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(male announcer)
In the criminal
justice system,

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sexually based offenses
are considered
especially heinous.

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In New York City,
the dedicated detectives

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who investigate
these vicious felonies

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are members of an elite squad

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known as
the Special Victims Unit.

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These are their stories.

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Greenpoint.

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Brooklyn?
No way. Out of service.

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I said
out of service, lady!

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You okay?

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Bastard!

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[tires screech]

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Crazy bitch!
What's your name?

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Where do you live?

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I told you--Greenpoint.

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You're going
to pay for this.

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Problem?

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Damn drunk
busted my window!

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Ma'am?

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He tried
to run me over.

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Look what she did
to my cab!

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Okay, let's everybody
just cool down.

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Forget it!
I want her locked up.

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Just wait, please.

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I was just raped.

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Name's Myra Denning.

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Graduate student
at City Arts.

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Got into a hassle
with a cabbie.

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We tried to calm it down.

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She suddenly outcries
about a rape.

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She know who did it?
Wouldn't say.

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Really freaked out
when we asked.

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Figured I'd
better call you.

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Thank you.

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Hi, I'm Detective Stabler.

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This is my partner,
Detective Benson.

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Can you tell us
what happened?

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I can't.

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Okay, we're gonna
get you to the hospital.

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I'll ride.

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Anyone see
where she came from?

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Cabbie said she was
staggering down the street.

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Okay, let's start
a canvass, huh?

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Detective, this man says
he saw what happened.

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Well, I didn't
exactly see it,

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but I heard the commotion.

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I looked out and I saw
the ambulance.

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Uh, I live up there,
third floor.

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What's your name, sir?

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Ron Polikoff.

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I, uh, I know Myra.

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Is she okay?

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She says she was raped.

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You know anything
about that, Mr. Polikoff?

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She's going
to say I did it.

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We're here.

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We're gonna be inside
in no time.

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Please,
can I just go home?

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You've come this far, Myra.
Don't give up now.

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Where's my portfolio?

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It's right here
on the end of the gurney.

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We're gonna take
good care of it.

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My prints got thrown
all over the street

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when the taxi driver
took off.

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Oh, you must think
I'm such a loser.

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No, I think that you're
scared and upset,

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which you have
every right to be

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after what
just happened to you.

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Oh, my God.

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Please don't
let him see me.

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It's okay.
Don't worry.

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Keep moving, guys.
Keep moving.

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Let's go.
Let's get her inside.

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Was that Myra?

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Follow me.

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Where are we going?

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Medical examiner's
office.

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We're not going
to the morgue, are we?

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It's right next door.

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Is Ron
gonna be arrested?

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My partner's
talking to him.

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What happens now?

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Louise is a sexual
assault nurse.

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She's gonna check
that you're okay,

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and then we're gonna
do a rape kit.

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What's that?

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It's an exam to collect

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any forensic evidence
from the assault.

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Do I have to do it?

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No, suspect exams
are voluntary.

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You can leave any time.

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Will it prove
I'm innocent?

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Definitely help.

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Because I am innocent.

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Unless, uh, bad sex
is against the law.

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Consensual bad sex?

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Absolutely.

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Dr. Warner,
this is Ron Polikoff.

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Sorry, can't shake hands.

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I need you to get undressed
behind the screen.

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Do, I, uh, do I have
to take everything off?

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Yes.
I'll take that.

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Stand on the paper.

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Put your clothes
in the labeled bags.

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I'll collect them later.

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I showered before
I left my apartment.

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Does that matter?

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The Lumalight can still
show traces of body fluids.

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Um...Ron called me.

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He said he wanted
to talk to me about my work.

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And he told me to come over.

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I said feel free
to drop by.

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I didn't know she'd
show up at 9:00 the same night.

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Still,
you invited her in.

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Well, yeah.

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She wanted me
to look at her portfolio.

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You know, I'm on
her MFA committee.

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He's your teacher?

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Well, not like
my teacher-teacher.

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I'm a graduate student.

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Right, but he still
grades your work.

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Yeah, but I'm one
of six people evaluating her.

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Well, what happened when
she got into your apartment?

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We talked.

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I opened
a bottle of wine.

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Do you often

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invite your students
over for drinks?

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Yeah, he does
all the time.

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He just loves
to get to know his students.

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Especially the women.

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Well, I, I, um,

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I find that my students
are more relaxed and honest

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about their work
in a domestic setting.

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Do I have to
take off my shorts?

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Please.

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Come to the table,
please.

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So...

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You had some wine.

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Yeah, just...

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Just a couple
of glasses.

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We were talking.

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One thing
led to another.

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I should have known better,
but we started kissing.

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And you were okay
with that?

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With the kissing, yeah,

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but not with what happened
afterwards, no.

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What's that?

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A Lumalight.

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It detects any body fluids
on the skin.

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It won't hurt.

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I'll get the light.

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Okay, gotta put
your arm out here.

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Okay, there's something
on your thigh.

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It's so humiliating.

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You're doing fine.

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I'm gonna take a sample,
and send it to the lab.

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So tell me what happened
after the kissing.

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He wouldn't stop.
He was all over me.

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She wouldn't stop.
She was all over me.

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Which would have been fine,

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but I just, I wasn't
into what she wanted.

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(doctor)
Found something.

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There are fluids
on your shoulder.

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What did she want?

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She wanted me to be rough.

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Not play rough, be rough.

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She told me
to hold her down.

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He grabbed me by my neck
really hard,

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and he held me down.

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And then
what happened?

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I begged him to stop.

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And he didn't, he--

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When are you gonna be done?

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Louise is just gonna check
your wounds and abrasions,

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and then I'm gonna
photograph them.

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Open your mouth,
please.

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Abrasion on the tongue.

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She bit me.

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Show me your tongue.

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When I wouldn't
hold her hard enough,

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she--she bit me.

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I mean, look at this.

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And then she
tears me up with her nails.

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You fought him.

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As hard as I could.

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But he had his hands
around my neck.

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(Stabler)
You had your hands
around her neck?

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Oh, yeah, it was
the only way

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I could keep her
from attacking me.

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And at this point,
is it still consensual?

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Yes, but, you know,

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I just wanted to get
the whole thing over with

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and get her out
of my apartment.

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Did she ever
accuse you of raping her?

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No, but I could tell
she was upset

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when I didn't
ask her to stay.

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I wasn't too surprised

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when I heard a commotion
in the street.

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You're her professor.
You called the shots.

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But you were helpless?

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Look, my wife left me
nine months ago.

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And I was lonely,
and I wasn't thinking straight.

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And this Myra,
she came at me

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like a bird
hits your windshield.

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You know?
And I just went off the road.

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I crashed.

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Haven't you felt that way?

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You think you're in control,
but you're not.

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We've got
everything we need now.

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We'll wait for the lab results,
compare statements,

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and decide if we
have a case.

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I'm free to go?

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Yeah.
You're free to go.

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(Myra)
Why did he
have to hurt me?

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I worshipped him,
and he just treated me

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like a piece of trash.

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But I started it.
I kissed him.

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And then you said no,
and that's enough.

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"No"?

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Enough to count?

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Absolutely.

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It's okay.

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Sorry, it hurt
when you touched me.

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That's okay.
Just gonna take time.

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You're gonna get better.

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Okay, please,
can I go home now?

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We still have to do
the vaginal exam.

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Okay, can you open your legs
a little bit more?

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You're gonna feel
a little pressure.

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[gasps]

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How's Myra?

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This girl
had it pretty tough.

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The way he tells it,
she was looking for rough sex.

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Oh, yeah.
That's what they all say.

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Well,
sometimes it's true.

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I need to voucher
this rape kit at the lab.

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Where's the sector car?

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Tell you what.
I'll call the 2-9.

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Wait with her
until they get here.

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You sure?
Yeah, go.

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Thank you.

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Yeah, this
is Detective Stabler,

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Manhattan SVU.

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I'm waiting for Sector Charlie
at St. Vincent's.

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You got an ETA for me?

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Okay, thanks.

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Take care of yourself.

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Hi, Myra.
I'm Detective Stabler.

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We spoke earlier.
I remember.

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Your car is not here yet.
There was a pile-up on the FDR.

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Oh, how long?

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About an hour.

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[crying]
Oh, I'm so tired.

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I'll take you home.

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Thank you.

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Do you have anybody
who can help you out

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in the next
couple days?

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My roommate,
if she's not too busy.

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Parents?

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I can't tell them this.

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You might be surprised.

263
00:11:23,316 --> 00:11:24,985
No, I wouldn't.

264
00:11:29,923 --> 00:11:33,093
I can't do this right now.
I feel so...

265
00:11:33,126 --> 00:11:35,128
I'm so scared.

