1 00:00:01,030 --> 00:00:03,055 In the criminal justice system... 2 00:00:03,132 --> 00:00:04,690 sexually based offenses 3 00:00:04,766 --> 00:00:06,325 are considered especially heinous. 4 00:00:06,435 --> 00:00:09,164 In New York City, the dedicated detectives. 5 00:00:09,238 --> 00:00:11,035 who investigate these vicious felonies... 6 00:00:11,105 --> 00:00:12,697 are members of an elite squad 7 00:00:12,775 --> 00:00:14,402 known as the Special Victims Unit. 8 00:00:14,475 --> 00:00:16,340 These are their stories. 9 00:00:23,383 --> 00:00:25,318 Yes, I am! No! You're not! 10 00:00:25,386 --> 00:00:26,648 Shut up, you witch! 11 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:29,280 What the hell are you doing, going through my things for? 12 00:00:29,356 --> 00:00:32,484 You're a liar! You said you'd never do that again! 13 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:34,151 This is the last time, you creep. 14 00:00:35,329 --> 00:00:39,924 I can't wait till you die, so I can spit on your corpse, you freak! 15 00:00:47,073 --> 00:00:49,132 No. No. No! 16 00:00:49,209 --> 00:00:50,266 Come here. 17 00:00:51,911 --> 00:00:53,037 You want to talk? 18 00:00:53,112 --> 00:00:54,512 Let go of me. 19 00:00:59,051 --> 00:01:01,211 Think of your body as part of the crime scene. 20 00:01:01,287 --> 00:01:03,812 Time and body fluids erode evidence. 21 00:01:03,889 --> 00:01:08,053 The procedure is we head to the hospital, and then I'll take your statement. 22 00:01:08,126 --> 00:01:11,118 So basically the bastard rapes me, and you waste time. 23 00:01:11,397 --> 00:01:12,385 That's the procedure? 24 00:01:12,464 --> 00:01:13,396 Ma'am... 25 00:01:13,465 --> 00:01:14,454 Look here, Officer... 26 00:01:14,532 --> 00:01:15,726 Det. Munch. 27 00:01:15,834 --> 00:01:18,394 Perhaps you'd be more comfortable with a female detective. 28 00:01:18,470 --> 00:01:21,063 I'd be happy to talk to anyone with a brain. 29 00:01:23,575 --> 00:01:25,701 There are five stages of grief. 30 00:01:25,776 --> 00:01:28,006 Try not to go through them all at once. 31 00:01:28,078 --> 00:01:29,340 Cute. 32 00:01:29,847 --> 00:01:31,576 I'll talk slower. 33 00:01:32,282 --> 00:01:35,342 I don't need SOP explained to me... 34 00:01:35,419 --> 00:01:36,977 I don't need a rape kit... 35 00:01:37,053 --> 00:01:40,080 and I really don't need you to hold my hand! 36 00:01:41,225 --> 00:01:44,922 Look, it doesn't matter if you've had prior consensual sex with this man. 37 00:01:44,994 --> 00:01:46,087 Sure. 38 00:01:46,162 --> 00:01:49,620 Doesn't even matter if you're still in a relationship with him. 39 00:01:50,967 --> 00:01:52,696 He's my husband. 40 00:01:54,970 --> 00:01:58,498 You and I need to see a doctor. As soon as you give me an address... 41 00:01:58,574 --> 00:02:00,404 we can pick up your husband. 42 00:02:08,183 --> 00:02:10,049 He's at Manhattan South. 43 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:13,914 Sgt. Lloyd Andrews, Homicide. 44 00:03:14,146 --> 00:03:16,580 You care to join us, Detective? 45 00:03:16,682 --> 00:03:20,345 I'd love to, but I've got reports to file and coffee to make. 46 00:03:27,793 --> 00:03:30,762 Regardless of your personal feelings, I want you on my team. 47 00:03:30,828 --> 00:03:33,456 But only for as long as you want to be here. 48 00:03:33,698 --> 00:03:35,563 It's nice to be wanted. 49 00:03:36,567 --> 00:03:39,695 Well, these aren't going to file themselves. 50 00:03:46,043 --> 00:03:47,067 So? 51 00:03:47,145 --> 00:03:49,943 Patricia Andrews claims her husband raped her this morning. 52 00:03:50,013 --> 00:03:53,279 She's got a sprained wrist, but nothing much else to suggest physical abuse. 53 00:03:53,350 --> 00:03:55,113 She doesn't need the beat-up to prove it. 54 00:03:55,185 --> 00:03:57,449 It's gonna need more than her word, because my partner... 55 00:03:57,521 --> 00:04:00,490 conveniently forgot to mention our guy's Homicide, Manhattan South. 56 00:04:00,557 --> 00:04:03,650 I didn't mention it, 'cause it's not important, at least not to me. 57 00:04:03,727 --> 00:04:06,661 Twenty-year vet, citations a sheet long, high closure rate. 58 00:04:06,730 --> 00:04:09,664 Along with making the brass very happy, the guy's also a rapist. 59 00:04:09,733 --> 00:04:11,200 Alleged rapist, thank you. 60 00:04:11,267 --> 00:04:12,462 Ever hear of "no"? 61 00:04:12,535 --> 00:04:14,332 You ever hear of contractual abandonment? 62 00:04:14,403 --> 00:04:17,463 The only reason to forsake all others is so you don't have to hear "no." 63 00:04:17,540 --> 00:04:19,770 I've been married 16 years. I hear it all the time. 64 00:04:19,842 --> 00:04:24,040 Okay, Munch, let me clue you in, a wife as property went out in 1984... 65 00:04:24,112 --> 00:04:27,605 when the law finally realized that even a married woman is allowed to say no. 66 00:04:27,682 --> 00:04:30,207 We get Mrs. Andrew's statement? She sign it? 67 00:04:30,286 --> 00:04:32,117 Not yet. It's being typed. 68 00:04:32,187 --> 00:04:34,782 Let's talk to her. Make sure she knows what the score is. 69 00:04:34,856 --> 00:04:37,950 Are you doubting what happened or her commitment? 70 00:04:38,626 --> 00:04:41,857 I don't have his side of the story, and this suspect is a cop. 71 00:04:41,929 --> 00:04:44,262 So Internal Affairs is going to be all over this. 72 00:04:44,331 --> 00:04:47,301 I just don't think his badge should cushion the blow. 73 00:04:51,673 --> 00:04:54,436 Have you ever rubbed IAB the wrong way? 74 00:04:54,508 --> 00:04:56,237 I've never had the pleasure. 75 00:04:56,310 --> 00:04:57,776 Then do it my way. 76 00:04:58,912 --> 00:05:00,640 You two, canvass the neighbors. 77 00:05:00,714 --> 00:05:02,443 Get some background on the happy couple. 78 00:05:02,515 --> 00:05:05,848 John, you and your partner have a chat with the missis. 79 00:05:05,919 --> 00:05:08,409 I will apprise the powers that be. 80 00:05:09,055 --> 00:05:11,683 You know, if it turns out that he did in fact rape her... 81 00:05:11,757 --> 00:05:14,590 and we didn't follow standard op, we're going to get buried in it. 82 00:05:14,659 --> 00:05:16,821 That's going to happen regardless. 83 00:05:21,900 --> 00:05:24,392 There's no smoking in government buildings. 84 00:05:33,745 --> 00:05:36,475 Please read your statement carefully, then sign. 85 00:05:36,881 --> 00:05:39,008 Where's your husband right now? 86 00:05:39,551 --> 00:05:43,418 Every day he plays pick-up ball with some cop friends before his shift. 87 00:05:43,488 --> 00:05:47,787 Before you put pen to paper, I want to hear it again in your own words. 88 00:05:48,192 --> 00:05:49,591 Why? 89 00:05:49,693 --> 00:05:52,753 You're going to have to get used to telling your story. 90 00:05:54,530 --> 00:05:55,792 Are you married? 91 00:05:55,866 --> 00:05:56,890 No, ma'am. 92 00:05:57,968 --> 00:06:00,129 I know you're not. Who'd have you? 93 00:06:00,203 --> 00:06:01,431 Are you always this pleasant? 94 00:06:01,505 --> 00:06:03,301 Meaning, I got what was coming to me? 95 00:06:03,374 --> 00:06:07,070 That's not how I see it, Mrs. Andrews. Nobody deserves this. 96 00:06:08,611 --> 00:06:10,602 We've been married five years. 97 00:06:12,347 --> 00:06:14,315 I just don't understand. 