Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Net Worth (2017)

Raúl Esparza: ADA Rafael Barba

Quotes 

• Rafael Barba : Okay, so Eli's self-interested coke dealer witnessed the rape.

  Olivia Benson : Okay, so he's not a perfect witness.

  Rafael Barba : Even if he's telling the truth, he's practically useless.

  Olivia Benson : So... let's use him outside the courtroom to gather more evidence.

  Rafael Barba : You think he's willing to wear a wire?

  Olivia Benson : I think he's willing to wear a clown suit. This guy is so afraid of going to prison, he'll do anything we want.

  Rafael Barba : Worth a shot.

• Olivia Benson : He's clearly trying to buy him off. I mean, the guy asked for 500,000 and he counters with a million? The jury's gonna see right through that.

  Rafael Barba : I'm not so sure. Eli's too smooth. He never took the bait. Every time Harry pressed him, he denied any culpability.

  Olivia Benson : What are you saying, that you don't want to use it?

  Rafael Barba : We can play this audio for the jury and let them decide if Eli's lying, but we need something more definitive.

  Olivia Benson : Like what?

  Rafael Barba : Like Eli's banker, Roger Littrell.

  Olivia Benson : We tried. He won't cooperate. Eli is his golden goose. That guy is not talking.

  Rafael Barba : Not without the proper motivation, anyway. These guys are all motivated by one thing.

  Olivia Benson : Money.

• Rafael Barba : Two businessmen having dinner doesn't prove a damn thing.

  Olivia Benson : For ten years, Eli's only bank is Cromwell Moore, and then right before he's about to go on trial on a rape charge, some firm, out of the blue, offers a 26 year old kid, who makes 300 grand a year, $5 million. Are you kidding me?

  Rafael Barba : I know, but we can't prove it. The paper trail is clean. From the outside, Sullivan Davis offered Zoe White, a talented young banker with impeccable credentials, a lucrative contract. There's nothing incriminating about it.

  Olivia Benson : Okay. But rape is still illegal, right?

  Rafael Barba : Liv.

  Olivia Benson : So we'll call her as a hostile witness.

  Rafael Barba : We can do that, and we can look like fools.

  Olivia Benson : I know. I know.

  Rafael Barba : I know that this is hard to accept, but it is her life. Her decision.

  Olivia Benson : She's not making a decision. The girl is being extorted!

  Rafael Barba : Does she feel that way? Maybe this job, this money, will help her heal. Will give her closure.

  Olivia Benson : I don't believe that for a second. And neither do you.

  Rafael Barba : Of course not. So let's go find another way to bury this prick.

• Rafael Barba : Maybe this job, this money, will help her heal, will give her closure.

  Olivia Benson : I don't believe that for a second. And neither do you.

  Rafael Barba : Of course not. So let' go find another way to bury this prick.