All language subtitles for Law and Order_ SVU 19x15 - In Loco Parentis

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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.

Case 1708.

The complainant is Mia Marino,

the alleged perpetrator,
Ethan Hartley.

Respondent.

- I'm sorry?
- Not perpetrator.

Respondent.

Respondent.
Ethan Hartley.

Mia, can you tell the tribunal
what happened

on the night of December 9, 2017?

Ethan and I ran into each
other at a party on campus.

We both had a lot to drink.

We decided to go back to my dorm.

And, um...

Hold on.

What are you telling me, Teresa?

That... that my niece was raped?

When?
December.

She was drunk, woke up,
boy was on top of her.

It was a mess.
A complete mess.

December?

Why didn't you tell me about this?

The university's handling it.

There's a hearing right now.

Mia didn't want the police involved.

Mia didn't want the police involved?

She's 18 years old, Teresa.
You should have called me.

I'm trying to trust her judgment.

Be a better parent.

Be a better parent than who?
Mom and Dad?

Does... does Tony know
about this?

No.

It's not like we talk.
We're divorced 15 years.

He's still Mia's father, Teresa.

And I'm her uncle.
I'm a cop, for God's sake.

Where is this hearing?
Is it somewhere on campus?

I don't want you making things worse.

Then why'd you even call me?

Because...

I'm scared to death.

They don't let parents in.

Mia's alone, talking about
being sexually assaulted

in a room full of strangers.

I'm here now.

So who is this bastard?

We were sitting on her bed.

We were kissing.

We were both kissing.

Mia consented to this?

She didn't pull away.

She kissed me back.

And then you had sexual contact

that was not consensual.

I don't remember.

But I... I'm sure I'd never
rape anyone.

Dean Baldwin, you skipped one

of the submitted questions.

Did I?

In Ms. Marino's
initial statement,

she claims she didn't consent,

but later she said
she didn't remember.

Mia, did you or did you not
give affirmative consent?

Go ahead and answer, Mia.

Tell them what you told me.

No, I did not.

Having reviewed the evidence,

I am ready to make my determination.

I find the respondent,
Ethan Hartley, responsible.

Wait, what?

Subject to suspension for one year,

effective immediately.

You need to pack your dorm
and vacate school property

by 5:00 p.m. today.

No, but... but I didn't...

you bitch.

What... what...
what is she saying?

You... you can't do this to me!

This can't be happening!

Hey, Mia's here.

- Hey, what happened?
- Mom, Uncle Sonny...

- Oh, hey, it's okay.
- No, it's not.

They suspended him for a year.

He was so angry.

He yelled and...

and he threatened me.

- I'll take care of this.
- What are you gonna do?

What I would have done
in the first place.

Open up a police investigation
and arrest this son of a bitch.

- sync and corrections by Zac -
www.addic7ed.com

Thank you for coming in.
This case is complicated,

and we just want to make sure
that we're not missing anything.

What are we looking at?

The sexual assault happened
three months ago

at Hudson University.

The victim never went to the police.

It was handled internally
by the school.

So there's no rape kit.

You know, untrained investigators,

but Hudson University

did find the male student responsible.

The guy was only suspended.

For a year.
And he made threats.

I think he's a danger to the victim.

Who, full disclosure, is, um...

She's my 18-year-old niece.

Good to know. Anything else?

Yeah, I believe her.

And the school did too.

Okay.
But despite Betsy DeVos,

New York's "Enough Is Enough"
law is still on the books?

It is.

Under Title IX, the school only needs
preponderance of evidence to convict.

The state needs
beyond a reasonable doubt.

- We understand that.
- Good.

I've heard enough.

That's it? You're leaving?

I'm going to get you a subpoena
for the tribunal transcripts.

It's a start until you can
get me enough evidence

to charge rape.

Lieutenant.

Detective Carisi, I'm sorry for
what happened to your niece.

So is this where you tell me
I'm off the case?

Officially, yes.

And unofficially...

Don't screw it up.

Thank you, Lieutenant.

