All language subtitles for Law & Order Special Victims Unit S27E07-HDTV-X264-NGP

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.

Yeah, but Lord Matthews was dimming her
light. Yes, he's so hot, but also, like,

poisons her soul.

God, you get me.

You read her work before anyone else?

Sometimes. Hey, you need help?

I am the help.

Go enjoy yourself.

Well, she didn't need the wings because
she had the magic to move her, you know?

Okay,

okay, someone's coming. Someone's
coming, okay?

Help is coming. Help is coming. Help is
coming.

Central unit, 11th precinct, 1030. 34K,
assault with a knife. Male stab, torso,

conscious. Burp at large. Described as
white, female, black sweatshirt. Blood

foot. 243 East 10th off 1st Avenue. Five
minutes past.

Bam. That's close.

Okay. Are you sure that you got it? A
thousand percent.

Totally got it. Okay, because I'm
walking away. Oh, my God.

Give it to me. Give it to me now. Hold
on. Hold on. Shut up. Okay. Not that

hard. Bacon, cheese, salt, pepper over
medium.

Make that two.

Look at this guy.

Not a scratch on him. Good to see you,
man.

Rollins, it's so good to have you back.

Good to be back.

Hey, I never got word that you were
already cleared. I mean, full?

Full duty?

Of course. Should be in your inbox.

Okay.

Who are you?

I'm a new guy.

Okay, cool. Get off my desk.

Oh, I'm so sorry.

I'm just messing with you. Welcome to
the squad.

Heard great things about you.

Does anybody dust around here? I mean,
this is disgusting.

It is very...

Great to have another body here because
Curry is in Orlando for her son's

basketball tournament. I'll come back.

Officers.

Thank you. Can I help you?

Officer Martin, Ramos, 11th Precinct.
Okay.

Herb Leah Henning, Under Force Belt 1,
stabbed a male in the chest last night

around 20 .05 hours.

Victim, Stuart Morgan at New York
Presbyterian. Critical.

Our boss wants to bring her to you.

And Martha, she said she was raped by
our Vic.

Can I get you some water, Leah?

Maybe a cup of coffee or something?

Looks like you can just go ahead and
flip those off, huh?

Is he dead?

We don't know yet.

I just want to remind you that at any
time you can request an attorney.

Nothing you do is going to help me.

I can't erase what...

I brought you in here, but I do want to
know your side of the story.

So can you tell me what happened?

I went for a walk, passed the bookstore,
saw Claire, saw

him.

Something just came over me.

So how did you meet them?

I was Claire's assistant.

And what kind of boss was she? Was she a
good boss?

Amazing.

Like, maybe you should meet your heroes,
actually.

Her writing, it saved me.

From what?

My family, my path.

I lived with her, kept her organized.

Okay.

She was my whole life. I'm so happy.

Now what about the husband?

I can't help you unless you tell me the
truth.

Claire wasn't home.

I was in my bed, writing.

I looked up. And Stuart was just
standing there, naked,

like it was normal.

Out on the bench.

He pinned me down, ripped my clothes,
and I was bleeding, and he wouldn't

That was the first time.

So it happened more than once.

I don't even know how many times.

And it's like, do you just deal with it
because the rest of the time you get to

be around this amazing woman who changed
your life? I couldn't get that out.

Okay. Did Claire know?

I never told her.

Claire is an empath.

She cries when she sees a dead pigeon.

She feels so much for so many people.

I kept it inside for so long, I can't
anymore.

I tried to help Leah. I wanted to, and I
tried really hard.

But she was damaged.

I guess I let my empathy cloud my
judgment.

Did you have much interaction with Leah
Stewart?

No. I saw that she was bad news.

Fairly early on.

So I just tried to steer clear until
Claire had to give up on her latest bird

with a broken wing.

What's bad news to me?

I'm used to avid fans, but Leah was
obsessed.

And she hated me.

Why do you think that is?

Because I'm not Claire Morgan.

Leah seems fixated on you. You have any
issues?

Leah is a convicted stalker.

And we had to file an order of
protection against her. Claire's

traumatized to hire a new assistant. And
then now leave it. He's putting us both

through hell.

