Law & Order Special Victims Unit s11e05 Episode Script
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NARRATOR: In the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous, In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit, These are their stories, (BELL RlNGlNG) MARY: First, I'm picking up Patrick after school.
Then, I'm going to sneak in a quick mani-pedi.
Move it, Patrick.
I'm going to be late.
(CRASHlNG) Mom, are you okay? (SCREAMlNG) You ruined my son's life.
God! You shut your lying mouth before I shut it for you! Let her go! What the hell is going on here? She told everyone that Cory's a pervert! That's 'cause your son molested my boy.
EVA: You lying bitch! (MARY GRUNTlNG) Mrs.
Sachowski, you're sure that Cory molested your son.
Yeah, I'm sure.
I want them both arrested.
Yeah, well, I want that lying whore arrested.
Who you calling a whore, huh? EVA: You! You sick mother of a pervert! Yeah? Come on! That's enough.
Leave my mom alone! (GROANS) That's it.
Everyone's going down to the station.
You okay? Now I know why they call them special victims.
I swear nothing happened.
Except my mom's trying to ruin my life.
You better check that attitude, mister.
I know what I saw.
BENSON: So, tell me.
Cory slept over two nights ago.
I heard weird noises coming from Patrick's room, so I went to check it out.
I thought maybe they had ordered dirty movies off pay-per-view, you know? I walked in and him and Cory were wrestling.
Wrestling isn't a crime.
It is when you're both naked.
Cory was holding my son down.
From behind.
Did Cory touch you any place private? No.
We were just wrestling.
BENSON: So, whose idea was it to take off your clothes? It was my idea.
Did Patrick want to take off his clothes? Yeah.
When I told him games are more fun that way.
(SCOFFS) Well, he's ten.
I mean, being naked at his age doesn't mean anything sexual.
It does to Patrick's mother.
So, Cory, have you ever played these naked games with any other kids? All you've got to do is tell me the truth.
You're not going to get in trouble.
Cory, what's wrong with you? Just tell him.
That you never have.
But I did.
What? With a kid at camp last summer.
You never told me this.
STABLER: Mrs.
Banks.
No, wait a minute.
Mrs.
Banks.
Oh, my God.
(EXHALES) STABLER: So, this kid at camp, did he want to play the games with you? Yeah.
Kind of.
What's the verdict? Sexual experimentation or molestation? It sounds like Cory is engaging in mastery play.
Children often reenact abuse they've experienced to make sense of what happened to them.
So, Cory didn't intend to molest Patrick.
He was just working out his demons because he's been abused.
And it might be ongoing.
I'd like to interview him alone, have a doc examine him, and Can you get his mother away from him for a while? I've sent Mary and Patrick home.
We're not going to charge Cory with anything.
(SlGHS) Thank you.
I knew you didn't do anything wrong, baby.
However, we still have to deal with the charges against you.
A.
D.
A.
Elliot wants you to stay here.
Why? What charges? Well, you hit Mary with your car.
You punched her in the face.
That's two counts of assault.
Oh, my God.
That bitch is going to seriously press charges against me? Well, maybe if you write Mrs.
Sachowski an apology, she'll reconsider.
Fine.
Whatever.
We'll go right home after Mama finishes.
Just take a few seconds.
CRAGEN: Well, actually, we still need to get your statement.
And your son needs to get checked out by a doctor right away.
We have to make sure he wasn't injured when you rammed Mary's car.
Well, how am I going to take him to the doctor if I have to write this? We could get Cory to the hospital.
You okay with that? Yeah.
It will be all right.
Dr.
Sherman is going to just take a few swabs.
And it won't hurt.
I promise.
Okay.
Hey, where did you get that bruise on your arm? Wrestling.
Doug Ferguson got me in a Granby roll.
Wow.
That looks like it must have hurt.
Coach Simons made it feel better.
Made it feel better? How did he do that? He massaged it.
Has he ever massaged you anywhere else? I pulled a groin muscle once.
He massaged that, too.
Did that make you feel uncomfortable? Sort of.
But a lot of guys get rubdowns from him.
How do you know that? After every meet, he has a pizza party at his apartment.
Sometimes, he takes a kid into his bedroom for a sports massage.
You want to keep your crotch on your opponent's hips.
Okay? You'll control him that way.
STABLER: Steve Simons.
What can l do for you? Well, for starters, you can step away from the boy.
Laps around the room until the ceiling beads sweat.
Cory Banks.
He tells us that he's learned a lot of moves from you.
Kid's got a lot of talent.
He's not in trouble, is he? We were just wondering where he learned about naked wrestling.
Not from me.
So, giving boys rubdowns in your apartment, all coaches do that? I'm a professional trainer.
Okay? You want to see my license? Show it to me down at the precinct.
You're hurting me.
Let go of me.
You'll be saying that a lot in prison.
Our kiddie-diddler clammed up.
Didn't give me anything.
Including his real name.
Tony Accardo.
Convicted of forced rape of a minor in Baltimore.
Did ten years.
Sprung last March.
I wish the school had fingerprinted him.
There's more.
Medical tests on Cory just came back positive for chlamydia.
And the doc found extensive anal fissures.
Let's turn the screw.
Sorry to keep you waiting.
Hey.
I get a little clumsy around scumbag pedophiles.
Tony.
Tony? You got me confused with somebody else.
No, you're the one that's confused and very, very sick, Mr.
Accardo.
Okay.
So, I changed my name when I moved to New York.
To start a new life.
Nothing new about what you did to Cory.
Hey.
I never touched him.
He tested positive for chlamydia.
I'm clean.
I was just at the clinic two weeks ago.
STABLER: Well, doctor's going to stick a swab in your penis, which you'll probably like.
But God help you if it comes back positive.
I want to talk to my lawyer now.
You tear that boy up.
You're going to tell me about it.
(CHOKlNG) I swear.
I haven't touched a boy since '98.
El.
I can't breathe.
BENSON: Elliot.
EVA: I thought you people were done with me, STABLER: We're here about Cory.
When Dr.
Huang brought him home, he said he wasn't hurt in the car.
(DOOR OPENS) (DOOR CLOSES) Hon? What's going on? Mr.
Banks, we're from Special Victims Unit.
We're here about your son.
Cory's my stepson.
He took my last name when Eva and I got married.
Did something happen to him? Cory's been sexually abused.
What? By who? His wrestling coach.
We have him in custody.
BENSON: He did time in a Maryland prison for child rape.
Oh, my God.
And you're sure he hurt Cory? Well, his medical tests indicate ongoing sexual abuse.
But he wouldn't tell Dr.
Huang what happened.
Cory? Come in here, please.
I'm so sorry.
Mom.
What's wrong? Cory? Did Coach Simons ever touch you? No.
I already told the doctor.
It's okay.
They arrested him.
Cory! Mrs.
Banks.
Wait.
Cory? Come back.
Let me speak with him.
Hold up.
Why don't you give them a minute? Coach Simons never touched me.
He's done it to other boys.
He didn't do it to me.
Do you hear me? It wasn't him.
Was it someone else? I can't.
Yeah, you can.
Tell me.
I'll stop him.
THOMAS: Cory.
Mr.
Banks, please let me talk to Cory alone.
I'm his father.
I'll do the talking.
Were you molested, son? No, Dad.
Nobody touched me.
Mr.
Banks.
The doctor has proof.
My son's not a liar, Detective.
He told you he wasn't molested.
So, I think it's time you two left.
You know what I think? I'm going to park myself across the street for the night.
Just in case Cory needs me.
He'll be safe with me, Detective.
Right, Cory? Now, go.
Cory.
