Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Swimming with the Sharks (2020)

Zuleikha Robinson: Vanessa Hadid

Quotes 

• Dominick Carisi Jr. : Luna is... is not faking this. She had... she had a breakdown right... right in front of us.

  Vanessa Hadid : Okay, I hear you, but we're not dropping the charges against Luna. In fact, we're moving forward on the prosecution.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : What?

  Vanessa Hadid : Prep all four accusers for a grand jury.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Why? So they can nail down their stories? Get immunity? All due respect, Ms. Hadid...

  Vanessa Hadid : If they're going to lie, I want them on record. Right now, they think they've gotten away with toppling Luna. If this is some sort of conspiracy, we don't want them to know we're on to them.

  Olivia Benson : Fair enough. Start with the victim Tisa. There's no way that she's the mastermind.

• Vanessa Hadid : [to Melanie]  I spent five years in white collar crime, Ms. Franks. I see offshore LLCs, that's a red flag.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Yeah, most often for embezzlement, drug running or money laundering, so which are you involved with?

  Melanie Franks : None of them. I tried to tell Luna it would look bad. She stopped listening to me. We've known each other a long time. Her star rising, the money, celebrity friends She let it go to her head. My mother used to say, "You climb too fast, you end up gasping for air."

• Vanessa Hadid : Late-night phone calls, phrases in an e-mail, three company executives and a staffer all conspiring to frame their CEO? It's insanely elaborate.

  Olivia Benson : You mean elaborate enough to drive someone insane.

  Vanessa Hadid : That's more likely than the scenario that Luna is crazy and guilty?