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In the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses are considered especially

heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious

felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit.

These are their stories.

When I met Andrea, I knew my life was over.

In a good way. In a good way.

Babe, you make me want to put down roots.

And, like, start a family.

Kill me, please.

No, seriously.

You missed right into my eye all the way to the gray matter. And my boy Jeff, he

said, bro, Andrea's a real one.

Gotta lock it down.

And here I am, eight years later.

I did it.

I love you, baby.

I mean, he's an adult man who goes by the name of Johnny.

What is there to figure out?

At least he seems to know he's lucky.

He didn't act like that at the biggest bachelor weekend.

No, what?

Banged a cocktail waitress at Circus Circus I heard.

I hate how much that doesn't surprise me.

Um, there's blood on my hand.

You okay?

It's not mine.

We bumped into each other by the appetizers.

You're safe, okay?

We're getting help.

Hey. Hey.

What do we got? A wedding reception for Andrea Oakes and Jonathan Silva.

Victim's name's Chloe Davis, 16. She and her family were wedding guests. 16.

Signs of sexual assault and the guy bashed her head on the vanity to knock

her out. She said she never got a good look at him.

She's with paramedics in one of the back offices. How many people are here?

There's 100 guests, 40 working.

So far, no one witnessed anything.

But we're holding them here, checking anybody for priors. But there was a good

10 minutes between the 911 call and the first officer's response. So the perp

could have fled the scene.

Are there any security cameras?

No, but there's a videographer.

Great. Well, let's come through and hope that we get lucky.

It's nice to have you back, Bruno.

Let's go talk to Chloe.

Hi.

I'm Olivia Benson. I'm with SVU. Are you Chloe's dad?

Yeah. Hi.

The paramedics are in there with my wife and Chloe. We're just asleep.

Yeah. Looks like somebody's ready for bed. Yeah. Evan wanted to stay with his

sister. So, Mr. Davis, we have a few questions for you, but some of the

questions are a little adult.

Tyler.

Take your brother home. I want to stay, Dad. It's all right. We can keep it PG.

Hopefully we can get you all home soon.

Yeah. Did you know many people at the wedding?

No. My wife plays tennis with Andrea.

Okay. It was a surprise that she invited us all.

God, I can't believe this is happening.

Yeah.

Do you remember Chloe talking to anybody in particular?

I don't think so.

How about you, Tyler?

I didn't see anyone.

Okay.

Evan, I see you peeking over there. Did you see Chloe talking to anyone new?

No. No?

All right, we're trying to put together a timeline for Chloe. When is the last

time you remember seeing her?

Dinner, I think. I don't know.

I guess I lost track of her.

She's 16.

It makes sense that you weren't watching her every move.

My God, if I'd only been paying attention.

You're doing great, Chloe.

Any nausea ringing in your ears?

She said she doesn't remember anything.

Yeah, memory loss is not uncommon with a concussion.

She didn't want to come tonight. I just thought it would be a fun night for the

family. Do you have any idea what's going on with the marks on her arms?

Uniform, half-inch diameter.

Not sure what made them. He hit hard.

Deep bruising, mostly on the underside of her forearms. She was defending

herself like she was warding off blows.

Chloe, we're going to transport you to the hospital now.

You want to ride on the stretcher, or would you rather walk? He can walk.

You know what? Can I get a minute with her, please? Thanks.

Hi, Chloe.

I'm Olivia. I'm a police captain.

And I want to find out who did this to you.

Those look really painful.

It looks like you were protecting yourself in a very smart way.

You remember that? A little.

You remember anything else? Like what he looked like, his hair color, what he was

wearing? She said she doesn't remember anything.

Oh, okay. Well, I can come back, okay? Maybe something will come to you.

Okay.

Reddish hair?

Maybe.

A white shirt?

Older than me.

That's all I can remember.

That's all I need.

Now I know who I'm looking for.

Good job, Chloe.

Thank you.

Guy in front of the stage.

Hmm.

