1. In the criminal
justice system...Copy !req
2. sexually based offensesCopy !req
3. are considered
especially heinous.Copy !req
4. In New York City,
the dedicated detectives.Copy !req
5. who investigate
these vicious felonies...Copy !req
6. are members of an elite squadCopy !req
7. known as
the Special Victims Unit.Copy !req
8. These are their stories.Copy !req
9. Yes, I am!
No! You're not!Copy !req
10. Shut up, you witch!Copy !req
11. What the hell are you doing,
going through my things for?Copy !req
12. You're a liar! You said
you'd never do that again!Copy !req
13. This is the last time,
you creep.Copy !req
14. I can't wait till you die, so I
can spit on your corpse, you freak!Copy !req
15. No. No. No!Copy !req
16. Come here.Copy !req
17. You want to talk?Copy !req
18. Let go of me.Copy !req
19. Think of your body
as part of the crime scene.Copy !req
20. Time and body fluids
erode evidence.Copy !req
21. The procedure is we head to the hospital,
and then I'll take your statement.Copy !req
22. So basically the bastard
rapes me, and you waste time.Copy !req
23. That's the procedure?Copy !req
24. Ma'am...Copy !req
25. Look here, Officer...Copy !req
26. Det. Munch.Copy !req
27. Perhaps you'd be more comfortable
with a female detective.Copy !req
28. I'd be happy to talk
to anyone with a brain.Copy !req
29. There are five stages
of grief.Copy !req
30. Try not to go through them
all at once.Copy !req
31. Cute.Copy !req
32. I'll talk slower.Copy !req
33. I don't need SOP
explained to me...Copy !req
34. I don't need a rape kit...Copy !req
35. and I really don't need you
to hold my hand!Copy !req
36. Look, it doesn't matter if you've had
prior consensual sex with this man.Copy !req
37. Sure.Copy !req
38. Doesn't even matter if you're
still in a relationship with him.Copy !req
39. He's my husband.Copy !req
40. You and I need to see a doctor. As
soon as you give me an address...Copy !req
41. we can pick up your husband.Copy !req
42. He's at Manhattan South.Copy !req
43. Sgt. Lloyd Andrews, Homicide.Copy !req
44. You care
to join us, Detective?Copy !req
45. I'd love to, but I've got reports
to file and coffee to make.Copy !req
46. Regardless of your personal
feelings, I want you on my team.Copy !req
47. But only for as long
as you want to be here.Copy !req
48. It's nice to be wanted.Copy !req
49. Well, these aren't going
to file themselves.Copy !req
50. So?Copy !req
51. Patricia Andrews claims her
husband raped her this morning.Copy !req
52. She's got a sprained wrist, but nothing
much else to suggest physical abuse.Copy !req
53. She doesn't need the beat-up
to prove it.Copy !req
54. It's gonna need more than her
word, because my partner...Copy !req
55. conveniently forgot to mention our
guy's Homicide, Manhattan South.Copy !req
56. I didn't mention it, 'cause it's
not important, at least not to me.Copy !req
57. Twenty-year vet, citations a
sheet long, high closure rate.Copy !req
58. Along with making the brass very
happy, the guy's also a rapist.Copy !req
59. Alleged rapist, thank you.Copy !req
60. Ever hear of "no"?Copy !req
61. You ever hear
of contractual abandonment?Copy !req
62. The only reason to forsake all others
is so you don't have to hear "no. "Copy !req
63. I've been married 16 years.
I hear it all the time.Copy !req
64. Okay, Munch, let me clue you in, a
wife as property went out in 1984...Copy !req
65. when the law finally realized that even
a married woman is allowed to say no.Copy !req
66. We get Mrs. Andrew's
statement? She sign it?Copy !req
67. Not yet. It's being typed.Copy !req
68. Let's talk to her. Make sure
she knows what the score is.Copy !req
69. Are you doubting what happened
or her commitment?Copy !req
70. I don't have his side of the
story, and this suspect is a cop.Copy !req
71. So Internal Affairs
is going to be all over this.Copy !req
72. I just don't think his badge
should cushion the blow.Copy !req
73. Have you ever rubbed IAB
the wrong way?Copy !req
74. I've never had the pleasure.Copy !req
75. Then do it my way.Copy !req
76. You two,
canvass the neighbors.Copy !req
77. Get some background
on the happy couple.Copy !req
78. John, you and your partner
have a chat with the missis.Copy !req
79. I will apprise the powers
that be.Copy !req
80. You know, if it turns out
that he did in fact rape her...Copy !req
81. and we didn't follow standard op,
we're going to get buried in it.Copy !req
82. That's going to happen
regardless.Copy !req
83. There's no smoking
in government buildings.Copy !req
84. Please read your statement
carefully, then sign.Copy !req
85. Where's your husband
right now?Copy !req
86. Every day he plays pick-up ball with
some cop friends before his shift.Copy !req
87. Before you put pen to paper, I want
to hear it again in your own words.Copy !req
88. Why?Copy !req
89. You're going to have to get
used to telling your story.Copy !req
90. Are you married?Copy !req
91. No, ma'am.Copy !req
92. I know you're not.
Who'd have you?Copy !req
93. Are you always this pleasant?Copy !req
94. Meaning, I got
what was coming to me?Copy !req
95. That's not how I see it, Mrs.
Andrews. Nobody deserves this.Copy !req
96. We've been married
five years.Copy !req
97. I just don't understand.Copy !req
98. I've seen him get crazy,
but never like this.Copy !req
