Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999–…): Season 16, Episode 13 - Decaying Morality - full transcript

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.

Yoga retreat in Costa Rica?

It was the furthest I could
get away from New York...

And Atlanta. It was good.

Work through some stuff?

It was therapeutic.
And we were, um,



we were meditating

on the summit of this volcano,

and the yogi comes over and
he taps me on my shoulder,

I didn't even tense up.

(CHUCKLING) Good for you. Yeah.

And now that you're back,
you'll continue with therapy?

Look, I'm so sorry for
what I put you all through.

No, Amanda,

I'm sorry for what you
put yourself through.

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

Damn. Looking way too pretty
to be walking all by yourself.

Hey, hey, hey!

God bless you, mami.

What's up with you, little girl?



Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Mami, mami.

You need some help?

Cause I can help
you out real nice,

you know what I'm
saying? Get away.

Get away, please.
All right, all right.

You have a sweet
night, okay, girl?

(BREATHING HEAVILY AND
GRUNTING) (CARS HONKING)

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
MAN: Hey. Hey, open up.

No. Please, just go away.

Please! You're good
in there or what?

I got customers
out here waiting.

Go away, please!
Hey, girl, open the door!

I'm coming in now,
all right? Fair warning.

No, please. (BREATHES HEAVILY)

Calm down. No. No.

No, no.

I got you. No, please.

I got you, okay? Please, no!

I guess January was
pretty crappy for everybody.

Heard Nick went through hell.

Winter at SVU. Nick's
dad, Noah's lungs.

Every time he wheezes,

I'm afraid it's another
trip to the E.R.

He'll be okay. (SIGHING)

Hmm.

All right, then. I'll see
you tomorrow. Yeah.

I'll be early.

Stop touching me! Get off me!

MAN: Look, I'm trying to give
you your purse. Hey, don't kick.

Police.

Hey, hey, hey!

Police! Police!
MAN: Just chill, okay?

I didn't do nothing.
Just chill, bitch!

He took my purse!

He took my purse! Whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa! You got the wrong idea.

Okay? I didn't do
nothing. He attacked me.

Okay, calm down miss.
Please, he attacked me!

Wait, hey, you lying! Put your
hands up! Put your hands up!

I'm trying to help you, okay?

Then, then arrest
him! He raped me!

(CRYING) Okay.

God!

(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

ROLLINS: Okay, thank you.

Hey. Was able to
reach the parents,

this and Luke and Marcy Davis.

They're still on their
way. How's Jenna?

She's recovering. She
had alcohol mixed with

clonazepam in her system.

That explains why
she was so out of it.

Any prelims from the rape exam?

Uh, slight bruising on
the wrists and thighs,

possible semen on the sweater,

and evidence of
torn hymenal tissue.

Have you talked to her yet?

She fell asleep
right after the exam.

Nurse said she'll let us
know when she wakes up.

Torn hymenal tissue.

So this guy rapes
a semi-conscious

16-year-old virgin on the
floor of a pizzeria bathroom?

Welcome back to SVU.

Hey. Hey, you're making
a big mistake, man.

Yeah. Are we?

My Sergeant and the
detective... Sit down.

Witnessed you
assaulting this girl.

No, I wasn't assaulting her.

I was trying to
help her. Help her?

Then how come she's
accusing you of rape?

Man... Hey, man, she
was out of her mind.

She was, she was
drugged or drunk.

I don't know. Yeah,
so you call 911.

We got witnesses saying that you
went into the bathroom after her.

That's because I had customers
waiting in line for the bathroom.

Look, I didn't touch that girl.

Look, I know all you cops
hate me, but this ain't right.

Look, no offense, we
don't even know you.

Oh, now you're messing with me.

Look, I know my rights.

Fellas... Hey, this
is police harassment.

Just sit down, sir.

(INHALING WITH PUFFER)

What the hell was
that? I don't know.

FIN: The prints
finally came back.

He is the Jerome Jones.

Who? Brooklyn Jerome Jones?

Yeah.

One of the Prospect Park Three.

Oh, right, right. Those kids
held on a gang rape charge.

All three confess,
and then some sort of

DNA contamination
issue at the lab,

then all three recant, they claim
the confessions were coerced.

Yeah. So?

So, they have a
36-million-dollar suit

pending against the city.

Wait, so what?
Brooklyn screws up,

now we can't
interrogate a suspect?

