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male announcer:
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.

- I DON'T WANT A SITTER, MOMMY.
I WANT YOU.

- I PROMISE
I WON'T BE LONG.

- OKAY.
- OH.

[phone ringing]

ALLY, THANK YOU,
YOU'RE A LIFESAVER.

- NO PROBLEM.

- HEY, TOMMY, I'M LEAVING NOW.
- HELLO!

- YEAH,
52 CORMACK COURT.

YOU TOLD ME ALREADY.
I'LL SEE YOU THERE.

- YOU'RE BACK WITH TOMMY.

I THOUGHT THAT YOU GUYS
BROKE UP.

- NO. WELL, MAYBE.
I DON'T KNOW.

HE JUST WANTS TO TALK.
- OH.

- I LOVE YOU, SUGAR BEAR.
BE A GOOD BOY.

I'LL BE BACK SOON.

TOMMY.

[scoffs]
VOICEMAIL, REALLY?

FINE,
I'M FIVE MINUTES AWAY.

- YES, MA'AM,
THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY RIGHT NOW.

[phone ringing]

911.
WHAT IS YOUR EMERGENCY?

- I'M HEARING
THIS COUPLE FIGHTING.

SHE'S SCREAMING.
52 CORMACK COURT, BABYLON.

- NEIGHBOR'S REPORTING
A DOMESTIC. 52 CORMACK COURT.

- ON MY WAY.

[phone rings]
- 911. WHAT IS YOUR EMERGENCY?

- HELLO,
CAN YOU HEAR ME?

- YES, MA'AM.
GO RIGHT AHEAD.

- I'M DRIVING DOWN CORMACK,
AND I JUST HEARD GUNSHOTS.

- WHAT IS THE ADDRESS?

- COPY,
REPORT OF SHOTS FIRED.

I'M APPROACHING THE SCENE.
REQUESTING BACKUP.

[sirens wailing]

[indistinct radio chatter]

- POLICE!

- TOMMY!

- STEP AWAY FROM HIM.
HANDS UP! GET UP!

- I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.
- UP, UP, UP!

- I CALLED YOU!
- IS THERE ANYONE ELSE

IN THE HOUSE?
- NO, JUST TOMMY.

HE'S...MY BOYFRIEND.

- HOW LONG
HAVE YOU BEEN HERE?

- I JUST GOT HERE.
HE WAS SHOT WHEN I PULLED UP--

- YOU WEREN'T ARGUING?
UH, SCREAMING?

- NO!
I SCREAMED WHEN I SAW.

- WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
- JESSIE STURGIS.

- JESSIE STURGIS,
YOU'RE UNDER ARREST.

- WHAT? NO!
I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.

- COME ON, COME ON.
- NO!

- YOU HAVE THE RIGHT
TO REMAIN SILENT.

- I DIDN'T DO IT!
- ANYTHING YOU SAY CAN AND...

- OKAY, THANKS.

LIV, WHEN'S THE LAST TIME
YOU HEARD FROM JESSIE STURGIS?

- JESSIE...

THE SINGLE MOM WHO WAS RAPED
IN THE MEATPACKING DISTRICT.

- YEAH,
THAT WAS LABOR DAY WEEKEND.

THAT STILL HASN'T
GONE TO TRIAL YET, RIGHT?

- THE D.A.'S OFFICE
HATED THAT CASE.

SHE WAS DRUNK,
AND HER STORY WAS A MESS.

- BUT SHE WAS RAPED.
- I'M NOT ARGUING THAT.

- SHE KNEW HER ASSAILANT,
I REMEMBER.

SHE WAS AFRAID THAT
HER BOYFRIEND WOULD FIND OUT.

- OKAY,
HER BOYFRIEND, TOMMY,

LAST NIGHT, JESSIE WAS ARRESTED
FOR KILLING HIM.

A.D.A. BARBA
WANTS TO SEE US NOW.

[dramatic music]

*

- I'M ARRAIGNING STURGIS TODAY,
COUNSELOR. GET BACK TO ME.

- I JUST NEED
TO GO OVER THE CASE FILES

WITH THE SVU DETECTIVES.

HAVE A GOOD DAY.

- THE SUFFOLK COUNTY D.A...
- PAM JAMES.

- DROVE IN TO SEE YOU
ABOUT JESSIE STURGIS?

- PAY NO ATTENTION
TO MS. JAMES'S ICY DEMEANOR.

UNDERNEATH,
SHE'S ALL STEEL.

- SO WHY IS SHE RUSHING
TO CHARGE JESSIE?

I MEAN,
IF JESSIE DID SHOOT TOMMY,

IT HAD TO BE
SELF-DEFENSE.

- HE APPEARS
TO HAVE BEEN UNARMED,

AND SHE BROUGHT A GUN
TO THE SCENE.

THAT'S AN ODD SCENARIO
FOR SELF-DEFENSE.

- BIG QUESTION IS, WHAT'S THIS
GOT TO DO WITH OUR RAPE CASE?

- JUST GOING TO ASK YOU
THE SAME QUESTION.

WALK ME THROUGH IT.

- FOUR MONTHS AGO,

JESSIE STURGIS WAS RAPED
BY A MICHAEL PROVO.

- PROVO'S SIDE,
IT WAS CONSENSUAL SEX,

AND SHE LIED 'CAUSE SHE WAS
AFRAID OF HER BOYFRIEND.

- TOMMY BANDOLCE.

THE GUY THAT JESSIE'S ACCUSED
OF MURDERING LAST NIGHT?

- RIGHT.

- THAT'S WHY MS. JAMES
WANTS TO SEE YOUR CASE.

SHE WANTS BACKGROUND
ON JESSIE.

SHE'S ALSO WORRIED PROVO
WAS FALSELY ACCUSED.

- DID SHE TELL YOU
THAT MICHAEL PROVO

IS A C.I.
FOR THEIR OFFICE,

HELPED MAKE HER THE D.A.?

SHE'S JUST LOOKING TO PROTECT
HER OWN.

- DIDN'T COME UP.

EITHER WAY, SHE WANTS US
TO OPEN OUR KIMONO.

- EXCUSE ME?
- SHE WANTS TO SEE

ALL OF OUR CASE WORK,
ALL THE D.A.'S FILES.

- SO SHE CAN BUILD A CASE
AGAINST JESSIE.

I ASSUME
YOU TOLD HER NO.

- DETECTIVE, THERE'S
A PROTOCOL AMONG D.A.s.

I CAN'T JUST SAY NO.

I TOLD HER
I WAS NEW TO THE OFFICE

WHEN THE CASE BROKE,
AND I NEEDED TO GET UP TO SPEED,

SO GET ME UP TO SPEED.

LABOR DAY WEEKEND.

LOCAL PRECINCT
GOT THE FIRST CALL?

- NO, EMS.

JESSIE HAD BEEN OUT PARTYING
WITH HER GIRLFRIENDS,

SHE COLLAPSED ON THE STREET.
SHE WAS TAKEN TO MERCY HOSPITAL.

- WHAT HAVE WE GOT?

- THE VIC'S NAME
IS JESSIE STURGIS.

EMS PICKED HER UP,
SEMI-CONSCIOUS ON GANSEVOORT.

- WELL,
DID SHE SAY ANYTHING?

- WELL, SHE WAS PRETTY
OUT OF IT. SHE WAS DRUNK.

SHE TOLD THEM
THAT SHE'D BEEN RAPED.

NOW, I FOUND THIS RECEIPT
IN HER BAG TO BABAR'S DEN,

TIME-STAMPED
TWO HOURS AGO.

FIN AND ROLLINS
ARE ON THEIR WAY.

[dance music]

- THIS PLACE AGAIN?
- THIRD CALL THIS MONTH

ABOUT ONE OF THEIR PATRONS
GETTING RAPED.

- SORRY, YOU GUYS,
YOU MISSED LAST CALL.

- WHAT ABOUT HER?