99. We fight, we make love.Copy !req
100. I almost
don't believe it myself.Copy !req
101. Maybe he thought you were
making up. Is that possible?Copy !req
102. A chokehold is not foreplay
for me, Detective.Copy !req
103. And a pot to the head
turns him on?Copy !req
104. You're not going to do
a damn thing to him.Copy !req
105. No, not a damn thing.Copy !req
106. If your story holds up, I'm gonna
have to arrest him, Mrs. Andrews...Copy !req
107. put cuffs on him, process him,
and lock him up in a cage.Copy !req
108. I just want to make sure
you understand that.Copy !req
109. What do you take me for?Copy !req
110. I wasn't expecting company.Copy !req
111. What's this about?Copy !req
112. We wanted to ask you about
your neighbors next door.Copy !req
113. Well, have a seat, please.Copy !req
114. Do you know
the Andrews?Copy !req
115. Who?Copy !req
116. They live on the first floor.Copy !req
117. Mrs. Andrews, she's about
5'5", 110, blond hair.Copy !req
118. Mr. Andrews is a cop.Copy !req
119. You mean the Springers.Copy !req
120. No, we mean the Andrews.Copy !req
121. People around here barely want
to make eye contact...Copy !req
122. so you can forget
about introductions.Copy !req
123. They're the Springers to me.
Better than the show.Copy !req
124. I take it, that means
that they fight a lot.Copy !req
125. Every day.
Sometimes the cops come.Copy !req
126. He pulls them aside.
Then they leave.Copy !req
127. I always wondered
if he paid them off.Copy !req
128. Did they fight
this morning?Copy !req
129. He left the house,
trying to get away from her.Copy !req
130. She came through the door
and threw a pot.Copy !req
131. That woman's got a hell
of an aim.Copy !req
132. Did you see him
strike her?Copy !req
133. No.Copy !req
134. But he turned around
and snatched her inside.Copy !req
135. Did you see
or hear anything else?Copy !req
136. No.Copy !req
137. Did something bad happen?Copy !req
138. Gentlemen.Copy !req
139. Det. Santiago, my partner,
Det. Howard, Internal Affairs.Copy !req
140. Nice to meet you.Copy !req
141. Just give me the word. Is it
mine, or do I kick it to you?Copy !req
142. We're not equipped to deal
with sex crimes.Copy !req
143. Have a nice day.Copy !req
144. You know, I'd be sore, too.Copy !req
145. I'm not following.Copy !req
146. We know IAB used you
to bring down your mentor.Copy !req
147. We just want you to know
those were the old days.Copy !req
148. That is truly comforting.Copy !req
149. We're not here
to grind your wheat.Copy !req
150. Just do us a favor,
take it slow and easy.Copy !req
151. Finesse and kid gloves.Copy !req
152. Since when does IAB
care about finesse?Copy !req
153. Come on, give us a break.Copy !req
154. The guy's not on the take, skimming
drugs, or pimping on the side.Copy !req
155. Isn't it enough that we kiss
their collective PC ass?Copy !req
156. What's next, castration?Copy !req
157. We marry them
just to have it available.Copy !req
158. So tell me,
how do you rape a wife?Copy !req
159. Okay.Copy !req
160. Thanks.Copy !req
161. We got four domestic disputes
at the Andrews' residence.Copy !req
162. Dispo'd at the scene. No arrests.
Same uniforms, Clarkson and Powell.Copy !req
163. Are they on tour?Copy !req
164. Just signed out for a break.Copy !req
165. No arrests?Copy !req
166. Nope.Copy !req
167. Thanks. Have a nice day.Copy !req
168. Powell and Clarkson?Copy !req
169. So the groom's mother goes
to the bride's motherCopy !req
170. and asks:
"Why is the bride smiling?"Copy !req
171. 'Cause she never has to get
on her knees again.Copy !req
172. Old joke. Do you mind?Copy !req
173. Det. Benson,
I'm Det. Stabler, SVU.Copy !req
174. We want to talk to you about
the DIRs at the Andrews' place.Copy !req
175. Right. Nothing to it. Handled
at the scene each time.Copy !req
176. The last one out,
we told the sarge...Copy !req
177. if it happened again,
we'd have no choice. Why?Copy !req
178. Well, four times
is three times too many.Copy !req
179. You see abuse,
you take action, right?Copy !req
180. He's a fellow officer.
He asked a favor, we gave it.Copy !req
181. So you look the other way
no matter what?Copy !req
182. Is that in your cop manual? Because
it sure as hell ain't in mine.Copy !req
183. What gives?Copy !req
184. You didn't do your job.Copy !req
185. And because you didn't,
we caught it.Copy !req
186. And since it rolls downhill,
I figured you're next.Copy !req
187. Sarge and his wife fight,
loud and hard.Copy !req
188. Names they call each other, I wouldn't
say to a hump in the back of my cruiser.Copy !req
189. It blows real hot,
then it's over.Copy !req
190. Besides, if we really wanted
to do him a favor...Copy !req
191. we'd run his old lady in,
no matter what he said.Copy !req
192. Okay, wait a minute, you're telling
us that his wife's the abuser?Copy !req
193. Don't know if I'd say that.Copy !req
194. But when she gets ticked off, she
likes to throw whatever's handy.Copy !req
195. Well, how real does it look?Copy !req
196. It's hard to say.Copy !req
197. Break up to make up.Copy !req
198. Wife's a bit of a bruiser,
Andrews seems to be handling it.Copy !req
199. By raping her?Copy !req
200. I'm not a fly
on their bedroom wall.Copy !req
201. That's too bad. 'Cause what's
this cop going to say when we ask?Copy !req
202. "I raped my wife.