98 00:06:14,450 --> 00:06:17,010 I've seen him get crazy, but never like this. 99 00:06:17,453 --> 00:06:20,285 We fight, we make love. 100 00:06:22,824 --> 00:06:24,588 I almost don't believe it myself. 101 00:06:24,661 --> 00:06:27,255 Maybe he thought you were making up. Is that possible? 102 00:06:27,330 --> 00:06:30,264 A chokehold is not foreplay for me, Detective. 103 00:06:30,333 --> 00:06:32,823 And a pot to the head turns him on? 104 00:06:35,772 --> 00:06:38,297 You're not going to do a damn thing to him. 105 00:06:38,674 --> 00:06:41,142 No, not a damn thing. 106 00:06:41,643 --> 00:06:45,204 If your story holds up, I'm gonna have to arrest him, Mrs. Andrews... 107 00:06:45,280 --> 00:06:48,077 put cuffs on him, process him, and lock him up in a cage. 108 00:06:48,150 --> 00:06:50,140 I just want to make sure you understand that. 109 00:06:50,218 --> 00:06:51,878 What do you take me for? 110 00:07:01,996 --> 00:07:04,089 I wasn't expecting company. 111 00:07:04,665 --> 00:07:06,223 What's this about? 112 00:07:06,300 --> 00:07:08,767 We wanted to ask you about your neighbors next door. 113 00:07:08,836 --> 00:07:11,464 Well, have a seat, please. 114 00:07:12,205 --> 00:07:13,695 Do you know the Andrews? 115 00:07:13,808 --> 00:07:14,739 Who? 116 00:07:14,809 --> 00:07:16,538 They live on the first floor. 117 00:07:16,609 --> 00:07:19,373 Mrs. Andrews, she's about 5'5", 110, blond hair. 118 00:07:19,446 --> 00:07:20,743 Mr. Andrews is a cop. 119 00:07:20,815 --> 00:07:23,146 You mean the Springers. 120 00:07:23,216 --> 00:07:25,877 No, we mean the Andrews. 121 00:07:26,685 --> 00:07:30,143 People around here barely want to make eye contact... 122 00:07:30,389 --> 00:07:33,223 so you can forget about introductions. 123 00:07:33,426 --> 00:07:36,986 They're the Springers to me. Better than the show. 124 00:07:37,062 --> 00:07:39,360 I take it, that means that they fight a lot. 125 00:07:39,432 --> 00:07:42,525 Every day. Sometimes the cops come. 126 00:07:42,767 --> 00:07:46,100 He pulls them aside. Then they leave. 127 00:07:46,372 --> 00:07:48,840 I always wondered if he paid them off. 128 00:07:49,174 --> 00:07:50,436 Did they fight this morning? 129 00:07:50,508 --> 00:07:53,103 He left the house, trying to get away from her. 130 00:07:53,177 --> 00:07:55,771 She came through the door and threw a pot. 131 00:07:56,548 --> 00:07:58,515 That woman's got a hell of an aim. 132 00:07:58,583 --> 00:08:00,278 Did you see him strike her? 133 00:08:00,350 --> 00:08:01,283 No. 134 00:08:01,753 --> 00:08:04,688 But he turned around and snatched her inside. 135 00:08:05,522 --> 00:08:08,253 Did you see or hear anything else? 136 00:08:08,325 --> 00:08:09,314 No. 137 00:08:10,227 --> 00:08:12,252 Did something bad happen? 138 00:08:15,665 --> 00:08:16,893 Gentlemen. 139 00:08:16,967 --> 00:08:21,494 Det. Santiago, my partner, Det. Howard, Internal Affairs. 140 00:08:22,071 --> 00:08:23,437 Nice to meet you. 141 00:08:24,775 --> 00:08:27,437 Just give me the word. Is it mine, or do I kick it to you? 142 00:08:27,510 --> 00:08:29,705 We're not equipped to deal with sex crimes. 143 00:08:29,779 --> 00:08:31,644 Have a nice day. 144 00:08:31,914 --> 00:08:33,711 You know, I'd be sore, too. 145 00:08:35,818 --> 00:08:37,046 I'm not following. 146 00:08:37,118 --> 00:08:39,553 We know IAB used you to bring down your mentor. 147 00:08:39,622 --> 00:08:41,953 We just want you to know those were the old days. 148 00:08:42,024 --> 00:08:43,286 That is truly comforting. 149 00:08:43,358 --> 00:08:45,384 We're not here to grind your wheat. 150 00:08:45,461 --> 00:08:48,088 Just do us a favor, take it slow and easy. 151 00:08:48,163 --> 00:08:49,790 Finesse and kid gloves. 152 00:08:49,865 --> 00:08:52,230 Since when does IAB care about finesse? 153 00:08:52,300 --> 00:08:53,460 Come on, give us a break. 154 00:08:53,535 --> 00:08:57,096 The guy's not on the take, skimming drugs, or pimping on the side. 155 00:08:57,172 --> 00:09:00,630 Isn't it enough that we kiss their collective PC ass? 156 00:09:01,608 --> 00:09:03,167 What's next, castration? 157 00:09:03,243 --> 00:09:05,734 We marry them just to have it available. 158 00:09:05,814 --> 00:09:08,304 So tell me, how do you rape a wife? 159 00:09:11,318 --> 00:09:12,478 Okay. 160 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:14,182 Thanks. 161 00:09:15,255 --> 00:09:17,849 We got four domestic disputes at the Andrews' residence. 162 00:09:17,924 --> 00:09:22,726 Dispo'd at the scene. No arrests. Same uniforms, Clarkson and Powell. 163 00:09:22,795 --> 00:09:23,887 Are they on tour? 164 00:09:23,964 --> 00:09:25,453 Just signed out for a break. 165 00:09:25,531 --> 00:09:26,463 No arrests? 166 00:09:26,532 --> 00:09:27,659 Nope. 167 00:09:28,868 --> 00:09:30,426 Thanks. Have a nice day. 168 00:09:30,503 --> 00:09:32,528 Powell and Clarkson? 169 00:09:33,105 --> 00:09:35,504 So the groom's mother goes to the bride's mother 170 00:09:35,575 --> 00:09:38,203 and asks: "Why is the bride smiling?" 171 00:09:38,276 --> 00:09:40,335 'Cause she never has to get on her knees again. 172 00:09:40,413 --> 00:09:41,743 Old joke. Do you mind? 173 00:09:41,813 --> 00:09:44,714 Det. Benson, I'm Det. Stabler, SVU. 174 00:09:44,784 --> 00:09:48,014 We want to talk to you about the DIRs at the Andrews' place. 175 00:09:48,086 --> 00:09:51,544 Right. Nothing to it. Handled at the scene each time. 176 00:09:51,623 --> 00:09:53,250 The last one out, we told the sarge... 177 00:09:53,325 --> 00:09:55,724 if it happened again, we'd have no choice. Why? 178 00:09:55,794 --> 00:09:58,194 Well, four times is three times too many. 179 00:09:58,262 --> 00:10:00,321 You see abuse, you take action, right? 180 00:10:00,398 --> 00:10:03,423 He's a fellow officer. He asked a favor, we gave it. 181 00:10:03,502 --> 00:10:05,662 So you look the other way no matter what? 182 00:10:05,736 --> 00:10:09,001 Is that in your cop manual? Because it sure as hell ain't in mine. 183 00:10:09,073 --> 00:10:10,005 What gives? 184 00:10:10,073 --> 00:10:11,598 You didn't do your job. 185 00:10:11,675 --> 00:10:13,665 And because you didn't, we caught it. 186 00:10:13,744 --> 00:10:16,577 And since it rolls downhill, I figured you're next. 187 00:10:17,347 --> 00:10:20,977 Sarge and his wife fight, loud and hard. 188 00:10:21,050 --> 00:10:24,611 Names they call each other, I wouldn't say to a hump in the back of my cruiser. 189 00:10:24,687 --> 00:10:26,655 It blows real hot, then it's over. 190 00:10:26,723 --> 00:10:28,987 Besides, if we really wanted to do him a favor... 191 00:10:29,058 --> 00:10:31,856 we'd run his old lady in, no matter what he said. 192 00:10:31,995 --> 00:10:35,122 Okay, wait a minute, you're telling us that his wife's the abuser? 193 00:10:35,198 --> 00:10:36,927 Don't know if I'd say that. 194 00:10:36,999 --> 00:10:41,061 But when she gets ticked off, she likes to throw whatever's handy. 195 00:10:44,073 --> 00:10:45,665 Well, how real does it look? 196 00:10:45,742 --> 00:10:46,800 It's hard to say. 197 00:10:46,876 --> 00:10:48,467 Break up to make up. 198 00:10:48,545 --> 00:10:50,911 Wife's a bit of a bruiser, Andrews seems to be handling it. 199 00:10:50,979 --> 00:10:52,004 By raping her? 200 00:10:52,081 --> 00:10:53,638 I'm not a fly on their bedroom wall. 201 00:10:53,716 --> 00:10:56,309 That's too bad. 