- Counselor.
- Hey, Detective.

I spoke with Antonio Dawson
this morning.

He sends his regards.

Okay, that's my man.

- Tell him I said hi.
- I'll do that.

Are you two buddies now?

He seems like an okay dude.

I think he should go back to Chicago.

It's not his fault Barba
pulled the plug on that baby.

Just saying.

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Lieutenant Benson,

it's so nice to meet you.

- Sonny thinks the world of you.
- Stop.

Well, the feeling's mutual.

I guess so,
getting involved with this.

You must be so busy.

Well, I just hope
I can help your daughter.

So, Mia, uh,

can I talk to you alone?

It happened three months ago.
Isn't it too late for this?

No, it's not.
Just tell Lieutenant Benson the truth.

Whatever you can remember.

Okay.

I didn't know Ethan that well.

He was more friends
with my roommate, Renata.

- Uh-huh.
- But I invited him to my room.

That's okay, that's okay.
I'm gonna...

Yeah, that's fine.

So, Mia, why don't you tell me
what you do remember, okay?

- Okay.
- Just tell me what happened.

Um...

Well, we... we sat on my bed.

We kissed a few times.

And... and then he just...

he just got on top of me.

I could...
I could feel him.

He was, um, ready.

But you weren't?

No.

It happened so fast.

He put his tongue in my mouth.

I was choking.

I pushed him away, but...

but before I knew what was happening,

he was inside me.

Okay.

So, Mia, did you...
did you actually say no?

II think so.

I definitely said, "Wait,"
and I pushed him off me.

And then he just...

he got all mad, and he just left.

Well, if you didn't consent,

then that is rape.

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You're saying my son
might be arrested?

He didn't rape her.
He was railroaded.

We just want to ask a few questions.

Did she call the police?

I told you, her uncle is a cop.

We're not making any prejudgments.

We just want to hear Ethan's side.

He told the school.
They didn't listen.

They suspended him.

He had to pack up his dorm room.
He's banned from campus.

He can't even go to class.

We're going to appeal, believe me.

Well, we have to let you know

this is now an open
police investigation.

We'll be calling a lawyer this time.

This is crazy.

I... I didn't even want
to hook up with Mia.

I only went to her room because

I thought Renata would be there.

- Renata?
- Mia's roommate.

Stop talking, Ethan, now.

And you two can leave.

They're his parents.
What do you expect them to say?

I think we should
talk to the roommate

and call Carisi.

Isn't he off this case?

It's his niece.
I'm calling him.

I was shocked to hear what Ethan did.

This is so horrible for Mia.

Renata, when did she tell you
what had happened?

The next day.
No, the day after.

I was skiing in Vermont
with my parents.

- So Monday?
- Yeah.

And our RA, Hillary,

told me that Ethan had been
in the dorm.

She saw him and Mia
kissing in the hall.

Okay, so what exactly
did Mia tell you?

Well, I asked her what Ethan
was even doing in our room.

And then she just started crying,

and she said she didn't
want to have sex,

and he had forced her.

Okay, so after you asked her
about Ethan,

that's when she told you
she was raped?

Yeah.

I can't believe I ever
went out with him.

I thought he was one of the nice guys.

Nontoxic.

I'm sorry, I have to get to class.

- Yeah.
- Sure, thank you.

So Mia didn't disclose to her roommate

until after she was asked about Ethan.

So what?

Well, so... I don't...
maybe nothing.

Or...
Or what, Rollins?

What... what, are you saying you
think my niece made this up?

No, that's not what I'm saying.

But you know, we both know
that these cases

are not black and white.

They're... they're kids.
They're immature.

Sexually inexperienced.

And you throw drinking into the mix?

What are you...
what are you saying?

I'm saying we need to take
a look at the tribunal tapes.

I saw Ethan and Mia in the hall.

They were making out.

- Who's this?
- Hillary Baker.

She's the resident advisor
in Mia's dorm.

She saw Mia and Ethan together.

Ethan was pretty aggressive.

They were in the room
with the door closed

for about an hour.