Red hair, table two.

Professor's in the lab.

Barfly, two o'clock.

Okay. Let's go, team.

Excuse me.

Sir? I need to talk to you.

Hey, runner!

Stop!

Police!

Guess you didn't want to dance.

I must be losing my touch.

I'm sorry.

I panicked. I think you panicked for a reason. You did something you shouldn't

have, George.

I just get nervous around cops. Especially after assaulting a teenage

girl. Whoa. What? I didn't do that. Everybody knows what we're

investigating. You saw me coming and you ran.

I was carrying a couple grams, hardly anything.

I bought it here tonight.

From who?

One of the carers.

Tall, reddish-haired, 30s. I think someone called him Scott.

Right.

None of our people have talked to a Scott. Well, he was here.

At least during cocktail hour. That's when we made our business transaction.

Okay, come on, Mr.

Businessman. You about to point him out.

Show him the cocktail hour.

Sure, that's right around 5.30.

Did you spot Chloe in any of those? Not a lot. She shows up a little at the

beginning, but she was seated in the back.

Stop.

That's him?

Hello? Joe Scott.

Yeah, that's him.

Scott Gurman. Uh-huh. Okay, well, he's on our list of folks with priors.

Third-degree rape, criminal possession, and outstanding bench warrant.

It's not surprising.

So you make it a habit of hiring rapists and drug dealers to work weddings?

It was last minute. I didn't have time to do a background check.

But I had a feeling.

What kind of feeling?

Creep feeling.

Plus, he's lazy. I wouldn't hire him again.

Yeah, that's a real sound decision on your part.

So why isn't he here now? I sent him home before the dinner break.

He was high.

And how'd he react to that?

Pissed, but I paid him for the hours he worked.

All these desserts, it's a waste.

You can take him back to the station if you want.

Probably still good.

How about you just give me an address?

I didn't do anything wrong. I left early.

What are you arresting me for?

Well... To start, you violated probation and failed to appear at a hearing.

So, regardless of how early you left, you still get to enjoy my company

tonight.

What time?

What? What time did you leave the reception?

I don't know.

Like 8.30?

No. That's when your boss told you you could leave. You didn't clock out until

9. Oh yeah, I wanted to get paid for the full hour. So what'd you do with the

free 30 minutes, Scott?

I don't know.

Hung out.

Hmm. You sold coke to wedding guests?

I would never.

See, the more that you lie to me, the worse this is going to be for you.

What if I told you I don't care about the coke?

Well, that would be very, very cool of you.

Did you sell to any bridesmaids?

A few.

Did you go into the bridal suite?

Maybe. I don't know. Who else was in there with you?

What is this about?

It's about a 16-year-old girl who was beaten and raped.

I didn't do that.

All right. Well, maybe if you were in there, you saw who did. I wasn't in

there. You just said maybe you were. That was a mistake. I wasn't.

I didn't rape anybody.

I think you did, Scott.

I think you were angry and you found a child alone and vulnerable.

Someone that didn't take your anger. I did not. I want my lawyer.

That's a real good idea, Scott. You know what? I'm going to call him for you

because he's going to need to be here for your lineup.

So none of them can hear you or see you. You're completely safe.

Okay. And if you do recognize one of them, you just tell me his number, okay?

What happens if I don't recognize him?

Then you just say it. It's easy.

She'll recognize him.

Right, but if she can't, then you have to let him go, right?

It's not going to come to that.

She'll do it.

Okay. Chloe, so you have one job, and that job is to tell the truth.

It is very important that you don't let anyone influence you in that room. Not

me, not Sergeant Rollins, and not your parents.

If you even want your parents there, they don't have to be.

It's whatever makes you comfortable.

It's fine.

I'll go.

Monica can't handle it.

Mr. Davies, I'm going to need your word that you can stay quiet.

There will be a defense attorney present, and if he even senses that you

are pushing Chloe towards an answer, that will be very bad for her case.

Do you understand?

Yeah, yeah.

Sure.

