Original subtitles

MY NAME IS STEVE SCHIRRIPA,

AND I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT REVENGE.

YOU GET CHEATED ON, LIED TO.

YOU'VE BEEN PLAYED.

YOU WANT TO GET EVEN.

Sumasar: SHE SAID, "I'M HIS WIFE,"

AND I SAID, "YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING."

DeGaetano: THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPEN IN THE MOVIES.

THINGS LIKE THIS DON'T REALLY HAPPEN IN REAL LIFE.

Sumasar: AM I REALLY GOING DOWN FOR THIS, SERIOUSLY?

BECAUSE WHAT GOES AROUND DOES COME AROUND.

IT'S CALLED "KARMA," AND THERE'S A SAYING...

I'M THE INNOCENT PERSON -- DOESN'T HAVE A CRIMINAL RECORD,

NEVER DONE AN ILLEGAL THING IN HER LIFE.

AND I'M IN JAIL. I'M IN JAIL.

I'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING.

Schirripa: FOR SEVEN MONTHS,

SEEMONA SUMASAR HAS BEEN BEHIND BARS

FOR CRIMES SHE DID NOT COMMIT.

SHE'S ABOUT TO FIND OUT IF SHE'S GOING TO BE RELEASED.

IF SHE IS, WILL THE GUY WHO PUT HER HERE BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE?

[ SIREN WAILING ]

SEEMONA SUMASAR WAS FRAMED BY A MAN HELL-BENT ON MAKING HER PAY.

WHAT DID HE HAVE AGAINST HER?

QUITE SIMPLY, SHE DIDN'T WANT HIM.

AND SHE WANTED HIM TO PAY FOR WHAT HE DID TO HER.

THIS IS THE AMAZING STORY OF A REVENGE PLOT

THAT WAS MEANT TO TAKE DOWN AN INNOCENT WOMAN

AND HOW SHE FOUGHT TO CLEAR HER NAME AND GET SOME JUSTICE.

OUR STORY STARTS IN QUEENS, NEW YORK.

IT'S THE SPRING OF 2006.

31-YEAR-OLD SEEMONA SUMASAR IS LIVING HER DREAM.

SHE'S ESCAPING WALL STREET TO BECOME HER OWN BOSS

AND TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH HER 12-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, CHIARA.

SEEMONA FITS RIGHT IN IN QUEENS.

IT'S CRAMMED WITH NEW AMERICANS LIKE HER

HUSTLING TO PROSPER IN A NEW HOME.

SEEMONA'S OPENING A CARIBBEAN RESTAURANT

SERVING THE DISHES OF HER NATIVE GUYANA.

A NEW BUSINESS IS A STRUGGLE FOR ANYBODY,

ESPECIALLY A SINGLE MOM.

ONE DAY, A GUARDIAN ANGEL ARRIVES.

HIS NAME IS JERRY RAMRATTAN,

AND A PRETTY YOUNG WOMAN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

IS JUST THE THING TO CATCH HIS EYE --

ESPECIALLY ONE WITH HER OWN BUSINESS.

JERRY'S AN IMMIGRANT SUCCESS STORY IN HIS OWN RIGHT.

HE'S AN INVESTIGATOR FOR THE BROOKLYN D.A.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE COOLEST THING, YOU KNOW?

THAT DAY, HE WAS DRESSED UP, LOOKED PRETTY SHARP --

VERY GOOD-LOOKING GUY.

THIS IS A NICE GUY.

Schirripa: JERRY BECOMES A REGULAR CUSTOMER AND A TRUSTED FRIEND.

Sumasar: JERRY COMING INTO MY LIFE AT THAT TIME WAS VERY HELPFUL.

HE HAD THE ANSWERS TO ANYTHING --

ANY QUESTION YOU ASKED.

IF HE DIDN'T KNOW, HE WOULD FIND IT.

HE SEEMED LIKE HE HAD ALL THE RESOURCES AT HIS FINGERTIPS.

Schirripa: SOON, SEEMONA AND JERRY BECOME MORE THAN FRIENDS.

