"sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous." "the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the special victims unit." "These are their stories." " Zoe." " The hang Seng is crashing right now." "Do you want me to call the guys in Hong Kong?" "no." "You should have a drink." "Take a night off." "Have some fun." " I'm trying." "Eli's happy. it's easy to get the serotonin flowing'." " Roger." "Zoe." "Thank you for your hard work." " Our pleasure." "Eli." " Better be with the fees I'm paying." " Nothing good comes cheap." "Not on wall street." "Roger." "And I appreciate your hard work." " Thank you." "of course." "But I know that you found this deal so..." "Thank you." " Cheers." "thank you." " You might want to rethink that." "Drc. 1978." " Not a wine connoisseur." " I paid $1.6 million for 112 bottles." "500 a glass." " Don't waste something that unique on me." "I have a very unsophisticated palate." "Stop!" "No." "Thank you." "All right." " Rookie move." " What are you talking about?" " Three rules of wall street: and never say no to a client." " Okay." "Still pouring that drc?" "stay on it." "Hey." " I-i didn't know we had a meeting." " Roger called this morning about some Chinese media company we can get for four times ebitda." " That's cheap." "you get what you pay for." " Not when you work with cromwell Moore." "Get what you don't pay for." "That's why you're so rich." "last night." "That was fun." "We should do it again." " So?" "Any word?" " No." "Stop asking. sergeant Tutuola's got a nice ring to it." "what is a ten-letter word for "bad luck"?" " Misfortune." "Hi." "Can I help you?" "yes." "I need to speak to a detective." "I'm lieutenant Benson." "how about we step into my office?" "How can I help you?" " I was raped." " Okay." "I'm very sorry to hear that." "so..." " No worries." "We're just gonna take it one step at a time." "Do you have any idea who did this to you?" " Yes." " Okay." " Him." " Eli Colton?" " Yeah." "King of wall street." "♪ ♪" "I was at a party at Eli's penthouse." "We'd just closed a deal." "so you and Eli work together?" " Sort of." "I work at an investment bank." "Cromwell Moore." " Uh-huh." " Eli's firm is our biggest client." " Got it." " He invited a bunch of people back to his apartment after the dinner." "We were celebrating his latest acquisition. and then you went to his apartment." " Yeah." "Um..." "I ended up in his bedroom." "He wanted to show me his watch collection." "Anyway... and I-i did kiss him back." "we were having fun." " Of course." "okay?" "he tried to take my dress off." "I told him I did not want to have sex. uh... and I tried to push him off." "I tried so hard to get him off of me." "but he just covered my mouth." "do you remember anything else?" "Any other details?" " Yeah." "Staring at his stupid $4 million watch on the night stand." "I just watched the hand go around and around till it was over." "did he say anything when it was over?" " Yeah. and then he jumped in the shower." "and what time was this?" "3:05 A.M." " Have you told anybody about what happened?" "I did." "this morning." " Okay." " And he told me to think it over." " Think it over?" ""be careful." "It's never easy to kill the king." " I'm confused... are you saying that Zoe was raped?" " Yes." "And now I'm confused because she told you that this morning." "she never said "rape." "I thought that she was just..." "Upset and regretful." " Do you remember her exact words?" " No." "Not really." "She said things got weird between her and Eli." "That he was aggressive." "I think that she seemed more worried about appearances." "She didn't want people talking about her but I didn't realize that... I would've been the first to call the police." "detectives." "Dan Hewitt." "Ceo." " Lieutenant Benson." "Svu." "This is detective Tutuola." " I heard what happened." "I'm shocked." " You heard?" "Who told you?" "employees are the most important asset a corporation possesses." "you can count on my full cooperation." "great because we definitely have some more questions." "Roger and I need to speak with our general counsel." "You understand?" "I don't." "We'll be in touch." "if there's anything I can do." " Okay..." "detectives Carisi and rollins from svu are here." " Svu?" "right?" "how can I help you?" " We're here about Zoe white." " Zoe?" "Why?" "What happened?" "I