266
00:11:45,873 --> 00:11:49,042
Think you can make it?

267
00:11:49,076 --> 00:11:52,145
I don't know.

268
00:11:52,179 --> 00:11:54,147
Okay, try.
I'll be right behind you.

269
00:12:11,899 --> 00:12:14,367
You did great.

270
00:12:14,401 --> 00:12:19,206
[keys jingling]

271
00:12:19,239 --> 00:12:22,943
[door opens, shuts]

272
00:12:25,278 --> 00:12:27,447
I think it could be
buyer's remorse.

273
00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:29,482
Myra had the physical reaction
of a victim.

274
00:12:29,516 --> 00:12:31,451
She didn't want
to be touched.

275
00:12:35,522 --> 00:12:37,991
Sounds like you believe
Ron Polikoff.

276
00:12:38,025 --> 00:12:40,093
Well, look, he could have
agreed to that suspect exam

277
00:12:40,127 --> 00:12:41,962
because he's playing us,
or he's an honest guy

278
00:12:41,995 --> 00:12:43,230
who doesn't know
what the hell hit him.

279
00:12:43,263 --> 00:12:45,098
Benson.

280
00:12:45,132 --> 00:12:46,800
Really?

281
00:12:48,301 --> 00:12:50,904
Okay, thanks.

282
00:12:50,938 --> 00:12:52,505
That was Warner.

283
00:12:52,539 --> 00:12:54,808
The fluids
on Myra's silk teddy

284
00:12:54,842 --> 00:12:56,276
match Ron Polikoff's
blood type.

285
00:12:56,309 --> 00:12:58,211
I figured that.

286
00:12:58,245 --> 00:13:02,582
We didn't figure there'd be
a second blood type.

287
00:13:02,615 --> 00:13:04,885
Myra entertained
two guys last night.

288
00:13:09,289 --> 00:13:11,859
What is this about?
Have you arrested Ron?

289
00:13:11,892 --> 00:13:13,060
We've questioned him.

290
00:13:15,128 --> 00:13:17,831
Myra, did you
have sex with anyone

291
00:13:17,865 --> 00:13:20,100
besides Ron Polikoff
yesterday?

292
00:13:20,133 --> 00:13:22,102
No!
Why are you asking me that?

293
00:13:22,135 --> 00:13:22,970
Well, we got
a preliminary

294
00:13:23,003 --> 00:13:24,905
lab result
on your teddy.

295
00:13:24,938 --> 00:13:26,573
There's semen
from two men on it.

296
00:13:29,943 --> 00:13:31,178
Myra, if you had

297
00:13:31,211 --> 00:13:33,613
consensual sex
with somebody yesterday,

298
00:13:33,646 --> 00:13:35,215
that doesn't change
what happened with Ron.

299
00:13:38,351 --> 00:13:41,421
Is this some trick
to see if I'm lying?

300
00:13:41,454 --> 00:13:43,623
No, but you need
to tell us.

301
00:13:43,656 --> 00:13:45,358
I have told you:
I didn't have sex

302
00:13:45,392 --> 00:13:47,160
with anybody but Ron Polikoff
that night,

303
00:13:47,194 --> 00:13:49,596
and it wasn't sex,
it was rape.

304
00:13:49,629 --> 00:13:51,865
Sooner we get the DNA
from the rape kit, the better.

305
00:13:51,899 --> 00:13:53,066
I can't
draft the complaint

306
00:13:53,100 --> 00:13:55,068
unless I know
what she's hiding and why.

307
00:13:55,102 --> 00:13:56,203
Maybe
she's just embarrassed

308
00:13:56,236 --> 00:13:58,071
about having sex
with two men in one day.

309
00:13:58,105 --> 00:13:59,372
She better get over it.

310
00:13:59,406 --> 00:14:00,540
Two samples are enough

311
00:14:00,573 --> 00:14:03,043
to get her sexual history
admitted.

312
00:14:03,076 --> 00:14:05,178
Captain Cragen,
Donna Emmett wants to see you.

313
00:14:05,212 --> 00:14:06,947
And I do see him,
thank you.

314
00:14:06,980 --> 00:14:10,951
Gang's all here,
and the complainant too.

315
00:14:10,984 --> 00:14:12,119
How can I help you?

316
00:14:12,152 --> 00:14:13,520
I understand
your detectives

317
00:14:13,553 --> 00:14:15,088
entertained
a client of mine last night,

318
00:14:15,122 --> 00:14:16,223
Ron Polikoff.

319
00:14:16,256 --> 00:14:18,491
He volunteered
for a suspect exam.

320
00:14:18,525 --> 00:14:20,027
Something I would have
strongly discouraged

321
00:14:20,060 --> 00:14:21,294
had I been consulted.

322
00:14:21,328 --> 00:14:23,196
Is the D.A.'s office
planning to file charges?

323
00:14:23,230 --> 00:14:24,664
We're discussing that--
Discuss this.

324
00:14:24,697 --> 00:14:29,269
A list of Ms. Denning's
numerous sexual partners.

325
00:14:29,302 --> 00:14:31,338
I don't know
how you got this,

326
00:14:31,371 --> 00:14:32,672
but it's irrelevant.

327
00:14:32,705 --> 00:14:34,474
Ms. Denning's truthfulness,
or lack of it,

328
00:14:34,507 --> 00:14:36,343
is a matter of record.

329
00:14:36,376 --> 00:14:38,578
After rear-ending a van
on the BQE last year,

330
00:14:38,611 --> 00:14:40,213
she told
a heart-wrenching tale

331
00:14:40,247 --> 00:14:42,382
about being upset
about her grandmother's death.

332
00:14:42,415 --> 00:14:44,184
So upset, she couldn't
walk a straight line

333
00:14:44,217 --> 00:14:45,285
when the officer
asked her to.

334
00:14:45,318 --> 00:14:47,287
Well, if
her grandmother died--

335
00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:48,989
Her grandmother
miraculously came back to life

336
00:14:49,022 --> 00:14:50,057
and bailed her out.

337
00:14:50,090 --> 00:14:51,458
This time I understand

338
00:14:51,491 --> 00:14:53,226
she smashed a cab window
with a bottle?

339
00:14:53,260 --> 00:14:54,294
She was distraught.

340
00:14:54,327 --> 00:14:55,262
She was drunk.

341
00:14:55,295 --> 00:14:57,664
And I know this because
my client was with her

342
00:14:57,697 --> 00:14:59,132
when she got herself
that way.

343
00:14:59,166 --> 00:15:01,234
He didn't force her to drink
or to have sex.

344
00:15:01,268 --> 00:15:03,503
Let me know
when you drop the case.

345
00:15:05,973 --> 00:15:07,374
Better look at the list.

346
00:15:07,407 --> 00:15:10,110
So Ron Polikoff
wants to play dirty.

347
00:15:10,143 --> 00:15:12,012
How did Emmett
get those names so fast?

348
00:15:12,045 --> 00:15:13,446
That's a good question.

349
00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:14,681
Send Myra home and
get to those people

350
00:15:14,714 --> 00:15:15,548
before Emmett does.

351
00:15:15,582 --> 00:15:17,985
First name on the list
is Justin Wexler.

352
00:15:20,020 --> 00:15:22,222
Yeah, I know Myra.
I'm going out with her.

353
00:15:22,255 --> 00:15:24,524
(Stabler)
So, you're her boyfriend?

354
00:15:24,557 --> 00:15:27,427
Isn't that what
going out means?

355
00:15:27,460 --> 00:15:28,295
Can you tell us
when the last time

356
00:15:28,328 --> 00:15:29,562
you had sex
with Myra was?

357
00:15:29,596 --> 00:15:31,198
Sure.

358
00:15:31,231 --> 00:15:33,666
If you can tell me when
you last got laid.

359
00:15:33,700 --> 00:15:34,734
Where were you
last night?

360
00:15:34,767 --> 00:15:36,603
Here, with two friends.

361
00:15:36,636 --> 00:15:37,604
We watched the Knicks
get their asses kicked

362
00:15:37,637 --> 00:15:39,106
till about 11:00.

363
00:15:39,139 --> 00:15:40,974
And then I went to bed.

364
00:15:41,008 --> 00:15:43,343
Why, what's going on?
Is Myra in trouble?

365
00:15:43,376 --> 00:15:44,511
She may have been raped.

366
00:15:49,582 --> 00:15:51,518
Is there anything
I can do?

367
00:15:51,551 --> 00:15:53,086
Yeah, tell us when

368
00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:54,454
the last time
you slept together was.

369
00:15:54,487 --> 00:15:55,989
Um...

370
00:15:56,023 --> 00:15:57,224
three nights ago.

371
00:15:57,257 --> 00:15:58,691
(Benson)
You remember
what she was wearing?

