Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999–…): Season 16, Episode 3 - Producer's Backend - 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.

TENSLEY: Are you kidding
me? JANAE: You're an idiot!

TENSLEY: Do you know
how much my car costs?

I don't care how much your car
costs. And your crappy little car...

I do! (SIREN WAILING)

(INDISTINCT ARGUING)



Give 'em a minute. Better they take
it out on each other than one of us.

Yeah, okay.
Appreciate your support.

I know you, you're on TV.

You're gonna pay for my
car... NICK: Ladies, hey!

Enough. Enough.
Hey! Psycho bitch!

Back away. All right.
Back away. Rachet hoe.

Who do you think you are?
Amaro, you take the feisty one.

What happened here, ma'am?
That crazy trick ran into my car!

(FORCED LAUGHTER)
What's your name, miss?

Really? Do you live
under a rock? Okay.

Tensley Evans...
Former teen movie star,

current favorite
celebrity hot mess?

License and
registration, please.

Have you been drinking
tonight, Miss Evans?



No, idiot. I'm sober.

My back, I need help. I need
help... Amaro, a little help!

Hey! Don't move. Hey, you
all right? JANAE: My neck...

You know, I'll call a bus. Yeah,
I'm at... (ENGINE REVVING)

Hey! You go, I got her.

(SIREN BLARING)

(TIRES SCREECHING)

Out of the car, miss.

Come get me.

Now. Come on.

I know I've been bad. But I can
be good... Hands on the hood.

How about the shaft?

Now, miss, please stand back.
If I have to call my supervisor...

(GASPS) Call him! I'll do
him too. I love threesomes!

All right, turn around, put
your hands behind your back.

Oh! Are you getting the cuffs
out, Officer... Amaro? (GIGGLES)

Oh!

(CHUCKLES)

Well, guess who's at it again?

That's right, Tensley Evans.

Fast, cheap, and out of control.

She's on her way to the
court house this morning

after she was
arrested last night

for another DUI.

Hey, Rollins, you see this?
This time she was accused of

leaving the scene of the
accident... What's with these girls?

Child stars at nine, sexual
icons at 15, flame-outs by 20.

Yeah, I know about this. Tensley
Evans. Nick told me. He caught the case.

Nick? That guy's
a disaster magnet.

I liked you better
with the 'stache.

EXLEY: Your Honor,
in asking for remand,

the prosecution is
wildly overreaching.

Aside from this minor incident,
Miss Evans has complied

with all of the conditions
of her probation.

CALLIER: So leaving her
court-ordered rehab facility,

driving while intoxicated, and
fleeing the scene of an accident

constitutes a minor incident?

EXLEY: No one was
injured in the accident.

This case belongs
in traffic court.

If it weren't for
Tensley's celebrity,

none of us would be here.

Can we please allow my
client to get back to rehab

and complete her
probation in good standing?

CATANO: Not so fast, Counselor.

This is her fourth
appearance in my courtroom.

But there are extenuating
circumstances.

Marvin, if you're not
gonna tell her, I will.

What a treat it is to see
you again, Mrs. Evans.

Your Honor, I apologize.

This pertains to my client's
alleged fleeing from the scene.

It was her perception
that the arresting officer,

Nick Amaro, may have
been inappropriate.

Inappropriate? He...

He said that he'd let me go if
I got in the back seat with him.

And then I drove off and...

He said he wanted
to have sex with me.

(PEOPLE MURMURING)

(GAVEL BANGING)
CATANO: Order. Order!

(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

CARISI: My nieces are huge fans
of yours. You want an autograph?

(KNOCK ON DOOR) NICK: Hey.

ROLLINS: You need a
glass of water or anything?

Here's your statement.

TENSLEY: How about a mimosa?

Are you actually
interviewing this girl?

It's just protocol.

But you have
nothing to worry about.

I saw the dash
cam footage, Nick,

you handled it
perfectly, professionally...

Ah, so what? 1PP will
just use her as an excuse

to keep their boot on my neck.

Nick, you're coming back here.

It's just a matter of time.

(SIGHING)

My daughter does not
deserve to go to prison.

She needs help!

Well, she was getting help.

Which didn't
actually seem to help.

These are serious charges.

Drunk driving,
fleeing the scene,

falsely accusing
a police officer...

Why does everyone
automatically assume I'm lying?

