00:21:03,958 --> 00:21:05,438 - Then on the other hand, 480 00:21:05,481 --> 00:21:07,527 your blood is on the lamp. 481 00:21:07,570 --> 00:21:10,269 As soon as the lab returns with the tests, 482 00:21:10,312 --> 00:21:12,096 we put you in that room. 483 00:21:17,188 --> 00:21:19,843 - I was there, but I didn't do anything. 484 00:21:19,887 --> 00:21:22,846 I didn't rape her. - Who did? 485 00:21:26,154 --> 00:21:28,852 Okay. I'm thinking you did. 486 00:21:28,896 --> 00:21:30,854 Turn around and put your hands behind your back. 487 00:21:33,379 --> 00:21:35,076 - I told you, I did it. 488 00:21:35,119 --> 00:21:37,252 I raped her. - We both know that's not true. 489 00:21:37,296 --> 00:21:39,646 We both know that it was Staff Sergeant Tyler Jones. 490 00:21:39,689 --> 00:21:42,257 - He's an upstanding soldier. - Right... 491 00:21:45,216 --> 00:21:47,001 You know that night with Sky-- 492 00:21:47,044 --> 00:21:49,177 that was your first time, wasn't it? 493 00:21:49,220 --> 00:21:51,701 - [scoffs] Hell no. 494 00:21:51,745 --> 00:21:54,704 - She told us you were sweet and gentle. 495 00:21:59,405 --> 00:22:01,189 You like her. 496 00:22:02,712 --> 00:22:03,931 Your heart beats a little faster 497 00:22:03,974 --> 00:22:06,020 when you think about her, hmm? 498 00:22:07,717 --> 00:22:10,067 What's your heart do when you-- 499 00:22:10,111 --> 00:22:12,505 when you look at that? 500 00:22:12,548 --> 00:22:13,984 She was good to you, Billy, 501 00:22:14,028 --> 00:22:17,205 and that's what that upstanding soldier did to her. 502 00:22:17,248 --> 00:22:19,860 And I know you guys live by some sort of code. 503 00:22:19,903 --> 00:22:21,601 Wasn't that code violated the second 504 00:22:21,644 --> 00:22:24,778 Staff Sergeant Jones's fist hit her face? 505 00:22:24,821 --> 00:22:26,257 Okay, and--and who knows what Jim did to her, 506 00:22:26,301 --> 00:22:30,087 enough for her to make her swing a lamp at his head. 507 00:22:34,570 --> 00:22:37,268 You're the only one that can help her, Billy. 508 00:22:42,099 --> 00:22:43,840 - Fine. 509 00:22:45,276 --> 00:22:47,801 I'll do it. 510 00:22:51,370 --> 00:22:53,589 - Good man. 511 00:22:59,943 --> 00:23:01,728 - Staff Sergeant. - Yes? 512 00:23:01,771 --> 00:23:03,860 - Tyler Jones? - Yeah, who are you? 513 00:23:03,904 --> 00:23:05,427 - I'm the guy arresting you for rape. 514 00:23:05,471 --> 00:23:07,168 Put your hands behind your back. 515 00:23:07,951 --> 00:23:09,431 [handcuffs clicking] 516 00:23:09,475 --> 00:23:11,128 Let's go. 517 00:23:15,437 --> 00:23:15,611 . 518 00:23:15,655 --> 00:23:17,439 - Rape in the first degree 519 00:23:17,483 --> 00:23:19,093 and assault in the first degree. 520 00:23:19,136 --> 00:23:21,704 Ah. The few, the proud. 521 00:23:21,748 --> 00:23:23,793 - Due respect, Your Honor, that's marines. 522 00:23:23,837 --> 00:23:25,186 These men are army. 523 00:23:25,229 --> 00:23:29,233 - Ah, my bad. Uh, let's hear some pleas. 524 00:23:29,277 --> 00:23:31,671 - [whispering indistinctly] 525 00:23:31,714 --> 00:23:35,065 - Not guilty. - Not guilty, Your Honor. 526 00:23:35,109 --> 00:23:36,937 - All right, what do we have for bail, Mr. Stone? 527 00:23:36,980 --> 00:23:38,068 - Remand, Your Honor. 528 00:23:38,112 --> 00:23:39,330 The defendants are active duty, 529 00:23:39,374 --> 00:23:40,462 and geographic reshuffling 530 00:23:40,506 --> 00:23:41,550 isn't out of the question. 