Did you hear her say no
or call for help?

No. But when Ethan left,
I went to Mia's door.

I asked if she was okay.

She said she needed a minute,
so I went back to my room.

Did she tell you
at any point that night

that she had been assaulted?

No.

But maybe she told Andy Rayburn,

her neighbor in the dorm.

I saw him leaving her room
the next morning.

Mia mention an Andy Rayburn?

No.

At least, not to me.

Find out why.

Usually campus police
handle noise complaints.

We're just here to talk to Andy.

Is this about Mia?

It's this one.

NYPD.

Hey, hi.
Who are these guys?

- We're the police.
- That sucks.

We want to talk to you
about Mia Morino.

Why?

Why, is she saying
that I raped her too?

Mia texted me.

She said she was, um,
depressed and needed to talk.

About what?

Uh, how she was a terrible person.

That this was all her fault.
I don't...

Okay, well, did she talk about Ethan,
or did she say that she was assaulted?

No.

Then why'd you ask us

if Mia said you raped her too?

My client did nothing wrong, okay?

We're here to cooperate.

Okay.

Cooperate.
Answer the question.

I didn't rape Mia.

We just stayed up all night talking.

I only asked you guys this

because I heard
she was accusing Ethan.

Okay? You guys said
you were the police,

so I freaked out.

But why didn't you tell
the university investigator

that you'd been with Mia?

Because nobody asked me.

Like, I don't know
that she wasn't raped.

Obviously, if he knew that,
he would have come forward.

Maybe Mia just didn't want to tell me.

Maybe she was just waiting
to tweet "Me too" about it

or... or write a short story
for "The New Yorker."

I don't...

I... I used to think
that I understood girls.

I did, but nobody understands
girls anymore.

Like, at all.

Like Andy said, none of this means
that Mia wasn't assaulted.

Another male student
spent the night in her room?

Don't you think that's something
she should have mentioned?

It's not uncommon for a victim
to leave out part of her story.

- She was probably embarrassed.
- Okay.

Okay, fair enough.

You haven't prosecuted a lot

of college-age assaults,
have you?

Actually, none.

Okay, so it's rarely
a clean narrative, right?

There can be alcohol involved.

The victim can feel conflicted.

There can be memory loss.

It's... there's self-blame.

It's complicated.

Okay. I'll follow your lead.

You'll follow up with Mia?

Yes, and the RA and the roommate.

Listen, don't worry.
We get it.

You need a case you can prosecute.

I also need a case that won't bounce

on a motion to dismiss.

And it wouldn't be a bad idea
to talk to Hudson's investigator.

Okay, we're on it.

He's on a learning curve.
That's... that's great.

Look, Stone's a good prosecutor.

Yeah, maybe in Chicago when
he's dealing with homicides.

But he's in sex crimes now.

It... it's a different world.

I'm sure that he's aware.

I didn't tell you about Andy
because...

Because I thought I'd seem
like a slut, okay?

Okay.
I understand that.

But, Mia, you told Andy
that this was your fault,

and you know that it's not, right?

No, it is.

I invited him into my room.

- It doesn't matter.
- Yes, it does!

My whole life,
I have tried to be good,

to make people happy, like my mother.

To... to say what they
wanted to hear.

Mia...

Mia, what are you saying?

Are you saying that you...

that you told Ethan what...

what you thought he wanted to hear?

Hmm?

I don't remember.
Okay?

I don't remember.

I don't want to go to trial.

I let my uncle Sonny down.

I never should have told him anything.

You saying you don't believe her?

No, I do.

But a jury might not.

This boy raped her.

What am I supposed to tell Mia now?

Thanks for nothing, Lieutenant.

Hey, Teresa.

Sorry, my sister's very...
Italian.

Look, her daughter did
go through a trauma.

But?

I'm not sure what happened
in that dorm room was assault,

and I'm...

I don't think she's so sure, either.

She... she's not gonna make
a convincing witness, Carisi.

Why?

Because she left out parts
of her story?

Victims do that all the time.

The... the school found
this kid responsible.