- OH, YEAH.
SHE ONE OF THEM "WOO-HOO" GIRLS.

- SAY WHAT?
- ONE OF THEM GIRLS

WHO COMES IN HERE,
THINKS SHE CAN DRINK LIKE A MAN.

WINDS UP SCREAMING
"WOO-HOO."

HER FRIENDS STARTED TO HOOK UP,
SHE LEFT.

DON'T TELL ME
SHE DROVE.

- SHE WAS ASSAULTED
AFTER SHE PAID HER TAB.

WHY DIDN'T YOU
CUT HER OFF?

- THIS PLACE IS STRICTLY
BOTTLE SERVICE, AT THE TABLE.

COMPLETELY
OUT OF MY HANDS.

- DID YOU SEE HER
LEAVE WITH ANYONE?

- NAH, BUT SHE WAS
ON HER CELL PHONE WHEN SHE LEFT.

LOOK, I'M SORRY
SHE WAS ASSAULTED,

BUT THAT'S NOT
ON THE CLUB.

- NEVER IS, IS IT?

- DETECTIVES? WHY?
I DIDN'T CALL YOU.

- JESSIE,
BEFORE YOU PASSED OUT,

YOU TOLD EMS
THAT YOU'D BEEN ASSAULTED,

AND THE RAPE KIT
CONFIRMS TRAUMA.

- RAPE KIT?
I DON'T REMEMBER.

NEVER MIND,
I GOTTA GO HOME.

MATTHEW'S WAITING UP FOR ME.

- MATTHEW,
YOUR LITTLE BOY.

HIS PICTURE'S
ON YOUR CELL PHONE.

- WHY WERE YOU
LOOKING THROUGH MY PHONE?

- WE'RE COPS.
YOU WERE UNCONSCIOUS.

WE NEEDED TO FIND
AN EMERGENCY CONTACT NUMBER.

- YOU DIDN'T CALL TOMMY?

- TOMMY?
TOMMY BANDOLCE.

NOW, THAT'S THE NUMBER
THAT YOU HAD LISTED.

IS THERE A PROBLEM?
- WHAT'D YOU TELL HIM?

- UH, I GOT TO GO.
IF HE SEES ME LIKE THIS, HE'S--

- OKAY, HOLD ON, JESSIE.

JESSIE,
YOU HAVE A FACE FULL OF BRUISES.

YOU HAVE
INTERNAL INJURIES.

NOW, WE NEED TO FIND OUT
WHO DID THIS TO YOU.

- UH, I DON'T KNOW.
IT WAS ALL A BLUR.

- THAT CAN HAPPEN.

DO YOU REMEMBER ANYTHING?
WHO YOU WERE WITH?

- UH, YEAH, I--

WELL, TOMMY AND I
HAD A FIGHT TODAY,

SO I WANTED TO HAVE A GIRLS'
NIGHT OUT WITH MY FRIENDS.

- BUT YOU DIDN'T LEAVE
WITH THEM?

- NO,
I WAS BY MYSELF.

BUT, UH--
OH, ACTUALLY, I REMEMBER,

A TOWN CAR PULLED UP,
AND THE DRIVER HAD A GUN,

AND HE MADE ME GET IN.

- OKAY.
WHAT DID THIS DRIVER LOOK LIKE?

- HE, UH...

HE WAS BLACK.

HE ATTACKED ME.

- WAS--RIGHT THERE,
IN FRONT OF THE CLUB?

'CAUSE YOU WERE FOUND
AROUND THE CORNER.

- ALL I REMEMBER
WAS THE GUN.

- ALL RIGHT,
WHAT TYPE OF GUN?

- IT WAS LIKE A--
A MACHINE GUN.

- OKAY.
JESSIE, CAN YOU TELL US

WHO YOU CALLED TONIGHT
FROM THE CLUB?

- EXCUSE ME?

- YOU CALLED ANOTHER NUMBER
THREE TIMES,

ONCE
RIGHT BEFORE YOU LEFT.

- JESSIE!
WHERE THE HELL IS SHE?

- TOMMY.
- HEY, TAKE IT EASY, PAL.

- JESSIE. JESSIE, WHAT HAPPENED?
- JUST TAKE ME HOME, TOMMY.

- JESSIE,
THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR YOU.

- ALL RIGHT, LISTEN, COME ON.

LET'S TAKE
A LITTLE WALK OUTSIDE, HUH?

- LOOK, YOU CAN'T KEEP HER
IF SHE WANTS TO GO.

JESSIE, THE BABYSITTER'S
ON THE CLOCK.

- I KNOW!
- GET YOUR STUFF.

- SIR, STEP BACK A SECOND.
- WHERE ARE YOUR SHOES?

- SHE NEEDS TO SEE A DOCTOR.
- I DON'T KNOW

WHERE MY SHOES ARE.
- LET'S GO. COME ON.

- JESSIE, IF YOU NEED MORE TIME,

THERE'S NO NEED
TO RUSH OUT OF HERE.

YOU NEED
TO SEE A DOCTOR NOW, OKAY?

- COME ON. LET'S GO.

- I, UH, I JUST WANT TO GO HOME,
THAT'S ALL.

- WE KNEW THAT IT WAS
A CRAP STORY,

BUT WE ALSO KNEW THAT SHE WAS
AFRAID OF HER BOYFRIEND.

- THIS BOYFRIEND,
TOMMY BANDOLCE,

THE ONE SHE SHOT LAST NIGHT,
WHAT'S HIS DEAL?

- TWO-BIT CONTRACTOR.

COUPLE OF ASSAULT CONVICTIONS,
BAR FIGHTS.

- SUFFOLK COUNTY POLICE
RESPONDED

TO THREE PRIOR DOMESTICS
AT JESSIE'S HOUSE.

JESSIE NEVER
PRESSED CHARGES.

- THE NUMBER SHE CALLED
THAT NIGHT AT THE BAR,

WHO WAS IT?

- WE TRACED IT
TO MICHAEL PROVO--

YOUR D.A. PAL'S
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT.

- THE NEXT DAY,
FIN AND I DROVE OUT

TO HIS P.I. OFFICE IN ISLIP.

- YOU GUYS
DIDN'T HAVE TO MAKE THE TRIP.

I COULD'VE COME BY.

I'M IN AND OUT OF THE CITY
ALL THE TIME.

HALF YOUR DEPARTMENT
OWES ME DRINKS.

- HMM.
- SO YOU WERE ON THE JOB?

- FORMER ATF. I'VE BEEN A P.I.
FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS.

SECURITY CONSULTANT,
BACKGROUND CHECKS.

WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?

- UH, DO YOU KNOW
A JESSIE STURGIS?

- YES, I KNOW JESSIE.

- SEE HER LAST NIGHT?

- WHAT'S THIS ABOUT?

- YOU WORK LAW ENFORCEMENT.
WE BOTH KNOW THAT'S A YES.

- OKAY. OKAY.
UM, YES, SHE CALLED ME.

SHE HAD TOO MANY DRINKS,
AND SHE ASKED ME TO PICK HER UP.

- SO YOU TWO ARE...
FRIENDS?

- LOOK, WE'RE ALL ADULTS HERE.
I'M MARRIED.

I'M ALSO SEEING JESSIE.
IT IS WHAT IT IS.

- WHAT WAS "IT"
LAST NIGHT?

- LIKE I SAID,
SHE WAS DRUNK,

MAD AT TOMMY.

WHEN TOMMY DOES SOMETHING
TO HER, SHE DOES ME.

HER LITTLE WAY
OF GETTING BACK.

- OKAY, SO WAS THAT BEFORE
OR AFTER YOU SMACKED HER AROUND?

- WHOA, WHAT--

IS THAT WHAT SHE SAID?

WAIT, THAT'S TOMMY'S M.O.

- GO ON.

