Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)
Can't Be Held Accountable (2019)
Peter Scanavino: ADA Dominick 'Sonny' Carisi, Jr.
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Dominick Carisi Jr. : Court officer said the case has been, uh...
Vanessa Hadid : Reassigned.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : How did we lose Catano?
Vanessa Hadid : Abrams filed to have her removed for bias. She had a membership at one of Getz's gyms. They wouldn't let her out of her contract. She sued and won.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : Who'd we get?
Vanessa Hadid : Joe Ellery.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : Ellery? "Let Him Go" Joe? They're trying to rig this.
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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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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.
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Amanda Rollins : We've had the house under surveillance. There is a steady stream of girls coming...
Vanessa Hadid : I heard you, Detective, but all you really have is one 15-year-old girl who's been on Getz's payroll as a model.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : She'll testify to nude photo shoots, forcible touching, rape.
Amanda Rollins : And we also have his procurer, Granya Marcil, on tape, buying off our UC, who is posing as Ivy's aunt.
Vanessa Hadid : A UC Getz is on to?
Odafin Tutuola : Not yet.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : But he does know that he is the target.
Vanessa Hadid : How? You didn't bring him in, did you? You should've come to me earlier. Getz could've cleared his hard drives. He could be on a private jet as we speak.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : Which is why we need to move now.
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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.
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Counselor Peter Abrams : Counselor. No hard feelings, huh? Listen, Mr. Getz would like you to join us at his victory party on his yacht.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : This isn't over, Mr. Abrams. Not by a long shot.
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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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Counselor Peter Abrams : Listen, Steve, um... he doesn't see himself as a rapist. He's not gonna plea to that. But if I could sell him on, say, criminal sexual act? That's four years. Puts him on the registry.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : Yeah, no. He rapes these girls.
Counselor Peter Abrams : This would also spare that poor girl, her family, from testifying. We both know her father isn't exactly stable.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : Well, I appreciate your concern, Mr. Abrams. I'll have to run that by my boss.
Counselor Peter Abrams : She's already heard. I headed up a firm with her boss a few years back, but I'll be in touch.
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Court Officer : Can I help you, counselor?
Dominick Carisi Jr. : Yeah, we're looking for Judge Catano. We're here for a sentencing hearing, People vs. Steve Getz.
Court Officer : [taking out his phone] Getz. Getz, uh... that's Part 26.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : Nah, that can't be right. You sure?
Court Officer : [showing him] Just moved on the docket.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : Thanks.
Court Officer : No problem.
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Counselor Peter Abrams : [leaving the arraignment] Counselor, nice work in there. How long have you been with the D.A.'s office now?
Dominick Carisi Jr. : How can I help you, Mr. Abrams?
Counselor Peter Abrams : Better: how can we help each other? You've got one complaining witness.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : Yeah, for now, but your client's insatiable. After the indictment, there's gonna be a line of girls from my office to the Battery.
Counselor Peter Abrams : All with their hand out.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : Can you blame 'em? We're still combing through all the stuff we found at his townhouse, but we already have explicit videos and photos of underage girls.
Counselor Peter Abrams : I hear you, Mr. Carisi. Listen, my client's a sick man. He's in denial, still thinking this could all go away.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : Well, it won't. It's already on the front page of every newspaper. "Billionaire pedophile." Now, jurors don't like either of those two words on their own, but you put 'em together...
Counselor Peter Abrams : Let me talk to him. I know Steve, and after a night or two at Rikers...
Dominick Carisi Jr. : Already looking for a plea? Not likely.
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Vanessa Hadid : By the way, counselor. Taking down a guy like Getz, not easy. If I didn't say so before... good job.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : Thank you. I'm trying.
[entering the dark and empty courtroom]
Dominick Carisi Jr. : What the hell? Where is everybody?
Vanessa Hadid : Let me find out what's going on.