I'll be right outside.
Morning, sunshine.
Hey.
Anything going on? All quiet, thank God.
What happened with the wrestling coach? Lots of back rubs to the team.
No molesting.
(LAUGHS) Give him time.
Well, don't worry.
We're extraditing him to Baltimore for failing to register as a sex offender.
He's going away for years.
In the meantime, Thomas Banks is free to molest his stepson.
He'd never risk it with you out here all night.
I can't stay out here forever.
(SlGHS) I'm telling you, I almost had him.
Cory was ready to tell me everything.
Then, Dad walked into the room.
Scared the hell out of him.
I'm afraid that's not all he's scared of.
Before Banks came into the picture, Cory and his mom were homeless, Iiving in a shelter on 10th.
Do you have any idea how Eva met Banks? Yeah.
He volunteered, working in the kitchen.
Perfect place to troll for needy boys who want a dad.
Perfect family for a pedophile.
Marry Mom, get unlimited access to Cory.
Who's too scared to say anything 'cause he's afraid they're going to end up on the street again.
I'll tail them to school.
I'll get Eva alone.
See if she'll talk without her husband breathing down her neck.
(BELL RlNGlNG) Come here.
Have a good day.
Talk to you later.
Eva.
Thomas told me not to speak to you.
Cory was raped.
Even though he said that he wasn't.
If that's true, how come he didn't tell us who did it? Because he's afraid of going back to the shelter.
Not going to happen.
Look.
I know you're trying to do the right thing.
You don't know anything about me.
Do you know what it's like to get knocked up by a guy who can't stop hitting you, and then, when you finally find the nerve to leave him, you wind up in a filthy city shelter with your kid? Things are good right now, and they're going to stay that way.
I'm telling you Cory's not safe.
What are you saying? I'm saying that your husband is molesting your son.
(SCOFFS) Thomas is molesting Cory? You are so wrong.
Pedophiles are predators He took us out who'll say and do anything out of that shelter.
He saved our lives.
to get their hands on a little child.
Thomas would never hurt Cory.
I'd know it.
Is Thomas ever alone with Cory? No.
I'm watching him every second of the day.
Well, you've got to sleep, don't you? Oh, my God.
What? What is it? In the shelter, I had to stay up all night to make sure no one would mess with our stuff or mess with Cory.
It gave me insomnia.
Thomas made me go to this doctor who gave me these pills, and So, now, nothing wakes you up.
I've got to go.
Eva.
Cory is being treated for chlamydia.
What? So, you need to see a doctor.
No.
Thomas and I haven't had sex in months.
The pills took away my desire.
He told me that he understood.
He told me that he would never hurt Cory.
He told me that he loved us.
Oh, my God.
I've got to go.
I'm going to kill him.
I've got to go.
No.
Eva.
Eva.
Eva, listen to me.
You've got to let us handle it.
I have to get Cory.
Let us handle it.
We're going to stop him.
But I need your help.
Cory.
(SOFTLY) Just stay here.
Mom.
Why is she here? Olivia needs to talk to you.
But I thought everything was okay.
So did l, sweetheart.
Listen, Cory.
I know what happened.
Nothing happened.
Cory.
No, Mom.
Nothing happened.
Cory.
Cory.
Baby.
Baby, listen to me.
I know what happened.
It's okay.
Listen to me, baby.
I want you to tell Olivia exactly what happened.
Okay? And I'm right here.
All right? When we went to live with Thomas, he kept asking me if I liked my new toys and clothes and my new life.
I told him that I did.
He said that he'd been good to me, and now, I had to be good to him.
At first, he'd make me undress in front of him and take pictures.
It's going to be okay.
BENSON: Then, what happened? For a while, it was just the pictures.
But then, one day, he said he needed to videotape me.
I'm so sorry, Mom.
Now we'll have to go back to the shelter.
EVA: Cory.
Listen to me.
This is not your fault, okay? I let you down, I didn't protect you.
I'm sorry.
God.
(BOTH SOBBlNG) Mama didn't know.
Can you forgive me? Yeah.
Cory, these tapes and these photos, do you know where he keeps them? THOMAS: If you don't stop harassing me, I'm reporting you to your superiors.
Yeah? Great.
Tell them how I dragged your ass to jail.
Thomas Banks, you're under arrest for sexually abusing your stepson.
Where's your laptop? I don't have a laptop.
In the closet.
You little weasel.
One way ticket to prison.
Let's go.
Cory.
It's over.
My partner arrested Thomas I'm sorry it took me so long to tell the truth.
EVA: What? No.
No, no, no, no.
You are a fighter.
Just like me.
Well, it's time to pack, kiddo.
Where we going? I don't know, but we will find a place.
The shelter? Maybe a motel until Mama finds a job, and we can Eva.
Eva.
You don't have to move.
But Thomas pays the mortgage and he's never given me any of the passwords on any of our accounts.
So, we'll go to the bank, we'll show them your lD, we'll empty the accounts, we'll start a new one in your name, and then, we come home here and we change the locks.
Really? Yeah.
(SlGHS) Damn, girl.
You got a little gangster in you, huh? I never hurt Cory.
I love him.
We searched your computer.
Those photos are not love.
They're beautiful, artistic snapshots.
You think raping a boy is pretty? I don't rape boys.
No, you just love them until it hurts, huh? What Cory and l had is special.
It's more than love.
Well, you're going to see what it feels like in prison when your more than loves you.
And you give him chlamydia? He's going to bite your junk off.
I want to make a deal.
There's no deal here.
We got the medical evidence.
We've got Cory's statement.
The naked photos in your laptop.
No.
We're locking you up and throwing away the key.
Not if I give you someone even bigger than me.
I know Kevin O'Donnell.
I'm supposed to have dinner with him tonight.
Well, I'm not swapping you out for another pervert.
He's the president of Our Special Love.
The pedophile rights group? And at dinner, he's going to give me the names and addresses of 5,000 members.
But only if you make my deal.
We have a bulletproof case against Banks, and you want to cut him a deal? To nail an even bigger bottom-feeder.
Kevin O'Donnell.
And he is? President of Our Special Love, the latest civil rights group for child molesters.
They defend a pedophile's right to have sex with children.
The same thing NAMBLA tried to do.
And the OSL goes a step farther.
It claims that pedophilia is a genetically based sexual orientation, Iike hetero or homosexuality.
And that pedophiles are being persecuted Iike gays in lraq and lran.
It's despicable.
I've never seen you this ticked off before.
Pseudo-science like this insults my intelligence as a psychiatrist and my humanity as a gay man.
What does this wacko want with Banks? Thomas is an expert in corporate lT.
He's the perfect person to run OSL's data management and lnternet security.
But O'Donnell needed to make sure that Thomas wasn't an FBl agent.
So, he told him to have sex with his stepson and videotape it.
And the final test is he wants to meet Cory in the flesh.
You want to put Cory back in a room with the man who raped him? It's our only chance to take OSL down.
I will prep Cory.
Make sure he can handle it.
Not good enough.
You pose as Cory's mom, so we have a cop in the room.
Can't.
Kevin's seen a family photo.
He already knows who Eva is.
Look.
If we do not collar O'Donnell, thousands of kids are going to be going through the same hell Cory did.
I want to stop him as much as you do.
But not at Cory's expense.
We'll make sure he doesn't get hurt.
Mentally or physically.
(EXHALES) I finally claw my way out of Appeals, and you guys bring me this cluster.
I want the mother's consent.
In writing.
With witnesses.
Listen.
I changed my mind.
I can't go through with this.
Eva, it will just be for a couple of hours.
Come here.
