Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Conversion (2017)

Peter Scanavino: Detective Dominick 'Sonny' Carisi, Jr.

Quotes 

• Rafael Barba : His lawyer's invoking the First Amendment?

  Amanda Rollins : He claims he was trying to cure her, and the victim does, too.

  Rafael Barba : The victim?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Yeah, she admits that she was raped, but she doesn't wanna press charges because she thinks the guy did it for the right reasons.

  Olivia Benson : None of that matters. Ann didn't consent. It was rape.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Right, but if she really believes that what he did was curative...

  Rafael Barba : Even if you buy into this demented doctrine, a patient has the right to refuse care at any time.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Of course, but I'm just saying that given her religious beliefs, all right, it's more than possible that this kid's defense attorney is gonna lather that up into consent.

  Rafael Barba : Yeah, I agree. So we've gotta help Ann see the light, so to speak.

  Odafin Tutuola : And how do we do that?

  Rafael Barba : Use your imagination. Religion has been used to justify everything from genocide to the war against Christmas. I'm sure we can twist it in our favor for once. Just get her on our side.

• Olivia Benson : Lucas has a right to counsel, but he's already confessed to my detectives.

  Reverend Gary Langham : There is nothing to confess to.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Excuse me?

  Reverend Gary Langham : Lucas had curative intercourse with Ann Davenport. It's his right under the First Amendment.

  Odafin Tutuola : His right?

  Reverend Gary Langham : It's an expression of his and Ann's religious beliefs.

  Olivia Benson : Okay.

  Odafin Tutuola : Look, I'm no preacher, but I know the guy in the sky isn't down with rape.

  Olivia Benson : Yeah, well, neither is the State of New York. And regardless of his religious beliefs, Lucas is guilty of sexual assault, so he won't be going anywhere.

  Reverend Gary Langham : Well, then I will see you in court.

• Dominick Carisi Jr. : So this kid is, uh, basically confessing. But in his mind, he forced Ann to have sex with him to save her soul from going to hell.

  Olivia Benson : Okay. Keep him talking.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : All right. Also, Ann's parents are here.

• Amanda Rollins : I found something else. The church's bank statements. Lucas said he was paid a monthly stipend of $200.

  Olivia Benson : Yeah, that was for, you know, maintenance, chores.

  Amanda Rollins : Maybe, sure, but I found... I mean, I found disbursements for $200 for half a dozen other kids, going back years.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Lucas did say he wasn't the only kid living there.

  Rafael Barba : If we can prove that any of the other boys working for Gary got paid for curatively raping someone, you've got sex trafficking.

  Amanda Rollins : Yeah, but we can't. Not without their cooperation.

  Olivia Benson : Well, Gary doesn't know that. He doesn't know what Lucas told us.

  Rafael Barba : Asset forfeiture laws are very strong under sex trafficking.