531 00:23:41,594 --> 00:23:42,899 - Oh, please, the army wants 532 00:23:42,943 --> 00:23:44,466 the names of these fine men cleared 533 00:23:44,510 --> 00:23:45,772 as soon as possible. 534 00:23:45,815 --> 00:23:47,730 - Can I get defense counsels' word 535 00:23:47,774 --> 00:23:50,341 that this court will be given 48 hours written notice 536 00:23:50,385 --> 00:23:51,995 before these men are transferred? 537 00:23:52,039 --> 00:23:53,170 - Yes, Your Honor. 538 00:23:53,214 --> 00:23:54,650 - In that case, these defendants 539 00:23:54,694 --> 00:23:57,914 will be held on $50,000 bail, cash or bond. 540 00:23:57,958 --> 00:23:59,960 And I am off to lunch. 541 00:24:01,875 --> 00:24:03,180 - Peter. 542 00:24:03,224 --> 00:24:04,399 - You are a long way from Chicago. 543 00:24:04,443 --> 00:24:05,792 - Well, representing our fighting men 544 00:24:05,835 --> 00:24:07,228 is a moveable feast. 545 00:24:07,271 --> 00:24:08,621 Interesting case we've got here. 546 00:24:08,664 --> 00:24:10,579 The word of a lying lady of the night 547 00:24:10,623 --> 00:24:12,451 against two decorated soldiers. 548 00:24:12,494 --> 00:24:14,104 - Save your breath. No deals. 549 00:24:14,148 --> 00:24:17,325 - She's a hooker, Peter. - And your client's a rapist. 550 00:24:19,458 --> 00:24:21,068 [dramatic tones] 551 00:24:21,111 --> 00:24:23,200 - The older one. - Staff Sergeant Tyler Jones. 552 00:24:23,244 --> 00:24:24,854 - That's right. 553 00:24:24,898 --> 00:24:27,422 He said Billy had only been with me a couple of minutes. 554 00:24:27,466 --> 00:24:29,119 He said I owed him for the rest of the money. 555 00:24:29,163 --> 00:24:31,861 I said the deal was for one of them, that's it. 556 00:24:31,905 --> 00:24:34,081 - How did he react? 557 00:24:34,124 --> 00:24:36,387 - He punched me in the face. 558 00:24:36,431 --> 00:24:39,173 He threw me on the bed, and then he held me down 559 00:24:39,216 --> 00:24:41,349 while he raped me. 560 00:24:41,392 --> 00:24:42,785 - Then what happened? 561 00:24:44,439 --> 00:24:47,050 - When he was done, the other one came in. 562 00:24:47,094 --> 00:24:49,444 - That would be Jim Preston? 563 00:24:49,488 --> 00:24:52,403 - Yeah, uh... 564 00:24:52,447 --> 00:24:54,101 I wasn't about to put up with another one, 565 00:24:54,144 --> 00:24:55,755 so I hit him with a lamp. 566 00:24:55,798 --> 00:24:59,062 That's when Tyler Jones came in again 567 00:24:59,106 --> 00:25:01,717 and beat the hell out of me. 568 00:25:01,761 --> 00:25:04,633 He strangled me until I passed out. 569 00:25:04,677 --> 00:25:07,157 And then I--I don't know what happened to me. 570 00:25:07,201 --> 00:25:10,291 The next thing I remember is waking up in the hospital. 571 00:25:10,334 --> 00:25:12,641 - Thank you, Ms. Ksenivich. 572 00:25:15,644 --> 00:25:18,473 - This was just a business transaction? 573 00:25:18,517 --> 00:25:19,779 - Until it wasn't. 574 00:25:19,822 --> 00:25:21,215 - Have you ever come across a client 575 00:25:21,258 --> 00:25:23,609 that likes it a little rough? 576 00:25:23,652 --> 00:25:25,219 - They have to tell me upfront. 577 00:25:25,262 --> 00:25:27,874 - And you charge more? 578 00:25:27,917 --> 00:25:28,962 - I walk out. 579 00:25:29,005 --> 00:25:31,094 - I see, you're a sensitive hooker-- 580 00:25:31,138 --> 00:25:32,269 - Objection. - Withdrawn. 