1 00:00:04,672 --> 00:00:06,106 - In the criminal justice system, 2 00:00:06,641 --> 00:00:07,876 sexually based offenses 3 00:00:07,976 --> 00:00:10,244 are considered especially heinous. 4 00:00:10,344 --> 00:00:12,446 In New York City, the dedicated detectives 5 00:00:12,547 --> 00:00:14,281 who investigate these vicious felonies 6 00:00:14,348 --> 00:00:15,917 are members of an elite squad 7 00:00:15,950 --> 00:00:17,952 known as the Special Victims Unit. 8 00:00:18,051 --> 00:00:20,020 These are their stories. 9 00:00:21,523 --> 00:00:22,991 - Wait, yes. I love that one. [laughter] 10 00:00:23,090 --> 00:00:24,926 - No, Ricky, you can't DoorDash 11 00:00:24,959 --> 00:00:26,460 an order of wings to the museum. 12 00:00:26,594 --> 00:00:27,996 Come on. Back in. - Oh! 13 00:00:28,028 --> 00:00:29,263 - Hey, Sofia, Poppy. 14 00:00:29,329 --> 00:00:31,298 Back in your seats before someone gets hurt. 15 00:00:31,331 --> 00:00:33,801 [laughter] Now. Thank you. 16 00:00:33,835 --> 00:00:35,369 No, Mom. I don't wanna study medicine. 17 00:00:35,402 --> 00:00:37,304 I wanna teach. I wanna work with kids. 18 00:00:37,337 --> 00:00:38,907 [engine revs, brakes screech] 19 00:00:39,007 --> 00:00:42,042 [people screaming] 20 00:00:42,109 --> 00:00:45,479 [tense music] 21 00:00:45,547 --> 00:00:46,948 You okay? 22 00:00:46,981 --> 00:00:48,248 Rick, you okay? - Think so. 23 00:00:48,315 --> 00:00:50,384 - Skylar, you good? Help open the door. 24 00:00:50,417 --> 00:00:52,085 Listen up. Is anybody too hurt to move? 25 00:00:52,152 --> 00:00:53,253 Okay, good. 26 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:54,556 We're gonna calmly exit the bus, 27 00:00:54,622 --> 00:00:55,757 cross the street, and line up on the sidewalk. 28 00:00:55,823 --> 00:00:56,991 Is that clear? 29 00:00:57,025 --> 00:00:58,292 Let's go. One by one. Single file. Yes. 30 00:00:58,358 --> 00:01:00,160 - Hey, let's go. Let's go. Come on. You can do it. 31 00:01:00,227 --> 00:01:01,829 Let me see your hand. 32 00:01:01,930 --> 00:01:03,598 - Ow. Is it bad? 33 00:01:03,665 --> 00:01:05,299 - It's not too deep. We'll get it looked at. 34 00:01:05,365 --> 00:01:06,834 Just keep applying pressure, okay? 35 00:01:06,868 --> 00:01:08,068 - Okay. - Keep holding onto that. 36 00:01:08,135 --> 00:01:09,236 Anyone else with cuts? Bruises? 37 00:01:09,336 --> 00:01:11,639 - Uh, Ms. Reed? - Yeah? 38 00:01:11,673 --> 00:01:12,907 Penny, what's wrong? 39 00:01:12,941 --> 00:01:16,511 - [groaning] 40 00:01:16,578 --> 00:01:17,946 - [words echoing] Whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 41 00:01:17,979 --> 00:01:21,549 Penny. Hey, talk to me. 42 00:01:21,616 --> 00:01:24,284 - I appreciate you humoring my monthly check-in. 43 00:01:24,351 --> 00:01:26,921 I'm sure you'd rather spend downtime with the family. 44 00:01:26,955 --> 00:01:28,088 How old is your son? 45 00:01:28,155 --> 00:01:29,857 - Uh, Noah is 15. 46 00:01:29,924 --> 00:01:33,160 And he is--he's a good kid. 47 00:01:33,260 --> 00:01:34,829 Do you--do you have kids? 48 00:01:34,896 --> 00:01:36,263 - Oh, no. 49 00:01:36,296 --> 00:01:39,499 Um, that wasn't in the cards for me. 50 00:01:39,534 --> 00:01:40,334 - Mm. 51 00:01:40,434 --> 00:01:42,904 - One benefit of working at 1PP 52 00:01:42,937 --> 00:01:48,576 in, say, a newly created deputy chief position is schedule. 53 00:01:48,610 --> 00:01:50,945 Reasonable hours, more time with the fam. 54 00:01:51,012 --> 00:01:53,213 - Chief Tynan, 55 00:01:53,246 --> 00:01:56,483 I think I've been very clear with you about this. 56 00:01:56,551 --> 00:01:59,687 I'm just-- I'm not looking for a desk job. 57 00:01:59,821 --> 00:02:01,154 [soft piano music playing] 58 00:02:01,254 --> 00:02:02,757 - I can tell. 59 00:02:02,790 --> 00:02:04,592 You're out in the field more than any other captain 60 00:02:04,692 --> 00:02:06,661 in the department. 61 00:02:06,761 --> 00:02:10,497 - I'm out in the field because victims are in the field. 62 00:02:10,598 --> 00:02:13,501 And that is where I'm the most useful. 63 00:02:13,534 --> 00:02:17,038 - So I'm offering you something that you'll never want. 64 00:02:17,137 --> 00:02:18,072 - Pretty much. 65 00:02:18,205 --> 00:02:20,207 - Good to know. 66 00:02:20,273 --> 00:02:22,744 [chuckles softly] Amanda Rollins. 67 00:02:25,212 --> 00:02:26,814 - What about her? 68 00:02:26,881 --> 00:02:30,484 - Well, you're down another detective with Velasco leaving. 69 00:02:30,551 --> 00:02:33,286 Would you be interested in reacquiring Rollins? 70 00:02:35,556 --> 00:02:39,027 - I didn't know that she was looking for a move. 71 00:02:39,093 --> 00:02:41,829 - My sources say she's shopping around. 72 00:02:46,934 --> 00:02:48,836 Captain, I'm not trying to play you. 73 00:02:48,903 --> 00:02:50,303 - [chuckling] Sure you are. 74 00:02:51,706 --> 00:02:55,510 - If anything, at most, 75 00:02:55,576 --> 00:02:57,545 I'm trying to get you to like me. 76 00:02:59,246 --> 00:03:00,882 I know you take care of your people, 77 00:03:00,982 --> 00:03:03,551 and they are certainly loyal to you. 78 00:03:03,618 --> 00:03:06,621 I see no downside to shifting her back to SVU. 79 00:03:06,688 --> 00:03:07,989 Do you? 80 00:03:08,089 --> 00:03:10,892 [suspenseful music] 81 00:03:10,992 --> 00:03:13,528 ♪ ♪ 82 00:03:13,561 --> 00:03:14,962 - Hi. We're looking for our daughter. 83 00:03:15,096 --> 00:03:18,198 Jesus. 84 00:03:18,265 --> 00:03:19,332 Hi. Our daughter is here. 85 00:03:19,433 --> 00:03:20,802 Penny Wilson. - Penny Wilson. 86 00:03:20,902 --> 00:03:22,837 - Mr. and Mrs. Wilson? - Yeah. 87 00:03:22,870 --> 00:03:24,337 - Are you Penny Wilson's parents? 88 00:03:24,371 --> 00:03:25,640 - Please, what's happening? - Yeah. Where's our daughter? 89 00:03:25,707 --> 00:03:27,041 - She came in with severe hemorrhaging 90 00:03:27,141 --> 00:03:28,375 and was rushed into surgery when she arrived. 91 00:03:28,442 --> 00:03:30,111 We're doing all we can to stabilize her. 92 00:03:30,210 --> 00:03:32,180 - Oh, my God. Oh, my God. - Is she gonna be okay? 93 00:03:32,212 --> 00:03:34,816 - Penny suffered a rupture of her fallopian tube. 94 00:03:34,849 --> 00:03:36,951 Lost almost 2 liters of blood. 95 00:03:36,984 --> 00:03:38,853 Her situation is grave. 96 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:41,488 Uh, these are detectives Bruno and Griffin. 97 00:03:41,589 --> 00:03:43,490 They're with NYPD Special Victims Unit. 98 00:03:43,524 --> 00:03:45,292 - Special victims? Why? 99 00:03:45,325 --> 00:03:47,195 - The hospital called us due to Penny's age 100 00:03:47,294 --> 00:03:49,797 and the nature of her injuries. 101 00:03:49,864 --> 00:03:51,264 - What are you saying? 102 00:03:51,398 --> 00:03:53,067 - Did you know your daughter was pregnant? 103 00:03:53,167 --> 00:03:59,207 ♪ ♪ 104 00:03:59,239 --> 00:04:02,110 [dramatic music] 105 00:04:02,176 --> 00:04:09,382 ♪ ♪ 106 00:04:46,687 --> 00:04:47,822 - Penny never even mentioned boys, 107 00:04:48,388 --> 00:04:49,724 dating, nothing like that. 108 00:04:49,824 --> 00:04:50,992 - No, no. 109 00:04:51,058 --> 00:04:52,727 If--if she had a boyfriend, we would have known. 110 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:53,961 - She's only 13. 111 00:04:54,028 --> 00:04:57,532 - Have you noticed her hanging out with any new people, 112 00:04:57,632 --> 00:04:59,399 new places? 113 00:04:59,499 --> 00:05:01,334 - Uh-- - Not really. 114 00:05:01,401 --> 00:05:05,206 She has school, a few extracurriculars. 115 00:05:05,273 --> 00:05:07,374 - So we both--we both work, 116 00:05:07,474 --> 00:05:08,943 so sometimes, we're not home until dinner. 117 00:05:09,043 --> 00:05:10,912 But no, we trust our daughter. 118 00:05:11,012 --> 00:05:12,513 She's a--she's a good kid. 119 00:05:12,580 --> 00:05:14,182 - None of this makes sense. 120 00:05:14,282 --> 00:05:15,716 - And I promise you 121 00:05:15,783 --> 00:05:18,820 we're doing everything we can to get you some answers. 122 00:05:18,886 --> 00:05:20,621 - Whatever you need to help our little girl. 123 00:05:20,721 --> 00:05:21,722 - Okay. 124 00:05:24,025 --> 00:05:26,093 [sighs] How's she doing? 125 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:27,895 - Penny's still in surgery. No change. 126 00:05:27,995 --> 00:05:29,462 If we're lucky, 127 00:05:29,564 --> 00:05:30,965 docs will be able to pull DNA from the fetal remains. 