Whatever she is accusing me of, it's a
lie.

I got hurt on the job before I live. I
know. I just.

You know, checking on you because it's
my job.

It's not personal.

I don't even like you that much.
Likewise.

I'm good.

I'm very good.

And you're getting everything you need
from the department, all the support,

and, you know, enough in time to process
everything.

Yeah. Eyesight's good. No headaches.

I'm not working kids in the gym half my
age. I've never felt better.

Great.

You doubt me, Liv? No. You have been
extremely clear about how...

physically prepared that you are. I'm
prepared, period.

Good.

Because we missed you around here.

Hey.

Hey, so the temporary order of
protection checks out.

Neighbors saw Leah breaking into the
Morgans' home after they fired her. ACD

with a six -month order.

What was this?

Seal, three months ago, Leah did a time,
and then her record was wiped.

Well, that didn't last long. Can we buy
Leah's story, boss?

I think so. Look, she was very
dissociated when I talked to her, but I

with a little bit of rest, then we'll
get some clarity.

Her arraignment's dead in two hours.

We need more time than that.

Well, if you want to hold her here
longer, you need to get her to waive her

arraignment and accept the charges.
She's going to need a lawyer for that.

thing you know lawyers.

All right, I'll ask around. In the
meantime, get more than Leah's word. All

right. Stuart Morgan.

You have any prior?

Squeaky clean, 45, no income, going back
at least 10 years. Yeah, Stuart's only

interaction with law enforcement is the
stalking complaint.

Well, I have to say that Leah does seem
very infatuated with Claire. I mean,

she's still protecting her months after
she was slapped with this T .O .P.

She sounds like a stalker. Well, she
sounds like a Claire Morgan fan. They're

known to be pretty intense.

And who are they?

I've read her books.

I mean...

All of them.

A few times.

And her recent biography.

Rollins, do I need to put you on
modified for this one, Sergeant?

I have a unique insight to the readers
of her work.

Claire's writing can feel very personal,
like a lot of misfits finding out they

have secret powers or, you know.

Finding their voices or more wings.

Oh, okay.

Well, it sounds like Claire makes people
like Leah feel seen.

That can be powerful.

Plus, Claire kind of feeds into the
fervor. I mean, she's been a best

author for 10 years. She still goes by
book clubs. She sends fans gifts. She

volunteers at a DV shelter.

Okay. But as soon as we brought up
Leah's allegation, Claire shut down

She did, but I'm...

I'm curious to see what she would say
outside of his presence. I think that we

need more before we do that, right?

So look, Leah lived in the house for two
years. Somebody must have seen

something. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I ran the
financials. They had a dog walker, a

housekeeper, and a personal chef. Okay.
I'm on that. I'm not looking for desk

duties today.

Okay.

Working at the Morgans was fine. A bit
boring.

Cleared out a lot of food sensitivities.

Missed the hours, though.

Pull it. Yes, sir. About Stewart, what
was he like?

This is about Leah, right?

Saw what she did to him.

All over the news.

Yeah, pretty horrific.

You don't seem too horrified.

Behind. Can we do this later?

Not in the middle of all this? What are
you worried about? You?

Using something to say against Leah? I
don't want to be part of that.

So we're not investigating Leah. We're
investigating Stewart, Nicole.

I saw something once.

About a year after Leah moved in, Stuart
was in Leah's room, which was totally

weird. I could see her in her underwear.

She looked dazed. Her makeup was all
smeared. Something about it felt wrong.

Stuart saw me and shut the door. Did you
report it?

Stuart's married to a famous feminist
author. Who's going to believe me over

him?

Claire had to have known, right?

You talked to Leah about it?

Didn't get a chance.

Stuart fired me the next day. Did you
tell anybody about the friend?

Yeah. Texted my boyfriend right after it
happened.

Hey, Brian.

Thanks for coming down. Hey. Good to see
you. How are the kids? Hanging out a

handful as always.

Captain Olivia Benson. This is Brian
Martin.

General practice, but he dabbles in
criminal law for the right case.

Old pal from law school. Well, thank you
so much for coming in, especially on

such short notice. Of course.

Anything else that you know? You know,
Leah, she's vulnerable.

