1 00:00:01,566 --> 00:00:01,784 . 2 00:00:01,827 --> 00:00:03,829 - In the criminal justice system, 3 00:00:03,873 --> 00:00:05,266 sexually based offenses 4 00:00:05,309 --> 00:00:06,789 are considered especially heinous. 5 00:00:06,832 --> 00:00:08,834 In New York City, the dedicated detectives 6 00:00:08,878 --> 00:00:10,662 who investigate these vicious felonies 7 00:00:10,706 --> 00:00:12,229 are members of an elite squad 8 00:00:12,273 --> 00:00:14,144 known as the Special Victims Unit. 9 00:00:14,188 --> 00:00:16,799 These are their stories. 10 00:00:17,974 --> 00:00:19,845 - Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on! 11 00:00:19,889 --> 00:00:22,718 It's not going through, man! - You need to make that call! 12 00:00:24,459 --> 00:00:25,808 Malik, come on, man, that's what I'm saying! 13 00:00:25,851 --> 00:00:27,853 [both talking at once] 14 00:00:27,897 --> 00:00:29,116 - Hey, man! 15 00:00:29,159 --> 00:00:31,161 [all indistinct shouting] 16 00:00:31,205 --> 00:00:33,076 - Look at his face! - What's your problem? 17 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:34,251 - You gonna pay for this? 18 00:00:34,295 --> 00:00:35,861 - Look, man, it's an accident! 19 00:00:35,905 --> 00:00:38,473 [all shouting] 20 00:00:38,516 --> 00:00:40,344 - Whoa, whoa, whoa, he's got a gun, there? 21 00:00:40,388 --> 00:00:42,564 - No! - I'm calling the police! 22 00:00:42,607 --> 00:00:44,522 - You ain't gonna call no police, man! 23 00:00:44,566 --> 00:00:45,741 - Jay, Jay, come on. 24 00:00:45,784 --> 00:00:48,222 - Let's go, let's go, let's go, man! 25 00:00:54,184 --> 00:00:55,533 [sirens wailing] 26 00:00:55,577 --> 00:00:57,666 - Damn! - Stop right there! 27 00:00:57,709 --> 00:00:59,189 - Put your hands where we can see them! 28 00:00:59,233 --> 00:01:00,669 - We didn't do anything! - Shut your mouth, 29 00:01:00,712 --> 00:01:02,192 and keep your hands where I can see them. 30 00:01:02,236 --> 00:01:03,759 - They tried to rob me! - No, we didn't! 31 00:01:03,802 --> 00:01:06,544 - Shut up, shut up. 32 00:01:06,588 --> 00:01:08,198 - I was trying to use the bodega phone. 33 00:01:08,242 --> 00:01:09,373 I was taking my cell out the pocket, 34 00:01:09,417 --> 00:01:10,809 just to show him it was dead! 35 00:01:10,853 --> 00:01:12,333 - You been drinking? - Sir, listen to me-- 36 00:01:12,376 --> 00:01:13,551 - You listen to me! You keep your hands 37 00:01:13,595 --> 00:01:15,075 on the hood. - We need help! 38 00:01:15,118 --> 00:01:17,642 His sister! She's--she's being raped! 39 00:01:17,686 --> 00:01:19,905 - Raped? - I was trying to call 911. 40 00:01:19,949 --> 00:01:21,864 My sister-- She's 16, she-- 41 00:01:21,907 --> 00:01:23,344 She's in the playground around the corner, please! 42 00:01:23,387 --> 00:01:25,128 We gotta go get her! 43 00:01:25,172 --> 00:01:27,609 Please, we gotta go get her! 44 00:01:29,698 --> 00:01:32,135 - How long ago did the assault happen? 45 00:01:32,179 --> 00:01:33,658 - About an hour. 46 00:01:33,702 --> 00:01:35,225 Guy says, he and his sister were held up at gunpoint. 47 00:01:35,269 --> 00:01:37,053 - They threw Tiana to the ground-- 48 00:01:37,097 --> 00:01:38,315 - Officer said you ran. 49 00:01:38,359 --> 00:01:39,708 - There were six of them, sir. 50 00:01:39,751 --> 00:01:41,013 - Over here! 51 00:01:41,057 --> 00:01:42,319 We got her! 52 00:01:43,886 --> 00:01:45,801 She's right here. 53 00:01:47,019 --> 00:01:49,109 - Hey, Tiana? 54 00:01:49,152 --> 00:01:50,762 Hey, it's okay, 55 00:01:50,806 --> 00:01:52,808 we got you, baby. Okay, can you sit up? 56 00:01:52,851 --> 00:01:54,810 There you go. - Somebody call a bus! 57 00:01:54,853 --> 00:01:56,159 - Here you go. Can you tell us what happened? 58 00:01:56,203 --> 00:01:57,682 - Oh, thank God you're okay, T. 59 00:01:57,726 --> 00:01:59,510 Look, the guys that raped you, I swear to God, 60 00:01:59,554 --> 00:02:01,382 I swear to God, I'ma kill 'em, okay? 61 00:02:01,425 --> 00:02:02,426 - Back up! - I swear to God! 62 00:02:02,470 --> 00:02:03,949 - [weeping] Help me, 63 00:02:03,993 --> 00:02:05,168 I was raped! 64 00:02:05,212 --> 00:02:07,083 [indistinct weeping] 65 00:02:07,127 --> 00:02:08,302 I'm sorry, Malik! 66 00:02:08,345 --> 00:02:10,608 [sobbing] - It's okay. 67 00:02:10,652 --> 00:02:12,871 - I'm sorry! 68 00:02:12,915 --> 00:02:15,744 [sirens wailing] 69 00:02:19,313 --> 00:02:22,359 [dramatic music] 70 00:02:22,403 --> 00:02:29,584 ♪ 71 00:03:06,882 --> 00:03:08,144 - Hey, sorry for calling so late. 72 00:03:08,188 --> 00:03:09,406 - It's okay. The victim is 16? 73 00:03:09,450 --> 00:03:11,060 - Yeah. - You call the mother? 74 00:03:11,103 --> 00:03:13,236 - Well, the mother is in Bedford Hills Correctional. 75 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:14,759 There's no father in the picture. 76 00:03:14,803 --> 00:03:16,370 Her older brother, Malik, is her legal guardian. 77 00:03:16,413 --> 00:03:18,372 - Okay, and Malik is the one who reported the rape? 78 00:03:18,415 --> 00:03:19,808 - Yeah, so he and his friend, Jerome, 79 00:03:19,851 --> 00:03:21,375 were apparently trying to call for help, 80 00:03:21,418 --> 00:03:24,552 and the bodega owner thought it was a robbery. 81 00:03:24,595 --> 00:03:26,249 - So much for community relations. 82 00:03:26,293 --> 00:03:28,730 And can Malik or his friend ID the rapist? 83 00:03:28,773 --> 00:03:31,254 - It was dark; they say that there were six of them, 84 00:03:31,298 --> 00:03:32,734 one of them with a gun. We're canvassing now. 85 00:03:32,777 --> 00:03:34,779 We're pulling security cams. - Detectives? 86 00:03:34,823 --> 00:03:36,259 You're from SVU? - We are. 87 00:03:36,303 --> 00:03:37,565 - I just examined Tiana Williams. 88 00:03:37,608 --> 00:03:39,262 - How is she? - Scrapes, bruising 89 00:03:39,306 --> 00:03:41,525 on her knees, palms, genital trauma 90 00:03:41,569 --> 00:03:42,613 on the rape kit. 91 00:03:42,657 --> 00:03:44,180 Semen in her throat and underwear. 92 00:03:44,224 --> 00:03:45,747 - Okay, well, let's get that to the lab, 93 00:03:45,790 --> 00:03:47,314 and see if we can get lucky enough to get a DNA hit. 94 00:03:47,357 --> 00:03:49,359 - She was pretty out of it when we found her. 95 00:03:49,403 --> 00:03:50,795 What came up on the tox screen? 96 00:03:50,839 --> 00:03:53,189 - Traces of heroin, and her blood alcohol 97 00:03:53,233 --> 00:03:55,496 was .19. - A 16-year-old girl, 98 00:03:55,539 --> 00:03:57,062 alone in the middle of the night in that kind 99 00:03:57,106 --> 00:03:58,325 of shape. - You don't wanna know 100 00:03:58,368 --> 00:03:59,630 how many times we see that in here. 101 00:03:59,674 --> 00:04:01,371 - Okay, so did you call Child Services? 102 00:04:01,415 --> 00:04:03,417 - Tiana's been crying, asking for her brother. 103 00:04:03,460 --> 00:04:05,288 I direct Child Services into this, 104 00:04:05,332 --> 00:04:08,813 they're gonna bust up the only family she has. 105 00:04:08,857 --> 00:04:10,641 That's your call. 106 00:04:10,685 --> 00:04:12,077 - Where is she? 107 00:04:12,121 --> 00:04:14,645 - Right over there. - Thank you. 108 00:04:17,344 --> 00:04:18,736 - How's Tiana? I need to see her. 109 00:04:18,780 --> 00:04:20,825 - My lieutenant is with her at the hospital. 110 00:04:20,869 --> 00:04:22,349 We'll know more soon. - All right, that thing 111 00:04:22,392 --> 00:04:23,741 at the bodega. Jerome and I, 112 00:04:23,785 --> 00:04:25,439 we were just trying to find help, man. 113 00:04:25,482 --> 00:04:27,702 - Let's talk about what happened before that. 114 00:04:27,745 --> 00:04:30,966 What were you and Tiana doing at the playground? 115 00:04:31,009 --> 00:04:32,620 - Well, Tiana came home. 116 00:04:32,663 --> 00:04:34,839 She said she had a good grade on her biology test. 117 00:04:34,883 --> 00:04:37,102 So I went to the store, bought some vodka to celebrate. 118 00:04:37,146 --> 00:04:38,452 - Vodka? She's 16. 119 00:04:38,495 --> 00:04:40,367 - Well, it's not a regular thing, you see-- 120 00:04:40,410 --> 00:04:42,325 Tiana's smart, and she's-- 121 00:04:42,369 --> 00:04:44,327 And she's our ticket out the hood, so, 122 00:04:44,371 --> 00:04:45,763 I wanted to do something special for her. 123 00:04:45,807 --> 00:04:47,112 So we went to the playground, 124 00:04:47,156 --> 00:04:48,549 and just hung out. 125 00:04:48,592 --> 00:04:50,986 - Okay, what happened then? 126 00:04:51,029 --> 00:04:53,118 - These guys, six dudes, 127 00:04:53,162 --> 00:04:54,337 they pulled up, man. 128 00:04:54,381 --> 00:04:56,383 - White? Black? Latino? How old? 129 00:04:56,426 --> 00:04:58,167 - Black, young. 