"In the criminal justice system, sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous." " In New York city, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit." " These are their stories." " I don't want a sitter, mommy." " I want you." " Oh, I promise I won't be long." "  Okay." "  Oh." "  Ally, thank you, you're a lifesaver." "  No problem." "  Hey, Tommy, I'm leaving now." "  Hello!" " Yeah, 52 Cormack Court." " You told me already." " I'll see you there." " You're back with Tommy." " I thought that you guys broke up." " No." " Well, maybe." " I don't know." "  He just wants to talk." "  Um." " Okay, I love you, sugar bear." " Be a good boy." " I'll be back soon." " Tommy." " Voicemail, really?" " Fine, I'm 5 minutes away." " Yes, ma'am, they're on their way right now." " 911." " What is your emergency?" " I'm hearing this couple fighting." " She's screaming.  52 Cormack Court, Babylon." " Neighbor's reporting a domestic.  52 Cormack Court." " On my way." " 911." " What is your emergency?" " Hello, can you hear me?" " Yes, ma'am." " Go right ahead." " I'm driving down Cormack, and I just heard gunshots." " What is the address?" " Copy, report of shots fired." " I'm approaching the scene." " Requesting backup." " Police!" " Tommy!" " Step away from him." " Hands up!" " Get up!" "  I didn't do anything." " I called you!" "  Up, up, up!" " Was there anyone else in the house?" " No, just Tommy." " He's... my boyfriend." " How long have you been here?" " I just got here." "  Uh, he was shot when I pulled up" " You weren't arguing?" " Uh, screaming?" " No!" " I-I screamed when I saw." "  What's your name?" "  Jessie Sturgis." " Jessie Sturgis." " You're under arrest." "  What?" " no!" " I didn't do anything!" "  Come on, come on." "  No!" " I didn't do it!" "  You have the right to remain silent." " Anything you say" "Okay, thanks." " Liv." " When's the last time you heard from Jessie Sturgis?" " Jessie." " The Single mom who was raped in the meatpacking district." " Yeah, that was Labor Day Weekend." " That still hasn't gone to trial yet, right?" " The DA's office hated that case." " She was drunk, and her... story was a mess." " But she was raped." " Not arguing that." " She knew her assailant, I remember." " She was afraid that her boyfriend would find out." " Okay, her boyfriend, Tommy... last night, Jessie was arrested for killing 'im." "ADA Barba wants to see us now." " I'm arraigning Sturgis today, Counselor." " Get back to me." " I just need to go over the case files with the..." "SVU detectives." " Have a good day." "  The Suffolk County DA..." " Pam James." " drove in to see you?" " About Jessie Sturgis?" " Pay no attention to Ms. James's icy demeanor." " Underneath, she's all steel." " So why is she rushing to charge Jessie?" " I mean, if Jessie did shoot Tommy, it had to be self-defense." " He appears to have been unarmed, and she brought a gun to the scene." " That's an odd scenario for self-defense." " Big question is... what's this got to do with our rape case?" " Just going to ask you the same question." " Walk me through it." " 4 months ago, Jessie Sturgis was raped by a Michael Provo." " Provo's side, it was consensual sex, and... she lied 'cause she was afraid of her boyfriend." " Tommy Bandolce?" " The guy that..." "Jessie's accused of murdering last night?" " Right." " Uh, that's why Ms. James wants to see your case." " She wants background on Jessie." " She's also worried Provo was falsely accused." " Did she tell you that Michael Provo is a CI for their office?" " Helped make her the DA?" " She's just looking to protect her own." " Didn't come up." " Either way, she wants us to open our kimono." " Excuse me?" " She wants to see all of our case work... all the DA's files." " So she can build a case against Jessie." " I assume you told her no." " Detective, there's a protocol among das." " I can't just say no." " I told her I was new to the office when the case broke, and I needed to get up to speed, so... get me up to speed." " Labor Day Weekend." " Local precinct got the first call?" " No, EMS." " Jessie had been out partying with her girlfriends, she collapsed on the street." " She was taken to Mercy Hospital." "*" " What have we got?" " The vic's name is..." "Jessie Sturgis." " EMS picked her up, semi-conscious on Gansevoort." " Well, did she say anything?" " Well, she was pretty out of it." " She was drunk." " Uh, she told them that she'd been raped." " Now, I found this... receipt in her bag to Babar's Den, time-stamped 2 hours ago." " Fin and Rollins are on their way." " This place again?" " Third call this month about 1 of their patrons getting raped." " Sorry, you guys, you missed