1 00:00:00,224 --> 00:00:01,987 NARRATOR: In the criminal justice system, 2 00:00:02,059 --> 00:00:05,722 sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous, 3 00:00:05,797 --> 00:00:06,957 In New York City, 4 00:00:07,031 --> 00:00:10,091 the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies 5 00:00:10,168 --> 00:00:13,535 are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit, 6 00:00:13,604 --> 00:00:15,572 These are their stories, 7 00:00:16,107 --> 00:00:17,631 (BELL RINGING) 8 00:00:19,043 --> 00:00:20,169 It's not as serious as it sounds. 9 00:00:20,244 --> 00:00:22,940 If Kathleen doesn't pull her grades up, she'II have to go to summer school. 10 00:00:23,014 --> 00:00:24,572 I find that pretty serious. 11 00:00:24,649 --> 00:00:26,412 We're working on it. She's making progress. 12 00:00:26,484 --> 00:00:28,349 And why am I now just hearing about this? 13 00:00:28,419 --> 00:00:29,443 Because you work really hard, 14 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:32,353 and most nights you're not home until the kids are in bed. 15 00:00:34,592 --> 00:00:36,924 Kathleen, who are you talking to? A friend. 16 00:00:36,994 --> 00:00:37,983 Get off the phone. Dad. 17 00:00:38,062 --> 00:00:39,791 Now. Now. 18 00:00:40,264 --> 00:00:41,629 I'II call you back. 19 00:00:41,699 --> 00:00:43,929 It isn't what you think. I was getting help on a math assignment. 20 00:00:44,001 --> 00:00:45,992 Hey, I got news for you. Things are going to change around here. 21 00:00:46,070 --> 00:00:48,470 No mall, no friends, no phone until further notice. 22 00:00:48,539 --> 00:00:50,370 That's not fair. Mom? 23 00:00:54,812 --> 00:00:58,771 You know, it is abundantly clear to me, you are a parent and I am a paycheck. 24 00:00:58,850 --> 00:01:01,114 You're a good father, but you're overreacting. 25 00:01:01,185 --> 00:01:02,618 You know, we're pretty Iucky. 26 00:01:02,687 --> 00:01:05,155 We've never had any real trouble with the kids. 27 00:01:05,223 --> 00:01:06,952 Trouble's relative. 28 00:01:07,024 --> 00:01:10,050 I heard about a girl today who was raped by her teacher. 29 00:01:10,127 --> 00:01:13,028 She's scared to death, refuses to go to the police, 30 00:01:13,097 --> 00:01:14,359 won't even tell her family. 31 00:01:14,432 --> 00:01:15,956 Now that's what I call trouble. 32 00:01:16,033 --> 00:01:17,125 Who are you talking about? 33 00:01:17,201 --> 00:01:18,361 I don't know her. 34 00:01:18,436 --> 00:01:19,425 She get medical attention? 35 00:01:19,503 --> 00:01:22,563 My friend Carol at St. Matthew's, she did a rape kit. 36 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:25,905 She says she doesn't want to report it and she's got to keep it confidential. 37 00:01:25,977 --> 00:01:27,239 She shouldn't have told me. 38 00:01:27,311 --> 00:01:29,871 Carol's bound by Iaw not to release any of that information 39 00:01:29,947 --> 00:01:30,971 if that's what the victim chooses. 40 00:01:31,048 --> 00:01:34,506 Yeah, but that's ridiculous, 'cause the girl's only 14. 41 00:01:35,386 --> 00:01:37,149 Grown women think twice about reporting it. 42 00:01:37,221 --> 00:01:39,781 After a violation Iike that, you know, it's tough to know who to trust. 43 00:01:39,857 --> 00:01:42,451 She should at Ieast tell her parents. 44 00:01:43,728 --> 00:01:45,593 Maybe they're not around. 45 00:01:45,663 --> 00:01:49,724 Nope. From what I understand, she comes from a good home with both parents. 46 00:01:51,202 --> 00:01:55,969 Well, my experience says Mom and Dad are the Iast resort. 47 00:01:56,207 --> 00:01:58,072 What school she go to? 48 00:01:59,777 --> 00:02:00,835 Why? 49 00:02:02,980 --> 00:02:06,245 Maybe they have a decent counselor to help her out. 50 00:02:07,652 --> 00:02:10,678 If this girl doesn't want to talk to her parents or the police, 51 00:02:10,755 --> 00:02:13,053 why would she tell a counselor? 52 00:02:13,758 --> 00:02:17,717 This girl is going to develop disciplinary problems or depression. 53 00:02:18,195 --> 00:02:20,527 If she's Iucky enough, the school will have qualified teachers 54 00:02:20,598 --> 00:02:22,589 to recognize the symptoms. 55 00:02:23,301 --> 00:02:26,099 Well, Tucker Junior High's got a good reputation, 56 00:02:26,170 --> 00:02:28,035 so I hope you're right. 57 00:02:28,105 --> 00:02:30,198 It's too quiet upstairs. 58 00:02:41,419 --> 00:02:43,979 Hey, EIIiot. What're you doing here? Are you on a case? 59 00:02:44,055 --> 00:02:46,250 No. Actually, I'm here to see you. 60 00:02:46,324 --> 00:02:47,848 What about? 61 00:02:47,925 --> 00:02:49,825 I need her name, Carol. 62 00:02:50,394 --> 00:02:52,555 I can't believe Kathy broke my confidence. It wasn't deliberate. 63 00:02:52,630 --> 00:02:53,654 I don't care. 64 00:02:53,731 --> 00:02:55,892 I promise I won't tell anyone where I got the information. 65 00:02:55,967 --> 00:02:58,367 Look. You know I can't give it to you. And even if I did, 66 00:02:58,436 --> 00:03:01,735 you can't do a damn thing about it without Iosing your job, and costing me mine. 67 00:03:01,806 --> 00:03:03,501 I'II keep you out of it. 68 00:03:03,574 --> 00:03:06,737 Carol, you have to want to help this girl. She's 14. She's been raped. 69 00:03:06,811 --> 00:03:11,145 As far as you're concerned, Detective Stabler, this girl doesn't exist. 70 00:04:06,646 --> 00:04:09,274 OIivia, I need a favor. 71 00:04:09,749 --> 00:04:10,909 Okay. 72 00:04:10,983 --> 00:04:12,109 Bear in mind I don't have any money. 73 00:04:12,185 --> 00:04:14,585 I'm an underpaid detective, just Iike you. 74 00:04:15,555 --> 00:04:19,116 What I want is risky. 75 00:04:19,325 --> 00:04:21,088 Well, Iet me decide. 76 00:04:22,328 --> 00:04:25,126 I need you to check an ER sign-in Iog. 77 00:04:26,032 --> 00:04:27,795 Why can't you do it? 78 00:04:29,135 --> 00:04:32,127 A 14-year-old girl was raped by a teacher. 79 00:04:32,205 --> 00:04:35,504 She got the exam at the hospital, but she didn't want to report it. 80 00:04:35,575 --> 00:04:38,772 Kathy knows the nurse who works there, but if she sees me snooping around... 81 00:04:38,845 --> 00:04:40,779 She absolutely is not supposed to give out that information. 82 00:04:40,847 --> 00:04:43,782 I know. I just got to make sure that it's real. 83 00:04:44,283 --> 00:04:45,773 And then what? 84 00:04:47,253 --> 00:04:49,448 Convince her to come forward. 85 00:04:49,889 --> 00:04:51,186 Not a good idea, EIIiot. 86 00:04:51,257 --> 00:04:52,315 She's just scared, OIivia. 87 00:04:52,391 --> 00:04:55,360 She's a kid who doesn't know that there are people out there who want to help her. 88 00:04:55,428 --> 00:04:58,454 And if she doesn't want to tell us, then we can't make her. 89 00:04:58,531 --> 00:05:02,331 So she just sits in the classroom being taught by her rapist. 90 00:05:04,036 --> 00:05:05,560 What hospital? 91 00:05:06,205 --> 00:05:08,139 (WOMAN CHATTERING ON PA) 92 00:05:08,774 --> 00:05:11,470 Excuse me. Excuse me. Can I help you? 93 00:05:11,544 --> 00:05:14,240 OIivia Benson, Special Victims. I'm here to interview the rape victim. 94 00:05:14,313 --> 00:05:16,281 We didn't call any assaults today. You sure? 95 00:05:16,349 --> 00:05:18,180 I just go where they tell me. 96 00:05:18,251 --> 00:05:19,548 What's the victim's name? 97 00:05:19,619 --> 00:05:21,814 Munch, Margaret K. 98 00:05:24,323 --> 00:05:26,314 No one here by that name. 99 00:05:27,260 --> 00:05:30,252 Okay. Mix-ups happen. Victims' names get mangled, 100 00:05:30,329 --> 00:05:32,661 which hospitals they're sent to, even precinct assignments. 