All language subtitles for Law.and.Order.SVU.S21E17

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.

Brad! Oh, my gosh.

- That was amazing.
- You were amazing.

You all sound quite
pleased with yourselves.

Which is astonishing,

considering the appalling
mess we just witnessed.

As of now...

"Moulin Boheme" is on track to being

the worst ballet the
National has ever produced.

Alistair?

Sascha's taken a lot of
chances on all of you,

including gifting you,
Ashley, with your first role

as a principal.

But I can read your reviews now...

"Lackluster, labored, and dull".

Tina.

This is your first solo, yes?

After all these years.

Delia, this is your
first performance with us.

Unless things improve...

It will be both of your farewells.

- We open in one week.
- Start performing as if you

belong here, or you
will no longer be here.

Understood?

What just happened?

That's their idea of a pep talk.

Don't worry, you're amazing.

Come with me.

- Where?
- Shh, just come.

I'll make you feel better.

Brad's on a roll lately.

Always.

Hey, you looked great out there.

Ha.

Why do they call it Studio X?

'Cause X marks the spot.

Mm.

We don't have to if you don't want to.

No, I want to.

Heels together, chin up, follow us.

And... step to the side and plie.

Yes! Well done today.
See you all next week.

Bye, girls.

So cute.

Do the dads seem a little
thirstier than usual today?

They're harmless.

Delia, do you have a second?

I know since I got into the National

my schedule's been a
little tricky, I just...

Yeah.

The thing is, we won't
be able to do this again.

What? Why?

I like you, Delia.

What you do on your own
time is your business.

But I can't have that around the kids.

- What are you talking about?
- One of the moms showed me

the video.

Apparently, the dads
have all found it already.

So I'm sorry.

What video?

Okay.

What is it? What is it?

_

No.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

- No, no, no, no, no.
- _

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So, the man in the video,

the other dancer, Delia...
he's your boyfriend?

Brad and I just started
seeing each other.

He's a nice guy. Sweet.

Not like most of the jerks in ballet.

- There's no way he did this.
- W-What did he say?

I texted him.

He hasn't answered.
He's been in rehearsal.

I need your help. I have
to get this taken down.

I mean, I already got
fired from my teaching job.

You know, my God.

- What if the National finds out?
- Delia, Delia we are...

we are gonna do everything that
we can to help you, believe me.

But to be honest, once
these things go viral,

it can... it can be difficult.

- Isn't it illegal?
- If you did not agree

to be filmed, yes.

Are you sure Brad had
nothing to do with this?

Positive.

Then he won't mind talking to us.

- Delia and I are on internet porn sites?
- _

How did that happen?

We were hoping you could tell us.

- I have no idea, I swear.
- You didn't know that

- you were being recorded?
- No, neither of us did.

- Ask Delia, she'll tell you.
- We did.

She's wondering why you
haven't texted her back.

Well, our rehearsals have
been at different times,

we're... we're opening in five days.

If... if I'd known that was
why she was texting me, I, um...

She didn't say.

She's embarrassed, humiliated.

I get it, this is
terrible for both of us.

C-Can you take it down?

Well, as far as we can tell,
the site that had initially

reposted it is based in Cypress.

We're trying to find
out how it got uploaded

in the first place.

There must have been a
camera hidden in the studio.

You think?

Delia and I aren't the only
people to hook up in there.

It's secluded, you know?
It... It locks from the inside.

Everybody knows about this?

It's the company's worst-kept secret.

Rafael Barba and I go way back.

- He speaks very highly of you.
- And he of you.

- He is a fan.
- He gave me a bit of

a heads-up about the issue.
I can't say I'm surprised.

That your dancers are having sex,

- or that they're being taped?
- Both.

One thing I've learned over the years...

I can teach them to dance.
I can't teach them not to be

young and stupid.

So you've had problems before?

Well, like everyone else.
Times have changed.

When I started as artistic
director, we didn't even have

an HR department.

You know, I hear you, but
you should know that, um,

we're maybe looking at
more than an HR issue.

We're talking criminal activity.

Unlawful surveillance,
posting on pornographic sites.

- Alistair, what's going on?
- Not now, Jason.

I hope we can keep this private.