581 00:25:32,313 --> 00:25:34,445 So if a client says, 582 00:25:34,489 --> 00:25:37,448 "I'd like to give you a little pat on the butt." 583 00:25:37,492 --> 00:25:38,928 You turn him down? 584 00:25:38,972 --> 00:25:40,800 - No, as long as it doesn't get out of hand. 585 00:25:40,843 --> 00:25:42,671 - So if a client gets a little carried away, 586 00:25:42,715 --> 00:25:45,413 and a pat turns into a slap? 587 00:25:47,328 --> 00:25:49,722 - Mostly, it's okay. 588 00:25:49,765 --> 00:25:52,115 - So it's all a question of degree? 589 00:25:52,159 --> 00:25:53,595 - Sure. 590 00:25:53,639 --> 00:25:57,338 - So it's normal business practice to get hit? 591 00:25:57,381 --> 00:25:59,122 - Objection. - There's a certain degree 592 00:25:59,166 --> 00:26:00,820 of brutality that is expected 593 00:26:00,863 --> 00:26:03,736 in Ms. Ksenivich's chosen field of endeavor. 594 00:26:03,779 --> 00:26:06,042 And that exact degree of such brutality 595 00:26:06,086 --> 00:26:07,696 is one of the many items 596 00:26:07,740 --> 00:26:09,872 that both parties need to negotiate. 597 00:26:09,916 --> 00:26:13,006 - Your Honor. - That's enough, Mr. Olson. 598 00:26:13,049 --> 00:26:15,574 - I have nothing else. 599 00:26:16,705 --> 00:26:18,011 - The guys made fun of me 600 00:26:18,054 --> 00:26:20,361 because I'd never been with a woman. 601 00:26:21,841 --> 00:26:23,320 Staff Sergeant Jones, he said 602 00:26:23,364 --> 00:26:25,627 he was gonna put an end to that. 603 00:26:25,671 --> 00:26:27,455 It's why we came to the city that night. 604 00:26:27,498 --> 00:26:29,413 - To find a prostitute? 605 00:26:29,457 --> 00:26:31,328 - Staff Sergeant found her on the internet. 606 00:26:31,372 --> 00:26:32,721 He arranged the whole thing. 607 00:26:32,765 --> 00:26:35,681 - Tell us what happened once you got to the hotel. 608 00:26:35,724 --> 00:26:37,291 - Staff Sergeant and Jimmy 609 00:26:37,334 --> 00:26:39,423 waited in the other room while... 610 00:26:41,382 --> 00:26:43,602 I had sex. 611 00:26:43,645 --> 00:26:45,386 - And after that? 612 00:26:52,045 --> 00:26:53,786 - We went back to base. 613 00:27:01,010 --> 00:27:03,012 - Did Staff Sergeant Jones go in the bedroom 614 00:27:03,056 --> 00:27:04,840 with Ms. Ksenivich? 615 00:27:04,884 --> 00:27:06,537 - You mean Sky? 616 00:27:08,322 --> 00:27:09,715 No. 617 00:27:09,758 --> 00:27:12,631 I was done, so we went home. 618 00:27:12,674 --> 00:27:13,893 - I'd like to read to you 619 00:27:13,936 --> 00:27:15,721 your testimony from the grand jury. 620 00:27:15,764 --> 00:27:17,636 - You don't need to read that. 621 00:27:20,595 --> 00:27:22,249 I was lying back then. I just wanted to get you 622 00:27:22,292 --> 00:27:24,904 and the damn cops off my back. 623 00:27:33,608 --> 00:27:34,870 - It's called perjury, Billy, 624 00:27:34,914 --> 00:27:36,393 and believe me, I will prosecute. 625 00:27:36,437 --> 00:27:37,656 - They yell at me. You yell at me. 626 00:27:37,699 --> 00:27:39,135 Why does everybody have to yell at me? 627 00:27:39,179 --> 00:27:40,702 - That's gonna be the least of your problems 628 00:27:40,746 --> 00:27:41,703 when you end up in prison. 629 00:27:41,747 --> 00:27:43,487 - They already told me! 630 00:27:43,531 --> 00:27:45,228 There's no way the jury is gonna believe Sky 631 00:27:45,272 --> 00:27:46,752 over the Staff Sergeant. 632 00:27:48,754 --> 00:27:51,234 That means you lose, Mr. Stone. 633 00:27:52,018 --> 00:27:54,455 - And if you're convicted in a military court 634 00:27:54,498 --> 00:27:56,457 of making unsubstantiated allegations 635 00:27:56,500 --> 00:27:58,720 against a superior officer, 636 00:27:58,764 --> 00:28:00,766 you end up in Leavenworth. 