101 00:05:32,732 --> 00:05:34,290 You must see a Iot of victims. 102 00:05:34,367 --> 00:05:37,700 They're traumatized enough. They don't need to wait for me. 103 00:05:38,237 --> 00:05:39,295 How can I help you? 104 00:05:39,372 --> 00:05:41,533 Let me take a Iook at the sign-in sheet for the past two days, 105 00:05:41,607 --> 00:05:45,509 and I'II call the precinct, verify the information I've got. 106 00:05:48,114 --> 00:05:49,308 Thanks. 107 00:05:55,154 --> 00:05:56,519 (BELL RINGING) 108 00:05:56,956 --> 00:05:59,254 You suspect a teacher of raping one of my students, 109 00:05:59,325 --> 00:06:02,089 but you don't even know the girl's name? 110 00:06:02,461 --> 00:06:05,089 Are you sure she isn't Iying to cover something else? 111 00:06:05,164 --> 00:06:09,828 Well, I won't know that unless I talk to her. She was probably absent yesterday, 112 00:06:09,902 --> 00:06:12,928 so if I could take a Iook at the Iist of absentee students 113 00:06:13,005 --> 00:06:14,131 I think I'II find my victim. 114 00:06:14,207 --> 00:06:16,698 Sounds to me Iike your victim doesn't want to be found. 115 00:06:16,776 --> 00:06:19,244 And are you comfortable having a teacher using his authority 116 00:06:19,312 --> 00:06:21,337 to prey on children under your responsibility? 117 00:06:21,414 --> 00:06:23,245 That doesn't even deserve a response. 118 00:06:23,316 --> 00:06:26,444 I give you my word that I won't approach anyone until I'm sure I'm right. 119 00:06:26,519 --> 00:06:29,682 I promise that I'II handle this with discretion. 120 00:06:32,625 --> 00:06:35,924 You're sticking your neck way out there, aren't you? 121 00:06:36,062 --> 00:06:38,997 Ma'am, under the circumstances, wouldn't you? 122 00:06:43,836 --> 00:06:48,296 Okay, here it is. Cynthia Wilmont. Signed in at 9:45 a.m. 123 00:06:48,374 --> 00:06:50,774 According to this Iist, she had a note from home explaining her absence. 124 00:06:50,843 --> 00:06:54,643 Well, it's got to be a forgery. I used to do it all the time. Everyone does. 125 00:06:55,748 --> 00:06:58,581 Except, of course, your kids. I'm sure that you're very intimidating. 126 00:06:58,651 --> 00:07:00,448 Yeah, I'm real scary. 127 00:07:02,221 --> 00:07:03,950 Okay, so how do we play this one out? 128 00:07:04,023 --> 00:07:07,254 I can't Iet you do anything else. If it hits the fan, I want you covered. 129 00:07:07,326 --> 00:07:08,884 Well, it's a Iittle Iate for that, EIIiot. 130 00:07:08,961 --> 00:07:11,896 If anyone goes digging, they go straight back to me. 131 00:07:11,964 --> 00:07:14,865 I had to show my ID to get access to the sign-in sheet. 132 00:07:14,934 --> 00:07:18,836 Well, if we talk to this girl, I'm going to need to cover our ass. 133 00:07:22,408 --> 00:07:23,568 Have you Ieft anything out? 134 00:07:23,643 --> 00:07:26,578 No. That's everything. Our rape victim's an eighth grader at Tucker Junior High. 135 00:07:26,646 --> 00:07:27,908 Her name is Cynthia Wilmont. 136 00:07:27,980 --> 00:07:31,177 I just didn't want to pursue it without talking to you first. 137 00:07:31,250 --> 00:07:32,877 Now that's the first sensible thing you've said, 138 00:07:32,952 --> 00:07:34,214 because you're going to have to drop it. 139 00:07:34,287 --> 00:07:35,311 Captain. 140 00:07:35,388 --> 00:07:39,256 No. You have Ieft the city, the hospital and yourself open to a Iawsuit. 141 00:07:39,325 --> 00:07:41,156 We're talking about a minor here. 142 00:07:41,227 --> 00:07:43,457 Now, there's got to be a way to circumvent that. 143 00:07:43,529 --> 00:07:46,930 Once you talk to the girl, she's going to know the nurse gave her up. 144 00:07:46,999 --> 00:07:48,432 You open that can of worms, 145 00:07:48,501 --> 00:07:51,026 victims advocates will want your blood, and I will give it to them. 146 00:07:51,103 --> 00:07:54,072 I'd think they'd be the first ones who'd want us to catch this hump. 147 00:07:54,140 --> 00:07:56,904 EIIiot, it's hard enough to get adult women to report. 148 00:07:56,976 --> 00:08:01,037 If victims feel no confidence, they won't even go in for the exam. 149 00:08:01,914 --> 00:08:03,541 Now, you are going to drop this 150 00:08:03,616 --> 00:08:06,585 until she is ready to come forward on her own. 151 00:08:06,852 --> 00:08:08,877 It's her teacher, Captain, 152 00:08:09,588 --> 00:08:11,249 and he gets away with this, he's not going stop. 153 00:08:11,324 --> 00:08:14,782 At the very Ieast, Iet's just get him out of the school. 154 00:08:21,100 --> 00:08:23,864 You have the victim brought to the principal's office for a sit-down. 155 00:08:23,936 --> 00:08:26,666 If she doesn't want to talk, you back off. 156 00:08:27,707 --> 00:08:28,765 AII right. 157 00:08:28,841 --> 00:08:32,299 And you go behind my back again, it goes in your jacket. 158 00:08:40,753 --> 00:08:42,618 I guess you found her. 159 00:08:42,688 --> 00:08:44,679 An eighth grader, Cynthia Wilmont. 160 00:08:45,391 --> 00:08:50,454 Sheila, can you get Cynthia Wilmont to come to my office, please? 161 00:08:52,665 --> 00:08:54,394 We'd also Iike a Iist of her teachers. 162 00:08:54,467 --> 00:08:56,094 Now, that I can't do. 163 00:08:56,602 --> 00:08:57,660 Unofficially. 164 00:08:57,737 --> 00:09:01,366 You need a subpoena before I can give you information about a teacher. 165 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:03,908 You do know what we're trying to accomplish here, don't you? 166 00:09:03,976 --> 00:09:06,774 And I applaud your efforts, but whoever this person is, 167 00:09:06,846 --> 00:09:09,212 he has rights until he's been accused. 168 00:09:09,281 --> 00:09:11,442 Especially since it's Cynthia. 169 00:09:11,517 --> 00:09:13,781 Have you noticed any change in her behavior? 170 00:09:13,853 --> 00:09:17,220 She hasn't been brought to my office on any disciplinary action. 171 00:09:17,289 --> 00:09:19,484 Other than that, you'II have to talk to her teachers, 172 00:09:19,558 --> 00:09:22,322 and that I can't allow until you have an actual complaint. 173 00:09:22,395 --> 00:09:26,832 Cynthia Wilmont is Iaying down in the nurse's office with a stomach ache. 174 00:09:27,533 --> 00:09:29,057 You might want to do this Iater. 175 00:09:29,135 --> 00:09:32,332 If she doesn't want to speak with us, we'II Ieave. 176 00:09:36,542 --> 00:09:39,010 Take the detectives to the nurse's office 177 00:09:39,078 --> 00:09:41,376 and make sure they have some privacy. 178 00:09:41,447 --> 00:09:42,641 BENSON: Thanks. 179 00:09:44,683 --> 00:09:45,945 (DOOR OPENS) 180 00:09:46,619 --> 00:09:49,213 SHEILA: These people need to talk to Cynthia in private for a minute. 181 00:09:49,288 --> 00:09:50,983 Sure. We'II be right outside. 182 00:09:51,056 --> 00:09:52,387 Thank you. 183 00:09:53,492 --> 00:09:58,259 Hi, Cynthia. I'm OIivia Benson and this is EIIiot Stabler. 184 00:09:59,432 --> 00:10:00,831 You're cops. 185 00:10:01,033 --> 00:10:03,194 You're right. We know you're not feeling well, 186 00:10:03,269 --> 00:10:04,827 but we were wondering if, maybe, there was something 187 00:10:04,904 --> 00:10:06,997 that you might Iike to talk to us about? 188 00:10:07,072 --> 00:10:08,403 CYNTHIA: Like what? 189 00:10:08,507 --> 00:10:10,941 Well, has anyone been bothering you Iately? 190 00:10:11,010 --> 00:10:12,170 No. 191 00:10:12,645 --> 00:10:14,340 STABLER: Do you Iike all your teachers? 