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Law And Order Svu S27E20
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00:05In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous.
00:11In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are
00:15members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit.
00:19These are their stories.
00:26Hello?
00:30Anybody up yet?
00:32I got the goods.
00:33I got bagels and cream cheese and mocks.
00:51Oh my, oh, oh no, oh my, oh my, oh my God, Nora, Nora, Nora, oh my God, are you
00:58okay?
00:58Nora, somebody help!
01:00Calm down here, guys!
01:01What's happening?
01:02Sorry.
01:03Call 911, call 911.
01:05Honey, it's okay, I'm here.
01:07I'm here.
01:08Don't move, don't move, don't move.
01:09Don't move.
01:13So when do you think you'll be cleared?
01:15Probably next month.
01:17Technically, we'll see if the DEA actually wants me or if I want them.
01:21Well, find out if they have any openings.
01:24You don't have to go back, you know?
01:27Well, if you're suggesting that I should retire, I'm going to puncture your other lungs.
01:31I'm not saying anything.
01:32I'm just giving you your own advice.
01:33You got to go where you're doing the most good.
01:36Is SVU still that place for you?
01:43You know, Joe, for the first time in my life, I don't know anymore.
01:51Did the union lawyer file an appeal?
01:53Yeah, I did a couple of days ago.
01:55So I haven't heard much.
01:58I'll follow up.
02:01Eventually, look, Tynan is strategic.
02:06She wouldn't have suspended me if she didn't think that she could see it through.
02:11Thinking and knowing are two very different things,
02:14especially when you're going up against Captain Olivia Benson.
02:19But first, you have to get back in the fight.
02:26It's not the worst pep talk.
02:28I'll try.
02:32Rollins.
02:35So, you're just back?
02:36Yeah. Reassigned SVU as of this morning.
02:39I'm thrilled, but it's weird, right? No explanation?
02:43Well, I've got to say, Griff had something to do with it.
02:46Why do I feel like there's going to be a catch?
02:48Shemino.
02:50Captain.
02:52Fran found Nora Pawneus in here at 7.35 a.m.,
02:55cracked her head here on the counter.
02:57She reported pain that was consistent with sexual assault.
03:00The victim's stable?
03:01With paramedics.
03:03We'll take her to the hospital for her rape kit and some stitches.
03:06She also reported a ring stolen.
03:07All right.
03:08That's good work, Shemino.
03:09How many people are in the house?
03:11Five.
03:11One with the victim, and we're holding everyone upstairs while we lock down the crime scene.
03:14Everybody was here overnight.
03:16Yeah.
03:17All asleep would happen.
03:18A lot going on in this place.
03:20Welcome back, Curry.
03:21Thanks.
03:22You too.
03:22Yeah, not how I wanted it, but yeah.
03:25Tynan made him acting SVU supervisor.
03:27Oh.
03:28Wow.
03:29Not my idea of a good time, but here we are.
03:32Any sign of force entry?
03:34Well, there's bars on all these kitchen windows.
03:37I've checked.
03:37They're all locked from the inside.
03:39Everybody in the house stays on the radar until we have a reason to take them off.
03:43Did the vicar get a look at the attacker?
03:46No.
03:46She talked to officers outside, and she can't remember anything.
03:48She's pretty upset.
03:50Okay, Rollins, talk to her.
03:51See if you can get her to open up a bit.
03:53Curry and I will talk to the hangover crew.
03:55Mm-hmm.
03:57Supervisor Tutuola looks good on him.
03:59Mm.
04:00Just don't tell him that.
04:03Nora, can you tell me what happened to you last night?
04:07We were all drinking.
04:08We're a group of friends from college.
04:11It was our 20-year college reunion in Columbia.
04:14It was a special occasion.
04:15We had a lot of alcohol, more than usual.
04:19I was so drunk, so tired.
04:22I just passed out on my bed.
04:24Is that the last thing you remember?
04:26Yes.
04:27Until I woke up to Angela screaming.
04:31Blood everywhere.
04:34Pain between my legs.
04:37No idea how I got there.
04:40I know.
04:41They told me that you're missing a ring.
04:44My grandma's gold with a little diamond.
04:47I was not worth much.
04:49When was the last time you saw her?
04:50I was wearing it last night.
04:54When I woke up to the kitchen, it was gone.
04:59Hello.
05:00I'm Sergeant Tutuola.
05:02As for you, this is Captain Curry.
05:04You all were here last night when Nora was attacked?
05:08Yeah, asleep, until I woke up to Angela screaming.
05:11We bolted out of bed.
05:13I did at least.
05:14They think you were still half drunk.
05:15You're right behind yourself.
05:17Same here.
05:18Ran into Preston in the hallway.