637 00:28:04,465 --> 00:28:07,120 - I just wanted a woman. 638 00:28:08,687 --> 00:28:11,472 I wanted to be a man. 639 00:28:14,649 --> 00:28:19,872 I'd rather be a criminal, Mr. Stone, than a traitor. 640 00:28:19,915 --> 00:28:22,483 Can I go? 641 00:28:28,707 --> 00:28:30,273 - You let him go? Just like that? 642 00:28:30,317 --> 00:28:32,449 - There's nothing we could have said to convince him. 643 00:28:32,493 --> 00:28:35,278 - He has a beating heart. He has a conscience. 644 00:28:35,322 --> 00:28:37,019 - Which isn't going to get in the way of a loyalty 645 00:28:37,063 --> 00:28:39,195 that goes back 250 years. We'll never break him. 646 00:28:39,239 --> 00:28:42,546 - So because he's a good man, he's gonna do the wrong thing? 647 00:28:42,590 --> 00:28:43,983 - Our only hope 648 00:28:44,026 --> 00:28:46,725 is that Jim isn't as good a man as Billy is. 649 00:28:53,993 --> 00:28:56,299 - You people. 650 00:28:56,343 --> 00:28:58,214 You all got some balls on you. 651 00:28:58,258 --> 00:29:01,522 - Unforeseeable things happen in a trial. 652 00:29:01,565 --> 00:29:02,653 It's just the way it is. 653 00:29:02,697 --> 00:29:04,699 - I said I didn't want to do this. 654 00:29:04,743 --> 00:29:05,700 I said leave it alone-- 655 00:29:05,744 --> 00:29:08,659 - What is your problem? 656 00:29:11,532 --> 00:29:13,316 You missed a couple days' work, right? 657 00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:16,450 You know what, I can-- I can make that up to you, Sky. 658 00:29:16,493 --> 00:29:18,669 - It's Sandy. 659 00:29:18,713 --> 00:29:19,975 - Yeah, you're-- 660 00:29:20,019 --> 00:29:21,890 you're always gonna be Sky to me. 661 00:29:21,934 --> 00:29:25,415 What is it, 200, 300? Here. 662 00:29:25,459 --> 00:29:27,896 - That's what you think of me? 663 00:29:29,289 --> 00:29:31,117 - Yeah, it is. 664 00:29:39,995 --> 00:29:42,519 - You know, every morning, I get up, 665 00:29:42,563 --> 00:29:43,694 look myself in the mirror. 666 00:29:43,738 --> 00:29:45,261 You know what I see? 667 00:29:47,307 --> 00:29:50,310 Not a damn thing. 668 00:29:50,353 --> 00:29:52,878 I'm invisible. 669 00:29:52,921 --> 00:29:54,836 Nothing. 670 00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:56,751 But after you people started with me, 671 00:29:56,795 --> 00:29:58,448 when I looked in the mirror, I began to see 672 00:29:58,492 --> 00:30:01,060 a piece of someone looking back at me. 673 00:30:02,539 --> 00:30:05,455 You know, it felt good. 674 00:30:05,499 --> 00:30:06,892 But now, 675 00:30:06,935 --> 00:30:11,679 after being humiliated like that in court, 676 00:30:11,722 --> 00:30:14,900 that little piece of pride, or self-worth, 677 00:30:14,943 --> 00:30:18,120 or whatever it is you gave me 678 00:30:18,164 --> 00:30:22,168 is gone, and it's never coming back. 679 00:30:24,431 --> 00:30:26,694 Here. 680 00:30:28,435 --> 00:30:30,872 Keep your money. 681 00:30:37,792 --> 00:30:38,967 - Sometimes this job-- 682 00:30:39,011 --> 00:30:41,752 - Is rewarding? And life-affirming? 683 00:30:41,796 --> 00:30:43,189 - Yeah, no, more like, uh, 684 00:30:43,232 --> 00:30:45,669 makes you want to pound a fifth of Jameson. 685 00:30:45,713 --> 00:30:47,976 - We don't get to pick and choose our victims. 686 00:30:48,020 --> 00:30:49,935 - I know. 687 00:30:51,762 --> 00:30:53,373 - What's going on, Rollins? 