One of Her Own (1994) - full transcript

(light heavenly tone)

(gentle upbeat music)

(Toni giggles)

- [Dispatcher] 37th Street,
the Bridges Tire Shop,

cover the Northeast yard motion.

112, domestic disturbance
at 3450 Lola Vista.

- Mullins again?

- [Dispatcher] That's right.

- I'm on my way.

- [Dispatcher] Heller's your backup.

(sirens wailing)



(child crying)

- Lucky he's okay.

It's okay, really, it's okay.

Look what he did to me.

- Mrs. Mullins, calm down,
you need to calm down.

- I want him out of here.

- We're gonna press charges this time?

- [Mrs. Mullins] This time I will.

- Okay, all right.

What I need you to do is wait to do-

- He's gone crazy.

- Is wait over by the side of the road.

- He's drunk, he was
breakin' up the whole house.

Please help me, please
make sure you get him,



please get him.

- [Heller] Dispatch, this is Baker 220,

we're gonna need an ambulance out here

at 3450 Lola Vista Avenue.

Minor injuries on a
possible assault victim.

(suspenseful music)

- [Toni] Mr. Mullins?

Mr. Mullins, this is
the police, come on out.

- Stroud's goin' in now, do you copy?

- Mr. Mullins, did you hear me?

- 10-4 dispatch.

- [Dispatcher] Copy that, Heller.

- Stay clear of the house, all right?

(suspenseful music continues)

(wood thumps)

- Mr. Mullins, step out slowly
with your hands in the air.

Mr. Mullins!

Freeze!

Freeze!

Drop the pipe, drop the pipe!

(pipe clatters)

Hands behind your head,
hands behind your head!

All right, up against the wall.

Up against the wall, feet apart.

Give me those hands.

- Oh, we havin' fun yet, huh?

- Nice backup, Heller.

- You want him to give you some trouble?

(Mr. Mullins screams)

- What the hell do you think you're doing?

- Would you relax, I know this
guy, he likes to hit people.

You mother-

- You hit him again, Heller,
and it goes in my report.

- Yeah?

You do that and you'll never
see backup again from anybody.

- Get your hands off of him.

Get your hands off of him!

- Fine, fine, it's your call.

- Come on, Mr. Mullins.

- Listen, do you want
me to run him in for ya?

- Hi, smile.

Hey, bright eyes, how'd your shift go?

- Hey, long.

It must of been a full moon last night,

seemed like all the wacko's were out.

- Hopefully they'll
get back in their cages

before I have to get out there
and make our streets safe

against parking violators.

- I gotta get this stuff
in and get outta here.

I'll see ya at breakfast?

- Oh yeah.

- Okay, see ya later.

- Chili omelet?

- Extra onions.

Hey, get decent, I'm comin' through.

You know, you think they'd
spend some extra money

for another locker room

so I wouldn't have to go
through this everyday.

- And miss the beef cake?

- You don't hold a candle
to my boyfriend, Charlie.

- I don't know about that.

- Two days wear, (sniffs) five days wear.

Oh man, last years softball play-offs!

- Oh, you're a sick man, Weisberg.

- Here, burn 'em with
you're done with 'em.

- Thanks, Charlie.

How do you get 'em like that?

- Did you guys see the set on that blond

that Hank was with the other
night at the bowling alley?

- Oh man, she must have been a lot of fun

in the shower, huh?

- Well, you know what they say,

the bigger the breasts,
the dumber the guy.

(men laugh)

- Stroud?

- Huh?

- Lieutenant Feuer wants
to see you in his office.

- Uh-oh!

It's all over now.

- Another one bites the dust.

Can I have your locker? (laughs)

- Sir?

- Come in, Stroud.

I've marked you meet standards
in all but three categories.

In those; amount of work
performed, coordinating with others

and helpful to fellow employees,

I have rated you exceed standards.

- Thank you, sir.

- Well, Stroud, two more months,

it's coming down to the wire,

this will be your last evaluation.

- I thought I had one
more at the end of review?

- I think we can skip it,
unless, of course, you object?

- Oh, no sir, I don't object at all.

- When the time comes,

I'll just attach this
eval to my recommendation.

Here, read and sign.

- Thank you so much Lieutenant Feuer.

- By the way, Heller told me how well

you handled the Mullins
situation, keep up the good work.

- Thank you, sir.

- Toni, I hear you might interested

in an administrative service
position when the time comes.

- Yeah, definitely.

- Stop by my office some time,

I'll fill you in on the requirements.

- Well thank you, Captain
Daley, I appreciate that.

- No really, you look fabulous today,

I don't know what it is.

- What do you want?

- [Weisberg] Hey, Toni!

What was up with Feuer?

- Evaluation update,
straight A's as usual.

- All right!

I told you she was a keeper!
- That's crazy, mazel tov!

- Well done.

- A toast, huh?

To officer Stroud, the best.

- To women in uniform.

- Yeah why not, hey, why not.

- Got anything for me?

- Stop.

- [Charlie] Another bloody
Mary, keep 'em comin' will ya?

- Oh, gee Charlie, if you
paid a tab or left a tip,

the service might be more to your liking.

What're you tryin' for, a personal best?

It's not even nine a.m.

- She loves me, she loves me.

- You're a prize.

Oh god!

Please, no, no, no, ref!

- Hey.

- [Toni] Hey.

How was your day?

- I survived.

How was yours?

- My day went very well,
I got a great evaluation.

- Well, congratulations.

- Thank you.

- It smells good in
here, what're you making?

- Chicken.

- Yeah?

- Mm-hmm.

- You don't smell too bad yourself.

- Well, I may be available after dinner.

- Yeah?

I'll make sure I keep it open.

(both giggle)

I got a little present for ya.

- Hey, you found it.

- Yeah, I did.

- Where did you find this?

- Well, you know I got my sources.

You're welcome.

- Thank you so much.

Do you wanna grab the salad?