last call." " What about her?" " Oh, yeah." " She one of them "Woo-Hoo" girls." " Say what?" " One of them girls who comes in here, and thinks she can drink like a man... winds up screaming "Woo-Hoo."" " Her friends started to hook up." " She left." " Don't tell me she drove." " She was assaulted after she paid her tab." " Why didn't you cut her off?" " This place is strictly bottle service, at the table." " Completely out of my hands." " Did you see 'er leave with anyone?" " Nah, but she was on her cell phone when she left." " Look, I'm sorry she was assaulted." " But that's not on the club." " Never is, is it?" " Detectives?" " Why?" " I didn't call you." " Jessie, before you passed out, you told EMS that you'd been assaulted, and... the rape kit confirms trauma." " Rape kit?" " I don't remember." " Never mind, I go-I gotta go home." " Matthew's waiting up for me." " Matthew, it's your little boy." " His picture's on your cell phone." " Why were you looking through my phone?" " We're cops." " You were unconscious." " We needed to find an emergency contact number." " You didn't... call Tommy?" " Tommy?" " Tommy Bandolce." " Now, that's the number that you had listed." " Is there a problem?" " What'd you tell him?" " Uh, I got to go." "  If he sees me like this, he's go" " Okay, ho-hold on, Jessie?" " Jessie, you have a face full of bruises." " You have... internal injuries." " Now, we need to find out who did this to you." " Uh, I don't know." " It was all a blur." " Well, that can happen." " Do you remember anything?" " Or who you were with?" " Uh, yeah, I" "Well, Tommy and I had a fight today, so I wanted to have a girls' night out with my friends." " Uh, but you didn't leave with them?" " No, I was by myself." " But, uh" "Oh, actually, I remember, a town car pulled up, and... the driver had a gun." " And he made me get in." " Okay." " What did this driver look like?" " He, uh... he... he was black." " He... attacked me." " Was... right there, in front of the club?" " 'Cause... you were found around the corner." " All I remember was the gun." " All right, what... type of gun?" " It was like a... a machine gun." " Okay." " Jessie, can you tell us who you called tonight from the club?" " Excuse me?" " You called another number 3 times... once right before you left." " Jessie!" " Where the hell is she?" "  Tommy." "  Jessie." "  Hey, take it easy, pal." "  Jessie, what happened?" " Just take me home, Tommy." "  Jessie, that's not good for you." "  All right, listen, come on." "  Let's take a little walk outside, huh?" "  That's-that's not a good idea." "  Look, you can't keep her if she wants to go." "  Look." " But we need you to stay." " A doctor" " Jessie." " The babysitter's on the clock." " Get your stuff." "  Ugh." " I know!" "  Sir, step back a second." " She needs to see a doctor." "  Where are your shoes?" " Let's go." " Come on." "  I don't know where my shoes are." " Jessie, if you need more time, there's no need to rush out of here." " You need to see a doctor now, Okay?" " Come on." " Let's go." " I, uh..." "I just want to go home, that's all." " We knew that it was a crap story, but we also knew that she was afraid of her boyfriend." " This boyfriend, Tommy Bandolce, the one she shot last night... what's his deal?" " 2-bit contractor." " Couple of assault convictions, bar fights." " Suffolk County Police responded to 3 prior domestics at Jessie's house." " Jessie never pressed charges." " The number she called that night at the bar, who was it?" " We traced it to Michael Provo." " Your DA pal's confidential informant." " The next day, Fin and I drove out to his PI office in Islip." " You guys didn't have to make the trip." " I could've come by." " I'm in and out of the city all the time." " Half your department owes me drinks." "  Hmm." "  So you were on the job?" " Former ATF." " I've been a PI for about... 6 years." " Security consultant, background checks." " What can I do for you?" " Uh, do you know a Jessie Sturgis?" " Yes, I know Jessie." " See 'er last night?" " What's this about?" " You work law enforcement." " We both know that's a yes." " Okay, Okay." " Um... yes, she called me." " She had too many drinks, and she asked me to pick her up." " So you two are... friends?" " Look." " We're all adults here." " I'm married." " I'm also seeing Jessie." " It is what it is." " What was "it" last night?" " Like I said, she was... drunk... mad at Tommy." " When Tommy does something to her, she does me." " Her little way of getting back." " Okay." " So was that before or after you smacked 'er around?" " Wh-what?" " Is that what she said?" " Eh" " Huh." " Wait... that's Tommy's MO." " Go on." " We were