What if Thomas or Kevin try to hurt Cory? We will never let them lay a finger on him.
No.
You know Listen.
Listen.
Isn't there any other way that we can do this? Just watch.
Walk with me.
We'll be right next door.
Watching everything that happens.
We've got cameras covering every inch of your apartment.
And what if this screws up Cory even more? If I do it, will it help other kids? Yeah, it will.
I want to do it.
You son of a bitch! Keep her away from him.
Eva.
Don't.
You've gotta calm down.
Listen to me.
O'Donnell sees a mark on him, he's going to know something's up.
Calm down.
O'Donnell just arrived.
We're on.
Eva.
Can you do this? I'll try.
Come on.
I'm so glad you could join us, Kevin, Your husband and I are old online pals, STABLER: Here we go.
I can't tell you how great it is to finally meet everybody in person, EVA: Where you from, Kevin? KEVlN: Ooh! All over, But I'm happy to be in New York at the moment, It just took him less than five minutes to touch Cory.
I bet you've got all the girls at school after you, huh? Not really, Excuse me, Where is she going? MORALES: The kitchen.
(BREATHlNG HEAVlLY) What the hell is she doing? Keep it together.
Enough is enough, She's going to kill him.
Hold on, El.
Come on, Eva.
Don't.
You can do this.
KEVlN: Eva, you are an amazing cook, How long is he going to drag this out? KEVlN: That chicken, what is that called? Madre Sucia, Delicious, Thank you, I hope you saved room for a slice of cake, If it is half as good as that dinner, I'll take two pieces, EVA: I'll go get it, KEVlN: Thomas, do you have your laptop? THOMAS: Sure do, Here we go, El.
KEVlN: Would you get it for me, please? Can you keep a secret, Cory? Yeah, Even from your mom? Your stepdad e-mailed me this, Because he wanted me to see what a beautiful boy you are, And how loving, That's it.
We've got him.
No, we've just got him on possession of child porn.
Cory's struggling.
How much more can he take? Well, if you want Kevin, we need his files.
People don't understand our special kind of love, Now, I know you're scared, But I don't want you to cheat on your dad, Besides, I like little girls, Enough.
I can't stand it.
Thomas is back.
There you go, Thank you, All the OSL data is on this flash drive, Should transfer in just a few seconds, Police.
BENSON: Show us your hands.
STABLER: O'Donnell, get away from the table.
Hands where we can see them.
Traitor! How could you do this to us? I've got the computer, El.
EVA: You son of a bitch.
(THOMAS GROANS) Let me kill him! Eva! Let me kill him, please! (SOBBlNG) Let me kill him, please! Eva, let go of the knife.
Eva, let go of the knife.
I need medics here now.
(SOBBlNG) Oh, my God.
STABLER: How is he? His vitals are stable.
No hemorrhaging.
I hope you die, you animal.
Eva.
Stay back.
You call this clown show an undercover operation? You promised me there would be no injuries.
We've got it under control.
Not until you get the wild card out of here.
Arrest her.
No, you can't take my mom! Alex.
Do you understand what Eva's been through tonight? She just endured dinner with her son's rapist and helped us bust a pedophile ring.
I cannot whitewash assault with a deadly weapon when it happened on video in front of three detectives.
Cory needs his mother tonight.
Please don't do this.
Book her.
Wait a minute.
No.
Wait.
No.
Wait.
Who's going to take care of my kid? Eva, come with me.
EVA: What about my boy? Cory.
STABLER: He'll be all right.
It's all right, sweetie.
What about my boy? No! You have the right to remain silent.
BENSON: This isn't right, Alex.
That little boy faced his abuser and we locked up his mom.
Eva stabbed her husband right in front of you.
Since when do we give domestic assault a free pass? We asked her to go through hell and she snapped.
Alex, I'm not asking you to let her off.
Give her a desk appearance ticket.
That way, she can stay with Cory and face her charges in six months.
How is he doing? Barely hanging on.
All right, let's not make this worse.
Give Mom the DAT and cut her loose.
CORY: Mom.
Eva? You can go now, Eva.
You're going to have to report back here in six months.
But by then, this will all have blown over.
Get out of our lives.
Please.
I'm going to wipe that smile off his face.
While you're at it, try to get a confession out of him.
(BREATHES DEEPLY) You look pretty happy for a man facing 25 to life.
I'll be exonerated.
I've done nothing wrong.
And what about that nude picture of Thomas and Cory you held in your sweaty little hands? Don't shoot the messenger.
Thomas gave that to me.
I was just returning it.
You and your friends, you brag about molesting kids.
And the minute you're caught, you all cry like the little bitches that you are.
My organization promotes the protection of the true love between children and adults.
You son of a bitch.
I can fix you right now, so you can't love any more kids.
You can't intimidate me! Someday, you and everyone else are going to have to accept people like me.
I'll accept you when you're dead.
Leave me alone.
You've got nothing on me.
Oh, yeah? I got your flash drive.
STABLER: That's it? No porn? You're sure? Just three cheesy pictures.
Totally innocuous.
This doesn't make sense.
Why would O'Donnell give Banks these pictures? I didn't get it either.
So, I dug a little deeper.
And found computer code hidden in a pixel.
I cracked it and opened a secret file and found all these pictures.
A pervert's pot of gold at the end of the digital rainbow.
There's got to be a thousand pictures here.
And it will take thousands of hours to lD the scumbags in them.
Luckily, Kevin is meticulous.
See those little blank squares in the rainbow? PDF files.
When members submit their proof of perversion, Our Special Love asks for names and addresses.
Insurance so anybody in the club can't go to the cops.
Time to pick up the garbage.
I still don't understand what I did wrong.
I'm throwing you in a cage full of pedophiles.
See if they can help you figure it out.
I've never seen that kid before in my life.
Pictures don't lie.
We got him sitting in your lap.
I don't have anybody to watch my shop.
That's the least of your problems, baby raper.
Bet you didn't think NYPD would be hosting this year's Our Special Love convention.
STABLER: Hey, all you vermin.
You can thank your leader, Kevin O'Donnell, for keeping such meticulous records.
Enjoy, Kev.
You can't leave me in here.
I want my lawyer.
Well, she'll meet you in Arraignment.
Tomorrow.
"Docket ending 5-7-8-3.
"People v, Kevin O'Donnell, One count accessory to rape "and 1,600 counts of possessing "an obscene sexual image of a child.
" How does the defendant plead? Not guilty and we move for dismissal.
On what grounds? Constitutional, Your Honor.
The law regarding my client's sexuality is discriminatory.
She's trying to spin the rape of a ten-year-old boy into a civil rights issue.
Oh! You want to talk civil rights? Look what happened to my client.
He was beaten in their holding cell.
Is that true, Ms.
Cabot? He had an unfortunate run-in with some of his pedophile customers.
Apparently, some of them wanted their membership fees back.
That's right.
Make fun of my client's persecution.
Everybody else does.
But it's still discrimination, no matter how you slice it.
Your Honor Relax, Ms.
Cabot.
I'm not dismissing this case.
As for the defense, I'll allow it.
Though it gives me the heebie-jeebies.
Bail is set at $1 million.
(GAVEL POUNDlNG) After 20 years of experience, I can tell you firsthand.
Adults dating children is not only harmless.
It's victimless.
Victimless? Don't you think a lot of people would disagree with you? KEVlN: Of course.
Ignorance breeds fear.
Just because we're the minority, it doesn't make us evil.
We live, breathe, and love just like everybody else.
So, you contend that the loving feelings you have toward children are normal.
It's part of the normal continuum of human behavior.