130 00:04:58,210 --> 00:04:59,821 I don't know, my age? 131 00:04:59,864 --> 00:05:01,866 But one of them threatened me. 132 00:05:01,910 --> 00:05:03,128 - Threatened you how? 133 00:05:03,172 --> 00:05:04,260 - One of them lifted they shirt up, 134 00:05:04,304 --> 00:05:05,609 showed a gun in they waistband. 135 00:05:05,653 --> 00:05:07,350 Said I had to leave, and Tiana had to stay. 136 00:05:07,394 --> 00:05:08,960 - And you just left her there? 137 00:05:09,004 --> 00:05:10,658 - Well, they said they were gonna shoot me otherwise. 138 00:05:10,701 --> 00:05:12,921 I had no choice. - Sure, you had a choice. 139 00:05:12,964 --> 00:05:14,226 You take a bullet. 140 00:05:14,270 --> 00:05:17,578 You don't leave your little sister alone. 141 00:05:17,621 --> 00:05:18,883 - Yo, Malik came bookin' out the playground, 142 00:05:18,927 --> 00:05:20,320 said Tiana was in trouble. 143 00:05:20,363 --> 00:05:21,843 - Wait, so you weren't at the playground? 144 00:05:21,886 --> 00:05:23,192 - No, no, no, I was out doing my thing, 145 00:05:23,235 --> 00:05:24,541 hanging with my girl, you know? 146 00:05:24,585 --> 00:05:26,151 But we got in a fight, so I went out for a walk 147 00:05:26,195 --> 00:05:27,239 while things blew over. 148 00:05:27,283 --> 00:05:28,545 She got a short memory. 149 00:05:28,589 --> 00:05:30,982 I ran into Malik. [scoffs] 150 00:05:31,026 --> 00:05:32,375 - And then what? 151 00:05:32,419 --> 00:05:33,594 - I think you know and then what. 152 00:05:33,637 --> 00:05:35,117 - So you didn't actually see the guys 153 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:36,379 who attacked Tiana? - No. 154 00:05:36,423 --> 00:05:38,425 But Malik said they in a gang. 155 00:05:38,468 --> 00:05:40,296 - Which gang? - I don't know! 156 00:05:40,340 --> 00:05:41,471 But they real hard dudes. 157 00:05:41,515 --> 00:05:43,125 I mean no one messes with them. 158 00:05:43,168 --> 00:05:46,868 - Let's get back to the six guys. 159 00:05:46,911 --> 00:05:48,304 Height, weight. 160 00:05:48,348 --> 00:05:50,698 Hair, tats, clothing. 161 00:05:50,741 --> 00:05:53,527 - It was dark. 162 00:05:53,570 --> 00:05:55,224 - I heard you say, at the playground, 163 00:05:55,267 --> 00:05:56,312 that you would kill them. 164 00:05:56,356 --> 00:05:57,966 - Hell yeah. 165 00:05:58,009 --> 00:05:59,837 - You know them? 166 00:05:59,881 --> 00:06:00,925 - Nah. 167 00:06:00,969 --> 00:06:02,492 - You sure? 168 00:06:02,536 --> 00:06:03,972 - Yes. 169 00:06:05,669 --> 00:06:08,150 - You trying to help your little sister or not, Malik? 170 00:06:08,193 --> 00:06:09,543 You didn't protect her. 171 00:06:09,586 --> 00:06:11,936 This is your chance to make that right. 172 00:06:16,724 --> 00:06:18,421 - This isn't Malik's fault. - What we want 173 00:06:18,465 --> 00:06:20,380 to focus on right now 174 00:06:20,423 --> 00:06:22,643 is catching the men who did this to you. 175 00:06:22,686 --> 00:06:24,558 - Can you tell us anything? How many there were? 176 00:06:24,601 --> 00:06:27,038 What they looked like? - Um... 177 00:06:27,082 --> 00:06:28,997 Yeah, three of them, I think. 178 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:31,565 It all happened so fast, and I was out of it. 179 00:06:31,608 --> 00:06:32,696 I-I-- 180 00:06:32,740 --> 00:06:34,437 I don't know, I don't know. - Okay. 181 00:06:34,481 --> 00:06:35,873 Okay. - [coughing] 182 00:06:35,917 --> 00:06:38,093 I need my inhaler. 183 00:06:38,136 --> 00:06:40,574 Um--where-- where's my bag? 184 00:06:40,617 --> 00:06:42,271 - We didn't find anything at the scene. 185 00:06:42,314 --> 00:06:43,577 - Oh, so they robbed me, too? 186 00:06:43,620 --> 00:06:45,927 - Hold on, listen, Tiana. Is there anything 187 00:06:45,970 --> 00:06:48,582 that was in your bag that might help us identify 188 00:06:48,625 --> 00:06:50,279 who took it, like a credit card? 189 00:06:50,322 --> 00:06:51,846 - Our food card. Our food card. 190 00:06:51,889 --> 00:06:53,413 How am I gonna do the shopping for this week? 191 00:06:53,456 --> 00:06:54,936 We don't have any money! - Okay. 192 00:06:54,979 --> 00:06:56,851 - What's gonna happen to us? - Tiana, we can help you 193 00:06:56,894 --> 00:06:58,592 with that, okay? - I don't want your help! 194 00:06:58,635 --> 00:07:01,159 I want my bag! And I want to see Malik! 195 00:07:01,203 --> 00:07:02,552 - Can we-- excuse me, 196 00:07:02,596 --> 00:07:03,945 can we get a doctor in here please? 197 00:07:03,988 --> 00:07:05,816 - [gasping] 198 00:07:05,860 --> 00:07:08,428 - She needs her inhaler. - Okay. 199 00:07:08,471 --> 00:07:10,255 [air hissing] 200 00:07:10,299 --> 00:07:12,432 - Just breathe. 201 00:07:12,475 --> 00:07:13,781 Slowly now, okay. 202 00:07:13,824 --> 00:07:16,523 10 milligrams Albuterol. 203 00:07:16,566 --> 00:07:18,133 Good. Good, good, good. 204 00:07:18,176 --> 00:07:19,874 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 205 00:07:19,917 --> 00:07:21,658 - [breathing deeply] 206 00:07:22,703 --> 00:07:24,966 - Malik said that there were six assailants? 207 00:07:25,009 --> 00:07:27,359 - Black, young, possibly gang affiliated. 208 00:07:27,403 --> 00:07:28,752 Malik didn't give us much to go on. 209 00:07:28,796 --> 00:07:30,319 - Well, neither did Tiana. 210 00:07:30,362 --> 00:07:31,538 She said that there were three of them. 211 00:07:31,581 --> 00:07:32,800 - She was pretty high. - [scoffs] 212 00:07:32,843 --> 00:07:34,279 What about the friend, Jerome? 213 00:07:34,323 --> 00:07:35,759 - He backs up Malik's story. 214 00:07:35,803 --> 00:07:37,500 I've got a call into the gang unit. 215 00:07:37,544 --> 00:07:39,676 If this was some type of initiation, 216 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:42,157 somebody's probably telling their friends how it went down. 217 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:44,159 - Hey, I've got something on Malik's SNAP card. 218 00:07:44,202 --> 00:07:45,508 - What, the food card? 219 00:07:45,552 --> 00:07:48,380 - Yeah, it was flagged last night at 2am. 220 00:07:48,424 --> 00:07:49,773 Somebody tried to use it. It was denied 221 00:07:49,817 --> 00:07:51,819 at Lee's Liquors, 105th Street. 222 00:07:51,862 --> 00:07:53,647 - I know that place. - Great, 223 00:07:53,690 --> 00:07:54,909 then they'll have no problem telling you 224 00:07:54,952 --> 00:07:58,042 who tried to use Tiana's card. 225 00:08:00,088 --> 00:08:01,568 - Lee. 226 00:08:01,611 --> 00:08:03,178 - I thought your boys don't drink 227 00:08:03,221 --> 00:08:04,353 on the job anymore. 228 00:08:04,396 --> 00:08:05,746 - We're not thirsty. 229 00:08:05,789 --> 00:08:07,399 - We need the footage from your security cams, 230 00:08:07,443 --> 00:08:09,967 last night, around 2am. 231 00:08:10,011 --> 00:08:11,534 - Or what? 232 00:08:12,448 --> 00:08:13,710 - Seriously? 233 00:08:13,754 --> 00:08:15,886 - They really know you around here, huh? 234 00:08:15,930 --> 00:08:17,192 - Man, get your ass up 235 00:08:17,235 --> 00:08:18,367 and go get me that footage. 236 00:08:18,410 --> 00:08:19,890 Stop playing with me. 237 00:08:19,934 --> 00:08:22,240 - I was just making a little joke. 238 00:08:22,284 --> 00:08:24,547 - Don't quit your day job. 239 00:08:24,591 --> 00:08:26,506 Send me everything you got. 240 00:08:26,549 --> 00:08:28,899 Thanks, Ramos, I owe you one. 241 00:08:28,943 --> 00:08:30,466 - Gang unit recognize this guy? 242 00:08:30,510 --> 00:08:32,163 - Yeah, they call that guy "Four Stroke," 243 00:08:32,207 --> 00:08:33,556 AKA Ray Wallis. 244 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:35,558 He's on parole for aggravated assault. 245 00:08:35,602 --> 00:08:36,864 - They got a last known? 246 00:08:36,907 --> 00:08:38,953 - Nah, but this guy's a fighter and a lover. 247 00:08:38,996 --> 00:08:39,910 He got four baby-mamas 248 00:08:39,954 --> 00:08:41,564 in four different neighborhoods. 