128 00:05:31,065 --> 00:05:32,967 - Okay, well, if we get the DNA, 129 00:05:33,067 --> 00:05:35,368 then we can test his against it. 130 00:05:35,468 --> 00:05:37,572 What was your take on the father? 131 00:05:37,638 --> 00:05:40,208 - Seemed appropriately upset and forthcoming. 132 00:05:40,241 --> 00:05:41,709 Not sure if he's our guy. 133 00:05:41,742 --> 00:05:43,110 Obviously, we can't rule him out. 134 00:05:43,211 --> 00:05:44,679 - Yeah. I have the same read. 135 00:05:44,712 --> 00:05:47,480 Meanwhile, I'll go to Penny's school and see what I can find. 136 00:05:50,417 --> 00:05:51,986 - I'm confused. 137 00:05:52,053 --> 00:05:54,755 The other detectives cleared our school of any wrongdoing. 138 00:05:54,856 --> 00:05:56,657 - We're not here about the bus accident. 139 00:05:56,724 --> 00:05:59,426 We're actually here about Penny Wilson. 140 00:05:59,492 --> 00:06:01,596 - Yeah, we'd like to speak with her teachers and friends. 141 00:06:01,662 --> 00:06:05,733 - Oh, well, it goes without saying 142 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:08,468 that the thoughts and prayers of the entire Lansdowne family 143 00:06:08,502 --> 00:06:10,671 are with Ms. Wilson. 144 00:06:10,738 --> 00:06:13,908 But the board of trustees won't allow police to roam the halls. 145 00:06:14,008 --> 00:06:15,743 It's far too disruptive. 146 00:06:15,810 --> 00:06:16,777 Apologies. 147 00:06:16,844 --> 00:06:18,679 - Okay. Sure. 148 00:06:18,779 --> 00:06:20,047 Yeah, I get that. 149 00:06:20,147 --> 00:06:21,616 Uh, it might be better for everyone 150 00:06:21,682 --> 00:06:23,050 if we go straight to a judge. 151 00:06:23,117 --> 00:06:24,218 - Yeah, I--I agree. 152 00:06:24,318 --> 00:06:25,586 I mean, if your hands are tied, 153 00:06:25,686 --> 00:06:28,522 then I think the best course of action 154 00:06:28,623 --> 00:06:30,591 would be to get a warrant. 155 00:06:30,658 --> 00:06:32,627 - Yeah, it's gonna make this a matter of public interest. 156 00:06:32,727 --> 00:06:35,196 - Yeah, and just so you know, that means press. 157 00:06:35,263 --> 00:06:36,364 That means questions. 158 00:06:36,429 --> 00:06:37,598 - A lot of attention. 159 00:06:37,665 --> 00:06:40,167 - If your board doesn't want you-- 160 00:06:40,234 --> 00:06:42,870 - These are exceptional circumstances. 161 00:06:42,970 --> 00:06:44,471 I think they'd understand. 162 00:06:44,572 --> 00:06:47,708 [suspenseful music] 163 00:06:47,808 --> 00:06:49,143 ♪ ♪ 164 00:06:49,176 --> 00:06:51,379 - I think that's a bio report. 165 00:06:51,444 --> 00:06:52,713 It was due this morning, 166 00:06:52,780 --> 00:06:55,516 but I can turn it in so she doesn't get a zero. 167 00:06:55,549 --> 00:06:57,484 - Great. Uh, thanks. 168 00:06:57,551 --> 00:06:59,954 You're-- you're friends with Penny? 169 00:06:59,987 --> 00:07:01,421 - I guess. 170 00:07:01,488 --> 00:07:03,423 Not really. She's just in my homeroom. 171 00:07:03,456 --> 00:07:05,326 - Okay, great. Thank you. 172 00:07:05,393 --> 00:07:06,627 - You're police? - I am. 173 00:07:06,694 --> 00:07:08,829 I'm--I'm here to help Penny. 174 00:07:08,896 --> 00:07:10,731 - Yeah. She's cool. 175 00:07:10,798 --> 00:07:12,133 Always says hi in the hall. 176 00:07:12,233 --> 00:07:13,167 - Nice. 177 00:07:13,267 --> 00:07:14,168 - Not everybody does that. 178 00:07:14,235 --> 00:07:16,103 - Yeah. 179 00:07:16,170 --> 00:07:19,674 - Doesn't deserve the crap people are saying about her. 180 00:07:19,740 --> 00:07:22,442 - What, uh, what kind of crap are people saying about her? 181 00:07:24,211 --> 00:07:28,215 - There's this group of guys in my grade, real dickweeds. 182 00:07:28,282 --> 00:07:29,917 They've been sending around some really 183 00:07:30,017 --> 00:07:31,986 messed-up photos of Penny. 184 00:07:37,758 --> 00:07:39,860 - It never gets easier, for what it's worth. 185 00:07:39,961 --> 00:07:41,262 - 13. 186 00:07:41,362 --> 00:07:44,365 I don't even--how the hell do you guys handle this stuff? 187 00:07:44,432 --> 00:07:45,433 - Don't have kids. 188 00:07:45,533 --> 00:07:47,935 - Okay. What do we got? 189 00:07:48,002 --> 00:07:51,806 - Almost a dozen nude photos of Penny passed around by students 190 00:07:51,839 --> 00:07:54,175 at the school through texts, DMs, emails. 191 00:07:54,275 --> 00:07:56,277 Some are selfies. 192 00:07:56,377 --> 00:07:58,212 Others are, uh, are pictures of her 193 00:07:58,279 --> 00:08:00,181 engaged with, uh, with an adult male. 194 00:08:00,247 --> 00:08:03,818 - David Huxley, 32, teaches music at Lansdowne. 195 00:08:03,884 --> 00:08:06,387 He's been there six years, has a good rep amongst faculty, 196 00:08:06,486 --> 00:08:08,356 popular with the students. - I bet. 197 00:08:08,389 --> 00:08:10,358 - Not much else on him. No priors. 198 00:08:10,424 --> 00:08:12,727 Lives off Steinway in Astoria. - Okay. 199 00:08:12,793 --> 00:08:16,330 - I found one thing that smells a bit hinky. 200 00:08:16,397 --> 00:08:18,065 Local profile from his first teaching gig. 201 00:08:18,165 --> 00:08:19,600 School up in Westchester. 202 00:08:19,700 --> 00:08:21,402 Huxley was doing great. 203 00:08:21,469 --> 00:08:23,371 Pulled tenure within a couple of years. 204 00:08:23,404 --> 00:08:25,373 - So a rising star. - Right. 205 00:08:25,439 --> 00:08:27,675 Then seven months later, school releases 206 00:08:27,742 --> 00:08:30,011 a detail-free announcement that he's resigned. 207 00:08:30,111 --> 00:08:32,179 - Some teachers wait a decade to make tenure. 208 00:08:32,279 --> 00:08:33,247 Why walk away? 209 00:08:33,347 --> 00:08:34,181 - Who cares? We got the photos. 210 00:08:34,281 --> 00:08:36,384 Let's arrest the perv. 211 00:08:36,450 --> 00:08:39,720 - Uh, well, look, I--I really do appreciate your eagerness 212 00:08:39,787 --> 00:08:42,056 to pull him off the street, but--but first we need 213 00:08:42,123 --> 00:08:45,726 to build a case against him that will actually stick, 214 00:08:45,826 --> 00:08:48,796 so I will talk to Penny's parents. 215 00:08:48,863 --> 00:08:51,298 You two follow up on this Westchester case 216 00:08:51,399 --> 00:08:53,034 and if it is what it seems to be, 217 00:08:53,134 --> 00:08:55,136 then--then you pick him up. 218 00:08:58,906 --> 00:09:01,442 - The docs are hopeful she'll wake up in the next day or two, 219 00:09:01,510 --> 00:09:04,412 but, um, they can't be sure. 220 00:09:04,445 --> 00:09:05,346 You mentioned photos. 221 00:09:05,446 --> 00:09:06,981 - I did. 222 00:09:07,014 --> 00:09:10,751 They're gonna be pretty upsetting to see. 223 00:09:10,785 --> 00:09:13,587 Some of these are already confirmed to be Penny, 224 00:09:13,621 --> 00:09:15,456 but some of them, we can't see faces, 225 00:09:15,524 --> 00:09:16,924 so if you just take a look 226 00:09:17,024 --> 00:09:20,861 and tell me if there's anything that you recognize. 227 00:09:20,961 --> 00:09:22,396 [tense music] 228 00:09:22,496 --> 00:09:24,298 - [gasps] 229 00:09:24,398 --> 00:09:26,600 That's her. Penny. 230 00:09:26,634 --> 00:09:30,838 - You're sure? - The scrunchie on her wrist. 231 00:09:30,871 --> 00:09:32,907 - Wait, that was him, the teacher? 232 00:09:32,973 --> 00:09:35,910 - Okay, so tell me what you know about Mr. Huxley. 233 00:09:36,010 --> 00:09:38,913 - He's a music teacher at the school. 234 00:09:38,979 --> 00:09:40,047 - Mm-hmm. 235 00:09:40,147 --> 00:09:42,383 - Penny was-- freshman year is a big jump, 236 00:09:42,450 --> 00:09:45,252 so we thought learn an instrument, 237 00:09:45,352 --> 00:09:47,455 make some friends. We didn't know. 238 00:09:47,556 --> 00:09:49,990 He has this after-school rock band club. 239 00:09:50,057 --> 00:09:51,992 We signed her up for it. - Hey, come on. 240 00:09:52,093 --> 00:09:53,894 - Mrs. Wilson. 241 00:09:53,994 --> 00:09:56,997 You did nothing to cause this, all right? 242 00:09:57,064 --> 00:10:02,537 Predators manipulate oftentimes no matter what we do. 243 00:10:02,603 --> 00:10:06,874 So was Penny ever alone with him? 244 00:10:06,907 --> 00:10:08,409 - She wanted to learn guitar. 245 00:10:08,442 --> 00:10:10,211 - Yeah, she took private lessons with him. 246 00:10:10,244 --> 00:10:11,712 Is he gonna be arrested? 