just saw her this morning." " Did you see her last night?" "why?" " Were you alone with her?" "Maybe between 2:00 and 3:00 A.M.?" "could you show these detectives out?" "guys." "This meeting's over." " We're not accusing you of anything." "We just want to hear your side of the story." " I'd just prefer to have my lawyer present for any formal discussions. and we'll set up a meeting." "Can you get them her card?" " Before we go..." "Can we just have the names of all the people that..." "Were there at the apartment last night? why make us waste our time?" "that's a good point." "I hate inefficiency. activity for the sake of activity." "You got a pen?" " Yep. what's her last name?" "I don't think she has a last name." "She's a model." "I remember her." " Did you see her and Eli hanging out?" " Yes." "She was very... determined." " That makes sense." "right?" "decent-looking." "most billionaires are disgusting." "But he's a total player. he doesn't even give parting gifts. you deserve something." " That's one way of looking at it." "all right?" "Do you remember anything else?" "Anything specific?" " I saw them walk upstairs to his bedroom." "Late at night." "Hand in hand." "And I remember feeling relieved." " Why's that?" " Because I knew I didn't have to sleep with him." " Excuse me?" " This guy at cromwell Moore..." "Roger something... 000 to come to the party and be Eli's date." "of course." "Roger told him we were friends from the Hamptons." "I was thrilled when Eli went upstairs with Zoe. and I didn't have to sleep with him." "I met a really cute guy." "Nate." "you and zoya were hanging out." "Do you remember seeing Eli and Zoe together?" "but I didn't notice anything unusual." " What time did you leave the party?" " Around 12:00." "I'm not really into the party scene." "I went there to fly the cromwell flag." " Do you remember seeing Zoe at work the next day?" " Yeah." "She seemed distracted." " Did she mention anything about what happened?" "but let's cut to the chase." "he did." "'cause she's honest?" " Because she's smart." "Zoe's the most driven woman I know. got her mba from Stanford..." "There's no way she would risk everything unless it were true." "There's no upside to burning a bridge with the king." " Security footage from Eli's lobby confirms there were 20 people at the party." "we talked to 11 of them." " Okay." "Anything interesting?" " They all say the same thing." "but nothing unusual." " Okay." "What about photos?" "Videos?" " Nothing so far." " Zoe's rape kit came back." "Internal bruising consistent with rough sex and there were traces of semen too." "I ran it through codis." "There's no match in the system." " Great." "Get a warrant for Eli's DNA." "Mr. Colton." "What brings you here?" "the better." " I couldn't agree more." "How about you give us a sample of your DNA?" " No need." "Mr. Colton's ready to talk. and we both had a great time." " Sure." "We'll just take your word for it." "you don't have to." " This is an email sent from Ms. white to Mr. Colton the day after the party." "Our it department confirmed it was sent from her office computer." " "Glad we closed the deal." "Ha." "Thinking about you." "Last night was amazing." "Zoe." " "Glad we closed the deal"?" "What the hell is this?" " It's an email that you allegedly sent to Eli the morning after the party." " I didn't write this. and they confirmed that it specifically came from your computer." " We also checked the digital sign-in log." "You were at cromwell Moore from 9:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M." "I was." "I'm not in my office every second of the day." "somebody went into my office and sent this from my computer." " You have any idea who?" " No." "But it wasn't me." "great." "That's all we need to hear. figure out who sent that email." " We're on your side." " Thank you. but it's making me feel really alone." " You're not." "I promise." " No luck on the keyboard." "Techs couldn't find any prints or DNA." "Somebody must've wiped it down." "so we can't prove that the email came from anyone other than Zoe." "but it does prove Eli's nervous. you're not gonna send phony emails from a victim's computer trying to get ahead of the story." "so let's keep digging." " We talked to the last of the party guests." " And?" " Nobody saw anything suspicious" "Eli and some of the guests were hitting