1 00:00:05,547 --> 00:00:05,797 . 2 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:07,173 - In the criminal justice system, 3 00:00:07,841 --> 00:00:09,175 sexually based offenses 4 00:00:09,259 --> 00:00:11,594 are considered especially heinous. 5 00:00:11,678 --> 00:00:13,888 In New York City, the dedicated detectives 6 00:00:13,972 --> 00:00:15,765 who investigate these vicious felonies 7 00:00:15,890 --> 00:00:17,183 are members of an elite squad 8 00:00:17,225 --> 00:00:19,310 known as the Special Victims Unit. 9 00:00:19,352 --> 00:00:21,021 These are their stories. 10 00:00:22,522 --> 00:00:25,025 - Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, 11 00:00:25,108 --> 00:00:29,404 who are we to judge another? 12 00:00:29,446 --> 00:00:34,284 By what metric should we praise or condemn? 13 00:00:34,367 --> 00:00:38,496 Well, I may be but a lowly, lowly lawyer, 14 00:00:38,621 --> 00:00:40,915 but, uh, one thing that I can attest to 15 00:00:40,999 --> 00:00:43,168 is that tonight's man of the hour 16 00:00:43,209 --> 00:00:45,712 is a consummate force of good. 17 00:00:45,754 --> 00:00:47,922 Now, I'm sure that we can all agree 18 00:00:48,048 --> 00:00:53,553 that in a sea full of judges with oversized egos, this guy-- 19 00:00:53,636 --> 00:00:54,888 this guy's got the largest. 20 00:00:54,971 --> 00:00:56,931 [laughter] 21 00:00:57,015 --> 00:00:58,767 No, but seriously, ladies and gentlemen, 22 00:00:58,808 --> 00:01:01,978 I want you to join me in welcoming to the stage 23 00:01:02,062 --> 00:01:06,399 your Judge of the Year, the Honorable Warren Fels. 24 00:01:06,524 --> 00:01:08,610 Come on. Give it up. 25 00:01:08,651 --> 00:01:11,279 [applause] 26 00:01:14,407 --> 00:01:17,035 Come on. Look at this. - Thank you. 27 00:01:19,954 --> 00:01:21,790 - Are you serious? What--what-- 28 00:01:21,873 --> 00:01:22,832 - It's a brutal world out there. 29 00:01:22,916 --> 00:01:24,334 - Mm-hmm. 30 00:01:24,417 --> 00:01:25,835 - And an absolutely silent night in here. 31 00:01:25,919 --> 00:01:27,003 - Oh! 32 00:01:27,045 --> 00:01:28,004 You just jinxed it. 33 00:01:28,129 --> 00:01:29,339 - Oh, come on, I'm a cop. 34 00:01:29,464 --> 00:01:30,715 I'm not superstitious. - You'll see. 35 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:33,343 - So in '03, we almost made it through 36 00:01:33,468 --> 00:01:35,845 an entire shift without a peep. 37 00:01:35,929 --> 00:01:40,266 And then John Munch had to open his mouth 38 00:01:40,308 --> 00:01:41,476 and prove to all of us that there was 39 00:01:41,559 --> 00:01:44,979 no such thing as a jinx. 40 00:01:45,063 --> 00:01:48,024 The call came in ten seconds later. 41 00:01:48,149 --> 00:01:50,110 - All right, well, maybe tonight's the night. 42 00:01:50,193 --> 00:01:51,695 - You just double-jinxed it. 43 00:01:51,778 --> 00:01:53,071 - No, I did not. 44 00:01:53,154 --> 00:01:54,656 - What color? - Red. 45 00:01:54,739 --> 00:01:56,116 - Crime Stoppers just sent us a tip. 46 00:01:58,993 --> 00:02:00,704 - Jinx. 47 00:02:00,829 --> 00:02:03,164 - I've learned three things in all my years 48 00:02:03,248 --> 00:02:05,458 on the raised bench. 49 00:02:05,583 --> 00:02:07,961 Number one, 50 00:02:08,044 --> 00:02:10,422 looking down at the court, 51 00:02:10,505 --> 00:02:14,300 I know each and every one of you that has a bald spot. 52 00:02:14,342 --> 00:02:16,761 Number two, looking up at you-- 53 00:02:16,845 --> 00:02:18,680 you better remember to trim those nose hairs. 54 00:02:18,763 --> 00:02:20,098 [laughter] 55 00:02:20,181 --> 00:02:22,434 [tense music] 56 00:02:22,475 --> 00:02:24,227 - I was raped by the devil. 57 00:02:24,310 --> 00:02:26,980 - But most importantly, the bench is raised 58 00:02:27,063 --> 00:02:29,149 so that all can see justice. 59 00:02:29,232 --> 00:02:33,278 - He may claim to be good, 60 00:02:33,403 --> 00:02:37,198 but he uses his position for pure evil. 61 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:39,075 - But in no way should a judge be viewed greater 62 00:02:39,159 --> 00:02:40,785 than anyone else in the court. 63 00:02:40,869 --> 00:02:44,539 - On November 15th, in his robing room, 64 00:02:44,622 --> 00:02:47,083 he tore my underwear off with his teeth, 65 00:02:47,167 --> 00:02:50,170 and then he forced himself inside of me. 66 00:02:50,253 --> 00:02:53,882 - Like Albert Einstein said, "Blind belief in authority 67 00:02:53,965 --> 00:02:57,302 is the greatest enemy of truth." 68 00:02:57,427 --> 00:03:01,890 And the aim should always be truth and justice. 69 00:03:01,931 --> 00:03:06,936 - That devil's name is Judge Warren Fels. 70 00:03:07,062 --> 00:03:13,026 ♪ ♪ 71 00:03:13,109 --> 00:03:14,819 - No, no, the speech was great. 72 00:03:14,903 --> 00:03:17,155 It was great. Just the--the Einstein quote. 73 00:03:17,322 --> 00:03:19,366 - Oh, don't tell me Sonny Carisi 74 00:03:19,407 --> 00:03:20,992 is questioning Albert Einstein. 75 00:03:21,076 --> 00:03:22,952 - No, I just thought you could have gone with Francis Bacon. 76 00:03:23,036 --> 00:03:25,163 "Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority." 77 00:03:25,288 --> 00:03:26,706 - All right, well, how about this one? 78 00:03:26,831 --> 00:03:28,249 Hank Williams, 79 00:03:28,375 --> 00:03:29,542 "Mind your own business." 80 00:03:29,668 --> 00:03:31,086 - [chuckles] 81 00:03:31,169 --> 00:03:33,630 Congratulations, Judge of the Year. 82 00:03:33,672 --> 00:03:34,964 You deserve it. 83 00:03:35,006 --> 00:03:37,550 - Thanks, Dominick. 84 00:03:37,592 --> 00:03:39,177 - All right. - Get home safe too. 85 00:03:39,260 --> 00:03:42,347 - Uh, but I think Public Enemy said it better than Einstein. 86 00:03:42,389 --> 00:03:44,641 "Don't believe the--" 87 00:03:44,683 --> 00:03:47,018 No! [gunshot] 88 00:03:47,102 --> 00:03:49,854 [tense music] 89 00:03:49,938 --> 00:03:55,985 ♪ ♪ 90 00:03:56,069 --> 00:03:58,238 Why? Why? 91 00:03:58,321 --> 00:04:01,700 You're okay. Hey. [panting] 92 00:04:01,741 --> 00:04:03,952 Hey, you're okay. You're okay. 93 00:04:04,077 --> 00:04:06,121 I need an ambulance right now. 94 00:04:06,162 --> 00:04:08,081 I'm in The Belmore Hotel, in the garage. 95 00:04:08,164 --> 00:04:09,791 Gunshot wound to the chest. 96 00:04:09,916 --> 00:04:11,835 Send it. All right, I got you. 97 00:04:11,918 --> 00:04:13,461 I got you. Just stay with me. 98 00:04:13,545 --> 00:04:14,879 Stay with me, okay? Come on. 99 00:04:17,132 --> 00:04:20,010 [dramatic music] 100 00:04:20,093 --> 00:04:27,058 ♪ ♪ 101 00:05:05,513 --> 00:05:05,805 . 102 00:05:05,847 --> 00:05:06,848 - He was late teens, early 20s. 103 00:05:07,974 --> 00:05:10,101 He was about 5'10", and sandy blond hair. 104 00:05:10,185 --> 00:05:12,145 He had blue eyes. 105 00:05:12,228 --> 00:05:14,439 He was wearing a black jacket, blue hoodie, black jeans, 106 00:05:14,481 --> 00:05:15,982 white canvas sneakers. 107 00:05:16,024 --> 00:05:17,901 - Okay. - And he had a gun. 108 00:05:17,984 --> 00:05:21,071 But he was the one who looked scared, Liv. 109 00:05:21,112 --> 00:05:22,447 - Thank you so much. 110 00:05:22,530 --> 00:05:23,740 - Hey. - Hey. 111 00:05:23,823 --> 00:05:25,158 What--what--what did they say? 112 00:05:25,283 --> 00:05:26,451 What are they saying? - He's going into surgery. 