249 00:08:41,608 --> 00:08:42,783 - Living dangerously. What do we do now? 250 00:08:42,826 --> 00:08:44,567 - We just sit on all four addresses 251 00:08:44,611 --> 00:08:46,961 and wait on daddy to come home. 252 00:08:52,749 --> 00:08:53,881 - Stay inside, ma'am. 253 00:08:53,924 --> 00:08:55,926 - Stone says we're good. 254 00:08:57,275 --> 00:08:59,495 - NYPD! 255 00:09:01,758 --> 00:09:03,412 - Hey, where you goin', Ray? Where you going? 256 00:09:03,455 --> 00:09:05,022 Where you going? Come here. 257 00:09:05,066 --> 00:09:06,589 Stop. Come here. - Don't shoot my baby. 258 00:09:06,633 --> 00:09:08,722 - Hey, I didn't rape that bitch, man. 259 00:09:08,765 --> 00:09:11,855 - What makes you think we're here about a rape? 260 00:09:11,899 --> 00:09:14,815 - Talk about this down at the station. 261 00:09:14,858 --> 00:09:16,730 - Put my chicken in the-- - How could you? 262 00:09:16,773 --> 00:09:19,602 We got a baby! [all shouting] 263 00:09:19,646 --> 00:09:21,082 - I won't press charges. I won't press charges! 264 00:09:21,125 --> 00:09:22,736 You just gonna let her assault me? 265 00:09:22,779 --> 00:09:25,869 You saw that, right? - I ain't see nothing. 266 00:09:30,395 --> 00:09:32,397 - So Ray Wallis isn't one of the rapists. 267 00:09:32,441 --> 00:09:33,877 - Might not be, there are three 268 00:09:33,921 --> 00:09:35,487 separate DNA samples from the rape kit. 269 00:09:35,531 --> 00:09:36,924 He's not one of them. - Could have used a condom. 270 00:09:36,967 --> 00:09:39,622 - His girlfriend is alibi'ing him. 271 00:09:39,666 --> 00:09:41,189 I know, I know. 272 00:09:42,364 --> 00:09:44,148 - Ray, if you don't cooperate with us, 273 00:09:44,192 --> 00:09:46,542 you're just setting yourself up for rape in the first. 274 00:09:46,586 --> 00:09:48,022 - We got you with a gun. 275 00:09:48,065 --> 00:09:49,110 You're on parole. 276 00:09:49,153 --> 00:09:50,415 You know that's a violation, 277 00:09:50,459 --> 00:09:53,462 five years mandatory federal time. 278 00:09:57,248 --> 00:09:58,859 Okay, cool, I'll just call your P.O. 279 00:09:58,902 --> 00:10:00,512 - You know one hand washes the other? 280 00:10:00,556 --> 00:10:02,514 You gotta help us help you. Otherwise the only way 281 00:10:02,558 --> 00:10:05,213 you see your babies again is from behind bars. 282 00:10:06,562 --> 00:10:08,782 [phone ringing] 283 00:10:08,825 --> 00:10:11,175 - It's ringing. 284 00:10:13,787 --> 00:10:16,006 - Wait. 285 00:10:16,050 --> 00:10:17,921 [phone beeps] 286 00:10:17,965 --> 00:10:20,402 I got the SNAP cards from some kids. 287 00:10:20,445 --> 00:10:21,664 - Some kids? 288 00:10:21,708 --> 00:10:23,623 - Yeah. Kids. 289 00:10:23,666 --> 00:10:25,407 Young. 290 00:10:25,450 --> 00:10:26,669 - How young? 291 00:10:26,713 --> 00:10:29,063 - [scoffs] Too young to use it. 292 00:10:30,804 --> 00:10:33,023 And they were bragging about how all three of them had sex 293 00:10:33,067 --> 00:10:36,157 with some girl at the playground. 294 00:10:41,902 --> 00:10:43,991 [knocking] 295 00:10:45,688 --> 00:10:46,820 - Mrs. Hall? 296 00:10:46,863 --> 00:10:48,212 Detectives Carisi and Tutuola. 297 00:10:48,256 --> 00:10:49,561 We're with Special Victims Unit. 298 00:10:49,605 --> 00:10:51,259 You mind if we come in? - Special? 299 00:10:51,302 --> 00:10:54,392 Why are you special? - 'Cause of our good looks. 300 00:10:55,567 --> 00:10:57,047 - So you the police? 301 00:10:57,091 --> 00:10:58,832 - Mm-hmm. 302 00:10:58,875 --> 00:11:01,965 - Hmm, all right, come in. 303 00:11:02,009 --> 00:11:04,576 So which one you here for? 304 00:11:04,620 --> 00:11:05,752 - Which one? 305 00:11:05,795 --> 00:11:07,057 - My boys. I know you ain't here 306 00:11:07,101 --> 00:11:08,580 for this old bag of bones. 307 00:11:08,624 --> 00:11:11,279 I used to have two beautiful girls of my own. 308 00:11:11,322 --> 00:11:12,976 Lost them both the same year 309 00:11:13,020 --> 00:11:15,718 to some damn powder and the needle. 310 00:11:15,762 --> 00:11:17,807 - We're sorry to hear that. 311 00:11:17,851 --> 00:11:19,200 - I can see them. 312 00:11:19,243 --> 00:11:21,071 They still alive in my grandkids. 313 00:11:21,115 --> 00:11:23,726 I made a promise I'd take care of them. 314 00:11:23,770 --> 00:11:25,380 And that's Darryl 315 00:11:25,423 --> 00:11:26,337 and DeShawn. 316 00:11:26,381 --> 00:11:28,775 They twins, 14 years old. 317 00:11:28,818 --> 00:11:31,255 And their cousin, Leonard. He's 15. 318 00:11:31,299 --> 00:11:34,084 - Do you know where your grandkids are right now? 319 00:11:35,825 --> 00:11:38,132 - Down there. 320 00:11:43,093 --> 00:11:45,139 - Thank you for your time. 321 00:11:48,229 --> 00:11:50,448 - Pass it! Come on, bro. 322 00:11:50,492 --> 00:11:52,668 Pass it. Come on. 323 00:11:55,192 --> 00:11:57,194 - Cops! Run! 324 00:11:58,500 --> 00:12:00,458 - Hey! Where do you think you're going, huh? 325 00:12:00,502 --> 00:12:03,548 - Pro tip: Next time, run in different directions. 326 00:12:03,592 --> 00:12:04,985 - Let's go. 327 00:12:08,684 --> 00:12:09,946 - This is Mrs. Hall. 328 00:12:09,990 --> 00:12:11,905 The three young men are her grandsons. 329 00:12:11,948 --> 00:12:13,689 - They are innocent! They told me 330 00:12:13,733 --> 00:12:15,125 what really happened! 331 00:12:15,169 --> 00:12:16,387 - Boys, why don't you have a seat? 332 00:12:16,431 --> 00:12:19,042 - Come this way. - Let's go. 333 00:12:21,001 --> 00:12:24,265 - I've called a lawyer, Ron Carter. 334 00:12:24,308 --> 00:12:26,180 - Good to see you. - There he is. 335 00:12:26,223 --> 00:12:28,138 - I heard of him. He's a legend. 336 00:12:28,182 --> 00:12:29,661 - Oh, yeah, he worked for the good guys 337 00:12:29,705 --> 00:12:31,141 at the hate crime unit. 338 00:12:31,185 --> 00:12:33,143 And now, he's every prosecutor's nightmare. 339 00:12:33,187 --> 00:12:35,276 - Let's hope Carisi has a rabbit foot somewhere. 340 00:12:35,319 --> 00:12:37,669 - Mr. Carter. I'm Lieutenant Benson. 341 00:12:37,713 --> 00:12:39,802 This is Detective Tutuola. - Oh, boy. 342 00:12:39,846 --> 00:12:41,543 When I left the DA's office, 343 00:12:41,586 --> 00:12:43,414 I thought the days of dim precincts 344 00:12:43,458 --> 00:12:45,329 and their terrible coffee were behind me. 345 00:12:45,373 --> 00:12:47,679 - Lucky for you, we're having French roast today. 346 00:12:47,723 --> 00:12:49,333 - Mm! Well, 347 00:12:49,377 --> 00:12:50,682 I'm gonna assume you haven't spoken 348 00:12:50,726 --> 00:12:52,684 to those boys without their attorney present. 349 00:12:52,728 --> 00:12:53,990 - Not at all. We play by the book here. 350 00:12:54,034 --> 00:12:55,339 - Let's hope so, Detective. 351 00:12:55,383 --> 00:12:56,688 - You should know that the victim 352 00:12:56,732 --> 00:12:58,299 is on her way down here to make an ID. 353 00:12:58,342 --> 00:12:59,953 - Well, since these boys are innocent, 354 00:12:59,996 --> 00:13:01,868 that shouldn't be a problem at all. 355 00:13:01,911 --> 00:13:03,173 - Well, then, you should also know 356 00:13:03,217 --> 00:13:05,349 that we have DNA from the rape kit. 357 00:13:05,393 --> 00:13:08,004 - And all three boys bragged about having sex 358 00:13:08,048 --> 00:13:09,571 with the victim. - Sex? 359 00:13:09,614 --> 00:13:10,833 Consensual sex. 360 00:13:10,877 --> 00:13:13,009 These boys ain't raped anybody. 361 00:13:13,053 --> 00:13:15,664 Your victim is a prostitute. 362 00:13:18,928 --> 00:13:20,147 - We had sex with that girl, 363 00:13:20,190 --> 00:13:21,626 but we didn't rape her! 364 00:13:21,670 --> 00:13:23,846 It--it can't be rape, not if we paid for it! 365 00:13:23,890 --> 00:13:27,197 - Okay, then, why don't you just tell us what happened? 366 00:13:27,241 --> 00:13:29,025 - Go ahead, son, you can talk. 367 00:13:29,069 --> 00:13:30,984 - Me, Darryl, DeShawn were hanging 368 00:13:31,027 --> 00:13:32,202 on the playground. 369 00:13:32,246 --> 00:13:34,552 We saw this girl and guy together. 370 00:13:34,596 --> 00:13:36,467 They were drinking Absolut. 371 00:13:36,511 --> 00:13:38,687 We asked if they wanted to party. 372 00:13:39,949 --> 00:13:42,212 - And then what happened? 373 00:13:42,256 --> 00:13:43,997 - The guy was a pimp. 374 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:45,607 He took me aside, and said that 375 00:13:45,650 --> 00:13:47,217 we could all do her for 200 bucks. 