SO FAR, OUR STORY'S A CLASSIC ROMANCE,

AND JERRY'S A GREAT LEADING MAN,

COMPLETE WITH MODESTLY TOLD TALES

OF HIS CRIME-FIGHTING HEROICS.

SEEMONA THINKS JERRY COULD BE THE ONE,

UNTIL ONE DAY, THE PHONE RINGS.

WHO'S ON THE OTHER END?

IT'S MRS. JERRY.

[ CELLPHONE RINGS ]

Sumasar: RIGHT OFF THE BAT, SHE SAID, "I'M HIS WIFE,"

AND I SAID, "YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING."

I DON'T WANT IT TO BE TRUE, BUT I'M NOT DOUBTING HER.

WHO MAKES UP A STORY LIKE THIS?

AND SHE SAID, "HE HAS DONE THIS WAY TOO LONG,"

AND I SAID, "DONE WHAT?"

AND SHE SAID,

"YOU KNOW, HAVING ONE GIRLFRIEND AFTER THE NEXT AFTER THE NEXT."

Schirripa: WHAT'S JERRY'S EXCUSE?

SHE'S NOT REALLY A "WIFE" WIFE, HE SAYS.

IT'S JUST SO SHE CAN LIVE IN THE U.S.

SEEMONA DOESN'T BUY THAT --

NOT AFTER MRS. JERRY TOLD HER ABOUT THEIR TWO KIDS.

SEEMONA GIVES HIM THE BOOT,

BUT DUMPED OR NOT, JERRY JUST WON'T GO.

I BROKE UP WITH JERRY BUT COULD NEVER GET RID OF HIM.

THERE WAS NO GETTING RID OF JERRY.

AND I REALLY DIDN'T REALIZE THAT UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE.

[ SIREN WAILING ]

Schirripa: WITH THINGS A LITTLE ROCKY AT HOME,

JERRY PLEADS WITH SEEMONA TO AT LEAST LET HIM STAY

IN HER BASEMENT APARTMENT.

BAD IDEA.

JERRY TOLD ME THAT HE WAS IN A BAD SITUATION.

HE NEEDED HELP FOR A FEW WEEKS, AND HE NEEDED SOMEWHERE TO STAY.

SO, YOU KNOW, HE CONVINCED ME TO LET HIM STAY THERE.

Schirripa: YOU'D THINK AN INVESTIGATOR FOR THE D.A.

WOULD HAVE OTHER OPTIONS.

WAIT A MINUTE.

SEEMONA HAS ALSO LEARNED FROM A MUTUAL FRIEND

THAT JERRY'S PROFESSIONAL LIFE IS A PACK OF LIES, TOO.

HE DOES WORK FOR THE D.A.'s OFFICE,

BUT NOT AS AN INVESTIGATOR.

JERRY'S A PROFESSIONAL STOOL PIGEON,

AND HE'S BEEN SNITCHING ALL OVER TOWN.

HE TRIED TO MAKE HIMSELF USEFUL

TO VARIOUS DISTRICT ATTORNEYS' OFFICES

AND OTHER LAW-ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES

AS A CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT.

Schirripa: THE FANCY UNIFORM'S JUST A COSTUME.

HE'S NEVER BEEN A COP, EITHER.

I HAD EVIDENCE OF HIM DRESSING AS A POLICE OFFICER,

PRESENTING HIMSELF AS A POLICE OFFICER TO MANY, MANY PEOPLE

EVEN THOUGH HE NEVER WAS A MEMBER OF THE N.Y.P.D.

Schirripa: BUT NOTHING BEATS THE POWER TRIP HE GETS

FROM SPORTING HIS FAKE BADGE.

Sumasar: HE BUILT HIS WHOLE LIFE

AROUND HAVING EVERYBODY BELIEVE THAT HE'S REALLY A DETECTIVE.

Schirripa: HOW COME HE KNOWS SO MUCH ABOUT POLICE PROCEDURE?

JERRY'S SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH COPS...

