Law & Order (TV Series)

Vicious Cycle (2022)

Liza Colón-Zayas: Lara Vega

Quotes 

• Lara Vega : ADA Maroun, yesterday, we heard from a witness who came into this courtroom and accused my client of robbing her at gunpoint.

  ADA Samantha Maroun : Yes, I recall.

  Lara Vega : And you had previously spoken with this woman.

  ADA Samantha Maroun : Um, briefly.

  Lara Vega : And she never mentioned a word about a gun.

  ADA Samantha Maroun : Well, she tried. English is not her first language.

  Lara Vega : Can you please answer my question? Did she or did she not mention anything about a gun?

  ADA Samantha Maroun : It is not a yes or no question.

  Lara Vega : May the witness be instructed to answer the question?

  Judge Sydney Bolden : Ms. Maroun, can you answer the council's question?

  Lara Vega : She did not mention anything about a gun. Isn't that true?

  ADA Samantha Maroun : No, that is not true.

  Lara Vega : Isn't it a fact that your witness came into this court and committed perjury?.

  ADA Samantha Maroun : No

  Lara Vega : You suborned perjury in order to bolster evidence in this trial.Isn't that true?

  EADA Nolan Price : Your Honor, this is inflammatory, argumentative, badgering... Sustained.

  Judge Sydney Bolden : Sustained.

  ADA Samantha Maroun : I am telling the truth about what happened.

  Lara Vega : I see. So what is this jury supposed to infer? That you are incompetent? Unprofessional? Derelict in your duties?

  EADA Nolan Price : Objection.

  Judge Sydney Bolden : Sustained.

  Judge Sydney Bolden : Anything else? .

  Lara Vega : No. I have nothing further.