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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.

[cheerful music]

- ♪ I've always played
the part of Shakespeare ♪

♪ I hide
behind the ink and pen ♪

♪ I'm so tired of being
a book on a shelf ♪

♪ Tired of stories
for somebody else ♪

♪ Think that I'm ready
to start a new chapter ♪

♪ I've been looking for
someone to turn it around ♪

♪ Looking for someone
to give me the crown ♪

♪ I wanna feel
like I finally matter ♪

♪ I wanna be a Mona Lisa

[applause]

- We are grateful and humbled

that our dating app
is a small part

of bringing the possibility
to love

to lessen the isolation
of our modern world.

But with success comes
responsibility, reevaluation.

Too many women are still
being sexually harassed

or worse online,

which is why Mr. Wright Now
is entering a new era.

And now, our CEO and founder,
Jackson Wright.

- Uh, thank you, Cress.

A big piece of my heart died

when I lost my wife, Sara,
in a car accident.

We all have our somebody.

And she was mine.

When I created Mr. Wright Now,
it was to help me reenter

the dating world.

Well, the app took off.
50 million users worldwide.

But somewhere along the line,
we lost our way,

which is why,
from this day forward,

we are gonna be known
as Mr. Wright Forever...

The app where relationships
are built on trust and safety,

where users will be able
to "show the love"

and find their somebody,

maybe even find their Sara.

Thank you.

[melancholy music]

- That went well.
Jackson was completely focused.

He stayed on script.

- Yeah, the script you wrote.

Everyone knows this rebranding,
keeping women safe,

was your idea, not his.

- Well, it was his call
to go with it.

He greenlit and sold it.

Are you all right?

[bright music playing]

What is it?
You can tell me anything.

- Even if it's about Jackson?

- Ah, Team Wright.
There you are.

Did I kill it or what?
I think I killed it, yeah?

- Yeah, incredible speech.

- I mean, listen,
that's what I do, right?

Whoa, holy crap, I think
I really did kill it.

Share price is surging,
12% and climbing.

- That's great, Jackson.
- Are you kidding me?

We're popping bottles.
My office.

Great job on the speech.
Nice job with the tie.

- All right,
I guess it's time to party.

What was it
you wanted to tell me?

- Oh, no big deal. It can wait.
- Are you sure?

- Yeah. Grab some champagne.
I'll meet you there.

- Okay.
Oh, you guys!

[notification chimes]

[dramatic music]

♪

- Velasco, McGrath cut OT.
You gotta punch out on time.

- Great.

- What, you got a hot date?

- Uh, still waiting to hear.

- Online dating.
Russian roulette.

- Yeah, I'll take my chances.

- Thank you.

- Lisa?

Hi.

Joe.
- I know.

Hi, Joe.

- You actually look like
your picture.

You okay?

- I'm fine.
You just gotta catch up.

Two more.

♪

You wanna come up
for a nightcap, Detective?

Maybe you could handcuff me.

- How about I make you
a cup of coffee?

- You're boring.

[panting]

Okay.

- Here, let me help you.

- What are you doing?

- I was just trying
to help you.

- No! Don't touch me.

- Hey--
- Don't touch me!

Leave me alone!
- It's okay.

It's okay--
- It's not okay!

I trusted you.
- Okay, okay, Lisa.

- [cries]
- Hey, take it easy!

- No!
- Lisa!

[dramatic music]

♪

This is Detective Joe Velasco.
I need a bus.

37th Street
in between Fourth and Fifth.

In Brooklyn, now.

[dramatic music]

♪

- Velasco.
What the hell happened?

- Honestly, I don't even know.

She had too much to drink
before I got there.

I didn't want to leave her
at the bar,

so I walked her home.

- The girl from the dating app
I warned you about?

- Yeah.

Lisa.
She must have PTSD,

because, I swear to God,
I just brushed her arm,

and she freaked out,
and she fell down the stairs.

