Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

She Paints for Vengeance (2020)

Ice-T: Sergeant Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola

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• Olivia Benson : So, I'm walking down 10th Avenue with Noah...

  Amanda Rollins : A lot of anger there. Rape in a strip club? Certainly credible.

  Katriona Tamin : It says she went to NYPD in December. I'll check OLCS.

  Odafin Tutuola : Must've been a local precinct.

  Amanda Rollins : Something happened to her.

  Olivia Benson : Yeah.

  Katriona Tamin : There were two rapes reports filed in Manhattan South on that date. One was a DV, and the other one was ours.

  Olivia Benson : But neither is her. This is an outcry. Fin and Kat, check local strip clubs.

  [to Rollins] 

  Olivia Benson : Check out the billboard company. Whoever she is, I wanna find her.

• Dominick Carisi Jr. : [at a strip club]  Why am I here again?

  Odafin Tutuola : Well, in case you haven't noticed, uh, since you left, we're short on male detectives.

• Jared Desanto : Monica Russo, that's who you were asking...

  Amanda Rollins : Tell me, did you lie any better when you were a cop or is this the best you got?

  Odafin Tutuola : Rollins, take five?

  Amanda Rollins : [leaving]  Yeah, just so you know, Jared, your buddy Donahue already told us that he dumpstered her complaint as a favor to you.

  Odafin Tutuola : Take ten?

• Isadora 'Izzy' Correa : When Markeevious and I first hooked up, people thought I was arm candy. Now, what does a brother like that need arm candy for? His whole world's a sweetshop.

  Amanda Rollins : Ms. Scott, the rape allegation against your former husband is credible.

  Isadora 'Izzy' Correa : I'm sure it is. Guys like Markeevious just get lazier. The candy jar's gotta be right at their fingertips.

  Amanda Rollins : Sounds like there were other accusations against Markeevious.

  Isadora 'Izzy' Correa : Some girls say he forced them, that he was rough. That's what he got paid for. Being rough and fast and big.

  [to an assistant] 

  Isadora 'Izzy' Correa : Just give me one second.

  Odafin Tutuola : These girls have names?

  Isadora 'Izzy' Correa : Probably, but I'm not giving them an opportunity to sue. That money belongs to me, not some dumb bitches who can't get out from under him. Is there anything else?

• Monica Russo : [showing the squad a new mural she painted]  What do you think?

  Odafin Tutuola : What are those keys?

  Monica Russo : Seven. One for each year of his sentence.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Do I have to have wings?

  Olivia Benson : Yeah, you do.

  Monica Russo : You both do.

• Odafin Tutuola : So the painter told you to take a hike.

  Olivia Benson : Well, she has trust issues with NYPD. Can you blame her? So as soon as she sees that we're taking her assault seriously, it's gonna go a long way toward a rapport.

  Odafin Tutuola : Uh-huh. Well, it'd be easier to investigate if she'd at least tell you what happened.

  Olivia Benson : All right, but for now, we know when she was assaulted and where. So go find out by who.

  [seeing his look] 

  Olivia Benson : It's a strip club, Fin. You'll be fine.

• Markeevious Ryan : Monica's saying I raped her?

  Odafin Tutuola : Yes, she is.

  Markeevious Ryan : Damn. I'm like a mark for these chicks. Man, I should've known better than to have been alone with her.

  Amanda Rollins : So you and Monica were in the champagne room together, just the two of you.

  Markeevious Ryan : It's not the first time.

  Amanda Rollins : Oh, right, but there's no cameras, nice and private, get away with anything.

  Markeevious Ryan : Or a stripper could lie about it.

• Toni Sparks : Our dancers are safe. Cameras everywhere.

  Odafin Tutuola : Even in the VIP room?

  Toni Sparks : Not inside, but I got my bird dogs.

  Katriona Tamin : Bird dogs?

  Toni Sparks : I post a bouncer outside the private rooms. Girl just has to holler and they'd be in the door.

• Officer Donald Donahue : Look, I know you SVU guys have big hearts, but this wasn't a real rape.

  Olivia Benson : A real rape? Is that because they knew each other or is that because she dances in a strip club? Do me a favor. Have your captain call me.

  [leaving with Fin] 

  Olivia Benson : When are these dinosaurs gonna die out?

  Odafin Tutuola : No time soon. They have no natural predators.

  Olivia Benson : We're looking for a blonde with a bird tattoo on her hand. Somebody at Topaz has to know who she is.

• Jared Desanto : These girls, they got cash register eyes.

  Odafin Tutuola : So she knew this guy was rich.

  Jared Desanto : Well, all the girls do. Athletes and strippers, like scotch and soda.

  Odafin Tutuola : He's a regular? Sounds like a shakedown. Give me his name, I confirm, make my captain happy.

  Jared Desanto : Oh, I wish I could, but, um, our reputation is staked on privacy. The high rollers trust us to be discreet.

  Odafin Tutuola : [meeting up with Rollins outside]  Looking for a big spender, an athlete, and it wasn't his first time.

  Amanda Rollins : Didn't you say you saw Markeevious Ryan when you were here?

• Officer Donald Donahue : December, stripper? No, I don't think so.

