American Crime

First thing that the police

are going to try to do is secure warrants.

Michael: So, they're saying Kevin did this?

I didn't do anything, man! I didn't touch anybody!

Terri: Stop it. Stop it! They're always saying smack,

talking in accents, calling us...

You don't problem-solve by beating on some kid.

You have a three-day suspension.

Leslie: We have an amazing event coming up.

It's going to raise $3 million.

Charles: You're really going through with that?

Why wouldn't we?

Personally, I'd want things to settle down a little bit.

There's a lot this school is dealing with.

You swore nothing happened.

Well, something happened at that party.

The police are gonna start making arrests.

I messed up.

Some booze, some pills...

I'm not your problem anymore.

Did you assault that boy? I didn't rape him.

He wanted to hook up.

Those are texts and e-mails your son and Eric exchanged

before the party.

Did you go there to have sex with him?

I didn't go there to get attacked.

Man: 4, 5, 6. 5, 6.

Rollins: It starts "r.u.h.?"

It means "are you horny?"

"I'm 'h.'

wish you could do something about it."

When we go at it, don't stop, 'cause I'm q2c."

"q2c?" What does that mean?

What does "q2c" mean?

No, stop.

Ms. Blaine, would you like to step outside and get some...

No, no. What does "q2c" mean?

"Quick to cum."

You wrote those texts to Eric?

The texts about forced sex, rape...

That was just talk.

Was... it was like you were flirting?

Yeah. Who started the flirting?

We both talked about it.

So, by the time you two...

By the time you got together at the party,

he knew that's what you liked?

I-it...

It was just something that I... I could think about.

I don't... I don't...

Had you ever previously

had a sexual experience with another man?

One other guy.

This other guy, did you tell him your fantasies?

I never told anybody before. Why Eric?

Because Eric made me feel safe.

You went to this party. You went to meet Eric.

I told you that.

He knew you liked aggressive contact.

How is any of this rape? He liked it, too.

Because I never said "yes!"

I never got to say "yes."

He gave me a drink. I started to feel sick.

I couldn't... C-control myself.

It was like I was...

Like I was watching this happen to me.

It's like I had to... To watch myself be...

And... and there's a door.

There's a door right there,

and there's... there's people on the other side.

And they're right there,

but they might as well be a thousand miles away.

And, look, I'm... I'm... I'm opening my mouth,

and I'm trying to say something, and I got a hand over.

I got a hand I-in it. I got something in it.

And...

Okay, it...

It happened so fast, but it... it...

It took forever to stop.

And then he leaves me there.

He walks out of the room, and...

He leaves me there to... To crawl out.

After the event...

"Want to see you.

Wycm?"

That means...?

"Will you call me?"

Eric assaulted you, but you still wanted to see him?

I needed to see him.

I needed, um...

I needed him to admit what he did.

Krasno: I think that's it for now.

Are you going to arrest anybody?

We're still trying to determine no, it wasn't consensual.

He... he was drugged. He was raped.

I mean, h-his girlfriend was there.

Evy was there.

We're going to interview her again.

We're going to talk to as many people as possible.

I mean, he... he... He was assaulted.

Then why did your son lie? What were you afraid of?

Everything you're putting my mom through.

Eric: Just kept getting more and more intense, you know?

Every text, every time he sent me something, it was more.

"I want you to hold me. I want you to hold me down.

I want you to hold me down and choke me."

Rollins: So you planned to get together? Yeah.

But it was Kevin Lacroix

that invited Taylor to the party?

Kevin runs the deal.

We're both captains, but, you know, he's the man.

Kevin didn't know you were gay? No.

Krasno: Why did you two want to hook up at the party?

It turned Taylor on to do it kind of public.

Us getting off while everybody else

is somewhere getting stupid.

Kind of... Kind of turned me on, too.

Did you drink?

Uh, yeah, but I wasn't drunk.

How long were you both alone in the room?

15, 20 minutes.

It was consensual?

He was the one coming after me. He was talking me through it.

You know, "do this to him, do that to him."

And he was conscious the entire encounter?

He was buzzing, but he knew what was going on.

Did you provide him with alcohol? No.

Did Kevin give him alcohol?

I don't know.

Did you offer him anything to enhance the sex

to make it feel better?

I didn't need to. He was into it.

He was telling me to hold him down,

telling me to choke him.

And then he wants me to unload.

Soon as I do, he starts freaking out.

You know, gets all sad and scared like some bitch

who's sorry he got turned out.

I don't need to hear that, so I was out.

And then later, right, I hear he was pounding,

sparking it up, acting stupid.

I come back, he's pants down,

ass up on the floor, puking on himself.

Everybody else snapchatting his ass.

I felt bad for him, so I got him home.

After he was incapacitated, you were with him?

His girl was in the car the whole time.

The whole time.

And then the next day... Like, right the next day...

He starts texting me like, "oh, I want to see you.

I want to talk."

I didn't want anything to do with him.

That's when he started popping off on how I raped him,

after I didn't want to give him any more.

So I didn't rape him. I did what he wanted.

I'm sorry I ever went anywhere near him.

You don't seem sorry.

Ready?

Who was the... Other one? Who was the... First one?

Mark, when I was, um, in eighth grade.

He used to come over.

How did it... Start?

It just did.

Well, did... He do things to you?

Did... did you do things to him?

It was both of us.

He used to sleep over.

Never did anything in the house.

So that makes it all right?

As if it wasn't in the house,

then whatever you were doing, it's okay?

If it was a girl, you wouldn't care.

If you can't tell me what you were doing,

don't tell me what I'm feeling.

Eighth grade? No, I would have cared.

Did Evy know you liked boys?

No.

The e-mails, being rough...

Why do you want that?

It's just stuff I think about.

Well, did Eric know that?

Did he know that it's just stuff?

Steph: I just like going monochromatic better.

It... it focuses your eye on the subject,

rather than the world around it.

I mean, these are raw.

I can... I can put color back in.

No. No, these are stunning.

How's Dan coping?

Dan is, um... Dan is... Dan is Dan.

You know, he's...

I think he... he trusts that everything's gonna work out.

Uh, he doesn't tend to confide in me,

but I can tell he was affected by Eric's suicide attempt.

His boys... they're good kids. They're strong kids.

It's hard for all of them,

with this accusation hanging over their heads.

I can only imagine the anxiety

as they're called in to speak with the police.

If Dan were to have a message for them,