113 00:05:26,534 --> 00:05:27,994 And they think that the bullet somehow missed 114 00:05:28,036 --> 00:05:29,579 everything major, thanks to you. 115 00:05:29,621 --> 00:05:30,789 - Thanks to me? 116 00:05:30,872 --> 00:05:31,748 The guy got shot in the chest, Amanda. 117 00:05:31,790 --> 00:05:32,999 I was too damn slow. 118 00:05:33,083 --> 00:05:34,376 - Stop it. 119 00:05:34,417 --> 00:05:37,212 Stop. 120 00:05:37,295 --> 00:05:39,297 - Thank God he's okay. 121 00:05:39,422 --> 00:05:43,593 - So, Carisi, how well do you know Judge Fels? 122 00:05:43,718 --> 00:05:44,928 - I know him really well. 123 00:05:45,011 --> 00:05:46,513 I mean, the guy was-- 124 00:05:46,554 --> 00:05:48,139 he was one of my law professors. 125 00:05:48,223 --> 00:05:49,516 He mentored me. 126 00:05:49,599 --> 00:05:51,309 - And he's married, right? 127 00:05:51,393 --> 00:05:52,644 - No, no. 128 00:05:52,769 --> 00:05:55,021 His wife died last year. He's a widower. 129 00:05:55,146 --> 00:05:57,774 - Okay. - Okay. 130 00:05:57,857 --> 00:05:59,234 - Well, what was that? 131 00:05:59,317 --> 00:06:02,112 What--why are you detective-ing him? 132 00:06:02,195 --> 00:06:03,446 He didn't shoot himself. 133 00:06:03,530 --> 00:06:05,615 - There's an accusation. 134 00:06:05,740 --> 00:06:07,200 - To SVU? 135 00:06:07,325 --> 00:06:08,368 Against Warren Fels? 136 00:06:08,493 --> 00:06:10,161 No. No, no, no, no. 137 00:06:10,286 --> 00:06:12,706 - And now there's an attempt on his life. 138 00:06:12,789 --> 00:06:13,832 - He's a good guy. 139 00:06:13,915 --> 00:06:15,291 No, no, no, no. Listen, listen. 140 00:06:15,417 --> 00:06:18,753 I love you both, but he didn't assault anyone. 141 00:06:18,837 --> 00:06:20,171 - And I trust your judgment. 142 00:06:20,213 --> 00:06:23,466 I trust your perception. 143 00:06:23,550 --> 00:06:25,135 - But what, Liv? 144 00:06:25,218 --> 00:06:31,016 - But if we have one motto at SVU... 145 00:06:31,099 --> 00:06:32,434 - Never say never. 146 00:06:32,559 --> 00:06:34,269 [suspenseful music] 147 00:06:34,394 --> 00:06:36,271 - Look, you two go home. 148 00:06:36,312 --> 00:06:38,690 We'll figure it out. We'll figure it out. 149 00:06:41,526 --> 00:06:43,111 Warren Fels. 150 00:06:43,194 --> 00:06:45,822 69 years old, 12 years prosecutor. 151 00:06:45,947 --> 00:06:48,324 He rose to the head of the Homicide Division, 152 00:06:48,408 --> 00:06:51,369 appointed by the governor to the Supreme Court 153 00:06:51,411 --> 00:06:53,121 and most recently, chief judge 154 00:06:53,204 --> 00:06:54,789 of the Trial Division in Queens. 155 00:06:54,873 --> 00:06:56,624 And currently... - He's in the ICU. 156 00:06:56,708 --> 00:06:59,627 He's out of surgery, but he's not up yet. 157 00:06:59,669 --> 00:07:02,213 - The accusation came in as an internet tip 158 00:07:02,255 --> 00:07:03,840 through Crime Stoppers. 159 00:07:03,923 --> 00:07:06,634 - The alleged assault took place on November 15th. 160 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:08,636 - And Fels was the presiding judge 161 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:10,096 for Saturday night arraignments, 162 00:07:10,180 --> 00:07:12,974 but nobody on the docket matches the woman in the video. 163 00:07:13,016 --> 00:07:15,018 - Saturday night arraignments are known to draw 164 00:07:15,060 --> 00:07:16,978 a certain clientele. 165 00:07:17,020 --> 00:07:18,813 - Hold on. 166 00:07:18,855 --> 00:07:21,900 I knew I recognized something. - What? 167 00:07:21,983 --> 00:07:24,778 - Here. 168 00:07:24,903 --> 00:07:26,154 There. There. 169 00:07:26,237 --> 00:07:27,947 See her home screen? 170 00:07:27,989 --> 00:07:29,282 - That's the app for Midnight Page. 171 00:07:29,366 --> 00:07:30,325 - Exactly. 172 00:07:30,408 --> 00:07:32,994 - Midnight Page is what? 173 00:07:33,078 --> 00:07:35,747 - It's a marketplace for hiring escorts. 174 00:07:35,789 --> 00:07:37,332 - So she is a sex worker. 175 00:07:37,415 --> 00:07:39,209 Well, you can filter by preferences-- 176 00:07:39,292 --> 00:07:43,922 so female, white, brunette, 20s, green eyes. 177 00:07:44,047 --> 00:07:46,341 - You have the Midnight Page app on your phone? 178 00:07:46,383 --> 00:07:48,385 - Hey, buddy, if you wanna catch a worm, 179 00:07:48,551 --> 00:07:49,928 you gotta dig in the dirt. 180 00:07:50,011 --> 00:07:51,680 - Okay. 181 00:07:51,805 --> 00:07:55,308 - Okay, here she is, ElsaXXX. 182 00:07:55,433 --> 00:07:56,559 - Let's make a date. 183 00:07:56,685 --> 00:08:01,731 ♪ ♪ 184 00:08:01,815 --> 00:08:04,567 [upbeat dance music playing] 185 00:08:04,693 --> 00:08:08,571 ♪ ♪ 186 00:08:08,613 --> 00:08:10,740 - I'll copy her. 187 00:08:10,824 --> 00:08:12,158 Martini? 188 00:08:12,283 --> 00:08:13,493 Is it dry or dirty? 189 00:08:13,576 --> 00:08:14,994 - It's water with a twist. 190 00:08:15,036 --> 00:08:16,579 - Okay, good. I don't drink either. 191 00:08:16,621 --> 00:08:19,207 Water, twist. 192 00:08:22,210 --> 00:08:24,587 - I'm waiting on someone. 193 00:08:24,629 --> 00:08:27,298 - Elsa, right? 194 00:08:27,382 --> 00:08:30,343 You're not in any trouble, but no one else is coming. 195 00:08:30,385 --> 00:08:33,179 I made the appointment with you. 196 00:08:33,304 --> 00:08:35,473 - Who are you? 197 00:08:35,515 --> 00:08:37,058 - I'm here to help you. 198 00:08:40,353 --> 00:08:42,022 - It happened in his robing room. 199 00:08:44,065 --> 00:08:47,485 He tore off my underwear with his teeth 200 00:08:47,610 --> 00:08:50,238 and then forced himself inside of me. 201 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:52,741 - Okay. And this was on November 15th? 202 00:08:52,866 --> 00:08:55,326 - Yes, November 15th. 203 00:08:57,370 --> 00:08:58,955 - You know, I gotta say, we don't have a record 204 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:01,458 of you appearing in Judge Fels's court 205 00:09:01,541 --> 00:09:02,959 that evening. 206 00:09:03,043 --> 00:09:04,002 - It happened. 207 00:09:04,085 --> 00:09:05,295 - Okay. 208 00:09:05,378 --> 00:09:07,297 - He forced himself inside of me. 209 00:09:07,380 --> 00:09:09,632 I can see it right now happening in my head. 210 00:09:09,674 --> 00:09:14,512 - Elsa, listen, all I want for you is justice, okay? 211 00:09:14,596 --> 00:09:16,723 Can you tell me your real name? 212 00:09:19,017 --> 00:09:20,101 - Elsa Clark. 213 00:09:22,062 --> 00:09:24,147 - How do you feel about coming down to the station with me? 214 00:09:24,230 --> 00:09:25,231 We can file a report. 215 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:29,194 - You work for him, don't you? 216 00:09:29,235 --> 00:09:30,570 - Who, Judge Fels? No. 217 00:09:30,653 --> 00:09:32,280 Elsa, I work for the City. 218 00:09:32,364 --> 00:09:33,782 - I have said all I'm gonna say. 219 00:09:33,948 --> 00:09:34,866 Leave me alone. 220 00:09:34,949 --> 00:09:35,950 - Elsa. 221 00:09:38,411 --> 00:09:40,455 Elsa Clark, 20 years old, 222 00:09:40,538 --> 00:09:42,665 from Illinois, no criminal record. 