Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

She Paints for Vengeance (2020)

Pooya Mohseni: Judge Namazi

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• Dominick Carisi Jr. : Uh, Your Honor, pursuant to People v. Molineux, the State seeks to include evidence of two prior rapes committed by the defendant, one in 2018, one in 2016.

  Judge Namazi : I've read your brief, Mr. Carisi. Neither woman filed a report?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Not at the time, but they have gone on record. The assaults described go to modus operandi. There are consistent details in all three victims' accounts.

  Judge Elana Barth : Because they were coached. Your Honor, these women only came forward after they saw Ms. Russo's lawyer on TV. Obviously, they're seeking publicity. Does Ms. Miglani really expect us to believe she didn't coordinate their stories?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Your Honor, the defense can cross on motive. These women have nothing to gain. Initially, they were afraid to make a accusation against a powerful celebrity.

  Judge Namazi : As sympathetic as I am to the many reasons a rape victim may not be willing to come forward, these statements are unsubstantiated, and I'm concerned about collusion.

  Judge Elana Barth : Thank you, Your Honor. Don't worry, Ms. Miglani. You can always harass my client with a civil suit.

  Judge Namazi : That's enough, Ms. Barth. You know better. Mr. Carisi, I'm excluding these witnesses.

• Dominick Carisi Jr. : Now, it was your idea to go into the champagne room that night, wasn't it?

  Markeevious Ryan : Yes. But she wanted to.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : How'd you know that?

  Markeevious Ryan : Come on. She's a stripper. I mean, I'm a celebrity. They all want a piece of me.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : I get it, I get it. It just... it's actually why I'm kind of surprised that-that you had to pay for sex.

  Markeevious Ryan : I didn't have to. Just trying to keep it simple. Avoid the drama. These free-range women, they just...

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : You mean the women who-who you don't pay for? Who are free to say no?

  Markeevious Ryan : You know how it is. One way or another, you always end up paying for it.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : And these women, they... let's face it, they always want something.

  Markeevious Ryan : Yeah, they're all smiles and eyelashes, all "Markeevious this, Markeevious that." They just want to rub up on me. You know, get some of that glow, some of that money.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : So you've had other women come after your money before?

  Markeevious Ryan : All the time. Ask my ex-wife. She'll tell you all the lawsuits I've had to fight.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : The lawsuits? For what, raping women?

  Judge Elana Barth : Objection.

  Judge Namazi : Your client opened the door.

• Judge Elana Barth : Did you get a rape kit?

  Monica Russo : The officer I reported it to told me there was no point.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Objection, Your Honor. The officer verified that he took her report.

  Judge Namazi : Sustained.

  Judge Elana Barth : And then he threw that report out when he decided that her complaint was unfounded.

  Monica Russo : He wasn't even listening to me!

  Judge Elana Barth : You sound angry, Ms. Russo. Are you?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Objection! I-It's badgering.

  Judge Namazi : I'll allow the question.

• Judge Elana Barth : Just to be clear, Ms. Russo, and forgive me, I'm still getting the ins and outs of the stripper business, but you were initially paid $800 that night?

  Monica Russo : The club gets more than half of that.

  Judge Elana Barth : But you accepted my client's $200 tip?

  Monica Russo : Okay, I was on autopilot.

  Judge Elana Barth : Just answer yes or no.

  Monica Russo : Yes.

  Judge Elana Barth : So you're saying that my client raped you, and then afterwards, you and the club collected $1,000.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Asked and answered, Your Honor.

  Judge Namazi : Ms. Barth, move on.

• Dominick Carisi Jr. : What do you think of Markeevious Ryan right now?

  Monica Russo : I think he was a bully in the room, and I think he's a coward now. He doesn't have the balls to face me. What's he so afraid of? You said you didn't rape me. Then why aren't you man enough? Get up, and just...

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Approach, Your Honor.

  [approaching the bench] 

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Your Honor, I, uh, I need a brief recess to confer with Ms. Russo.

  Judge Namazi : I don't know what you're gonna discuss, but it better not be about why the defendant isn't taking the stand.

• Markeevious Ryan : I didn't rape these women, but they see me as their golden ticket. The guy who pays the bills.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Oh.

  Markeevious Ryan : Smiles for their dumbass selfies.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : So you do all the work, and these women, they just take and they take.

  Judge Elana Barth : Objection.

  Judge Namazi : Overruled.

  Markeevious Ryan : What am I? Am I every bitch's charity?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Right, they take and they take, and what do they give you?

  Markeevious Ryan : The only thing they got.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Sex.

  Markeevious Ryan : What else do they have that I want?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Yeah, but what if they don't give you that?

  Markeevious Ryan : Doesn't happen. Nobody says no to Markeevious.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Yeah, but what if they do? What if they get the nerve to say no to you?

  Markeevious Ryan : That just means they want more money.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Because you're Markeevious Ryan, and every woman wants a piece!

  Markeevious Ryan : You're damn right!

  Judge Elana Barth : Objection, Your Honor.

  Judge Namazi : Overruled.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : No further questions.