in the car, she's all over me, she gets a text from Tommy, she freaks out, she asked me to take her back by the club." " Is she Okay?" " Oh, so she was fine when you left her?" " A little... drunk, maybe a little scared." " Look." " Eh..." "I'll give you DNA, prints, emails, voicemail, whatever you need." " I got nothing to hide." " Hey, Provo." " I was a bad girl." " I had a few drinks." " I want to see you." " So, Jessie, aside from Tommy, you were also... in a relationship with Michael Provo?" " He's sort of there when Tommy isn't." " And the black gunman in the town car... he's not real, is he?" " No, I'm sorry." " I'm" " I made him up." " I... didn't want Tommy to know." " To know what?" " That... you called Michael 3 times?" " That you got in a car with 'im?" " Jessie." " You weren't raped, were you?" " I didn't make that part up." " I was raped... by Michael Provo." " I begged him to stop." " She said he kept smacking 'er until she shut up." " So Jessie drunk-dials Provo... situation goes south... and he rapes her." " Uh, 1 more thing." " She said if Tommy found out... he'd kill 'er." " And then she winds up shooting him." " Let's go back to Labor Day Weekend, the night of the rape." " Jessie did not want Tommy Bandolce to find out about the affair." " Is it possible that he did find out... and he's the one who assaulted her?" " That was my first thought, but..." "Tommy had an alibi." " Turned out he spent Labor Day Weekend in Bellport, attending to the needs of... a client's wife." " Huh." " The client's wife confirmed?" " Along with Tommy's E-Zpass and GPS records." " Okay, so Bandolce didn't rape her... for now." " But Jessie still could've cried rape to cover up the relationship with Provo." " And beat herself up to make it look good?" " Look, Jessie may have lied from the start... but once she accused Provo... she was consistent in all of her details." " You're the one who talked me into pressing charges." " Why haven't you arrested him yet?" " We just want to make sure that there aren't any surprises." " Am I on trial, or is he?" " Okay." " I'll be back, sweetie." " I've been sober 7 months now." " But Tommy and I had a fight that night, and..." "I had a little slip." " When you were out with your girlfriends?" " Yes." " But I can never just have 1 drink." " I've got monster momentum." " When I'm picking up, I'm picking up." " So you called Michael." " And how long has he been in the picture?" " Oh, gosh." " Uh... since the spring." " The last time Tommy and I broke up." " Michael's his friend." " He came by to say he was checking in on me, and then he kept coming by." " So has Michael ever gotten rough with you before?" " No." " But, uh... it was my fault he did." " I shouldn't've told him to stop." " Jessie." " You can say no." " Anytime." " So... did you?" " When we were going at it in his car, he gets a call... from his wife." " And you didn't know he was married." " Not till I hear kids crying in the background, and she's like..." ""Babe." " Bring me baby aspirin."" " I was like, "Take me home."" " And he got mad." " He said, "Bitch, you can't tell me what to do."" " And then, after he's done with me, he drops me on the street... reminds me he's a cop, and he says..." ""You tell anyone... you'll regret it."" " Provo's not a cop." " He was an analyst for Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms 6 years ago." " Right, so either... he's lying to her, or she's lying to us." " What do we know about 'im?" " Does he have a record?" " Nothing in the NYPD database, but look at this." " 4 years ago, he was questioned for sexual assault in Islip, Consuelo Diaz?" " They make it stick?" " Uh, charges were never filed... but the victim was deported to Belize... after immigration got a tip from quote unquote Former federal agent." " Provo dropped a dime on 'er." " He plays rough." " Mr. Provo, we have a problem." " Jessie won't move off her accusation." " Poor girl's got Stockholm syndrome." " Tommy's abused her for so long, she's terrified of telling the truth." " Maybe, but he didn't assault 'er." " He's got an alibi." " You don't." " Look, here's the truth." " Jessie was bombed." " She's all over me, and then... my wife calls, which freaked 'er out." " You didn't do it, Tommy didn't do it." " Somebody did a number on 'er." " Look, I feel bad about this." " She was so mad at me, she jumped right out of my car." " It could've been anybody after that." " Why is she insisting... that it was you?" " I'm here of my own volition, Detective." " I know you got a job to do, but you're hanging your hat on the wrong rack." " Okay, let's try another rack." " Consuelo Diaz." " You were questioned about raping 