688 00:30:53,416 --> 00:30:55,723 - [sighs] 689 00:30:57,377 --> 00:30:59,640 - You okay? 690 00:31:01,207 --> 00:31:03,426 - Yeah. 691 00:31:03,470 --> 00:31:05,776 - You want to talk about it? 692 00:31:07,430 --> 00:31:09,302 - I'll get over it. 693 00:31:10,956 --> 00:31:13,088 - Okay. 694 00:31:14,873 --> 00:31:16,744 Well, whatever it is, let's-- 695 00:31:16,787 --> 00:31:19,312 let's not take it out on Sandy. 696 00:31:22,445 --> 00:31:23,838 - I don't know why I'm here. 697 00:31:23,882 --> 00:31:25,492 I told the other guy, I've got nothing to say. 698 00:31:25,535 --> 00:31:28,016 - You're willing to go to prison for 25 years 699 00:31:28,060 --> 00:31:29,931 because your commanding officer made a stupid-- 700 00:31:29,975 --> 00:31:31,802 no, a sick decision? 701 00:31:31,846 --> 00:31:33,108 - What's on the table? 702 00:31:33,152 --> 00:31:35,458 - Misdemeanor assault. He pays a fine. 703 00:31:35,502 --> 00:31:37,460 - Look, we're trying to help you. 704 00:31:37,504 --> 00:31:40,333 We know that you didn't hurt Sandy Ksenivich. 705 00:31:40,376 --> 00:31:41,769 - You can let me go, 706 00:31:41,812 --> 00:31:43,684 you can pin a couple medals on my chest 707 00:31:43,727 --> 00:31:44,946 and bump me up in rank, 708 00:31:44,990 --> 00:31:48,428 and my answer is still no deal. 709 00:31:48,471 --> 00:31:50,038 - Hey, can we talk? 710 00:31:50,082 --> 00:31:52,388 I think both of you are gonna want to hear this. 711 00:31:54,347 --> 00:31:55,957 Lieutenant, you guys are wasting your time. 712 00:31:56,001 --> 00:31:57,350 Jim Preston is never gonna testify. 713 00:31:57,393 --> 00:31:58,960 - We just got to break this damn military code. 714 00:31:59,004 --> 00:32:00,875 - It's got nothing to do with any code. 715 00:32:00,919 --> 00:32:02,921 We just got the blood back from the lab tests, 716 00:32:02,964 --> 00:32:04,487 and it's a match for Jim, 717 00:32:04,531 --> 00:32:07,969 but the DNA in the blood is genetically female. 718 00:32:12,756 --> 00:32:14,976 Jim Preston is a transgender man. 719 00:32:18,501 --> 00:32:20,025 - Well... 720 00:32:20,068 --> 00:32:22,114 that's why he won't testify. 721 00:32:22,157 --> 00:32:23,854 - The courts will never uphold any law 722 00:32:23,898 --> 00:32:25,726 against transgender people serving in the military. 723 00:32:25,769 --> 00:32:28,033 - That's right, but there's a huge distance 724 00:32:28,076 --> 00:32:31,036 between the law and life. 725 00:32:42,047 --> 00:32:44,353 - Okay, here's the deal. 726 00:32:44,397 --> 00:32:46,007 As of this moment, all charges against you 727 00:32:46,051 --> 00:32:47,530 are dropped with prejudice. 728 00:32:47,574 --> 00:32:49,750 In exchange, I expect you to willingly testify 729 00:32:49,793 --> 00:32:51,360 against Staff Sergeant Jones. 730 00:32:52,666 --> 00:32:54,929 Now get out. 731 00:33:03,068 --> 00:33:05,287 If you refuse, you will be subpoenaed, 732 00:33:05,331 --> 00:33:07,028 and failure to appear will be met 733 00:33:07,072 --> 00:33:09,291 with the strictest punishment the law allows. 734 00:33:15,123 --> 00:33:18,170 - You'll ruin his life, if he testifies. 735 00:33:18,213 --> 00:33:20,868 - And if he doesn't, you'll ruin Sandy's. 736 00:33:20,911 --> 00:33:22,478 It's your choice. 737 00:33:23,610 --> 00:33:25,090 [door slams] 738 00:33:35,622 --> 00:33:35,839 . 739 00:33:35,883 --> 00:33:38,059 - Man, what is with you people? 