Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)
Redemption in Her Corner (2020)
Peter Scanavino: ADA Dominick 'Sonny' Carisi, Jr.
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Olivia Benson : Carisi.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : I was in the neighborhood. Um, my mom made you soup. Ribollita.
Olivia Benson : Oh, um, thank you. I'm-I'm... I'm fine.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : Oh. Listen. It's my mother's. All right? Take the soup.
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Vanessa Hadid : So, Mr. Solis died of a brain bleed minutes after his beside arraignment?
Dominick Carisi Jr. : Well, I... I don't think that there was a cause and effect.
Amanda Rollins : Subdural hematoma, common among boxers, from a head trauma.
Vanessa Hadid : Inflicted by one of the teens he trained with?
Dominick Carisi Jr. : Yeah, Esperanza Morales, 19, his protege. She's a champion boxer and one of the success stories at his gym.
Vanessa Hadid : Had he abused her, too?
Dominick Carisi Jr. : Well, she hasn't said that. She was confronting him about the one victim we know about so far, Cami Vega.
Vanessa Hadid : Well, that's moot. Your rape case just became a murder case.
Amanda Rollins : I interviewed Esperanza. This wasn't premeditated. It wasn't even intentional.
Vanessa Hadid : Intent or not, a man is dead. You're gonna have to pivot your investigation.
Amanda Rollins : Murder?
[glancing at Carisi for support]
Amanda Rollins : But she's a kid. She... she has no priors.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : He... he was a predator. She...
Vanessa Hadid : I feel for her, but she's a trained boxer. Unless you can prove she or someone else was in imminent danger, Ms. Morales is facing man two.
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Katriona Tamin : Okay, so I didn't approach her as a cop. I-I went to visit her as a friend.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : At Rikers. After she invoked. No, Kat. Her lawyer needs to be there.
Olivia Benson : She understands that, counselor.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : Does she? Because if Esperanza would've said something probative, then you would've tanked this whole case.
Katriona Tamin : Well, good news is she didn't say anything too probative.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : [sarcastic] Oh, so it's just a little probative.
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Romeo Solís : You're arraigning me in bed. Why don't you just pull the plug already?
Dominick Carisi Jr. : Don't tempt me, Mr. Solis.
Counselor Robert Kluger : Just lay there. Let me do the talking.
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Katriona Tamin : [after visiting Esperanza at Rikers ex parte] She insists Romeo did not touch her, but when I mentioned Santos, she bolted from the room.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : So you're inferring that Esperanza's father abused her. So why would she go off and punch Romeo?
Katriona Tamin : Romeo called her damaged goods. If he was taunting her about her father's abuse, then that's mitigating, isn't it?
Olivia Benson : Hold up, Kat, she hasn't accused her father. And we would need corroboration.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : And aside from that, you should be talking to her defense attorney and not me. Whatever you do, Kat, do not go back to Rikers without a lawyer.
Katriona Tamin : [watching him leave] He gets stuck, doesn't he?
Olivia Benson : Well, that's all men, actually, but Kat, he's right. If she doesn't disclose...
Katriona Tamin : How about I take a run at Santos?
Olivia Benson : Are you kidding me? Kat, I can't trust you right now.
Katriona Tamin : So, what, I'm benched?
Olivia Benson : You can't do *anything* without me.
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Dominick Carisi Jr. : So her sister knew about the abuse, but she'll only testify if she gets paid?
Katriona Tamin : Yeah.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : What about Esperanza?
Amanda Rollins : She won't testify. She's too ashamed.
Vanessa Hadid : And she's still looking at man two.
Katriona Tamin : Santos abused his daughters for years. We should be arresting him.
Vanessa Hadid : You're right, but we're not. I'm sorry.
Katriona Tamin : [Hadid and Carisi leave] Espe's in jail, and her sister won't help her. My sisters and I would do anything for each other. I still don't get it.
Amanda Rollins : I do. She didn't say she wouldn't help. She said she wanted to get paid.
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Dominick Carisi Jr. : That's the, uh... that's the guy who runs Kat's gym, right?
Katriona Tamin : Romeo Solis. When I got back into boxing a year ago, everyone told me he was the best.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : Ah. But?
Amanda Rollins : He may be sexually involved with an underage boxer.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : Great. So what's his story?
Odafin Tutuola : No record. Box full of awards and honorary degrees.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : Who's the complainant?
Olivia Benson : Well, she hasn't disclosed yet.
Amanda Rollins : So what do you have?
Katriona Tamin : I interrupted her and Romeo behind a locked door. They weren't working out.
Odafin Tutuola : He also set Kat up. He tipped off her opponent to Kat's fight plan.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : So that's why you got tagged.
Katriona Tamin : Look, I might've lost anyway, but he was pretty pissed when I called him out. Had her do his dirty work.
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Odafin Tutuola : That's not love. That's just rape.
Katriona Tamin : So now we arrest him?
