Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)
Criminal Stories (2014)
Summer Bishil: Heba Salim
Quotes
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Heba Salim : [When Heba is questioned by Amaro and Rollins about the details of her attack] I was attacked by two men. They called me a Muslim bitch, tore my hijab...
Sakin Salim : [comes into the room] What's going on, Heba?
Heba Salim : They don't believe me.
Nick Amaro : Mrs. Salim, there are some inconsistencies with her story, her timeline, the location...
Sakin Salim : You're calling our daughter a liar?
Amanda Rollins : No one is saying that.
Nick Amaro : Look, we do believe she was assaulted.
Heba Salim : They want me to say it wasn't a hate crime.
Sakin Salim : They are afraid for their image. New York is supposed to be better than New Delhi. They want this to go away. It won't. We won't.
Nick Amaro : Ma'am...
Sakin Salim : Get out of my house. Now!
[Rollins and Amaro leave the Salims' house]
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Nick Amaro : [to Heba] Elias, he may not do any time, but he will have a record. I mean, it's It's something.
Amanda Rollins : We're sorry, Heba, but if this went to a second trial, you'd have to go through hell again and those guys could walk.
Heba Salim : I know. I don't care. I figured it was all part of the settlement.
Amanda Rollins : Settlement?
Heba Salim : I'm not supposed to talk about it until after Mike Sullivan's trial.
Nick Amaro : Well, Kemp's people move fast. So what was their offer?
Heba Salim : No, don't say it like that. As far as my parents are concerned, I've already lost my honor. At least now my brother can go back to school and get his MBA.
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Heba Salim : You want me to go up against the Kemp family? I can't. I mean, my parents, my brother... I mean, that's why I said I was raped in the park. I thought it would be better for them to hear that.
Reverend Curtis Scott : If Heba takes the stand, she'll be brutalized all over again.
Olivia Benson : And if you want to clear your name, if you want justice, you have to testify otherwise, these men go free, Heba.