05:19And headed downstairs to see what was going on.
05:22Everyone was asleep all night.
05:23No one got up.
05:24No runs to the bathroom.
05:26Nothing.
05:26My head hit the pillow.
05:27I was out.
05:28Preston Winthrop.
05:29This is your place?
05:30Yeah, kind of.
05:31It's a family home, so.
05:33You own the house, Preston.
05:34It's yours.
05:35It feels weird, but yeah.
05:37What kind of security do you have here?
05:39I'm not sure, really.
05:41I call a guy when it won't stop beeping.
05:43Did you want to see?
05:45Yeah.
05:51Okay, so there was a party last night.
05:53Did anybody get too messed up?
05:55You know, act out of character?
05:57No, it's sick.
05:59Best night in years.
06:00Maybe ever.
06:03You seem to disagree, Sophie.
06:06No, I mean, it was fine.
06:09It wasn't a party.
06:10Just seven people.
06:11Some who still drink like they're in a frat.
06:14Seven?
06:14They told me it was Ryan, Preston, Adam,
06:18Sophie, Angela, and Nora.
06:19That's six.
06:20You're missing Josh.
06:21Who's Josh?
06:22One of us.
06:23Old college crew.
06:25He went to bed with the rest of us.
06:27God when we woke up, though.
06:36What's up?
06:38Bleach.
06:39This patch right here is spotless.
06:40And then look at this.
06:43You see that?
06:44It's a shoot.
06:45Yeah, at least part of one.
06:47So somebody messed with this crime scene.
06:50Hey, so there are no cameras on the security system,
06:54but sensors document whenever windows or doors open.
06:57Last night, nothing opened after 10 p.m.
06:59Today, the front door opened three times.
07:015 a.m.
07:025 a.m.?
07:02I bet that's Josh.
07:04The hell's Josh?
07:04Another one of these clowns left before everybody woke up.
07:07There's a suspect.
07:08But not our only suspect,
07:10because Angela's bagel run accounts for the other two times
07:12that the door opened.
07:14No one else came or left this house.
07:17Nora's attacker didn't break in.
07:20One of her friends.
07:23Okay, listen up, everybody.
07:25Shoes off, hand them over.
07:27Okay?
07:28Not just the shoes on your feet.
07:29I want every shoe in this house.
07:31Well, I have like 50 pairs.
07:32I only have two.
07:34How are we supposed to go out without shoes?
07:35You're not.
07:36Clear your schedule.
07:37Order in.
07:38No one leaves this house.
07:39No one leaves.
07:40Oh.
07:44Bye.
07:45Bye.
07:53Bye.
07:57Bye.
07:59Bye.
07:59Bye.
08:00Bye.
08:01Bye.
08:03Bye.
08:05Bye.
08:39I waited at the hospital, drove Nora's kid to the medical examiner, and I begged.
08:44Okay, we got to move on this fast.
08:46The suspects agreed to stay in the house, but you know that won't last.
08:49No.
08:50Adam, Ryan, Preston, and Josh.
08:53Track him down?
08:53I have his address as his home and his work.
08:56Oh.
08:57Hi.
08:57Hello.
08:58You back?
08:59Well, for now.
09:00So the suspension has stayed.
09:02Hearing is going to be in about 30 days, and the union lawyer thinks there's a good chance
09:07that this will go away.
09:09Is that a national holiday that I don't know about?
09:11Well, Bruno is still out on trial testimony, and Griff is at a firearms training refresh.
09:16Okay.
09:17Acting supervisor, this is your meeting.
09:21Actually, the view from here is kind of nice, so you take the lead on this, Finn, and I'll
09:27be your right hand.
09:29Okay.
09:30CSU got a partial shoe print from the crime scene.
09:33They're comparing it against the other shoes we collected, but we still have to put Josh
09:37in the mix.
09:37Oh, the warrant for his place just came in.
09:40Okay, you go to his apartment.
09:41I'll see if he's still at work.
09:43Nora's still at the hospital.
09:45Break the news to her about our suspects.
09:47Her relationship with these guys might give us something.
09:49On it, boss.
09:54Nora, I'm Captain Benson from the Special Victims Unit.
09:58I was hoping we could talk a little bit.
10:01I could ask you a few questions.
10:02Sure.
10:04So, um, I understand that you met this crew in college.
10:10It's so great.
10:11It's so great that you're all still friends, huh?
10:14Yeah.
10:14We were all in the same freshman dorm.
10:17They broke us into groups for stupid little icebreakers.
10:21Oh.
10:21My group just ended up being one of the best parts of my life for the past 20 years.