247 00:10:11,779 --> 00:10:13,814 - That's the plan. - Good. 248 00:10:13,881 --> 00:10:16,050 Because if I get my hands on him, 249 00:10:16,150 --> 00:10:17,718 I'm gonna kill the guy. 250 00:10:19,053 --> 00:10:19,987 Come here. 251 00:10:24,358 --> 00:10:27,628 - Mr. Huxley, will you step out with us for a moment? 252 00:10:27,695 --> 00:10:28,963 - Any chance this could wait till after class? 253 00:10:28,996 --> 00:10:31,132 We're, uh--[chuckles] We're in mid-lesson here. 254 00:10:31,198 --> 00:10:32,700 - Principal already sent Ms. Masters down 255 00:10:32,766 --> 00:10:34,068 to cover your class. 256 00:10:34,168 --> 00:10:40,307 ♪ ♪ 257 00:10:42,676 --> 00:10:44,311 - What's all this about? 258 00:10:47,848 --> 00:10:49,717 - You know what this is about, scumbag. 259 00:10:49,783 --> 00:10:51,819 The rape of a child. - Wait. What? 260 00:10:51,886 --> 00:10:53,387 - Let's go. - Wait a minute. Hold on! 261 00:10:53,487 --> 00:10:54,488 This is a mistake! 262 00:10:54,523 --> 00:10:55,656 - Let's go. 263 00:11:02,196 --> 00:11:03,197 - Sit down. 264 00:11:04,064 --> 00:11:06,300 Do you know why we're here, Mr. Huxley? 265 00:11:06,367 --> 00:11:09,703 - I have no earthly idea. I swear. 266 00:11:09,737 --> 00:11:11,472 He said something about raping a child. 267 00:11:11,506 --> 00:11:12,840 That's insane. - Yeah. 268 00:11:12,907 --> 00:11:15,476 My colleague's new. He gets a little riled up. 269 00:11:15,544 --> 00:11:17,178 - Yeah, I do. 270 00:11:17,278 --> 00:11:18,479 - Is this about Westchester? 271 00:11:18,580 --> 00:11:21,782 - Inappropriate conduct with a female student, they said. 272 00:11:21,882 --> 00:11:23,851 - I-I-I knew I was never gonna be able to escape this. 273 00:11:23,918 --> 00:11:26,153 Look, it was all unfounded. 274 00:11:26,253 --> 00:11:27,656 Hey, I was cleared. 275 00:11:27,721 --> 00:11:28,923 Is she saying I raped her? 276 00:11:28,989 --> 00:11:30,724 - I get it. I'd be upset too. 277 00:11:30,791 --> 00:11:32,661 But there's procedure we gotta follow 278 00:11:32,693 --> 00:11:34,328 with your side on the record. 279 00:11:34,428 --> 00:11:36,197 - My story hasn't changed. Okay? 280 00:11:36,263 --> 00:11:38,399 She mistook my kindness for something else. 281 00:11:38,432 --> 00:11:39,767 She got upset when I rejected her 282 00:11:39,833 --> 00:11:41,402 and she started making these false accusations. 283 00:11:41,435 --> 00:11:42,604 But I never touched her. 284 00:11:42,671 --> 00:11:46,508 I never touched anyone, let alone raped. 285 00:11:46,575 --> 00:11:48,242 - Must be frustrating. 286 00:11:48,342 --> 00:11:50,778 - I just don't understand how they can keep doing this. 287 00:11:50,844 --> 00:11:53,247 Huh? The school investigated. They found nothing. 288 00:11:53,314 --> 00:11:54,915 I almost lost my career. 289 00:11:54,982 --> 00:11:56,817 I had to give up tenure to escape these rumors. 290 00:11:56,884 --> 00:11:59,286 And I changed the way I teach. 291 00:11:59,353 --> 00:12:01,422 Make sure that nothing can be misinterpreted. 292 00:12:01,488 --> 00:12:03,023 - Right. 293 00:12:03,123 --> 00:12:06,561 Stuff like this, for instance. 294 00:12:06,595 --> 00:12:09,564 [tense music] 295 00:12:09,631 --> 00:12:11,498 - Oh, my God. What-- 296 00:12:11,566 --> 00:12:12,433 [tablet slams on table] What the hell? 297 00:12:12,499 --> 00:12:15,637 [gasps] W-what are those? 298 00:12:15,704 --> 00:12:18,772 I don't understand where they came from. 299 00:12:18,872 --> 00:12:21,775 Look, these aren't real, okay? 300 00:12:21,842 --> 00:12:23,444 I don't understand where they came from, 301 00:12:23,511 --> 00:12:24,845 who made them, or how you got them, 302 00:12:24,912 --> 00:12:26,146 but they're 100% fake. 303 00:12:26,213 --> 00:12:27,014 - Oh, they're fake? 304 00:12:27,114 --> 00:12:28,449 What about Penny being pregnant? 305 00:12:28,550 --> 00:12:29,551 Is that fake too? 306 00:12:29,618 --> 00:12:30,552 - She's what? 307 00:12:30,619 --> 00:12:31,720 Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! 308 00:12:31,819 --> 00:12:32,687 - What about her almost dying, huh? 309 00:12:32,753 --> 00:12:34,054 Is that fake too? 310 00:12:34,088 --> 00:12:35,389 - Look, I don't know what you're talking about. 311 00:12:35,422 --> 00:12:36,890 - Oh, it's just another kid making false accusations? 312 00:12:36,957 --> 00:12:38,292 Is that right? - No, I swear. 313 00:12:38,359 --> 00:12:40,261 Take my DNA, okay? Give me a polygraph. 314 00:12:40,327 --> 00:12:41,295 Whatever you want. 315 00:12:41,395 --> 00:12:48,302 ♪ ♪ 316 00:12:52,172 --> 00:12:53,207 - The hell was that in there? 317 00:12:53,274 --> 00:12:54,475 - Oh, I got tired of you slow-playing him. 318 00:12:54,542 --> 00:12:55,577 - Hey! 319 00:12:55,644 --> 00:12:56,678 Nine out of ten times, 320 00:12:56,777 --> 00:12:57,845 you're not gonna get a confession, okay? 321 00:12:57,945 --> 00:13:00,014 You're gonna lock them into a story, 322 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:02,850 and our job is shutting the hell up and listening. 323 00:13:02,916 --> 00:13:05,452 - Enough. Guys. 324 00:13:05,553 --> 00:13:06,787 Bruno. 325 00:13:06,854 --> 00:13:08,789 Bruno, what do you think? 326 00:13:11,158 --> 00:13:12,627 - It doesn't feel right. Something's missing. 327 00:13:12,694 --> 00:13:14,328 - Yeah. A confession. 328 00:13:14,395 --> 00:13:15,396 - I swear to God, Griff. 329 00:13:15,462 --> 00:13:17,331 - Were you paying attention to Huxley's reaction 330 00:13:17,398 --> 00:13:18,533 to those photos? 331 00:13:18,566 --> 00:13:19,967 - So what? The creep's a good actor. 332 00:13:20,034 --> 00:13:20,834 - No. 333 00:13:20,934 --> 00:13:22,637 He was genuinely horrified by them. 334 00:13:22,737 --> 00:13:23,804 - I agree. 335 00:13:23,871 --> 00:13:25,005 So let's-- let's take a breather. 336 00:13:25,072 --> 00:13:26,807 - Oh, you have gotta be kidding me, boss. 337 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:28,909 - Okay, we have him for 24 hours. 338 00:13:28,942 --> 00:13:31,613 He's not going anywhere, okay? 339 00:13:31,680 --> 00:13:32,913 So in the meantime, 340 00:13:32,980 --> 00:13:35,149 have TARU take a closer look at those photos. 341 00:13:35,182 --> 00:13:38,352 - What about me? - What about you? 342 00:13:38,419 --> 00:13:39,486 You need to take a walk. 343 00:13:39,554 --> 00:13:40,622 Cool your jets. 344 00:13:40,655 --> 00:13:41,523 - Captain, come on. 345 00:13:41,623 --> 00:13:48,596 ♪ ♪ 346 00:13:53,834 --> 00:13:55,135 - Two captains in my office. 347 00:13:55,235 --> 00:13:56,738 Am I in trouble or something? [chuckles] 348 00:13:56,805 --> 00:13:59,039 - Uh, no. We're just down a man. 349 00:13:59,073 --> 00:14:01,810 But we should be getting another detective in soon. 350 00:14:01,875 --> 00:14:03,143 - Cool. 351 00:14:03,210 --> 00:14:04,779 You know, some people might get nervous, 352 00:14:04,878 --> 00:14:07,381 two captains showing up, checking their work, 353 00:14:07,414 --> 00:14:09,751 but not me. 354 00:14:09,818 --> 00:14:12,419 Those photos all read real on first glance. 355 00:14:12,486 --> 00:14:13,655 Heck, even on second. 356 00:14:13,722 --> 00:14:17,191 But once I went through pixel by pixel, 357 00:14:17,257 --> 00:14:20,127 I noticed tiny repetitive patterns. 358 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:21,929 - So they're fakes? - AI-generated. 359 00:14:21,995 --> 00:14:23,931 Damn good ones too. 360 00:14:23,997 --> 00:14:27,736 I traced the little pervs' messages step by step, 361 00:14:27,802 --> 00:14:29,771 recreated the path they spread through. 362 00:14:29,838 --> 00:14:31,472 - Like tracking an illness. 363 00:14:31,506 --> 00:14:33,073 - Bingo. 364 00:14:33,107 --> 00:14:38,412 And I found patient zero, digital fingerprints and all. 365 00:14:38,513 --> 00:14:42,950 The images were created on a generative AI site, NU/DAI. 366 00:14:43,016 --> 00:14:44,885 Care to gander where the IP address tracked back to? 367 00:14:44,985 --> 00:14:46,387 - Lansdowne Academy? 368 00:14:46,453 --> 00:14:48,122 - A-plus, Captain. 369 00:14:50,424 --> 00:14:52,393 - Huxley's DNA is out for testing, 370 00:14:52,426 --> 00:14:56,063 but with the photo confirmed as fake and his eagerness to test, 371 00:14:56,130 --> 00:14:58,098 I'd say he's no longer a primary suspect. 