372
00:15:58,725 --> 00:16:01,694
Some...slinky lace thing.
Black.

373
00:16:01,728 --> 00:16:03,430
A teddy?

374
00:16:05,532 --> 00:16:08,468
Wait a minute.
Is she accusing me?

375
00:16:08,501 --> 00:16:10,303
We need a DNA sample
to exclude you.

376
00:16:12,805 --> 00:16:15,342
Has she
been sleeping around?

377
00:16:15,375 --> 00:16:16,609
It's Ron Polikoff,
isn't it?

378
00:16:19,546 --> 00:16:21,481
I knew she'd cheat on me
with that fraud.

379
00:16:21,514 --> 00:16:23,416
Why would you
say that?

380
00:16:23,450 --> 00:16:25,285
'Cause she can't
stop talking about him.

381
00:16:25,318 --> 00:16:27,354
What is it with that guy?

382
00:16:27,387 --> 00:16:29,522
Some lousy gallery show
back in '85,

383
00:16:29,556 --> 00:16:31,158
and it still gets him laid.

384
00:16:31,191 --> 00:16:33,693
Girls at school
line up around the block to...

385
00:16:33,726 --> 00:16:35,528
inspire him.

386
00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:42,502
Here's your DNA sample.

387
00:16:42,535 --> 00:16:45,338
Pass it along to Myra
when you're done with it.

388
00:16:45,372 --> 00:16:47,340
Myra, why didn't
you tell us

389
00:16:47,374 --> 00:16:49,576
that you were dating
Justin Wexler?

390
00:16:49,609 --> 00:16:51,378
I'm sorry,
I didn't think it mattered,

391
00:16:51,411 --> 00:16:53,280
'cause I hadn't seen him
in a couple of days.

392
00:16:53,313 --> 00:16:56,183
Or maybe you didn't want us
talking to your boyfriend.

393
00:16:56,216 --> 00:16:58,518
No, I didn't want him
knowing I was at Ron's,

394
00:16:58,551 --> 00:17:01,321
because he gets
ridiculously jealous.

395
00:17:01,354 --> 00:17:05,425
Is the second sample of DNA
that was on your teddy Justin's?

396
00:17:05,458 --> 00:17:06,659
Yes.

397
00:17:06,693 --> 00:17:08,161
And this
is the same teddy

398
00:17:08,195 --> 00:17:09,096
that you wore
to Ron Polikoff's?

399
00:17:13,133 --> 00:17:16,103
This is so embarrassing.

400
00:17:16,136 --> 00:17:18,205
I got home from Justin's,
I took it off,

401
00:17:18,238 --> 00:17:19,472
and I threw it
in a pile of clothes.

402
00:17:19,506 --> 00:17:20,807
And then last night,
Ron called me,

403
00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:22,675
and he wanted to go over
my thesis proposal.

404
00:17:22,709 --> 00:17:25,112
So, you know,
I just threw on some clothes.

405
00:17:25,145 --> 00:17:26,279
And the teddy.

406
00:17:26,313 --> 00:17:28,781
It looked clean.

407
00:17:28,815 --> 00:17:31,151
Have you had any other
recent sexual partners?

408
00:17:31,184 --> 00:17:33,086
Define recent.

409
00:17:33,120 --> 00:17:34,387
Max Bernbaum?

410
00:17:34,421 --> 00:17:35,822
Once, last May.

411
00:17:35,855 --> 00:17:38,658
Charlie Washington,
beginning of the semester.

412
00:17:38,691 --> 00:17:41,761
Where are you
getting all this?

413
00:17:43,896 --> 00:17:45,765
Myra, who else would know?

414
00:17:49,536 --> 00:17:52,872
It has to be Jenny,
my roommate.

415
00:17:52,905 --> 00:17:56,409
She has a big crush on Ron,
and when I told her that I...

416
00:17:56,443 --> 00:17:58,611
was raped...

417
00:17:58,645 --> 00:18:02,315
she acted like
I made the whole thing up.

418
00:18:02,349 --> 00:18:04,517
Yeah, I gave Ron the list.
So what?

419
00:18:04,551 --> 00:18:05,685
I thought Myra
was your friend.

420
00:18:05,718 --> 00:18:07,387
She's my roommate.

421
00:18:07,420 --> 00:18:10,123
She knows I like Ron,
so she goes over there

422
00:18:10,157 --> 00:18:11,524
and sleazes her way
into his bed.

423
00:18:11,558 --> 00:18:13,693
So you don't think
Myra was raped?

424
00:18:13,726 --> 00:18:15,162
By Ron?

425
00:18:15,195 --> 00:18:16,596
No.

426
00:18:16,629 --> 00:18:18,531
She was beat up
pretty badly.

427
00:18:18,565 --> 00:18:20,133
Myra gets crazy
when she drinks.

428
00:18:20,167 --> 00:18:22,869
Maybe she
fell down some stairs.

429
00:18:22,902 --> 00:18:25,272
She try to strangle
herself too?

430
00:18:25,305 --> 00:18:26,539
It wasn't Ron.

431
00:18:26,573 --> 00:18:28,241
He's not into kinky stuff.

432
00:18:28,275 --> 00:18:29,676
And you know this how?

433
00:18:29,709 --> 00:18:31,811
Personal experience?

434
00:18:31,844 --> 00:18:34,581
Actually, yes.

435
00:18:34,614 --> 00:18:36,149
I thought we were
in a relationship,

436
00:18:36,183 --> 00:18:38,451
then he goes
and bones my roommate.

437
00:18:38,485 --> 00:18:39,419
That's a good reason
for you

438
00:18:39,452 --> 00:18:41,188
to be pissed at Ron.

439
00:18:41,221 --> 00:18:43,790
So why would you tell him
about Myra's sexual partners?

440
00:18:43,823 --> 00:18:45,158
He was really upset!

441
00:18:45,192 --> 00:18:47,694
Myra was charging him
with rape.

442
00:18:47,727 --> 00:18:50,230
He admitted he screwed her,
and he apologized to me.

443
00:18:50,263 --> 00:18:51,664
(Benson)
So you're seeing him again?

444
00:18:51,698 --> 00:18:53,500
He loves me, okay?

445
00:18:53,533 --> 00:18:57,204
I know he's not a rapist.

446
00:18:57,237 --> 00:18:59,239
What a gentleman.

447
00:18:59,272 --> 00:19:00,740
He gets back together
with Jenny

448
00:19:00,773 --> 00:19:02,442
so he can get dirt
on Myra.

449
00:19:02,475 --> 00:19:04,344
Wonder how long
that's gonna last.

450
00:19:04,377 --> 00:19:05,945
Let's talk
to Polikoff again.

451
00:19:05,978 --> 00:19:08,415
[doorbell rings]

452
00:19:08,448 --> 00:19:10,850
(Benson)
Is Ron Polikoff home?

453
00:19:10,883 --> 00:19:12,185
Who wants to know?

454
00:19:12,219 --> 00:19:14,287
How old are you,
sweetheart?

455
00:19:14,321 --> 00:19:15,488
(Ron)
She's sixteen.

456
00:19:15,522 --> 00:19:18,725
She's my daughter.

457
00:19:18,758 --> 00:19:19,959
Sophie, say hi
to the detectives.

458
00:19:19,992 --> 00:19:21,628
Hi.

459
00:19:21,661 --> 00:19:22,862
Dad, I'm late.
I need to take a shower.

460
00:19:22,895 --> 00:19:23,930
Yeah, okay.

461
00:19:23,963 --> 00:19:25,232
Come on in.

462
00:19:27,634 --> 00:19:30,637
I have Sophie Wednesdays
and every other weekend.

463
00:19:30,670 --> 00:19:33,540
It's not nearly enough.

464
00:19:33,573 --> 00:19:34,741
You thought she was
my girlfriend?

465
00:19:34,774 --> 00:19:36,776
We heard that you
like 'em young.

466
00:19:36,809 --> 00:19:37,910
Who said that?

467
00:19:37,944 --> 00:19:40,280
(Benson)
Doesn't matter.
Do you?

468
00:19:40,313 --> 00:19:41,714
I'm a father--
not a rapist

469
00:19:41,748 --> 00:19:43,483
or a child molester.

470
00:19:43,516 --> 00:19:45,452
I haven't dated
anyone under 21

471
00:19:45,485 --> 00:19:47,787
since I was
that age myself.

472
00:19:47,820 --> 00:19:49,356
Yeah, but you do
date students.

473
00:19:49,389 --> 00:19:51,391
Jenny, for example.

474
00:19:51,424 --> 00:19:53,793
Jenny's 25...
and she's not an undergraduate.

475
00:19:53,826 --> 00:19:55,862
If you want a list
of my girlfriends, just ask.