223 00:09:42,791 --> 00:09:45,168 Current address, Meltzer Hall Dormitory 224 00:09:45,335 --> 00:09:46,544 at University of New York. 225 00:09:46,628 --> 00:09:47,712 - Okay. 226 00:09:47,754 --> 00:09:49,464 So, Curry, what is your take? 227 00:09:49,506 --> 00:09:50,840 - You know, I don't know how else to say it, 228 00:09:50,882 --> 00:09:54,511 other than her interaction with me seemed rehearsed. 229 00:09:54,594 --> 00:09:56,805 She said exactly what she had already said in that video. 230 00:09:56,971 --> 00:09:59,182 It was robotic. 231 00:09:59,307 --> 00:10:01,101 I mean, it was like she was telling a story 232 00:10:01,184 --> 00:10:02,811 that she had heard but couldn't remember the details. 233 00:10:02,977 --> 00:10:04,229 - Well, get this. 234 00:10:04,312 --> 00:10:05,814 There is no robing room 235 00:10:05,897 --> 00:10:07,565 for Saturday night arraignments. 236 00:10:07,691 --> 00:10:08,817 That whole detail in her claim is bogus. 237 00:10:08,942 --> 00:10:10,360 - Well, hang on. 238 00:10:10,443 --> 00:10:13,154 Even when someone gets every detail wrong, 239 00:10:13,238 --> 00:10:15,407 they can still be a victim. 240 00:10:15,532 --> 00:10:17,117 - I mean, she did seem tense at the bar, 241 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:18,785 so maybe she'll be more receptive in the comfort 242 00:10:18,910 --> 00:10:20,328 of her own dorm. 243 00:10:20,412 --> 00:10:22,247 - Judge Fels is awake. 244 00:10:27,335 --> 00:10:29,713 [knock at door] 245 00:10:29,796 --> 00:10:32,090 - Now's not a good time. 246 00:10:32,132 --> 00:10:34,009 - What's up? - [sighs] 247 00:10:34,134 --> 00:10:35,719 Detective Bruno. 248 00:10:35,844 --> 00:10:37,387 May I ask you some questions, Judge? 249 00:10:37,429 --> 00:10:39,222 - Talk to Sonny. 250 00:10:39,347 --> 00:10:42,017 He has more info than me. 251 00:10:42,100 --> 00:10:45,520 I just turned around, and then I'm here. 252 00:10:50,775 --> 00:10:55,447 - You know anybody who may have a vendetta against you? 253 00:10:55,572 --> 00:10:58,992 - I'm deciding people's fates every day. 254 00:10:59,075 --> 00:11:01,786 I guess someone wanted to decide mine. 255 00:11:03,455 --> 00:11:05,915 - You recognize this woman? 256 00:11:05,957 --> 00:11:07,751 [tense music] 257 00:11:07,834 --> 00:11:10,003 - A girl? 258 00:11:10,086 --> 00:11:12,047 What's this about? 259 00:11:12,130 --> 00:11:14,841 - Do you know this woman, Judge? 260 00:11:14,924 --> 00:11:18,053 - Sonny, is he one of yours? 261 00:11:18,136 --> 00:11:20,263 - The shooting may have been in reaction 262 00:11:20,347 --> 00:11:22,474 to an accusation that she made. 263 00:11:24,309 --> 00:11:26,227 - An accusation against me? 264 00:11:28,188 --> 00:11:32,359 Well, I'm sure you can guess what I'm about to say. 265 00:11:32,442 --> 00:11:35,487 From now on, all questions must go through my attorney. 266 00:11:35,528 --> 00:11:37,280 Thanks for stopping by, Sonny. 267 00:11:37,364 --> 00:11:38,656 - Judge, I'm just here as your fr-- 268 00:11:38,698 --> 00:11:40,158 - I need some shut eye. 269 00:11:40,241 --> 00:11:47,248 ♪ ♪ 270 00:11:50,085 --> 00:11:52,337 - ♪ I'm a nightmare walking ♪ 271 00:11:52,420 --> 00:11:54,172 ♪ Psychopath talking ♪ 272 00:11:54,255 --> 00:11:55,715 ♪ King of my jungle ♪ 273 00:11:55,799 --> 00:11:57,133 - Some things never change. 274 00:11:57,217 --> 00:11:58,635 - Mm-hmm. 275 00:11:58,718 --> 00:11:59,803 - Dude, what is happening to you is due. 276 00:11:59,928 --> 00:12:01,388 - Is that coming from Elsa's room? 277 00:12:01,471 --> 00:12:02,847 - You still have the gun? 278 00:12:02,931 --> 00:12:04,099 [tense music] 279 00:12:04,224 --> 00:12:06,142 - Yo. Police. Clear the hall. 280 00:12:06,267 --> 00:12:10,689 ♪ ♪ 281 00:12:10,730 --> 00:12:12,732 - Drop your weapon! Hands up! 282 00:12:12,816 --> 00:12:14,317 Turn around! 283 00:12:14,359 --> 00:12:16,236 On your knees! 284 00:12:16,319 --> 00:12:18,655 Cross your ankles and interlace your fingers behind your head. 285 00:12:18,738 --> 00:12:25,704 ♪ ♪ 286 00:12:37,048 --> 00:12:39,134 - What the hell's going on in here? 287 00:12:44,764 --> 00:12:44,973 . 288 00:12:44,973 --> 00:12:45,765 - Come on. 289 00:12:47,058 --> 00:12:49,227 - So the day starts at 5:00 and ends at midnight? 290 00:12:49,269 --> 00:12:51,479 - Who's setting the schedule here? 291 00:12:56,151 --> 00:12:58,903 Uh, Matt. 292 00:12:59,070 --> 00:13:00,155 That's your name, right? 293 00:13:00,238 --> 00:13:02,240 Mind if we talk? 294 00:13:02,282 --> 00:13:03,992 - I have to do the dishes. 295 00:13:04,034 --> 00:13:05,744 It's my day. I don't wanna get in trouble. 296 00:13:07,454 --> 00:13:08,747 - Who would you get in trouble with? 297 00:13:08,788 --> 00:13:09,998 - That kid with the gun? 298 00:13:10,081 --> 00:13:11,958 - Jeremy? No. He's-- 299 00:13:12,042 --> 00:13:13,251 - We're roommates. 300 00:13:13,376 --> 00:13:14,794 We split the chores. 301 00:13:14,836 --> 00:13:16,254 - Uh-huh. Yeah, we can see that. 302 00:13:16,338 --> 00:13:18,631 You got a chart and everything. 303 00:13:19,632 --> 00:13:20,925 - Elsa, why don't you come with me? 304 00:13:21,009 --> 00:13:23,887 - I have nothing more to say to you. 305 00:13:24,012 --> 00:13:26,222 - Okay, that kid with the gun, is he your roommate too? 306 00:13:26,264 --> 00:13:28,016 - Kind of. He's-- 307 00:13:28,141 --> 00:13:31,061 - Jeremy was acting completely on his own. 308 00:13:31,144 --> 00:13:33,188 Right? 309 00:13:33,355 --> 00:13:34,230 - Yeah. 310 00:13:34,356 --> 00:13:37,192 [tense music] 311 00:13:37,359 --> 00:13:38,276 ♪ ♪ 312 00:13:38,443 --> 00:13:42,197 - Hey, Matt, look at me. 313 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:45,158 You're not in trouble, okay? 314 00:13:45,283 --> 00:13:46,659 So why don't you come with me? 315 00:13:46,743 --> 00:13:47,952 I just wanna talk, and then I'll help you 316 00:13:48,036 --> 00:13:50,789 with the dishes when we're done. 317 00:13:50,872 --> 00:13:52,749 [water running] 318 00:13:52,916 --> 00:13:55,168 - I'm good. 319 00:13:55,293 --> 00:13:57,212 - Okay. That's obstruction. 320 00:13:57,379 --> 00:13:59,172 - What are you doing? - Turn around. 321 00:13:59,255 --> 00:14:01,049 - You're arresting him? - Yeah, I am. 322 00:14:01,216 --> 00:14:02,926 I'm tired of getting stonewalled here. 323 00:14:03,051 --> 00:14:04,260 - I'm gonna report you. 324 00:14:04,302 --> 00:14:05,637 - Oh, go ahead. 325 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:07,055 The boss already can't stand me. 326 00:14:09,182 --> 00:14:11,393 - Did you tell Fels I'm here? 327 00:14:11,476 --> 00:14:13,812 - Come again? 328 00:14:13,895 --> 00:14:15,855 - Does Judge Fels know I'm here? 329 00:14:17,524 --> 00:14:19,901 Is he gonna want the death sentence? 330 00:14:20,026 --> 00:14:21,986 - New York's not a death-penalty state. 331 00:14:22,112 --> 00:14:24,656 - It doesn't matter. 332 00:14:24,781 --> 00:14:26,241 He runs the system. 333 00:14:28,535 --> 00:14:32,038 When I heard what he did to Elsa... 334 00:14:32,205 --> 00:14:35,709 - So that's why you shot him, 335 00:14:35,834 --> 00:14:39,671 as revenge for what he did to Elsa? 336 00:14:39,796 --> 00:14:44,426 - What he did to her was the last straw of 1,000 straws. 