- WE WERE IN THE CAR,
SHE'S ALL OVER ME,

SHE GETS A TEXT FROM TOMMY,
SHE FREAKS OUT,

SHE ASKED ME
TO TAKE HER BACK BY THE CLUB.

IS SHE OKAY?

- OH, SO SHE WAS FINE
WHEN YOU LEFT HER?

- A LITTLE DRUNK,
MAYBE A LITTLE SCARED.

LOOK, I'LL GIVE YOU DNA,
PRINTS, EMAILS, VOICEMAIL,

WHATEVER YOU NEED.
I GOT NOTHING TO HIDE.

- HEY, PROVO.
I WAS A BAD GIRL.

I HAD A FEW DRINKS.
I WANT TO SEE YOU.

- SO, JESSIE,
ASIDE FROM TOMMY,

YOU WERE ALSO IN A RELATIONSHIP
WITH MICHAEL PROVO?

- HE'S SORT OF THERE
WHEN TOMMY ISN'T.

- AND THE BLACK GUNMAN
IN THE TOWN CAR,

HE'S NOT REAL,
IS HE?

- NO, I'M SORRY.
I MADE HIM UP.

I DIDN'T WANT TOMMY
TO KNOW.

- TO KNOW WHAT? THAT YOU
CALLED MICHAEL THREE TIMES?

THAT YOU GOT IN A CAR
WITH HIM?

JESSIE...

YOU WEREN'T RAPED,
WERE YOU?

- I DIDN'T MAKE THAT PART UP,
I WAS RAPED

BY MICHAEL PROVO.

I BEGGED HIM TO STOP.

- SHE SAID HE KEPT SMACKING HER
UNTIL SHE SHUT UP.

- SO JESSIE DRUNK-DIALS PROVO,
SITUATION GOES SOUTH,

AND HE RAPES HER?
- ONE MORE THING.

SHE SAID IF TOMMY FOUND OUT,
HE'D KILL HER.

- AND THEN SHE WINDS UP
SHOOTING HIM.

- LET'S GO BACK
TO LABOR DAY WEEKEND,

THE NIGHT OF THE RAPE.

JESSIE DID NOT WANT
TOMMY BANDOLCE

TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE AFFAIR.

IS IT POSSIBLE
THAT HE DID FIND OUT,

AND HE'S THE ONE
WHO ASSAULTED HER?

- THAT WAS MY FIRST THOUGHT,
BUT TOMMY HAD AN ALIBI.

- TURNED OUT HE SPENT LABOR DAY
WEEKEND IN BELLPORT,

ATTENDING TO THE NEEDS
OF A CLIENT'S WIFE.

- HUH.
THE CLIENT'S WIFE CONFIRMED?

- ALONG WITH TOMMY'S E-ZPASS
AND GPS RECORDS.

- OKAY, SO BANDOLCE
DIDN'T RAPE HER...FOR NOW,

BUT JESSIE STILL
COULD HAVE CRIED RAPE

TO COVER UP
THE RELATIONSHIP WITH PROVO.

- AND BEAT HERSELF UP
TO MAKE IT LOOK GOOD?

LOOK, JESSIE MAY HAVE LIED
FROM THE START,

BUT ONCE
SHE ACCUSED PROVO,

SHE WAS CONSISTENT
IN ALL OF HER DETAILS.

- YOU'RE THE ONE WHO TALKED ME
INTO PRESSING CHARGES.

WHY HAVEN'T YOU
ARRESTED HIM YET?

- WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT THERE AREN'T ANY SURPRISES.

- AM I ON TRIAL,
OR IS HE?

OKAY.

I'LL BE BACK,
SWEETIE.

I'VE BEEN SOBER
SEVEN MONTHS NOW,

BUT TOMMY AND I HAD A FIGHT
THAT NIGHT,

AND I HAD
A LITTLE SLIP.

- WHEN YOU WERE OUT
WITH YOUR GIRLFRIENDS?

- YES, BUT I CAN NEVER
JUST HAVE ONE DRINK.

I'VE GOT
MONSTER MOMENTUM.

WHEN I'M PICKING UP,
I'M PICKING UP.

- SO YOU CALLED MICHAEL.

AND HOW LONG
HAS HE BEEN IN THE PICTURE?

- OH, GOSH,
SINCE THE SPRING.

THE LAST TIME
TOMMY AND I BROKE UP.

MICHAEL'S HIS FRIEND.
HE CAME BY TO SAY

HE WAS CHECKING IN ON ME,
AND THEN HE KEPT COMING BY.

- SO HAS MICHAEL EVER
GOTTEN ROUGH WITH YOU BEFORE?

- NO, BUT, UH,
IT WAS MY FAULT HE DID.

I SHOULDN'T HAVE TOLD HIM
TO STOP.

- JESSIE...

YOU CAN SAY NO...
ANYTIME.

- SO...DID YOU?

- WHEN WE WERE GOING AT IT
IN HIS CAR, HE GETS A CALL...

FROM HIS WIFE.

- AND YOU DIDN'T KNOW
HE WAS MARRIED.

- NOT TILL I HEAR KIDS CRYING
IN THE BACKGROUND,

AND SHE'S LIKE,
"BABE, BRING ME BABY ASPIRIN."

I WAS LIKE,
"TAKE ME HOME."

- AND HE GOT MAD.

- HE SAID, "BITCH,
YOU CAN'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO."

AND THEN,
AFTER HE'S DONE WITH ME,

HE DROPS ME
ON THE STREET,

REMINDS ME HE'S A COP,
AND HE SAYS,

"YOU TELL ANYONE,
YOU'LL REGRET IT."

- PROVO'S NOT A COP.
HE WAS AN ANALYST

FOR ALCOHOL, TOBACCO,
AND FIREARMS SIX YEARS AGO.

- RIGHT, SO EITHER HE'S LYING
TO HER, OR SHE'S LYING TO US.

- WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HIM?
DOES HE HAVE A RECORD?

- NOTHING IN THE NYPD DATABASE,
BUT LOOK AT THIS--

FOUR YEARS AGO,
HE WAS QUESTIONED

FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT IN ISLIP--
CONSUELO DIAZ.

- THEY MAKE IT STICK?

- CHARGES WERE NEVER FILED,

BUT THE VICTIM
WAS DEPORTED TO BELIZE...

AFTER IMMIGRATION GOT A TIP
FROM "FORMER FEDERAL AGENT."

- PROVO DROPPED A DIME ON HER.
HE PLAYS ROUGH.

- MR. PROVO,
WE HAVE A PROBLEM.

JESSIE WON'T MOVE
OFF HER ACCUSATION.

- POOR GIRL'S
GOT STOCKHOLM SYNDROME.

TOMMY'S ABUSED HER
FOR SO LONG,

SHE'S TERRIFIED
OF TELLING THE TRUTH.

- MAYBE,
BUT HE DIDN'T ASSAULT HER.

HE'S GOT AN ALIBI.
YOU DON'T.

- [sighs]

LOOK, HERE'S THE TRUTH.
JESSIE WAS BOMBED.

SHE'S ALL OVER ME,
AND THEN...

MY WIFE CALLS,
WHICH FREAKED HER OUT.

- YOU DIDN'T DO IT,
TOMMY DIDN'T DO IT.

SOMEBODY
DID A NUMBER ON HER.

- [sighs] LOOK,
I FEEL BAD ABOUT THIS.

SHE WAS SO MAD AT ME,
SHE JUMPED RIGHT OUT OF MY CAR.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN ANYBODY
AFTER THAT.

- WHY IS SHE INSISTING
THAT IT WAS YOU?

- I'M HERE OF MY OWN VOLITION,
DETECTIVE.

I KNOW
YOU GOT A JOB TO DO,

BUT YOU'RE HANGING YOUR HAT
ON THE WRONG RACK.

- OKAY, LET'S TRY ANOTHER RACK.
CONSUELO DIAZ.

YOU WERE QUESTIONED
ABOUT RAPING HER.

