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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.

Took the family to see
the Statue of Liberty yesterday.

Give me your tired,
your poor,

your homicidal
taxi drivers.

Kids loved it.
You know how long her schnoz is?

4 1/2 feet.

We took the tour too.

Got us another bum.

Hey!

Hey, you in there!
Hey!

Oh, Lord!

[crying]
Please, don't hurt me!

Nobody's gonna hurt you.

Call an ambulance, Jeff!

Hurry!

What the hell
you waiting for?!

I know her.

Look at this.

She's that girl that's been
missing since Friday.

Tandi.

It's Tandi McCann,
all right.

Workers found her
tied up with duct tape.

They the ones
who called the press?

Yeah, hot line's been
all over the papers and TV.

What is this building?

Hudson University's
new dorm.

(Benson)
Is Tandi hurt?

(Uni)
She's pretty shook up.

All she said
is she was raped.

Stop taking photographs,
okay?

This is my daughter.

If she doesn't wanna go,
she doesn't have to go.

Sir, your daughter needs
to be seen by a doctor.

I will
bring her in later.

I want to take her home
and get her cleaned up.

Her mother
is worried sick.

Let's calm down here.
Are you her father?

I'm her stepfather.
Who are you?

I'm Detective Stabler.
My partner, Detective Benson.

You the ones that called
these vultures?

No, Mr. McCain,
we're here to help.

Tandi's been through
enough already.

(Tandi)
No, Daddy, just take me--

That's it!
She's comin' with me!

I'm sorry, Mr. McCain,
but Tandi is a minor,

and under
the Social Service law,

she needs to have
a medical examination.

I'm her father.
Don't I get a say?

Take her
to St. Catherine's.

Daddy, don't let them!

Daddy!
Daddy, please!

It's okay, baby.
I'll meet you there.

Daddy! No!

I'm sorry.
That's what's best for Tandi.

Yeah, well,
we'll see about that.

Social Services law?
What was that crap?

If Tandi goes home,
we lose our evidence.

Bastard gets away with it,
and he rapes another kid.

Liv, you crossed the line.

That girl is too young and too
scared to think for herself.

So you're gonna think
for her now, huh?

What else could I do?

What happened out there,
Olivia?

Stepfather tried to pull Tandi
out of the ambulance.

Liv just did
what she had to do

to make sure
we have a case.

Well, dad's telling the press
you lied to him,

and deliberately
ignored his wishes.

His wishes?

I thought we act
for the victim,

not her parents.

Problem is,
now he's threatening

to withhold the rape kit.

Why?
He's upset.

His daughter's traumatized.

They just want this
to go away.

Okay, I'll talk
to Tandi.

No, no.
Elliot will.

You bumping me
off this case?

Look, the dad
is madder than hell at you.

Give him some time
to calm down.

Tandi's mother
is on her way in.

Talk to her.

Do you really have
to put her through this?

We do rape kits
on every victim.

And if you don't give us
permission to use it,

the chances of IDing
the assailant are pretty slim.

You do want us to find him,
don't you?

Of course, I do.

Then let her talk
about what happened.

That's the best way
to deal with it.

All right.
But I'm staying.

Good.

Come on.

Could you
give us a minute?

Hi, Tandi.
I'm Elliot.

Can I ask you
a few questions?

I told my dad
everything.

Can you tell me, too?

I was walking
to the bus stop...

and these men asked me
if I wanted to go to a party.

I said no,
and they grabbed me,

and they dragged me
to that room.

How many men?

Two or three.
I'm not sure.

Can you describe them?

Um, it was dark.
I don't know.

Well, were they short,
tall, black, white...

I don't know.

Can you describe
what they were wearing?

Some kind of uniform.

Good.

Well, it's Monday.

Did they keep you
in the same room

all day Saturday, Sunday?

They said if I tried to escape,
they would kill me.

Please.

Please, I want
to see my mom.

Please.

Now, Tandi is still
in high school.

What was she doing
at Hudson?

She's taking
an advanced placement course

over the summer.

To get college credits?

She wants to go to Columbia

to major in English
and French.

She's bright,
works real hard,

never causes
any trouble.

Now, she was studying there
Friday night?

She called to say
that she was working late

at the library.

By 11:30,
we got worried.

Ronald went up
to the university

to look for her.

I called her friends.

So your husband
was home with you?

Yes.

And who
called the police?

I did, around 4:00 a.m.

Why did you wait so long?

I told you, because
Ronald was out looking for her.

Why are you making this
so hard for us?

I'm just trying
to help your daughter.