372 00:14:58,165 --> 00:15:00,234 - Well, someone at the school made those images, 373 00:15:00,300 --> 00:15:02,871 either to victimize Penny or set up Huxley or both. 374 00:15:02,970 --> 00:15:05,607 - Well, even if the child porn images are AI-generated, 375 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:06,708 they're still illegal. 376 00:15:06,775 --> 00:15:08,942 - But the question is who and why. 377 00:15:08,976 --> 00:15:11,378 Now, we know the website that the perp used-- 378 00:15:11,445 --> 00:15:13,947 NU/DAI, which is based here in Manhattan. 379 00:15:14,047 --> 00:15:15,182 And that's where you come in. 380 00:15:15,282 --> 00:15:17,351 So I want to subpoena those logs 381 00:15:17,418 --> 00:15:19,554 so we can use them to find out who created these images. 382 00:15:19,654 --> 00:15:21,155 - Now, legally, you're not gonna get a court order 383 00:15:21,188 --> 00:15:22,389 to go on a fishing expedition. 384 00:15:22,489 --> 00:15:24,925 I mean, no judge is gonna go for such a broad search. 385 00:15:24,958 --> 00:15:26,393 - Even if they're making child porn? 386 00:15:26,493 --> 00:15:28,061 - The privacy of the overall user base 387 00:15:28,128 --> 00:15:29,463 trumps the deed of one bad actor. 388 00:15:29,496 --> 00:15:33,500 Now, you could try asking the site nicely. 389 00:15:33,568 --> 00:15:35,369 I mean, most businesses don't wanna be associated 390 00:15:35,469 --> 00:15:36,470 with child pornography. 391 00:15:36,538 --> 00:15:38,172 - Okay, good. 392 00:15:38,238 --> 00:15:41,876 Bruno, Griff, so I want you to pay the AI company a visit. 393 00:15:41,942 --> 00:15:45,412 Try to be nice, okay? 394 00:15:49,149 --> 00:15:51,653 - Appreciate you taking time to speak to us, Mr. Boone. 395 00:15:51,719 --> 00:15:52,986 - Of course, of course. 396 00:15:53,020 --> 00:15:54,689 You fellas sure you don't want something to drink? 397 00:15:54,756 --> 00:15:56,056 Hey, guys, Wolfie. 398 00:15:56,123 --> 00:15:57,859 Slow down around the corners, bud. 399 00:15:57,926 --> 00:15:59,694 Sorry. Kiddo chaos tonight. 400 00:15:59,794 --> 00:16:01,361 Jane, can you-- - Yeah. Come on. 401 00:16:03,030 --> 00:16:04,799 - Working from home was a change 402 00:16:04,866 --> 00:16:07,000 after 14 years at Google. 403 00:16:07,034 --> 00:16:11,271 No more on-site spas, free espressos, nap pods. 404 00:16:11,338 --> 00:16:14,241 Looking back, getting laid off was, uh, 405 00:16:14,308 --> 00:16:16,243 best thing that could have happened for me. 406 00:16:16,276 --> 00:16:18,780 Forced me to start my own company. 407 00:16:18,847 --> 00:16:20,447 - "Nude AI?" 408 00:16:20,481 --> 00:16:23,150 - Uh, actually it's pronounced "new day," but yeah, that's us. 409 00:16:23,250 --> 00:16:25,319 Or me, I guess. [chuckles] 410 00:16:25,419 --> 00:16:27,555 - From this tiny office to 3 million users. 411 00:16:27,655 --> 00:16:29,256 Who'd've thunk it, huh? 412 00:16:29,323 --> 00:16:31,559 - A regular American success story. 413 00:16:31,659 --> 00:16:32,993 - Exactly. 414 00:16:33,093 --> 00:16:34,361 We're on the cutting edge. 415 00:16:34,461 --> 00:16:36,997 We're helping shape society's creative future. 416 00:16:37,064 --> 00:16:40,835 - Oh, uh, like, uh, like child pornography. 417 00:16:40,935 --> 00:16:43,003 [tense music] 418 00:16:43,103 --> 00:16:45,439 - That's not what I meant. 419 00:16:45,507 --> 00:16:49,744 - Why include adult materials at all? 420 00:16:49,811 --> 00:16:51,044 - I provide tools. 421 00:16:51,144 --> 00:16:53,781 I don't control how they're used. 422 00:16:53,882 --> 00:16:56,450 We can't let a few bad apples stand in the way of progress. 423 00:16:56,518 --> 00:17:01,221 - How about you help us catch one of those bad apples? 424 00:17:01,255 --> 00:17:02,289 - What do you mean? 425 00:17:02,356 --> 00:17:04,358 - Let us look at your user logs. 426 00:17:04,391 --> 00:17:07,094 And we can find the sicko who's been making nude images 427 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:09,062 of a minor from a school computer. 428 00:17:09,129 --> 00:17:11,533 - Sorry, we purge identifying records from our system 429 00:17:11,633 --> 00:17:12,867 once an image is generated. 430 00:17:12,934 --> 00:17:14,502 AI uses up a lot of data, 431 00:17:14,569 --> 00:17:16,370 so we have to optimize our storage space. 432 00:17:16,436 --> 00:17:19,439 - Okay, well, you sure it ain't so your users feel safe 433 00:17:19,473 --> 00:17:20,975 doing whatever the hell they want? 434 00:17:21,074 --> 00:17:25,112 ♪ ♪ 435 00:17:25,178 --> 00:17:26,714 - I resent that suggestion. 436 00:17:26,781 --> 00:17:28,516 - [scoffs] Yeah. 437 00:17:28,616 --> 00:17:31,318 Who'd've thunk it? 438 00:17:31,385 --> 00:17:33,688 - Look, we're just trying to help a kid 439 00:17:33,788 --> 00:17:35,590 that was hurt by your tools. 440 00:17:35,657 --> 00:17:38,993 So you decide that you wanna help, too, 441 00:17:39,027 --> 00:17:41,863 you give us a call. 442 00:17:41,930 --> 00:17:43,731 - [sniffles] 443 00:17:48,101 --> 00:17:50,404 - Hon, Captain Benson is here. 444 00:17:53,942 --> 00:17:56,544 Penny, you said you'd talk. 445 00:17:56,611 --> 00:17:59,914 - You know, Bridget, there's a, uh, café on four. 446 00:17:59,948 --> 00:18:01,849 They have soft serve. 447 00:18:01,950 --> 00:18:05,085 Maybe you could get us some? 448 00:18:08,723 --> 00:18:09,624 - Okay. 449 00:18:12,594 --> 00:18:16,396 - I gotta tell you, I, uh, hate hospitals. 450 00:18:16,463 --> 00:18:17,765 I mean, I know that's not a hot take. 451 00:18:17,832 --> 00:18:19,399 I think everyone hates hospitals, 452 00:18:19,499 --> 00:18:22,036 but I think I may hate them... 453 00:18:22,102 --> 00:18:24,706 [chuckles] A little more. 454 00:18:24,772 --> 00:18:29,343 So, uh, I've spent my fair share of time in them. 455 00:18:29,443 --> 00:18:32,847 I mean, guess that comes with the job, but, uh-- 456 00:18:32,947 --> 00:18:36,551 so I have been shot, 457 00:18:36,584 --> 00:18:41,321 I have been stabbed, and I have been poisoned twice. 458 00:18:41,355 --> 00:18:43,658 So that wasn't fun. 459 00:18:46,293 --> 00:18:47,562 Penny, have your parents-- 460 00:18:47,629 --> 00:18:49,631 have they told you everything that's going on? 461 00:18:51,633 --> 00:18:53,835 - [sighs] 462 00:18:53,901 --> 00:18:56,436 - Penny, I can promise you 463 00:18:56,504 --> 00:19:00,775 that the only thing that your parents care about 464 00:19:00,875 --> 00:19:06,146 is that you're okay now and that you're safe. 465 00:19:09,017 --> 00:19:10,952 Hi. 466 00:19:11,052 --> 00:19:13,921 - Hi. 467 00:19:13,955 --> 00:19:16,824 - Would it be okay if I asked you a couple questions? 468 00:19:16,891 --> 00:19:19,060 [apprehensive music] 469 00:19:19,127 --> 00:19:20,561 - I guess. 470 00:19:25,133 --> 00:19:27,502 - Did you know that you were pregnant? 471 00:19:29,336 --> 00:19:31,572 Can you tell me the father's name? 472 00:19:33,273 --> 00:19:37,210 - If I say his name, you'll arrest him. 473 00:19:37,244 --> 00:19:40,148 - I mean, if he's older than you, right? 474 00:19:40,247 --> 00:19:41,481 Like a teacher? 475 00:19:41,549 --> 00:19:42,984 - Oh, my God. 476 00:19:43,051 --> 00:19:44,552 No. 477 00:19:44,619 --> 00:19:46,554 Just no. 478 00:19:46,621 --> 00:19:48,923 - No. So it was somebody your age? 479 00:19:51,191 --> 00:19:52,927 - A 10th grader. 480 00:19:52,994 --> 00:19:54,962 - Okay. 481 00:19:55,063 --> 00:19:59,000 - I thought he was so cool. 482 00:19:59,067 --> 00:20:00,768 I was stupid. 483 00:20:00,835 --> 00:20:02,402 - Meaning you had sex? 484 00:20:04,672 --> 00:20:07,407 - He didn't make me or anything. 485 00:20:07,474 --> 00:20:13,246 I thought I wanted to, but I just wish we hadn't. 486 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:16,017 So I broke up with him. 487 00:20:16,084 --> 00:20:19,987 - Yeah. And how did he take that? 488 00:20:20,054 --> 00:20:21,889 - Not great. 489 00:20:21,956 --> 00:20:23,057 Pretty mad. 490 00:20:23,091 --> 00:20:25,593 - Mad? Mad enough to hurt you? 491 00:20:28,062 --> 00:20:30,998 Penny, can you tell me his name? 492 00:20:31,032 --> 00:20:32,432 - Bryce Christopher Cole, 493 00:20:32,533 --> 00:20:34,936 you answer the detective's questions. 494 00:20:35,002 --> 00:20:37,605 - [huffs] Fine. Whatever. 495 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:42,643 Yeah. Me and Penny had sex. 496 00:20:42,744 --> 00:20:43,845 Big deal. 497 00:20:43,911 --> 00:20:45,813 - Well, the big deal is that Penny got pregnant 498 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:48,616 and she almost died from complications. 