- Got it.

You want a drumstick and a wing?

- Oh yeah, that's good.

- Anything come in the mail?

- No.

- It's all right.

- Oh honey, it's early,
you still have time.

- I dunno, I just, I'm startin' to feel

like I'm gonna be a high school
teacher the rest of my life.

- College, high school,
what's the difference?

It's the same smart ass kids, only older.

- You know, Toni,

I really wish you'd take
this a little more seriously.

- Dean, I was kidding.

- I mean, you really take bein'
a cop seriously, don't you?

- Let's not have this
argument again, okay?

Let's just enjoy the evening, all right?

- Yeah, okay.

- Okay.

- Here, give your plate.

- Thanks.

How you doin'?

Hey, Charlie.

(car tires squeal)

Hey, what's up with Charlie?

Is he in some kind of
trouble or somethin'?

Well?

- His wife called the
department about his drinking.

- Ouch.

- [Weisberg] Ouch is right,
it was a lousy thing to do.

- What's gonna happen to him?

- I dunno, probably make
him go get counseling.

You know Charlie, he's gonna love that!

- Yeah well he has been
hittin' it pretty hard lately.

- Yeah, well, that's none of our business.

- Yes it is.

We count on him for backup in the field,

if he's got a problem, we should help him.

- Charlie's a big boy, he
can take care of himself.

That's not the point anyway,

his wife shouldn't of
reported him to the brass,

they should've worked it out in private.

- Maybe she tried.

- I don't care if she tried,
what she did was wrong.

Look, Toni, people are
always trying to take us down

and havin' your wife rat on ya,

it's about as low as it gets.

I mean, I'd never rat
on your about anything,

I know you wouldn't rat on me, right?

That's the code.

It shouldn't happen, she knows better.

- [Toni] Ah, I almost burnt my finger.

- Oh, here, use this,
don't get that in the car.

- Hey, does anyone wanna
go to the football game

this weekend?

Dean and I have a couple extra tickets.

- I wouldn't pay to watch those bums.

- I'll go if that blond
from the bowling alley

will come with me.

- Oh come on Charlie, it's not that bad,

your wife's just worried about you.

- She's got a hell of a way of showin' it.

- She'll get over it, man.

- Yeah, why don't you
send her some flowers?

- Yeah, maybe I'll send her wreath.

- How 'bout one of those sexy teddies?

Woman love that crap, right Ton?

- No, men love that crap.

(children laughing)

- [Child] Amanda, you're doing good!

(doorbell rings)

- [Charlie] Toni.

- Charlie, what're you doing here?

- Well I hate to do this to
ya but I need a little favor,

I was wondering if many I could crash here

for a couple hours?

- Why, what's the problem?

- Pam threw me out.

- Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.

- Well, I'm not.

Maybe after tonight's shift,

I think I'm gonna start
lookin' for my own place.

- Well, come on in.

- Yeah?

That's all right?

- Yeah, come on.

I hope the couch is okay.

- Oh, that's great, that's great.

Go on, go back to sleep.

- Here's a blanket.

- Where's Dean?

- Oh, he teaches today.

- I really appreciate this, Toni.

- Yeah, no problem.

Here you go.

Sleep well.

(solemn music)

(suspenseful music)

Charlie!

Charlie, what're you doing?

- It's okay.

- Charlie!

- Just relax.

- Charlie!

Get off!

No, no!

Ow!

Please, please don't do this.

Stop!

Charlie, don't!

Get off!

Get off!

(children laughing)

(solemn music)

(Toni sobbing)

(phone rings)

Hello?

- [Dean] Hey, it's me.

Guess what, I got great news.

Georgia offered me the
professorship, I start in the fall.

Hello?

Toni, hello?

Did you hear me?

- I can't talk right now, Dean.

(Toni sobbing)

- "I can't talk right
now, Dean, I'm sorry?"

- Please, Dean, not now.

- "Not now?"

What the hell's the matter with you?

I called you with the best news of my life

and you hung up on me.

I think you're supposed to
be happy for me here, Toni!

Jeez, I don't understand you.

You know, if this is about us moving,

you knew all along it
was a possibility, Toni.

If this is about your job,

which of course we know is
much more important than mine,

well, I got news for ya, news flash!

They have cops in Georgia too.

Toni?

(solemn music)

(woman laughing)

- Somebody's watching.

- Be right back.

Hey, Toni.

So what're you doing here?

Listen, do me a favor, will ya?

You didn't see me here.

I mean, this kinda thing wouldn't go over

really big with the wife, you know?

- Yeah.

- Thanks.

I'll cover for you sometime, okay?

(solemn music)

- [Charlie] Hey.

- Hey, those'll kill ya.

- You didn't happen to see Toni, did ya?

Don't think she's ever been late.

- Heard she called in sick.

- Hey, Toni?

Wake up, it's three o'clock,

you've been sleeping for 18 hours.

Are you sick?

You want me to call a doctor?

- No.

I told you, I'm okay.

- Your mother called,

she said she wants to stop by after work.

- What for?

- Because she wants to see
how you are, that's what for.

Toni, listen to me, we're
gonna have to deal with this

sooner or later.

This job means a lot to me,
I'm not gonna turn it down.

Well, I'm glad we had this little talk,

I feel so much better.

(doorbell rings)

- Hey, mom.

- Hello, what's the matter?

I heard you weren't feeling well.

- No, I'm just tired.

- Well you don't have a fever.

- Mom, I'm okay.

- Well you look pale.

Jack, she looks awfully pale.

- It's that night shift she's workin',

when are they gonna put ya on days?

- I like the night shift,
it's not a problem.

- Good, maybe I can get a cup of coffee

to go with these cookies?

- I'll help.

Dean told me about the
job offer from Georgia.

He's very excited about it.

- Yeah, I know.

- Well he thinks you're upset

because you don't wanna leave town.