'er." " Those charges were never filed." " Then why'd she accuse you?" " She was the fiancee of a friend of mine fighting deportation." " She thought she'd get sympathy by crying rape, then she thought better." " After you had her sent back to Belize." " What?" " I know nothing about that." " Counselor..." "David Elias... for Mr. Provo." " He didn't ask for a lawyer." " Actually, Detective, I'm with the Suffolk County DA's office." " David, everything Okay?" " We need Mr. Provo's help with a case." " I'm sorry, guys." " You have my number." " Sorry to drag you in on this." " DA just has a couple questions." " Did not see that coming." " And that's when we knew... this guy had juice." " Okay." " Provo's got hooks." " First, we thought he might just be a source for the DA working off a charge." " But then we started looking at the trials where Provo testified." " We backtracked to the case files... we found his anonymous CI number." " Turns out he's been a rat since 2008." " 2008?" " That's a year before the..." "Consuelo Diaz rape." " Maybe that's why Pam James never pressed charges on that case." " It's not unusual for a DA to protect 'er asset." " Hmm." " She's still protecting him." " She's arraigning Jessie in 2 hours." " What are we waiting for?" " Mr. Barba, I am due in court in 3 minutes." " Where's that case file?" " I've hit a couple of red flags." " It turns out Michael Provo was accused of rape 4 years ago." " It's not an issue." " Charges were never filed." " You mean you never filed them." " You were the prosecuting attorney on that case." " This isn't The City." " We don't drag the wrongfully accused through the mud." " Especially not if he's your CI." " Save yourself some grief." " Drop your charges against Provo." " Jessie Sturgis is an unstable witness and a murderer." " You don't want to put 'er on the stand." " The people versus Jessica Sturgis." " The charge is murder in the second degree." " How do you plead?" " Not guilty, Your Honor." " I'm innocent." " People on bail?" " Your Honor, we ask that bail be denied." " Ms. Sturgis represents a flight risk." " She's facing a murder charge." " Ms. Sturgis works at a local pharmacy and has a 5-year-old son." " She's not going anywhere." " Even so, I have to agree with our district attorney." " Bail is set at 200,000." " What?" " I can't afford that!" " Uh." " None of this is true!" "  What about Matthew, my son?" "!" "  Ma'am, calm down." "  Who'll take care of him?" "  The court will be in touch with social services." " Detective Benson, please tell him!" " Tell him I didn't do it!" " You know I didn't do this!" " Tell him!" "  That's enough, Ms. Sturgis." "  Please tell him!" " Things seem to be moving awfully fast out here." " We're in someone else's courthouse." " And this is not our case." " She's their defendant." " I know, but she's also our victim." " This is a nightmare!" " They're putting Matthew into foster care?" " I didn't kill Tommy!" " He just wanted to talk!" " He was dead when I got there!" " Jessie, the murder charge is in the hands of the Suffolk County DA." " We can't talk to you about it." " What?" "!" " Unless you think that it might have some bearing on your rape case." " You said that Tommy was angry about it." " Do you think that's why he wanted to talk to you?" " Maybe." " I don't know." " He just called me twice, upset... said he had to see me." " He had me to meet him at this house at 8!" " All right." " Well... what happened when you got there?" " I rang the bell, but there was no answer." " The door wasn't locked, so I walked in." " I see him..." "lying there on the floor." " He'd been shot in the chest... and I tried to stop the blood." " While I'm on the phone with 911, the police come." " Hold on." " How do you mean?" " I hadn't even given them the address yet!" " And cop cars showed up, sirens going." " Okay." " Uh, and what time was this?" " Right at 8." " They walk in, they see me, Tommy dead, the gun on the floor." " Wasn't my gun." " I've never even touched a gun." " But they arrested me." " Jessie." " Had you been drinking?" " I haven't had a drink since the night I was raped." " I swear." " Please, you have to help me." " I didn't do this." " I have to get back to my son." " Please." " We need to check the timeline on her 911 call." " Oh, Liv, if you were a cop on that scene, you would've arrested her too." " Look, I get it, it looks bad... but I gotta tell you..." "I believe that she's telling the truth." " I want to see that case file." " I got a cousin on the job out here." " See if I can... pull a favor." " Detectives, fancy meeting you here." " You saved me a trip to the city." "  What's this?" "  A