740 00:33:38,103 --> 00:33:40,192 - I'm just trying to get something done here. 741 00:33:40,235 --> 00:33:42,585 - And what's in it for me? 742 00:33:42,629 --> 00:33:43,760 - It's a little chilly out here. 743 00:33:43,804 --> 00:33:46,024 Do you mind if I join you? 744 00:33:46,067 --> 00:33:49,114 [men shouting distantly] 745 00:33:50,419 --> 00:33:53,640 [men chanting] 746 00:33:57,078 --> 00:33:58,775 - Thank you. 747 00:34:01,256 --> 00:34:03,867 - I didn't do anything, Lieutenant. 748 00:34:03,911 --> 00:34:06,174 I didn't touch her. - I know that, Jim. 749 00:34:08,307 --> 00:34:11,440 I know. 750 00:34:13,616 --> 00:34:16,967 I bet when you enlisted, you were in high school. 751 00:34:17,011 --> 00:34:19,405 - College. 752 00:34:19,448 --> 00:34:21,885 - You could have done anything with your life, 753 00:34:21,929 --> 00:34:24,932 and you chose to serve your country. 754 00:34:24,975 --> 00:34:27,674 - And if I testify, my country will attack me. 755 00:34:27,717 --> 00:34:28,936 - Not your country. 756 00:34:28,979 --> 00:34:31,591 Some closed-minded people who work for-- 757 00:34:31,634 --> 00:34:33,984 - A difference without a distinction. 758 00:34:36,161 --> 00:34:38,119 I'd like to help you put Staff Sergeant in prison, 759 00:34:38,163 --> 00:34:40,078 but if I do, I'll be putting myself 760 00:34:40,121 --> 00:34:41,818 in a prison of my own making. 761 00:34:41,862 --> 00:34:44,256 - Kind of like the one you're in now? 762 00:34:44,299 --> 00:34:47,389 You're worried how your fellow soldiers will see you? 763 00:34:47,433 --> 00:34:49,478 - I'm so far beyond that. 764 00:34:49,522 --> 00:34:51,045 The least of my worries 765 00:34:51,089 --> 00:34:53,134 is having people laughing at me behind my back, 766 00:34:53,178 --> 00:34:55,571 craning to get a look at me in the shower. 767 00:34:55,615 --> 00:34:57,356 But once I'm outed to officials, 768 00:34:57,399 --> 00:34:59,880 there's no going back in. 769 00:34:59,923 --> 00:35:03,231 And by the stroke of a tweet sent from Air Force One, 770 00:35:03,275 --> 00:35:05,451 I could lose my job. 771 00:35:05,494 --> 00:35:06,756 My career. 772 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:09,498 Everything I've ever worked for. 773 00:35:12,762 --> 00:35:16,157 - I know that things feel... 774 00:35:16,201 --> 00:35:18,203 uncertain. 775 00:35:18,246 --> 00:35:19,813 But do you get any comfort 776 00:35:19,856 --> 00:35:23,208 knowing that that tweet did not become a law? 777 00:35:23,251 --> 00:35:24,687 - Today maybe. 778 00:35:24,731 --> 00:35:26,776 What about tomorrow? 779 00:35:28,082 --> 00:35:30,345 I don't know what's gonna happen. 780 00:35:30,389 --> 00:35:32,565 Do you? 781 00:35:32,608 --> 00:35:34,654 - No, I don't. 782 00:35:34,697 --> 00:35:36,525 - Look at me! 783 00:35:37,613 --> 00:35:40,050 I'm a soldier, Lieutenant. 784 00:35:40,094 --> 00:35:41,661 A damn good soldier. 785 00:35:41,704 --> 00:35:45,708 I couldn't stand being stuck behind a desk. 786 00:35:48,581 --> 00:35:50,757 I love what I do. 787 00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:53,716 This job is who I am. 788 00:35:57,067 --> 00:35:59,679 - Do you have any family in the military? 789 00:35:59,722 --> 00:36:03,073 - No. - Friends? 790 00:36:03,117 --> 00:36:05,206 - Just the ones I made after I enlisted. 791 00:36:05,250 --> 00:36:09,993 - So when you enlisted, you were just being a patriot? 792 00:36:10,037 --> 00:36:12,605 You just wanted to help people. 793 00:36:12,648 --> 00:36:16,739 In fact, you couldn't imagine not helping people. 