10:26So, Nora, my team and I have been trying to piece together, you know, what happened to
10:33you, and, and what we found is it's, um, it's unlikely that anybody broke into the house
10:42during the time frame of your attack.
10:46But, but that, that doesn't make any sense.
10:49Is it possible that maybe it was one of the men in the house that did this to you?
10:56Um, no, no, it's not possible.
11:01I'm sorry, Nora.
11:04So how about, um, we start with you telling me about your day yesterday?
11:12Uh, I went to Pilates with, uh, Sophie and Angela.
11:17Um, when we got back, Preston had ordered in brunch.
11:22Anything stick out about brunch?
11:24Any strange interactions?
11:27Um, Adam told me about his new promotion.
11:31I don't, I don't really understand his job in big tech.
11:35Then we went to a reunion event, and Ryan and I chatted about his new baby.
11:42It's like a whole suburban dad now.
11:44We're really close.
11:45It's easy to talk to each other.
11:47Oh, Preston cornered me at one point, talking about his newfound life goal, opening a bar.
11:55And what about, what about Josh?
11:58Oh, yeah, um, Josh and I talked a lot at dinner.
12:02I just forgot.
12:04And what'd you talk about?
12:06Um, my work.
12:09Yeah, Josh is, he'd be a little harsh.
12:12Josh, we sort of fought.
12:21Josh Ortega?
12:23Yeah?
12:25Sergeant Tucciola asked for you.
12:27I need you to account for your whereabouts between 2 and 5 a.m. this morning.
12:31Why are you asking me?
12:33Just to answer the questions and make it easy.
12:35I, I don't know, I was asleep.
12:38I mean, look, I, I was partying with some friends.
12:41Uh, we had too much to drink.
12:42I passed out on my friend Preston's couch.
12:45Uh, set my alarm for 5.
12:47Uh, went home, showered, and came here.
12:50Where's that couch?
12:52Um, it's downstairs, towards the front of the house.
12:56Were you wearing those shoes?
12:58Yeah.
12:59I'm a, a minimalist, you know?
13:01No one needs more than four pairs.
13:02Well, I'm gonna need you to take those off.
13:04I got the other three pair from your apartment.
13:08You got a warrant?
13:09What do you think?
13:11I don't know what to think.
13:12You haven't told me anything of substance.
13:14And you haven't even asked me what this is all about.
13:18Nora Pontius was sexually assaulted last night.
13:22What?
13:24Whoa.
13:26Wait, hold on.
13:27I, I would never hurt Nora.
13:29We're, we're friends.
13:30Yeah, you got to do better trying to convince me,
13:32considering I know you and her had a fight last night.
13:34What?
13:35Who told you that?
13:36That's not important.
13:37Uh, very important.
13:38You're accusing me of something horrible?
13:41So is one of my friends, apparently.
13:44You know, whoever told you about some irrelevant argument
13:47between me and Nora is probably your guy.
13:51Deflecting, pointing fingers.
13:52Okay, you're me.
13:54You're looking at this house.
13:56Who would you bet on?
13:57Take your pick, man.
13:59Look, Adam doesn't understand the word no.
14:01Ryan's, like, in love with Nora.
14:03And Preston's an, I don't know, unpredictable drug addict.
14:07If anyone assaulted Nora in that house,
14:09it is Preston, it is Ryan, or it is Adam.
14:12Period.
14:19Man, you already took our shoes.
14:21None of the shoes match the prints from the crime scene.
14:23Which means someone here is lying to us.
14:26You look nervous there, Preston.
14:28Yeah, I'm overwhelmed.
14:29But this whole situation, everybody at my house?
14:32Friends day at your place a lot.
14:33It's the first time.
14:35Nora was the one who pushed for it.
14:37She wanted us all together.
14:38My house just made sense.
14:40Look, I didn't hurt Nora.
14:42We're friends.
14:42I get it.
14:43You're all friends.
14:44Yeah.
14:44Excuse me.
14:45Yes, hi.
14:46You, please do not touch that.
14:47That shouldn't be touched.
14:48You know, I love these old houses.
14:50It's a bunch of small spaces we don't have use for anymore, right?
14:55Like, uh, servants' quarters and dumbwaiters.
15:01You gonna open up your little secret room,
15:03or am I finding a sledgehammer?
15:11Whoa.
15:13What's going on in here, Presto?
15:15You should know, the BDSM community is all about consent.
15:17Wait out there.
15:18Back.
15:29These are all prescribed.
15:30Mm-hmm.
15:31But I just didn't want everyone to see
15:33all the stuff it takes to make me feel normal.
15:48I didn't even know that I stepped in blood until...
15:54Not until you asked me for the shoes.
15:56Look, we were just having a good time.
15:59What's having a good time?
16:02Cocaine.
