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Male announcer: 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.

I don't want a sitter, mommy.
I want you.

I promise I won't be long.

- Okay.
- Oh.

[Phone ringing]

Ally, thank you,
you're a lifesaver.

No problem.

- Hey, Tommy, I'm leaving now.
- Hello!

Yeah, 52 Cormack Court.

You told me already.
I'll see you there.

You're back with Tommy.

I thought that you
guys broke up.

No. Well, maybe. I don't know.

- He just wants to talk.
- Oh.

I love you, sugar bear.
Be a good boy.

I'll be back soon.

Tommy.

[Scoffs] Voicemail, really?

Fine, I'm five minutes away.

Yes, ma'am, they're
on their way right now.

[Phone ringing]

911. What is your emergency?

I'm hearing this
couple fighting.

She's screaming.
52 Cormack Court, Babylon.

Neighbor's reporting a domestic.
52 Cormack Court.

On my way.

[Phone rings]
911. What is your emergency?

Hello, can you hear me?

Yes, ma'am. Go right ahead.

I'm driving down Cormack,
and I just heard gunshots.

What is the address?

Copy, report of shots fired.

I'm approaching the scene.
Requesting backup.

[Sirens wailing]

[Indistinct radio Chatter]

Police!

Tommy!

Step away from him.
Hands up! Get up!

- I didn't do anything.
- Up, up, up!

- I called you!
- Is there anyone else

- in the house?
- No, just Tommy.

He's... my boyfriend.

How long have you been here?

I just got here.
He was shot when I pulled up--

- You weren't arguing?
Uh, screaming?

No! I screamed when I saw.

- What's your name?
- Jessie Sturgis.

Jessie Sturgis,
you're under arrest.

What? no!
I didn't do anything.

- Come on, come on.
- No!

You have the right
to remain silent.

- I didn't do it!
- Anything you say can and...

Okay, thanks.

Liv, when's the last time you
heard from Jessie Sturgis?

Jessie...

The Single mom who was raped
in the meatpacking district.

Yeah, that was
Labor Day Weekend.

That still hasn't gone
to trial yet, right?

The DA's office
hated that case.

She was drunk, and her
story was a mess.

- But she was raped.
- I'm not arguing that.

She knew her
assailant, I remember.

She was afraid that her
boyfriend would find out.

Okay, her boyfriend, Tommy,

last night, Jessie was
arrested for killing him.

ADA Barba wants to see us now.

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I'm arraigning Sturgis today, Counselor.
Get back to me.

I just need to go
over the case files

with the SVU detectives.

Have a good day.

- The Suffolk County DA...
- Pam James.

Drove in to see you
about Jessie Sturgis?

Pay no attention to
Ms. James's icy demeanor.

Underneath, she's all steel.

So why is she rushing
to charge Jessie?

I mean, if Jessie
did shoot Tommy,

it had to be self-defense.

He appears to
have been unarmed,

and she brought a
gun to the scene.

That's an odd scenario
for self-defense.

Big question is, what's this
got to do with our rape case?

Just going to ask you
the same question.

Walk me through it.

Four months ago,

Jessie Sturgis was raped
by a Michael Provo.

Provo's side, it
was consensual sex,

and she lied 'cause she was
afraid of her boyfriend.

Tommy Bandolce.

The guy that Jessie's accused
of murdering last night?

Right.

That's why Ms. James
wants to see your case.

She wants background on Jessie.

She's also worried Provo
was falsely accused.

Did she tell you
that Michael Provo

is a CI for their office,

helped make her the DA?

She's just looking
to protect her own.

Didn't come up.

Either way, she wants
us to open our kimono.

- Excuse me?
- She wants to see

all of our case work,
all the DA's files.

So she can build a
case against Jessie.

I assume you told her no.

Detective, there's a
protocol among DAs.

I can't just say no.

I told her I was
new to the office

when the case broke, and I
needed to get up to speed,

so get me up to speed.

Labor Day Weekend.

Local precinct got
the first call?

No, EMS.

Jessie had been out partying
with her girlfriends,

she collapsed on the street.
She was taken to Mercy Hospital.

What have we got?

The vic's name
is Jessie Sturgis.

EMS picked her up,
semi-conscious on Gansevoort.

Well, did she say anything?

Well, she was pretty out of it.
She was drunk.

She told them that
she'd been raped.