'Cause what's this cop going to say when we ask? 202 00:10:56,385 --> 00:10:58,683 "I raped my wife. Please, put me in jail." 203 00:10:58,754 --> 00:11:00,346 Why don't we let the ADA decide? 204 00:11:00,422 --> 00:11:02,390 It looks like she might not have to. 205 00:11:02,457 --> 00:11:06,223 For the first time in my career, IAB acts like they want to flush it. 206 00:11:06,295 --> 00:11:09,890 So either there's some other agenda, or this could come back to bite us. 207 00:11:09,964 --> 00:11:11,523 Bring Andrews in for an interview. 208 00:11:11,599 --> 00:11:15,797 I don't think we can, without some SBA lawyer turning him into a deaf-mute. 209 00:11:15,870 --> 00:11:17,599 Any other ideas? 210 00:11:17,672 --> 00:11:19,663 If it's not official, it's not going to hold up. 211 00:11:19,740 --> 00:11:21,799 I'm not looking for a confession, Elliot. 212 00:11:21,876 --> 00:11:25,106 I just want to get a read on this guy before he gets wise. 213 00:11:27,114 --> 00:11:28,102 Pick him up. 214 00:11:28,182 --> 00:11:29,206 I got him. 215 00:11:29,282 --> 00:11:30,772 Take it up. It's all you. 216 00:11:32,553 --> 00:11:33,883 Who's next? 217 00:11:35,455 --> 00:11:38,583 Lloyd Andrews, Homicide. Ceasar Vasques out of Vice. 218 00:11:38,658 --> 00:11:39,955 Danny Tatum, he's one of mine. 219 00:11:40,026 --> 00:11:41,152 Elliot Stabler, SVU. 220 00:11:41,227 --> 00:11:43,195 Sex crimes. I hear that's a tough gig. 221 00:11:43,262 --> 00:11:46,357 I hear they rotate you guys out every two years. Is it really that rough? 222 00:11:46,433 --> 00:11:48,264 Well, Homicide's no picnic, either, right? 223 00:11:48,334 --> 00:11:50,894 A body's past caring whether you close a case or not. 224 00:11:50,970 --> 00:11:54,303 Live victims are needy. Takes a real strong cop to suck it up. 225 00:11:54,373 --> 00:11:55,738 Two on two? 226 00:11:55,808 --> 00:11:59,039 Yeah, you're on my team. Take it to the hole. 227 00:12:09,687 --> 00:12:10,712 What the hell was that? 228 00:12:10,788 --> 00:12:11,812 What's the matter? 229 00:12:11,889 --> 00:12:13,516 There's no fouls on the blacktop. 230 00:12:13,591 --> 00:12:15,752 What's the matter? Can't you take it? 231 00:12:15,827 --> 00:12:17,795 Hey, come on, guys. Let's play ball. 232 00:12:17,862 --> 00:12:18,988 Your ball. 233 00:12:31,108 --> 00:12:35,067 Knock it off. Come on. Move! Calm down, man. Knock it off. 234 00:12:35,145 --> 00:12:37,579 Okay, what'd I miss? 235 00:12:39,249 --> 00:12:42,684 Tatum's trying to give you a message, all right? But I don't operate that way. 236 00:12:42,753 --> 00:12:45,312 He and I will have words later. You okay? 237 00:12:45,389 --> 00:12:47,254 I guess I don't understand his language. 238 00:12:47,323 --> 00:12:48,449 Don't you? 239 00:12:49,825 --> 00:12:52,089 Why don't you spell it out for me? 240 00:12:52,161 --> 00:12:53,822 I'll tell you what. 241 00:12:53,896 --> 00:12:56,626 You can ask me all the questions you want after the game. 242 00:12:56,698 --> 00:12:57,996 Questions? 243 00:13:00,069 --> 00:13:01,468 Rape, right? 244 00:13:09,444 --> 00:13:12,310 And maybe the guy was telling me what I wanted to hear... 245 00:13:12,380 --> 00:13:14,348 but he seemed pretty genuine to me. 246 00:13:14,416 --> 00:13:17,248 Was this before or after his goon kicked your ass? 247 00:13:17,318 --> 00:13:20,013 Andrews did know that we were looking into him. 248 00:13:20,088 --> 00:13:21,315 Okay, yeah, well. 249 00:13:21,388 --> 00:13:23,379 So his partner got overly enthusiastic. 250 00:13:23,457 --> 00:13:25,584 Andrews stepped in and saved the other eye, didn't he? 251 00:13:25,659 --> 00:13:28,492 I'd like to believe that Fin would show me the same kind of loyalty. 252 00:13:28,562 --> 00:13:30,530 A little history first, might help your case. 253 00:13:30,631 --> 00:13:35,159 So all we have thus far, is a physically abusive woman crying rape. Is that the gist? 254 00:13:35,235 --> 00:13:37,930 What motive could she have for saying that her husband raped her? 255 00:13:38,005 --> 00:13:39,267 Pending divorce, for one. 256 00:13:39,338 --> 00:13:42,000 You don't have to worry about fighting over which half you get... 257 00:13:42,075 --> 00:13:43,940 when the mate you hate's locked in a cell. 258 00:13:44,011 --> 00:13:46,035 We already checked that. No papers were filed. 259 00:13:46,112 --> 00:13:49,980 All she has to do is wait. We get rid of him for her, then she files. 260 00:13:51,383 --> 00:13:52,510 What? 261 00:13:53,519 --> 00:13:55,578 Yeah, we're on the way. 262 00:13:57,289 --> 00:14:01,124 A unit was dispatched to the Andrews' residence. Assault with a deadly weapon. 263 00:14:01,193 --> 00:14:03,218 A Mr. Parker called it in. 264 00:14:03,295 --> 00:14:06,594 You touch me again, I'll cut your pig heart out! 265 00:14:06,665 --> 00:14:08,064 Why aren't you in jail? 266 00:14:08,133 --> 00:14:10,067 Get away, you stupid bitch. 267 00:14:10,135 --> 00:14:12,603 I should wait till you're asleep and set you on fire! 268 00:14:12,671 --> 00:14:15,469 You better kill me, or I'll do you without leaving a mark! 269 00:14:15,539 --> 00:14:16,529 You freak! 270 00:14:16,608 --> 00:14:17,505 Hey! 271 00:14:17,575 --> 00:14:18,667 Look out! 272 00:14:19,277 --> 00:14:20,470 Let's go. Come on. 273 00:14:20,545 --> 00:14:21,533 Take it easy! 274 00:14:21,645 --> 00:14:22,577 Get off! 275 00:14:22,646 --> 00:14:23,635 Take it easy. 276 00:14:23,714 --> 00:14:24,738 I'm taking her in. 277 00:14:24,815 --> 00:14:26,544 I don't think so. I've got it from here. 278 00:14:26,617 --> 00:14:28,107 Okay. I'm all right. Get off of me! 279 00:14:28,185 --> 00:14:31,120 Listen, this isn't helping you at all. Let's go, let's get up here. 280 00:14:31,188 --> 00:14:33,917 All right. Just take a breath. Calm down. 281 00:14:34,792 --> 00:14:36,918 Why isn't he in jail? 282 00:14:36,993 --> 00:14:38,359 Calm down. 283 00:14:40,764 --> 00:14:44,222 You again. What is it this time? Or do you answer DIRs now? 284 00:14:44,300 --> 00:14:47,394 I'm going to need you to come on down and answer some questions. 285 00:14:47,469 --> 00:14:49,438 I think I need a lawyer. 286 00:14:49,906 --> 00:14:51,635 Yeah, I think so, too. 287 00:14:55,411 --> 00:14:56,776 You call this finesse? 288 00:14:56,847 --> 00:14:58,177 I've had calls from the brass... 289 00:14:58,248 --> 00:15:01,649 wanting to know did I orchestrate an undercover operation with SVU... 290 00:15:01,718 --> 00:15:03,743 and the press has already gotten a whiff of it. 291 00:15:03,820 --> 00:15:05,685 What kind of Mickey Mouse Club is this? 292 00:15:05,755 --> 00:15:10,419 See, actually I hate that little, black rodent. Now, Dick Tracy, that was a club. 293 00:15:10,493 --> 00:15:13,017 You got this great decoder ring and a really cool watch. 294 00:15:13,095 --> 00:15:15,393 Are you going to say something, Ms. Cabot? 295 00:15:15,465 --> 00:15:16,362 Like what? 296 00:15:16,431 --> 00:15:17,363 Protocol. 297 00:15:17,432 --> 00:15:19,730 Like, if you're charging a sergeant with rape. 298 00:15:19,802 --> 00:15:21,565 Like, if you would rein in your squad... 