376 00:13:47,261 --> 00:13:50,046 - And tell them what you told me. 377 00:13:50,090 --> 00:13:51,743 - So I went home, 378 00:13:51,787 --> 00:13:53,136 got my mom's ring, 379 00:13:53,180 --> 00:13:57,097 pawned it, gave the guy 200 bucks. 380 00:13:57,140 --> 00:14:00,274 We had sex with the girl. 381 00:14:00,317 --> 00:14:02,363 I'm sorry, Grandma-- - We will talk 382 00:14:02,406 --> 00:14:03,843 about that later. - My clients, 383 00:14:03,886 --> 00:14:05,888 they're not proud of what they did. 384 00:14:05,932 --> 00:14:08,108 But this is not a rape. 385 00:14:08,151 --> 00:14:10,240 Not by a long stretch-- - Hold on. 386 00:14:10,284 --> 00:14:12,590 - No, you hold on, I'm ta-- - This victim 387 00:14:12,634 --> 00:14:15,071 was incapacitated. She had drugs and alcohol 388 00:14:15,115 --> 00:14:16,638 in her system. - Did you know this? 389 00:14:16,681 --> 00:14:19,467 - She went along. She seemed fine. 390 00:14:19,510 --> 00:14:22,905 - Okay, the guy that was with her, the pimp. 391 00:14:22,949 --> 00:14:24,602 You get a name? 392 00:14:24,646 --> 00:14:26,561 - Malik. 393 00:14:32,349 --> 00:14:33,916 - DeShawn and Darryl confirm Leonard's version 394 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:35,787 of what happened. - Yeah, they're accused 395 00:14:35,831 --> 00:14:37,267 of rape; maybe they're just making up an excuse. 396 00:14:37,311 --> 00:14:38,921 - Well, they're 14 and 15 years old. 397 00:14:38,965 --> 00:14:40,270 That's a sophisticated story. 398 00:14:40,314 --> 00:14:41,793 - Client is telling the truth. 399 00:14:41,837 --> 00:14:45,449 Pawned his mother's ring last night at 10:30. 400 00:14:45,493 --> 00:14:47,538 - So Malik was pimping out his little sister. 401 00:14:47,582 --> 00:14:49,932 - Then this story he told the cops, about needing to use 402 00:14:49,976 --> 00:14:51,716 the bodega phone? - Probably trying 403 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:53,414 to call his dealer, then something got busted, 404 00:14:53,457 --> 00:14:54,806 and he made up this rape thing. 405 00:14:54,850 --> 00:14:57,200 - But Tiana said she was raped, too. 406 00:14:57,244 --> 00:14:59,289 - He got to her. On the playground. 407 00:14:59,333 --> 00:15:01,161 And she had to back up her brother's story. 408 00:15:01,204 --> 00:15:03,293 - Go pick him up. 409 00:15:09,386 --> 00:15:11,301 [knocking on door] 410 00:15:11,345 --> 00:15:13,738 - NYPD. Open up, Malik. 411 00:15:18,439 --> 00:15:19,657 - Where's your sister at? 412 00:15:19,701 --> 00:15:21,224 - Why--what? What you need? 413 00:15:21,268 --> 00:15:23,052 - You know why we're here. Get out of the way. 414 00:15:23,096 --> 00:15:25,228 - Tiana! 415 00:15:26,577 --> 00:15:28,840 - Look, don't worry about her. - Hey, baby. 416 00:15:28,884 --> 00:15:30,494 - She's just tired. She's a little tired. 417 00:15:30,538 --> 00:15:32,409 - Shut up! - She just tired, aight? 418 00:15:32,453 --> 00:15:34,020 - She's tired? - She's just tired! 419 00:15:34,063 --> 00:15:35,543 [both shouting] 420 00:15:35,586 --> 00:15:36,892 - Man, get your hands off me! 421 00:15:36,936 --> 00:15:39,329 - What you gonna do? What? 422 00:15:43,029 --> 00:15:44,508 Know what? You ain't even worth it. 423 00:15:44,552 --> 00:15:46,380 Turn around. You're under arrest. 424 00:15:46,423 --> 00:15:49,731 - Hey, Tiana? Tiana... - Yeah... 425 00:15:57,826 --> 00:15:57,957 . 426 00:15:58,000 --> 00:15:59,784 - So Tiana was passed out cold? 427 00:15:59,828 --> 00:16:01,569 - Rollins took her to the ER. 428 00:16:01,612 --> 00:16:03,745 - And Malik? - He's being processed. 429 00:16:03,788 --> 00:16:05,573 Child endangerment, possession, 430 00:16:05,616 --> 00:16:06,922 and promoting prostitution. 431 00:16:06,966 --> 00:16:08,706 - He ask for a lawyer? - Nope. 432 00:16:08,750 --> 00:16:10,534 It's not like he's gonna confess 433 00:16:10,578 --> 00:16:12,058 to trafficking his own sister. 434 00:16:12,101 --> 00:16:15,409 - No, that is gonna have to come from Tiana herself. 435 00:16:15,452 --> 00:16:17,585 - I doubt if that happens, either. 436 00:16:17,628 --> 00:16:19,587 - You had no right to arrest Malik! 437 00:16:19,630 --> 00:16:20,762 - Malik's your guardian. 438 00:16:20,805 --> 00:16:22,155 You were getting high together. 439 00:16:22,198 --> 00:16:23,678 - It's--so what? 440 00:16:23,721 --> 00:16:25,419 - So, that's not taking care of you. 441 00:16:25,462 --> 00:16:26,811 - Says who? 442 00:16:26,855 --> 00:16:29,901 Huh? Wh-- Child Services? 443 00:16:29,945 --> 00:16:32,600 They don't know anything! I'm not going there! 444 00:16:32,643 --> 00:16:34,732 - Well, you're not going home again. 445 00:16:35,820 --> 00:16:38,084 - I was raped! 446 00:16:38,127 --> 00:16:40,216 You guys are supposed to be on my side! 447 00:16:40,260 --> 00:16:42,044 - We are, Tiana, but-- 448 00:16:42,088 --> 00:16:44,220 But some questions have come up. 449 00:16:44,264 --> 00:16:45,613 - Like what? 450 00:16:45,656 --> 00:16:47,354 - Well, your brother takes care of you. 451 00:16:47,397 --> 00:16:49,182 He pays the bills. 452 00:16:49,225 --> 00:16:51,880 Everything that SNAP doesn't cover. 453 00:16:54,404 --> 00:16:56,276 - Yeah. - Well, that's... 454 00:16:56,319 --> 00:16:58,626 Gotta be hard on him. 455 00:16:58,669 --> 00:17:01,020 You help him out, with that? 456 00:17:04,153 --> 00:17:05,937 - Um, sometimes. 457 00:17:05,981 --> 00:17:08,244 - So maybe you get paid to babysit, 458 00:17:08,288 --> 00:17:10,986 or run errands, or... 459 00:17:11,030 --> 00:17:13,858 Hang out with his friends? 460 00:17:16,296 --> 00:17:19,647 - If that's what's going on, we get it. 461 00:17:19,690 --> 00:17:21,301 You're not in any trouble, here. 462 00:17:21,344 --> 00:17:24,869 - But we do need you to tell us the truth. 463 00:17:24,913 --> 00:17:28,047 So we can help you, Tiana. 464 00:17:30,701 --> 00:17:32,312 So we can help 465 00:17:32,355 --> 00:17:35,271 your brother, too. 466 00:17:35,315 --> 00:17:36,881 Huh? 467 00:17:38,579 --> 00:17:40,668 - So you're asking me if I sold my little sister 468 00:17:40,711 --> 00:17:41,799 to three banger wanna-be's? 469 00:17:41,843 --> 00:17:43,105 - Did you? - No! 470 00:17:43,149 --> 00:17:45,064 - And we're supposed to believe you now, 471 00:17:45,107 --> 00:17:47,501 after you told us it was six guys with a gun? 472 00:17:47,544 --> 00:17:48,806 - When it was three teenagers 473 00:17:48,850 --> 00:17:49,894 who said that they paid you? 474 00:17:49,938 --> 00:17:51,983 - They raped Tiana! 475 00:17:52,027 --> 00:17:53,420 All right? They'll say anything! 476 00:17:53,463 --> 00:17:55,204 - So will you! 477 00:17:55,248 --> 00:17:57,032 You're in big trouble right now! 478 00:17:57,076 --> 00:17:58,860 - Why, because Tiana went through my stash 479 00:17:58,903 --> 00:17:59,991 when I wasn't home? 480 00:18:00,035 --> 00:18:01,341 She shouldn't be doing drugs, 481 00:18:01,384 --> 00:18:02,820 and she knows that! 482 00:18:02,864 --> 00:18:04,996 - [scoffs] 483 00:18:10,524 --> 00:18:13,788 - Daddy left when I was ten. 484 00:18:13,831 --> 00:18:17,183 And Mama went to prison when I was 14. 485 00:18:18,749 --> 00:18:20,142 Malik... 486 00:18:20,186 --> 00:18:23,189 was the one that made me waffles. 487 00:18:24,494 --> 00:18:25,713 He braided my hair. 488 00:18:25,756 --> 00:18:27,715 [chuckles] 489 00:18:27,758 --> 00:18:30,196 He got me to school. 490 00:18:30,239 --> 00:18:33,199 No TV if I didn't finish my homework. 491 00:18:33,242 --> 00:18:35,592 [chuckles] 492 00:18:35,636 --> 00:18:39,030 He did everything for me. 493 00:18:39,074 --> 00:18:40,554 He was the one that had to drop out, so, yeah, 494 00:18:40,597 --> 00:18:42,338 whatever I can do to help him, I do it. 495 00:18:42,382 --> 00:18:43,600 - Tiana... 496 00:18:43,644 --> 00:18:45,733 Did those boys pay 497 00:18:45,776 --> 00:18:46,951 to have sex with you? 498 00:18:46,995 --> 00:18:48,388 - 'Cause if they did, 499 00:18:48,431 --> 00:18:50,129 it is not on you. 500 00:18:50,172 --> 00:18:52,392 - They hurt me. - And even if 501 00:18:52,435 --> 00:18:54,176 they did pay your brother, 502 00:18:54,220 --> 00:18:57,571 if you didn't want to, that's rape. 503 00:18:57,614 --> 00:19:00,400 - Just tell us what happened. 