Please, put me in jail. "Copy !req
203. Why don't we let
the ADA decide?Copy !req
204. It looks like
she might not have to.Copy !req
205. For the first time in my career,
IAB acts like they want to flush it.Copy !req
206. So either there's some other agenda,
or this could come back to bite us.Copy !req
207. Bring Andrews in
for an interview.Copy !req
208. I don't think we can, without some SBA
lawyer turning him into a deaf-mute.Copy !req
209. Any other ideas?Copy !req
210. If it's not official,
it's not going to hold up.Copy !req
211. I'm not looking
for a confession, Elliot.Copy !req
212. I just want to get a read on
this guy before he gets wise.Copy !req
213. Pick him up.Copy !req
214. I got him.Copy !req
215. Take it up.
It's all you.Copy !req
216. Who's next?Copy !req
217. Lloyd Andrews, Homicide.
Ceasar Vasques out of Vice.Copy !req
218. Danny Tatum,
he's one of mine.Copy !req
219. Elliot Stabler, SVU.Copy !req
220. Sex crimes. I hear
that's a tough gig.Copy !req
221. I hear they rotate you guys out every
two years. Is it really that rough?Copy !req
222. Well, Homicide's no picnic,
either, right?Copy !req
223. A body's past caring whether
you close a case or not.Copy !req
224. Live victims are needy. Takes
a real strong cop to suck it up.Copy !req
225. Two on two?Copy !req
226. Yeah, you're on my team.
Take it to the hole.Copy !req
227. What the hell was that?Copy !req
228. What's the matter?Copy !req
229. There's no fouls
on the blacktop.Copy !req
230. What's the matter?
Can't you take it?Copy !req
231. Hey, come on, guys.
Let's play ball.Copy !req
232. Your ball.Copy !req
233. Knock it off. Come on. Move!
Calm down, man. Knock it off.Copy !req
234. Okay, what'd I miss?Copy !req
235. Tatum's trying to give you a message,
all right? But I don't operate that way.Copy !req
236. He and I will have
words later. You okay?Copy !req
237. I guess I don't understand
his language.Copy !req
238. Don't you?Copy !req
239. Why don't you spell it out
for me?Copy !req
240. I'll tell you what.Copy !req
241. You can ask me all the questions
you want after the game.Copy !req
242. Questions?Copy !req
243. Rape, right?Copy !req
244. And maybe the guy was telling
me what I wanted to hear...Copy !req
245. but he seemed
pretty genuine to me.Copy !req
246. Was this before or after
his goon kicked your ass?Copy !req
247. Andrews did know
that we were looking into him.Copy !req
248. Okay, yeah, well.Copy !req
249. So his partner got
overly enthusiastic.Copy !req
250. Andrews stepped in and saved
the other eye, didn't he?Copy !req
251. I'd like to believe that Fin would
show me the same kind of loyalty.Copy !req
252. A little history first,
might help your case.Copy !req
253. So all we have thus far, is a physically
abusive woman crying rape. Is that the gist?Copy !req
254. What motive could she have for
saying that her husband raped her?Copy !req
255. Pending divorce, for one.Copy !req
256. You don't have to worry about
fighting over which half you get...Copy !req
257. when the mate you hate's
locked in a cell.Copy !req
258. We already checked that.
No papers were filed.Copy !req
259. All she has to do is wait. We get
rid of him for her, then she files.Copy !req
260. What?Copy !req
261. Yeah, we're on the way.Copy !req
262. A unit was dispatched to the Andrews'
residence. Assault with a deadly weapon.Copy !req
263. A Mr. Parker called it in.Copy !req
264. You touch me again,
I'll cut your pig heart out!Copy !req
265. Why aren't you in jail?Copy !req
266. Get away,
you stupid bitch.Copy !req
267. I should wait till you're
asleep and set you on fire!Copy !req
268. You better kill me, or I'll
do you without leaving a mark!Copy !req
269. You freak!Copy !req
270. Hey!Copy !req
271. Look out!Copy !req
272. Let's go. Come on.Copy !req
273. Take it easy!Copy !req
274. Get off!Copy !req
275. Take it easy.Copy !req
276. I'm taking her in.Copy !req
277. I don't think so.
I've got it from here.Copy !req
278. Okay. I'm all right.
Get off of me!Copy !req
279. Listen, this isn't helping you at
all. Let's go, let's get up here.Copy !req
280. All right. Just take a breath.
Calm down.Copy !req
281. Why isn't he in jail?Copy !req
282. Calm down.Copy !req
283. You again. What is it this
time? Or do you answer DIRs now?Copy !req
284. I'm going to need you to come on
down and answer some questions.Copy !req
285. I think I need a lawyer.Copy !req
286. Yeah, I think so, too.Copy !req
287. You call this finesse?Copy !req
288. I've had calls
from the brass...Copy !req
289. wanting to know did I orchestrate
an undercover operation with SVU...Copy !req
290. and the press has already
gotten a whiff of it.Copy !req
291. What kind of Mickey Mouse Club is this?Copy !req
292. See, actually I hate that little, black
rodent. Now, Dick Tracy, that was a club.Copy !req
293. You got this great decoder
ring and a really cool watch.Copy !req
294. Are you going
to say something, Ms. Cabot?Copy !req
295. Like what?Copy !req
296. Protocol.Copy !req
297. Like, if you're charging
a sergeant with rape.Copy !req
298. Like, if you would rein in
your squad...Copy !req
299. and if you could be so kind as