subpoena... to appear before a Grand Jury in Jessie's murder case." " See you tomorrow." " Detective, didn't Jessie Sturgis initially claim to have been raped at machine gun point by a... stranger in a town car?" "  Yes, but victims frequently" " Just answer the question." " Did she lie?" " Yes." " And did she say she lied because she didn't want her boyfriend, Mr. Bandolce, to know the truth... that she was having an affair?" "  Actually, she said that she was" " Yes or no... was she trying to hide her affair from her boyfriend?" " Yes." " Would you describe their relationship as acrimonious?" " I would say that she was afraid of him." " And yet, to your knowledge, after he found out about the affair, did he harm her in any way?" " No." " In fact, did Mr. Bandolce pick her up from the hospital... on the night of the alleged rape... and take her home?" "  Yes, but" " No further questions." " How was the Grand Jury?" " They'll indict her by lunch." " What's all this?" " My cousin came through." " We got the Bandolce murder case file." " Anything that helps Jessie?" " Well, you were right about the timeline." " The night of the murder..." "Tommy Bandolce calls Jessie once at 7:06, once at 7:40." " She said he begged her to meet her by 8 at a house that was 15 minutes away." " When she called back at 7:50 to say she was 5 minutes away, he didn't pick up." " What doesn't follow... at 7:55, a neighbor, Larry Banks, calls in a domestic disturbance at that house." " 911." " What is your emergency?" " I'm hearing this couple fighting, she's screaming." " 52 Cormack Court, Babylon." " Even if Jessie was there, I mean, they got into that argument awfully fast." " Yeah, and then, 3 minutes later, a woman driving by calls." " 911." " What is your emergency?" " Hello, can you hear me?" " Yes, ma'am." " Go right ahead." " I'm driving down Cormack, and I just heard gunshots." " Who was that?" " That came from a no-name phone." " Suffolk County Police are trying to track her down now." " Then at 8:02, Jessie calls to say she found Tommy." " By then... the police have arrived." " They see her next to the body, the gun..." "I mean, it's a little tight, but I can see why they charged her." " They find prints on the gun?" " No." " And no residue on Jessie's hands." " Were they able to trace it?" " Uh, yeah, registered to, uh... owner..." "Gorromini  Sons... on 5th Avenue." " It's "Quality sellers of fine clothes... and firearms."" " And when Suffolk County Police spoke to 'im, he claimed Jessie stole it from 'im." "But he didn't report the gun stolen until the cops talked to him?" " Mm-mm." " I say we follow up on that." " My family has been clothiers and armorers for hundreds of years." " We have a license for every rifle in the store." " The handgun used in the murder was registered to you personally, Mr. Gorromini." " Yes, I know." " It's very unfortunate." " I told the other police everything that I know." " Tell us again." " Last June, she came into the store." " I noticed her immediately." " She had a certain... something." " She say why she needed a gun?" " Yes, she said her pharmacy was robbed, she needed protection." " I told that her that we... didn't sell handguns, and never without a license." " So you just gave her one?" " I believe she took the gun from my... bedroom closet." " That night, I made the mistake... of sleeping with her." " So why didn't you report it stolen?" " I didn't notice." " The um... the Suffolk County Police assured me that... this wouldn't be a problem... since I was cooperating with their case." " You're dealing with Manhattan now, Chief, so you're coming with us." "  I'm not sure why we're here." "  You're not?" " Your client either knowingly provided a weapon that was used in a murder, or he failed to report it stolen." " Either way, he's in trouble." " Not if you give him "queen for a day."" " Sold." " We'll throw in a tiara, as long as he tells us everything, right now, no holding back." " We won't use it against him." " You've lied twice." " Last chance." " Same question." " How did Jessie get the gun?" " I'm not sure." " So she was never in your apartment?" " You never slept with her?" " No." " I never even met her." " Friend asked to borrow the gun on her behalf." " What friend?" " His name is Michael Provo." " And when was this?" " About a week ago." " He said it was a personal favor." " That's a big favor." " You'd risk your license for him?" " This "queen for a day" covers everything, right?" " Yeah, go ahead." " Provo saved my license 10 years ago." " He tipped me off about an ATF sting." " He called the other night... said the gun was used in a crime... said he'd smooth it over with the