And unless they know
something that we don't,

we may not have a case.

We're supposed to be happy
'cause the DA's not filing charges?

We wanted to let you know in person.

We know.
Now you can go.

Wait.
Did that girl admit she lied?

No, no, we're not saying
that she lied.

Just that we don't have
enough evidence

to pursue a criminal case.

Mom, what difference does it make?

The police don't have enough.

Maybe the school will reconsider.

Can you tell them?

They... they already said that
you're entitled to an appeal.

I don't want to go back there.
Everybody thinks I'm a rapist.

Don't say that, honey.

I can't go back to Hudson,

and no other school will accept me
when they find out why I left.

You were so proud of your son,
the future doctor.

Well, that's not happening.

You should get used to it.

What do you mean,
he's not being charged?

Teresa, I know
it's not the best outcome,

but the DA doesn't think
we have enough evidence

to go to trial.

So what, he just walks?

He threatened her!

What are you doing to protect her?

We can get a restraining order.

A restraining order?
I want him in prison.

Why'd you get involved
if you couldn't help?

Mia, I'm sorry.

You gonna be okay?

Yeah.

Uncle Sonny, I don't want
Ethan going to prison

or a restraining order
or anything like that.

Mia, he threatened you.

Yeah, but he was upset.

Mia, what's going on?

What Ethan did...

He moved too fast, and I wasn't ready.

I didn't want to...

I said yes.

And then Renata was asking me
about him,

and I didn't want her to be mad,

so I told her he raped me.

And then she went to the RA,

and then the school got involved.

And then I couldn't take it back.

I'm sorry.

Hold on. Hold on.

What are you saying?

Are you... are you telling me
that you lied?

To the school?
To the police?

Do you know how serious this is?

- I'm sorry!
- Mia!

It's not me
you should be apologizing to.

It's Ethan.

I didn't... I never thought
things would go this far.

I never thought he'd get
kicked out of school.

I'm sorry.

I ruined his life.
I don't know what to do.

What you do?

You make this right.
That's... that's what you do.

Do you understand me?

Okay.

Okay, listen. Listen.

You made a mistake.

I get it.

But you can fix this.

All right?

You can make this right.

It's gonna be okay.

Just because Stone doesn't
think we have enough evidence,

we can keep investigating.

Yeah. Yeah, maybe.

Um...

Either way, my sister's probably never

gonna speak to me again.

You were just trying to help her out.
She's got to know that.

Well, you've obviously
never met my sister.

Hello?

Mia.

Hold on. What happened?

All right, stay where you are.
I... I'm on my way.

- What's going on?
- She won't tell me.

I'm coming with you.

What happened?

- She was raped again.
- What?

- By who?
- She won't tell me.

Okay, Mia, let...
let's get you to a hospital.

I need to talk to you.
Alone.

Yeah, Renata, let's step outside.

Mia, what happened?

I tried to make it right.

I... I asked Ethan to come over.
I apologized.

But he said it was too late.

He pushed me on the bed and...

He raped me.

When it was over, he said,

"Now you know what rape
really feels like."

I tried to do what you said,
Uncle Sonny.

I... I tried, I really did.

I know, I know.
I know you did, I know.

And now nobody will believe me.

Yes, they will. Yes, they will.
Because...

because we are not gonna say anything

about what really happened
the first time.

Do you understand?
We're not gonna say anything, okay?

I'm sorry.

The only reason we're here is
because my client is innocent.

- He wants to clear his name.
- We're listening.

I didn't rape Mia. We had sex.

So you expect us to believe
she had consensual sex

with a guy who assaulted her
three months ago.

I didn't rape her before, either.

She's setting me up.
Why?

What do you mean?

Well, the university believed her.

They suspended you.
Why would she set you up?

I don't know.

She was pissed I didn't go to prison?

Look, I'm telling you,
this whole thing was a setup.

She texted me.
Asked me to come to her dorm room.

So you were alone behind closed doors
with a girl who made accusations?

My client's an idiot.
He's no rapist.

