Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Can't Be Held Accountable (2019)

Mariska Hargitay: Captain Olivia Benson

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• Detective Frank Bucci : Ivy's changed. I retired, took my 20 six months ago. Now I'm working private insurance fraud, security, double shifts. I missed the signs. It's my fault.

  Odafin Tutuola : What signs?

  Detective Frank Bucci : Ivy's wearing a lot of makeup. All right, she's staying out late at night. Short skirts, she's talking on the telephone all the time. This Getz, this son of a bitch, I-I... what he's done to my girls...

  Olivia Benson : We're... we're gonna talk to them, okay?

  Detective Frank Bucci : I don't even know where Ivy is. I kind of went off on her today, and she stormed off. Now, I pulled Milly out of school, and, uh... she's not gonna rat out her sister.

• Steve Getz : This is the men's room.

  Olivia Benson : Well, we looked for you in the little girls' room, but they told us you were in here.

• Steve Getz : [on the phone with an assistant]  Paige, I'm being harassed. Call Abrams, tell him to meet me at...

  Olivia Benson : SVU. Special Victims. Let's go.

  Steve Getz : Would you mind if I zip up first, or you want to do that for me, sweetheart?

  Olivia Benson : Hard pass. Wash your hands, sweetie.

• Olivia Benson : Ivy, Getz went after your father. He has his sights set on your sister, who is a child. He's not gonna stop.

  Ivy Bucci : That's why you should just leave him alone.

  Olivia Benson : We can't. Ivy, what he did to you... that's against the law. And we need you to testify, so we can put him in prison where he belongs.

• Amanda Rollins : What's going on?

  Olivia Benson : So, Detective Bucci's daughters - he's got Ivy, 15, and Milly... Milly, 12 - may be victims of a predator.

  Detective Frank Bucci : And my wife, we're separated. She's in rehab. I have custody now.

  Amanda Rollins : Got it.

  Detective Frank Bucci : Ivy's got this job... seemed okay.

  Odafin Tutuola : Ivy's been working as a model for GimmeThatBody.

  Detective Frank Bucci : That's how they lured her in. This Getz, he really plays on teenage girls.

  Amanda Rollins : Hold up. Steve Getz, the... the billionaire?

  Detective Frank Bucci : Yeah, he's a pervert, right? Last night, Ivy takes Milly to a party. Getz is there, all the guys, Milly freaks out, Ivy takes her home, Milly starts trying to tell me what's going on, and Ivy denies it.

  Amanda Rollins : Okay.

  Detective Frank Bucci : She's lying. I searched her room. I found four grand, cash. Adderall, birth control pills...

  Olivia Benson : Okay, okay, none of that... none of that is great for a father to find, but we don't know what's going on.

  Detective Frank Bucci : It's Getz. I know.

• Amanda Rollins : For the record, Getz is not only wealthy, he's in tight with the New York power players. Politicians, tech founders, athletes. Uh, GimmeThatBody is one of dozens of retail chains that he owns.

  Odafin Tutuola : Six residences, private islands, private jets...

  Olivia Benson : So, your average billionaire. Look, you're already in, so get Granya on tape. Talk to doormen, sit on the house, follow the girls. We have to hit him from every angle.

• Amanda Rollins : This is Granya Marcil, Steve Getz's sometime girlfriend and company talent scout.

  Olivia Benson : You mean his procurer?

  Katriona Tamin : Seems like it. Told her I wanted in on the action, and she didn't blink.

  Olivia Benson : What, you approached her?

  Odafin Tutuola : Yeah, Kat kind of went off book, but she did get an invite to Getz's townhouse tonight.

  Katriona Tamin : I saw an opening, and I went with my gut.

  Olivia Benson : Next time, don't. It worked out this time, but, Kat, you could have just as easily blown up the case or gotten yourself shot.

  Katriona Tamin : Copy that.

• Amanda Rollins : [having no real case against Getz]  So we keep looking for more girls. We bring Granya in.

  Olivia Benson : Or... we go directly to Getz. This guy is arrogant. Maybe there's a way that he implicates himself without realizing it.

  Odafin Tutuola : You think he's just gonna come in?

  Olivia Benson : No. We have to get inside his Boyd Cycle.

  Odafin Tutuola : His what?

  Olivia Benson : It's a Chief Garland thing. We have to catch Getz off guard, not on his turf, you know... throw off his decision-making process.

  Amanda Rollins : Okay. Chief have any idea where that might be?

  Olivia Benson : [getting an idea]  No, but I do.

• Steve Getz : What is this, neighbors complaining about my parties?

  Olivia Benson : Well, it's more like the neighbors worried about your guests. Young teenage girls, coming and going at all hours?

  Steve Getz : You know who I am. I run a modeling agency.

  Olivia Benson : Oh, so they were modeling. Really? At 2:00 a.m.?

  Counselor Peter Abrams : Well, sometimes they're guests at company parties. These young models all have parental permission. They're contracted employees on a payroll. We follow all state-mandated working conditions.