337 00:14:46,052 --> 00:14:47,595 - What else did he do? 338 00:14:50,598 --> 00:14:54,310 - Aggravated assault and battery, 339 00:14:54,477 --> 00:14:59,024 trespassing, theft, extortion, money laundering. 340 00:15:00,734 --> 00:15:04,988 Judge Fels is the devil. 341 00:15:05,155 --> 00:15:08,950 And I'm the one that tried to stop his reign of terror. 342 00:15:11,745 --> 00:15:14,748 - License and registration. 343 00:15:14,873 --> 00:15:16,041 - Listen to the officer, honey. 344 00:15:16,082 --> 00:15:17,500 He's just doing his job. 345 00:15:17,625 --> 00:15:20,337 - Yes, Robbie. 346 00:15:20,462 --> 00:15:22,505 - Do you know how fast you were going back there? 347 00:15:22,630 --> 00:15:24,632 - This is November 15th 348 00:15:24,799 --> 00:15:26,634 in Pittsgrove Township, New Jersey. 349 00:15:26,676 --> 00:15:28,720 - Which means that she wasn't in Manhattan on the night 350 00:15:28,887 --> 00:15:30,388 that she alleges. - Yeah. 351 00:15:30,555 --> 00:15:32,223 - Do we know more about this Robbie guy that's with her? 352 00:15:32,265 --> 00:15:33,933 - They didn't card him. 353 00:15:33,975 --> 00:15:35,477 - Uh, our boy Matt from the dorm, 354 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:37,479 he's having a panic attack. 355 00:15:37,604 --> 00:15:39,647 What do I do? 356 00:15:39,814 --> 00:15:41,232 - Got it. 357 00:15:41,316 --> 00:15:42,650 I know. 358 00:15:42,817 --> 00:15:45,528 I know a lot of people do breathing exercises 359 00:15:45,570 --> 00:15:47,614 for anxiety attacks. 360 00:15:47,739 --> 00:15:49,449 I'll get you some more water. 361 00:15:49,532 --> 00:15:51,284 But this sometimes just does the trick. 362 00:15:51,409 --> 00:15:53,161 Can I put this on your wrist? 363 00:15:53,286 --> 00:15:54,704 There you go. 364 00:15:54,871 --> 00:15:59,876 That'll just sort of put you back in your body. 365 00:15:59,959 --> 00:16:02,545 Feeling a little better? 366 00:16:02,629 --> 00:16:04,673 Good. 367 00:16:04,756 --> 00:16:06,091 - Can I ask you a question? 368 00:16:06,174 --> 00:16:07,133 - Sure. 369 00:16:10,136 --> 00:16:12,472 - Did Judge Fels do anything to Elsa? 370 00:16:14,391 --> 00:16:17,644 - There is no evidence that supports that claim. 371 00:16:19,771 --> 00:16:23,692 - And do you work for Judge Fels? 372 00:16:23,858 --> 00:16:26,361 - I never heard his name before yesterday. 373 00:16:32,575 --> 00:16:34,953 You know, if you're in trouble, I can help you. 374 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:39,124 [apprehensive music] 375 00:16:39,207 --> 00:16:41,543 Those look like cigarette burns. 376 00:16:41,710 --> 00:16:47,716 ♪ ♪ 377 00:16:47,841 --> 00:16:51,177 How about if you just nod yes or no to my questions? 378 00:16:54,973 --> 00:16:56,891 Did you do that to yourself? 379 00:16:59,477 --> 00:17:02,522 Hey, Matt, did somebody in the dorm 380 00:17:02,605 --> 00:17:04,399 that you're living in do that to you? 381 00:17:07,944 --> 00:17:09,529 Hmm? 382 00:17:09,571 --> 00:17:11,072 You know somebody named Robbie? 383 00:17:12,991 --> 00:17:14,784 Listen to me. 384 00:17:14,909 --> 00:17:16,995 I'm here for you. 385 00:17:17,037 --> 00:17:18,329 You're not in the dorm, 386 00:17:18,371 --> 00:17:20,790 and no one can hurt you here, okay? 387 00:17:20,915 --> 00:17:22,625 This is my house. 388 00:17:22,751 --> 00:17:25,837 And I can promise you that no one is gonna hurt you 389 00:17:25,879 --> 00:17:28,048 while you're here with me. 390 00:17:28,131 --> 00:17:29,507 - Oh, God. 391 00:17:29,591 --> 00:17:31,134 - What? 392 00:17:31,217 --> 00:17:32,927 - Okay. Hold on, hold on. 393 00:17:33,011 --> 00:17:34,012 Let's--let's do this again. 394 00:17:34,095 --> 00:17:35,347 [panting] 395 00:17:35,430 --> 00:17:36,931 Slow down your breathing. 396 00:17:37,098 --> 00:17:42,228 ♪ ♪ 397 00:17:48,276 --> 00:17:48,568 . 398 00:17:48,610 --> 00:17:50,278 - Robbie Miller. Sorry to keep you waiting. 399 00:17:50,904 --> 00:17:52,864 This is Captain Curry. 400 00:17:52,947 --> 00:17:54,032 - Two captains. 401 00:17:54,115 --> 00:17:55,325 Aren't I special? 402 00:17:55,408 --> 00:17:57,285 - Well, you're a VIP. 403 00:17:57,369 --> 00:17:59,412 It's not the best view in here, but we're a packed house. 404 00:17:59,454 --> 00:18:01,998 - Crime never stops. Trust me, I know. 405 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:04,626 - You're on speaking terms with the world of crime? 406 00:18:04,709 --> 00:18:06,336 - I'm not at liberty to say. 407 00:18:06,419 --> 00:18:08,004 - Oh. 408 00:18:08,046 --> 00:18:09,339 - International law. 409 00:18:09,422 --> 00:18:10,548 - Ah. 410 00:18:10,590 --> 00:18:13,134 - What's your guys' clearance level? 411 00:18:13,218 --> 00:18:15,303 - Me, I'm just NYPD. 412 00:18:15,387 --> 00:18:16,680 What about you, Cap? 413 00:18:16,763 --> 00:18:18,473 - Oh, I never made it 414 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:21,434 higher than Phi Delta at Siena College. 415 00:18:21,518 --> 00:18:23,895 - [chuckles] You're funny. 416 00:18:23,937 --> 00:18:26,981 So my NOC, Non-Official Cover, 417 00:18:27,023 --> 00:18:30,527 is working in construction subcontracting. 418 00:18:30,652 --> 00:18:34,781 But there are certain alphabet organizations that... 419 00:18:34,906 --> 00:18:37,158 - You mean the CIA and FBI? 420 00:18:38,660 --> 00:18:40,161 - Okay. 421 00:18:40,328 --> 00:18:42,330 But we're here about your son, Matt. 422 00:18:42,497 --> 00:18:44,541 - Yeah. What'd the kid do this time? 423 00:18:44,582 --> 00:18:45,959 Do you have kids? 424 00:18:46,001 --> 00:18:47,711 - You know, I spoke with the security guard 425 00:18:47,752 --> 00:18:49,170 at your son's dorm, 426 00:18:49,337 --> 00:18:50,922 and they say that you sign in every day. 427 00:18:51,006 --> 00:18:53,174 You live there? 428 00:18:53,216 --> 00:18:54,342 - I'm supposed to miss a visit with my kids 429 00:18:54,426 --> 00:18:56,052 because the Plaza sells out? 430 00:18:56,094 --> 00:18:58,513 - So how long have you been living at their dorm? 431 00:18:58,555 --> 00:19:00,640 - Well, the original plan was five days, 432 00:19:00,682 --> 00:19:02,017 but they keep asking me to stay. 433 00:19:02,142 --> 00:19:03,226 - Oh. 434 00:19:03,309 --> 00:19:04,602 - I mean, they're kids, 435 00:19:04,686 --> 00:19:07,439 and they like having a parental figure around. 436 00:19:07,522 --> 00:19:10,734 And when you amass as much life experience as I have, 437 00:19:10,859 --> 00:19:12,610 passing on that knowledge to the next generation 438 00:19:12,652 --> 00:19:14,571 is the least you can do. 439 00:19:14,654 --> 00:19:16,906 - Makes perfect sense. 440 00:19:16,948 --> 00:19:18,366 And what about Elsa? 441 00:19:19,909 --> 00:19:21,494 - I coach her too. 442 00:19:21,578 --> 00:19:24,956 We're all accountability partners for one another. 