16:03How much cocaine did you do last night?
16:07A little.
16:09It was just to be a good host, I...
16:12Ryan is a new dad.
16:14He said he wanted to party like the old days.
16:17And did he?
16:19Yeah.
16:20He...
16:20He did enough he couldn't blink.
16:24Ryan was all gas, no brakes.
16:31We all drank too much,
16:32and, yeah, did some cocaine,
16:34but that was just a few lines each.
16:35Nothing crazy.
16:36Even, uh, Preston?
16:38Yeah, a bit concerning.
16:40He's supposed to be in recovery.
16:42Nobody tried to stop him?
16:43No.
16:44It's complicated.
16:46Preston gets upset if people tell him what to do.
16:48Hmm.
16:50Planning on getting lucky this weekend?
16:51With my wife, Liz.
16:53Childcare fell through last minute.
16:55She doesn't like birth control,
16:56and I'm not ready to be a dad again.
16:59Right.
17:00I'm serious.
17:01I didn't want to come without Liz.
17:02She and Nora conspired to get me here.
17:05Are your wife and Nora close?
17:07They are.
17:08Yeah, Liz isn't the jealous type,
17:10which is lucky,
17:11because Nora and I...
17:12It's just always been an easy friendship.
17:14Ever see yourself as more than friends?
17:17No, just friends.
17:18Good friends.
17:18Hmm.
17:19Well, you know, uh, lying to me,
17:22not a great idea, Ryan.
17:30I had a crush on Nora for, like, a week.
17:33When we first met.
17:35I don't feel that way about her.
17:36Because Josh's perspective is a little different.
17:39He says you are in love with Nora.
17:43Well, he would say that.
17:44He would?
17:45Mm-hmm.
17:46I thought you all were supposed to be good friends.
17:47Honestly, I don't even think Josh has any real friends.
17:50But if he does, they're not women.
17:52What about Angela and Nora?
17:54If there are women Josh is into sexually,
17:57who act how Josh thinks they should,
17:59and then there's all other women,
18:00who he doesn't respect or value.
18:02And what category is Nora?
18:04I'm not sure,
18:05but I definitely know what Josh thinks about Angela.
18:07Why is that?
18:08Josh blamed Angela for her own assault back in college.
18:11You should talk to Angela about it.
18:13Actually, talk to Adam, too.
18:15It's their story.
18:15I don't mind.
18:20That is ancient history.
18:21Okay, but when you heard about what happened with Nora,
18:24I mean, did a part of you think that maybe Adam could have...
18:26No.
18:27No.
18:28No, I have moved on.
18:29I have completely moved on.
18:30I'm over it.
18:31It's so long ago.
18:33I understand.
18:34But I'd still like to hear what happened.
18:36Mm-hmm.
18:37Okay.
18:37Um, okay.
18:39It was, um, the middle of freshman year.
18:41And, um, I hooked up with Adam.
18:44You know, I was immature, you know?
18:48And he had a lot more experience than I did.
18:50And I...
18:52I knew how far I wanted to go.
18:54Neither of us had much experience.
18:57Angela said she didn't want to have sex
18:58unless she was in a relationship,
18:59but she was different once we were hooking up.
19:03Different now.
19:04I asked her if she still didn't want to have sex,
19:07and she...
19:08She just unbuttoned her pants.
19:10What was I supposed to think?
19:12I said no a million times.
19:13He forgot every ten seconds.
19:16Eventually, I got tired,
19:17and I stopped trying.
19:19You know, it took months
19:22for me to admit that he had, um,
19:24crossed a line.
19:25But I told Nora,
19:26and Nora told Ryan,
19:27and he stood by both of us.
19:29You're saying she's making all this up?
19:31I'm saying Angela made a decision,
19:34and then afterwards,
19:35she wished that she hadn't.
19:37I've heard that one before.
19:38I'm sure I did something stupid that night.
19:40Just not like...
19:41Sexual assault?
19:46Look, my wife can vouch for me.
19:48We were together in bed the whole night.
19:52They were sloppy,
19:54reminiscing the same 20 stories over and over,
19:57so I left around midnight.
20:00What time did Adam come to bed?
20:02A few hours later, he was loud.
20:04I was trying to sleep unsuccessfully.
20:07Well, he said that he was next to you
20:09the rest of the night.
20:10That true?
20:12Yes.
20:15I don't get the feeling
20:17that you're having the best time here, Sophie.
20:19It's not my reunion.
20:20I went to Stanford.
20:21Long way to travel for a school you didn't attend
20:23to spend time with people
20:24you don't really seem to like.
20:26Unless you flew all the way from San Francisco
20:28to New York
20:29just to keep an eye on your husband.