299 00:15:21,637 --> 00:15:24,731 and if you could be so kind as to keep us informed as to status. 300 00:15:24,806 --> 00:15:26,171 Very well. 301 00:15:26,741 --> 00:15:30,610 Charging Andrews prior to his making a formal statement is premature. 302 00:15:30,678 --> 00:15:33,772 Am I sweeping it under the rug, as you'd prefer? No. 303 00:15:33,849 --> 00:15:37,477 And I strongly advise you to discontinue obstructing this unit from doing its job. 304 00:15:37,552 --> 00:15:39,577 Or I will be more than happy to file charges... 305 00:15:39,654 --> 00:15:41,678 naming you and your partner as coconspirators. 306 00:15:41,756 --> 00:15:45,192 IAB is here, strictly in a supervisory capacity. 307 00:15:45,258 --> 00:15:46,453 Not anymore. 308 00:15:46,526 --> 00:15:49,587 You may consider yourselves officially updated. 309 00:16:03,175 --> 00:16:06,508 Let the record show that I will not talk to you without my lawyer. 310 00:16:06,580 --> 00:16:07,705 Okay, interview's over. 311 00:16:07,780 --> 00:16:08,678 Yeah. 312 00:16:08,747 --> 00:16:12,478 All right. But maybe we should clear this up, so we can all get back to work. 313 00:16:12,551 --> 00:16:16,214 Your wife already told us what happened. So now we'd just like to hear it from you. 314 00:16:16,288 --> 00:16:17,311 What did she say? 315 00:16:17,389 --> 00:16:18,378 That you raped her. 316 00:16:18,456 --> 00:16:22,859 Now, before you deny it, let's just sit down and go through the sequence of events. 317 00:16:23,829 --> 00:16:25,693 All right, fair enough. 318 00:16:26,232 --> 00:16:28,290 I've been working steady midnights for a while. 319 00:16:28,366 --> 00:16:31,995 I come home, I'm tired. Right away she starts in on me. 320 00:16:32,070 --> 00:16:34,095 She swears that I got a piece on the side. 321 00:16:34,172 --> 00:16:35,196 And do you? 322 00:16:36,975 --> 00:16:38,339 Yeah, so? 323 00:16:38,409 --> 00:16:41,276 So why do you think she'd accuse you of rape? 324 00:16:41,613 --> 00:16:43,911 It doesn't take a genius. And she's pissed. 325 00:16:43,981 --> 00:16:45,779 You know, it's always something with her. 326 00:16:45,849 --> 00:16:48,249 Either I don't love her, or I smother her. 327 00:16:48,319 --> 00:16:50,684 You guys figure it out, because she's driving me nuts. 328 00:16:50,754 --> 00:16:52,779 Divorce is a hell of a better option than rape. 329 00:16:52,856 --> 00:16:54,721 I did not rape my wife. 330 00:16:54,991 --> 00:16:57,858 And he comes sauntering home like nothing happened. 331 00:16:58,262 --> 00:16:59,489 So why'd you stay there? 332 00:16:59,563 --> 00:17:00,723 Where should I go? 333 00:17:00,797 --> 00:17:03,765 It's my house, my things. I did nothing wrong. 334 00:17:04,268 --> 00:17:08,067 You cut him with a kitchen knife, and you threw a baton into the crowd. 335 00:17:09,538 --> 00:17:13,201 I was scared when he walked in like that. You know, I thought he was in jail. 336 00:17:13,276 --> 00:17:16,006 You got anybody you could stay with? Family, friends? 337 00:17:16,078 --> 00:17:18,945 You said you would arrest him. So what happened? 338 00:17:19,014 --> 00:17:23,008 I walked away. Things were getting out of hand. Tempers were hot. 339 00:17:23,084 --> 00:17:26,247 So what does that freaking cow do? She hurls a pot and nails me with it. 340 00:17:26,321 --> 00:17:29,051 But you didn't keep walking. You grabbed her and went back inside. 341 00:17:29,124 --> 00:17:30,318 I sure as hell did. 342 00:17:30,392 --> 00:17:32,222 So that's when you raped her. 343 00:17:32,327 --> 00:17:35,318 Nice try, but, no. I started packing her bags. 344 00:17:35,397 --> 00:17:38,991 That lease is under my name. I'll be damned if I let her run me out of my house... 345 00:17:39,067 --> 00:17:41,091 screaming, threatening me with kitchen utensils. 346 00:17:41,169 --> 00:17:43,467 What does that mean? Threatening you with kitchen utensils? 347 00:17:43,537 --> 00:17:45,528 She came after me with a knife. I disarmed her. 348 00:17:45,606 --> 00:17:46,630 And how'd you do that? 349 00:17:46,707 --> 00:17:47,696 Standard academy move. 350 00:17:47,775 --> 00:17:50,073 Come on, guys. Don't you get it? She's crazy. 351 00:17:50,143 --> 00:17:53,738 Patricia hasn't been right since we found out she can't have kids. 352 00:17:58,651 --> 00:18:01,643 And that's when our marriage started to go south. 353 00:18:01,721 --> 00:18:03,916 So why didn't you file for divorce? 354 00:18:05,091 --> 00:18:06,718 I love him. 355 00:18:07,327 --> 00:18:08,987 I want counseling. 356 00:18:10,096 --> 00:18:11,495 He won't go. 357 00:18:13,732 --> 00:18:16,896 But he'll have to after the trial, won't he? They'll make him. 358 00:18:16,969 --> 00:18:18,403 If he's convicted. 359 00:18:18,470 --> 00:18:20,097 We're not even sure we can charge him. 360 00:18:20,172 --> 00:18:22,163 Well, who gets to decide that? 361 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:23,639 Her name's Cabot. 362 00:18:23,709 --> 00:18:27,041 So let me talk to her. She's a woman. She'll understand. 363 00:18:27,112 --> 00:18:28,408 He raped me. 364 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:29,468 We made love. 365 00:18:29,548 --> 00:18:32,778 Did you hold her down? Did you use a chokehold to control her? 366 00:18:32,851 --> 00:18:34,944 I don't touch my wife like that, ever. 367 00:18:35,019 --> 00:18:38,682 I know I could do some serious damage. Besides, I'm the guy with the battle scars. 368 00:18:38,756 --> 00:18:41,247 But you do know how to do her without leaving a mark. 369 00:18:41,325 --> 00:18:43,122 Isn't that right, Sergeant? 370 00:18:49,666 --> 00:18:51,225 It's your call. 371 00:18:51,301 --> 00:18:52,893 Cut him loose. 372 00:18:53,070 --> 00:18:55,765 We don't arrest him now, we send a message to every wife... 373 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:58,637 that if she's raped by her husband, she'd better get beat up, too. 374 00:18:58,708 --> 00:19:00,175 What do you want me to do about it? 375 00:19:00,243 --> 00:19:01,175 Book him. 376 00:19:01,244 --> 00:19:02,973 Let a jury decide who they believe. 377 00:19:03,046 --> 00:19:05,571 I don't even have enough to get past the grand jury. 378 00:19:05,647 --> 00:19:06,842 Alex. 379 00:19:06,915 --> 00:19:08,144 Walk him. 380 00:19:16,726 --> 00:19:17,750 You have business here? 381 00:19:17,827 --> 00:19:18,851 Yeah, Captain, I do. 382 00:19:18,928 --> 00:19:19,986 Is my sergeant pinched? 383 00:19:20,063 --> 00:19:21,587 That doesn't concern you. 384 00:19:21,664 --> 00:19:22,994 I don't know who you work for... 385 00:19:23,066 --> 00:19:25,056 but in my department we watch out for each other. 386 00:19:25,135 --> 00:19:26,897 Maybe riding the desk, you forget. 387 00:19:26,970 --> 00:19:31,134 Well, I enforce the law, and the only thing I ride is any hump who breaks it. 388 00:19:31,607 --> 00:19:32,904 Feeling wood for my buddy? 389 00:19:32,975 --> 00:19:34,704 I am now, cheap shot. 390 00:19:35,077 --> 00:19:38,410 Get out of my squad room before I lodge a complaint with your lieutenant. 391 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:39,970 Who do you think sent us over here? 392 00:19:40,049 --> 00:19:41,107 Is he charged or not? 393 00:19:41,183 --> 00:19:42,810 He's free to go. 394 00:19:47,656 --> 00:19:48,918 Sarge? 