I don't mean to interfere,

you don't have to explain anything to me,

it's one thing to talk about moving

and it's another to do it,

especially now with your wonderful job.

- Mom, I..

- What, what?

What is it?

- How's that coffee comin'?

- Oh, it's right here, daddy.

Those cookies look great.

- Hey Toni, how you doin'?

(suspenseful music)

- This is Stroud reporting
an abandoned vehicle

at 7th Park Street.

- Need any help?

Well aren't we a little jumpy tonight.

- What're you doing here?

- Hey, I just came to check
ya out, see how ya doin'.

It gets a little lonely out here at night,

you never know what's gonna happen.

- Nothin's gonna happen.

- Maybe, maybe not.

But, you gotta be careful

when you're all out here by your lonesome

without any backup.

- What, is that a threat?

- Hey, come on, chill
out, Toni, chill out.

I'm just tryna be my usual helpful self.

Night.

- You stay the hell away from me, Charlie!

- We need to talk, Toni.

- Dean, it's been a long shift

and I just wanna finish
this up and go to bed.

- Yeah, well see that's all
you've been doin' lately

is working and sleeping.

I don't think we've said a
dozen words to each other

in the past two weeks and god
forbid I try to touch you.

- I said I don't wanna talk about this.

- Yeah, well I do, I
wanna talk about this now.

- Well since when is
everything about you, huh?

When did you become the
center of the universe?

- Look, Toni-

- Don't.
- Let's not do-

- Don't touch me.

- My god, Toni, what is wrong with you?

It's like I don't even know who you are.

- I am the same person I've always been.

- No Toni, you're not, somethings changed

and I don't know if it's
me or if it's Georgia

or if it's this crazy job of yours.

- You know what, I've about had it

with you and your snide remarks
about my job, all right?

And if you were so unhappy here,

I don't see anyone holding
you here against your will.

- Oh, so what're you
suggesting now, Toni, huh?

You want me to leave?

- Do what you want, Dean, all right?

I just need some time alone, okay?

- Yeah, well you got it.

In fact, why don't you
take the rest of your life.

- Well, we've been drifting
apart lately anyway.

- People change.

- Our biggest fight was
about my being a cop,

he just didn't understand that,

kept tellin' me I was too smart to be cop,

like that was a compliment or somethin'.

Stace-

- [Stacey] Oh no, it's the goon squad.

- Hello, ladies.

Pour 'em quick darlin'
before I die of first.

Hey, nice bulge.

- Just because we had
one bad evening together

doesn't mean you can eat my food.

- You want a second chance,
I know you're crazy about me.

- Hey, listen you guys,
I got myself a new place.

- All right.

- Havin' a little house
warmin' party on Sunday,

who's comin'?

- I'm in.

- [Stacey] Don't you think you oughta wait

'til the ink is dry, pal?

- Hey, I'm back on the market, sweetheart.

- [Weisberg] The markets changed, Charlie.

- [Charlie] Oh yeah?

- [Weisberg] Changed a lot.

- I don't think Charlie's
gonna have a problem.

- [Weisberg] He's a man who knows the man.

- So you comin' to my party, Stace?

- Only if I don't have
to sit anywhere near him.

- Weisberg, you comin'?

- Only if Stacey goes.

- How bout you, Toni, you comin'?

Maybe come a little early,
maybe help me set up,

you know, make it your place,

give it the nice homey touch.

- What the hell got in to her?

- I don't know.

- Not that it's any of your business

but her and Dean split up yesterday.

- Another cop relationship bites the dust.

- Thank you Mr. Sensitivity.

- What, it was a joke!

It was a joke!

Stace, come on.

- Heller, will you gimme the plate.

- Before the rumors start flying,

we wanna let you know what's happening.

A young woman in the community

has accused Charlie Lloyd of rape.

- [Man] What?

- Now it is just an allegation,
no charges have been filed,

Charlie's still a member
of this department,

one of our own.

He'll be on paid administrative leave

pending the outcome of the investigation

and he's still welcome here.

- What's the girls name?

- I'm really not at
liberty to discuss that.

All right everyone,

I'd like to introduce Detective Bob Hymes

from the DA's office,

he's going to conducting
a joint investigation

with the department.

Now, Bob's gonna wanna talk to most of you

and I expect your full cooperation.

- This is unpleasant business for us all,

I'm a cop myself so I know
how it feels to be questioned

by a police officer,

so I will try to make this
as painless as possible

but still try to do my job.

If anybody here has any information

about the matter at hand,

I would appreciate you comin' forward.

- Bob will be working
with Lieutenant Feuer.

Let's make sure and show
Charlie our support,

we're still a family here.

That's it, back to work.

- That's a croc,

I say it's that slut works at
the bakery or Ralph Lauren.

- Hey, hey, hey, Toni, what's the rush?

What's wrong?

- Everybody on Charlie's shift,

Detective Hymes wants to see you first,

I got the sign up sheet.

- I feel so responsible

and if I would've come forward earlier,

this might not of happened.

- [Captain Daley] Who else have you told?

- No one.

- [Captain Daley] You
haven't told anyone here?

- No.

- Not even Stacey?

- Mm-mm, I didn't wanna say anything

because I didn't want to guys to find out

and plus I'm still under review.

- How long have you got?

- Three weeks.

I feel so bad about that girl.

- Toni, listen to me, this is
not your fault, you did fine.

I'll take care of things
from here on out, okay?

- Okay.

What about Hymes?

He's gonna wanna question me.

- Don't worry about Hymes for now,

let me have a word with the chief.

- Okay.

- [Captain Daley] I'll
straighten things out

and then I'll get back to you.

- Thank you, Captain.

- It'll be all right.

(suspenseful music)

- All right.

- I'll see you in a few minutes.

- Okay.

- Office Stroud.

You know it's been a week,

I'm beginning to think that
you're dodging me on purpose.

- No, sir, I'll get in
there as soon as I can.