We open a new ballet this week...

ironically, starring Brad
and introducing Delia.

Oh.

You keep me posted.
Give my best to Rafael.

Of course.

- Hey, CSU got anything?
- A lot of bodily fluids.

Sweat, blood, semen...

it's like a petri dish in there.

What about a camera?

Looks like a wall mount was ripped out.

So they knew we were
coming. Get me a list of...

- of anyone who had access.
- On it.

_

Ballerina getting nailed in a tutu?

That's a whole genre. But what isn't?

Rule 34, am I right?

You gotta be more specific.

Okay, well, this was
posted two days ago.

And there's been an official complaint.

- You need to take this down.
- So it's revenge porn.

You still can't just waltz
in here, flash a badge,

and expect me to fold like a cheap tent.

- And why is that?
- Well, in case they didn't

teach you this in cop school,
there is a little thing

known as the First Amendment.

Well, I actually went to lawyer school,

where they taught us about subpoenas.

So how about I go get
one for every hard drive

- in this dump?
- We start kicking the tires,

you don't think we're
gonna find dozens of minors

in your little video cache?

Maybe we got off on the wrong foot.

Let's start again.

I can scrub this from our site,

but it's not gonna mean anything.

Nothing disappears from the internet.

No, it gets pirated, goes airborne,

and then mutates like the Plague.

Well, for now, let's
eliminate Patient Zero.

How did you get this?

Well, yeah, that's my email, but I...

I don't even look at porn, so
someone must have hacked me.

Oh, you were hacked?
You don't watch porn?

Really? That's the best
you can come up with?

Because you're a dancer,

you had access to Studio
X. Now, are we gonna find

- your prints on the camera?
- I-I don't know anything

- about a camera.
- Hmm.

I... I mean, yeah, I've been
in the studio, but either way,

it wasn't me. Brad's a friend.

How about Delia?

Well, she's new. I barely know her.

You get a little more
time to work on your story.

TARU went through Jason's phone.

He uploaded the video to Pornmonger,

but he didn't record it.

- So who did?
- It was texted to him by Brad.

Along with other homemade sex videos.

So the nice, sweet guy

twirling his baton out in
front of the victim bandwagon...

Are you surprised?

They were both in on it?

Jason was always hitting
on me, but Brad, he...

He's a gentleman. Are you sure?

- Sorry, Delia.
- From the looks of the video,

he knew exactly what he was doing,

where the camera was...

In ballet, the boys move the
girls... that's how it works.

Brad placed me on the barre,
in front of the camera.

- How could I be so stupid?
- You couldn't have known.

And you weren't the only dancer.

Brad, Jason, Edward Jenkins...

He's in the corps.

They shared your video in a group text,

and there were videos with other women.

That's Beck Silva.
She's in the corps, too.

That's Grace Pressley.

Ashley Fallon.

I feel sick.

Edward and I hooked up last year.

This was at his parents' house.

This one... oh, my God.

That's Alistair's desk.

Edward kind of dared me.

Did you know he was filming you?

No.

I'm on a visa. I have to be careful.

Who's seen these?

Did Jason post this
on the porn site too?

- Not to our knowledge.
- I can't have that happen.

I'm engaged. My fiancé's family

is very religious.

I don't think Jason wants
to make things worse.

He's in a lot of trouble right now.

Not with the company.
There are 20 ballerinas

to every male dancer.

These guys can't get fired.

- Yeah, so that happened.
- You knew?

Did I know I was having sex with Brad?

Yeah. Did I know I was being filmed?

I mean, not that time,
but everyone's made

a sex tape or two, right?
Anyway, just thank God

it didn't get posted like Delia's.

Captain Benson, is everything all right?

- Uh, actually, no.
- Ashley?

Uh, yeah, just heading to rehearsal.

Oh, good, you need it. You too, Tina.

- Let's go, honey.
- Right behind her.

Mm-hmm.

This is Sascha Thomas,
our choreographer.

- Captain Benson.
- I filled him in.

Yeah.

And I'm working around three
male dancers being unavailable

this afternoon because
they're sitting in detention

- at your station.
- They may be unavailable

- longer than that.
- Oh, come on now.

There's no one sexier
than young dancers.

