Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Motherly Love (2017)

Sarah Wynter: Dr. Nicole Keller

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• Olivia Benson : Dr. Keller, the night of the shooting, you were upstairs here in your bedroom, in your nightgown. Trey was downstairs in the family room and nobody else was in the house?

  Dr. Nicole Keller : That's correct.

  Amanda Rollins : And he didn't try and sneak up here into your room?

  Dr. Nicole Keller : I'm sorry, lieutenant. I... I think it's best if you and your colleague here leave. I'm sensing some underlying hostility and it's making me very uncomfortable.

  Olivia Benson : Yeah? And the naked selfies of you and Trey are making me very uncomfortable.

• Odafin Tutuola : We need to talk to you down at the station.

  Dr. Nicole Keller : I already told you everything I know.

  Odafin Tutuola : Yeah? Well, we talked to Ethan Miller. You know him, right?

  Dr. Nicole Keller : Sure. He's a friend of Luke's.

  Olivia Benson : He said that you sexually assaulted him ten times. Maybe eleven.

  Dr. Nicole Keller : That's preposterous.

  Olivia Benson : Then you moved on to Trey. Ethan got upset, punched him. They both got suspended from school.

  Dr. Nicole Keller : They're kids. They fantasize about older women. It's a natural, healthy fantasy.

  Olivia Benson : Nope. There's nothing natural or healthy about statutory rape. Let's go. You're coming with us.

• Dr. Nicole Keller : Congratulations, Lieutenant. You've convinced my son I'm the devil.

  Olivia Benson : No, Nicole. You did that all by yourself.

• Olivia Benson : Imagine our surprise.

  Dr. Nicole Keller : Imagine my surprise. I had a sense Trey was stalking me, but now I know.

  Olivia Benson : You had a sense Trey was stalking you? Well, that's very different from having a bad feeling.

  Dr. Nicole Keller : I wasn't sure, but I am now.

  Olivia Benson : That's you in the photo, correct?

  Dr. Nicole Keller : Yes! Eyes closed. Asleep. Unaware this adult teenager was taking pictures.

  Olivia Benson : You mind if we take a look around?

  Dr. Nicole Keller : Of course not.

  Olivia Benson : [heading upstairs]  So, just to be clear, you're saying that Trey walked up these stairs, he hopped onto your bed while you were sleeping, and he took these photos.

  Dr. Nicole Keller : Well, that's the only thing that makes sense.

  Amanda Rollins : No, there are other plausible explanations.

• Dr. Nicole Keller : My understanding of the law is unless I'm under arrest, I'm free to go. I'll be calling my lawyer.

  Olivia Benson : That's your right. We'll be in touch. I'm sure we'll have a lot to talk about.

  Odafin Tutuola : [Nicole leaves]  She's a stone cold liar.

  Olivia Benson : A psychiatrist who's abusing teenage boys, emotionally damaging her own son. That is deeper than lying, man. That is pathological.

• Olivia Benson : Do you always sleep naked?

  Dr. Nicole Keller : Sometimes. Sometimes I sleep in a nightgown. Sometimes I sleep in a Rolling Stones t-shirt. Are you suggesting I had sex with that boy?

  Olivia Benson : Oh, I'm not suggesting anything. I'm simply asking why you and Trey were in bed together naked.

• Olivia Benson : Were you having a sexual relationship with Trey Franklin prior to the night he was shot and killed?

  Dr. Nicole Keller : Like I've been trying to tell you, he was obsessed with me.

  Odafin Tutuola : That's a yes?

  Dr. Nicole Keller : It's an absolute, unequivocal no.

  Odafin Tutuola : What about Ethan? That's an absolute, unequivocal no, too?

  Dr. Nicole Keller : Correct.

  Olivia Benson : So Ethan was lying?

  Dr. Nicole Keller : Of course he's lying!

  Olivia Benson : Okay. Well, when he told me what happened, he started to cry. And then he turned to his father and he begged him not to hate him. We have a believable fifteen year old boy in there who is claiming that you sexually assaulted him and Trey Franklin.

  Odafin Tutuola : Making things worse, Trey is dead.

  Olivia Benson : Because you told your son that he was raping you, when, in fact, you were raping him.

  Dr. Nicole Keller : You're making this up.

  Olivia Benson : The sooner you tell us the truth, the better this is gonna be for you. And more importantly, Luke.

  Dr. Nicole Keller : Don't you presume to tell me what's best for my son.

  Olivia Benson : I'm not presuming anything. I'm just stating facts.

• Dr. Nicole Keller : First you lie to my son. Now you harass me in my place of business?

  Olivia Benson : Stop talking. You're under arrest.

  Dr. Nicole Keller : On what charges?

  Olivia Benson : Third degree rape of a minor.

  Dr. Nicole Keller : I'm the victim here.

  Olivia Benson : And murder.

  Dr. Nicole Keller : Murder? I didn't murder anyone.

  Odafin Tutuola : [handcuffing her]  Look, lady. Turn around. Come on.

  Olivia Benson : Get her out of here.

• Rafael Barba : Trey showed up at your house at 9:00 at night. Your son wasn't home, but you let him in anyway?

  Dr. Nicole Keller : I felt empathy for his turbulent home life.

  Rafael Barba : You kept telling the police that - "his turbulent home life" - even though his parents are happily married and he's a straight-A student.

  Dr. Nicole Keller : Grades are not indicative of psychological or emotional problems.

  Rafael Barba : Yeah, we're not interested in your psychobabble for the moment, but thank you so much for sharing.

• Dr. Nicole Keller : Help! He's raping me!