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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.

Took the family to see the
Statue of Liberty yesterday.

Give me your tired, your poor,
your homicidal taxi drivers...

Kids loved it. You know
how long her schnoz is?

Four and a half feet.

We took the tour, too.

Got us another bum.

Hey!
Hey, you in there.

Hey!

Oh, lord.

Please,
don't hurt me!

Nobody's gonna hurt you.

Call an ambulance, Jeff.
Hurry!

What the hell
are you waiting for?

I know her.
Look at this.

She's that girl that's
been missing since Friday.

Tandi.

It's Tandi McCain,
all right.

Workers found her
tied up with duct tape.

They're the ones
who called the press?

Yeah. Hotline's been all
over the papers and TV.

What is this building?

Hudson University's
new dorm.

Is Tandi hurt?

She's pretty shook up. All
she said is she was raped.

Stop taking photographs,
okay?

Now, this is my daughter. If she
doesn't wanna go, she doesn't have to go.

Sir, your daughter needs
to be seen by a doctor.

I will bring her in later. I wanna
take her home and get her cleaned up.

Her mother is worried sick.
Let's calm down here.

Are you her father?

Her stepfather.
Who are you?

All right. I'm Detective Stabler.
My partner, Detective Benson.

You the ones
who called these vultures?

No, Mr. McCain,
we're here to help.

Look, Tandi's been through enough already.

No, Daddy!
Please, just...

That's it!
She's coming with me.

I'm sorry, Mr. McCain,
but Tandi is a minor,

and under
the Social Services Law,

she needs to have
a medical examination.

I'm her father!
Don't I get a say?

Take her to
St. Catherine's.

Daddy, don't let them!
Daddy!

Daddy, please!

It's okay, baby.
I'll meet you there.

TANDl: Daddy, no!

I'm sorry,
it's what's best for Tandi.

Yeah, well,
we'll see about that.

TANDl: Daddy! Daddy, please!

Social Services Law?
What was that crap?

If Tandi goes home,
we lose our evidence.

Bastard gets away with it,
and he rapes another kid.

Liv, you crossed the line.

That girl is too young and too
scared to think for herself.

So you're gonna think
for her now, huh?

What else could I do?

What happened
out there, Olivia?

Stepfather tried to pull
Tandi out of the ambulance.

Liv just did what she had to
do to make sure we have a case.

Well, Dad's telling the press
you lied to him

and deliberately
ignored his wishes.

His wishes? I thought we act
for the victim, not her parents.

Problem is, now he's threatening
to withhold the rape kit.

Why?

He's upset,
his daughter's traumatized.

They just want this
to go away.

Okay.
I'll talk to Tandi.

No.
No, Elliot will.

You bumping me
off this case?

Look, the dad is madder than hell at
you. Give him some time to calm down.

Tandi's mother is on her way in, talk to her.

Do you really have to
put her through this?

We do rape kits
on every victim.

And if you don't give us
permission to use it

the chances of IDing the
assailant are pretty slim.

You do want us
to find him, don't you?

Of course I do!

Then let her talk about
what happened.

All right? It's the best way to deal with it.

All right.
But I'm staying.

Good. Come on.

Could you give us
a minute?

Hi, Tandi, I'm Elliot. Can
I ask you a few questions?

I told my dad everything.

Can you tell me, too?

I was walking
to the bus stop,

and these men asked me
if I wanted to go to a party.

I said no,
and they grabbed me,

and they dragged me
to that room.

How many men?

Two or three.
I'm not sure.

Can you describe them?

Um...

It was dark,
I don't know.

Well, were they short?
Tall? Black? White?

TANDl: I don't know.

Can you describe
what they were wearing?

Some kind of uniform.

Good.

Well, it's Monday. Now, did they keep you
in the same room all day Saturday, Sunday?

They said if I tried to
escape, they would kill me.

Please, please,
I wanna see my mom.

Now, Tandi is still in high school.
What was she doing at Hudson?

She's taking an advanced
placement course over the summer.

To get college credits?

She wants to go to Columbia
to major in English and French.

She's bright, works real
hard, never causes any trouble.

And she was studying there
Friday night?

She called to say that she was
working late at the library.

By 11:30,
we got worried.

Ronald went up to the
university to look for her.

I called her friends.
Okay.

So your husband
was home with you?

Yes.

And who called the police?

I did,
at around 4:00 a. m.