to keep us informed as to status.Copy !req
300. Very well.Copy !req
301. Charging Andrews prior to his making
a formal statement is premature.Copy !req
302. Am I sweeping it under the
rug, as you'd prefer? No.Copy !req
303. And I strongly advise you to discontinue
obstructing this unit from doing its job.Copy !req
304. Or I will be more than happy
to file charges...Copy !req
305. naming you and your partner
as coconspirators.Copy !req
306. IAB is here, strictly
in a supervisory capacity.Copy !req
307. Not anymore.Copy !req
308. You may consider yourselves
officially updated.Copy !req
309. Let the record show that I will
not talk to you without my lawyer.Copy !req
310. Okay, interview's over.Copy !req
311. Yeah.Copy !req
312. All right. But maybe we should clear
this up, so we can all get back to work.Copy !req
313. Your wife already told us what happened.
So now we'd just like to hear it from you.Copy !req
314. What did she say?Copy !req
315. That you raped her.Copy !req
316. Now, before you deny it, let's just sit
down and go through the sequence of events.Copy !req
317. All right, fair enough.Copy !req
318. I've been working
steady midnights for a while.Copy !req
319. I come home, I'm tired. Right
away she starts in on me.Copy !req
320. She swears that I got a piece
on the side.Copy !req
321. And do you?Copy !req
322. Yeah, so?Copy !req
323. So why do you think
she'd accuse you of rape?Copy !req
324. It doesn't take a genius.
And she's pissed.Copy !req
325. You know, it's always
something with her.Copy !req
326. Either I don't love her,
or I smother her.Copy !req
327. You guys figure it out,
because she's driving me nuts.Copy !req
328. Divorce is a hell
of a better option than rape.Copy !req
329. I did not rape my wife.Copy !req
330. And he comes sauntering home
like nothing happened.Copy !req
331. So why'd you stay there?Copy !req
332. Where should I go?Copy !req
333. It's my house, my things.
I did nothing wrong.Copy !req
334. You cut him with a kitchen knife,
and you threw a baton into the crowd.Copy !req
335. I was scared when he walked in like
that. You know, I thought he was in jail.Copy !req
336. You got anybody you could
stay with? Family, friends?Copy !req
337. You said you would arrest him.
So what happened?Copy !req
338. I walked away. Things were getting
out of hand. Tempers were hot.Copy !req
339. So what does that freaking cow do?
She hurls a pot and nails me with it.Copy !req
340. But you didn't keep walking. You
grabbed her and went back inside.Copy !req
341. I sure as hell did.Copy !req
342. So that's when you raped her.Copy !req
343. Nice try, but, no.
I started packing her bags.Copy !req
344. That lease is under my name. I'll be damned
if I let her run me out of my house...Copy !req
345. screaming, threatening me
with kitchen utensils.Copy !req
346. What does that mean? Threatening
you with kitchen utensils?Copy !req
347. She came after me
with a knife. I disarmed her.Copy !req
348. And how'd you do that?Copy !req
349. Standard academy move.Copy !req
350. Come on, guys.
Don't you get it? She's crazy.Copy !req
351. Patricia hasn't been right since
we found out she can't have kids.Copy !req
352. And that's when our marriage
started to go south.Copy !req
353. So why didn't you file
for divorce?Copy !req
354. I love him.Copy !req
355. I want counseling.Copy !req
356. He won't go.Copy !req
357. But he'll have to after the
trial, won't he? They'll make him.Copy !req
358. If he's convicted.Copy !req
359. We're not even sure
we can charge him.Copy !req
360. Well, who gets to decide that?Copy !req
361. Her name's Cabot.Copy !req
362. So let me talk to her. She's
a woman. She'll understand.Copy !req
363. He raped me.Copy !req
364. We made love.Copy !req
365. Did you hold her down? Did you
use a chokehold to control her?Copy !req
366. I don't touch my wife
like that, ever.Copy !req
367. I know I could do some serious damage.
Besides, I'm the guy with the battle scars.Copy !req
368. But you do know how to do her
without leaving a mark.Copy !req
369. Isn't that right, Sergeant?Copy !req
370. It's your call.Copy !req
371. Cut him loose.Copy !req
372. We don't arrest him now, we
send a message to every wife...Copy !req
373. that if she's raped by her husband,
she'd better get beat up, too.Copy !req
374. What do you want me to do
about it?Copy !req
375. Book him.Copy !req
376. Let a jury decide
who they believe.Copy !req
377. I don't even have enough
to get past the grand jury.Copy !req
378. Alex.Copy !req
379. Walk him.Copy !req
380. You have business here?Copy !req
381. Yeah, Captain, I do.Copy !req
382. Is my sergeant pinched?Copy !req
383. That doesn't concern you.Copy !req
384. I don't know
who you work for...Copy !req
385. but in my department
we watch out for each other.Copy !req
386. Maybe riding the desk,
you forget.Copy !req
387. Well, I enforce the law, and the only
thing I ride is any hump who breaks it.Copy !req
388. Feeling wood for my buddy?Copy !req
389. I am now, cheap shot.Copy !req
390. Get out of my squad room before I
lodge a complaint with your lieutenant.Copy !req
391. Who do you think sent us
over here?Copy !req