Odafin Tutuola : Well, no. Now we get Romeo's side of the story. You good with that?
Olivia Benson : Yeah, go. Also, I'm gonna need a warrant for their cell phones, his office...
Dominick Carisi Jr. : I got you covered.
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Dominick Carisi Jr. : Lot of people here. Kat any good?
Odafin Tutuola : She could whip your ass, counselor.
Amanda Rollins : Do we know anything about this opponent?
Santos Morales : Hell, yeah. It's my daughter. Esperanza Morales, huh? Most knockouts in the gym.
Graciela Morales : Yeah, total killer. Kat's a stepping stone.
Odafin Tutuola : Our money's on the girl from Gowanus.
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Judge Serani : On the count of rape two, a plea of not guilty has been entered. Have you had time to talk to your client, Mr. Kluger?
Counselor Robert Kluger : I have, Your Honor.
Judge Serani : People on bail?
Dominick Carisi Jr. : $20,000, Your Honor. We also request an order of protection for the defendant to stay away from the victim and his gym. His livelihood involves close interaction with young girls, one of whom he's accused of raping.
Counselor Robert Kluger : Your Honor, Mr. Solis is in no shape to get back to work, let alone leave this bed. His only wish is to regain his health and clear his name.
Judge Serani : That may be so, Mr. Kluger, but I'm still granting the TOP. Defendant will surrender his passport, and bail is set at $20,000.
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Katriona Tamin : Did he get bail?
Dominick Carisi Jr. : He's not going anywhere, Kat.
Katriona Tamin : Until this goes to trial.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : Cami still in love?
Katriona Tamin : She is. She doesn't want to testify.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : Well, keep working her. If I have to, I'll call her as a hostile witness.
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Katriona Tamin : [seeing hospital personnel rushing to Romeo's room] What's going on?
Dominick Carisi Jr. : I don't know.
Nurse : Stand back. Please don't crowd. Patient's coding. Call the OR.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : He was fine. Your friend Esperanza, does she have a lawyer yet?
[Kat shakes her head]
Dominick Carisi Jr. : You didn't hear this from me, but she'd better get one.
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Olivia Benson : Damaged goods? Jealous? I mean, it sounds like Romeo was abusing Esperanza.
Amanda Rollins : Maybe, but we don't know that, and she won't admit it.
Katriona Tamin : I don't see what difference it makes. If she was protecting Cami, I mean, wouldn't a jury be sympathetic to that?
Dominick Carisi Jr. : Emotionally, yeah, but technically, you can't just kill someone because you don't like the way they're treating someone else.
Odafin Tutuola : But if we can prove he's abusing her?
Dominick Carisi Jr. : Well, that changes the case. You know, she gets a good lawyer, she could do a variation of the battered wife defense. An abused teen snaps when she's taunted by a predator.
Katriona Tamin : She's a boxer. She'll never admit to it. She's got her rep to protect.
Olivia Benson : Or she's scared, or in denial.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : If she and her lawyer come to me with her admission, I can convince Hadid to make a deal. Good luck.
Amanda Rollins : Bail's set at 10 grand?
Odafin Tutuola : She won't be able to make that.
Katriona Tamin : How about I go over to Rikers and talk to her?
Olivia Benson : She's under arrest, Kat. None of us can talk to her without a lawyer present.
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Amanda Rollins : Hadid's in a good mood.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : Always.
Amanda Rollins : Man two. How long could Esperanza get?
Dominick Carisi Jr. : Up to 15 years.
[calling an elevator for her]
Dominick Carisi Jr. : See ya.
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Katriona Tamin : Esperanza, you did great. You got a confession.
Esperanza Morales : Then why do I feel like I lost?
Olivia Benson : Trust me, you didn't. The hard part is over, and you're still standing.
Counselor Marame Touissant : My client did what you asked.
Dominick Carisi Jr. : And I'll do what I promised. Assault two, two years.
Counselor Marame Touissant : Stay out of trouble, and you'll be out sooner than that.
Esperanza Morales : Okay. But what about Santos?
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Santos Morales : To see my own kid, I gotta sit here with glass between us? Breaks my heart.
Esperanza Morales : You're lucky I'm even talking to you at all.
Santos Morales : Your sister called me. She's nervous about you running your mouth.
Esperanza Morales : She is? Or you are?
Dominick Carisi Jr. : [watching the security camera feed] Nice counter. Make this about Santos.
Santos Morales : You better be nice.
Olivia Benson : That's all he cares about.
Santos Morales : I took two subways and a bus to get here. Two hours.
Katriona Tamin : [sardonic laugh] Point proven.
Santos Morales : You know, since, uh, your whole gym turned on you, I mean, you got no one but me.
Esperanza Morales : I'd rather have no one.
Santos Morales : Stubborn as a rat. You know, you wanna survive in here, you gotta toughen up. Yeah, let go of whatever grudge you're holding.