Because you are. You ever
heard of dash cam footage?

Um... EXLEY:
All right, all right.

My client was in
an agitated state.

Maybe she misinterpreted
the officer's actions.

If Tensley says
someone assaulted her,

someone assaulted
her. Donna, Donna. Stop.

Hey, Mom, I don't feel well.

Breathe, baby. Breathe. Breathe!

Remember.

(BREATHES DEEPLY) I
need some water for her Xanax.

Please, somebody!

Why don't you come
with me, Mrs. Evans.

I'm sure we can
find a clean glass.

Marvin... We'll be fine.

I am not just her mother.

I am her court-appointed
guardian...

Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom...

It's not my nerves,
it's my blood sugar.

Okay? I need a power
bar. All right. Okay, sweetie.

All right. I'll go.

Tensley, the night of the crash,

you left rehab without
notifying anybody.

I had to get out of there.

But part of your probation

is 60 days in rehab, mandatory.

You can't just decide
to leave on your own.

I can't. I can't go
back. Please...

You don't understand.

What, Tensley? What
don't we understand?

It doesn't matter. Whatever I
say, he'll just twist it around.

Who's he?

I can't say. Please
don't make me say.

We can't help you
if you don't say.

The psych director, Jim Durant.

But he'll just deny it.

Deny what?

At first he was really nice.

He listened to me and
he even let me lay down

on his couch in his office
whenever I was overwhelmed, but...

I should've known
what he wanted.

By now, I should
know how all men are.

BENSON: Got it.

Oh, that was Barba.

In light of Tensley's
latest accusation,

the judge has
ordered her released

into her mother's custody.

Really?

So, she runs away

from the scene of an accident,

she makes a false
accusation against Nick,

and she just gets sent back

to her multi-million
dollar penthouse?

Until we follow up
on the allegations

made against the
psych director, yes.

Jim Durant? He's well respected.

There's no record
there, no whispers.

She lied about Nick,
she's lying about this guy.

Okay, she's just gonna
accuse anybody of anything,

just to get out of here.

Amanda, it sounds like you're
taking this a little personally.

Get a statement from Durant.
And take Carisi with you.

Yeah, about that. When
do we get Nick back?

I don't know.

He's taking his anger
management really, really seriously.

Amanda, I'm working on it.

By the way, keep
showing Carisi the ropes.

It's really helping.

That's like my mother
telling me I'm the only one

that can mop the floors
because she didn't want to do it.

Tucker, hey. You got a minute?

Not really.

Uh, where are we on Amaro?

Seriously? Nowhere yet.

He's on probation,
demoted to traffic duty

and a female civilian
makes accusations

of sexual extortion.

And you want to call
your markers in for this?

Have you even seen the footage?

Lost causes are
not my top priority.

Ah, do me a favor and humor me.

(SIGHING)

BENSON: Watch this.

I know I've been bad.

But I can be good. Put
your hands on the hood.

How about the shaft?

Now, miss, please step back.

If I have to call
my supervisor...

Oh! Call him! I'll do him too.

I love threesomes!

All right, turn around, put
your hands behind your back.

Oh! Are you
getting the cuffs out,

Officer... Amaro?

Oh! You are. (GIGGLES)

You have the right
to remain silent.

You have the right to an attorney.
BENSON: I mean, come on,

that is by the book. If you
do not have an attorney...

He ignores her
provocation. He's perfect.

You could use this as a
teaching tool at the Academy.

And yet, we won't.

I will do my due
diligence on this

and get back to you.

I'm short-staffed,
the sooner the better,

I'd really appreciate it...

When the investigation
is complete,

you'll be the first to know.

Have a good day, Sergeant.

You too.

As soon as we realized
Tensley was gone,

we notified her mother.

The Strength, Hope,
& Recovery Center

is not a lockdown facility.

You operate on an honor system?

Mmm-hmm.

All right so, any idea
why she left so suddenly?

Well, without violating privacy,

some patients can have
a hard time adapting.

We're a dry house. So there's
no alcohol, no drugs, no sex.

And, uh, that includes
with the psych director?

Is she making accusations? Mmm.

Well, of course she is.

Young women who've been
sexualized at an early age

could conflate these experiences
and then project them onto others.

Hmm. What does
she project onto you?

She began acting provocatively,
attempting to seduce me.

But I viewed it as
a breakthrough.

Hmm. A breakthrough? To what?