BECAUSE HE'S ALSO A CONVICTED ROBBER.

Sumasar: WHAT I REALLY FOUND OUT

IS THAT I REALLY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT JERRY,

THAT I REALLY DON'T HAVE A CLUE WHO THIS PERSON IS.

Schirripa: NOW THAT SHE'S LEARNED HER EX IS A COMPLETE FRAUD,

SHE'S SCARED OF WHAT ELSE HE MAY DO.

Sumasar: WHAT EXACTLY WAS HIS LIFE, AND WHAT IS HE DOING,

AND WOULD THAT INVOLVE MY HOUSE,

MY DAUGHTER, YOU KNOW, OUR SAFETY?

SEEMONA SUMASAR HAS JUST FOUND OUT

THAT HER EX-BOYFRIEND HAS LIED ABOUT PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING.

HE'S NOT AN EX-COP, HE'S GOT A WIFE,

HE'S GOT KIDS, NO REAL JOB, AND A FELONY RECORD.

HE'S ABUSED HER TRUST, FOR SURE,

BUT THAT'S NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT HE'S ABOUT TO DO.

SEEMONA'S FIRST CONCERN WON'T BE GETTING OVER HIM.

IT'LL BE SURVIVING.

UGH!

Schirripa: SINGLE MOM AND RESTAURANT OWNER SEEMONA SUMASAR HAS BEEN DUPED

BY A GUY SHE THOUGHT WAS A STRAIGHT SHOOTER --

A GOOD-LOOKING INVESTIGATOR FOR THE D.A.'s OFFICE.

IN FACT, HE'S A SILVER-TONGUED PLAYER...

A CONVICTED FELON WHO PRETENDS HE WAS A COP.

JERRY'S SMOOTH TALK HAS CONCEALED MORE THAN HIS HISTORY.

SEEMONA HAS NO IDEA WHAT HE'S LIKE

WHEN HE DOESN'T GET HIS WAY.

UP TILL NOW, HE ALWAYS HAS.

[ WOMAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ]

NOW THAT SHE KNOWS THE TRUTH ABOUT HIS LIES,

SEEMONA IS DETERMINED TO GET JERRY RAMRATTAN OUT OF HER LIFE

AND OUT OF HER BASEMENT.

IF YOU'RE A SNITCH,

THEN YOU HAVE PROBLEMS WITH PEOPLE OUT THERE,

SO I DON'T WANT THAT PROBLEM TO COME TO MY HOUSE.

SO I DECIDED THAT I HAD TO KICK HIM OUT.

Schirripa: SHE SETS A DEADLINE. JERRY BLOWS IT OFF.

Sumasar: HE WASN'T GOING ANYWHERE.

SO, THAT'S IT.

I WAS GONNA TELL HIM EVERYTHING I KNEW, AND I DID.

AND I CALLED HIM ALL THE NAMES IN THE BOOK,

AND I TOLD HIM WHAT A LOWLIFE HE WAS

AND HOW HE WAS NEVER GONNA AMOUNT TO ANYTHING.

YOU KNOW, "YOU'RE A SON OF A BITCH,

AND I DON'T EVER WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN."

I EVEN TOLD HIM THAT, YOU KNOW, HE WAS A WANNABE COP.

Schirripa: UNTIL NOW,

THE ONE THING SEEMONA WOULDN'T HAVE CALLED HIM WAS A THUG.

UGH!

I DIDN'T THINK THAT HE WAS THE PERSON

THAT I HAD TO BE AFRAID OF.

I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO REACT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HIS INTENTION IS,

AND IF HE'S GONNA HURT ME, HE'S GONNA HURT ME,

AND THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT.

[ THUD ]

[ Muffled ] AAAAAH!

Schirripa: JERRY RAPES SEEMONA.

HE HOLDS HER CAPTIVE FOR HOURS.

THEN, HE JUST TAKES OFF.

[ SIREN WAILING ]

SEEMONA CALLS 911.

JERRY IS ARRESTED

AND CHARGED WITH RAPE AND UNLAWFUL IMPRISONMENT.