Now, I found this receipt
in her bag to Babar's Den,

time-stamped two hours ago.

Fin and Rollins
are on their way.

[Dance music]

- This place again?
- Third call this month

about one of their
patrons getting raped.

Sorry, you guys, you
missed last call.

What about her?

Oh, yeah.
She one of them "Woo-Hoo" girls.

- Say what?
- One of them girls

who comes in here, thinks
she can drink like a man.

Winds up screaming "Woo-Hoo."

Her friends started
to hook up, she left.

Don't tell me she drove.

She was assaulted
after she paid her tab.

Why didn't you cut her off?

This place is strictly
bottle service, at the table.

Completely out of my hands.

Did you see her
leave with anyone?

Nah, but she was on her
cell phone when she left.

Look, I'm sorry she
was assaulted,

but that's not on the club.

Never is, is it?

Detectives? Why?
I didn't call you.

Jessie, before you passed out,

you told EMS that
you'd been assaulted,

and the rape kit
confirms trauma.

Rape kit? I don't remember.

Never mind, I gotta go home.

Matthew's waiting up for me.

Matthew, your little boy.

His picture's on
your cell phone.

Why were you looking
through my phone?

We're cops.
You were unconscious.

We needed to find an
emergency contact number.

You didn't call Tommy?

Tommy? Tommy Bandolce.

Now, that's the number
that you had listed.

Is there a problem?
What'd you tell him?

Uh, I got to go.
If he sees me like this, he's--

Okay, hold on, Jessie.

Jessie, you have a
face full of bruises.

You have internal injuries.

Now, we need to find out
who did this to you.

Uh, I don't know.
It was all a blur.

That can happen.

Do you remember anything?
Who you were with?

Uh, yeah, I--

Well, Tommy and I
had a fight today,

so I wanted to have a girls'
night out with my friends.

But you didn't
leave with them?

No, I was by myself.

But, uh-- Oh,
actually, I remember,

a town car pulled up, and
the driver had a gun,

and he made me get in.

Okay.
What did this driver look like?

He, uh...

he was black.

He attacked me.

Was--right there,
in front of the club?

'Cause you were found
around the corner.

All I remember was the gun.

All right, what type of gun?

It was like a-- a machine gun.

Okay. Jessie, can you tell us

who you called tonight
from the club?

Excuse me?

You called another
number three times,

once right before you left.

Jessie! Where the hell is she?

- Tommy.
- Hey, take it easy, pal.

- Jessie. Jessie, what happened?
- Just take me home, Tommy.

Jessie, that's
not good for you.

All right, listen, come on.

Let's take a little
walk outside, huh?

Look, you can't keep
her if she wants to go.

Jessie, the babysitter's
on the clock.

- I know!
- Get your stuff.

- Sir, step back a second.
- Where are your shoes?

- She needs to see a doctor.
- I don't know

- where my shoes are.
- Let's go. Come on.

Jessie, if you need more time,

there's no need to
rush out of here.

You need to see a
doctor now, okay?

Come on. Let's go.

I, uh, I just want to
go home, that's all.

We knew that it
was a crap story,

but we also knew that she was
afraid of her boyfriend.

This boyfriend,
Tommy Bandolce,

the one she shot last
night, what's his deal?

Two-bit contractor.

Couple of assault
convictions, bar fights.

Suffolk County
Police responded

to three prior domestics
at Jessie's house.

Jessie never pressed charges.

The number she called
that night at the bar,

who was it?

We traced it to
Michael Provo--

Your DA pal's
confidential informant.

The next day, Fin
and I drove out

to his PI office in Islip.

You guys didn't have
to make the trip.

I could've come by.

I'm in and out of the
city all the time.

Half your department
owes me drinks.

- Hmm.
- So you were on the job?

Former ATF. I've been a PI
for about six years.

Security consultant,
background checks.

What can I do for you?

Uh, do you know
a Jessie Sturgis?

Yes, I know Jessie.

See her last night?

What's this about?

You work law enforcement.
We both know that's a yes.

Okay. Okay.
Um, yes, she called me.

She had too many drinks, and
she asked me to pick her up.

So you two are... friends?

Look, we're all adults here.
I'm married.

I'm also seeing Jessie.
It is what it is.

What was "It" last night?

Like I said, she was drunk,

mad at Tommy.

When Tommy does something
to her, she does me.

Her little way of getting back.

Okay, so was that before or
after you smacked her around?

