Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Down Low in Hell's Kitchen (2019)

Rafael Jordan: Devonn Thompson

Quotes 

• Devonn Thompson : Ken said something I left out. Could be helpful.

  Odafin Tutuola : Talk to me.

  Devonn Thompson : You remember the first time I told you I met Moran? I was outside the bar, smoking. I left out a part. Uh... he followed me back into the bar... then the bathroom. He got down on his knees... unzipped my pants.

  Odafin Tutuola : Was that consensual?

  Devonn Thompson : Very. I know I'm repressed, but... once we started, he really let go.

  Odafin Tutuola : Then what happened?

  Devonn Thompson : I went back to the bar. I took a picture of us. It was like Jekyll and Hyde. He just... snapped. I got out of there. Fast.

  Odafin Tutuola : Now, this wasn't the same night he assaulted you.

  Devonn Thompson : No. I ran into him at the bar a month later. I got out of there, but... he must've followed me.

  Amanda Rollins : [watching with Benson]  That explains a lot, but unless Devonn testifies, that photo is inadmissible.

  Olivia Benson : Let me call Carisi. Maybe there's a way that this gives him some leverage.

• Odafin Tutuola : Ken tried to get Devonn Thompson to come in. No dice.

  Amanda Rollins : And I'm 0 for 2. Marcus, Talbot, they won't return my phone calls.

  Olivia Benson : And we can't run the rape kits without their permission. Any evidence from the crime scene?

  Odafin Tutuola : The only bottle CSU found was Mathis', and that's just gonna end up having his DNA and Aygon's prints on it.

  Olivia Benson : Did you re-check security cams?

  Amanda Rollins : Yeah, Moran grew up there, though. He skirted the cams like a guy staying dry in the rain.

  Olivia Benson : Hadid gave us 'til end of day. So go back to 9th Avenue, see if any of the bartenders, any of the patrons can put Moran with the other vics.

  Amanda Rollins : We can try, but after Mathis, their walls are up.

  Devonn Thompson : Can you blame us? I came to you because of Mathis. And now because of him, even if I did testify... who would believe me?

• Devonn Thompson : I was leaving a bar. Swank.

  Odafin Tutuola : In Hell's Kitchen?

  Devonn Thompson : It's low-key. Uh... I mostly keep to myself. Someone starts a conversation, okay.

  Odafin Tutuola : Anybody talk to you that night?

  Devonn Thompson : No. I headed home. I was going to the E train, walked down under scaffolding, and they said someone tased me. Used a bottle. I came to in the ambulance.

  Odafin Tutuola : So you didn't get a look at him? They say anything?

  Devonn Thompson : Not that I heard.

  Olivia Benson : And how often do you go to this bar?

  Devonn Thompson : Tuesdays. My family thinks I'm going out with the choir after practice.

  Olivia Benson : Has anyone ever approached you on another Tuesday that seemed... odd?

  Devonn Thompson : Yeah, actually, uh... about a month before, I was outside smoking. This white guy, drunk, asked for a cigarette. He saw they were menthol. He gave me a hard time.

  Odafin Tutuola : How so?

  Devonn Thompson : He said, uh... "your wife know you smoke those?"

  Odafin Tutuola : What, like he made you?

  Devonn Thompson : I got a bad vibe. Went back inside.

  Olivia Benson : Is it possible that this guy was there the night you were assaulted?

  Devonn Thompson : I didn't see him.