- Well don't we just
say that you'll see me

before your next shift, okay?

- Yes, sir.

- Okay.

- Excuse me, Captain Daley?

- Not now, Toni.

(solemn music)

- Toni, can I see you a sec?

- [Toni] Yeah?

- I heard that you took a theft
report down at the bakery?

- Yeah, I did.

- Do you know Anne Davis works there?

- Anne Davis, I don't know who that is.

- She's the woman that claims
that Charlie raped her.

- So?

- So?

Redo the report, put Anne
Davis down as a suspect.

- On what grounds?

She's one of nine employees,

I don't have any evidence against her.

- Find some, come on.

- Excuse me, is the owner around?

- No, what can I do for ya?

- Are you Anne Davis?

- Yes, this is about the theft, isn't it?

- Oh, yeah, I just have to
follow up on a couple of things.

- Mr. Shunwai won't be back till four.

- I'm sorry.

- About what?

- About Charlie Lloyd.

(solemn music)

It shouldn't of happened
and I'm really sorry.

If only I had done something, anything.

- Now what could you have done

that would have been different?

- Well I could have come forward

when Charlie first attacked me

instead of worrying so much about my job

and what people were gonna say.

- Toni, you gotta stop beating
yourself up about this,

you can't-

- Stace, if you could've seen
this poor girls face today,

I didn't even know what
to say to her and Heller,

he wants me to alter my report

and make her look like a thief.

- [Stacey] You're not gonna do that?

- [Toni] No.

- Well why do you have to
answer to Heller anyway?

- I don't, I'm afraid I made a mistake

trusting Captain Daley.

- Daley?

- Yeah.

You know, he hasn't said one thing to me

since I told him about the rape

and Hymes is really
pressuring me for a statement.

- I don't know.

Toni, I think that you
have to talk to Hymes.

- Stace, everybody is backing Charlie up,

all the guys are.

- Welcome to the boys club.

Listen to me, they have to believe you,

first off because you
are telling the truth

and second off, 'cause in case
you forgot, you're a cop too.

- Yeah, that's just it,

I did forget and someone else got hurt.

- There's no way that you could've known

he was gonna do that again.

- That's my job, my job is to know.

(phone ringing)

Hello?

- Toni, hey, it's Charlie.

Hey, how come you didn't show up

at kennel with the boys, huh?

We had a good time, I missed ya.

- How dare you!

- [Charlie] You know that
we're good pals, Toni.

Now, don't go shoutin'
me out now, you know?

People are gonna start to wonder.

- Get it done right now.

- [Officer] Yeah, I will.

- Excuse me, chief?

- What is it Stroud, I'm running late.

- Well I've been waiting
to hear from Captain Daley,

he said he was gonna talk to you

about how the department

wants to handle this thing with Charlie.

- There's a chain of command here Stroud,

Daley told you to wait, you wait.

- But, sir.

Detective Hymes wants to question me

and I don't know how much
longer I can avoid him.

- Well, I'm sorry, I can't help ya.

- Stroud!

- Yes, sir?

- Your daily logs are passed due.

- I put them on your desk this morning.

- I'm talking about last weeks,

you did them on the wrong
forms, do them over.

- We only switched forms yest-

- Just do them, Stroud!

- Yes, sir.

Hey Betsy, is Captain Daley around?

- No, I haven't seen him but
have you heard the latest?

- [Toni] What?

- The media coverage on
Charlie is stirin' up things,

three more women have filed complaints.

- For rape?

- Two rapes, one sexual assault.

Looks like Charlie's been a busy boy.

- Is Hymes around?

- You just missed him.

(solemn music)

- Saturday the 12th, the
night of the alleged rape.

Let's see, I do believe that
officer Charlie Lloyd and I

were bowling that night,
in fact I'm sure of it.

Weisberg, you were there,

as I recall, you bowled
an outstanding 199.

- Hey Toni, do you hear the latest?

- [Toni] Yeah, I heard.

- That's four now.

You gotta wonder if there's more.

- Well if there are,

we'll just have to deal
with them, won't we.

- What's that supposed to mean?

- It means we're gonna
take care of Charlie,

that's what that means.

You know, Toni, he's
been askin' about you,

he needs our help.

Toni, I think that it would be a good idea

to have a female officer
by his side, you know,

showing her support.

- Yeah, right.

- [Weisberg] Come on, let's go.

(gentle upbeat music)

- [Dispatcher] 1-12, return to station,

report to Lieutenant Feuer.

- 1-12 responding.

You wanted to see me, sir?

- That's right, I did, Stroud.

Where are your logs?

- I've been on patrol, sir.

- I wanted them before you left.

- But I.

- Turn around.

Turn around.

Your shirt is all wrinkled.

- Well I've been sitting
in a car all night.

- I don't wanna hear your excuses, Stroud,

just get me those logs.

- What about my shift?

- Now.

- How you doin'?

- Urgh, tired.

- Here, I'll take these for you.

- Thanks.

- Man, what a night.

Hey, Stace.

- Heya, Toni.

- Hey.

- Stroud?

Come with me.

- I'm sorry, you didn't make it.

- What do you mean?

- It's all detailed in your
performance evaluation.

(solemn music)

- What is this?

What happened to the evaluation
that you did two months ago?

When everything was so good

you said I wouldn't have to do another.

- We need you to sign it.

- I won't sign it!

This is wrong, I won't sign it!

- All right, signature refused.

- Why are you doing this to me?

- [Feuer] I need your
badge and your weapon.

- I don't deserve this and you know it.

- Toni, what's up?

- I got fired.

- What?

- Betsy, what's goin' on?

- She said they fired her.

- What're you talkin' about?

- Toni, I can't believe
they did this to you,

it isn't right!

- Well apparently right has
nothing to do with it, Stace!

I didn't play by the rules, you know?

I ignored the blue wall of silence

and that is why they're getting rid of me.