We got witnesses.

Our vic IDed this guy.

Liv and Amanda
are at the hospital.

The vic was drugged
and disoriented.

No one knows what
happened in that bathroom.

Yeah, because the
door was closed.

But he's talking. We
shouldn't stop now.

Okay? Hey, hey.
Dodds and Barba called.

They said, go easy on
Jerome until Barba gets here.

So, what, see if
this guy's hungry?

Maybe he wants a soda.

It's my little girl.

And where's the
bastard who did it?

We have a suspect in custody.

Uh, we're talking to him now.

When can we see Jenna? Soon.

Listen, do you know where
your daughter was this afternoon?

She had a dentist
appointment after school.

Never came home.

Okay, well, we're gonna
need to speak with her dentist.

He's on his way.

He's my brother-in-law.

Dr. Neil Alexander.

He consults with NYPD,
figured he could just...

Wanted to make sure
that we take it seriously?

Yeah. We do.

Listen, right now
we need to ask you

a few questions
about your daughter.

Has she ever gotten in
trouble with drinking or drugs?

No. She doesn't drink,
she doesn't do drugs.

She's a straight-A student.

Marcy. Hey. God.

How is she?

She was asleep. I'll,
uh, I'll go see if she's up.

Okay.

Listen, Dr. Alexander,

it's Sergeant Benson, Hey.

Detective Rollins,
Dr. Alexander. Yeah, we've met.

Uh, you've testified
at a few trials. The...

The Ellie Porter case?

The burned girl. Horrible.

Jeanna was just with
you this afternoon, right?

Yes. Okay.

Um,

how was her condition
when she left your office?

Did you have to
administer gas or any meds?

She needed a filling in
her lower second molar.

So there was some lidocaine,
and there was some nitrous.

But they wear
off rather quickly.

She was fine by
the time she left.

I understand you have
a, a suspect in custody?

We do, yes.

Okay.

The doctor said
Jenna's waking up.

We have a few
questions, so excuse us.

Luke, you guys
should go in there too.

Oh. She's 16.

Of course.

Right this way. Hmm. Thanks.

I'm sorry, Mom, Dad, I'm...

It's okay, baby. You
didn't do anything wrong.

Can you answer a few questions?

Yeah, I think I can.

We found you at a pizza parlor.

Do you remember
how you got there?

No. No, it's all...

(SIGHING) It's
all kind of jumbled.

Okay, so let's take it slow.

What's the last thing
you do remember?

Leaving Uncle Neil's office.

I was gonna to go to
my friend Kara's house,

and study there, and, and
then I was gonna go home after.

MARCY: Uh, his
office is on East 17th.

Kara's on East 15th and
we live on Grand Street.

And did you make
it to your friend's?

Yeah. Yeah, I was
there for a little.

Jenna, you had
alcohol in your system.

Did you drink there?

We already told
you, she doesn't drink.

He's right. I don't.

Honey, you're not in trouble.

Just tell the
detectives the truth.

(SIGHING) Um,

I felt sick at Kara's, so

I must have decided to leave.

And then what happened?

I think I had to go
to the bathroom,

so that's why I went
to the pizza place.

And that guy was following me

and he was knocking on
the door, trying to open it.

And I kept telling
him to go away,

but he wouldn't, he came in.

Son-of-a-bitch.

So do you remember
what happened next?

I remember being cold.

My skirt and my
sweater were pushed up,

and... (SHUDDERING)

I felt his belly rubbing
against mine, and...

And it hurt, but I couldn't
move, you know. And...

And then he...

Got it all over me.

God, Dad, I'm
sorry. I'm really sorry.

Oh, it's not your fault, baby.

Not your fault.

Jerome Jones, he still here?

Still waiting on
the vic's statement.

What's taking so long?

The girl was intoxicated.
Her memory's off.

Well, they did find what might
be semen on her sweater.

We can put a rush on it.

On the sweater? If it is
his, that's probable cause.

If it's not, then he is
extraordinarily lucky at DNA tests,

he has got
ammunition for another

false arrest and
harassment lawsuit.

One more lawsuit from this guy,

we're all working
in Staten Island.

Look, the Prospect
Park Three were guilty,

the lab just screwed it up.

He's guilty of this, too.

Make the case
airtight, and I'll charge.

Until then, let him go.

Wait, let him go?