She's not denying stabbing. So if she
waives the arraignment, then she can

assist SVU in verifying a sexual assault
allegation. We just want to make sure,

you know, somebody has their best
interests in mind.

Well, I'm your guy.

Where's my client?

Second door on the right.

Great. Thank you.

Hey, how are we doing on the personal
show? I love people that don't delete

their texts.

Nicole Sandoval texted her boyfriend in
detail after seeing Stuart in Leah's

room. Saw red marks on Leah's arms. She
seemed scared, and Stuart seemed

suspicious. We still thinking that
Claire had no idea about this? Well,

had suspicious.

Okay, so we have a witness with Nicole.
So if Leah corroborates... Well, then we

got a case, especially with the
potential perjury on the DOP.

Oh. Well, that was fast.

Good news. Leah has agreed to waive the
arraignment, so that's all set.

That's great.

She's done talking.

So she gets a deal.

What? I mean, come on. Of course I'm
going to try to get you a deal. It's

or no cooperation.

And that's it. Sorry.

We need access to Leah.

We have to investigate her allegations
to prove her story. It's not a

negotiation.

So you call me when you've got
something.

Good to see you, Tony.

Are you kidding me?

Look, we all know that Leah's situation
is complicated, but Brian is doing

exactly what we asked him to do. Are you
his lawyer now? We asked him to help

Leah, not bone us on this investigation.
Look, there's a chance we'd be here no

matter who represented her. At least I
know this guy. Look, the question is, do

you trust him? Yes, I do. Look, Brian is
going to fight for Leah. I'm going to

fight for a deal.

But we can't count on Leah's
cooperation, and I can't go to trial

messages and no victim.

So we need a new witness and new
evidence, something solid.

Bruno found a bunch of Claire's ex
-assistants. Now, none of them want to

except there's one in Queens, and he's
on his way there now to talk to her.

Look, I think that it's time for us to
have a chat with poor, frail Claire.

Look, Rollins, you can bow out, but you
do know her, and I think it would be

helpful.

Yeah. I mean, if she's guilty, screw
her.

Thank you.

Hi. I'm Captain Benson. I think you know
Sergeant Rollins.

We wanted to talk to you more about
Leah's allegation.

Two women.

That's really refreshing.

Look, we understand you wanting to
protect your husband.

But if you care...

About your fans as much as you say you
do.

Now would be the time to speak up.

Do you two want a bite to eat or some
tea maybe?

No.

Okay, good.

Because I have nothing in the house.
Because I have no appetite and I can

write. Your former chef, Nicole
Sandoval, do you remember why she left?

Yeah, she was a real perfectionist.

And a true Virgo.

What do you find?

She said that Stuart fired her right
after she witnessed an interaction

Stuart and Leah.

This is all very traumatizing to me.

And I had a migraine earlier. Now I
think it's coming back.

But I think Nicole witnessed one of
Leah's many health crises.

I feel for her. I really do.

Do you?

Because it seems like you're calling her
crazy to cover for Stuart.

Have either of you read my books?

Yeah, I have. Okay, good.

You know that my primary responsibility
is to other women.

And Nicole feels abandoned by me.

She cooked up this story.

Damage my reputation. Let me stop you
for a second. Our job is to protect

victims of sexual assault, not your
reputation.

Yeah, I know.

It's not about me.

But I do know that Leah's false claim is
a problem

for real victims.

And that could be used to call a genuine
accusation into question.

I know you don't want that on your
conscience.

So you're saying charging Stewart with
rape is actually bad for all women? No,

no, no, no, no. That's a very ungenerous
interpretation.

But yes, generally, both rape claims are
bad for women. I think we can all agree

on that, that false rape allegations are
definitely damaging to women. But

that's not what this is here.

And we're going to prove it, with or
without your help.

I started a Claire Morgan fan account on
Twitter.

Her writing was immersive.

A world where I could be strong.

And I loved it.

And I met great people, including
Claire.

Yeah, so how'd that happen?

DM'd her. I couldn't believe that she
replied.

Claire was my idol.

And we'd chat.

She was always asking me how I was,
which was really needed at the time.