504 00:19:00,443 --> 00:19:02,924 - And then you're gonna let Malik go? 505 00:19:04,273 --> 00:19:07,668 - Why don't we take it one step at a time, okay? 506 00:19:07,711 --> 00:19:10,105 - So that's a no. 507 00:19:10,149 --> 00:19:11,759 All right, I'm out of here. 508 00:19:11,802 --> 00:19:14,240 - No, you're not. 509 00:19:14,283 --> 00:19:17,678 Tiana, I'm sorry, but that's not gonna happen. 510 00:19:17,721 --> 00:19:20,550 Child Services is already... 511 00:19:20,594 --> 00:19:22,944 On their way here. 512 00:19:22,987 --> 00:19:24,337 - No. No, if--if-- 513 00:19:24,380 --> 00:19:27,557 if you put me in foster care, I will run away. 514 00:19:35,348 --> 00:19:37,654 Okay, well-- 515 00:19:37,698 --> 00:19:40,048 What if I say that I wasn't raped? 516 00:19:41,832 --> 00:19:42,877 No crime, 517 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:44,705 no police, right? 518 00:19:44,748 --> 00:19:47,795 - Tiana-- - Nobody raped me! 519 00:19:47,838 --> 00:19:51,146 I wanted to do those boys! 520 00:19:51,190 --> 00:19:53,583 Th-- This wasn't Malik's idea. 521 00:19:53,627 --> 00:19:57,196 This was all my idea! 522 00:19:59,937 --> 00:20:01,896 - No victim, no case. - Whether or not 523 00:20:01,939 --> 00:20:03,463 Tiana was pimped out, 524 00:20:03,506 --> 00:20:04,768 she was drugged. 525 00:20:04,812 --> 00:20:07,162 Incapable of consent, that's rape. 526 00:20:07,206 --> 00:20:08,946 - Not if she doesn't testify. 527 00:20:08,990 --> 00:20:10,296 We've just handed the defense 528 00:20:10,339 --> 00:20:11,949 a motion to dismiss on a silver platter. 529 00:20:11,993 --> 00:20:13,734 [knocking] 530 00:20:13,777 --> 00:20:15,562 - Mr. Stone? Mr. Carter's here. 531 00:20:15,605 --> 00:20:17,085 - On schedule. 532 00:20:17,128 --> 00:20:19,087 Send him in, Carmen. 533 00:20:21,220 --> 00:20:23,700 - Mr. Stone! Lieutenant Benson. 534 00:20:23,744 --> 00:20:25,311 This is my daughter, Regina. 535 00:20:25,354 --> 00:20:27,530 - I'll be representing Malik Williams. 536 00:20:27,574 --> 00:20:29,663 - What can we do for you? - I just want to know, 537 00:20:29,706 --> 00:20:31,012 why you haven't dropped the charges 538 00:20:31,055 --> 00:20:32,143 against my clients? - Because whether 539 00:20:32,187 --> 00:20:34,102 or not money was exchanged, 540 00:20:34,145 --> 00:20:36,409 the victim did not consent. 541 00:20:36,452 --> 00:20:38,846 She told police that she was assaulted. 542 00:20:38,889 --> 00:20:40,761 - But that's not what she's saying now. 543 00:20:40,804 --> 00:20:42,763 If I call a press conference, 544 00:20:42,806 --> 00:20:44,199 this case? It's gonna make 545 00:20:44,243 --> 00:20:45,505 the Central Park Five debacle 546 00:20:45,548 --> 00:20:47,594 look like a public relations triumph. 547 00:20:47,637 --> 00:20:51,293 And, remind me, how much did the city pay out to those boys? 548 00:20:51,337 --> 00:20:53,208 - We realize what we're looking at. 549 00:20:53,252 --> 00:20:54,340 - So you're gonna drop the charges. 550 00:20:54,383 --> 00:20:55,863 - I need to review the evidence. 551 00:20:55,906 --> 00:20:58,648 - Well, take all the time you need... 552 00:20:58,692 --> 00:21:00,084 Until 5:00 PM. 553 00:21:00,128 --> 00:21:01,912 Because that's when I call the press, 554 00:21:01,956 --> 00:21:06,090 and explain how the NYPD and the DA 555 00:21:06,134 --> 00:21:09,180 are railroading innocent young black men. 556 00:21:09,224 --> 00:21:10,747 - Including Tiana's brother. 557 00:21:10,791 --> 00:21:12,706 - Come on, you know that that's not what's going on. 558 00:21:12,749 --> 00:21:15,317 - We'll be in touch. 559 00:21:15,361 --> 00:21:16,971 Thank you. 560 00:21:18,581 --> 00:21:21,323 - Hey. - We ran Malik's financials, 561 00:21:21,367 --> 00:21:22,890 what there are of them. 562 00:21:22,933 --> 00:21:24,631 He and Tiana get 352 a month 563 00:21:24,674 --> 00:21:26,850 in SNAP benefits. No other legit income. 564 00:21:26,894 --> 00:21:27,938 - Yeah, and the rent for the public 565 00:21:27,982 --> 00:21:29,244 housing apartment is 200. 566 00:21:29,288 --> 00:21:30,680 But this guy's got a phone, 567 00:21:30,724 --> 00:21:32,552 he's got cable, he's got a big-screen TV. 568 00:21:32,595 --> 00:21:34,162 - Okay, expenses, clothing. - Uh-huh. 569 00:21:34,205 --> 00:21:36,295 - So he's making up the extra. 570 00:21:36,338 --> 00:21:38,340 We just have to prove it's from pimping out Tiana. 571 00:21:38,384 --> 00:21:40,386 - Yeah, so we pulled Malik's phone records, 572 00:21:40,429 --> 00:21:41,909 tracked a dozen of his associates. 573 00:21:41,952 --> 00:21:43,389 They're gang members, drug dealers. 574 00:21:43,432 --> 00:21:44,999 - Johns? - Not that anyone's 575 00:21:45,042 --> 00:21:46,740 admitted so far. - But they all have records. 576 00:21:46,783 --> 00:21:48,437 It's just a matter of time before they get picked up 577 00:21:48,481 --> 00:21:51,179 and need to deal. - Like my friend here. 578 00:21:53,268 --> 00:21:54,400 - You gonna introduce us? 579 00:21:54,443 --> 00:21:56,184 - Yeah, this is Bobby Jackson. 580 00:21:56,227 --> 00:21:57,968 Just got busted by narcotics 581 00:21:58,012 --> 00:21:59,361 with four kilos of cocaine 582 00:21:59,405 --> 00:22:01,407 in the trunk of his town car. 583 00:22:01,450 --> 00:22:04,627 He's also Malik and Tiana's driver. 584 00:22:09,632 --> 00:22:10,677 - Malik? 585 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:12,200 He treats Tiana pretty good. 586 00:22:12,243 --> 00:22:13,288 - By pimping her out? 587 00:22:13,332 --> 00:22:14,724 Keeping her addicted to heroin? 588 00:22:14,768 --> 00:22:16,073 - He doesn't beat her, 589 00:22:16,117 --> 00:22:17,510 take a taste for himself, know what I mean? 590 00:22:17,553 --> 00:22:19,555 - So we're supposed to feel great about this guy 591 00:22:19,599 --> 00:22:20,948 because he doesn't sexually abuse 592 00:22:20,991 --> 00:22:22,341 his own sister? 593 00:22:22,384 --> 00:22:23,733 - I'm just saying. - Yeah, let's stick 594 00:22:23,777 --> 00:22:25,431 to the usual program. You're gonna tell us 595 00:22:25,474 --> 00:22:27,128 who you saw, what you saw, 596 00:22:27,171 --> 00:22:29,173 how many times you saw it. 597 00:22:31,088 --> 00:22:33,352 - Bobby drove Tiana to all her appointments. 598 00:22:33,395 --> 00:22:35,179 He also kept his eyes on the road 599 00:22:35,223 --> 00:22:36,659 when she had to handle business in the back seat. 600 00:22:36,703 --> 00:22:39,140 He has names, dates, and cash amounts. 601 00:22:39,183 --> 00:22:41,534 - On an Excel spreadsheet? - No. 602 00:22:41,577 --> 00:22:42,970 Pencil and paper. 603 00:22:43,013 --> 00:22:44,275 He kept a written record 604 00:22:44,319 --> 00:22:46,495 so he could keep track of his cut. 605 00:22:48,454 --> 00:22:51,326 - Did you really just get this lucky? 606 00:22:51,370 --> 00:22:53,328 - Luck favors the prepared. 607 00:22:53,372 --> 00:22:56,331 I called in a favor in Narcotics. 608 00:22:56,375 --> 00:22:58,159 - This bust is legit. 609 00:22:58,202 --> 00:23:00,204 - Absolutely. 610 00:23:03,164 --> 00:23:06,210 - Okay, I'll call Stone. 611 00:23:06,254 --> 00:23:07,995 You really want to get Malik. 612 00:23:08,038 --> 00:23:09,997 - He's the worst kind of predator. 613 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:11,477 He betrays his own. 614 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:13,696 I mean his sister really loves him, 615 00:23:13,740 --> 00:23:15,524 and he's throwing her away. 616 00:23:21,051 --> 00:23:23,097 - On the charge of endangering a minor 617 00:23:23,140 --> 00:23:25,012 and sex trafficking, how do you plead? 618 00:23:25,055 --> 00:23:26,230 - Not guilty, Your Honor. 619 00:23:26,274 --> 00:23:27,623 - People on bail? 620 00:23:27,667 --> 00:23:28,755 - We request remand. 621 00:23:28,798 --> 00:23:30,365 Up until two days ago, the defendant 622 00:23:30,409 --> 00:23:32,193 was the guardian of his 16-year-old sister, 623 00:23:32,236 --> 00:23:33,499 who he's now charged with trafficking. 624 00:23:33,542 --> 00:23:35,196 We believe he could be a danger to her. 625 00:23:35,239 --> 00:23:38,199 - My client's main concern is his sister's wellbeing. 626 00:23:38,242 --> 00:23:39,766 Mr. Williams would like to clear his name, 627 00:23:39,809 --> 00:23:42,072 regain custody of Ms. Williams, and-- 628 00:23:42,116 --> 00:23:43,291 - Tiana. 