He's waiting on a 36-million-dollar
judgment he'll likely win.

He's not a flight risk.

Get him out of here. Politely.

(SCOFFING)

Who wants to call the Sergeant?

The new guy.

Still?

Cause? Carisi, she IDed him.

Okay, I'm sorry, I
know it's not on you.

So, re-interview
his co-workers, uh,

put a rush on that DNA.

I need security footage
from the pizza place,

from the street.

Keep pushing.
Sergeant, excuse me.

Um, Carisi, let
me call you back.

I just got a call from an associate
at 1PP. Tell me this isn't true.

Just found out myself. But don't
worry, we will make the case.

What's going on? They're
letting the suspect go.

What? Why?

You want to tell
him this, or shall I?

We don't have
enough to charge him.

What am I missing?

He's one of the
Prospect Park Three.

Oh, he's one of them? Yeah.

So he's a known thug rapist,

who got off on a technicality?

Look, there's a lot of
problems with that case.

It wasn't just a lab
issue... The bottom line is,

he's suing NYPD for millions.

And SVU is treating
him with kid gloves.

Seriously? So you just cut him
loose because of the pending lawsuit?

We're not dropping the case.

We just have to collect as much
evidence as we can before charging him.

My daughter was
brutalized by this creep.

You arrested him. Now
he's out on the streets.

Who's pulling your
strings, Al Sharpton?

This isn't about politics.

We care about your daughter.

Not as much as I do.

Let him walk it off,
Sergeant. Okay?

We found Jenna's
backpack at Kara's house.

Her mom was
there the whole time,

she says they weren't partying.

Yeah, though she did say
Jenna looked kind of green

when she left around six.

Yeah, well, was the mom
in the room with them?

Okay. I mean, they could have
snuck a drink, popped a pill.

Well, either way, traffic
cams pick Jenna up

two blocks from the pizza place.

Drunk 16-year-old teetering
on the street. Fair game.

Well, she enters here.

And...

10 minutes later, she exits.

We've seen rapes that
took less time than that.

Is there any video of them
in the bathroom together?

Stars Pizza says there's

a glitch in their
security footage.

We sent TARU.

Yeah, canvassed three
co-workers on that shift.

See no evil, hear no evil.

But we did find one customer,

tracked by credit card,

who remembered seeing
an, "Angry, black employee,"

unlock the bathroom door.

She says she heard Jenna scream.

Too bad she
didn't call for help.

Well, if she heard Jenna scream,

then somebody
else probably did too.

So keep canvassing.

Push TARU to get
that security footage.

Barba wants this case airtight.

Do it. Benson.

Yes?

Where?

(SCOFFING)

Okay.

Yeah.

Everything all right, Liv?

Well, it looks like we
don't need to put a rush on

that DNA.

What happened here, Mr. Davis?

I was trying to
record a confession.

I didn't mean to kill him.

This. This doesn't
look like an accident.

(CRYING AND CHOKING)

LUKE: Tell me what
you did to my daughter.

Nothing. Huh?

Nothing at all. Nothing?

Nothing! No!

(NAIL GUNNING)

How about now? Still nothing?

(JEROME CRYING) Are
you, are you, are you nuts?

Please! Please! You know
where this is going next?

Okay, okay, okay, okay.

Okay, please! Got it?

Please let me go! Please
let me go! Okay? What?

(STUTTERING) I did it,
all right? You did what?

(STUTTERING) I did it.

I raped her. I raped her.

You raped my daughter.

Say it. I raped Jenna.

Say it!

My che... My chest

I need... I need air.

I need... I need some air.

Say it! (COUGHING)

Okay, he goes on from
there. He did give CPR.

Yeah, the M.E. thinks
Jerome died of a heart attack

triggered by his asthma.

Luke Davis called 911,

so he did not
intend to kill Jerome.

Legally, it doesn't
make any difference.

Well, that confession
might complicate things.

The nail gun makes that
confession completely coerced.

Either way, Luke Davis
is looking at felony murder.

You think?

You do know the defendant
gets a free pass on that if he can

show he acted under
extreme emotional duress.

Boo-yah, Fordham Law.

The facts are clear. Luke
Davis kidnaps Jerome Jones.

Tortures him, within
an hour, Jerome's dead.

He may be dead,
our job is to figure out

whether or not he is guilty.

So keep pushing for the DNA,

and get that security
footage from TARU.