476
00:19:55,895 --> 00:19:58,498
We're more interested in
the list you gave your lawyer.

477
00:19:58,531 --> 00:19:59,766
The one
of Myra's boyfriends.

478
00:19:59,799 --> 00:20:01,334
Pretty long, isn't it?

479
00:20:01,368 --> 00:20:02,669
Kinda shows the woman
who's accusing me

480
00:20:02,702 --> 00:20:04,437
will sleep with
anything in pants.

481
00:20:04,471 --> 00:20:05,505
Is that why
you invited her

482
00:20:05,538 --> 00:20:06,639
over to your house
late at night?

483
00:20:06,673 --> 00:20:07,840
I said I wanted
to talk to her.

484
00:20:07,874 --> 00:20:09,609
I didn't know
she'd come right over.

485
00:20:09,642 --> 00:20:11,711
She says that she
was worried about her thesis.

486
00:20:11,744 --> 00:20:13,246
And she should have been.

487
00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:15,548
She brought her portfolio.
Her work's not good.

488
00:20:15,582 --> 00:20:17,016
(Benson)
Did you actually
look at it?

489
00:20:17,049 --> 00:20:18,084
Yeah, for about an hour.

490
00:20:18,117 --> 00:20:20,019
I even made notes
on some of the prints.

491
00:20:20,052 --> 00:20:21,821
Before you had sex?

492
00:20:21,854 --> 00:20:24,023
No, after.

493
00:20:24,056 --> 00:20:25,625
Look, do you guys
really think

494
00:20:25,658 --> 00:20:27,427
she'd have hung around
if I'd raped her?

495
00:20:29,996 --> 00:20:31,831
I get there,
he pours a glass of wine.

496
00:20:31,864 --> 00:20:34,734
We talk, I show him
my portfolio, he rapes me.

497
00:20:34,767 --> 00:20:36,636
Clear enough?

498
00:20:36,669 --> 00:20:38,271
So he looked at your drawings
before the rape?

499
00:20:38,305 --> 00:20:39,506
I just said that.

500
00:20:39,539 --> 00:20:40,873
What happened
after the attack?

501
00:20:43,876 --> 00:20:47,647
He walked out of the room.

502
00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:49,416
I couldn't move.

503
00:20:49,449 --> 00:20:51,818
I heard the shower.

504
00:20:51,851 --> 00:20:54,587
And then he came back out
and said,

505
00:20:54,621 --> 00:20:57,724
"You can't stay here
all night."

506
00:20:57,757 --> 00:21:00,293
So I got dressed
and I left.

507
00:21:01,594 --> 00:21:02,695
Okay.

508
00:21:02,729 --> 00:21:04,431
No, not okay.

509
00:21:04,464 --> 00:21:06,966
Why do I get the feeling
you guys think I'm lying?

510
00:21:06,999 --> 00:21:08,868
Myra, I believe you.
I just need to know the facts.

511
00:21:08,901 --> 00:21:10,770
You've got the facts.
What's next?

512
00:21:12,772 --> 00:21:14,741
So Warner says
that the other DNA sample

513
00:21:14,774 --> 00:21:17,877
on Myra's teddy
is indeed Justin Wexler's.

514
00:21:17,910 --> 00:21:18,945
Good. I don't think
that's gonna hurt us

515
00:21:18,978 --> 00:21:20,012
with the jury too much.

516
00:21:20,046 --> 00:21:21,881
The fact she wore
sexy silk underwear

517
00:21:21,914 --> 00:21:23,750
to Polikoff's
sure will.

518
00:21:24,984 --> 00:21:26,686
That's not an invitation
for rape.

519
00:21:26,719 --> 00:21:27,920
Maybe she didn't even
see it as rape

520
00:21:27,954 --> 00:21:29,021
until he told her
to leave.

521
00:21:29,055 --> 00:21:30,056
You guys,
I can't prosecute this

522
00:21:30,089 --> 00:21:31,591
until you agree.

523
00:21:31,624 --> 00:21:33,025
Call me when you
get on the same page.

524
00:21:35,962 --> 00:21:37,530
What is your problem
with Myra?

525
00:21:37,564 --> 00:21:38,798
She's neurotic.

526
00:21:38,831 --> 00:21:40,367
Look,
she chased after a guy

527
00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:41,534
whose life
is falling apart.

528
00:21:41,568 --> 00:21:42,635
So that gives him
the right

529
00:21:42,669 --> 00:21:44,337
to force her
to have sex?

530
00:21:45,572 --> 00:21:47,106
She was the one
who wanted to have sex.

531
00:21:47,139 --> 00:21:49,008
Really, did she
wanna be strangled too?
A lot of people do.

532
00:21:49,041 --> 00:21:50,910
Elliot, what's wrong with you?
What's wrong with me?

533
00:21:50,943 --> 00:21:52,845
Myra hasn't told
a consistent story yet.

534
00:21:52,879 --> 00:21:54,814
She lied about when
he looked at her portfolio.

535
00:21:54,847 --> 00:21:56,883
Maybe he lied!
It's her word against his!

536
00:21:56,916 --> 00:21:58,785
Yeah, but her words
can put him in prison

537
00:21:58,818 --> 00:22:00,119
for ten years.

538
00:22:00,152 --> 00:22:03,756
She hails a cab
instead of calling the cops?

539
00:22:03,790 --> 00:22:04,624
She doesn't
even mention rape

540
00:22:04,657 --> 00:22:06,593
until she's
about to be arrested!

541
00:22:06,626 --> 00:22:07,694
Elliot, rape victims
are in shock!

542
00:22:07,727 --> 00:22:08,961
They're in denial.

543
00:22:08,995 --> 00:22:11,731
You know that.
You've seen it.

544
00:22:11,764 --> 00:22:13,600
I've also seen liars.

545
00:22:15,167 --> 00:22:16,569
Elliot!
Olivia!

546
00:22:16,603 --> 00:22:18,571
My office.

547
00:22:21,541 --> 00:22:23,510
You know Ms. Scarry.

548
00:22:23,543 --> 00:22:25,044
She now represents
Myra Denning.

549
00:22:25,077 --> 00:22:26,746
And I would like to know
why Ron Polikoff

550
00:22:26,779 --> 00:22:28,748
hasn't been arrested
for raping her.

551
00:22:28,781 --> 00:22:30,149
'Cause we don't have
enough evidence.

552
00:22:30,182 --> 00:22:32,385
My client's rape kit
isn't enough?

553
00:22:32,419 --> 00:22:33,853
Bruises, bites,
contusions,

554
00:22:33,886 --> 00:22:35,622
strangulation marks
on her neck?

555
00:22:35,655 --> 00:22:37,590
That could have been
caused by rough sex.

556
00:22:37,624 --> 00:22:38,891
Are you just
looking for reasons

557
00:22:38,925 --> 00:22:40,827
not to bring charges?

558
00:22:40,860 --> 00:22:42,595
This case
won't be easy to win.

559
00:22:42,629 --> 00:22:44,997
We don't want it
to fall apart.

560
00:22:45,031 --> 00:22:46,098
Maybe you do.

561
00:22:46,132 --> 00:22:47,967
Now, why would we?

562
00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:49,902
To hide the fact
that Detective Stabler

563
00:22:49,936 --> 00:22:52,705
sexually harassed
my client.

564
00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:55,141
Excuse me?

565
00:22:55,174 --> 00:22:56,676
You took her home
from the hospital.

566
00:22:56,709 --> 00:22:58,578
He was doing her a favor.

567
00:22:58,611 --> 00:22:59,712
And in her building,
you touched her

568
00:22:59,746 --> 00:23:01,514
in an inappropriate manner.

569
00:23:01,548 --> 00:23:02,915
The only time
I touched her

570
00:23:02,949 --> 00:23:05,885
was to stop her
from falling down the stairs.

571
00:23:05,918 --> 00:23:07,654
Maybe you used that
as an excuse to cop a feel.

572
00:23:07,687 --> 00:23:08,688
(Cragen)
That's enough, counselor.

573
00:23:08,721 --> 00:23:09,989
In twelve years,

574
00:23:10,022 --> 00:23:12,158
there has never been a complaint
against this man.

575
00:23:12,191 --> 00:23:13,726
Men change.

576
00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:16,663
Especially when their wives
file for legal separation.

577
00:23:16,696 --> 00:23:19,499
My investigator
checked the court documents.

578
00:23:19,532 --> 00:23:21,200
He also found out
that your wife took the kids

579
00:23:21,233 --> 00:23:23,803
and moved in
with her mother.

580
00:23:28,808 --> 00:23:30,076
You have no right

581
00:23:30,109 --> 00:23:32,011
to use my personal life
to make your case.

