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New series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season 26 EP 19 ENGLISH
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00:00In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous.
00:10In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are
00:14members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit.
00:18These are their stories.
00:20We were able to ID our burn victim.
00:23It was a cop, Maria Ristinos.
00:26You knew her?
00:27She really overcame a lot.
00:30The murder is connected to another one that happened two years ago.
00:34And Homicide never closed it?
00:36No, it was my case.
00:38Maria was undercover, staying at that shelter where those young women went missing.
00:42Do you think that's a little dangerous, especially for a rookie?
00:44I kept a close eye on her.
00:46Mr. Pinto, we found your DNA on a young woman named Ana Machado.
00:53Pinto's alibi checks out.
00:54Real killer tried to frame him.
00:56We're gonna find whoever did this.
01:00Uh-huh.
01:02Yeah, I understand.
01:06Yes, Chief, I understand.
01:07One PP is all over me.
01:13If it makes you feel any better, the eighth floor just smacked me in price with a three-hour lecture on media preparedness.
01:19This is turning up to be quite a big press case.
01:24Three murders of women from shelters?
01:26Including a young cop at the beginning of her career.
01:28Never should have put in a word for her.
01:30Liv, Liv, don't beat yourself up any more than your bosses already are.
01:36Tarou confirmed Miguel Pinto's alibi.
01:41The photo and the videos?
01:42The guy was in Staten Island.
01:44Which puts him an hour and a half away at the time of Ana Machado's murder.
01:48Okay, so we know that he's not good for it.
01:50Despite his DNA on her.
01:51Working theory for Brady's team is that somebody framed him.
01:55That's seminal fluid?
01:56How the hell did they get it?
01:57That's for you to find out and me to cleanse from my mind.
02:00I gotta go update Price.
02:03Lieutenant Brady.
02:04Lieutenant Gomez.
02:05Hi.
02:05Thanks for the invite.
02:06Yeah.
02:07We were kicking around this back pattern on the way over.
02:10And?
02:10From the same investigative cul-de-sac you are.
02:13Yeah, so let's try to make a U-turn.
02:17So what do we know?
02:18We're looking for a pattern killer targeting marginalized women until Maria.
02:23He probably didn't know she was a cop.
02:24Okay, well what we do know is that our last victim, Ana Machado, told Maria that she was raped.
02:31And Maria went into the warehouse looking for the perp and became a victim herself.
02:35So you were her boss.
02:36She didn't mention that she was going in there.
02:37She was undercover.
02:39We only had check-ins every three days or so.
02:41Okay, well besides from the immigration status,
02:43the only common denominator here that I see is geography.
02:48What about the Catholic shelter?
02:49Father Alberto's place?
02:51I don't know.
02:52Maybe he knows something.
02:54Look, he's a nice guy, but he wouldn't be the first priest with a secret.
02:56Oliver Vick seemed to trust him.
02:58All right, let's go talk to him.
02:59I'll have someone put eyes on him.
03:00Okay.
03:03What?
03:06Rosa Ortega's mom is in my office.
03:08I have to tell her once again that we have no idea who killed her kid.
03:14Gomez and I will handle it.
03:21You know, you didn't have to come with me, Captain.
03:23I wanted to.
03:25What, for Maria's sake?
03:26Look, you don't have to be Catholic to feel guilty.
03:30Maria told me the story of how you two met.
03:32Yeah, the 911 call.
03:34She said you never once got off the phone with her.
03:36Yeah.
03:37You were her lifeline.
03:37Well, I was until I wasn't.
03:41I was her supervisor.
03:42How do you think I feel?
03:44Try to get her off the case.
03:44She didn't listen.
03:45Well, she was in her 20s.
03:46Did you listen to your boss when you were 20?
03:48Nope.
03:48Me neither.
03:51What is all this?
03:52Yeah, ICE did a pretty good job ripping this place apart.
03:55I don't think this looks like an ICE raid.
03:57Father Belto!
04:09Father Belto!
04:12Father Belto!
04:12We just want to talk!
04:17I got him!
04:18SVU Portables Central.
04:20We're in pursuit of a suspect in a Catholic church on the corner of 159 and Broadway.
04:25Gomez!
04:27It's a Latin male who's wearing jeans, a sweater, and a clerical collar.
04:32Gomez?
04:35Gomez!
04:36She's got my gun!
04:40Put the gun down!
04:41I can't!
04:42I said put the gun down now!
04:46Drop it!
04:47Drop the gun now!
04:49Drop it!
04:49Drop it!
05:00Hang in there.
05:02Hang in there, Paul.
05:03Okay?
05:04Okay.
05:07SVU to Central.
05:08I got a 1013.
05:09Officer down.
05:10The suspect is down too.
05:11I need an ambulance and I need additional units.
05:15I know.
05:17Hang in there.
