Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999–…): Season 24, Episode 7 - Dead Ball - full transcript

- 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.

- You are a household
name, Paulo.

You're playing the best
soccer of your life.

- I know that.



Does the front office?

- They do.

It's what the Kings hoped for

when they brought you over
from Brazil five years ago.

And they want to continue to...

nurture that investment.

- Meaning what? We got it all?

50 million over five years.

- And the no-fault clause?

- Thanks to me, it's
locked and loaded.

You, my friend, are
among the untouchables.

- Your talent is untouchable.

Always has been, always will be.

All right. We should
head out of here.



You've got a match
to prepare for.

- As it stands now, we
are here at one apiece

with five-plus minutes
left of the game.

It's to Paulo Rocha now in
full command of the pitch,

taking it straight to
Cincinnati's defense.

He gets by one
defender, then another.

No stopping him. There's
four defenders around him.

He tries to find a way.

He right puts it.
And it's a goal!

Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal!

- How you doing?
- Good, good.

- What's going on, guys?

- Welcome, Mr. Rocha.

- Everything ready?
- Yes, sir, Mr. Campos.

We've got you up
on the 15th floor.

- Presidential suite, right?

- As always.

- You're too good to
me, bro. God bless.

Can you believe this?

They're saying Piñero's defense

was the deciding factor
against Cincinnati.

- You don't dive
in that cesspool.

Nobody knows what
they're talking about.

- I score the goals,
make the plays.

I create. Defense
doesn't do anything.

- I hear you, boy-o.

That is why they just dumped
all of that money in your lap.

- After this interview,
nobody's gonna be talking

about Piñero. Believe me.

- Hey, maybe we can
push it until tomorrow.

I've got dates
tonight. Multiple.

- Paulo, it's for
"Sports Wrap."

The cover story.
You got to do this.

- I already said all I got
to say out on the pitch.

They can quote me on that.

- It's part of your job, Paulo.

- No, it is not.

My job is to win
matches, get paid.

That's it.

Hey, come on.

I want to celebrate.

- Paulo, please.
- Just push it.

It is your job,
business manager.

- Can you weigh in here, please?

- Reporter's not in
town much longer.

Hey, you got to strike
when the iron is hot.

Boy-o, come on.

Let's get that face out there.

- Hello, Paulo.

- Olá, bonita.

And what do I call you?

- I'm Nellie.

- Well, Nellie,

você tem um sorriso lindo.

- OK.

OK, should we get started?

You've said you feel
like a kid in the U.S.

You love playing mini golf.

- Ah, well, what can I say?

I'm charmed by those
little windmills.

- Mm.

Since joining the Kings,

the team has won
two championships.

You're about to sign another
multimillion dollar contract.

The fans love you...

- And I love them.

- But you've also developed
a reputation as a showboater

and a selfish player
on and off the field.

For example,

in August, when
Piñero's mother died,

every player went to
her funeral but you.

- That was my call.

Paulo wanted to go,
but he needed rest.

- Is that true, Paulo?

- Antonio, why don't you and
Mondale take a walk, hmm?

Nellie and I can handle this.

- That's not really
a good idea...

- Thank you, Timothy.

- Let's go.

Can I get you a drink?

I'm having one.

- No, thank you.

- OK, then.

What else you got?

- On the field, you
seem to take pleasure

in humiliating opposing players.

- The fans love it.

It's like gladiators
in the ring.

- Or you're a tyrant.

- You're cocky.

Have we done this before?

- You don't remember me, do you?

I wasn't quite so
cocky back then.

- You interviewed me.

- No, I was just a simple fan.

- Ah, well, I have so many fans,

but I'd remember one
as beautiful and...

spirited as you.

Where did we meet again?

- It was London eight years ago.

- Lucky me.

Fate has brought
us back together.

Hey.

Wait, come on.
Don't be like that.

- You're a piece of crap, Paulo.

- Would you just calm down?

- Stay away from me!

- Let's talk about this.

- You're talking
about Paulo Rocha,

the soccer player?

- Yeah, big fish in a big pond.

And then he came stateside,
and suddenly he's a whale.

- OK, can you walk us
through what happened?

- Yeah, all right, so my editors

have been after this
interview for years.

I asked Paulo a few questions.