Well, then, please,
let me see her.

Her rape kit
is negative for fluids,

but positive
for spermicide.

Our attackers used condoms.

Can we prove
it was rape?

Her thighs
are heavily bruised.

Her hymen is torn.
I mean, she definitely had sex.

And she's a virgin.

Any trace evidence
of the perps?

Construction guys
that found her

let her clean
herself up a bit.

Destroying most of the
forensics in the process.

What do you got?
Nada from CSU.

But campus security
broke up a party

at Rochester dorm
around 11:30 Friday night.

Where's the dorm?

Across the street
from where Tandi was found.

The place is crawling

with army cadets
taking summer classes

in military leadership.

Tandi said her attackers
wore uniforms.

When she was heading home
from the library,

did the bus stop here?

She had to pass
Rochester dorm.

Talk to the dean and everybody
who was at that party.

I do regret
what happened,

but you shouldn't
jump to conclusions

just because
military personnel

live across the street.

We just want
to talk to them.

I'm afraid I can't
release any names.

Unless there's direct evidence
of their involvement.

My students have a right
to privacy,

and I have a duty
to protect them.

A girl was
kidnapped and raped

on your campus,
Dr. Lyne.

What's your duty
to her?

We have our own
disciplinary procedures.

If a student is found
to have committed an offense,

it'll be handed over
to the police.

We know all about
college procedures--

Rape victims intimidated,
persuaded to drop charges.

I'm sorry.

I will talk to the parents
of the cadets

who attended this party.

If they wish
to make a statement,

that's their choice.

Now, you're
on private property,

and I must
ask you to leave.

College is closing ranks.

Not tight enough.

Head of campus security
was a cop at the 29.

He gave me four names
of the students he questioned

at the party in Rochester dorm
Friday night.

And their class schedules.

All right, we should wait
till they leave campus.

Divide and conquer.

Tony Storr?

What is this?

Police business.

See this girl
Friday night?

Yes, sir, I did.
Where?

She was at the party
at our dorm.

Are you sure?

Yeah,
she invited herself.

She's sixteen,
Mr. Delvecchio.

She said she was 21.

Said to who?
I don't know.

Acted like she was 21.

How did she do that?

You know,

drinking, dancing,
having a good time.

She dance
with you, Joe?

No, sir.

Why not?
It's your party.

You're a good-looking guy.
She's a nice-looking girl.

I already got
a girlfriend.

Was she at the party?
No, sir.

Were there
any other girls there?

A couple, maybe.

You know their names?

No, sir.
Just sort of bumped into them.

You see Tandi leave?

Nope.

She must have slipped out.

Tandi's face was on the TV

and the newspapers
all weekend long.

How come you didn't
report seeing her?

I guess I just didn't
put two and two together.

Yeah, I can see where
that'd be a problem for you.

Mr. O'Connor.

Trevor Langan
of Henshall and Langan.

Your family's instructed me
to act on your behalf.

You have no right
to question my client

on university property.

Your client is on
a city sidewalk.

I can question him
all I want.

Did you wear that uniform
Friday night?

Don't answer that.
Why not?

'Cause it's immaterial.

Not to me.
It is to me.

Which means
this interview is over.

Come on, Mr. O'Connor.

He give you anything?

Yeah.

Tandi was at that party
Friday night.

That's what
my guy said.

You think
that little detail

just happened to slip
Tandi's mind?

Let's go ask her.

Has Tandi
said anything yet?

Have you got any leads?
Can we talk to Tandi?

Hey, Stabler.
Hey, Jim.

Anything
you can tell me?

Yeah--go home.

You know him?

Friends from high school.
Jamie Barragon.

Tandi's big news.

Yeah...till
the next big news.

Detectives, can we
get a statement, please?

[reporters
talking all at once]

(Benson)
Were you at that party, Tandi?

Of course,
she wasn't.

Some of the people there
say she was.

(Ronald)
What people?

Army cadets.

They're lying!

Those are the uniformed bastards
that raped her.

Tandi, we're on your side.

We just need to know
exactly what happened,

that's all.

Tell him, baby.
Were you at the party?

No! I was walking
to the bus stop,

and they grabbed me.

Why is everyone
telling lies about me?

God, I just wish you'd all
just leave me alone.

All four cadets
say Tandi was at the party.

Are you sure
she's not lying?

Even if she was there,

it doesn't give anybody
the right to rape her.

Anything
from the crime scene?

Well, CSU just finished
doing elimination prints

on the family
and the site workers,

so I wouldn't
hold your breath.