05:18Oh, no.
05:18Come on.
05:19Hang in there, Paul.
05:48Don't worry about that.
05:49My gun. Did you bag it? Please tell me about it.
06:12Don't worry about that. Force investigation is all over it, okay?
06:15Captain, you all right? Yeah. What the hell happened?
06:26So we went there to question the priest, and he just took off running, and then he went for the lieutenant's gun.
06:32So Gomez grabbed his ankle piece, and then he fired. Did the priest make it?
06:40Died in the ambulance.
06:41All right, so let me go back to the crime scene and help FID.
06:44The only thing you need to worry about, Benson, is waiting here for your union rep.
06:49Gomez was shot.
06:50It's all over the radio. The guy killed a priest.
06:52Finn, we went there to talk to him.
06:55You think the father may have something to do with all these murders?
06:57Why else would he run if he didn't?
06:59Miguel Pinto may know.
07:01The guy that we thought killed Ana Machado?
07:03Somebody had to plant the semen.
07:05For all we know, Father Alberto went to visit Pinto in jail and stole his secret sock.
07:10Grab Velasco and go talk to Miguel.
07:12Where you headed?
07:12I'm going to get out of these bloody clothes.
07:15Because she's for the wait on your union rep.
07:16They know where to find me.
07:20Heard, what happened to Gomez?
07:21Are you okay?
07:22Yeah, ish.
07:23I mean, do you think that that priest is dirty?
07:25What's his part in all this?
07:26Listen, we can't ask him, but we have to prove the connection.
07:31Just got off the phone with the lab.
07:32They pulled some DNA from Maria's body.
07:34After she was burned?
07:35Some kind of new technique.
07:37You want me to pull the car around?
07:38I would love that, but IAB just texted me and they, they want to talk to me.
07:45How can we make your life easier, Captain?
07:46Well, for starters, I need you to re-question the women at the shelter.
07:50It's going to be kind of hard after the shelter got raided.
07:52Half of them are probably on ice air flights as we speak.
07:55Well, track as many as you can down because they may be the only way to tie him to this crime.
08:01He seemed scared the first time around.
08:02Well, I think that might be different now that Father Alberto is dead.
08:11You know, I, I heard what happened to Father Alberto.
08:16Did he really do what they're saying?
08:18Well, right now, all we know is that he took a cop's gun and he shot him.
08:23He took care of me when I first got to New York.
08:27He's a bad guy.
08:29I don't know who to trust anymore.
08:32There was a girl a few years ago.
08:34I saw her hugging Father Alberto.
08:37Anything inappropriate?
08:39It was late at night.
08:41She was in his room.
08:42I saw through the window.
08:44It, it looked like she was crying.
08:45Do you have a way to reach this girl?
08:47She left the shelter.
08:49A name, anything would be helpful.
08:51There's so many women that come in and out of here.
08:53I, no, I'm sorry.
08:56It's a little late for breakfast, isn't it, Miguel?
09:04No.
09:05Why are you even here?
09:06It's starting to feel like harassment.
09:08This isn't personal.
09:09But we did find your DNA on a murder victim.
09:12Man, I already told you guys.
09:13I never met that girl.
09:15You know this guy?
09:18No.
09:18You sure?
09:19Maybe he paid you a visit in jail?
09:23Never seen him before.
09:25In any ways, why the hell would a priest set me up?
09:28That's what we're trying to figure out.
09:30You need to think.
09:32Maybe you had sex with one of those women in the shelter.
09:34No.
09:37But my cousin sent some whore over celebrating me to get paroled.
09:41You wore a condom, right?
09:42Yeah.
09:43So what'd you do with it after you got done?
09:45Put it in the bath and garbage.
09:47She happened to go into the bathroom before she left?
09:51Yeah.
09:57Captain Vincent, you were at the scene in the shooting.
10:00Walk us through what happened.
10:01So Lieutenant Gomez and I went up to the Catholic Church on 159th
10:06to interrogate Father Alberto.
10:09And as soon as he saw us, he took off running.
10:12So Lieutenant Gomez chased after him.
10:16I called in the pursuit.
10:17And I found both men down in the catacombs
10:20struggling over control of the weapon.
10:24Lieutenant Gomez's Glock 17.
10:27Whose hand was on the trigger?
10:32Both of the men had their hands on the weapon.
10:39Do you recall if either said anything
10:40as they fought for control of the weapon?
10:42To each other?
10:44To you?
10:45Well, I engaged
10:47with Father Alberto directly.
10:50I said to drop the weapon.
10:52Did he reply?
10:57He said,
10:58I can't.
11:00What do you think he meant by that?
11:05Captain Vincent?
11:06How'd it go at IAB?
11:15Did you find any dirt on Father Alberto?
11:17Anything at all?
11:18He might have had something going on
11:20with one of the girls at his shelter.