But I've been here all night.

The doctors say
she's good to go home.

She has no serious injury.
- Okay, I will go talk to her.

In the meantime, you go over
your entire night with Fin.

- Okay?
- Okay.

Thank you.

- Lisa?

Hi,
I'm Captain Benson from SVU.

- Joe's boss?

He didn't do anything wrong.
This was all me.

- Oh, no,
he was just worried about you.

- Oh, I'm fine.
Too much tequila.

- Yeah?

But with what happened
last night,

do you have any idea
why you reacted that way?

- Not really.

- Well, you could have been
seriously hurt.

- Well, you know what they say.

God looks out for drunks.

- Well, if you don't think

that there's anything
to talk about, that's okay,

but if you do change your mind,
I'm here.

[uneasy music]

♪

- There's a reason
I can't say anything.

- Okay.

- It was my boss.

Jackson Wright.

- You know, it might be
a good idea

for you to just tell me
what happened.

- Our company designed
a dating app.

Jackson encourages
single employees to use it.

He does too.

Last week, I happened to match
with Jackson.

I figured we'd both just laugh
about it.

But he said
that the app had spoken,

and that if we don't trust it,
why should the public?

- So you decide
to go on a date with him.

- I met him at his penthouse.

It was awkward at first,

but we talked, had champagne.

We started kissing.

- Okay. And then what?

- He started to get
a little pushy,

grabbed me.

I was shocked.

I tried to get away, but...

The more I fought,
the more he seemed to like it.

- Hmm.

- He threw me over the couch.

He pretty much raped me.

- Lisa, I'm so sorry that
that happened to you.

- He didn't even realize.

It was just like...

Hate sex.

- Oh.

- I got out of there
as fast as I could.

- Did you confront him?

- I texted him the next day,

telling him
I wasn't gonna date him again.

He DMed me.

"Sorry if it got weird
for you."

- Lisa, did you tell anyone?

- My godmother, Cress--
she's partners with him

in the company.

I tried to tell her,

but I couldn't do it.

- Jackson and I
went to college together.

His wife was my best friend.

There has to be
some misunderstanding.

- Lisa said
that she tried to tell you.

Did she mention anything?

- She did seem upset. But this?

No way.

- Well, Jackson Wright has
a reputation as a player.

- It's part
of his grieving process.

Acting out after Sara died.

But his persona
as a hot bachelor

is a marketing strategy.
He uses his own app.

- There's never been
any accusations before?

- Has he been inappropriate,
raunchy, at times?

Sure.
But he would never be violent.

We just relaunched the app
to make it safer for women.

- Well, I gotta tell you,
my sense

is that Lisa was assaulted.

- Could it have been
by someone else?

She's been dating
on the app a lot.

Maybe something happened before
our safeguards were in place.

- Actually, Lisa and Jackson
matched up on the app.

They went on a date
to his penthouse.

Did--

she didn't mention this?

- No.

Neither of them did.
I need to talk to Jackson.

There has to be
some explanation for this.

- We'll talk to him.
- And we would appreciate it

if you didn't give him
a heads-up.

Thank you.

- Yeah, of course I know Lisa.

She's a great kid.
Something happen to her?

- Well, that's what we want

to talk to you about,
Mr. Wright.

- Oh, wow.
Everything all right?

- Yeah, Sienna, you can just
go back into the sauna, baby.

I'll just, uh--I'll be a sec.

It's okay.

Sorry about that.

Wasn't really
expecting company.

So Lisa--is she in trouble?

- Well, what can you tell us
about your relationship?

- You know, she's one
of my social media stars.

My CFO's goddaughter.

- Have you gone
on a date with her?

- Once.
We matched on the app.

Not a crime.

[phone buzzes,
notification chimes]

[notifications chiming]

- We're just minutes away now
from the closing of--

- We got a situation here.
Excuse me.

- ...is quickly turning
into a mass sell-off.