Well, I got a press conference
tomorrow at 9:00,

and I would like not
to look like a complete idiot.

Let's use the press.
Give 'em a little information.

See if it
kicks up a lead.

Like what?

Those four cadets
weren't the only ones

at that party.

Why hasn't anyone else
come forward?

(Cragen)
You got anybody
you can trust?

The guy covering
the Tandi case for the Ledger.

He's an old buddy of mine.

Okay...

(Stabler)
The poor kid has been
through enough already.

Why do you have to make
her life more miserable?

Because she's news.

Tens of thousands
go missing every year.

What makes Tandi big news?

Same reason Chandra Levy
and Elizabeth Smart

were big news.

They're young,
cute, and white.

Whatever it takes
to sell your paper.

Is there
any sexual assault?

You know I'm not gonna
answer that.

Please--why else would
the sex cops be involved?

Jamie,
I'm not going there.

Are you still focusing
on the university?

Maybe.

Cadets?

You want my help, Elliot,
you gotta throw me a bone.

We're...interested
in talking to anyone...

who was at a party
in Rochester dorm

Friday night.

Well, maybe you should be
talking to Tandi.

We hear she was
partying up a storm.

Where'd you get that?

The cadets' lawyers?

They're just trying
to dirty up the victim.

So she is a victim?

Come on, Elliot,
off the record.

Are you looking at the cadets
who threw the party?

Off the record?

You bet.

What is this?

Byline's Jamie Barrigan.

That who you
talked to last night?

I didn't give him
any of this.

Well, he got it.

Now he's
named two suspects

and outed Tandi
as a rape victim

to the entire country.

Let me just talk
to the son of a bitch.

No more talking
to the press.

I want to contain the damage,
not spread it.

Gotta get up
to Washington Heights.

911 came in
from a cadet's girlfriend.

Police, get the hell
out of my way.

Manhattan SVU.
Detective Tutuola.

Take it easy.
Tell me what happened.

[crying]
Uh, we were walking
along the street,

when these bastards started
calling Joe a rapist.

And they chased him
into the street,

and straight
into a car.

We get the guys
that chased him?

They disappeared,

just as soon
as his head was...

Why did the papers
print his picture.

He never hurt anyone.

It's okay, Detective,
we got him.

Pulse is slow and thready.

We need to scoop and run.
Let's go.

Hospital says
Joe Eglee's still unconscious.

He's gonna make it?

He's stable.

You can't blame Elliot
for this.

I don't,
but IAB might.

Just tell them exactly
what you told the reporter.

Chief of Detectives,
11: 00.

Chief.

Don.

You Stabler?
Yes, sir.

Why don't we take this
in my office.

A high-profile case

with the media on it
like the measles,

and you go and name
our main suspects.

I didn't name anybody.

So it's just
a coincidence

that the paper's
quoting a source

close
to the investigation.

Why the hell
did you do it?

We needed a lead, sir.

Reporters can go
anywhere cops can

and get people
to talk easier.

This one certainly
got you talking.

Sir, I authorized
Detective Stabler

to give the journalist

something on background.

I don't believe
he gave any names.

Personally, detective,
I'd dump you back into uniform,

but that would look like
we're admitting guilt.

So we have to back you up.

He can stay on
the McCain case, Don,

but no contact
with the cadets,

and zip your mouth
around the press.

Elliot, don't
beat yourself up over this.

The bastards
put that kid in a coma,

they out Tandi
as a rape victim.

I helped them do it.

The press says that Tandi
is a public figure.

That makes her fair game.

There's nothing
that you can do about it.

Oh, yeah?

Come here,
you son of a bitch!

Hey! Hey!
Come on, cool it!

Cool it?
You nearly got that kid killed.

Are you out of your mind?

I didn't chase him
into traffic!

You made damn sure
somebody did!

This is not my fault!
Whose fault is it?

Some other reporter
had the names of the cadets

from someone on campus.

My editor just
put two and two together.

Right, including that bit
about Tandi being raped?

To hell with you.

You're the ones
who gave that away,

just by being there!

Look, I'm sorry, El.

If I didn't run with this story,
somebody else would!

I got a job to do,
too, you know.

Whatever.

Might have
a lead for you.

We got a tip this morning
some guy owns a bodega

near Hudson U.

He says he swears
he saw Tandi in his store

Saturday afternoon.

Why aren't you splashing that
all over your front page?

'Cause we check
our sources.

We can't confirm a word
this guy says.

He's got no
security cameras, nothing.

Plus, he's a weirdo.
What's his name?

Fred.
The store's called Grummond's.