And then he sent his manager
and agent out of the room.

- So you were alone with Paulo?

- Look, I knew he was
gonna turn on the charm,

but this was a real opportunity
for me to talk to him

without his handlers.

Right away, he grabs
me. Tries to kiss me.

And I told him I'm
not interested.

- And what happened
when you told him no?

- He grabbed my breast and
pushed me onto the couch.

And then he raped me.

- Nellie, did you tell
anyone afterwards,

maybe a friend or a colleague?

- No.

But some of it is recorded.

I mean, I was
doing an interview.

- OK, can we...
- Yeah.

Jesus, could you please stop?

- It's not funny. Let go.

- Aw, no. Come on, baby.

We're celebrating.

- No, absolutely
not. I said stop!

- Hey, hey.

You're not going anywhere.

- I mean, I've run into
men like this before.

The money and power
goes to their heads.

To them, everyone's
either an employee

or a possession.

He's, like, a genuine superstar.

- Yeah, which means
this case is gonna be

a genuine pain in the ass.

- This reporter, she's credible?

- And she's got a
recording of the encounter.

- I think that Muncy's right.

This case is gonna be a
giant pain in the ass.

The press, 1PP, not
to mention his camp.

So Fin, Rollins, get
Paulo's side of the story.

And you two, get the security
footage from the hotel

before some desk clerk leaks it.

- So you're a soccer fan?

- No, I'm a fútbol fan.

You know, the most popular
sport in the world?

- Well, it's not football if
someone's not getting tackled.

- Or getting a
traumatic brain injury.

You've never watched a game
in your life, have you?

- I'd rather stop
by a laundromat,

pop in a few quarters,
and watch a dryer spin.

- Officers, how may I help you?

- It's detectives.

- And you may help
us by confirming

that Paulo Rocha was a
guest here last night.

- He had an interview.
What's this about?

- Is this the woman
who interviewed him?

- Hmm, I couldn't really say.

- Well, could you say
where the security footage

from the 15th floor is?

- Nellie must have
misunderstood.

- Maybe she did,
maybe she didn't.

- She filed a complaint,
so we have to follow up.

- A complaint alleging what?

- That Paulo tried to
force himself on her.

Did you?

- Well, on the pitch, I force
myself on guys all the time.

But on women, never.

- You're talking about one

of the greatest soccer
players of all time.

- That makes it OK?

- What Mr. Mondale is saying

is that Paulo is not only
the face of his team,

but of the entire league.

In five years with the Kings,

he hasn't had one
complaint against him.

- The thing is, though,
Nellie recorded the interview.

- It's not funny. Let go.

- Aw, no. Come on, baby.

We're celebrating.

- No, absolutely
not. I said stop!

- You want us to keep going?
- Wow.

Well, this doesn't
prove anything.

You want to tell
him, or should I?

- Tell us what?

- Nellie and Paulo
have a history.

- And I am guessing that
Nellie left that part out.

- You were in a relationship?

- A very serious one,
about eight years ago.

It was intense, passionate.

Last night, we fell
into some old habits.

- If that's all it was, why
did she come to the cops?

- I have no idea.

- My guess is she heard about
the $50 million contract

and was prepared
to use that tape

as some sort of shakedown.

- Sorry you have wasted a trip.

- You're a piece of crap, Paulo.

- Hey, calm down.
- Stay away from me.

- Let's talk about this.

- So she storms down the hall.

He tries to stop her, and
she gets in the elevator.

- And his team is claiming
that this was a shakedown.

- She looks pretty upset to me.

- And the video is consistent
with her statement.

- If there's no
camera in the suite,

this doesn't do us much good.

- It's not great

that she didn't tell us
about the relationship,

so we need to make sure
that Nellie is solid

before Paulo gets
too far ahead of us.

- Well, that ship may
have already sailed.

He's trending on Twitter.

A video of some
obscure soccer podcast.

- Always got to
watch out for the...

I think in English,
you say opportunist.

Fans, friends, even reporters.
- OK.

- There's this one...
Let's call her Nellie.

We had a fling back in the day.

But she was a little
too louca for my taste,

so I had to end it.

- Oh, sure you did.

- And now, she's
writing a story on me,

and everything in it is a lie.

