CSI: NY

Previously, on New York...

John Curtis raped another woman.

He's in New York.

The victim walked into Flack's precinct,

he took the report, and then

he recognized Curtis as your old DC rape case.

Who was she, the victim?

Ali.

Ali Rand.

In DC, your colleague made a mistake

in the first round of DNA testing

and then destroyed the documentation,

when you knew that John Curtis was your guy.

Serena Matthews, the senator's daughter.

Your DNA was planted on her underwear?

I was acquitted.

I came here to make you a promise.

You will not walk away this time.

You put that bitch on the stand,

your case'll fall apart faster

than your career did in the FBI.

You don't believe me, do you?

Please tell the court the expected dose-related effect

on a person who's ingested 1,000 milligrams of GHB.

Death.

So either your test is wrong, or Miss Rand is lying.

Mr. Curtis, please stand..

Some of the testimony we've heard here today

is cause for concern

and raises serious questions

as to the credibility of the victim.

I have been moved

to grant defense counsel's request for a reduced bail

down to the sum of $25,000.

This court is adjourned.

We'll see everyone back here on the eighth of January.

Late-breaking news today as John Curtis, the man

commonly referred to as the "DC Rapist,"

will be released on $25,000 bail.

This dramatic turn of events occurred after the judge heard

surprising testimony from the New York Crime Lab

suggesting levels of GHB in the alleged victim's system

were inconsistent with her statements.

There's no word yet as to whether the Manhattan D.A.

will pursue the case further.

Jo...

what happened?

Serena, it's okay.

That girl Lindsay who works with you...

I thought she was on our side.

She had to tell the truth.

The truth is that Curtis raped that girl and...

they just let him go. Again.

All this means is that he's been released on bail.

There's a difference.

Not to me.

We're gonna get him.

- How can you possibly say that? - Because there are

a lot of good people

who still want to see this guy behind bars.

What, your associate on the stand up there? You?

I have seen John Curtis

walk out of a courtroom, a free man, twice.

Both times you were there.

I'm not involved in this case, Senator, as you know.

And yet, somehow it fell apart.

Dad, let's just go.

My daughter already paid her price.

Nothing can change that.

This is about all the other daughters

that had to suffer since you let Curtis go the first time.

Come on.

Senator Matthews, I'm Jo Danville.

This is my associate.

Frank Waters, FBI Crime Lab.

Yes, I know. I requested you.

Can you tell us what happened?

We've been told very little.

My daughter, uh, was attacked tonight.

She came home beaten, half drugged.

- You take her to the hospital? - Of course not.

There can't be any press, no news conferences.

My daughter has got to be protected.

That's why I avoided the DC police.

Where's your daughter now?

Serena?

They're here.

Look what he did to my little girl.

You know you can't be doing that.

You shouldn't even be within

ten feet of that evidence.

John Curtis is posting bail as we speak.

I can't sit back and watch this case fall apart.

The case isn't yours, Jo.

It's Lindsay's.

She'll be the one to go back over the evidence.

And you should get some distance.

You know John Curtis is not just another bad guy to me.

I can't pretend this is business as usual.

Yeah, I get that, it's personal.

All the more reason why you should step away.

Nobody knows this guy better than me.

I spent 11 months in DC on this case.

Of course it's personal.

But you know I can help this case.

Why don't you look over the evidence from the DC rapes.

Could be a detail that'll help us here.

Thank you.

Danny works with you. You don't process anything.

Nothing where your signature shows up,

- so you can't be subpoenaed. - Deal.

Whatever you find, find it fast.

The only thing keeping this case alive is Ali's statement.

You said I was gonna be safe.

But that maniac is back out there.

Who do you think he's pissed at right now, the crime lab?

Look, Ali, you just need to take a breath here.

They're calling me a liar

in the newspaper, a whore.

I told you not to read the papers.

The D.A. is doubting my statements now.

Well, there are inconsistencies.

So you think I'm lying, too.

The levels of GHB in your system suggest that Curtis

gave you a lethal dose.

You should be dead.

Can you explain that?

I don't know; I'm not a scientist.

But without the physical evidence of you being drugged,

all we have is your testimony.

Forget it.

I'm not doing this anymore-- I'm dropping the charges.

Let's be clear about something.

There is no dropping these charges.

Okay? You can't un-ring this bell.

You cannot force me to testify.

No. But the D.A. can, and he will.

You're in this, Ali.

Okay, thanks for checking.

All right, so this is everything

the FBI forwarded us on the DC rape cases.

Not much here to look at.

Curtis was careful.

Used cash buying them drinks, used condoms when

he raped them, he used hotels so maids cleaned the sheets--

no evidence.

We only ever loosely connected him

- to four attacks. - Right. The senator's daughter was

the only one ever to cooperate.

Serena, I wanted to tell you

what we're gonna do, so there are no surprises.

I'm gonna take some photographs,

then I'm gonna do an examination

with what we call a sexual assault kit,

and ask you a couple of questions.

Is that okay?

Frank, can I get that camera?

Okay, there's gonna be a flash.

Frank, do you mind stepping out for a moment?

I'm sorry.

It's just I'm so embarrassed.

There's no reason to be.

If I hadn't been drinking when this whole...

Serena, listen to me.

This is not your fault.

Not your fault.

I remember his face.

If you find him, then...

then I can identify him for you.

Good.

Good.

Jo.

Hey, Jo?

Your cell phone's ringing.

Mac, I retested the swab from the cut

on Ali Rand's cheek,

only this time I ran an immunochemical test.

Determining the age of the wounds Ali sustained

- during the rape. - Right.

I figured if we couldn't nail John Curtis on the GHB...

We could confirm that the beating took place

when Ali and Curtis were together in the hotel.

Right. Unfortunately, it proved the opposite.

John Curtis left Ali Rand in that hotel

eight hours before my examination.

But according to the P-selection to E-selection ratios,

those wounds were sustained only a couple of hours

before I took the swab.

Ali didn't just lie about the GHB,

she lied about when she was beaten, too.

Mac, she's lying about everything.

Thank you.

Saw you at the courthouse yesterday.

I saw you, too.

You looked busy--

Senator Matthews.

Yeah, like old times, huh?

Did you go to the hearing?

Didn't work out the way I thought.

How are you, Frank?