TWO MORE FELONY CONVICTIONS WILL MEAN SERIOUS PRISON TIME.

SO, AS SOON AS HE'S OUT ON BAIL, HE'S GOT ONE GOAL --

TO INTIMIDATE SEEMONA

INTO CHANGING HER STORY ABOUT BEING RAPED.

BUT HE DOESN'T REALIZE JUST WHO HE'S DEALING WITH.

Sumasar: NOT FOR A MINUTE

I HAD ANY INTENTION OF DROPPING THE CHARGES,

NO MATTER HOW MUCH HE PRESSURED ME.

Schirripa: FURIOUS, JERRY COMES UP WITH A DEVIOUS SCHEME

TO GET EVEN WITH SEEMONA

AND BEAT HIS CHARGES AT THE SAME TIME.

HE COMES UP WITH A PLOT TO UNDERMINE HER CREDIBILITY.

HE USED HIS LONG-GAINED KNOWLEDGE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT

TO HELP GAME THE SYSTEM.

[ SIREN WAILING ]

Schirripa: JERRY LEANS ON THREE SKETCHY ASSOCIATES

TO HELP HIM TAKE SEEMONA DOWN.

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATION ]

HE APPROACHED PEOPLE TO POSE AS ROBBERY VICTIMS.

[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING ]

HE WOULD FEED THEM A NARRATIVE

WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD TELL THE POLICE

THAT THEY WERE PULLED OVER

BY A WOMAN PORTRAYING HERSELF AS A POLICE OFFICER

AND THEN ROB THEM AND THEN FLEE FROM THE SCENE.

Chayes: THE COPS WHO WERE TAKING THESE REPORTS --

THEY THINK THEY HAVE VICTIMS, ALL WITH SIMILAR PATTERNS,

ALL WITH A WOMAN PULLING SOMEBODY OVER,

MASQUERADING AS A POLICE OFFICER,

AND STEALING PROPERTY OR MONEY.

Schirripa: FOR ALMOST A YEAR,

JERRY AND HIS PATSIES FEED THE COPS CLUE AFTER CLUE.

EACH TIME, THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ROBBER MATCHES SEEMONA.

THE COPS COME TO PRECISELY THE CONCLUSION

JERRY WANTS THEM TO --

SEEMONA MUST BE THE GUN-TOTING HIGHWAY ROBBER THEY'RE AFTER.

POLICE HAVE DESCRIPTIONS THAT LOOK LIKE SEEMONA SUMASAR

AND A HOST OF SEVERAL OTHER PIECES OF EVIDENCE

THAT, IN THEIR MIND, TIE THE CRIMES BACK TO SEEMONA SUMASAR.

Schirripa: IN FACT, EVERY SO-CALLED CRIME IS A FICTION SET UP BY JERRY.

DeGaetano: HE'S THE ONE WHO DROVE WITH THE COCONSPIRATORS

TO THE CRIME SCENES AND TOLD THEM,

"THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO SAY THAT YOU WERE ROBBED,

"THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SAY THAT YOU WERE DOING,

AND THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SAY HAPPENED TO YOU."

THEY BELIEVE THEY HAVE A LEGITIMATE CRIME PATTERN

ON THEIR HANDS.

[ SIREN WAILING ]

AS A CONVICTED CRIMINAL, JERRY KNOWS HOW COPS THINK.

HE HAS PLANTED ENOUGH CLUES TO MAKE THEM BELIEVE

THEY'RE ON THE TAIL OF A VERY DANGEROUS WOMAN.

IF THEY CATCH HER, SHE'LL PROBABLY GO TO PRISON.

JERRY WILL GET AWAY WITH RAPING HER.

HOWEVER IT GOES DOWN,

HE'LL MAKE HER SUFFER FOR DARING TO CROSS HIM.

SEEMONA SUMASAR KNOWS HER EX, JERRY RAMRATTAN, IS DESPERATE

FOR HER TO TAKE BACK THE RAPE CHARGE SHE'S FILED AGAINST HIM.