395 00:19:58,900 --> 00:20:01,425 I want my wife charged with assault. 396 00:20:01,669 --> 00:20:02,931 Lloyd. 397 00:20:03,236 --> 00:20:05,500 Right. Do it. 398 00:20:07,007 --> 00:20:08,531 How can he do this? 399 00:20:08,608 --> 00:20:11,975 I don't know, but I'll ask him. Count on it. Come on. 400 00:20:14,648 --> 00:20:16,172 Come on, let's go. 401 00:20:33,298 --> 00:20:34,766 You mind? 402 00:20:42,141 --> 00:20:44,200 I told Lloyd I would quit. 403 00:20:45,477 --> 00:20:46,910 Now's a good a time as any. 404 00:20:46,978 --> 00:20:47,967 It's a bad habit. 405 00:20:48,046 --> 00:20:50,037 Although, some are worse than others. 406 00:20:50,115 --> 00:20:52,276 My wife has some pretty foul ones. 407 00:20:52,716 --> 00:20:54,617 Thought you weren't married. 408 00:20:54,752 --> 00:20:57,949 My soon-to-be ex calls me often with requests for money... 409 00:20:58,690 --> 00:21:01,123 and updates on the status of our uncoupling. 410 00:21:01,192 --> 00:21:02,522 You hate her. 411 00:21:02,659 --> 00:21:04,490 That would make it too easy. 412 00:21:04,896 --> 00:21:07,523 We're not together anymore, but we still fight. 413 00:21:07,898 --> 00:21:10,162 Only now, I'm not there for the tantrums. 414 00:21:10,234 --> 00:21:13,032 So you bust my chops, because I remind you of her. 415 00:21:13,302 --> 00:21:16,101 No, I just don't like you. 416 00:21:19,075 --> 00:21:21,306 Well, at least you're honest. 417 00:21:22,044 --> 00:21:23,944 So what're you doing here? 418 00:21:24,113 --> 00:21:25,705 I came here to gloat. 419 00:21:27,316 --> 00:21:28,783 How're you holding up? 420 00:21:29,852 --> 00:21:31,251 I'm all right. 421 00:21:32,621 --> 00:21:34,487 A little worried about Lloyd. 422 00:21:37,092 --> 00:21:39,993 Never underestimate the generosity of women. 423 00:21:40,428 --> 00:21:43,886 My husband likes to work midnights, so he doesn't have to sleep. 424 00:21:45,267 --> 00:21:48,236 One time, I came home and Lloyd was in the kitchen... 425 00:21:48,303 --> 00:21:50,532 scrubbing his bullets in the sink... 426 00:21:52,139 --> 00:21:54,267 his gun laid out on a towel. 427 00:22:01,282 --> 00:22:03,079 Is there anything you need? 428 00:22:04,752 --> 00:22:05,911 Yeah. 429 00:22:08,055 --> 00:22:11,353 Would you drop by my house and check on my husband? 430 00:22:11,424 --> 00:22:13,415 Just make sure he's okay? 431 00:22:31,411 --> 00:22:34,608 "File number 248957. 432 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:38,582 "People v. Patricia Eileen Andrews, assault in the first." 433 00:22:38,651 --> 00:22:41,346 We'll waive reading, Your Honor, and enter a plea of not guilty. 434 00:22:41,420 --> 00:22:43,752 The People waive bail and request ROR. 435 00:22:43,822 --> 00:22:46,153 You're feeling awfully generous, Counselor. 436 00:22:46,225 --> 00:22:48,454 The extenuating circumstances call for compassion. 437 00:22:48,527 --> 00:22:49,994 Well, those aside... 438 00:22:50,061 --> 00:22:52,928 the defendant exhibited a serious lack of control... 439 00:22:52,998 --> 00:22:55,158 towards police and emergency personnel, 440 00:22:55,233 --> 00:22:57,394 by tossing a baton into the crowd. 441 00:22:57,468 --> 00:22:58,867 It was an isolated incident. 442 00:22:58,936 --> 00:23:02,098 We do not regard the defendant as a danger to herself or to others. 443 00:23:02,173 --> 00:23:04,437 I assume defense counsel has no objection. 444 00:23:04,508 --> 00:23:07,772 None, Your Honor. If the People wish to do my job for me, who am I to argue? 445 00:23:07,844 --> 00:23:10,210 Well, however lightly our ADA... 446 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:14,046 may take the endangerment of city personnel, I do not. 447 00:23:14,751 --> 00:23:16,742 $10,000 bond, post with the clerk. 448 00:23:23,326 --> 00:23:26,159 Unfortunate mess, this Andrews business. 449 00:23:26,664 --> 00:23:27,721 How's it going? 450 00:23:27,798 --> 00:23:29,425 Well, it's like pulling teeth. 451 00:23:29,499 --> 00:23:32,593 And I sure as hell could do without all the pressure that goes with it. 452 00:23:32,669 --> 00:23:36,105 I'm afraid it's business as usual. You'll sort it out. 453 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:39,734 Actually, I called you down here on another matter. 454 00:23:39,808 --> 00:23:42,869 It seems that one of your detectives is filing a discrimination suit... 455 00:23:42,946 --> 00:23:44,573 against the department. 456 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:46,776 Jefferies. 457 00:23:46,849 --> 00:23:49,249 Papers were delivered first thing this morning. 458 00:23:49,319 --> 00:23:51,946 Legal is going over the complaint for merit. 459 00:23:52,021 --> 00:23:55,855 And nobody's happy, and you want me to talk to her. 460 00:23:56,592 --> 00:23:58,422 Unofficially, yes. 461 00:23:58,494 --> 00:24:02,294 No one at One Police Plaza can talk to her without complicating the issue. 462 00:24:02,364 --> 00:24:05,560 Well, I don't see how I can do anything. She's angry... 463 00:24:05,634 --> 00:24:08,124 and I didn't realize how angry till right now. 464 00:24:08,202 --> 00:24:12,571 Prior to this dispute, did you have a good relationship with this detective? 465 00:24:14,676 --> 00:24:16,473 Yes, I believe I did. 466 00:24:16,544 --> 00:24:18,341 But now you're not so sure? 467 00:24:19,981 --> 00:24:23,314 Don, I don't think it's personal. 468 00:24:23,517 --> 00:24:27,647 She hasn't named in her suit, she just wants back in the field. 469 00:24:27,954 --> 00:24:30,889 Well, then, we have a problem, sir. 470 00:24:31,625 --> 00:24:34,321 Because I don't think we can fold on the issue. 471 00:24:34,628 --> 00:24:37,494 Well, talk to her as a friend. 472 00:24:38,332 --> 00:24:40,162 And if that doesn't work? 473 00:24:40,634 --> 00:24:42,625 Make it go away, Captain. 474 00:24:47,006 --> 00:24:49,372 Guess who just paid Patricia Andrews' bail? 475 00:24:49,442 --> 00:24:50,431 Her husband. 476 00:24:50,509 --> 00:24:54,070 Got a call from a buddy in Processing. I smell a recant, Counselor. 477 00:24:54,747 --> 00:24:55,872 Fine. 478 00:24:55,948 --> 00:24:58,848 Let's see how cute the sergeant plays it when I get him on the stand. 479 00:24:58,918 --> 00:25:01,385 I thought you were dropping it. Not enough for a grand jury. 480 00:25:01,454 --> 00:25:03,580 I was, until the sergeant had his wife arrested. 481 00:25:03,656 --> 00:25:07,022 He pays her bail, looks suspicious. That I can sell. 482 00:25:07,092 --> 00:25:09,788 I didn't know women got into whizzing contests. 483 00:25:10,295 --> 00:25:14,789 Invite Mrs. Andrews down for a chat. I think it's time we cleared the air. 484 00:25:16,868 --> 00:25:20,166 Did your husband or any of his friends on the force threaten you? 485 00:25:20,237 --> 00:25:23,298 No. I just don't want to go through with it anymore is all. 486 00:25:23,374 --> 00:25:24,739 What made you change your mind? 487 00:25:24,808 --> 00:25:27,868 My husband could go to jail over a misunderstanding... 488 00:25:27,945 --> 00:25:30,812 a petty marital spat. I can't live with that. 489 00:25:30,881 --> 00:25:33,314 Just seems strange you would change your tune so easily... 