Why did you
wait so long?

I told you, because Ronald
was out looking for her.

Why are you making this
so hard for us?

I'm just trying
to help your daughter.

Well, then please
let me see her.

Okay.

The rape kit is negative for
fluids, but positive for spermicide.

Our attackers
used condoms.

Can we prove
it was rape?

Her thighs are heavily
bruised, her hymen is torn.

I mean, she definitely had
sex, and she's a virgin.

Any trace evidence
of the perps?

Construction guys that found her
let her clean herself up a bit.

Destroying most of
the forensics in the process.

What do you got?
Nada from CSU.

The campus security broke up a party at
Rochester dorm around 11:30, Friday night.

Where's the dorm?

Across the street from where Tandi was found.

Place is crawling with Army cadets taking
summer classes in military leadership.

Tandi said her attackers
wore uniforms.

When she was heading home from
the library to the bus stop here,

she had to pass
Rochester dorm.

Talk to the dean and everybody
who was at that party.

I do regret what happened.

But you shouldn't
jump to conclusions

just because military personnel
live across the street.

We just want to
talk to them.

I'm afraid
I can't release any names,

unless there's direct evidence
of their involvement.

My students have a right to privacy,
and I have a duty to protect them.

Well, a girl was kidnapped and
raped on your campus, Dr. Lyne.

What's your duty
to her?

We have our own
disciplinary procedures.

If a student is found
to have committed an offense,

he'll be handed over
to the police.

We know all about
college procedures.

Rape victims intimidated,
persuaded to drop charges...

I'm sorry.

I will talk to the parents of the
cadets who attended this party.

If they wish to make a
statement, that's their choice.

Now, you're on private property
and I must ask you to leave.

College is closing ranks.

Not tight enough. Head of campus
security was a cop at the 29.

He gave me four names
of students he questioned

at the party in Rochester dorm Friday night.

And their class schedule.

Great. We should wait
till they leave campus.

Then divide and conquer.

Tony Storr?

What is this?
Police business.

Did you see this girl
Friday night?

Yes, sir, I did.

Where?

She was at the party
at our dorm.

Are you sure?

Yeah,
she invited herself.

She's 16,
Mr. Delvecchio.

She said
she was 21.

Said to who?
I don't know.

Acted like
she was 21.

And how did she
do that?

You know, drinking, dancing,
having a good time.

She dance with you,
Joe?

No, sir.

Well, why not?
It's your party.

You're a good-looking guy,
she's a nice-looking girl.

I already
got a girlfriend.

Was she at the party?

No, sir.

Were there
any other girls there?

A couple, maybe.

You know their names?

No, sir.
Just sort of bumped into them.

You see Tandi leave?

Nope.

She must've slipped out.
You know,

Tandi's face was on the TV, in
the newspapers all weekend long.

How come you didn't report seeing her?

I guess I just didn't put
two and two together.

Yeah, I can see why that'd
be a problem for you.

Mr. O'Connor? Trevor Langan
of Henshall and Langan.

Your family's instructed me
to act on your behalf.

You have no right to question
my client on university property.

Your client is on a city sidewalk.
I can question him all I want.

Did you wear that uniform
Friday night? Don't answer that.

Why not?
'Cause it's immaterial.

Not to me.
Well, it is to me,

which means this interview is
over. Come on, Mr. O'Connor.

He give you anything?

Yeah.

Tandi was at that party
Friday night.

That's what
my guy said.

You think that little detail just
happened to slip Tandi's mind?

Let's go ask her.

Tandi said anything yet?

Detectives, have you got
any leads?

Hey, Elliot.
Hey, Jamie.

Anything you can
tell me?

Yeah, go home.

You know him?

Friends from high school.
Jamie Barrigan.

Tandi's big news.

Yeah.
Till the next big news.

Were you
at that party, Tandi?

Of course
she wasn't.

Some of the people there
say she was.

What people?

Army cadets.

They're lying! Those are the
uniformed bastards that raped her!

Tandi, we're on your side.

We just need to know exactly
what happened, that's all.

Tell them, baby.
Were you at the party?

No! I was walking to the bus
stop, and they grabbed me.

Why is everybody
telling lies about me?

God, I just wish you'd all
just leave me alone!

All four cadets say
Tandi was at the party.

Are you sure she's not lying?

Look, even if she was there, it doesn't
give anybody the right to rape her.

Anything from the crime scene?