499 00:20:48,683 --> 00:20:50,417 - So? 500 00:20:50,484 --> 00:20:52,352 - The hell is wrong with you? - What? 501 00:20:52,452 --> 00:20:53,386 - A girl almost dies and you just say, "So?" 502 00:20:53,453 --> 00:20:54,387 - Ma, you're not helping! 503 00:20:54,488 --> 00:20:55,757 - You're worse than your father. 504 00:20:55,857 --> 00:20:57,825 - Mrs. Cole, please. - I can't with this kid. 505 00:20:57,925 --> 00:20:59,961 I'm done. 506 00:21:00,061 --> 00:21:01,629 He's all yours. 507 00:21:01,696 --> 00:21:04,364 - Do we have your permission to search Bryce's phone? 508 00:21:04,431 --> 00:21:05,666 - You--you can't do that! 509 00:21:05,733 --> 00:21:07,201 That's, like, illegal or something! 510 00:21:07,235 --> 00:21:08,903 - The phone I pay for? 511 00:21:09,003 --> 00:21:12,974 Go ahead. Passcode is 6969. 512 00:21:13,074 --> 00:21:14,374 - Okay, maybe I-- 513 00:21:14,441 --> 00:21:18,112 I saw the photos, but I--I didn't make them. 514 00:21:18,179 --> 00:21:20,280 I just thought they were funny. 515 00:21:20,347 --> 00:21:23,151 - What--what-- what about this is funny? 516 00:21:23,251 --> 00:21:24,819 You know, maybe, uh, maybe 517 00:21:24,852 --> 00:21:27,822 we should haul your scrawny ass to prison for statutory rape. 518 00:21:27,889 --> 00:21:28,956 Would that be funny? 519 00:21:28,990 --> 00:21:30,323 - What? - Yeah, Bryce! 520 00:21:30,357 --> 00:21:32,492 Real prison with real criminals. 521 00:21:32,593 --> 00:21:35,096 You wanna guess how your little attitude will fly 522 00:21:35,163 --> 00:21:36,664 on the inside? 523 00:21:36,731 --> 00:21:38,966 - Mom! Y-- 524 00:21:39,033 --> 00:21:40,101 it was Haley. 525 00:21:40,201 --> 00:21:41,269 - Who's Haley? 526 00:21:41,334 --> 00:21:43,037 - She's my girlfriend now. 527 00:21:43,104 --> 00:21:45,438 She's, like, crazy jealous of Penny. 528 00:21:45,506 --> 00:21:49,243 I--I didn't tell her to do any of it, I swear. 529 00:21:49,309 --> 00:21:50,511 It was just a joke. 530 00:21:50,578 --> 00:21:53,781 - Why put Mr. Huxley in the photos? 531 00:21:53,815 --> 00:21:57,151 - He gave her a C on her essay, brought her GPA down. 532 00:21:57,218 --> 00:21:59,020 She wants to go to Yale. 533 00:21:59,120 --> 00:22:00,888 [tense music] 534 00:22:00,988 --> 00:22:02,590 [knock at door] 535 00:22:04,058 --> 00:22:06,727 - Haley, gather your things. 536 00:22:06,828 --> 00:22:13,734 ♪ ♪ 537 00:22:20,708 --> 00:22:22,442 - Haley. 538 00:22:22,543 --> 00:22:25,613 So we hear that you're very good at making pictures. 539 00:22:29,550 --> 00:22:31,786 - No! I want my dad! No, no! 540 00:22:31,853 --> 00:22:33,087 I--I said I was sorry! 541 00:22:33,154 --> 00:22:34,155 - I know you did. - I'm sorry! 542 00:22:34,188 --> 00:22:35,355 I said I was sorry! 543 00:22:35,422 --> 00:22:36,290 - I need you to get in the car. - No! 544 00:22:36,324 --> 00:22:37,792 - W-watch your head. 545 00:22:37,859 --> 00:22:39,426 Okay. 546 00:22:39,527 --> 00:22:42,362 - It was just a joke! It was just a joke! Please! 547 00:22:42,429 --> 00:22:44,765 - Bruno is still talking with the dad. 548 00:22:44,866 --> 00:22:47,535 Principal said there were two other incidents this week, 549 00:22:47,602 --> 00:22:51,038 kids making AI images of their classmates. 550 00:22:51,105 --> 00:22:52,573 It's crazy. 551 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:55,576 How are we supposed to police something like this? 552 00:22:55,643 --> 00:22:59,247 Keep tossing teens in jail every time it happens? 553 00:22:59,347 --> 00:23:01,582 - That's a good question, Griff. 554 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:08,022 - Look, we've all tracked the rise in cases 555 00:23:08,488 --> 00:23:10,457 like Penny Wilson's. 556 00:23:10,524 --> 00:23:12,560 Revenge porn, deepfakes, 557 00:23:12,627 --> 00:23:15,196 non-consensual intimate imagery. 558 00:23:15,263 --> 00:23:17,365 And with the spread of AI, this is like-- 559 00:23:17,397 --> 00:23:19,100 this is like gasoline on a fire. 560 00:23:19,133 --> 00:23:21,636 - COMPSTAT numbers show a six-month spike in reports 561 00:23:21,669 --> 00:23:23,004 related to these images. 562 00:23:23,104 --> 00:23:25,239 Extortion, harassment, stalking. 563 00:23:25,306 --> 00:23:27,275 - Last week, a Bronx 15-year-old got shot for 564 00:23:27,341 --> 00:23:29,176 making AI pics of a neighbor. - Mm. 565 00:23:29,243 --> 00:23:32,213 - The week before, a senior at Brooklyn Tech took her own life 566 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:34,248 when fake nudes were posted online. 567 00:23:34,282 --> 00:23:35,448 - Yeah, we've seen it. 568 00:23:35,516 --> 00:23:36,851 ADA Price just convicted a teen girl for murder. 569 00:23:36,884 --> 00:23:38,853 Stabbed some boy to death over pictures like this. 570 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:41,188 - Locking up perpetrators after the fact 571 00:23:41,289 --> 00:23:43,224 doesn't help future victims. 572 00:23:43,291 --> 00:23:48,095 I mean, kids like Penny Wilson, this teacher, Huxley. 573 00:23:48,162 --> 00:23:49,263 We need to do more. 574 00:23:49,330 --> 00:23:50,731 - Take it you got something in mind? 575 00:23:50,798 --> 00:23:51,599 - I do. 576 00:23:51,699 --> 00:23:54,702 Going after the AI companies. 577 00:23:54,769 --> 00:23:55,703 Criminally. 578 00:23:55,803 --> 00:23:56,737 - Oh. 579 00:23:56,771 --> 00:23:57,738 - Getting criminal charges to stick 580 00:23:57,838 --> 00:23:59,807 to these companies is a tall order. 581 00:23:59,840 --> 00:24:01,474 - Well, she knows that, but we're about to find out 582 00:24:01,575 --> 00:24:02,944 why she still thinks that's a good idea. 583 00:24:03,010 --> 00:24:04,045 - Bruno. 584 00:24:04,111 --> 00:24:05,513 - We start with NU/DAI, 585 00:24:05,546 --> 00:24:08,549 same company used to make images of Penny Wilson. 586 00:24:08,582 --> 00:24:11,719 owned and operated by Lucas Boone, former tech exec. 587 00:24:11,786 --> 00:24:13,955 - The guy plays an aw-shucks family man, 588 00:24:14,021 --> 00:24:16,657 but he has no qualms about making money off this garbage. 589 00:24:16,691 --> 00:24:19,527 - His company is one of the fastest-rising AI engines. 590 00:24:19,593 --> 00:24:22,997 Over 1.2 million downloads in the past four months. 591 00:24:23,064 --> 00:24:26,233 - At first glance, it's your basic AI image generator. 592 00:24:26,300 --> 00:24:27,935 But you pay full access, though, 593 00:24:28,002 --> 00:24:30,972 and then you get to see NU/DAI's real business, 594 00:24:31,038 --> 00:24:34,942 letting you create pornographic images of anyone anywhere. 595 00:24:35,042 --> 00:24:37,345 - So it used to be if you wanted to make fake nudes, 596 00:24:37,411 --> 00:24:39,647 you needed fancy software, skill, okay? 597 00:24:39,714 --> 00:24:42,516 Now you can do it on your phone. 598 00:24:42,550 --> 00:24:47,455 Imagine this is a photo of your sister or your kid. 599 00:24:47,555 --> 00:24:49,457 [tense music] 600 00:24:49,489 --> 00:24:54,595 Make her cheeks flushed. 601 00:24:54,662 --> 00:24:58,232 Stick her tongue out. 602 00:24:58,332 --> 00:25:00,334 Take her dress off. 603 00:25:00,434 --> 00:25:05,506 ♪ ♪ 604 00:25:05,573 --> 00:25:07,508 - Go ahead. Show it to 'em. 605 00:25:07,575 --> 00:25:10,277 - [sighs] Yeah. 606 00:25:10,344 --> 00:25:11,946 Splatter glue on her face. 607 00:25:12,013 --> 00:25:14,081 - Oh, my God. 608 00:25:14,148 --> 00:25:19,754 - This is not innovation. This is sexual abuse. 609 00:25:19,820 --> 00:25:21,889 Look, I know it's a big swing. 610 00:25:21,922 --> 00:25:24,358 - But it's still a good idea. 611 00:25:24,425 --> 00:25:26,127 We'll take it to Baxter. 612 00:25:26,193 --> 00:25:28,329 - Let's hope he agrees. 613 00:25:28,362 --> 00:25:31,832 - Thank you. 614 00:25:31,899 --> 00:25:33,300 - The district attorney's office 615 00:25:33,401 --> 00:25:34,668 doesn't make new case law, Sonny. 616 00:25:34,735 --> 00:25:36,237 That's a job for a legislature. 617 00:25:36,270 --> 00:25:37,371 - Albany takes a month and a half 618 00:25:37,438 --> 00:25:38,672 to agree on their lunch order. 619 00:25:38,739 --> 00:25:40,474 - Go after the company civilly. 