Minor-adult relationships have been a part of every healthy society dating back to the Greeks.
It's not the easiest topic to discuss.
But the truth that's hardest to tell is the one that should be told the loudest.
What about all the psychologists who claim that children physically involved with adults are victims? Are they wrong? They shame children into feeling guilty about what was a healthy relationship with an adult.
They make normal children into victims.
Thank you, Mr.
O'Donnell.
No further questions.
According to your testimony, we would have to change the name of our sex crimes division to Special Victimless Unit.
Objection.
Combative.
Sustained.
Do you have any medical or psychiatric research to support your position? No.
Because Because it doesn't exist, does it? Exactly my point.
Anybody engaged in one of these relationships is terrified to speak honestly and openly, for fear of being demonized.
Because it's illegal.
Can you blame them? Up until 1967, it was illegal for a white person and black person to marry.
Just a year ago, gay marriage was legalized in several states.
Were interracial and gay couples criminals? No, they were victims of biased and bigoted laws.
CABOT: So you think pedophiles are being persecuted? If you call me and others a pedophile, it's like calling African Americans the "N" word.
Or homosexuals the "F" word.
Minor-adult relationships are normal, safe, and healthy.
Then why do you think medicine, psychiatry, and the law, all recognize that children are not mature enough to enter into a sexual relationship with an adult? I really don't know.
Because it's rape.
That's why.
ANDREWS: Dr.
Huang.
You know better.
KEVlN: It's fine, Your Honor.
I'd like the prosecution to ask my so-called victim if she called it rape.
I believe my former girlfriend is testifying next.
Kevin and I dated from the time I was 11 to 14.
LARUE: And how old was he at the time? And did you two have sex while you were dating? Yes.
That must have been horrifying.
A 30-year-old man molesting a young He never molested me.
I was the one who came on to him.
Kevin was a gentleman.
Then, why did you two break up? I went to live with my grandmother.
In another state.
So, you don't consider yourself a victim of Kevin O'Donnell.
Absolutely not.
It's probably the most normal relationship I've been in.
Thank you.
No further questions, Your Honor.
Isn't it convenient that your testimony of Kevin O'Donnell raping you falls just outside the statute of limitations? He didn't rape me.
I consented.
An 11-year-old is not mature enough to consent to sex with an adult man.
That's why it's called statutory rape.
You said you moved away.
Why couldn't you stay with your parents? Because my father was beating me.
And my mother was too drunk to care.
And there was Kevin O'Donnell, ready to take advantage of a vulnerable girl from a broken home.
I begged him to let me move in with him.
But he said society wouldn't understand.
Because you were brainwashed by a predatory adult who knew he would go to jail.
Kevin loved me so much, he convinced me to move in with my grandmother.
Even though he knew it meant breaking up.
So I could be in a safe home.
He broke up with you because you hit puberty.
And pedophiles are only attracted to prepubescent children.
You're wrong.
He broke up with me so I could have a life.
He told me to stay in school.
To face my fears.
And now, I'm getting a Master's Degree.
He made me the woman I am today.
This trial is a sham.
We've got a pedophile claiming to be a victim and a victim blowing kisses at her attacker.
The jury is too smart to buy it.
All it takes is one juror.
Looking for a way to rationalize his lust for his ten-year-old neighbor.
I will bring in a thousand child victims to tell their side of the story.
I wish the judge would allow it.
But you know it's inadmissible.
(PHONE RlNGlNG) Hang on.
Alexandra Cabot.
Thank you.
This is a nightmare.
The defense is calling Eva to the stand.
She'll last five minutes before she starts punching people.
I'll go talk to her.
Cory said you'd be down here.
You have no business talking to my son.
I told you.
We're through.
Eva.
I'm glad that you're putting the past behind you.
But you can't throw out a subpoena along with Thomas' things.
Well, I told that bitch lawyer I'm not testifying.
You don't have a choice.
If you don't show up, the judge is going to throw you in jail.
What does the defense want from me? To make you the bad guy.
Bring it on.
I'll show them who the real bad guy is.
Eva.
That's exactly what they want you to do.
But you have to stay calm.
You mean you want me to go in there and lie down like a punk? Well, you tell me.
Is a guilty verdict worth it? What if I go in there and make everything worse? You can do this.
I wouldn't be here if I didn't believe in you.
I don't believe in me.
You're a fighter.
Look at everything that you've overcome.
Don't quit now.
You've just got to use your head and not your fists.
And you're going to win.
LARUE: Mrs, Banks, do you believe that,,, Excuse me.
I'm not going by that jerk's name anymore.
My last name is Santiago.
Sorry.
Ms.
Santiago.
Did Kevin O'Donnell ever hit your child? EVA: No.
But Thank you, Ms.
Santiago.
Excuse me.
Let me just say what that piece of garbage did to my son.
Cory throws up and cries every night.
Every time he goes to sleep.
And every time a grown man passes by him, he shakes.
What does that have to do with my client? He never touched your son, did he? EVA: No.
But he encouraged my soon-to-be ex-husband to rape him.
Really? And if he had encouraged your soon-to-be ex to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge, would he have done that, too? Lady, you are twisting my words.
Ms.
Santiago, do you have any criminal charges pending against you? Objection.
Irrelevant.
LARUE: Goes to the witness' credibility.
Overruled.
Answer the question, Ms.
Santiago.
Yes.
For assault.
Don't you mean assaults? Against a woman whose son goes to school with yours and against your husband whom you stabbed with a knife.
And that's just in one week, correct? I'm not a criminal.
Then, isn't it possible that your son is terrified you'll take him back to a shelter filled with violent addicts and criminals like yourself? I'm a good mother, and my son knows it.
Then, why didn't you know that your son was involved in a relationship with Thomas Banks? Because he was afraid to say anything.
He thought that Thomas would hurt him.
Your son is afraid of you.
No.
Of what you would do when you found out that Thomas loves Cory and could give him all the things that you couldn't.
Stop it! You failed him as a mother.
Thomas Banks never loved my son.
He raped him every night for over a year.
And videotaped it for that animal sitting right there, so that he could become a member of his kiddie rape club.
(SCOFFS) Well, you're full of blame for everyone but yourself, Ms.
Santiago.
You ever look in the mirror? See what kind of mother you've been? Raising your son around an abusive man? Moving him into a drug and disease-infested homeless shelter? Punching or stabbing anyone who gets in your way.
Blaming my client for your neglect.
You're right.
You're right.
May God forgive me.
I'm a bad mother.
CORY: No, that's not true.
ANDREWS: Dr.
Huang.
What is this? Cory, what are you doing here? CORY: I gave Dr.
Huang a call.
I need to be here for my mom.
Young man, please be quiet.
Thomas raped me and that man made him do it! That's enough! Detective Benson, will you please escort this young man out? It wasn't love! I begged him every night to leave me alone, and he never listened! Not once! ANDREWS: The jury will disregard that remark.
(SOBBlNG) I love you, Mom.
I love you, Mom.
(SOBBlNG) Oh, my goodness.
Well? Guilty.
Judge gave O'Donnell ten years for accessory to rape.
That's it? That's all he got? And two years for every photo on that flash drive, to be served consecutively.
What does that mean? He was sentenced to 3,000 years.
He's never coming out.
And Thomas? Twenty years.
Baby.
Thank you.
No, Eva.
Thank you.
So, where are you going? Back to Florida.
That's right, baby.
The Sunshine State.
Just what we need, right? You know what? Why don't you do me a favor? Bring your surfboard down to the truck, okay? Okay.
Okay.
(SlGHS) Can you believe I sold this rotten place? Who knew something good was going to come out of this? (CHUCKLES) Now, me and Cory can make a new start, you know? I knew you could do it.