Well I'll tell ya somethin',
it's not gonna be that easy.

- Her name is Charlene
McCrosky, M-C-C-O-R-S-K-Y,

she runs a flower shop on Kennedy Street.

Seems Charlie asked her
out, they did some drinkin',

got back to her house

and Charlie wouldn't
take no for an answer.

- Thanks.

Who else?

- Ingrid Curtis, C-U-R-T-I-S.

This happened back in '92.

- '92?

- Seems her car broke down,
Charlie offered her a ride home,

he took a little detour,

she says he raped her in the backseat.

- That's almost two years ago,

why did she wait so long to come forward?

- Who was she gonna go to, cops?

- Anyone else?

- Lily Davenport, D-A-V-E-N-P-O-R-T,

she's an ex-friend of
Charlie's and his wife.

I don't know the whole story on this one

but apparently it happened during a party

at their house last year.

- '93.

- [Hymes] Mm-hmm.

(buzzer sounds)

- Yes, Helen?

There's a Miss Stroud to
see you about Charlie Lloyd.

- Oh, that's the female cop
I've been trying to interview,

they work the same shift.

- Yes, please send her in, Helen.

- Toni, glad you could make it.

This is Pete Maresca, the assistant DA.

- Charlie Lloyd raped me.

- No, it's all right
Toni, I understand that

but specifically, who did you
speak to in the department?

- [Toni] Captain Daley.

- Did you tell him exactly
what you told us here today?

- [Toni] Yes, I did.

- And what did he say?

- He said he would figure out the best way

to handle the situation and get back to me

but I never heard from him again.

- [Hymes] Did you try
talking to the chief?

- Yes, I tried but he
wouldn't talk to me either,

he made me feel like I was the
one that committed the crime.

- [Maresca] Did he say why
he wouldn't speak to you?

- [Toni] No.

- I'm down here investigating every day,

knowing that there are more victims

and trying my best to find
out who those victims are

and low and behold, there's
one right here on the force

and you knew about it.

Well?

- Well what?

- Well I'm sure that you're well aware

that withholding evidence
is a serious felony.

- Whoa, you're way outta line, Hymes.

- I'm outta line?

Charlie Lloyd is on paid
administrative leave,

Toni Stroud gets fired and
you have the gal to sit there

and tell me that I am outta line!

- You don't know Toni Stroud
the way we know Toni Stroud.

- She wasn't cutting it Hymes,

ask any of the men she works with,

the woman was on her way out.

- And she knew it,

that's why she grabbed her
chance when she saw it.

- What chance?

- Anne Davis, the girl at the bakery.

When she filed her
complaint against Charlie,

Toni jumped on the band wagon.

- It was her way of putting us on notice.

It was Stroud's way of saying

"You fire me, there'll be hell to pay."

- How can they say that?

What about the evaluation that
the Lieutenant Feuer gave me

where he marked excellent and outstanding?

- That's not what they're saying now.

- Well he's lying.

- It's the code, Toni,
they're enforcing the code.

(phone rings)

- Hello?

- [Charlie] You better be
real careful out there, Toni,

accidents happen.

- Honey, I am so sorry.

I just wish you'd told
me when it happened.

- I know.

I wanted to but I couldn't,
I was so embarrassed

and then when all those women
starting coming forward,

I felt like I was responsible.

- No, he's to blame, not you.

- Yeah and I'm the one they fired.

Mom, I gotta warn ya,

everybody in town is
gonna know about this.

- I don't care about them,
my only concern is you.

- I know.

- A total of five women
have come forward now,

including the unidentified female officer.

- [News Reporter] Thank you, Bob.

- Do you think they fired
her because of Charlie?

- Yeah, embarrassing.

You know, I never did trust her anyway.

- Gimme a break, Heller.

Come on, you know she's a good cop.

- If she cared that much
about the department,

she wouldn't do this.

- What're you sayin', man?

He raped her.

- That's not the way Charlie tells it.

- Hey Jack, how you doin'?

- Hey Stacey.
- Hey Stace.

We'll see you guys later, okay?

- [Jack] Okay, see ya at home.

- Don't work too hard.

It's getting really weird,
they had a meeting yesterday

and they told everybody
not to talk to anyone

outside of the department.

- Yeah, Hymes said that this would happen,

he said they were really
gonna come down on me.

- I hate this, it makes me so angry!

I mean, Charlie's facing
four felony counts

and you're the one they crucify.

- [Toni] Hey, where's Betsy,
I thought that she was comin'?

- Well, you know how it is.

- [Toni] Well, maybe you
shouldn't be here either.

- What're they gonna do,
take away my ticket book?

(both giggle)

- [Toni] I have to find a job, Stace.

- [Stacey] Well, how
about parking enforcement?

You too, 40 days, you can have all this.

- [Toni] You can have this too.

- Sorry, we tried to reach you to cancel

but you already left.

- Well I don't mind waiting,

I've come a long way for this interview.

- But the captain might
not be back till nightfall.

- And I shouldn't bother
rescheduling, right?

(care tires squeal)

- Sorry, didn't see ya there.

- [Toni] Get lost!

- Hey!

You know, some of our old
friends are getting very angry,

if I were you, I'd
watch it, things happen!

(car tires squeal)

(knock at door)

- Who's there?

- Toni, it's me, Dean.

Hi.

- [Toni] Hi.

- I'm so sorry.

Why didn't you tell me?

- I don't know,

I guess I thought that I
could handle it on my own.

I thought that not telling
anyone was the right decision,

who knew that'd it'd turn out

to be the worst decision of my life.

- So, when's the trial?

- Couple of months.

- What're you doing in the meantime?

- Oh, just working in my fathers store.

- You know, if you want.

Can I do anything for ya?

- No, I'm fine.

- You're sure about that?

- Oh, yeah, absolutely.

None of my friends are talkin'
to me except for Stacey,

she's been great, oh and Heller,

who took time out from
his very busy schedule

to threaten me.