11:24Would that make you run from the cops?
11:27Would that make you grab
11:29a cop's gun
11:30and shoot him?
11:32No.
11:33Then again, I'm not a priest.
11:35What are you thinking?
11:36I'm thinking that the church
11:38was pretty banged up
11:38when Gomez and I got there
11:40and it just,
11:40it couldn't have been
11:42just from an ice raid.
11:44You think someone threatened him?
11:46What's in the bag?
11:47Hail Mary.
11:48So you were able to obtain
11:55sperm cells?
11:57Using differential extraction.
11:59Deep tissue recovery?
12:01Part of her cervix
12:02was still intact.
12:03So whoever killed Maria
12:04also raped her?
12:05I can't say whether
12:06the sex was consensual.
12:08And unfortunately
12:09she can't tell us.
12:10Well then,
12:10the evidence
12:11will have to speak for her.
12:13What is that?
12:14It's my jacket.
12:15Your jacket?
12:16Covered with Paul Gomez's blood?
12:18You can't put a cop's blood
12:19into the system
12:20without consulting
12:21with one peepee.
12:22Jess, I need you
12:22to hear me out.
12:23Okay, I need you
12:24to give me the professional
12:25courtesy of talking about it
12:26before you do it.
12:27Listen,
12:28there's something deeply off
12:30about Father Alberto's shooting.
12:32How?
12:32He pulled the trigger first.
12:33But Gomez's hand
12:34was on top of the priest's hand
12:36when the gun went off.
12:38So you think Gomez
12:39shot himself?
12:40I think that it's a possibility.
12:42What do you think
12:42is more likely,
12:43that mental contortion
12:44or the fact that you
12:45might be suffering
12:46from temporary case blindness?
12:47Okay, because of Maria.
12:48No, because you witnessed
12:49a shooting.
12:51All I know
12:52is the fear
12:54that I saw
12:55in Father Alberto's eyes.
12:58I'm telling you.
12:59Okay.
13:01Okay.
13:03But if you're wrong,
13:05you're going to have
13:05to talk to the brass
13:06about why we compared
13:08the blood
13:09of a decorated NYPD lieutenant
13:10to a semen sample
13:12found in the corpse
13:13of his subordinate.
13:14I understand.
13:15And sometimes you have
13:16to ask for forgiveness
13:17instead of permission.
13:19I'm going to take that
13:20as a yes.
13:22Okay.
13:33Hey.
13:34Didn't know we had
13:35a meeting scheduled.
13:35We didn't.
13:36But we do need to talk.
13:37Yeah.
13:37All right.
13:39Well, now that we're all
13:40caffeinated,
13:41what's this about?
13:42The semen found
13:43on Maria's body
13:44was a match
13:45to Paul Gomez.
13:47I'm sorry.
13:50Since when was
13:51Paul Gomez's suspect?
13:53I don't remember
13:54submitting a warrant
13:54for this deal.
13:56We didn't seize the DNA.
13:57Not exactly.
13:59Well, how did you obtain it?
14:01From my jacket.
14:02What, from the shooting?
14:03It's a little macabre,
14:06but it's admissible
14:07nonetheless.
14:09What does this prove?
14:11I mean, really?
14:12Other than Gomez
14:13and Maria had sex?
14:15We are looking
14:16for a pattern killer
14:17who has a penchant
14:18for raping socially
14:19invisible women.
14:20This is the first step
14:22in demonstrating
14:23that pattern.
14:24Okay, what's the second?
14:25I'm going to ask
14:26Rose's mother
14:27to exhume her body.
14:28All right.
14:29Um, let's go down
14:31this rabbit hole.
14:33If you're right,
14:34and I'm not saying
14:34that you are,
14:35it also means
14:37that Gomez,
14:38a decorated lieutenant,
14:40framed Miguel Pinto
14:41for Anna Machado's
14:42murder and rape?
14:43How do you tie him to that?
14:44You can't right now.
14:45This guy's got a long reach.
14:47Look,
14:48I think that he sent
14:50somebody to threaten
14:51Father Alberto
14:52the morning that he shot him.
14:53And if he can do that,
14:54that means he's got help
14:55and he's organized.
14:56Look, he's been
14:56right next to us
14:58this whole time,
14:59right there,
15:00watching us investigate.
15:01I would not put it past him
15:02to plant evidence.
15:04So you're alleging
15:04obstruction of justice,
15:05tampering with evidence,
15:06and misconduct
15:07in public office,
15:08conspiracy,
15:09not to mention
15:09the rapes and murders.
15:11The question is,
15:12how do we prove it?
15:14So Miguel told
15:15Finn and Velasco
15:16that his cousin
15:18hired a sex worker
15:19for him.
15:21And we think
15:22she took the condom
15:22out of the wastebasket
15:23when she left.