She was standing
right where you are.

What a little cutie.

Tandi McCall.

Tandi McCain.
And what time was this?

Uh, 4:30,
5:30 Saturday.

She came in,
kind of sneaking around,

hiding her face.

Bought a soda
and a sandwich.

You got a receipt?

Yep. Like I told
that reporter,

I can sniff out trouble

the second
it walks in.

Sausage and egg
sandwich

and a can
of Club cola.

Was Tandi alone?

Seemed to be,

but she was jumpy.

Fred, it's obvious
you got a good memory.

You think you'd
recognize her again?

Sure, I could.

That's her.

Yeah.

You've been very helpful.
Thank you.

Ben, it's Liv.

Look, can you check the lab
for food wrappers

and soda cans found
at the crime scene?

Yeah, great.
Thanks.

Don't get
your hopes up.

He didn't recognize
Tandi's photo?

Recognized
my daughter Kathleen.

Plenty of junk
stuffed behind the walls,

under the floor.

People use the place
like it's a camp site.

But this is definitely
from a four-day-old

sausage and egg sandwich.

You can tell all that from
those little, bitty crumbs?

Nope, from the label.

Well, what do you know?

A partially-crushed can
of Club cola.

I guess Fred wasn't
as big a flake

as Elliot thought.

What else you got?

Roll of duct tape.

The end tear matches
what Tandi was bound with.

We'll run it all for prints.

I'm sorry,
you can't come in.

Tandi's too upset
to talk right now.

The whole world
knows she was raped,

and the papers say
you guys gave it up.

That's not true.

We never release
the identity

of rape victims.

Oh? Well, tell that
to those people out there.

Hanging around here like we're
some kind of freak show.

Mr. McCain, the quickest way
to get the press away from here

and Tandi back to normal

is if she just
tells us everything.

She already has.

Not quite.

Her fingerprints
are on a food wrapper

in the room
where she was found.

Yeah, so?

Maybe the bastards
fed her.

Apparently, the food
was purchased by Tandi

three blocks away
from Hudson University

on Saturday afternoon.

When, according to Tandi,
she was being held captive.

We also found her prints
on a roll of tape

that she
was tied up with.

What are you saying?
She tied herself up?

We don't know.

That's why we need
to talk to her.

Please, Mr. McCain.

The press are on her side
at the moment.

They find out about this,
they could turn.

I don't know about any food.
I was held prisoner.

We know that,
and nobody's blaming you

for what happened.

We just need to understand
how you managed to escape.

I didn't!

Well, then, how did
the food get in the room?

I told somebody
I was hungry.

And one of them
took me to the store.

Did he
come in with you?

He waited outside.

He said somebody
was gonna watch me,

and if I said anything,
he would kill me.

Tandi, I want you
to take a look at these photos.

Tell me if you
recognize anyone.

They...

They said that they
know where I live,

and they would
come after me.

Tandi, I promise
that they will never

come near you again.

And we will protect you.

But you've got
to help us out, okay?

(Stabler)
Tandi...
look at the photos.

Him.
He's one of the cadets.

What about here

on the second page?

Him.

Are you sure?

They raped me.

Okay.

(Stabler)
How do you know that?

Okay, good enough.
Thanks.

Detective.

What's going on?

My journalist buddy,
trying to make nice with me,

says that channel three news
has something we'll want to see.

(Newsman)
Detectives, this is a videotape
of the party

at Rochester dorm
last Friday night.

Where'd you get this?

Confidential source.

We'll be airing it
on the 11:00 news.

You can't do that.

This girl is a victim
of sexual assault.

Sorry, she's
a public figure now.

And from the looks of this,
not a victim.

(Cragen)
I'm seizing the tape
because it's evidence

in an ongoing inquiry.
It's our property.

I'll get a warrant
to seize it,

and an injunction
to stop you from airing it.

You can't do that.
It's censorship.

I'm protecting
a rape victim.

Stay here.

He does anything
with that tape, arrest him.

New York's Rape Shield Law
protects a victim's identify.

Alleged rape victim,
your honor.

When you play the tape,
you'll see that Tandi McCain

was perfectly aware
that she was being filmed.

She was intoxicated,
therefore, unable to consent.

Also, the tape is evidence
in a criminal investigation.

It should be
given to police,

not broadcast
across the country.

If you're arguing
for prior restraint

of publication,
Ms. Novak,

let me remind you
of the First Amendment.

Was the tape
legally obtained?

Yes, your honor.

And channel three believes

the public has
every right to see it.

That's the same self-serving
spin a network put

on airing
the Andrew Luster tapes.

