Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999–…): Season 15, Episode 15 - Comic Perversion - full transcript

SVU goes after a controversial comedian who makes crude jokes about rape after a college student accuses him of rape.

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male narrator:
IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM,

SEXUALLY BASED OFFENSES

ARE CONSIDERED
ESPECIALLY HEINOUS.

IN NEW YORK CITY, THE DEDICATED
DETECTIVES WHO INVESTIGATE

THESE VICIOUS FELONIES ARE
MEMBERS OF AN ELITE SQUAD

KNOWN AS
THE SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT.

THESE ARE THEIR STORIES.

[cheers and applause]

- ANYONE HERE GO TO T.S.U.?

all: [chanting]
T.S.U.! T.S.U.!



T.S.U.! T.S.U.!
[applause]

- I FIGURED.

IT'S A--IT'S A PARTY SCHOOL.

I HEAR YOU GUYS CANCELLED
CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR.

IS THAT TRUE?
all: YEAH!

- YEAH?
APPARENTLY YOU COULDN'T FIND

THREE WISE MEN
IN YOUR WHOLE SCHOOL.

[laughter]
OR ONE VIRGIN.

[laughter]
- T.S.U.

WHAT DOES THAT EVEN STAND FOR?

OH, TRASHED SLUT UNIVERSITY,
YEAH.

OR TOTALLY SWALLOW U?

- EFFIN' RIGHT, DUDE!
- TOTALLY!

- RIGHT!
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYIN'.



I HEARD YOU GUYS INSTITUTED
A, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT,

A RAPE TROLLEY ON YOUR CAMPUS?
WHAT IS THAT ALL ABOUT?

IT'S FOR WOMEN ONLY.
WHAT ABOUT MEN?

OH, THAT'S RIGHT,
WHEN MEN GETS DATE RAPED,

IT'S CALLED SOMETHING
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

IT'S CALLED "GETTING LUCKY."
all: YEAH.

- SERIOUSLY, THERE ARE SOME
UPSIDES TO GETTING RAPED.

- RAPE IS NO JOKE!
- RAPE IS NO JOKE!

- OH--RIGHT, GUYS? I MEAN--
[booing]

all: [chanting]
RAPE IS NO JOKE.

RAPE IS NO JOKE.
- IF YOU, UH--

OKAY, THAT'S TERRIFIC.
- RAPE IS NO JOKE!

- IF YOU RAPE A GIRL, CHANCES
ARE SHE'S NOT GONNA ASK YOU,

"WHERE'S THIS RELATIONSHIP
GOING?"

- RAPE IS NOT FUNNY!

- HEY, GIRL.
YOU'RE NOT FUNNY!

- YEAH.
- GO HOME.

- GO BACK TO BELLEVUE,
YOU CRAZY BITCH--

[cheers and applause]
- HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY.

LET'S--LET'S NOT HECKLE
AND BOO OUR FEMINIST SISTERS.

AFTER ALL, IF ANYONE
KNOWS WHAT'S FUNNY

AND WHAT'S NOT FUNNY,
IT'S A FEMINIST.

- ONE IN FOUR.
- I'M SORRY?

- ONE IN FOUR.

- DO YOU--DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING
TO SAY, SWEETHEART?

COME ON UP ON STAGE.
LET'S--LET'S DISCUSS THIS.

COME ON.
IT'S OKAY.

I'LL GIVE YOU THE MICROPHONE.
COME ON UP.

DO YOU HAVE--DO YOU HAVE
SOMETHING TO SAY?

PLEASE.

TELL EVERYBODY YOUR NAME.

- I'M RENEE CLARK,
WITH S.T.A.R.,

STUDENTS TOGETHER AGAINST RAPE.

THE TRUTH IS ON OUR OWN CAMPUS,

ONE IN FOUR WOMEN WILL
EXPERIENCE SEXUAL ASSAULT.

- IS THAT TRUE, ONE IN FOUR?

RENEE IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

RAPE IS NOT FUNNY.

GANG RAPE, ON THE OTHER HAND,
IS FRIGGIN' HYSTERICAL.

[laughter]
NO, SERIOUSLY.

IT'S THE RULE OF THREES.

ONE GUY RAPES YOU,
THAT'S NOT FUNNY.

TWO GUYS RAPE YOU,
THAT'S TRAGIC.

THREE GUYS RAPE YOU,
THAT'S COMEDY.

RENEE, IF YOU GOT GANG RAPED
TONIGHT, YOU WOULD GET THAT.

- YOU'RE SICK.
- AW, C--THESE ARE FUNNY JOKES.

YOU CAN LAUGH NOW.
all: AWW.

- RENEE CLARK,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

LET'S GIVE HER A HAND.

SHE'LL BE HERE ALL WEEK.

- WHAT DO THEY CALL IT?
SMART...GIRLS...

- THAT WAS EVEN FUNNIER.

- HEY, IT'S RENEE.
- HEY, RENEE.

YOU WERE GREAT UP THERE, HONEY.

- AND YOU WERE RIGHT,
RAPE ISN'T FUNNY.

- NO.
- LEAVE ME ALONE.

- HEY, BUT GANG RAPE, SEE,

THAT'S FUNNY 'CAUSE YOU SEE,

THERE'S THREE OF US:

YOU, ME, AND CHAD.

RULE OF THREES.

- [blows whistle]
- WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!

HEY.
- GET OFF ME.

- T.S.U.
- GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME.

- TRASHED SLUT UNIVERSITY,
RIGHT, BRO?

- [laughs]
- COME ON, COME ON.

COME ON, COME ON, COME ON.

FOLLOW THE WHISTLE.
SHH, SHH, SHH.

OH, YEAH.
- STOP.

- FOLLOW THE WHISTLE.

FOLLOW THE WHISTLE.
OH...

- OW!
- WHOA!

[laughter]
- NO, SERIOUSLY.

ARE THERE ANY GUYS
LOOKING TO GET LAID TONIGHT?

[cheers and applause]

LISTEN TO ME, IT'S VERY HARD
FOR A GIRL TO SAY "NO"

IF SHE'S HAVING A GOOD TIME,
IF YOU TREAT HER WITH RESPECT,

AND IF HER MOUTH IS FULL OF
MEMBERS ONLY.

GOOD-NIGHT, EVERYBODY!
[cheers and applause]

MY NAME'S JOSH GALLOWAY,
AND I WAS FANTASTIC!

GOOD-NIGHT, KIDS.
GOOD-NIGHT.

FOR ME?

YEAH.

.

-THEY GRABBED ME
AND PUSHED ME AROUND.

AND...I MANAGED TO GET
MY WHISTLE BACK,

WHICH IS WHAT MADE THEM
PANIC AND RUN.

- YOU DID GREAT, RENEE.

YOU GOT YOURSELF
OUT OF THE SITUATION.

- UH, YOU KNOW THESE BOYS?

- SEAN BRADY AND CHAD SMITH.

THEY LIVE IN MY DORM.

THEY MUST HAVE FOLLOWED ME

OUT OF THE COMIC STRIP LIVE
LAST NIGHT.

JOSH GALLOWAY
WAS PERFORMING.

- ONE OF THOSE
RAPE JOKE COMICS?

- ME AND MY FRIENDS WERE TRYING
TO SEND A MESSAGE

THAT RAPE ISN'T A JOKE
AT T.S.U.