  Odafin Tutuola : Think harder.

  Olivia Benson : Any other offices here named Donnie?

  Officer Donald Donahue : [seeing the poster drawings]  Oh, yeah, that girl. Yeah, it's coming back to me.

  Olivia Benson : So, she was raped and you didn't notify SVU?

  Officer Donald Donahue : It was unfounded. I called the club manager. Turns out she was making the whole thing up. Just looking for a payday.

  Odafin Tutuola : Who, Jared? He's ex-NYPD. Are you looking out for him or her?

  Officer Donald Donahue : Oh, come on. I did my due diligence. The complaint was BS.

  Olivia Benson : We're gonna need to see that report.

  Officer Donald Donahue : Well, when it didn't pan out, I...

  Odafin Tutuola : You tossed it? Do you remember the girl's name?

  Officer Donald Donahue : M something? Uh, Mary? She had dirty blonde hair. A tat of a bird on her hand.

• Moet : Hey. How you two doing tonight?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : We're good.

  Odafin Tutuola : Just admiring the view.

  Moet : I don't know about choir boy here, but you, I figured you for more than a tourist.

  Odafin Tutuola : I'm really here for my man.

  Moet : Oh.

  Odafin Tutuola : He's looking for a girl he met a month ago here. A blonde.

  Moet : Honey, last week, I was a blonde. You're gonna have to do better than that.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : She's got a tattoo of a bird on her hand. She's a painter.

  Moet : Oh, Monica. She quit. Last I heard, she was working at Dungeon.

  [seeing Carisi's blank look] 

  Moet : S&M. Probably not your speed.

• Odafin Tutuola : Hey, what's up, Moette? What's happening?

  Moet : It's Moet. I remember you. Trying to be all undercover that night.

  Amanda Rollins : You made him from the get, huh?

  Moet : Yep.

  Amanda Rollins : Then you know why we're here.

  Moet : Monica. She's a drama queen.

  Odafin Tutuola : Like her story about Markeevious?

  Moet : Have you seen him? He may be retired, but he was an all-pro running back. All right? He's still jacked, and he's rich. He owns this fancy steakhouse. Why would he need to rape some bony-ass white chick?

• Ashley B. : Toni, TJ keeps playing that old-school white boy crap.

  [seeing Fin and Kat] 

  Ashley B. : Sorry.

  Toni Sparks : Give us a minute.

  Ashley B. : Cops? You're here about the billboard.

  Odafin Tutuola : You know about that?

  Ashley B. : All I know is she doesn't work here. Toni takes care of us, not like some places I could name.

  Katriona Tamin : Really?

  Toni Sparks : Yeah, like your last club, Topaz?

  Ashley B. : Their VIP room? More like "act sexy while you try not to get raped" room.

• Olivia Benson : So, two prior victims of Markeevious with the same M.O. that Monica described.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : The fruits of Dara's press conference? She's a hustler, I'll give her that.

  Odafin Tutuola : Can they testify?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : It's a jump ball. Under the Molineux rule, prior bad acts are not admissible to show propensity to commit a crime.

  Olivia Benson : But they are if they show pattern.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : That's right, but we got a bigger problem here. Neither of these women filed a police report.

  Olivia Benson : Monica did file. And until we arrest Markeevious, we're saying that her word isn't good enough.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : All right, I'll get an arrest warrant. I'll request a Molineux hearing. In the meantime, tell your friend Dara that she's got enough publicity. As of now, and I'm dead serious here, she needs to keep her clients out of the news.

• Odafin Tutuola : What the hell's going on?

  Monica Russo : [on a bullhorn outside a precinct]  My name is Monica Russo. I was raped by Markeevious Ryan at the Topaz Club.

  Odafin Tutuola : Her attorney gave you the heads-up?

  Olivia Benson : Oh, not in so many words. But I brought this upon myself. I wanted somebody who would fight for Monica.

  Monica Russo : I was exercising my right to free speech against a man who raped me, and now he's suing me!

  Dara Miglani : [taking the bullhorn]  While Monica sat in a holding cell, Markeevious greeted customers at his steakhouse. He continues to enjoy his freedom and the perks of his fame while Monica fights to have her voice heard. We are here to ask any other victims of Markeevious to come forward and to contact us, and to demand that the NYPD arrest Markeevious Ryan.

• Markeevious Ryan : Look, I've partied with dozens of girls. I'm going through a divorce right now. I'm not cheating, I'm just lettin' off a little steam.

  Odafin Tutuola : Okay, let's say this is a shakedown. Why hasn't she asked you for money?

  Markeevious Ryan : [shrugging]  What I do know? What happened, I paid for. $800.

  Amanda Rollins : You're saying you did have sex.

  Markeevious Ryan : Consensual. I left her a $200 tip.

  [seeing two customers] 

  Markeevious Ryan : Oh, one sec.

  [to Fin] 

  Markeevious Ryan : Look, I know you're not gonna arrest me for patronizing a prostitute, but I have customers to attend to.

  [going to greet them] 

  Markeevious Ryan : How are you? How you doing?

  Amanda Rollins : So he's not guilty of rape 'cause he's getting a divorce?

  Odafin Tutuola : Wonder what his ex has to say.