To the transference.
Where the gold is.

You see, the fact that
she was behaving that way

showed me that this
was a core issue of hers.

But not yours? Carisi.

Thank you.

So, Doctor, once you noticed the
transference, did you discourage it?

Look, I behaved
professionally with Tensley.

Strength & Hope has security
cameras everywhere for this very reason.

With her permission, you screen
the footage, and it will exonerate me.

And I hope it will.

But how about the other
doctors, maybe the staff?

Is there a possibility that
they didn't handle her acting out

as professionally as you did?

No one on staff.

But she did have an encounter
with a boy, her roommate's son.

And Tensley assured me it
would never happen again.

A boy? How old?

Doctor. Fifteen.

We informed the boy's mother.
She didn't want to pursue.

Can you say Nick?
(CHUCKLES) Huh? Uncle Nick?

(CHUCKLING)

Hey, come on, give
me a smile, huh?

Hey, he likes you.

He doesn't just
spit up on anyone.

Well, actually, lately he does.

Aw, he's gonna be fine.

Aren't you, Noah? You
ready for your bath?

Yeah. Don't forget
to dry his hair. I know.

'Cause, you know,
he's still been...

Coughing, right, I know.

Bath time, Noah.

Too much... You
know, I should get going.

I have a hearing in the morning
at 1PP... Actually, you don't.

I went to Tucker. I showed
him the dash cam footage.

All right, Liv, I can
take care of myself.

That I know. But
it is a done deal.

Tucker, Chief of D's, they
all think that it's their idea.

So, go home, put your
suit on. You're back in.

Wait, so, they didn't
believe Tensley?

Yeah. Tensley has
bigger problems than that.

A security cam found her,
uh, fellating a 15-year-old boy

in a closet at her rehab.

Wow. Yeah.

So, uh, talk to the boy, talk to
the father, and get their side.

Thank you, Olivia.

You're welcome.

Hey, take Carisi with you.

Really? I hear
he's a real empath.

Oh, where'd you hear that?

Hmm? Hey, he's,
uh, eager to learn.

And I think working with you
is only gonna make him better.

I was visiting Mom. I ran
into Tensley on the way out.

I told her I was a big fan.

She asked me if I
had any weed. So...

We got high.

Weed? Where... Where
the hell did you get weed?

I understand your
concern, Mr. Miller.

But we need to hear from
your son exactly what happened.

And then she said she
wanted to thank me.

I didn't know what she meant,

but then she pulled me
into the supply closet.

We kissed and
then she gave me...

oral.

TOM: Why didn't you tell me?

Seriously?

You're in a lot of trouble, son.

Actually, Mr. Miller,
your son's not in trouble.

Tensley Evans is.

For what? Gregory's underage.

The facility has
security cameras.

There's footage of Gregory and
Tensley having sexual contact.

He's the victim of a crime.

No, I'm not.

This is the most exciting thing
that's ever happened to me.

Don't ruin it.

I was just trying to be nice.

What you did, Tensley,
is against the law.

Are you kidding me? He's gonna
be the most popular kid in his class.

He's 15. Your
daughter's in her 20s.

Fifteen? Kids at
15 are having sex

all the time with
their teachers,

with their parents' friends...

DONNA: All right! All
right, that's enough.

With people they work with...
DONNA: Tensley, enough!

It's not like he was forced,
or drugged. He enjoyed it.

Okay, that may be.

But the law says that
that boy was too young

to consent to sexual
activity with an adult.

Well, that can't be true.
Especially for a boy.

Turn around please. What?

You heard me. Turn around. Mom!

DONNA: Are you cuffing
her? Mom! Do something!

I'm calling Marvin!

TENSLEY: You can't do this!
What is the matter with you people?

Okay, why are you doing this?

You're just trying to
protect that cop of yours...

You have the right to remain
silent, anything you say can...

I know my rights, okay.

They've been read to me a
dozen times in the past two years.

Hashtag, I played a rookie cop.

Marvin, I need you right now.
They're taking my baby away!

Mr. Exley, your client is back in my
courtroom again facing a serious charge.

Should we install
a revolving door?

Serious? He's
bragging on Facebook.

Not now, Tensley.

Your Honor, Miss Evans was
in extreme emotional duress.

Rather than prosecution, she
needs a full psychiatric evaluation.

Your Honor, this is just
another delaying tactic.