15:24So Brady and I
15:25put in a call
15:25to Miguel's cousin.
15:27He swears
15:28that he did not
15:29hire a sex worker.
15:30And you think
15:31Gomez did?
15:32I think that
15:32if you give us
15:33an electronic warrant
15:34for Paul Gomez's phone,
15:35that we can prove that.
15:36What do you think?
15:39A case this size
15:40involving a cop,
15:41no less.
15:42We gotta loop back,
15:42sir.
15:43Gossip travels
15:44at the speed of sound
15:45in police circles.
15:46Who else knows?
15:47Just us.
15:50Good.
15:52See if you can
15:53get Gomez talking.
15:54Don't push too hard.
15:55It'd be nice to get
15:55an admission
15:56before he lawyers up.
16:02Now, you didn't
16:03have to do this.
16:04Come on.
16:05We were worried about you.
16:06Yeah, how you feeling?
16:07Good.
16:08Ready to get out of here.
16:11IAB came by yesterday.
16:12I'm assuming if you're here,
16:14they spoke to you?
16:14Yeah.
16:15You know,
16:15it's pretty straightforward.
16:17That's what they said.
16:19I think they're gonna
16:20rule it a clean shoot.
16:21Best possible outcome.
16:23Did you make any headway
16:25linking Father Alberto
16:26to these crimes?
16:27Yeah, we're
16:27getting pretty close.
16:29What'd you find?
16:30New DNA evidence.
16:33Oh, from?
16:34Maria Racinos' body.
16:36Even though it was burned?
16:39Wow.
16:40Technology, right?
16:42It's amazing these days.
16:43Yeah.
16:44We're gonna do our best
16:45to link it to the father's.
16:52Everything all right?
16:55Yeah, I'm just in a lot of pain.
16:56Hmm.
16:57Mr. Gomez,
16:58you buzzed?
16:58Yeah, my shoulder's on fire.
17:00I'll up your dose
17:01and it's time
17:02to clear your drain.
17:03All right.
17:04Can I go to the bathroom first?
17:05You don't mind?
17:06No, no, please.
17:08Thank you for the flowers.
17:09Yeah.
17:12What do you think?
17:14I'd love to know
17:15who he's calling.
17:15Hey, guys.
17:32Hey, where's Noah?
17:34No, he was just here.
17:39Noah!
17:41Hey, who are you talking to?
17:42I don't know.
17:43This guy was trying to tell me
17:44to go into his car.
17:46I wasn't going to.
17:47What?
17:47Get over there.
17:50Hey!
17:51Hey!
17:52Open the window.
17:54Who the hell are you
17:55and what are you doing
17:56talking to my son?
17:57Wait!
17:58Wait!
18:08Come on, let's go.
18:12You think Gomez
18:15sent someone
18:15to hurt your son?
18:16Who else would do it?
18:17To what end?
18:19To get me to back off
18:20the case.
18:20Where is Noah now?
18:21He's at our apartment
18:22with two unis.
18:23What do you need from us?
18:24I need permission
18:25from you
18:26to pick him up
18:27so my son
18:28could go to school
18:29tomorrow in peace.
18:30As much as we would
18:31all like that,
18:31unfortunately,
18:32we're still waiting
18:33on the electronic line.
18:33What is taking so long?
18:34I know you don't want
18:35to hear this,
18:36but it may be time
18:37for you to think
18:38about recusing yourself.
18:39Recuse myself?
18:40Yeah, from this case.
18:40This case is already
18:41delicate for a variety
18:42of reasons.
18:43Gomez has been a cop
18:44for 20 years.
18:45And a smart one at that.
18:46If he's been able
18:47to get away with all this,
18:48he knows that manipulating
18:49you into getting emotional
18:50will tip the scales
18:52in his favor.
18:52And it doesn't take
18:53a genius to know
18:54that a threat
18:55to my son
18:56would do just that.
19:01Carisi,
19:01what do you think?
19:03Now that Noah
19:03is involved,
19:04it's going to affect
19:05the case.
19:06Oh, my God.
19:07I can't.
19:07Excuse me.
19:11Okay.
19:12So what is the minimum
19:13that you need
19:14to pick him up
19:15by the end of the day?
19:16Eyewitnesses
19:17who can put him
19:17at the scene,
19:18physical evidence
19:19that defense can't paint
19:20as merely consensual.
19:21Okay.
19:22Okay.
19:24Livia.
19:24I want you to know
19:35that I am
19:36on your side here.
19:38Paul Gomez
19:39is a man
19:39who swore to protect
19:40and serve,
19:41and he did
19:42the exact opposite,
19:43and you are not
19:44the only one
19:44who is infuriated
19:45by that.
19:48Good news.
19:50Electronic warrants
19:50just came through.
19:51Okay.
19:51Okay.
19:51Okay.
19:54Here we go.