- SO YOU WERE THERE
PROTESTING.

- YES, BUT THEN JOSH CALLED ME
UP ON STAGE,

SAID IT WOULD BE FUNNY
IF I WERE GANG RAPED.

THAT'S WHY SEAN AND CHAD
ASSAULTED ME.

IT'S LIKE JOSH
GAVE THEM PERMISSION.

- ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA SEE
WHAT CHARGES WE CAN BRING

AGAINST THESE BOYS, BUT, RENEE,
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE

THAT YOU'RE--THAT YOU'RE READY
TO GO THROUGH ALL THIS AGAIN.

- I AM.

THAT'S WHY I CAME
STRAIGHT TO YOU.

I DIDN'T EVEN
CALL CAMPUS SECURITY.

YOU NEED TO GO AFTER
JOSH GALLOWAY.

IF HE HADN'T EGGED THEM ON,

THEY NEVER WOULD HAVE
GONE AFTER ME.

- JOSH DIDN'T EGG US ON.

IT WAS JUST A JOKE.
IT'S PART OF HIS ACT.

- BUT YOU DID GRAB RENEE, RIGHT?
FRIGHTEN HER?

- JUST MESSING AROUND.

SHE'S GOTTA LIGHTEN UP.

- C'MON, THE GIRL
CAN'T TAKE A JOKE?

I LIKE RENEE.

- YOU SURE GOT A FUNNY WAY
OF SHOWING IT.

- I FELT BAD.
SHE GOT HECKLED ON STAGE.

WE WERE JUST TRYING
TO HAVE SOME FUN.

- COLLEGE IDIOTS.
- THEY DID ASSAULT RENEE.

THEY KNEW THAT
SHE WAS A SURVIVOR

AND AN ACTIVIST ON CAMPUS.

THEY TARGETED HER.

- I CAN ASK FOR A TEMPORARY
RESTRAINING ORDER,

BUT MAYBE SHE SHOULD
CHANGE DORMS.

- AH, SO IT'S THE VICTIM
WHO SHOULD CHANGE HER LIFE?

WHAT ABOUT GALLOWAY?
- GALLOW-WHO?

- JOSH GALLOWAY, THE COMIC.

HE'S KIND OF A BIG DEAL, ONE OF
THE SNARKY CABLE TV HOSTS.

ONE OF PEOPLE MAGAZINE'S
MOST ELIGIBLE COMEDIANS.

- WAIT, NOW, HOLD UP.
THIS GUY ASSAULTED RENEE TOO?

- NO, BUT HE DID
VERBALLY ASSAULT HER.

HE INCITED THOSE BOYS.

- HE MADE SOME JOKE
ABOUT HOW IT WOULD BE FUNNY

IF SHE WERE GANG RAPED.

- YOU HAVE HEARD
OF FREE SPEECH, RIGHT?

I CAN NOT CHARGE A GUY
WITH BAD JOKE TELLING.

- WHAT ABOUT HATE SPEECH?

I MEAN, HE'S BASICALLY
ADVOCATING RAPE.

SEAN AND CHAD HEARD HIS ACT,
THEN THEY FOLLOWED RENEE OUT.

THAT MAKES GALLOWAY
AN ACCESSORY.

IF I TELL A GUY WITH A GUN
I WANT MY HUSBAND DEAD--

- FALSE EQUIVALENCY.
YOU'D HAVE TO PROVE HIS INTENT.

OKAY, IS--ARE THERE ANY OTHER
CHARGES AGAINST THIS GUY?

ASSAULT, HARASSMENT?

- NOTHING ON RECORD,
BUT WE CAN DO SOME DIGGING.

- WELL, WHY DON'T WE
GO TO HIM FIRST?

AND TELL HIM THAT THE GIRL THAT
HE DRAGGED UP ON STAGE

AND HUMILIATED WAS ASSAULTED
BY TWO OF HIS FANS?

- I JUST HATE THIS GUY.

HE THINKS RAPE'S A JOKE?

DOES HE HAVE A SISTER,
A MOTHER, DAUGHTER?

- THOSE AREN'T THE KIND OF
QUESTIONS WE'LL BE ASKING.

- HEY, COME ON IN, DETECTIVES.

- IT'S SERGEANT BENSON.

- OH, CONGRATULATIONS,

SO YOU WEAR THE PANTS.

OKAY, TOODY AND MULDOON,
WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?

- DIDN'T THE FRONT DESK
TELL YOU WE WERE ON OUR WAY UP?

- YEAH, YEAH, THEY PULLED ME
OUT OF THE SHOWER.

- WHOA.
- YOU LIKE THE VIEW?

- NOT REALLY.

- AH, NOTHING BEATS A PENTHOUSE
VIEW IN NEW YORK CITY.

ARE YOU KIDS HUNGRY?

BECAUSE I CAN ORDER UP
SOME ROOM SERVICE.

AH, THEY MAKE SLIDERS HERE
THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY INSANE.

- WE'RE GOOD.
- ALL RIGHT.

WHAT--WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?

- RENEE CLARK.

SHE WENT TO YOUR SHOW
LAST NIGHT.

SHE WAS PROTESTING.

- OH, WAS SHE?

- MM.
- FIRST SET?

SECOND SET?
I DO 150 SHOWS A YEAR.

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE
A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC.

BLONDE, BRUNETTE, REDHEAD,
CLEAVAGE?

- YOU PULLED HER UP ON STAGE.

- I DID?
OKAY, IF YOU SAY SO.

WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?

- SHE WAS ASSAULTED BY TWO
COLLEGE BOYS LAST NIGHT

AFTER THE SHOW.

- OH, WOW.
THAT'S TOO BAD.

BUT WHAT'S THIS
GOT TO DO WITH ME?

- YOU TOLD THE AUDIENCE
IT WOULD BE FUNNY

IF SHE WERE GANG RAPED?

- NO.
ACTUALLY, THAT'S OUT OF CONTEXT.

THE JOKE IS RAPE IS NOT FUNNY.
GANG RAPE IS FUNNY.

RULE OF THREES.
YOU GET IT?

- NO.
- NO, OF COURSE NOT.

IT WAS A JOKE.
I'M A COMEDIAN.

I WAS PLAYING TO THE CROWD.
THEY WERE ROWDY,

BUT EVERYBODY KNEW
I WAS KIDDING.

- NO, THE BOYS DIDN'T.
- NO, NO, NO.

YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS.
YOU'RE NOT SUGGESTING

THAT AN ARTIST CAN BE HELD
RESPONSIBLE

FOR HOW AN AUDIENCE RESPONDS
TO HIS MATERIAL.

- OH, SO YOU'RE AN ARTIST?
- I'M A PERFORMER.

I HAVE A RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH.

- YEAH, YOU'RE ALSO A WITNESS

TO THE EVENTS
THAT LED UP TO THE ASSAULT.

SO WE'RE GONNA ASK YOU
TO I.D. THE ASSAILANTS.

- TELL YOU THE TRUTH,
I'M ON THE STAGE,

IT'S JUST LIGHTS IN MY FACE.

I JUST HEAR THE LAUGHS.

- DRUNK AND STONED
COLLEGE STUDENTS

IS A REAL TOUGH CROWD.

- AW, COME ON.
I GET IT.

YOU'RE NOT A FAN, RIGHT?