I wasn't aware you were
a psychiatrist, Mr. Barba.

Mental illness is not
something this court takes lightly.

Psychiatric evaluation
is so ordered.

But, Miss Evans, you
are still on probation.

If you violate the law again,
in any way, I will remand you.

I sent my evaluation
to the judge.

Tensley's a complicated mosaic.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Is she
competent to stand trial?

She understands the charges,
she just disagrees with the law.

I'd love her to say
that to the judge.

This girl's had enough
second chances,

she's not gonna get
away with this one.

Thank you, Doctor. Mmm-hmm.

Olivia, do you have a minute?

Sure.

Something bothering you?

I'm bound by
confidentiality... But?

We both have been
doing this a long time.

You know how short a path it
can be from victim to victimizer.

If I had a young suspect
who didn't understand

that sex between
adults and teenagers

is wrong, or even abnormal...

You'd wanna know why.

Got it. Thanks.

I don't get why I'm
in trouble, okay?

Like I told that shrink, guys did
way more to me than I did to that...

geek.

Well, Tensley, that's what we want to
know more about, is what "guys"? When?

My daughter's never been abused,

if that's what
you're insinuating.

Donna, if Tensley has information
that'll be of use to SVU or the D.A.,

I will insist on quid pro quo.

You saying I'm
not a good mother?

No, Mom, no one is saying
that. Why are you hearing it?

DONNA: Who do you think took
her to all those auditions all this time?

Made sure she met the right
people, got the right jobs...

Mrs. Evans, I think it would be easier
to talk to Tensley if we were alone.

But she's my baby.
She needs me right here.

Donna...

You know you can trust me.

(ROLLINS CLEARS THROATS) (SIGHS)

I'll be right outside, baby.

Right outside.

So...

I don't know what
you want me to say.

Listen to me, Tensley.

The detectives are suggesting
that something happened to you

when you were a young teenager.

Is that true?

I wasn't raped, okay, if
that's what you're saying.

I'm no victim. It's
part of the business.

I did what I had to do.

Fair enough. So, what was that?

It's no big deal. I mean, the first
time it was at a producer's pool party.

Mom said it would be
good for my career if I went.

Whose party?

Adam Brubeck.

And who is he?

Hello, he's like an
A-list movie producer.

This was one of his casting
parties at his place in East Hampton.

I was in the hot tub, I
got too drunk, woozy.

He took me into his
bedroom, toweled me off.

Said I had a beautiful body,
and that if I made him happy,

he'd find a role for
me in his next movie.

So I did.

Next time, he brought
in two more guys.

First to watch, but then
they said, fair is fair.

So, I did them too.

How old were you?

Thirteen, fourteen,
I don't know.

It went on for a
couple of years.

And you're 24
now, right? Not 23?

Mmm-hmm.

So, Tensley, uh, how
often did this happen?

I don't remember. I'd drink,
or they had coke, ecstasy.

Blur the edges. Open your mouth,
spread your legs, different guys.

But it worked. I got that
role, and I got bigger roles.

My mom was right.

Your mother knew
you were having sex

with your producer
and his friends?

I mean, we never talked about it

but she put me on the
pill a couple months later.

You don't see me
complaining like that

pansy-ass Gregory, okay?

I gave Adam what he wanted

and he gave me what I wanted.

Ob-la-di, ob-la-da.

Now, Adam Brubeck
was the biggest

teen producer out there,

Summer Daze, uh, Five Ways
to Play Hooky, Farsity Blues.

And according to Tensley, Brubeck passed
her around like a sex toy party favor.

Explains why she's
such a train wreck.

If she's telling the truth.

Nick, I'm glad you're back, but
really, you should have heard her.

Well, she's an actress.

Amaro's right. She
could be playing you both.

We had to pull it
out of her, guys.

This girl doesn't even know
that she's been victimized.

Gregory's father
thinks that his son was.

And there's video to
back up that charge.

I have to indict her.
BENSON: Hold on. You do?

This is textbook mitigating.

And Exley is free to bring that
up when he tries to cut a deal.

In the meantime, how about I take a
run at Brubeck, see if he wets his pants?

Were you sick the day that they went
over statute of limitations at law school?

Yeah, yeah, she's 24,

which, in New York,
is one year too late

to charge statutory rape.

Anybody want to explain to
me why that law still exists?