Okay, Chloe, you take your time.

Do you recognize any of those men?

I don't know.

I think maybe...

I'm not sure.

Oh, you can do this. Dad's coaching her now. Okay, step back, Mr. Davis, and do

not speak.

Thank you.

I don't know.

I think... Um, maybe... For God's sake, it was last night. Mr.

Davis, you need to leave now.

Let's go. Let's go find your wife.

You know, you should have had the father ID your perp. Probably all be home by

now. Neil, shut your mouth.

Hey, forget that, right? You answer when you feel sure, okay?

Okay.

I'm sorry, he's not there.

I expect you to release my client immediately, Captain.

Talk to Central Booking. I believe that your client has a bench warrant to deal

with.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

You have nothing to apologize for. You did absolutely what I asked you to do.

You did everything right, okay? Listen, you know, if there is anything that you

want to talk about, your family, your dad, you're safe with me, okay?

Okay. I mean that.

Okay, thank you.

My husband had to go to work. That's fine.

But if Chloe didn't do the lineup right... Chloe did great. She did

everything that we asked her to do. Right, of course, but it was early

morning and she was nervous, so we were just thinking maybe she should do it

again. He wasn't there. Oh, hon, you've been through so much, you cannot

possibly be certain. I can. I am. I believe you, Chloe.

Is it possible that you made a mistake on the initial description?

Yeah.

Maybe. Yeah.

I just, I don't think I'm going to remember. Can we go now?

Hang on for a second.

Chloe, have you ever seen this?

What is that?

It's a coupaton. It's a self-defense weapon, and we believe that this was

used in Chloe's attack.

It felt like a knife. I bet it did.

I couldn't move.

Because you were in shock.

I tried to fight it.

He was so angry.

He hated me.

He tried to kill me.

I'm sorry, but she has already been through enough. She doesn't have to redo

this. No, no.

My daughter needs a break. I think we all do, honestly.

We went through the videographer's footage. We cleared all the tall guys

with reddish hair. But she's saying even her original description is off the

table. Description's not the problem.

No, the parents are.

Which is why I started checking into the Davis family. Rick Davis is not actually

Chloe's biological dad. He's her stepfather, and he has a record.

Assault three reduced to a harassment violation. He threw a potted plant at a

neighbor, which doesn't surprise me, seeing how he lashed out at Chloe.

Okay, so Chloe's afraid of him. Oh, it seems like it. And the mother?

She asked if Chloe could have a do-over like her daughter had made some kind of

mistake or something.

Same line her husband was about.

Yeah, Chloe Davis is one of ours.

Damn. All right. Thanks for letting us know. What?

Chloe's fine. There was a stabbing at a school. The offender's address matched

Chloe's. What happened? Her brother stabbed the teacher.

Tyler? Evan, the seven-year-old.

Evan's in my office with his parents, school council, as well as our head of

security. Everyone is very upset.

What happened?

Evan locked another student in a supply closet.

His teacher tried to let him out.

That's when Evan stabbed her.

With scissors.

He only stabbed me with scissors.

And I'm not pressing charges, so I don't need the police.

No, we're not here with any agenda. Only concern is for Evan and his safety.

Evan really believed he was protecting the other boy.

He was screaming that he had to keep him safe.

Safe from what?

Kid gets picked on sometimes.

Evan's got a good heart. He notices.

Do you normally have issues with Evan?

I've had him in my office a few times.

He can be a precocious kid.

But nothing like this.

How well do you know Evan's family?

Quite well.

I also taught their daughter Chloe years ago.

Chloe started acting out around the same time Monica and Rick got married.

I assumed it was a phase for her.

Big changes can be hard for kids.

Especially when your new dad's got a temper like Rick.

Always wondered, if someone's that comfortable being mean in public, how

much worse is it behind closed doors?

Monica, hi.

How you doing, Evan?

I'm sorry.

I did something bad.

I thought we'd talk about it.

What the hell are you doing here?

We're only here to help.