Not without you.
Then, I'm going to sneak in a quick mani-pedi.
Move it, Patrick.
I'm going to be late.
(CRASHlNG) Mom, are you okay? (SCREAMlNG) You ruined my son's life.
God! You shut your lying mouth before I shut it for you! Let her go! What the hell is going on here? She told everyone that Cory's a pervert! That's 'cause your son molested my boy.
EVA: You lying bitch! (MARY GRUNTlNG) Mrs.
Sachowski, you're sure that Cory molested your son.
Yeah, I'm sure.
I want them both arrested.
Yeah, well, I want that lying whore arrested.
Who you calling a whore, huh? EVA: You! You sick mother of a pervert! Yeah? Come on! That's enough.
Leave my mom alone! (GROANS) That's it.
Everyone's going down to the station.
You okay? Now I know why they call them special victims.
I swear nothing happened.
Except my mom's trying to ruin my life.
You better check that attitude, mister.
I know what I saw.
BENSON: So, tell me.
Cory slept over two nights ago.
I heard weird noises coming from Patrick's room, so I went to check it out.
I thought maybe they had ordered dirty movies off pay-per-view, you know? I walked in and him and Cory were wrestling.
Wrestling isn't a crime.
It is when you're both naked.
Cory was holding my son down.
From behind.
Did Cory touch you any place private? No.
We were just wrestling.
BENSON: So, whose idea was it to take off your clothes? It was my idea.
Did Patrick want to take off his clothes? Yeah.
When I told him games are more fun that way.
(SCOFFS) Well, he's ten.
I mean, being naked at his age doesn't mean anything sexual.
It does to Patrick's mother.
So, Cory, have you ever played these naked games with any other kids? All you've got to do is tell me the truth.
You're not going to get in trouble.
Cory, what's wrong with you? Just tell him.
That you never have.
But I did.
What? With a kid at camp last summer.
You never told me this.
STABLER: Mrs.
Banks.
No, wait a minute.
Mrs.
Banks.
Oh, my God.
(EXHALES) STABLER: So, this kid at camp, did he want to play the games with you? Yeah.
Kind of.
What's the verdict? Sexual experimentation or molestation? It sounds like Cory is engaging in mastery play.
Children often reenact abuse they've experienced to make sense of what happened to them.
So, Cory didn't intend to molest Patrick.
He was just working out his demons because he's been abused.
And it might be ongoing.
I'd like to interview him alone, have a doc examine him, and Can you get his mother away from him for a while? I've sent Mary and Patrick home.
We're not going to charge Cory with anything.
(SlGHS) Thank you.
I knew you didn't do anything wrong, baby.
However, we still have to deal with the charges against you.
A.
D.
A.
Elliot wants you to stay here.
Why? What charges? Well, you hit Mary with your car.
You punched her in the face.
That's two counts of assault.
Oh, my God.
That bitch is going to seriously press charges against me? Well, maybe if you write Mrs.
Sachowski an apology, she'll reconsider.
Fine.
Whatever.
We'll go right home after Mama finishes.
Just take a few seconds.
CRAGEN: Well, actually, we still need to get your statement.
And your son needs to get checked out by a doctor right away.
We have to make sure he wasn't injured when you rammed Mary's car.
Well, how am I going to take him to the doctor if I have to write this? We could get Cory to the hospital.
You okay with that? Yeah.
It will be all right.
Dr.
Sherman is going to just take a few swabs.
And it won't hurt.
I promise.
Okay.
Hey, where did you get that bruise on your arm? Wrestling.
Doug Ferguson got me in a Granby roll.
Wow.
That looks like it must have hurt.
Coach Simons made it feel better.
Made it feel better? How did he do that? He massaged it.
Has he ever massaged you anywhere else? I pulled a groin muscle once.
He massaged that, too.
Did that make you feel uncomfortable? Sort of.
But a lot of guys get rubdowns from him.
How do you know that? After every meet, he has a pizza party at his apartment.
Sometimes, he takes a kid into his bedroom for a sports massage.
You want to keep your crotch on your opponent's hips.
Okay? You'll control him that way.
STABLER: Steve Simons.
What can l do for you? Well, for starters, you can step away from the boy.
Laps around the room until the ceiling beads sweat.
Cory Banks.
He tells us that he's learned a lot of moves from you.
Kid's got a lot of talent.
He's not in trouble, is he? We were just wondering where he learned about naked wrestling.
Not from me.
So, giving boys rubdowns in your apartment, all coaches do that? I'm a professional trainer.
Okay? You want to see my license? Show it to me down at the precinct.
You're hurting me.
Let go of me.
You'll be saying that a lot in prison.
Our kiddie-diddler clammed up.
Didn't give me anything.
Including his real name.
Tony Accardo.
Convicted of forced rape of a minor in Baltimore.
Did ten years.
Sprung last March.
I wish the school had fingerprinted him.
There's more.
Medical tests on Cory just came back positive for chlamydia.
And the doc found extensive anal fissures.
Let's turn the screw.
Sorry to keep you waiting.
Hey.
I get a little clumsy around scumbag pedophiles.
Tony.
Tony? You got me confused with somebody else.
No, you're the one that's confused and very, very sick, Mr.
Accardo.
Okay.
So, I changed my name when I moved to New York.
To start a new life.
Nothing new about what you did to Cory.
Hey.
I never touched him.
He tested positive for chlamydia.
I'm clean.
I was just at the clinic two weeks ago.
STABLER: Well, doctor's going to stick a swab in your penis, which you'll probably like.
But God help you if it comes back positive.
I want to talk to my lawyer now.
You tear that boy up.
You're going to tell me about it.
(CHOKlNG) I swear.
I haven't touched a boy since '98.
El.
I can't breathe.
BENSON: Elliot.
EVA: I thought you people were done with me, STABLER: We're here about Cory.
When Dr.
Huang brought him home, he said he wasn't hurt in the car.
(DOOR OPENS) (DOOR CLOSES) Hon? What's going on? Mr.
Banks, we're from Special Victims Unit.
We're here about your son.
Cory's my stepson.
He took my last name when Eva and I got married.
Did something happen to him? Cory's been sexually abused.
What? By who? His wrestling coach.
We have him in custody.
BENSON: He did time in a Maryland prison for child rape.
Oh, my God.
And you're sure he hurt Cory? Well, his medical tests indicate ongoing sexual abuse.
But he wouldn't tell Dr.
Huang what happened.
Cory? Come in here, please.
I'm so sorry.
Mom.
What's wrong? Cory? Did Coach Simons ever touch you? No.
I already told the doctor.
It's okay.
They arrested him.
Cory! Mrs.
Banks.
Wait.
Cory? Come back.
Let me speak with him.
Hold up.
Why don't you give them a minute? Coach Simons never touched me.
He's done it to other boys.
He didn't do it to me.
Do you hear me? It wasn't him.
Was it someone else? I can't.
Yeah, you can.
Tell me.
I'll stop him.
THOMAS: Cory.
Mr.
Banks, please let me talk to Cory alone.
I'm his father.
I'll do the talking.
Were you molested, son? No, Dad.
Nobody touched me.
Mr.
Banks.
The doctor has proof.
My son's not a liar, Detective.
He told you he wasn't molested.
So, I think it's time you two left.
You know what I think? I'm going to park myself across the street for the night.
Just in case Cory needs me.
He'll be safe with me, Detective.
Right, Cory? Now, go.
Cory.
I'll be right outside.
Morning, sunshine.
Hey.
Anything going on? All quiet, thank God.