Well, CSU just finished doing elimination
prints on the family and the site workers,

so I wouldn't
hold your breath.

Well, I got a press
conference tomorrow at 9:00,

and I would like not to look
like a complete idiot.

Let's use the press.

Give them a little information,
see if it kicks up a lead.

Like what?

Those four cadets weren't
the only ones at that party.

Why hasn't anyone else
come forward?

You got anybody you can trust?

The guy covering the Tandi case for
The Ledger. He's an old buddy of mine.

All right.

The poor kid has been
through enough already.

Why do you have to
make her life more miserable?

Because she's news.

Tens of thousands go missing every
year. What makes Tandi big news?

Same reason Chandra Levy and
Elizabeth Smart were big news.

They're young,
cute and white.

Whatever it takes
to sell your paper.

Was there
any sexual assault?

You know I'm not
gonna answer that.

Please, why else would
the sex cops be involved?

Jamie,
I'm not going there.

Are you still focusing
on the university?

Maybe.

Cadets?

You want my help, Elliot,
you gotta throw me a bone.

We're interested
in talking to anyone

who was at a party in
Rochester dorm, Friday night.

Well, maybe you should be
talking to Tandi.

We hear she was
partying up a storm.

Where'd you get that?

The cadets' lawyers?

They're just trying
to dirty up the victim.

So she is a victim?

Come on, Elliot,
off the record,

are you looking at the cadets
who threw the party?

Off the record?

You bet.

What is this? "Student
Rape: Cadets Questioned. "

Byline's Jamie Barrigan. That
who you talked to last night?

I didn't give him
any of this.

Well, he got it.

Now he has named
two suspects

and outed Tandi as a rape
victim to the entire country.

Let me just talk to
the son of a bitch.

No! No more talking
to the press.

I want to contain the damage, not spread it.

Gotta get up
to Washington Heights.

911 came in
from a cadet's girlfriend.

Please... What's going on? Move it!

Hey, you.
Detective Tutuola.

Take it easy.
Tell me what happened.

We were walking
along the street

when these bastards started
calling Joe a rapist.

And they chased him into the
street and straight into a car.

We get the guys
who chased him?

They disappeared
just as soon as this happened.

Why'd the papers print his
picture? He never hurt anyone.

It's okay, Detective,
we got him.

Pulse is slow and thready.

We need to scoop and run.
Let's go.

Hospital says
Joe Eglee's still unconscious.

He's gonna make it?

He's stable.

You can't blame Elliot
for this.

I don't,
but IAB might.

Just tell them exactly
what you told the reporter.

Chief of Detectives,
11 o'clock.

Chief.
Don.

You Stabler?
Yes, sir.

Why don't we take this
in my office?

A high-profile case with the
media on it like the measles,

and you go and name
our main suspects.

I didn't name anybody.

So it's just a coincidence that
the paper's quoting a source

"close to the investigation"?

Why the hell
did you do it?

We needed a lead, sir.

Reporters can go anywhere cops
can, and get people to talk easier.

This one certainly
got you talking.

Sir, I authorized
Detective Stabler

to give the journalist
something on background.

I don't believe
he gave any names.

Personally, Detective, I'd
dump you back into uniform,

but that would look
like we're admitting guilt.

So we have to
back you up.

He can stay on the McCain case,
Don, but no contact with the cadets,

and zip your mouth
around the press.

Elliot, don't beat yourself up over this.

The bastards put that kid in a coma,
they out Tandi as a rape victim,

I helped them do it.

The press says that Tandi's a public
figure. That makes her fair game.

There's nothing
that you can do about it.

Oh, yeah?

Come here,
you son of a bitch!

Hey! Hey!
Come on, cool it!

Cool it? You nearly got that kid
killed. Are you out of your mind?

Hey! I didn't
chase him into traffic!

You made damn sure
somebody did!

This is not my fault!
Whose fault is it?

Some other reporter had the names
of the cadets from someone on campus.

My editor just put
two and two together.

Yeah, right. Including that bit about
Tandi being raped? The hell with you.

Hey, you're the ones who gave
that away, just by being there.

Look, I'm sorry, El. If I
didn't run with the story,

somebody else would. I got
a job to do, too, you know.

Whatever.

Might have
a lead for you.

We got a tip this morning, some
guy owns a bodega near Hudson U.

He says he swears he saw Tandi
in his store Saturday afternoon.