BUT SHE HAS NO IDEA THAT HE'S SET HER UP AS A SUSPECT

IN A SERIES OF ARMED ROBBERIES.

THANKS TO HIM, DETECTIVES IN NEW YORK'S NASSAU COUNTY BELIEVE

SEEMONA IS AN ELUSIVE AND VIOLENT CRIMINAL.

THE ROBBERIES NEVER HAPPENED, BUT THE CRIME REPORTS ARE REAL,

AND THE FABRICATED EVIDENCE IN THEM MAKES IT SEEM

THAT SEEMONA SUMASAR, A MILD-MANNERED SINGLE-MOM

RESTAURANT OWNER WITH NO CRIMINAL RECORD,

IS A ONE-WOMAN CRIME WAVE.

ONE OF THE CARS IMPLICATED IN THE ROBBERY

IS CONNECTED TO MS. SUMASAR.

POLICE HAVE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE VEHICLE.

THEY HAVE LICENSE PLATES, EITHER FULL OR PARTIAL.

THEY HAVE SEPARATE VICTIMS THAT SPAN SEVERAL MONTHS.

Schirripa: SEEMONA IS SUCH AN UNLIKELY HIGHWAY ROBBER

THAT THE WHOLE PLOT SEEMS ABSURD.

THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPEN IN THE MOVIES,

BUT THINGS LIKE THIS DON'T REALLY HAPPEN IN REAL LIFE.

Schirripa: BUT JERRY KNOWS COPS,

AND HE'S CERTAIN THEY'LL FOLLOW HIS MADE-UP EVIDENCE

ALL THE WAY TO SEEMONA.

OHH!

I'M APPROACHED BY ALL THESE DETECTIVES.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO THINK.

I DON'T SEE WHY DETECTIVES WOULD BE PULLING ME OVER.

OHH!

[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING ]

Schirripa: SEEMONA IS CHARGED WITH ROBBERY, CRIMINAL IMPERSONATION,

AND USING A FIREARM WHILE COMMITTING A CRIME.

IF CONVICTED, SHE COULD GO TO PRISON FOR 25 YEARS.

I CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT BECAUSE I KNOW I'M NOT GUILTY OF ANYTHING.

Schirripa: IT DOESN'T TAKE HER LONG TO PUT TWO AND TWO TOGETHER.

I KNEW THAT THE ONLY REASON I POSSIBLY COULD BE SITTING THERE

WOULD HAVE TO BE SOMETHING TO DO WITH JERRY.

AND I EXPLAINED THE RAPE, AND I TOLD THEM WHAT WAS GOING ON,

AND I SAID TO THEM THAT THE TRIAL WAS SET TO COME UP.

Schirripa: "HONEST, OFFICER. I'M INNOCENT."

YEAH, RIGHT. COPS HEAR THAT ALL DAY.

TO THEM, A DANGEROUS CRIMINAL LIKE SEEMONA SUMASAR

NEEDS TO BE BEHIND BARS.

WHEN THE JUDGE SETS HER BAIL AT A STAGGERING $1 MILLION,

THEY THINK, "OH, GOOD.

THE STREETS ARE SAFER NOW THAT SHE'S OFF THEM."

[ SIREN WAILING ]

[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]

SEEMONA DOES HAVE AN ALIBI FOR ONE OF THE ROBBERIES,

BUT JERRY'S REVENGE PLOT IS SO CONVINCING,

THE COPS JUST IGNORE IT.

ONCE SHE'S A CONVICTED ROBBER,

WHO'S GONNA BELIEVE HER CLAIM OF BEING A RAPE VICTIM?

I WAS THINKING THAT IT CAN'T GET ANY WORSE.

Schirripa: BUT IT DOES.

MONTHS DRAG BY.

SHE CAN'T POSSIBLY MAKE HER MILLION-DOLLAR BAIL,

AND NO ONE BELIEVES SHE'S INNOCENT.