Get enough of them in a room
together, this is what happens.

Sascha, this is more
than just boys being boys.

Yeah, I get it, yes.

We'll make sure that whatever's
been happening stops now.

And it won't happen again.

Well, depending on where this
goes, they could be looking

- at prison time.
- Hmm, well...

that does not work

because we have a
premiere in three days.

We're talking hundreds of
jobs, weeks of rehearsal,

millions of dollars on the line...

Piece of advice?

Let's set aside some
time for understudies.

Excuse me.

- Unlawful surveillance?
- Mm-hmm.

It's obviously consensual.

The girls look like they're
playing to the camera.

Well, they all say
that they weren't aware

they were being recorded.

Well, my clients say otherwise.

Maybe the girls have regrets now.

They swear they didn't
know they were being filmed,

and they absolutely did not
want the videos shared...

Have you seen the
texts between the boys?

Here's a transcript.
Shall we read it out loud?

All this proves is that they're idiots.

I should know,

I'm Brad's mother. Being
an idiot is not illegal.

But dissemination is.

And they're definitely guilty of that.

- It's just guy stuff.
- A competition.

You know, with, like,
points and everything.

We didn't hurt anyone.

Why don't you ask Delia?

I mean, you're still
rehearsing together.

Did you even talk to
her about any of this?

My mom told me not to
talk about this to anyone

because there's... legal stuff involved.

My son feels terrible
about this being distributed

on porn sites and had absolutely
no involvement in that.

He distributed it via text

- to all of his dance buddies.
- First degree.

- An E felony.
- Clearly an overreach.

Maybe this rises to the level
of misdemeanor harassment.

Hmm.

We all know the real
felon here is Jason.

Surveillance, dissemination,
it's all on him.

My clients can help you make that case.

Okay, so Brad and Edward
are willing to testify

- that Jason set up the camera?
- Well, in exchange

for bumping them down to
misdemeanor harassment.

Can't we get them on
misdemeanor dissemination?

She's smart, she doesn't
want that on their records.

Okay, so this is our
best chance to get one of

- the three boys on a felony.
- Yeah, with their testimony,

we can get Jason on unlawful
surveillance, dissemination,

and toss in revenge
porn for the hat trick.

Which is gonna be tough to
prove because we have to show

intent to harm, which, even
so, is just a misdemeanor.

So texting the video to a
friend is worse than posting it

- on a porn site?
- Tech lobbies,

corporations, civil libertarians...

they got their fingerprints
all over the state's

revenge porn bill. It's
basically toothless.

But Jason doesn't know that.
And he hasn't lawyered up yet.

This might give us some leverage.

- Yeah.
- Yeah, well, what's Jason

gonna give us that
we don't already have?

You never know.

_

Revenge on Delia? Seriously?

I get plenty.

Well, then why did you send
the video to a porn site?

I don't know.

I thought it was a goof on Brad.

Well, Delia didn't
consent to being filmed.

Well, that's not what Brad told me.

- How was I supposed to know?
- Because you're the one

who installed the camera in Studio X.

- What are you talking about?
- Yeah, your dance buddies

told us the whole thing was your idea.

Okay, hang on, I... I don't
know who set up the camera,

but it wasn't me.

Well, that's not what they said.
And they're willing to testify.

- Testify?
- Mm-hmm.

- Like at a trial?
- Yeah, like at a trial.

And with unlawful surveillance
and dissemination charges,

you're looking at felony jail time.

This is total crap.

I'm the fall guy.

Everybody in the company knew about it.

- Brad, Edward, Sascha.
- Sascha?

Your choreographer?

Jason, if you know
more than you're saying,

now would be your last
chance to help yourself.

And start with Sascha Thomas.

We showed him some stuff before.

He never said boo.

H-He would... he would watch the videos

like the girls were auditioning for him.

And he never told you to stop?

If he liked something he
saw, he'd ask a girl out,

and if she said yes,
he'd make me delete it.

There are no videos of me and Jason.

Because Sascha had it deleted?

You know about that? Sascha's a friend.

With benefits.

After Sascha saw the video,
he said he needed to make sure

it didn't get out, or
my career would be over.

But not Jason's?