- THOSE CHARGES
WERE NEVER FILED.

- THEN WHY'D SHE ACCUSE YOU?

- [sighs]
SHE WAS THE FIANCEE

OF A FRIEND OF MINE
FIGHTING DEPORTATION.

SHE THOUGHT SHE'D GET SYMPATHY
BY CRYING RAPE,

THEN SHE THOUGHT BETTER.

- AFTER YOU HAD HER
SENT BACK TO BELIZE?

- WHAT?
I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THAT.

- COUNSELOR DAVID ELIAS
FOR MR. PROVO.

- HE DIDN'T ASK
FOR A LAWYER.

- ACTUALLY, DETECTIVE,
I'M WITH THE SUFFOLK COUNTY

D.A.'S OFFICE.
- DAVID, EVERYTHING OKAY?

- WE NEED MR. PROVO'S HELP
WITH A CASE.

- [chuckles] I'M SORRY, GUYS.
YOU HAVE MY NUMBER.

- SORRY TO DRAG YOU IN
ON THIS.

D.A. JUST HAS
A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

- DID NOT
SEE THAT COMING.

- AND THAT'S WHEN WE KNEW
THIS GUY HAD JUICE.

- OKAY, PROVO'S GOT HOOKS.

- FIRST, WE THOUGHT HE MIGHT
JUST BE A SOURCE FOR THE D.A.

WORKING OFF A CHARGE.

- BUT THEN
WE STARTED LOOKING

AT THE TRIALS
WHERE PROVO TESTIFIED.

WE BACKTRACKED
TO THE CASE FILES,

AND WE FOUND
HIS ANONYMOUS C.I. NUMBER.

- TURNS OUT HE'S BEEN A RAT
SINCE 2008.

- 2008?

THAT'S A YEAR
BEFORE THE CONSUELO DIAZ RAPE.

- MAYBE THAT'S
WHY PAM JAMES

NEVER PRESSED CHARGES
ON THAT CASE.

- IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR A D.A.
TO PROTECT HER ASSET.

[cell phone chimes]
- [chuckles]

SHE'S STILL
PROTECTING HIM.

SHE'S ARRAIGNING JESSIE
IN TWO HOURS.

WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR?

- MR. BARBA, I AM DUE IN COURT
IN THREE MINUTES.

WHERE'S THAT CASE FILE?
- I'VE HIT A COUPLE

OF RED FLAGS.
IT TURNS OUT MICHAEL PROVO

WAS ACCUSED OF RAPE
FOUR YEARS AGO.

- IT'S NOT AN ISSUE.
CHARGES WERE NEVER FILED.

- YOU MEAN
YOU NEVER FILED THEM.

YOU WERE THE PROSECUTING
ATTORNEY ON THAT CASE.

- THIS ISN'T THE CITY.
WE DON'T DRAG

THE WRONGFULLY ACCUSED
THROUGH THE MUD.

- ESPECIALLY NOT
IF HE'S YOUR C.I.

- SAVE YOURSELF SOME GRIEF.
DROP YOUR CHARGES AGAINST PROVO.

JESSIE STURGIS IS AN UNSTABLE
WITNESS AND A MURDERER.

YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT HER
ON THE STAND.

- THE PEOPLE VERSUS
JESSICA STURGIS.

THE CHARGE
IS MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE.

HOW DO YOU PLEAD?

- NOT GUILTY, YOUR HONOR.
I'M INNOCENT.

- PEOPLE ON BAIL?

- YOUR HONOR,
WE ASK THAT BAIL BE DENIED.

MS. STURGIS REPRESENTS
A FLIGHT RISK.

SHE'S FACING
A MURDER CHARGE.

- MS. STURGIS
WORKS AT A LOCAL PHARMACY

AND HAS A FIVE-YEAR-OLD SON.

SHE'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

- EVEN SO, I HAVE TO AGREE
WITH OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

BAIL IS SET
AT $200,000.

- WHAT?
I CAN'T AFFORD THAT.

NONE OF THIS IS TRUE.

WHAT ABOUT MATTHEW, MY SON?
- MA'AM, CALM DOWN.

- WHO'LL TAKE CARE OF HIM?

- THE COURT WILL BE IN TOUCH
WITH SOCIAL SERVICES.

- DETECTIVE BENSON,
PLEASE TELL HIM!

TELL HIM I DIDN'T DO IT!

YOU KNOW I DIDN'T DO THIS!
TELL HIM!

- THAT'S ENOUGH, MS. STURGIS.
- PLEASE TELL HIM!

- THINGS SEEM TO BE MOVING
AWFULLY FAST OUT HERE.

- WE'RE IN SOMEONE ELSE'S
COURTHOUSE,

AND IT'S NOT OUR CASE.
SHE'S THEIR DEFENDANT.

- I KNOW,
BUT SHE'S ALSO OUR VICTIM.

- THIS IS A NIGHTMARE.

THEY'RE PUTTING MATTHEW
INTO FOSTER CARE?

I DIDN'T KILL TOMMY!

HE JUST WANTED TO TALK.
HE WAS DEAD WHEN I GOT THERE.

- JESSIE, THE MURDER CHARGE
IS IN THE HANDS

OF THE SUFFOLK COUNTY D.A.

WE CAN'T TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT.

- WHAT?
- UNLESS YOU THINK

THAT IT MIGHT HAVE SOME BEARING
ON YOUR RAPE CASE.

YOU SAID THAT TOMMY
WAS ANGRY ABOUT IT.

DO YOU THINK THAT'S WHY
HE WANTED TO TALK TO YOU?

- MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW.

HE JUST CALLED ME TWICE,
UPSET,

SAID HE HAD TO SEE ME.

HE HAD ME TO MEET HIM
AT THIS HOUSE AT 8:00.

- ALL RIGHT, WELL, WHAT HAPPENED
WHEN YOU GOT THERE?

- I RANG THE BELL,
BUT THERE WAS NO ANSWER.

THE DOOR WASN'T LOCKED,
SO I WALKED IN.

I SEE HIM LYING THERE
ON THE FLOOR.

HE'D BEEN SHOT
IN THE CHEST,

AND I TRIED
TO STOP THE BLOOD.

WHILE I'M ON THE PHONE
WITH 911, THE POLICE COME.

- HOLD ON.
HOW DO YOU MEAN?

- I HADN'T EVEN GIVEN THEM
THE ADDRESS YET,

AND COP CARS SHOWED UP,
SIRENS GOING.

- OKAY,
AND WHAT TIME WAS THIS?

- RIGHT AT 8:00.
THEY WALK IN, THEY SEE ME,

TOMMY DEAD,
THE GUN ON THE FLOOR.

WASN'T MY GUN.
I'VE NEVER EVEN TOUCHED A GUN,

BUT THEY ARRESTED ME.

- JESSIE...
HAD YOU BEEN DRINKING?

- I HAVEN'T HAD A DRINK
SINCE THE NIGHT I WAS RAPED.

I SWEAR.

PLEASE,
YOU HAVE TO HELP ME.

I DIDN'T DO THIS.

I HAVE
TO GET BACK TO MY SON.

PLEASE.

- WE NEED TO CHECK THE TIMELINE
ON HER 911 CALL.

- LIV, IF YOU WERE A COP
ON THAT SCENE,

YOU WOULD HAVE
ARRESTED HER TOO.

- LOOK, I GET IT,
IT LOOKS BAD,

BUT I GOTTA TELL YOU, I BELIEVE
THAT SHE'S TELLING THE TRUTH.

I WANT TO SEE
THAT CASE FILE.

- I GOT A COUSIN
ON THE JOB OUT HERE.

I'LL SEE
IF I CAN PULL A FAVOR.

- DETECTIVES,
FANCY MEETING YOU HERE.

YOU SAVED ME A TRIP TO THE CITY.
- WHAT'S THIS?

- A SUBPOENA TO APPEAR
BEFORE A GRAND JURY

IN JESSIE'S MURDER CASE.