They claimed that people
had a right to see

a rape victim
being violated.

It's salacious,
not newsworthy.

This video is of genuine
public interest, your honor.

Not least because
it dramatically contradicts

the girl's own statements
to the police.

How do we know the video
was made that night?

What if it's been edited?

We have the only copy.
It has not been edited at all.

And you can prove that?
I'm sorry, Ms. Novak.

But the First Amendment
trumps all.

However, I'd hate
for your station to be sued

because it aired a tape

from the wrong night.

So you'll surrender
to the NYPD for 24 hours

pending authentication, hmm?

Anything else?

We need the name
of the person

who shot the tape,
your honor.

He or she is a material witness
to the events

leading up to the rape.

The source is covered by
journalistic shield, your honor.

You get the tape, Ms. Novak,
not the auteur.

(Man)
Luckily, we got him.

He just doesn't know it.
Watch.

I want you to look
to Tandi's right

as she moves
towards the mirror.

(Benson)
There he is.

Freeze it.

Zoom in.

(Cragen)
Can you clean it up?

Patience.

Just a few more
mouse clicks.

That's Luke Delvecchio.
I interviewed him.

Real bottom feeder.

There's something else
at the end.

See in the background?

Yeah, Tandi's
leaving the room.

Anybody follow her?

Nope.
Tape stops right after that.

So Delvecchio
must have seen her leave.

You and Elliot ask Tandi
about her performance.

Munch and Fin will
bring in the bottom feeder.

Yeah, I shot the tape.
So what?

Why didn't you
tell us before?

Because I wanted
to sell it.

There's nothing
wrong with that.

Tandi McCain is 16,
so we've got you

for promoting the sexual
performance of a child!

What are you
talking about?

That word too big for you--
try child porn.

Seven years in Attica.

You're making this up.

Call your attorney,
ask him.

Or tell us what
you did to Tandi,

and we'll
cut you a deal.

I didn't do anything!

You saw her
leave the party.

Your perv film stops
the moment she walked out.

You followed her,
and you raped her.

I didn't.

She looked sick,
so I asked if she was okay.

She told me
to leave her alone.

And you did?

I went back to the party.

Look, I'm kind of shy
around pretty women, all right?

16-year-olds?

Didn't know she was,
not till she was on the news.

You knew she was missing.
Why not say something?

We could get thrown
out of the cadets

for giving a minor alcohol.

So you kept quiet.
That's courageous.

I know I should have
said something,

but I didn't touch her,
I swear!

If she says different,
she's lying.

My daughter
is telling the truth.

You saw the tape,
Mr. McCain.

Tandi was at that party.

And she was drugged.

She'd never
act like that.

People are gonna believe
what they see on that tape.

I don't even know
how to fight this.

I had to send her
to her aunt's to get her away.

Now she's gonna
get crucified on TV.

Please, Mr. McCain,
listen to us.

You listen to me.

My wife's at home on bed rest
because of the stress.

And you'll do anything
to make an arrest,

even if it means turning
my daughter into a slut.

It doesn't matter
what was on that tape.

It matters
that your daughter was raped.

She doesn't sleep around.

We're not saying that.

Look, Mr. McCain,
I know how scary it is

being the father
to a teenage girl.

Don't you tell me
you know how I feel!

You don't know jack.

You know
the most common reason

women make false
rape allegations?

To explain away
a consensual sexual encounter

when confronted
by a boyfriend or a parent.

You son of a bitch.

You accusing
my daughter of lying?

Hey, Ron.

Is everything
okay here, huh?

Oh, yeah.
Fine.

They're just leaving.

This is crap, Liv.
He's covering for her.

She was raped, Elliot.
He's trying to protect her.

You'd do the same thing.

I would do anything

to find the son of a bitch
who did it.

You know,
let's remember one thing.

That guy is her stepfather.

She's not his kid.
[cell phone rings]

Benson.

It's Cragen.
Crime lab has something.

(Cragen)
Iodine fumes react
with skin secretions

to bring up latent prints.

She just blows
through a tube.

And the heat of my breath
covers the target area

with iodine vapor.

A perfect hand print.

Which is exactly
what we've got here.

Two clear handprints

on the stack
of sheet rock.

(Cragen)
Know who they belong to?

Mm-hmm. We did elimination
prints on the family.

Got a perfect match.

Tandi's stepdad, Ronald.

He has access to her
every day at home,

but he drags her onto
a building site to rape her?

Sure explains why he didn't
want us talking to Tandi.

And why she didn't
want to talk to us.