443 00:19:24,998 --> 00:19:27,167 What's my son being charged with? 444 00:19:27,292 --> 00:19:29,919 - Why do I get the feeling that you already 445 00:19:30,003 --> 00:19:31,296 know the answer to that? 446 00:19:31,379 --> 00:19:34,049 [tense music] 447 00:19:34,174 --> 00:19:36,509 - It's so fascinating, the way you round your N's, 448 00:19:36,593 --> 00:19:41,264 and yet you dot your I's so precisely. 449 00:19:41,431 --> 00:19:43,099 - Excuse me? 450 00:19:43,141 --> 00:19:45,352 - You're a cumulative thinker and a perfectionist. 451 00:19:45,393 --> 00:19:49,189 I dabble in forensic graphology. 452 00:19:49,272 --> 00:19:50,315 - You're quite impressive. 453 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:52,192 - Yeah, and I'm getting jealous. 454 00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:55,195 So I'm gonna go check on Matt. 455 00:19:55,236 --> 00:19:57,489 And do you mind sitting tight for a second? 456 00:19:57,614 --> 00:19:59,324 - Anything for Matt. 457 00:19:59,366 --> 00:20:00,950 Don't leave me hanging. 458 00:20:01,034 --> 00:20:02,410 - Wouldn't dream of it. 459 00:20:02,577 --> 00:20:06,956 ♪ ♪ 460 00:20:07,123 --> 00:20:09,417 Another minute, he would have tried to sell us 461 00:20:09,501 --> 00:20:10,919 the Brooklyn Bridge. 462 00:20:11,044 --> 00:20:12,796 - Robbie Miller had a contentious divorce 463 00:20:12,879 --> 00:20:14,589 from Matt's mom in 2004. 464 00:20:14,714 --> 00:20:16,549 - Robbie was only granted visitation 465 00:20:16,716 --> 00:20:18,426 after a forensics evaluation report. 466 00:20:18,551 --> 00:20:20,178 - Well, I'd love to get my hands on that. 467 00:20:20,220 --> 00:20:21,554 - Sealed by the court. 468 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:22,847 - He's a high school dropout. 469 00:20:22,889 --> 00:20:24,015 Okay, and then he operated 470 00:20:24,057 --> 00:20:26,726 the Goliath Tile Company until 2021. 471 00:20:26,768 --> 00:20:28,770 - Also in 2021, he got jammed up 472 00:20:28,812 --> 00:20:30,772 when the Damiano family was taken down. 473 00:20:30,897 --> 00:20:34,192 He was found guilty of money laundering, obstruction. 474 00:20:34,275 --> 00:20:35,777 He was sentenced to four years. 475 00:20:35,860 --> 00:20:38,822 - Released just in time to live in his son's dorm. 476 00:20:38,863 --> 00:20:41,116 - A welfare check was called in three months ago 477 00:20:41,199 --> 00:20:42,534 in the dorm room. - Okay. 478 00:20:42,575 --> 00:20:44,035 You get a name for the complainant? 479 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:46,579 - Colleen Keane, another University of New York student. 480 00:20:46,621 --> 00:20:49,165 - Great. You two track that down. 481 00:20:49,207 --> 00:20:54,004 So Matt completely shut down when the father came in? 482 00:20:54,045 --> 00:20:55,380 - Yeah, and I bet old Robbie was planning on that. 483 00:20:55,463 --> 00:20:56,715 - Yeah. 484 00:20:56,756 --> 00:20:59,092 Rollins, take the kid outside 485 00:20:59,217 --> 00:21:00,468 and get him some fresh air. 486 00:21:05,306 --> 00:21:07,517 - What was it like living in the dorm, Colleen? 487 00:21:07,559 --> 00:21:09,477 - It's a cult. 488 00:21:09,519 --> 00:21:12,397 He is running a tiny cult in the dorm room. 489 00:21:12,522 --> 00:21:14,357 - What makes you say that? 490 00:21:14,441 --> 00:21:15,984 - Me, Matt, Jeremy, Elsa, 491 00:21:16,067 --> 00:21:17,777 we were inseparable. 492 00:21:17,861 --> 00:21:19,195 So decided to room together this year, 493 00:21:19,362 --> 00:21:22,449 and all of a sudden, Robbie, just, like, appears. 494 00:21:22,574 --> 00:21:24,659 - Why'd he stay in the dorm? 495 00:21:24,743 --> 00:21:27,495 - Matt said his dad needed to be to get back on his feet. 496 00:21:27,620 --> 00:21:28,955 Okay. 497 00:21:28,997 --> 00:21:30,749 But he was always trying to get super personal. 498 00:21:30,915 --> 00:21:33,793 I don't know, it just-- it gave me the ick immediately. 499 00:21:33,835 --> 00:21:35,211 - Your friends feel that way too? 500 00:21:35,295 --> 00:21:37,255 - No. 501 00:21:37,297 --> 00:21:40,633 He'd brag about how amazing he was, and they would eat it up. 502 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:42,927 And I'd say, guys, he's full of it. 503 00:21:43,094 --> 00:21:45,889 He has a scar that he swears he got from a shark attack. 504 00:21:45,972 --> 00:21:47,640 It's an appendix scar. 505 00:21:48,808 --> 00:21:50,727 And then one day, he's-- 506 00:21:50,810 --> 00:21:53,355 he's not on the air mattress. 507 00:21:53,438 --> 00:21:54,356 - Where'd he go? 508 00:21:54,481 --> 00:21:56,649 - Elsa's bed, 509 00:21:56,775 --> 00:21:58,902 which he says was for her self-improvement. 510 00:21:59,027 --> 00:22:00,528 And then he comes to me 511 00:22:00,653 --> 00:22:02,530 and wants to talk about my virginity? 512 00:22:02,572 --> 00:22:05,075 I--I immediately transferred to a new dorm. 513 00:22:05,116 --> 00:22:07,869 - Okay, did you report any of this to the university? 514 00:22:07,994 --> 00:22:10,246 - What's UNY care? The dorm room's paid for. 515 00:22:10,330 --> 00:22:12,415 All they care about is the money. 516 00:22:12,457 --> 00:22:14,209 - So that's why you called in the welfare check. 517 00:22:14,292 --> 00:22:16,628 - Hell, yeah! 518 00:22:16,670 --> 00:22:18,672 Those were my friends. 519 00:22:18,713 --> 00:22:21,883 But they just-- they stopped talking to me, 520 00:22:22,050 --> 00:22:23,760 and they weren't showing up for classes, 521 00:22:23,802 --> 00:22:27,722 and they were barely leaving the dorm room at all. 522 00:22:27,847 --> 00:22:31,184 And then there's what he's doing to Elsa. 523 00:22:31,267 --> 00:22:33,603 - What's he doing? 524 00:22:33,728 --> 00:22:36,106 - Some guy in my psych class said he saw her 525 00:22:36,189 --> 00:22:38,650 on a sex-worker site. 526 00:22:38,692 --> 00:22:41,152 She's not that person. 527 00:22:41,277 --> 00:22:43,613 I think he's forcing her to do it. 528 00:22:43,655 --> 00:22:46,408 [tense music] 529 00:22:46,574 --> 00:22:47,909 ♪ ♪ 530 00:22:47,992 --> 00:22:51,496 - After my parents split up, 531 00:22:51,663 --> 00:22:53,748 my dad wouldn't let me sleep until I told him everything 532 00:22:53,832 --> 00:22:55,417 my mom was saying about him. 533 00:22:57,210 --> 00:23:00,171 He'd burn me if I didn't tell. 534 00:23:03,091 --> 00:23:05,802 But my mom never said anything bad. 535 00:23:05,885 --> 00:23:08,304 - Mm. 536 00:23:08,471 --> 00:23:11,391 - So eventually, I just started making things up, 537 00:23:11,433 --> 00:23:14,185 you know, just to get him to stop. 538 00:23:14,352 --> 00:23:17,939 And then he'd hug me. 539 00:23:18,023 --> 00:23:22,610 He'd hug me, and it would actually make me happy. 540 00:23:22,777 --> 00:23:26,281 - He's been abusing you your whole life. 541 00:23:26,322 --> 00:23:29,325 - One day, I was standing there recording, 542 00:23:29,492 --> 00:23:32,287 as he put these tweezers as deep into Jeremy's ears 543 00:23:32,328 --> 00:23:35,040 as they could go, just so he could get him 544 00:23:35,123 --> 00:23:37,042 to agree that Judge Fels should die. 545 00:23:37,208 --> 00:23:39,169 - He recorded his abuse? 