Whoa, what--

Is that what she said?

Wait, that's Tommy's MO.

Go on.

We were in the car,
she's all over me,

she gets a text from
Tommy, she freaks out,

she asked me to take
her back by the club.

Is she okay?

Oh, so she was fine
when you left her?

A little drunk, maybe
a little scared.

Look, I'll give you DNA,
prints, emails, voicemail,

whatever you need.
I got nothing to hide.

Hey, Provo. I was a bad girl.

I had a few drinks.
I want to see you.

So, Jessie, aside from Tommy,

you were also in a relationship
with Michael Provo?

He's sort of there
when Tommy isn't.

And the black gunman
in the town car,

he's not real, is he?

No, I'm sorry. I made him up.

I didn't want Tommy to know.

To know what?
That you called Michael three times?

That you got in a car with him?

Jessie...

you weren't raped, were you?

I didn't make that
part up, I was raped

by Michael Provo.

I begged him to stop.

She said he kept smacking
her until she shut up.

So Jessie drunk-dials Provo,
situation goes south,

- and he rapes her?
- One more thing.

She said if Tommy found
out, he'd kill her.

And then she winds
up shooting him.

Let's go back to
Labor Day Weekend,

the night of the rape.

Jessie did not want
Tommy Bandolce

to find out about the affair.

Is it possible that
he did find out,

and he's the one
who assaulted her?

That was my first thought,
but Tommy had an alibi.

Turned out he spent Labor
Day Weekend in Bellport,

attending to the needs
of a client's wife.

Huh.
The client's wife confirmed?

Along with Tommy's
E-Zpass and GPS records.

Okay, so Bandolce didn't rape her...
for now,

but Jessie still could
have cried rape

to cover up the
relationship with Provo.

And beat herself up
to make it look good?

Look, Jessie may have
lied from the start,

but once she accused Provo,

she was consistent in
all of her details.

You're the one who talked
me into pressing charges.

Why haven't you
arrested him yet?

We just want to make sure that
there aren't any surprises.

Am I on trial, or is he?

Okay.

I'll be back, sweetie.

I've been sober
seven months now,

but Tommy and I had
a fight that night,

and I had a little slip.

When you were out
with your girlfriends?

Yes, but I can never
just have one drink.

I've got monster momentum.

When I'm picking up,
I'm picking up.

So you called Michael.

And how long has he
been in the picture?

Oh, gosh, since the spring.

The last time Tommy
and I broke up.

Michael's his friend.
He came by to say

he was checking in on me,
and then he kept coming by.

So has Michael ever gotten
rough with you before?

No, but, uh, it was
my fault he did.

I shouldn't have
told him to stop.

Jessie...

you can say no... anytime.

So... did you?

When we were going at it in
his car, he gets a call...

from his wife.

And you didn't
know he was married.

Not till I hear kids
crying in the background,

and she's like, "Babe,
bring me baby aspirin."

I was like, "Take me home."

and he got mad.

He said, "Bitch, you
can't tell me what to do."

And then, after
he's done with me,

he drops me on the street,

reminds me he's a
cop, and he says,

"You tell anyone,
you'll regret it."

Provo's not a cop.
He was an analyst

for Alcohol, Tobacco, and
Firearms six years ago.

Right, so either he's lying
to her, or she's lying to us.

What do we know about him?
Does he have a record?

Nothing in the NYPD
database, but look at this--

four years ago,
he was questioned

for sexual assault in
Islip-- Consuelo Diaz.

They make it stick?

Charges were never filed,

but the victim was
deported to Belize...

after immigration got a tip
from "Former federal agent."

Provo dropped a dime on her.
He plays rough.

Mr. Provo, we have a problem.

Jessie won't move
off her accusation.

Poor girl's got
Stockholm syndrome.

Tommy's abused her for so long,

she's terrified of
telling the truth.

Maybe, but he
didn't assault her.

He's got an alibi. You don't.

[Sighs]

Look, here's the truth.
Jessie was bombed.

She's all over me, and then...

my wife calls, which
freaked her out.

You didn't do it,
Tommy didn't do it.

Somebody did a number on her.

[Sighs] Look, I
feel bad about this.

She was so mad at me, she
jumped right out of my car.

It could have been
anybody after that.

Why is she insisting
that it was you?

I'm here of my own
volition, Detective.

I know you got a job to do,

but you're hanging your
hat on the wrong rack.