620 00:25:40,541 --> 00:25:42,410 San Francisco went after ten of these AI outfits 621 00:25:42,476 --> 00:25:43,411 earlier this year. 622 00:25:43,477 --> 00:25:44,378 - And they still haven't settled. 623 00:25:44,445 --> 00:25:45,413 The fines are not enough, sir. 624 00:25:45,479 --> 00:25:46,847 - There's precedent. It works. 625 00:25:46,914 --> 00:25:48,282 - Companies that make quick money, 626 00:25:48,382 --> 00:25:49,817 they make it hand over fist. 627 00:25:49,850 --> 00:25:51,452 Fines are a line item in their budget. 628 00:25:51,552 --> 00:25:53,054 It's the price of doing business. 629 00:25:53,120 --> 00:25:54,889 - Laws are always struggling to catch up with new technology. 630 00:25:54,989 --> 00:25:56,857 But guys like Boone, they're counting on it. 631 00:25:56,891 --> 00:25:59,460 - Right, they act with impunity, they destroy lives, 632 00:25:59,493 --> 00:26:01,829 and then they face no consequences. 633 00:26:01,896 --> 00:26:03,397 So--[sighs] 634 00:26:03,431 --> 00:26:04,899 If we could just indict them, 635 00:26:04,999 --> 00:26:06,600 then all these other shady operations, 636 00:26:06,667 --> 00:26:08,035 they're gonna stop and they're gonna step back. 637 00:26:08,135 --> 00:26:10,004 - Waiting to see how this plays out. 638 00:26:10,037 --> 00:26:11,739 - Provided you can convince a jury. 639 00:26:11,772 --> 00:26:13,641 - The public knows what's going on out there. 640 00:26:13,707 --> 00:26:14,975 They see it in the news. 641 00:26:15,042 --> 00:26:16,444 They see it in their Facebook feeds. 642 00:26:16,545 --> 00:26:18,112 And they're afraid. 643 00:26:18,145 --> 00:26:19,814 And if we can't protect them by getting new laws on the books, 644 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:21,015 then we gotta get creative 645 00:26:21,082 --> 00:26:24,051 enforcing the ones that already exist. 646 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:27,588 - Okay. 647 00:26:27,655 --> 00:26:28,923 You got your case. 648 00:26:30,925 --> 00:26:31,892 - Let's go. 649 00:26:31,992 --> 00:26:35,196 [tense music] 650 00:26:35,262 --> 00:26:36,797 - Hello? - Step aside, Ms. Boone. 651 00:26:36,897 --> 00:26:38,432 We have a warrant for your husband's arrest. 652 00:26:38,466 --> 00:26:39,433 - What? What's going on? 653 00:26:39,500 --> 00:26:40,668 - Lucas Boone. 654 00:26:40,768 --> 00:26:42,103 - Hey, you can't just barge in here. 655 00:26:42,169 --> 00:26:43,370 - Dad? Mom? 656 00:26:43,471 --> 00:26:45,372 - Hey, it's okay, bud. What--what--what are you doing? 657 00:26:45,439 --> 00:26:47,174 - So you are under arrest for the creation 658 00:26:47,241 --> 00:26:50,579 and dissemination of child sexual material. 659 00:26:50,678 --> 00:26:52,847 - Hey, where are they-- where are they going? 660 00:26:52,913 --> 00:26:53,981 They can't go up there. 661 00:26:54,048 --> 00:26:55,149 - Come on. 662 00:26:55,182 --> 00:26:57,384 - I'm not a criminal. This is ridiculous. 663 00:26:57,485 --> 00:27:00,121 - No, bud, this is progress. 664 00:27:03,791 --> 00:27:05,659 - Judge, this is absurd. 665 00:27:05,693 --> 00:27:09,630 Section 230 of the CDA clearly shields Mr. Boone 666 00:27:09,697 --> 00:27:11,465 and his company from liability. 667 00:27:11,533 --> 00:27:14,503 - AI companies like NU/DAI have yet to be given 230 protections 668 00:27:14,569 --> 00:27:16,237 under current case law, Your Honor. 669 00:27:16,337 --> 00:27:19,073 - My client's company provides a neutral service, 670 00:27:19,106 --> 00:27:23,010 a tool that generates content of the user's choice. 671 00:27:23,077 --> 00:27:25,846 He's being persecuted by an overzealous district attorney. 672 00:27:25,913 --> 00:27:27,715 - My opinion of Mr. Boone has no bearing. 673 00:27:27,815 --> 00:27:29,717 This is entirely about facts. - Oh, please. 674 00:27:29,817 --> 00:27:31,685 - And in this case, Your Honor, the defendant was 675 00:27:31,752 --> 00:27:33,154 not only aware of, but also encouraged 676 00:27:33,254 --> 00:27:35,557 the use of his platform in the creation of child pornography. 677 00:27:35,656 --> 00:27:37,559 - That is a reach and you know it, Sonny. 678 00:27:37,626 --> 00:27:39,827 - Your Honor, if you give a child a gun 679 00:27:39,860 --> 00:27:42,196 and they shoot someone, you're responsible. 680 00:27:42,263 --> 00:27:45,766 - I admit I'm a bit skeptical of the People's argument here. 681 00:27:45,833 --> 00:27:47,101 - Thank you, Your Honor. 682 00:27:47,168 --> 00:27:49,036 - But I also have a nephew who will not shut up 683 00:27:49,103 --> 00:27:53,440 about the unbridled potential of artificial intelligence. 684 00:27:53,542 --> 00:27:55,943 I am curious how this would play out. 685 00:27:55,976 --> 00:27:58,345 The defense's motion is denied. 686 00:28:04,418 --> 00:28:05,319 - I couldn't believe it, 687 00:28:06,487 --> 00:28:11,526 all those people seeing me like that, people in my school. 688 00:28:11,626 --> 00:28:14,195 I mean... 689 00:28:14,261 --> 00:28:19,400 it wasn't my body, but they don't know that. 690 00:28:19,500 --> 00:28:22,303 It was so embarrassing. 691 00:28:22,403 --> 00:28:24,138 - And how do you feel now? 692 00:28:24,171 --> 00:28:26,740 - I can't sleep. 693 00:28:26,807 --> 00:28:28,909 I can't eat. 694 00:28:29,009 --> 00:28:31,580 I can't even show my face in public. 695 00:28:31,646 --> 00:28:32,813 They have videos of me on the internet 696 00:28:32,913 --> 00:28:34,915 calling me a pedophile. 697 00:28:35,015 --> 00:28:37,885 - What impact did this have on your life? 698 00:28:37,985 --> 00:28:41,021 - We had to change my phone number, 699 00:28:41,121 --> 00:28:43,757 my email, 700 00:28:43,824 --> 00:28:46,695 delete my socials. 701 00:28:46,794 --> 00:28:49,664 But people still find me. 702 00:28:49,730 --> 00:28:53,400 Call me slut, whore. 703 00:28:53,500 --> 00:28:56,937 - I lost my job. My career is ruined. 704 00:28:57,004 --> 00:28:58,607 - Because of those pictures. 705 00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:00,040 - All because of his website. 706 00:29:00,140 --> 00:29:01,442 - Because of him. 707 00:29:01,543 --> 00:29:04,912 [tense music] 708 00:29:05,012 --> 00:29:06,548 ♪ ♪ 709 00:29:06,648 --> 00:29:07,848 - No further questions, Your Honor. 710 00:29:07,948 --> 00:29:09,618 Your witness, Ms. Hamlin. 711 00:29:09,718 --> 00:29:12,820 - Thank you, Judge. 712 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:14,888 Did my client create those images? 713 00:29:14,989 --> 00:29:16,357 - No. 714 00:29:16,423 --> 00:29:19,026 - Did another student at your school create those images? 715 00:29:19,126 --> 00:29:19,960 - Yes. 716 00:29:20,027 --> 00:29:22,429 - Was she a friend of yours? 717 00:29:22,530 --> 00:29:23,764 - Yes. 718 00:29:23,831 --> 00:29:25,165 - And she was arrested for this crime? 719 00:29:28,802 --> 00:29:31,939 - Answer the question, please. 720 00:29:32,039 --> 00:29:33,874 - Yes, but-- - Thank you. 721 00:29:33,907 --> 00:29:36,076 Nothing further. 722 00:29:36,176 --> 00:29:41,081 ♪ ♪ 723 00:29:41,115 --> 00:29:43,217 - We help everyday people express themselves, 724 00:29:43,250 --> 00:29:47,354 not just experts with degrees and fancy tools. 725 00:29:47,421 --> 00:29:50,491 With our AI engine, anyone can become an artist. 726 00:29:50,592 --> 00:29:51,825 - Could you demonstrate 727 00:29:51,925 --> 00:29:53,961 how the website works for the courtroom? 728 00:29:54,061 --> 00:29:55,730 - Objection, Your Honor. Relevance. 729 00:29:55,829 --> 00:29:57,666 - The jury should have an understanding 730 00:29:57,699 --> 00:30:00,067 of how this technology works, sir. 731 00:30:00,167 --> 00:30:01,335 - I'll allow it. 732 00:30:03,738 --> 00:30:05,406 - Okay. 733 00:30:05,507 --> 00:30:07,975 Let's say Judge Carpintero 734 00:30:08,075 --> 00:30:11,245 is a secret Swiftie, but missed the recent tour. 735 00:30:11,278 --> 00:30:14,516 With our generative tools, he can create new memories 736 00:30:14,616 --> 00:30:15,650 from moments he missed. 737 00:30:15,750 --> 00:30:17,786 [keyboard clicks] 738 00:30:17,851 --> 00:30:19,554 Anything is possible. 739 00:30:19,621 --> 00:30:23,857 - Mr. Boone, would you say that a majority of your users 740 00:30:23,957 --> 00:30:27,629 create images like this or adult content? 741 00:30:27,696 --> 00:30:28,996 - This, definitely. 