So I call her out, and she says,

since I did her dirty back then,

she's going to do me dirty now.

Some reporters have more
to hide than to reveal.

- I'm sorry I didn't call,
but I have to go back home.

- Because of that podcast?

- Nellie, it doesn't matter

that you had a prior
relationship with Paulo

as long as you're telling
the truth about the assault.

- The truth will come out

if you look more
closely into Paulo.

But I can't be part
of this anymore.

There's more to this equation
than just me and Paulo.

He got me pregnant.

I have a son.

- That you've never
told him about?

- I didn't need some guy
to be a phantom presence

in my baby's life.

- And now he is?

You took a real risk
interviewing him, then.

- I just wanted...

I wanted the world to
know who he really was.

And I underestimated him.

He found out.

Private eyes, one
of his lackeys.

I don't know.

I didn't know he had
that kind of reach.

I mean, Robbie doesn't
even have his last name.

I never should have come to you.

- Nellie, listen to me.

You did the right thing
by coming forward.

- You don't understand.

I cannot go forward
with this case.

He's threatening to sue me
for custody unless I drop it.

- We can help you.

- I don't see how!

- Wait. Nellie, hold on.

Please talk this
through with us.

- My son is all I have.

I'm sorry. I really am.

- So that's it? Nellie's out?

- She went back to London.

I mean, she couldn't risk Paulo
meddling in her son's life.

And quite frankly,
I understand it.

- Which means our sexual
assault case against him

goes in a circular file.

- This one, yeah,
but Nellie did imply

that the truth will come out.

- If this guy is a predator,
he's done this before.

What else do we know about him?

- He was born in Rio de Janeiro.

He played three World
Cups for Brazil.

He was also a star player
for a few clubs in Europe

before he was lured to the U.S.

- See if you can track
down his sheet in Brazil.

All right. What
about this country?

Are there any other complaints?

- Nothing criminal.

And if any were made to
the Kings or the league,

they've swept it under the rug.

- And the owners of the Kings
won't return our phone calls.

- They've asked that we kindly
direct any future inquiries

to their in-house counsel.

- Look, forget his handlers.

What about his family?
What about friends?

- As far as I can
tell, he has no friends

besides his entourage.

- He was married to
a Mexican TV actress,

co-founder of his media company.

They divorced after two years.

- That could have been annulled.

Was there a settlement?

- $10 million.

It's quite a payout
for two years of work.

- Find out what she was
being paid to keep secret.

- Damn, two years of
marriage gets you this?

I got to get back
on the dating apps.

- She's a career
woman just like you.

- Yeah, well, I
guess telenovelas

pay a lot more than a badge.

- Don't we know it?

- I heard the podcast.

Poor Paulo.

The vultures are
always circling.

- You were married to Paulo.

What can you tell us
about your relationship?

- Short but sweet.

- It beats long and sour.

- He didn't pay to keep me.

He paid to leave me.

- Well, $10 million
buys a lot of amnesia.

- Mm, you've done your research.

What's this about?

- The reporter he
mentioned in that podcast

filed a credible sexual assault
complaint against Paulo.

- She has nothing to
gain and a lot to lose.

- Nothing to gain? Please,
you're a grown man.

She's just the latest in a long
line of money-hungry liars.

- So there were other women.

Pretty good reason
for a divorce.

- Paulo was an
excellent provider,

so as far as I'm concerned, he
was also a faithful husband.

It's really quite simple.

I got bored.

- We're having
guests for dinner.

I have to check the
menu with the cook.

- Gracias, mamá.

- You mind if I come with
you, get a glass of water?

- Sure.

- Your daughter
is very beautiful.

- Mm-hmm.
- It's a blessing.

Also maybe a little
bit of a curse?

- So many men, like fruit flies.

Thinking with their picos.

- Yeah, but Paulo, he
married her, right?

- Mujeriego.

Cheater, liar.

She deserved every
cent she got from him.

- How do you know he
was sleeping around?

- I know.

Just look at his face when
he sees a pretty girl.

His mouth is smiling, but his
eyes are already planning.

- OK. Nothing more specific?

- One time, I caught
him in the pool house

with Simone's yoga teacher.

Yoga.

More like wrestling.