Let's background him.
See if there's any dirt.

I do construction,
building supply.

You know, anything
that turns a buck.

And Ron McCain's been
with me

ever since he came here
from Nassau county.

I wish all my people
were as loyal.

Any problems?

He had a heart attack
about a year ago,

so I took him off construction,
made him yard foreman.

I meant problems
with his behavior

or with the cops.

Anything like that?

You gonna tell me
what this is all about?

Just a routine inquiry.

Yeah, routine,
my ass.

This is about Tandi,
isn't it?

If you people think
that Ron McCain

had anything
to do with this,

you must be desperate.

He loves that girl
like she was his own.

Tandi's birth father
still around?

Oh, that loser stayed behind
eight years ago,

when they moved here.

Ron have
any trouble at home?

When he first started
dating Alice,

he said that things were
kind of difficult with Tandi.

What kind of difficult?

Ah, there were
some allegations.

But he said it
all settled down.

July, 1995, Nassau County
Police Department.

They had a complaint
of abuse against you.

It's a crap charge
brought by my wife's ex-husband

because he was jealous

that I was dating
Tandi's mom.

It says right there
that the complainant

was Tandi Wetherby,
age seven.

Bastard put her up to it.
Keep reading.

Cops investigated.
Dropped all charges.

Because Tandi withdrew
the allegation.

Yes!
Is that what this is about?

Got tired
of attacking my daughter,

so you're
coming after me.

Were you ever in the room
where Tandi was raped?

No. Why?

Because your handprints
say that you were.

On the sheet rock right next
to where Tandi was found.

We supply sheet rock.

It must have ended up
in that building.

That's quite
a coincidence, Ron.

There have got to be
hundreds of other prints

in that room
besides mine.

We got a better
explanation for you.

Tandi's not a girl anymore.

All grown up,
beautiful woman.

Your wife's pregnant.
Hard not to notice Tandi.

You are sick.

The night she didn't come home,
you went looking for her.

Like I told you!

But you didn't tell us
that you found her.

Now, you saw her
coming out of that party.

You wanted to be mad,
but she was drunk.

Maybe she was flirting
with you a little bit.

Shut up.

So you brought her
to the dorm

and did what you always
wanted to do.

You bastard.
Oh, come on, man.
She is a peach.

You're only
her stepfather.

What's the big deal,
huh?

Uhh!

Ronald McCain,
you are under arrest

for assaulting
a police officer.

You all right?

You have the right
to remain silent.

Anything you say can and will
be used against you

in a court of law.

You have the right
to an attorney.

If you cannot afford one,

one will be
appointed to you.

Do you understand these rights
as I have read them to you?

(Newscaster)
Five more American soldiers
dead in Iraq today.

The bombing continued
in east Baghdad.

McCain was released
on bail.

His boss Mike Tucker
signed the bond.

Nice boss.

I just wish we could have
kept McCain locked up

while we worked
on Tandi.

Hey...

If someone had accused me
of molesting my kid,

I'd want to beat
the crap out of him, too.

What, now you're saying
he didn't do it?

I don't know.

The only I do know is that
we're not running this case.

The media is.

Tandi McCain
was always news, Elliot.

We made her bigger news

the second I talked
to that journalist.

We're trying to catch
the bad guys,

they're trying
to make headlines.

Different agendas.

(newscaster)
Coming up, the truth
about what really happened

in tonight's top story.

Our exclusive interview
with Tandi McCain.

Turn that up, please.

(woman)
You're saying
it didn't happen?

I made it up.

The whole thing?

I stayed out late,

and I was afraid
I would get in trouble,

and everything
got out of control.

What the hell?

I'm so sorry.

What about the two men
you said raped you,

one of whom is still
in the hospital?

Are you sorry
about them too?

I really am.

The police made me name them,

and they
showed me pictures, and--

Because I want it to end.
I want to be left alone.

Do your parents
support you in this?

(Mom)
Yes, we do.

Tandi's been through
so much.

(newscaster)
The Tandi McCain interview...

Oh, that girl sure
knows how to cry.

She's not done
crying yet.

Arrest her.

(newscaster)
What's next for the Giants?

Are you sure?

She obstructed us
every step of the way.

Arrest her.
Captain, how does
that help anything?

It's gonna stop her lies.

Bring her in.

What charge?

Filing a false report.

Where are you taking her,
detectives?

Is she under arrest?

Tandi, have they
arrested you?

What's the charge,
detective?

Is it because
you went on TV?

Tandi, you got
anything to say?

Mr. McCain,
do you have any comments?