And why aren't you splashing
that all over your front page?

'Cause we checked
our sources.

We can't confirm a word
this guy says.

He's got no security cameras,
nothing, plus, he's a weirdo.

What's his name?

Fred. Store's called
Grummond's.

She was standing
right where you are.

That little cutie,
Tandi McCall.

Tandi McCain.
And what time was this?

4:30, 5:30 Saturday.

She came in, kind of sneaking
around, hiding her face.

Bought a soda
and a sandwich.

You got a receipt?

Yep.

Like I told that reporter,

I can sniff out trouble
the second it walks in.

Sausage-and-egg sandwich
and a can of Club Cola.

Was Tandi alone?

Seemed to be,
but she was jumpy.

Fred, it's obvious you got a good memory.
You think you'd recognize her again?

Sure I could.
Yeah?

That's her.

You've been very helpful.
Thank you.

Fin? It's Liv.
Look, can you check the lab

for food wrappers and soda
cans found at the crime scene?

Yeah. Great, thanks.

Don't get your hopes up.

He didn't recognize
Tandi's photo?

He recognized my daughter,
Kathleen.

Plenty of junk stuffed behind
the walls, under the floor.

People use the place
like it's a campsite.

But this is definitely from a
four-day-old sausage-and-egg sandwich.

You can tell all that from
those little bitty crumbs?

Nope. From the label.

Well, what do you know? A
partially crushed can of Club Cola.

I guess Fred wasn't as big
a flake as Elliot thought.

What else you got?

Roll of duct tape.

The end tear matches
what Tandi was bound with.

We'll run it all for prints.

I'm sorry, you can't come in.
Tandi's too upset to talk right now.

The whole world knows she was raped,
and the papers say you guys gave it up.

That's not true. We never release
the identity of rape victims.

Oh? Well, tell that
to those people out there,

hanging around here like we're
some kind of freak show.

Mr. McCain, the quickest way
to get the press away from here

and Tandi back to normal is if
she just tells us everything.

She already has!

Not quite.

Her fingerprints are on a food wrapper
in the room where she was found.

Yeah, so?
Maybe the bastards fed her.

Apparently, the food
was purchased by Tandi

three blocks away from Hudson
University on Saturday afternoon.

When, according to Tandi,
she was being held captive.

We also found her prints on a roll
of tape that she was tied up with.

What are you saying?
She tied herself up?

We don't know. That's why
we need to talk to her.

Please, Mr. McCain.

The press are on her side at the
moment. They find out about this,

they could turn.

I don't know about any food.
I was held prisoner.

We know that, and nobody's
blaming you for what happened.

We just need to understand
how you managed to escape.

I didn't!

Well, then how did the food
get in the room?

TANDl:
I told somebody I was hungry,

and one of them
took me to the store.

Did he come in
with you?

He waited outside.

He said somebody was gonna watch me,
and if I said anything, he would kill me.

Tandi, I want you to take
a look at these photos.

Tell me
if you recognize anyone.

They...

They said that they know where I
live, and they would come after me.

Tandi, I promise that they
will never come near you again

and we will protect you.

But you've got to
help us out, okay?

Tandi, look at the photos.

Him.
He's one of the cadets.

What about here
on the second page?

Stabler.

Yeah.

Him.

Are you sure?

They raped me.

Okay.

How do you know that?

Okay, okay, okay.
Good enough. Thanks.

Detective?

What's going on?
My journalist buddy,

trying to make nice with me,
says that Channel 3 News

has something
we're gonna wanna see.

Detectives, this is a videotape
of the party at Rochester dorm

last Friday night.

Where'd you get this?

Confidential source.

We'll be airing it
on the 11:00 news.

You can't do that. This girl
is a victim of sexual assault.

Sorry, she's
a public figure now,

and from the looks of this,
I wouldn't call her a victim.

I'm seizing the tape because it's
evidence in an on-going inquiry.

It's our property.

I'll get a warrant to seize it, and an
injunction to stop you from airing it.

You can't do that.
It's censorship.

I'm protecting a rape victim.

Stay here. He does anything with that tape,

arrest him.

New York's Rape Shield Law protects
a rape victim's identity, Your Honor.

Alleged rape victim,
Your Honor.

And when you play
the tape,

you'll see that Tandi McCain was
perfectly aware that she was being filmed.

She was intoxicated, and
therefore unable to consent.