Let's see, what else?

I'm broke, there isn't a police
department that will hire me

in the country but other
than that, I am just fine.

So I hear you're off
the Georgia pretty soon?

- Yeah, yeah, semester, I gotta get ready.

- I really hope that works out for you.

- Thanks.

(solemn music)

Toni, I wish there was somethin' I could-

- You know, if you write,
I'll write you back.

- Take care of yourself.

(suspenseful music)

(glass smashes)

(car tires squeal)

(care tires squeal)

(car tires screech)

(suspenseful music)

- [Maresca] One man got out of the car?

- Yes.

- [Maresca] Did he say anything?

- No.

- [Maresca] And you can't identify him?

- It was too dark, I couldn't see.

- We can assign an officer
to protect you, Toni.

- Oh, come on, do you
really think there's a cop

in this town who cares about my safety?

- Where did you stay last night, Toni?

- At my parents.

- Good, you should stay there,
I don't want you to be alone.

- For how long, huh?

Until the trial?

For the rest of my life, what?

- We know you've been through a lot, Toni.

- Somebody tried to kill me last night,

I don't think that this
is worth it anymore.

- What happened to your
thirst for justice?

- I didn't think it was
gonna be this difficult.

- Yes you did.

That's why you didn't report
the rape when it happened

in the first place and if you
quit now, they win hands down.

- Do you really think we stand a chance?

- Yes, I do and frankly, I always do.

This ones not my call, it's yours.

Hold on, Bob.

Toni?

Wait up, Toni.

Hey.

I forgot to give you something.

- What's this?

- A civil litigator,
a good friend of mine,

I told him about you

and he thinks he might be
able to make a good case

for wrongful termination.

- Really?

- Yeah, see you were never advised

that you were not meeting
department standards

and you never given any formal warning,

that could lead to a
substantial settlement.

But don't take my word
for it, give him a call.

- It's not about the money,
I don't care about the money,

it's about what they did to me.

- I'm on your side, kid,

just tryna help ya nail the bad guys.

- Funny, that sounds
like what I used to do.

Lemme think about it.

- I would just like to know one thing,

how much of this is she supposed to take?

- Yeah.

- Hymes can't guarantee your safety.

Let those three other women
testify against Charlie Lloyd.

- I thought there were four women?

- One of them backed out,
apparently it was a long time ago

and she's having difficulty
remembering the details.

- Oh.

- I don't like this, Toni,
I don't like it at all.

- Dad, I know that you're worried,

I'm scared too but I can't back down now.

- Well at least just get away for awhile.

- Where am I gonna go?

- I spoke to Aunt Sandy.

- I don't wanna go to Seattle.

Why am I running?

I live here.

- She's right, Jack.

- No, wait a minute, think about it.

Two weeks on a beach in
Bermuda, could be great.

- I do have some good news.

- What?

- Well, I was thinking about
applying to law school.

I know it sounds crazy
but if you think about it,

it's not really any
different than being a cop.

I would still be out there
getting the bad guys.

- Ladies and gentleman, Toni
Stroud, attorney at law.

(sirens wail)

- [Officer] License and
registration please.

Get out of the car, Miss Stroud.

- Did I do something wrong, officer?

- Your taillights busted.

- It is?

- See?

Your headlights out too.

- Yes, you're absolutely right,
officer, how careless of me.

- Not gonna lose your
temper, are you, Toni?

(suspenseful music)

I'm gonna have to cite
you on both of these.

(gun cocks)

(gunshot fires)

(glass shatters)

(car tires squeal)

- Excuse me, Mr. Stroud?

Mrs. Stroud, my name is Pete
Maresca, this is Bob Hymes,

were from the DA's office,

we're prosecuting Charlie Lloyd.

We'd like to speak to
your daughter please.

- [Jack] Haven't you done enough?

- Very sorry for your trouble.

Hi.

- Forget it, I don't have
anything else to say.

Look what they did to my parents store.

- Come on, Toni, people play dirty,

doesn't mean that they win.

- Well as far as I am concerned,
they have won already.

- They've only won if you
give up and let 'em win.

Is that what you're saying, Toni?

You're gonna give up now
and let that bastard walk?

- Why is this whole thing up to me?

What about those other women?

- Well, there have been some developments.

- [Maresca] You see,
several more of the women

have decided to withdraw their charges.

- Why?

- Well, one of them's been
getting a lot of threats

and she just got fed up and withdrew

and another one has a new boyfriend

that just proposed to her

and he doesn't know
anything about the rape.

- There's more.

Anne Davis, the woman from the bakery,

apparently she's had a lot of boyfriends.

- What does that mean?

- It means they were planning
to use that against her.

- Were?

Are you telling me that
she's not gonna testify?

Well that's great!

That doesn't leave much now, does it?

- Yes, it does Toni, it leave you.

- One lousy charge, one count
of rape, my word against his.

- That's right, you were always
our most credible witness.

- Yeah and now I'm your only witness.

- That's right, you are,
it's up to you now, Toni.

You can put Charlie Lloyd
away where he belongs

or you can cut him lose to rape again.

- They will do anything
to protect Charlie.

I don't think that I can do this anymore.

- What're you saying?

(solemn music)

- That I want my life back.

- [Judge] Counselor?

- Thank you, Your Honor.

Ladies and gentleman,
I just wanna remind you

that we are here today
to try Charlie Lloyd

for the rape of Toni Stroud,

Miss Stroud is not on trial here today.

Miss Stroud was a exceptional,
young police officer,

she was conscientious,
hard working, dedicated.

She was the kind of
officer that would always

go the extra mile,

the kind of officer that
you wanted on your team.

In fact, ladies and gentlemen,

everyone on the force
felt that way about her

until that day that
she had to come forward

to tell the very painful truth.

- The truth, ladies and gentlemen,

is that there is no truth.

The truth is that there was no rape.