Yeah, you keep saying that.

She said she wanted
to have sex with me.

That she felt bad.

Oh, so this is apology sex now?

You know, I'm not sensing
a whole lot of goodwill here.

I'm new to SVU. But I get
that no one just confesses to rape.

It's too easy to deny
or say she wanted it.

What I'm waiting to hear
is a version of the story

that makes me believe you over her.

- And frankly, that's not happening.
- What do you want?

I want the truth.
You were angry.

You wanted revenge.
I get that.

You made a mistake
and did something you now regret.

All right, nice try.

If he's not under arrest, let's go.

He's not under arrest.

For now.

- You don't believe him?
- No.

But after Mia couldn't remember
the first assault,

the jury might not believe her.

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- Thanks for meeting me.
- Absolutely.

I, uh, I can't stay for dinner.

All right, thank you.

Look, what you do...

working full-time as a lieutenant
and being a single mother...

that must take more energy
than I can imagine.

And you... what I mean is,
you make it look effortless.

Okay, you don't have to flatter me.

I'm just telling you how I see it.

Okay.

Carisi's niece is telling the truth.

Uh, she may have been unclear
the first time,

but the second time,

I believe her.

I do too.

But she's still an imperfect witness.

Welcome to sex crimes.

Look, Stone,
there are no perfect witnesses.

They leave out part of the story.

They can't remember.

They feel guilty, change their minds.

They blame themselves.

They think it's their fault.

But that's why we're here.

To fight for them.

And the less perfect they are,
the harder we fight.

Look, nobody asks a robbery
or a homicide victim

if she wanted it.

Nobody says, "Hey, why was she
walking down the dark alley?"

Why was she wearing
the dark skirt?"

Nobody implies that the crime
was somehow her fault.

I'm just used to having more evidence
before I go to trial.

You have the victim's word.

We go to trial so the victim...
the survivor...

can look her rapist in the eye
and tell the world her truth.

We go to trial so she can be heard.

The truth, that's what heals.

If you're going to trial because...

because you want to win...

You're in the wrong place.

- They arrested Ethan?
- He's being arraigned.

And if he doesn't make a deal,
then we're gonna go to trial.

And I'd have to testify.

Yeah.

What if they ask me
about the first accusation?

I lied, Uncle Sonny.

Look...

I'm not telling you to perjure
yourself on the stand.

But if nobody asks,
you don't volunteer.

Do you understand?

Am I a bad person?

No.

No, of course not.

Hey.

The first time I met you,
you were three months old,

and, uh...

you wouldn't smile for me,
no... no matter what I did.

You just stared at me.
You're very serious.

But you were so cute...

That I started smiling.

And then all of a sudden, like...

like somebody flipped a light switch,

your face lit up, and...
and you smiled at me.

That was all you needed.

You just wanted me to be happy.

You've always been like that, Mia.

And I promise you,

I'm not gonna let anything bad happen.

Hey, what are you doing?

Come on, would you stop that?

I'm a nervous wreck, Dominick.

And it's your fault.

We never should have gone after Ethan,

gotten the police involved.

Now my daughter's been raped twice.

Mia's gonna get through this.

All right, Teresa?
We all will.

Just fix this!

You got to fix this.

I can't do this alone.

Maybe it was stupid,
but I thought we should talk.

So you called Ethan?

I texted him.
I asked him to come over.

To your dorm?

I never thought...

I mean, there were people
there, and...

What happened when he got there, Mia?

He was mad.

He said I was being selfish.

That I was ruining his life.

He said, "If my life is going
down the toilet",

I'm going to take you with me."

And then he...

He pushed me on the bed.

Pulled my sweats down.

And he, um...

And what, Mia?

He held a pillow over my face
so I couldn't scream.

And he forced his penis
into my vagina.

Thank you, Mia.

Well, that sounds awful, Mia.

But I'm gonna let that be for now.

What I want to talk to you about
is the first time you cried rape.

Objection.

Withdrawn.

Do you think a mere year suspension
is sufficient punishment

for what you claim Ethan did to you?

