Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Blackout (2019)

Titus Welliver: Rob Miller

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• Deputy Chief Dodds : I think we may have a problem with this Nikki Staines situation.

  Rob Miller : Why? I already told Lieutenant Benson the encounter was consensual.

  Deputy Chief Dodds : You don't know Benson. She believes Nikki was assaulted.

  Rob Miller : Then disabuse her of that belief.

  Deputy Chief Dodds : Well, maybe I could if she wasn't convinced that you did this to get Nikki's phone.

  Rob Miller : What?

  Deputy Chief Dodds : Yeah, she's like a dog with a bone. She thinks that you were looking for info on the NYPD lawsuit and maybe the, uh... the underage sex party case.

  Rob Miller : I don't even know what you're talking about.

  Deputy Chief Dodds : She found out about your connection to Judge Leonard. She's not gonna let this go.

  Rob Miller : What do you want me to do?

  Deputy Chief Dodds : If you have the phone, maybe you toss it. Somewhere the cops can find it. A garbage can in the neighborhood. Maybe that'll get her off the scent.

  Rob Miller : Can't control your own people?

  Deputy Chief Dodds : Not her.

• Rob Miller : [to Olivia]  You know, if you want my DNA, you can just ask for it.

  Olivia Benson : What are you talking about?

  Rob Miller : The busboy who took my glass, I've never seen him here before and I saw how he was holding it. He's crime scene unit, isn't he?

  Olivia Benson : Very good.

  Rob Miller : You wanna tell me what's going on?

  Olivia Benson : Well, it appears that there are some things about you and Nikki Staines that that you forgot to mention.

  Rob Miller : For instance?

  Olivia Benson : For instance, if we run your DNA against what we found in Nikki's rape kit, will there be a match?

  Rob Miller : Very likely it will.

  Olivia Benson : Wow. That was easy.

  Rob Miller : So was she.

• Rob Miller : I think you need to relax, Bill. Nikki herself is saying the sex was consensual. She's not gonna testify. And the damn phone, irony is, nothing about me on it.

  Deputy Chief Dodds : So you have it?

  Rob Miller : What do you mean?

  Deputy Chief Dodds : The phone is in your possession?

  Rob Miller : I found it on the floor of my limo. She must have dropped it. She was completely blacked out. She doesn't remember anything.

  Deputy Chief Dodds : What if she does? What if Benson convinces her to testify?

  Rob Miller : It'll be taken care of.

  Deputy Chief Dodds : How?

  Rob Miller : No Nikki, no case.

  Deputy Chief Dodds : What are you saying?

  Rob Miller : [suddenly suspicious]  What's going on here? Are you wearing a wire?

• Olivia Benson : [to Miller]  So Dodds said that you might be able to provide some insight on what happened to Nikki.

  Rob Miller : Well, I've learned a thing or two from being her opposing counsel on this surveillance case.

  Olivia Benson : Like what?

  Rob Miller : The power of technology.

  [hands Olivia a list] 

  Rob Miller : It's a list of suspects from the sex crimes databases who happened to be in the area where Nikki says she was assaulted.

  Olivia Benson : Wow. Where did you get this?

  Rob Miller : A private company that aggregates location data from cell phones and owes me a favor or two. The irony is, Nikki would be appalled by the civil liberties issues if the police did this, but I'm not the police.

  Olivia Benson : [smiles]  Well, thank you.

  Rob Miller : You're welcome. There's also something else we should discuss, and I am sorry to say that it involves the credibility of your victim.

  [hands Olivia a large file] 

  Rob Miller : This is a file on Nikki. I think you should know what you're getting yourself into before you put any more eggs in this basket.

  Olivia Benson : And what am I getting into?

  Rob Miller : Did you know that Nikki's been cited for contempt four times, and that at least one judge has threatened to have her sanctioned for suborning perjury and submitting false statements?

  Olivia Benson : Are you saying that Nikki is a liar?

  Rob Miller : Absolutely not. I like Nikki personally, but I want you to be able to go into this with your eyes open.

  Olivia Benson : Well, we're still gonna pursue the case.

  Rob Miller : As you should. I wanted you to have a chance to get ahead of a potential problem with someone making accusations about the NYPD. Should I not have shared this?

  Olivia Benson : No, of course it's better to know.

  Rob Miller : I...

  [sighs] 

  Rob Miller : I feel like I've offended you.

  Olivia Benson : No, not at all. We're we're all professionals here.

  Rob Miller : [chuckles]  I was afraid you'd say that as well.

  Olivia Benson : Why?

  Rob Miller : Because I wanted to ask you out for a drink tomorrow night before the Governor's dinner.

  Olivia Benson : Didn't see that one coming.

• Rob Miller : Ms. Staines asked me for a ride home. We had a somewhat drunken, but completely consensual encounter in my limo.

  Olivia Benson : Was that before or after you drugged her and took her phone?

  Rob Miller : I don't know what happened to her phone, and if she took drugs, she got them from someone else. Not me. She'd obviously had a few drinks.

  Olivia Benson : So you just dumped her out of your limo and onto the street?

  Rob Miller : She insisted I stop the car. She wanted to walk home. I did what she asked me to. Talk to my driver, he'll back me up.

  Olivia Benson : I was in your office yesterday and you handed me a file on Nikki Staines. You knew that we were investigating sexual assault and somehow you left all of this out.

  Rob Miller : Because I'm a gentleman. I didn't want to embarrass her about our encounter when she's opposing counsel in a lawsuit.

  Olivia Benson : You know that I can call the DA and get a warrant for your arrest now, right?

  Rob Miller : Oh, really? For what? A drunken hookup in a limo? Give me a break. I'm late for dinner and you don't want to be late for picking up your son. Have a good night.

• Rob Miller : Let me tell you something. You're either a wolf in this life or a lamb. My father was a lamb. He had a shop and every week, the wolves in my neighborhood would come and pick the shelves clean, and when there was nothing left to steal, they took my sister in a back room and my father did nothing. You know what I learned? I'd rather run with the wolves.

• Rob Miller : You don't like the wine? California Red. A little fruit forward. Jammy.

  Olivia Benson : No, I... I love the wine. It's just that I have to pick up my son from his play date.

  Rob Miller : So no chance of you joining me for the Governor's dinner?

  Olivia Benson : Not tonight, anyway.

  Rob Miller : I'll take that to mean I can keep trying.

• Rob Miller : What's this?

  Olivia Benson : You're under arrest.

  Rob Miller : Anything I said is inadmissible. Attorney/client privilege.

  Dominic Carisi : Huh. Well, Chief Dodds waived that privilege when he put on that wire. Plus, and you should know this, that does not apply when there's a crime fraud exception or discussion of further crime.

  Rob Miller : What crime? I was making a bad joke. Nikki Staines got into my car of her own accord. She dropped her phone. The sex was consensual.

  Olivia Benson : Consensual? She was unconscious. Why? You already had the phone.

• Rob Miller : I'll be out of these cuffs in an hour.

  Olivia Benson : I wouldn't be so sure. Once word gets out that you've been arrested, your friends are gonna turn on you. And nobody helps the wolf when he's bleeding.