Their clothes were half off.

- And what did you do?

- I fired her.

I didn't tell Simone.

She thinks she quit.

- Does this yoga
teacher have a name?

- Ebony Jones doesn't
work here anymore.

- And why is that?
- I had to let her go.

- Can you tell us what happened?

- She threatened to
sue one of our clients.

Completely unfounded too.

- Is this client's
name Simone Rocha?

- You know her?

Then you know Simone
and her ex, Paulo,

were Physique's golden geese.

Ebony, on the other hand,
was bad for business.

- You got a number
or an address?

- Sorry, once an employee
is no longer an employee,

we dump their info.

- Mm-hmm, thanks.

- So what now?

- Well, if Ebony followed
through with the lawsuit,

it'll still be on record
with the courthouse.

I'll call Fin.

- Sup, Rhonda?

- Fin, look at you.

How long has it been?
- It's been too long.

I brought you a gift.

Spring rolls from Hop
Kee's. Still your favorite?

- Of course, 'cause
you know nothing

and no one changes around here.

- Too old for that.
- Yes.

- I need some help with a case.
- OK.

- It's Ebony Jones
versus Simone Rocha.

- No Simone.

Wait, you must mean Paulo Rocha.

- Paulo, really?
- Yes.

Which year are you looking for?

- There's more than one case.

We got him now.

Paulo's been sued for
sexual assault 12 times.

- 12 times?

- Yeah, civil cases.

None of the vics took
it to the police.

- Were there settlements?

- All but one, and that's only

because it was
filed two days ago.

- So it hasn't
even gone to trial?

- Mm-mm.

- I'll call Carisi and see
if I can get a subpoena

for Paulo's bank statements.

In the meantime, you find these
women, every damn one of them.

- Mm-hmm.

- I did file a lawsuit
against Paulo two days ago,

but I changed my mind.

I can't really talk
about it, though.

I signed an NDA.

- How about off
the record, Aline?

- I guess that's OK.

I met up with Paulo.

He was wasted, in a foul mood.

- About what?

- He was ranting about
that reporter chick.

- He told you about her?

- It totally killed the vibe.

Asked him if I could
take a rain check.

- Let me guess.
The check bounced.

- I was just supposed to
give Paulo a private lesson,

and he said that
wasn't what he wanted.

He was super aggressive.

Followed me into the pool house.

Couldn't keep his
hands off of me.

- How'd you handle that, Ebony?

- I pepper-sprayed
him and walked out.

And after that, Simone's
mother fired me.

- I'm trying to give
Paulo physical therapy,

and he's pulling out his
thing, asking me to touch it.

- What did you do?

- I froze.

He's a VIP.

Nobody ever says
anything bad about him.

I thought maybe it was just me.

- Why didn't you
file a police report?

- He was too powerful.

I thought I'd never work again.

- Sometimes I hate those
locker room situations.

But I can't talk 'cause...
- You signed a NDA.

The women that agreed
to talk to us...

Therapist, masseuses,
trainers...

All told a similar
version of the same story

consistent with Nellie's.

- OK, so groping,
fondling, forcible contact.

That's sex abuse one.

- The problem is we're
hamstrung by the NDAs.

- Well, what about the woman
who just filed the lawsuit?

Aline?
- Settled before the ink dried.

- OK, well, Rollins and Muncy

are scouring through his
financial statements.

Hopefully something
will come of that.

Were you able to track
down his Brazilian record?

- From what I can
tell, it doesn't exist.

- Ah, Chief...
- We need to talk.

What's going on?

- I was hoping
you could tell me.

Anything I need to know?

Some heavy hitter you got
in your crosshairs maybe?

- Well, if you're talking
about Paulo Rocha...

- Yeah, you know I am.

- We're working the case.

Our complainant fell through,

but we found several women
who sued him in civil court.

So this is an ongoing
investigation.

- Way I hear it, it's
an ongoing campaign

of harassment.
- What?

- Badgering his
former employees,

even after they've
asked you to stop?

- Excuse me?
- Yeah.

Yeah, Rocha's lawyer called 1PP.

Said these are just
hardworking people

who want to be left alone.
- Chief...

- And then he threatens
to sue the department.

- Hang on, these women
were not pressured

to come forward.