192 00:10:14,413 --> 00:10:15,641 Why are you asking me that? 193 00:10:15,714 --> 00:10:17,443 BENSON: Because we want to help you. 194 00:10:17,516 --> 00:10:20,076 Did somebody tell you that I'm in trouble? 195 00:10:20,152 --> 00:10:21,449 It's not true. 196 00:10:23,923 --> 00:10:29,156 Cynthia, you can tell us if somebody touched you, no matter what. 197 00:10:30,262 --> 00:10:31,991 I don't understand. 198 00:10:32,398 --> 00:10:35,265 Did anything bad happen to you the day before yesterday? 199 00:10:35,334 --> 00:10:36,528 No. 200 00:10:36,602 --> 00:10:38,001 Then why aren't you feeling well? 201 00:10:40,973 --> 00:10:42,372 Are you going to talk to my parents? 202 00:10:42,441 --> 00:10:43,999 Absolutely not. 203 00:10:44,076 --> 00:10:47,534 Why should I believe you? Why should I believe anything you say? 204 00:10:47,613 --> 00:10:48,705 Because it's true. 205 00:10:48,781 --> 00:10:50,408 Yeah, I've heard that before. 206 00:10:50,483 --> 00:10:53,816 That nurse promised me that she wouldn't say a word. 207 00:10:54,220 --> 00:10:58,520 No one else knows, not even my best friend. 208 00:10:58,591 --> 00:11:00,388 So she had to have told you. 209 00:11:01,327 --> 00:11:03,227 She Iied and now so are you. 210 00:11:03,295 --> 00:11:07,561 Cynthia, if you tell us who did this, we can make sure he never does it again. 211 00:11:07,633 --> 00:11:10,158 I'm fine. No one did anything to me. 212 00:11:13,005 --> 00:11:14,063 (BELL RINGING) 213 00:11:14,139 --> 00:11:15,697 She's scared to death. 214 00:11:15,774 --> 00:11:17,241 Got any suggestions? 215 00:11:17,910 --> 00:11:19,605 None that'II make her happy. 216 00:11:19,678 --> 00:11:21,202 We cannot go to her parents. 217 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:22,611 About my kid, I'd want to know. 218 00:11:22,681 --> 00:11:24,308 This isn't about you or her parents. 219 00:11:24,383 --> 00:11:26,408 She's a child who doesn't know what she's doing, 220 00:11:26,485 --> 00:11:28,544 and we need her testimony to go after this bastard, 221 00:11:28,621 --> 00:11:29,679 before he makes a habit of it. 222 00:11:29,755 --> 00:11:32,781 You expect her to come forward when most women won't. 223 00:11:32,858 --> 00:11:34,758 Either she's a kid, or she's an adult, EIIiot. 224 00:11:34,827 --> 00:11:36,385 You can't have it both ways. 225 00:11:39,465 --> 00:11:40,830 Hey, Kath. 226 00:11:40,900 --> 00:11:42,299 OIivia. 227 00:11:42,368 --> 00:11:45,565 I'II update the captain. Nice to see you. 228 00:11:47,806 --> 00:11:49,171 You're angry. 229 00:11:49,241 --> 00:11:52,233 Actually, I'm not, and that's what scares me. 230 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:57,412 You know why I had to pursue this. 231 00:11:57,483 --> 00:11:59,678 I know I Iost a good friend today. 232 00:11:59,752 --> 00:12:01,617 But you Iost something much more important, 233 00:12:01,687 --> 00:12:04,850 and either you don't realize it or you don't care. 234 00:12:04,924 --> 00:12:06,949 Now you know that's not true. 235 00:12:07,026 --> 00:12:09,051 You played me, EIIiot. 236 00:12:09,194 --> 00:12:10,627 You carried on that conversation, 237 00:12:10,696 --> 00:12:13,392 drawing information out of me Iike I was your witness. 238 00:12:13,465 --> 00:12:17,765 You know what happens to rape victims when they don't deal with the trauma. 239 00:12:17,836 --> 00:12:22,967 This girl's got drug and alcohol abuse in her future, just to dull the pain, 240 00:12:23,042 --> 00:12:25,806 and then comes the inability to connect, 241 00:12:25,878 --> 00:12:28,779 the promiscuity because she thinks she had it coming to her. 242 00:12:28,847 --> 00:12:31,839 Either way, she's screwed until she gets help. 243 00:12:32,551 --> 00:12:38,046 A teacher is responsible, and you know I just can't Iet this slide. 244 00:12:40,025 --> 00:12:44,655 I know you too well for that but everything has a price, 245 00:12:44,730 --> 00:12:47,290 and I just hope that you can pay it. 246 00:12:50,936 --> 00:12:54,963 EII, Carol Porter just called from St. Matthew's. Cynthia's been admitted. 247 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:57,770 Somebody tossed her down a flight of steps. 248 00:13:04,024 --> 00:13:07,516 We're Iooking for a minor, female. Her name is Cynthia Wilmont. 249 00:13:07,594 --> 00:13:09,221 Came with multiple injuries from a fall. 250 00:13:09,295 --> 00:13:12,731 She's in the O.R., getting a pin in a badly broken arm. 251 00:13:14,801 --> 00:13:16,359 You have any idea how it happened? 252 00:13:16,436 --> 00:13:20,736 I don't have the whole story, but Cynthia claims she fell down the stairs. 253 00:13:20,807 --> 00:13:23,298 At school? Couple of blocks from home. 254 00:13:23,376 --> 00:13:25,435 Good Samaritan found her, called a bus. 255 00:13:25,512 --> 00:13:28,606 She's got a black eye, a broken arm and fractured ribs. 256 00:13:28,682 --> 00:13:31,651 Her injuries don't sound consistent with an accident. 257 00:13:31,718 --> 00:13:34,551 Did you go to the school and question her? 258 00:13:34,621 --> 00:13:35,747 Why do you ask? 259 00:13:35,822 --> 00:13:38,188 Because she blames me, Detective. 260 00:13:38,258 --> 00:13:40,249 She became agitated when I entered the exam room. 261 00:13:40,326 --> 00:13:42,021 I was ordered to Ieave to calm her down. 262 00:13:42,095 --> 00:13:44,859 Carol, I am so sorry you got caught in the middle of all this. 263 00:13:44,931 --> 00:13:47,365 That makes me feel so much better. 264 00:13:51,638 --> 00:13:53,970 You're still pursuing this? Unofficially. 265 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:56,065 What else can you tell us? 266 00:13:58,044 --> 00:14:00,604 Look, if it wasn't an accident, then maybe our presence at the school 267 00:14:00,680 --> 00:14:04,241 did cause the rapist to panic. Trying to intimidate her. 268 00:14:05,719 --> 00:14:07,448 I think she's been raped more than once. 269 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:08,987 What makes you say that? 270 00:14:09,055 --> 00:14:10,955 She came in with abdominal pain, 271 00:14:11,024 --> 00:14:14,084 so the doctor was obliged to do a vaginal exam. 272 00:14:14,327 --> 00:14:17,524 She's got pelvic inflammatory disease, caused by gonorrhea. 273 00:14:17,597 --> 00:14:19,656 Did you do an STD screen with the rape kit? 274 00:14:19,733 --> 00:14:21,758 Sure, but once it moves to the fallopian tubes, 275 00:14:21,835 --> 00:14:22,927 the test can come up negative. 276 00:14:23,002 --> 00:14:24,765 Well, doesn't it take weeks to develop PID? 277 00:14:24,838 --> 00:14:26,169 If the gonorrhea goes untreated. 278 00:14:26,239 --> 00:14:28,173 MAN: Nurse. Excuse me. 279 00:14:29,409 --> 00:14:32,242 Well, after this beating, Cynthia's just going to dig in. 280 00:14:32,312 --> 00:14:34,280 There is no way she's going to talk to us. 281 00:14:34,347 --> 00:14:36,781 Well, she doesn't have a choice anymore. 282 00:14:36,850 --> 00:14:40,115 We find out who assaulted her, we'II find her rapist. 283 00:14:40,186 --> 00:14:43,019 Her parents should be in the waiting room. 284 00:14:44,557 --> 00:14:48,084 First they call and tell me my Iittle girl's been hurt. 285 00:14:48,461 --> 00:14:51,862 Then they tell us she has gonorrhea. I mean, have you all gone crazy? 286 00:14:51,931 --> 00:14:55,628 Public health has to be notified to contact anybody that Cynthia's been with. 287 00:14:55,702 --> 00:14:57,636 My daughter did not give this to anyone. 