The share price
of dating company Mr. Wright--

If you're just joining us,

rumors are swirling as to what
could've led...

- God damn it.
- To the drop,

which has investors
retreating--

- Cress, you seeing this?
We're in a free fall.

I need you to call me back
right away.

- We'll have more
as the story develops--

- Sam, what the hell's
going on?

- ...Jackson Wright's company

if he cannot stop
the bleeding.

- I am shocked and saddened
to learn

of the sexual assault
allegations

against Jackson Wright.

He paid lip service
to being invested

in the safety of women
who used our app.

But I now realize he himself
is a predator.

I want to make it clear
that this is not in keeping

with the ethos
of our company--

the company as I know it.

And effective immediately,,
I am resigning my post as CFO.

- What was her reaction
when you first told her

about Lisa's allegations?
- She was shocked.

She didn't believe it.

- Well, she certainly
changed her mind.

Is it possible that
these two women are playing us?

- I certainly hope not.

But that's the first thing that
Jackson Wright's gonna say.

- I am dedicating
my life's work

to the protection
and empowerment of women.

.

- I know what rape is. Okay?

When someone says stop, I stop.

It's not rocket science.

Some of this, I'm used to.

You know,
you get a little success,

people get jealous,
they want to tear you down.

The worst betrayal to me
is that this baseless attack

on my reputation has come
from my CFO

and business partner
of the last 12 years.

- These allegations
have clearly been made

to destroy
my client's company--

- Well, that was fast.

- It's full damage control.

We crossed paths
with his lawyer on the way out.

- Okay, before he lawyered up,
did he make an admission?

- He's not denying a date.
He says the sex was consensual.

He also says he has no idea
why Lisa would think otherwise.

- Yeah, he's lying.
- Yeah, probably.

But Lisa coming forward
and Cress going public

on the same day?

I mean, the timing
of this is suspicious.

- Cress has agreed to come in.

You said
that you have evidence.

- I went to our I.T. team.

We have access
to every member's profile.

I found four other women
who matched with Jackson

who stopped using the app after
going on one date with him.

- Please tell me
that you didn't contact them.

- I'm sorry.
I had to know.

I just--I told them
I was doing market research,

wanted to know
why they stopped using the app.

- We will need their names.

- I can ask them to call you,

but I can't give you
their information.

It violates
our confidentiality agreement.

- I can just get a warrant.

- I have already screwed
this up enough.

The business is imploding.

Jackson is suing me.

It's like I just wasted
the last 12 years of my life.

- I realize that this has been
difficult for you,

but your goddaughter
was just raped.

And if this does go to trial,
then you will need to testify,

so it would be very wise of you
to cooperate with us.

- Three of the women
got back to us.

They said they had bad sex
with Jackson,

but none of them allege
they were raped.

- When Rachel and Cristina
complained to him by DM,

Jackson replied to them
with some version of

"I'm sorry
it got weird for you."

- Which is
the same basic message

that he left Lisa.

- It's not an admission
of assault, though.

- Well, Blair told us
when she DMed him,

she got this response.

- "Equity in the company."
Oh, a trip to Maui.

So he's offering her a bribe.

- That's a Class D felony,
but on Blair's case though,

not Lisa's.

None of these women
want to press charges?

- So far, no.

- Okay, Lisa, her story?
Is it solid?

- It is.

- Good.
I know my next step.

- Mr. Wright, on the charge
of rape in the first degree,

how do you plead?
- Not guilty.

This is a baseless charge

designed to extort money
from my client,

who should be released with the
state's most sincere apologies.

- Right. People on bail?

- We request remand,
your Honor.

Mr. Wright is a man
of considerable means,

and he's shown
he's willing to use that--

- Has the trial begun?

Because I didn't hear
a starting pistol

- I let you speak--
- Boys, boys, boys.

Have we gotten this
out of our systems?

- Your Honor,
this is a he said/she said.