Yes. And if Jerome
is good for the rape.

Uh, no way a jury convicts Luke.

Thank you for your support.

If you come to the arraignment,
keep your mouth shut.

DESAPPIO: We plead
not guilty, Your Honor.

What? That's an injustice!

(AUDIENCE IN UPROAR)

The D.A.'s overcharging
because the deceased

has a significant lawsuit
outstanding against the city.

He killed my baby.

Ruined my family.

Order.

People on bail?

Remand, your Honor.

The State has a strong
case, as the defendant

even filmed the murder.

He has every reason to flee.

He called 911.

The deceased confessed to
raping my client's daughter.

And he wasn't murdered,

he died from asthma
complications.

He tortured Jerome.

SERANI: Order.

One more outburst, I'm
gonna clear the gallery.

Please proceed, Mr. Desappio.

We request ROR. Mr. Davis
has strong ties to the community,

his family, and his church.

He's a decorated veteran.

Notwithstanding the
accused's service to our country,

this court cannot
condone vigilantism.

Bail is set at one
million dollars.

Yes!

One million? That's
punitive, Your Honor...

Defendant is remanded to
Rikers until bond is posted.

(AUDIENCE MURMURING)

Dad.

Dad, I'm so sorry.

Jenna, we have to go.

Luke, we're gonna get you out
of there as soon as we can, okay?

Sorry. Just give
us a little time.

That went well.

For who?

The NYPD

framed my son

for this rape.

Just like they
did the last time.

Then they set
him up to be killed.

That girl!

She's lying.

She's a liar. You killed
him! You killed my son!

She killed him! Sergeant.

Bad news.

What? TARU rescued
the security footage

from the pizza joint.

Jerome was in that bathroom
for less than two minutes.

Okay, let, let's take
this away from here.

She enters the bathroom at 6:22.

She's in there for
about eight minutes.

Meanwhile, a line forms.

Jerome gets there, he
knocks, he goes in at 6:30.

He's in there for
less than 90 seconds.

With the bathroom
door ajar? Yeah.

There's a line of
people standing outside.

And look, Jenna comes out,

Jerome follows
her. With her purse.

She comes out
first, fully dressed,

jacket on, with
her tights still on.

Yeah, and he's,
he's fully clothed too.

The DNA on the sweater?
SONNY: We're still waiting on that,

but all due respect, Counselor,
you're grasping at straws.

This guy didn't
have enough time.

The door was open.

Luke killed an innocent kid.

Look, she could have
been assaulted first

and then conflated things.

Or she's a 16-year-old girl

who got drunk, she had sex,

she was afraid
to tell her parents,

so she cried rape.

So keep vetting her,

her friends, any boyfriends.

Recheck texts, social media.

Find out where she
got that clonazepam.

Don't bring her back in
here until we fill in the gaps.

Luke, the police are
saying that man isn't guilty.

I know, but Neil is saying
it's just politics because of

the guy's lawsuit
against the city.

I mean, he's the one
who did this to you, right?

Jenna.

(STAMMERING)
Even if I'm not sure,

it's better for you if I just
say that it was him, right?

Even if I'm not sure,
it's better for you

if I just say that it was him?

Wait, wait, what,
you recorded us?

You need to tell us
what you meant by that.

Jenna.

No.

No, I'm not gonna do
anything to hurt my dad.

Okay, but, honey, we
know that it wasn't Jerome.

But we do believe that
you were assaulted, okay?

Is there something
you haven't told us?

How you holding up, Mrs. Davis?

I'd be more comfortable
in the room with Jenna.

Why can't I go in?

You can, but she might
be more open this way.

Yeah. When my, uh,
sisters were younger,

they used to tell me
stuff that they would

never tell my mom.

(SIGHING)

No, I don't have a boyfriend.

I wasn't hooking up at Kara's.

Did you drink
something there, maybe?

I had a couple sips
from a vodka bottle.

But no pills or drugs
or anything. I swear.

Okay, and what about
after Kara's apartment?

That's where it
all starts to fade.

Well, we know you
walked down First Ave,

from traffic cameras.

And you told us you
remember going into Stars Pizza.

Yes. And I remember
going into the bathroom, too.

Okay.

And when you were attacked,

were you standing
up or lying down?

Um, I was sitting.

Can you show us?

(SIGHING) I
remember sliding down.