IT'S NOT LIKE I'M SAYING, "THIS IS A BIG MISUNDERSTANDING."

I'M TELLING THEM POINT-BLANK, "HE IS THE ONE WHO DID THIS."

THIS WHOLE TIME, SHE'S PROCLAIMING HER INNOCENCE.

SHE SAID, "I DID NOT DO THIS."

I WAS SO SCARED AND CONFUSED.

Schirripa: WHILE SHE FIGHTS FOR JUSTICE,

THE LIFE SHE STRUGGLED SO HARD TO BUILD IS FALLING APART.

HER YOUNG DAUGHTER, CHIARA, IS NOW LIVING WITH HER DAD,

AND SEEMONA FEARS SHE'LL GROW UP THINKING HER MOM'S A CRIMINAL.

CHIARA WAS PROBABLY THE HARDEST THING THAT WE HAD TO DEAL WITH.

I'M WORRIED ABOUT HER 24/7.

YOU MIGHT AS WELL JUST TAKE MY LIFE AWAY FROM ME

RIGHT THEN AND THERE, BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE

HOW I'M GOING TO GET OUT OF THIS SITUATION.

MY HOUSE ALREADY WENT INTO FORECLOSURE

A COUPLE MONTHS AFTER I WAS LOCKED UP.

MY BUSINESS -- WE HAD TO MAKE A DECISION TO CLOSE IT DOWN.

AT THIS POINT, IT'S NOT LOOKING GOOD FOR MS. SUMASAR.

Schirripa: WORST OF ALL, SHE KNOWS THE JURY WILL PROBABLY SWALLOW

THE SAME PACK OF LIES THE DETECTIVES DID.

I'M THINKING TO MYSELF,

"HOW IS HE GETTING AWAY WITH ALL OF THIS?

AM I REALLY GOING DOWN FOR THIS, SERIOUSLY?"

Schirripa: IT LOOKS LIKE JERRY HAS PULLED OFF HIS FRAME-UP.

VENGEANCE IS HIS.

SO, WHERE IS THE JUSTICE?

HOW CAN SEEMONA HOLD ON TO HOPE?

SHE'S HEARD OF KARMA,

BUT SO FAR, PAYBACK HAS ALL BEEN GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.

AN INNOCENT, HARDWORKING MOM IS IN JAIL

WHILE HER SCUMBAG RAPIST EX IS SITTING PRETTY.

SHE DID NOTHING TO DESERVE THIS.

HAS KARMA TURNED HER BACK ON SEEMONA?

Schirripa: A LAW-ABIDING SINGLE MOM, SEEMONA SUMASAR,

HAS DONE EVERYTHING RIGHT.

BUT WHAT'S HAPPENED TO HER IS WRONG IN THE WORST WAY.

SHE'S BEEN FRAMED FOR A SERIES OF ARMED ROBBERIES

BY AN EX-BOYFRIEND WHO RAPED HER.

WHILE IN JAIL, SHE'S LOST HER HOME AND HER BUSINESS.

HER DAUGHTER IS GROWING UP WHILE SHE'S BEHIND BARS.

SO, TELL ME -- DOES EVIL TRIUMPH?

THIS IS MY SHOW.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

JERRY RAMRATTAN MAY HAVE HAD A BRILLIANT PLAN,

BUT HE'S GOT SOME WEAK SPOTS.

HE'S A LIAR WHO USES AND ABUSES WOMEN.

UGH!

HE'S GOT A NEW GIRLFRIEND WHO SAW HOW HE SET UP SEEMONA,

SO WHEN HE STARTS DISHING THE SAME ABUSE OUT TO HER,

SHE DECIDES TO TAKE HIM DOWN.

DeGaetano: JUST LIKE WITH SEEMONA,

SHE WAS HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING JERRY OUT OF HER LIFE.

SHE CAME TO FEAR JERRY

AND CAME TO FEEL THAT SHE WAS BEING STALKED BY JERRY

AND EVENTUALLY GAVE HER ENOUGH MOTIVE THAT SHE CAME FORWARD

AND TURNED ON HIM AND UNCOVERED THE CONSPIRACY.

