Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)
Can't Be Held Accountable (2019)
Nicholas Turturro: Detective Frank Bucci
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Quotes
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Dr. Alexis Hanover : [Bucci bursts into a therapy session] Who are you?
Detective Frank Bucci : She knows me.
Amanda Rollins : Frank, you can't follow me.
[as he reaches into his waistband, she instinctively reaches for her gun]
Detective Frank Bucci : Your gun. You left it in the car. You shouldn't do that. You hear me?
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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.
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Judge Felicia Catano : Mr. Getz, you're charged with rape in the first degree, forcible touching, and patronizing a prostitute. How do you plead?
Counselor Peter Abrams : Not guilty, Your Honor.
Judge Felicia Catano : People on bail?
Dominick Carisi Jr. : Remand, Your Honor. Mr. Getz owns private jets and has residences around the globe. He is the definition of a flight risk.
Counselor Peter Abrams : He has no priors. He's a respected philanthropist and businessman.
Detective Frank Bucci : [watching in the gallery] Oh, please, G...
Amanda Rollins : [shushing him] Frank, easy.
Counselor Peter Abrams : He has strong ties to the community.
Judge Felicia Catano : Save it, counselor. The charges are serious. The means to flee are very real. I'm granting People's request for remand.
Counselor Peter Abrams : Your Honor, my client's safety is at risk in prison. We will provide 'round the clock security for home detention.
Judge Felicia Catano : He's worried about his safety? He can be put in protective custody until trial.
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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.
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Milly Bucci : Just tell me, Ivy. Tell me, tell me!
Ivy Bucci : Fine. You know GimmeThatBody?
Milly Bucci : Yeah, I've seen their Insta.
Ivy Bucci : They're starting a teen clothing line, and I'm auditioning to be a model.
Milly Bucci : You? Seriously?
Ivy Bucci : Yeah, but you can't tell dad.
Detective Frank Bucci : [entering] Can't tell dad what?
Ivy Bucci : Nothing.
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Detective Frank Bucci : You arrest the guy?
Amanda Rollins : Frank, you know how this works.
Detective Frank Bucci : I do know how this works. The D.A.'s afraid to go after him.
Amanda Rollins : We've got an ADA on our side. He used to be a cop.
Katriona Tamin : Our captain just wants to hit him from every angle.
Amanda Rollins : Okay? We will take care of this.
Detective Frank Bucci : Good, 'cause if you don't, I will.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Detective Frank Bucci : Four years for raping my daughter?
Odafin Tutuola : Ivy doesn't have to testify.
Amanda Rollins : And with... with the legal judgment against him, you can file a civil suit.
Detective Frank Bucci : This isn't about the money. I want that piece of crap to hear in open court what he did to Ivy, my family!
Odafin Tutuola : Well, we can ask the D.A. to let you make a victim impact statement at the sentencing.
Amanda Rollins : Absolutely.
Detective Frank Bucci : That's it? Huh?
Amanda Rollins : I hear you, Frank. We're gonna keep this investigation open, okay? And if more of the girls come forward...
Detective Frank Bucci : He'll find a way to rig that, too. You and I both know Getz will never be held accountable. Never.
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Amanda Rollins : Frank, what are you doing?
Detective Frank Bucci : My kids, I want them home safe, and I want Getz in jail!
Amanda Rollins : Okay.
Detective Frank Bucci : Until then...
Amanda Rollins : This isn't the way.
Detective Frank Bucci : Sit down!
Amanda Rollins : [doing so] Okay. Okay. Don't do this.
Detective Frank Bucci : Way past that.
Amanda Rollins : Don't do this.
Detective Frank Bucci : I want him in jail, do you hear me?
Amanda Rollins : Okay.
Detective Frank Bucci : I want him!
Amanda Rollins : Okay.