Also, the tape is evidence
in a criminal investigation

and should be given to police,
not broadcast across the country.

If you're arguing for prior
restraint of publication, Ms. Novak,

let me remind you
of the First Amendment.

Was the tape
legally obtained?

Yes, Your Honor,

and Channel 3 believes the
public has every right to see it.

That's the same self-serving
spin a network put

on airing
the Andrew Luster tapes.

They claimed that people had a right
to see a rape victim being violated.

It's salacious,
not newsworthy!

This video is of genuine
public interest, Your Honor,

not least because

it dramatically contradicts the
girl's own statements to the police.

How do we know the video was made
the night of the alleged rape?

What if it's been edited?

We have the only copy.

It has not been
edited at all.

And you can prove that?

I'm sorry, Ms. Novak, but the
First Amendment trumps all.

However, I'd hate
for your station to be sued

because it aired a tape
from the wrong night.

So you'll surrender it to the NYPD for
24 hours, pending authentication. Huh?

Anything else?

We need the name of the person
who shot the tape, Your Honor.

He or she is a material witness to
the events leading up to the rape.

The source is covered by
journalistic shield, Your Honor.

You get the tape, Ms. Novak,
not the auteur.

Luckily, we got him. He just doesn't know it.

Watch.

I want you to look to Tandi's right
as she moves toward the mirror.

There he is.
Freeze it.

Zoom in.

Can you clean it up?

Patience.

Just a few more
mouse clicks.

That's Luke Delvecchio. I
interviewed him. Real bottom-feeder.

There's
something else at the end.

See in the background?

Yeah,
Tandi's leaving the room.

Anybody follow her?

Nope.
Tape stops right after that.

So Delvecchio
must've seen her leave.

You and Elliot ask Tandi
about her performance.

Munch and Fin will bring in
the bottom-feeder.

Yeah, I shot the tape.
So what?

Why didn't you
tell us before?

Because I wanted to sell it.

There's nothing
wrong with that.

Tandi McCain is 16,

so we've got you for promoting
the sexual performance of a child.

What are you talking about?

That word too big for you?
Try "child porn. "

Seven years in Attica.

You're making this up.

Call your attorney.
Ask him.

Or tell us what you did to
Tandi and we'll cut you a deal.

I didn't do anything!

You saw her
leave the party,

your perv film stops
the moment she walked out!

You followed her
and you raped her.

I didn't. She looked sick,
so I asked if she was okay.

She told me
to leave her alone.

And you did?

I went back to the party.

Look, I'm kind of shy around
pretty women, all right?

16-year-olds?

Didn't know she was,
not till she was on the news.

You knew she was missing.
Why not say something?

We could get thrown out of the
cadets for giving a minor alcohol.

So you kept quiet.
That's courageous.

I know I should've said something,
but I didn't touch her, I swear!

She says different,
she's lying.

My daughter
is telling the truth!

We saw the tape, Mr. McCain.
Tandi was at that party.

Then she was drugged.
She'd never act like that.

People are gonna believe
what they see on that tape.

I don't even know
how to fight this.

I had to send her
to her aunt's to get her away,

now she's gonna
get crucified on TV.

Please, Mr. McCain,
listen to us.

No, you listen to me.

My wife's at home on bed rest
because of the stress,

and you'll do anything
to make an arrest,

even if it means turning
my daughter into a slut.

It doesn't matter
what was on that tape.

It matters
that your daughter was raped.

She doesn't sleep around!
We're not saying that.

Look, Mr. McCain, I know how scary it
is being a father to a teenage girl.

Don't you tell me you know how
I feel! You don't know jack!

You know the most common reason
women make false rape allegations?

To explain away
a consensual sexual encounter

when confronted
by a boyfriend or a parent.

You son of a bitch. You
accusing my daughter of lying?

Hey, Ron.

Is everything okay here?

Yeah, fine.
They're just leaving.

This is crap, Liv.
He's covering for her.

She was raped, Elliot,
he's trying to protect her.

You'd do the same thing.

I would do anything to find
the son of a bitch who did it.

And, you know, let's remember one
thing. That guy is her stepfather.

She's not his kid.

Benson.

Cragen.
Crime lab has something.

Lodine fumes react with skin
secretions to bring up latent prints.

She just blows
through a tube...

And the heat of my breath covers
the target area with iodine vapor.

A perfect handprint. Which is
exactly what we've got here.