582
00:23:32,044 --> 00:23:34,213
I don't give a damn
about your personal life,

583
00:23:34,246 --> 00:23:36,783
unless it affects my client,
and it does.

584
00:23:36,816 --> 00:23:38,050
Stay away from her!

585
00:23:38,084 --> 00:23:40,520
I want Detective Stabler
off this case.

586
00:23:40,553 --> 00:23:42,121
And I want SVU
to do its job.

587
00:23:50,830 --> 00:23:52,499
Elliot...

588
00:23:52,532 --> 00:23:54,033
Elliot, stop!
Hey!

589
00:23:54,066 --> 00:23:55,702
What's going on?

590
00:23:55,735 --> 00:23:57,504
I touched her
in an inappropriate manner.

591
00:23:57,537 --> 00:23:58,838
Didn't you hear?

592
00:23:58,871 --> 00:23:59,772
I don't believe that.
Forget that.

593
00:23:59,806 --> 00:24:00,907
What's going on at home?

594
00:24:00,940 --> 00:24:02,241
Nothing.

595
00:24:02,274 --> 00:24:03,710
Hey. Would you
talk to me?

596
00:24:11,918 --> 00:24:14,053
Kathy left me.

597
00:24:40,146 --> 00:24:42,682
You okay?

598
00:24:42,715 --> 00:24:44,951
You need any time off,
you let me know, all right?

599
00:24:44,984 --> 00:24:47,119
I'm fine.

600
00:24:47,153 --> 00:24:48,655
Myra's allegation--

601
00:24:48,688 --> 00:24:51,023
you know I have to ask.

602
00:24:51,057 --> 00:24:52,692
It's crap.

603
00:24:54,561 --> 00:24:56,996
You broke procedure.

604
00:24:57,029 --> 00:24:58,297
Why did you
get into a car alone

605
00:24:58,330 --> 00:24:59,732
with a female victim?

606
00:24:59,766 --> 00:25:01,100
It's was 3:00
in the morning.

607
00:25:01,133 --> 00:25:03,169
The sector car was gonna be
an hour late.

608
00:25:03,202 --> 00:25:05,037
Why not just drop
her at her building?

609
00:25:05,071 --> 00:25:06,238
Why go inside?

610
00:25:06,272 --> 00:25:07,974
Captain, that girl
was dead on her feet.

611
00:25:08,007 --> 00:25:09,676
She lives in
a fifth-floor walk-up.

612
00:25:09,709 --> 00:25:10,977
That it?

613
00:25:11,010 --> 00:25:14,146
No, I wanted
to size her up.

614
00:25:16,583 --> 00:25:18,751
You should have done that
in the precinct.

615
00:25:18,785 --> 00:25:20,687
You really think
that lawyer's

616
00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:22,188
gonna file a complaint?

617
00:25:22,221 --> 00:25:24,190
I think Scarry's
just trying to bully us.

618
00:25:24,223 --> 00:25:27,259
We arrest Polikoff,
this'll all go away.

619
00:25:27,293 --> 00:25:29,228
I thought we decide
who we arrest.

620
00:25:29,261 --> 00:25:32,098
We do.

621
00:25:32,131 --> 00:25:34,033
And you are done
with Myra Denning.

622
00:25:37,269 --> 00:25:38,805
I don't know what to do.

623
00:25:38,838 --> 00:25:41,207
Only Ron and Myra know what
really went on in that room.

624
00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:42,942
What do the forensics show?

625
00:25:42,975 --> 00:25:44,711
The evidence
indicates rape,

626
00:25:44,744 --> 00:25:46,245
but Myra's behavior before
and after was pretty erratic.

627
00:25:46,278 --> 00:25:47,914
So her credibility's
an issue.

628
00:25:47,947 --> 00:25:49,215
What's SVU's position?

629
00:25:49,248 --> 00:25:50,683
Divided.

630
00:25:50,717 --> 00:25:52,652
That explains why Scarry
has threatened

631
00:25:52,685 --> 00:25:54,320
to go to the media
if they don't make an arrest.

632
00:25:54,353 --> 00:25:56,022
So I just wait.

633
00:25:56,055 --> 00:25:57,957
Skip the arrest.

634
00:25:57,990 --> 00:25:59,826
Bring an "X" indictment
to the grand jury.

635
00:25:59,859 --> 00:26:01,794
Present the evidence
and let the jurors decide

636
00:26:01,828 --> 00:26:03,596
whether there's a case.

637
00:26:03,630 --> 00:26:05,832
Detective Benson,
on what do you base your opinion

638
00:26:05,865 --> 00:26:07,734
Myra Denning was raped?

639
00:26:07,767 --> 00:26:09,168
Myra's behavior
was consistent

640
00:26:09,201 --> 00:26:10,937
with somebody who's been
sexually assaulted.

641
00:26:10,970 --> 00:26:12,104
She had all the symptoms

642
00:26:12,138 --> 00:26:13,806
of post-traumatic
stress disorder.

643
00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:15,374
Can you elaborate?

644
00:26:15,407 --> 00:26:17,009
It's like when a war veteran
hits the floor

645
00:26:17,043 --> 00:26:18,678
after a car backfires.

646
00:26:18,711 --> 00:26:21,313
Myra suffered an event
that was so traumatic for her

647
00:26:21,347 --> 00:26:23,950
that her body was actually
waiting for another assault.

648
00:26:23,983 --> 00:26:25,918
So she interpreted
Detective Stabler's gesture

649
00:26:25,952 --> 00:26:27,086
as an attack.

650
00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:28,755
Well, her body did.

651
00:26:28,788 --> 00:26:30,657
I touched her in the hospital
just to reassure her,

652
00:26:30,690 --> 00:26:32,591
and she flinched
as if I'd hit her.

653
00:26:35,928 --> 00:26:37,396
Myra, what happened?

654
00:26:37,429 --> 00:26:40,867
Miss Novak, my client
has something to show you.

655
00:26:40,900 --> 00:26:43,135
Apparently the police
aren't the only ones

656
00:26:43,169 --> 00:26:45,171
who don't want
this case to go forward.

657
00:26:45,204 --> 00:26:46,105
What are you
talking about?

658
00:26:46,138 --> 00:26:47,907
I checked my e-mail
this morning

659
00:26:47,940 --> 00:26:49,375
and...read this.

660
00:26:49,408 --> 00:26:51,277
"Whore, liar.

661
00:26:51,310 --> 00:26:52,779
Burn in hell.
I hope you die, bitch"?

662
00:26:52,812 --> 00:26:54,213
How many are there?

663
00:26:54,246 --> 00:26:55,181
30 so far.

664
00:26:55,214 --> 00:26:56,783
We'll put a trace
on the account.

665
00:26:56,816 --> 00:26:58,851
You can't--the e-mails
are from a free ISP.

666
00:27:00,953 --> 00:27:02,989
Screen name's Eagle.

667
00:27:03,022 --> 00:27:05,758
As in Eagle, Colorado.
The Kobe case.

668
00:27:05,792 --> 00:27:07,694
Anybody could have
sent these.

669
00:27:07,727 --> 00:27:09,328
No, it's Ron, for sure.

670
00:27:09,361 --> 00:27:12,198
Or one of those
angry men's groups.

671
00:27:12,231 --> 00:27:13,833
Dad's Manifesto,

672
00:27:13,866 --> 00:27:15,835
the National Alliance
of Free Men.

673
00:27:15,868 --> 00:27:17,036
There are plenty of trogs

674
00:27:17,069 --> 00:27:19,238
who think rape's
a feminist invention.

675
00:27:19,271 --> 00:27:21,841
How are they connected
to Ron Polikoff?

676
00:27:21,874 --> 00:27:23,375
It's obvious
he contacted them.

677
00:27:23,409 --> 00:27:25,211
They're using hate mail
and death threats

678
00:27:25,244 --> 00:27:26,946
to scare Myra
into dropping the charges.

679
00:27:26,979 --> 00:27:29,181
Can I borrow this?

680
00:27:29,215 --> 00:27:30,950
Our computer people
may be able to figure out

681
00:27:30,983 --> 00:27:32,218
who sent these e-mails.

682
00:27:35,254 --> 00:27:36,856
I can't trace
the screen name,

683
00:27:36,889 --> 00:27:40,760
but I did track the e-mails
to an address in Chelsea.

684
00:27:40,793 --> 00:27:43,696
2411 West 21st.

685
00:27:43,730 --> 00:27:45,397
City Arts.
Where Ron Polikoff teaches.

686
00:27:45,431 --> 00:27:48,300
And Myra
goes to school.

687
00:27:48,334 --> 00:27:50,469
Are you suggesting the Myra
sent these e-mails herself?

688
00:27:50,502 --> 00:27:52,304
I just don't think
we can count her out.