It's your family matter. We didn't ask for your help.

You didn't need to.

We care about Chloe. We care about Evan. We just wanted to make sure everybody

was okay.

The only thing that you care about is harassing us. I've had it.

We all have.

Now on.

David's family's done talking to you people.

Leave us alone.

Well, Rick kept his word. I called Monica. She told me to lose her number.

I tried Tyler. Same deal.

Chloe's going straight to voicemail.

Well, we don't need permission to approach Chloe alone.

You think she trusts us? No, not yet. We're going to have to convince her.

So, everything we know about this case, let's go.

All right, I did a deeper dive into Rick. Works in tech, makes a boatload.

His first wife, Tyler's mom, died in 2015.

Cancer. And that's the same year Rick starts showing up in Monica's socials.

Monica has sole custody of Chloe.

Her biological dad is serving 15 in Greenhaven. What'd he do?

Cracked open a dude's head in a bar fight. Assault one.

So Monica has a type that's two partners with anger issues.

Yeah, and she was struggling before she got back together with Rick.

Food stamps, couple of citations for sleeping in a car.

Well, marrying Rick must have felt like salvation.

Married in 2016, Evan was born in 2019. Now, with the obvious exception of

today's scissor stabbing, no issues, but Chloe's another story. So her school

records cite a host of issues, ditching, drinking.

What about the other brother?

Rick pulled Tyler out of school after his mom died, and a note in his old file

cites depression.

Monica homeschooled him all through high school, and now he's part-time at

college, living at home. Now, if that doesn't sound like a lot, let's do a

deeper dive into him. So one possible... Monica marries a rich guy.

Life seems picture perfect.

But then he's a hothead. And when he gets creepy with Chloe... Monica feels

trapped. Rick's got all the power.

All right, so we're all thinking the same thing, right? Rick attacked Chloe

at the wedding.

He's volatile, lost control. It would explain the shaky description.

And why she didn't ID the suspect.

I might have something.

I asked Sonny to check into the Davis family.

And guess who has a sealed record?

Angry stepdad.

Two years ago, DWI and resisting arrest.

Resisting? Yeah. That's interesting.

Officer had a fight for that charge.

Guess he really didn't like Rick. And I'd like to know why. Who was the

officer?

Detective Madison.

Look at you out of uniform, huh?

Congratulations on the promotion.

Thanks, Captain.

Focused on my goals, gave 110%. Things worked out. Yeah, they did.

Well, I was going to buy you lunch, but you seemed good.

No, thanks.

Reviewed my notes on that caller.

The boy, Rick, real pain in the ass.

Blew a .25 and started yelling at me. Yeah, that tracks.

Plus, he had a kid in the car, teenage boy.

She was charged with endangerment. Tyler.

Felt bad for the kid at first, but then he started screaming at me as well.

Anyway, we searched them. I found a pocket knife and some kind of metal bar

thing on the keychain.

Did you seize it?

Took the knife.

The metal bar thing my partner said let go. So, legal gray area.

Yeah, right.

Um, thanks, Jay. You're the best. Thank you.

Carisi. Yeah, I need a warrant.

You can still help your daughter, Monica.

I know you want to protect her. Just help us find what we're looking for.

Whatever you're looking for, it isn't here.

Nothing yet.

Monica, things are about to get really messy really quickly. Just give us some

kind of hint.

I don't have anything to share. I'm sorry.

What happened here?

I don't know.

It looks like somebody punched it. Did Rick do that?

No.

What's doing?

Yeah, sick buddy jobs.

Pensions? I'm, uh, I'm gonna take all you down. Yeah, good luck with that.

I don't make empty threats.

You need to go now.

Yeah, we're going.

But you're coming with us.

No, Rick did not hurt Chloe. She could tell you that. She's gonna be home from

school any minute. Well, actually, Chloe's got other plans this afternoon.

Let's go.

Hey, Chloe.

Thank you for coming in.

They picked me up in a police car. Yeah, I'm sorry if that was stressful for you.