288 00:14:57,704 --> 00:15:01,003 Well, she didn't get gonorrhea from the toilet seat. 289 00:15:04,310 --> 00:15:06,141 STABLER: Did anyone have a problem with your daughter? 290 00:15:06,212 --> 00:15:08,737 She get into a fight with someone recently, or an argument? 291 00:15:08,815 --> 00:15:09,839 No. 292 00:15:11,184 --> 00:15:13,812 Does your daughter have any boyfriends? 293 00:15:13,887 --> 00:15:14,911 No. 294 00:15:17,490 --> 00:15:20,584 Where were you and your wife when this happened? 295 00:15:21,261 --> 00:15:24,424 I was at work. She was at home. Why? 296 00:15:25,865 --> 00:15:27,765 Just routine questions. 297 00:15:27,867 --> 00:15:31,132 STABLER: Does Cynthia have any close friends we could talk to? 298 00:15:32,172 --> 00:15:34,572 You could try Amy Bergen, maybe she would know something. 299 00:15:34,641 --> 00:15:36,768 She's Cynthia's best friend. 300 00:15:39,345 --> 00:15:42,075 Should have told Cynthia's parents right away, instead of going to the school. 301 00:15:42,148 --> 00:15:43,172 We could have prevented this. 302 00:15:43,249 --> 00:15:45,615 Depends on who's responsible. I want to check the parents out. 303 00:15:45,685 --> 00:15:47,585 You think they tossed their daughter down a flight of stairs? 304 00:15:47,654 --> 00:15:50,452 Her father seemed pretty upset about his daughter having sex. 305 00:15:50,523 --> 00:15:52,115 She didn't. She was raped. 306 00:15:52,192 --> 00:15:55,559 And what if she fabricated the rape to cover up sexual activity? 307 00:15:55,628 --> 00:15:56,754 We've had Iots of cases Iike that. 308 00:15:56,830 --> 00:15:59,321 Well, you saw that girl. She was afraid of someone. 309 00:15:59,399 --> 00:16:00,798 Maybe it's Dad. 310 00:16:00,867 --> 00:16:02,266 What, you think he raped her? 311 00:16:02,335 --> 00:16:04,633 We've seen it too many times before. 312 00:16:04,704 --> 00:16:05,932 Cynthia does have the clap. 313 00:16:06,005 --> 00:16:07,734 Daddy gave it to her, Mommy's got to have it. 314 00:16:07,807 --> 00:16:09,502 You really see her covering for her husband? 315 00:16:09,576 --> 00:16:11,544 I don't know. I just think we should check the whereabouts 316 00:16:11,611 --> 00:16:13,602 of the parents during the assault. 317 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:16,171 First Iet's check out the best friend. 318 00:16:18,685 --> 00:16:22,519 This is terrible. I should call Darlene. See if there's anything I can do. 319 00:16:22,589 --> 00:16:24,614 You sure Amy knows something about this? 320 00:16:24,691 --> 00:16:27,819 If Cynthia had tension with someone, Amy probably knows who. 321 00:16:27,894 --> 00:16:30,158 If you don't mind, we'd Iike to speak to her alone. 322 00:16:30,230 --> 00:16:31,288 Why? 323 00:16:31,364 --> 00:16:34,492 Kids tend to keep secrets, especially from their parents. 324 00:16:34,567 --> 00:16:36,159 She might shut down in your presence. 325 00:16:36,236 --> 00:16:37,635 I don't think I Iike this. 326 00:16:37,704 --> 00:16:41,504 Her best friend is in the hospital. First door on your right. 327 00:16:46,946 --> 00:16:48,743 Shut the door, please. 328 00:16:52,986 --> 00:16:54,351 I know who you are. 329 00:16:54,420 --> 00:16:57,821 I saw you at my school and Cynthia said you were asking questions. 330 00:16:57,891 --> 00:16:59,688 Did she tell you why? 331 00:17:01,094 --> 00:17:02,823 Is it true that somebody beat her up? 332 00:17:02,896 --> 00:17:04,659 Looks Iike it. 333 00:17:05,632 --> 00:17:08,032 Do you have any idea who might have done this to her? 334 00:17:08,101 --> 00:17:11,002 I promise I don't know anything about that. 335 00:17:11,504 --> 00:17:13,404 Your friend needs help. 336 00:17:16,276 --> 00:17:18,471 Does Cynthia have a boyfriend? 337 00:17:18,544 --> 00:17:19,943 Tommy Kessler. 338 00:17:21,014 --> 00:17:23,107 Do you know if they're having sex? 339 00:17:23,182 --> 00:17:25,582 We fool around but we don't go all the way. 340 00:17:25,652 --> 00:17:28,052 "We"? What do you mean, "We"? 341 00:17:31,724 --> 00:17:36,388 Amy, you are not in trouble. What we say here does not Ieave this room. 342 00:17:40,500 --> 00:17:42,161 Okay, we have a club. 343 00:17:42,235 --> 00:17:43,702 Tommy and his best friend, Nick, 344 00:17:43,770 --> 00:17:46,967 they throw parties and we fool around, but that's all. 345 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:49,474 STABLER: What do you mean, you fool around? 346 00:17:51,311 --> 00:17:53,142 We do stuff for beer. 347 00:17:55,481 --> 00:17:56,812 Like what? 348 00:17:58,584 --> 00:18:01,109 Well, Tommy gets together a group, 349 00:18:01,187 --> 00:18:05,647 and the girls do the guys, and they supply the beer. 350 00:18:07,994 --> 00:18:10,224 You're talking about oral sex. 351 00:18:15,368 --> 00:18:17,097 Do you use condoms? 352 00:18:18,972 --> 00:18:22,135 That's gross. We don't have sex. I told you that. 353 00:18:22,208 --> 00:18:25,609 Well, when was the Iast time you had one of these parties? 354 00:18:25,678 --> 00:18:28,374 Day before yesterday, and it was the best one so far. 355 00:18:28,448 --> 00:18:29,938 STABLER: Cynthia there? 356 00:18:30,783 --> 00:18:35,447 Yeah, she goes to every one. She has to if she wants to stay Tommy's girl. 357 00:18:35,521 --> 00:18:37,045 And why's that? 358 00:18:39,359 --> 00:18:43,762 Well, Cynthia's my best friend and I Iove her, 359 00:18:44,430 --> 00:18:47,922 but she's no hottie, you know? 360 00:18:53,873 --> 00:18:55,738 I hate talking to kids this age. 361 00:18:55,808 --> 00:18:58,072 That's 'cause you can't smack them if they give you Iip. 362 00:18:58,144 --> 00:18:59,270 Who says I can't? 363 00:18:59,345 --> 00:19:01,404 Then what is your issue with the pubescent set? 364 00:19:01,481 --> 00:19:04,746 The stink of pimple cream turns my stomach. 365 00:19:05,084 --> 00:19:07,211 Where is this Iittle player? 366 00:19:07,887 --> 00:19:09,286 Over there. 367 00:19:09,555 --> 00:19:10,920 (CHATTERING) 368 00:19:12,225 --> 00:19:13,817 FIN: Tommy Kessler? 369 00:19:19,632 --> 00:19:21,896 We need to talk to you, too, Nicky. Come here. 370 00:19:21,968 --> 00:19:23,993 Cops. That's cool. 371 00:19:24,971 --> 00:19:26,598 So what's up, brother? 372 00:19:26,672 --> 00:19:27,900 Your cancer. 373 00:19:29,142 --> 00:19:31,440 I feel you. Oh, you "feel" me? 374 00:19:31,511 --> 00:19:34,844 Don't hit him. Let's talk about Cynthia Wilmont. 375 00:19:35,748 --> 00:19:37,340 Heard she got hurt. She okay? 376 00:19:37,417 --> 00:19:39,248 She got jacked up. What you know about it? 377 00:19:39,318 --> 00:19:42,515 We saw her Ieave school but we went the other way. 378 00:19:43,723 --> 00:19:46,055 That's how it happened, Tommy? 379 00:19:46,125 --> 00:19:47,114 Yeah. 380 00:19:47,593 --> 00:19:49,185 What happened a couple nights ago at your party? 381 00:19:49,262 --> 00:19:51,321 Cynthia service anyone, besides you? 382 00:19:51,397 --> 00:19:53,831 Oh, man. I knew this would happen. TOMMY: Shut up. 383 00:19:54,967 --> 00:19:56,832 MUNCH: Who was the Iucky guy? 384 00:19:57,303 --> 00:20:00,204 It doesn't matter. Look, everybody does it. 385 00:20:00,606 --> 00:20:05,475 It's not sex, so a guy doesn't get pissed if his girl chicken heads someone else. 386 00:20:07,380 --> 00:20:11,180 Better tell him, Tommy. I don't want trouble with my parents. 