BUT BEFORE YOU JUDGE ME,
AT LEAST COME SEE MY SHOW.

I'M PLAYING T.S.U.
AGAIN TONIGHT.

- WE'RE DONE.
- I COULD GET YOU

V.I.P. TICKETS.

WHAT ABOUT YOU?
WHAT--HEY,

WHY DON'T YOU BRING YOUR WIFE?

- NO, THANKS.

- HEY, SERGEANT, HOW ABOUT YOU?

YOU SEEM LIKE
A VERY INTELLIGENT WOMAN.

I'M ASSUMING YOU DON'T WANT TO
MAKE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT MY SHOW

UNTIL YOU'VE ACTUALLY SEEN IT.

[front door opens]

10:00.
[door closes]

[cheers and applause]

- LANCE RIZZO,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

COME ON, GIVE IT UP FOR HIM.

GIVE IT UP!

WHAT A FREAKIN' WEIRDO.

HE LIVES WITH HIS MOTHER.
[laughter]

AS MAN AND WIFE.
- OH!

- YOU GUYS READY
FOR OUR SPECIAL GUEST?

- LET'S JUST KEEP AN OPEN MIND,
ALL RIGHT?

THIS GUY USED TO BE FUNNY.

- HE WAS SMART COMEDIAN.

UNTIL HE STARTED
THIS RAPE SHTICK.

- FRESH OUT OF REHAB, MY MAN,
THE ONE, THE ONLY.

GIVE IT UP FOR JOSH GALLOWAY!

[cheers and applause]

- THANK YOU.

TWO NIGHTS IN A ROW
AT YOUR FINE UNIVERSITY.

IT'S A LITTLE SCARY, THOUGH.

IT KIND OF FEELS
LIKE A COMMITMENT.

- AT LEAST THE OTHER GUY
WAS FUNNY.

- JUST RELAX, LIV.
COME ON.

- WHAT'S WRONG, HONEY?
AM I INTERRUPTING?

YOU'RE NOT A FAN?
IT'S OKAY.

IT'S OKAY.
SHE'S A COP.

all: OOH!
- THEY'RE ALL COPS.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
MANHATTAN SPECIAL VICTIMS!

VICTIMS, EVERYBODY!

LET'S GIVE THEM
A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

[slow applause]

THEY'RE HERE TONIGHT

BECAUSE THEY THINK
MY SET IS TOO SUGGESTIVE.

IT MIGHT INCITE MEN TO RAPE.

all: WHAT?
- WHAT?

NO, NO, NO, NO.
TH--THAT'S OKAY.

YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS YOU'RE
HERE, THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION

ABOUT THIS WHOLE CONSENT THING.

I'M NOT TALKIN' ABOUT
"RAPE" RAPE.

NO, NO, NO.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE "HE SAID,

"SHE SAID,
WE CAME BACK TO MY PLACE.

"WE WERE BOTH DRUNK, AND NOW
THAT HE DIDN'T CALL ME BACK

THE NEXT MORNING, I THINK
I MIGHT HAVE BEEN RAPED" RAPE.

PROFESSIONAL OPINION.

YOU GUYS ARE PROS, RIGHT?

THERE ARE A LOT OF GUYS
IN THIS HOUSE TONIGHT

LOOKING TO GET LAID.
AM I RIGHT?

[cheers and applause]

BUT WHAT SHOULD THEY DO?

I MEAN, SHOULD THEY GET WRITTEN
CONSENT FIRST?

SHOULD THEY VIDEOTAPE
THE WHOLE THING?

ME, I'M OLD-FASHIONED.

I LIKE TO HANG ONTO
THE BAR RECEIPTS,

WHICH SHOWS THAT I PAID FOR
HER SIX DRINKS!

THAT OUGHT TO BE PROOF ENOUGH,
RIGHT?

- WOW, THAT'S FUNNY.
all: OOH.

- OH, SARGE, WHAT'S WRONG?

ARE YOU NOT HAVING A GOOD TIME?

CHILL OUT, RELAX.
HAVE FUN.

LET ME GET YOU A DRINK.
IT'S ON ME.

CAN I KEEP THE RECEIPT, THOUGH?

I'M KIDDING.
[laughter]

I'M KIDDING, I'M KIDDING.

THIS IS ME LEAVING YOUR TABLE.
I'M SORRY.

[whispers]
COPS.

WHERE WAS I?
SIX--SIX DRINKS.

LAST NIGHT--
[gasps]

LAST NIGHT, I BANGED

ONE OF T.S.U.'S
FINEST TRASHED SLUTS.

[cheers and applause]

THIS LITTLE SPINNER
CAME BACK TO MY HOTEL ROOM

AND PROCEEDED TO ORDER
A CRAP TON OF ROOM SERVICE.

I'M TALKIN' CHAMPAGNE,
MOZZARELLA STICKS.

THAT'S CLASSY.

AND WE HAVE
SOME MIND-BLOWING SEX.

[cheers and applause]

I THINK I DID.
I DON'T KNOW.

I WAS SO HAMMERED,
I DON'T REMEMBER,

BUT MY QUESTION TO YOU GUYS IS,

"WAS THAT RAPE?"

WE WERE BOTH DRUNK,
IN MY HOTEL ROOM,

IN MY BED, COMPLETELY NAKED.

ALL RIGHT, I HAD MY SOCKS ON.
IT'S A GOOD LOOK.

BUT SERIOUSLY, WAS IT RAPE?

BECAUSE I READ ONCE
THAT A FEMINIST SAID

ANY TIME A GIRL HAS SEX
AND IS DRUNK,

THAT'S CONSIDERED RAPE.

I MEAN, I'M HALF-IRISH,
SO IF THAT'S TRUE,

THAT MEANS ALL THE WOMEN
ON MY DAD'S SIDE OF THE FAMILY

WERE RAPED BY ALL THE MEN
IN THAT FAMILY

GOING BACK 20 FREAKIN'
GENERATIONS.

I THINK I FINALLY KNOW WHAT TO
GET ME GRAND MUM FOR CHRISTMAS.

I'M GONNA GET HER A RAPE KIT.
[cheers and applause]

- ANYBODY ELSE NEED A SHOWER?
HE'S VILE.

- HE'S BAITING YOU, LIV.
COME ON.

- MASTER BAITIN'.
- LOOK, HE'S OFFENSIVE,

BUT WE CAN'T CHARGE HIM, RIGHT?

I MEAN, ONE MAN'S POISON--
- EXCUSE ME.

ARE YOU GUYS REALLY
SVU DETECTIVES?

- THEY ARE, YEAH.
- CAN I HELP YOU?

- I THINK SO.

UM, SO YOU KNOW
THAT DRUNK T.S.U. GIRL

THAT JOSH WAS TALKING ABOUT
IN HIS SET?

- YEAH.
- THAT'S ME.

AND I THINK HE RAPED ME.

.

- I'M ON THE STUDENT
ASSOCIATION BOARD.

I HELPED ORGANIZE JOSH'S EVENT.

SO...I JUST STAYED AROUND
AFTER HIS SETS

TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING
WAS OKAY.

JOSH SAW ME AT MY TABLE AND HE
BOUGHT ME A DRINK AT THE BAR.

- ONE DRINK?

- WELL, THEN ANOTHER
AND ANOTHER AFTER THAT.

