Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Spellbound (2017)

Kelli Giddish: Detective Amanda Rollins

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• Odafin Tutuola : NYPD.

  Declan Trask : What's going on?

  Amanda Rollins : Look deep into my eyes. You're under arrest.

• Dominick Carisi Jr. : Why do I get the feeling this guy's shoes cost more than my rent?

  Odafin Tutuola : Because they do. Dude comes from real money. His dad's that hedge fund guy, Tate Trask.

  Amanda Rollins : And look what I pulled.

  Olivia Benson : [reading a newspaper blurb]  "From notorious party boy to Shaman of the rich and famous, Declan Trask changed his life and now he wants to change yours. A host of followers who pay..."

  [in disbelief] 

  Olivia Benson : "$5,000 for a weekend with him say that he can."

  Amanda Rollins : There's a sucker born every minute.

  Odafin Tutuola : Yeah, but everybody needs something. My ex made me go on a Reiki retreat to clear my energy.

  Olivia Benson : And how'd that work out for you?

  Odafin Tutuola : It made me realize it was time for us to break up.

  Olivia Benson : [amused laugh]  Okay.

  Odafin Tutuola : You ever do anything like that, Liv?

  Olivia Benson : Uh, no. Anyone who claims that they can change your life in a weekend can't. So, Rollins and Carisi, talk to the Shaman to get his side of the story.

• Rafael Barba : The tox screen was negative, but she still feels like she was drugged?

  Amanda Rollins : Well, we all know Rohypnol can leave your system within a matter of hours. I mean, a... a vic urinates, it's gone.

  Olivia Benson : Well, that's certainly possible, but she seems to remember exactly what happened.

  Amanda Rollins : I don't know. She was affected by something.

  Rafael Barba : Is she on any kind of medication? Does she show signs of mental illness?

  Olivia Benson : It doesn't appear that way. I mean, she seems like a high-functioning young woman to me.

  Rafael Barba : Is it possible she has another agenda? Trask is rich.

  Olivia Benson : I don't see that, either. I mean, she is a successful publicist, and her boyfriend is partner in a law firm.

  Rafael Barba : We need more evidence.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : [entering]  Like a previous victim? I've been digging into Trask, and I found a civil case filed in 2014. A woman named Rachel Sykes accused him of rape.

  Olivia Benson : In New York?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : No, in Paramus, New Jersey, but the case was dropped.

  Rafael Barba : Rachel Sykes willing to talk?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : That's unclear. Can't really find her. Last known address was a dead end. Last place of employment, they couldn't help either.

  Olivia Benson : Okay, so keep looking. I mean, look, talk to the lawyer and let's see what we can find out.

• Olivia Benson : It seems possible. I mean, the victims' stories are basically the same. The way he talked to them, massaging their temples. I mean, the elements are all there.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Hold on. Isn't hypnotism, like, a carnival trick, though? This... this seems out there to me.

  Odafin Tutuola : Uh, my cousin quit smoking with hypnotheray. He was a pack a day guy. One session with a hypnotist, bang, he was clean.

  Rafael Barba : In Brooklyn, I had a hypnosis case. One of my first sexual assault trials - lost - broke the record for fastest felony acquittal. We made a strong case, but the judge never bought in.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : If the judge doesn't buy it, then the jury does the math.

  Rafael Barba : Trust me. I know this sounds crazy, but I've seen this. Trask used common hypnotheraputic methods on both those women. How do we prove it?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : We can't use Rachel Sykes. That criminal case was never filed, the civil suit was dismissed.

  Rafael Barba : No way a judge allows that in.

  Olivia Benson : Well, hold on. So we get into this case another way.

  Rafael Barba : First we have to prove that Trask knowingly used hypnosis to rape Abby.

  Amanda Rollins : Which means we need evidence that Trask even knows how to hypnotize.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Well, he must have learned how to do it somewhere.

  Olivia Benson : Yeah, so start digging.

• Amanda Rollins : According to witnesses, Trask had his eye on Abby the whole night.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : And he was hell-bent on getting her to take that drug, too.

  Olivia Benson : Okay, so he finds a vulnerable woman, convinces her to trust him, drugs her, and then he assaults her.

  Amanda Rollins : Wouldn't be the first to utilize that game plan.

  Odafin Tutuola : Rape kit and the tox results are in. Semen is a match to Trask, but there's a problem, Liv.

  Olivia Benson : What's up?

  Odafin Tutuola : No drugs, no Ayahuasca, no alcohol.

  Olivia Benson : So Abby's story doesn't add up. What are we missing?