490 00:25:33,384 --> 00:25:36,113 after singing the he-raped-me song to anybody who would listen. 491 00:25:36,185 --> 00:25:37,175 I was mad. 492 00:25:37,253 --> 00:25:39,414 Wouldn't have anything to do with your husband... 493 00:25:39,490 --> 00:25:41,480 dropping the felony assault charge, would it? 494 00:25:41,557 --> 00:25:42,455 No. 495 00:25:42,525 --> 00:25:44,152 Who paid your bail? 496 00:25:45,795 --> 00:25:48,286 He's a good guy. Really. 497 00:25:48,765 --> 00:25:52,132 According to you, your husband's a first-class arrogant jackass... 498 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:54,863 who put you in a chokehold and took what no man has a right to. 499 00:25:54,936 --> 00:25:57,234 And he apologized for that! 500 00:25:58,039 --> 00:26:02,476 You know, all I ever wanted was for him to put himself in my place. 501 00:26:03,979 --> 00:26:07,642 You know, he's never really said "I'm sorry" about anything. 502 00:26:07,716 --> 00:26:09,343 This was genuine. 503 00:26:09,684 --> 00:26:11,652 What did he say exactly? 504 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:14,347 He said: 505 00:26:16,590 --> 00:26:19,058 "I'm sorry I raped you, Patty. 506 00:26:19,994 --> 00:26:22,189 "It is unforgivable." 507 00:26:24,330 --> 00:26:27,061 And to give him another chance. 508 00:26:27,134 --> 00:26:28,999 Those were his exact words? 509 00:26:29,937 --> 00:26:30,925 Yes. 510 00:26:33,306 --> 00:26:36,434 So you see why I have to drop this, okay? 511 00:26:37,645 --> 00:26:39,737 I feel like we're starting over. 512 00:26:40,013 --> 00:26:44,416 For the first time in our marriage, he's trying to feel my pain. 513 00:26:51,390 --> 00:26:53,483 You can't make me change my mind. 514 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:56,525 I love him. 515 00:26:57,329 --> 00:26:58,694 He admits it... 516 00:26:58,764 --> 00:27:02,200 and you respond by trying to recant. That's not love, that's psycho. 517 00:27:02,266 --> 00:27:04,360 Think whatever you want. 518 00:27:04,435 --> 00:27:08,668 I'm not crazy enough to lose my husband just 'cause you want to believe me now. 519 00:27:10,708 --> 00:27:12,198 Can I go? 520 00:27:22,653 --> 00:27:25,281 Well, I can charge her with filing a false police report... 521 00:27:25,355 --> 00:27:28,381 but what I'd really like to do is charge her with felony assault. 522 00:27:28,458 --> 00:27:30,483 You just want to put somebody in jail, is that it? 523 00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:33,290 No. I want to force her hand a little. 524 00:27:33,363 --> 00:27:36,196 I don't see Andrews refiling just to make your day. 525 00:27:36,466 --> 00:27:40,299 He won't have to if we can find another witness to the attack. 526 00:27:40,871 --> 00:27:44,705 I heard them fighting so I called the police. 527 00:27:44,976 --> 00:27:46,568 I didn't see anything. 528 00:27:46,643 --> 00:27:48,702 We were told it was assault with a deadly weapon. 529 00:27:48,778 --> 00:27:52,714 The only way the dispatcher could have known that is if you told her so. 530 00:27:53,283 --> 00:27:55,682 Sgt. Andrews won't find out it was me? 531 00:27:55,752 --> 00:27:59,051 Not a word you say. Now, did you see the attack? 532 00:28:01,891 --> 00:28:04,861 She had a knife. She cut him. 533 00:28:07,363 --> 00:28:09,854 Assault two, Ms. Cabot? You're reaching. 534 00:28:09,932 --> 00:28:10,921 Not at all. 535 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:12,524 Your client cut her husband. 536 00:28:12,601 --> 00:28:15,228 I've got the knife, her prints, and a witness. 537 00:28:15,304 --> 00:28:16,896 That's three years in Bedford Hills. 538 00:28:16,972 --> 00:28:19,907 And trust me, it is not the country-club setting it sounds like. 539 00:28:19,975 --> 00:28:21,532 What happened to compassion? 540 00:28:21,610 --> 00:28:23,578 Motive for the assault was fear of reprisal. 541 00:28:23,645 --> 00:28:26,739 She recanted, so it's moot, along with my compassion. 542 00:28:28,349 --> 00:28:31,546 Tell you what, I'll bump it down to assault three. 543 00:28:31,686 --> 00:28:33,380 That'll shave 18 months. 544 00:28:33,454 --> 00:28:34,614 What do you want? 545 00:28:35,889 --> 00:28:38,484 I want an indictment for rape in the first degree... 546 00:28:38,559 --> 00:28:43,019 and the only way I'm going to get it, is with your client in front of a grand jury. 547 00:28:44,431 --> 00:28:45,955 This is blackmail. 548 00:28:47,534 --> 00:28:49,832 No, Mrs. Andrews, it's the law. 549 00:29:02,481 --> 00:29:03,709 We're busy. 550 00:29:04,183 --> 00:29:07,118 In my pocket is a warrant for your arrest. 551 00:29:07,787 --> 00:29:10,380 Don't make me Mirandize and cuff you in here. 552 00:29:21,366 --> 00:29:22,424 Hold this for me. 553 00:29:22,500 --> 00:29:24,900 What the hell is going on here? I thought this was settled. 554 00:29:24,970 --> 00:29:26,232 Evidently not. 555 00:29:26,738 --> 00:29:28,672 You want to get out of my way? 556 00:29:35,412 --> 00:29:36,572 Thanks, buddy. 557 00:29:48,424 --> 00:29:51,826 "File number 25527. People v. Lloyd David Andrews. 558 00:29:51,895 --> 00:29:53,691 "One count of rape in the first degree... 559 00:29:53,764 --> 00:29:56,129 "one count of sexual misconduct in the first degree... 560 00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:58,429 "and one count of sexual abuse." 561 00:29:58,901 --> 00:30:00,232 How do you plead? 562 00:30:00,303 --> 00:30:01,702 Not guilty, Your Honor. 563 00:30:01,771 --> 00:30:04,035 The People ask that bail be set at $50,000. 564 00:30:04,107 --> 00:30:05,005 What? 565 00:30:06,142 --> 00:30:07,130 Quiet! 566 00:30:08,344 --> 00:30:12,006 This is a venal attempt to further smear my client who has ties to the community. 567 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:14,173 He's a respected member of New York's finest... 568 00:30:14,249 --> 00:30:17,878 and would like nothing but his day in court to answer these specious accusations. 569 00:30:17,953 --> 00:30:20,387 We ask that he be remanded under his own recognizance. 570 00:30:20,455 --> 00:30:22,183 Your Honor, this is a heinous crime. 571 00:30:22,257 --> 00:30:24,247 The People are not prepared to send the message... 572 00:30:24,326 --> 00:30:26,521 that officers of the law get a free ride. 573 00:30:26,595 --> 00:30:30,963 You are not a messenger, Ms. Cabot. So save your button-pushing for the trial. 574 00:30:31,933 --> 00:30:35,959 Enter a plea of not guilty, and since the defendant is not a flight-risk, he's ROR. 575 00:30:36,037 --> 00:30:38,267 Your Honor, the People ask for an order of protection... 576 00:30:38,339 --> 00:30:40,307 and that the defendant surrender all weapons. 577 00:30:40,374 --> 00:30:41,739 So ordered. 578 00:30:45,412 --> 00:30:46,674 Let's talk. 579 00:30:51,618 --> 00:30:53,644 Sex abuse one, three years. 580 00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:54,880 Let's not fight. 581 00:30:54,954 --> 00:30:56,979 Submit your congratulations and be done with it. 582 00:30:57,057 --> 00:30:59,890 Don't be hasty, Sam. I'm offering to drop this to a D felony. 583 00:31:00,026 --> 00:31:03,018 You obviously don't gamble. You don't fold a winning hand. 584 00:31:03,095 --> 00:31:04,926 My guy's walking away from this unscathed. 