Why are they
taking Tandi away?

Are you going down
to the precinct?

Ms. McCain,
why did Tandi lie?

You arrested
a rape victim?

She said
she wasn't raped.

Tandi McCain has done
nothing but lie,

and she nearly got
an innocent kid

killed in the process.

We have to send
a message.

What, by dragging
a teenager out of her home?

Look, Liv,

every false allegation
of rape

just makes it harder for
the real victims to be believed.

Look, the girl obviously
didn't know what she was doing.

She seemed clear enough when
she recanted on national TV.

If she was
telling the truth.

You're convinced
she was raped?

We found spermicide,
remember?

Which could mean
she had consensual sex.

Then why was she
so traumatized

that she hid on a construction
site for two days?

Look, maybe she didn't
tell us the truth,

but I'm not sure that she
told it on TV, either.

And what do you think
the truth is, Olivia?

Her stepdad's been
sitting right next to her.

He put her up to it?

Can you prove that?

Let me talk to her
one more time.

Alone.

Not gonna
get her alone.

Dad's in there with her.

Do you think you
can get him out?

You're right, I'm wrong.

You didn't rape your
stepdaughter.

Now, why should I
believe that?

Tandi says
she wasn't raped.

But then,
if I believe that,

then I've got to believe
she lied about everything else.

She lied about
going to the party.

She lied about being raped.

Now, all of a sudden,
she's telling the truth?

Come on, Ron.

That poor girl
has told so many lies,

she doesn't even know
what the truth is.

Why are you doing this?

To make you
face the truth.

If you've got
nothing to hide,

let us talk
to Tandi alone.

Find out
what really happened.

I'm not gonna put her
through that again.

Because she can't take it
or you can't?

What are you
afraid of, Ron?

She's gonna blow the lid
off your happy family?

It was a happy family.

I made sure of that.

She's already had
one father failure.

I wasn't gonna make it two.

Ron, the only way
you can fail her

is by denying the truth.

What is this place?

Oh, we use it
to talk to children

so that they
feel more at home.

It's a lot more comfortable
than some of those other rooms.

I'm not a child.
I know that.

But you're only 16,

and you've been through
more stuff

than most adults
can handle.

You must feel like

a giant weight was
lifted off you

since you went on TV and said
the rape didn't happen.

It didn't.
I made it up.

A lot of rape victims
say that.

They start
down one road,

and then they realize
how tough it is,

and they back off.

It's easier to say
that you made it all up.

I told you,
nothing happened!

But that's not true,
is it, Tandi?

It is!
Why don't you believe me?!

Because I saw the evidence.

Because I saw the blood.

And the bruises.

You were raped, Tandi.

You've blocked it all out.

But it's gonna come back.

And you have to face it.

I don't want to face it.

I know that you're
protecting somebody

because you love them...

or because
you're afraid of them?

I don't have
to stay here.

Who are you
so scared of, Tandi?
No one!

Is it your stepdad?

Please, just let me go.

I'm not gonna
let him hurt you.

But tell me why
are you so afraid of him?

I'm scared for him!
Why?

Because I don't
want him to die!

If he raped you,
he's not gonna die.

He's gonna go to jail.

He never touched me.

Then who did?

Tandi, please tell me.

Tell me.

I can't.

I can't.

[sobbing]

My dad's got
a bad heart.

And he said
if I said anything,

then my dad
would lose his job...

and his insurance.

My mom is pregnant.

Who said that?

Who said that?

It would just
kill him.

I don't believe it.

You know?

Mike Tucker, my boss.

My friend.

Tandi accused me of rape?

(Stabler)
Multiple rapes.

Where am I supposed
to have done this?

In the dorm rooms
that your company's building

for Hudson University
last Friday night.

I wasn't near Hudson
on Friday.

(Stabler)
First lie.

You called
campus security

to close down
the cadet party.

How would I know
about a party?

Oh, second lie--
campus cops said

that you were working late
in your on-site office.

Now, before you go
for the hat trick,

I want you to think
how easy it'll be for us

to check
your phone records.

I'm sorry.
I made a mistake.

I did call security.

We have a lot of trouble

with the students
breaking into the site.

Were you worried
that they were gonna

interrupt you
raping Tandi?

I've known Tandi
since she was eight.

I watched
that girl grow up.

I supported her family
when her dad was sick.

I've loved her
like a daughter.

And to suggest
that I might harm her...

well,
that's disgusting!

I'm touched,
but you still raped her

and then threatened
to destroy her family

if she told anyone.

Tandi said that
about me?