- Are you sure about that?

- Yes.

- 'Cause the deputy commissioner

had me on the phone
last night, 2:00 a.m.

So if you don't want me calling
you tonight, waking you up,

then we got to fix this.

- Perhaps it was a
communication breakdown

within your squad, Captain,

because we were
under the impression

that this matter was closed.

- Nellie withdrew
her complaint, right?

- She did, yes,

but when we find a
potential victim credible,

there's just a few more
steps that we need to take.

- It's just standard procedure.

- Well, it doesn't
feel standard to me.

It feels like profiling.

- I'll handle this, Paulo.

Your complaining
witness drops out,

and yet, you request
a court order

for my client's
financial records

and continue to harass
his family and associates?

- No one was
harassed, Counselor.

As I said before, we were
following up on a few leads.

- Well, these statements
tell a different story.

Four of the women
you interviewed

attested that SVU's
repeated follow-ups

left them feeling
overburdened and threatened.

- We both know that's
not what happened.

- Why don't we let
a judge decide?

We can take these
to one right now.

- No, there's no
need. No need.

You have our assurance

these people won't
be bothered anymore.

Isn't that right,
Captain Benson?

- Good.

We appreciate your cooperation.

- Captain Benson.

If you talk to Nellie,
tell her no hard feelings.

I always admired her.

- You know, I'm curious.

If you didn't do anything wrong,

why not just let us do our jobs?

- Well, when a mosquito's
buzzing around my face,

I don't just stand there.

- Mm.
- I swat it away.

- Oh, that's poetic.

You know, let's get
something straight, Paulo.

I'm not afraid of you.
- Captain.

- And you have no
leverage over me,

so make all the
threats you want.

But sooner or later,
I will find something.

It's just unbelievable.

- How'd it go with Paulo?

- This guy thinks
that he's Teflon.

And they also claimed
that they have a statement

from women that we interviewed
alleging harassment.

- Harassment by us?

That's either
doctored or coerced.

- Look, I know that this guy
likes to play in the mud.

I really want to call his
bluff, but we need ammo, guys.

And we're running out of time.
- Well, maybe this will help.

So his corporate accounts,
they show us what we expected.

One-time payments.

It's $100,000

to each of the women
that he settled with.

- Right, nothing else out
of the ordinary there.

- But his personal accounts,
they reveal this little tidbit.

Cash withdrawals, right?
Starting June 2021.

And they're taken out quarterly.

- Same amount he
paid his victims.

- And this is the last one?

- Yeah, this morning.

- Paulo's trying to hide
something from his own people.

- Follow the money.

That means follow him.

- What's he waiting for?

- Uber back to Brazil?

- How can you eat that crap?

You know how processed
that stuff is?

- You're right.

It's just the vending
machine was out of kale.

- Ooh, here we go.

- Oh, whoa. Who's that?

- She looks familiar.

Uh-huh, Paulo's Instagram.

Yeah, Paulo, his business
manager, Antonio,

and Antonio's wife,
Marcía Campos.

- Is Antonio's wife
taking a payoff?

- We may have just
found woman number 13.

- Mrs. Campos.

- Can I help you?

- I'm Sergeant Tutuola.

This is Detective Rollins.

- We wanted to talk to
you about Paulo Rocha.

- He's my husband's client.

I have nothing to say about him.

- You have anything
to say about this?

- Why was Pablo handing you
that envelope, Mrs. Campos?

- That's none of your business.

I can't talk to
you. Paulo is...

You wouldn't understand.

- Help us understand.
- I've done nothing wrong.

- Mrs. Campos, we're not
accusing you of anything.

We just want...
- To ruin my marriage?

Stay away from me and my family.

- Mom, everything OK?
- Take these bags.

Go.

- OK, so we've hit a speed bump.

Do we think that
Marcía is a victim?

- She was definitely
hiding something.

- I mean, her husband handles
Paulo's finances, right?

He's the one that paid all
the other women directly?

- So Paulo's
sidestepping Antonio.

- Which brings us
back to Marcía.

- With her daughter, yeah.

This is Ana Campos, 17.

Only child of
Antonio and Marcía.

- Yeah, we saw her
at the Campos' house.