SEE YOU TOMORROW.

- DETECTIVE, DIDN'T
JESSIE STURGIS INITIALLY CLAIM

TO HAVE BEEN RAPED
AT MACHINE GUN POINT

BY A STRANGER
IN A TOWN CAR?

- YES, BUT VICTIMS FREQUENTLY--
- JUST ANSWER THE QUESTION.

DID SHE LIE?
- YES.

- AND DID SHE SAY SHE LIED
BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T WANT

HER BOYFRIEND, MR. BANDOLCE,
TO KNOW THE TRUTH--

THAT SHE WAS HAVING
AN AFFAIR?

- ACTUALLY,
SHE SAID THAT SHE WAS--

- YES OR NO,
WAS SHE TRYING TO HIDE

HER AFFAIR
FROM HER BOYFRIEND?

- YES.
- WOULD YOU DESCRIBE

THEIR RELATIONSHIP
AS ACRIMONIOUS?

- I WOULD SAY
THAT SHE WAS AFRAID OF HIM.

- AND YET, TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE,
AFTER HE FOUND OUT

ABOUT THE AFFAIR,
DID HE HARM HER IN ANY WAY?

- NO.
- IN FACT, DID MR. BANDOLCE

PICK HER UP FROM THE HOSPITAL
ON THE NIGHT OF THE ALLEGED RAPE

AND TAKE HER HOME?
- YES, BUT--

- NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

- HOW WAS
THE GRAND JURY?

- THEY'LL INDICT HER BY LUNCH.
WHAT'S ALL THIS?

- MY COUSIN CAME THROUGH.

WE GOT
THE BANDOLCE MURDER CASE FILE.

- ANYTHING
THAT HELPS JESSIE?

- WELL, YOU WERE RIGHT
ABOUT THE TIMELINE.

- THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER,
TOMMY BANDOLCE CALLS JESSIE

ONCE AT 7:06,
ONCE AT 7:40.

SHE SAID HE BEGGED HER
TO MEET HER BY 8:00

AT A HOUSE
THAT WAS 15 MINUTES AWAY.

- WHEN SHE CALLED BACK
AT 7:50

TO SAY SHE WAS FIVE MINUTES
AWAY, HE DIDN'T PICK UP.

- WHAT DOESN'T FOLLOW, AT 7:55,
A NEIGHBOR,

LARRY BANKS,
CALLS IN

A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE
AT THAT HOUSE.

- 911.
WHAT IS YOUR EMERGENCY?

- I'M HEARING THIS COUPLE
FIGHTING, SHE'S SCREAMING.

52 CORMACK COURT,
BABYLON.

- EVEN IF
JESSIE WAS THERE,

I MEAN, THEY GOT INTO
THAT ARGUMENT AWFULLY FAST.

- YEAH, AND THEN,
THREE MINUTES LATER,

A WOMAN DRIVING BY
CALLS.

- 911.
WHAT IS YOUR EMERGENCY?

- HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME?

- YES, MA'AM.
GO RIGHT AHEAD.

- I'M DRIVING DOWN CORMACK,
AND I JUST HEARD GUNSHOTS.

- WHO WAS THAT?

- THAT CAME
FROM A NO-NAME PHONE.

SUFFOLK COUNTY POLICE ARE TRYING
TO TRACK HER DOWN NOW.

- THEN AT 8:02, JESSIE CALLS
TO SAY SHE FOUND TOMMY.

BY THEN,
THE POLICE HAVE ARRIVED.

THEY SEE HER NEXT TO THE BODY,
THE GUN.

I MEAN,
IT'S A LITTLE TIGHT,

BUT I CAN SEE
WHY THEY CHARGED HER.

- THEY FIND PRINTS ON THE GUN?
- NO.

AND NO RESIDUE
ON JESSIE'S HANDS.

- WERE THEY ABLE
TO TRACE IT?

- YEAH,
REGISTERED TO OWNER...

GORROMINI & SONS
ON FIFTH AVENUE.

IT'S "QUALITY SELLERS
OF FINE CLOTHES AND FIREARMS."

AND WHEN SUFFOLK COUNTY POLICE
SPOKE TO HIM,

HE CLAIMED
JESSIE STOLE IT FROM HIM.

- BUT HE DIDN'T
REPORT THE GUN STOLEN

UNTIL THE COPS TALKED TO HIM?
- HMM.

- I SAY
WE FOLLOW UP ON THAT.

- MY FAMILY HAS BEEN
CLOTHIERS AND ARMORERS

FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS.

WE HAVE A LICENSE
FOR EVERY RIFLE IN THE STORE.

- THE HANDGUN
USED IN THE MURDER

WAS REGISTERED TO YOU
PERSONALLY, MR. GORROMINI.

- YES, I KNOW.
IT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE.

I TOLD THE OTHER POLICE
EVERYTHING THAT I KNOW.

- TELL US AGAIN.

- LAST JUNE,
SHE CAME INTO THE STORE.

I NOTICED HER
IMMEDIATELY.

SHE HAD A CERTAIN...
SOMETHING.

- SHE SAY
WHY SHE NEEDED A GUN?

- YES, SHE SAID
HER PHARMACY WAS ROBBED,

SHE NEEDED PROTECTION.
I TOLD THAT HER

THAT WE DIDN'T SELL HANDGUNS,
AND NEVER WITHOUT A LICENSE.

- SO YOU JUST
GAVE HER ONE?

- I BELIEVE SHE TOOK THE GUN
FROM MY BEDROOM CLOSET.

THAT NIGHT, I MADE THE MISTAKE
OF SLEEPING WITH HER.

- SO WHY DIDN'T YOU
REPORT IT STOLEN?

- I DIDN'T NOTICE.

THE--
THE SUFFOLK COUNTY POLICE

ASSURED ME THAT
THIS WOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM,

SINCE I WAS COOPERATING
WITH THEIR CASE.

- YOU'RE DEALING WITH MANHATTAN
NOW, CHIEF,

SO YOU'RE COMING
WITH US.

- I'M NOT SURE WHY WE'RE HERE.
- YOU'RE NOT?

YOUR CLIENT EITHER
KNOWINGLY PROVIDED A WEAPON

THAT WAS USED IN A MURDER, OR
HE FAILED TO REPORT IT STOLEN.

EITHER WAY,
HE'S IN TROUBLE.

- NOT IF YOU GIVE HIM
QUEEN FOR A DAY.

- SOLD.
WE'LL THROW IN A TIARA,

AS LONG AS HE
TELLS US EVERYTHING,

RIGHT NOW, NO HOLDING BACK.
WE WON'T USE IT AGAINST HIM.

YOU'VE LIED TWICE.
LAST CHANCE.

- SAME QUESTION,
HOW DID JESSIE GET THE GUN?

- I'M NOT SURE.

- SO SHE WAS NEVER
IN YOUR APARTMENT?

YOU NEVER SLEPT WITH HER?
- NO.

I NEVER EVEN MET HER.

FRIEND ASKED TO BORROW THE GUN
ON HER BEHALF.

- WHAT FRIEND?
- HIS NAME IS MICHAEL PROVO.

- AND WHEN WAS THIS?
- ABOUT A WEEK AGO.

HE SAID
IT WAS A PERSONAL FAVOR.

- THAT'S A BIG FAVOR.
YOU'D RISK YOUR LICENSE FOR HIM?

- THIS QUEEN FOR A DAY
COVERS EVERYTHING, RIGHT?

- [whispering]
YEAH, GO AHEAD.

- PROVO SAVED MY LICENSE
TEN YEARS AGO.

HE TIPPED ME OFF
ABOUT AN ATF STING.

HE CALLED THE OTHER NIGHT, SAID
THE GUN WAS USED IN A CRIME,

SAID HE'D SMOOTH IT OVER
WITH THE D.A.

- AND THE STORY
ABOUT JESSICA STEALING THE GUN?