Two clear handprints
on the stack of sheetrock.

You know who they belong to?

We did elimination prints on
the family, got a perfect match.

Tandi's stepdad, Ronald.

He has access to her
every day at home,

but he drags her out to a
building site to rape her?

Sure explains why he didn't
want us talking to Tandi.

And why
she didn't wanna talk to us.

Let's background him,
see if there's any dirt.

I do construction, building supply,
you know, anything that turns a buck.

And Ron McCain's been with me

ever since he came here
from Nassau County.

I wish all my people
were as loyal.

Any problems?

Well, he had a heart attack
about a year ago,

so I took him off construction,
made him foreman of the yard.

I meant problems with his behavior,
with the cops. Anything like that?

You gonna tell me
what this is all about?

Just a routine inquiry.

Yeah?
Routine, my ass.

This about Tandi,
isn't it?

If you people think that Ron
McCain had anything to do with this,

you must be desperate.

He loves that girl
like she was his own.

Tandi's birth father
still around?

That loser stayed behind eight
years ago when they moved here.

Ron have
any trouble at home?

When he first started
dating Alice,

he said that things were
kind of difficult with Tandi.

What kind of difficult?

Oh, there were
some allegations.

But he said
it all settled down.

July 1995, Nassau County Police Department

made a complaint of abuse
against you.

That's a crap charge, brought
by my wife's ex-husband

because he was jealous
that I was dating Tandi's mom.

It says right here that the complainant
was Tandi Weatherbee, age seven.

Bastard put her up to it.
Keep reading.

Cops investigated,
dropped all charges.

Because Tandi
withdrew the allegation.

Yes!

Is that what this is about?

Got tired of attacking my
daughter, so you're coming after me?

Were you ever in the room
where Tandi was raped?

No! Why?

Because your handprints
say that you were.

On the sheetrock right next
to where Tandi was found.

We supply sheetrock!

It must've ended up
in that building!

That's quite
a coincidence, Ron.

There've gotta be hundreds of other
prints in that room besides mine.

I got
a better explanation for you.

Tandi's not a girl anymore.

All grown up,
beautiful woman,

your wife's pregnant,
hard not to notice Tandi.

You are sick.

Well, the night
she didn't come home,

you went looking for her.

Like I told you!

But you didn't tell us
that you found her.

You saw her coming out
of that party.

You wanted to be mad,
but she was drunk.

Maybe she was flirting with
you a little bit. Shut up.

So you brought her to the dorm and
did what you always wanted to do.

You bastard. Oh, come
on, man, she is a peach.

You're only her stepfather.
What's the big deal, huh?

Ronald McCain, you are under arrest
for assaulting a police officer.

You all right?

You have the right
to remain silent.

Anything you say can and will be
used against you in a court of law.

You have the right
to an attorney.

If you cannot afford one,
one will be appointed to you.

Do you understand these rights
as I have read them to you?

McCain was released on bail.

His boss, Mike Tucker,
signed the bond.

Nice boss.

I just wish we could've kept McCain
locked up while we worked on Tandi.

Maybe.

But if someone had accused me
of molesting my kid,

I'd wanna beat the crap
out of him, too.

What, now you're saying
he didn't do it?

I don't know.

The only thing I do know is that we're
not running this case, the media is.

Tandi McCain
was always news, Elliot.

Well, I made her bigger news the
second I talked to that journalist.

We're trying to catch the bad guys,
they're trying to make headlines.

Different agendas.

Coming up, the truth about what
really happened in tonight's top story.

Our exclusive interview
with Tandi McCain.

Hey, turn that up, please?

You're saying
it didn't happen?

I made it up.

The whole thing?

I stayed out late, and I was
afraid I would get in trouble,

and everything
got out of control.

What the hell?

I'm so sorry.

What about the two men you said raped
you, one of whom is still in the hospital?

Are you sorry about them, too?

I really am.

The police made me name them, and
they showed me pictures, and...

Because I want it to end.
I wanna be left alone.

Do your parents
support you in this?

Yes, we do.
Tandi's been through so much.

That girl sure knows
how to cry.

She's not done crying yet.

Arrest her.

Are you sure?

She obstructed us every
step of the way. Arrest her.

Captain, how does
that help anything?

It's gonna stop her lies.

Bring her in.

What charge?

Filing a false report.

Where are you taking her,
Detectives?

Is she under arrest?

Tandi,
have they arrested you?