20:00The call that Gomez
20:01made from the hospital
20:02was to a lawyer
20:05named Rita Calhoun.
20:07Sounds like you know her.
20:08I certainly do.
20:10We have history.
20:12So we bring him flowers
20:13and he calls a lawyer?
20:14If that's not
20:15an admission of guilt,
20:16I don't know what is.
20:17Also,
20:18there is a 12-minute call
20:20to a woman,
20:20a woman named
20:22Sharice Johnson.
20:23the night before
20:26Ana Machado
20:27was murdered.
20:31Was Miguel Pinto
20:32already out of jail?
20:33Why, a couple of days.
20:38Well, I think we found
20:39the sex worker
20:39that helped set him up.
20:42We certainly did.
20:43I'll follow up with Finn.
20:44Hey, how are you doing
20:49on the ice air logs?
20:52Well,
20:53we managed to track down
20:54a few women
20:55that were deported
20:55and with any luck,
20:56one of them can identify
20:57the woman who was
20:58hugging Father Alberto.
21:01And Price told me
21:02what happened.
21:05Someone threatened
21:06your son?
21:09Yeah.
21:09Did he also tell you
21:10that he asked me
21:11to recuse myself?
21:11He might have mentioned it.
21:14What would you do?
21:16Are you asking me
21:16as a cop
21:17or as a mom?
21:18Can you separate
21:19those two?
21:23Well, I think
21:23you have two choices.
21:25You can either
21:25throw yourself
21:26into your work
21:27or throw Gomez
21:29out a window.
21:29How'd you get my number?
21:38You know this guy?
21:39Because he knows you.
21:42I might have
21:43gave him a massage.
21:44Look, Cherise,
21:45you're not in trouble.
21:45We're else for you.
21:46We're not vice.
21:47We just want to know
21:48who hired you.
21:49And what you did
21:50with the condom
21:51when you took it
21:51out of the trash.
21:53You recognize
21:53any of these guys?
21:54Yes.
21:54Yes.
21:54Yes.
21:54Yes.
21:54Yes.
21:54Yes.
21:59What do I get
22:02if I cooperate?
22:03You get to stay
22:04in business.
22:07Before you were
22:08deported,
22:09you were staying
22:10in a shelter
22:10run by Father Alberto
22:11here in Manhattan?
22:14That's right.
22:15A woman we spoke to
22:16said you might know
22:16the identity
22:17of a close friend
22:18of Rosa Ortega's.
22:19You're talking
22:19about Cassie.
22:21We've been trying
22:22to follow up with her.
22:24I heard she just
22:25disappeared.
22:25Do you know
22:26Cassie's last name
22:27or an address?
22:29No.
22:29But I think
22:32I might have
22:33a photo of her.
22:37Wait.
22:40Just a moment.
22:46Would this help?
22:59there she is?
23:05Cassie Reyes.
23:07So she did
23:08disappear
23:08to a new life.
23:14I'm not even
23:15going to ask
23:16how you found me.
23:18I left that shelter
23:19a few months back
23:20and it was
23:22hell
23:22on earth.
23:23Well you seem to have
23:25made a very nice
23:26life for yourself.
23:27And we do not
23:28want to interrupt it
23:29but we are
23:30investigating Paul Gomez
23:31for rape
23:33and murder.
23:35We heard you were
23:36tight with Rosa Ortega.
23:40I saw her the morning
23:42she disappeared
23:43and then after that
23:44nothing.
23:47I assumed
23:48Gomez had
23:48killed her.
23:51Can you tell us
23:52more about that?
23:54He'd been
23:54raping her.
23:56Me too.
23:58Threatening us
23:58if we said
23:59no.
24:00And the morning
24:01that Rosa
24:01disappeared
24:02she was going to
24:03go report
24:03Gomez
24:03to the cops.
24:05And you think
24:05he found out?
24:07I mean the guy
24:07has a bunch of
24:08street level dealers
24:09paying him
24:10to look the other way.
24:12He has eyes
24:13and ears everywhere
24:14and one of them
24:16must have
24:16tipped him off.
24:18It took me a while
24:19to get clean
24:21but I'm glad I did
24:23because then I
24:23wouldn't have met
24:24Sean.
24:26We just got engaged.
24:28Congratulations.
24:29You said that you
24:30um
24:30you left the shelter
24:32a few months ago.
24:33Yeah.
24:33Do you know her?
24:39Sofia.
24:40Yeah.
24:41I know her
24:42but not well.
24:43I mean she was
24:43the one who gave me
24:44the number to the
24:45rehab that I got
24:45clean at.
24:46Nope.
24:47Changed my life.
24:49So
24:49um
24:50her real name's
24:51Maria Racinos
24:52and she was a
24:54friend of mine
24:54and uh
24:55she was
24:55she was working
24:57undercover.
