Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

- 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.

It's 4:52 a.m.

I'm going into my second hour

of waiting at Bellevue.

There's a police officer assigned to me,

but you can see she's multitasking.

They said it would be a while

until the "SANE nurse"...

Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner...

Is free.

My insides hurt so much.

They won't let me drink anything.

I've been gagging on the taste of him for hours.

I told them I thought I was gonna throw up,

and they gave me this.

So...

- Kristi Cryer? I'm Jen, the SANE nurse.

How are you doing? - Not good.

Look, I really want some water.

- Okay. As soon as I swab your mouth.

- I already had a drink afterwards.

Even so, better to hold off.

I know how hard this is.

Follow me.

So we are going right through here.

So first you need to change into this.

You can't record anything in here.

Hospital policy.

Really?

Yeah.

7:40.

They just finished my rape kit.

They swab everywhere.

The detectives are here.

Oh, just a sec.

Okay, come in.

Hi, I'm Detective Rollins.

This is Detective Carisi.

Do you prefer Ms. Cryer or... or Kristi?

Kristi's fine.

- We understand you were assaulted tonight, Kristi.

Can you tell us what happened?

I was raped in a nightclub restroom.

I'm sorry.

Can you describe your attacker?

- Um... short.

Dark hair.

I have his picture on my phone.

Wait, I'm... I'm sorry.

Are you recording this?

I'm a vlogger.

My... my followers want to know everything

that happens to me.

Sorry, what did you say your names were?

- You ask anyone at 1PP, Hank Abraham

was a political appointee.

He was never one of us.

No one's losing any sleep over him.

Well, we all did.

I don't think I've ever known anyone so...

compartmentalized.

- It's the lies we tell ourselves

to get through the day. Anyhow...

My son has learned a lot under you.

- He works hard. He's... a good cop.

So you agree.

You know it's time that he took on

a more high-profile role.

- Joint Terrorism? He mentioned that.

- All I'm asking is when the time comes,

give him your best recommendation.

- You don't even need to ask, Chief.

Morning, Sergeant.

How's your first day back so far?

Right in the thick of it.

- Right, isn't that Bobby D'Amico?

The TV actor, yeah.

- She was assaulted at his club last night.

- Bobby D's Hideaway? And she recorded it?

- Yeah, this is from the beginning of her evening.

She's a vlogger.

- A vlogger, and she accused a date?

- No, actually, she accused the bar manager, Noel Panko.

Our vic says he followed her into the bathroom,

raped her, sodomized her.

- I'll put in a call in to Bobby.

See what he knows about this guy.

You know Bobby D'Amico?

- Bobby's a friend of the department.

- Translation: He bought the brass

a lot of Nobu dinners

when he was researching his part for Jack Byrnes.

- Ah, right, right... The morally-conflicted D.A.

turned bad boy rogue cop?

Bobby's good people.

Anytime there's a benefit for the widows and orphans,

he is on that podium.

- That's good to know, but for the meantime,

why don't we hold off on calling him.

- But keep in mind, people look at a celeb,

and they see an easy payday.

Oh, that was subtle.

- So Bobby D'Amico's a friend of your father's.

Yours, too?

- I know him. Not a fan.

Okay.

So Kristi was at the bar with a friend?

- Yeah. - She disclose to her?

- No, it was the girlfriend's birthday,

and Kristi didn't want to ruin her night.

- Well, it's the morning after. Find out what the friend saw.

Kristi was raped?

You don't follow her vlog?

- No, but I was with her last night.

- At Bobby D's. How long did you stay?

- Till after 3:00. I put her in a cab.

- Okay, before that, you two were together the whole night?

- Yeah. Well, wait.

I did go out a couple of times for a smoke.

- You remember what time that was?

After 2:00 at least.

They were playing Billy Joel by then.

- And did Kristi seem any different

when you came back in? - Not really.

We were both pretty drunk.

- Do you remember anybody making eyes at her,

maybe getting grabby?

No one creepy.

We were mostly at the bar.

The manager... Noel something...

He might be able to help you.

- Noel Panko? Short, with a beard?

- Yeah. He was attentive.

You go to a bar with Kristi, you never pay for drinks.

Even Bobby D'Amico was flirting.

Kristi danced with him.

They kind of made out a little.

Henry, Henry.

The resistance...

is coming towards the front.

- No, Louis. They are here.

I am with them.

This is America.

We'll never speak French.

Cut!

Let's set up the next shot with blood packs.

Bobby.

- Hey, Mike. - Hey.

This, uh, this looks good.

Oh, "Napoleon in America."

The concept is, what if Napoleon invaded us

instead of Russia?

I lead the resistance.

We start streaming in the fall.

Netflix. - Huh.

Anyway, the reason I called, uh...

Yeah.

- There may have been some trouble at your club last night.

- Really? I was there the whole time.

- What about your manager, Noel Panko?

What can you tell me about him?

- I can tell you when he lost his virginity.

We grew up together in Union City.

- And how long has he been working at your bar?

Since we opened.

What are you asking about Noel for?

Come on, I played a cop for ten seasons.

Don't dance around. What's up?

Do you recognize this girl?

- Yeah, she was at the bar last night.

It was her friend's birthday.

- And you and Panko bought her drinks?

- Well, never hurts to have a pretty girl at the bar.

What's she saying?

Well, you tell me your side.

Okay. She's a freak.

Meaning?

- Meaning we danced, we made out,

and then we went and made beautiful love in the bathroom

for three minutes.

- Wait, you had sex with this girl?

Totally consensual.

Just you and her?

- At first, and then Noel came looking for me,

and she took care of him too.

- And she was fine with all that?

She's a big fan,

and this definitely was not her first tag team.

If she's complaining now, it's a shakedown.

- One big, happy, consensual three-way in the bathroom.

- Yeah, D'Amico wasn't shy about it.

- He and Panko are childhood friends, though.

He's covering for his buddy.