What was going on?

I was in an abusive relationship.

I couldn't admit it to myself, but
Claire really got me to open up.

Next thing I knew, I was moving into her
house.

Honestly, that job saved my life.

Did you hear what happened to Claire's
husband?

Yeah.

Stabbed or something.

I don't know much. I try to stay
offline.

Claire's former assistant stabbed him.

What was your experience with Stuart?

I was in the shower.

Stuart didn't say a word, just took off
his towel and stepped in.

It was so bizarre.

I was paralyzed.

After, when it was all over, he smiled
at me.

Wasn't that amazing for both of us?

It kept happening.

I got pregnant.

I made sure I had an abortion.

Did Claire know about all this?

Yeah.

Stuart said it was an affair.

Paid me in cash the other way.

My shoulder still hurts every time I
write on a chalkboard.

Oh, he broke my collarbone.

I tried to fight back that time.

I got hurt.

He feel raped.

Is that our guy?

Checked out early. Not early enough.

Hey, Stuart Morgan, I got a different
car for you.

Stay back. Your hand's off me right now.

NYPD.

Stuart Morgan, you're under arrest for
the rape of Leah Henning and Alex

That's not necessary.

He's not running anywhere.

Captain Benson, thanks for making the
time. Of course. I'm sorry I didn't know

that everybody was already here.

Yeah. Hey, Don.

Okay, so, Leah Henning.

Benson and Carisi say she's the victim.

Downs and Price think she's a perp.

I'm tired of hearing about it, so we're
going to work it out together right now.

The charges against Leah should be
dropped.

She's a victim of long -term sexual
abuse. She was clearly acting under

emotional distress. Leah Henning sought
out Stuart Morgan nine months after

she'd last seen him. There is no self
-defense argument here, Curtis. She

confessed and showed no remorse. Hold
on. She showed no remorse for attacking

her rapist right now.

Leah lived with Stuart Morgan for two
years, and that situation shows all the

hallmarks of an abusive relationship.

No matter her state of mind, she
committed a B -violent felony at a

event. If she walks clean here, what are
we saying? That vigilante justice is

acceptable? No. That it's encouraged?

We can't completely drop the charges on
Leah. It's against public safety.

Move on, Carisi.

Move on to what, sir?

What's going to happen at the trial?

Because your argument falls apart when
Leah's rape comes up. Nolan, there's no

case here, so let's act like it.

Assault two, five -year sentence.

Five years, please.

Stuart Morgan is scum.

He's going to trial for raping Leah and
at least one other woman.

However extreme her actions are, I mean,
she may be bringing a potential serial

rapist to light.

This woman, she's been through hell.

What she needs is treatment, she needs
healing, and she needs a little bit of

understanding. Now, she's going to get
that from the public.

I think she needs it from the law as
well.

All right.

Let's give her a split.

One year house arrest, four probation,
ROR, ankle bracelet, and mandatory

therapy.

Take it to her lawyer.

You get a deal.

Will Claire be at the trial?

There's a good chance that she will be.

I don't think I can say any of this in
front of her. She'll be traumatized.

Okay. Leah, have a seat. Look, I admire
your concern here. I really do.

But my hope is that you can focus on
yourself. Claire is not the victim here.

You deserve to tell your story.

You don't know how she gets.

She'd be so hurt.

Leah, you've been protecting her for so
long.

Don't you think that she's the one who
should be worried about protecting you?

I tried to tell her.

And what happened?

I tried, and I couldn't get far because
I was so nervous. And I was thinking...

And she wouldn't talk to me because he
had a migraine.

And then Stuart fired me a week later
and made me sound crazy.

Said that she was afraid of me.

In a way, I guess it made it easier. I
got to blame everything on him. But she

knew. Claire knew.

And maybe the whole time.

I was wearing a tank top.

And I had these bruises on my arms from
him.

Kevin just wanted her to see him and ask
what had happened.

She just avoided me until they were
gone.

Don't cry for help.

She acted like she didn't hear it.

What are you doing at a lowly pretrial
arraignment? We're going to be in and

out. I want to see if Claire shows up.

This is calendar number seven. People of
the state of New York versus Stuart

Morgan.