The truth is that Toni
Stroud wasn't cutting it

as a police officer and that
in a last, desperate bid

to save her job, she simply
fabricated the charges

against Charlie Lloyd, that is the truth

and that is what we intend to prove

during the course of this trial.

- [Weisberg] Toni.

- Who's this guy?

- Can I talk to you for a second?

- Yeah, it's okay.

- You sure?
- You're sure?

- Yeah, it's okay.

- Be right across the street.

- How you doin'?

- Never better!

- Look, I'm really sorry for everything

that's happened to you, Toni.

I've been wanting to tell
you that for a long time.

You're a good cop, you
didn't deserve this.

- Thanks.

- I hope they nail him
for what he did to you

and what he did to our department.

- Yeah, well I wish
everyone felt that way,

maybe then I'd stand half a chance.

- Well, anyway, I'm rootin' for ya.

Toni, give 'em hell, all right?

- Has it been 20 minutes yet?

Our takeout must be ready.

- I thought I was goin'?

- No, I need a break.

- Okay, it's that old place
in the Delancey Mini Mall.

- Oh yeah, right, I know.

- I love you.

- I love you too, daddy.

(solemn music)

- Toni?

Toni, wait, take it
easy, take it easy now.

Take it easy, I-

- Don't touch me.

- Don't get mad at me, all right?

I'm not gonna hurt ya.

Okay?

I just need to talk to ya.

Okay?

Listen.

In a few days, they're
gonna put you on that stand,

I'm here to ask you not
to go through with it.

Come on, Toni, what do you want me to say?

All right, what do you want me to do?

My life is ruined already.

- Your life?

What about my life!

Do you have any idea how hard
I worked to become a cop?

Do you have any idea
what that meant to me?

And then you just come along
and you take it all away,

you bastard.

- I came here to give you a chance,

you got no idea what
they're gonna do to you

when they put you on that
stand, you haven't got a prayer!

And when this whole thing is
over with, after you lose,

after you've been publicly humiliated,

it's not gonna be over.

No, you're not gonna be
safe anywhere you go.

Not here, not anywhere.

You think about that.

- Mr. Theriot, sir, you were
quoted in this newspaper

as saying "Charlie and I just
wanna put this behind us."

Did you make that statement?

- Don't recall making that statement, no.

- Is Charlie Lloyd a good friend of yours?

- Not particularly, no.

But he's a good officer and a good man.

- Could you just please
answer the question, see,

because what I'm driving at
here is why you chose not to act

after you were informed of the rape.

- Why?

- That is my question, sir.

- Because I was told that her
reasons for coming forward

might be questionable, that's why.

- I see and who told you this?

- Objection, Your Honor, hear say.

- Overruled.

You may answer the question.

- Captain Daley told me.

- And you believed him?

- Who am I supposed to believe, her?

- And why not her?

- Because I know Daley,
I've known him for years,

Stroud was just a rookie,
practically a stranger.

- But other women in the
community had come forward

with similar-

- Objection, Your Honor.

- Sustained.

That last remark will be
stricken from the record.

Watch yourself, counselor.

- I will and I do beg
your pardon, Your Honor.

So, a newcomer can file a
complaint but because her status,

or lack of status, her
complaint is ignored

and the word of a senior
man is held as gospel,

is that the way it goes, sir?

- You don't understand the way
the department works, do you?

- Obviously I do not, sir.

Please, tell us.

- You ever heard of a chain
of command, counselor?

I can't worry about
every cop on the force.

The only time a cops name comes up

is when they're in trouble
and I can tell you one thing,

Toni Stroud's name had
been coming up plenty.

- Please tell us, Captain Daley,

is it not departmental procedure
to report all complaints

involving a felony to
the prosecutors office?

- Yes, it is.

- Then why, sir, did you
not follow this policy

in regards to Miss Stroud's complaint?

- Her story just didn't add up.

- Why is that?

- She seemed more concerned about her job

than she did about anything that happened

between her and Charlie Lloyd.

- Well, excuse me sir,

suddenly you're the psychologist here,

suddenly you're the judge
and the jury in this matter!

- Objection, badgering the witness.

- Sustained.

Counsel will put questions to the witness,

refrain from making
derogatory observations.

- I will do so and I do beg
your pardon, Your Honor.

Now, Captain Daley,

after Miss Stroud
reported the rape to you,

there was a staff meeting,
is that not correct?

- I believe so yes, we
meet every second Monday.

- All right and how many people
attended this staff meeting?

- 11.

- Including yourself and Chief
Theriot, is that correct?

- Yes.

- All right, now sometime
during this meeting,

someone recommended terminating
officer Toni Stroud,

is that not correct?

- Yes.

- And do you remember
who that somebody was?

- Objection, Your Honor.

- [Judge] Overruled, you
may answer the question.

- No, I don't remember

but I do remember that
I seconded the motion.

- Oh, you did?

And on what grounds, sir?

- On the grounds that
she didn't do her job.

- [Maresca] According to whom?

- According to me!

And according to Chief Theriot

and according to the nine
other people in that room.

They all knew Toni and
not one of 'em said a word

in her defense.

(suspenseful music)

- I'll see ya inside, okay?

- Hi Toni, tell me something,

have you thought about what
your life is gonna be like

after Charlie's acquitted?

- Excuse me, excuse
me, is there a problem?

Boys?

- No, no problem.

- Good!

- See you on the outside, Stroud.

- [Maresca] While this was happening,

did you apply any physical
resistance to him?

- Yes I did but he is
a lot stronger than me

and he had me pinned down.

- [Maresca] I know this is
very painful and difficult

for you, Toni,

but you must tell us now
exactly what happened next.

- Erm, it was very fast.

He climbed on top of me
and forced my legs apart

and raped me.

- [Maresca] Now, prior to this occasion,

had you ever had any
discussion with Charlie Lloyd

about having sex with him?

- No.