Okay, let's try another rack.
Consuelo Diaz.

You were questioned
about raping her.

Those charges
were never filed.

Then why'd she accuse you?

[Sighs] She was the fiancee

of a friend of mine
fighting deportation.

She thought she'd get
sympathy by crying rape,

then she thought better.

After you had her
sent back to Belize?

What?
I know nothing about that.

Counselor David Elias
for Mr. Provo.

He didn't ask for a lawyer.

Actually, Detective, I'm
with the Suffolk County

- DA's office.
- David, everything okay?

We need Mr. Provo's
help with a case.

[Chuckles] I'm sorry, guys.
You have my number.

Sorry to drag you in on this.

DA just has
a couple questions.

Did not see that coming.

And that's when we
knew this guy had juice.

Okay, Provo's got hooks.

First, we thought he might
just be a source for the DA

working off a charge.

But then we started looking

at the trials where
Provo testified.

We backtracked to
the case files,

and we found his anonymous
CI number.

Turns out he's been
a rat since 2008.

2008?

That's a year before the
Consuelo Diaz rape.

Maybe that's why Pam James

never pressed charges
on that case.

It's not unusual for a DA
to protect her asset.

[Chuckles]

She's still protecting him.

She's arraigning
Jessie in two hours.

What are we waiting for?

Mr. Barba, I am due in
court in three minutes.

- Where's that case file?
- I've hit a couple

of red flags.
It turns out Michael Provo

was accused of rape
four years ago.

It's not an issue.
Charges were never filed.

You mean you never filed them.

You were the prosecuting
attorney on that case.

This isn't The City.
We don't drag

the wrongfully accused
through the mud.

Especially not if he's your CI.

Save yourself some grief.
Drop your charges against Provo.

Jessie Sturgis is an unstable
witness and a murderer.

You don't want to put
her on the stand.

The people versus
Jessica Sturgis.

The charge is murder
in the second degree.

How do you plead?

Not guilty, Your Honor.
I'm innocent.

People on bail?

Your Honor, we ask
that bail be denied.

Ms. Sturgis represents
a flight risk.

She's facing a murder charge.

Ms. Sturgis works
at a local pharmacy

and has a five-year-old son.

She's not going anywhere.

Even so, I have to agree
with our district attorney.

Bail is set at $200,000.

What? I can't afford that.

None of this is true.

- What about Matthew, my son?
- Ma'am, calm down.

Who'll take care of him?

The court will be in touch
with social services.

Detective Benson,
please tell him!

Tell him I didn't do it!

You know I didn't do this!
Tell him!

- That's enough, Ms. Sturgis.
- Please tell him!

Things seem to be moving
awfully fast out here.

We're in someone
else's courthouse,

and it's not our case.
She's their defendant.

I know, but she's
also our victim.

This is a nightmare.

They're putting Matthew
into foster care?

I didn't kill Tommy!

He just wanted to talk.
He was dead when I got there.

Jessie, the murder
charge is in the hands

of the Suffolk County DA.

We can't talk to you about it.

- What?
- Unless you think

that it might have some
bearing on your rape case.

You said that Tommy
was angry about it.

Do you think that's why
he wanted to talk to you?

Maybe, I don't know.

He just called me twice, upset,

said he had to see me.

He had me to meet him
at this house at 8:00.

All right. Well, what
happened when you got there?

I rang the bell, but
there was no answer.

The door wasn't locked,
so I walked in.

I see him lying
there on the floor.

He'd been shot in the chest,

and I tried to stop the blood.

While I'm on the phone
with 911, the police come.

Hold on. How do you mean?

I hadn't even given
them the address yet,

and cop cars showed
up, sirens going.

Okay, and what time was this?

Right at 8:00.
They walk in, they see me,

Tommy dead, the
gun on the floor.

Wasn't my gun.
I've never even touched a gun.

But they arrested me.

Jessie...
had you been drinking?

I haven't had a drink since
the night I was raped.

I swear.

Please, you have to help me.

I didn't do this.

I have to get back to my son.

Please.

We need to check the
timeline on her 911 call.

Liv, if you were a
cop on that scene,

you would have arrested her too.

Look, I get it, it looks bad,

but I gotta tell you, I believe
that she's telling the truth.

I want to see that case file.

I got a cousin on
the job out here.

I'll see if I can pull a favor.

Detectives, fancy
meeting you here.

