1 00:00:00,509 --> 00:00:02,602 In the criminal justice system... 2 00:00:02,677 --> 00:00:04,407 sexually-based offenses 3 00:00:04,479 --> 00:00:06,207 are considered especially heinous. 4 00:00:06,314 --> 00:00:08,748 In New York City, the dedicated detectives... 5 00:00:08,817 --> 00:00:10,647 who investigate these vicious felonies... 6 00:00:10,718 --> 00:00:12,310 are members of an elite squad 7 00:00:12,386 --> 00:00:14,013 known as the Special Victims Unit. 8 00:00:14,087 --> 00:00:16,055 These are their stories. 9 00:00:27,667 --> 00:00:29,328 We spent $2 million on this video. 10 00:00:29,402 --> 00:00:31,198 They better give it heavy rotation. 11 00:00:32,005 --> 00:00:35,098 Any word on Ricki's new album? Heavily pop. 12 00:00:35,174 --> 00:00:37,505 Hear they're holding it back for the London concert. 13 00:00:37,576 --> 00:00:40,544 Jared's still on tour, but Ricki's on her way here. 14 00:00:40,613 --> 00:00:43,240 You know recording sessions, always running late. 15 00:00:43,314 --> 00:00:45,373 Where's the birthday boy? Corbin? 16 00:00:45,450 --> 00:00:49,352 My assistant forgot to pick up a card. He's probably... 17 00:00:50,454 --> 00:00:54,824 I think I know where he is. Hey, Ashley, have you seen your brother? 18 00:00:54,891 --> 00:00:55,915 No. 19 00:00:57,194 --> 00:00:59,594 Sarah, where's Corbin? 20 00:00:59,663 --> 00:01:02,324 I saw him heading off to the bathroom, five minutes ago. 21 00:01:03,132 --> 00:01:05,362 What the hell is he doing here? 22 00:01:05,434 --> 00:01:07,231 No! Oh, no. 23 00:01:08,371 --> 00:01:11,101 Corbin, are you all right? Let me go. 24 00:01:14,209 --> 00:01:15,335 Stop! 25 00:01:16,878 --> 00:01:18,402 Wait! Come back! 26 00:01:19,547 --> 00:01:20,775 Corbin! 27 00:01:22,549 --> 00:01:23,743 Honey. 28 00:01:28,055 --> 00:01:29,386 Talk to the mother yet? 29 00:01:29,456 --> 00:01:31,549 Her people will let us know when she's ready. 30 00:01:31,625 --> 00:01:33,183 That's her, in the leather. 31 00:01:37,030 --> 00:01:40,488 I want him arrested. There'll be a full investigation. 32 00:01:40,566 --> 00:01:43,091 He molested my son. 33 00:02:37,518 --> 00:02:40,646 How many active investigations are you two running? 34 00:02:40,722 --> 00:02:43,519 Twelve open rapes, 17 child abuse. 35 00:02:43,590 --> 00:02:47,492 I just got a call from the boys upstairs. Make room for a VIP case. 36 00:02:47,561 --> 00:02:48,721 Who? 37 00:02:48,795 --> 00:02:52,731 Ricki Austin believes her son's molester was responsible for his death. 38 00:02:52,798 --> 00:02:55,028 Paper doesn't mention anything about a sex angle... 39 00:02:55,102 --> 00:02:57,296 but it talks about straight vehicular. 40 00:02:57,369 --> 00:02:59,633 It goes on at great length to say that Ricki was... 41 00:02:59,705 --> 00:03:02,071 female vocalist of the year, two years running. 42 00:03:02,141 --> 00:03:05,974 The boy was chasing the man who had molested him in a restroom. 43 00:03:06,045 --> 00:03:08,605 Stranger or acquaintance? Former teacher. 44 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:09,806 Someone he trusted. 45 00:03:09,881 --> 00:03:12,679 They tried for years to have kids before they adopted Corbin... 46 00:03:12,751 --> 00:03:14,446 and the second they did... 47 00:03:14,519 --> 00:03:18,250 Ricki got pregnant, they have a little girl named Ashley. 48 00:03:18,322 --> 00:03:19,551 Hey, I read People. 49 00:03:19,623 --> 00:03:22,751 She was that girl singing at county fairs who snagged Jared Black... 50 00:03:22,826 --> 00:03:25,021 of Black Plague, rock 'n' roll's bad boy. 51 00:03:25,929 --> 00:03:27,556 Rolling Stone. 52 00:03:27,630 --> 00:03:29,690 So when do we roll out the red carpet? 53 00:03:29,766 --> 00:03:33,224 One Police Plaza says you are to go to them. 54 00:03:36,639 --> 00:03:38,163 David Russo... 55 00:03:38,608 --> 00:03:41,543 he was Corbin's computer teacher. 56 00:03:41,778 --> 00:03:44,109 We hired him to tutor privately. 57 00:03:44,746 --> 00:03:46,474 Here you go, honey. 58 00:03:47,115 --> 00:03:49,481 Did you witness them coming out of the bathroom? 59 00:03:49,785 --> 00:03:51,685 Corbin came out crying. 60 00:03:52,020 --> 00:03:54,647 Were they alone in there? Yes. 61 00:03:54,723 --> 00:03:59,055 Corbin's dead because of him. I want him charged with murder. 62 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:01,954 We can't promise you anything, but trust me... 63 00:04:02,029 --> 00:04:04,656 no one serves harder time in prison than child molesters. 64 00:04:04,732 --> 00:04:07,564 I did everything I could to keep him away from Corbin. 65 00:04:07,634 --> 00:04:10,262 He had a restraining order. What had he done? 66 00:04:10,370 --> 00:04:13,931 He was inappropriately affectionate. Constantly touching him. 67 00:04:14,006 --> 00:04:15,974 Did you talk to Corbin about it? 68 00:04:16,042 --> 00:04:18,271 We fired Russo, we thought that was the end of it. 69 00:04:18,343 --> 00:04:22,711 But when I came back from tour, he was here in this house with Corbin. 70 00:04:22,781 --> 00:04:25,613 And that's when we took out the restraining order. 71 00:04:25,684 --> 00:04:28,777 Was anyone present during the tutoring sessions? 72 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:32,010 The nanny, Sarah. 73 00:04:32,323 --> 00:04:34,222 Were you with them at all times? 74 00:04:34,292 --> 00:04:35,691 I have Ashley, too. 75 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:37,457 I came in and out. 76 00:04:37,527 --> 00:04:40,325 And when they were together what did you see? 77 00:04:40,397 --> 00:04:43,730 He hugged him, all the time. 78 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:45,358 Anything beyond that? 79 00:04:45,435 --> 00:04:46,833 Kisses. 80 00:04:46,902 --> 00:04:49,666 On the forehead, the cheek. 81 00:04:50,339 --> 00:04:53,467 And just the way he looked at Corbin. It wasn't teacherly. 82 00:04:54,043 --> 00:04:55,704 When Mr. Russo dropped by... 83 00:04:55,777 --> 00:04:57,870 did Corbin seem upset or throw a temper tantrum? 84 00:04:57,947 --> 00:04:59,038 Hi... 85 00:05:01,149 --> 00:05:02,639 Ashley, right? 86 00:05:03,484 --> 00:05:05,452 What are we hiding from? 87 00:05:09,824 --> 00:05:12,883 So, what do you do when you're not hiding under there? 88 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:16,418 School and lessons. Yeah, what kind of lessons? 89 00:05:16,663 --> 00:05:18,756 Tap, piano, ballet, and singing. 90 00:05:18,831 --> 00:05:20,822 Wow. You're a lucky little girl. 91 00:05:22,235 --> 00:05:23,328 Yeah. 92 00:05:24,770 --> 00:05:26,328 Did you ever take computer lessons? 93 00:05:26,405 --> 00:05:29,738 I was gonna start, but the tutor stopped coming. 94 00:05:29,809 --> 00:05:31,709 Did you know Mr. Russo? 95 00:05:32,511 --> 00:05:35,707 Yeah, but we weren't friends like him and Corbin. 96 00:05:37,482 --> 00:05:39,473 Hey, what happened there? 97 00:05:40,218 --> 00:05:43,152 That's an accident. What kind of accident? 98 00:05:48,626 --> 00:05:52,356 Ashley, did somebody hurt you? 99 00:05:52,829 --> 00:05:54,889 That was an accident, too. 100 00:05:57,400 --> 00:05:58,731 You ready? 