- WAS HE DRINKING TOO?

- YEAH, BUT I KIND OF HAD
A HEAD START.

I HAD A FEW DURING THE SHOW.

- WELL, THAT'S--THAT'S OKAY.

IT'S GOOD THAT YOU'RE BEING
STRAIGHT WITH US.

- YEAH.
- THEN WE DANCED A LITTLE,

WE KIND OF MADE OUT, AND AS THEY
WERE CLOSING UP THE BAR,

HE SAID THAT HE HAD A CAR
WAITING FOR HIM OUTSIDE.

- AND HE OFFERED
TO DROP YOU AT YOUR DORM?

- HE SAID HE HAD A REALLY COOL
HOTEL ROOM

PAID FOR BY THE STUDENT
ASSOCIATION,

SO I SHOULD COME BY AND SEE IT.

[scoffs]

I MEAN, I REMEMBER
GETTING THERE.

HE SAID WE HAD CHAMPAGNE
LAST NIGHT.

I JUST--I CAN'T REMEMBER
VERY MUCH FROM THAT NIGHT.

IT'S ALL REALLY HAZY.

EXCEPT FOR WHEN, YOU KNOW,
I WOKE UP.

- THE NEXT MORNING?

- IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.

I WAS...FACEDOWN IN A PILLOW.

I HAD MY LEGS HANGING
OFF THE BED...

AND HE WAS INSIDE OF ME.

I WASN'T USED TO WHERE HE WAS.

AND IT HURT A LOT.

- WELL, DID YOU TELL HIM
TO STOP OR SAY "NO"?

- YES, BOTH.

BUT HE JUST SAID, "HANG ON,
DOLL, I'M ALMOST FINISHED."

- AND DID YOU LEAVE
RIGHT AWAY?

- I WAS JUST TOO...
OUT OF IT.

AND THEN THE NEXT MORNING, HE
GAVE ME A SWAG BAG WITH A CAP

AND A T-SHIRT,
SOME GIFT CARDS--

- WAIT A MINUTE,
LIKE A GIFT BAG?

- HE HAS THEM IN HIS CLOSET.

- OKAY. UM...

CARLY, DID YOU TELL ANYONE
ABOUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED?

- NO.

I SENT HIM--OR I WROTE HIM
AN E-MAIL,

BUT I NEVER SENT IT.

- OKAY, WELL IT'S--IT'S PROBABLY

IN YOUR SAVED DRAFTS FOLDER,
SO DON'T DELETE IT,

DON'T EDIT IT,
DON'T EVEN OPEN IT.

OKAY, CARLY?

- OH, GREAT, THIS ISN'T
JUST GREY.

IT'S SATYAGRAHA GREY.

- LOOK, IT'S PRETTY
BLACK AND WHITE TO ME.

HAVE YOU SEEN THE CLIPS
FROM GALLOWAY'S ACT?

- A COMIC WHO MAKES
RAPE JOKES IS NOT

THE SAME THING AS A RAPIST.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING
MORE CONCRETE?

- WE'RE WAITING
FOR THE RAPE KIT RESULTS,

BUT A PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

SHOWED FORCEFUL ANAL PENETRATION
WITH BRUISING,

TEARING, AND SWELLING.

- AND SHE DIDN'T REALIZE
SHE WAS RAPED

UNTIL JOSH MADE FUN OF HER
IN HIS MONOLOGUE?

- IT WASN'T A MONOLOGUE.
IT WAS A CONFESSION.

- MAYBE TO YOU.
TO HIM IT WAS HIS ACT.

IF WE GO AFTER HIM BASED
ON HIS STANDUP ROUTINE,

HE IS GOING TO CLAIM HE'S BEING
PERSECUTED FOR FREE SPEECH.

HE MAY NOT BE ENTIRELY WRONG.

- THIS GUY IS A CLASSIC
POWER-ASSERTIVE RAPIST.

HE PROBABLY TAKES HOME, WHAT,
TEN GIRLS A MONTH?

- YEAH, EIGHT SAY YES.
TWO SAY NO.

HE HAS SEX WITH THEM ANYWAY.
WE SHOULD PICK HIM UP.

- NO IMMEDIATE OUTCRY, FUZZY
MEMORY, SHE SPENT THE NIGHT.

I TAKE IT YOU HAVEN'T FOUND
ANY OTHER VICTIMS?

- HE GIVES POST-SEX SWAG BAGS.

GET US A WARRANT
FOR HIS FINANCIALS,

WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TRACK DOWN
SOME MORE VICS THAT WAY.

- A WARRANT?
OKAY, YOU KNOW THAT'S A REACH.

GET ME ANOTHER VIC,
THEN WE CAN TALK.

- CARLY IS ONE OF THOSE
PARTY GIRLS.

SHE EVEN HECKLED ME
AT THE CLUB THAT NIGHT.

IT'S IRONIC
THAT NOW SHE WANTS MY HELP.

- AND HERE YOU ARE HELPING HER.

- YEAH, I DON'T WANT HER
TO REGRET REPORTING.

BUT WHY HAVEN'T YOU
ARRESTED JOSH YET?

SHE'S NOT LYING.
- AND WE BELIEVE HER STORY.

JUST, CASES LIKE THIS
ARE COMPLICATED.

NICK, ANY LUCK ON TRACKING
THOSE GIFT BAGS?

- WELL, IT'D BE A LOT EASIER IF
WE HAD HIS BUSINESS RECORDS.

- HEY, WE DID FIND
SOMETHING INTERESTING.

OUT OF HIS 120 BOOKINGS
IN THE LAST YEAR,

GALLOWAY CANCELLED ONE.
IT WAS IN ALBANY.

NOW, THE STUDENT UNION GUY
WAS PISSED OFF,

SAID THAT THE POLICE
HELD HIM UP

AT HIS PREVIOUS GIG
IN NEW PALTZ.

- OKAY, THE NEW PALTZ P.D.
WOULD ONLY CONFIRM

THAT THEY QUESTIONED GALLOWAY
ABOUT AN ACCUSATION.

- AND THAT D.A. DIDN'T
PRESS CHARGES EITHER?

- NO.
THE GIRL RECANTED.

- SO LET'S FIND OUT WHY.

- I SHOULDN'T BE TALKING TO YOU.

- WAS THAT PART OF YOUR DEAL
FOR THE DIAMOND WATCH?

- JOSH WAS JUST BEING NICE.

- WHEN HE RAPED YOU?

WHAT HAPPENED, AUDREY?

- I WAS DRUNK.

IT WAS JUST ROUGHER
THAN I'M USED TO.

EVERYBODY LIKES IT
DIFFERENTLY, I GUESS.

I THINK HE THOUGHT IT
WAS NORMAL.

- BECAUSE HE GAVE YOU
A GIFT BAG?

- HOW DID YOU KNOW
ABOUT THAT?

- YOU'RE NOT THE FIRST ONE
TO ACCUSE HIM.

AUDREY, DID YOU KEEP THE BAG?

- I CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT.

- THERE'S NOTHING IN YOUR
NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT

ABOUT SHOWING US WHAT WAS IN
THAT BAG, WAS THERE?

- THERE'S, LIKE, $4 LEFT
ON THE L'AVONIQUE GIFT CARD,

BUT THE REST IS UNTOUCHED.