387 00:20:13,186 --> 00:20:16,781 I didn't have money for brew, so Cynthia offered to try to get us some. 388 00:20:16,856 --> 00:20:17,880 So you pimped her? 389 00:20:17,957 --> 00:20:20,858 No. She's my girlfriend. She Iikes to do me favors. 390 00:20:20,927 --> 00:20:23,020 Who else was she with that night? 391 00:20:25,131 --> 00:20:30,398 Nick, because it was his birthday. And there was this older guy, he... 392 00:20:30,470 --> 00:20:32,199 Tall, he had brown hair. 393 00:20:32,271 --> 00:20:34,171 I've seen him before. My sister Mia knows him. 394 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:35,502 MUNCH: How old? 395 00:20:35,575 --> 00:20:38,066 Well, not grandpa old, Iike you, but old. 396 00:20:38,144 --> 00:20:39,805 Twenty, thirty or something. I don't know. 397 00:20:39,879 --> 00:20:43,144 And Cynthia went off with him in exchange for what? 398 00:20:45,218 --> 00:20:46,879 I don't want to say. 399 00:20:48,054 --> 00:20:50,579 You know I want to smack you, right? 400 00:20:52,024 --> 00:20:55,323 It was for some ex. We were celebrating. 401 00:21:01,267 --> 00:21:03,326 Swing parties for kids. 402 00:21:03,403 --> 00:21:05,963 And since when is oral sex not sex? 403 00:21:06,039 --> 00:21:07,597 Since Bill CIinton said so. 404 00:21:07,674 --> 00:21:10,268 Well, Tommy says the older guy's got to be our teacher 405 00:21:10,343 --> 00:21:12,174 and his sister can tell us who he is. 406 00:21:12,245 --> 00:21:14,179 But if he taught junior high, Tommy would have known him. 407 00:21:14,247 --> 00:21:18,980 Are you sure? Maybe there is no teacher and Cynthia's just covering up. 408 00:21:19,052 --> 00:21:21,748 It's still statutory rape, whether or not it was consensual. 409 00:21:21,821 --> 00:21:23,550 Doesn't matter. Without a complaining witness, 410 00:21:23,623 --> 00:21:24,920 the rape doesn't exist. 411 00:21:24,991 --> 00:21:28,085 Unless we can tie this man to the assault, we have nothing to charge him with. 412 00:21:28,161 --> 00:21:30,595 Tommy knows more than he's telling. You catch that Iook? 413 00:21:30,663 --> 00:21:34,224 I wish I could catch the Iittle bastard in the act and charge him for pandering. 414 00:21:34,300 --> 00:21:36,234 He's got Cynthia hooking for alcohol and drugs. 415 00:21:36,302 --> 00:21:37,735 Yeah, what about the drugs? 416 00:21:37,804 --> 00:21:40,238 The ecstasy's been consumed so the evidentiary Iink is gone. 417 00:21:40,306 --> 00:21:43,173 Is there any way to get the rape kit without a 61? 418 00:21:43,243 --> 00:21:44,608 If we can prove an adult was with the minor, 419 00:21:44,677 --> 00:21:46,440 her parents can request a rape kit be released. 420 00:21:46,513 --> 00:21:49,949 But once we ID the perp, Tommy's statement isn't enough to get a warrant for his DNA. 421 00:21:50,016 --> 00:21:52,382 We'd need a corroborating witness, or Cynthia to come clean. 422 00:21:52,452 --> 00:21:53,942 So we'II talk to her again, all right? 423 00:21:54,020 --> 00:21:56,181 I would wait until she's released from the hospital. 424 00:21:56,256 --> 00:21:59,020 In the meantime, Munch, Fin, talk to Tommy's sister. 425 00:21:59,092 --> 00:22:03,290 Get an ID on this adult with a penchant for crashing teenage parties. 426 00:22:10,003 --> 00:22:11,527 Parents around? 427 00:22:11,604 --> 00:22:14,664 My mom's Iaying down and my dad's working Iate. 428 00:22:14,841 --> 00:22:16,502 They don't need to know about this, right? 429 00:22:16,576 --> 00:22:20,012 Thought it was no big deal. Everybody does it, right? 430 00:22:20,713 --> 00:22:24,205 Don't sweat it, kid. We're here Iooking for your sister. 431 00:22:24,918 --> 00:22:27,011 Mia's in her room studying. 432 00:22:28,655 --> 00:22:30,680 Mia. MIA: Go away, you Iittle snot. 433 00:22:33,192 --> 00:22:34,386 (SNIFFING) 434 00:22:40,466 --> 00:22:41,956 You know, I'm going to break your... 435 00:22:42,035 --> 00:22:43,093 (MUSIC PLAYING ON STEREO) 436 00:22:43,169 --> 00:22:46,502 Damn, what kind of weed you toking on in here, girl? 437 00:22:52,679 --> 00:22:53,839 Make yourselves at home. 438 00:22:53,913 --> 00:22:55,141 We plan to. 439 00:22:59,819 --> 00:23:01,013 What? 440 00:23:01,087 --> 00:23:04,386 Let's chat about you and your brother's sex parties. 441 00:23:05,091 --> 00:23:06,854 I don't know what you're talking about. 442 00:23:06,926 --> 00:23:09,827 We could wake your mom, if you want us to. 443 00:23:09,896 --> 00:23:12,057 You could try. 444 00:23:12,131 --> 00:23:14,031 She's not sleeping. She's passed out. 445 00:23:14,100 --> 00:23:15,362 MUNCH: You had a party two nights ago. 446 00:23:15,435 --> 00:23:18,802 Your brother's girlfriend, Cynthia Wilmont, was here. Remember her? 447 00:23:18,871 --> 00:23:20,805 That mousy skank is his girlfriend? 448 00:23:20,873 --> 00:23:22,431 Skank? 449 00:23:22,508 --> 00:23:25,944 Hey, she gets around. What else am I supposed to call her? 450 00:23:26,012 --> 00:23:27,877 Hey, you can't do that without a warrant. 451 00:23:27,947 --> 00:23:29,244 Yes, he can. 452 00:23:29,315 --> 00:23:32,944 Probable cause is defined as reasonable knowledge of a criminal act. 453 00:23:33,019 --> 00:23:35,783 See, the Ionger you stall, the more time I have to find your stash, 454 00:23:35,855 --> 00:23:37,914 and when I find it, I'm taking you in. 455 00:23:37,991 --> 00:23:40,255 You're not going to juvie, sweet pea. 456 00:23:41,427 --> 00:23:42,485 What do you want to know? 457 00:23:42,562 --> 00:23:44,257 Who attends your Iittle soirees? 458 00:23:46,132 --> 00:23:48,123 Just friends from school. 459 00:23:48,201 --> 00:23:51,932 I Iet my brother bring his friends 'cause he threatened to squeal. 460 00:23:52,005 --> 00:23:54,496 Turns out they party harder than high school kids. 461 00:23:54,574 --> 00:23:58,408 Smoke a Iittle weed, Iisten to some tunes, one thing turns into another, right? 462 00:23:58,478 --> 00:24:02,505 You Iook Iike you did some damage in your day. Where's the crime? 463 00:24:02,915 --> 00:24:05,406 IIIegal drugs and statutory rape. 464 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:08,646 Who got raped? 465 00:24:08,721 --> 00:24:10,211 A witness statement from one of your guests 466 00:24:10,289 --> 00:24:12,587 places an adult at this shindig. 467 00:24:13,793 --> 00:24:15,920 You must mean Ross McKenzie. 468 00:24:16,162 --> 00:24:17,459 Describe him. 469 00:24:17,530 --> 00:24:23,491 He's 24, built, kind of cute, very cool. 470 00:24:25,672 --> 00:24:27,970 Hey, if you think he raped anybody, you're crazy. 471 00:24:28,041 --> 00:24:29,303 And why's that? 472 00:24:29,375 --> 00:24:31,775 Well, 'cause he can have anybody he wants. 473 00:24:31,844 --> 00:24:33,869 He's a substitute teacher at my high school 474 00:24:33,980 --> 00:24:37,143 and he's only interested in mature women Iike me. 475 00:24:38,051 --> 00:24:40,076 Well, I guess we found our teacher. 476 00:24:40,153 --> 00:24:41,916 What do we have so far on this creep? 477 00:24:41,988 --> 00:24:45,287 Ross McKenzie, 24, assigned to Harrison High. 478 00:24:45,358 --> 00:24:48,418 Described by one of his students as the epitome of cool. 479 00:24:48,494 --> 00:24:50,826 You'd think with all that Iegal nubile flesh around there, 480 00:24:50,897 --> 00:24:52,194 he'd sample that instead. 481 00:24:52,265 --> 00:24:54,290 Evidently he Iikes them a Iot younger. 482 00:24:54,367 --> 00:24:58,064 Board of education has him Iisted as a substitute teacher for the Iast two years. 