794 00:36:17,523 --> 00:36:20,743 Believe me, I get it. 795 00:36:23,355 --> 00:36:25,705 - I enlisted to serve my country. 796 00:36:25,748 --> 00:36:29,839 - Then serve its people. 797 00:36:38,108 --> 00:36:39,545 - Tyler and I sat outside 798 00:36:39,588 --> 00:36:41,895 while Billy was in the bedroom with Sky. 799 00:36:41,938 --> 00:36:44,376 When he came out, Tyler went in and closed the door. 800 00:36:44,419 --> 00:36:47,030 - What happened next? - I heard Sky scream. 801 00:36:47,074 --> 00:36:49,511 - From pleasure? - Definitely not. 802 00:36:49,555 --> 00:36:50,860 But then it got quiet. 803 00:36:50,904 --> 00:36:53,385 Maybe ten minutes later, Tyler came out. 804 00:36:53,428 --> 00:36:55,561 I saw Sky sitting on the foot of the bed, 805 00:36:55,604 --> 00:36:57,519 crying, holding her face. 806 00:36:57,563 --> 00:36:59,391 - Then what happened? 807 00:36:59,434 --> 00:37:01,393 - Tyler pushed me into the room with her 808 00:37:01,436 --> 00:37:02,916 and slammed the door closed. 809 00:37:02,959 --> 00:37:04,874 He thought I wanted to have sex with her. 810 00:37:04,918 --> 00:37:07,399 - Did you? - No. 811 00:37:07,442 --> 00:37:08,661 But Sky didn't know it. 812 00:37:08,704 --> 00:37:09,923 She hit me in the head with a lamp. 813 00:37:09,966 --> 00:37:11,272 I needed five stitches. 814 00:37:11,316 --> 00:37:14,144 - What, if anything, did Staff Sergeant Jones do? 815 00:37:14,188 --> 00:37:16,756 - I guess he heard the lamp break or me scream. 816 00:37:16,799 --> 00:37:18,801 The next thing I knew, he was in the bedroom, 817 00:37:18,845 --> 00:37:19,933 physically assaulting her. 818 00:37:19,976 --> 00:37:21,413 - Beating the hell out of her? 819 00:37:21,456 --> 00:37:22,979 - That's right. 820 00:37:23,023 --> 00:37:25,504 When he started strangling her, I pulled him away, 821 00:37:25,547 --> 00:37:27,245 and we all left. 822 00:37:32,075 --> 00:37:33,773 - Are you gay, Sergeant? - Objection! 823 00:37:33,816 --> 00:37:35,078 - The witness just testified 824 00:37:35,122 --> 00:37:37,037 that unlike most red-blooded men, 825 00:37:37,080 --> 00:37:39,953 he didn't want to have sex with a beautiful woman. 826 00:37:39,996 --> 00:37:41,650 I'd like to know why. 827 00:37:41,694 --> 00:37:43,043 - Overruled. 828 00:37:44,871 --> 00:37:47,003 - Are you gay, Sergeant? - No. 829 00:37:47,047 --> 00:37:49,310 - Happily married? - No. 830 00:37:49,354 --> 00:37:52,008 - So you're just confused? - Objection. 831 00:38:01,279 --> 00:38:03,324 - I'm a transgender man. 832 00:38:05,457 --> 00:38:08,024 I believe that's what you were getting at, Counselor. 833 00:38:08,068 --> 00:38:10,113 You could have just asked me. 834 00:38:10,157 --> 00:38:11,985 And because you're so interested, 835 00:38:12,028 --> 00:38:15,205 I'm physically able to have sex with whoever I want. 836 00:38:17,207 --> 00:38:19,645 - So you're saying you were once a woman? 837 00:38:19,688 --> 00:38:22,343 - No. I was always a man. 838 00:38:22,387 --> 00:38:24,824 - But your birth certificate says "female." 839 00:38:24,867 --> 00:38:26,391 Am I right? - Objection, relevance? 840 00:38:26,434 --> 00:38:29,002 - I'm just trying to establish that Sergeant Preston 841 00:38:29,045 --> 00:38:30,308 has been less than honest. 842 00:38:30,351 --> 00:38:32,005 - Your Honor? - My point is, 843 00:38:32,048 --> 00:38:35,835 how can we trust a single word this witness says 844 00:38:35,878 --> 00:38:38,011 because he's been lying to the army for years! 