- Her page is
chock-full of photos

of her and Paulo
together at Wembley,

in Saint-Tropez, on
the Rialto Bridge.

- I mean, she's probably
known Paulo her whole life.

He's like an uncle.

- Plus, he's famous.

- Well, sure, but
if that's the case,

then why would he just
disappear from her feed?

- When?

- June 2021, when she was 16.

And I mean disappeared.

Not a single photo of
the two of them together.

- June 2021?

That's around the time

Paulo started making
cash withdrawals

without Antonio
knowing about it.

- And it's not like Ana
stopped posting either.

But all of a sudden,
nothing with Paulo?

I mean, something
happened there.

- OK, so track her
down and find out what.

- Here you are.
- Thank you.

- Hey, I'm so sorry
to bother you.

Um, I feel like I recognize
you from your Instagram.

Ana?
- Yeah.

Hi.
- Hi!

Oh, my God, girl, those photos

of you and Paulo Rocha are fire,

and we need more of them.
- Thanks.

But I'm not really allowed
to post about him anymore.

- Really? Why? Did
you get in trouble

for, like, stalking
him or something?

- What? No.

It was more like
he was stalking me.

- Really?

He and I had a thing.

Stop. No, you didn't.

- Yeah, we hooked up last year.

- Oh, my God. I'm so jealous.

I've seen pictures of his abs.

But you're so young.

You must have
been, like, a baby.

- I was 16.

He gave me this on my birthday.

- Wow.
- They're real.

It started the next
day at his penthouse.

He was all over me.

- Really?

- Interesting place.

- The monks made
these for kings,

but they worked
in ice cold cells.

Total silence.

Sometimes they left
little complaints.

Jokes
in the margins.

Like here.

"This paper sure is hairy."

- It makes them
seem more relatable.

- But you're not
here for the art.

- We looked into Paulo's
personal bank account,

the one you don't
have access to.

- We found he's been
making cash withdrawals

every few months and...

secretly meeting with your
wife to give them to her.

- Marcía? You're lying.

- Well, Marcía
wouldn't talk to us.

- But I'm sorry to
have to tell you this,

but your daughter did.

- Ana?
- Ana.

Paulo had a sexual
relationship with Ana

when she was 16 years old.

We think Marcía found out.

- Your best friend has been
paying her off ever since.

- No, this isn't true.

No, my wife would tell me.

I would know. I
know everything.

No, no, no, no.
- Mm.

Wait. Ana told you this?

- Your daughter is
not to blame here.

- Look, a young girl,
stars in her eyes.

I... I hate to admit it, but
I was a fan of the guy too.

Obviously, not anymore.

- You know Paulo
better than anyone.

You think your daughter
would be off-limits

to a man who has none?

- When we were growing
up, I was older.

Paulo looked at me
like I was his hero.

Even after his star rose,

I've been the one making
sure it didn't dim.

- You made him who he is.

And you protected him
from all the other women.

- From himself.
- Yeah.

And he repays you by using
your teenage daughter

like she was another
one of his conquests.

- Hey.

Olá, meu amigo.

I'm making feijoada
for dinner tonight.

- A little taste of home, huh?
- Eh.

She's a girl I want to impress.

Hey, you're welcome to join.

- I can't stay.

- Make sure nobody
enters this building

who doesn't live here.
- I'll call Fin and Muncy.

- I remember this day
at Praia Vermelha.

You were running around,

following me everywhere
I went, like my shadow.

- It's funny how
things change, right?

- I had another visit
from the police today.

- Jackals.

Did you take care of it?

- For now.

But you heard that captain.

They're gonna keep looking.

You went too far, Paulo.

- Do you remember
those old westerns

where the outlaw
would rob the bank?

That's me.

I'm a safecracker.

But you don't blow off
the doors with dynamite.

You listen for the clicks.

- The clicks?
- Mm-hmm.

Trainers, masseuses...
one click.

That's barely a challenge.

A professional
woman like Nellie...

A reporter... two clicks.

It's a better challenge.

But that door was
already opened.

And once it's open,
it never shuts.

- Yeah, and a young woman,

like my Ana,

she'd be how many
clicks to you, Paulo?

- Ana?

What the hell is that?

- The money you gave Marcía
to keep your secret...

that you violated my daughter.