You can thank the
church lobbyists for that.

Law's a law, all right?
She needs to do time.

CARISI: And Brubeck doesn't?

Look, whatever he did to
Tensley, dollars to donuts,

he's still doing
it to other girls.

Great, are we going
to a fishing trip?

Barba, how about
we pursue two tracks?

You pursue yours,
we'll pursue ours.

Now, I trust that this
Brubeck is still producing.

ROLLINS: Oh,
yeah, he's been busy.

Look, I'm checking
his Twitter feed.

He's in New York this weekend.

A casting event for his new
movie musical, Junior Prom.

(DANCE MUSIC PLAYING)

(INDISTINCT TALKING)

Hey, NYPD? You
guys are the best.

I did a drive-around with some
homicide detectives last year.

It was so awesome.

Thanks. Mr. Brubeck around?

Oh, he's in a
cabana, but he's busy.

And which way?

Uh... Excuse me.

(CHUCKLES)

Whoa, you just pushed
Brody Clark. Who?

The breakout star of Summer
Daze and the KnightMaster trilogy?

I count at least two dozen
underage girls in bikinis.

You know what, no one
leaves. Start checking IDs.

All right, you guys get
that side. I'll take over here.

Adam Brubeck? Detectives
Rollins and Amaro, SVU.

Is there a problem? Dennis
George, house counsel.

This is a private event.
If it's about the noise...

Everyone here have ID?

Everything's kosh. No one
without a wrist band gets served.

So you don't need to waste
your time or kill the buzz.

That's not why we're here. We
want to ask you about Tensley Evans.

What did she do now? If she's
claiming that she has a job with us

or is attempting to use us as
a reference, the answer's no.

She's puttanesca non grata.

Unfortunately, we had to sever
all ties with her a long time ago.

And why is that?

Where to begin? She arrived drunk
to our sets, causing massive delays.

She was incorrigible
and uninsurable.

Sorry we can't help you, or her.

But, uh, do grab some
sushi on your way out.

Actually, we have a few
more questions. You mind?

It's fine. Tell the
guests to relax.

Chloe...

So what's this about? Your
relationship with Tensley.

I know she's non grata now, but
did she used to come to your parties?

Sweetie, everyone's
been to my parties.

Well, how about a pool party in
East Hampton, 10, 11 years ago?

Uh, I was casting
Summer Daze back then.

I'm sure Tensley's mother would have
pushed to have her on the guest list.

All right, so she was there.

What is she claiming now? With
her, it's always someone else's fault...

ROLLINS: Back to the party.

Is there a chance that she
was using drugs or alcohol?

She was troubled, even then.

Who knows what that
mother of hers fed her.

Were you and Tensley
ever alone that night?

Not that I can recall.

Excuse me, Detectives.
Alessa is here to see you, Adam.

She has some
notes on the script.

No rest for the weary.

Watch your back with Tensley.

She's a waste case.

I know you don't trust Tensley,

but seriously that guy is...

I know. I hear you. You're
asking me to let it go, I've let it go.

No underage drinking.
Drugs, who knows...

Sorry, am I interrupting?

No. No, we were...
We were just leaving.

Oh. It, uh, just looked
like something else.

So Adam Brubeck's casting party,
no drugs, no underage drinking?

Nah, it was just a
bunch of older men

watching wet,
teenage girls in bikinis.

If being a lech were illegal,
Beverly Hills would be in lockdown.

Look, he's smart, he's
careful, he's wised up.

What did he say about Tensley?

Oh, he admitted that she
came to his parties at 13,

but he blamed it
mostly on the mom.

You thought he'd
confess to child rape?

We keep digging deeper,
we're gonna find something.

In fact, I made a few calls...

Yeah, you know what, so did I.

This is the research on
Brubeck's former child stars, okay.

Tensley's not the only one
that's crashed and burned.

This is Bella Macy.

She starred in
Teens in Space at 12.

She did an after-school special,

and then disappeared.

She got arrested four years ago

in Ohio for armed robbery.

Mmm-hmm, go on.
This is Jordanna Russo.

She starred alongside
Tensley in Sophie Spade.

She's now doing porn.

Now this is our
friend, Brody Clark.

He... CARISI: That guy
used to be a complete mess,

in and out of rehab for
years. ROLLINS: Exactly.

The list goes on and on.

Next question, any of them
file a lawsuit, press charges?