101 00:06:00,403 --> 00:06:03,997 Okay, well, I gotta go. Maybe we can talk again sometime. 102 00:06:04,606 --> 00:06:08,168 I'll look for you here or under the sofa, how about that? 103 00:06:09,478 --> 00:06:13,039 I forgot your name. It's Det. Benson... 104 00:06:13,415 --> 00:06:15,541 but you can call me Olivia. 105 00:06:17,352 --> 00:06:19,478 I'll see you later. 106 00:06:20,755 --> 00:06:23,724 Nanny said Russo was here four, sometimes five days a week. 107 00:06:23,790 --> 00:06:24,848 Dedicated. 108 00:06:24,926 --> 00:06:27,258 Yeah, especially considering he was only paid for two. 109 00:06:27,327 --> 00:06:28,420 How'd you do? 110 00:06:28,495 --> 00:06:30,929 Ashley claims that she didn't have much contact with Russo... 111 00:06:30,998 --> 00:06:34,194 but her wrist was hurt and she had bruises on her thigh. 112 00:06:34,266 --> 00:06:37,168 I think it's about time we talk to this tutor. Yeah. 113 00:06:45,443 --> 00:06:47,935 If you're looking for David, you missed him. 114 00:06:48,012 --> 00:06:50,413 You know where he was going? No. 115 00:06:51,749 --> 00:06:54,582 He was crying. Really? Any idea why? 116 00:06:54,686 --> 00:06:56,347 No, do you? 117 00:06:56,620 --> 00:06:58,485 How well do you know Mr. Russo? 118 00:06:58,556 --> 00:07:02,389 I know enough to know he was around more lately. 119 00:07:02,459 --> 00:07:05,451 During school hours. 120 00:07:05,529 --> 00:07:07,394 I think he got fired. 121 00:07:08,398 --> 00:07:11,298 Does he have a lot of company? A girlfriend maybe? 122 00:07:11,368 --> 00:07:13,836 All I ever see are kids. In his apartment? 123 00:07:13,903 --> 00:07:16,804 Coming in and out of here all the time. 124 00:07:17,808 --> 00:07:19,707 I say we stick a uni outside his apartment... 125 00:07:19,775 --> 00:07:21,504 and pick him up the second he gets home. 126 00:07:21,577 --> 00:07:24,010 Based on what? Kids going into their tutor's apartment... 127 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:26,640 his hugging Corbin? 'Cause at this point, that's all we've got. 128 00:07:26,715 --> 00:07:29,741 When he snuck into that party, he violated the order of protection. 129 00:07:29,818 --> 00:07:31,285 We've got criminal contempt charge. 130 00:07:31,353 --> 00:07:33,150 It's a misdemeanor, he'll be out in two hours. 131 00:07:33,221 --> 00:07:34,313 We can do better than that. 132 00:07:34,388 --> 00:07:36,050 He's seeing kids in that apartment alone. 133 00:07:36,123 --> 00:07:38,649 We need more ammunition before we bring him in. 134 00:07:39,393 --> 00:07:40,485 And he was fired. 135 00:07:40,561 --> 00:07:44,053 Let's find out why the school didn't want him teaching kids anymore. 136 00:07:46,066 --> 00:07:47,896 David was great with the students. 137 00:07:47,968 --> 00:07:49,559 We were sorry we had to let him go. 138 00:07:49,635 --> 00:07:51,330 Why did you? Cutbacks. 139 00:07:51,404 --> 00:07:53,564 Looks like you're operating on a shoestring budget. 140 00:07:53,639 --> 00:07:54,833 What's tuition here... 141 00:07:54,907 --> 00:07:57,705 about $10,000 a kid? $17,000. 142 00:07:57,776 --> 00:08:00,677 You fired Russo a week after Ricki Austin let him go. 143 00:08:00,746 --> 00:08:04,443 Bad for business, if parents catch wind you have a pedophile on staff. 144 00:08:04,515 --> 00:08:06,211 I don't believe we did. 145 00:08:06,283 --> 00:08:08,945 Teaching meant everything to David. When he came here... 146 00:08:09,021 --> 00:08:10,715 he said our system was obsolete... 147 00:08:10,789 --> 00:08:12,983 and personally donated a dozen new computers. 148 00:08:13,057 --> 00:08:16,514 On a teacher's salary? This was his first teaching assignment. 149 00:08:16,594 --> 00:08:18,562 Where was he before this? 150 00:08:18,628 --> 00:08:22,587 Vanross Piller Investments. He was their computer whiz kid. 151 00:08:23,033 --> 00:08:26,264 When your trading system takes a dump on a volatile stock day... 152 00:08:26,336 --> 00:08:30,204 you pray for a Russo. So he had a pretty important position? 153 00:08:30,272 --> 00:08:33,435 VP in MIS. You mind decoding that? 154 00:08:33,509 --> 00:08:37,605 Management Information Systems. He designed all the company's software... 155 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:40,169 and he was just as knowledgeable about hardware. 156 00:08:40,281 --> 00:08:43,216 A double threat. Must have been sad to see him go. 157 00:08:43,284 --> 00:08:47,618 Sad is when the Dow swings 500 points. I was devastated. 158 00:08:47,755 --> 00:08:49,484 But he wanted to work with kids. 159 00:08:49,557 --> 00:08:51,855 Just out of curiosity, what does an MIS VP make? 160 00:08:51,925 --> 00:08:54,120 Starts at a $150,000. 161 00:08:57,731 --> 00:08:59,596 Masks are on the counter. 162 00:08:59,666 --> 00:09:03,931 Did you finish with the celebrity's kid? He's in the fridge. 163 00:09:04,004 --> 00:09:07,336 The parents' "people" have been raising holy hell to have him released. 164 00:09:07,406 --> 00:09:09,101 Any signs of sexual abuse? 165 00:09:09,175 --> 00:09:11,905 No fluids, no tearing, no restraint marks, no bruising. 166 00:09:11,977 --> 00:09:14,605 Yeah, fondling wouldn't leave any marks. 167 00:09:14,979 --> 00:09:17,539 Actually, take a look for yourself. 168 00:09:26,957 --> 00:09:30,222 This seem odd to you? He bit his nails. 169 00:09:30,294 --> 00:09:34,162 Down to the nub. See this rash on his wrist? 170 00:09:34,997 --> 00:09:37,227 Stress-related eczema. 171 00:09:38,267 --> 00:09:40,929 Plus, his back teeth are ground down. 172 00:09:41,637 --> 00:09:44,037 What was this kid so anxious about? 173 00:09:46,976 --> 00:09:48,533 So, where are we? 174 00:09:48,610 --> 00:09:50,976 Single white male, late 20s, highly educated. 175 00:09:51,047 --> 00:09:54,038 Gotta be around kids. And a computer whiz. 176 00:09:54,149 --> 00:09:56,947 Somebody with a hankering for Internet kiddie porn? 177 00:09:57,018 --> 00:09:58,679 That's why we're pulling Russo's LUDs. 178 00:09:58,752 --> 00:10:00,482 If we get his service provider... 179 00:10:00,555 --> 00:10:02,351 we can find out if he's been hitting the sites. 180 00:10:02,424 --> 00:10:06,382 Maybe downloading, which would nail him. All right. Get on it. 181 00:10:08,496 --> 00:10:10,622 How was Corbin's relationship with his father? 182 00:10:10,698 --> 00:10:13,758 My guess is minimal. Jared's been on tour longer than the Stones. 183 00:10:13,834 --> 00:10:14,822 Kid's always with nannies. 184 00:10:14,902 --> 00:10:16,960 Leaving him wanting for a male authority figure. 185 00:10:17,036 --> 00:10:18,230 Like a teacher. 186 00:10:18,304 --> 00:10:20,135 Speaking of which, we pulled Russo's LUDs. 187 00:10:20,206 --> 00:10:22,264 Don't tell me he wasn't up to something on that computer. 188 00:10:22,342 --> 00:10:23,366 It's cyber evidence. 189 00:10:23,442 --> 00:10:25,535 That doesn't prove that he molested Corbin. 190 00:10:25,612 --> 00:10:28,239 We don't have Forensics yet, we have no eyewitness... 191 00:10:28,314 --> 00:10:30,474 and we don't have a living victim to make a statement. 192 00:10:30,549 --> 00:10:31,675 That we know of. 193 00:10:31,750 --> 00:10:34,775 What do you say we talk to the kids he tutors? 