483 00:24:58,137 --> 00:24:59,798 One arrest. No convictions. 484 00:24:59,872 --> 00:25:03,364 A bust fell apart three years ago for soliciting an eight ball of coke. 485 00:25:03,443 --> 00:25:05,411 MUNCH: From entrapment? Yeah. 486 00:25:05,478 --> 00:25:08,038 Which is why he didn't have to put it on his school application. 487 00:25:08,114 --> 00:25:10,275 Well, if he's our perp, how did he know that we talked to Cynthia? 488 00:25:10,349 --> 00:25:11,611 He doesn't teach middle school. 489 00:25:11,684 --> 00:25:15,518 Kids talk. Tommy could have told his sister. She informed McKenzie. 490 00:25:15,588 --> 00:25:19,251 Well, if this teacher did do it, then he definitely wasn't working that day, 491 00:25:19,325 --> 00:25:21,885 since the high school Iets out after Cynthia was attacked. 492 00:25:21,961 --> 00:25:24,987 So check with the Harrison principal on McKenzie's whereabouts. 493 00:25:25,064 --> 00:25:28,693 If this pans out, haul him in for a hard interview. 494 00:25:32,939 --> 00:25:36,397 The kids Iove him. He Iistens to their music, he talks their talk, 495 00:25:36,476 --> 00:25:38,341 and they call him by his first name. 496 00:25:38,411 --> 00:25:40,379 Well, what's wrong with that, if the kids Iearn? 497 00:25:40,446 --> 00:25:44,382 BIur the Iine between student and teacher and chaos will ensue. 498 00:25:44,450 --> 00:25:46,008 What's McKenzie done exactly? 499 00:25:46,085 --> 00:25:48,553 We're still Iooking into it. Was he working Monday? 500 00:25:48,621 --> 00:25:52,022 Not here, but that doesn't mean he wasn't working at another school. 501 00:25:52,091 --> 00:25:56,755 In case you haven't heard, we're short on qualified teachers, money and supplies, 502 00:25:56,829 --> 00:25:58,990 which just causes us to Iower our standards. 503 00:25:59,065 --> 00:26:00,054 You don't Iike him. 504 00:26:00,133 --> 00:26:01,896 I can't afford to dislike anyone. 505 00:26:01,968 --> 00:26:05,096 But I take issue with Iax rules and fraternizing with the students. 506 00:26:05,171 --> 00:26:07,071 BENSON: Has anyone Iodged a complaint against him? 507 00:26:07,140 --> 00:26:09,472 Not yet, but it's only a matter of time. 508 00:26:09,542 --> 00:26:10,839 Where's McKenzie now? 509 00:26:11,811 --> 00:26:15,212 He has a free period. You should find him in the teacher's Iounge. 510 00:26:19,552 --> 00:26:21,349 BENSON: Ross McKenzie? Yeah? 511 00:26:21,888 --> 00:26:24,448 Detectives Benson and Stabler, we'd Iike to ask you a few questions. 512 00:26:24,524 --> 00:26:25,548 What's this about? 513 00:26:25,625 --> 00:26:26,649 It's a sensitive subject, 514 00:26:26,726 --> 00:26:29,024 so we'd Iike to take this back to our precinct. 515 00:26:29,095 --> 00:26:31,359 Well, I've got classes. Have somebody cover for you. 516 00:26:31,430 --> 00:26:33,057 Not until I find out what this is about. 517 00:26:33,132 --> 00:26:34,793 Well, I guess we can interview you right here. 518 00:26:34,867 --> 00:26:38,701 We need answers about drug distribution and sex parties involving minors. 519 00:26:38,771 --> 00:26:40,136 You ready? 520 00:26:40,206 --> 00:26:43,300 Okay, okay. Just give me a couple of minutes to talk to the principal. 521 00:26:43,376 --> 00:26:46,470 BENSON: It's already done. Why don't you grab your coat? 522 00:26:50,316 --> 00:26:52,511 You Iike substitute teaching? 523 00:26:53,019 --> 00:26:54,577 Right now it pays the bills. 524 00:26:54,654 --> 00:26:56,781 I mean, my sights are set on a college professorship. 525 00:26:56,856 --> 00:26:58,847 Maybe a nice cushy tenure somewhere small. 526 00:26:58,925 --> 00:27:00,552 Were you working on Monday? 527 00:27:00,626 --> 00:27:01,991 No. 528 00:27:02,061 --> 00:27:03,323 Where were you all day? 529 00:27:03,396 --> 00:27:05,387 I was home doing a Iesson plan. Why? 530 00:27:05,464 --> 00:27:07,659 Now, you only teach high school kids? 531 00:27:07,733 --> 00:27:08,757 It's safer that way. 532 00:27:08,835 --> 00:27:11,360 My teaching methods are considered a Iittle unorthodox. 533 00:27:11,437 --> 00:27:15,134 Is that because you get too familiar with the student body? 534 00:27:15,775 --> 00:27:17,402 You've been talking to the principal. 535 00:27:17,476 --> 00:27:19,740 See, he hasn't changed the curricula since the '70s. 536 00:27:19,812 --> 00:27:23,009 If you want to reach the kids, you to have to meet them at their Ievel. 537 00:27:23,082 --> 00:27:25,642 And partying with them does that for you? 538 00:27:26,152 --> 00:27:28,950 Where's this coming from? I don't party with my students. 539 00:27:29,021 --> 00:27:30,989 Really? Then what were you doing at the Kessler apartment 540 00:27:31,057 --> 00:27:32,820 a couple nights ago? 541 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:36,151 Relieving parental concerns. 542 00:27:36,229 --> 00:27:37,321 So you're a chaperone? 543 00:27:37,396 --> 00:27:41,059 Yes, I've done it before. Mia asks me to cover so her friends can attend, 544 00:27:41,133 --> 00:27:42,896 because the mother isn't capable. 545 00:27:42,969 --> 00:27:46,803 A witness put drugs and alcohol at this party. Where were you? 546 00:27:47,273 --> 00:27:48,968 No one did anything Iike that in front of me. 547 00:27:49,041 --> 00:27:50,702 For a chaperone, you're not very observant. 548 00:27:50,776 --> 00:27:53,973 Well, I also don't have eyes in the back of my head, Detective. 549 00:27:54,046 --> 00:27:56,844 I mean, Iisten. If the kids want to do something, they're going to find a way. 550 00:27:56,916 --> 00:28:00,477 Were you aware that there were 14-year-old minors there? 551 00:28:00,553 --> 00:28:04,512 Sure. Mia has to watch her brother 'cause of the home situation, 552 00:28:05,024 --> 00:28:09,017 and she said that he could have friends in his room, to keep him quiet, 553 00:28:09,095 --> 00:28:10,995 but they weren't any of my responsibility. 554 00:28:11,063 --> 00:28:13,463 How do you explain the hits of ecstasy you gave them? 555 00:28:13,532 --> 00:28:15,159 They Iied to you. 556 00:28:15,835 --> 00:28:18,633 Kids tend to do that when their backs are against a wall. 557 00:28:18,704 --> 00:28:20,069 Adults, too. 558 00:28:27,813 --> 00:28:29,303 We've got nothing to tie him to the assault. 559 00:28:29,382 --> 00:28:31,907 You said that we needed a corroborating statement to pursue the drugs. 560 00:28:31,984 --> 00:28:33,383 What about the other boy, Nick Radsen? 561 00:28:33,452 --> 00:28:34,510 Not good enough. 562 00:28:34,587 --> 00:28:37,647 He was a recipient of Cynthia's services. I would argue intent. 563 00:28:37,723 --> 00:28:39,623 Well, that puts us back at square one. 564 00:28:39,692 --> 00:28:42,252 Call me when you get something. 565 00:28:42,328 --> 00:28:45,263 Cynthia was just released from the hospital. 566 00:28:45,598 --> 00:28:47,498 Persuading her to talk is not going to be easy. 567 00:28:47,566 --> 00:28:50,467 Tell her what you know. Give her details. It might force her hand. 568 00:28:50,536 --> 00:28:52,902 EIIiot, have a sit down with the parents. 569 00:28:52,972 --> 00:28:57,466 You can't tell them about the rape, but you can tell them what we do here. 570 00:29:02,682 --> 00:29:05,776 Public health official's been here three times. 571 00:29:05,851 --> 00:29:07,341 He wants a Iist of names. 572 00:29:08,654 --> 00:29:12,385 So he went to Amy and she's so scared she spilled her guts about sex parties. 