585 00:31:04,998 --> 00:31:06,829 I'm just trying to save us both some time. 586 00:31:06,899 --> 00:31:08,628 All you've got is a bitter wife. 587 00:31:08,702 --> 00:31:11,000 You put her on the stand, the recant goes in the record... 588 00:31:11,070 --> 00:31:13,800 along with her witnessed physical attacks on my client. 589 00:31:13,873 --> 00:31:15,430 Why are you fighting this? 590 00:31:15,507 --> 00:31:16,599 Because he did it. 591 00:31:16,675 --> 00:31:19,906 And he doesn't deserve his freedom, and he doesn't deserve to wear a badge. 592 00:31:19,977 --> 00:31:21,343 When did he confess exactly? 593 00:31:21,413 --> 00:31:23,539 A few days ago, to his wife. 594 00:31:23,615 --> 00:31:25,242 Privileged. Where's your case? 595 00:31:25,316 --> 00:31:26,908 In the courtroom, in front of a jury. 596 00:31:26,984 --> 00:31:29,544 Didn't I tell you, we're going bench, not jury. 597 00:31:29,620 --> 00:31:31,611 Come on, Alex, don't be a sore loser. 598 00:31:31,689 --> 00:31:35,488 Drop the charges and send the kiddies to counseling where they belong. 599 00:31:35,693 --> 00:31:36,785 No. 600 00:31:41,732 --> 00:31:43,529 For the egg on your face. 601 00:31:51,108 --> 00:31:53,474 Do you recognize this internal report, Det. Munch? 602 00:31:53,543 --> 00:31:56,308 Yes, it's the report of an interview I conducted with the victim... 603 00:31:56,380 --> 00:31:58,405 Patricia Andrews. You were present at the time. 604 00:31:58,482 --> 00:32:00,144 What was the purpose of the interview? 605 00:32:00,217 --> 00:32:03,584 Mrs. Andrews urgently wanted to drop the rape charges against her husband. 606 00:32:03,653 --> 00:32:06,417 Did Mrs. Andrews actually say her husband didn't rape her? 607 00:32:06,491 --> 00:32:08,082 No, she did not. 608 00:32:08,158 --> 00:32:10,820 So it's your testimony that the victim came into the precinct... 609 00:32:10,894 --> 00:32:14,955 to drop the charges and clear her husband but never refuted what happened, correct? 610 00:32:15,030 --> 00:32:17,932 She said that her husband sincerely apologized for raping her... 611 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:20,731 and that was the first time in their marriage that he had done so. 612 00:32:20,803 --> 00:32:23,602 Objection. She said, he said, it's double hearsay. 613 00:32:23,672 --> 00:32:24,969 Exception to hearsay. 614 00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:27,668 Your Honor, the defendant admitted to the felony. 615 00:32:27,743 --> 00:32:29,608 It's a statement against a penal interest. 616 00:32:29,678 --> 00:32:32,442 Why would Lloyd Andrews, a 20-year vet on the Homicide Division... 617 00:32:32,515 --> 00:32:34,005 admit to guilt if he didn't do it? 618 00:32:34,082 --> 00:32:36,244 At the very least, the alleged apology is privileged. 619 00:32:36,318 --> 00:32:38,786 By telling it to a third party, it becomes hearsay, 620 00:32:38,853 --> 00:32:40,719 therefore, no privilege exists. 621 00:32:40,789 --> 00:32:42,984 The exception is granted. Overruled. 622 00:32:44,259 --> 00:32:45,692 Nothing further. 623 00:32:47,695 --> 00:32:50,857 You threw a pot from the stove. Was it still hot? 624 00:32:51,866 --> 00:32:52,890 No. 625 00:32:53,568 --> 00:32:55,297 I didn't want to hurt him. 626 00:32:55,537 --> 00:32:57,266 What happened then? 627 00:33:00,674 --> 00:33:05,111 Then he grabbed me by the back of my head, and dragged me into the house. 628 00:33:06,712 --> 00:33:07,872 Go on. 629 00:33:08,214 --> 00:33:09,943 Then we fought some more. 630 00:33:10,684 --> 00:33:12,276 Was it physical? 631 00:33:15,121 --> 00:33:19,717 I kept hitting him, and he'd push me back. 632 00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:22,223 And I'd hit him some more and... 633 00:33:22,295 --> 00:33:23,853 Did he rape you? 634 00:33:29,569 --> 00:33:30,626 I don't know. 635 00:33:30,703 --> 00:33:33,103 Didn't you say he slammed you against a wall... 636 00:33:33,171 --> 00:33:36,163 threw his arm across your neck, and squeezed? 637 00:33:36,241 --> 00:33:38,471 Didn't you state that you almost lost consciousness? 638 00:33:38,543 --> 00:33:40,670 Didn't you tell police that he pulled your pants down... 639 00:33:40,745 --> 00:33:44,237 removed your panties, and raped you? Is that the truth, Mrs. Andrews? 640 00:33:44,316 --> 00:33:45,874 I suppose. 641 00:33:46,618 --> 00:33:48,017 Yes or no? 642 00:33:50,021 --> 00:33:51,078 Yes. 643 00:33:52,256 --> 00:33:53,848 Nothing further. 644 00:33:55,926 --> 00:33:59,327 Mrs. Andrews, did you go to the police and recant? 645 00:34:00,164 --> 00:34:01,495 I did. 646 00:34:01,565 --> 00:34:05,160 And were you facing assault one charges, and did Ms. Cabot offer you a deal... 647 00:34:05,236 --> 00:34:06,827 in exchange for your testimony? 648 00:34:06,904 --> 00:34:08,030 Yes. 649 00:34:08,104 --> 00:34:09,128 Then why are we here? 650 00:34:09,206 --> 00:34:10,230 Objection. 651 00:34:10,306 --> 00:34:11,399 Withdrawn. 652 00:34:11,475 --> 00:34:14,035 Mrs. Andrews, didn't you decide to drop the rape charge... 653 00:34:14,110 --> 00:34:16,544 after your husband dropped the assault charges against you? 654 00:34:16,613 --> 00:34:20,447 That's not how it was, you bitch! You're twisting everything around! 655 00:34:20,516 --> 00:34:22,074 Watch the language. 656 00:34:22,151 --> 00:34:24,585 In fact, didn't you suddenly have a change of heart... 657 00:34:24,653 --> 00:34:27,555 after having a long conversation with your husband? 658 00:34:31,994 --> 00:34:36,727 Answer the question, or I can arrange accommodations for you to think about it. 659 00:34:42,738 --> 00:34:44,103 Yes. 660 00:34:45,607 --> 00:34:48,575 We've been married for five years. And for the most part... 661 00:34:48,643 --> 00:34:51,635 we've been pretty happy, but lately it's been hell. 662 00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:55,847 How many times have the police been called to your residence? 663 00:34:56,317 --> 00:34:57,579 Four. 664 00:34:59,085 --> 00:35:00,950 My wife loses control. 665 00:35:01,521 --> 00:35:05,390 She's the batterer, Mr. Andrews. Why have you been protecting her? 666 00:35:06,060 --> 00:35:07,390 I love her. 667 00:35:08,695 --> 00:35:12,222 I couldn't see her get locked up over something that's my fault. 668 00:35:12,565 --> 00:35:14,828 She's the one who throws heavy objects. 669 00:35:14,901 --> 00:35:17,233 She grabs the knife and attacks. 670 00:35:17,603 --> 00:35:19,299 Why is it your fault? 671 00:35:20,740 --> 00:35:22,731 I haven't always been the best husband. 672 00:35:22,808 --> 00:35:26,266 I've cheated on her, I don't always come home. 673 00:35:26,612 --> 00:35:29,012 I wouldn't, either. Withdrawn. 674 00:35:31,917 --> 00:35:34,044 Did you force your wife to have sex with you? 675 00:35:34,119 --> 00:35:35,050 No. 676 00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:38,556 Did you put her in a chokehold or in any way touch her with excessive force? 677 00:35:38,623 --> 00:35:40,022 No, I did not. 678 00:35:40,092 --> 00:35:42,617 Since the physical evidence bears witness to that... 679 00:35:42,694 --> 00:35:46,323 why would your wife accuse you of such a despicable crime? 