194 00:10:35,820 --> 00:10:39,018 He's way cool. Everybody wanted Russo. 195 00:10:39,090 --> 00:10:43,322 Yeah? You got a computer at home? Doesn't everybody? 196 00:10:44,328 --> 00:10:45,761 I guess they do. 197 00:10:45,829 --> 00:10:49,458 So, why would you go over to his place to take lessons? 198 00:10:49,533 --> 00:10:51,000 He has the ultimate system. 199 00:10:51,101 --> 00:10:53,899 So, you know, you're over there, did he ever get... 200 00:10:53,970 --> 00:10:56,961 you know, get physical with you? Ever wrestle around with you? 201 00:10:57,040 --> 00:10:59,667 Mr. Russo? No. 202 00:10:59,743 --> 00:11:02,075 He ever hug you? No. 203 00:11:02,144 --> 00:11:03,805 Okay, when's the last time you saw him? 204 00:11:03,879 --> 00:11:05,312 Last week, at soccer practice. 205 00:11:05,381 --> 00:11:06,678 Yeah, what was he doing? 206 00:11:06,748 --> 00:11:10,377 Just watching. And then he stayed after to talk to Corbin. 207 00:11:11,854 --> 00:11:12,842 Okay. 208 00:11:13,188 --> 00:11:17,453 Seth, that's it, man, I got no more questions for you. 209 00:11:20,994 --> 00:11:25,055 He violated his restraining order twice. Let's get a warrant. 210 00:11:31,872 --> 00:11:34,204 Somebody's skipping town. 211 00:11:34,273 --> 00:11:37,003 Two seconds ahead of the search warrant. 212 00:11:42,414 --> 00:11:44,382 Pedophile on the run. 213 00:11:44,649 --> 00:11:46,116 Look at this. 214 00:11:54,024 --> 00:11:55,515 It's a shrine. 215 00:11:56,026 --> 00:11:58,426 He must have been following his every move. 216 00:11:59,963 --> 00:12:01,659 What are you doing here? 217 00:12:01,732 --> 00:12:04,257 Teaching you the meaning of a restraining order. 218 00:12:04,634 --> 00:12:08,161 David Russo, you're under arrest. 219 00:12:16,012 --> 00:12:18,036 What are you doing with these? 220 00:12:18,114 --> 00:12:19,910 Some of these are two years old... 221 00:12:19,983 --> 00:12:21,381 before you even started teaching. 222 00:12:21,450 --> 00:12:23,782 Before you even met Corbin. 223 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:28,083 He was an accessory. 224 00:12:28,389 --> 00:12:30,721 Like their diamonds or Grammys. 225 00:12:32,426 --> 00:12:35,418 A trophy kid to pull out for photo-ops. 226 00:12:37,931 --> 00:12:39,023 Mr. Russo... 227 00:12:39,099 --> 00:12:43,195 you got that job at Crestborne so you could be near him, didn't you? 228 00:12:43,271 --> 00:12:44,259 Yes. 229 00:12:44,337 --> 00:12:47,864 And a tutoring position so you could be alone with him? 230 00:12:48,575 --> 00:12:50,405 They were horrible parents. 231 00:12:50,477 --> 00:12:52,637 And I told them so. Why do you think I got fired? 232 00:12:52,711 --> 00:12:56,112 Mr. Russo, we know why you were fired. What'd you do with Corbin? 233 00:12:59,551 --> 00:13:03,510 I listened to him, I encouraged him. 234 00:13:05,023 --> 00:13:06,615 You loved him. 235 00:13:11,695 --> 00:13:14,596 Why'd you bring him in the bathroom? What? 236 00:13:16,967 --> 00:13:18,298 No... 237 00:13:18,368 --> 00:13:20,700 you can't be thinking... You were obsessed with him... 238 00:13:20,770 --> 00:13:23,500 You don't understand. They wouldn't let me near him. 239 00:13:23,572 --> 00:13:25,733 You stalked him. No, I was leaving town. 240 00:13:25,808 --> 00:13:27,571 You were his teacher, you gained his trust. 241 00:13:27,643 --> 00:13:31,010 You knew about his birthday. You found out where his party was. 242 00:13:33,516 --> 00:13:35,483 You molested him. No! 243 00:13:35,551 --> 00:13:37,848 Your whole world revolves around this little boy. 244 00:13:37,919 --> 00:13:40,319 Now, why is that? Explain that to me. 245 00:13:41,256 --> 00:13:43,018 Because he's my son. 246 00:13:52,733 --> 00:13:54,563 The tutor tells you he's your daddy. 247 00:13:54,635 --> 00:13:56,125 That's gotta mess with a kid's head. 248 00:13:56,202 --> 00:13:58,864 Russo says he never told him, out of just that concern. 249 00:13:58,939 --> 00:14:00,030 A considerate psycho. 250 00:14:00,107 --> 00:14:01,733 He got a girl pregnant at 17... 251 00:14:01,808 --> 00:14:04,174 put the baby up for adoption, signed away all his rights. 252 00:14:04,243 --> 00:14:06,073 Ten years later, it's still nagging at him. 253 00:14:06,145 --> 00:14:08,078 So Mr. Computer starts searching the Net. 254 00:14:08,147 --> 00:14:11,274 Where he gets a hit on a famous couple with an adopted boy... 255 00:14:11,350 --> 00:14:12,908 fixates on it being his. 256 00:14:12,984 --> 00:14:14,781 The guy's not budging off his story. 257 00:14:14,853 --> 00:14:16,683 Then lets give him a little push. 258 00:14:16,755 --> 00:14:19,451 Get on the adoption agency, and put a rush on the DNA. 259 00:14:19,524 --> 00:14:22,754 Still, we don't have a living CW, an eyewitness or forensics. 260 00:14:22,828 --> 00:14:25,387 No confession, no case... No excuses. 261 00:14:25,463 --> 00:14:28,398 I've got media sniffing around and the brass chomping at my ass. 262 00:14:28,466 --> 00:14:30,366 I want this closed yesterday. 263 00:14:33,170 --> 00:14:35,467 SVU, Detective Benson. 264 00:14:36,239 --> 00:14:39,730 Ashley, are you okay? 265 00:14:41,444 --> 00:14:43,240 We'll be right there. 266 00:14:47,850 --> 00:14:49,442 Hi, there. 267 00:14:49,651 --> 00:14:51,243 Olivia. 268 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:52,981 Hi. 269 00:14:53,455 --> 00:14:56,389 What happened? I fell. 270 00:14:56,858 --> 00:14:59,486 Where? My stairs at home. 271 00:15:00,895 --> 00:15:03,420 Who was with you? Nobody. 272 00:15:04,531 --> 00:15:05,521 Feel. 273 00:15:08,802 --> 00:15:10,928 That's a goose egg, all right. 274 00:15:13,940 --> 00:15:15,669 Ashley... 275 00:15:15,741 --> 00:15:18,403 you would let me know if there was anything that I could do... 276 00:15:18,478 --> 00:15:20,741 to stop these accidents, wouldn't you? 277 00:15:21,147 --> 00:15:23,240 You can't help accidents. 278 00:15:26,285 --> 00:15:28,047 No parents? 279 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:30,588 Jared's probably on a plane back from Europe. 280 00:15:30,655 --> 00:15:33,920 And Ricki? Recording studio. 281 00:15:33,991 --> 00:15:35,982 She's back working already? 282 00:15:36,361 --> 00:15:38,988 People have different ways of dealing with grief. 283 00:15:39,063 --> 00:15:43,590 Yeah, well, her kid's in the hospital. Why the hell isn't she here? 284 00:15:44,535 --> 00:15:46,298 I can't. 285 00:15:47,304 --> 00:15:50,864 Everyone who works for them signs a confidentiality agreement. 286 00:15:50,941 --> 00:15:53,272 I could lose my job and be sued. 287 00:15:53,910 --> 00:15:56,845 Fair enough. Where were you when Ashley fell? 288 00:15:57,146 --> 00:16:01,639 Packing up Corbin's room. I didn't want to drag Ashley through that. 289 00:16:01,716 --> 00:16:04,150 How long have you worked for them? A year. 290 00:16:04,219 --> 00:16:08,849 And in that time, how many accidents has Ashley had? 291 00:16:10,090 --> 00:16:12,820 She's had accidents all her life. 292 00:16:12,893 --> 00:16:14,554 You don't know how many I've prevented... 293 00:16:14,628 --> 00:16:17,654 Sarah. Shouldn't you be with Ashley? 