Actually, he was
almost charged, in LA.

I have an ex at LAPD.

She told me an actress named Amber
Forbes drowned at one of Brubeck's

Beverly Hills pool
parties nine years ago.

BENSON: Drowned? How old
was she? CARISI: She was 15.

The M.E. ruled it an accident,

but there was alcohol
and ecstasy in her system.

Brubeck and Dennis
were questioned by police.

Also on the witness list,

Brody Clark.

Okay. Talk to Brody.
Find out what he knows.

Adam told me you guys
were up his butt about Tensley.

Is she okay?

Uh, how well do you know her?

Uh, we did a few
movies together.

And you were, uh,
engaged for two years?

Well, a lot of that was
PR. But I do care about her.

We broke in together.

Right, right. On Summer
Daze. Loved that movie.

Hey, wasn't that girl who drowned
in it, Amber... Amber something?

Oh, man. Amber
Forbes. That poor girl.

And you were at the
party when she drowned?

Yeah. It, uh,
totally sucked, bro.

Was, uh... Was
Adam Brubeck there?

Oh, for sure. It was his house.

Now was he with her in the pool?

I don't know. I was in the
screening room watching videos.

But, dude, that house
was, like, unbelievable.

Unbelievable, huh?
(CHUCKLES) Yeah.

Brody, do you remember
who else was there?

Um, Tensley. She was
like a big sister to Amber.

She cried for, like, months.

DONNA: I don't know
what you're doing here.

Oh, did you know that Tensley's
alleged victim is texting her?

I guess he wants to
be traumatized again...

That's not what this is about.

Tensley's aware. You're here to
talk about Amber Forbes, right?

We understand that you were
at the party when she drowned?

Hold on, Detective. That
death was ruled accidental,

even so, my client
needs to be immunized.

And she's not a suspect.
You have my word.

Okay.

Uh, yeah, yeah, I was there.
But that was forever ago.

And I'd really rather not go back
to that time. I was in a lot of pain.

Yes, I understand that. But we need
to know, did you see Amber in the pool?

No, no. I don't want
to talk about this.

Tensley, you okay?
I'm going to be sick.

Baby! Don't touch me!

All right, this agenda of yours
is destroying my daughter.

Our agenda? You
put her on the pill at 13.

That was her doctor's idea!

You didn't know what was
going on at those parties?

EXLEY: All right, that's
enough, Detective.

I love my daughter. I don't
know what you two are up to,

but I would like it if
you would just leave.

I'd like to talk to Tensley,
alone. I'll go with you.

No, you're not. You're
gonna stay right here.

Hey, Tensley, can I
talk to you for a second?

(WATER RUNNING)

Tensley? (DOORKNOB RATTLING)

Okay, Tensley, I'm coming in.

Oh, sweetie, what did you do?

What did you do?
(BREATHING HEAVILY)

Shh. It's okay, sweetie,
it's okay, I've got you.

(SOBS) Let me go.

I told you I didn't want
to go back to that time.

I didn't... Shh...

Shh, it's okay, it's okay.

Hey, Tensley, how you feeling?

Better.

Today, in group, this girl said that
my next bottom isn't on this Earth.

That kind of got through to me.

I'm glad.

So, the other day,

you said that you didn't
want to go "back to that time."

You think you're ready now?

Um...

It's all I think about.

Everybody in
group knows, so I...

You might as well, too.

So...

That night in the pool...

Um, it was...

It was Amber, Adam, and I.

We were high on,
uh... On kix. It's...

Ketamine. Ecstasy.

It works.

We were splashing around and
then Adam set down the house rules.

Which were?

He wanted us to take turns on him
while he held our heads underwater.

Amber was so scared.

But I'd done it before, so I
went for it, and I choked and...

I had to go inside.

And I tried, I tried to get
Amber to come with me,

but Adam said no.

I never should have left her.

She was 15, and she
was still new to this...

It's my fault she drowned.

(EXHALES DEEPLY)

(SNIFFLING)

(SIGHING)

I heard about Tensley,
I sent her flowers.

Is she going to be okay?

Well, she's dealing with
a lot of guilt about Amber

and she could use more
than flowers from you.

I already told you guys, I
did not see what happened.

We know what happened. Tensley
told us about Adam's water games.

And she said that you
knew about them, too.

Hey, did he pay you?
Give you more acting jobs?