- No, Antonio. Are you
listening to yourself?

I would never...
- No, no, no!

Be honest.

The things I've done for you,
the things that I've seen.

I know all your lies.

I am your lies!

No, I want to hear
you say it, Paulo.

Say it!

Say it.

- I'm a competitor, Antonio.

- Babaca.

She's only a child!

- She is a woman,
a beautiful woman!

She wanted to have
sex more than I did!

- Boom.
- Got him.

- Antonio.

She came on to me, bro!

You should be proud of her.
She knows what she wants.

Whoa, Antonio. What
the hell are you doing?

- There's a hole in
your heart, Paulo.

Always has been.

You try to fill it
with fame and money

and women,

but it only grows larger.

- Antonio, please.

Let's...

- Shots fired!
- Let's go!

- Jesus Christ, what the
hell is wrong with you?

- Drop the gun, Antonio.
- Now!

- Give me the gun. That's it.

- Why are you
here? What is it?

- Paulo Rocha,

you're under arrest for
sexual assault of a minor.

- I'm under arrest?

He just shot at me.

Antonio, do something.

- I already have.

That's right.

When you're alone at night,

thinking about everything

that's been taken away from you,

remember it was because of me.

I did this.

- Come on. Let's go.

- Where'd you get
the gun, Antonio?

- That corner of
his bedroom closet.

In an old shoebox.

- How did you know it was there?

- I was the one
who hid it for him.

- She is a woman,
a beautiful woman!

She wanted to have
sex more than I did!

- My friend betrayed me, so...

- Ana was 16. You're
looking at an E felony.

So you're facing
four years in prison

as a registered sex offender.

- And you know how much they
love that on the cell block.

- Hold on.

You got no witnesses

and a "victim" who testified

to being crazy in
love with my client...

- All right, I'm gonna
stop you right there.

Your client admitted to
having sex with a minor.

You really want to
take this to trial?

- Paulo pleads sexual
misconduct, no jail time.

- A misdemeanor?
That's not happening.

The charge is rape
three, period.

Can't swat that away, can you?

- God damn, Antonio. I
trusted that man with my li...

- And then you raped
his teenage daughter!

- I need some time
alone with my client.

- Be careful what you wish for.

- Paulo left that poor
family shattered, huh?

- They're gonna try to put
the pieces back together,

go to counseling.

Carisi's only charging Antonio
with reckless endangerment,

which means he'll get probation.

- Marcía was just trying
to keep it all together.

- I wonder what she's
gonna do with all the money

'cause it's not like
she needed the cash.

- Well, she told Ana
it was for college.

- There'll be plenty
more where that came from

if she ever decides to sue.

- Well, I'm going to see Ana
now, so good night, everyone.

- Good night.

You good?

I know it's hard to see your
heroes turn into villains.

- That guy was a
villain all along.

- Hmm.

- Hey, I got you something.

- Why?

Oh!

- So you can learn how to kick

before you crap on
my national pastime.

- Uh-huh.

- Oh, look at
you. You're good.

Oh, wow, you're a natural.
- OK, you know what?

Go long, then. Go on.

- Whoa, easy.

- I'ma stick to real football.

- What are you talking
about? This is real fútbol.

- Mm-hmm, yeah.
Good night, Velasco.

- So Paulo is gonna plead
guilty to rape three.

No jail time, but he's
gonna do 10 years' probation

and go on the registry.

- He didn't rape
me. I wanted him.

- OK. I know, Ana.

I know that you think that,

but men like Paulo are experts

at grooming girls your age.

And according to the law, Ana,
what he did to you was rape.

And there's a reason for that.

It's to keep predators
away from young people.

Also to give you time, right?

A little bit of breathing room.

- Time for what?

Being bored to death?

- Time to figure
things out on your own.

You know that adult
men have more power.

They have more experience.

And in this case,
they have more ego.

- You want to talk about ego?

Boys my age only care about
getting wasted and partying.

- Well, it sounds like

you're meeting the
wrong kind of boys.

Look, at 17, you just don't
know what you think you know.

With a little bit of
time and perspective,

you're gonna look back at this

and see the whole
thing so differently

and so clearly.

And I know that.

Believe me, because
I've been there.

You'll see.