And a lot people hope
to make a profit

off of what she said.

Now, my client only wants
a chance to clear his name

and restore confidence
in his company.

He is not gonna go anywhere.

- I agree.

Defendant is RORed. Bailiff.

- They just let him out?

- Lisa, if he even dares
to contact you, you call me.

Come on.
Let's go.

- Hey, there you are.

No luck getting Jackson
remanded.

I did get
an order of protection, though.

- That's something.

How's Rollins?
- She's hanging in there.

Her mom's gonna be in a cast
for two more weeks.

- Isn't that always
the way it is?

The caretaker ends up being
the one that goes down.

- That's exactly
what my mother said.

- Hey, look.

I told Rollins
to take all the time she needs,

but, most importantly,
to take care of herself first.

- Yeah, I did too.
- Captain.

You need to see this.

[dramatic music]

- I'm sure by now
you've all heard

about my
legal situation.

One hot assistant,
who, by the way,

had just gone on a date
with an SVU cop.

Anyway, she suddenly decides
that the hookup we had

was no longer a hookup--

excuse me, ladies--

but an assault.

- I didn't tell her to say
it was an assault.

- We know, Velasco.
We know.

- Doesn't matter.

He's just trying
to stir things up.

- And this alleged victim--

no, listen,
don't get me wrong.

She's a sweetheart, right?

I'm not looking to drag
her name through the mud.

Who I am looking to drag is
her godmother,

Cressida Gordon.

She's got an ace
up her sleeve.

You see,
Cress had really planned

to submarine Mr. Wright Now.

She poached our design team.

She poached our marketing,
our IP,

our dating algorithms,
our subscriber list.

She put a completely illegal
scheme in place

to start her own dating app,

violating her duties as CFO

as well as the non-compete
terms of her contract

so she could just go ahead
and launch her own company,

all while demolishing mine.

That's the real story.

- We didn't know
about any of this?

- She wasn't the one
under investigation.

- Well, now she is.

- Well, if any of this is true,
there goes our case.

.

- Morning.
- Morning.

- Did anyone go home?
- I did.

- We're in trouble here.

Ms. Maxwell had martinis
with Jack McCoy last night.

- He wants us
to drop the case?

- Not yet, but he'd prefer
that we didn't get

exculpatory evidence
from a defendant's video rant.

- We're working
on confirmation, Carisi.

- Well,
how about this, Counselor?

One of the business blogs
uncovered a registration

for a new dating app
that traces back to Cress.

- Get her in here now.

- It's not as bad as it looks.
- Well, it looks pretty bad.

- My client didn't have
to come in.

Any potential wrongdoing
on her part

should be mitigated
by her cooperation

with the rape investigation.

- Any consideration
on corporate espionage

is beyond my purview.

- We will let
the appropriate agencies

know that you did cooperate.

But right now, why don't you
tell us how we got here?

- After I talked to Lisa,

I knew that I had to resign.

- Mm-hmm.

- I also knew
that it was likely

these allegations
were going to be made public.

- So you decided
to make them public yourself

while you secretly raided
your company's IP and personnel

to fast-track the creation of
your own competing dating app?

- Look, I understand
the timing was a mistake.

But I gotta tell you,
I didn't twist anybody's arm.

Jackson is known for stealing
everybody's ideas.

- Doesn't matter.

- The last thing I wanted to do
is hurt Lisa's case.

And I am still willing
to testify.

- Well, if you do,
the defense will tear you

and Lisa apart.

- How much of this
did Lisa know?

- Nothing.

Not a thing.

- That's gonna be
impossible to prove.

- The son of a bitch

took a torch to the business
I sacrificed everything for,

and now I'm the one
in legal jeopardy?

- Look, I wish I could tell you

that things were gonna
get better,

but this is gonna be
a rough road.

- Lisa, hi.

Thanks for coming in.

How're you doing?

- Not great.