Is that why you
protected Adam's secret?

It wasn't Adam's secret.

(STUTTERING) It was mine.

I was...

In the screening room
that night with a man

and we weren't watching movies.

So you helped cover up a murder
because you were afraid of getting outed?

I'm still afraid.

I don't care how much
things have changed.

(STUTTERING) If...

If I come out,
my career is over.

While Amber's dead. All
right, Tensley tried to kill herself.

And your career is the
only thing you care about?

No!

Listen, this man you
were with that night,

you think he might testify
to what he saw or heard?

Not a chance.

He's in the closet, too.

He's the one who
threatened to destroy me

if I ever said a word.

It was a tragedy.
LAPD investigated,

ruled it accidental.

Oh, but you were there, correct?

Yes.

I was in the study
on a business call.

I didn't see anything. I told
the police that at the time.

You're a lawyer, so you
know lying to the police

and the D.A. is
obstruction of justice.

I'm gonna ask you again, you were
alone in the study, making a call?

What's this really about?
BENSON: Brody Clark.

You remember seeing him?

(CHUCKLING) There were
a lot of people at that party.

I have a vague recollection.

Brody's isn't quite as vague.

He was of age.

I do hope the NYPD isn't in
the business of outing gay men.

Well, we certainly
don't have to be.

What do you want?

ADAM: Can you turn
around for me, honey?

Slower? That's it. Yeah.

(ADAM CHUCKLES)

Nice, long legs.

You're not a prude are you?

You look flexible.
Can you do a split?

Now, bounce up and down a
little. Aw, yeah, just like that.

Oh, you know what I like.

Make me believe
you're a pussy cat.

Yeah, yeah. That's it.

Now, arch your back.

Oh, come on, loosen up.

Show me you're not
ashamed of your body.

Oh, I can work with that.

Oh, I think I got very lucky.

Ah, look, Dennis gave
us two more flash drives.

We've gone through
hours of this stuff.

Is there anyone underage in these videos
who's within the statute of limitations?

Uh... He's more
clever than that.

In the last nine years,
all of Brubeck's movies

have been shot in Pennsylvania,
Washington, or Montana.

All states with an
age of consent of 16,

and a Mistake of Age defense.

Meaning the guy can
have sex with a 14-year-old

and claim he thought
that she was 16.

He's too smart. He's been gaming
the system ever since Amber died.

All right, so that's
it, we just give up?

BENSON: Oh, we're not giving up.

This guy killed Amber Forbes,
he's ruined countless lives.

There has got to
be a way to stop him.

And yet, Brubeck's threading the
loophole of legality, state by state.

He keeps very good
records. Very thorough.

He's got their DOB
on every audition video.

Pennsylvania,
Pennsylvania, Montana...

What is this? Winnipeg Nights?

Who saw this tape? I did.
But it's not like an audition.

It's more like foreplay.

But, was it shot in Canada?

The audition was. But
the movie was never made.

Hold on. Did he
audition anybody else?

No, no. It's just the... The
one girl. Maude Peterson.

But she was 16.

Okay. I need you two to
get on a plane to Winnipeg.

Now? Right now. I need
you to talk to Maude.

Find out how she got this audition,
if there was ever a script at all,

and how far he got with her.

How does that matter? The
age of consent in Canada is 16.

But if the film was never made,
and if he got lucky up there,

we just got lucky, too.

(SIGHING)

We want to talk to you
about Adam Brubeck.

Adam Brubeck? I haven't
talked to him in years.

Right, since you auditioned
for him. That's right. Why?

Maude, uh, how did you get
the audition? It's a weird story.

I loved his movies. I tweeted
a Vine to him in New York.

He called me the next day.
We emailed and video-chatted.

He said I was amazing timing,
because he had just gotten a script

for a movie set in
Canada. Winnipeg Nights.

He said I'd be perfect for the lead.
Mallory. A gymnast who gets cancer.

So he sent you a script?

No. He said I should
work on a monologue.

And then we would improvise.

ROLLINS: Hmm. Right.

And then he flew
up here to Winnipeg.

And where did he
hold the audition?

In his hotel suite.

He said there wasn't an
official office set up yet.

It was really early
in pre-production.

Did he have anyone with him,

an assistant, casting director?

No.

It was just him. And me.

That should have
been my first clue.

We spent the weekend together.