25:00She's a cop?
25:01And we think
25:02Gomez killed her too.
25:03Um
25:07she's
25:08she's dead.
25:13When did this
25:14happen?
25:15A week ago.
25:17But listen
25:17we are putting
25:18a case together
25:19against Paul Gomez
25:20for killing
25:22Maria and Rosa.
25:24Will you be
25:25willing to testify?
25:28No.
25:29No one
25:32in my life
25:33now
25:33knows about
25:34my past.
25:36I mean
25:37Sean's the love
25:37of my life.
25:38I don't want him
25:38to know
25:39that I was
25:39a drug addict.
25:41But I let a man
25:42rape me
25:43so I wouldn't
25:44get arrested.
25:47I owe
25:48Maria.
25:50But if I testify
25:52I'll lose
25:53everything
25:53she's a crucial witness
25:59not only
26:00can she connect
26:00Rosa to Gomez
26:01she was raped
26:02by the guy
26:02herself.
26:02But she's also
26:03newly sober
26:04so let's try
26:04not to destroy that.
26:06Price might have
26:06a different opinion.
26:07Right there
26:08are other witnesses
26:09so
26:10one of them
26:11will just
26:12have to be
26:12enough
26:13to get it done.
26:15Emmy Wagner
26:15will confirm
26:16a seminal DNA
26:17match
26:17to Paul Gomez
26:18on both
26:20the bodies
26:20of Maria
26:21Racinos
26:22and Rosa
26:22Ortega.
26:23An exhumation
26:24of a body
26:24paid off.
26:25What about
26:25Ana Machado's
26:26case?
26:26Sharice Johnson
26:27will testify
26:28she delivered
26:28a used condom
26:29from Miguel
26:30Pinto de Gomez.
26:32Which he used
26:32to plant evidence
26:33on Ana's body.
26:34And Grace
26:35Briones
26:35from the shelter
26:36can put
26:36Paul and Maria
26:37together
26:38at the time
26:39of Maria's murder.
26:40Okay so we have
26:41two witnesses
26:41plus DNA
26:42which Gomez
26:43will likely say
26:44was consensual.
26:45Well we actually
26:46do have a third
26:47witness that could
26:48testify to the
26:49repeated rapes
26:49of herself
26:50and Rosa Ortega.
26:52I'm interested.
26:53Hold on.
26:53She's not willing
26:54to testify.
26:55Why not?
26:56Because she has
26:57changed her life
26:58and moved on.
26:59We'll try to
26:59avoid it for now.
27:01No promises.
27:02So you guys
27:03have enough
27:03for an indictment.
27:04What about
27:04going to trial?
27:05I'm good.
27:05Same.
27:06All right.
27:07Pick them up.
27:10Okay.
27:14Thanks for coming
27:15to get me sis.
27:16Are you sure
27:16you're ready to leave?
27:17Maybe you should
27:17listen to your doctors.
27:19I'm fine.
27:20Lieutenant Gomez.
27:21Sorry.
27:22I got no flowers
27:23for you this time.
27:24Paul what's this about?
27:25You're under arrest.
27:26Stop it.
27:27You're hurting him.
27:27This is for
27:28Maria
27:29and Rosa.
27:31Oh my God.
27:32Jocelyn.
27:33Call my lawyer.
27:35All right?
27:35Rita Calhoun.
27:36Okay.
27:36Can you do that for me?
27:37Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
27:38Paul, what's this about?
27:39I received an anonymous call
27:48about a murder
27:49and when I arrived
27:51on the scene
27:52I discovered
27:53that the body
27:54had been burned
27:55beyond recognition
27:58and I later learned
28:00that it was
28:01a young woman
28:02named Maria Racinos
28:04who had been
28:05working undercover
28:06for the defendant
28:06Paul Gomez.
28:08Were you able
28:08to identify
28:09the anonymous caller?
28:10She was a woman
28:11at the shelter
28:12Ana Machado
28:13and Maria
28:14had given her
28:15my number.
28:16Why your number?
28:17Because Maria
28:18trusted me.
28:19So Ana was
28:20cooperating
28:21with the investigation?
28:22Eventually, yes.
28:23At the beginning
28:23she was hesitant.
28:25She was quite afraid
28:26of the police
28:27for reasons
28:28that are now
28:28obvious.
28:30Objection.
28:30Sustained.
28:32And then she agreed
28:33to be interviewed.
28:33But you were not able
28:34to complete
28:35that interview?
28:36No.
28:36I stepped out
28:38of the room
28:39and Ana
28:40fled the precinct.
28:42She was frightened
28:44by something
28:45or someone
28:46and later
28:47we found
28:48that she had been
28:49choked to death.
28:50Was the defendant
28:51Paul Gomez
28:52at the precinct
28:53that day?
28:54He was.