573 00:29:12,458 --> 00:29:14,790 Fourteen-year-old sex parties, for God's sake. 574 00:29:14,860 --> 00:29:16,953 Amy's parents blame Cynthia, 575 00:29:17,029 --> 00:29:19,691 so now she's Iost her best friend along with everything else. 576 00:29:19,765 --> 00:29:21,892 Neither one of you could have prevented this. 577 00:29:21,968 --> 00:29:23,629 What the hell do you know about it? 578 00:29:23,703 --> 00:29:27,867 I'm a detective that works sex crimes. My squad, all we handle 579 00:29:27,940 --> 00:29:30,374 are sexually based crimes. 580 00:29:30,443 --> 00:29:34,607 Child abuse, abandonment, and rape cases. 581 00:29:39,552 --> 00:29:42,043 You're saying my Iittle girl was raped? 582 00:29:42,121 --> 00:29:44,180 Law's pretty clear about what I can and can't do. 583 00:29:44,256 --> 00:29:49,785 Let's just say, hypothetically, if a 14 year-old girl were raped, 584 00:29:49,862 --> 00:29:53,958 and she doesn't want to report it, I can't investigate it. 585 00:29:54,033 --> 00:29:55,591 I can't make an arrest. 586 00:29:55,668 --> 00:29:59,365 Cynthia was raped and won't talk? 587 00:29:59,438 --> 00:30:00,905 Is that what you're saying? 588 00:30:02,541 --> 00:30:05,271 I'm not allowed to answer that question. 589 00:30:12,318 --> 00:30:14,309 This is good news. 590 00:30:14,387 --> 00:30:15,581 What? 591 00:30:15,654 --> 00:30:19,454 How can you bring yourself to think that, much Iess say it? 592 00:30:19,525 --> 00:30:22,494 If Cynthia got gonorrhea from being raped, 593 00:30:22,561 --> 00:30:26,019 then it wasn't her fault. She didn't do anything wrong. 594 00:30:30,469 --> 00:30:32,198 CYNTHIA: What's gonna happen now? 595 00:30:32,538 --> 00:30:33,835 Nothing. 596 00:30:33,906 --> 00:30:35,430 Even though I know what happened that night, 597 00:30:35,508 --> 00:30:37,942 I still can't do anything if you won't talk. 598 00:30:38,010 --> 00:30:39,773 You know? 599 00:30:39,845 --> 00:30:41,312 Yeah, most of it. 600 00:30:43,015 --> 00:30:46,075 I know that Tommy makes you do things that you probably don't want to. 601 00:30:46,152 --> 00:30:48,382 That's not true. I Iove Tommy. 602 00:30:49,855 --> 00:30:53,655 Well, I know that he traded you to a man for drugs. 603 00:30:53,759 --> 00:30:56,853 Now, that doesn't sound to me Iike he cares about you very much. 604 00:30:56,929 --> 00:30:59,727 Tommy wouldn't do that. He's my boyfriend. 605 00:31:00,299 --> 00:31:03,393 The most popular guy in school and he picked me. 606 00:31:03,769 --> 00:31:06,636 And that's important to you? Being part of the in crowd? 607 00:31:06,705 --> 00:31:08,002 It's everything. 608 00:31:08,074 --> 00:31:10,634 But it's not worth your safety or your health. 609 00:31:10,709 --> 00:31:12,404 Well, it doesn't matter now. 610 00:31:12,478 --> 00:31:14,343 My parents know about the parties. 611 00:31:15,581 --> 00:31:18,812 My dad won't even Iook at me. I think he hates me. 612 00:31:18,884 --> 00:31:20,681 Cynthia, your dad doesn't hate you. 613 00:31:20,753 --> 00:31:22,277 He's just upset. 614 00:31:22,855 --> 00:31:25,346 They just want what's best for you. 615 00:31:25,691 --> 00:31:27,522 Look at my mom. 616 00:31:27,593 --> 00:31:30,153 She's beautiful. If I Iooked Iike her... 617 00:31:30,229 --> 00:31:33,130 There's nothing wrong with the way you Iook. 618 00:31:33,566 --> 00:31:35,056 You are beautiful, too. 619 00:31:35,134 --> 00:31:36,567 Right. On the inside. 620 00:31:37,103 --> 00:31:40,698 Pretty girls always say that to make the ugly ones feel better. 621 00:31:40,773 --> 00:31:43,298 Everyone has doubts and problems, 622 00:31:43,375 --> 00:31:45,775 even the ones in the so-called popular crowd. 623 00:31:45,845 --> 00:31:47,244 Not from where I'm sitting. 624 00:31:47,313 --> 00:31:51,010 Your friends are scared and in pain, just Iike you, Cynthia. 625 00:31:51,083 --> 00:31:54,746 But they don't have half of your resilience and half of your courage. 626 00:31:54,820 --> 00:31:55,912 Sure. 627 00:31:55,988 --> 00:31:59,890 You were raped and you went to that hospital all by yourself. 628 00:31:59,959 --> 00:32:01,256 Do you know that there are grown women 629 00:32:01,327 --> 00:32:03,921 who couldn't cope with that situation the way you have? 630 00:32:03,996 --> 00:32:06,226 Really? Yeah, really. 631 00:32:07,266 --> 00:32:12,294 Now, all you have to do is say the word and we will go get him. 632 00:32:15,508 --> 00:32:16,975 I don't know. 633 00:32:22,615 --> 00:32:28,053 We don't have to take care of this right now, but I want you to think about it, okay? 634 00:32:35,427 --> 00:32:37,395 It was the teacher. 635 00:32:40,166 --> 00:32:43,260 Ross McKenzie. He raped me. 636 00:32:47,573 --> 00:32:50,201 MCKENZIE: Hamlet was a eunuch. His... 637 00:32:51,577 --> 00:32:52,942 I hope this can wait. 638 00:32:53,012 --> 00:32:56,004 Sorry to disappoint you, but you have an appointment with a needle. 639 00:32:56,081 --> 00:32:57,548 What, you want my blood? What for? 640 00:32:57,616 --> 00:33:00,278 To match your DNA to a rape kit. 641 00:33:00,786 --> 00:33:04,381 Mr. Charest, this is a mistake. They've got the wrong guy. I never raped anyone. 642 00:33:04,456 --> 00:33:07,152 Save your energy for the school board, Mr. McKenzie. 643 00:33:07,226 --> 00:33:09,626 I've already started the paperwork to fire you. 644 00:33:09,695 --> 00:33:10,923 I want to call my Iawyer. 645 00:33:10,996 --> 00:33:13,294 Just so Iong as she isn't 14. 646 00:33:16,969 --> 00:33:19,938 My client never touched the girl, so the DNA won't match. 647 00:33:20,005 --> 00:33:22,701 Well, then he should be more than ready to tell us what happened at the party. 648 00:33:22,775 --> 00:33:26,609 He doesn't have to say a word. As soon as your Iab confirms it, we're walking out. 649 00:33:26,678 --> 00:33:28,908 We'II just keep coming back till we get some answers. 650 00:33:28,981 --> 00:33:31,415 At the school, to your home, the board of education. 651 00:33:31,483 --> 00:33:33,110 I think you get the picture. 652 00:33:33,185 --> 00:33:35,517 You'II just force me to file a harassment suit, Detective. 653 00:33:35,587 --> 00:33:37,987 Who said anything about harassing your client? That would be wrong. 654 00:33:38,057 --> 00:33:40,389 Ross, you've got a drug habit. 655 00:33:40,459 --> 00:33:44,691 Do you really want all this attention when you're going to make your next buy? 656 00:33:50,903 --> 00:33:53,997 Go ahead, tell them. They can't charge you with anything. 657 00:33:54,073 --> 00:33:55,700 There's no proof. 658 00:33:56,642 --> 00:33:58,940 I gave up two tabs of ex, hoping to get some action. 659 00:33:59,011 --> 00:34:01,980 The girl freaked out and wouldn't do it. I never Iaid a finger on her. 660 00:34:02,047 --> 00:34:04,447 You tried to prey on a 14-year-old girl. 661 00:34:04,516 --> 00:34:07,417 I was high, and, from what I could see, she wasn't into the word "no". 662 00:34:07,486 --> 00:34:11,149 Bear in mind you can't charge my client with intent to rape. 663 00:34:11,223 --> 00:34:13,157 Who else was Cynthia with that night? 664 00:34:13,225 --> 00:34:15,056 She never Ieft Tommy and Nick's side. 665 00:34:15,127 --> 00:34:16,560 If she was really raped, 666 00:34:16,628 --> 00:34:18,960 it was probably one of them who did it. 667 00:34:20,632 --> 00:34:23,931 He's sticking to his story. CIaims he never touched her. 668 00:34:24,002 --> 00:34:28,803 He didn't. His DNA came back negative. The real question is, was she raped? 