Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Girl Dishonored (2013)

Mariska Hargitay: Detective Olivia Benson

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• Amanda Rollins : [while reviewing the case]  Lindsay Bennett, freshman. She's home-schooled from upstate, a virgin. She's hazed by her sorority, she drinks too much and she's gang-raped by three Tau Omega brothers.

  Captain Donald Cragen : That frat again. Anybody at the party confirm her story?

  Detective Olivia Benson : Yeah, her sorority sisters admit that she was assigned to get a photo of Travis' package and they're slut-shaming her for anything else that happened.

  Captain Donald Cragen : Great. Mean girls.

• Detective Olivia Benson : If anyone here has been sexually assaulted, or know anyone that has, it's never too late to come forward. Denying the pain doesn't make it go away.

• Amanda Rollins : [after the detectives discover that Lindsay committed suicide]  I just talked to her yesterday.

  Detective Olivia Benson : This isn't your fault, Amanda. You did everything you could. Come on.

  Amanda Rollins : No, no. She was pink clouding and I knew it.

  [walks away upset] 

• Detective Olivia Benson : It's all about control. I mean, they do their own investigations. If the school decides no crime has been committed, it's dropped. No press, no police.

  A.D.A. Rafael Barba : We need to go after the school.

  Detective Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola : And charge 'em with what?

  A.D.A. Rafael Barba : That's the great part about being a D.A. I don't have to decide that right now.

• Detective Olivia Benson : What about these frat boys?

  A.D.A. Rafael Barba : The first rule of bureaucracy is self-preservation. Those boys become a liability, they will cut them loose.

• Detective Olivia Benson : In my experience, a survivor can heal much more quickly if they're listened to.

• Renee Clark : [When Olivia and Amanda go speak with Renee Clark]  The police need to pretend they care?

  Detective Olivia Benson : Look, we know that you've been through a lot.

  Renee Clark : You have no idea.

  Detective Olivia Benson : Well, then, tell us.

  Renee Clark : I told the story a dozen times and no one believed me until I ended up here.

  Detective Olivia Benson : I'm sorry that it took so long for us to find you, and I know how hard it is to talk about again, but if you give us a chance, I promise you, Renee, it'll be different this time.

  Renee Clark : No, the only thing that's gonna make it different is frying my brain until I can't remember any of it.

  Detective Olivia Benson : The boy who assaulted you, Travis, we think he's the one who assaulted the student.

  Renee Clark : You know what I'd tell her? To shut up about Travis or they'll go after her.

  Amanda Rollins : The fraternity?

  Renee Clark : Them and the school. When I filed charges, Dean Meyerson tried to make it out to be my fault. And when I posted online about what a sham their investigation was, I got a letter saying that they'd charge me with a violation of the TSU honor code. That I was intimidating my rapist! That place... nothing's gonna change them.

• Detective Olivia Benson : [to Renee]  You sure you want to be here?

  Renee Clark : I want to pay my respects. The school said they'd let me come back. They accepted your offer to supervise me.

  Detective Olivia Benson : I'm very happy to hear that.

  Renee Clark : You know, I was thinking about maybe starting a kind of support group on campus. So, you know, survivors know that they're not alone. You think that's a good idea?

  Renee Clark : Yeah, I do.

• Detective Olivia Benson : So? Boys will be boys and girls get raped?

• Renee Clark : I've decided to stop the ECT. Just being believed, I feel so much better. I want to go back to school.

  Detective Olivia Benson : School. Back to Tompkins Square?

  Renee Clark : I don't want them to win.