629 00:23:43,334 --> 00:23:45,206 What are you-- You cannot be here. 630 00:23:45,249 --> 00:23:47,208 You cannot be in here! - I ran away. 631 00:23:47,251 --> 00:23:48,470 I told you I would. - You cannot be here! 632 00:23:48,514 --> 00:23:50,341 - My brother didn't do anything! 633 00:23:50,385 --> 00:23:52,387 It was all my idea! - Ms. Carter. 634 00:23:52,431 --> 00:23:54,650 - M-my apologies, Your Honor. 635 00:23:54,694 --> 00:23:56,609 She's with me. - Then take her out 636 00:23:56,652 --> 00:23:58,480 of my courtroom! - Okay, of course. 637 00:23:58,524 --> 00:24:02,092 Let's go, come on. Now, now. 638 00:24:02,136 --> 00:24:04,007 - You can't do this to Malik! 639 00:24:04,051 --> 00:24:05,748 - Listen to me. We don't have a choice. 640 00:24:05,792 --> 00:24:07,489 - I'm not going back to Child Services! 641 00:24:07,533 --> 00:24:09,796 - We can arrest you for filing a false report, 642 00:24:09,839 --> 00:24:12,625 send you to juvie. 643 00:24:12,668 --> 00:24:14,540 - Well, maybe you want to take me home, daddy? 644 00:24:14,583 --> 00:24:16,324 - Stop it, you don't have to be like that. 645 00:24:16,367 --> 00:24:17,673 - You're no fun. - Tiana, 646 00:24:17,717 --> 00:24:20,154 you do have a choice, actually. 647 00:24:20,197 --> 00:24:23,418 Either you go back to Child Services or 648 00:24:23,462 --> 00:24:26,552 we arrest you right now. 649 00:24:26,595 --> 00:24:28,336 - You, too? 650 00:24:28,379 --> 00:24:30,512 So all that nice lady, being my friend 651 00:24:30,556 --> 00:24:33,297 with that other detective, that was all BS? 652 00:24:36,344 --> 00:24:39,347 Fine! Take me back. 653 00:24:40,130 --> 00:24:41,480 - Take her back. 654 00:24:41,523 --> 00:24:44,744 - I'll radio a squad car to drive her. 655 00:24:46,485 --> 00:24:48,095 - You know, you say you care about me. 656 00:24:48,138 --> 00:24:49,792 You're lying. 657 00:24:52,969 --> 00:24:56,190 I know my brother loves me! 658 00:25:08,594 --> 00:25:08,811 . 659 00:25:08,855 --> 00:25:11,031 - I worked for Malik Williams for two years. 660 00:25:11,074 --> 00:25:12,380 Drove him to drug buys, 661 00:25:12,423 --> 00:25:16,079 drove his sister Tiana to her...dates. 662 00:25:16,123 --> 00:25:17,646 - And by dates, you mean... 663 00:25:17,690 --> 00:25:19,866 - Meeting with guys who paid to have sex with her. 664 00:25:19,909 --> 00:25:21,215 - And who collected the cash? 665 00:25:21,258 --> 00:25:22,433 - I did, mostly. 666 00:25:22,477 --> 00:25:24,348 I'd take 10%, 667 00:25:24,392 --> 00:25:25,915 and give the rest to Malik. 668 00:25:27,961 --> 00:25:30,920 - Did Tiana go along with this? 669 00:25:30,964 --> 00:25:34,489 - Aside from her being 14 when it started... 670 00:25:34,533 --> 00:25:35,969 She was so drugged up, 671 00:25:36,012 --> 00:25:38,145 she couldn't put two words together. 672 00:25:42,279 --> 00:25:45,935 - Did you or Malik use a weapon on Tiana? 673 00:25:45,979 --> 00:25:48,677 Or did you lock the car doors? 674 00:25:48,721 --> 00:25:50,418 - No, I would never do that. 675 00:25:50,461 --> 00:25:52,594 - So she was free to go at any time. 676 00:25:52,638 --> 00:25:54,596 - Well, like I said, she was so drugged up that-- 677 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:56,642 - Did she ever tell you she was frightened 678 00:25:56,685 --> 00:25:57,904 of her brother? 679 00:25:57,947 --> 00:26:00,167 Or ask you for help to escape? 680 00:26:01,951 --> 00:26:03,387 - No. 681 00:26:03,431 --> 00:26:05,607 - In fact, didn't she talk about 682 00:26:05,651 --> 00:26:08,044 how well he took care of her? 683 00:26:08,088 --> 00:26:09,698 How she was happy? 684 00:26:12,483 --> 00:26:14,094 You can look at me, not the ADA 685 00:26:14,137 --> 00:26:16,966 who dropped charges against you in exchange for your testimony 686 00:26:17,010 --> 00:26:18,751 against my client-- - Your Honor. 687 00:26:18,794 --> 00:26:20,448 - Testimony that doesn't include 688 00:26:20,491 --> 00:26:24,104 anything you just told us about the real criminals, here. 689 00:26:24,147 --> 00:26:25,845 Men who paid for sex 690 00:26:25,888 --> 00:26:28,238 with a drugged-out teenager. 691 00:26:29,588 --> 00:26:32,765 - Just answer the question, Mr. Jackson. 692 00:26:34,070 --> 00:26:35,942 - She seemed okay. 693 00:26:35,985 --> 00:26:38,597 She always hugged him when we got home. 694 00:26:41,904 --> 00:26:44,646 - Redirect, Your Honor. 695 00:26:44,690 --> 00:26:46,213 Did Tiana tell you how happy she was 696 00:26:46,256 --> 00:26:47,649 when she was incapacitated? 697 00:26:47,693 --> 00:26:49,608 Being raped by strangers, in the back seat 698 00:26:49,651 --> 00:26:51,000 of a town car, so her brother could support 699 00:26:51,044 --> 00:26:52,654 his drug habit? - Objection! 700 00:26:52,698 --> 00:26:54,221 - Overruled. 701 00:26:54,264 --> 00:26:56,571 The witness may answer. 702 00:26:56,615 --> 00:26:58,181 - No. 703 00:26:58,225 --> 00:27:00,967 She didn't say much of anything, then. 704 00:27:06,189 --> 00:27:07,495 - Tiana. 705 00:27:07,538 --> 00:27:09,236 What did you tell the police, when they 706 00:27:09,279 --> 00:27:11,542 found you on the playground? 707 00:27:11,586 --> 00:27:13,066 - I don't know. 708 00:27:13,936 --> 00:27:15,982 - What did you tell them in the hospital? 709 00:27:18,462 --> 00:27:19,550 Permission to treat the witness 710 00:27:19,594 --> 00:27:20,856 as hostile, Your Honor? 711 00:27:20,900 --> 00:27:21,988 - Granted. 712 00:27:22,031 --> 00:27:23,554 Tiana? 713 00:27:23,598 --> 00:27:25,339 You need to answer the questions. 714 00:27:25,382 --> 00:27:27,820 Do you understand? 715 00:27:27,863 --> 00:27:30,170 - Yes. 716 00:27:30,213 --> 00:27:32,302 - You initially told the cops that you had been raped, 717 00:27:32,346 --> 00:27:34,217 isn't that right? 718 00:27:34,261 --> 00:27:35,479 - Yes. 719 00:27:35,523 --> 00:27:37,003 - Was that true? 720 00:27:37,046 --> 00:27:39,483 - No. 721 00:27:39,527 --> 00:27:41,007 - You lied to protect your brother, 722 00:27:41,050 --> 00:27:41,921 because he had 723 00:27:41,964 --> 00:27:43,531 pimped you out for $200? 724 00:27:43,574 --> 00:27:44,706 - No, that was my idea. 725 00:27:44,750 --> 00:27:46,229 My brother didn't do anything. 726 00:27:46,273 --> 00:27:47,666 - Didn't he lie to the cops? 727 00:27:47,709 --> 00:27:48,841 Tell them you'd been raped? 728 00:27:48,884 --> 00:27:49,972 - No, he was trying to make sure 729 00:27:50,016 --> 00:27:51,365 that I didn't get into trouble. 730 00:27:51,408 --> 00:27:52,714 - So you went along with his lie 731 00:27:52,758 --> 00:27:53,846 the same way you are right now. 732 00:27:53,889 --> 00:27:56,065 - Objection. - Withdrawn. 733 00:27:57,458 --> 00:27:58,851 Do you love your brother? 734 00:27:58,894 --> 00:28:00,417 - Yes. 735 00:28:01,070 --> 00:28:02,376 - He's been your sole caretaker 736 00:28:02,419 --> 00:28:04,204 since you were 14. 737 00:28:04,944 --> 00:28:07,076 - Yes. - If your brother's convicted, 738 00:28:07,120 --> 00:28:09,775 you'll end up in foster care indefinitely. 739 00:28:09,818 --> 00:28:12,603 Wouldn't you say anything 740 00:28:12,647 --> 00:28:13,866 to keep that from happening? 741 00:28:13,909 --> 00:28:16,607 - Objection, Your Honor-- - Withdrawn. 742 00:28:21,612 --> 00:28:23,614 Nothing further. 743 00:28:28,315 --> 00:28:31,057 - Tiana... 744 00:28:31,100 --> 00:28:33,929 Is your brother Malik 745 00:28:33,973 --> 00:28:38,542 drugging you or forcing you into prostitution? 746 00:28:38,586 --> 00:28:40,806 - No. No, he's not. 747 00:28:42,459 --> 00:28:44,374 - We've heard testimony 748 00:28:44,418 --> 00:28:45,767 that you've engaged 749 00:28:45,811 --> 00:28:48,988 in sexual solicitation. 750 00:28:50,424 --> 00:28:52,774 - I'm not proud of that. 751 00:28:52,818 --> 00:28:55,081 I needed money. 752 00:28:55,124 --> 00:28:56,735 - So... 753 00:28:56,778 --> 00:28:58,693 this was all your idea? 754 00:28:58,737 --> 00:29:00,086 - [sighs] 755 00:29:00,129 --> 00:29:01,827 I had to. 756 00:29:01,870 --> 00:29:03,916 After Mama was sent away, 757 00:29:03,959 --> 00:29:06,440 Malik worked construction. 758 00:29:06,483 --> 00:29:08,659 And he got into a fight. 759 00:29:08,703 --> 00:29:11,924 It wasn't his fault, but he got fired. 760 00:29:13,403 --> 00:29:15,318 Assistance... 761 00:29:15,362 --> 00:29:17,407 barely paid rent. 762 00:29:20,846 --> 00:29:23,152 When I was 13, all I wanted 763 00:29:23,196 --> 00:29:26,112 was a puppy. 