742 00:30:29,029 --> 00:30:31,733 Adult content is a very small part of our user base. 743 00:30:31,832 --> 00:30:34,803 - Do you have safeguards in place for such material 744 00:30:34,902 --> 00:30:36,270 as adult content? 745 00:30:36,337 --> 00:30:37,572 - Yes. 746 00:30:37,639 --> 00:30:40,742 Our terms of service clearly prohibits underage users 747 00:30:40,841 --> 00:30:43,377 and anything illegal as required by law. 748 00:30:43,444 --> 00:30:48,148 Personally, I felt it important to go an extra step. 749 00:30:48,215 --> 00:30:51,985 All adult functions require registration 750 00:30:52,086 --> 00:30:54,088 and are locked behind a paywall. 751 00:30:54,188 --> 00:30:55,389 - Thank you. 752 00:30:55,489 --> 00:30:56,624 Nothing further. 753 00:30:59,326 --> 00:31:00,260 - Mr. Carisi. 754 00:31:05,399 --> 00:31:06,500 - It's cute, huh? 755 00:31:08,636 --> 00:31:12,106 But if we're really gonna show the jury the full extent 756 00:31:12,139 --> 00:31:14,341 of how your tech works, then why don't you have it 757 00:31:14,441 --> 00:31:16,410 take Judge Carpintero's clothes off? 758 00:31:16,511 --> 00:31:17,911 - Mr. Carisi! 759 00:31:18,011 --> 00:31:21,014 - Apologies, Your Honor. Withdrawn. 760 00:31:21,081 --> 00:31:23,718 Do you enjoy people using your website 761 00:31:23,818 --> 00:31:25,520 to make nude images, Mr. Boone? 762 00:31:25,553 --> 00:31:27,589 - It's not my place to feel one way or the other. 763 00:31:27,689 --> 00:31:29,156 I provide a tool. 764 00:31:29,223 --> 00:31:30,859 I don't encourage people how to use it. 765 00:31:30,924 --> 00:31:32,694 - Is that so? - Yes. 766 00:31:32,794 --> 00:31:35,028 - Because I have an advertisement here 767 00:31:35,062 --> 00:31:36,731 that suggests otherwise. 768 00:31:36,798 --> 00:31:39,601 Your Honor, please enter into the record People's exhibit 27. 769 00:31:39,667 --> 00:31:42,469 This is an online ad for the defendant's website. 770 00:31:42,537 --> 00:31:44,405 Mr. Boone, if you don't mind, 771 00:31:44,471 --> 00:31:46,173 could you read that for the jury, please? 772 00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:48,409 - "Why waste money taking her on a date 773 00:31:48,475 --> 00:31:51,912 when you can use NU/DAI to see her naked?" 774 00:31:51,979 --> 00:31:55,517 - It feels pretty encouraging to me. 775 00:31:55,583 --> 00:31:58,853 - Those ads are terrible and I'm sorry they ever went up. 776 00:31:58,919 --> 00:32:03,056 I had outsourced marketing to a company overseas. 777 00:32:03,123 --> 00:32:04,992 They were clearly less than reputable. 778 00:32:05,058 --> 00:32:08,262 - Your excuse is that these ads were a mistake. 779 00:32:08,328 --> 00:32:10,130 That--that's it? - That's the truth. 780 00:32:10,230 --> 00:32:11,498 I fired 'em as soon as I found out. 781 00:32:11,566 --> 00:32:12,801 - Okay, what about the teenagers, though, 782 00:32:12,834 --> 00:32:14,101 who clicked on this ad 783 00:32:14,168 --> 00:32:15,637 hoping to make nude images of their classmates? 784 00:32:15,670 --> 00:32:17,137 What about them? 785 00:32:17,204 --> 00:32:19,306 - As I mentioned, our terms of service clearly prohibits 786 00:32:19,406 --> 00:32:21,141 underage users from-- - Come on, Mr. Boone. 787 00:32:21,241 --> 00:32:22,976 Do you really think that a few lines 788 00:32:23,076 --> 00:32:25,212 buried in a ten-page legal document is sufficient 789 00:32:25,279 --> 00:32:26,881 to protect children from your website? 790 00:32:26,980 --> 00:32:29,183 - My site, like any other site with adult material, 791 00:32:29,283 --> 00:32:32,587 clearly follows safety measures required by law. 792 00:32:34,021 --> 00:32:38,459 Look, I'm not a bad guy. 793 00:32:38,526 --> 00:32:40,795 I'm a dad. 794 00:32:40,862 --> 00:32:43,397 I know how difficult it can be. 795 00:32:43,464 --> 00:32:45,934 But... 796 00:32:45,999 --> 00:32:47,000 doesn't it fall on the parent 797 00:32:47,034 --> 00:32:48,736 to know what their kid is doing online? 798 00:32:48,837 --> 00:32:50,170 - Oh, so you bear no responsibility 799 00:32:50,270 --> 00:32:52,072 for the damage done with your technology? 800 00:32:56,009 --> 00:32:58,479 - Just because someone paints an offensive picture, 801 00:32:58,546 --> 00:33:00,815 it doesn't mean you arrest the paintbrush. 802 00:33:00,915 --> 00:33:07,956 ♪ ♪ 803 00:33:08,890 --> 00:33:10,390 - Nothing further, Your Honor. 804 00:33:17,532 --> 00:33:18,499 - Carisi. 805 00:33:19,132 --> 00:33:20,234 - Did you go home last night? 806 00:33:20,267 --> 00:33:22,035 - Uh, kinda? Not really. 807 00:33:22,102 --> 00:33:23,370 I was reading through the case files. 808 00:33:23,470 --> 00:33:25,439 - You pulled an all-nighter? - I'm fine. I feel great. 809 00:33:25,540 --> 00:33:27,274 More importantly, I found something, 810 00:33:27,341 --> 00:33:29,744 a second name on the original draft 811 00:33:29,811 --> 00:33:31,579 of NU/DAI's articles of incorporation. 812 00:33:31,646 --> 00:33:32,947 - You're kidding me. Who? 813 00:33:33,013 --> 00:33:36,283 - Samit Junger, engineer. Old co-worker of Boone's. 814 00:33:36,350 --> 00:33:37,685 They were listed as co-founders 815 00:33:37,752 --> 00:33:39,921 when the application was submitted and then amended it 816 00:33:40,020 --> 00:33:41,823 two months later, removing Junger's name, 817 00:33:41,923 --> 00:33:43,323 so he's not on the official document. 818 00:33:43,423 --> 00:33:44,559 - You think they had a falling out? 819 00:33:44,626 --> 00:33:45,994 - Wouldn't be the first time 820 00:33:46,059 --> 00:33:47,327 someone got screwed out of a rising tech company. 821 00:33:47,427 --> 00:33:48,796 Maybe he's sour enough to help us. 822 00:33:48,863 --> 00:33:50,097 - Here. Take this with you. 823 00:33:50,163 --> 00:33:51,533 You need something in your stomach. 824 00:33:51,633 --> 00:33:53,233 Listen, if you're gonna speak to a potential witness, 825 00:33:53,300 --> 00:33:55,235 make sure to bring somebody from SVU with you, okay? 826 00:33:55,269 --> 00:33:56,571 - Way ahead of you. 827 00:33:56,604 --> 00:33:57,572 - Good work. 828 00:34:02,442 --> 00:34:03,811 - Yeah. 829 00:34:03,912 --> 00:34:06,346 Lucas and I built the company's first AI model together. 830 00:34:06,446 --> 00:34:08,048 - How come you decided to leave? 831 00:34:08,115 --> 00:34:10,652 - I didn't. He bought me out. 832 00:34:10,718 --> 00:34:12,119 - Must be hard, 833 00:34:12,219 --> 00:34:13,922 to see a company that you helped build 834 00:34:13,955 --> 00:34:15,455 become successful after you've left. 835 00:34:15,523 --> 00:34:16,490 - Not really. 836 00:34:16,591 --> 00:34:18,960 His sort of success doesn't interest me. 837 00:34:19,027 --> 00:34:20,895 - Why not? 838 00:34:20,929 --> 00:34:24,164 - Sorry. Can't talk about it. 839 00:34:24,231 --> 00:34:25,767 - Boone made you sign an NDA? 840 00:34:25,833 --> 00:34:27,267 - Yep. 841 00:34:27,367 --> 00:34:29,871 And I can't afford to be sued into oblivion. 842 00:34:29,971 --> 00:34:31,405 - I don't think it'll come to that. 843 00:34:31,506 --> 00:34:32,707 - You don't think? 844 00:34:32,740 --> 00:34:36,376 - NDAs can't be enforced if they hide illegal activity. 845 00:34:36,443 --> 00:34:38,378 - Samit, kids are being hurt 846 00:34:38,478 --> 00:34:41,950 by the technology that you helped create. 847 00:34:42,050 --> 00:34:44,586 Please talk to us. 848 00:34:47,589 --> 00:34:51,124 - Our original idea was a novelty app. 849 00:34:51,158 --> 00:34:53,360 Aging photos up and down. 850 00:34:53,427 --> 00:34:56,864 You know, kids into adults, adults into kids. 851 00:34:56,931 --> 00:34:58,332 - At what point did that change? 852 00:34:58,432 --> 00:35:01,335 - Once the model started working better than expected, 853 00:35:01,435 --> 00:35:04,572 Lucas realized he could pivot to something more profitable. 854 00:35:04,606 --> 00:35:05,807 - What was that? 855 00:35:05,873 --> 00:35:08,208 - Adult content. Nudes. 856 00:35:08,275 --> 00:35:09,677 - And did you agree with his choice? 857 00:35:09,744 --> 00:35:11,012 - No. 858 00:35:11,079 --> 00:35:14,348 I knew our tech would be way too easy to abuse. 859 00:35:14,448 --> 00:35:17,819 The engine was trained on millions of public images, 860 00:35:17,852 --> 00:35:20,655 images of real people, real kids. 861 00:35:20,688 --> 00:35:22,724 - Could you explain that further, please? 