  Odafin Tutuola : Then why does he pay 'em cash and give gifts?

  Steve Getz : That's my fault. I like to give my young ones a little something extra. Their parents cash their checks. It's just my way of making sure that the girls have nice things.

  Counselor Peter Abrams : He can gift up to 15K a year. You want to charge him with generosity? Why is my client even here?

  Olivia Benson : Because we've been talking to several girls who "work" for Mr. Getz, and one of whom was asked to bring her 12-year-old sister to the party.

  Steve Getz : Yes, they all told me. They're very loyal. What I tell them: jealousy is the thief of joy. Whoever's complaining just wishes they were me. Even for just a day.

  Counselor Peter Abrams : Thanks for confirming what we suspected. You have nothing. You can stop hanging around urinals. My client won't be speaking to you again.

  Steve Getz : And by the way... Ivy's a great kid. I'm not gonna hold this against her. But you might want to think twice about using her as a battering ram. Her father's a drunk ex-cop who shoots from the hip flask. He's in such a deep hole, he sent his sister to shake us down.

  Odafin Tutuola : [watching them leave]  So much for his Boyd Cycle.

  Olivia Benson : The good news? They're not on to Kat.

  Amanda Rollins : [entering with a knock]  Hey. I just got a call from the 116 in Forest Hills. Frank Bucci had some kind of accident. He's in bad shape. EMTs are taking him to Queens General.

• Olivia Benson : So, these are the first three girls that we talked to. There's a dozen more that we're tracking down.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : No, I get it, but none of these three are willing to testify, right?

  Odafin Tutuola : Getz bought Palmer's grandfather a new Cadillac.

  Amanda Rollins : And Sarah's closets are full of Prada, Louboutin, Gucci.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Okay, w-what about this one? Any luck?

  Olivia Benson : Okay, that's Tessa. So, her story is Getz was a gentleman until her 17th birthday. He's... he's paying for her college. We do have Granya on tape.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Yeah, which implicates her a lot more than him. What about Ivy?

  Olivia Benson : Okay, so, Ivy's still mad at her father, so she's siding with Getz.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : So we have no complaining witnesses.

  Olivia Benson : We have a pattern here.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Yeah, of teenage girls going in and out of his townhouse, and which he will claim are photo shoots and launch parties.

  Olivia Benson : Milly and her father are willing to testify.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Yeah, to what? That he's a sleaze? Look, I feel for these people, but legally, there's no "there" here. Until one of the victims flips on Getz, I can't take a crowbar to his front door.

  Odafin Tutuola : Any other advice, counselor?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Figure it out.

• Olivia Benson : Detective Bucci, how are you?

  Detective Frank Bucci : I'm fine.

  Amanda Rollins : Yeah, you look it.

  Detective Frank Bucci : Yeah, busted shoulder, bum knee. They want to rule out internal bleeding.

  Olivia Benson : Okay, how did this happen?

  Detective Frank Bucci : Two goons rear-end me. I get out of the car, one blindsides me with a metal pipe. They took my wallet, but that was just for show.

  Amanda Rollins : A-Are you sure?

  Detective Frank Bucci : They didn't take my gun. What do you think? It was a hit. The thug with the metal pipe says, "Tell your little sister to back off." I don't even got a little sister. So, was it that rookie UC?

  Amanda Rollins : We'll look into it.

  Olivia Benson : Okay, where are your daughters now?

  Detective Frank Bucci : Now you worry about them? Milly was in the back seat. They could have killed her.

• Detective Frank Bucci : You lied to me.

  Olivia Benson : No, we had a deal in place. What that judge did, nobody saw coming.

  Amanda Rollins : Frank, we're not gonna let this go.

  Ivy Bucci : You should. He got off. You put us through all this for nothing.

• Ivy Bucci : My dad could have died because you sent in that lame-ass UC rookie.

  Olivia Benson : Ivy, it's not on her. It's on Getz. He's not who you think he is.

  Ivy Bucci : Granya said you'd try to get me to turn on him. What? Here comes the "he's a bad man who took advantage of you" speech?

  Olivia Benson : Not just you. What about your 12-year-old sister?

  Ivy Bucci : Nothing happened to her.

  Olivia Benson : Nope. Not yet.

  Ivy Bucci : She's fine. And if you'd kept out of this, my father would be, too.

• Vanessa Hadid : Well, we were outplayed. The guilty charge on prostitution means the defense will claim double jeopardy.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : We can appeal.

  Vanessa Hadid : Don't get your hopes up. This is on me. Abrams is a shark. Should never have let a green ADA like you go up against him.

  Olivia Benson : [approaching as Hadid leaves]  Getz's lawyer came over here to gloat?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Yeah, he just invited me to the victory party.

  Amanda Rollins : Maybe you should go. I don't know, take Hadid.

  Olivia Benson : Come on. Guys.

  Amanda Rollins : Sorry. I'm gonna go see my girls.

  Olivia Benson : You okay?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Should I be? Getz is a child rapist, and he... he just walks out of here? With a slap on the wrist?