DA." " And the story about Jessica stealing the gun?" " That came from Provo." " Every word." " Provo got Gorromini to lie." "  Find out if he coerced any other witnesses." "  I'm way ahead of you, Counselor, as usual." " Larry Banks, who made the first 911 call about a domestic dispute." " Any Suffolk County Police contacts?" " 2 DUIs, both of which were dropped." " Oh, that's interesting." " What about the woman who called in the gunshots?" " Well, the Suffolk County Police claims that they're still trying to trace the cell phone." " But our working theory... is that Provo held a gun to Tommy's head... forced him to call Jessie." " Once she's on her way, Provo triggers the 911 calls, and the police arrive just after Jessie does." " Sounds like it's time for a sit-down with the Suffolk County DA." " Open our kimono?" " I don't think so." " The gun came from Manhattan." " We're closing in on a conspiracy." " This is our case now." " Michael Provo." " We need to speak with you privately." " Yeah, we're about to hit the road." " Go get the dog." " No, you're not." " We have a warrant for your arrest in the County of New York." " What for?" " Besides a rape charge, you're under arrest for conspiracy and murder." " You gotta be kidding me." " I said get inside!" " Call Pam James, now!" " You really have to do that?" " You still think you're special." " Get in the car." " Ms. James." " What brings you to town?" " I was heading to the governor's fundraiser when I heard that your SVU minions arrested Mr. Provo in Islip." " Yeah?" " They said traffic was terrible coming back." " I'm more than a little surprised I didn't get a heads-up from your office." " Huh-hm." " You weren't exactly forthcoming when you came to ask about Jessie Sturgis." " And you're paying me back by trying to blow a hole in my murder case." " This isn't about payback." " And it doesn't stop with Michael Provo framing Jessie for murder." " Michael Provo did not frame Jessie." " You can't admit that?" " Right?" " If Provo framed Jessie... he could've framed anyone... which means you'd have to reopen every case he was ever involved with." " Your whole office could be vulnerable here." " This guy's got you jumping through hoops, Pam." " Dropping rape charges..." "DUIs" "You attack the integrity of my office, you're in for the fight of your life." " I never mind a little blood on the canvas." " You got an event to get to?" " Enjoy." " I got a case to prepare." " So you can prove it?" " That Michael killed Tommy and set this whole thing up?" " Our DA's adding conspiracy and murder to Provo's rape charge." " Oh, thank God." " Can I go home tonight?" " My boy's in foster care." " See, Jessie... that's the bad news, is that... the Suffolk County DA won't drop the charges." " Why?" " That's impossible." " Michael did it!" " We believe you were framed." " They think you did it." " It's 2 separate counties... 2 separate trials." " This is insane." " He raped me, killed Tommy, put me in here." " You're telling me... you can't get me out?" " What if they convict me?" " We're building your case." " We're working with your defense team." " The DA will not give up." " I just" "We just need you to hang in there a little longer, Okay?" "" Just hang in there?"" " Get out." " Leave." " Get out!" " Guard." " Your Honor, the Grand Jury indicted Michael Provo for rape, murder, and conspiracy." " We would like to consolidate these charges... to proceed to trial together." " But the very least, the charges should be separate." " There's no link between them." " They are absolutely linked." " We intend to prove that the defendant framed Jessie Sturgis for murder because she accused him of rape." "  Mr. Barba has overstepped" " It's a complicated case." " But I do see a basis for consolidating." " Defense motion denied." " Your Honor." " Ms. James." " I know it's unusual, but I'd like to address the court." " Objection." " The Suffolk County DA is not a party in this case." " This matter has bearing on a case set for trial in Islip." " I want to make you aware of that conflict." " Approach." " What do you have, Ms. James?" " The alleged victim in this trial, Jessie Sturgis, is under indictment in Suffolk County for the same murder." " We go to trial on Monday." " I'm asking you to dismiss the charges here." " Your Honor, the law clearly allows for different defendants to be tried in different jurisdictions for the same crime." " Thank you, Mr. Barba." " I'm aware of what the law allows." " And he's right." " Then we ask that you stay your case until our trial is over." " And... your jury's verdict dictates the course of our trial." " Ms. James, all due respect, I don't run the