I didn't know.

I mean, the police thought
he should go to prison.

And that would be your uncle,
Detective Dominick Carisi?

Yes.

Uh, and did Uncle Dom
look into your case?

- Yes.
- Like any good uncle would.

And what did he find?

He said there wasn't enough evidence

to pursue a criminal case
against Ethan.

Well, that's surprising,
don't you think?

I mean, two English professors,
an adjunct sociology professor,

and a grad student in medieval music

thought he was so guilty,
the college had to toss his ass...

- Objection.
- You've crossed the line, Ms. Heller.

A bunch of unqualified
eggheads destroy a kid's life

on evidence that couldn't pass
a motion to dismiss in a real court.

No, I think that line
was erased a long time ago.

You are looking at contempt.

One more outburst...

You wanted Ethan to go
to prison, didn't you, Mia?

- I don't know.
- Of course you did.

His punishment should fit his crime.

I mean, he violated you,
for Chrissake.

He should get worse
than living at home,

eating Mommy's pancakes.
Your Honor.

And you were gonna make sure

that he spent many,
many years behind bars.

That's why you let him into
the room, isn't that right?

- No.
- You slept with him, and you cried rape.

I mean, after all, it happened once.

Who wouldn't believe you
a second time?

Certainly not your uncle,
the detective.

That is it.
I'm fining you $1,500.

A small price to pay
for ruining a boy's life.

Make that $2,000.

No more questions.

I treated it like I would any
other case of sexual assault.

I took a victim statement.

Did Mia identify her attacker?

She told me that she'd been
raped by Ethan Hartley.

Then what?

I escorted her to the hospital for
an examination to run a rape kit.

What were the results of the rape kit?

The doctor determined
from the vaginal bruising

that there had been
forcible penetration.

The semen samples collected were
a DNA match for Ethan Hartley.

- Thank you, Detective.
- Mm-hmm.

You love your niece,
don't you, Detective?

- Very much.
- Well, that's beautiful.

And I'm guessing
that you felt terrible

that you couldn't help Mia

the first time she claimed
she was raped.

- I did, but I never expected...
- No, no, no, no.

Nobody's blaming you, Detective.

But the truth is,
if you had arrested Ethan

the first time,

he wouldn't have raped her
the second time.

The school's investigation
was incomplete.

There was nothing that I could do.

Well, let me ask you this.

Did Mia have similar vaginal
bruising after the first rape?

The school did not perform
a medical examination.

Was she curled up in a ball,
shivering?

None of the witnesses at the
school hearing testified as such.

'Cause you would think
that the same guy,

same physical assault...

Objection.

Withdrawn.

Did Mia describe the two rapes
to you in the same way?

Let me try this.

Can you tell us what Mia
told you about the first rape?

Detective, can you?

There was no first rape.

So Mia lied to the school tribunal?

Yes.

She lied to your fellow officers.

Yes.

- She lied to this court.
- Yeah.

I'm done.
We could all go home now.

Carisi, in my office.

- What the hell were you thinking?
- I screwed up. I'm sorry.

- That's it?
- What do you want me to say?

She's my niece.

Then she should have been honest
with you from the beginning.

She was raped, Lieutenant.

Carisi...

You know as well as I do

that the only thing
that matters in these cases

is the credibility of the parties.

And right now,
on the credibility meter,

your niece is hovering
at about a zero.

I figured you'd be here.

Is this where you'd find
Mr. Barba?

That's his seat, actually.
Can I sit down?

Help yourself.

All right.

I'm ready. Let me have it.

For what? You told the truth.

Yeah, a little late.

Only an irrational man acts rational

when family's involved.

We've all got family secrets,
Detective.

The important thing is,
you spoke up when it counted.

You know, you're not
such a bad guy for a lawyer.

I do my best.

I hear you've got the same disease.

Well, I think I've been cured.

- Join me for a drink?
- Yeah, sure.

Something's got to wash away
this guilt.

Thought I just absolved you.

Believe me, I got a lot more
weighing on my soul than that.