- You saved me a trip to the city.
- What's this?

A subpoena to appear
before a Grand Jury

in Jessie's murder case.

See you tomorrow.

Detective, didn't Jessie
Sturgis initially claim

to have been raped
at machine gun point

by a stranger in a town car?

- Yes, but victims frequently--
- Just answer the question.

- Did she lie?
- Yes.

And did she say she lied
because she didn't want

her boyfriend, Mr. Bandolce,
to know the truth--

That she was having an affair?

Actually, she
said that she was--

Yes or no, was
she trying to hide

her affair from her boyfriend?

- Yes.
- Would you describe

their relationship
as acrimonious?

I would say that she
was afraid of him.

And yet, to your knowledge,
after he found out

about the affair, did
he harm her in any way?

- No.
- In fact, did Mr. Bandolce

pick her up from the hospital on
the night of the alleged rape

- and take her home?
- Yes, but--

No further questions.

How was the Grand Jury?

They'll indict her by lunch.
What's all this?

My cousin came through.

We got the Bandolce
murder case file.

Anything that helps Jessie?

Well, you were right
about the timeline.

The night of the murder,
Tommy Bandolce calls Jessie

once at 7:06, once at 7:40.

She said he begged her
to meet her by 8:00

at a house that was
15 minutes away.

When she called back at 7:50

to say she was five minutes
away, he didn't pick up.

What doesn't follow,
at 7:55, a neighbor,

Larry Banks, calls in

a domestic disturbance
at that house.

911. What is your emergency?

I'm hearing this couple
fighting, she's screaming.

52 Cormack Court, Babylon.

Even if Jessie was there,

I mean, they got into that
argument awfully fast.

Yeah, and then,
three minutes later,

a woman driving by calls.

911. What is your emergency?

Hello, can you hear me?

Yes, ma'am. Go right ahead.

I'm driving down Cormack,
and I just heard gunshots.

Who was that?

That came from
a no-name phone.

Suffolk County Police are
trying to track her down now.

Then at 8:02, Jessie calls
to say she found Tommy.

By then, the police
have arrived.

They see her next to
the body, the gun.

I mean, it's a little tight,

but I can see why
they charged her.

- They find prints on the gun?
- No.

And no residue on
Jessie's hands.

Were they able to trace it?

Yeah, registered to owner...

Gorromini & Sons
on Fifth Avenue.

It's "Quality sellers of
fine clothes and firearms."

And when Suffolk County
Police spoke to him,

he claimed Jessie
stole it from him.

But he didn't
report the gun stolen

until the cops talked to him?

I say we follow up on that.

My family has been
clothiers and armorers

for hundreds of years.

We have a license for
every rifle in the store.

The handgun used in the murder

was registered to you personally,
Mr. Gorromini.

Yes, I know.
It's very unfortunate.

I told the other police
everything that I know.

Tell us again.

Last June, she
came into the store.

I noticed her immediately.

She had a certain... something.

She say why she needed a gun?

Yes, she said her
pharmacy was robbed,

she needed protection.
I told that her

that we didn't sell handguns,
and never without a license.

So you just gave her one?

I believe she took the gun
from my bedroom closet.

That night, I made the mistake
of sleeping with her.

So why didn't you
report it stolen?

I didn't notice.

The-- The Suffolk County Police

assured me that this
wouldn't be a problem,

since I was cooperating
with their case.

You're dealing with
Manhattan now, Chief,

so you're coming with us.

- I'm not sure why we're here.
- You're not?

Your client either knowingly
provided a weapon

that was used in a murder, or
he failed to report it stolen.

Either way, he's in trouble.

Not if you give him
Queen For A Day.

Sold. We'll throw in a tiara,

as long as he tells
us everything,

right now, no holding back.
We won't use it against him.

You've lied twice. Last chance.

Same question, how did
Jessie get the gun?

I'm not sure.

So she was never
in your apartment?

- You never slept with her?
- No.

I never even met her.

Friend asked to borrow
the gun on her behalf.

- What friend?
- His name is Michael Provo.

- And when was this?
- About a week ago.

He said it was a personal favor.

That's a big favor.
You'd risk your license for him?

This Queen For A Day
covers everything, right?

[Whispering] Yeah, go ahead.

Provo saved my
license ten years ago.

He tipped me off
about an ATF sting.

He called the other night, said
the gun was used in a crime,

said he'd smooth it
over with the DA.