- THAT CAME FROM PROVO.
EVERY WORD.

- PROVO GOT GORROMINI
TO LIE.

FIND OUT IF HE COERCED
ANY OTHER WITNESSES.

- I'M WAY AHEAD OF YOU,
COUNSELOR, AS USUAL.

LARRY BANKS,
WHO MADE THE FIRST 911 CALL

ABOUT A DOMESTIC DISPUTE.

- ANY SUFFOLK COUNTY
POLICE CONTACTS?

- TWO DUIs,
BOTH OF WHICH WERE DROPPED.

- OH, THAT'S INTERESTING.

WHAT ABOUT THE WOMAN
WHO CALLED IN THE GUNSHOTS?

- WELL, THE SUFFOLK COUNTY
POLICE CLAIMS

THAT THEY'RE STILL TRYING
TO TRACE THE CELL PHONE.

BUT OUR WORKING THEORY
IS THAT PROVO HELD A GUN

TO TOMMY'S HEAD,
FORCED HIM TO CALL JESSIE.

- ONCE SHE'S ON HER WAY,
PROVO TRIGGERS THE 911 CALLS,

AND THE POLICE ARRIVE
JUST AFTER JESSIE DOES.

- SOUNDS LIKE IT'S TIME
FOR A SIT-DOWN

WITH THE SUFFOLK COUNTY D.A.

- OPEN OUR KIMONO?
I DON'T THINK SO.

THE GUN
CAME FROM MANHATTAN.

WE'RE CLOSING IN
ON A CONSPIRACY.

THIS IS OUR CASE NOW.

- MICHAEL PROVO, NEED TO SPEAK
WITH YOU PRIVATELY.

- WE'RE ABOUT TO HIT THE ROAD.
GO GET THE DOG.

- NO, YOU'RE NOT.
WE HAVE A WARRANT

FOR YOUR ARREST
IN THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK.

- WHAT FOR?
- BESIDES A RAPE CHARGE,

YOU'RE UNDER ARREST
FOR CONSPIRACY AND MURDER.

- YOU GOTTA BE
KIDDING ME.

I SAID GET INSIDE!
CALL PAM JAMES, NOW.

YOU REALLY
HAVE TO DO THAT?

- YOU STILL THINK
YOU'RE SPECIAL.

GET IN THE CAR.

[vacuum running]

- MS. JAMES,
WHAT BRINGS YOU TO TOWN?

- I WAS HEADING
TO THE GOVERNOR'S FUNDRAISER

WHEN THAT YOUR SVU MINIONS
ARRESTED MR. PROVO IN ISLIP.

- YEAH, THEY SAID TRAFFIC
WAS TERRIBLE COMING BACK.

- I'M MORE
THAN A LITTLE SURPRISED

I DIDN'T GET A HEADS-UP
FROM YOUR OFFICE.

- [chuckles] YOU WEREN'T
EXACTLY FORTHCOMING

WHEN YOU CAME
TO ASK ABOUT JESSIE STURGIS.

- AND YOU'RE
PAYING ME BACK

BY TRYING TO BLOW A HOLE
IN MY MURDER CASE.

- THIS ISN'T ABOUT PAYBACK,
AND IT DOESN'T STOP

WITH MICHAEL PROVO
FRAMING JESSIE FOR MURDER.

- MICHAEL PROVO
DID NOT FRAME JESSIE.

- YOU CAN'T ADMIT THAT,
RIGHT?

IF PROVO FRAMED JESSIE,
HE COULD'VE FRAMED ANYONE,

WHICH MEANS
YOU'D HAVE TO REOPEN

EVERY CASE
HE WAS EVER INVOLVED WITH.

YOUR WHOLE OFFICE
COULD BE VULNERABLE HERE.

THIS GUY'S GOT YOU
JUMPING THROUGH HOOPS, PAM.

DROPPING RAPE CHARGES,
DUIs--

- YOU ATTACK
THE INTEGRITY OF MY OFFICE,

YOU'RE IN FOR THE FIGHT
OF YOUR LIFE.

- I NEVER MIND
A LITTLE BLOOD ON THE CANVAS.

YOU GOT AN EVENT TO GET TO?
ENJOY.

I GOT A CASE TO PREPARE.

- SO YOU CAN PROVE IT?

THAT MICHAEL KILLED TOMMY
AND SET THIS WHOLE THING UP?

- OUR D.A.'S ADDING
CONSPIRACY AND MURDER

TO PROVO'S RAPE CHARGE.

- OH, THANK GOD.
CAN I GO HOME TONIGHT?

MY BOY'S
IN FOSTER CARE.

- SEE, JESSIE,
THAT'S THE BAD NEWS,

IS THAT THE SUFFOLK COUNTY D.A.
WON'T DROP THE CHARGES.

- WHY? THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
MICHAEL DID IT.

- WE BELIEVE YOU WERE FRAMED.
THEY THINK YOU DID IT.

IT'S TWO SEPARATE COUNTIES,
TWO SEPARATE TRIALS.

- THIS IS INSANE.

HE RAPED ME, KILLED TOMMY,
PUT ME IN HERE.

YOU'RE TELLING ME
YOU CAN'T GET ME OUT?

WHAT IF THEY CONVICT ME?

- WE'RE BUILDING
YOUR CASE.

WE'RE WORKING
WITH YOUR DEFENSE TEAM.

THE D.A. WILL NOT GIVE UP.
I JUST--

WE JUST NEED YOU TO HANG IN
THERE A LITTLE LONGER, OKAY?

- "JUST HANG IN THERE"?

GET OUT.

LEAVE.

GET OUT!

- GUARD.
[buzzer]

- [sobbing]

- YOUR HONOR, THE GRAND JURY
INDICTED MICHAEL PROVO

FOR RAPE, MURDER,
AND CONSPIRACY.

WE WOULD LIKE TO CONSOLIDATE
THESE CHARGES

TO PROCEED TO TRIAL
TOGETHER.

- AT THE VERY LEAST,
THE CHARGES SHOULD BE SEPARATE.

THERE'S NO LINK BETWEEN THEM.
- THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY LINKED.

WE INTEND TO PROVE
THAT THE DEFENDANT

FRAMED JESSIE STURGIS
FOR MURDER

BECAUSE SHE ACCUSED HIM
OF RAPE.

- MR. BARBA
HAS OVERSTEPPED--

- IT'S A COMPLICATED CASE,

BUT I DO SEE A BASIS
FOR CONSOLIDATING.

DEFENSE MOTION DENIED.
[bangs gavel]

- YOUR HONOR?

- MS. JAMES.

- I KNOW IT'S UNUSUAL, BUT
I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COURT.

- OBJECTION.

THE SUFFOLK COUNTY D.A.

IS NOT A PARTY IN THIS CASE.

- THIS MATTER HAS BEARING ON
A CASE SET FOR TRIAL IN ISLIP.

I WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE
OF THAT CONFLICT.

- APPROACH.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE,
MS. JAMES?

- THE ALLEGED VICTIM
IN THIS TRIAL, JESSIE STURGIS,

IS UNDER INDICTMENT
IN SUFFOLK COUNTY

FOR THE SAME MURDER.

WE GO TO TRIAL
ON MONDAY.

I'M ASKING YOU
TO DISMISS THE CHARGES HERE.

- YOUR HONOR, THE LAW CLEARLY
ALLOWS FOR DIFFERENT DEFENDANTS

TO BE TRIED
IN DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS

FOR THE SAME CRIME.
- THANK YOU, MR. BARBA.

I'M AWARE
OF WHAT THE LAW ALLOWS.

AND HE'S RIGHT.

- THEN WE ASK
THAT YOU STAY YOUR CASE

UNTIL OUR TRIAL
IS OVER.

- AND YOUR JURY'S VERDICT

DICTATES
THE COURSE OF OUR TRIAL.