Manhattan courtroom on Suffolk time." " You try your case..." "Mr. Barba tries his." " We're in business." "  Are we?" "  Mm-hmm." " 2 trials at the same time?" "  What if Suffolk County goes to jury before us?" "  Leave that for our esteemed appellate court." " While Jessie rots in her jail cell and Provo's out on bail." " Detective... y-you think you can do this faster?" " Help yourself." " We are gonna prove, beyond a reasonable doubt... that Ms. Sturgis... cheated on her boyfriend..." "Mr. Bandolce." " She lied to him about it." " And when he confronted her... she shot him." " Forget what you may have read or heard about the Suffolk County DA's case." " This trial is about injustice compounded." " Michael Provo... brutally raped Jessie Sturgis, and when she dared to tell the truth about it... he conspired... to frame her for murder." " We appreciate your being here, Mr. Provo." " You know the jury's been informed that you are currently on trial in Manhattan for the murder of Mr. Bandolce?" " Yes, that's correct." " Did you murder Mr. Bandolce?" " No, absolutely not." " But you were involved with his girlfriend... the defendant, Jessie Sturgis?" " Yes." " She and Tommy were... rocky." " I was her port in the storm." " When was the last time the two of you talked?" " A... week before the murder." " She said she wanted to teach Tommy a lesson." " And she asked me for a gun." " Ms. Sturgis, after Michael Provo raped you, what did he say?" " He said he was a cop, and if I told anyone, I'd regret it." " And did that concern you?" " Yes." " He'd always brag to me about all the connections he had." " He said he could set up anyone... anytime." " So Jessie's doing fine?" " She'll be Okay during cross?" " I hope so." " Yesterday, in Islip, Provo charmed his jury." " And he's getting a little help from DA James." " She just produced a new witness." " Second 911 caller." " The one who heard the shots." " She testifies tomorrow." " And she comes forward 2 days into Provo's trial?" " They sandbagged us." " Provo got the others to lie for him." " Find out what he's got on her." " Who the hell are you?" " Looking for Carol McEwan." " Yeah, what do you want with 'er?" "  Carol, can we speak with you privately, please?" "  No!" " We're married 10 years." " I'm more comfortable with my husband here." "  Okay, we're here" " I know why you're here." " My 911 call." " The DA told me not to talk to anyone before I testify... not even cops." " Okay." " But, uh... you live... a half hour from the crime scene." " You just happened to be driving by that night?" " I was taking a shortcut to meet my husband." "  It was our anniversary." "  Okay?" " Good-bye." " Go back to the city." " She got nothing else to say to you." "  Carol, please." " If you're scared of Michael Provo" " No, I'm sorry." " Well, that was a wasted trip." " Either of you find any connection between Carol McEwan and Provo?" " Not yet." " However he reached to, he covered his tracks." " She may not be the connection." " What'd you make of the husband?" " He was piece of crap." " 3-time loser." " He was paroled last January after a 5-year bid in Queensboro Correctional?" " Eh, felony, cocaine sales." " The best part" "The informant who set him up... testified against him, Michael Provo." " Wait, so... why is Eddie letting his wife testify "for" Provo?" " That's it." " That's my last pay stub." " Eddie." " Got a minute?" " I told you, I ain't got nothin' to say." " No, you told us your wife had nothin' to say." " We want to talk to you." " You got no reason to be bustin' my balls." " I haven't broken recycling laws since I been out." " Michael Provo." " You used to be friends, right?" " That's how he set you up." " Yeah, so-called friend." " Stabbed me in the back." " Every word that he ever said is a lie." " Well, why's your wife helping him, Eddie?" " If I had any say, she wouldn't be." " Okay?" "" If I had any say?"" " He's got Carol cowed." " It's the same way Tommy pushed Jessie around." " Oh." " Carol." " I'm not supposed to talk to you." " Says who?" " Your husband?" " Or Michael Provo?" " You know you could be charged with perjury for lying in front of a jury?" " Who said I was going to lie?" " You told us you heard shots on the way to your anniversary dinner, but it turns out you two are common-law." " So what?" "  I didn't say it was a wedding anniversary." "  No, it was another kind of anniversary." " It's been a year... since Eddie was paroled from prison." " Where Michael Provo helped to send 'im." "So you know... we don't owe him anything." " Except we checked, and Eddie was supposed to do 15 years upstate." " Instead, he does 5 in Queensboro Correctional in Long