20:32No point.
20:33Adam
20:34does whatever he wants
20:35whenever he wants.
20:36Have you ever pushed your boundaries?
20:38Make you do something
20:39you didn't want to do?
20:40No.
20:41Because we know about his history.
20:43We know about what happened with Angela.
20:45Angela's an unreliable narrator.
20:47Okay, she made Adam feel like he was a monster.
20:50A monster?
20:51Did you see him that way?
20:53Yeah.
20:54I'm married to him.
20:55Okay.
20:56Well, what about, um,
20:58what about Nora?
20:59Is she a storyteller?
21:02Adam
21:03did not attack
21:05Nora.
21:09What do you think of Nora?
21:12Nora's a friend.
21:13She's like
21:14family.
21:16She's
21:18she's godmother
21:19to one of my kids.
21:27What's going on, Sophie?
21:36I was awake
21:36when Adam got into bed.
21:41I was also awake
21:43when he left
21:46ten minutes later.
21:49I guess he thought
21:49I was asleep by then.
21:53You can't be serious, no.
21:54You don't, you don't need to cover me.
21:55This is not, this is crazy.
21:56No, guys, guys, guys,
21:58press it.
21:58Come on, say something.
22:00Come on, you have to know
22:01I didn't go.
22:02So, so,
22:03what did you tell them?
22:27I didn't hurt Nora.
22:28And you didn't hurt Angela, either.
22:31She wouldn't say that.
22:33And neither would Nora.
22:34Maybe not right now, but
22:36that's what evidence is for.
22:39So, there's DNA in Nora's rape kit.
22:42And I'm betting that yours
22:44is going to be a match.
22:45And I'm guessing
22:46that you think so, too.
22:49So, Adam, you have two options.
22:51You can consent to a swab
22:53or we can wait for a court order.
22:56It's your choice.
22:59To the swab.
23:00Great.
23:01Wait, wait, wait.
23:02Please stop.
23:05This is just,
23:06God, this is so
23:08out of control.
23:09I don't,
23:10all right,
23:11you're not going to believe me.
23:12It's just,
23:13but I have to say something.
23:15Okay.
23:17Nora and I,
23:19we slept together
23:20last night.
23:21Wow.
23:22While your wife
23:23was in the house.
23:26Yeah, I know.
23:27But you have to believe
23:28it was consensual.
23:29Mm-hmm.
23:30Look,
23:32I snuck into Nora's room
23:34when everyone went to sleep.
23:36And,
23:37I mean,
23:38we,
23:38we haven't had a chance
23:40to talk about it, but.
23:41And you're betting that
23:41she doesn't remember?
23:43No, no, no, no.
23:44I, like,
23:45I think she remembers.
23:46I,
23:47I hope
23:49she remembers,
23:50but it's been a long time coming
23:52and we both knew
23:55exactly what we were doing.
23:57Just talk.
23:59Please talk.
24:00Talk to Nora.
24:01Ask her.
24:02Please.
24:05Okay.
24:10Oh, my God,
24:11this is going to ruin our lives.
24:13This is going to ruin our marriages.
24:18Sophie's my best friend.
24:22Our kids love each other so much.
24:29What we did was wrong.
24:30I know that,
24:31but I just don't,
24:32I don't get why he told you.
24:33He promised.
24:34I think he broke your promise
24:36because he was going to be charged
24:39with sexual assault.
24:41Adam didn't assault me.
24:44Okay.
24:50Sorry.
24:52I'm just really embarrassed.
24:57You guys probably think I'm a train wreck.
24:59No, we're not here to judge you.
25:01We're here to get justice for you.
25:04But the only way that we can do that
25:06is if you tell us the truth, Nora,
25:08all of it.
25:12So, do you remember Adam
25:15leaving your room last night?
25:17Yeah.
25:18I guess like 3 a.m.?
25:21Mm-hmm.
25:213.
25:22Okay.
25:23Then what?
25:24I, um,
25:26I got the spins.
25:28And, um,
25:29I know I,
25:30I wanted water from the kitchen.
25:31I don't know if I
25:33made it.
25:34I,
25:36that's all I remember.
25:38Because your rape kit
25:39shows internal injuries
25:40and that could be
25:41from your assault
25:42or it could also be
25:44from your encounter
25:46with Adam,
25:47especially if it was,
25:48if it was rough or...
25:50Oh my God, no.
25:52No, no, no, no, no.
25:53No, nothing like that.
25:54We were,
25:55we were really
25:57quiet.
26:00Gentle.
26:02And Nora,
26:04even if we can clear Adam,
26:06right,
26:06there are 3 other men
26:08in that house.
26:12Is there anything
26:13you can tell us?