- MS. JAMES,
ALL DUE RESPECT,

I DON'T RUN
THE MANHATTAN COURTROOM

ON SUFFOLK TIME.

YOU TRY YOUR CASE,
MR. BARBA TRIES HIS.

- WE'RE IN BUSINESS.

- ARE WE?
- MM-HMM.

- TWO TRIALS
AT THE SAME TIME?

WHAT IF SUFFOLK COUNTY
GOES TO JURY BEFORE US?

- LEAVE THAT FOR OUR ESTEEMED
APPELLATE COURT.

- WHILE JESSIE
ROTS IN HER JAIL CELL

AND PROVO'S OUT ON BAIL.
- DETECTIVE...

YOU THINK
YOU CAN DO THIS FASTER?

HELP YOURSELF.

- WE ARE GONNA PROVE,
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT,

THAT MS. STURGIS CHEATED
ON HER BOYFRIEND, MR. BANDOLCE.

SHE LIED TO HIM
ABOUT IT,

AND WHEN HE
CONFRONTED HER,

SHE SHOT HIM.

- FORGET
WHAT YOU MAY HAVE READ

OR HEARD ABOUT THE SUFFOLK
COUNTY D.A.'S CASE.

THIS TRIAL IS
ABOUT INJUSTICE COMPOUNDED.

MICHAEL PROVO BRUTALLY RAPED
JESSIE STURGIS,

AND WHEN SHE DARED
TO TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT IT,

HE CONSPIRED TO FRAME HER
FOR MURDER.

- WE APPRECIATE YOUR BEING HERE,
MR. PROVO.

YOU KNOW THE JURY'S
BEEN INFORMED

THAT YOU ARE CURRENTLY
ON TRIAL IN MANHATTAN

FOR THE MURDER
OF MR. BANDOLCE?

- YES,
THAT'S CORRECT.

- DID YOU MURDER
MR. BANDOLCE?

- NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT.

- BUT YOU WERE INVOLVED
WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND,

THE DEFENDANT,
JESSIE STURGIS?

- YES. SHE AND TOMMY WERE...
ROCKY,

I WAS
HER PORT IN THE STORM.

- WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME
THE TWO OF YOU TALKED?

- A WEEK
BEFORE THE MURDER.

SHE SAID SHE WANTED
TO TEACH TOMMY A LESSON.

AND SHE ASKED ME
FOR A GUN.

- MS. STURGIS,
AFTER MICHAEL PROVO RAPED YOU,

WHAT DID HE SAY?

- HE SAID HE WAS A COP,
AND IF I TOLD ANYONE,

I'D REGRET IT.

- AND DID THAT CONCERN YOU?
- YES.

HE'D ALWAYS BRAG TO ME ABOUT
ALL THE CONNECTIONS HE HAD.

HE SAID HE COULD SET UP
ANYONE, ANYTIME.

- SO JESSIE'S DOING FINE?
SHE'LL BE OKAY DURING CROSS?

- I HOPE SO.
YESTERDAY, IN ISLIP,

PROVO CHARMED HIS JURY.

AND HE'S GETTING
A LITTLE HELP FROM D.A. JAMES.

SHE JUST PRODUCED
A NEW WITNESS.

SECOND 911 CALLER,
THE ONE WHO HEARD THE SHOTS,

SHE TESTIFIES
TOMORROW.

- AND SHE COMES FORWARD
TWO DAYS INTO PROVO'S TRIAL?

THEY SANDBAGGED US.

- PROVO GOT THE OTHERS
TO LIE FOR HIM.

FIND OUT
WHAT HE'S GOT ON HER.

[pounding at the door]

- WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?

- LOOKING FOR CAROL MCEWAN.

- YEAH, WHAT DO YOU WANT
WITH HER?

- CAROL, CAN WE SPEAK WITH YOU
PRIVATELY, PLEASE?

- NO.
- WE'RE MARRIED TEN YEARS.

I'M MORE COMFORTABLE
WITH MY HUSBAND HERE.

- OKAY, WE'RE HERE--
- I KNOW WHY YOU'RE HERE.

MY 911 CALL.
THE D.A. TOLD ME

NOT TO TALK TO ANYONE
BEFORE I TESTIFY, NOT EVEN COPS.

- OKAY, BUT, UH,

YOU LIVE A HALF HOUR
FROM THE CRIME SCENE.

YOU JUST HAPPENED
TO BE DRIVING BY THAT NIGHT?

- I WAS TAKING A SHORTCUT
TO MEET MY HUSBAND.

IT WAS OUR ANNIVERSARY.
- OKAY?

GOOD-BYE.
GO BACK TO THE CITY.

SHE GOT NOTHING ELSE
TO SAY TO YOU.

- CAROL, PLEASE.
- NO, I'M SORRY.

- IF YOU'RE SCARED
OF MICHAEL PROVO--

- WELL,
THAT WAS A WASTED TRIP.

EITHER OF YOU
FIND ANY CONNECTION

BETWEEN CAROL MCEWAN AND PROVO?
- NOT YET.

HOWEVER HE REACHED HER,
HE COVERED HIS TRACKS.

- SHE MAY NOT BE
THE CONNECTION.

WHAT'D YOU MAKE
OF THE HUSBAND?

- HE WAS PIECE OF CRAP.
- THREE-TIME LOSER.

HE WAS PAROLED LAST JANUARY
AFTER A FIVE-YEAR BID

IN QUEENSBORO CORRECTIONAL.

FELONY, COCAINE SALES.
THE BEST PART--

- THE INFORMANT
WHO SET HIM UP...

TESTIFIED AGAINST HIM--
MICHAEL PROVO.

- WAIT,
SO WHY IS EDDIE

LETTING HIS WIFE
TESTIFY FOR PROVO?

- THAT'S IT.
THAT'S MY LAST PAY STUB.

- EDDIE, GOT A MINUTE?

- I TOLD YOU,
I AIN'T GOT NOTHING TO SAY.

- NO, YOU TOLD US YOUR WIFE
HAD NOTHING TO SAY.

WE WANT
TO TALK TO YOU.

- YOU GOT NO REASON
TO BE BUSTIN' MY BALLS.

I HAVEN'T BROKEN RECYCLING LAWS
SINCE I BEEN OUT.

- MICHAEL PROVO.
YOU USED TO BE FRIENDS, RIGHT?

THAT'S HOW
HE SET YOU UP.

- YEAH, SO-CALLED FRIEND.
STABBED ME IN THE BACK.

EVERY WORD THAT HE EVER SAID
IS A LIE.

- WELL, WHY'S YOUR WIFE
HELPING HIM, EDDIE?

- IF I HAD ANY SAY,
SHE WOULDN'T BE.

OKAY?

- "IF I HAD ANY SAY"?
HE'S GOT CAROL COWED.

- IT'S THE SAME WAY
TOMMY PUSHED JESSIE AROUND.

OH.

- CAROL.

- I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO
TALK TO YOU.

- SAYS WHO?

YOUR HUSBAND...
OR MICHAEL PROVO?

- YOU KNOW YOU COULD BE CHARGED
WITH PERJURY

FOR LYING
IN FRONT OF A JURY?

- WHO SAID
I WAS GOING TO LIE?

- YOU TOLD US
YOU HEARD SHOTS

ON THE WAY
TO YOUR ANNIVERSARY DINNER,

BUT IT TURNS OUT
YOU TWO ARE COMMON LAW.

- SO WHAT? I DIDN'T SAY
IT WAS A WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.

- NO, IT WAS
ANOTHER KIND OF ANNIVERSARY.

IT'S BEEN A YEAR SINCE EDDIE
WAS PAROLED FROM PRISON.

- WHERE MICHAEL PROVO
HELPED TO SEND HIM.

- SO YOU KNOW
WE DON'T OWE HIM ANYTHING.

- EXCEPT WE CHECKED,

AND EDDIE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO
15 YEARS UPSTATE.