You kidding? There's
a hundred other dancers

who could be in my costume
and my solo tomorrow.

Sascha said he'd make
sure that didn't happen.

And what did he want in return?

For me to do to him what I
did to Jason in the video.

Tina, he pressured you.

He extorted you.

That's rape.

Like any of the other
girls wouldn't do it.

Sascha saw all the videos.

He chose me.

Tina, that was your cue.

- Tina...
- Sorry, my solo.

Not the time. Ladies.

Well, she says it wasn't rape.

- That's that.
- Well, from what I heard,

rape culture is so much
a part of this company,

they don't even realize it anymore.

Tina said the sex was consensual?

It wasn't, she just doesn't
wanna see it that way.

Sascha's her boss,
he gave her the choice

of losing her job or getting a solo,

depending on whether or not

she was gonna reenact
that video with him.

It's forcible coercion, rape three.

In theory, yes.
But his defense attorney's

gonna say the relationship
was consensual.

At worst, transactional,
one in which she was

- a willing part of.
- Sascha?

From what the other dancers
said, this is happening

- all the time at the company.
- Then we need to try

to establish a pattern.
Are there any other

- allegations against Sascha?
- No official complaints

lodged with the National HR department.

Yeah, the cone of
silence in ballet is real.

I knew a few bunheads at LaGuardia...

rehearse nonstop, never spoke
out of turn, never ate...

I mean, that kind of
conditioning sticks with you.

Listen, this isn't just ballet.

It's churches, news
organizations, movie sets.

When your boss is a
predator, people are afraid.

Well, unless someone breaks ranks,

we're stalled.

More bad news.

Cybercrime said somebody
ran Delia's image through

facial recognition. Her
identity has gone viral.

- Hey.
- Now anytime someone searches

my name, this video comes up.

How long before my parents see it?

Cybercrimes are tracking
down the sites one by one,

enforcing the court
order. Delia, it's just...

- it's not easy.
- In the meantime,

we can help you get the links removed

- from the search engines.
- No one knows who I am

in the ballet world. This
is what I'm famous for?

- The National's gonna fire me.
- Delia.

- They're not gonna fire you.
- They're too busy covering

their own asses.

- I don't understand.
- So, it turns out

that Sascha looked at the videos.

It's not just about the boys anymore.

So he knew? He didn't stop them?

Just the opposite.

So there was a video of Tina?
That's why she slept with him?

Everyone was wondering why
she finally got her solo.

Delia, do you know of any
other dancers that were

involved with Sascha?

Wait, you guys are
going after Sascha now?

No way. I'm out.

- Hang on.
- No, I never should have

come to you in the first place.
He's the choreographer.

He gets to do whatever he wants.

Not if you're willing to help us.

It's ballet!

It's like my friend Hudson says,

"Straight male, can't
fail. Gay men, it depends.

But girls in ballet?

Do what we say".

- Five more minutes, Hudson.
- _

- How long you out?
- Rest of the season.

Fifth surgery in ten years.

But no one leaves ballet until
they're fired or crippled.

You here to talk to me about Delia?

- Poor kid.
- You knew what was happening?

- Honey, everybody knows.
- But no one says anything?

It's a straight male world.
We just dance in it.

You dance?

Uh, hip-hop, modern.

- I was a little...
- Statuesque for ballet?

Look, if you're here to talk
to me about male dancers

videotaping girls, I can't help you.

Actually, I'm here to ask
you about your choreographer.

Sascha? What's to know? He's a pig.

Can you give me any specifics?

You want me to be the
Norma Rae of the National?

While I'm hanging on to my
spot in the company by a thread?

- Talk to me in a few years.
- So that's it?

These girls are just on their own?

They know the drill. You want this life,

you pay the price.

- Hey, Kat, any luck?
- Struck out again.

So we're 0 for everyone?

They've danced their whole
lives, sacrificed everything

to get to the National.
They have too much to lose.

Sorry.

Don't be. Just need to find somebody

who already lost.

_

That was a lifetime ago.

That was at the gala last year.

It's right after you got
picked to be the principal.

How did you get my name?
I quit the company a year ago.

No one from the
National has even called.

We read the interview
in your hometown paper,

"The Suffolk Times".

How excited you were
to get your first lead,

and you never actually danced.

