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Recap

In the back of a cab, a guy convinces a girl to send another guy a sexy pic. Another girl wants to get in on the action. They get an invite and give the address to the driver.

Later, a guy is mixing a rap video.  His partner is high. Girls are supposedly here but the guy who was with them robs the guys and shoots one of them. They make the other guy give them all the money in the safe and then shoot the owner anyway. One of the girls freaks out.

Rollins says Carisi wants to meet them. She doesn't know what this case has to do with SVU. Carisi tells them that the suspect has been beaten and has STDs. She's possibly a victim.

Taru shows Tori texted Chris. Benson says she's afraid. Tori is an honors student, clean, only thing is that her mom has been in Poland for the last month. Benson says have Tori brought in.

Carisi tells Tori that she will be charged with three counts of homicide. They want her to tell them what she knows about who else was involved. She says okay.

Tori is cooperative. She says Jasmine used to be her friend and that G was the mastermind. He is a rapper and has a Youtube channel. Valesco finds G's channel. Tori and Jasmine are in the video. A new video just dropped. It looks like a confession.  Fin says these idiots want to be famous and are doing their jobs for them. Tori is questioned and gives the address where the videos are made. NYPD raids it.

G tries to run away but is caught by Rollins and Fin. He claims Tori is the mastermind and he can prove it.

Benson says they got G dead to rights. G doesn't seem to care if he's going down. He is blaming Tori and says she should go down with him. G says that crew disrespected them and Tori knew Chris from school. He claims the robbery was Tori's idea. She could offer to hook up with Chris and he wouldn't resist her.

Chris tells Rollins he is not a gangster. He's a movie geek but knew he couldn't go to film school so he made the videos for his brother. He feels guilty. He got his brother killed. He trusted Tori.

Jasmine claims that Tori was down for whatever and was the wildest one.

Tori is mad about being locked up when she cooperated. Rollins and Benson explain that G and Jasmine claim that Tori was the mastermind. Tori insists she was coerced. Benson says she will have to explain everything then. Tori wants a lawyer.

Later, Tori says she made friends with Jasmine, who introduced her to G. G was cute and she let him have sex with her. The lawyer says Tori was 15 so it was rape. Tori also claims she was trafficked and G beat her if she tried to get away. G had total control over her mind and would beat her if she crossed him but she also wanted him. By this time she was stripping and turning tricks and giving G all the money. Rollins says and you're making good grades through this? Tori says school was easy, nights were hard. She oculdn't escape. He made her text Chris and would have killed her if she didn't go along.

Benson believes Tori. So does Carisi but he doesn't think he can cut a deal for Tori.

Carisi talks to the homicide prosecutors about Tori. They are not interested in a deal when everyone is looking at this case. And they don't want to charge a Black man and not the white girl who put it in motion.

A woman with an accent comes up to Benson and Rollins. She says she is Tori's mother and has been working a lot. This makes no sense to her.

The three arraignments happen. Carisi asks for remand on all three. Tori's mother is upset. Benson thinks maybe if Tori's story gets out that will be the tipping point. She wants to open an investigation into G as a rapist and trafficker.

Carisi and Benson go to the lead prosecutor with the evidence that Tori was abused. The prosecutor isn't interested. Benson says she will testify. The prosecutor says the law is clear. Carisi says the jury and the press will be swayed.

Carisi offers Tori 25 years for conspiracy. She could be looking at life if she doesn't. Benson says three people are dead because of what Tori did. Tori says she didn't know they were going to kill anyone. Carisi says if she doesn't take the deal now it's off the table.

Fin is upset Tori isn't taking the deal. Velasco doesn't blame her. Fin says she got a taste of the life and anything can go wrong. Velasco gets how it is for Tori. When he was 14 he tried to get in good with a gang leader. He lured a guy to the gang where he was tortured. He swore to God that if the guy lived he'd do good from now on. The guy lived. He got away with it and kept his promise. Fin agrees he did a lot a dirt back in the day and is still trying to balance the scales.

The news is reporting on the scene. Benson talks to the lead prosecutor who says she doesn't know whether Carisi will be a good prosecutor for them.

Jasmine testifies. She says that Tori said she could get Chris to let them in and that it was all Tori's idea. She didn't think anyone was going to get killed. Tori started it and was the first one through the door.

Defense attorney suggests Jasmine is a rat and gets objected to.

Chris testifies. He was excited when Tori texted him. He blames himself for his brother's death. A woman jumps up and shouts MURDERER. The judge puts a stop to that. After lunch Tori is to testify. Her mother won't leave.

Tori testifies as to how G abused her. She says that the robbery was G's idea and he wouldn't leave her alone until she texted Chris. If she refused he'd sell her to someone else and he had a gun. She didn't want anyone to get hurt and felt sick about Chris and Mike but she was scared and had to do it.

Carisi cross-examines. She had a straight A average, went home at night, etc. Could have told Mom, a teacher, a friend, what was going on. Why didn't she call the cops? Tori says she didn't think to do it. She admits she drank and did drugs. She didn't want G's gifts but he'd be mad if she didn't wear them. Yes, she liked it at first. Carisi says he knows G is a bad guy. Tori insists she tried to say no. Carisi says she was never locked up. She went to POland etc. She never told anyone until she was arrested. Tori admits she never told anyone. Carisi asks how is the jury supposed to know if this is the truth or an \excuse?

Carisi is disgusted by what he just did but his bosses are proud of him. Rollins is upset that Carisi might have gotten Tori convicted. Benson wonders if maybe Jasmine was trafficked too.

The cops go to talk to Jasmine, who claims her injuries in the last year are her being clumsy and her liking it rough. Fin wants to know who decided to turn out Tori. Jasmine or G? Jasmine is not interested in being a snitch. Velasco says he knows Jasmine is scared of G. Jasmine says she's spending the next decade in here -- what is she worth?

Carisi fills in his boss who is angry that SVU has interfered with their case. Lead prosecutor is angry because they might lose the case about Tori. Carisi claims he is just giving them a heads up. The prosecutors don't care about this. This is a murder trial. Is Carisi going to close the case or not. Carisi says they use discretion for rich and connected people -- why not now? He manages to convince the prosecutors not to go after Tori and Jasmine who are victims. After a press conference, he and Rollins are good.

Benson goes to see Tori who has missed her last two sessions, which is a violation of her probation. She wonders if maybe Tori thinks she should be in prison. Tori admits she misses the excitement sometimes but she thinks about Chris and what he's lost while she is free. Benson tells her it's natural to feel guilty. Tori was 14 when this started and had to put on a lot of armor to protect herself. She promises Tori she will be able to take off the armor eventually. It will be uncomfortable and she will have to retrain her brain. She will need ot be patient with herself. Tori wants to go. Benson says work your program. She tells her she can do this.

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Law & Order: SVU Season 23 Episode 8 Quotes

Carisi: Can they really be this stupid?
Fin: These idiots are cloud-chasing. The dummies want to be famous so bad they do our job for us.

Benson: Why us instead of homicide?
Carisi: Because she has bruises and multiple STDs.
Benson: So is she a suspect or a victim?