546 00:23:39,210 --> 00:23:42,881 - My dad wanted evidence of--of how--how weak we were, 547 00:23:42,964 --> 00:23:46,176 how much control he had over us. 548 00:23:46,259 --> 00:23:47,802 And I was the one who... 549 00:23:47,969 --> 00:23:51,556 ♪ ♪ 550 00:23:51,639 --> 00:23:53,725 I introduced him to my friends. 551 00:23:55,518 --> 00:23:58,229 You know, I can't take back the things he did to them. 552 00:23:58,271 --> 00:23:59,856 Like, I'm as guilty as he is. 553 00:23:59,939 --> 00:24:00,899 - No. 554 00:24:00,982 --> 00:24:07,989 ♪ ♪ 555 00:24:12,369 --> 00:24:13,495 I can protect you. 556 00:24:19,376 --> 00:24:22,671 [knocking] 557 00:24:22,712 --> 00:24:23,755 - Go away. 558 00:24:23,922 --> 00:24:25,882 - We've got a warrant. 559 00:24:25,924 --> 00:24:29,094 Okay, we're looking for that camera, any SD cards. 560 00:24:31,429 --> 00:24:35,100 A lot of books on coercion. 561 00:24:35,183 --> 00:24:36,434 What are these? 562 00:24:44,234 --> 00:24:45,360 Financial records. 563 00:24:47,612 --> 00:24:49,572 Oh, my God. 564 00:24:49,656 --> 00:24:52,784 You made Robbie over $200,000? 565 00:24:52,951 --> 00:24:56,287 [suspenseful music] 566 00:24:56,371 --> 00:25:02,711 ♪ ♪ 567 00:25:02,836 --> 00:25:05,380 - What the... 568 00:25:13,471 --> 00:25:14,514 Does he let you eat? 569 00:25:16,307 --> 00:25:17,851 - Hey, Bruno! 570 00:25:22,522 --> 00:25:23,857 - Hey. 571 00:25:23,940 --> 00:25:25,817 - I kinda don't wanna watch all this. 572 00:25:25,900 --> 00:25:29,571 ♪ ♪ 573 00:25:34,993 --> 00:25:35,201 . 574 00:25:35,243 --> 00:25:37,078 - All I'm asking is for you to admit that 575 00:25:38,621 --> 00:25:41,958 you know that your parents are conspiring with Judge Fels. 576 00:25:42,042 --> 00:25:43,168 Huh? - [gasping] 577 00:25:43,293 --> 00:25:46,463 I don't remember. Really. 578 00:25:46,588 --> 00:25:49,007 - Then either you're not thinking hard enough 579 00:25:49,090 --> 00:25:50,550 or you're lying. 580 00:25:50,633 --> 00:25:53,136 Either way, I'm very disappointed. 581 00:25:53,219 --> 00:25:56,097 - Wait, wait! Wait. 582 00:25:56,181 --> 00:25:58,600 Maybe when I was younger, 583 00:25:58,725 --> 00:26:01,644 I--I saw them have dinner with him. 584 00:26:01,728 --> 00:26:03,688 - Okay. That's enough. 585 00:26:06,399 --> 00:26:09,444 - Jeez, this poor girl. 586 00:26:09,486 --> 00:26:14,699 - Sleep deprivation, repetitive questionings, torture. 587 00:26:14,741 --> 00:26:17,911 This is how bad cops get false confessions. 588 00:26:18,036 --> 00:26:19,788 - These financial ledgers-- 589 00:26:19,829 --> 00:26:22,624 he forced her into prostitution on the pretense of paying 590 00:26:22,707 --> 00:26:24,626 for a ton of bogus charges. 591 00:26:24,709 --> 00:26:25,919 - I mean, look at this, breaking the seat 592 00:26:26,044 --> 00:26:29,089 on his exercise bike, $500. 593 00:26:29,172 --> 00:26:32,467 Plumber for a clogged shower drain, $250. 594 00:26:32,592 --> 00:26:34,427 There's at least 12 pages of accrued interest, 595 00:26:34,552 --> 00:26:36,179 all in the last four months. 596 00:26:36,262 --> 00:26:38,264 - Money and power, it's the oldest motivation in the book. 597 00:26:38,306 --> 00:26:42,435 But what is the obsession with Judge Fels? 598 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:44,062 - I checked, and Robbie's never appeared 599 00:26:44,187 --> 00:26:45,647 in Judge Fels's courtroom. 600 00:26:45,772 --> 00:26:47,273 - Well, the good judge isn't gonna be 601 00:26:47,315 --> 00:26:49,943 too eager to help us out. 602 00:26:50,026 --> 00:26:51,569 - Maybe Carisi can ask him. 603 00:26:51,611 --> 00:26:54,489 - I'll find out. 604 00:26:54,572 --> 00:26:56,908 - I'm not a victim. 605 00:26:56,991 --> 00:26:58,827 I'm reclaiming my story 606 00:26:58,910 --> 00:27:01,329 by telling the world what Fels did to me. 607 00:27:01,454 --> 00:27:06,751 - So I watched some of those videos. 608 00:27:06,876 --> 00:27:09,295 Can I tell you what I saw? 609 00:27:09,379 --> 00:27:15,593 I saw a man brainwashing an innocent girl. 610 00:27:15,677 --> 00:27:18,430 - Brainwashing? 611 00:27:18,555 --> 00:27:19,681 What are you saying? 612 00:27:19,764 --> 00:27:21,141 Robbie's, like, a hypnotist? 613 00:27:21,224 --> 00:27:24,310 - I'm saying that Robbie is charismatic, 614 00:27:24,394 --> 00:27:27,480 and he preys on young people 615 00:27:27,564 --> 00:27:30,942 who haven't yet formed their identities. 616 00:27:31,067 --> 00:27:34,446 - That's Judge Fels to a T. 617 00:27:36,156 --> 00:27:37,782 He visited my family when I was young. 618 00:27:37,866 --> 00:27:39,117 Did you know that? 619 00:27:42,203 --> 00:27:46,541 - Your father is an electrician, right, 620 00:27:46,624 --> 00:27:48,918 in Illinois? 621 00:27:49,002 --> 00:27:52,714 How--how confident are you that your father, 622 00:27:52,797 --> 00:27:54,883 the electrician, 623 00:27:55,008 --> 00:27:58,887 would be friends with a judge from New York? 624 00:28:03,224 --> 00:28:06,519 - Yes, we lived in a small house, 625 00:28:06,603 --> 00:28:08,605 but that's because my dad hoarded money 626 00:28:08,688 --> 00:28:11,775 he got from Judge Fels. 627 00:28:11,858 --> 00:28:12,734 - Okay. 628 00:28:15,236 --> 00:28:19,574 Okay, well, it's--it's late, and you must be hungry. 629 00:28:19,699 --> 00:28:20,992 Right? 630 00:28:21,076 --> 00:28:26,289 So what--what do you wanna eat? 631 00:28:26,414 --> 00:28:28,291 Anything. 632 00:28:28,333 --> 00:28:31,252 [tense music] 633 00:28:31,378 --> 00:28:35,256 ♪ ♪ 634 00:28:35,340 --> 00:28:39,010 Elsa, is that a-- 635 00:28:39,052 --> 00:28:42,889 is that a hard question for you to answer? 636 00:28:42,972 --> 00:28:47,018 - Robbie--Robbie always chose what I ate. 637 00:28:48,978 --> 00:28:51,231 [chuckles] 638 00:28:51,314 --> 00:28:56,820 No, you are just-- 639 00:28:56,903 --> 00:28:59,531 you are confusing me now. 640 00:29:01,324 --> 00:29:05,036 My parents were corrosive-- 641 00:29:05,161 --> 00:29:08,331 corrosive, corrosive people. 642 00:29:08,415 --> 00:29:12,002 - I've heard that word before. 643 00:29:12,043 --> 00:29:16,131 I heard it from--from Jeremy. 644 00:29:16,214 --> 00:29:19,134 - It's his word. 645 00:29:19,259 --> 00:29:20,802 - Whose word? 646 00:29:24,222 --> 00:29:26,224 - When I say it, "corrosive," 647 00:29:26,266 --> 00:29:29,978 I can hear Robbie's voice in my head. 648 00:29:32,772 --> 00:29:38,319 - Elsa, I can help you. 649 00:29:40,447 --> 00:29:45,785 I can help you get Robbie's voice out of your head 650 00:29:45,910 --> 00:29:49,664 so that you can hear your own. 651 00:29:55,378 --> 00:29:57,380 [knocking] 652 00:29:57,464 --> 00:29:59,466 - Sonny. 653 00:29:59,591 --> 00:30:04,137 This isn't personal, except it is for me. 654 00:30:04,262 --> 00:30:05,972 You heard the word "lawyer." 655 00:30:06,014 --> 00:30:08,224 - Yeah, I heard, but, uh, 656 00:30:08,308 --> 00:30:10,060 charges have been dropped. 657 00:30:10,143 --> 00:30:12,354 So you're good, Judge. 658 00:30:12,437 --> 00:30:13,855 - Hallelujah. 659 00:30:13,938 --> 00:30:15,148 Leonard Cohen. 660 00:30:15,231 --> 00:30:17,817 - Hmm. I prefer the Jeff Buckley version. 661 00:30:20,195 --> 00:30:21,738 - So what's with me being shot? 662 00:30:21,821 --> 00:30:24,491 - Well, that's what I'm here to talk to you about. 