392. Is he charged or not?Copy !req
393. He's free to go.Copy !req
394. Sarge?Copy !req
395. I want my wife charged
with assault.Copy !req
396. Lloyd.Copy !req
397. Right. Do it.Copy !req
398. How can he do this?Copy !req
399. I don't know, but I'll ask
him. Count on it. Come on.Copy !req
400. Come on, let's go.Copy !req
401. You mind?Copy !req
402. I told Lloyd I would quit.Copy !req
403. Now's a good a time as any.Copy !req
404. It's a bad habit.Copy !req
405. Although, some are worse
than others.Copy !req
406. My wife has
some pretty foul ones.Copy !req
407. Thought you weren't married.Copy !req
408. My soon-to-be ex calls me
often with requests for money...Copy !req
409. and updates on the status
of our uncoupling.Copy !req
410. You hate her.Copy !req
411. That would make it too easy.Copy !req
412. We're not together anymore,
but we still fight.Copy !req
413. Only now, I'm not there
for the tantrums.Copy !req
414. So you bust my chops,
because I remind you of her.Copy !req
415. No, I just don't like you.Copy !req
416. Well, at least you're honest.Copy !req
417. So what're you doing here?Copy !req
418. I came here to gloat.Copy !req
419. How're you holding up?Copy !req
420. I'm all right.Copy !req
421. A little worried about Lloyd.Copy !req
422. Never underestimate
the generosity of women.Copy !req
423. My husband likes to work midnights,
so he doesn't have to sleep.Copy !req
424. One time, I came home and
Lloyd was in the kitchen...Copy !req
425. scrubbing his bullets
in the sink...Copy !req
426. his gun laid out on a towel.Copy !req
427. Is there anything you need?Copy !req
428. Yeah.Copy !req
429. Would you drop by my house
and check on my husband?Copy !req
430. Just make sure he's okay?Copy !req
431. "File number 248957.Copy !req
432. "People v. Patricia Eileen
Andrews, assault in the first. "Copy !req
433. We'll waive reading, Your Honor,
and enter a plea of not guilty.Copy !req
434. The People waive bail
and request ROR.Copy !req
435. You're feeling
awfully generous, Counselor.Copy !req
436. The extenuating circumstances
call for compassion.Copy !req
437. Well, those aside...Copy !req
438. the defendant exhibited
a serious lack of control...Copy !req
439. towards police
and emergency personnel,Copy !req
440. by tossing a baton
into the crowd.Copy !req
441. It was an isolated incident.Copy !req
442. We do not regard the defendant as
a danger to herself or to others.Copy !req
443. I assume defense counsel
has no objection.Copy !req
444. None, Your Honor. If the People wish
to do my job for me, who am I to argue?Copy !req
445. Well, however lightly
our ADA...Copy !req
446. may take the endangerment
of city personnel, I do not.Copy !req
447. $10,000 bond,
post with the clerk.Copy !req
448. Unfortunate mess,
this Andrews business.Copy !req
449. How's it going?Copy !req
450. Well, it's like
pulling teeth.Copy !req
451. And I sure as hell could do without
all the pressure that goes with it.Copy !req
452. I'm afraid it's business as
usual. You'll sort it out.Copy !req
453. Actually, I called you
down here on another matter.Copy !req
454. It seems that one of your detectives
is filing a discrimination suit...Copy !req
455. against the department.Copy !req
456. Jefferies.Copy !req
457. Papers were delivered
first thing this morning.Copy !req
458. Legal is going over
the complaint for merit.Copy !req
459. And nobody's happy, and
you want me to talk to her.Copy !req
460. Unofficially, yes.Copy !req
461. No one at One Police Plaza can talk
to her without complicating the issue.Copy !req
462. Well, I don't see how I can
do anything. She's angry...Copy !req
463. and I didn't realize how angry
till right now.Copy !req
464. Prior to this dispute, did you have a
good relationship with this detective?Copy !req
465. Yes, I believe I did.Copy !req
466. But now you're not
so sure?Copy !req
467. Don, I don't think
it's personal.Copy !req
468. She hasn't named in her suit,
she just wants back in the field.Copy !req
469. Well, then,
we have a problem, sir.Copy !req
470. Because I don't think
we can fold on the issue.Copy !req
471. Well, talk to her
as a friend.Copy !req
472. And if that doesn't work?Copy !req
473. Make it go away, Captain.Copy !req
474. Guess who just paid
Patricia Andrews' bail?Copy !req
475. Her husband.Copy !req
476. Got a call from a buddy in Processing.
I smell a recant, Counselor.Copy !req
477. Fine.Copy !req
478. Let's see how cute the sergeant
plays it when I get him on the stand.Copy !req
479. I thought you were dropping
it. Not enough for a grand jury.Copy !req
480. I was, until the sergeant
had his wife arrested.Copy !req
481. He pays her bail, looks
suspicious. That I can sell.Copy !req
482. I didn't know women
got into whizzing contests.Copy !req
483. Invite Mrs. Andrews down for a chat.
I think it's time we cleared the air.Copy !req
484. Did your husband or any of his
friends on the force threaten you?Copy !req
485. No. I just don't want to go
through with it anymore is all.Copy !req
486. What made you
change your mind?Copy !req
487. My husband could go to jail
over a misunderstanding...Copy !req
488. a petty marital spat.