294 00:16:18,399 --> 00:16:19,388 Yeah. 295 00:16:21,368 --> 00:16:24,132 What are you doing here? Ashley called us. 296 00:16:24,204 --> 00:16:26,866 We thought we'd come down and check in on her. 297 00:16:26,940 --> 00:16:29,500 I'm sorry she bothered you. 298 00:16:29,576 --> 00:16:31,975 I won't let it happen again. 299 00:16:37,916 --> 00:16:39,076 Sarah. 300 00:16:39,885 --> 00:16:43,548 Please, I really can't talk to you. What's going on with Ashley? 301 00:16:43,621 --> 00:16:45,089 You know, a criminal investigation... 302 00:16:45,156 --> 00:16:48,057 supersedes a confidentiality agreement. 303 00:16:48,126 --> 00:16:50,059 Now, if somebody's hurting this little girl... 304 00:16:50,128 --> 00:16:51,890 No, you misunderstood what I said. 305 00:16:51,963 --> 00:16:54,431 I don't think we did. Who are you covering for? 306 00:16:54,499 --> 00:16:57,729 Please, don't do this to me. Is it Ricki? Is it Connie? 307 00:16:57,802 --> 00:17:00,269 Just tell us who it is. 308 00:17:04,274 --> 00:17:05,707 Called three times. 309 00:17:06,108 --> 00:17:07,940 Who? Maureen? Not yours, yours. 310 00:17:08,044 --> 00:17:11,171 What? Who, Ashley? What happened? Is she okay? 311 00:17:11,247 --> 00:17:15,741 No, she saw the new NSYNC video and was sadly disappointed, as was I. 312 00:17:16,485 --> 00:17:18,180 She just called to chat. 313 00:17:18,254 --> 00:17:20,984 It's not funny, Munch. Yeah, well try this. 314 00:17:21,055 --> 00:17:24,286 The adoption agency and the DNA results confirm it. 315 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:27,226 David Russo is Corbin's biological father. 316 00:17:27,294 --> 00:17:29,923 Let's close this puppy out. We can't. 317 00:17:29,997 --> 00:17:32,557 Why? Someone might be abusing the sister. 318 00:17:32,634 --> 00:17:35,033 Don't do this to me. Who? We don't know. 319 00:17:36,370 --> 00:17:37,962 Who made the complaint? No one. 320 00:17:38,038 --> 00:17:41,404 But this kid has got a long history of accidents. 321 00:17:41,575 --> 00:17:44,008 And? She says they're accidents. 322 00:17:44,076 --> 00:17:48,513 We can't just fabricate child abuse cases. Especially with high profiles. 323 00:17:48,581 --> 00:17:51,846 Captain, the nanny was this close to giving something up to us. 324 00:17:51,918 --> 00:17:54,181 Just let us have one more shot at her. 325 00:17:54,253 --> 00:17:56,584 The case is closed. Leave them alone. 326 00:17:56,688 --> 00:17:59,987 Captain, we need to inform Ricki about Russo. 327 00:18:00,058 --> 00:18:01,958 Do it by phone. 328 00:18:05,963 --> 00:18:09,455 Okay, we're in, we're out. We're not even supposed to be here, right? 329 00:18:10,301 --> 00:18:11,495 Olivia! 330 00:18:12,202 --> 00:18:13,260 Hey. 331 00:18:13,870 --> 00:18:16,169 Ashley, you're in the middle of a lesson. 332 00:18:16,239 --> 00:18:19,265 This is one of my best friends and I hardly ever get to see her. 333 00:18:19,342 --> 00:18:20,639 You've got 10 minutes left. 334 00:18:20,710 --> 00:18:23,042 Actually, Ashley, I need to talk to your mom, anyway. 335 00:18:23,112 --> 00:18:25,636 So I'll come say goodbye before I leave, okay? 336 00:18:26,849 --> 00:18:28,372 Come on. 337 00:18:28,917 --> 00:18:32,080 Are you her piano teacher? No, I'm her new nanny. 338 00:18:32,154 --> 00:18:34,782 What happened to Sarah? I'll take care of this. 339 00:18:35,423 --> 00:18:39,588 What's your fascination with our nannies? Just how many you go through. 340 00:18:39,660 --> 00:18:43,118 We thought we'd just drop by to let you know Russo's been cleared. 341 00:18:43,197 --> 00:18:46,098 What? In fact, he's Corbin's birth father. 342 00:18:47,268 --> 00:18:50,236 That can't be. DNA tests confirmed it. 343 00:18:50,303 --> 00:18:52,601 It was a closed adoption. 344 00:18:52,672 --> 00:18:55,505 He must have broken some law to find him. No. 345 00:18:55,575 --> 00:18:59,066 Was he planning to extort money? No. 346 00:18:59,145 --> 00:19:02,410 He just wanted to make sure that his son was loved. 347 00:19:03,148 --> 00:19:06,982 Don't be naive. Wait and see how quickly he sells his story. 348 00:19:07,853 --> 00:19:09,752 Ricki didn't even register relief... 349 00:19:09,822 --> 00:19:11,949 when she found out that Corbin hadn't been molested. 350 00:19:12,023 --> 00:19:13,582 We did drop a bombshell on her. 351 00:19:13,658 --> 00:19:16,650 Excuse me, they took her away. 352 00:19:16,728 --> 00:19:20,755 Who? Immigration. Immigration took her away. 353 00:19:21,966 --> 00:19:24,024 Okay, are you talking about Sarah? 354 00:19:24,101 --> 00:19:25,933 She got deported? Is that what you're saying? 355 00:19:26,003 --> 00:19:29,029 I'm worried about the little girl. Okay, why? 356 00:19:30,606 --> 00:19:32,733 Why? No, I have to go now. 357 00:19:32,808 --> 00:19:36,404 But, miss, please, you need to talk to us. No, I can't. 358 00:19:38,147 --> 00:19:40,672 What the hell is going on in that house? 359 00:19:44,019 --> 00:19:46,715 You had no business going back to that house. 360 00:19:46,788 --> 00:19:49,052 We were in the neighborhood. I dragged him there. 361 00:19:49,124 --> 00:19:51,991 You have no grounds for an investigation. 362 00:19:52,093 --> 00:19:55,620 Captain, they're covering something up. They're celebrities... 363 00:19:55,697 --> 00:19:57,460 people pick through their garbage... 364 00:19:57,531 --> 00:19:59,227 tape their cell phone conversations... 365 00:19:59,299 --> 00:20:01,267 sell their intimate secrets. 366 00:20:01,335 --> 00:20:03,826 Covering up is second nature to these people. 367 00:20:03,903 --> 00:20:06,338 Elliot. Boss, read the ME's report on the boy. 368 00:20:06,407 --> 00:20:07,532 Just talk to her. 369 00:20:07,608 --> 00:20:09,473 That kid was a nervous wreck about something. 370 00:20:09,542 --> 00:20:12,204 It's hot in the limelight and this boy never asked to be there. 371 00:20:12,278 --> 00:20:15,736 Doesn't explain away Ashley's injuries, or the fact that the one person who... 372 00:20:15,815 --> 00:20:19,045 decides to talk about them gets deported. And we need to interview her. 373 00:20:19,118 --> 00:20:21,085 She's in England. What do you want? Air fare? 374 00:20:21,153 --> 00:20:23,348 We'll take $4 for the tunnel. We already checked. 375 00:20:23,422 --> 00:20:27,449 She's still at the INS detention center in Elizabeth, New Jersey. 376 00:20:35,032 --> 00:20:37,329 I begged you to leave me alone. 377 00:20:38,569 --> 00:20:39,557 We're sorry. 378 00:20:46,443 --> 00:20:49,206 The agent gave me 15 minutes to pack. 379 00:20:49,979 --> 00:20:52,413 Ashley was still at school... 380 00:20:52,481 --> 00:20:54,108 I didn't get to say goodbye. 381 00:20:54,184 --> 00:20:57,619 Sarah, there's nothing more that they can do to you... 382 00:20:57,686 --> 00:21:00,780 but Ashley is still in that house. 383 00:21:00,855 --> 00:21:02,551 Please, tell us who's hurting her. 384 00:21:02,623 --> 00:21:05,115 I only wish it were that simple. 385 00:21:05,193 --> 00:21:08,094 Her own mother doesn't have time for her. 386 00:21:08,163 --> 00:21:11,063 The longer she's away, the more hyper Ashley gets. 387 00:21:11,132 --> 00:21:15,295 I called Children's Services once, anonymously. 