680 00:35:50,134 --> 00:35:53,934 I had promised to cut off a yearlong relationship. 681 00:35:56,140 --> 00:35:58,802 I didn't, and she found out about it. 682 00:35:58,875 --> 00:36:01,309 But I've since stopped seeing the woman. 683 00:36:04,047 --> 00:36:05,639 I love my wife. 684 00:36:06,316 --> 00:36:10,275 Then why would you apologize for rape, if you didn't do it? 685 00:36:12,724 --> 00:36:16,784 My wife can't let anything go. She's got to be right, always. 686 00:36:17,461 --> 00:36:20,295 I'd rather lie and tell her that... 687 00:36:20,364 --> 00:36:22,332 I'm sorry for something that I didn't do... 688 00:36:22,399 --> 00:36:24,334 than fight about it for the rest of my life. 689 00:36:24,401 --> 00:36:28,997 I just want some peace, and I don't know a husband in the world who doesn't. 690 00:36:30,407 --> 00:36:31,965 Nothing further. 691 00:36:34,978 --> 00:36:36,444 Mr. Andrews... 692 00:36:36,513 --> 00:36:38,447 did you or did you not tell your wife... 693 00:36:38,514 --> 00:36:41,005 you could do her without leaving a mark? 694 00:36:42,551 --> 00:36:44,178 That's not what I meant when I said... 695 00:36:44,253 --> 00:36:46,949 Let me remind you I can call any number of city personnel... 696 00:36:47,023 --> 00:36:48,923 who witnessed this statement. 697 00:36:51,327 --> 00:36:54,319 Did you or did you not threaten your wife with bodily harm? 698 00:36:54,397 --> 00:36:57,559 The heifer told me that she was going to torch me! 699 00:36:57,633 --> 00:37:00,032 What the hell was I supposed to say? 700 00:37:00,101 --> 00:37:03,264 That heifer is supposed to be the woman you love? 701 00:37:19,053 --> 00:37:22,181 Sexual misconduct, and he's out of a job. 702 00:37:22,623 --> 00:37:24,181 Don't be ridiculous. 703 00:37:24,625 --> 00:37:26,149 You haven't won. 704 00:37:26,226 --> 00:37:29,684 I'd say I've evened the odds considerably, or you wouldn't be here. 705 00:37:30,196 --> 00:37:31,254 Deal, Alex. 706 00:37:31,331 --> 00:37:34,163 At least concede that these two people should never be married... 707 00:37:34,233 --> 00:37:35,598 especially not to each other. 708 00:37:35,669 --> 00:37:36,999 That's not my concern. 709 00:37:37,071 --> 00:37:38,662 Well, it should be. 710 00:37:41,007 --> 00:37:44,943 Hell of a railroad job on what he said in the heat of the moment. 711 00:37:45,010 --> 00:37:48,777 Got me thinking about the fights with my wife. What people might say. 712 00:37:49,848 --> 00:37:51,783 Sometimes I want to kill her. 713 00:37:51,850 --> 00:37:54,375 If she dies, then you've got a problem. 714 00:37:56,455 --> 00:37:59,686 D felony, still on the table. Three years, he'll be out in one. 715 00:37:59,758 --> 00:38:03,660 With a sex-offender tag dragging him down the rest of his life. 716 00:38:19,877 --> 00:38:22,744 You wanted to see me, Captain? So here I am. 717 00:38:22,812 --> 00:38:24,211 Have a seat. 718 00:38:24,281 --> 00:38:26,305 If you don't mind, I'd rather stand. 719 00:38:26,382 --> 00:38:29,249 I have a feeling I'm not going to like what I hear. 720 00:38:30,186 --> 00:38:32,950 It's not official. Just you and me. 721 00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:43,259 Now, I know these last couple of months have been difficult for you. 722 00:38:43,333 --> 00:38:44,924 I know you think we're the enemy. 723 00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:47,162 So this is about my lawsuit? 724 00:38:47,370 --> 00:38:49,064 Have you thought this through? 725 00:38:49,138 --> 00:38:52,665 The politics and the stink, how hard they're going to try to make this for you... 726 00:38:52,741 --> 00:38:53,969 has that crossed your mind? 727 00:38:54,042 --> 00:38:56,636 The only thing on my mind is the presumptuous attitude... 728 00:38:56,711 --> 00:38:57,940 about my private life. 729 00:38:58,013 --> 00:39:01,710 What I do on my own time, is not fodder for this department. 730 00:39:02,518 --> 00:39:05,078 This unit isn't like any other in the department. 731 00:39:05,153 --> 00:39:07,986 Not all the same rules apply, Jefferies. You know that. 732 00:39:08,056 --> 00:39:11,547 No. All I know is that when it hit the fan, you ducked. 733 00:39:13,928 --> 00:39:17,522 You're my responsibility, and you're an integral part of my squad. 734 00:39:17,598 --> 00:39:21,591 I did not agree with their conclusion, but I did agree that you need help. 735 00:39:23,204 --> 00:39:27,003 What does my personal life have to do with my work or the way I do it? 736 00:39:28,041 --> 00:39:31,635 The way I see it, it's the equivalent of you trying to eat your gun... 737 00:39:31,711 --> 00:39:33,542 and I can't let that happen. 738 00:39:43,722 --> 00:39:47,180 Then I don't think we have anything left to talk about. 739 00:39:58,037 --> 00:40:00,266 Will the defendant please rise? 740 00:40:05,076 --> 00:40:08,102 There is no doubt that spousal rape exists. 741 00:40:08,179 --> 00:40:11,739 There is no doubt that a wife holds the same protection under the law... 742 00:40:11,816 --> 00:40:15,683 from her husband and any other male acquaintance or stranger... 743 00:40:15,753 --> 00:40:17,879 with regard to her own body. 744 00:40:18,222 --> 00:40:20,520 But how does the law determine... 745 00:40:20,591 --> 00:40:23,617 if a rape actually occurred within a relationship... 746 00:40:23,694 --> 00:40:26,254 defined by its very nature... 747 00:40:26,663 --> 00:40:28,598 as normal sexual intimacy? 748 00:40:30,068 --> 00:40:32,535 Unfortunately, it cannot. 749 00:40:33,604 --> 00:40:37,768 Nor should it, save corroboration or grievous injury. 750 00:40:38,742 --> 00:40:42,200 Therefore, in the matter of the People v. Lloyd David Andrews... 751 00:40:42,279 --> 00:40:44,543 the Defendant is herby found... 752 00:40:44,681 --> 00:40:48,082 not guilty of one count of rape in the first degree... 753 00:40:48,151 --> 00:40:51,780 not guilty, one count of sexual misconduct in the first degree... 754 00:40:52,589 --> 00:40:55,284 not guilty, one count of sexual abuse. 755 00:40:55,858 --> 00:40:57,291 The defendant is free to go. 756 00:41:09,972 --> 00:41:12,337 Well, that was a colossal waste of time. 757 00:41:12,407 --> 00:41:13,739 I couldn't disagree more. 758 00:41:13,808 --> 00:41:16,504 Forget about the wasted man-hours or even the taxpayers' money. 759 00:41:16,578 --> 00:41:18,409 You lost. Where's the victory in that? 760 00:41:18,481 --> 00:41:22,041 I'm the only ADA to get spousal rape past the grand jury. 761 00:41:22,284 --> 00:41:26,447 I may not have won, but I changed the climate, so somebody else can. 762 00:41:28,556 --> 00:41:31,354 On the other hand, the only thing you may have proven here today... 763 00:41:31,425 --> 00:41:33,394 is that women are still chattel. 764 00:41:33,460 --> 00:41:35,428 Only if they want to be. 765 00:41:51,611 --> 00:41:53,978 That's a little premature, don't you think? 766 00:41:54,047 --> 00:41:57,608 I thought a narc hotshot like you would be worth at least 60 days. 767 00:41:59,952 --> 00:42:01,920 They're not mine, Captain. 768 00:42:02,188 --> 00:42:05,555 I guess Jefferies didn't want to leave her gun unattended. 769 00:42:10,163 --> 00:42:11,687 I'm sorry. 770 00:42:34,385 --> 00:42:35,716 Me, too. 9999 00:00:0,500 --> 00:00:2,00 www.tvsubtitles.net