it pretty hard." "so we're back to Eli." "Let's... dig into his past. any wall street gossip..." "Anything that can establish a pattern of behavior. because his friends are too busy getting rich off him." "Tyler." "we've got some questions about Eli Colton." "you guys worked together?" " Yeah." "Ten years." "He was best man at my wedding." "huh?" "till he fired me." " He didn't want to pay your yearend bonus." "right?" "he owed me $80 million... he blew me out." "Litigation arbitrage. which in my case was zero 'cause I lost." "Cost me 2 mil in legal fees too." " Sorry to hear that." " Sorry?" "Taking it on the chin from Eli was a godsend. which in turn gave me a platform to build this $4 billion fund." "I owe Eli. there were some rumors flying that Eli raped someone." "but..." " Do you remember any details?" "Any names? but it had traction." "it suddenly just disappeared." " Are you saying that he paid her off?" "that would be unethical." " Can you think of anyone in Eli's life might be willing to talk?" "but you can probably track down the woman yourself." "She filed a police report." " Not sure what there is to talk about." "I recanted." "I told the police it was consensual." "we're not here to judge you." "we understand how complex and how emotional believe me." " We just want to know what happened because we think he did it again." " I'm sorry to hear that." "But I can't talk about it." "I signed a non-disclosure agreement." "huh?" " Fin." "okay? and I think she deserves justice. but we do need your help." "We're just trying to figure out what happened." " He..." "He said he would destroy my career." "My life." "no matter what I did he would have walked." "And I'd be left hanging in the wind." "No way." "I worked too hard to just blow up my life." "For free." "I cut the best deal I could given the hand I was dealt." "That's what I did." "The son of a bitch still ruined my life." "right?" " One last question." "You said in the police report that you filed..." "You stated that you and Eli had a preexisting professional relationship." "How did you two know each other?" " Roger littrell." "Got a second?" " I'm not talking to you without a lawyer." " This isn't about Zoe." "yeah?" "You two looking to make a few ma deals?" "we're actually here to talk about" "Kate tompkins." "I remember Kate." "Mit." "Wharton mba." "Brilliant." " Yeah." "Pretty too." "Bet Eli liked working with her." " Eli raped her three years ago." "Then he paid her off." " I don't know anything about that." " You were her supervisor." "I supervise lots of people." "it seems like you supervise pretty women who end up getting assaulted by your biggest client. because I got nothing to do with this!" "I make Eli money." "I find undervalued businesses that he can buy at a discount and sell at a premium." "Simple as that." "I get rich too!" "I don't know anything about it." " Even though he raped two of your associates?" "that's on him." " And you." "Because you're the bastard that helps him cover it up." " Zoe white and Kate tompkins:" "Eli's go-to banker." " And chief fixer." "Ten to one he's who snuck into Zoe's office and sent that email." "He's got way too much to lose if Eli goes down." " So we have a billionaire predator beautiful bankers." "we can't prove it because the other victim recanted and signed a non-disclosure." " What else do we have on Eli?" " Nothing that'll stick." "It's still Zoe's word against his." "so let's get warrants and his apartment." "lieu." "You see this?" "The "ledger" did an exposé on the "fabulous life" of Eli Colton." "Look who made a cameo." " "Fabulous friend Zoe white sunbathing at Eli's Hamptons mansion." "Eli's team is pulling out every trick in the book." " This is insane." "I am not his "fabulous friend." "I'm a banker." "I graduated third in my class at business school." "I'm not some bikini bimbo." " Okay." "Where are these photos from?" "Eli threw a party at his house in the Hamptons." "I went with a few work friends." "he wasn't even there when these photos were taken." "He flew to London that Saturday morning." "But he told everybody to stay there and have a great weekend." " Was Roger at this party?" " Yeah." "He has a house a mile away." " Okay." "do you remember Roger taking any photos?" "everybody was." " So is it possible that Roger took these photos and... and he gave them to