What happened with the wrestling coach? Lots of back rubs to the team.
No molesting.
(LAUGHS) Give him time.
Well, don't worry.
We're extraditing him to Baltimore for failing to register as a sex offender.
He's going away for years.
In the meantime, Thomas Banks is free to molest his stepson.
He'd never risk it with you out here all night.
I can't stay out here forever.
(SlGHS) I'm telling you, I almost had him.
Cory was ready to tell me everything.
Then, Dad walked into the room.
Scared the hell out of him.
I'm afraid that's not all he's scared of.
Before Banks came into the picture, Cory and his mom were homeless, Iiving in a shelter on 10th.
Do you have any idea how Eva met Banks? Yeah.
He volunteered, working in the kitchen.
Perfect place to troll for needy boys who want a dad.
Perfect family for a pedophile.
Marry Mom, get unlimited access to Cory.
Who's too scared to say anything 'cause he's afraid they're going to end up on the street again.
I'll tail them to school.
I'll get Eva alone.
See if she'll talk without her husband breathing down her neck.
(BELL RlNGlNG) Come here.
Have a good day.
Talk to you later.
Eva.
Thomas told me not to speak to you.
Cory was raped.
Even though he said that he wasn't.
If that's true, how come he didn't tell us who did it? Because he's afraid of going back to the shelter.
Not going to happen.
Look.
I know you're trying to do the right thing.
You don't know anything about me.
Do you know what it's like to get knocked up by a guy who can't stop hitting you, and then, when you finally find the nerve to leave him, you wind up in a filthy city shelter with your kid? Things are good right now, and they're going to stay that way.
I'm telling you Cory's not safe.
What are you saying? I'm saying that your husband is molesting your son.
(SCOFFS) Thomas is molesting Cory? You are so wrong.
Pedophiles are predators He took us out who'll say and do anything out of that shelter.
He saved our lives.
to get their hands on a little child.
Thomas would never hurt Cory.
I'd know it.
Is Thomas ever alone with Cory? No.
I'm watching him every second of the day.
Well, you've got to sleep, don't you? Oh, my God.
What? What is it? In the shelter, I had to stay up all night to make sure no one would mess with our stuff or mess with Cory.
It gave me insomnia.
Thomas made me go to this doctor who gave me these pills, and So, now, nothing wakes you up.
I've got to go.
Eva.
Cory is being treated for chlamydia.
What? So, you need to see a doctor.
No.
Thomas and I haven't had sex in months.
The pills took away my desire.
He told me that he understood.
He told me that he would never hurt Cory.
He told me that he loved us.
Oh, my God.
I've got to go.
I'm going to kill him.
I've got to go.
No.
Eva.
Eva.
Eva, listen to me.
You've got to let us handle it.
I have to get Cory.
Let us handle it.
We're going to stop him.
But I need your help.
Cory.
(SOFTLY) Just stay here.
Mom.
Why is she here? Olivia needs to talk to you.
But I thought everything was okay.
So did l, sweetheart.
Listen, Cory.
I know what happened.
Nothing happened.
Cory.
No, Mom.
Nothing happened.
Cory.
Cory.
Baby.
Baby, listen to me.
I know what happened.
It's okay.
Listen to me, baby.
I want you to tell Olivia exactly what happened.
Okay? And I'm right here.
All right? When we went to live with Thomas, he kept asking me if I liked my new toys and clothes and my new life.
I told him that I did.
He said that he'd been good to me, and now, I had to be good to him.
At first, he'd make me undress in front of him and take pictures.
It's going to be okay.
BENSON: Then, what happened? For a while, it was just the pictures.
But then, one day, he said he needed to videotape me.
I'm so sorry, Mom.
Now we'll have to go back to the shelter.
EVA: Cory.
Listen to me.
This is not your fault, okay? I let you down, I didn't protect you.
I'm sorry.
God.
(BOTH SOBBlNG) Mama didn't know.
Can you forgive me? Yeah.
Cory, these tapes and these photos, do you know where he keeps them? THOMAS: If you don't stop harassing me, I'm reporting you to your superiors.
Yeah? Great.
Tell them how I dragged your ass to jail.
Thomas Banks, you're under arrest for sexually abusing your stepson.
Where's your laptop? I don't have a laptop.
In the closet.
You little weasel.
One way ticket to prison.
Let's go.
Cory.
It's over.
My partner arrested Thomas I'm sorry it took me so long to tell the truth.
EVA: What? No.
No, no, no, no.
You are a fighter.
Just like me.
Well, it's time to pack, kiddo.
Where we going? I don't know, but we will find a place.
The shelter? Maybe a motel until Mama finds a job, and we can Eva.
Eva.
You don't have to move.
But Thomas pays the mortgage and he's never given me any of the passwords on any of our accounts.
So, we'll go to the bank, we'll show them your lD, we'll empty the accounts, we'll start a new one in your name, and then, we come home here and we change the locks.
Really? Yeah.
(SlGHS) Damn, girl.
You got a little gangster in you, huh? I never hurt Cory.
I love him.
We searched your computer.
Those photos are not love.
They're beautiful, artistic snapshots.
You think raping a boy is pretty? I don't rape boys.
No, you just love them until it hurts, huh? What Cory and l had is special.
It's more than love.
Well, you're going to see what it feels like in prison when your more than loves you.
And you give him chlamydia? He's going to bite your junk off.
I want to make a deal.
There's no deal here.
We got the medical evidence.
We've got Cory's statement.
The naked photos in your laptop.
No.
We're locking you up and throwing away the key.
Not if I give you someone even bigger than me.
I know Kevin O'Donnell.
I'm supposed to have dinner with him tonight.
Well, I'm not swapping you out for another pervert.
He's the president of Our Special Love.
The pedophile rights group? And at dinner, he's going to give me the names and addresses of 5,000 members.
But only if you make my deal.
We have a bulletproof case against Banks, and you want to cut him a deal? To nail an even bigger bottom-feeder.
Kevin O'Donnell.
And he is? President of Our Special Love, the latest civil rights group for child molesters.
They defend a pedophile's right to have sex with children.
The same thing NAMBLA tried to do.
And the OSL goes a step farther.
It claims that pedophilia is a genetically based sexual orientation, Iike hetero or homosexuality.
And that pedophiles are being persecuted Iike gays in lraq and lran.
It's despicable.
I've never seen you this ticked off before.
Pseudo-science like this insults my intelligence as a psychiatrist and my humanity as a gay man.
What does this wacko want with Banks? Thomas is an expert in corporate lT.
He's the perfect person to run OSL's data management and lnternet security.
But O'Donnell needed to make sure that Thomas wasn't an FBl agent.
So, he told him to have sex with his stepson and videotape it.
And the final test is he wants to meet Cory in the flesh.
You want to put Cory back in a room with the man who raped him? It's our only chance to take OSL down.
I will prep Cory.
Make sure he can handle it.
Not good enough.
You pose as Cory's mom, so we have a cop in the room.
Can't.
Kevin's seen a family photo.
He already knows who Eva is.
Look.
If we do not collar O'Donnell, thousands of kids are going to be going through the same hell Cory did.
I want to stop him as much as you do.
But not at Cory's expense.
We'll make sure he doesn't get hurt.
Mentally or physically.
(EXHALES) I finally claw my way out of Appeals, and you guys bring me this cluster.
I want the mother's consent.
In writing.
With witnesses.
Listen.
I changed my mind.
I can't go through with this.
Eva, it will just be for a couple of hours.
Come here.
What if Thomas or Kevin try to hurt Cory? We will never let them lay a finger on him.
No.
You know Listen.