I can't live with that.Copy !req
489. Just seems strange you would
change your tune so easily...Copy !req
490. after singing the he-raped-me
song to anybody who would listen.Copy !req
491. I was mad.Copy !req
492. Wouldn't have anything to do
with your husband...Copy !req
493. dropping the felony
assault charge, would it?Copy !req
494. No.Copy !req
495. Who paid your bail?Copy !req
496. He's a good guy. Really.Copy !req
497. According to you, your husband's
a first-class arrogant jackass...Copy !req
498. who put you in a chokehold and
took what no man has a right to.Copy !req
499. And he apologized for that!Copy !req
500. You know, all I ever wanted was
for him to put himself in my place.Copy !req
501. You know, he's never really
said "I'm sorry" about anything.Copy !req
502. This was genuine.Copy !req
503. What did he say exactly?Copy !req
504. He said:Copy !req
505. "I'm sorry I raped you, Patty.Copy !req
506. "It is unforgivable. "Copy !req
507. And to give him
another chance.Copy !req
508. Those were his exact words?Copy !req
509. Yes.Copy !req
510. So you see
why I have to drop this, okay?Copy !req
511. I feel like
we're starting over.Copy !req
512. For the first time in our marriage,
he's trying to feel my pain.Copy !req
513. You can't make me
change my mind.Copy !req
514. I love him.Copy !req
515. He admits it...Copy !req
516. and you respond by trying to recant.
That's not love, that's psycho.Copy !req
517. Think whatever you want.Copy !req
518. I'm not crazy enough to lose my husband
just 'cause you want to believe me now.Copy !req
519. Can I go?Copy !req
520. Well, I can charge her with
filing a false police report...Copy !req
521. but what I'd really like to do
is charge her with felony assault.Copy !req
522. You just want to put somebody
in jail, is that it?Copy !req
523. No. I want to force her hand
a little.Copy !req
524. I don't see Andrews refiling
just to make your day.Copy !req
525. He won't have to if we can find
another witness to the attack.Copy !req
526. I heard them fighting
so I called the police.Copy !req
527. I didn't see anything.Copy !req
528. We were told it was assault
with a deadly weapon.Copy !req
529. The only way the dispatcher could
have known that is if you told her so.Copy !req
530. Sgt. Andrews won't find out
it was me?Copy !req
531. Not a word you say.
Now, did you see the attack?Copy !req
532. She had a knife. She cut him.Copy !req
533. Assault two, Ms. Cabot?
You're reaching.Copy !req
534. Not at all.Copy !req
535. Your client cut her husband.Copy !req
536. I've got the knife,
her prints, and a witness.Copy !req
537. That's three years
in Bedford Hills.Copy !req
538. And trust me, it is not the
country-club setting it sounds like.Copy !req
539. What happened to compassion?Copy !req
540. Motive for the assault
was fear of reprisal.Copy !req
541. She recanted, so it's moot,
along with my compassion.Copy !req
542. Tell you what, I'll bump
it down to assault three.Copy !req
543. That'll shave 18 months.Copy !req
544. What do you want?Copy !req
545. I want an indictment for rape
in the first degree...Copy !req
546. and the only way I'm going to get it, is
with your client in front of a grand jury.Copy !req
547. This is blackmail.Copy !req
548. No, Mrs. Andrews,
it's the law.Copy !req
549. We're busy.Copy !req
550. In my pocket is a warrant
for your arrest.Copy !req
551. Don't make me Mirandize
and cuff you in here.Copy !req
552. Hold this for me.Copy !req
553. What the hell is going on here?
I thought this was settled.Copy !req
554. Evidently not.Copy !req
555. You want to get out of my way?Copy !req
556. Thanks, buddy.Copy !req
557. "File number 25527.