Island City." " That's a lot closer to your house." " He got time off for good behavior." " Yeah, after Michael Provo got the DA to intercede on his behalf." " See, we know Provo's MO." " He was having a relationship with you... while your husband was away." " You can't prove that." " Carol." " It's what he does." " He takes advantage of women who are already in trouble." " I love my husband." " Did Provo threaten to tell Eddie about your affair?" " I'm Eddie's whole world." " If he finds out, he'll kill me." " Then he'll kill himself." " And we don't want to have to tell 'im." "But there's an innocent woman who's looking at 25 to life." " So you're gonna blackmail me into doing what's right?" " Who's taking advantage of who now?" " What is going on, Mr. Barba?" "!" " Professional courtesy." " I didn't want to blindside you." " I've just been informed that Jessie's defense attorney is gonna recall Mr. Provo to the stand." " I'm not worried." " No?" " You should be." " Your friend, Gabriel Gorromini... misinformed the Suffolk County Police." " Jessie didn't steal that gun from him." " In fact... he gave it to you, Mr. Provo." " He's lying." " What'd you do, jam 'im up on his license?" " No." " That's what you did, actually." " Our office is already looking into this." " Well, actually, there's lots to look into." " Let's... take a walk, shall we?" " Now, this is Larry Banks." " He was the first 911 caller the night of the shooting." " He now admits that the call was a fake." " It was just payback to Mr. Provo for getting him out of 2 DUIs." " I did no such thing." " Hand to God." " All right, let's continue." " You remember Carol McEwan?" " She made the second 911 call, reporting gunshots that nobody else heard... moments before Jessie even got there." " This is my witness." " She's on my list." " She's on mine now." " She's going to testify that she was blackmailed by Provo... into making a false report." " That lying bitch." " Your frame's collapsing, huh, Provo?" " You know, Carol... gave everything up." " She even saved the texts that you sent her." " I can only imagine how angry you must feel right now." " You can... see why I wanted to give you a heads-up." "  Don't believe any of this." " They're framing me" " Michael." " Mr. Barba, you have to understand, these allegations come as a complete shock to me." " You can be assured that my office will conduct a thorough investigation." " I've no doubt you will." " And in the meantime, all your... charges against Jessie can be dropped." " Due diligence first, Detective." "" Due diligence?"" " I'd call it "saving face."" " Jessie Sturgis is innocent." " She has a child in Foster care." " More to the point, once I get Mr. Provo convicted... of conspiracy... every one of your cases he was involved with will be under the microscope." " So will your office." " Think about what that means, Pam." " Don't threaten me." " Either of you." " Counselor." " No threat was intended." " You and I... we both want the same thing." " We're on the same side." " Mistakes were made." " But at the end of the day, we both want justice." " Yes, of course." " Let's keep this simple, then." " Tommy Bandolce was killed in Babylon." " If you withdraw all charges against Provo, I will withdraw all charges against Jessie." " The hell you will." " And you will file murder charges against Provo in Suffolk County." " Are you effing kidding me?" "!" " And conduct an internal investigation into all cases he was involved in." " You'd really sell me out, Pam?" " After everything I've done for you?" " You'd still be putting your tits on the table for traffic court judges if it wasn't for me!" " Get him out of my sight." "  Come on." "  Okay." " If I'm going down, you're going down too!" " I will bury you!" " I will bury you!" " Oh, my God!" " Matthew!" " Hi." " Hi, honey!" "  Oh!" "  Look, I lost another tooth." " Oh!" " Well, we better let the tooth fairy know, right?" " It's over now?" " They can't hurt us anymore?" " Uh, Provo's going away for a very long time." " What about the rest of the case?" " What Michael did to me?" " Hey, Matty, why don't you... show me that missing tooth, huh?" " Jessie." " We had to... withdraw our charges." " What?" " But... he raped me." " He beat me and left me bleeding in the street." " Barba had to make a deal... to get you out right away." " That was... that was the priority." " And the rape never happened?" " Legally, no." " Jessie, take Matthew home." " You won." " That one's loose too?" " Just let it fall out." " Just don't yank it." " Hey, Matty." " Raped... put in jail... her kid taken away." " I don't know how she held it together." " She did it for her son."