Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Eternal Relief from Pain (2020)

Zuleikha Robinson: Vanessa Hadid

Quotes 

• Vanessa Hadid : Hold off on calling the DEA. Capezio's a small-time sextortionist.

  Olivia Benson : Who belongs in prison.

  Vanessa Hadid : No question. But do we think he's the only doctor doing this?

  Olivia Benson : Isn't that up to the DEA and Narcotics to pursue?

  Vanessa Hadid : The DEA? Narcotics? They don't know how to run a sex crimes investigation. We call them in, they'll go after the pills-for-pay, these victims won't get justice. This is still our case. We have leverage, here, now. Let's see where this takes us.

• Counselor Freddo : What's going on?

  Vanessa Hadid : Dr. Capezio. I'm Sex Crimes Bureau Chief Hadid. In addition to grand larceny, fraud, and prescription drug diversion, you're looking at rape three.

  Olivia Benson : You're going to prison. A jury will be happy to see you die there.

  Vanessa Hadid : But this doesn't have to do that route.

  Dr. Paul Capezio : It was just sex. This whole business runs on that.

  Olivia Benson : Then let's start there.

• Counselor Freddo : Well, this is entrapment. My client is a respected member of the medical community.

  Odafin Tutuola : Don't even try. He's a pusher.

  Katriona Tamin : These women were addicted. That's rape.

  Dr. Paul Capezio : Rape? It's barter. Uh, dinners, a deal on dry cleaning. These people are in pain, I help them.

  Counselor Freddo : These victims are addicts and liars.

  Vanessa Hadid : [watching with Benson and Carisi]  You caught this loser in the act?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : And videotaped him.

  Olivia Benson : His assistant flipped on him. She showed us his appointment logs, his accounting ledgers. There are at least twelve women who Capezio doesn't take money from.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : So, we tack on criminal drug diversion and healthcare fraud, we got a solid case, and we wouldn't have it if Kim Rollins hadn't come forward.

  Vanessa Hadid : I'll call her parole officer. We get the right judge, she can get an ankle-bracelet release, pending trial.

  Olivia Benson : She also has a two-year-old child.

  Vanessa Hadid : The one she abandoned while she got high? I can't lobby for custody.

• Vanessa Hadid : So, Officer Tamin has made contact with a sales rep from Harrington Pharma?

  Odafin Tutuola : Tiffany Reynolds, former adult film actress. Now she's making high six figures peddling Oxy.

  Vanessa Hadid : How explicit was Tiffany?

  Olivia Benson : She told Tamin that the happier she makes the doctors, the more drugs they sell.

  Vanessa Hadid : Okay, I went to college with Trey Harrington. It's his family's business. There's no way this is coming from the top down. We're most likely looking at a rogue sales division.

  Olivia Benson : With all due respect, counselor, let's find out what we're dealing with before we exonerate anyone.

  Vanessa Hadid : I'm not exonerating, I'm vouching for the family, not the company. What's our next step?

  Odafin Tutuola : There's a pre-sales event tomorrow.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : The reps give their biggest customers a special preview.

  Olivia Benson : So, Tiffany's taking Kat. Sort of a tryout.

  Vanessa Hadid : Okay, so, if their sales team is crossing the line, we need to prove it.

  Olivia Benson : So, you're on board with this?

  Vanessa Hadid : I never said I wasn't.

• Dominick Carisi Jr. : I'm prepped and ready. So, you're good with me handling the arraignment?

  Vanessa Hadid : I have to be. I'm a witness in this case. I can't prosecute.

  Trey Harrington : [approaching as Carisi leaves]  You just blew up your future, you know that? If you did this to set up a run for higher office, forget it. There's a price for betrayal.

  Vanessa Hadid : I'd focus on your arraignment, Trey.

  Trey Harrington : And one more thing, Nessa? You broke my heart.

• Vanessa Hadid : Trey. So good to see you.

  Trey Harrington : Vanessa. Mm. I'm so glad you came!

  Vanessa Hadid : So am I. Uh, there's something you need to know.

  [indicating Kat nearby] 

  Vanessa Hadid : That woman, she's undercover NYPD.

  [indicating Benson, too] 

  Vanessa Hadid : And, uh, so is she.

• Dominick Carisi Jr. : You make a good undercover, Ms. Hadid.

  Vanessa Hadid : I leveraged a personal relationship. I'm not proud of that.

  Olivia Benson : Why wouldn't you give us a heads-up?

  Vanessa Hadid : I had to hear for myself. If this didn't pan out, you never would've known. I wish I was happier about this.

• Vanessa Hadid : We kept the arrest low-key?

  Olivia Benson : We're sitting on the doctor.

  Vanessa Hadid : And what did the sales rep give you?

  Olivia Benson : Well, she claims that this policy of sex-for-drugs came from the higher-ups at Harrington.

  Vanessa Hadid : Did she say from whom?

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Not explicitly. But she also said the higher up you got, the less explicit it was. The big boys insulate themselves.

  Vanessa Hadid : Big boys. I doubt she's privy to the boardroom's inner workings.

  Olivia Benson : Well, I agree, but she did give us tickets to a benefit that Harrington is hosting tomorrow night.

  Vanessa Hadid : Trey? It's for bilingual education in public schools. They're a very charitable family.

  Olivia Benson : Good for them, but Harrington's entire team will be there. And Tiffany said that she will introduce me to complicit sales execs, including her supervisor, who has already offered me a trip to St. John.

  Vanessa Hadid : Okay. That's an opening.

• Dominick Carisi Jr. : This is a culture of corruption. Now, either Trey Harrington has no idea how his business is being run, or he's in on this.

  Vanessa Hadid : That's not the man I know. But you need to pursue this wherever it goes. Keep me in the loop.

  Olivia Benson : Of course.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : [Hadid leaves]  Good thing she's got our backs on this.

  Olivia Benson : Always.

• Trey Harrington : What's happening here?

  Vanessa Hadid : SVU caught a doctor with his pants down, with a UC and one of your sales reps in the suite.

  Trey Harrington : And what do they think, that's our policy? That's ridiculous.

  Vanessa Hadid : Not according to the sales rep.

  Trey Harrington : You arrested her. She was looking to deal. You should have called me.

  Vanessa Hadid : I assured them there's no way this was coming from your office, but she's a former adult film actress with very little experience in pharmaceuticals. The optics of...

  Trey Harrington : It's a business, Vanessa. If a sales rep wants to trade favors, how can we police that? How bad is it?

  Vanessa Hadid : I've kept them from taking it to the DEA.

  Trey Harrington : Thanks. They're already up in our grill. All this outrage and scapegoating.

  Vanessa Hadid : But the drugs are addictive.

  Trey Harrington : Of course they're addictive, to the addict.

  Vanessa Hadid : Trey, I'm talking to you as a friend now.

  Trey Harrington : What if you were talking to me as a friend and a consigliere?

  Vanessa Hadid : I'm with the D.A.'s office.

  Trey Harrington : Mm, for now, but, bluntly, I'll be looking for a new house counsel. Look, until I can lure you over here, maybe you could, uh, keep tabs on this case.

  Vanessa Hadid : What's your worst fear here? How much exposure do you have?

  Trey Harrington : Look, did we downplay the addictive qualities of these drugs? Did we push them harder than we should have? It's a corporation. We were trying to get as large a market share as we could. But if someone's looking to take us down...

  Vanessa Hadid : So, what can I do for you now?