Is SVU gonna drop my case
because of what Cress did?

- That doesn't change the fact
that you were assaulted,

as long as you didn't have
anything to do with it.

- I didn't.
I swear.

I had no idea.
- Okay.

That's all that
Counselor Carisi needs to hear.

- I never said how sorry I was

about freaking out on you.

Will you have to testify
about that?

- Yeah.

Carisi thinks that it speaks
to how traumatized you were.

- Going on the stand--
how nerve-racking is that?

- To be honest, I haven't done
it as an SVU detective.

But you just tell the truth.

- Aside from all this,

how do you like online dating?

- Think I'm gonna take
a little time off.

- Cress is here?

[uneasy music]

Cress.
How could you do this to me?

- Lisa.
I never meant to hurt you.

- Was this your plan
the whole time?

- It wasn't my plan.
I promise you, I'm gonna--

- Nobody believes me!

They think I did it
for the money.

- Lisa--
- Or that you promised me

a stake in the company
if I accused him.

My parents are furious
at you.

- Listen,
I tried to call your mom.

- She doesn't want
to talk to you.

- Lisa, Lisa.

Listen, we're gonna figure
this out, okay?

- Come with me.

- I'm so sorry, Captain Benson.
I really am.

- All right, everybody,
I want y'all to take a look

at what's going on in here.

That is your tax dollars
hard at work.

What you are seeing is
Cress Gordon's former office.

It is now
a federal crime scene.

Look at that.

Now, look, I just want
to let everybody know

that if anyone out there
has any lingering doubt,

I would like to think that
this federal investigation

further proves my innocence.

This entire charade has been
nothing but a scheme

to take over my company.

- Wow. This guy really knows
how to play offense.

- Yeah,
which is why the Eighth Floor

wants to plead this out.
- Plead to what?

- Attempted rape one.

He'll do 3 1/2 years.
He'll go on the registry.

- A C-felony?
Lisa is credible.

Not to mention, the fact
that she was raped

has nothing to do
with Cress' crime.

- Also not to mention

Swope probably won't even
consider this,

so it's a waste of our time,
and it also makes me look weak.

[cell phone buzzes]

- Benson.

- I don't know why
I didn't see this coming.

- Cress?

- It's been one mistake
after another.

- Cress?

Cress, what's the matter?
Where are you?

- Mm... I'm sorry.

I just wanna lie down.
I wanna lie down.

- Hold on a second.
Velasco, let's go.

Cress?
Stay with me.

[dramatic music]

♪

- Mm...
- Cr--Cress.

Call a bus.

- SVU portable to Central.
I need that bus right now.

218 West 82nd Street,
possible overdose.

- I don't feel a pulse.

And we're looking at Oxy.

Give me the Narcan.

Cress, hey, Cress?

Hey, I need you to stay
with me, Cress, okay?

Stay with me.

Come on.

.

- Hey.
- Hey.

How's Cress doing?
- Thank God for Narcan.

Hospital released her
a couple hours ago.

- Okay, good.
Is she okay to testify?

I don't want to put her on
the stand if she's too fragile.

- I'm gonna check in with her
in a couple of hours.

But how's Lisa?
- She's gonna be fine.

It's Velasco I'm worried about.

- He's good.
I prepped him for three hours.

- Yeah, so did I.

That's why I'm worried
about him.

He could be over-prepped.

Thanks.

- When victim of sexual assault
becomes triggered,

a psychological projection
can be deployed

as a defense mechanism.

- And how did that manifest
in Lisa's behavior

the night that you met her?

- She had been drinking,
I touched her arm,

and in my experience,
that triggered her.

She later disclosed
to my captain

that she had been assaulted
earlier in the week

by Jackson Wright.

- Thank you, Detective.

- Detective Velasco,
you met Lisa Rose

on the dating app
Mr. Wright Now.

I'm curious.
Do you use that app often?

- Not often,
but sometimes, yeah.