- MIGHT BE ENOUGH
TO GET US A WARRANT.

- TURNS OUT HIS GIFT CARDS
ARE CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN.

GALLOWAY BUYS THEM
IN 12 PACKS.

NOW, L'AVONIQUE PULLED
THE SERIAL NUMBERS.

WE TRACED THE ONES THAT WERE
USED TO THE RECIPIENTS.

- OKAY, WE KNOW HE'S GOT HIS
SHARE OF GROUPIES ON THE ROAD.

ANY OF THEM CLAIMING RAPE?

- MOST OF THE GIRLS I TALKED TO
ON THE PHONE

SAID THE SEX WAS CONSENSUAL,

AND A FEW SAID
HE WAS AGGRESSIVE,

BUT NONE FELT COMFORTABLE
PRESSING CHARGES.

- LOOK, EVEN IF THEY WERE...
THERE WAS NO OUTCRY.

THERE'S NO CHARGES FILED.

NO JUDGE WILL ADMIT
PRIOR BAD ACTS.

IT'S MORE PREJUDICIAL
THAN PROBATIVE.

- YOU SAID THAT YOU WANTED
A PATTERN.

HERE IS YOUR PATTERN.

HE'S A BAD GUY
AND WE HAVE A COMPLAINANT.

- IF I GO AFTER THIS GUY,
IT'S NO SLAM DUNK.

- WE KNOW THAT.

BUT IT'S
THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

OR DOESN'T THAT MATTER?

- IS HE STILL IN TOWN?

- OH, NO.
WHAT HAPPENED

TO THE PRETTY BLONDE
AND THE BADASS SERGEANT?

- CUT THE SHTICK.
DO YOU RECOGNIZE THIS GIRL?

- I DON'T KNOW, YOU GOT ONE
OF THE TOP OF HER HEAD?

I'M KIDDING.

- CARLY RYDELL.
SHE'S ACCUSING YOU OF RAPE.

YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SHUT HER UP
WITH A DIAMOND WATCH.

- ARE YOU TALKING
ABOUT NEW PALTZ?

AUDREY, THAT LITTLE
CHUCKLE SLUT.

SHE RECANTED,
AND SO WILL THIS GIRL.

GUYS, YOU DON'T HAVE A CASE.
- OUR D.A. DISAGREES.

- GREAT, YOU GUYS WANT
A POLITICAL CASE?

FANTASTIC.
I'M THE RIGHT GUY.

- WELL, THIS WOULD BE A GOOD
TIME TO CALL YOUR ATTORNEY.

- ARE YOU ARRESTING ME?

I LOVE IT.
LET'S DO IT RIGHT HERE.

WE GOT PAPARAZZI OUT FRONT.
- FINE BY ME.

- WE CAN MAKE A LITTLE SHOW.

HEY, JAY-Z,
WILL YOU GRAB MY BAG?

- JOSH GALLOWAY,
YOU'RE UNDER ARREST.

- CAMERAS ARE READY?
- YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO...

- LET'S DO THIS.
- REMAIN SILENT.

- OKAY, LET'S WALK.
- I WOULD LIKE TO DEDICATE

MY ARREST TO MR. LENNY BRUCE.

NYPD CRUCIFIED HIM, TOO.

I WILL GET BOTH OF US CLEARED.

ATTICA, ATTICA!

.

- JOSH GALLOWAY IS A SOCIAL
CRITIC AND SATIRIST.

HIS MATERIAL IS CONTROVERSIAL,

PROVOCATIVE,
AND PROTECTED BY FREE SPEECH.

BUT WITH OUR NEW POLITICALLY
CORRECT BENETTON MAYOR,

THE D.A. AND THE NYPD
ARE GOING BACK

TO THEIR GOLDEN ERA
OF CENSORSHIP.

all: JOSH!
- JOSH, IS--IS RAPE FUNNY?

- NO.
NO, OF COURSE NOT.

- WHAT ABOUT GANG RAPE?
[cackles]

- NO, NO, I HAVE RESPECT
FOR ALL WOMEN,

MANY OF WHOM ARE MY FANS.

[overlapping shouts]

- "JOSH, I'M REALLY CONFUSED
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT.

"IT WAS FUN AT FIRST,
BUT YOU SO CROSSED THE LINE.

"I'M REALLY SORE.

"I DON'T GET WHY YOU DIDN'T
LISTEN TO ME WHEN I SAID STOP.

IT WASN'T OKAY
WHAT YOU DID TO ME."

- YOU DRAFTED THIS E-MAIL,
BUT YOU DIDN'T SEND IT.

WHY WAS THAT?

- I HAD TO WORK WITH HIM
LATER THAT NIGHT,

SO--I'M THE STUDENT
ACTIVITY CHAIR.

I'M THE ONE
WHO ORGANIZED HIS EVENT.

- OKAY.

LET'S GO BACK
TO THE NIGHT BEFORE.

YOU WENT TO JOSH'S SHOW.

YOU HAD DRINKS WITH HIM
AT THE BAR.

YOU WENT TO HIS HOTEL ROOM
WILLINGLY?

- THAT'S RIGHT.

- YOU KISSED HIM.

YOU GOT INTO BED WITH HIM.

- HE WAS VERY FORCEFUL.

- BUT YOU WENT ALONG WITH IT?

- AT FIRST...BUT THEN...

THE ROOM WAS SPINNING,

AND I MUST HAVE PASSED OUT.

AND WHEN I WOKE UP,
HE WAS...

SODOMIZING ME.

IT HURT.

I SAID "NO."

I WAS CRYING.

- BUT HE DIDN'T LISTEN?

- NO.

HE JUST DID WHATEVER HE WANTED.

- AND THEN YOU STAYED THE NIGHT?

- WELL, I WAS TOO DRUNK
TO LEAVE ON MY OWN,

SO I SLEPT
ON THE BATHROOM FLOOR.

- THANK YOU.

YOUR WITNESS.

- CARLY, YOU ATTENDED

SIX OF MR. GALLOWAY'S SHOWS
LAST YEAR.

ARE YOU A GROUPIE?

- I WAS A FAN.

- DID YOU WANT TO SLEEP
WITH HIM?

- I WASN'T SURE WHAT I WANTED.

- BUT YOU MADE OUT WITH HIM
AT THE BAR.

YOU AGREED TO GO
TO HIS HOTEL.

- I WAS FLATTERED
THAT HE WAS INTERESTED.

- YOU DRANK WITH HIM,
YOU ORDERED ROOM SERVICE,

YOU LAID DOWN ON HIS BED.

CAN YOU SEE WHY
HE GOT THE IMPRESSION

YOU WANTED TO HAVE SEX?

- THAT WASN'T SEX!

I WOULD NEVER HAVE SEX THERE,

AND I DEFINITELY
DID NOT WANT THAT.

I TOLD HIM IT HURT.
- YOU FELT PAIN?

BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE
YOU WERE FEELING NO PAIN

THE REST OF THE NIGHT.
- OBJECTION.

- HOW MANY DRINKS DID YOU HAVE
THAT NIGHT, MISS RYDELL?

- I LOST TRACK.
- LET ME HELP.

ACCORDING TO THE BARTENDER
AT THE CLUB,

YOU HAD FOUR DRINKS
DURING THE SHOWS,

THEN THREE AT THE BAR
WITH MY CLIENT.