- [Maresca] Did you ever have
any sort of romantic interest

in Charlie Lloyd?

- No.

- Did you believe prior to this incident

that Charlie Lloyd ever had
any sort of romantic interest

in you?

- No.

- Did you report this
incident to your superior

in the police department
at the time it happened?

- No, I did not.

- Why not?

- I was afraid.

- [Maresca] Afraid of what?

- Erm, I was still under review

and I thought that it would affect my job.

- And how would reporting a
rape by a fellow police officer

have any effect on your job?

- It would of been my word against his.

He had been on the force for many years

and had many friends in
the department, I was new.

And you depend on the people you work with

to back you up in the field,

I was afraid that they wouldn't be there.

So I decided not to say anything

and I thought that I
could handle it on my own.

- Thank you, Your Honor.

- Why did you pick Captain Daley to tell?

- Because he had always been there for me,

I trusted him, he let me down.

- Yet you know he would get
in trouble if at some point

it came out that you had told
him about the alleged rape

and he never reported it, right?

- No, that thought never crossed my mind.

- It never occurred to you
that you were putting him

in a delicate situation?

- No.

In fact, I didn't even have
time to think about it,

he caught me at a bad moment.

- Let's review some of the
things you told Captain Daley.

Did Charlie Lloyd make any verbal threats

during the alleged attack?

- No.

- And he never threatened to use a weapon?

- No.

- [Defense] Or hit you if you resisted?

- No.

- Did he in fact hit you?

- Not but he is a lot-

- No will suffice, Miss Stroud.

Now I understand from your deposition

that were quite confused
about how to react,

is that correct?

- Yes, of course I was confused.

- Confused about your
feelings for Charlie Lloyd.

- Objection, Your Honor!

- About what you wanted-

- Objection, Your Honor, objection!

- Counselor!

- [Defense] I'm sorry, Your
Honor, it won't happen again.

Tell me Miss Stroud,

what did you do immediately
after the alleged rape?

- I, I took a shower.

- Is this what you would normally advise

a rape victim to do?

- No but I-

- Aren't rape victims
supposed to get themselves

to the nearest hospital
and report the crime?

- [Toni] Yes.

- And yet you showered, you
washed away all the evidence

and waited for your
boyfriend to come home.

- That's not fair, I told you why I did-

- Yes, we've heard it,

because you were worried about your job.

- Yes!

- Well you know something, Miss Stroud?

I find this very interesting.

You claim that things
only started falling apart

after you reported the alleged
rape but it seems to me

that on the very day
you claim it happened,

you were already worrying about your job.

I also understand that
you have filed a claim

against the city.

- Objection, Your Honor, not pertinent.

- Overruled, you may proceed.

- Thank you, Your Honor.

You believe the city terminated you

immediately after you
reported the alleged rape,

is that right?

- Yes.

- So it's fair to say
that you also believe

that in order to maintain
a successful law suit

against the city,

you have to convince this jury
that you really were raped.

(solemn music)

- No, that is not fair to say at all.

- Are you trying to tell
me that you actually think,

as you sit here today,

that if Charlie Lloyd is
acquitted of your rape,

you will still have a successful lawsuit

against the city?

- Yes.

- On the grounds that you were
fired because you were raped?

- Those are not the grounds.

The grounds are I was fired
because I told a department

person what happened to me

and that person not only
failed to do anything

but the sanctions that he took against me

resulted in my termination.

That has nothing to do with whether or not

Charlie Lloyd raped me.

It has to do with what they
did with that information.

Those are two separate and distinct issues

and if this trial proves anything,

it's that I was right all
along but what would happen.

The minute I came forward,

these people have done
nothing but try to destroy me

and my family.

- [Defense] Very impressive
show, Miss Stroud.

No more questions.

- Your honor?

Thank you.

Now, Toni, before that terrible day,

you didn't really have a
worry in the world, did you?

- No, I did not.

- If it please the court, Your Honor,

I refer to state exhibit B.

And isn't it true that you had received

the best job evaluation of your career

just a few days prior to the rape?

- Yes, that's true.

- And were you not looking
forward to the fulfillment

of a lifelong dream?

- I was, I love being a police officer,

I was a good officer.

But I made a mistake,

I kept quiet about something
that I shouldn't have

and I convinced myself

that that was the only
sensible thing to do.

Please go on, Toni.

Tell us what happened next.

- Something..

Something happened that made
me realize that I was wrong

to keep quiet.

It occurred to me that
there were probably hundreds

of thousands of women out there
who at one time or another

had kept quiet about
something equally horrible

or perhaps even more horrible

and that they did it
because they were like me.

They were frightened,
frightened for their jobs,

frightened of their husbands
or their boyfriends,

frightened by the community

and I thought fear is not a
good reason to keep silent,

it is wrong and it is selfish

and other women might get hurt.

So I am glad that I
came forward, very glad

because it has made me realize

that I can never again
afford to be afraid.

(solemn music)

- The jury has a lot to
consider, it could take awhile.

- I just want this to be over with.

- I know.

- I've never seen my father cry before.

- I just want you to know, Toni,

no matter what happens,
whatever the verdict is,

I'm very proud of you.

- Thanks.

- Has the jury reached a verdict?

- Yes, Your Honor, we have.

- May I have it, please?

(suspenseful music)

Will the defendant please rise.

The jury finds the
defendant guilty as charged.

(gavel bangs)

Bailiff, please take the
defendant in to custody

pending sentencing on
the 26th of this month.

- Thank you.

- [Maresca] Thank you.

- Thank you.

(news reporters clamoring)

- Miss Stroud?

Miss Stroud?

Anne Davis, you remember me?

- Yes, I do.

- I just, I just wanted
to tell you thank you.

- [Toni] In the United States,

a rape is reported once
every five minutes.

In 40% of rapes reported to the police,

the rapist is someone the victim knows.

Most rapes go unreported.

(gentle upbeat music)

(light heavenly tone)