- I'm surprised.

A good-looking guy like you
needs an app to meet women?

- Objection, relevance?
- I'll allow it.

- I work long hours.

- So things have to move
quickly for you.

Is that why you went
back to Lisa's apartment?

- I just wanted to make sure
that she got home safe.

- And yet she ended up
in the hospital

after an interaction with you

that resulted
in her falling down steps?

- She was
in a disassociated state,

and she projected
her sexual assault on me.

- So you said,
in your experience.

Exactly how long have you been
an SVU detective?

- About six months.

- So, in the supposed
disassociated state,

she mentioned you by name,
didn't she?

Told you to take your hands
off of her?

- She did, but--

- Yell at you
to stay away from her?

Not to touch her?

According to her neighbors, she
seemed pretty afraid of you.

- Because she was projecting
onto me.

- As a man
who was assaulting her?

- Objection.
- Sustained.

Careful, Mr. Swope.
- I'm sorry.

But you can see
how the jury might be confused.

[uneasy music]

Withdrawn.

♪

- Jackson Wright and I
were alone in his penthouse.

We started making out.

Then he suddenly grabbed me,
pushed me down,

put his hand over my mouth.

I tried to get away, but...

he raped me.

- How did you end up
at his penthouse?

- We matched on the app,
Mr. Wright Now.

He was my boss.

I wasn't comfortable,
but he said

if we didn't show
we believed in the app,

we couldn't expect
potential users to.

- And why didn't you report
the assault?

- I was afraid
of getting fired,

that no one would believe me.

He's rich, powerful,
CEO of the company.

- Ms. Rose, it's been suggested
by the defense

that you conspired
with the CFO, Cress Gordon,

your godmother, to sabotage
Mr. Wright's company

in order to launch
a new dating app.

Did you profit at all
from coming forward?

- No, I did not.

And I'm angry
about what Cress did.

This was never about money.

I have no job.
I'm going on unemployment.

I just want to make sure
that a man that uses

his own dating app
to prey on women

can never do it again.

- Thank you.

Nothing further.

- I'm sorry to ask you this,
Ms. Rose.

But the night that you went on
a date with Detective Velasco,

were you drinking?

- Yes.

- And according to witnesses,

you thought he was
assaulting you that night.

- I was projecting.
I was wrong.

- Projecting, huh.
Everyone keeps using that word.

Moving on.

The night that you went
on a date

with Jackson Wright,

how much
were you drinking then?

- Objection.
- Overruled, Mr. Carisi.

- I'm not sure.

We had some champagne.

- Two bottles between the
two of you sound about right?

And multiple shots of tequila?

- It's possible.

- So isn't it also possible
that you were drunk

and you were...
- No.

- Wrong about my client
assaulting you,

the same way that you...
- That's not--leave me alone.

- About Detective Velasco?
- That's not what happened.

- So you claim.

But, Ms. Rose,
as I told Detective Velasco,

can't you see how that might
confuse the jury?

[dramatic music]

♪

Nothing further.

- Hey, Cress.
How are you doing?

- I'm feeling like I just
got hit by a train.

- I bet.

- What happened to me?

- You don't remember anything?

- I just wanted out.

I couldn't take it anymore.

- I know this has been hard.

- Harder for Lisa.

Is Jackson gonna get away
with it again?

- Again?

- I just mean...

he's Mr. Wright, can talk
his way out of anything.

- I wish I could say that
the trial was going better,

but we're in trouble.

- What does that mean?
I still have to testify?

- The problem is, if you don't
testify for the prosecution,

the defense will call you.

Do you feel up to that?

- On the day of the
app relaunch, Lisa was tense,

anxious,

specifically in
her interactions with Jackson.

SVU told me
that Lisa had accused Jackson

of sexual assault.

I immediately went to her.
She was crying, upset.

She told me Jackson
had raped her a week before.

- And what happened
after you heard that?

- I wrote a letter
of resignation.