Listen.
Isn't there any other way that we can do this? Just watch.
Walk with me.
We'll be right next door.
Watching everything that happens.
We've got cameras covering every inch of your apartment.
And what if this screws up Cory even more? If I do it, will it help other kids? Yeah, it will.
I want to do it.
You son of a bitch! Keep her away from him.
Eva.
Don't.
You've gotta calm down.
Listen to me.
O'Donnell sees a mark on him, he's going to know something's up.
Calm down.
O'Donnell just arrived.
We're on.
Eva.
Can you do this? I'll try.
Come on.
I'm so glad you could join us, Kevin, Your husband and I are old online pals, STABLER: Here we go.
I can't tell you how great it is to finally meet everybody in person, EVA: Where you from, Kevin? KEVlN: Ooh! All over, But I'm happy to be in New York at the moment, It just took him less than five minutes to touch Cory.
I bet you've got all the girls at school after you, huh? Not really, Excuse me, Where is she going? MORALES: The kitchen.
(BREATHlNG HEAVlLY) What the hell is she doing? Keep it together.
Enough is enough, She's going to kill him.
Hold on, El.
Come on, Eva.
Don't.
You can do this.
KEVlN: Eva, you are an amazing cook, How long is he going to drag this out? KEVlN: That chicken, what is that called? Madre Sucia, Delicious, Thank you, I hope you saved room for a slice of cake, If it is half as good as that dinner, I'll take two pieces, EVA: I'll go get it, KEVlN: Thomas, do you have your laptop? THOMAS: Sure do, Here we go, El.
KEVlN: Would you get it for me, please? Can you keep a secret, Cory? Yeah, Even from your mom? Your stepdad e-mailed me this, Because he wanted me to see what a beautiful boy you are, And how loving, That's it.
We've got him.
No, we've just got him on possession of child porn.
Cory's struggling.
How much more can he take? Well, if you want Kevin, we need his files.
People don't understand our special kind of love, Now, I know you're scared, But I don't want you to cheat on your dad, Besides, I like little girls, Enough.
I can't stand it.
Thomas is back.
There you go, Thank you, All the OSL data is on this flash drive, Should transfer in just a few seconds, Police.
BENSON: Show us your hands.
STABLER: O'Donnell, get away from the table.
Hands where we can see them.
Traitor! How could you do this to us? I've got the computer, El.
EVA: You son of a bitch.
(THOMAS GROANS) Let me kill him! Eva! Let me kill him, please! (SOBBlNG) Let me kill him, please! Eva, let go of the knife.
Eva, let go of the knife.
I need medics here now.
(SOBBlNG) Oh, my God.
STABLER: How is he? His vitals are stable.
No hemorrhaging.
I hope you die, you animal.
Eva.
Stay back.
You call this clown show an undercover operation? You promised me there would be no injuries.
We've got it under control.
Not until you get the wild card out of here.
Arrest her.
No, you can't take my mom! Alex.
Do you understand what Eva's been through tonight? She just endured dinner with her son's rapist and helped us bust a pedophile ring.
I cannot whitewash assault with a deadly weapon when it happened on video in front of three detectives.
Cory needs his mother tonight.
Please don't do this.
Book her.
Wait a minute.
No.
Wait.
No.
Wait.
Who's going to take care of my kid? Eva, come with me.
EVA: What about my boy? Cory.
STABLER: He'll be all right.
It's all right, sweetie.
What about my boy? No! You have the right to remain silent.
BENSON: This isn't right, Alex.
That little boy faced his abuser and we locked up his mom.
Eva stabbed her husband right in front of you.
Since when do we give domestic assault a free pass? We asked her to go through hell and she snapped.
Alex, I'm not asking you to let her off.
Give her a desk appearance ticket.
That way, she can stay with Cory and face her charges in six months.
How is he doing? Barely hanging on.
All right, let's not make this worse.
Give Mom the DAT and cut her loose.
CORY: Mom.
Eva? You can go now, Eva.
You're going to have to report back here in six months.
But by then, this will all have blown over.
Get out of our lives.
Please.
I'm going to wipe that smile off his face.
While you're at it, try to get a confession out of him.
(BREATHES DEEPLY) You look pretty happy for a man facing 25 to life.
I'll be exonerated.
I've done nothing wrong.
And what about that nude picture of Thomas and Cory you held in your sweaty little hands? Don't shoot the messenger.
Thomas gave that to me.
I was just returning it.
You and your friends, you brag about molesting kids.
And the minute you're caught, you all cry like the little bitches that you are.
My organization promotes the protection of the true love between children and adults.
You son of a bitch.
I can fix you right now, so you can't love any more kids.
You can't intimidate me! Someday, you and everyone else are going to have to accept people like me.
I'll accept you when you're dead.
Leave me alone.
You've got nothing on me.
Oh, yeah? I got your flash drive.
STABLER: That's it? No porn? You're sure? Just three cheesy pictures.
Totally innocuous.
This doesn't make sense.
Why would O'Donnell give Banks these pictures? I didn't get it either.
So, I dug a little deeper.
And found computer code hidden in a pixel.
I cracked it and opened a secret file and found all these pictures.
A pervert's pot of gold at the end of the digital rainbow.
There's got to be a thousand pictures here.
And it will take thousands of hours to lD the scumbags in them.
Luckily, Kevin is meticulous.
See those little blank squares in the rainbow? PDF files.
When members submit their proof of perversion, Our Special Love asks for names and addresses.
Insurance so anybody in the club can't go to the cops.
Time to pick up the garbage.
I still don't understand what I did wrong.
I'm throwing you in a cage full of pedophiles.
See if they can help you figure it out.
I've never seen that kid before in my life.
Pictures don't lie.
We got him sitting in your lap.
I don't have anybody to watch my shop.
That's the least of your problems, baby raper.
Bet you didn't think NYPD would be hosting this year's Our Special Love convention.
STABLER: Hey, all you vermin.
You can thank your leader, Kevin O'Donnell, for keeping such meticulous records.
Enjoy, Kev.
You can't leave me in here.
I want my lawyer.
Well, she'll meet you in Arraignment.
Tomorrow.
"Docket ending 5-7-8-3.
"People v, Kevin O'Donnell, One count accessory to rape "and 1,600 counts of possessing "an obscene sexual image of a child.
" How does the defendant plead? Not guilty and we move for dismissal.
On what grounds? Constitutional, Your Honor.
The law regarding my client's sexuality is discriminatory.
She's trying to spin the rape of a ten-year-old boy into a civil rights issue.
Oh! You want to talk civil rights? Look what happened to my client.
He was beaten in their holding cell.
Is that true, Ms.
Cabot? He had an unfortunate run-in with some of his pedophile customers.
Apparently, some of them wanted their membership fees back.
That's right.
Make fun of my client's persecution.
Everybody else does.
But it's still discrimination, no matter how you slice it.
Your Honor Relax, Ms.
Cabot.
I'm not dismissing this case.
As for the defense, I'll allow it.
Though it gives me the heebie-jeebies.
Bail is set at $1 million.
(GAVEL POUNDlNG) After 20 years of experience, I can tell you firsthand.
Adults dating children is not only harmless.
It's victimless.
Victimless? Don't you think a lot of people would disagree with you? KEVlN: Of course.
Ignorance breeds fear.
Just because we're the minority, it doesn't make us evil.
We live, breathe, and love just like everybody else.
So, you contend that the loving feelings you have toward children are normal.
It's part of the normal continuum of human behavior.
Minor-adult relationships have been a part of every healthy society dating back to the Greeks.
It's not the easiest topic to discuss.