It's just we wanted to make sure that we all had time to talk, you know, without

interruption. So why don't you come in and have a seat?

Where's my mom? Oh, don't worry. She knows that you're here.

I used to do that same thing.

My mom says I need to stop.

But you know what helped me?

I started knitting.

It kind of scratches the same itch sometimes.

You and your mom, it was just you two for a while, huh?

Yeah, when I was little.

That must have been a lot, I mean, having to start over and everything.

Yeah, but she did a lot for me. Yeah. Everything. She took good care of you,

made a lot of sacrifices.

And what was it like when she married Rick?

He makes her happy, and he gave us a good life.

What about with Tyler? How was it with him?

How old were you when you met him?

He was nine.

You were six, right?

Tyler is fine.

Chloe.

You found the coubaton in your apartment.

And somebody had tried to...

Wipe off the fingerprints, but we found one anyway.

I think you know that it belonged to Tyler.

Chloe,

you don't need to keep this in.

You don't need to protect Tyler.

You don't need me to feel like you have to preserve your mom's relationship

at your own expense.

What happened at the wedding?

It's okay. You can tell us.

Well... Tyler was hitting on a girl.

She blew him off.

He saw me watching.

And I just knew how mad he would be, so I tried to hide.

I don't understand why he did this to me. He hates me more than anyone in the

whole world. Chloe, listen to me.

Rape is about power.

Tyler was humiliated, so he wanted to punish you.

Yeah. Yeah, I mean... Since.

Has Tyler hurt you before?

Yeah.

A lot.

For a long time.

Chloe, did you ever tell your mom?

Yeah, she, um, she tries to help, tries keeping things peaceful. How does she do

that?

Sometimes I...

provoke him on accident.

And she makes me see that, fix it so I don't cause any trouble.

Chloe, you are not responsible for Tyler's actions.

What your mom is telling you, it's wrong.

No, she just, she helps me deal with Tyler so when I'm alone with him, I know

how to fix it because sometimes he gets really bad and she has to take Evan out

of the house.

Okay, Chloe.

Your mom's job is to protect both of you.

Not just him, but you. Her job is to protect you, honey.

Wouldn't it be nice to, for once, Tyler face consequences for his own actions?

Yeah.

How are you, Tyler?

My dad said not to talk to you.

Dad isn't in control anymore. Stand up.

Whatever Chloe told you, she's lying. Get up, Tyler.

Are you deaf?

Listen, Chloe's crazy. It's pathetic. She's trying to ruin my life. Hands

behind your back. Well, goddammit, I'm talking!

The next thing that's going to happen is I'm going to drop you in front of all

these people, Ty.

Turn around, put your hands behind your back.

I want to talk to my dad. Yeah, well, he's not going to help you.

No semen in the rape kit, but we do have Tyler's DNA. They live in the same

house. That doesn't help us. His prints are on the weapon. Same problem.

All right. Well, his testimony is solid.

Didn't you say she gave a false description early on?

Look, I'm just saying this is going to be a tough case. Either way, you slice

it.

We're early enough for coffee, right?

Are we really?

Sonny's trying to avoid Rick and Monica.

Hey, look, communicating with them is tricky because they're the parents of

the defendant and the victim.

Not to mention they insist on doing everything together.

They both called me last night and said they made a united decision to not take

a side.

Meaning what?

Meaning if I put either of them on the stand, they're not going to cooperate.

You've got to be kidding me. What's the reason? My father wouldn't shut up about

family, family, family.

Claims taking a side would betray one of their children. You know, the real

reason is everyone's falling into line because that's what Rick wants.

So you abandoned one child in favor of protecting the other.

Come on.

This is calendar 7, docket ending 8-5, people of the state of New York versus

Tyler Davis.

Dominic Carisi for the people. Your Honor, we request remand. The defendant

is being charged with rape in the first degree, a B-violent felony, the victim

of which is his step-sister.

