Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)
Military Justice (2013)
Mariska Hargitay: Sergeant Olivia Benson
Quotes
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Olivia Benson : [about Amelia] She was gang-raped, and he calls it "poor judgment on her part."
Donald Cragen : Easy, Olivia, it's not our turf.
Nick Amaro : They don't want women here in the first place. She gets raped. They're gonna use it to end her career.
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Olivia Benson : [to Amelia] How was the hearing today?
Officer Amelia Albers : They asked me in front of 20 officers how wide I opened my mouth during oral sex.
Olivia Benson : I am so sorry.
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Olivia Benson : [to Commander Taverts about Amelia's assault] With all due respect, what does her gang rape have to do with her standing?
Lieutenant Commander William Taverts : She was publicly intoxicated. She was arrested for D.U.I. She's supposed to be with a buddy at all times off base. All this shows very poor judgment on her part.
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Olivia Benson : [while Olivia and Rollins show Amelia a photo array of suspects] Could any of these men be the ones that you danced with in the kitchen?
Officer Amelia Albers : [while looking through the photos] Maybe him. Him. And him.
Amanda Rollins : Okay, good. Could they have attacked you?
Officer Amelia Albers : Look, I'm not sure it was them. Okay? It was dark. The way they pinned me down, I couldn't really see their faces. Look, maybe we should just let this go. I don't remember. There's no point.
Olivia Benson : But you do remember that they pinned you down.
Officer Amelia Albers : I-I don't want to wrongly accuse somebody.
Olivia Benson : I understand.
Amanda Rollins : Because the cook said that you were still in that bar when they left.
Officer Amelia Albers : Yeah? Okay, so what?
Olivia Benson : So were the guys from the base with you?
Amanda Rollins : They didn't log back in until 1:00 A.M.
Officer Amelia Albers : Okay, well, maybe they went someplace else.
Olivia Benson : Or maybe they got you drunk and figured they could do whatever they wanted to do.
Officer Amelia Albers : No, I let myself get drunk, okay? We were dancing and okay, so maybe we made out a little bit.
Olivia Benson : Made out? What does that mean?
Officer Amelia Albers : We were just dancing closely.
Olivia Benson : And?
Officer Amelia Albers : Lipitt started kissing me and Wooten put his hand up my skirt.
Olivia Benson : And then what happened, Amelia?
Officer Amelia Albers : [crying] I can't say!
Amanda Rollins : Did they rape you?
Officer Amelia Albers : I'm going to get dishonorably discharged. I'm going to let my family down, my father.
Olivia Benson : I know how hard this is, but you got to try to find a way to deal with it, okay?
Officer Amelia Albers : I should have just taken it. I should have let them do what they did to me and I should have just shut up about it.
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Officer Amelia Albers : What happens now?
Rafael Barba : We prep you for trial.
Olivia Benson : Okay, we're going to go over that night and make sure that your account is consistent.
Officer Amelia Albers : What are they saying?
Olivia Benson : Well, what all rapists say, which is it was consensual.
Officer Amelia Albers : They think that I wanted that?
Rafael Barba : Their attorneys are gonna hit you hard on being drunk, on not telling the truth right away.
Officer Amelia Albers : You have no idea what it's like for the women on the base. The hazing... you can't show that you're weak.
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Rafael Barba : [about the trial] That went about as badly as it could have gone.
Amanda Rollins : They heard the extent of her injuries, the results of the rape kit.
Rafael Barba : Uh-huh. All it takes is one juror to believe that she likes rough sex.
Olivia Benson : Rough sex? They practically tore her apart.
Amanda Rollins : You're gonna get these guys on the stand. You're gonna break...
Rafael Barba : Not a chance. After today, the defense won't bother to put the guys up there. She was drunk, her story changed, her details are inconsistent. Cue the reasonable doubt acquittal.
Nick Amaro : I might have something that can help. Taverts' testimony at a military hearing...
Rafael Barba : Stop! No, stop talking.
Amanda Rollins : Okay, you all right, counselor?
Rafael Barba : You almost tripped over the Garrity Rule. Everything in this file is dirty. An officer can't invoke at a military hearing, so the courts consider this testimony to be compelled, to be coerced.
Olivia Benson : So these statements cannot be used in a criminal prosecution.
Rafael Barba : If I even so much as look at this file, I have to recuse myself from the case. Mistrial. Game over.
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Olivia Benson : Amelia, you didn't do anything wrong.
Officer Amelia Albers : I'm an ensign. I am supposed to be able to take care of myself.
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Donald Cragen : An admiral's daughter comes into our city and gets gang-raped.
Olivia Benson : Well, they're not gonna get it from her.
Amanda Rollins : And what about the guys she came in with?
Olivia Benson : Oh, they're back on their base.
Nick Amaro : Well, military and rape. They won't be happy to see us.
Donald Cragen : Well, that's too bad. We're investigating an assault on one of their own. They'll cooperate.