28:54He was supposedly
28:55working
28:56on business
28:57that was related
28:58to the case
28:59and I spoke
28:59to him
29:00and he denied
29:01seeing Ana
29:03which I now know
29:04was a lie.
29:06Nothing for them.
29:08Captain Benson,
29:09you have
29:10no direct knowledge
29:11that Ana Machado
29:12saw Paul Gomez
29:13that day,
29:14do you?
29:15No.
29:15In fact,
29:16you have no direct knowledge
29:17that my client
29:18committed any of the crimes
29:20that he is accused of,
29:22do you?
29:22Well,
29:22I wasn't an eyewitness
29:23but after being
29:25a police investigator
29:26for over 25 years
29:27the circumstantial evidence
29:29was too compelling
29:31to ignore.
29:32You had a personal
29:33relationship
29:34with Maria Racinos,
29:36didn't you?
29:39You could say that.
29:41You recommended
29:42that she be promoted
29:43to undercover.
29:47Yes.
29:48You were devastated
29:49by her death.
29:50I was.
29:53So,
29:53isn't it possible,
29:55Captain Benson,
29:56that your
29:56personal relationship
29:58in this case
29:59made you biased
30:01against my client?
30:02Objection.
30:03I'll allow.
30:04I was deeply saddened
30:05by Maria's murder
30:09and angered
30:11by it
30:11as I have been
30:13about many cases before.
30:15But I have never
30:16let my emotions
30:17interfere with my police work.
30:19quite the opposite.
30:28I did an outcall job
30:29for a client
30:30named Miguel Pinto.
30:31But you thought
30:32it was Miguel's cousin
30:33who hired you, correct?
30:35Yeah,
30:35over the phone.
30:36What were his instructions?
30:38To show him a good time
30:39and to make sure
30:40Miguel used a condom
30:41and to take it with me
30:42when I left.
30:43And then when?
30:44I didn't expect it
30:45but the dude
30:46was waiting for me
30:47across the street.
30:47he asked for the condom
30:49before I got in my quick ride.
30:50And is the man
30:51who took that condom
30:52from you
30:52in this courtroom today?
30:53Yeah.
30:54Yeah, that's him
30:55right there.
30:56Paul Gomez.
31:02Miss Johnson,
31:03you just admitted
31:03on the stand
31:04that you're a prostitute.
31:08Yeah, so?
31:09And the DA's office
31:11agreed not to prosecute
31:13you for that
31:13in exchange
31:14for your testimony today.
31:16Yeah,
31:16but I'm telling the truth.
31:18Nothing further.
31:22I was walking
31:23my baby back home.
31:25I saw Maria De Sinos
31:27go into a warehouse.
31:28And then what happened?
31:30Five minutes later,
31:31Lieutenant Gomez
31:32followed her inside.
31:33Why didn't you report
31:34this to the police?
31:36I didn't want
31:37to be next.
31:42Are you aware
31:43that you're under oath,
31:44Miss Briones?
31:45Yes.
31:46Are you aware
31:48that lying on the stand
31:49is a crime?
31:50Yes.
31:51That could possibly
31:53lead to your arrest
31:55and possible deportation?
32:01Yes.
32:04Then I am going
32:05to give you
32:06one last chance.
32:07Are you sure
32:10it was my client
32:11you saw
32:12following Maria De Sinos
32:14into that warehouse?
32:22No.
32:23To be honest,
32:24I'm not 100% sure.
32:26Your Honor,
32:27I need a moment
32:28with my witness.
32:29Gentlemen,
32:29approach the bench.
32:30So our witness
32:39is completely compromised.
32:41She was obviously
32:41intimidated.
32:42We are in serious danger
32:43of losing this case.
32:44We still have Cassie Reyes.
32:46We talked about that.
32:47That was before
32:47we were facing a mistrial
32:48or a motion to dismiss.
32:51I'm not going to ruin
32:52her life.
32:53That is what a subpoena
32:53was invented for.
32:55All right,
32:55she's been brutalized
32:56by the system enough,
32:57don't you think?
32:58I don't like it
32:59any more than you do.
33:01But this case
33:02is too important
33:02to just leave to chance.
33:04You want it
33:04to be her choice?
33:06You have till
33:07the end of the day.
33:21God,
33:21what do you want?
33:22You know the answer
33:23to that.
33:23I already told you.
33:24I can't testify.
33:25It may not be up
33:26to you, Cassie.
33:27If you don't agree,
33:28then the DA
33:29is going to subpoena you.
33:31I am an ex-drug addict.
33:33I was high
33:33half the time
33:34I was in that shelter.
33:36But you're not now.
33:37And this,
33:38this is the version
33:40of you that we need.
33:43I don't know
33:44if they're going to,
33:45they're going to talk
33:46about my past.
33:47Listen,
33:49men like Gomez,
33:50they want you
33:51to stay invisible.