Dara McGlowney for the defense, Your Honor. Tyler Davis is 19 years old with

no arrests and maintains his innocence.

He's enrolled in college locally, so there's no flight risk. As to the

strength of the people's case, Your Honor should know that the police

initially arrested the defendant's father for this crime.

after they put a different individual in a lineup.

The likelihood of acquittal at trial is high for us.

Sounds like you got a problem on your hands, Mr. Carisi.

We stand by the strength of our case, Your Honor. But you should also know

that the defendant and the victim currently live in the same house.

While I understand this is a very serious allegation, given the defendant

has no prior criminal record, I'm setting the bail in the amount of $250

,000 cash.

I'm also ordering a temporary order of protection.

Does your client have a different place to live?

I can arrange housing for him.

Your Honor, the defendant's father informs me that'll not be an issue.

All right.

That's lunch.

I'm coming.

Sir, Mrs. Davis, what can I do for you? This cash bail situation, what does it

mean exactly?

It means if someone were to bail Tyler out, the payment would need to be made

entirely in cash.

You can't go to a bail bondsman.

We don't have that kind of money. Not liquid. We can open a lot of credit on

the apartment.

Rick, that's our family's home. We can't do that.

Tyler is our family.

What's the alternative?

Letting him rot in jail? Are there any other ways to get the money? Mr. Davis,

please.

I suggest you speak to your son's attorney or your accountant.

Why? Because it's not appropriate for me to be giving legal or financial advice

to the defendant.

That's outrageous.

Thank you.

What a mess.

It's not going to get any easier.

You're just walking on eggshells all the time.

You never know when he's going to get set up.

Chloe, do you ever feel safe in your own home?

No. Not when Tyler's there.

Thank you, Chloe.

No further questions.

Chloe, did you knowingly give a fake description to the police of your

attacker?

Yes, but... You even made up features.

Red hair, white shirt.

I didn't think they'd actually arrest someone.

But they did.

They arrested an innocent person and put him into a police lineup.

What was your plan after that?

I didn't have one.

Let the wrong person go to prison for something they didn't do?

No.

I was afraid.

I didn't want to ruin everything.

So you lied.

To your parents, to the police, through this whole process.

But now you're telling the truth.

Yes. Is it true that you once stole your teacher's credit card, spent over $1

,000, and blamed the charge on another student?

Objection. Relevance? Withdrawn.

No more questions, Your Honor.

Redirect, Mr. Creasy?

No. Chloe, you're free to go. The people rest your honor.

Very well.

The witness is dismissed.

Ms. McLauney, will you be calling any witnesses?

Yes, Your Honor. The defense calls Rick David.

You originally didn't plan to testify in this case. Is that true, Mr. Davis?

I didn't.

I have a duty to correct the record on behalf of my son.

What do you feel needs correcting?

The story of my family.

I love my wife, Monica.

I love creating our new family with so much work.

It's still so hard.

Why is that?

I love Chloe. I do. But she's always had issues.

She lies. She makes up stories.

And she can be cruel.

Especially to my son, Tyler.

Why do you think that is?

Tyler has a fragile soul.

He doesn't fight back.

And Chloe gets into trouble a lot. And she's always had a hard time taking

accountability. And I wish it wasn't the case. My wife and I, we have tried to

help Chloe navigate her mania or histrionics.

But this accusation against Tyler, it goes too far.

And all I want is for Chloe to give Tyler the only thing that he has ever

asked from her.

Please, Chloe, just leave Tyler alone and get some help. Your Honor, witness

is addressing someone in the gallery.

Mr. Davis, please direct your answers at the jury and Ms. Megalani.

No more questions, Your Honor.

Mr. Davis, when you first found out that your son Tyler had been arrested for

raping his stepsister, did you tell the detectives anything that lines up with

the way you characterized Chloe just now?

I didn't.

Okay, and by your own account, you didn't decide to take the stand until

today? That's right. You didn't share any of this information about Chloe with

Tyler's defense team? You didn't share any of it with the detectives? I was a

suspect.