388 00:21:15,635 --> 00:21:18,764 They do drugs. Not just Jared. Ricki, too. 389 00:21:18,839 --> 00:21:22,172 You saw Ricki doing drugs? No. 390 00:21:22,242 --> 00:21:24,073 But I've seen her looking stoned. 391 00:21:24,143 --> 00:21:26,169 What about that incident you reported? 392 00:21:26,245 --> 00:21:28,713 Ricki's accident. 393 00:21:28,781 --> 00:21:32,308 She fell asleep at the wheel and hit a post. 394 00:21:32,384 --> 00:21:34,716 One of the rare times she had the kids with her. 395 00:21:34,787 --> 00:21:38,518 Was anyone hurt? The kids weren't, thank God. 396 00:21:38,590 --> 00:21:41,718 They were whisked away before the police arrived. 397 00:21:41,793 --> 00:21:43,852 Ricki went to the hospital. 398 00:21:44,262 --> 00:21:46,093 What happened with Children's Services? 399 00:21:46,163 --> 00:21:49,189 Ricki had it all tidied up before they even started looking. 400 00:21:49,267 --> 00:21:50,757 Yeah, but there has to be a police report. 401 00:21:50,834 --> 00:21:52,996 There has to be hospital records. 402 00:21:53,070 --> 00:21:56,630 Power and money can make anything go away. 403 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:05,838 I understand you were the attending... 404 00:22:05,915 --> 00:22:07,610 the night of Ricki Austin's car accident. 405 00:22:07,682 --> 00:22:10,708 It was nothing. Checked and released. Any complications? 406 00:22:10,787 --> 00:22:13,380 Yeah, I had to get through the hospital's VIP liaison... 407 00:22:13,455 --> 00:22:15,855 and three of her handlers before I could examine her. 408 00:22:15,924 --> 00:22:18,017 I'm wearing a lab coat. Who'd they think I was? 409 00:22:18,093 --> 00:22:19,822 Obviously a reporter in disguise. 410 00:22:19,895 --> 00:22:21,555 The story never made the papers. 411 00:22:21,630 --> 00:22:23,598 Celebrities have to use pseudonyms... 412 00:22:23,664 --> 00:22:25,723 or the hospital would be overrun with fans. 413 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:27,961 What name does Ricki usually use? 414 00:22:28,035 --> 00:22:30,026 Sorry, it's doctor-patient privilege. 415 00:22:30,104 --> 00:22:31,298 So, what were the extent of her injuries? 416 00:22:31,372 --> 00:22:32,497 Off the record. 417 00:22:32,573 --> 00:22:34,905 Minor. Head laceration and a bloody nose. 418 00:22:34,974 --> 00:22:37,534 Way we heard it, she was babbling incoherently. 419 00:22:37,610 --> 00:22:40,477 She was shaken up from the accident. Minor as it was. 420 00:22:40,547 --> 00:22:43,015 You do a tox screen? No. 421 00:22:43,081 --> 00:22:45,243 You come in with those exact symptoms at Bellevue... 422 00:22:45,317 --> 00:22:46,944 it's automatic. 423 00:22:47,954 --> 00:22:50,945 If you'll excuse me, I have rounds. 424 00:22:51,023 --> 00:22:54,048 Different treatment for the rich and the poor. What's new? 425 00:22:54,126 --> 00:22:55,888 Same hospital they brought Ashley. 426 00:22:55,961 --> 00:22:57,450 Be nice to look at her medical history. 427 00:22:57,528 --> 00:22:59,996 It's never gonna happen without a subpoena. 428 00:23:00,065 --> 00:23:01,827 Ashley acts out. 429 00:23:01,899 --> 00:23:05,426 I'm very fond of her, but she's very disruptive in class. 430 00:23:05,503 --> 00:23:07,936 Class clown disruptive? She talks through class... 431 00:23:08,004 --> 00:23:10,303 and gets upset when other students won't talk back. 432 00:23:10,373 --> 00:23:11,704 She's starved for attention. 433 00:23:11,775 --> 00:23:14,266 Positive or negative, it doesn't matter. 434 00:23:14,344 --> 00:23:16,504 She starts fights with the slightest provocation. 435 00:23:16,580 --> 00:23:18,843 Does Ashley have a lot of accidents at school? 436 00:23:18,915 --> 00:23:22,111 She's fallen off bleachers, playground equipment. 437 00:23:22,185 --> 00:23:24,879 She's always showing off. "Look at me" accidents. 438 00:23:24,954 --> 00:23:26,114 So what have you done about her? 439 00:23:26,188 --> 00:23:29,350 When she disrupts class, I send her to the steps. 440 00:23:29,525 --> 00:23:32,459 You make her run steps? No, out here. 441 00:23:34,028 --> 00:23:35,586 When a student gets in trouble... 442 00:23:35,663 --> 00:23:38,598 they're sent to step one, for a 10 minute time-out. 443 00:23:38,666 --> 00:23:41,327 Second offense, step two. 444 00:23:41,402 --> 00:23:43,836 Ashley's a repeat step three offender. 445 00:23:43,904 --> 00:23:47,362 I think she needs help, not punishment. So do I. 446 00:23:47,441 --> 00:23:49,841 I sent letters home, they were never answered. 447 00:23:49,910 --> 00:23:51,502 I finally took it to the headmaster. 448 00:23:51,577 --> 00:23:53,340 We've met him. What did Parsons do? 449 00:23:53,412 --> 00:23:57,143 He told her parents Ashley had to see a therapist or be expelled. 450 00:23:57,216 --> 00:24:00,412 Is therapy helping? She's not getting therapy. 451 00:24:00,486 --> 00:24:03,011 It didn't sit well with her parents. 452 00:24:03,088 --> 00:24:06,320 But, hey, they did donate a new library. 453 00:24:06,992 --> 00:24:09,187 Where does that leave Ashley? 454 00:24:09,461 --> 00:24:11,088 Out on the steps. 455 00:24:12,264 --> 00:24:14,664 Anyone gets close to helping her, Ricki buys a wall... 456 00:24:14,732 --> 00:24:15,961 to block them off. 457 00:24:16,033 --> 00:24:18,126 And I think we've definitely hit ours. 458 00:24:18,203 --> 00:24:19,999 There's gotta be something that we can do. 459 00:24:20,070 --> 00:24:22,937 What? They don't abuse her, they don't criminally neglect her. 460 00:24:23,006 --> 00:24:24,804 They don't love her. What? 461 00:24:24,874 --> 00:24:27,275 How many unloved kids you think there are in this city? 462 00:24:27,343 --> 00:24:30,801 It's not an SVU case anymore. You just gotta let it go. 463 00:24:33,683 --> 00:24:37,050 Yeah, right. Hold on. 464 00:24:38,454 --> 00:24:42,150 I got the 2-7 on three. They've got Ashley. Why? What happened? 465 00:24:42,224 --> 00:24:45,351 She just walked in to the desk sergeant, then asked for you. 466 00:24:45,427 --> 00:24:48,919 Okay, put her through. Remember our little talk yesterday? 467 00:24:48,996 --> 00:24:51,488 She's reaching out to me, what am I supposed to do? 468 00:24:51,565 --> 00:24:53,658 Have a uni drive her home. 469 00:24:55,436 --> 00:24:57,404 This is Benson. 470 00:24:57,470 --> 00:25:00,598 Hey, can somebody watch her? We'll be there in about 10 minutes. 471 00:25:00,675 --> 00:25:02,266 Okay. 472 00:25:04,010 --> 00:25:05,568 Don't look at me. 473 00:25:18,357 --> 00:25:20,257 Olivia. Hey. 474 00:25:20,391 --> 00:25:23,054 They left you in here all by yourself? 475 00:25:23,127 --> 00:25:26,756 Officer Garvey came in for a minute, but she had to go. 476 00:25:26,831 --> 00:25:29,994 She wasn't that much fun anyway. Ashley... 477 00:25:30,735 --> 00:25:34,102 did something happen? Are you okay? 478 00:25:34,171 --> 00:25:36,469 Yeah, I just wanted to see you. 479 00:25:38,942 --> 00:25:41,308 Didn't you have school today? 480 00:25:41,378 --> 00:25:45,508 I ditched, then I took a cab here. Ashley. 