Eli?" " I mean... he's my mentor." "He's my..." "He's my friend." "I..." "I thought he was my friend." "Why would he throw me under the bus?" " To undermine your case." " This?" "This is undermining my career!" "Bikini shots?" "I work 80 hours a week!" "this is the first time that I had a break in... in over a year!" " They're trying to intimidate you." "it's starting to work. but I would like you to walk us through what happened one last time. even if you think that they're meaningless." "Anything that you could tell us or remember would be helpful." " Eli and I were upstairs." "I was looking at the watch." "There was music playing." "We were kissing. and I..." " Hold on." "Hold on." "A flash of light?" "I-i don't..." "I have no idea what it was." "My... my therapist thinks that it was my brain reacting to the trauma. but we got the search warrants." " Great." "Thank you." " Please be respectful of the surroundings... the artwork." " Of course." " Yeah." "Looks just like the apartment I grew up in." " Uh-huh." "No security cameras." "anyway." "this really reminds me of the apartment I grew up in." "I had a roof terrace just like that." " Wow." " Mind if I kill the lights?" " Yeah." "Go for it." "Fin!" "Come back inside." "A flash of light." "That wasn't Zoe trying to process her trauma." " There's a fire stairwell that leads up to the roof." "A service elevator too." " Do Eli's guests have access to this elevator?" " Some of the more high-profile ones." "Celebrities." "Things like that." "They come in the back entrance and go up on the service elevator." "More... more privacy." "Eli threw a party here three nights ago." "Did anyone..." "Use that entrance then?" "and..." " That's not the question." " We can take this down to the station if you'd prefer." "No need for any of that." " So?" " Yeah." "Some guy rode up the elevator that night." " All right." "You know his name?" " No." " He sign in?" " Nope." "Eli tells me to just let 'em up." " Does this elevator have a camera in it?" " Mm-hmm. and then he comes back down five minutes later." " And we got a hit on facial recognition." "The guy's name is Harry ingram." "cocaine possession with intent to distribute." "I talked to my friend in narcotics." "He says this guy ingram is a well-known dealer to the wall street crowd." "so Harry shows up to sell Eli some coke. and then he opens up Eli's terrace door..." " Creating the flash of light in the dark room." "gets the hell out of there." "bring him in?" " No." "He has no reason to cooperate with us." "anyway." "You know anything about the stock market?" " Can I help you?" " Hey." "Harry." "Stuart gleacher." "I called you and left a message." "I-i used to work with Eli Colton." "one of those rooftop parties he had last fall?" "Think we rode that private elevator up together?" "Stuart?" " Um..." "Eli... he didn't..." "He didn't call you?" " No." "I'm sorry." "You know what I'm gonna do?" "I'm gonna track him down." "I'm gonna get him to call you." "I'm sorry." "I didn't mean to pop up out of the blue like that." "that... that's my bad." "bro." "Come on in." " Thank you." "you and Eli are... are buddies? among other things." "what can I do for you?" "I'm looking to get a big eight." "where do you..." "Where do you work now?" " Hedge fund called panther." " Oh." "What kind of..." "What kind of fund? you know?" "why?" "You looking for an internship or something?" "I'm..." "I'm more of an entrepreneur." "I got this-this one idea." " I like the business you're in now." "high margins." "but the... the risk is too high." "check it out." "I was in China a few months ago. all of that." "Make a killing." " How much is that?" "Three grand?" " Four." " What?" "bro." " Of course." "Harry?" "real pleasure doing business with you." "sure." " Hey!" "Get down on your knees." "Hands on your head." "Harry ingram." "You're under arrest for possession of a class-a drug with intent to distribute." "check the oven." "bro." "Did I forget to tell you I was a cop?" "that's a lot of weight." "plus this." "You are staring down a lot of time." "Unless you might want to help us." " What the hell is this?" " This?" "That's a video of you on your way up to a party at Eli Colton's penthouse four nights ago." "A party which you spent exactly five minutes at." "you mind telling me what happened that night? and... when I opened the master