Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Genes (2017)

Raúl Esparza: ADA Rafael Barba

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• Rafael Barba : I talked to Lieutenant Benson. It sounds like you can help us out. So I'm wiling to offer you a deal. Rape two, assuming your information is credible.

  Public Defender Guthrie : I was thinking...

  Rafael Barba : Rape two is as good as it's going to get, so say yes. Or we're walking.

• Rafael Barba : So Nick was telling the truth. He really was part of a rape therapy group. Too bad we didn't get a full confession.

  Olivia Benson : Oh, we tried like hell. But they pushed Sam Dalton too far, things went sideways, and we had to break it up.

  Rafael Barba : [as Sam is led past]  You have something to hold him on?

  Olivia Benson : No.

  Rafael Barba : Invent something.

• Olivia Benson : All three victims IDed Dalton. They remembered his face, his voice, and the stench of cheap cigars.

  Rafael Barba : And they're all willing to testify?

  Olivia Benson : Oh, more like excited. They can't wait to put this guy away.

  [her phone chimes] 

  Olivia Benson : More good news. The crime lab just confirmed that Dalton's DNA is a match to all three vics.

  Rafael Barba : You're too kind.

• Rafael Barba : Motion to suppress.

  Olivia Benson : Suppress what?

  Rafael Barba : Dalton's confession to the therapy group. Defense claims it's inadmissible.

  [showing her the motion] 

  Rafael Barba : Clergymen/congregant privilege.

  Olivia Benson : Clergymen/congregant? That's a bit of a stretch.

  Rafael Barba : Yeah, it is. But the law is evolving.

  Olivia Benson : Okay, so worst case scenario, we lose the motion. What does that mean?

  Rafael Barba : That means we're screwed. We lose that confession, we lose everything else. The fruit of the poisonous tree.

• Rafael Barba : What is your occupation?

  Richard Witt : I think of myself as a man of God.

  Rafael Barba : Huh - I think of you as a private security guard who works at a topless night club called Bunnies.

  Richard Witt : I work for the security company. They tell me where to report.

  Rafael Barba : And this past month, you've been reporting to a place called... Bunnies.