481 00:25:45,581 --> 00:25:47,412 They must have called your mother by now... 482 00:25:47,483 --> 00:25:49,815 I'm sure she's worried sick about you. 483 00:25:49,885 --> 00:25:51,079 She doesn't care. 484 00:25:51,153 --> 00:25:54,883 She's probably going out of her mind. I'm taking you home, let's go. 485 00:25:54,957 --> 00:25:58,791 No, I wanted us to hang out today. We can't, I'm working. 486 00:25:58,860 --> 00:26:02,853 But I won't get in your way, I promise. I can help you. 487 00:26:02,931 --> 00:26:04,659 Ashley, you know how you can help me... 488 00:26:04,733 --> 00:26:07,293 you can help me by never ever doing this again. 489 00:26:07,368 --> 00:26:09,427 Do you understand that? Now let's go, come on. 490 00:26:09,504 --> 00:26:11,232 No. Ashley. 491 00:26:14,208 --> 00:26:17,574 Ashley, you're bleeding. I'm okay. 492 00:26:21,180 --> 00:26:23,239 Is your mother home? 493 00:26:24,650 --> 00:26:26,049 She never is. 494 00:26:32,591 --> 00:26:35,059 Come on, okay? 495 00:26:39,531 --> 00:26:44,467 I loved you then 496 00:26:45,302 --> 00:26:51,207 497 00:26:53,676 --> 00:26:56,372 Ashley Austin Black, you get in here. 498 00:26:59,449 --> 00:27:02,884 Why do you do this to me? Let me see it. 499 00:27:03,919 --> 00:27:06,684 Miss Austin, is there a place we could speak privately? 500 00:27:06,755 --> 00:27:09,019 Detective, you really shouldn't have gone out of your way. 501 00:27:09,091 --> 00:27:10,490 My driver would have picked her up. 502 00:27:10,558 --> 00:27:12,720 Olivia doesn't mind. She's my friend. 503 00:27:12,794 --> 00:27:15,558 It's important that we speak. This is not a good day. 504 00:27:15,631 --> 00:27:18,360 Ricki, we've only got the studio till 4:30. 505 00:27:18,466 --> 00:27:20,263 We still have two tracks to lay down. 506 00:27:20,334 --> 00:27:23,098 Honey, look, why don't you just go in the green room... 507 00:27:23,171 --> 00:27:26,867 with Connie and you have her get you something to eat, okay? 508 00:27:26,941 --> 00:27:30,341 But can't I stay with you? No honey, mommy's working. 509 00:27:30,410 --> 00:27:33,777 Then can Olivia stay with me? No, she can't. 510 00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:36,576 Now just go, okay? 511 00:27:38,884 --> 00:27:40,784 Thank you, Detective. 512 00:27:41,353 --> 00:27:44,082 Okay, let's try it again. 513 00:27:47,193 --> 00:27:49,161 She calls all the time. 514 00:27:49,227 --> 00:27:51,059 What happens when you have to hang up? 515 00:27:51,429 --> 00:27:53,795 At first she begs to talk, just for a few more minutes... 516 00:27:53,865 --> 00:27:56,890 and then when I have to go, she just... 517 00:27:56,968 --> 00:27:58,458 She sounds so depressed. 518 00:27:58,535 --> 00:28:00,901 When you first met, how much time did you spend together? 519 00:28:00,971 --> 00:28:05,169 Just a few minutes. It sounds like reactive attachment disorder. 520 00:28:05,242 --> 00:28:06,902 It is very common in orphans... 521 00:28:06,977 --> 00:28:09,706 who are abandoned during their crucial bonding cycle. 522 00:28:09,780 --> 00:28:13,681 They meet complete strangers and they form instant relationships. 523 00:28:13,749 --> 00:28:16,047 So it's not just my sparkling wit? 524 00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:19,555 I have one patient who meets a stranger and she goes up and hugs them. 525 00:28:19,621 --> 00:28:21,089 She goes to the market... 526 00:28:21,156 --> 00:28:23,887 and tells the checkout girl that she loves her. 527 00:28:23,959 --> 00:28:25,291 That fits. 528 00:28:26,328 --> 00:28:28,228 But Ashley keeps getting hurt. 529 00:28:28,296 --> 00:28:31,856 It's part of the package. And it could escalate. 530 00:28:31,933 --> 00:28:33,923 Is there treatment? 531 00:28:34,002 --> 00:28:36,299 I could start her on corrective attachment therapy... 532 00:28:36,370 --> 00:28:39,168 but, Olivia, I'd have to see the mother and daughter together. 533 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:41,208 It's never gonna happen. 534 00:28:42,308 --> 00:28:46,802 If she's in imminent risk, Children's Services could mandate therapy. 535 00:28:48,816 --> 00:28:50,043 I'm sorry. 536 00:28:50,116 --> 00:28:52,482 Come on, there's gotta be something that you can do? 537 00:28:52,551 --> 00:28:54,075 For emotional abuse? No. 538 00:28:54,154 --> 00:28:56,519 Ricki was reported before for the car accident. 539 00:28:56,589 --> 00:28:58,055 You did nothing about that, either. 540 00:28:58,124 --> 00:29:00,614 You're busting my shoes over this? 541 00:29:00,692 --> 00:29:04,150 I'm handling 32 families. 542 00:29:04,229 --> 00:29:07,892 I've got babies with skull fractures, 10-year-old prostitutes. 543 00:29:07,965 --> 00:29:10,627 I understand that, I handle the same cases. 544 00:29:10,702 --> 00:29:14,262 But that shouldn't mean that this little girl has to fall through the cracks. 545 00:29:14,337 --> 00:29:16,202 Look, it's not that I don't care. 546 00:29:16,306 --> 00:29:18,138 But with a high-publicity mom like that... 547 00:29:18,208 --> 00:29:21,200 I could spend weeks just trying to get an appointment. 548 00:29:21,278 --> 00:29:22,575 Okay, so do it. 549 00:29:22,646 --> 00:29:25,739 I've got a kid in the burn ward about to die. 550 00:29:25,815 --> 00:29:27,372 It's triage. 551 00:29:27,450 --> 00:29:29,918 You tell me who should get my attention the most... 552 00:29:29,985 --> 00:29:32,647 your one girl or my battered 30. 553 00:29:38,893 --> 00:29:41,384 Please ask Ricki to call me when she gets in. 554 00:29:41,462 --> 00:29:42,451 Thank you. 555 00:29:47,167 --> 00:29:50,466 Olivia! Hey, kiddo. 556 00:29:50,771 --> 00:29:53,262 I can't believe you came. How you doing? 557 00:29:53,340 --> 00:29:55,775 You have to come see my room. Next time, sweetheart. 558 00:29:55,842 --> 00:29:58,003 No, please, just for a minute? No, I gotta go. 559 00:29:58,078 --> 00:30:00,046 Ashley, she can't come in. Let's go. No. 560 00:30:00,112 --> 00:30:02,638 No, really, sweetheart. I gotta go, next time. No. 561 00:30:02,716 --> 00:30:05,445 Ashley, come inside. No, not without Olivia. 562 00:30:05,518 --> 00:30:07,452 Make her come in. She can't. 563 00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:09,112 Ashley. No. 564 00:30:09,188 --> 00:30:12,055 Ashley! Stop! 565 00:30:17,529 --> 00:30:19,019 Give her to me. Let go of me. 566 00:30:19,097 --> 00:30:21,895 Give her to me. It's okay. Get her inside. 567 00:30:21,967 --> 00:30:24,629 No! What's the matter? 568 00:30:24,702 --> 00:30:28,229 What are you doing here? Your daughter needs help. 569 00:30:28,305 --> 00:30:31,468 I talked to a psychologist who... You did what? 570 00:30:31,542 --> 00:30:33,840 This psychologist can help her. 571 00:30:33,911 --> 00:30:36,208 The thing is, she needs to see the both of you together. 572 00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:38,474 Leave us alone. Ricki, your daughter needs help. 573 00:30:38,548 --> 00:30:42,040 Get away, before I call the police. Miss Austin, I am the police. 574 00:30:42,118 --> 00:30:44,985 Then it's damn lucky I have my own security. 575 00:30:53,462 --> 00:30:54,952 Morning, Olivia. 576 00:30:57,432 --> 00:30:59,923 This doesn't look like the makings of a pleasant day. 577 00:31:00,001 --> 00:31:03,266 Ashley's called already, six times. 