But the truth that's hardest to tell is the one that should be told the loudest.
What about all the psychologists who claim that children physically involved with adults are victims? Are they wrong? They shame children into feeling guilty about what was a healthy relationship with an adult.
They make normal children into victims.
Thank you, Mr.
O'Donnell.
No further questions.
According to your testimony, we would have to change the name of our sex crimes division to Special Victimless Unit.
Objection.
Combative.
Sustained.
Do you have any medical or psychiatric research to support your position? No.
Because Because it doesn't exist, does it? Exactly my point.
Anybody engaged in one of these relationships is terrified to speak honestly and openly, for fear of being demonized.
Because it's illegal.
Can you blame them? Up until 1967, it was illegal for a white person and black person to marry.
Just a year ago, gay marriage was legalized in several states.
Were interracial and gay couples criminals? No, they were victims of biased and bigoted laws.
CABOT: So you think pedophiles are being persecuted? If you call me and others a pedophile, it's like calling African Americans the "N" word.
Or homosexuals the "F" word.
Minor-adult relationships are normal, safe, and healthy.
Then why do you think medicine, psychiatry, and the law, all recognize that children are not mature enough to enter into a sexual relationship with an adult? I really don't know.
Because it's rape.
That's why.
ANDREWS: Dr.
Huang.
You know better.
KEVlN: It's fine, Your Honor.
I'd like the prosecution to ask my so-called victim if she called it rape.
I believe my former girlfriend is testifying next.
Kevin and I dated from the time I was 11 to 14.
LARUE: And how old was he at the time? And did you two have sex while you were dating? Yes.
That must have been horrifying.
A 30-year-old man molesting a young He never molested me.
I was the one who came on to him.
Kevin was a gentleman.
Then, why did you two break up? I went to live with my grandmother.
In another state.
So, you don't consider yourself a victim of Kevin O'Donnell.
Absolutely not.
It's probably the most normal relationship I've been in.
Thank you.
No further questions, Your Honor.
Isn't it convenient that your testimony of Kevin O'Donnell raping you falls just outside the statute of limitations? He didn't rape me.
I consented.
An 11-year-old is not mature enough to consent to sex with an adult man.
That's why it's called statutory rape.
You said you moved away.
Why couldn't you stay with your parents? Because my father was beating me.
And my mother was too drunk to care.
And there was Kevin O'Donnell, ready to take advantage of a vulnerable girl from a broken home.
I begged him to let me move in with him.
But he said society wouldn't understand.
Because you were brainwashed by a predatory adult who knew he would go to jail.
Kevin loved me so much, he convinced me to move in with my grandmother.
Even though he knew it meant breaking up.
So I could be in a safe home.
He broke up with you because you hit puberty.
And pedophiles are only attracted to prepubescent children.
You're wrong.
He broke up with me so I could have a life.
He told me to stay in school.
To face my fears.
And now, I'm getting a Master's Degree.
He made me the woman I am today.
This trial is a sham.
We've got a pedophile claiming to be a victim and a victim blowing kisses at her attacker.
The jury is too smart to buy it.
All it takes is one juror.
Looking for a way to rationalize his lust for his ten-year-old neighbor.
I will bring in a thousand child victims to tell their side of the story.
I wish the judge would allow it.
But you know it's inadmissible.
(PHONE RlNGlNG) Hang on.
Alexandra Cabot.
Thank you.
This is a nightmare.
The defense is calling Eva to the stand.
She'll last five minutes before she starts punching people.
I'll go talk to her.
Cory said you'd be down here.
You have no business talking to my son.
I told you.
We're through.
Eva.
I'm glad that you're putting the past behind you.
But you can't throw out a subpoena along with Thomas' things.
Well, I told that bitch lawyer I'm not testifying.
You don't have a choice.
If you don't show up, the judge is going to throw you in jail.
What does the defense want from me? To make you the bad guy.
Bring it on.
I'll show them who the real bad guy is.
Eva.
That's exactly what they want you to do.
But you have to stay calm.
You mean you want me to go in there and lie down like a punk? Well, you tell me.
Is a guilty verdict worth it? What if I go in there and make everything worse? You can do this.
I wouldn't be here if I didn't believe in you.
I don't believe in me.
You're a fighter.
Look at everything that you've overcome.
Don't quit now.
You've just got to use your head and not your fists.
And you're going to win.
LARUE: Mrs, Banks, do you believe that,,, Excuse me.
I'm not going by that jerk's name anymore.
My last name is Santiago.
Sorry.
Ms.
Santiago.
Did Kevin O'Donnell ever hit your child? EVA: No.
But Thank you, Ms.
Santiago.
Excuse me.
Let me just say what that piece of garbage did to my son.
Cory throws up and cries every night.
Every time he goes to sleep.
And every time a grown man passes by him, he shakes.
What does that have to do with my client? He never touched your son, did he? EVA: No.
But he encouraged my soon-to-be ex-husband to rape him.
Really? And if he had encouraged your soon-to-be ex to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge, would he have done that, too? Lady, you are twisting my words.
Ms.
Santiago, do you have any criminal charges pending against you? Objection.
Irrelevant.
LARUE: Goes to the witness' credibility.
Overruled.
Answer the question, Ms.
Santiago.
Yes.
For assault.
Don't you mean assaults? Against a woman whose son goes to school with yours and against your husband whom you stabbed with a knife.
And that's just in one week, correct? I'm not a criminal.
Then, isn't it possible that your son is terrified you'll take him back to a shelter filled with violent addicts and criminals like yourself? I'm a good mother, and my son knows it.
Then, why didn't you know that your son was involved in a relationship with Thomas Banks? Because he was afraid to say anything.
He thought that Thomas would hurt him.
Your son is afraid of you.
No.
Of what you would do when you found out that Thomas loves Cory and could give him all the things that you couldn't.
Stop it! You failed him as a mother.
Thomas Banks never loved my son.
He raped him every night for over a year.
And videotaped it for that animal sitting right there, so that he could become a member of his kiddie rape club.
(SCOFFS) Well, you're full of blame for everyone but yourself, Ms.
Santiago.
You ever look in the mirror? See what kind of mother you've been? Raising your son around an abusive man? Moving him into a drug and disease-infested homeless shelter? Punching or stabbing anyone who gets in your way.
Blaming my client for your neglect.
You're right.
You're right.
May God forgive me.
I'm a bad mother.
CORY: No, that's not true.
ANDREWS: Dr.
Huang.
What is this? Cory, what are you doing here? CORY: I gave Dr.
Huang a call.
I need to be here for my mom.
Young man, please be quiet.
Thomas raped me and that man made him do it! That's enough! Detective Benson, will you please escort this young man out? It wasn't love! I begged him every night to leave me alone, and he never listened! Not once! ANDREWS: The jury will disregard that remark.
(SOBBlNG) I love you, Mom.
I love you, Mom.
(SOBBlNG) Oh, my goodness.
Well? Guilty.
Judge gave O'Donnell ten years for accessory to rape.
That's it? That's all he got? And two years for every photo on that flash drive, to be served consecutively.
What does that mean? He was sentenced to 3,000 years.
He's never coming out.
And Thomas? Twenty years.
Baby.
Thank you.
No, Eva.
Thank you.
So, where are you going? Back to Florida.
That's right, baby.
The Sunshine State.
Just what we need, right? You know what? Why don't you do me a favor? Bring your surfboard down to the truck, okay? Okay.
Okay.
(SlGHS) Can you believe I sold this rotten place? Who knew something good was going to come out of this? (CHUCKLES) Now, me and Cory can make a new start, you know? I knew you could do it.
Not without you.