What's the charge, Detective?

Is it because
she went on TV?

Tandi, you got
anything to say?

Mr. McCain,
do you have any comments?

Why are they
taking Tandi away?

Are you going down
to the precinct?

Mr. McCain,
why did Tandi lie?

You arrested
a rape victim?

She said
she wasn't raped.

Tandi McCain
has done nothing but lie,

and she nearly got an innocent
kid killed in the process.

We have to send a message.

What, by dragging a teenager
out of her home?

Look, Liv, every
false allegation of rape

just makes it harder for the
real victims to be believed.

Look, the girl obviously
didn't know what she was doing.

She seemed clear enough when
she recanted on national TV.

If she was telling the truth.

You're convinced
she was raped?

We found spermicide,
remember?

Which could mean
she had consensual sex.

Then why was she
so traumatized

that she hid on a
construction site for two days?

Look, maybe
she didn't tell us the truth,

but I'm not sure that
she told it on TV, either.

And what do you think
the truth is, Olivia?

Well, her stepdad's been
sitting right next to her.

He put her up to it?
Can you prove that?

Just let me talk to her
one more time.

Alone.

Not gonna get her alone.
Dad's in there with her.

Do you think
you can get him out?

You're right, I'm wrong. You
didn't rape your stepdaughter.

Now, why should I
believe that?

Tandi says she wasn't raped.

But then if I believe that,

then I've gotta believe that
she lied about everything else.

She lied about going to the
party, she lied about being raped.

Now all of a sudden, she's
telling the truth? Come on, Ron.

That poor girl has told so many lies,
she doesn't even know what the truth is.

Why are you doing this?

To make you face the truth.

If you've got nothing to hide,
let us talk to Tandi alone,

find out what really happened.

I'm not gonna put her
through that again.

Because she can't take it,
or you can't?

What are you afraid of, Ron?

She's gonna blow the lid
off your happy family?

It was a happy family.

I made sure of that.

She's already had one father fail
her, I wasn't gonna make it two.

Ron, the only way you can fail
her is by denying the truth.

What is this place?

Well, we use it to talk to children
so that they feel more at home.

It's a lot more comfortable
than some of those other rooms.

I'm not a child.

I know that.

But you're only 16,

and you've been through more
stuff than most adults can handle.

You must feel like a giant
weight was lifted off you

since you went on TV and said
that the rape didn't happen.

It didn't!
I made it up!

A lot of rape victims
say that.

They start down one road,

and then they realize how
tough it is, and they back off.

It's easier to say
that you made it all up.

I told you,
nothing happened.

But that's not true,
is it, Tandi?

It is! Why don't you
believe me?

Because I saw the evidence.

Because I saw the blood,
and the bruises.

You were raped, Tandi.

You blocked it all out,
but it's gonna come back.

And you have to face it.

I don't want to face it.

I know that you're
protecting somebody

because you love them,

or because
you're afraid of them.

I don't have to
stay here.

Who are you so scared of, Tandi? No one!

Is it your stepdad?

Please, just let me go.

Listen to me, I'm not gonna
let him hurt you.

But tell me, why are you
so afraid of him?

I'm scared for him!

Why?

Because I don't
want him to die!

If he raped you, he's not gonna
die, he's gonna go to jail.

No, he never touched me!

Then who did?

Tandi, please, tell me.

Tell me.

I can't.

I can't!

My dad's got a bad heart,

and he said
if I said anything,

then my dad would lose
his job and his insurance.

God, my mom is pregnant.

Who said that?

Who said that?

It would just kill him.

I don't believe it.

You know.

Mike Tucker.
My boss.

My friend!

Tandi accused me of rape?

Multiple rapes.

Where am I supposed to
have done this?

In the dorm rooms that your company's
building for Hudson University,

last Friday night.

I wasn't near Hudson
on Friday.

First lie.

You called campus security
to close down the cadet party.

How would I
know about a party?

Second lie. Campus cops said that you
were working late in your on-site office.

Now, before you go
for the hat trick,

I want you to think how easy it'll
be for us to check your phone records.

I'm sorry.
I made a mistake.

I did call security.

We have a lot of trouble with the
students breaking into the site.

Were you worried that they were
gonna interrupt you raping Tandi?

I've known Tandi
since she was eight.

I watched that girl grow up.

I supported her family
when her dad was sick.

I've loved her
like a daughter.