I don't believe you.
Why not?

She's terrified of you.

She's terrified of you.

I see what you're
doing here.

First, you go after
the cadets.

Then the father.
Now it's my turn.

You people are so desperate
to close this case,

you'll put the screws
to anyone.

Who's next--
her mother?

Not gonna sugar coat
this, Tandi.

The defense is gonna
chop you to pieces on the stand.

They're gonna drag up
every lie you told,

every change of story.

It's gonna be
a tough trial.

What should I do?

I don't know,
sweetheart.

What would you do?

I think that has to be
Tandi's decision.

But I've known
many rape victims

who've regretted
not going to court.

And I've never met one
who's regretted it.

Win or lose?

Yeah.

Even if you do lose,

you've already
faced your attacker

and named him
for what he is.

(Novak)
Why did you lie
to the police

about being
at the party?

Because I knew it would
upset my mom and dad.

Did you falsely identify
Joseph Eglee

and James O'Connor
as your attackers?

Yes.

Though you knew
they were innocent.

Yes.

Why?

I was exhausted.

And the press were
outside our house all the time.

I hadn't slept
in two days.

The police
showed me photos.

And I hoped that if
I named someone,

it would all just stop.

I did a terrible thing.

I'm sorry.

What did happen that night?

I left the party

because I was
feeling sick.

And I was walking
outside, and...

I met Mr. Tucker.

What did he do?

He was angry with me

because I stayed out
so late.

And he told me
that he would show me a place

where I could get cleaned up
before I went home.

And...

then he took me

onto the construction site.

To the unfinished room.

I thought
he was a still angry.

But then he told me...

how sexy I looked.

And how much
I had grown up.

And then he kissed me.

And he brought his hand
up my skirt.

I--I begged him to stop,

and...he held me down,

and...

he told me

that I wanted it.

And then he raped me.

What happened next?

He told me...

if I told anyone,
he would fire my dad.

And that the stress
would kill him.

Then he left?

No.

He raped me again.

And then he gave me $20

to take a taxi.

I didn't know
what to do.

So for two whole days,
you hid.

I was so ashamed.

I just wanted
to crawl into a hole

and never come out.

Thank you.

No questions,
your honor.

The young lady changes her story
every two minutes,

who who knows
what version we'd get here?

Your honor--

Behave, Mr. Kressler.

Any more witnesses,
Ms. Novak?

The people rest.

We would like to recall
Detective Stabler

as our first witness,
your honor.

What is a false
rape allegation?

It's an unfounded
accusation of rape.

What is
the most common type?

When a woman uses rape
to explain away

a consensual
sexual encounter.

You see a lot of that
in your work?

Not a lot.

Well, according to the FBI

crime statistics,
nearly 10% of all rapes

turn out to be false
allegations.

Some sources
put it even higher than that.

Is there
a question here?

Yes.

Did you at any time
believe that Tandi was lying?

Yes.

She lied about
being tied up.

She lied about the cadets.

She even snuck out
to a store by herself

to buy food,

and then she went on TV

and admitted she was lying.

She recanted.
She was terrified.

Really?
You arrested her.

For filing a false report.

And after you arrested her,

didn't she try to change
her story again?

She told us the truth.

You mean she told you
what you wanted to hear.

No, she said--
Come on.

With all the publicity
around this case,

you had to get a result.

Even if it meant
accusing an innocent man.

Your honor--

Nothing further.

Ladies and gentlemen
of the jury,

have you reached
a verdict?

We have, your honor.

On the charge of rape
in the first degree,

how do you find?

We find the defendant
not guilty.

[murmuring]

Mr. Tucker,
you're free to go.

[bangs gavel]

Court is adjourned.

Tandi, over here!
Tandi, how do you
feel about the verdict?

Do you think
it was fair?

Are you sorry
you went to court?

I'm just sorry I didn't win,
that's all.

What do you do next,
Tandi?

I'm gonna go to school
and get on with my life.

All right, that's all.

It's Tucker!
Mr. Tucker!

I'm sorry, Tandi.

Don't be.

You were right.

I don't regret it.

Thank you.

For what?

For not being afraid.

Detective Stabler.

Yes?

My name is Alison Luhan.

And I want to report a rape.

When did it happen?

Six months ago.

Do you know who raped you?

Yes.

Mike Tucker.

Mr. Tucker, do you feel
vindicated by the verdict?

What are your feelings
toward Tandi McCain?

Were you angry?

Do you blame Tandi?

Well, I do feel vindicated
by the verdict.

And, no, I do not blame
Tandi, not at all.

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