Okay, that's good.

And your head was
leaned back like that?

Yeah.

And your hands,
they were gripping?

Yeah, I think I was
holding on to the armrests.

How about any sounds,

or smells?

Music, maybe?

No, um,

his belt buckle clinked,

over and over.

(SOBBING)

Good. Was there anything else?

He. He pulled up my sweater.

And I couldn't move.

(SHUDDERING) His
hands were so, so cold.

Do you remember, was he
wearing a watch or, or any jewelry?

(SOBBING)

A ring. He's, he was
wearing a big ring, like...

(SOBBING) No, please,
don't tell my mom.

She's already a mess.
Please don't tell her.

Please. Just tell us, all right?

A ring like what?

A ring like my Uncle Neil wears.

I think it was him.

You think or you know?

It was him.

My uncle Neil. He raped me.

(SOBBING)

Her own uncle?

No. No, that can't be.

Yes, it can.

Hold on. Jenna's accusing
her uncle, the dentist,

of raping her?

(EXHALING) Yeah. It was
a pretty tough disclosure.

Her memory came back in pieces.

She didn't want to believe it.

I don't want to, either.

Aside from consulting for us,

he's big on the charity circuit.

Sets up dental clinics
in third world countries.

Not to mention that he's
testified in dozens of cases.

If he's a rapist, all those
convictions come back into question.

Yeah. Not to mention that.

Jenna has no motive to lie.

I mean, sticking
to the Jerome story

just helps her father.

Look, she remembers his ring.

And the other details
match a dentist's office,

including the clonazepam.

This is why I
don't trust dentists.

(SCOFFING)

So what now?

The DNA on the sweater,

find out why that's
taking so long.

They should at least know
if it's a familial match by now.

Well, good luck getting a sample

from Dr. Alexander
without a warrant.

Once Jenna tells her mother

and her mother tells
him... Hold them both

here a while longer. Have them
look at, uh, mugshots, anything.

Find a pretext.

Amaro, Carisi, buddy
up to Dr. Alexander.

Let him know that
you're on Luke's side.

And get his DNA.

NEIL: Come on, I
know what's going on.

They've ordered you
guys to exonerate Jerome.

Yeah. Well, you know 1PP, right?

That extra "P" is for politics.

Yeah, which is why
we want to make sure

the blame is placed where
it belongs, on Jerome.

Okay. How can I help?

Uh, there's DNA under
Jenna's fingernails

that we can't match.

Yeah, we're just trying
to rule out friends,

family, pretty much anyone
who coughed, sneezed,

or so much as left a
hair on Jenna that day.

And once they're cleared,

everyone will
know it was Jerome.

And since Jenna was in
my office that afternoon...

Exactly. We'll need a
sample from anyone who was

in the office while
Jenna was here.

Patients, hygienists,
delivery men.

We'll need one from
you, too, of course.

Of course.

Neil, Kerry in exam three
has been under a few minutes.

Sorry to interrupt.

No, no. Come in, sweetie.

Detectives, this is
my hygienist, Jiya.

She also happens to be my wife.

Um, I'm gonna
attend to this patient.

Jiya, can you get
the detectives the,

the patient list from the
day Jenna was in the office?

Right away.

Hey, Doc, uh, before
you go, though, we really

need you to... Oh. Yeah.

My swab. Sure.

Mmm-hmm.

All good? Yeah.

Perfect. If you'll excuse me.

Let me get you that list.

Jenna, such a tragedy.

Luke, too.

Well, how did Jenna seem
when she left the office that day?

She was fine. A
little quiet. Why?

Well, after she left, she
was, she was out of it.

Um, this is a dentist's office,

so you guys have
anti-anxiety drugs, right?

Yes, but we keep
the bottles locked up.

The bottles, yeah, but,

would you ever leave
pills out in an exam room,

like when you're
prepping a patient?

Oh, my gosh. It's possible.

I've known Jenna
since she was a child,

but she's a teenager now.

Wife was quick to throw
Jenna under the bus.

Implied she stole the meds.

Yeah, right? She's
protecting her husband.

She knows what's coming.

He raped his niece while his
hygienist guarded the door?

The hygienist is also his wife.

Yeah, it's a small office,

a receptionist out front.

She's the only one
in the back rooms.

Okay. So working theory,

Jiya gives Jenna the
clonazepam in the dentist's chair.