578 00:31:03,337 --> 00:31:05,328 What's wrong? Don't ask. 579 00:31:05,406 --> 00:31:07,897 Benson, you're on desk duty. 580 00:31:07,974 --> 00:31:09,999 Captain, I can explain. 581 00:31:10,076 --> 00:31:13,477 You can't follow my orders on the street, you try keeping my files straight. 582 00:31:13,547 --> 00:31:15,707 Captain... And in case anyone else here... 583 00:31:15,782 --> 00:31:17,579 has Det. Benson's hearing problem... 584 00:31:17,650 --> 00:31:19,812 read my lips or buy the CliffsNotes. 585 00:31:19,885 --> 00:31:22,252 No one is to go near Ashley Black again. 586 00:31:22,321 --> 00:31:26,883 That includes her family, school, house, and any employees therein. 587 00:31:26,959 --> 00:31:30,417 You can't do this. Somebody's gotta help her. 588 00:31:30,496 --> 00:31:34,454 Really. Well, thanks to you, now none of us can. 589 00:31:40,338 --> 00:31:43,000 It's a restraining order... 590 00:31:43,740 --> 00:31:45,708 against the whole unit. 591 00:31:54,851 --> 00:31:58,718 Alex, you can't imagine how needy this little girl is. 592 00:31:58,788 --> 00:32:02,280 "Needy?" Olivia, we do sex crimes and child abuse. 593 00:32:02,357 --> 00:32:04,326 I'm sorry, but there's not much we can do... 594 00:32:04,393 --> 00:32:06,054 for the emotionally short-changed. 595 00:32:06,127 --> 00:32:07,617 What about abandonment? 596 00:32:07,697 --> 00:32:10,358 Her parents tour nine months out of the year. 597 00:32:10,432 --> 00:32:14,892 Her father is a documented alcoholic. And what about Corbin? 598 00:32:14,969 --> 00:32:17,096 That was a traffic accident. 599 00:32:17,806 --> 00:32:22,799 The autopsy report lists physical evidence of long-term stress. 600 00:32:23,510 --> 00:32:26,411 He internalized, she externalizes. 601 00:32:26,479 --> 00:32:29,778 You're speculating. Not about Ashley's disorder. 602 00:32:29,849 --> 00:32:34,081 Ashley's tantrums, her running away, her accidents. 603 00:32:34,153 --> 00:32:37,384 It could only escalate. Olivia, why are you doing this? 604 00:32:37,457 --> 00:32:39,754 Because this kid is in trouble. 605 00:32:42,994 --> 00:32:45,360 We might have imminent risk of harm. 606 00:32:45,430 --> 00:32:47,762 There must be something that you can do about that. 607 00:32:47,833 --> 00:32:51,666 Maybe, but we still have one major hurdle. 608 00:32:51,736 --> 00:32:54,933 Are you trying to get fired? Because that's the only option I have left. 609 00:32:55,005 --> 00:32:58,270 Would I put myself on the line if I didn't know what was in store... 610 00:32:58,342 --> 00:33:00,902 for this little girl? She's been hurting herself for years. 611 00:33:00,978 --> 00:33:02,672 We can subpoena her medical records. 612 00:33:02,747 --> 00:33:04,338 And her teacher and the headmaster. 613 00:33:04,414 --> 00:33:06,348 They saw the problem, but did nothing about it. 614 00:33:06,416 --> 00:33:09,442 Parents wouldn't let them. What are you thinking? 615 00:33:10,353 --> 00:33:14,517 An Article 10 proceeding. We can remove the girl from the home. 616 00:33:14,590 --> 00:33:16,558 That is gonna play great in the press. 617 00:33:16,626 --> 00:33:18,150 It's family court, not criminal. 618 00:33:18,227 --> 00:33:20,058 And I've already made a couple of phone calls. 619 00:33:20,129 --> 00:33:21,994 There isn't a less disruptive avenue? 620 00:33:22,064 --> 00:33:23,622 None that Ricki can't circumvent. 621 00:33:23,699 --> 00:33:26,532 She's already circumvented us. We're under a restraining order. 622 00:33:26,601 --> 00:33:29,832 It's an active investigation. I'll get it lifted. 623 00:33:35,343 --> 00:33:36,503 Do it. 624 00:33:40,147 --> 00:33:42,775 Olivia! No, please, don't do that. 625 00:33:42,848 --> 00:33:46,751 Ashley, honey, look at me. I want you to go with Det. Stabler. 626 00:33:46,819 --> 00:33:49,379 It's okay. I want you to go with Det. Stabler, okay? 627 00:33:49,456 --> 00:33:50,547 Honey, come. Please, no. 628 00:33:50,624 --> 00:33:53,023 It's okay, I'll be right out. I don't wanna go with you. 629 00:33:53,091 --> 00:33:54,992 I wanna stay with Olivia. Let go of me! 630 00:33:55,060 --> 00:33:57,221 This isn't fair. Let go of me! 631 00:33:58,531 --> 00:34:01,431 This warrant charges you with impairment of emotional health... 632 00:34:01,499 --> 00:34:04,468 Article 10, Section 1024, of the Family Court Act. 633 00:34:04,536 --> 00:34:05,628 Impairment of what? 634 00:34:05,703 --> 00:34:08,364 You do have the right to be present at a hearing on Thursday... 635 00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:11,466 at which time a judge will determine Ashley's placement. 636 00:34:17,414 --> 00:34:19,609 Why are you doing this to me? 637 00:34:20,684 --> 00:34:24,619 This isn't about you, it's about Ashley. 638 00:34:28,925 --> 00:34:30,916 I'll be back in a minute. 639 00:34:34,362 --> 00:34:36,830 So? Nothing. 640 00:34:38,133 --> 00:34:40,567 Anything? That's it. 641 00:34:40,635 --> 00:34:43,502 I'm empty. No family member will take her. 642 00:34:43,572 --> 00:34:45,971 No one wants to lose their meal ticket. 643 00:34:48,943 --> 00:34:50,410 So what happens now? 644 00:34:50,478 --> 00:34:53,173 Emergency foster care for tonight. Where? 645 00:34:53,247 --> 00:34:55,613 There's room at Laight Street. 646 00:34:55,682 --> 00:34:59,049 I'll drop her off. No, I'll drive her there. 647 00:35:00,453 --> 00:35:02,785 Can we go home to your house now? 648 00:35:02,855 --> 00:35:05,915 Sweetie, we're not going to my house. 649 00:35:05,991 --> 00:35:09,722 What? But you came and got me. 650 00:35:10,662 --> 00:35:13,722 You don't want me to live with you? It's not that, Ashley... 651 00:35:13,798 --> 00:35:16,733 it's just that my house isn't set up for kids. 652 00:35:16,802 --> 00:35:20,100 That's okay. And even if it was... 653 00:35:20,172 --> 00:35:21,570 I'm hardly ever there. 654 00:35:21,639 --> 00:35:25,405 You know, my work, it just... It takes up all my time. 655 00:35:26,142 --> 00:35:28,771 You understand that, Ashley, don't you? 656 00:35:42,591 --> 00:35:44,821 What are you still doing here? 657 00:35:45,794 --> 00:35:49,127 You drop her off at Laight Street? Yeah. 658 00:35:50,265 --> 00:35:52,927 Never been there before. 659 00:35:55,837 --> 00:35:58,465 It's a room filled with a dozen cots. 660 00:36:01,609 --> 00:36:04,338 It's been about a month now, hasn't it? 661 00:36:04,912 --> 00:36:06,277 Since what? 662 00:36:07,314 --> 00:36:10,510 Your mom. Where did that come from? 663 00:36:12,352 --> 00:36:15,809 Olivia, it's me. I know the issues you had with her. 664 00:36:16,022 --> 00:36:19,082 No. No connection. 665 00:36:19,158 --> 00:36:22,285 Successful woman, rarely home, when she was home, she was drunk. 666 00:36:22,361 --> 00:36:23,918 You were lonely and neglected... 667 00:36:23,996 --> 00:36:27,988 and you never had a chance to resolve the thing before she died? 668 00:36:31,369 --> 00:36:32,858 You're wrong. 669 00:36:38,242 --> 00:36:40,107 I'll get you a coffee. 670 00:36:47,183 --> 00:36:48,980 Your Honor, James Woodrow... 671 00:36:49,052 --> 00:36:51,316 for the respondents, Ricki Austin and Jared Black. 672 00:36:51,387 --> 00:36:55,050 I'm filing a 1028 application to return the minor to her parents. 