26:19I keep thinking
26:20over everything.
26:21It was...
26:25I've known these people
26:26for 20 years.
26:29They're uncles
26:30to my kids.
26:35And one night
26:36and now I feel like
26:37I don't know
26:37any of them.
26:51Hey,
26:51Corey, what's up?
26:52You're not gonna like this.
26:54Preston's gone.
26:55Snuck out the back
26:56like I wouldn't notice.
26:57I've got Uni's tail in him.
26:58You want me to pull him in?
26:58No, no.
27:01I'm very interested
27:02to see where Preston
27:03is heading.
27:07Hey, Preston!
27:10Are you skipping town?
27:12No.
27:13I'm just taking a trip.
27:15Looks like they're ready for me.
27:16Hey, unless you want
27:17that trip to be
27:18to the hospital,
27:19put your hands
27:20where we can see them
27:21and stop moving.
27:24This family friend
27:25owns this chopper.
27:26Can we just keep this low-key?
27:27It's up to you.
27:29Let's go, man.
27:30Come on.
27:41Massachusetts, huh?
27:43Running to mom and dad?
27:45No.
27:46We used to have a summer place
27:47up near Hyannisport.
27:48Sold it.
27:49Let me guess,
27:5015 years ago?
27:52Poked around
27:52after we saw
27:53where you were running.
27:55Your local paper up there
27:56is a small outfit,
27:57but they archive everything
27:58they've ever published.
27:59It's not what you think.
28:00An accident 15 years ago?
28:02Your father's boat,
28:03two people aboard,
28:04Kate Morton dead,
28:05only 20 years old,
28:06no police report ever filed,
28:08no record of who was with her.
28:09I think you ran
28:10from that girl, too.
28:11Mom and dad bought you
28:13a place in Paris
28:13the same year,
28:15made all your problems
28:16disappear.
28:16No, they made me disappear.
28:19To rehab, to parents,
28:21no internet, no phone.
28:23For the family reputation,
28:24not for me.
28:26Look, Kate was my friend.
28:29I tried to save her.
28:30I really tried.
28:31What happened to Nora
28:32in the accident, too?
28:36I didn't hurt Nora,
28:37but Nora did get hurt
28:39in my house,
28:40and I was oblivious.
28:42I walked into the kitchen
28:43and I just lost it.
28:44I couldn't stay there.
28:45Okay, you couldn't save Kate
28:4715 years ago,
28:48but Nora's still here.
28:49You can still help her.
28:57Okay, look.
29:00I love Josh.
29:01He's my best friend.
29:03Like, out of all of them,
29:05he's the only person
29:07I think I'd be friends with
29:08no matter what,
29:09like if we met today.
29:10Okay, what'd Josh do?
29:15Ask me how much
29:16Nora's ring was worth.
29:19Josh guessed
29:20maybe a few hundred,
29:22but that Nora owed him
29:24much more than that.
29:26Nora's ring,
29:29if anyone has it,
29:31Josh.
29:33Josh.
29:33Josh.
29:39Josh.
29:42What now?
29:43Why are you back here?
29:44Why do you think
29:45we're here, Josh?
29:46You know,
29:47I can't help you
29:48if you don't tell me
29:48what you want.
29:49I'm good with that
29:50to help.
29:51Now, I want you to consider
29:52this an opportunity
29:53for you
29:54to tell us the truth.
29:56About what?
29:57Nora's ring, dumbass.
29:59I don't know
29:59what you're talking about.
30:00Keep it as some kind
30:01of sick trophy?
30:02Again,
30:03don't know anything
30:04about that.
30:04I'm gonna need you
30:05to stand over here.
30:06It's gonna take her a minute
30:07to search this place.
30:09I'm gonna start right here.
30:10This is your bag, yeah?
30:12Yep.
30:13Nothing sharp in here, right?
30:15Nope.
30:17What do you got
30:18stuffed down in there?
30:19Nothing.
30:21Doesn't look like nothing.
30:31Okay.
30:33That's not mine.
30:36That's...
30:38You can't prove
30:39that I did this
30:40because I didn't.
30:41Is that a dare?
30:42No, it's a fact.
30:43So either this is a mistake
30:44or somebody's setting me up.
30:46Then clear things up for me.
30:48Start with the ring.
30:49I...
30:50Don't...
30:51lie.
30:53We're past that.
30:54So where is Nora's ring?
30:56It's at my work.
30:59Inside the mouth
31:00of a porcupine.
31:02Look,
31:03I was gonna pawn it
31:04and then I found out
31:05about what happened to Nora,
31:06but I did not take it
31:07as some, like, creepy trophy.
31:08Yeah, I don't believe you.