bedroom door..." "I'm guessing you want to know what I saw?" " You're a genius. but I'm..." "I'm gonna need certain assurances." "we're not in the business but... we can put in a good word for you at the Da's office." "Harry." "Come on. this is gonna end badly for you. and she was struggling. and he didn't." "Ugh." "It was..." "It was ugly." "and I got the hell out of there." "but I am..." "Definitely not okay with that kind of thing." "Eli's self-interested coke dealer witnessed the rape." "so he's not a perfect witness. he's practically useless." " So..." "let's use him outside the courtroom to gather more evidence." " You think he's willing to wear a wire?" " I think he's willing to wear a clown suit. he'll do anything we want." " Worth a shot. but I am freaking out." "tell me what's going on." "Maybe I can help you out." " The police found out that I was at your place the night of the..." " The night I had work friends over for drinks to celebrate the closing of the whitmere hotel chain that I had just purchased?" "they wanted to know if I saw anything suspicious." "or?" "something else." "what did you tell them?" " I told them that I wanted to talk to a lawyer." "that was smart." "nothing suspicious did happen." "right." " Excuse me?" "Eli." "I saw you on top of that girl." "I-I heard her yell "stop." " You mean you heard her yell "don't stop"?" " Eli's pretty good." " Because I would never have sex with a woman without her consent." "I'm not in the mood to dance." "I'm in a bind." "I-I owe my buddy in Miami some cash." " Need money?" " I need to make a deal." "you cut me a check." " This guy's pretty good too." " How much do you need?" "000." "000?" "I think you need more than that." "How about a million?" "I think you need more than that." "How about a million?" " He's clearly trying to buy him off. and he counters with a million?" "The jury's gonna see right through that." " I'm not so sure." "Eli's too smooth." "He never took the bait." "he denied any culpability." "that you don't want to use it?" " We can play this audio for a jury but we need something more definitive." " Like what?" "Roger littrell." " We tried." "He won't cooperate." "Eli is his golden goose." "That guy is not talking." "anyway." "These guys are all motivated by one thing." " Money." "Mr. Hewitt." "lieutenant?" "I'm here to assist you." " In what way?" " By giving you a tip." "inside information." " My firm is far too reputable to engage in that kind of activity. we're going to be arresting your friend Zoe white." " I thought you were here to help." "I am." " How?" " By giving you a chance to get on the right side of history." "Eli's name is going to be everywhere... tabloids..." "Which means that..." "Cromwell Moore's name is going to be splattered everywhere. how do you want to be characterized?" "As a hero or a villain?" " Tell me what you need." "Please." " Roger littrell." "His testimony's crucial." " He owes his whole career to Eli." "Roger's just another guy in an expensive suit pulling down 2 mil a year." "He'll never flip." "But we don't need him." " Excuse me?" " Every conversation in our office is recorded." "Brutal honesty is the cornerstone of our firm's philosophy." "I'll have the relevant videos sent to your office within the hour." "Nice doing business with you." " And you." "What's gonna happen to Roger?" " He'll be out of the office before the end of the day. but the meeting for Monday..." " Eli Colton!" "You're under arrest for first-degree rape." " Is this absolutely necessary?" " Yeah." "It is." "handcuffing rapists this isn't activity for activity's sake." " So Eli's under arrest?" "It's official?" "we arrested him last night of first-degree rape." "It turns out that cromwell Moore records everything." "There is footage of your conversation with Roger the morning after the assault and him typing on your computer later that afternoon." " So it was Roger who sent the phony email to Eli." " Sure looks that way." " They have cameras in our office?" "That's really creepy. but it gave us the evidence that we need to move forward." " So what's next?" "and he goes to trial." " Which means I have to testify." " Yes." "what's going on?" "I thought this was what you wanted." "I-i do." "I do." "It's just that it's..." "It's complicated." " How so?" " I met with the head of the ma group that it would be