- I GUESS...I WAS NERVOUS.

- THEN, BACK IN HIS ROOM,

DID YOU HAVE ANY OF
THE CHAMPAGNE YOU ORDERED?

- I ADMIT I WAS DRUNK.

- ARE YOU USUALLY
A BINGE DRINKER?

- I'M IN COLLEGE.
I GO OUT.

I DRINK.
- OKAY.

DO YOU DRINK AS AN EXCUSE

TO EXPERIMENT SEXUALLY,
OR GET SLUTTY

WITHOUT HAVING TO
TAKE RESPONSIBILITY?

- OBJECTION.
- WITHDRAWN.

NOTHING FURTHER.

- JOSH GALLOWAY HERE,
LIVE-VLOGGING MY PERSECUTION.

TODAY, CARLY--OH, I MEAN,
MY ANONYMOUS ACCUSER--

SWORE UNDER OATH SHE CAME
TO MY HOTEL ROOM SUITE,

RAIDED MY MINI BAR,
BUT DID NOT WANT TO

MAKE IT WITH MY JOYSTICK.

[gasps]
I JUST SURE WISH THE JURY

GOT TO SEE HER
A FEW HOURS EARLIER.

- WE CAN TAKE BACK THE NIGHT
IN MY BED, JOSH.

- WHAT'S YOUR NAME, SWEETHEART?
- CARLY.

- CARLY.

DO YOU SPELL IT THE SLUTTY WAY,
WITH AN "I"?

- NO, WITH A "Y,"
BUT I CAN STILL DO SLUTTY.

[cheers and applause]

- [clicks tongue]

DO YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE
ENDS WITH A "Y"?

PERJURY.
HA HA.

- HOW'D YOU FIND THIS?

- UH, GOOGLE ALERTS,
JOSH GALLOWAY.

- NO WAY THE JUDGE IS GONNA RULE
THIS ADMISSIBLE.

- IT'S TOO LATE.
IT'S ALREADY OUT.

- [laughs]

PERJURY!

[laughing]

.

[cheers and applause]
- WHOO!

- SEEMS SO...EMBARRASSED.

- FOR WHAT YOU SAID?

OR FOR NOT TELLING US ABOUT IT?

WHERE THE HELL
DID HE GET THAT VIDEO?

I THOUGHT YOU VETTED
THE CLUB-GOERS.

- WE DID.

SOMEONE MUST'VE TAKEN THE VIDEO

AND SENT IT TO JOSH.

I'M SORRY.
- YOU SHOULD BE.

- I SWEAR I DO NOT EVEN REMEMBER
SAYING THAT.

- IT'S OKAY, CARLY.

- THE JURY WILL REMEMBER IT.

WHEN THEY ACQUIT JOSH.

- THIS VIDEO CAME AS A COMPLETE
SURPRISE TO ME, YOUR HONOR.

- REALLY?
BETTER TIMING THAN YOUR CLIENT.

- IT DOES SPEAK
TO THE VICTIM'S CONSENT.

I MOVE TO HAVE IT ADMITTED
AS EVIDENCE.

- OF COURSE YOU DO,
BUT IT'S MOOT.

THE JURY'S ALREADY SEEN IT.

- ONLY TWO ADMITTED THEY HAD.

I'LL REPLACE THOSE JURORS
WITH TWO ALTERNATES

WHO SWEAR
THEY HAVEN'T SEEN IT.

- GREAT, SO THE PANEL NOW
CONSISTS ONLY OF JURORS

WHO ARE WILLING
TO LIE UNDER OATH.

- EXCUSE ME, MR. BARBA?

- I'M REQUESTING A MISTRIAL.

THIS VIDEO PRESENTS
A FUNDAMENTAL ERROR

PREJUDICIAL TO THE VICTIM,
WHICH CANNOT BE CURED

BY INSTRUCTIONS TO THE JURY.

- MR. BARBA, I'M DENYING YOUR
REQUEST FOR A MISTRIAL.

I THINK YOU HAVE BIGGER PROBLEMS
THAN THIS VIDEO.

- YOU REQUESTED A MISTRIAL?

- DON'T WORRY, IT WAS DENIED.

- LOOK, WE KNEW THIS WAS GONNA
BE AN UPHILL BATTLE.

AT LEAST THE VIDEO'S EXCLUDED.

- YOU WANT TO REDEEM THE CASE?
GOOD LUCK.

CALHOUN JUST TOLD ME SHE'S

CALLING YOU TO THE STAND.

- SERGEANT BENSON, TO SUM UP,
ON THE NIGHT IN QUESTION,

CARLY HERSELF
ADMITTED SHE WAS DRUNK.

ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
- YES.

- IN YOUR EXPERIENCE,
DOES INTOXICATION

AFFECT A WITNESS'S
RELIABILITY OR MEMORY?

- IT CAN.

IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR A RAPE
VICTIM TO HAVE BEEN DRINKING.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN
THAT THEY WEREN'T RAPED.

- BUT YOU DO AGREE
THAT BEING DRUNK

INCREASES A WOMAN'S CHANCES

OF BEING INVOLVED IN A SEXUAL
ENCOUNTER SHE MAY REGRET.

- STATISTICALLY, YES.

- SO CARLY'S BEING INTOXICATED

MAY HAVE BEEN A CONTRIBUTING
FACTOR IN HER ACCUSATION?

- SHE REMEMBERS BEING RAPED.

- BUT WE BOTH KNOW
THERE ARE OTHER DETAILS,

LIKE HER BEHAVIOR AT THE CLUB,
THAT SHE DOESN'T REMEMBER.

- OBJECTION.
- SHE DID ADMIT SHE PASSED OUT

IN THE HOTEL ROOM,

THAT THERE WERE HOURS-LONG GAPS
IN HER MEMORY.

- YES.

- SO IT'S POSSIBLE SHE CONSENTED
TO SEX WITH JOSH

AND DOESN'T REMEMBER.

- I THINK THAT CARLY
WOULD REMEMBER--

- YOU THINK.

SO THERE IS ROOM FOR DOUBT?

NOTHING FURTHER.

- I WALKED RIGHT INTO IT.
I'M SO SORRY.

IT'S JUST MY FIRST TIME
ON THE STAND SINCE LEWIS.

- I KNOW.
IT DOESN'T MATTER.

WE BOTH KNEW
WHERE THIS WAS HEADED.

- WE HAD TO BRING THIS CASE.

IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO,

YOU KNOW, FOR CARLY,
FOR--FOR THE OTHER VICTIMS.

- THIS WAS NOT GREAT FOR CARLY
OR FOR THE OTHER VICTIMS.

ARE YOU SURE
THIS WAS NOT ABOUT YOUR EGO?

- WHAT?

- EXCUSE ME, WE NEED THE ROOM.

- WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?

- YOU JUST TOOK OVER THE SQUAD.

YOU WANT TO TAKE
A BIG NAME DOWN,

SHOW EVERYONE THERE'S
NO SPECIAL TREATMENT

UNDER SERGEANT BENSON'S WATCH.

- YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT ME.

- YOU HAVE HAD
A REALLY TOUGH YEAR.

YOU'RE GOING THROUGH A LOT.

- SO WHICH IS IT?

I'M DRIVEN BY EGO
OR MY JUDGMENT IS IMPAIRED?