Indictment 823 of 2025.

Dominic Risi for the people.

Meryl Smith for the defendant who's
present beside me. Your Honor, I am

serving the indictment. Counsel, have
you received a copy of the indictment

your client?

Defendant acknowledges receipt and
enters a plea of guilty.

Mr. Morgan accepts full responsibility,
and he'd like to read a short statement.

That's not appropriate. We're not giving
a rapist a public statement.

Hold on, hold on, hold on. What is the
purpose of the statement, Ms. Smith?

To apologize.

To what end?

Order, Mr. Carisi.

Mr. Morgan, you may proceed.

What I did to Leah and Alex was
inexcusable.

I take full responsibility, and I'm
sorry.

And to my wife, Claire, whose trust I
betrayed and whose world I

shattered last week when she first
learned of my horrible actions, I am so

sorry.

So it'll go for at least 15 convicted
rapists. This is a win, but it doesn't

feel like it. Because he's doing it all
to protect Claire. Yeah, so no trial

means no discovery. So whatever's still
out there to implicate Claire, stay

secret.

My heart is with Stuart's victims.

And now I would really like to put this
chapter behind me because I have worked

hard to become who I am.

And frankly...

To have my name tethered to someone
else's misdeeds would be unjust.

A woman must use her own voice to tell
her own story.

And I do hope you will listen to mine.

Leah still needs her day in court.

We got work to do.

I'm just taking it one day at a time.

And I'm processing this personal
apocalypse the only way I know how. And

through writing.

Should we be expecting a Claire Morgan
memoir?

I don't know.

All I know is that it's going to be
smaller.

Wow, she is shameless. More like
cutthroat.

And gets to keep making a living off
women while ignoring their assaults in

own home. But she has no duty to
protect.

Look, I'm telling you, this is going to
be a tough case.

I might be able to get witness tampering
or intimidation, maybe. But if you want

conspiracy to commit rape, there needs
to be an overt act. Knowing after the

fact is not enough.

So we need to prove that Claire actively
helped plan or facilitate these rapes.

So what, dig up more people who might
have seen something in that house, hope

they want to denigrate a supposedly
great writer? We may not have to.

Claire's biography is long and it's
intimate, and the writer spent time with

Claire. He had access to her friends,
collaborators, her archives.

Jacob Engel, UNY professor?

Yeah.

Yeah, interview here bragging about his
exclusive access to Claire Morgan. Okay,

so Claire trusted him. Or thought she
could control him. Either way, she made

good bet. Stewart comes off looking
perfect in that book. Jacob says it took

over a thousand hours of research.

A thousand hours?

He must have recorded it.

What?

Hey.

How's it going?

Not great. Kill me.

So a disturbing number of people in
Claire's orbit had strong reservations

suspicions about the story. Surrounded
herself with sycophants, people more

concerned with protecting her career
than the women that she were victimized.

Hey, I got something.

Claire and our biographer, Jacob.

Everything seems to be reduced to how
much our mothers have damaged us, and I

really want to explore the...

Jacob, can you just pause that for a
moment? Just one minute.

Go into the kitchen, please.

Stuart, can you come in here, please?

Here's the good stuff.

Our boy Jacob kept recording.

Thank you, Jacob.

Get quiet.

I'm blasted.

I saw that.

reasonable person might expect.

So do something for me too.

Alright. I know you need an outlet to
expel that energy.

And I found a new one.

Starts next week. I think you'll stick
around. More your time.

What is the date on that?

May 5th, 2022.

Leah's first check from the Morgans was
cut in June of 2022.

Okay. She hired Leah for Stuart.

How's that for conspiracy?

I'm not taking any more questions. Oh,
it's okay.

We don't have any.

So why are you here?

You're so good at finding them.

These vulnerable women who idolized you,
confided in you. They were so desperate

for your approval, for your closeness.
You knew that they would do anything.

But that didn't work anymore. Then you
threw your fame at them. You threw your

money at them.

If you had something solid, we wouldn't
be here right now. We wouldn't be

talking about this.

But clearly you don't.

All you have is this story.

To justify what?

Arresting the wife of a sexual predator?