764 00:29:26,155 --> 00:29:28,767 Malik said that we couldn't afford that. 765 00:29:33,249 --> 00:29:34,337 [sighs] 766 00:29:34,381 --> 00:29:36,426 So no movies, no going out. 767 00:29:36,470 --> 00:29:38,037 Um... 768 00:29:39,995 --> 00:29:42,215 I couldn't sleep nights, 769 00:29:42,258 --> 00:29:44,957 worrying about what might happen if 770 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:47,220 we couldn't make rent. 771 00:29:52,791 --> 00:29:55,402 I just wanted that feeling to go away, I didn't-- 772 00:29:55,445 --> 00:29:57,621 To not be worried. 773 00:29:57,665 --> 00:30:00,842 My stomach hurting all the time. 774 00:30:05,151 --> 00:30:07,066 Thinking, maybe, it might be better 775 00:30:07,109 --> 00:30:10,852 if I got shot. 776 00:30:10,896 --> 00:30:12,549 Mostly I just wanted the bad stuff 777 00:30:12,593 --> 00:30:13,855 to just go away 778 00:30:13,899 --> 00:30:16,771 for a little while. 779 00:30:24,431 --> 00:30:25,519 I l-- 780 00:30:25,562 --> 00:30:27,826 I love my brother. 781 00:30:29,392 --> 00:30:31,873 He's all I have. 782 00:30:40,055 --> 00:30:42,405 - Thank you, Tiana. 783 00:30:49,848 --> 00:30:52,720 - People rest, Your Honor. 784 00:30:52,763 --> 00:30:54,722 - Ms. Carter? 785 00:30:54,765 --> 00:30:57,333 - Defense calls LaShonda Williams. 786 00:31:00,728 --> 00:31:02,382 - The defendant's mother? 787 00:31:02,425 --> 00:31:03,905 This witness wasn't on the list, Your Honor. 788 00:31:03,949 --> 00:31:05,167 - She's been in the infirmary 789 00:31:05,211 --> 00:31:06,734 in Bedford Hills Correctional 790 00:31:06,777 --> 00:31:08,518 after an attack by her cellmate. 791 00:31:08,562 --> 00:31:11,391 We weren't sure if she'd be able to testify. 792 00:31:11,434 --> 00:31:13,741 We just found out she's recovered enough 793 00:31:13,784 --> 00:31:15,743 to travel. 794 00:31:15,786 --> 00:31:17,310 - I'll need time to prepare, Your Honor. 795 00:31:17,353 --> 00:31:21,270 - You can take the lunch recess, Mr. Stone. 796 00:31:21,314 --> 00:31:23,098 We're adjourned. 797 00:31:29,713 --> 00:31:31,411 - Malik has always 798 00:31:31,454 --> 00:31:32,847 been the real man 799 00:31:32,891 --> 00:31:34,805 of the family. 800 00:31:37,025 --> 00:31:40,333 My husband was a waste of skin. 801 00:31:40,376 --> 00:31:43,205 Well, Malik, he saved me and Tiana. 802 00:31:43,249 --> 00:31:45,991 After my husband left, we had a real nice life. 803 00:31:46,034 --> 00:31:48,167 - Then you were convicted of assault? 804 00:31:48,210 --> 00:31:49,864 - Yeah, I had my struggles. 805 00:31:49,908 --> 00:31:51,257 Drink and drugs. 806 00:31:51,300 --> 00:31:52,606 Regret my mistakes, but I'm working 807 00:31:52,649 --> 00:31:54,173 on being a better mother. 808 00:31:54,216 --> 00:31:57,263 - The court appointed Malik as an interim guardian 809 00:31:57,306 --> 00:31:59,439 while you served your time? - He was taking care of her, 810 00:31:59,482 --> 00:32:01,789 taking her to visit me, taking her to school, 811 00:32:01,832 --> 00:32:03,878 making sure she stay out of trouble. 812 00:32:03,922 --> 00:32:05,619 - Has he succeeded? 813 00:32:05,662 --> 00:32:08,622 - Not always. [chuckles] 814 00:32:08,665 --> 00:32:10,624 Tiana headstrong, she willful. 815 00:32:10,667 --> 00:32:11,930 She does what she wants. 816 00:32:11,973 --> 00:32:14,671 - Including acting out sexually? 817 00:32:14,715 --> 00:32:16,499 - Objection. - Overruled. 818 00:32:16,543 --> 00:32:18,414 Witness may answer. 819 00:32:18,458 --> 00:32:19,633 - Yeah. 820 00:32:19,676 --> 00:32:20,895 I seen that in her, 821 00:32:20,939 --> 00:32:25,291 even as a 14-year-old. 822 00:32:25,334 --> 00:32:27,293 - So these charges against your son, 823 00:32:27,336 --> 00:32:28,990 where do you think they-- - [laughs] 824 00:32:29,034 --> 00:32:31,471 The cops, the DA, they making a mistake. 825 00:32:31,514 --> 00:32:33,560 They know how bad these teenage girls be. 826 00:32:33,603 --> 00:32:35,301 Malik loves Tiana. 827 00:32:35,344 --> 00:32:38,260 He would never do nothin' to hurt her. 828 00:32:38,304 --> 00:32:40,480 - Thank you, Ms. Williams. 829 00:32:40,523 --> 00:32:42,308 No further questions. 830 00:32:45,354 --> 00:32:46,834 - Is everything all right, Mr. Stone? 831 00:32:46,877 --> 00:32:48,618 Your witness. 832 00:32:50,359 --> 00:32:52,492 - Uh, what's he doin' here? 833 00:32:57,888 --> 00:33:00,021 - The man you assaulted, Luke Snell? 834 00:33:00,065 --> 00:33:01,327 - Objection. 835 00:33:01,370 --> 00:33:02,937 - What's going on, Mr. Stone? 836 00:33:02,981 --> 00:33:04,330 - It's my cross examination, Your Honor. 837 00:33:04,373 --> 00:33:05,896 - How is any of this relevant? 838 00:33:05,940 --> 00:33:07,028 - Goes to credibility. 839 00:33:07,072 --> 00:33:09,770 Best I can do on short notice. 840 00:33:09,813 --> 00:33:11,598 - I'll allow it. 841 00:33:12,686 --> 00:33:14,035 - Ms. Williams, 842 00:33:14,079 --> 00:33:15,906 two years ago, you slashed Luke Snell 843 00:33:15,950 --> 00:33:18,170 with a straight-razor. 844 00:33:18,213 --> 00:33:20,955 - Yes, I did. Everybody knows that. 845 00:33:20,999 --> 00:33:22,261 - Does everybody know why? 846 00:33:22,304 --> 00:33:23,871 - Objection. Again, relevance. 847 00:33:23,914 --> 00:33:26,134 - I'll allow it, Ms. Carter. 848 00:33:28,919 --> 00:33:31,096 - Why did you slash his face? 849 00:33:33,533 --> 00:33:36,057 - I'll take the 5th. 850 00:33:36,101 --> 00:33:38,190 - You don't want to incriminate yourself? 851 00:33:42,411 --> 00:33:44,022 - Is that because you assaulted Mr. Snell 852 00:33:44,065 --> 00:33:45,197 in an argument about money 853 00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:46,894 after he paid your pimp 854 00:33:46,937 --> 00:33:48,635 who also happens to be your son? 855 00:33:48,678 --> 00:33:50,941 - Objection. 856 00:33:53,857 --> 00:33:55,250 - No, it wasn't Malik's fault. 857 00:33:55,294 --> 00:33:57,165 He was going through a-a-a bad patch. 858 00:33:57,209 --> 00:33:58,732 We needed the cash! 859 00:33:58,775 --> 00:34:00,081 Now, I pled guilty. 860 00:34:00,125 --> 00:34:02,301 So nobody needed to know that part. 861 00:34:03,128 --> 00:34:04,651 - Malik was working as your pimp, 862 00:34:04,694 --> 00:34:06,435 trafficking you? 863 00:34:07,567 --> 00:34:09,786 The same way he's trafficking your daughter now? 864 00:34:09,830 --> 00:34:11,614 - Objection, Your Honor! 865 00:34:14,139 --> 00:34:15,792 - Withdrawn. 866 00:34:15,836 --> 00:34:18,143 - The jury will disregard. 867 00:34:18,186 --> 00:34:20,928 The witness is excused. 868 00:34:20,971 --> 00:34:22,408 We're in recess. 869 00:34:22,451 --> 00:34:24,366 [gavel bangs] 870 00:34:30,285 --> 00:34:31,765 - Tiana. 871 00:34:31,808 --> 00:34:33,593 - Is it true? 872 00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:37,466 My daddy used to rape my mama. 873 00:34:37,510 --> 00:34:39,990 And then Malik does that to her... 874 00:34:40,034 --> 00:34:41,253 - I know he's your big brother, 875 00:34:41,296 --> 00:34:43,559 and I know you think you owe him. 876 00:34:43,603 --> 00:34:45,300 But you don't. 877 00:34:47,389 --> 00:34:50,566 - Let me get you back to ACS. 878 00:34:58,487 --> 00:35:00,924 - Malik trafficked his mother, too? 879 00:35:00,968 --> 00:35:04,754 - And they're both blaming it on Tiana. 880 00:35:04,798 --> 00:35:07,322 - Man, that family had it rough. 881 00:35:07,366 --> 00:35:09,933 - Same as everyone that grows up in the Projects. 882 00:35:09,977 --> 00:35:12,284 Some will make it out, some won't. 883 00:35:12,327 --> 00:35:15,330 But we all make our own choices. 884 00:35:17,115 --> 00:35:20,030 - You don't talk about your childhood much. 885 00:35:21,119 --> 00:35:24,034 - Back at you, Lieu. 886 00:35:24,078 --> 00:35:25,688 [phone buzzing] 887 00:35:28,517 --> 00:35:30,998 - Lieutenant Benson. 888 00:35:31,041 --> 00:35:33,348 What? 889 00:35:36,743 --> 00:35:38,788 Where? 890 00:35:40,442 --> 00:35:43,184 What happened to Tiana? - Heroin overdose. 891 00:35:43,228 --> 00:35:45,012 - Where was she found? - In her apartment. 892 00:35:45,055 --> 00:35:46,318 Neighbors called 911. 893 00:35:46,361 --> 00:35:47,928 - She gonna make it? 894 00:35:47,971 --> 00:35:49,669 - EMTs said they're not sure. 895 00:35:49,712 --> 00:35:51,627 It's their tenth OD tonight. 