I told him I was a virgin,

and he said I
needed life experience

if I wanted to
be a real actress.

So you had sex with him?

(VOICE BREAKING)
Yeah. All kinds of stuff.

Adam said I was a natural,

and he had never
met anyone like me,

and he was going
to make me a star.

I believed him, I
wouldn't let my phone

out of my sight
in case he called.

I was so stupid.

Okay.

Excuse me, I have
to get back to work.

Thank you, Maude.

Hey guys, what
can I get for you?

LAPD ruled Amber Forbes'
death an accidental drowning.

Not to mention, this is
out of your jurisdiction.

Amber's not the issue.

If it's about Tensley, you
both know better than I do,

that she is a pathological liar
who'll say anything to get attention.

Well, it's not about
Tensley, either.

And he's right,
you're gonna get away

with what you did
to both those girls.

Okay. So why are we here, guys?

BENSON: Why are we here?

Do you remember her?

Maude Peterson? Who?

BENSON: Maude Peterson.
Was she an actress?

I audition hundreds
of actresses.

Yeah, but only one in
Canada. For Winnipeg Nights.

And... And you had sex with her.

Look, are you asking if, did I sleep
with young wannabe actresses? Yes.

But I kept it legal.

You may have thought you did.

No, I did. You know, I
do remember her now.

She's 16, the age of
consent in Canada. Not illegal.

Hold on, where... Winnipeg
Nights was never made.

If you people understood
anything about the industry,

you would know that most
projects never get off the ground.

Right, but there's
usually a script, no?

There was. I registered
one with the Writers Guild.

Yes, you did. We subpoenaed it.

It's a treatment with "All work and
no play makes Adam a dull boy"

written over and over
again, over 10 pages.

Authored by you.

TAFT: Okay, we're
gonna stop now.

You're gonna blindside us like this,
I need some... No, Don, stop. Hey...

time with my client. It's all
right. It's okay, it's okay, Don.

My assistant must have
registered the wrong document.

Your signature's
on the registration.

Was there ever any kind of
legitimate pre-production at all?

A schedule, a budget?

I'm the creative. You'd
have to talk to Dennis.

We did. And the only budget
entry that he submitted was for

a first class round
trip ticket to Winnipeg

and your weekend
stay at a hotel.

Room service bills
were quite extensive,

especially the pay-per-view.

You never left the hotel
that whole weekend, did you?

Dennis, that little limp-wristed
bean counter... Adam! Adam! Adam!

Please stop! What kind of
deal did he work out with you?

Who gives him authority to talk
to these people about my enter...

We are leaving. No, you won't.

There was no movie. There was
never any intention to make a movie.

Your client traveled to Canada
with the primary purpose

of having sex with someone
under the age of 18. A federal crime.

What is he talking
about? Sexual tourism.

Section 24-23-C of title 18.

Engaging in illicit sexual
conduct in foreign places.

Punishable by up
to 30 years in prison.

You can't be serious.

That law's intention is to stop
pedophiles from flying to Thailand

to have sex with 12-year-olds.

Your client is a pedophile.

And a rapist. And a murderer.

And if this is the only
way that we can get you,

then this is the way
that you're going down.

The Feds have been
watching this interrogation.

They're outside right now.

BENSON: Adam Brubeck,

put your hands behind your
back. You're under arrest.

No, I was not surprised to
hear of Adam Brubeck's arrest.

Like, so many young
actors in Hollywood,

I fell victim to a predator.

I harmed so many people
because I just didn't understand

what was done to me.

I am working though,

really hard on
straightening out my life

and making amends to
everyone that I have hurt.

And, when I meet
young actors today,

I just... I just tell them

they don't have
to be victims, too.

That is so terrific.

Wow. (CHUCKLES) Thank you.

Now I hear you have a
new project in the works,

tell us about it. TENSLEY: I do!

So, after the six months
community service,

I will be doing an arc on
Orange Is the New Black.

HODA: Oh, my God, that's
one of my shows! Seriously?

TENSLEY: Me too!
Justice has been served.

I'm surprised she didn't get that
arc as her community service.

I don't know. I bet she
looks hot in a prison jumpsuit.

Can you just hand me
my bag please? Thank you.

I'm sorry. Can you
turn that off please?

Um, Amaro, I need you to
hold down the fort for a second.

Is everything all right? I
don't know. Noah's in the E.R.

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