You can't sell that story. It's too
messy. And there's too much room for

interpretation. Hold on. You don't like
our story?

That is devastating.

Well, you know what? I bet the DA is
going to be a lot better at telling it.

Claire Morgan?

You're under arrest. Turn around.

Leah used to be one of them, and now
they're all rooting against her.

Well, I'm glad we could be here.

Leah needs our support.

I think Leah's pretty tough, right?
She's already done the hard part.

She's admitted something that's
incredibly difficult to admit.

Very courageous.

I think she's free now.

Leah. Yeah.

Me getting jumped.

You think that could have happened back
in the day?

I think that could have happened to any
one of us, Finn.

Yeah, but even a couple years ago, I
would have been faster, would have

on quicker, definitely wouldn't have
lost my gun. I don't see it that way.

I don't think anybody does.

Yeah.

I just think I need a little bit more
time before I come back.

Just get my head around it.

Take all the time you need.

There's always, always going to be a
place here for you.

Thanks.

I thought I was hallucinating at first.

Claire Morgan walked into our book club
meeting.

Everyone tried to corner her, but within
minutes... Claire was only talking to

me. What did you two talk about?

About reading her book and feeling like
I could escape.

How I moved to the city and felt lost.

Felt like she cared.

She don't feel that way anymore.

It feels like I was being studied.

Recruited.

For Stuart.

Objection. Speculation.

Speculation? Your Honor, these are her
feelings.

Overruled. But be careful, Mr. Creasy.

Go ahead.

Claire was only interested in hearing
about why I felt broken.

It was research.

A checklist of vulnerabilities for
Stuart to exploit.

Claire wanted everyone to see her as
this empathetic champion of women.

This is the story.

Thank you, ma 'am. No further questions.

Who was talking to you, Leah?

Stuart Morgan.

And was Claire ever present when these
assaults occurred?

No. Did you tell Claire what Stuart did
to you?

I tried. In fact, you were deliberately
hiding it from her, correct?

Yes. No further questions.

My life has turned upside down.

I can't sleep.

I can't eat. I'm in analysis three times
a week. I'm only beginning.

to process the trauma of living with a
rapist for 15 years.

So I hope the jury can see how cruel an
unjust trial really is.

Thank you.

No further questions.

Mrs. Morgan,

Leah Henning and Nicole Sandoval worked
at your home at the same time, correct?

Correct. And you felt it appropriate to
only designate Leah as someone that your

husband could pursue?

I didn't designate anyone.

It was a harm reduction because Stuart
can't help himself.

What couldn't he help himself from?

Stuart likes young women, and young
women like to work for me.

And so I figured if an affair was going
to happen, it might as well be

with someone who's replaceable.

So why did you think...

That Leah was replaceable.

Nicole's work is specialized, and so it
requires expertise and time and skill.

But you didn't see Leah's job that way.

No. Leah's job is doing things like
organizing my desk and making

and shipping off gifts to fans.

Did Leah ever travel with you?

No, she never tracked your expenses or
maintained your calendar or anything

that? No, I do all of that. Oh, okay.
Well, that doesn't sound like much of a

job at all. I mean, if you didn't hire
her to do that work, then why did you

hire her?

I wanted to help her.

Did you tell Leah that it was possible
your husband could be interested in her

sexually? No.

So, to be clear, you told your husband
that she was for him, but you never

bothered to mention that to Leah, and
you somehow surprised that all of this

happened.

I'm done with that.

Has the jury reached a verdict?

Yes, we have.

On one count of witness tampering, how
do you find the defendant?

Not guilty.

On two counts of conspiracy to commit
rape?

Guilty.

Thank you to the jury for your service.
You're dismissed.

You're welcome.

Your Honor, may I make a statement?

We've got a missing woman.

The whole city is out looking for her.
The pieces don't fit.

Your victim may have orchestrated this
entire kidnapping.

A gone girl situation.

SVU fall finale next Thursday on NBC and
Peacock.

My brother's undercover.

He's our inside track.

Something's not right here, Elliot.

The movies he's making don't make sense.

Are you saying that my brother's playing
music?

This is about to blow up. Organized
crime.

Next on NBC.