862 00:35:22,824 --> 00:35:26,193 - AI swallows information, mixes it together, 863 00:35:26,259 --> 00:35:28,295 and then spits it back out. 864 00:35:28,395 --> 00:35:30,598 It can't actually think for itself. 865 00:35:30,665 --> 00:35:33,801 So if you take a model trained on images of kids, 866 00:35:33,868 --> 00:35:37,772 millions of them, and then train it on nude pictures, 867 00:35:37,872 --> 00:35:39,139 it's gonna mix them together. 868 00:35:39,172 --> 00:35:41,475 - You mean create child pornography? 869 00:35:41,542 --> 00:35:43,878 - Yeah. 870 00:35:43,945 --> 00:35:45,445 An algorithm can't tell the difference 871 00:35:45,513 --> 00:35:48,181 between an 18-year-old or a 15-year-old. 872 00:35:48,248 --> 00:35:49,717 - And you raised this with Mr. Boone? 873 00:35:49,784 --> 00:35:50,952 - I did. - And what happened? 874 00:35:51,019 --> 00:35:53,588 - Lucas fired me. 875 00:35:53,655 --> 00:35:56,390 He owns a majority of the stake in the company. 876 00:35:56,456 --> 00:35:58,291 - People's exhibit 32, Your Honor. 877 00:35:58,358 --> 00:35:59,794 These are email exchanges 878 00:35:59,827 --> 00:36:03,196 between Mr. Junger and the defendant raising concerns 879 00:36:03,296 --> 00:36:05,066 about potential misuse of NU/DAI's model. 880 00:36:05,133 --> 00:36:08,503 Now, Mr. Junger, we received 270 gigs of records 881 00:36:08,569 --> 00:36:11,405 from NU/DAI, and yet, these emails were missing. 882 00:36:11,471 --> 00:36:14,876 Do you have any idea why? 883 00:36:14,942 --> 00:36:16,511 - They were supposed to be destroyed. 884 00:36:16,611 --> 00:36:18,146 - What made you decide to keep them? 885 00:36:18,245 --> 00:36:21,348 [tense music] 886 00:36:21,448 --> 00:36:22,482 ♪ ♪ 887 00:36:22,583 --> 00:36:24,852 - Figured we'd all be here one day. 888 00:36:27,955 --> 00:36:29,524 - On the first count, 889 00:36:29,624 --> 00:36:31,726 disseminating indecent materials to minors 890 00:36:31,759 --> 00:36:33,928 in the second degree, how do you find? 891 00:36:33,995 --> 00:36:36,130 - We find the defendant guilty. 892 00:36:36,196 --> 00:36:38,298 - [whispers] Yes. 893 00:36:38,331 --> 00:36:39,934 - On the second count, 894 00:36:40,001 --> 00:36:44,939 promoting a sexual performance by a child, how do you find? 895 00:36:44,972 --> 00:36:48,241 - We find the defendant guilty. 896 00:36:48,308 --> 00:36:52,312 - Ladies and gentlemen, I thank you for your service. 897 00:36:52,379 --> 00:36:54,182 The jury is dismissed. 898 00:36:54,247 --> 00:36:59,286 ♪ ♪ 899 00:36:59,386 --> 00:37:02,757 Would the prosecution, defendant, and counsel 900 00:37:02,824 --> 00:37:04,792 please sit? 901 00:37:04,826 --> 00:37:06,661 I have something to say. 902 00:37:06,761 --> 00:37:13,333 ♪ ♪ 903 00:37:13,433 --> 00:37:19,040 Mr. Carisi, I applaud your team on a compelling case. 904 00:37:19,140 --> 00:37:22,409 Considering the emotions around this matter, 905 00:37:22,476 --> 00:37:25,278 the jury's findings are understandable. 906 00:37:25,312 --> 00:37:28,216 However, I do not believe the laws as written 907 00:37:28,281 --> 00:37:29,717 support the decision. 908 00:37:29,784 --> 00:37:32,285 Though I find Boone's business practices despicable, 909 00:37:32,385 --> 00:37:35,556 negligent, and lacking in basic decency, 910 00:37:35,623 --> 00:37:37,925 these failings are not criminal 911 00:37:37,992 --> 00:37:41,195 and they do not apply under our current statutes. 912 00:37:41,261 --> 00:37:43,430 To convict him as if they did, though satisfying, 913 00:37:43,497 --> 00:37:44,832 is a miscarriage of justice, 914 00:37:44,899 --> 00:37:48,703 and therefore, I am setting the verdict aside. 915 00:37:48,803 --> 00:37:49,871 - What? 916 00:37:49,937 --> 00:37:53,406 - I don't disagree with your intent in this case. 917 00:37:53,473 --> 00:37:55,843 But if you wish to change the laws, 918 00:37:55,877 --> 00:38:00,848 you will need to go to Albany, not my courtroom. 919 00:38:00,915 --> 00:38:02,750 Defendant is free to go. 920 00:38:02,817 --> 00:38:04,819 Case is dismissed. 921 00:38:04,852 --> 00:38:06,386 [indistinct chatter] 922 00:38:06,453 --> 00:38:07,789 - What the hell just happened? 923 00:38:07,889 --> 00:38:10,258 - Big swings don't always make it out of the park, CJ. 924 00:38:10,290 --> 00:38:11,826 - Can we do something? 925 00:38:11,893 --> 00:38:13,360 - We lost, yeah. 926 00:38:13,426 --> 00:38:16,597 But we also won because with Samit's testimony, 927 00:38:16,664 --> 00:38:19,167 Boone's gonna be exposed to a wave of civil cases. 928 00:38:19,233 --> 00:38:20,500 And with any luck, 929 00:38:20,568 --> 00:38:21,736 he's gonna be out of business in a couple weeks. 930 00:38:21,836 --> 00:38:22,870 - Yeah. 931 00:38:22,937 --> 00:38:24,906 Too bad ten more companies just like his 932 00:38:24,972 --> 00:38:26,974 got incorporated today. 933 00:38:27,074 --> 00:38:32,479 ♪ ♪ 934 00:38:32,580 --> 00:38:34,381 - Look, I'm just saying that 935 00:38:34,481 --> 00:38:38,152 I may or may not have taken ChatGPT out for a spin 936 00:38:38,219 --> 00:38:39,352 once or twice. 937 00:38:39,452 --> 00:38:41,722 - Okay. To do what, exactly? 938 00:38:44,258 --> 00:38:46,426 - Therapy. 939 00:38:46,493 --> 00:38:48,296 - Terry, please tell me that you're joking right now. 940 00:38:48,395 --> 00:38:50,463 - They gave her a nice voice. She's easy to talk to. 941 00:38:50,565 --> 00:38:51,498 - Wow. 942 00:38:51,566 --> 00:38:53,134 - Okay, I will give you the phone number 943 00:38:53,201 --> 00:38:57,572 of a very nice human therapist because clearly, you need it. 944 00:39:02,844 --> 00:39:03,711 - Amanda. 945 00:39:03,778 --> 00:39:07,081 - Hello, everyone. 946 00:39:07,148 --> 00:39:08,916 - Hey, kid, come get a drink with us. 947 00:39:08,983 --> 00:39:11,418 - Uh, I got paperwork. 948 00:39:11,484 --> 00:39:12,820 - Curry's buying. 949 00:39:12,887 --> 00:39:15,223 - I am? 950 00:39:15,323 --> 00:39:18,693 - Okay. - [sighs] 951 00:39:18,793 --> 00:39:21,062 - I'm sorry for the radio silence. 952 00:39:21,095 --> 00:39:24,165 I've been weighing my options. 953 00:39:24,232 --> 00:39:26,433 - So Tynan is not messing with me? 954 00:39:26,534 --> 00:39:28,736 You-- you're actually leaving Intel? 955 00:39:28,836 --> 00:39:31,138 - Well, she overhauled it beyond recognition. 956 00:39:31,205 --> 00:39:34,675 She put her own guy in there, moved my boss to the Bronx. 957 00:39:34,742 --> 00:39:37,144 - You called it. She changed everything. 958 00:39:37,211 --> 00:39:38,411 - Mm. 959 00:39:38,478 --> 00:39:40,413 - Amanda, I don't have to tell you 960 00:39:40,514 --> 00:39:43,718 that there's always a spot here for you. 961 00:39:43,784 --> 00:39:45,586 - You know, I'd love to come back here. 962 00:39:45,620 --> 00:39:49,223 But playing a pawn in whatever game Tynan is playing with you, 963 00:39:49,290 --> 00:39:50,423 it doesn't sit right. 964 00:39:50,524 --> 00:39:52,593 - Right. And what's the alternative? 965 00:39:52,660 --> 00:39:54,128 - Intel's off the table. 966 00:39:54,195 --> 00:39:58,199 And could go back to teaching. Maybe. 967 00:39:58,299 --> 00:39:59,399 - [sighs] 968 00:40:01,569 --> 00:40:02,837 Look, is this an offer 969 00:40:02,904 --> 00:40:05,373 that's gonna bite me in the ass down the line? 970 00:40:05,438 --> 00:40:07,008 Probably. 971 00:40:07,041 --> 00:40:08,709 I mean, she's after something. I just don't know what. 972 00:40:08,776 --> 00:40:09,844 - Mm. 973 00:40:09,911 --> 00:40:12,346 - But personally, it sure would be nice 974 00:40:12,445 --> 00:40:16,884 to have somebody in here that I could trust. 975 00:40:16,951 --> 00:40:19,353 - Unlike Griffin? 976 00:40:19,419 --> 00:40:20,888 - He's fine. 977 00:40:20,955 --> 00:40:24,424 You know, he's--might even be here for the right reasons. 978 00:40:24,457 --> 00:40:27,028 I don't know, but he's ambitious. 979 00:40:27,128 --> 00:40:29,764 - Mm. - Which could be worse. 980 00:40:29,830 --> 00:40:32,733 [pensive music] 981 00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:34,702 - Well... 982 00:40:36,971 --> 00:40:40,574 I guess I'll be keeping a close eye on him around here. 983 00:40:46,013 --> 00:40:47,281 All right. 984 00:40:47,348 --> 00:40:49,016 See you in the morning, boss. 985 00:40:49,116 --> 00:40:56,090 ♪ ♪ 986 00:41:01,395 --> 00:41:04,298 [dramatic music] 987 00:41:04,398 --> 00:41:11,572 ♪ ♪ 988 00:41:31,491 --> 00:41:34,628 [wolf howls]