People v. Lloyd David Andrews.Copy !req
558. "One count of rape
in the first degree...Copy !req
559. "one count of sexual misconduct
in the first degree...Copy !req
560. "and one count
of sexual abuse. "Copy !req
561. How do you plead?Copy !req
562. Not guilty, Your Honor.Copy !req
563. The People ask that bail
be set at $50,000.Copy !req
564. What?Copy !req
565. Quiet!Copy !req
566. This is a venal attempt to further smear
my client who has ties to the community.Copy !req
567. He's a respected member
of New York's finest...Copy !req
568. and would like nothing but his day in
court to answer these specious accusations.Copy !req
569. We ask that he be remanded
under his own recognizance.Copy !req
570. Your Honor,
this is a heinous crime.Copy !req
571. The People are not prepared
to send the message...Copy !req
572. that officers of the law
get a free ride.Copy !req
573. You are not a messenger, Ms. Cabot. So
save your button-pushing for the trial.Copy !req
574. Enter a plea of not guilty, and since the
defendant is not a flight-risk, he's ROR.Copy !req
575. Your Honor, the People ask
for an order of protection...Copy !req
576. and that the defendant
surrender all weapons.Copy !req
577. So ordered.Copy !req
578. Let's talk.Copy !req
579. Sex abuse one, three years.Copy !req
580. Let's not fight.Copy !req
581. Submit your congratulations
and be done with it.Copy !req
582. Don't be hasty, Sam. I'm offering
to drop this to a D felony.Copy !req
583. You obviously don't gamble.
You don't fold a winning hand.Copy !req
584. My guy's walking away
from this unscathed.Copy !req
585. I'm just trying
to save us both some time.Copy !req
586. All you've got
is a bitter wife.Copy !req
587. You put her on the stand, the
recant goes in the record...Copy !req
588. along with her witnessed
physical attacks on my client.Copy !req
589. Why are you fighting this?Copy !req
590. Because he did it.Copy !req
591. And he doesn't deserve his freedom,
and he doesn't deserve to wear a badge.Copy !req
592. When did he confess exactly?Copy !req
593. A few days ago, to his wife.Copy !req
594. Privileged. Where's your case?Copy !req
595. In the courtroom,
in front of a jury.Copy !req
596. Didn't I tell you,
we're going bench, not jury.Copy !req
597. Come on, Alex,
don't be a sore loser.Copy !req
598. Drop the charges and send the kiddies
to counseling where they belong.Copy !req
599. No.Copy !req
600. For the egg on your face.Copy !req
601. Do you recognize this
internal report, Det. Munch?Copy !req
602. Yes, it's the report of an interview
I conducted with the victim...Copy !req
603. Patricia Andrews.
You were present at the time.Copy !req
604. What was the purpose
of the interview?Copy !req
605. Mrs. Andrews urgently wanted to drop
the rape charges against her husband.Copy !req
606. Did Mrs. Andrews actually say
her husband didn't rape her?Copy !req
607. No, she did not.Copy !req
608. So it's your testimony that the
victim came into the precinct...Copy !req
609. to drop the charges and clear her husband
but never refuted what happened, correct?Copy !req
610. She said that her husband sincerely
apologized for raping her...Copy !req
611. and that was the first time in
their marriage that he had done so.Copy !req
612. Objection. She said, he said,
it's double hearsay.Copy !req
613. Exception to hearsay.Copy !req
614. Your Honor, the defendant
admitted to the felony.Copy !req
615. It's a statement
against a penal interest.Copy !req
616. Why would Lloyd Andrews, a 20-year
vet on the Homicide Division...Copy !req
617. admit to guilt
if he didn't do it?Copy !req
618. At the very least, the
alleged apology is privileged.Copy !req
619. By telling it to a third
party, it becomes hearsay,Copy !req
620. therefore,
no privilege exists.Copy !req
621. The exception is granted.
Overruled.Copy !req
622. Nothing further.Copy !req
623. You threw a pot from
the stove. Was it still hot?Copy !req
624. No.Copy !req
625. I didn't want to hurt him.Copy !req
626. What happened then?Copy !req
627. Then he grabbed me by the back of my
head, and dragged me into the house.Copy !req
628. Go on.Copy !req
629. Then we fought some more.Copy !req
630. Was it physical?Copy !req
631. I kept hitting him,
and he'd push me back.Copy !req
632. And I'd hit him some more
and...Copy !req
633. Did he rape you?Copy !req
634. I don't know.Copy !req
635. Didn't you say he slammed
you against a wall...Copy !req
636. threw his arm across
your neck, and squeezed?Copy !req
637. Didn't you state that you
almost lost consciousness?Copy !req
638. Didn't you tell police that
he pulled your pants down...Copy !req
639. removed your panties, and raped
you? Is that the truth, Mrs. Andrews?Copy !req
640. I suppose.Copy !req
641. Yes or no?Copy !req
642. Yes.Copy !req
643. Nothing further.Copy !req
644. Mrs. Andrews, did you go
to the police and recant?Copy !req
645. I did.Copy !req
646. And were you facing assault one charges,
and did Ms. Cabot offer you a deal...Copy !req
647. in exchange
for your testimony?Copy !req
648. Yes.Copy !req
649. Then why are we here?Copy !req
650. Objection.Copy !req
651. Withdrawn.Copy !req
652. Mrs. Andrews, didn't you decide
to drop the rape charge...Copy !req
653. after your husband dropped the
assault charges against you?Copy !req
654. That's not how it was, you bitch!
You're twisting everything around!Copy !req
655. Watch the language.Copy !req
656. In fact, didn't you suddenly
have a change of heart...Copy !req
657. after having a long
conversation with your husband?Copy !req
658. Answer the question, or I can arrange
accommodations for you to think about it.Copy !req
659. Yes.Copy !req
660. We've been married for five
years. And for the most part...Copy !req
661. we've been pretty happy,
but lately it's been hell.Copy !req
662. How many times have the police
been called to your residence?Copy !req
663. Four.Copy !req
664. My wife loses control.Copy !req
665. She's the batterer, Mr. Andrews.
Why have you been protecting her?Copy !req
666. I love her.Copy !req