689
00:27:52,338 --> 00:27:54,373
Detectives, it might not
be either of them.

690
00:27:54,406 --> 00:27:56,442
The e-mails came
from a computer in the library.

691
00:27:56,475 --> 00:27:59,979
Anybody with a college I.D.
has access.

692
00:28:00,012 --> 00:28:02,815
I'll double check,
but I was at my desk all day,

693
00:28:02,849 --> 00:28:05,017
and I didn't see
Myra or Ron.

694
00:28:05,051 --> 00:28:06,018
So you know them?

695
00:28:06,052 --> 00:28:07,854
They're nice people.

696
00:28:07,887 --> 00:28:10,122
This mess has divided
the whole college.

697
00:28:10,156 --> 00:28:11,290
Half are on Myra's side,

698
00:28:11,323 --> 00:28:12,825
half on Ron's.

699
00:28:12,859 --> 00:28:14,761
All I know is they're both
going to lose.

700
00:28:14,794 --> 00:28:15,962
How's that?

701
00:28:15,995 --> 00:28:17,229
Look what happened to Ron.

702
00:28:17,263 --> 00:28:19,999
Dean called him in
this morning and fired him.

703
00:28:20,032 --> 00:28:22,034
Neither of them
checked out any books.

704
00:28:22,068 --> 00:28:23,302
How about the computers?

705
00:28:23,335 --> 00:28:25,037
Can you tell
who's been online?

706
00:28:25,071 --> 00:28:27,006
There's a sign-up sheet.

707
00:28:30,076 --> 00:28:32,078
And look who signed up.

708
00:28:32,111 --> 00:28:33,780
Polikoff.

709
00:28:33,813 --> 00:28:35,848
No, that's
his daughter Sophie.

710
00:28:35,882 --> 00:28:37,784
Faculty kids
have full access.

711
00:28:40,853 --> 00:28:42,254
You leaving town, Ron?

712
00:28:42,288 --> 00:28:45,758
College told me
to vacate faculty housing.

713
00:28:45,792 --> 00:28:47,760
So much for innocent
until proven guilty, huh?

714
00:28:47,794 --> 00:28:48,828
Rape or no rape, Ron,

715
00:28:48,861 --> 00:28:50,329
you did
sleep with a student.

716
00:28:50,362 --> 00:28:51,831
And that is
against the rules.

717
00:28:53,199 --> 00:28:55,234
Thanks, Jenny.

718
00:28:55,267 --> 00:28:57,503
I'll, uh,
get more stuff.

719
00:28:57,536 --> 00:28:59,939
So you and Jenny
still together, Ron?

720
00:28:59,972 --> 00:29:01,173
She's helping me
move out.

721
00:29:01,207 --> 00:29:02,241
To her place?

722
00:29:02,274 --> 00:29:04,010
Into a hotel.

723
00:29:04,043 --> 00:29:07,880
Look, I have lost my job.
I lost my home.

724
00:29:07,914 --> 00:29:09,949
I've lost everything,
all because an unbalanced woman

725
00:29:09,982 --> 00:29:12,118
couldn't deal with rejection
or a bad grade.

726
00:29:12,151 --> 00:29:13,385
Are you satisfied?

727
00:29:13,419 --> 00:29:14,520
We need to speak
with your daughter.

728
00:29:14,553 --> 00:29:16,088
No.

729
00:29:16,122 --> 00:29:17,523
(Stabler)
Why not?

730
00:29:17,556 --> 00:29:21,027
Because she's a minor,
and I won't allow it.

731
00:29:21,060 --> 00:29:22,161
Ron, if you've

732
00:29:22,194 --> 00:29:23,462
got nothing to hide,

733
00:29:23,495 --> 00:29:24,897
you should let us
speak to her.

734
00:29:24,931 --> 00:29:26,866
Either that,
or we ask her mother.

735
00:29:32,504 --> 00:29:34,506
Sophie...

736
00:29:34,540 --> 00:29:36,142
I understand you were in

737
00:29:36,175 --> 00:29:37,977
the City Arts library
this morning.

738
00:29:38,010 --> 00:29:39,979
Yes.
Why?

739
00:29:43,449 --> 00:29:45,484
I was working
on a science project.

740
00:29:45,517 --> 00:29:48,220
Is that all you did?

741
00:29:49,989 --> 00:29:51,157
(Sophie)
Yes.

742
00:29:51,190 --> 00:29:53,059
You see that?

743
00:29:53,092 --> 00:29:55,327
She looks to her dad
every time before she answers.

744
00:29:55,361 --> 00:29:58,497
Maybe she's just scared.

745
00:29:58,530 --> 00:29:59,999
When you were
at the library this morning,

746
00:30:00,032 --> 00:30:01,033
did you use
the computer?

747
00:30:03,903 --> 00:30:05,271
Yeah, but it was
for research.

748
00:30:05,304 --> 00:30:07,073
I didn't
do anything wrong.

749
00:30:07,106 --> 00:30:07,940
He's coaching her.

750
00:30:09,508 --> 00:30:11,978
Sophie, did you
write this e-mail?

751
00:30:12,011 --> 00:30:13,379
"Whore, liar.
Burn in hell.

752
00:30:13,412 --> 00:30:15,481
I hope you die, bitch."

753
00:30:17,549 --> 00:30:18,885
Answer the question.

754
00:30:22,454 --> 00:30:25,557
(Benson)
Sophie, answer the question!

755
00:30:25,591 --> 00:30:27,826
Did you send this e-mail?

756
00:30:31,330 --> 00:30:33,132
Look at it.
Did you sent this e-mail?

757
00:30:33,165 --> 00:30:36,235
Why don't you just
leave us alone!

758
00:30:36,268 --> 00:30:37,904
My dad didn't do anything,

759
00:30:37,937 --> 00:30:39,371
and you've
destroyed his life.

760
00:30:39,405 --> 00:30:41,240
All right, that's enough.
That's enough.

761
00:30:41,273 --> 00:30:42,474
You should be
talking to me, not her.

762
00:30:42,508 --> 00:30:44,243
You sent the e-mails.

763
00:30:44,276 --> 00:30:46,078
No, Sophie did, but...

764
00:30:46,112 --> 00:30:47,880
it's not her fault.

765
00:30:47,914 --> 00:30:50,416
She must have heard me
talking on the phone about Myra.

766
00:30:50,449 --> 00:30:53,119
She'd have seen
how upset I was.

767
00:30:53,152 --> 00:30:55,087
I'm responsible for this.
Not her.

768
00:30:57,123 --> 00:30:59,025
It's okay.

769
00:31:04,130 --> 00:31:05,431
Isn't he smart?

770
00:31:05,464 --> 00:31:07,333
He comes forward.
He says, "I did it."

771
00:31:07,366 --> 00:31:09,135
And we all think
he's a stand-up guy.

772
00:31:09,168 --> 00:31:11,003
Maybe that's what he is.

773
00:31:11,037 --> 00:31:12,972
He just manipulated
the hell out of his daughter,

774
00:31:13,005 --> 00:31:14,140
and he's manipulating us.

775
00:31:14,173 --> 00:31:15,441
The first time
that I saw him,

776
00:31:15,474 --> 00:31:17,343
he walked right up to me
and he said,

777
00:31:17,376 --> 00:31:21,080
"She's gonna say
I raped her."

778
00:31:21,113 --> 00:31:22,414
This guy's good.

779
00:31:22,448 --> 00:31:24,450
So now you don't
believe him?

780
00:31:24,483 --> 00:31:26,018
Grand jury came back.

781
00:31:26,052 --> 00:31:27,219
They just voted to indict
Ron Polikoff.

782
00:31:27,253 --> 00:31:28,487
Does Myra know?

783
00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:29,655
I'm on the way
to tell her now.

784
00:31:29,688 --> 00:31:30,622
You wanna come?

785
00:31:39,165 --> 00:31:40,299
[knock on door]

786
00:31:40,332 --> 00:31:42,268
Not in.

787
00:31:42,301 --> 00:31:43,469
Maybe she's on campus.

788
00:31:49,575 --> 00:31:51,077
Answer the door!

789
00:31:51,110 --> 00:31:52,478
Open up, damn it!

790
00:31:52,511 --> 00:31:54,213
Sir. Calm down.
She's not home.

791
00:31:54,246 --> 00:31:55,647
She better be.

792
00:31:55,681 --> 00:31:58,584
There's water pouring through
my bathroom ceiling.

793
00:31:58,617 --> 00:32:00,352
Damn kids
stay up all night--

794
00:32:00,386 --> 00:32:02,221
Sir, get out of my way!

795
00:32:05,691 --> 00:32:07,726
Myra!