Then the nitrous.

She's so out of it,
she couldn't even

process that she'd been raped.

But she was in pain afterwards,

so she does a few shots of vodka

at her friend's house.

And that mixes with the meds,

she starts to lose
it on her way home.

Then she staggers into
the bathroom of Stars Pizza.

Jerome walks in, she panics.

She's in denial about
being raped by her uncle,

and she puts the
whole thing on Jerome.

Your working theory
just became fact.

The dentist's DNA matches the
semen found on Jenna's sweater.

Hey, thanks for coming
in. We'll get right to it.

You're here because
the DNA found on Jenna's

sweater is a match to yours.

Well, she was in the
office, and was treating her,

so of course my DNA is on her.

Well, the DNA we
found was semen.

(SIGHING) I was afraid of this.

I can explain, but it
gets a little awkward.

There's a reason for that match.

No, I figured there had to be.

But it's got to
stay in this room.

Um, my wife and I
had a few minutes of

downtime before Jenna came in.

And we sent the receptionist
out for some coffees.

And we had a little
quickie in the chair.

Look, it's nothing
I want my patients

to read about, obviously.
No, of course not.

Of course not. Okay.

Look, the problem is,
your niece is coming around

to saying you raped her.

What? Yeah.

That's impossible.
And horrifying.

You didn't know?

Your sister didn't tell you?

First of all, I would
never touch my niece.

Or any patient, for that matter.

Well, she was sedated, but,
uh, she wasn't unconscious.

So are you saying she's lying?

Nitrous can cause
hallucinations.

Jiya said she might have helped
herself to some clonazepam,

there was alcohol in her system.

All these things
exacerbate confusion.

Yeah, we get all that.

But is there anything
you might have done.

An accidental touch while
you were working very closely

on her that she may
have misinterpreted?

No. No.

Whatever Jenna said is fantasy.

I mean, you guys
think Jerome Jones

is a lawsuit waiting to happen,

keep this up, you'll
all be getting deposed.

Anything else?

I have a practice to run.

I mean, he's right.
The drugs, the booze,

there's a lot for his
lawyer to work with.

If this guy really
did rape his niece,

while his wife
was in the office...

Then this isn't his first time.

Full court press.

The next time Dr. Alexander
comes in those doors,

he's gonna be wearing cuffs.

Tell me you found something.

Testimonials, awards,
couple of bad reviews on Yelp.

That's it? Listen,
I found a lawsuit

that was filed, like,
five years ago. I...

The records are sealed,

but I tried to speak
with the attorney.

Obviously, she couldn't talk,

but, hypothetically it
wasn't about bad dentistry.

Can we talk to the patient?

No. I mean, that was
part of the settlement.

But...

I don't know, I, I can
try and see if Barba

work around the
confidentiality agreement.

I'll call him.

Keep digging, guys.

There's gotta be
others out there.

Sergeant Benson?

Mrs. Davis, Jenna?

Is everything all right?

Jenna needs to
tell you something.

I shouldn't have said it
was Uncle Neil who did this.

Hold on.

You shouldn't have said it, but,

but he did assault you?

My brother would never.

Tell them what
the therapist said.

Um, that I was confused.

The therapist said that,

uh, trauma and
drugs, and alcohol

can really mess with
short-term memory.

You went to a therapist? Yes.

Yes. And she told Jenna
that what happened to

her made her suggestible,

and when I left
her alone with you,

you planted that
idea in her head...

That is not what
happened, Mrs. Davis. No?

Have you even heard of
false memory syndrome?

Of course we have.

But something this traumatic
takes time to process.

Bits and pieces
come back slowly.

You're framing Neil and you're
using my daughter to do it.

RAFAEL: Is that
what he told you?

May I ask who referred
you to this therapist?

Was it your brother?

Don't twist this. Mrs.
Davis, I know this is difficult.

There is DNA evidence.

Your brother's semen
was on Jenna's sweater.

He told me how it got there.

Did he tell you how it
got inside of her sweater?

We're not listening anymore.

Jenna, tell them what
you said was a lie.

I'm, I'm not accusing my uncle.

He would never do that to me.

Well, there goes that
case. Not so fast, Counselor.

We know what happened.

Her mother's obviously
pressuring her.

Any other vics come forward?

No, we just found
the one lawsuit so far.