And to suggest
that I might harm her,

well, that's disgusting!

I'm touched.

But you still raped her and then threatened
to destroy her family if she told anyone.

Tandi said that about me?
I don't believe you.

Why not?
She's terrified of you.

She's terrified of you!

I see what you're doing here.

First you go after the cadets,
then the father, now it's my turn.

You people are so desperate
to close this case,

you'll put the screws
to anyone.

Who's next?
Her mother?

Not gonna sugar-coat this,
Tandi.

The defense is gonna chop you
to pieces on the stand.

They're gonna drag up every lie
you told, every change of story.

It's gonna be a tough trial.

What should I do?

I don't know,
sweetheart.

What would you do?

I think that has to
be Tandi's decision.

But I've known many rape victims
who've regretted not going to court.

And I've never met one
who's regretted it.

Win or lose?

Yeah.
Even if you do lose,

you've already faced your attacker
and named him for what he is.

Why did you lie to the police
about being at the party?

Because I knew it would upset my mom and dad.

Did you falsely identify
Joseph Eglee

and James O'Connor
as your attackers?

TANDl: Yes.

Though you knew
they were innocent.

Yes.

Why?

I was exhausted.

And the press were outside
our house all the time.

I hadn't slept in two days.

The police showed me photos,

and I hoped that if I named
someone, it would all just stop.

I did a terrible thing.

I'm sorry.

What did happen that night?

I left the party
because I was feeling sick.

And I was walking outside,
and I met Mr. Tucker.

What did he do?

He was angry with me
because I stayed out so late,

and he told me
that he would show me

a place where I could get
cleaned up before I went home.

And then he took me
onto the construction site.

To the unfinished room?

I thought he was still angry.

But then he told me

how sexy I looked,

and how much I had grown up.

And then he kissed me,

and he put his hand
up my skirt.

And I begged him to stop,

and he held me down

and he told me
that I wanted it.

And then he raped me.

What happened next?

He told me

if I told anyone,
he would fire my dad,

and that the stress
would kill him.

Then he left?

No.

He raped me again.

And then he gave me $20
to take a taxi.

I didn't know what to do.

So for two whole days,
you hid?

I was so ashamed.

I just wanted to crawl into
a hole and never come out.

Thank you.

No questions, Your Honor.

The young lady changes her
story every two minutes,

so who knows
what version we'd get here?

Your Honor...

Behave, Mr. Kressler.

Any more witnesses,
Ms. Novak?

The People rest.

We would like to recall Detective
Stabler as our first witness, Your Honor.

What is a false
rape allegation?

It's an unfounded
accusation of rape.

What is the most common type?

When a woman uses rape to explain
away a consensual sexual encounter.

You see a lot of that
in your work?

Not a lot.

Well, according to
the FBI crime statistics,

nearly 10�/� of all rapes turn
out to be false allegations.

Some sources put it
even higher than that.

Is there a question here?

Yes.

Did you at any time believe
that Tandi was lying?

Yes.

She lied about being tied up,
she lied about the cadets,

she even snuck out to a
store by herself to buy food,

and then she went on TV
and admitted she was lying.

She recanted.
She was terrified.

Really?

Well, you arrested her.
For filing a false report.

And after you arrested her, didn't
she try to change her story again?

She told us the truth.

You mean, she told you
what you wanted to hear.

No, she said...
Come on.

With all the publicity around
this case, you had to get a result,

even if it meant
accusing an innocent man.

Your Honor...

Nothing further.

Ladies and gentlemen of the
jury, have you reached a verdict?

We have, Your Honor.

On the charge of Rape in the
First Degree, how do you find?

We find the defendant

not guilty.

Mr. Tucker, you're free to go.

Court is adjourned.

Tandi, over here! Tandi, how
do you feel about the verdict?

Do you think it was fair?

Are you sorry
you went to court?

I'm just sorry
I didn't win, that's all.

What do you do next, Tandi?

I'm gonna go to school
and get on with my life.

All right,
that's all.

It's Tucker!
Mr. Tucker!

Mr. Tucker!

I'm sorry, Tandi.

Don't be.
You were right.

I don't regret it.

Thank you.

For what?

For not being afraid.

Detective Stabler?

Yes?

My name is Alison Luhan,
and I want to report a rape.

When did it happen?

Six months ago.

Do you know
who raped you?

Yes.

Mike Tucker.

Are you angry?

Well, I do feel very...