  Olivia Benson : For now. Go home, get some rest. We're gonna regroup.

• Detective Frank Bucci : Your Honor, lock this predator up and throw away the key. I pray what he did to my daughters, he doesn't do to anyone else.

  Judge Ellery : Thank you, Mr. Bucci, for your moving words. That being said, many aspects of this case give me pause. The defendant had no way of knowing Ivy Bucci's age. She provided a fake ID.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Ignorance of age is no excuse under the law, Your Honor.

  Judge Ellery : She was paid thousands of dollars, along with being gifted cell phones, designer clothing, an Uber account...

  Vanessa Hadid : Your Honor, we've agreed to a plea.

  Judge Ellery : And I'm revisiting that plea. After reviewing the case file, I don't see criminal sexual acts here.

  Olivia Benson : [watching from the gallery]  Oh, my god.

  Judge Ellery : I see consensual sexual activity.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Again, Your Honor, she's under the age of consent.

  Detective Frank Bucci : What? She's just a kid, Your Honor. He raped her!

  Amanda Rollins : [quietly]  Frank.

  Judge Ellery : Enough, Mr. Bucci. I don't want to hold you in contempt. This girl made her own choice. If a 15-year-old has the constitutional right to an abortion without parental approval, how should she not also have the constitutional right to consensual sex? I'm dismissing the top charges of rape and forcible touching. The case can move forward on the prostitution charge.

  Counselor Peter Abrams : We plead guilty to that Your Honor.

  Vanessa Hadid : The D.A.'s office strongly objects.

  Judge Ellery : And your objection is on the record. Mr. Getz, I sentence you to time served. You're free to go.

• Odafin Tutuola : How's he doing?

  Olivia Benson : Well, he's hurt, and he's angry.

  Amanda Rollins : And he wants to know why the guys who beat him up told him he'd better have his sister back off.

  Olivia Benson : Any leads?

  Katriona Tamin : EMTs found him unconscious two blocks from his apartment. We're pulling security cams.

  Amanda Rollins : Good luck. Two guys in hoodies, they rear-end him, attack him, steal his wallet.

  Odafin Tutuola : Getz is trying to make this look like a bump-and-rob.

  Olivia Benson : After we just brought him in?

  Amanda Rollins : I don't think this has anything to do with us. He's trying to send Frank a message about Aunt Kitty.

  Katriona Tamin : Yeah, you mentioned that twice already. The captain already talked to me about it.

  Ivy Bucci : [approaching]  You. This is all your frickin' fault.

  Katriona Tamin : Ivy, let me explain.

  Ivy Bucci : You got my dad beat up. If anything happens to him, it's on you.

• Olivia Benson : Breaking news: Getz cut a deal. Four years.

  Odafin Tutuola : Getz is no dummy. He loses that trial, it could be a 25-year bid.

  Amanda Rollins : And Carisi's okay with the plea?

  Olivia Benson : Ms. Hadid is, or her bosses are.

  Katriona Tamin : Yeah, they want this hushed up, and they really don't want us finding out who else goes to Getz's parties.

  Olivia Benson : Flipping Granya, finding his other vics, going through his guest list... it's gonna be a lot easier once he's locked up.

  Amanda Rollins : Frank Bucci's not gonna see it that way.

  Olivia Benson : See if you can get him there.

• Steve Getz : [getting perp-walked from his apartment]  Ah, the press is here. Wonder who tipped them off.

  Olivia Benson : I have no idea what you're talking about. But if I was you, I'd wipe that smirk off your face.

  Granya Marcil : [led out by Kat]  You had me fooled. You play a low-rent whore like you were born to it.

  Katriona Tamin : You would know.

• Steve Getz : All right, let's get this party started.

  Olivia Benson : Hold up. NYPD.

  Steve Getz : Captain Benson. I don't think you're on the guest list.

  Olivia Benson : No, but Milly and Ivy are, and we need to speak with them.

  Granya Marcil : The girls are fine.

  Odafin Tutuola : Why don't you let them tell us that?

  Steve Getz : That's a great idea. Milly, Ivy! Say hi! As you can see, safe and sound.

  Olivia Benson : You're really doing this, huh? Two underage girls on your boat, without parental permission? Really?

  Steve Getz : Oh, they have permission. Donna Bucci? Meet our friends from SVU. Let them know you granted permission.

  Donna Bucci : Oh, hi! I'm their mom. I gave permission. And I'll be supervising.

  Counselor Peter Abrams : Does that check all the boxes, Captain?

  Steve Getz : Let's sail.

  [getting on board] 

  Steve Getz : Congressman.

  Odafin Tutuola : We got to get this guy.

  Olivia Benson : Make sure Detective Bucci knows that this ain't over.

• Odafin Tutuola : Frank Bucci called. Ivy and Milly are missing.

  Katriona Tamin : Bucci thinks they're with Getz. He's gone out looking for them.

  Olivia Benson : Okay, Carisi told me that Getz is having a... a victory party. Find out where.