Get us a subpoena
for his patient records,

we'll start talking to
everyone he's worked on.

No, we do that, it's gonna
play right into his claim

that NYPD has an agenda.

Yeah, we could let
the patients come to us.

Liv, you still friends with
that reporter, Jimmy Mac?

We keep in touch.

I do owe him a drink.

Do not leak this to the press.

We all know that there
are more victims out there.

Each one of them thinks
that they're the only one,

nobody will believe them.

As soon as that they find
out that it happened to others,

they'll come forward.

Throw a rock, watch the ripples.

I'm not hearing any of this.

I was sickened by
this morning's headline.

I have been a
dentist for 20 years

without an accusation
ever being made against me.

Except the ones you paid off.

I chair a peer review panel,

I, I consult with NYPD,

I, I run clinics for underprivileged
youth both here and abroad.

I would never harm a patient.

His wife's standing
there by his side.

What's she gonna
do? He's her whole life.

She looks drugged.

Bet he does her high too.

Textbook somnophiliac,

sleeping beauty syndrome.

This guy gets off
on passed out vics.

Yeah, what the hell
is the point of that?

They don't talk back.

Ugh.

For standing by me
during this ordeal.

This is an obvious ploy by
the NYPD to distract the public

from the fact that they
had the rapist in custody,

released him upon
political pressure,

Mute that witch! and
then failed to protect him.

"Demon Dentist Rapes Niece."

Although Jimmy Mac swore
he'd leave the vic out of it.

And you believed
him? He's a reporter.

Okay, please hold.

Hey, Sergeant, either
way, the ploy worked.

The phones have been ringing.

This is the fifth call
since we got back.

This one says Doctor Neil drugged
and raped her back in dental school.

Okay. Bring all of
them in here now.

Gotta wipe that smile off
that son-of-a-bitch's face.

I woke up, my
clothes were on wrong.

A button was off.

You remember any
details? A sound?

I remember feeling
the cold edge of his ring

as he slid his
hands under my bra.

How old were you
when this happened?

I was a freshman in college.

My, my roommate's
mother gave me his name.

And he gave you
a pill for anxiety?

No, he drugged
me. I couldn't move.

Okay. And he was a
friend of your father's?

And my mom's.
They still see him.

I told my little
sister he's a perv.

So far, 11 victims
have come forward.

All remember being
raped or fondled

by Dr. Alexander, under
sedation, in the past 20 years.

Some of them even
continued to see him

as a patient afterwards.

I can try to prosecute,

but no corroborating evidence,

no outcry at the time...

You told me to
find more victims.

I did, you have.

But these are all tough cases.

Tough to prove.

And if Jenna and Marcy aren't
willing to testify, my hands are tied.

So we'll talk to the father.

No, no. My wife and I
talked about this already.

Jenna was just confused.

It's just... That
is not possible.

I mean, Neil's her uncle.

I mean, he paid,
paid for my lawyer,

he stood by me the whole time.

Stood by you or set you up?

He made sure that you
knew Jerome was a suspect,

got you all riled up. Right?

Yeah, and he made sure Jenna had

never talked to us by herself.

No. He was just
looking after her.

SONNY: Oh, really?

Is that why he sent
her to his therapist?

Who convinced her,
convinced your wife,

that she'd fantasized
the whole attack?

He's known her
since she was born.

She remembers the chair,

she remembers his ring.

You know your
daughter's a good girl.

She has always
told you the truth.

FIN: Listen, we found
his semen on her sweater.

Inside her sweater.

I have to go.

I have to get out of here.

I have to go.

Sit down.

You have to get me out of here.

I have to take care of this.

We're not gonna do that.

We need you to
talk to your wife.

Can you do that?

Can you do that for Jenna?

My husband's on
suicide watch, at Rikers.

He really thought
Jerome had raped Jenna.

Do you still think
that? (SNIFFLING) No.

I've had three friends
call me since that article.

He groped two of their daughters.
The third he may have raped.

I referred all of them to him.
Any of them willing to talk to us?

They won't put their
girls through this.

What about Jenna? I don't want
to put her through this, either.

So Jerome Jones dies...
Your husband does hard time...

And your brother,
the rapist, goes free?

Hard time?

Luke didn't know. Jenna's
his little girl. He just went crazy.

I understand.

I will talk to his
lawyer about a plea.

But you need to talk to Jenna.

If she testifies,
he'll break her.