Schirripa: JERRY THE STOOL PIGEON IS ABOUT TO GET A TASTE

OF HIS OWN MEDICINE.

SHE SNITCHED ON HIM.

Schirripa: JERRY'S LATEST EX-GIRLFRIEND TELLS THE D.A.

ALL ABOUT THE PLOT TO FRAME SEEMONA.

THE D.A. DIGS OUT THOSE CRIME REPORTS

AND CALLS IN TWO OF SEEMONA'S SUPPOSED VICTIMS.

AFTER A LITTLE CHAT

ABOUT THE KIND OF TIME YOU GET FOR PERJURY,

JERRY'S PATSIES GIVE HIM UP IN A HEARTBEAT.

AND JERRY WAS SO BUSY SETTING UP SEEMONA,

HE DIDN'T COVER HIS OWN TRACKS.

THEY FIND CELLPHONE RECORDS LINKING MR. RAMRATTAN

TO ALL OF THE ACCUSERS OF MS. SUMASAR.

Schirripa: THE INVESTIGATORS ARE STUNNED,

BUT JERRY'S NEW EX-GIRLFRIEND CONVINCES THEM

THEY HAD IT ALL WRONG.

IF IT WASN'T FOR HER GOING IN TO THE POLICE,

I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHERE I WOULD BE TODAY.

[ SIREN WAILING ]

Schirripa: JERRY RAMRATTAN GOES DOWN.

HE'S CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY, FALSE REPORTING,

WITNESS TAMPERING, AND PERJURY --

ALL OF THAT ADDED TO THE RAPE CHARGE HE'S ALREADY FACING.

ALL THE CHARGES AGAINST SEEMONA SUMASAR ARE DROPPED,

BUT THE DAMAGE JERRY'S DONE WILL NEVER GO AWAY.

Sumasar: HE TOOK SEVEN MONTHS OF MY LIFE AND MORE.

NO MATTER WHAT, HE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE THERE.

HE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE A MEMORY.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN GET RID OF.

Schirripa: JERRY RAMRATTAN IS NOW IN THE STATE PEN.

HE'LL BE THERE UNTIL AT LEAST 2034.

BUT HE'LL LIVE FOREVER IN THE LORE OF NEW YORK COPS

WHO LIKE TO THINK THEY'VE SEEN EVERYTHING.

DeGaetano: NEITHER I NOR OTHER PEOPLE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT

THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO IN NEW YORK

CAN THINK OF ANOTHER CASE LIKE THIS

WHERE SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, WENT TO SUCH EXTREME LENGTHS

IN SUCH A DEVIOUS WAY TO DERAIL A PROSECUTION.

Sumasar: HE THOUGHT HE WOULD GET AWAY WITH IT,

BUT HE OBVIOUSLY UNDERESTIMATED ME.

HE DIDN'T THINK I COULD GO THROUGH WITH IT.

I GUESS HE DIDN'T THINK I WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO SEE IT THROUGH.

Schirripa: IT TOOK THREE WOMEN

TO GIVE JERRY RAMRATTAN HIS KARMIC COMEUPPANCE --

HIS WIFE, SEEMONA, AND THAT FED-UP NEW EX-GIRLFRIEND.

HE GOT HIS BECAUSE THEY STOOD UP TO HIM.

THAT ALWAYS TAKES A BULLY BY SURPRISE.

SEEMONA SUMASAR FINALLY SAW JUSTICE.

SHE'S STILL REBUILDING HER LIFE,

BUT SHE AND CHIARA ARE A FAMILY AGAIN.

EVEN WHEN THINGS LOOKED HOPELESS,

THE WHEELS OF KARMA WERE TURNING,

AND SHE WAS HEADED STRAIGHT FOR JERRY RAMRATTAN.

NOW HE KNOWS BETTER THAN ANYONE THERE'S NO ESCAPING KARMA,

AND WHEN SHE CATCHES UP WITH YOU, SHE'S A REAL BITCH.