673 00:36:55,124 --> 00:36:56,147 Fine. 674 00:36:56,225 --> 00:36:58,420 I'll hear that right now. Your Honor, we feel that... 675 00:36:58,493 --> 00:37:00,120 I'm gravely distressed by the fact... 676 00:37:00,196 --> 00:37:03,187 that police bypassed this court and took the extreme measure... 677 00:37:03,265 --> 00:37:04,960 of removing a minor from her home. 678 00:37:05,033 --> 00:37:07,694 You Honor, the minor has a chronic history of self-injurious... 679 00:37:07,769 --> 00:37:10,032 behavior casually linked to the home situation... 680 00:37:10,105 --> 00:37:13,904 Save it for later. I promise we won't forget about you. 681 00:37:13,975 --> 00:37:16,307 Mr. Woodrow, you're up. 682 00:37:16,377 --> 00:37:19,106 I call Ricki Austin. 683 00:37:19,546 --> 00:37:21,515 We were dirt poor... 684 00:37:21,581 --> 00:37:23,482 so I always swore that if I made any money... 685 00:37:23,550 --> 00:37:25,814 I was gonna spend all of it on my children. 686 00:37:26,353 --> 00:37:29,083 I wanted them to have everything they ever wanted. 687 00:37:29,522 --> 00:37:32,251 Everything I never had. In order to do that... 688 00:37:32,325 --> 00:37:35,021 you've been very driven in your career, haven't you? 689 00:37:35,094 --> 00:37:37,722 I'm a workaholic. I admit it. 690 00:37:37,796 --> 00:37:39,922 Has that kept you from loving your daughter? 691 00:37:39,999 --> 00:37:40,987 No. 692 00:37:43,168 --> 00:37:45,602 Ashley was my miracle baby. 693 00:37:45,937 --> 00:37:49,668 My first song to become number one, was about her birth. 694 00:37:50,975 --> 00:37:55,036 Sixteen million people could relate to a mother's love. 695 00:37:55,112 --> 00:37:57,080 Is that domestic or worldwide? 696 00:37:57,148 --> 00:37:58,205 Your Honor... 697 00:37:58,281 --> 00:38:02,115 We have contempt charges here in family court also, Miss Cabot. 698 00:38:02,786 --> 00:38:04,980 The woman who started these proceedings... 699 00:38:05,055 --> 00:38:08,820 Detective Benson. How did she become involved in your life? 700 00:38:09,825 --> 00:38:12,385 When I lost my son, Corbin... 701 00:38:13,329 --> 00:38:16,457 I was out of my mind with grief. 702 00:38:16,531 --> 00:38:18,931 I was convinced that a man had been hurting him... 703 00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:22,197 and she was one of the detectives assigned to the case. 704 00:38:22,270 --> 00:38:24,101 And during the investigation... 705 00:38:24,171 --> 00:38:27,663 did it become necessary to take out a restraining order? 706 00:38:27,742 --> 00:38:30,107 Objection. Overruled. 707 00:38:30,177 --> 00:38:34,306 I had to. Det. Benson became obsessed with Ashley. 708 00:38:37,450 --> 00:38:39,577 Miss Austin, did you ever grow concerned... 709 00:38:39,653 --> 00:38:42,883 over the inordinate number of injuries your daughter has? 710 00:38:43,056 --> 00:38:47,993 Ashley's full of life. It's hard to contain that energy. 711 00:38:48,261 --> 00:38:51,229 I mean, all kids have accidents. I know I always did. 712 00:38:51,297 --> 00:38:52,787 Kids will be kids. 713 00:38:54,566 --> 00:38:58,661 On July 13, 1996, Ashley sprained her wrist. 714 00:38:58,737 --> 00:39:00,364 Where were you? 715 00:39:01,139 --> 00:39:03,733 I... It was a long time ago, I know. 716 00:39:03,808 --> 00:39:04,832 Maybe this will help. 717 00:39:04,910 --> 00:39:07,343 It's your tour schedule for the last five years. 718 00:39:11,948 --> 00:39:14,610 I gave a concert in Chicago. 719 00:39:14,685 --> 00:39:17,448 And on December 9, 1997? 720 00:39:20,757 --> 00:39:23,589 The German leg of my European tour. 721 00:39:23,660 --> 00:39:26,594 Also the date Ashley dislocated her elbow. 722 00:39:26,995 --> 00:39:29,725 Where were you for her multiple rib fractures? 723 00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:35,335 What date is that? Dates. I said multiple. 724 00:39:35,404 --> 00:39:39,965 March 23, 1998, August 9, 1999. Stop it. 725 00:39:40,041 --> 00:39:43,373 There are also lacerations to the upper and lower extremities. 726 00:39:43,444 --> 00:39:44,637 Objection. 727 00:39:44,712 --> 00:39:48,443 A periorbital fracture, various foreign bodies lodged in her ears... 728 00:39:48,548 --> 00:39:50,175 a fractured left femur. Stop it. 729 00:39:50,250 --> 00:39:51,239 Objection! 730 00:39:51,318 --> 00:39:54,048 Contusions and abrasions to the forehead, chin, hands and knees. 731 00:39:54,121 --> 00:39:55,520 That's enough, Miss Cabot. 732 00:39:57,624 --> 00:40:01,024 All of these injuries correlate to dates you were away. 733 00:40:01,093 --> 00:40:04,688 You never saw them as a desperate cry for Mommy to come home? 734 00:40:06,565 --> 00:40:08,293 I love my daughter. 735 00:40:09,635 --> 00:40:11,795 I loved both of my children. 736 00:40:13,671 --> 00:40:15,901 I gave them the best of everything. 737 00:40:15,974 --> 00:40:18,704 The best schools, the best nannies, the best home. 738 00:40:21,478 --> 00:40:23,912 I did everything I could for them. 739 00:40:28,084 --> 00:40:29,916 No further questions. 740 00:40:32,522 --> 00:40:34,786 You may step down, Miss Austin. 741 00:40:37,059 --> 00:40:39,186 Bailiff, bring in the child. 742 00:40:49,503 --> 00:40:52,529 Hello, Ashley. Hi. 743 00:40:54,408 --> 00:40:56,842 Do you know why you're here today? 744 00:40:58,913 --> 00:41:03,316 Do you know Det. Benson? She used to be my friend. 745 00:41:04,385 --> 00:41:07,615 "Used to be?" I wanted to live with her. 746 00:41:10,790 --> 00:41:12,815 But she didn't want me. 747 00:41:13,993 --> 00:41:15,482 My daddy's home. 748 00:41:29,641 --> 00:41:33,167 I am ordering the minor be returned to her parents. 749 00:41:33,277 --> 00:41:36,838 But the Article 10 will continue. I am recommending that ACS... 750 00:41:36,913 --> 00:41:40,076 monitor the home, and set up family counseling. 751 00:41:40,150 --> 00:41:42,641 I want a status report in one month. 752 00:41:42,719 --> 00:41:44,380 There won't be much to report, Your Honor... 753 00:41:44,454 --> 00:41:46,513 because she begins a three-month tour next week... 754 00:41:46,590 --> 00:41:49,820 and her daughter needs to be in school. Ms. Austin? 755 00:41:49,893 --> 00:41:52,087 I'll postpone that tour, Your Honor. 756 00:41:52,428 --> 00:41:53,952 Wise decision. 757 00:42:02,737 --> 00:42:06,105 I want you to know that my only concern was for Ashley. 758 00:42:06,342 --> 00:42:10,744 You ever get near her again, I'll have your badge. 759 00:42:13,181 --> 00:42:14,375 Gorgeous! 760 00:42:27,960 --> 00:42:30,360 How is it out there in the real world? 761 00:42:30,429 --> 00:42:32,727 Give him a few more days to cool off. 762 00:42:33,432 --> 00:42:35,456 He'll let you off ass-duty. 763 00:42:35,534 --> 00:42:38,764 Just in time for my hearing in front of the disciplinary committee. 764 00:42:38,837 --> 00:42:41,533 I see them next week. Was it worth it? 765 00:42:42,874 --> 00:42:46,570 I don't know. I think it woke her up. 766 00:42:58,355 --> 00:43:01,380 Son of a bitch. What? 767 00:43:02,759 --> 00:43:06,593 Ricki Austin played to a sold-out crowd in London last night. 9999 00:00:0,500 --> 00:00:2,00 www.tvsubtitles.net