663 00:30:27,243 --> 00:30:28,787 Do you recognize this guy? 664 00:30:30,288 --> 00:30:31,956 - Is that Robbie Miller? 665 00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:34,250 Our parents were friends. 666 00:30:34,334 --> 00:30:36,795 He would sometimes come over for dinners when I was a kid. 667 00:30:36,878 --> 00:30:39,339 Last I heard, he was in prison. 668 00:30:39,464 --> 00:30:41,216 - Does he have something against you? 669 00:30:41,299 --> 00:30:43,176 - I mean... 670 00:30:43,259 --> 00:30:46,221 after I was elevated, he reached out, 671 00:30:46,346 --> 00:30:48,765 see if I could pull a string or two. 672 00:30:48,890 --> 00:30:52,018 Some money laundering charges to be dropped. 673 00:30:52,060 --> 00:30:54,104 I told him I had a responsibility 674 00:30:54,187 --> 00:30:56,773 to report his approaching me. 675 00:30:56,815 --> 00:30:59,484 Last I knew, he was found guilty. 676 00:30:59,526 --> 00:31:01,444 - There's nothing else? That's it? 677 00:31:01,569 --> 00:31:03,279 - Yeah. 678 00:31:03,405 --> 00:31:07,283 I haven't thought about Robbie Miller in years. 679 00:31:07,367 --> 00:31:11,329 - Well, I--I wish I could tell you the feeling was mutual. 680 00:31:11,413 --> 00:31:12,789 - This is like the Sarah Lawrence case. 681 00:31:12,872 --> 00:31:13,998 - Hmm. 682 00:31:14,124 --> 00:31:16,001 - Con man preying on these kids. 683 00:31:16,084 --> 00:31:17,752 - Except the Fels thing isn't a con. 684 00:31:17,794 --> 00:31:19,713 Robbie actually believes that he's after him. 685 00:31:19,796 --> 00:31:21,006 - Right, because otherwise, he'd have to accept 686 00:31:21,089 --> 00:31:24,384 responsibility for how his own life turned out. 687 00:31:24,426 --> 00:31:28,138 You know, a con man's biggest mark is himself. 688 00:31:28,179 --> 00:31:29,764 Play to his weakness. 689 00:31:36,146 --> 00:31:38,690 - Kept you waiting. 690 00:31:38,773 --> 00:31:40,275 - What happened to the captains? 691 00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:42,027 - Oh, they--they got pulled into something 692 00:31:42,110 --> 00:31:43,153 way more pressing. 693 00:31:43,194 --> 00:31:45,488 I'm just a sergeant, Rollins. 694 00:31:45,530 --> 00:31:49,534 - Okay, well, do you know why they brought in my son? 695 00:31:50,994 --> 00:31:52,328 - Of course. 696 00:31:52,454 --> 00:31:54,414 So do you. 697 00:31:54,456 --> 00:31:56,374 I bet you're well aware that Jeremy Coleman 698 00:31:56,458 --> 00:31:59,336 is sitting in Rikers right now awaiting trial. 699 00:31:59,461 --> 00:32:01,963 And that kid's going to prison for years because of you. 700 00:32:03,631 --> 00:32:05,884 - Oh, you're the bad cop. 701 00:32:08,345 --> 00:32:11,097 I'm well-versed in the Reid Technique, 702 00:32:11,222 --> 00:32:12,974 but you're doing a bad job. 703 00:32:13,058 --> 00:32:17,395 Your first step is, you're supposed to win my trust. 704 00:32:17,437 --> 00:32:20,106 - Did you really think you were gonna walk into this precinct 705 00:32:20,190 --> 00:32:22,400 and charm us into giving up information? 706 00:32:22,484 --> 00:32:27,614 We have you on video torturing your son and his friends. 707 00:32:29,032 --> 00:32:31,159 - Well, there you just gave up information. 708 00:32:34,954 --> 00:32:39,501 But my son and my friends will testify 709 00:32:39,584 --> 00:32:42,128 that everything on those recordings was consensual. 710 00:32:42,253 --> 00:32:44,547 - Who's gonna believe that? 711 00:32:44,631 --> 00:32:46,341 - No victims, no case. 712 00:32:46,424 --> 00:32:47,926 Unless what? 713 00:32:48,051 --> 00:32:49,803 You think you're gonna break me? 714 00:32:49,844 --> 00:32:52,138 [chuckles] 715 00:32:52,222 --> 00:32:55,350 Get me to admit something that I didn't do? 716 00:32:58,228 --> 00:32:59,771 - No. 717 00:32:59,854 --> 00:33:01,398 I'm just here to do two things. 718 00:33:01,481 --> 00:33:04,275 One, put you in cuffs. 719 00:33:04,359 --> 00:33:05,819 Get up. 720 00:33:05,902 --> 00:33:09,489 The other, to let you know that my husband 721 00:33:09,572 --> 00:33:13,910 is good friends with Judge Fels. 722 00:33:13,993 --> 00:33:15,704 - And you know what he's done? 723 00:33:15,787 --> 00:33:17,539 He's tried to ruin my life. 724 00:33:17,622 --> 00:33:19,541 - Yeah, you know what, he talks about you all the time. 725 00:33:19,624 --> 00:33:22,502 In fact, he's right behind that mirror right now, 726 00:33:22,585 --> 00:33:25,171 watching you be humiliated. 727 00:33:25,296 --> 00:33:27,048 You have the right to remain-- 728 00:33:27,132 --> 00:33:28,925 [dramatic music] 729 00:33:29,050 --> 00:33:30,218 - You should have died! 730 00:33:30,343 --> 00:33:33,763 Die! Die! Die! 731 00:33:33,847 --> 00:33:36,683 - All right, come on. - Get him out of here. 732 00:33:44,024 --> 00:33:44,232 . 733 00:33:44,232 --> 00:33:45,859 - My father always told me he knew me better than 734 00:33:46,317 --> 00:33:49,029 I knew myself. 735 00:33:49,070 --> 00:33:51,531 When I was 14, I opened up to him 736 00:33:51,614 --> 00:33:54,826 that I wasn't sure about my sexuality. 737 00:33:54,868 --> 00:33:59,748 So he put a condom on a banana and shoved it down my throat, 738 00:33:59,831 --> 00:34:02,500 asking me if I enjoyed that. 739 00:34:02,667 --> 00:34:07,547 When I said no, he said it was proof that I wasn't gay. 740 00:34:07,672 --> 00:34:12,844 And I was actually kind of relieved 741 00:34:12,969 --> 00:34:14,679 he decided for me. 742 00:34:14,763 --> 00:34:17,724 [tense music] 743 00:34:17,849 --> 00:34:22,103 But now I can see that he's sick. 744 00:34:23,396 --> 00:34:26,941 My father is a twisted, 745 00:34:27,025 --> 00:34:29,110 deeply manipulative person. 746 00:34:31,237 --> 00:34:32,906 - Thank you, Mr. Miller. 747 00:34:33,031 --> 00:34:34,199 No more questions, Your Honor. 748 00:34:34,282 --> 00:34:37,285 - Mr. Mitchell. 749 00:34:37,369 --> 00:34:39,537 - Matthew, when was the last time-- 750 00:34:39,579 --> 00:34:40,789 - Objection, Your Honor. 751 00:34:45,669 --> 00:34:48,004 This is a clear intimidation ploy, Your Honor. 752 00:34:48,129 --> 00:34:50,215 - No, Carisi, this is a clear Sixth Amendment issue. 753 00:34:50,256 --> 00:34:51,424 - Retraumatizing victims 754 00:34:51,508 --> 00:34:52,592 got nothing to do with the Sixth Amendment. 755 00:34:52,676 --> 00:34:54,219 - My client has a constitutional right 756 00:34:54,260 --> 00:34:55,637 to confront his accusers. 757 00:34:55,720 --> 00:34:57,555 - Your Honor, the defendant tortured the victims 758 00:34:57,722 --> 00:34:59,391 through interrogation. 759 00:34:59,432 --> 00:35:01,393 Allowing him to question them will only retraumatize them 760 00:35:01,434 --> 00:35:03,186 in open court. - Enough. 761 00:35:03,228 --> 00:35:05,772 I am not getting reversed by the Appellate Division 762 00:35:05,897 --> 00:35:07,691 on a Sixth Amendment issue. 763 00:35:07,732 --> 00:35:11,111 While I would have preferred a heads-up, Mr. Mitchell, 764 00:35:11,152 --> 00:35:13,697 I will allow Mr. Miller to act as co-counsel 765 00:35:13,822 --> 00:35:15,615 as I am required to do. 766 00:35:15,657 --> 00:35:19,035 But, Mr. Miller, if you even approach the line, 767 00:35:19,119 --> 00:35:21,663 I will shut you down and revisit this ruling. 