I knew when these allegations
were made public--

a dating app's CEO
accused of rape...

Our subscribers
would desert the company.

I put plans in place
to launch an alternative app.

- Ms. Gordon,
you're facing federal charges

on corporate espionage.

Were you offered leniency
for your testimony?

- No, I was not.

- And did Lisa Rose
know anything

about you starting
a new company?

- Absolutely not.

This was completely on me.

I panicked.

I wanted to salvage something
of the decade-plus

I had poured
into Mr. Wright Now.

My biggest regret
is that what I did...

has caused people
to doubt Lisa's story.

- Lisa's story.

Your words, not mine.
- Your Honor.

- Move it along, Mr. Swope.

- Lisa's your goddaughter,
isn't she?

Would you describe yourselves
as close?

- Before this, yes.

- And she didn't tell you
about matching with Jackson

on the app?
- No.

- About going to his penthouse?
- No.

- She didn't mention
any problem with him

after the date?

- No.

- Okay, so let me backtrack.

You're close to Lisa,

but aren't you also close
to Jackson?

- We used to be.

- You both went
to college together.

He married your best friend.

You built a company together,

mourned the death of his wife
together.

- Yes.

- So my question is,
is when Lisa came to you

and told you
what allegedly happened

between her and Jackson,

did you go to him?

- No.

- So you decided to go public
with an unproven accusation

that you knew would destroy

the company
that you poured your life into

without even bothering to go
to Jackson and hear his side?

And you're telling the jury
that this had nothing to do

with your own financial gain?

- No. It wasn't that.
- Well, it sure seems like it.

- I didn't go to him...

because I knew what his side
of the story would be.

- How can you possibly
know that?

- Because he did
the same thing to me.

[dramatic music]

- Your Honor, move to strike.

- What,
your own cross-examination?

- These are
unsubstantiated allegations

that I'm hearing
for the first time, and I--

[gavel pounds]
- Order.

The jury will disregard.

Bailiffs, clear the gallery.

Counselors, my chambers.

♪

.

- Introducing an uncharged,
unproven allegation of rape

during the middle of a trial?

This is highly prejudicial,
and I am--

- No one is disagreeing.

Mr. Carisi?

- I am just as surprised
as anybody else.

What? This came out
during your cross.

You opened the door.

- It was three months
after Sara died.

Jackson was still a mess.

He was depressed.

He said our shared grief
was too powerful to ignore.

- Hmm.

- I made it very clear I did
not want to have sex with him,

but that's not what
he wanted to hear.

- I'm so sorry.

- When it was over,
he left the room.

And then he came back in
and apologized,

said he had never done that
before.

He would never do it again.

- Did he say anything else?

- He said he needed me,

that Mr. Wright Now
needed me...

And he asked if I would come
on board as CFO.

I know it sounds like
he bought my silence,

but I genuinely believed him
when he said he was sorry.

- I'm sure that you did.

And I'm sure that he meant it

at the time--
- He didn't.

There's something else
I never told anyone.

- The fairness of this trail
has been fatally undermined.

The jury cannot unhear
what they have heard.

It overwhelms
all evidentiary facts.

I ask for a mistrial.

- Your Honor, you have already
stricken the testimony

from the record.

You've ordered
the jury to disregard.

Now, we cannot just presume

that they're not gonna follow
your instructions.

- Agreed.
A mistrial is unnecessary.

I will speak with the jury
again,

but the curative instruction
should more than suffice.

- In that case,
the prosecution rests.

- Then you're up, Mr. Swope.

- Cress and I met at USC.

She introduced me
to my wife, Sara.

- The love of your life.

- She was.

Cress and I mourned
her tragic death together.

I consider Cress
one of my closest friends,

but everything she has said
since that press conference

has been
a complete and total lie.

- Mr. Wright,

did you assault Lisa Rose?

- No, I did not.

I would never.

- Mr. Wright.