845 00:38:38,054 --> 00:38:41,014 - Actually, it's in my medical forms, sir. 846 00:38:41,057 --> 00:38:44,844 - Yeah, but your friends, your foxhole buddies, 847 00:38:44,887 --> 00:38:46,541 they don't know the real you, do they? 848 00:38:46,585 --> 00:38:48,543 - I am the real me. 849 00:38:49,370 --> 00:38:52,678 My gender identity isn't relevant to what I do. 850 00:38:52,721 --> 00:38:54,593 Just as whatever's in your pants 851 00:38:54,636 --> 00:38:56,856 isn't relevant to what you do. 852 00:39:00,599 --> 00:39:02,122 - Then tell me this, Sergeant. 853 00:39:02,165 --> 00:39:03,732 How can we be sure that telling the truth 854 00:39:03,776 --> 00:39:05,386 here today is relevant? 855 00:39:05,430 --> 00:39:07,040 - Objection. 856 00:39:09,259 --> 00:39:10,870 - Withdrawn. 857 00:39:11,784 --> 00:39:13,220 For the record, 858 00:39:13,263 --> 00:39:15,527 in exchange for your testimony here today, 859 00:39:15,570 --> 00:39:19,879 the state has agreed to drop all charges against you. 860 00:39:19,922 --> 00:39:21,924 Isn't that right? 861 00:39:23,186 --> 00:39:25,232 - Yes. 862 00:39:25,275 --> 00:39:28,235 - Right. 863 00:39:28,278 --> 00:39:30,846 I'm done. 864 00:39:41,335 --> 00:39:43,729 - Has the jury reached a verdict? 865 00:39:43,772 --> 00:39:45,426 - We have, Your Honor. 866 00:39:45,470 --> 00:39:47,602 - On the charge of rape in the first degree, 867 00:39:47,646 --> 00:39:49,865 how do you find? 868 00:39:49,909 --> 00:39:51,737 - We find the defendant, Tyler Jones, 869 00:39:51,780 --> 00:39:53,521 guilty. 870 00:39:53,565 --> 00:39:56,132 - Members of the jury, the State of New York 871 00:39:56,176 --> 00:39:58,831 thanks you for your service. 872 00:40:49,838 --> 00:40:52,624 - You didn't have to do this. 873 00:40:52,667 --> 00:40:55,844 - No. No, an apology is due. 874 00:40:55,888 --> 00:40:59,369 - Well, accepted, but you don't have to pretend you like me. 875 00:41:00,414 --> 00:41:02,503 - Truth is, I didn't. 876 00:41:02,547 --> 00:41:04,113 - Because of what I do. 877 00:41:08,466 --> 00:41:09,902 - Um... 878 00:41:09,945 --> 00:41:12,426 actually, 879 00:41:12,470 --> 00:41:14,689 I've been, um... 880 00:41:14,733 --> 00:41:16,865 dating this cardiologist, 881 00:41:16,909 --> 00:41:20,869 and I thought things were going great, 882 00:41:20,913 --> 00:41:23,524 until he left his credit card statement out, 883 00:41:23,568 --> 00:41:26,527 and it turns out, while I've been working late, 884 00:41:26,571 --> 00:41:30,966 Dr. Al has been running around with escorts. 885 00:41:31,010 --> 00:41:34,056 - Working girls who take Amex. 886 00:41:35,231 --> 00:41:37,799 - [stammers] I've... 887 00:41:37,843 --> 00:41:42,369 counseled hundreds of women, but... 888 00:41:42,412 --> 00:41:45,981 when it happens to you, you wonder... 889 00:41:46,025 --> 00:41:49,507 what do they have that I don't? 890 00:41:51,900 --> 00:41:53,380 - From my experience, 891 00:41:53,423 --> 00:41:54,903 guys don't come to girls like me 892 00:41:54,947 --> 00:41:57,558 because their ladies are lacking something. 893 00:41:57,602 --> 00:41:59,299 They come because they are. 894 00:42:02,302 --> 00:42:05,435 And the sad thing is, they're never gonna find it. 895 00:42:20,581 --> 00:42:20,973 . 896 00:42:21,016 --> 00:42:23,628 [dramatic music] 897 00:42:23,671 --> 00:42:30,939 ♪ 898 00:42:49,915 --> 00:42:53,135 [wolf howls]