They treated me like one from the start.

Why would I ever think they would hear me out?

All right, I understand that, but what I don't understand is why you haven't

mentioned any of this to anyone who might have had the power to help Tyler

before we got to this point.

So isn't it more likely that you're just making all this up to save your son?

Objection. Argumentative.

Sustained.

Careful, Mr. Creasy.

I got nothing further.

I had to defend my son. You made our daughter sound crazy in front of all

those people. Why? Why would you do that? That's really got you? That

everyone was watching?

Why are you ruining our family? Why? It's already over! Right?

The second you didn't bail Tyler out, you let my son rot! Hey, hey, guys,

stop. Chloe's standing right there. What the hell are you doing?

Fine.

You okay?

Mm-hmm.

Hey.

Let's go someplace quiet.

Okay.

Chloe, we'll be right out, okay? Okay.

Put me on the stand.

I'll tell the jury everything.

Like how Tyler exposed himself to a young girl at our church.

He did what?

He's uncontrollable.

He broke two of my fingers just because I was trying to teach him algebra. Tyler

hurt you too?

And Rick.

Countless times.

We're always fixing broken walls, picking up broken glass.

Monica, why didn't you tell us any of this before now?

I love Rick.

We have a young child together. I wanted our family to work.

Doesn't sound like it ever did.

I'm not putting you on a stand, Monica, because I have no idea what you're going

to say up there.

You're completely unreliable. You lied to me. You lied to the police. And

what's worse is you haven't once taken your daughter's side.

So how can I ever trust you to support her now?

Hmm?

Tell me.

Mom. Are we gonna lose?

You never know how a jury's gonna go, but... I am worried.

That can't happen. Tyler can't come home. I'll have to run away.

If you find yourself in that situation, I will find you a safe place to live. I

promise you that.

Okay.

What about Evan?

He'll still have to be around Tyler.

Has Tyler hurt Evan too?

No. Not yet.

But he scares him all the time. I tell him to lock himself in his room if he

has to.

Where was Evan at the wedding? Do you think he might have seen anything?

I don't... I hope not.

Give us a minute.

Okay.

Amanda, the kid is seven.

Kid knows what's going on.

We don't know that for sure. Then we ask him.

Evan stabbed a teacher right after this happened. He knows something. Right, but

that doesn't mean that he can communicate it. Amanda, think about our

own kids here.

All right? The memories, the concepts of time, accuracy, it's not always there.

All right? Juries see young kids as unreliable because a lot of times they

are. What other options do we have?

I'm going to have to get a subpoena, but let's see what Evan has to say.

Okay.

Ladies and gentlemen, I have determined that this witness understands the nature

of an oath, knows the difference of truth and a lie, and is competent to

give sworn testimony in this case.

Are you ready, Evan?

Okay, great.

And remember, all your answers have to be spoken out loud because this lady's

going to type them all up, okay?

I'm ready. Okay.

Mr. Creasy.

Hey,

Evan.

So, remember, it's just you and me talking here, okay?

Mm-hmm.

So, you went to a wedding with your family. What was your favorite part?

The music and playing games with Chloe.

And did you ever see Chloe and Tyler together at the wedding?

Yes. He was mad at us.

Why was he mad at you?

He said we were staring at him. Okay, so what did Chloe do?

She told me to go find Dad, and she went to another room.

And what about Tyler?

He took a stick out of his pocket and followed her in.

Was it a metal stick?

Yes.

Okay.

Did they come back after?

Tyler did.

Did you notice anything different about him?

He had blood on his hand.

Okay, so did you think Tyler was hurt?

Tyler doesn't get hurt.

Tyler hurts people.

Huh.

And so you kept this a secret because Tyler scares you.

It wasn't a secret.

What do you mean by that?

I told my dad Tyler hurt Chloe, and he said to forget it.

And after the wedding, did you tell your mom, too?

She said the same thing.

Thank you, Evan.

Nothing further.

Miss McGlani.

No questions.