896 00:36:05,772 --> 00:36:05,989 . 897 00:36:06,033 --> 00:36:08,470 - How is she? - Lucky to be alive. 898 00:36:08,514 --> 00:36:10,080 - She got a hot-shot of China white. 899 00:36:10,124 --> 00:36:11,560 The EMTs said her heart stopped in the ambulance. 900 00:36:11,604 --> 00:36:12,953 - Well, she didn't do this on her own. 901 00:36:12,996 --> 00:36:14,607 - No, probably not. We're pulling security cams 902 00:36:14,650 --> 00:36:16,043 from the housing projects. - Fin's canvassing 903 00:36:16,086 --> 00:36:17,523 the neighborhood. He's leaning on narcotics, 904 00:36:17,566 --> 00:36:19,046 the gang unit. - Anybody talk to Malik? 905 00:36:19,089 --> 00:36:20,787 - His lawyer says that he's devastated, 906 00:36:20,830 --> 00:36:22,223 and he does not know anything about it. 907 00:36:22,267 --> 00:36:24,965 - Okay, check the call logs, visitor records. 908 00:36:25,008 --> 00:36:27,707 Keep me posted. - On it. 909 00:36:28,751 --> 00:36:31,972 - Look, I got a bad dose. It happens. 910 00:36:32,929 --> 00:36:35,105 - So who did you buy it from? 911 00:36:35,149 --> 00:36:36,846 - I don't know his name. - But it was one 912 00:36:36,890 --> 00:36:38,500 of your brother's dealers. - Okay, I'm not 913 00:36:38,544 --> 00:36:40,241 telling you that. 914 00:36:41,895 --> 00:36:44,071 - When is the last time you talked to Malik? 915 00:36:44,114 --> 00:36:45,899 - I'm not telling you that either. 916 00:36:45,942 --> 00:36:49,729 - You do know that the calls are recorded at Rikers, right? 917 00:36:49,772 --> 00:36:52,035 - Fine, I-I-I called him this afternoon. 918 00:36:52,079 --> 00:36:54,255 I asked him if what he said was true. 919 00:36:54,299 --> 00:36:55,256 - And what did he say? 920 00:36:55,300 --> 00:36:56,649 - He said it wasn't true. 921 00:36:56,692 --> 00:37:01,349 - So your mother's lying. 922 00:37:01,393 --> 00:37:03,003 Tiana, 923 00:37:03,046 --> 00:37:06,398 your brother is making her a liar, 924 00:37:06,441 --> 00:37:10,619 just like he's making you a liar 925 00:37:10,663 --> 00:37:13,056 and a whore and an addict, 926 00:37:13,100 --> 00:37:14,580 Is that what you want your life to be? 927 00:37:14,623 --> 00:37:15,581 Because I don't think that it is. 928 00:37:15,624 --> 00:37:16,756 - Just shut up! 929 00:37:16,799 --> 00:37:18,192 You don't know anything about me! 930 00:37:18,236 --> 00:37:19,715 - I don't know, you're right! I don't know a lot. 931 00:37:19,759 --> 00:37:21,369 But I do know some things, because 932 00:37:21,413 --> 00:37:23,371 I talked to your teachers. 933 00:37:23,415 --> 00:37:24,764 And you know what they told me? 934 00:37:24,807 --> 00:37:26,113 They told me that you were 935 00:37:26,156 --> 00:37:27,897 a straight-A student. 936 00:37:27,941 --> 00:37:29,769 They told me that you like superheroes, 937 00:37:29,812 --> 00:37:31,466 especially Wonder Woman. 938 00:37:31,510 --> 00:37:33,381 And your freshman English teacher told me 939 00:37:33,425 --> 00:37:34,991 that you wrote one of the best, 940 00:37:35,035 --> 00:37:38,256 best essays that she has ever read. 941 00:37:39,518 --> 00:37:40,780 She said that you... 942 00:37:40,823 --> 00:37:42,347 that you wanna be like Wonder Woman, 943 00:37:42,390 --> 00:37:43,826 'cause you want to help people. 944 00:37:43,870 --> 00:37:46,438 - I can't do that now. I was stupid then. 945 00:37:46,481 --> 00:37:49,179 - You're not stupid, you weren't. 946 00:37:49,223 --> 00:37:51,094 Listen to me. 947 00:37:54,446 --> 00:37:56,317 You can be whatever 948 00:37:56,361 --> 00:37:59,015 you want to be. 949 00:37:59,059 --> 00:38:01,322 I know that Malik is your family. 950 00:38:02,889 --> 00:38:04,717 But just because he's your family 951 00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:07,415 doesn't mean... 952 00:38:07,459 --> 00:38:09,939 that he wants what's best for you. 953 00:38:14,596 --> 00:38:17,382 I know this one. 954 00:38:17,425 --> 00:38:20,123 Believe me. 955 00:38:27,392 --> 00:38:29,394 - Okay, I got him. 956 00:38:29,437 --> 00:38:31,134 Thanks. 957 00:38:32,135 --> 00:38:34,137 - I'm saying, like, it don't-- it don't matter. 958 00:38:34,181 --> 00:38:35,704 You know what I'm saying? Like you get where you supposed 959 00:38:35,748 --> 00:38:37,402 to be, you where you supposed to be... 960 00:38:37,445 --> 00:38:38,838 - Jerome. 961 00:38:38,881 --> 00:38:41,580 Hey! Don't make me chase you. 962 00:38:41,623 --> 00:38:44,017 And don't make me shoot you. 963 00:38:46,062 --> 00:38:48,587 Come on. 964 00:38:48,630 --> 00:38:50,240 - It wasn't my idea, I swear. 965 00:38:50,284 --> 00:38:53,287 - Whose idea was it then? - Malik's. 966 00:38:53,331 --> 00:38:56,290 - You tryin' to tell us Malik told you to give his own sister 967 00:38:56,334 --> 00:38:58,553 a hot shot and kill her? - He said to take care of her, 968 00:38:58,597 --> 00:38:59,728 that if she testified against him, 969 00:38:59,772 --> 00:39:01,643 it was all over. 970 00:39:06,779 --> 00:39:09,390 - I'm sorry, Tiana. 971 00:39:09,434 --> 00:39:10,739 - Do not feel sorry for me. 972 00:39:10,783 --> 00:39:12,959 - We don't. 973 00:39:13,002 --> 00:39:15,744 We know how strong you are. 974 00:39:17,180 --> 00:39:19,661 And we also know 975 00:39:19,705 --> 00:39:22,142 that you're gonna be okay. 976 00:39:24,710 --> 00:39:26,799 - Our daddy didn't just rape our mama. 977 00:39:26,842 --> 00:39:28,540 He beat Malik. 978 00:39:28,583 --> 00:39:30,150 He beat the hell out of him. 979 00:39:30,193 --> 00:39:32,848 - You shut up. - You protected us! 980 00:39:35,721 --> 00:39:39,986 After he left, it was okay for a while, but... 981 00:39:40,029 --> 00:39:41,640 It was like you hated yourself 982 00:39:41,683 --> 00:39:42,902 for what he did to us. 983 00:39:42,945 --> 00:39:45,208 For what he did to you. 984 00:39:46,340 --> 00:39:48,951 The drugs helped. 985 00:39:48,995 --> 00:39:51,519 But then we needed more drugs. 986 00:39:51,563 --> 00:39:52,999 More money. 987 00:39:53,042 --> 00:39:55,393 The money had to come from somewhere. 988 00:39:57,525 --> 00:39:59,788 I don't hate you, Malik. 989 00:40:01,964 --> 00:40:04,837 I don't want to testify. 990 00:40:05,968 --> 00:40:09,058 But I will if I have to. 991 00:40:10,016 --> 00:40:12,061 - I think we can reach a deal, 992 00:40:12,105 --> 00:40:14,499 spare Tiana from testifying. 993 00:40:14,542 --> 00:40:16,457 - What are you offering? 994 00:40:16,501 --> 00:40:18,459 - Let's talk. 995 00:40:18,503 --> 00:40:20,200 - Can I take Tiana home? 996 00:40:20,243 --> 00:40:22,898 - Yeah, thank you for coming in. 997 00:40:26,598 --> 00:40:28,426 - I love you, T. 998 00:40:46,444 --> 00:40:48,881 - So Malik took a deal. 999 00:40:48,924 --> 00:40:50,273 Fifteen years. 1000 00:40:50,317 --> 00:40:53,494 - Good. 1001 00:40:53,538 --> 00:40:55,235 - Fin... 1002 00:40:55,278 --> 00:40:57,629 Look, it's no excuse for what he did 1003 00:40:57,672 --> 00:41:01,154 to Tiana, but... 1004 00:41:01,197 --> 00:41:03,243 But he was brutalized, too. 1005 00:41:03,286 --> 00:41:04,984 - And we both know it doesn't matter 1006 00:41:05,027 --> 00:41:08,291 what happens to you in life; it's how you deal with it. 1007 00:41:10,076 --> 00:41:11,860 - How about you get out of here? 1008 00:41:11,904 --> 00:41:13,383 - [laughs] What, and go home 1009 00:41:13,427 --> 00:41:15,429 and feed my parakeet? 1010 00:41:15,473 --> 00:41:17,126 - Something like that. 1011 00:41:17,170 --> 00:41:19,912 Good night, Fin. - Good night, Liv. 1012 00:41:29,791 --> 00:41:32,054 [phone beeps, rings] 1013 00:41:33,578 --> 00:41:35,318 - [baby coos] - [laughs] 1014 00:41:35,362 --> 00:41:38,887 What's up, Jaden? You answering the phone now? 1015 00:41:38,931 --> 00:41:40,846 What's up? Heard you said "Pop-Pop"! 1016 00:41:40,889 --> 00:41:42,282 That's what's up! 1017 00:41:42,325 --> 00:41:44,414 Tell your dads I'm coming over. 1018 00:41:44,458 --> 00:41:45,546 I'ma get some pizza. 1019 00:41:45,590 --> 00:41:47,940 You like pizza, little man? 1020 00:41:47,983 --> 00:41:50,464 Yeah? You're a big ol' boy. 1021 00:41:50,508 --> 00:41:52,422 Love you! 1022 00:42:00,561 --> 00:42:00,909 . 1023 00:42:00,953 --> 00:42:03,564 [dramatic music] 1024 00:42:03,608 --> 00:42:10,832 ♪ 1025 00:42:29,851 --> 00:42:33,072 [wolf howls]