Can I get one of those, please?

You know, my old man,

I guarantee his last thought was,

"I should have opposed
that damn motion to exclude."

And you don't want that to be you?

I want to do the right thing, sure.

And winning feels
pretty damn good, but...

there's got to be more, right?

- Must be.
- Let's hope.

- Cheers.
- Yeah.

_

Mia started crying.

We both did.

She hugged me and said she was sorry.

She said that I was strong,
and she wasn't.

She said I could handle it,
but she couldn't.

And then she kissed me
and led me onto the bed.

A bit of the old consolation sex?

Objection.

Well, what would you call it,
Mr. Stone?

Mr. Stone is not
on the stand, Counselor.

Continue.

What did you do, Ethan?

I slept with her.

Did she fight you off?

No.

It was her idea.

And now I know why.

Why is that?

So she could claim I raped her.

And this time she'd have evidence,
and her uncle could lead the charge.

I don't know what I did to you, Mia.

But I don't deserve this.

No more questions.

Tell me, Ethan.

What were you studying in college?

I was premed.

Hmm.
You were going to be a doctor.

I was.

A neurosurgeon.

But that's gone now.

You don't think you'll be acquitted?

You know what?
It doesn't matter.

I'm already wearing the scarlet R.

My friends won't talk to me.

You know, since Hudson booted me,

I applied to six other colleges.

I got 700s on my SATs,
and that wasn't good enough.

Once the PC police
get their fangs into you,

your life in polite society is over.

And that's...
that's what happened to you?

Sure is.

All it takes is one
girl to say you looked

at her funny, and that's
it. Your life's over.

Yeah, but you did more
than look at Mia funny, Ethan.

Why, because she said so?

Look, that first time in her dorm,

we were in it together.

You heard what her uncle,
the cop, said.

I didn't rape her.

- You were railroaded.
- That's right.

And the bleeding hearts
didn't want to hear the truth.

They wouldn't know the truth

if it hit them in the face.

They sit there with
their self-righteous grins,

pointing their fingers at you,

whether you did something wrong
or not.

- And it pisses you off.
- You're damn right, it does.

And when you went to Mia's dorm room,

you planned on telling her
just how much

it pissed you off.

- Objection.
- Overruled.

Well?

That damn school, they wrap themselves

in their political correctness
and their honor code,

only they don't know
the first thing about honor.

You were accused;
Therefore, you were guilty.

That's right.
I was already labeled a rapist.

What the hell?
I might as well be a rapist.

And who better to rape
than Mia Marino?

That's right!

The bitch ruined me,
and I got to ruin her.

_

Have you reached a unanimous verdict?

- We have.
- How do you find?

On the sole count of the indictment,

rape in the first degree,

we find the defendant,
Ethan Hartley, guilty.

Members of the jury,
thank you for your service.

It's okay. We'll appeal.

It's open.

- Oh, sorry.
- What for?

There's a time for work,
and a time for not work.

I just wanted to thank you
for not beheading Carisi.

Well, what good would he be
to anyone without a head?

So that's your plan?

You're just gonna charm
your way into our hearts?

It could work.

Well, we are New York City
police detectives.

- We can see through charming.
- Shame.

So, I hear your son's a ball player.

He wants to be.

You let him know I can get
all the Mets tickets he wants.

You are good.

You didn't have to.

Hey, forget it. Come on.
Give me that.

Thanks.

So what's gonna happen to him?

I figure the judge
will give him seven years.

In prison?

This is all my fault.

Hey, listen. Mia.

Don't you ever think that.

Whatever you did, you didn't deserve

what he did to you,
do you understand that?

Mmhmm.

Come on.

So what'd your mom say
about you leaving school?

She's thrilled.

You didn't tell her.

When I was 14, she made me
go to class with pneumonia.

Well, you deserve some time off.

She'll understand.

Right. After she kills me.

I'll help you break it to her.

Then she'll hate you too.

She's my big sister.
She's supposed to hate me.

Hey, come here, Mia.

You're gonna be good.

You'll be good.

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