31:09Well, you should
31:10because Nora owes me money.
31:11Oh.
31:12No, that's not what...
31:14Okay, look.
31:16Three years ago,
31:17she told me
31:17she was starting
31:18her own business.
31:18Okay, she needed a way
31:19to, like, get out
31:20of her marriage.
31:21So I gave her $2,000.
31:22I didn't know
31:23that her business
31:24was selling essential oils.
31:26So instead of paying me back,
31:27I've been watching her
31:28sink any cash she does have
31:29into a scam on Instagram
31:30every day.
31:31It's infuriating.
31:32So you and Nora
31:32fought about that
31:33the day she was assaulted.
31:34It wasn't a fight.
31:35It was a reality check.
31:37Look, I told Nora
31:38if she wants to pay me back,
31:39she needs to get a real job.
31:41Nice approach.
31:42So I'm direct.
31:44Yeah, I tell the truth.
31:46Look, that is why
31:46you have to believe me.
31:48I did not hurt Nora.
31:49No, you just steal from her.
31:51She left the ring
31:52on the bathroom sink.
31:54Probably would have
31:54gone down the drain anyway.
31:56So yeah, I took it.
31:57I just...
31:59I didn't mention it to you
32:00because I knew
32:02it would look bad.
32:03It does.
32:05And so does the bloody shirt.
32:06Oh my God, that is not mine.
32:08It's small.
32:09It would be like
32:10a crop top on me.
32:11Okay.
32:12And who put it in there?
32:14How should I know?
32:14Think.
32:15Where did you leave it?
32:18I...
32:19My bag was by the front door
32:22all night.
32:23Anyone could have gotten into it.
32:27Great.
32:28Thanks, Carisi.
32:30So, the court orders
32:31for DNA for Josh, Ryan, and Preston
32:33will be in momentarily.
32:34Lab paperwork's in.
32:35We'll get the swabs.
32:36We'll have an answer by morning.
32:37Great.
32:38Might not have to wait
32:39till tomorrow morning.
32:40Got a barcode here.
32:42It's how the dry cleaners
32:44keep track of their stuff.
32:49Is there anything?
32:5124-hour Elm Street cleaners.
32:53Okay.
32:56It's on Long Island.
32:57Oh.
32:58We got our guy.
33:04Hey, funny timing
33:06was just thinking about you.
33:07Oh, yeah?
33:10Yeah.
33:11You know, I mean,
33:12I've been loving this little vacay.
33:14Can't remember feeling so rested.
33:16But I'm catching the train
33:17back out to Long Island tomorrow.
33:18Man, wifey's expecting me.
33:20Ryan, come on.
33:21You really think
33:21you're going home tomorrow?
33:22I do.
33:23You can't keep me here.
33:25I mean, you'd have to...
33:26Arrest you?
33:28That's funny timing.
33:28I was just thinking about that.
33:30Hands are I can see him.
33:32Let's go.
33:32No.
33:33What?
33:34What the hell?
33:35You guys have the wrong guy.
33:37This is a mistake.
33:45Ryan, hey.
33:46So I'm Captain Benson.
33:48Before we get started,
33:49do you need anything?
33:50You need water
33:51or anything like that?
33:52Is this you playing good cop?
33:54Well, for that strategy to work,
33:57there'd have to be a bad cop, too.
33:58And it's just me.
33:59So, no.
34:00Um, anyway, listen,
34:02I've been out of the office
34:03for a few days,
34:03so I am playing catch-up,
34:05which is the worst.
34:07So I just need you
34:08to bear with me, uh,
34:09for a minute here.
34:11Um, sorry.
34:13I can't...
34:14My eyesight is going.
34:16All right.
34:17So what do we have here?
34:19Um, I need you to
34:22help me understand Ryan.
34:24So Nora,
34:25she blacked out at 3 a.m.,
34:27and your shirt,
34:27which had Nora's blood on it,
34:29was found in Josh's backpack.
34:31How did that happen?
34:33I have no clue.
34:36You're saying it was my shirt?
34:38Doesn't mean I was wearing it.
34:39Oh.
34:40Okay.
34:41Well, fair enough.
34:42That's true.
34:43So, um,
34:44maybe we'll find
34:44somebody else's DNA on it
34:46other than yours and Nora's.
34:48Oh, and, uh, sorry.
34:50You should know
34:51that we are searching,
34:52uh, the room again
34:53at Preston.
34:54So if there's any reason
34:55that we would find
34:56Nora's blood on your clothes
34:58or, you know,
34:59a towel or your bed,
35:01then you should tell me now.
35:04I saw Nora briefly
35:05after I said I was in bed.
35:07Oh, you lied about that.
35:09Well, why?
