Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)
A Misunderstanding (2016)
Mariska Hargitay: Lieutenant Olivia Benson
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Quotes
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Rita Calhoun : [to Olivia] I'm representing a 15-year-old freshman at the Dowland School.
Olivia Benson : Fifteen. What's he been accused of?
Rita Calhoun : No. Her name's Abby Stewart. She's the victim.
Olivia Benson : Working as an advocate? What is this, penance for representing a serial killer?
Rita Calhoun : You're still holding that against me.
Olivia Benson : Yes.
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John Buchanan : If I understood you just now, it's because the assailant is naive or shy that she waited four days to disclose?
Olivia Benson : No, that's not what I said. I said it's not unusual at all for any victim to wait to disclose. Victims often need time to process what happened to them before approaching police.
John Buchanan : You mean before approaching you. She went to her local precinct first, and they chose not to pursue an investigation.
Olivia Benson : Because local precincts aren't properly trained in sexual assault. That's why the NYPD created the Special Victims Unit in the first place.
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Dominick Carisi, Jr. : [about the Cherry Pickers Club' list] Oh, counselor, you're not gonna use this list though, are you?
Rafael Barba : It goes to motive.
Dominick Carisi, Jr. : Yeah, but it also outs a lot of teenagers. I mean, the guys, whatever. Who cares about them?
Olivia Benson : But these girls, they don't want this list going public.
Mike Dodds : Come on, like they haven't posted darkroom selfies on their Facebook pages already? We're dealing with hormone-flooded teenagers. I know things are grey here, but this is 50 shades of it.
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Mike Dodds : [When Olivia & Dobbs see Chris's appearance] They made Chris look like Harry Potter.
Olivia Benson : Well, we've seen that before, right? The nerd defense?
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Olivia Benson : [to Dodds about Chris Roberts:] So what's your take on the boy?
Mike Dodds : He's privileged, but not arrogant. No record, straight A's, waiting on an early decision from Stanford. He seems genuinely surprised by the allegation.
Olivia Benson : Okay, so it sounds like a teenage he said/she said.
Mike Dodds : It's more like her-parents-say/his-parents-say. Chris's mom, he's her only son, the golden boy.
Dominick Carisi, Jr. : And the father of a teenage virginal daughter? Like my dad with my sisters. If a guy so much as looked at one of them, it's rape.
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Rita Calhoun : [When Olivia & Calhoun are in the bathroom with Abby] We said no makeup. Remember, Abby?
Abby Stewart : But I'll look like a little girl.
Rita Calhoun : They're making him look like a saint. You can't look like a sinner.
Olivia Benson : [Mrs. Roberts walks into the bathroom] Mrs. Roberts, would you give us a minute?
Ellen Roberts : [walks over to the bathroom sink] I'm just washing my hands. Abby, did they tell you that Stanford requested Chris withdraw his application?
Rita Calhoun : This isn't the time.
Ellen Roberts : [grabs Abby] Do you understand that you're ruining my son's life?
Olivia Benson : Hey, you need to stop talking.
Ellen Roberts : A woman cop like you, you always take the girl's side, don't you?
Olivia Benson : That's not what's happening here.
Ellen Roberts : Yeah, well, I've seen it. The sweet little girl becomes the victim and then the boy is made out to be a brute and do you know why that is?
[yells in Abby's face]
Ellen Roberts : Because teenage girls are better liars!
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Olivia Benson : [to Barba] You know, no matter what the jury decides, you did your job.
Rafael Barba : Did I? It was always a murky case.
Olivia Benson : Exactly the kind that we need to be fighting. The world is changing. We need new rules.
Rafael Barba : Rules of sexual engagement for teenagers?
Olivia Benson : Yes. California just passed affirmative consent.
Rafael Barba : We'll see how that goes.
Olivia Benson : Well, something needs to change. The problem is is that teenage boys even in college don't know what behavior might constitute rape. We need to make the lines clearer.