33:52That's what protects them.
33:53You've got to get up
33:55there and show them
33:56that you're not
33:57as invisible
33:57as he thinks you are.
33:59We're not asking you
34:00to do this for us.
34:01We're asking you
34:02to do this for Rosa
34:03and Maria.
34:05When I know
34:06what they would want,
34:07they would want you
34:09to choose justice.
34:12Not fear.
34:12I don't know.
34:42You might not know me, but I know you, and not in a vague kind of way.
34:50What the hell are you talking about?
34:52Your name is Mueller Hayes.
34:53You joined the Academy in 95, spent your first year on patrol,
34:57speeding tickets for your friends, quickly disappeared,
35:00all the cash recurrent.
35:01I see nothing major, nothing worth making a fuss over,
35:05but I see the patterns in your life even if you don't.
35:10Passed forward a few years, and, well, here you are, huh?
35:16Your head smashed up against the cold tile under the weight of all your bad decisions
35:22and a 600 FICO score, which is why Paul Gomez owns you.
35:29You and I are just going to cut to the noise.
35:33If you ever go anywhere near my friend or her son again,
35:38I won't take you down.
35:42I'll take you apart.
36:01Tell Gomez to watch his back.
36:03I was living at the shelter for a while because I was a drug addict.
36:17Rock bottom.
36:18I felt like I had no options in life.
36:21Did you know Rosa Ortega?
36:23Yes.
36:24We were friends.
36:25Your Honor, again, this witness is not on the prosecution's list.
36:30I've already allowed this testimony.
36:31You'll have your chance to cross.
36:34Mr. Creasy, you may continue.
36:37Ms. Reyes, when was the last time you talked to Rosa?
36:40The morning she was killed.
36:43She said she was going to go to the police about Paul Gomez raping her.
36:47And how was Rosa's affect the last time you spoke?
36:50She was scared.
36:52And I know why.
36:53Because Paul Gomez did the same thing to me.
37:02He said that if I didn't have sex with him, he'd arrest me.
37:06And you did as he ordered?
37:08Yes.
37:09Did you call the police?
37:11Did you tell anyone?
37:13No.
37:14Not until now.
37:15And what changed your mind?
37:16Because he killed two women I know.
37:22Rosa Ortega and Maria Racinos.
37:28Thank you, Ms. Reyes.
37:31Ms. Reyes, you have no knowledge of my client being directly responsible for Rosa Ortega's murder, do you?
37:39You didn't see blood on his hands or a can of gasoline in his possession?
37:44No.
37:45And you had no knowledge that Maria Racinos had been murdered, did you?
37:51Not at first.
37:52Until the detectives here told you?
37:55That's correct, yes.
37:56By your own admission, you were a drug addict?
38:00Yes.
38:00And my client had probable cause to arrest you.
38:05Yes.
38:05But let it go when you were willing to have sex with him.
38:09Objection.
38:10Watch yourself, Counselor.
38:12He.
38:17He threatened me.
38:20Along with every other woman in that place.
38:23He created a hell that I escaped from, Your Honor.
38:26You asked the question, Counselor.
38:29I was silent for years.
38:33But not anymore.
38:35Coming here today may cost me my new life.
38:40But it is worth it to put Paul Gomez in prison.
38:59Members of the jury, have you reached a verdict?
39:01We have, Your Honor.
39:02What say you?
39:03On the charge of rape and murder in the first of Rosa Ortega, we find the defendant guilty.
39:11On the charge of rape and murder in the first of Adam Machado, guilty.
39:16On the charge of rape and murder in the first of Maria Racinos, we find the defendant guilty.
39:23Members of the jury, the court thanks you for your service.
39:27When I'm out of my notre Spoon's guilty.
39:28Let's work for your毒 is guilty.
39:29It was firm.
39:30Let's be Jefferson.
39:30Who's up?
39:32I want you, your fixture.
39:32You know what I want to do?
39:34Let's bet.
39:35You know what I want to do?
39:48How are you, Your Honor?
39:50Thanks, sir.
39:51Please tell me,% off.
39:52Let's check this out.
39:53Oh, Cassie, I'm so glad that you came.
40:07This is my fiance, Sean.
40:09It's nice to meet you, Captain.
40:11It's nice to meet you, too.
40:12Cassie's been talking a lot about you.
40:14Oh.
40:16I'll meet you in a minute, okay?
40:18Okay.
40:23How do you feel?
40:29I feel known.
40:34Maybe even for the first time.
40:53You really fought for those women.
40:59So did you.
41:04It looks like Cassie's going to be okay.
41:06Yeah.
41:09Are you?
41:10I am.
41:13No.
41:13No.
41:14No.
41:22No.
41:32No.
41:32No.
41:33No.
41:34No.
41:34No.
41:34No.
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