And the story about
Jessica stealing the gun?

That came from Provo.
Every word.

Provo got Gorromini to lie.

Find out if he coerced
any other witnesses.

I'm way ahead of you,
Counselor, as usual.

Larry Banks, who made
the first 911 call

about a domestic dispute.

Any Suffolk County
Police contacts?

Two DUIs, both of
which were dropped.

Oh, that's interesting.

What about the woman who
called in the gunshots?

Well, the Suffolk
County Police claims

that they're still trying
to trace the cell phone.

But our working theory
is that Provo held a gun

to Tommy's head, forced
him to call Jessie.

Once she's on her way, Provo
triggers the 911 calls,

and the police arrive
just after Jessie does.

Sounds like it's
time for a sit-down

with the Suffolk County DA.

Open our kimono?
I don't think so.

The gun came from Manhattan.

We're closing in
on a conspiracy.

This is our case now.

Michael Provo, need to
speak with you privately.

We're about to hit the road.
Go get the dog.

No, you're not.
We have a warrant

for your arrest in the
County of New York.

- What for?
- Besides a rape charge,

you're under arrest for
conspiracy and murder.

You gotta be kidding me.

I said get inside!
Call Pam James, now.

You really have to do that?

You still think
you're special.

Get in the car.

Ms. James, what brings
you to town?

I was heading to the
governor's fundraiser

when I heard that your SVU minions
arrested Mr. Provo in Islip.

Yeah, they said traffic
was terrible coming back.

I'm more than a
little surprised

I didn't get a heads-up
from your office.

[Chuckles] You weren't
exactly forthcoming

when you came to ask
about Jessie Sturgis.

And you're paying me back

by trying to blow a
hole in my murder case.

This isn't about payback,
and it doesn't stop

with Michael Provo framing
Jessie for murder.

Michael Provo did
not frame Jessie.

You can't admit that, right?

If Provo framed Jessie, he
could've framed anyone,

which means you'd have to reopen

every case he was
ever involved with.

Your whole office could
be vulnerable here.

This guy's got you jumping
through hoops, Pam.

Dropping rape charges, DUIs--

You attack the
integrity of my office,

you're in for the
fight of your life.

I never mind a little
blood on the canvas.

You got an event to get to?
Enjoy.

I got a case to prepare.

So you can prove it?

That Michael killed Tommy and
set this whole thing up?

Our DA's adding
conspiracy and murder

to Provo's rape charge.

Oh, thank God.
Can I go home tonight?

My boy's in foster care.

See, Jessie,
that's the bad news,

is that the Suffolk County DA
won't drop the charges.

Why? That's impossible.
Michael did it.

We believe you were framed.
They think you did it.

It's two separate counties,
two separate trials.

This is insane.

He raped me, killed
Tommy, put me in here.

You're telling me you
can't get me out?

What if they convict me?

We're building your case.

We're working with
your defense team.

The DA will not give up.
I just--

We just need you to hang in
there a little longer, okay?

"Just hang in there"?

Get out.

Leave.

Get out!

Guard. [Buzzer]

[Sobbing]

Your Honor, the Grand
Jury indicted Michael Provo

for rape, murder,
and conspiracy.

We would like to
consolidate these charges

to proceed to trial together.

At the very least, the
charges should be separate.

- There's no link between them.
- They are absolutely linked.

We intend to prove
that the defendant

framed Jessie Sturgis for murder

because she accused him of rape.

Mr. Barba has overstepped--

It's a complicated case,

but I do see a basis
for consolidating.

Defense motion denied.
[Bangs gavel]

Your Honor?

Ms. James.

I know it's unusual, but I'd
like to address the court.

Objection.

The Suffolk County DA

is not a party in this case.

This matter has bearing on a
case set for trial in Islip.

I want to make you aware
of that conflict.

Approach.

What do you have, Ms. James?

The alleged victim in
this trial, Jessie Sturgis,

is under indictment
in Suffolk County

for the same murder.

We go to trial on Monday.

I'm asking you to dismiss
the charges here.

Your Honor, the law clearly
allows for different defendants

to be tried in different
jurisdictions

- for the same crime.
- Thank you, Mr. Barba.

I'm aware of what
the law allows.

And he's right.

Then we ask that
you stay your case

until our trial is over.

And your jury's verdict

dictates the course
of our trial.

Ms. James, all due respect,

I don't run the
Manhattan courtroom

on Suffolk time.