You designed a dating app
that millions of people use,

including yourself.
- 50 million users.

And yes, I've had
the good luck of matching

with some amazing women.

- And as the designer
of that app,

would you consider
yourself to be

an expert on what women want?

- Yeah.
You could say it's my calling.

- So when you told Lisa,

what was the phrase you used?

That the app had spoken.

What did you mean by that?

- That we should trust
the algorithm

when it said
we'd be a good match.

- That you would enjoy
her company

and she would enjoy yours.
- Exactly.

- So let me ask you something.

When Lisa was on the stand,

and she described
what you did to her,

did she sound like she had
enjoyed your company?

- Well, she didn't say no
at the time.

- It's hard to say anything
with somebody's hand

over your mouth.
- Objection.

- Sustained.
Move it along, Mr. Carisi.

- Mr. Wright,
you've dated a lot of women.

Has anyone else
ever complained?

- Not in the moment.
- What about afterwards?

- I'm not proud of this, but I
may have ghosted a few of them,

and when they found out
that I wasn't into them,

did they rewrite history,

bitch about something
they were totally into?

Yeah.

It happens.
Dating's a minefield.

- So most women do like it
weird?

- Maybe not the women you date,

but, uh, most of them like
a little kink.

- As an example, they like to
have their wrists pinned down,

slap on the ass?

- Sure.

- Is this something
that you learned

from using your algorithm,
or has this always been

part of your repertoire?

- Your Honor,
is this a cross-examination

or just kink-shaming?

- Get to the point, Mr. Carisi.

- I'm getting there,
Your Honor.

Mr. Wright.

Earlier,
you mentioned your wife.

I'm sorry for your loss.

You say you know
what women want.

Did you know
what your wife wanted?

- Of course I did.

- So you knew
she wanted a divorce?

That in the months
leading up to her death,

she was planning
on leaving you, correct?

- Stop talking about my wife.

- Why did
she want to leave you?

- Objection.
- Sustained.

- Is it because you accused
her of being uptight too?

- Where is this coming from?
- Never mind that. Yes or no?

- From that lying bitch?

You just couldn't help
yourself, Cress, could you?

Are you jealous because I had
you once and threw you back,

or it 'cause I banged
your precious goddaughter?

- So Cress is lying,
Lisa's lying--

- Your Honor.
- They're all lying!

- Objection is sustained.
Mr. Wright.

- Your Honor,
just give me a minute.

That's what women do.

They lie.

- Sit down, Mr. Wright!
- Okay?

They push.
They pull.

They're mad. They're hot.

And when they don't get
what they want,

they cry rape.

They turn your wife
against you.

They try to destroy
your company.

[gavel pounds]
- Mr. Wright.

- You're not gonna get away
with this, Cress.

You're the one going to jail,
not me.

[gavel pounds]
- Mr. Wright, that is enough.

Now you stay in your seat.

- Your Honor,
I request a break.

- No. No need.

I'm through with him.

[dramatic music]

♪

- Hey.

You okay?
I know it got rough in there.

- That's what you wanted,
didn't you?

- I'm sorry.

I just wanted the jury
to see who he really was.

- I hope they did.

- His anger?
I always knew it was there.

And I brought Lisa
into his world.

I never thought
he would do it to her.

- Has the jury reached
a verdict?

- We have, your Honor.

On the sole count of rape
in the first degree,

we find the defendant,
Jackson Wright,

guilty.

[dramatic music]

- Members of the jury,
you are dismissed.

The State of New York
thanks you for your service.

Mr. Wright, you are to be
remanded to Rikers

until sentencing.
[gavel pounds]

We are adjourned.
Bailiff...

♪

- Congratulations, Counselor.

You heading home?

- No, I'm gonna go
up to Rollins' mother's.

Still pretty chaotic up there.

- It really does take
a village, doesn't it?

You are a good man,
Dominick Carisi.

[wolf howls]