Neil's too smart.
You can't catch him.

But your daughter can.

There's the doctor.
He's not smiling now.

I hope there's a good reason
for this. I shouldn't even be here.

JENNA: I need to talk
to you. NEIL: Okay.

Dad's in jail, Mom's a mess. That Jerome
guy is dead. I don't know what to do.

Jenna, first you accuse me, and now
this article. You have ruined my life.

You ruined my life. I know what
you did to me. I didn't do anything

to you. You were on drugs.

The therapist said that you're a
teenaged girl, you're very suggestible.

He's not just going
to admit it. He's smart.

So is she.

Then how did your
semen get on the inside

of my sweater, Uncle
Neil? NEIL: I... I...

How did that happen?
You raped me.

What am I doing here?
What do you want?

Um, I read in an article
that there have been lawsuits

that you paid other
people to keep quiet.

Well, I'm your
uncle. We're family.

I will take care of you and your
mother while your father's in prison.

I will pay for his legal bills.
And you will stop this nonsense.

Is that understood?

Okay. Yeah. Okay.

Damn. Come on, Jenna. Tell him.

Wait, wait. One more
thing. NEIL: Yeah?

I'm late. I think I
might be pregnant.

You're not pregnant, Jenna.

No, I'm, I'm 16. I can't have a
baby now. Keep your voice down.

Keep your voice... Sit down.
Okay? You are not pregnant.

That's impossible.

I know that I'm pregnant. I wake
up sick every morning. I have...

Stop your whining!

NEIL: I didn't get you
pregnant. I couldn't have.

I've had a vasectomy.
Are we done here?

Oh, yeah, you're
done now, pal. Let's go.

So, you did it. You
admitted you raped me?

It was not a big deal. You're
not so special, Jenna, okay?

I was a virgin. Please.

JENNA: I was a
virgin! Oh, Jesus!

You know what? Never met a bad
man who wasn't afraid of a baby.

Works every time.

Neil Alexander, you are
under arrest. Mmm-hmm.

Yeah. I want my lawyer.

Jenna, are you okay? Yeah.

You have the right
to remain silent.

You did great, Jenna.

(TELEPHONE RINGING)

Jenna, are you okay?

Mom, he said he did it.

MARCY: I'm sorry.

JENNA: I'm sorry. Oh, God,
I'm so sorry. (SNIFFLING)

(SOBBING) I'm sorry.

MARCY: Shh. It's okay. It's
okay. Okay. (JENNA SOBBING)

(SHUSHING)

You know you have
nothing, right? Shut up!

It's clearly me trying to calm
down an obviously paranoid girl.

So she's crazy? It's a...

Just like the other 17
women who came forward?

Hang on. Hold on.

You son-of-a-bitch!

Take it easy. You son-of-a...

My daughter? How could you?

Jenna has issues,
Marcy. She always has!

I'm your sister! How
could you do this to us?

To your own family? Mrs.
Davis, listen to me. Listen to me.

This is not the time. Okay? This is
not the time. (MARCY GASPING)

Mom...

It's okay. It's
okay. Don't worry.

It's okay.

I should've let her
get her hands on you.

You raped her daughter,
ripped her heart out,

let her husband go to jail for
killing a guy that should've been you.

Okay, you're hurting me.
I'm a dentist, I need my hands.

That's all you've got to say?

That hurts? (NEIL SCREAMING)

What hurts more? This,
or what you did to Jenna?

(GRUNTING)

Jerome's family, her
family, both destroyed.

You tell me how either
one of them starts over.

You were right. Jerome didn't assault
Jenna. He was trying to help her.

That's what we said
before. That's not news to us.

The girl was raped by her uncle.

He knew her father,
Luke, had a temper.

He worked him up
to kidnap Jerome.

Luke murdered my son!

Her uncle is under arrest.
He's being brought in now.

He will pay the price, but Luke Davis
was not trying to murder your son.

We have footage of
him attempting CPR.

He wanted justice
for his daughter,

the way you want
justice for Jerome.

What are you saying?

If I take this to trial
for felony murder...

A jury may let Luke go.

If he pleads to
manslaughter, he will do time.

How much?

He gets a deal and my
innocent son is dead?

Whose life matters to you?

I am so sorry for your loss.

What happened to
Jerome was horrible.

I wish I could bring him back...

But this is where we are.

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