You try your case,
Mr. Barba tries his.

We're in business.

- Are we?
- Mm-hmm.

Two trials at the same time?

What if Suffolk County
goes to jury before us?

Leave that for our
esteemed appellate court.

While Jessie rots
in her jail cell

- and Provo's out on bail.
- Detective...

you think you can
do this faster?

Help yourself.

We are gonna prove,
beyond a reasonable doubt,

that Ms. Sturgis cheated on
her boyfriend, Mr. Bandolce.

She lied to him about it,

and when he confronted her,

she shot him.

Forget what you may have read

or heard about the Suffolk
County DA's case.

This trial is about
injustice compounded.

Michael Provo brutally
Raped Jessie Sturgis,

and when she dared to
tell the truth about it,

he conspired to frame
her for murder.

We appreciate your being here,
Mr. Provo.

You know the jury's
been informed

that you are currently
on trial in Manhattan

for the murder of Mr. Bandolce?

Yes, that's correct.

Did you murder Mr. Bandolce?

No, absolutely not.

But you were involved
with his girlfriend,

the defendant, Jessie Sturgis?

Yes. She and Tommy
were... rocky.

I was her port in the storm.

When was the last time
the two of you talked?

A week before the murder.

She said she wanted to
teach Tommy a lesson.

And she asked me for a gun.

Ms. Sturgis, after
Michael Provo raped you,

what did he say?

He said he was a cop,
and if I told anyone,

I'd regret it.

- And did that concern you?
- Yes.

He'd always brag to me about
all the connections he had.

He said he could set
up anyone, anytime.

So Jessie's doing fine?
She'll be okay during cross?

I hope so.
Yesterday, in Islip,

Provo charmed his jury.

And he's getting a little help
from DA James.

She just produced a new witness.

Second 911 caller, the
one who heard the shots,

she testifies tomorrow.

And she comes forward two
days into Provo's trial?

They sandbagged us.

Provo got the others
to lie for him.

Find out what he's got on her.

[Pounding at the door]

Who the hell are you?

Looking for Carol McEwan.

Yeah, what do you
want with her?

Carol, can we speak with
you privately, please?

- No.
- We're married ten years.

I'm more comfortable
with my husband here.

- Okay, we're here--
- I know why you're here.

My 911 call. The DA told me

not to talk to anyone before
I testify, not even cops.

Okay. But, uh,

you live a half hour
from the crime scene.

You just happened to be
driving by that night?

I was taking a shortcut
to meet my husband.

- It was our anniversary.
- Okay?

Good-bye. Go back to the city.

She got nothing
else to say to you.

- Carol, please.
- No, I'm sorry.

If you're scared
of Michael Provo--

Well, that was a wasted trip.

Either of you find
any connection

- between Carol McEwan and Provo?
- Not yet.

However he reached her,
he covered his tracks.

She may not be the connection.

What'd you make of the husband?

- He was piece of crap.
- Three-time loser.

He was paroled last January
after a five-year bid

in Queensboro Correctional.

Felony, cocaine sales.
The best part--

The informant who set him up...

testified against
him-- Michael Provo.

Wait, so why is Eddie

letting his wife
testify for Provo?

That's it.
That's my last pay stub.

Eddie, got a minute?

I told you, I ain't
got nothing to say.

No, you told us your
wife had nothing to say.

We want to talk to you.

You got no reason to
be bustin' my balls.

I haven't broken recycling
laws since I been out.

Michael Provo.
You used to be friends, right?

That's how he set you up.

Yeah, so-called friend.
Stabbed me in the back.

Every word that he
ever said is a lie.

Well, why's your wife
helping him, Eddie?

If I had any say,
she wouldn't be.

Okay?

"If I had any say"?
He's got Carol cowed.

It's the same way Tommy
pushed Jessie around.

Oh.

Carol.

I'm not supposed
to talk to you.

Says who?

Your husband...
or Michael Provo?

You know you could be
charged with perjury

for lying in front of a jury?

Who said I was going to lie?

You told us you heard shots

on the way to your
anniversary dinner,

but it turns out you
two are common law.

So what? I didn't say it
was a wedding anniversary.

No, it was another
kind of anniversary.

It's been a year since Eddie
was paroled from prison.

Where Michael Provo
helped to send him.

So you know we don't
owe him anything.

Except we checked,

and Eddie was supposed
to do 15 years upstate.