796
00:32:07,759 --> 00:32:09,395
Myra!

797
00:32:09,428 --> 00:32:10,729
[water running]

798
00:32:10,762 --> 00:32:11,663
Over here!

799
00:32:19,705 --> 00:32:21,340
We got a pulse.

800
00:32:21,373 --> 00:32:22,408
We need an ambulance.

801
00:32:22,441 --> 00:32:23,475
46 Driggs Avenue,
Greenpoint.

802
00:32:23,509 --> 00:32:24,710
Apartment five.

803
00:32:24,743 --> 00:32:25,978
Sleeping pills!

804
00:32:26,012 --> 00:32:27,046
Attempted suicide.

805
00:32:27,079 --> 00:32:28,647
Drug overdose.

806
00:32:39,291 --> 00:32:41,227
How's Myra?

807
00:32:41,260 --> 00:32:44,130
She's okay.

808
00:32:44,163 --> 00:32:46,198
You know, I should have
seen how depressed she was.

809
00:32:46,232 --> 00:32:47,266
I should have
done something.

810
00:32:47,299 --> 00:32:50,269
Well, you did exactly
what she wanted.

811
00:32:50,302 --> 00:32:51,470
What are you
talking about?

812
00:32:51,503 --> 00:32:53,439
How long did it take you
to get to Brooklyn?

813
00:32:53,472 --> 00:32:55,241
45 minutes, maybe.

814
00:32:55,274 --> 00:32:57,109
After you left the office,
Myra called.

815
00:32:57,143 --> 00:32:59,011
She wanted to find out
about the grand jury decision.

816
00:32:59,045 --> 00:33:01,247
Munch told her that Polikoff
had been indicted...

817
00:33:01,280 --> 00:33:03,449
and that you were on your way
to go see her.

818
00:33:03,482 --> 00:33:06,085
She knew
that I was coming.

819
00:33:07,786 --> 00:33:11,157
[heavy breathing]

820
00:33:11,190 --> 00:33:12,758
Myra.

821
00:33:16,428 --> 00:33:18,230
You saved my life.

822
00:33:18,264 --> 00:33:20,366
What if I'd been stuck

823
00:33:20,399 --> 00:33:22,034
on the Williamsburg Bridge
for an hour?

824
00:33:22,068 --> 00:33:24,636
I don't understand.

825
00:33:24,670 --> 00:33:26,472
You made sure
that your tub

826
00:33:26,505 --> 00:33:28,574
would flood
the downstairs apartment.

827
00:33:28,607 --> 00:33:30,609
Your neighbor works from home.
You knew he'd be there.

828
00:33:30,642 --> 00:33:31,810
You're wrong.

829
00:33:31,843 --> 00:33:33,279
You called my office.

830
00:33:33,312 --> 00:33:34,780
You spoke with my colleague.

831
00:33:34,813 --> 00:33:37,416
He told you
that I was on my way.

832
00:33:37,449 --> 00:33:38,650
You weren't gonna die.

833
00:33:43,389 --> 00:33:46,525
Okay, I was taking a bath.

834
00:33:46,558 --> 00:33:48,527
And I couldn't stop crying.

835
00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:51,663
So I just took some pills
to make the pain go away.

836
00:33:51,697 --> 00:33:54,166
And it wasn't working,
so I took some more.

837
00:33:56,235 --> 00:33:59,171
And...

838
00:33:59,205 --> 00:34:01,773
I felt myself going,
but I just didn't care.

839
00:34:01,807 --> 00:34:05,077
'Cause I just
wanted to die.

840
00:34:05,111 --> 00:34:07,479
Why?

841
00:34:07,513 --> 00:34:10,682
Because I can't
do this anymore.

842
00:34:10,716 --> 00:34:12,651
The grand jury
was horrible,

843
00:34:12,684 --> 00:34:14,786
and court's just
gonna be worse.

844
00:34:14,820 --> 00:34:18,524
They're gonna make me relive
every horrible detail.

845
00:34:18,557 --> 00:34:20,326
And Ron,
all he has to do

846
00:34:20,359 --> 00:34:22,128
is say that I'm lying.

847
00:34:22,161 --> 00:34:25,097
And I can't prove a thing.

848
00:34:28,367 --> 00:34:30,769
But I'm not lying.

849
00:34:30,802 --> 00:34:32,738
He raped me.

850
00:34:34,240 --> 00:34:35,807
He raped me.

851
00:34:41,647 --> 00:34:44,650
(Novak)
After Mr. Polikoff told you
to leave his apartment,

852
00:34:44,683 --> 00:34:46,752
why didn't you
go to the police

853
00:34:46,785 --> 00:34:47,853
or to the hospital?

854
00:34:47,886 --> 00:34:49,388
I just wanted
to go home and hide.

855
00:34:49,421 --> 00:34:51,123
So you hailed a taxi.

856
00:34:51,157 --> 00:34:54,126
Right, and the cabbie
wouldn't take me to Brooklyn.

857
00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:56,795
And I lost it.

858
00:34:56,828 --> 00:34:58,897
So I threw a wine bottle
at his cab,

859
00:34:58,930 --> 00:35:00,732
and then that's when
the police showed up.

860
00:35:00,766 --> 00:35:02,401
And you told them
you'd been raped.

861
00:35:02,434 --> 00:35:03,769
Yeah, they were
the first people

862
00:35:03,802 --> 00:35:05,671
I felt safe to tell.

863
00:35:05,704 --> 00:35:06,905
Thank you.

864
00:35:06,938 --> 00:35:08,840
Ms. Denning, now that we
heard all the reasons

865
00:35:08,874 --> 00:35:10,342
why you didn't act
like a victim of rape--

866
00:35:10,376 --> 00:35:11,410
Your honor--

867
00:35:11,443 --> 00:35:13,712
Get to your question,
Ms. Emmett.

868
00:35:13,745 --> 00:35:16,148
Have you ever made
an allegation of sexual abuse

869
00:35:16,182 --> 00:35:17,383
against another man?

870
00:35:17,416 --> 00:35:18,517
No.

871
00:35:18,550 --> 00:35:20,752
No?

872
00:35:20,786 --> 00:35:22,388
Didn't you, on the night
of the alleged rape,

873
00:35:22,421 --> 00:35:24,290
accuse Detective Stabler

874
00:35:24,323 --> 00:35:26,658
of inappropriate
sexual behavior?

875
00:35:30,896 --> 00:35:32,598
I don't remember.

876
00:35:32,631 --> 00:35:33,899
Let me refresh your memory.

877
00:35:33,932 --> 00:35:35,701
Detective Stabler
gave you a ride home,

878
00:35:35,734 --> 00:35:37,569
helped you to your door.

879
00:35:37,603 --> 00:35:38,837
The next day you claimed

880
00:35:38,870 --> 00:35:41,307
that he had touched you
inappropriately.

881
00:35:41,340 --> 00:35:43,342
Correct?

882
00:35:43,375 --> 00:35:46,212
[whispering]
Yeah.

883
00:35:46,245 --> 00:35:48,247
I'm sorry.
I didn't hear you.

884
00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:49,448
Yes.

885
00:35:49,481 --> 00:35:50,649
A police officer

886
00:35:50,682 --> 00:35:54,420
with 12 years
of unblemished service

887
00:35:54,453 --> 00:35:56,288
helping the victims
of rape.

888
00:35:56,322 --> 00:35:57,889
He groped you?

889
00:36:00,292 --> 00:36:01,593
No.

890
00:36:01,627 --> 00:36:05,464
No?
So you made it up?

891
00:36:05,497 --> 00:36:07,499
I'm s--
I'm sorry.

892
00:36:07,533 --> 00:36:09,601
I was just confused,
and I was...

893
00:36:13,472 --> 00:36:14,773
I was in pain, and--

894
00:36:14,806 --> 00:36:17,243
Did you make it up?!

895
00:36:17,276 --> 00:36:19,345
Not at the time.

896
00:36:19,378 --> 00:36:20,679
And now?

897
00:36:24,783 --> 00:36:25,884
And now?

898
00:36:25,917 --> 00:36:28,887
Your honor,
the witness needs a break.

899
00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:30,556
You may step down,
Ms. Denning.

900
00:36:30,589 --> 00:36:32,624
10-minute recess.

901
00:36:32,658 --> 00:36:33,859
[gavel pounds]

902
00:36:49,007 --> 00:36:54,480
Finally, I'd like you
to search your soul.

903
00:36:54,513 --> 00:36:58,750
Did you do anything
that night that you regret?

904
00:36:58,784 --> 00:37:00,486
Yes.

905
00:37:00,519 --> 00:37:03,822
I regret inviting Myra
into my apartment.

906
00:37:03,855 --> 00:37:06,925
I regret drinking wine
with a student.