667. I couldn't see her get locked up
over something that's my fault.Copy !req
668. She's the one
who throws heavy objects.Copy !req
669. She grabs the knife
and attacks.Copy !req
670. Why is it your fault?Copy !req
671. I haven't always
been the best husband.Copy !req
672. I've cheated on her,
I don't always come home.Copy !req
673. I wouldn't, either.
Withdrawn.Copy !req
674. Did you force your wife
to have sex with you?Copy !req
675. No.Copy !req
676. Did you put her in a chokehold or in
any way touch her with excessive force?Copy !req
677. No, I did not.Copy !req
678. Since the physical evidence
bears witness to that...Copy !req
679. why would your wife accuse you
of such a despicable crime?Copy !req
680. I had promised to cut off
a yearlong relationship.Copy !req
681. I didn't, and she found out
about it.Copy !req
682. But I've since stopped
seeing the woman.Copy !req
683. I love my wife.Copy !req
684. Then why would you apologize
for rape, if you didn't do it?Copy !req
685. My wife can't let anything go.
She's got to be right, always.Copy !req
686. I'd rather lie
and tell her that...Copy !req
687. I'm sorry for something
that I didn't do...Copy !req
688. than fight about it
for the rest of my life.Copy !req
689. I just want some peace, and I don't
know a husband in the world who doesn't.Copy !req
690. Nothing further.Copy !req
691. Mr. Andrews...Copy !req
692. did you or did you not
tell your wife...Copy !req
693. you could do her
without leaving a mark?Copy !req
694. That's not what I meant
when I said...Copy !req
695. Let me remind you I can call
any number of city personnel...Copy !req
696. who witnessed this statement.Copy !req
697. Did you or did you not threaten
your wife with bodily harm?Copy !req
698. The heifer told me that
she was going to torch me!Copy !req
699. What the hell
was I supposed to say?Copy !req
700. That heifer is supposed to be
the woman you love?Copy !req
701. Sexual misconduct,
and he's out of a job.Copy !req
702. Don't be ridiculous.Copy !req
703. You haven't won.Copy !req
704. I'd say I've evened the odds
considerably, or you wouldn't be here.Copy !req
705. Deal, Alex.Copy !req
706. At least concede that these two
people should never be married...Copy !req
707. especially not to each other.Copy !req
708. That's not my concern.Copy !req
709. Well, it should be.Copy !req
710. Hell of a railroad job on what
he said in the heat of the moment.Copy !req
711. Got me thinking about the fights
with my wife. What people might say.Copy !req
712. Sometimes I want to kill her.Copy !req
713. If she dies,
then you've got a problem.Copy !req
714. D felony, still on the table.
Three years, he'll be out in one.Copy !req
715. With a sex-offender tag dragging
him down the rest of his life.Copy !req
716. You wanted to see me, Captain?
So here I am.Copy !req
717. Have a seat.Copy !req
718. If you don't mind,
I'd rather stand.Copy !req
719. I have a feeling I'm not
going to like what I hear.Copy !req
720. It's not official.
Just you and me.Copy !req
721. Now, I know these last couple of
months have been difficult for you.Copy !req
722. I know you think
we're the enemy.Copy !req
723. So this is about my lawsuit?Copy !req
724. Have you thought this through?Copy !req
725. The politics and the stink, how hard
they're going to try to make this for you...Copy !req
726. has that crossed your mind?Copy !req
727. The only thing on my mind is
the presumptuous attitude...Copy !req
728. about my private life.Copy !req
729. What I do on my own time, is
not fodder for this department.Copy !req
730. This unit isn't like any other
in the department.Copy !req
731. Not all the same rules apply,
Jefferies. You know that.Copy !req
732. No. All I know is that when
it hit the fan, you ducked.Copy !req
733. You're my responsibility, and
you're an integral part of my squad.Copy !req
734. I did not agree with their conclusion,
but I did agree that you need help.Copy !req
735. What does my personal life have to
do with my work or the way I do it?Copy !req
736. The way I see it, it's the equivalent
of you trying to eat your gun...Copy !req
737. and I can't let that happen.Copy !req
738. Then I don't think we have
anything left to talk about.Copy !req
739. Will the defendant
please rise?Copy !req
740. There is no doubt
that spousal rape exists.Copy !req
741. There is no doubt that a wife holds
the same protection under the law...Copy !req
742. from her husband and any other
male acquaintance or stranger...Copy !req
743. with regard to her own body.Copy !req
744. But how does
the law determine...Copy !req
745. if a rape actually occurred
within a relationship...Copy !req
746. defined by its very nature...Copy !req
747. as normal sexual intimacy?Copy !req
748. Unfortunately, it cannot.Copy !req
749. Nor should it, save
corroboration or grievous injury.Copy !req
750. Therefore, in the matter of the
People v. Lloyd David Andrews...Copy !req
751. the Defendant
is herby found...Copy !req
752. not guilty of one count
of rape in the first degree...Copy !req
753. not guilty, one count of sexual
misconduct in the first degree...Copy !req
754. not guilty,
one count of sexual abuse.Copy !req
755. The defendant is free to go.Copy !req
756. Well, that was a colossal
waste of time.Copy !req
757. I couldn't disagree more.Copy !req
758. Forget about the wasted man-hours
or even the taxpayers' money.Copy !req
759. You lost.
Where's the victory in that?Copy !req
760. I'm the only ADA to get spousal
rape past the grand jury.Copy !req
761. I may not have won, but I changed
the climate, so somebody else can.Copy !req
762. On the other hand, the only thing
you may have proven here today...Copy !req
763. is that women
are still chattel.Copy !req
764. Only if they want to be.Copy !req
765. That's a little premature,
don't you think?Copy !req
766. I thought a narc hotshot like you
would be worth at least 60 days.Copy !req
767. They're not mine, Captain.Copy !req
768. I guess Jefferies didn't want
to leave her gun unattended.Copy !req
769. I'm sorry.Copy !req
770. Me, too.Copy !req