good for my career." "but..." "I was offered a very lucrative position at another firm." "Sullivan Davis." " What does that have to do with this?" " One of the conditions is that I keep a low profile." " They don't want you to testify." "Because of Eli." "So this job offer... is that what you're saying? but it's a really good deal." "They're gonna pay me $5 million a year for four years." "I can't say no to that." "listen to me." " No." "Hold on a second." "I did everything right... I even took on Eli Colton..." "And where did it get me?" "What happened?" "They almost decimated my career." "My future." "I know that this is hard." " The thing is is that it's always going to be hard. the pain and everything that I just endured is never gonna disappear." "So I have two options. employed victim." "That's it." "I prefer the latter." "Zoe wants to go paws up and let this guy walk?" "she wants to get paid." "but ain't nothing for free." " Check this out." " Two rich white men having dinner." "That's not exactly newsworthy. ceo of Sullivan Davis." " That's the company that just made Zoe that ridiculous job offer." "this doesn't prove anything." "but it does confirm what we suspect." "Eli cut a deal to run his business Sullivan funnels some of that revenue to Zoe." "to keep her quiet." " Gotta love wall street." " This is a payoff." "It's a bribe." "We can't just let them get away." "see what our options are." " Two businessmen having dinner doesn't prove a damn thing." " For ten years... and then right before he's about to go on trial $5 million." "Are you kidding me?" "but we can't prove it." "The paper trail is clean. a lucrative contract." "There's nothing incriminating about it." "right?" " Liv." " So we'll call her as a hostile witness." "and we can look like fools." " I know." "I know. but it is her life." "Her decision." " She's not making a decision." "The girl is being extorted!" " Does he feel that way? will give her closure." " I don't believe that for a second." "And neither do you." " Of course not." "So let's go find another way to bury this prick. but you need to respect my decision." "Zoe. and testifying can be a crucial part of the healing process." " I'm sure it is." "For some people." "But I am a deal maker." "not feeling." "the opportunity costs." " I get it." "I get it." "So using your leverage against Eli not a loser." "And bankers are different. but a payoff..." "Money for silence..." "Never healed anyone." " Okay." "Let me be clear." "I do not want to give Eli a pass." "I would love to see that pig go to prison and get everything that he deserves. based on all the data and information this is the best decision." "Eli wins." "He avoids prison. and... he steals your dignity one last time." "But maybe I'm not the best person to talk to you about this." " Excuse me?" "Kate." "this is Kate." "She used to work at cromwell Moore." "I said no." " And what happened?" " He pulled down my underwear." "but he held me down. but he didn't care." "He wasn't listening." "And then he put his penis inside of me." " Do you see that man here today?" " Yes." "He's right there." "I'd like to present people's exhibit g." "This is surveillance footage the day after the assault." " I-i even was clear that I didn't want to have sex with him..." "I told him that." "I'm shocked that Eli would do something like that." " What do you mean?" "Do you think I'm making this up?" "I'm not..." "I'm telling you the truth." "and he pinned me down." "Eli r..." "He raped me. the morning after the party where the defendant sexually assaulted you?" " Yes." " People's exhibit h. offering her a job two days prior to the arrest of the defendant for first-degree rape." "Could you please read the paragraph please?" "' will receive a minimum cash compensation of $5 million per year for four years plus a discretionary bonus based on the firm's overall financial performance." " Thank you." "Did you accept this job offer?" " No." " Why not?" " Because it was clear to me the only reason why they offered me so much money was to ingratiate themselves to Eli." " Could you elaborate?" " One of the conditions of my employment was that I keep a low profile." " So you turned down $20 million just for the opportunity to testify here today?" "I did." " Why?" " Because I didn't want him to steal my dignity one more time." " Nothing further."