You're with NYPD, why do you care?

Well, we're looking into
a company-wide pattern

- of... of sexual abuse.
- You're actually investigating

- those pricks?
- We are.

How did you even find out about this?

- Who came forward?
- Delia Kelly, initially.

Oh, no, she was one of my students.

Sascha raped her too?

Is Sascha the reason
that you left the company?

Well, he's the reason I'm here.

Jason made a sex tape of me.

Sascha got a hold of it,
told me he could make it

go away if I did to
him what I did to Jason.

He wouldn't take no for an answer.

I just gave up and let him do it.

Rose, I'm... I'm so sorry.

Few days later, he promoted me,

told me that what happened
was just between he and I,

and that he'd do it
again any time he wanted.

Did you tell anybody?

I mean, any other dancers
or friends or family?

I told the one person who
I thought could help me...

Alistair. Alistair
said he would help me,

that I could do a lot
better than Sascha.

And what did he mean?

Every year at the gala auction,

dinner with the prima
ballerina is the top item.

But what's expected is not just dinner.

Alistair said if I'd
let him auction me off,

he'd get Sascha to back down.

Then he told me if I said no,

he'd leak Jason's sex tape,

fire me immediately for cause,

and blackball me with
every other company.

So that's why you left.

I didn't even dance the premiere.

I couldn't go on that night.

And Alistair was right.

I've never danced since.

Okay, so the highest bids
at every gala auction are for

a "Dinner for Two with a Ballerina".

That doesn't prove these women
are being sex trafficked...

You said that you wanted
a pattern, and we have one.

- Go ahead.
- So the male dancers

are secretly recording the
women having sex with them.

Sascha is using the tapes
to blackmail these women

into reenacting these videos, right?

So if they consent or if they
just fail to fight him off,

- they get solos.
- Yeah, but none of these women

- are willing to testify.
- Rose Sullivan is.

She told us that Sascha coerced her,

when she went to Alistair
with it, he doubled down,

blackmailed her, and told
her if she didn't sleep

with the highest bidder,
that she would lose her job.

We're looking at sex trafficking here.

Okay, maybe... did she
actually go through with it?

No?

So the board's gonna circle the wagons,

the dancers aren't talking,

and these donors
sponsoring ballerinas...

they certainly won't.
So at the end of the day,

this is Rose's word against
Sascha and Alistair's.

All right, you got any ideas
or are you just gonna keep

playing the "I'm the
ADA, I need more" card?

- Rollins.
- You know what would be helpful?

A confession. How about that idea?

I don't see that happening.

Or we catch him in the act.

This year's gala is tomorrow
night after the premiere.

We put in a UC, and
we get Alistair on tape

- promising to deliver the goods.
- Huh.

- How about Hasim Khaldun?
- Your transit-groper cop?

- He could pass as an oil heir.
- Or a venture capitalist

from Silicon Valley.
He's... He's a chameleon.

_

You clean up nice.

I'd rather be in jeans on the E train.

How was the ballet?

The last ballet I saw
was "The Nutcracker"

when I was ten. This was better.

So did Sascha walk
you through the night?

Briefly. He's prepped Alistair that

there's a potential "Diamond
Tiara" level tier donor

- waiting to meet him.
- Hey, Diamond Tiara.

- How much is that?
- If you have to ask...

- Okay, here.
- What's this?

That's the key to your hotel suite.

Break a leg. Or whatever it is they say.

Nick.

Alistair, meet our newest benefactor.

- Nick Khan.
- Pleasure, Nick.

The Kendricks could not
stop singing his praises.

Oh, they took a leap of
faith in me and my company.

I'm glad it worked out for all of us.

- You're in from Palo Alto?
- Yup, and not looking back.

Took six years, but just had a windfall

with a cybersecurity
app we sold to Google.

Hit my number and walked away.

- He's pretty good.
- I'm buying it.

Let's hope they do.

Aha, look!

Sarah and Padma. I'll
go kiss their rings.

I have to admit, we
don't see many donors

from the tech world.

And I have to admit, up until tonight,

I had not seen a lot of ballet.

- Did you like what you saw?
- Yeah, it was awesome.