- ACTUALLY,
MY JUDGMENT IS IMPAIRED.

CONVINCE ME TO TAKE THIS CASE.

- WE BOTH DECIDED

THAT IT WAS THE RIGHT THING
TO DO.

- THIS WAS BEFORE
I HAD ALL THE FACTS.

IF YOUR DETECTIVES
HAD DONE THEIR DUE DILIGENCE

AND FOUND THAT VIDEO,

I NEVER WOULD HAVE BROUGHT
THIS CASE TO TRIAL.

- WE'RE TAKIN' A HIT.

BUT BLAMING ME?

I THOUGHT WE HAD
EACH OTHER'S BACKS.

- SO DID I.

.

- NO, I'M NOT A RAPIST.

WE DRANK A LOT,
WE FOOLED AROUND.

OKAY, WE HAD SEX.

I'M SORRY IF IT WASN'T ROMANTIC,

BUT SHE STAYED THE NIGHT.

I EVEN GAVE HER A NICE LITTLE
GIFT BAG, WHICH SHE TOOK.

AND THE NEXT NIGHT SHE COMES
BACK TO SEE MY SHOW AGAIN.

AND SHE HEARD ME SAY SOME JOKES
ABOUT HOW SLOPPY

SHE AND WE WERE
AND THE NEXT THING I KNOW,

COPS ARE AT MY DOOR.

I GUESS I SHOULD'VE
SENT HER FLOWERS, RIGHT.

- THANK YOU,
MR. GALLOWAY.

- HOW YOU DOIN'?

GOOD.
- JUST TO BE CLEAR,

THIS WAS A ONE NIGHT STAND,

AND THEN CARLY
GOT HER FEELINGS HURT,

SO SHE ACCUSED YOU OF RAPE?

- HEY, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO
ASK HER WHY SHE DID IT.

ALL I KNOW IS THAT NIGHT,
SHE CAME AFTER ME,

AND SHE CAME AFTER ME HARD.
- HARD?

HAS THAT EVER
HAPPENED TO YOU BEFORE?

- COME ON.
I'M A CELEBRITY.

SOME WOMEN FIND THAT ATTRACTIVE.
MAYBE MOST DO.

PLUS, I'M VERY FUNNY.

- THAT IS A REAL ONE-TWO PUNCH,
AND YOU'RE GOOD-LOOKING.

- AW, THANKS, BUDDY.

YOU ARE NOT SO BAD YOURSELF,

BUT I DON'T SWING THAT WAY.

- NO?

SO YOU ONLY
HAVE ANAL SEX WITH WOMEN?

- OBJECTION.
RELEVANCE?

- NO, NO, LET HIM GO.

THIS WHOLE THING IS JUST
A JOKE ANYWAY.

THIS ENTIRE TRIAL.

SODOMY.
OOH, BAD WORD.

LAST TIME I CHECKED,

IT'S NOT ILLEGAL
IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

- NO, NOT BETWEEN
TWO CONSENTING ADULTS.

- SHE CAME TO MY HOTEL ROOM.

SHE GOT INTO MY BED.

LET'S BE REAL
FOR JUST ONE SECOND, OKAY?

IT'S PRETTY HARD
TO HIT A MOVING TARGET.

- HOW ABOUT AN UNCONSCIOUS ONE?

YOU HEARD THE M.E.'S TESTIMONY.

CARLY SUFFERED BRUISING,
SWELLING, TEARING.

- SO DID I.

FUNNY THING ABOUT SEX IS YOU
COULD BE HAVING SO MUCH FUN

THAT YOU DON'T EVEN NOTICE
WHAT'S GOIN' ON

UNTIL THE NEXT DAY.

I BET YOU'VE BEEN THERE,
BRUISED THAT, RIGHT.

[laughter]
- ORDER!

- YOU KNOW WHAT
I'M TALKIN' ABOUT.

- ORDER!
- I'M SORRY.

- THIS IS ALL JUST FUNNY
TO YOU, ISN'T IT?

HER PAIN.

HER SCREAMING "STOP,"

HER SLEEPING
ON THE BATHROOM FLOOR?

- I'M SORRY, WERE YOU THERE?

I FORGOT WE WERE
HAVING A MENAGE A TROIS.

- OH, MY GOD, EVEN THIS TRIAL
IS JUST MATERIAL.

- LOOK, I'M AN ARTIST.

- ARE YOU?

- YES.
LIFE IS MY MATERIAL.

OUR SCREWED UP CULTURE--
RACISM, INCEST, RAPE--

IF YOU DON'T JOKE ABOUT IT,
YOU CRY.

THAT'S MY JOB AS A SOCIAL
SATIRIST, TO GO THERE,

TO SHOCK PEOPLE,
TO MAKE THEM THINK ABOUT

OUR HYPOCRITICAL CHRISTIAN
VALUES THAT PREACH

MORE THAN ANY OF US COULD
POSSIBLY PRACTICE

ABOUT OUR VIEWS ON SEXUALITY,
ABOUT OUR VIEWS ON DOMINANCE.

THAT'S MY ACT.

- SO FORCING YOURSELF

ON AN INCAPACITATED
21-YEAR-OLD,

THAT'S PART OF YOUR ACT, TOO?

GIVING YOU FODDER
FOR SEXUALITY AND DOMINANCE?

- YOU HEARD HIM.

I SEEM TO BE ON TRIAL

FOR MY WORDS AND MY THOUGHTS,
NOT MY DEEDS.

IN MY LIFE, IN MY OWN BEDROOM,

YES, I HAVE CERTAIN
PROCLIVITIES AS WE ALL DO.

BUT THIS ISN'T A TRIAL
ABOUT RAPE.

THIS IS A TRIAL ABOUT SOME
LITTLE GIRL

WHO GOT IN WAY OVER HER HEAD.

SHE CAME AFTER ME THAT NIGHT
LIKE A-A HEAT-SEEKING MISSILE.

SHE HAD THIS FANTASY IN HER HEAD
THAT SHE COULD BECOME

A PART OF MY WORLD,
BUT THE NEXT MORNING,

WHEN THE COACH TURNED BACK
INTO A PUMPKIN, SHE CRIED.

AND THEN SHE CRIED "RAPE."

BECAUSE THESE DAYS, INSTEAD OF
GETTING OVER IT, YOU SUE.

AND IF ANY OF YOU BELIEVE
THAT SHE IS NOT GONNA FILE

A CIVIL SUIT, I HAVE A BRIDGE
I WOULD LIKE TO SELL YOU.

- SO SHE'S AFTER YOU
FOR YOUR MONEY,

WE'RE AFTER YOU BECAUSE
WE WANT YOU SILENCED,

BECAUSE WE OBJECT TO YOUR
ATTACKS ON CHRISTIAN MORALITY?

- AND MY SUCCESS.

AND THAT'S WHY
I'M A MOVING TARGET,

BUT I AM NOT GUILTY.

I'M SORRY
IF HER FEELINGS GOT HURT.

I DIDN'T RAPE THAT GIRL.

- NOTHING FURTHER.

- THE JURY HAD TO SEE HIM
FOR WHO HE IS.

- I DON'T KNOW, RENEE.

THEY ALSO SAW THAT VIDEO.

- I KNOW.
CARLY IS SUCH A WASTE CASE--

LOOK AT ME.
I WAS A VICTIM

AND NOW HERE I AM
VICTIM BLAMING.