907
00:37:06,958 --> 00:37:11,330
I most regret having sex
with a troubled young woman.

908
00:37:11,363 --> 00:37:14,466
But I broke no laws.

909
00:37:14,500 --> 00:37:17,403
If you are looking
for a victim in this,

910
00:37:17,436 --> 00:37:19,338
it's me.

911
00:37:19,371 --> 00:37:22,608
Thank you.
No further questions.

912
00:37:22,641 --> 00:37:24,443
So you're
the victim here?

913
00:37:24,476 --> 00:37:25,944
That's right.

914
00:37:25,977 --> 00:37:27,846
You recognize
this photo?

915
00:37:29,615 --> 00:37:31,049
No.

916
00:37:31,082 --> 00:37:32,584
These are blowups
of the contusions

917
00:37:32,618 --> 00:37:33,485
on Myra's arms.

918
00:37:33,519 --> 00:37:35,020
Who did this to her?

919
00:37:35,053 --> 00:37:36,522
I did.

920
00:37:36,555 --> 00:37:37,656
But Myra asked me to.

921
00:37:37,689 --> 00:37:38,857
And this?

922
00:37:38,890 --> 00:37:40,959
Strangulation bruises
on Myra's neck.

923
00:37:40,992 --> 00:37:42,728
Did you do this, too?

924
00:37:42,761 --> 00:37:44,330
Do you have pictures
of my bruises, my bite marks?

925
00:37:44,363 --> 00:37:46,398
Answer the question,
Mr. Polikoff.

926
00:37:46,432 --> 00:37:48,066
Did you
make these marks?

927
00:37:48,099 --> 00:37:50,035
Yes.

928
00:37:50,068 --> 00:37:51,537
But Myra told me to,

929
00:37:51,570 --> 00:37:53,472
and when I wouldn't,
she--she--

930
00:37:53,505 --> 00:37:54,973
she scratched me so hard
she drew blood!

931
00:37:55,006 --> 00:37:56,408
You're about, what,

932
00:37:56,442 --> 00:37:58,744
six-foot-four,
200 pounds?

933
00:37:58,777 --> 00:38:01,613
Myra Denning
is maybe 115.

934
00:38:01,647 --> 00:38:04,816
You still want to claim
that you're the victim here?

935
00:38:04,850 --> 00:38:06,385
Yes.

936
00:38:06,418 --> 00:38:09,421
Because a woman forced you
to have sex with her?

937
00:38:09,455 --> 00:38:11,457
No, because it's my picture
in the paper, not hers.

938
00:38:11,490 --> 00:38:13,892
My daughter has had
to change schools.

939
00:38:13,925 --> 00:38:17,563
My wife is suing
for sole custody.

940
00:38:17,596 --> 00:38:19,598
I've lost my job.

941
00:38:19,631 --> 00:38:21,567
My life is a shambles.

942
00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:23,902
And all I can do is say
I did not rape her.

943
00:38:23,935 --> 00:38:26,372
I did not rape her!

944
00:38:32,511 --> 00:38:33,712
What do you think?

945
00:38:33,745 --> 00:38:35,113
I don't know.

946
00:38:35,146 --> 00:38:36,582
Glad I'm not on that jury.

947
00:38:36,615 --> 00:38:37,949
Me too.

948
00:38:37,983 --> 00:38:40,686
Guess we agree
on something.

949
00:38:42,854 --> 00:38:44,690
I saw this scared
and angry woman.

950
00:38:44,723 --> 00:38:46,458
Maybe I jumped the gun.

951
00:38:46,492 --> 00:38:48,594
Look, maybe I didn't
give Myra a fair shake.

952
00:38:48,627 --> 00:38:51,997
When I saw Polikoff
and his daughter...

953
00:38:52,030 --> 00:38:55,534
Wednesday nights
and every other weekend?

954
00:38:55,567 --> 00:38:57,736
That got to me.

955
00:38:57,769 --> 00:39:00,071
Elliot.

956
00:39:02,574 --> 00:39:04,009
What happened
with you and Kathy?

957
00:39:07,513 --> 00:39:09,915
Uh, the job.

958
00:39:09,948 --> 00:39:11,983
Makes me kind of
hard to live with.

959
00:39:12,017 --> 00:39:14,653
She should try
working with you.

960
00:39:17,589 --> 00:39:19,090
You okay?

961
00:39:21,627 --> 00:39:23,429
Novak called.

962
00:39:23,462 --> 00:39:24,996
Closing arguments.

963
00:39:27,966 --> 00:39:29,968
(Emmett)
The crime of rape

964
00:39:30,001 --> 00:39:32,538
used to be hard to prove.

965
00:39:32,571 --> 00:39:35,073
Even harder to convict.

966
00:39:35,106 --> 00:39:38,410
The victim was on trial,
not her rapist.

967
00:39:38,444 --> 00:39:39,945
Then the laws changed.

968
00:39:39,978 --> 00:39:42,013
Woman's identity
was protected,

969
00:39:42,047 --> 00:39:43,782
her sexual history
excluded,

970
00:39:43,815 --> 00:39:47,085
and rapists were rightly
brought to justice.

971
00:39:47,118 --> 00:39:51,990
Now, perhaps the pendulum
has swung too far.

972
00:39:52,023 --> 00:39:55,494
Women who have sex
and later regret it

973
00:39:55,527 --> 00:39:58,497
are not entitled
to call their partners rapists.

974
00:39:58,530 --> 00:40:01,066
Now, Ms. Denning went
to my client's apartment

975
00:40:01,099 --> 00:40:03,802
late at night,
wore sexy clothes,

976
00:40:03,835 --> 00:40:07,673
drank several glasses of wine,
and then kissed him.

977
00:40:07,706 --> 00:40:12,444
But now she says she was there
to discuss her art portfolio.

978
00:40:12,478 --> 00:40:14,646
Now, every piece of evidence
is open to interpretation.

979
00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:17,148
But two facts
are undeniable.

980
00:40:17,182 --> 00:40:22,087
First, there is nothing
in Ron Polikoff's past

981
00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:24,490
to suggest he is capable
of such a violent act.

982
00:40:24,523 --> 00:40:26,625
Second, his life
has already been ruined

983
00:40:26,658 --> 00:40:30,629
by this woman's unfounded,
unsubstantiated,

984
00:40:30,662 --> 00:40:33,532
and unjust accusations.

985
00:40:33,565 --> 00:40:37,002
Don't punish him any more
for a crime he did not commit.

986
00:40:40,138 --> 00:40:42,207
Believe me, rape
is still hard to prosecute,

987
00:40:42,240 --> 00:40:45,010
and it is still
a nightmare for the victims.

988
00:40:45,043 --> 00:40:46,778
Ms. Denning
has had to endure

989
00:40:46,812 --> 00:40:50,115
three separate
sexual humiliations.

990
00:40:50,148 --> 00:40:51,216
Her teacher,
a man she admired,

991
00:40:51,249 --> 00:40:52,518
raped her.

992
00:40:52,551 --> 00:40:53,819
In the hospital,

993
00:40:53,852 --> 00:40:55,020
she had to strip naked,

994
00:40:55,053 --> 00:40:56,988
she was photographed,

995
00:40:57,022 --> 00:40:59,090
poked, prodded,
and then scraped,

996
00:40:59,124 --> 00:41:01,259
so the police
could gather evidence.

997
00:41:01,292 --> 00:41:03,829
And finally,
she sat here and relived

998
00:41:03,862 --> 00:41:06,832
every sordid,
painful detail.

999
00:41:06,865 --> 00:41:08,233
Her sex life dissected.

1000
00:41:08,266 --> 00:41:11,202
Her psychological traumas
exposed.

1001
00:41:11,236 --> 00:41:14,906
Her entire motivation
called into question.

1002
00:41:14,940 --> 00:41:16,508
So ask yourselves this:

1003
00:41:20,278 --> 00:41:22,981
Why would she put herself
through such hell

1004
00:41:23,014 --> 00:41:26,051
if she wasn't
telling the truth?

1005
00:41:29,120 --> 00:41:30,989
Has the jury
reached a verdict?

1006
00:41:32,323 --> 00:41:34,059
We have, your honor.

1007
00:41:52,177 --> 00:41:55,981
In the case of The People
versus Ronald J. Polikoff,

1008
00:41:56,014 --> 00:41:59,184
docket ending 445,

1009
00:41:59,217 --> 00:42:01,252
on the top count
of the indictment,

1010
00:42:01,286 --> 00:42:03,188
the charge of rape
in the first degree,

1011
00:42:03,221 --> 00:42:05,591
what is your verdict?

1012
00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:10,528
We find the defendant...

1013
00:42:42,193 --> 00:42:44,630
[wolf howling]