768 00:35:31,423 --> 00:35:36,803 - Did you come to me for advice about your life, 769 00:35:36,886 --> 00:35:39,014 everyday problems? 770 00:35:41,391 --> 00:35:43,059 - Yes. 771 00:35:43,101 --> 00:35:45,979 - Did you ever ask me to stop doing these bad things 772 00:35:46,062 --> 00:35:48,565 that you've been saying I've been doing? 773 00:35:48,648 --> 00:35:50,150 - No. 774 00:35:50,233 --> 00:35:52,235 - How old are you? 775 00:35:52,318 --> 00:35:54,404 - 21. 776 00:35:54,571 --> 00:35:56,990 - Do you exercise? 777 00:35:57,073 --> 00:36:00,285 Out loud, Matty, so the jury can hear you. 778 00:36:00,368 --> 00:36:02,412 - I weightlift. 779 00:36:02,495 --> 00:36:05,665 - So you're younger than me, and a hell of a lot stronger. 780 00:36:05,707 --> 00:36:07,208 Don't you think you could have tried 781 00:36:07,375 --> 00:36:09,252 to physically stop me from doing the things 782 00:36:09,336 --> 00:36:10,837 that you didn't like? 783 00:36:12,547 --> 00:36:14,049 - I guess. 784 00:36:20,930 --> 00:36:22,974 - Who invited me to meet your friends? 785 00:36:26,227 --> 00:36:29,814 ♪ ♪ 786 00:36:29,898 --> 00:36:33,943 - [sobs] I did. 787 00:36:34,110 --> 00:36:36,571 - Why would you do that if I was such a big, bad guy? 788 00:36:40,033 --> 00:36:43,661 - Because you're--you're-- 789 00:36:46,748 --> 00:36:49,542 I'm sorry, Dad. 790 00:36:49,626 --> 00:36:51,086 I'm sorry. 791 00:36:51,211 --> 00:36:54,673 [crying] 792 00:37:01,346 --> 00:37:02,681 - We got a big problem, Liv. 793 00:37:02,722 --> 00:37:05,600 - Oh, I'm well aware. 794 00:37:05,684 --> 00:37:08,186 Do you even have a case if they all fold under his questioning? 795 00:37:08,269 --> 00:37:10,313 - Nope. 796 00:37:10,397 --> 00:37:13,316 But maybe we've got one last chance. 797 00:37:13,358 --> 00:37:16,027 - What is that? 798 00:37:16,111 --> 00:37:17,570 - I'm gonna have to make a deal. 799 00:37:20,532 --> 00:37:22,617 Do you have it in you to testify against 800 00:37:22,701 --> 00:37:26,079 Robbie Miller face to face? 801 00:37:26,162 --> 00:37:29,165 In return, I can offer you a lesser charge. 802 00:37:29,249 --> 00:37:31,459 - No. 803 00:37:31,501 --> 00:37:32,627 No deal. 804 00:37:32,711 --> 00:37:34,170 - Oh, hold on for a second. 805 00:37:34,254 --> 00:37:37,674 - You're going away for years of your young life. 806 00:37:37,716 --> 00:37:40,051 And the guy who orchestrated it all is gonna escape. 807 00:37:40,135 --> 00:37:41,302 - I'll testify. 808 00:37:43,388 --> 00:37:44,723 I just don't want the deal. 809 00:37:44,764 --> 00:37:45,974 - Jeremy, as your lawyer, 810 00:37:46,141 --> 00:37:47,892 I have to advise you, take the deal. 811 00:37:52,939 --> 00:37:56,568 - I wanted to be a lawyer, like you. 812 00:37:59,988 --> 00:38:02,907 Robbie took any chance of that away from me. 813 00:38:02,949 --> 00:38:05,744 [apprehensive music] 814 00:38:05,785 --> 00:38:08,788 Tell me if this is right. 815 00:38:08,830 --> 00:38:13,084 Could Robbie's defense cite your offer, 816 00:38:13,126 --> 00:38:15,045 saying I was bought off? 817 00:38:15,170 --> 00:38:16,171 - That's correct. 818 00:38:16,254 --> 00:38:18,882 They could, and they would. 819 00:38:19,049 --> 00:38:22,844 - So if I take a deal, that'll just hurt my testimony. 820 00:38:26,765 --> 00:38:30,769 And if he gets off, he'll just keep destroying people. 821 00:38:33,438 --> 00:38:36,232 He's a poison. 822 00:38:36,399 --> 00:38:37,942 So no deal. 823 00:38:38,026 --> 00:38:40,320 And I'll testify. 824 00:38:40,362 --> 00:38:47,660 ♪ ♪ 825 00:38:48,828 --> 00:38:52,374 Robbie said Judge Fels had snipers all over the city 826 00:38:52,457 --> 00:38:55,251 looking to kill him, us too. 827 00:38:55,377 --> 00:38:56,628 - And you believed him? 828 00:38:56,711 --> 00:38:57,796 - Not at first. 829 00:38:57,921 --> 00:38:59,714 He would do these... 830 00:38:59,798 --> 00:39:01,549 "sessions," he called them. 831 00:39:01,633 --> 00:39:03,927 - And how do you understand these sessions now? 832 00:39:04,052 --> 00:39:05,804 - It was torture. 833 00:39:05,929 --> 00:39:07,389 - What would he do? 834 00:39:12,352 --> 00:39:16,106 - He had these pointy tweezers, and he'd put them in my ear 835 00:39:16,231 --> 00:39:20,110 so far that I could feel my eardrum vibrating. 836 00:39:20,276 --> 00:39:24,364 And he told the same story over and over again-- 837 00:39:24,447 --> 00:39:27,325 snipers, murderer! 838 00:39:27,450 --> 00:39:30,412 It would only stop when I could repeat the story back. 839 00:39:30,537 --> 00:39:33,748 I think my brain started to believe it to protect me. 840 00:39:35,875 --> 00:39:37,919 But I wanna make it clear, 841 00:39:38,086 --> 00:39:40,839 it wasn't only about the physical harm. 842 00:39:40,964 --> 00:39:42,716 - What do you mean? 843 00:39:42,757 --> 00:39:47,012 - I've spent the last four weeks in a cell. 844 00:39:47,053 --> 00:39:50,598 It's the longest time I've been away from Robbie in a while. 845 00:39:50,682 --> 00:39:53,309 Never have I felt more free. 846 00:39:53,393 --> 00:39:55,437 [soft determined music] 847 00:39:55,562 --> 00:39:57,814 Because I have my own thoughts in my head. 848 00:39:57,939 --> 00:40:02,652 He tried to destroy them, but they're still there. 849 00:40:02,694 --> 00:40:05,530 I'm still here. 850 00:40:11,286 --> 00:40:12,912 - No more questions, Your Honor. 851 00:40:13,038 --> 00:40:15,040 - Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Miller. 852 00:40:17,625 --> 00:40:19,294 - The defense has no questions, Your Honor. 853 00:40:23,340 --> 00:40:26,051 - Mr. Foreman, has the jury reached a verdict? 854 00:40:26,217 --> 00:40:28,595 - We have, Your Honor. 855 00:40:28,636 --> 00:40:30,347 - As to count one, sex trafficking, 856 00:40:30,430 --> 00:40:31,389 what is your verdict? 857 00:40:31,473 --> 00:40:33,683 - Guilty. 858 00:40:33,808 --> 00:40:37,228 - As to count two, extortion, what is your verdict? 859 00:40:37,312 --> 00:40:39,814 - Guilty. 860 00:40:39,898 --> 00:40:41,191 - Watch Matt. 861 00:40:41,274 --> 00:40:42,609 I think he might do something. 862 00:40:42,692 --> 00:40:44,736 - As to count three, labor trafficking, 863 00:40:44,778 --> 00:40:46,071 what is your verdict? 864 00:40:46,154 --> 00:40:47,739 - Guilty. 865 00:40:51,201 --> 00:40:53,078 - Order! 866 00:40:53,244 --> 00:40:54,829 - Hey, hey! Come on. 867 00:40:54,954 --> 00:40:56,831 - Order! 868 00:40:56,915 --> 00:40:58,166 - I hate you! You ruined me! 869 00:40:58,291 --> 00:41:00,752 You ruined everything! You ruined my life! 870 00:41:00,919 --> 00:41:02,587 [audience murmuring] 871 00:41:02,629 --> 00:41:03,880 - You didn't stop him. 872 00:41:03,963 --> 00:41:05,382 Good. 873 00:41:05,507 --> 00:41:06,591 That's justice. 874 00:41:06,633 --> 00:41:09,886 - No, the--the verdict was justice. 875 00:41:09,928 --> 00:41:12,764 [tense music] 876 00:41:12,847 --> 00:41:19,854 ♪ ♪ 877 00:41:25,860 --> 00:41:28,697 [dramatic music] 878 00:41:28,863 --> 00:41:35,829 ♪ ♪ 879 00:41:55,974 --> 00:41:58,893 [wolf howls]