- I THINK WE BOTH KNOW THAT
CARLY DIDN'T WANT THIS.

- WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER GIRLS
WHO SAID THAT JOSH RAPED THEM?

WHY AREN'T THEY TESTIFYING?

- BECAUSE THE JUDGE
WON'T ALLOW IT

BECAUSE THERE WAS NO OUTCRY
AT THE TIME, NO CORROBORATION,

AND ON TOP OF ALL OF THAT,
IT'S OUT OF OUR JURISDICTION.

- SO YOU NEED A NEW VICTIM
HERE AND NOW.

I BET IF YOU SET HIM UP,
HE WOULD BITE.

- NYPD CAN'T EVEN APPROACH HIM
DURING THIS TRIAL

WITHOUT HIS LAWYER PRESENT.

WE GOTTA LET IT GO.

- WHAT IF IT'S NOT NYPD?

- RENEE, LISTEN TO ME.

WHATEVER YOU'RE THINKING,

ABSOLUTELY NOT, OKAY?

HE IS A DANGEROUS MAN.

- A DANGEROUS MAN
THAT GETS TO GO FREE?

- WE BROUGHT HIM TO TRIAL,

SO MAYBE HE'LL THINK TWICE
ABOUT THE NEXT GIRL.

BUT YOU NEED TO LET THIS GO.

[dance music plays]



- HI.
IS THIS SEAT TAKEN?

- IT IS NOW.

HEY, DO I KNOW YOU?

- UM, WE MET A FEW YEARS AGO.

- OH, YEAH, I REMEMBER YOU.

- YEAH.

- WHAT ARE YOU DRINKIN'?

THERE WE GO.
SOME OF THIS.

- [laughs]

- YOU KNOW...THIS
GAG ALWAYS WORKS

SO MUCH BETTER IN THE MOVIES.

- YEAH, I-I GUESS
I'M JUST NERVOUS.

- OH, NO.
DON'T BE NERVOUS.

THAT'S WHAT
THE CHAMPAGNE IS FOR.

YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE WORKS BETTER
IN THE MOVIES?

WHEN THE GLASSES COME OFF.

YEAH.
- AND THE...HAIR COMES DOWN?

- OH, SURE.

OH, YOU'RE SO PRETTY.

- CRAP.
- WHAT?

- THAT'S THE THIRD TEXT
FROM MY BOYFRIEND.

HE, UH...
- BOYFRIEND?

- TRACKED MY PHONE.

I'M REALLY--I'M SORRY.
I HAVE TO GO.

- NO, WHAT ARE YOU
TALKIN' ABOUT SWEETHEART?

- YEAH, I'M SORRY.
- ONCE WE POP,

THE FUN DON'T STOP.

- NO, I'M SORRY.
I REALLY--I HAVE TO GO.

- WHAT ARE YOU TALKIN' ABOUT?
NO, NO, NO, NO.

YOU'RE NOT GOIN' ANYWHERE.
YOU CAN'T LEAVE ME HANGIN'.

COME ON, STICK AROUND.
- I SAID NO.

I-I HAVE TO GO.

- WHAT DO YOU MEAN, "NO"?

WHAT ARE YOU TALKIN' ABOUT?
- I SAID "NO."

- YOU'RE HERE IN MY HOTEL.
- I SAID NO!

- COME ON.
COME ON.

- STOP.
I SAID NO!

- YOU LIKE IT ROUGH?
I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU ROUGH.

YOU LIKE IT ROUGH?
- STOP. STOP!

- YOU LIKE IT ROUGH?
THERE YOU GO.

- [crying]
- OH, YEAH.

OH, Y--UH-HUH.

YOU MAY SAY "NO" NOW,

BUT TOMORROW YOU'LL SAY THIS
WAS THE BEST SEX I EVER HAD.

- STOP!
- STOP?

- STOP.
- DON'T?

- STOP.
- STOP? DON'T STOP?

WHICH ONE?
DON'T OR STOP?

- STOP!
- DON'T STOP.

I WON'T STOP.
I WON'T STOP.

WHAT--AHH!

HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY.
- NO.

- UH-OH.

NOW YOU'RE READY TO PARTY--AHH!

AHH, GOD!
AHH, GOD!

AHH!
COME ON.

HEY, WHERE YOU GOIN'?

BITCH!

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT,
ALL RIGHT.

YOU CAN SAY "NO,"
BUT TOMORROW,

IT'LL BE THE BEST SEX
YOU EVER HAD.

- STOP!

- THERE WAS A CAMERA
IN HER EYEGLASSES.

NYPD GIVE HER THAT?

- SHE BOUGHT THEM HERSELF.
AT BEST BUY.

- I'M SURE SHE DID.

THIS WON'T BE ADMISSIBLE
REGARDLESS.

MY CLIENT WAS SET UP
WHILE STILL ON TRIAL.

THIS IS NYPD ENTRAPMENT.

- RENEE DID THIS ON HER OWN.

NEITHER NYPD
NOR I HAD ANY KNOWLEDGE.

AND I'M NOT LOOKING
TO USE IT AT THIS TRIAL.

I'LL BE BRINGING A NEW CASE WITH
SEPARATE BUT EQUAL CHARGES.

ATTEMPTED RAPE,
SEXUAL ASSAULT.

- WHOA, WHOA, WHAT IS THIS?

FIRST IT WAS A VENDETTA
AND NOW IT'S A SHAKEDOWN?

- JOSH, STOP.

- RITA--
- STOP!

I'M SURE MR. BARBA AND I CAN
WORK SOMETHING OUT.

- SO JOSH AGREED TO A DEAL?

DOES THAT MEAN
HE'LL GO TO JAIL?

- NO, BUT HE'LL BE A REGISTERED
SEX OFFENDER FOR TEN YEARS.

- WOW.

SO DOES THIS MEAN
I CAN SUE HIM?

- THAT'S YOUR CALL.

- SHE REALLY IS A PIECE OF WORK.

- RENEE'S VIDEO OF JOSH CAN
NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY.

THIS ALL REMAINS CONFIDENTIAL.

- SO HE IS ABOVE THE LAW.
- HE PLED GUILTY.

HE'S ON THE SEX OFFENDER'S LIST.

- AND HE WALKS RIGHT BACK OUT
ON STAGE.

- I DON'T KNOW.

FATTY ARBUCKLE
WAS FOUND INNOCENT.

BARELY EVER WORKED AGAIN.

THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION,

ONCE IT TURNS ON YOU.

- SO, END OF THE DAY,

IT WAS THE RIGHT THING
TO DO TO BRING THIS CASE.

- DON'T FISH.

YOU SNATCHED A TIE OUT
OF THE JAWS OF DEFEAT.

YOU WANT TO STAY
COMMANDING OFFICER.

I WANT YOU TO STAY
COMMANDING OFFICER.

DON'T BRING ME CASES
LIKE THIS.

- WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT?

- EGO.

- YOU SAVED HIS ASS.

- YEAH, AFTER I PUT IT
ON THE LINE.

- WELL, HE'S A BIG BOY,
HE'LL GET OVER IT.

SO WILL CASSIDY.

- WHAT?

- YOU TOOK DOWN
HIS FAVORITE COMIC.

- GOOD-NIGHT, NICK.

- NIGHT.

[phone rings]