Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)
Spellbound (2017)
Peter Scanavino: Detective Dominick 'Sonny' Carisi, Jr.
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Quotes
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Dominick Carisi Jr. : Why do I get the feeling this guy's shoes cost more than my rent?
Odafin Tutuola : Because they do. Dude comes from real money. His dad's that hedge fund guy, Tate Trask.
Amanda Rollins : And look what I pulled.
Olivia Benson : [reading a newspaper blurb] "From notorious party boy to Shaman of the rich and famous, Declan Trask changed his life and now he wants to change yours. A host of followers who pay..."
[in disbelief]
Olivia Benson : "$5,000 for a weekend with him say that he can."
Amanda Rollins : There's a sucker born every minute.
Odafin Tutuola : Yeah, but everybody needs something. My ex made me go on a Reiki retreat to clear my energy.
Olivia Benson : And how'd that work out for you?
Odafin Tutuola : It made me realize it was time for us to break up.
Olivia Benson : [amused laugh] Okay.
Odafin Tutuola : You ever do anything like that, Liv?
Olivia Benson : Uh, no. Anyone who claims that they can change your life in a weekend can't. So, Rollins and Carisi, talk to the Shaman to get his side of the story.
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Olivia Benson : Okay, this is horrifyingly familiar.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : And she was tested for drugs and alcohol. She was totally clean, just like Abby.
Odafin Tutuola : Maybe he put something undetecable in the water.
Rafael Barba : I think he slipped something undetectable in his words. Neuro-linguistic programming.
Odafin Tutuola : Neuro-linguistic what?
Olivia Benson : Are you suggesting that she was hypnotized?
Rafael Barba : Exactly.
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Rafael Barba : That was brutal. So much for flipping the script. Do we have anything else on Trask?
Olivia Benson : We're still digging.
Rafael Barba : We're running out of time.
Olivia Benson : [Carisi enters] Please tell me that you found something.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : [showing them a folder] Yeah. Yeah, something good. Now, it happened eighteen years ago in Philly; it's got nothing to do with rape, but it does go directly to the heart of this case: Trask's credibility.
Olivia Benson : Proves he's a selfish coward. That's for sure.
Rafael Barba : Is the arresting officer on board?
Dominick Carisi Jr. : Ready and willing.
Olivia Benson : Do you think you could get this in?
Rafael Barba : If Trask takes the stand, I'll find a way.
Olivia Benson : He will. He thinks he can hypnotize the jury.
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Rafael Barba : The tox screen was negative, but she still feels like she was drugged?
Amanda Rollins : Well, we all know Rohypnol can leave your system within a matter of hours. I mean, a... a vic urinates, it's gone.
Olivia Benson : Well, that's certainly possible, but she seems to remember exactly what happened.
Amanda Rollins : I don't know. She was affected by something.
Rafael Barba : Is she on any kind of medication? Does she show signs of mental illness?
Olivia Benson : It doesn't appear that way. I mean, she seems like a high-functioning young woman to me.
Rafael Barba : Is it possible she has another agenda? Trask is rich.
Olivia Benson : I don't see that, either. I mean, she is a successful publicist, and her boyfriend is partner in a law firm.
Rafael Barba : We need more evidence.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : [entering] Like a previous victim? I've been digging into Trask, and I found a civil case filed in 2014. A woman named Rachel Sykes accused him of rape.
Olivia Benson : In New York?
Dominick Carisi Jr. : No, in Paramus, New Jersey, but the case was dropped.
Rafael Barba : Rachel Sykes willing to talk?
Dominick Carisi Jr. : That's unclear. Can't really find her. Last known address was a dead end. Last place of employment, they couldn't help either.
Olivia Benson : Okay, so keep looking. I mean, look, talk to the lawyer and let's see what we can find out.
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Olivia Benson : It seems possible. I mean, the victims' stories are basically the same. The way he talked to them, massaging their temples. I mean, the elements are all there.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : Hold on. Isn't hypnotism, like, a carnival trick, though? This... this seems out there to me.
Odafin Tutuola : Uh, my cousin quit smoking with hypnotheray. He was a pack a day guy. One session with a hypnotist, bang, he was clean.
Rafael Barba : In Brooklyn, I had a hypnosis case. One of my first sexual assault trials - lost - broke the record for fastest felony acquittal. We made a strong case, but the judge never bought in.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : If the judge doesn't buy it, then the jury does the math.
Rafael Barba : Trust me. I know this sounds crazy, but I've seen this. Trask used common hypnotheraputic methods on both those women. How do we prove it?
Dominick Carisi Jr. : We can't use Rachel Sykes. That criminal case was never filed, the civil suit was dismissed.
Rafael Barba : No way a judge allows that in.
Olivia Benson : Well, hold on. So we get into this case another way.
Rafael Barba : First we have to prove that Trask knowingly used hypnosis to rape Abby.
Amanda Rollins : Which means we need evidence that Trask even knows how to hypnotize.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : Well, he must have learned how to do it somewhere.
Olivia Benson : Yeah, so start digging.
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Amanda Rollins : According to witnesses, Trask had his eye on Abby the whole night.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : And he was hell-bent on getting her to take that drug, too.
Olivia Benson : Okay, so he finds a vulnerable woman, convinces her to trust him, drugs her, and then he assaults her.
Amanda Rollins : Wouldn't be the first to utilize that game plan.
Odafin Tutuola : Rape kit and the tox results are in. Semen is a match to Trask, but there's a problem, Liv.
Olivia Benson : What's up?
Odafin Tutuola : No drugs, no Ayahuasca, no alcohol.
Olivia Benson : So Abby's story doesn't add up. What are we missing?