669 00:34:29,775 --> 00:34:31,140 I still believe she was. 670 00:34:31,210 --> 00:34:32,802 Then why Iie about the teacher? 671 00:34:32,878 --> 00:34:35,039 Because she desperately wants to belong. 672 00:34:35,114 --> 00:34:39,141 She points at Tommy or Nick, she's out of the popular crowd. 673 00:34:39,251 --> 00:34:41,219 That's taking peer pressure to the extreme. 674 00:34:41,286 --> 00:34:44,517 I am really getting sick of these kids, which is probably why I don't have any. 675 00:34:44,590 --> 00:34:45,887 Round them up and Iean hard. 676 00:34:45,958 --> 00:34:48,688 Captain, Cynthia's still a rape victim. 677 00:34:49,027 --> 00:34:50,460 Who Iied to the police, 678 00:34:50,529 --> 00:34:53,430 severely compromising any trial on her behalf. 679 00:34:53,632 --> 00:34:56,965 Once she opted to speak, she set the ball in motion. 680 00:34:57,035 --> 00:35:01,335 Interview rooms one, two and my office, with their parents, now. 681 00:35:02,307 --> 00:35:07,074 Tommy told detectives he gave Cynthia to you for your birthday. 682 00:35:07,146 --> 00:35:08,306 Is that right? 683 00:35:08,380 --> 00:35:09,540 Yes. 684 00:35:09,615 --> 00:35:12,049 Nick, no. What were you thinking? 685 00:35:12,117 --> 00:35:13,846 Cynthia go with you willingly? 686 00:35:13,919 --> 00:35:14,943 Eventually. 687 00:35:15,020 --> 00:35:16,647 STABLER: Where did you two go to be alone? 688 00:35:16,722 --> 00:35:18,121 Tommy's room. 689 00:35:19,158 --> 00:35:21,319 She said no but he insisted. 690 00:35:21,994 --> 00:35:24,258 So what happened when the door closed? 691 00:35:24,329 --> 00:35:27,059 We talked for a while. We have a Iot in common. 692 00:35:27,132 --> 00:35:28,963 We're both good in school. We Iove computers. 693 00:35:29,034 --> 00:35:30,228 We Iike to read. 694 00:35:31,303 --> 00:35:34,033 It kills me that he treats her Iike a slave. 695 00:35:36,008 --> 00:35:39,068 I'm gonna get right to the point, Mr. and Mrs. Wilmont. 696 00:35:39,144 --> 00:35:41,135 Your daughter Iied to us. 697 00:35:42,147 --> 00:35:44,775 She wouldn't do that. She was raped. 698 00:35:45,117 --> 00:35:48,416 Right now, I'm not questioning whether or not she was raped. 699 00:35:48,487 --> 00:35:50,079 She Iied about who did it. 700 00:35:50,155 --> 00:35:51,782 I don't understand. 701 00:35:53,125 --> 00:35:57,528 You think a teacher who attends kids' parties is innocent? 702 00:35:57,596 --> 00:36:01,498 The man is guilty of questionable ethics but he's not a rapist. 703 00:36:01,567 --> 00:36:04,627 His DNA didn't match your daughter's rape kit. 704 00:36:08,373 --> 00:36:10,034 Speak up, Cynthia. 705 00:36:13,946 --> 00:36:19,145 Young Iady, you are not going anywhere until I find out who you're protecting. 706 00:36:19,918 --> 00:36:22,751 Is it your boyfriend, Tommy? No. 707 00:36:22,821 --> 00:36:26,257 He admitted to giving you to this teacher for drugs. 708 00:36:27,159 --> 00:36:29,684 Did he get angry when you wouldn't do it? 709 00:36:30,395 --> 00:36:32,158 Did he threaten you? 710 00:36:32,231 --> 00:36:34,495 What the hell's going on here? 711 00:36:34,566 --> 00:36:36,431 Are you saying my daughter's a prostitute? 712 00:36:36,501 --> 00:36:40,494 What I'm saying is that I believe she would do anything for this boy. 713 00:36:41,673 --> 00:36:43,402 I don't believe it. 714 00:36:54,052 --> 00:36:57,613 DAVID: You made me leave work for this? This isn't a crime, 715 00:36:58,323 --> 00:37:00,518 MUNCH: Your son's been engaging in unprotected sex, 716 00:37:00,592 --> 00:37:02,958 DAVID: Come on, the boy's just curious, 717 00:37:03,028 --> 00:37:06,054 He had an itch, He got it scratched, Good for him, 718 00:37:06,131 --> 00:37:08,122 Tommy's a little pimp, 719 00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:11,829 He trades his girlfriend's services for alcohol and drugs. 720 00:37:12,204 --> 00:37:16,163 MUNCH: Someone raped Cynthia at the Iast party and we want to know who. 721 00:37:17,142 --> 00:37:21,010 That true? Don't you Iie to me. 722 00:37:23,548 --> 00:37:26,381 Cynthia does the guys that I tell her to. 723 00:37:27,185 --> 00:37:28,880 I don't force her. 724 00:37:30,022 --> 00:37:31,649 TOMMY: I don't have to, 725 00:37:32,457 --> 00:37:34,925 DAVID: Why would you do this? I don't know, 726 00:37:35,761 --> 00:37:41,222 I guess because all the really pretty girls, they don't put out, She does, 727 00:37:42,901 --> 00:37:47,565 She does what I tell her to do, to whoever I say, whenever I want, 728 00:38:04,823 --> 00:38:07,883 He said Nick had never been with a girl before, 729 00:38:08,827 --> 00:38:12,854 and that it was his birthday, and if I really Ioved him, 730 00:38:13,532 --> 00:38:15,864 I would do this for his friend. 731 00:38:23,241 --> 00:38:25,607 So you go into the room with him? 732 00:38:25,711 --> 00:38:29,875 He was telling corny jokes. He was being really sweet. 733 00:38:29,948 --> 00:38:33,850 But I still didn't want to. I mean, how could I? 734 00:38:34,786 --> 00:38:36,413 I'm Tommy's girl. 735 00:38:38,256 --> 00:38:40,383 Is that when it turned ugly? 736 00:38:49,101 --> 00:38:50,568 BENSON: You must've hated her. 737 00:38:50,635 --> 00:38:52,626 No, I Iike her. 738 00:38:53,305 --> 00:38:56,832 Cynthia's too smart to be used by that clown. Tommy's Iame. 739 00:38:56,908 --> 00:38:59,206 STABLER: And that's what pisses you off. 740 00:38:59,678 --> 00:39:03,239 He's the one getting all the attention, the girls, the glory. 741 00:39:03,315 --> 00:39:05,647 That's not how it is. He's my friend. 742 00:39:05,717 --> 00:39:09,084 No, he's not. He gives you his Ieftovers, man. 743 00:39:10,088 --> 00:39:13,546 I mean, that's got to burn you, knowing that he's not in your Ieague. 744 00:39:13,625 --> 00:39:15,456 You think Tommy's beneath you. 745 00:39:15,527 --> 00:39:19,554 But he's the most popular guy in school. That's why Cynthia Iikes him. 746 00:39:19,631 --> 00:39:21,861 That's why Cynthia wouldn't give you the time of day, 747 00:39:21,933 --> 00:39:23,764 and that's why you had to take what you wanted. 748 00:39:23,835 --> 00:39:26,235 I've heard enough. We're Ieaving. 749 00:39:28,940 --> 00:39:33,468 She started to cry, Iike being with me was so awful. 750 00:39:37,215 --> 00:39:40,412 I told her I'd tell Tommy and then she Iaid down, but... 751 00:39:41,553 --> 00:39:44,613 Then she changed her mind. Girls can't do that. 752 00:39:48,293 --> 00:39:50,022 Then what happened? 753 00:39:51,696 --> 00:39:52,924 Nothing. 754 00:39:58,437 --> 00:40:00,564 Well, you had sex, didn't you? 755 00:40:02,541 --> 00:40:04,168 She Iet me do it. 756 00:40:06,812 --> 00:40:08,302 She fight you? 757 00:40:09,581 --> 00:40:13,017 She said no but she just Iaid there. 758 00:40:18,990 --> 00:40:22,323 Afterwards, she said we'd never talk about it again. 759 00:40:23,228 --> 00:40:24,661 Is that why you beat her up? 760 00:40:24,729 --> 00:40:26,560 'Cause you thought she'd come and talk to us? 761 00:40:26,631 --> 00:40:30,431 No. She gave me the clap and she didn't even apologize. 762 00:40:30,535 --> 00:40:32,526 So you followed her home? 763 00:40:34,372 --> 00:40:38,433 After baseball practice, she accused me of rape, 764 00:40:38,510 --> 00:40:41,570 and that pissed me off, 'cause that just didn't happen. 765 00:40:42,514 --> 00:40:45,347 If she wants Tommy, she can have him. He's a Ioser. 766 00:40:45,550 --> 00:40:47,177 So are you, Nick. 9999 00:00:0,500 --> 00:00:2,00