Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)
Star-Struck Victims (2016)
Raúl Esparza: ADA Rafael Barba
Quotes
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Mike Dodds : [about Kristi's rape allegation] I know this looks bad.
Deputy Chief William Dodds : Bad? She's a train wreck.
Mike Dodds : Dad.
Olivia Benson : Look, she's not the most credible victim, but I definitely think something happened to her.
Rafael Barba : Probably a lot of things. It's a they-said, she-said. She changed her story and she went on dancing after the alleged assault.
Amanda Rollins : None of that means she wasn't raped.
Olivia Benson : Well, nobody's saying that.
Amanda Rollins : The Chief is, actually.
Deputy Chief William Dodds : [to Barba] Counselor.
Rafael Barba : Mm-hmm?
Deputy Chief William Dodds : If the jury sees an attention-seeking vlogger pull a TV star into the bathroom and then sees her partying ten minutes after she was supposedly raped, how would that play?
Rafael Barba : Not well.
Amanda Rollins : We've taken on tougher cases.
Rafael Barba : We have to pick our battles.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : Rollins, this girl's story is compromised.
Mike Dodds : All right, hold up. What if we find a pattern?
Rafael Barba : That's up to the lieutenant.
Deputy Chief William Dodds : Actually, it's up to me. There's a difference between proactivity and harassment.
Olivia Benson : Okay, so what do you propose that I say to this girl?
Deputy Chief William Dodds : Tell her we're sorry, but the D.A. won't move forward. Get her a ride home.
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Rafael Barba : [after Rollins goes undercover to catch Bobby D'Amico & Noel Panko in the act] You used yourself as bait?
Amanda Rollins : Uh, yeah. Dodds said if we didn't catch these two in the act, then they were gonna walk.
Olivia Benson : Oh, so this was his idea? And now I have to hear from your father, the Deputy Chief, that two members of my squad went completely rogue on me.
Mike Dodds : We're here now. This is pretty damning video.
Rafael Barba : Except it's more prejudicial than probative, and they'd already invoked their right to counsel.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : All right, well, technically cops are not allowed to talk to them without their lawyers present, right? What if while the cops are illegally talking to them, they commit a crime?
Rafael Barba : That's fun question for a bar exam.
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Dominick Carisi Jr. : [to Kristi] Did you have consensual sex with Bobby?
Kristi Cryer : Just oral.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : And then what happened?
Kristi Cryer : Noel came in like he knew we were there.
Amanda Rollins : And you were okay with that?
Kristi Cryer : Not really, but Bobby asked if Noel could join us and I said no, and then Bobby said, "Look at those puppy eyes. You hurt his feelings."
Rafael Barba : That's too cheesy for her to make up.
Deputy Chief William Dodds : How do we know that? I'm not sure this girl has any grip on reality at all.
Olivia Benson : Please?
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Rafael Barba : [to Kristi] Right now, we need to find out just what kind of a witness you'd be.
Kristi Cryer : I always tell the truth.
Rafael Barba : [scoffs] Seriously?
Kristi Cryer : Why did you even ask me down here? What, to tell me it's impossible?
Rafael Barba : We asked you down here to give you a taste of what a trial's gonna be like.
Olivia Benson : Look, you didn't tell us the whole truth. You vlogged public accusations. Now, we understand that you were frustrated, but that looks bad.
Rafael Barba : The defense is gonna attack your misstatements, your lifestyle, your penchant for publicity.
Kristi Cryer : I didn't get myself raped so I could put it online. What those two did in that bathroom is the worst thing that has ever happened to me. I want to look them in the eye while the jury hears what they did to me.