Instead, he does five in
Queensboro Correctional

in Long Island City.

That's a lot closer
to your house.

He got time off
for good behavior.

Yeah, after Michael
Provo got the DA

to intercede on his behalf.

See, we know Provo's MO.

He was having a
relationship with you

while your husband was away.

- You can't prove that.
- Carol...

it's what he does.

He takes advantage of women
who are already in trouble.

I love my husband.

Did Provo threaten to tell
Eddie about your affair?

I'm Eddie's whole world.
If he finds out, he'll kill me.

Then he'll kill himself.

And we don't want
to have to tell him.

But there's an innocent woman
who's looking at 25 to life.

So you're gonna blackmail
me into doing what's right?

Who's taking advantage
of who now?

What is going on, Mr. Barba?

Professional courtesy.
I didn't want to blindside you.

I've just been informed that
Jessie's defense attorney

is gonna recall Mr. Provo
to the stand.

- I'm not worried.
- No? You should be.

Your friend,
Gabriel Gorromini,

misinformed the Suffolk
County Police.

Jessie didn't steal
that gun from him.

In fact, he gave it to you,
Mr. Provo.

He's lying.

What'd you do, jam him
up on his license?

No.
That's what you did, actually.

Our office is already
looking into this.

Well, actually, there's
lots to look into.

Let's take a walk, shall we?

Now, this is Larry Banks.

He was the first 911 caller

the night of the shooting.

He now admits that
the call was a fake.

It was just payback to Mr. Provo

for getting him out of two DUIs.

I did no such thing.
Hand to God.

All right, let's continue.

You remember Carol McEwan.

She made the second 911 call,

Reporting gunshots that
nobody else heard...

[Taps on glass]

moments before Jessie
even got there.

This is my witness.
She's on my list.

- She's on mine now.
- She's going to testify

that she was
blackmailed by Provo

into making a false report.

That lying bitch.

Your frame's
collapsing, huh, Provo?

You know, Carol
gave everything up.

She even saved the texts
that you sent her.

I can only imagine how angry
you must feel right now.

You can see why I wanted
to give you a heads-up.

Don't believe any of this.
They're framing me--

Michael.

Mr. Barba, you have
to understand,

these allegations come as
a complete shock to me.

You can be assured
that my office

will conduct a thorough
investigation.

- I've no doubt you will.
- And in the meantime,

all your charges against
Jessie Can be dropped.

Due diligence
first, Detective.

Due diligence?
I'd call it saving face.

Jessie Sturgis is innocent.

She has a child in Foster care.

More to the point,
once I get Mr. Provo

convicted of conspiracy,

every one of your cases

he was involved with will
be under the microscope.

So will your office.

Think about what
that means, Pam.

Don't threaten me.
Either of you.

Counselor...
no threat was intended.

You and I, we both
want the same thing.

We're on the same side.
Mistakes were made.

But at the end of the day,
we both want justice.

Yes, of course.

Let's keep this simple, then.

Tommy Bandolce was
killed in Babylon.

If you withdraw all
charges against Provo,

I will withdraw all
charges against Jessie.

- The hell you will.
- And you will file

murder charges against
Provo in Suffolk County?

Are you effing kidding me?

And conduct an
internal investigation

into all cases he
was involved in.

You'd really sell me out, Pam?

After everything
I've done for you?

You'd still be putting
your tits on the table

for traffic court judges
if it wasn't for me!

Get him out of my sight.

- Come on.
- Okay.

If I'm going down,
you're going down too.

I will bury you!
I will bury you!

Oh, my God! Matthew!

Hi. Hi, honey. Oh!

Look, I lost another tooth.

Oh! Well, we better let the
tooth fairy know, right?

It's over now?
They can't hurt us anymore?

Provo's going away
for a very long time.

What about the
rest of the case?

What Michael did to me?

Hey, Matty, why
don't you show me

that missing tooth, huh?

Jessie...

we had to withdraw charges.

What?

But... he raped me.
He beat me.

He left me bleeding
in the street.

Barba had to make a deal
to get you out right away.

That was-- that
was the priority.

And the rape never happened?

Legally, no.

Jessie, take Matthew home.

You won.

That one's loose too.

Just let it fall out.

Just don't yank it.

Hey, Matty.

Raped, put in jail,
her kid taken away.

I don't know how she
held it together.

She did it for her son.

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