INSTEAD, HE DOES FIVE
IN QUEENSBORO CORRECTIONAL

IN LONG ISLAND CITY.

THAT'S A LOT CLOSER
TO YOUR HOUSE.

- HE GOT TIME OFF
FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR.

- YEAH, AFTER MICHAEL PROVO
GOT THE D.A.

TO INTERCEDE
ON HIS BEHALF.

SEE, WE KNOW PROVO'S M.O.

HE WAS HAVING
A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU

WHILE YOUR HUSBAND
WAS AWAY.

- YOU CAN'T PROVE THAT.
- CAROL...

IT'S WHAT HE DOES.

HE TAKES ADVANTAGE OF WOMEN
WHO ARE ALREADY IN TROUBLE.

- I LOVE MY HUSBAND.

- DID PROVO THREATEN TO TELL
EDDIE ABOUT YOUR AFFAIR?

- I'M EDDIE'S WHOLE WORLD.
IF HE FINDS OUT, HE'LL KILL ME.

THEN HE'LL KILL HIMSELF.

- AND WE DON'T WANT
TO HAVE TO TELL HIM.

BUT THERE'S AN INNOCENT WOMAN
WHO'S LOOKING AT 25 TO LIFE.

- SO YOU'RE GONNA BLACKMAIL ME
INTO DOING WHAT'S RIGHT?

WHO'S TAKING ADVANTAGE
OF WHO NOW?

- WHAT IS GOING ON,
MR. BARBA?

- PROFESSIONAL COURTESY.
I DIDN'T WANT TO BLINDSIDE YOU.

I'VE JUST BEEN INFORMED
THAT JESSIE'S DEFENSE ATTORNEY

IS GONNA RECALL MR. PROVO
TO THE STAND.

- I'M NOT WORRIED.
- NO? YOU SHOULD BE.

- YOUR FRIEND,
GABRIEL GORROMINI,

MISINFORMED
THE SUFFOLK COUNTY POLICE.

JESSIE DIDN'T STEAL
THAT GUN FROM HIM.

IN FACT, HE GAVE IT TO YOU,
MR. PROVO.

- HE'S LYING.

WHAT'D YOU DO,
JAM HIM UP ON HIS LICENSE?

- NO. THAT'S WHAT YOU DID,
ACTUALLY.

- OUR OFFICE IS ALREADY
LOOKING INTO THIS.

- WELL, ACTUALLY,
THERE'S LOTS TO LOOK INTO.

LET'S TAKE A WALK,
SHALL WE?

- NOW,
THIS IS LARRY BANKS.

HE WAS
THE FIRST 911 CALLER

THE NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING.

HE NOW ADMITS
THAT THE CALL WAS A FAKE.

IT WAS JUST PAYBACK
TO MR. PROVO

FOR GETTING HIM
OUT OF TWO DUIs.

- I DID NO SUCH THING.
HAND TO GOD.

- ALL RIGHT,
LET'S CONTINUE.

YOU REMEMBER
CAROL MCEWAN.

SHE MADE
THE SECOND 911 CALL,

REPORTING GUNSHOTS
THAT NOBODY ELSE HEARD...

[taps on glass]

MOMENTS BEFORE JESSIE
EVEN GOT THERE.

- THIS IS MY WITNESS.
SHE'S ON MY LIST.

- SHE'S ON MINE NOW.
- SHE'S GOING TO TESTIFY

THAT SHE WAS BLACKMAILED
BY PROVO

INTO MAKING
A FALSE REPORT.

- THAT LYING BITCH.

- YOUR FRAME'S COLLAPSING,
HUH, PROVO?

YOU KNOW,
CAROL GAVE EVERYTHING UP.

SHE EVEN SAVED
THE TEXTS THAT YOU SENT HER.

- I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW ANGRY
YOU MUST FEEL RIGHT NOW.

YOU CAN SEE WHY I WANTED
TO GIVE YOU A HEADS-UP.

- DON'T BELIEVE ANY OF THIS.
THEY'RE FRAMING ME--

- MICHAEL.

MR. BARBA,
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND,

THESE ALLEGATIONS
COME AS A COMPLETE SHOCK TO ME.

YOU CAN BE ASSURED
THAT MY OFFICE

WILL CONDUCT
A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION.

- I'VE NO DOUBT YOU WILL.
- AND IN THE MEANTIME,

ALL YOUR CHARGES AGAINST JESSIE
CAN BE DROPPED.

- DUE DILIGENCE FIRST,
DETECTIVE.

- DUE DILIGENCE?
I'D CALL IT SAVING FACE.

JESSIE STURGIS IS INNOCENT.

SHE HAS A CHILD
IN FOSTER CARE.

- MORE TO THE POINT,
ONCE I GET MR. PROVO

CONVICTED OF CONSPIRACY,

EVERY ONE OF YOUR CASES

HE WAS INVOLVED WITH WILL BE
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE.

SO WILL YOUR OFFICE.

- THINK ABOUT
WHAT THAT MEANS, PAM.

- DON'T THREATEN ME.
EITHER OF YOU.

- COUNSELOR...
NO THREAT WAS INTENDED.

YOU AND I,
WE BOTH WANT THE SAME THING.

WE'RE ON THE SAME SIDE.
MISTAKES WERE MADE.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY,
WE BOTH WANT JUSTICE.

- YES, OF COURSE.

LET'S KEEP THIS SIMPLE,
THEN.

TOMMY BANDOLCE
WAS KILLED IN BABYLON.

IF YOU WITHDRAW
ALL CHARGES AGAINST PROVO,

I WILL WITHDRAW
ALL CHARGES AGAINST JESSIE.

- THE HELL YOU WILL.
- AND YOU WILL FILE

MURDER CHARGES AGAINST PROVO
IN SUFFOLK COUNTY?

- ARE YOU EFFING KIDDING ME?

- AND CONDUCT
AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION

INTO ALL CASES
HE WAS INVOLVED IN.

- YOU'D REALLY
SELL ME OUT, PAM?

AFTER EVERYTHING
I'VE DONE FOR YOU?

YOU'D STILL BE
PUTTING YOUR TITS ON THE TABLE

FOR TRAFFIC COURT JUDGES
IF IT WASN'T FOR ME!

- GET HIM
OUT OF MY SIGHT.

- COME ON.
- OKAY.

IF I'M GOING DOWN,
YOU'RE GOING DOWN TOO.

I WILL BURY YOU!
I WILL BURY YOU!

- OH, MY GOD!
MATTHEW!

HI.
HI, HONEY. OH!

- LOOK,
I LOST ANOTHER TOOTH.

- OH! WELL, WE BETTER LET
THE TOOTH FAIRY KNOW, RIGHT?

IT'S OVER NOW?
THEY CAN'T HURT US ANYMORE?

- PROVO'S GOING AWAY
FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

- WHAT ABOUT THE REST
OF THE CASE?

WHAT MICHAEL DID TO ME?

- HEY, MATTY,
WHY DON'T YOU SHOW ME

THAT MISSING TOOTH, HUH?

- JESSIE...

WE HAD
TO WITHDRAW CHARGES.

- WHAT?

BUT...HE RAPED ME.
HE BEAT ME.

HE LEFT ME BLEEDING
IN THE STREET.

- BARBA HAD TO MAKE A DEAL
TO GET YOU OUT RIGHT AWAY.

THAT WAS--
THAT WAS THE PRIORITY.

- AND THE RAPE
NEVER HAPPENED?

- LEGALLY, NO.

JESSIE, TAKE MATTHEW HOME.

YOU WON.

- THAT ONE'S LOOSE TOO.

JUST LET IT FALL OUT.

JUST DON'T YANK IT.

- HEY, MATTY.

- RAPED, PUT IN JAIL,
HER KID TAKEN AWAY.

I DON'T KNOW
HOW SHE HELD IT TOGETHER.

- SHE DID IT
FOR HER SON.

[wolf howls]