I'm assuming Sascha mentioned,
but I'm looking to establish

a presence here in New
York as a benefactor

- in the performing arts world.
- He did.

May I suggest, instead
of seeding start-ups,

you make one quality
high-profile investment.

That's my plan. I've
spoken to some donors

from past years, and
I'm willing to step up

to the level they did to
receive the benefits they got.

They mentioned sponsoring
one of the primas.

There is no more gratifying
entrée into our world.

Ashley was mesmerizing
tonight, wasn't she?

Like I said, I don't
know a lot about ballet,

but I couldn't take my eyes off of her.

Private dinner for two with the prima

will be the final item on the auction.

I've been told it's more than dinner.

One of the great traits of ballerinas...

wherever you lead, they follow.

Can I, um, can I make a preemptive bid?

Would a six-figure
commitment take Ashley off

the auction block?

It would take Ashley
anywhere you'd like to go.

I have a suite reserved
at the Park Milano.

Saoirse can run your credit card.

Oh, I was hoping Bitcoin would work.

That's not a problem.

- That's an admission.
- It's more like an innuendo.

Ashley still needs to show
she's willing to play for pay.

So he's a trafficker, and
we're going after the victim?

She has not been
cooperative so far, right?

We need the leverage.

I know you wish there
was a better way, but...

Yeah, I do.

Hope you don't mind me getting you out

- of the gala early.
- Oh, no, not at all.

So you're a ballet fan?

Not, uh, not really.

Uh, champagne? Japanese whiskey?

I'm good.

Well, you're very generous

to support the company this way.

And you're very kind
to let me sponsor you,

with, um, all that that entails.

So we're clear, this
is just for one night.

- And safe sex only?
- Absolutely.

You're in charge.

Then unzip me, Nick.

- NYPD.
- W-What the hell?

Ashley, I'm Sergeant Khaldun.

- What is going on?
- It's up to you.

This is not my idea. I...

Then tell us whose it was.

Am I under arrest?

We all want to avoid that.

But you could be looking
at prostitution charges.

You can't be serious.

Ashley, we know this wasn't your plan.

Whose was it?

I can't say.

If we call Alistair Woodford
and tell him you were picked up

in a police sting, about
to service a sponsor,

you think he'll protect you?

He didn't give me any choice.

We need to know how this works.

Every year, at the gala,

dinner with the prima
goes to the highest bidder.

Mm-hmm.

Everybody knows it's
more than just dinner.

This year I was on the auction block.

How did he get you to agree to this?

Same way he got everybody else.

He had a video.

Me, Brad, and Jason.

- Does Sascha know about this?
- He gave Alistair the video.

What did Alistair say to you, exactly?

He said I'd already worked
my way through the dancers

and the choreographer for my career,

so compared to that,
this was a small ask.

And if you refused?

The video would be made public.

He said, after that...

The only way I'd be able to
make a living was in porn.

That's enough for an arrest warrant.

Better idea. We pick him up now.

See you Monday.

Hey.

Alistair Woodford, Sascha Thomas.

Captain Benson, what is this?

Give it a second, it'll come to you.

You're making a major mistake.

Not my first, won't be my last.

- You vouched for him.
- Don't worry.

- He's under arrest too.
- Whatever I did,

I did to subsidize art.
That man's your rapist!

So you knew? And you
used it as leverage.

That makes you a sex trafficker.

Get him out of here.

So Alistair and Sascha took a deal?

Felonies, both of them.
They'll do prison time.

- What about Jason?
- He'll do a few months,

and we're still working to
get the video taken down.

Uh-huh.

What happens to the National?

Well, Brad and Edward
were fired, although...

they're filing a suit
for wrongful termination.

Of course they are. Boys in ballet.

From day one, they get all the breaks.

I bet they'll get their jobs back.

Maybe, but maybe not.

You heard that the new
board hired an all-female

artistic team?

Yeah, good for them.

Hey, have you, uh, do you
ever consider going back?

I spent my whole life in that world.

To leap high,

to spin in midair,

to feel the rush of an ovation.

It's the only dream I ever had.

But now, I imagine dancing onstage...

And the only thing I can think about

is everyone in the audience
leering at me on the internet.

And that... that's
never going away, is it?

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