35:11I was protecting myself
35:12because I'm innocent,
35:13and I saw what was happening.
35:15Okay.
35:16All right, so let's...
35:17Clean slate here, okay?
35:19Let's start over
35:20because, as I said,
35:21because I'm new to all of this,
35:23and the reason that I'm here
35:25is to listen, right?
35:27To find out what really happened.
35:29So, can you tell me that?
35:32Okay.
35:33Uh,
35:35went for a snack in the kitchen.
35:37Mm-hmm.
35:37Um, guess I scared Nora.
35:39She slipped, hit her head.
35:42So I helped her, like always.
35:45Oh.
35:46Okay, so you touched her.
35:48That's how you got her blood
35:50on your shirt.
35:51So it's your shirt.
35:52What?
35:52I talked to her.
35:53I held her.
35:54Well, it sounds like
35:54Nora was lucky
35:56that you were there.
35:58Yeah, I mean,
35:59you know,
35:59it's her relationship
36:00in a nutshell.
36:02You know,
36:02Nora has a problem.
36:04I swoop in and fix it,
36:05and, you know,
36:06basically her therapist.
36:08Sound like a very good friend.
36:10I mean, wow,
36:11especially after all these years.
36:13Well, less than the last few years,
36:14you know,
36:16she's probably going to see
36:16a real therapist, finally.
36:18But before this weekend,
36:19she was at it again.
36:21Texting,
36:22saying she missed me.
36:23The relationship sounds like a lot.
36:25Sounds like it's very demanding.
36:29It's a toll I'm willing to pay.
36:31Why?
36:33Is it because
36:34you think she owes you something
36:36in return?
36:40I see what you're doing.
36:42What?
36:44You completely ignored the nuance
36:46of my very complicated situation.
36:47All right.
36:48Sorry.
36:48Okay, hold on.
36:49Let's start again.
36:50I'm sorry.
36:51What did I miss something?
36:53I...
36:53What did I misunderstand?
36:54Tell me.
36:55Context.
36:56Nora and I have a long shared history.
36:58You can't understand it
36:59in only a few days.
37:00Ryan,
37:00the only thing
37:00that I need to understand
37:02is
37:04what happened
37:04between the hours
37:05of 3 a.m.
37:06and 5 a.m.
37:10Did...
37:11Did Nora ask you
37:12to have sex with her?
37:14I won't be saying
37:15anything like that out loud,
37:16Captain Benson.
37:19Okay.
37:20So, Ryan,
37:21I'm gonna...
37:23I'm gonna be straight with you.
37:26I think that the reason
37:27that Nora sort of pulled away
37:29from you
37:31has something to do with Adam.
37:35Nora and Adam
37:38had sex last night
37:40at Preston's house.
37:44Nice try.
37:45No, they didn't.
37:46Yes, they did.
37:47Sophie was there.
37:49Mm-hmm.
37:49And from what I hear,
37:50she wasn't too happy.
38:02Adam.
38:06Adam, really?
38:11He's always skated
38:12behind his looks.
38:15Because he has nothing
38:16better to offer.
38:19I mean,
38:19what advice could
38:20Adam offer?
38:21Nora, tell me.
38:22another football game
38:24to bet on.
38:25You feel betrayed
38:27by her?
38:28Anyone would be.
38:32Oh, Jesus Christ, man.
38:34All those...
38:35All those...
38:36All those vapid books
38:37I read over the years.
38:39And all those phone calls.
38:40All those phone calls
38:41that we...
38:44She spent hours talking.
38:47We spent hours talking.
38:51No one used me.
38:58She told me she wanted me.
39:04Day after day,
39:05for years,
39:07one way or another,
39:07I know she did.
39:12And then she had
39:12the audacity.
39:17She got all upset
39:19when she actually got
39:20what she's been
39:21pretending to want.
39:34Why do you get it now?
39:37How unfair it is?
39:39All my effort
39:40for sloppy seconds.
39:44Ryan, I don't know.
39:46I'm not really seeing,
39:47you know,
39:48good guy here.
39:49What I'm seeing is,
39:53um...
39:54is a delusional guy
39:56who thinks that Nora
39:58finally wanted
39:59to be with him.
40:00So he brought condoms,
40:02not for your wife.
40:04You made your move
40:06on Nora,
40:08and she rejected you.
40:11She pushed you away,
40:13and she hit her head,
40:16and your ego got hurt.
40:19So you raped her,
40:21and then you left her
40:23on the cold floor.
40:25You put your shirt
40:27in Josh's backpack
40:28to get it out of the house,
40:30and the condom...
40:32you flushed it
40:33down the toilet.
40:40Am I getting
40:41the new ones now?
40:42and the new ones now?
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