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Recap

A manager informs a soccer star that he is now among the untouchables.

At a bar, Valesco is watching the star score a goal during a big game. Next we see him being led through a crowd of cheering fans to a fancy hotel.

The star is upset he doesn't get more credit. He refuses to talk to reporters. He wants to go celebrate instead of talking to them.

The reporter is a beautiful woman with an accent. The star flirts with her. She asks him about being a showboater and selfish person who didn't go to a funeral. The manager says that was his call. The star sends his managers away. He offers the reporter a drink. She asks him about humiliating other players and asks if he is a tyrant. She asks if he remembers her. They start flirting. Later, she runs out half dressed and he asks to talk about it. She tells him to get away from her.

The reporter goes to SVU and reports the rape to Benson. She has a recording.

Benson sends the cops to investigate. The managers tell Fin and Rollins that there was a misunderstanding. They claim the recording doesn't prove anything and that Nellie and Paolo had a history and were in a serious relationship eight years ago. They think this is a shakedown.

The video matches Nellie's statement but there's no footage from inside the suite.

Paolo is on a podcast saying that a reporter named Nellie is an opportunist and who is trying to get revenge because he broke up with her eight years ago.

Nellie says she's going home. Benson says that it doesn't matter if she had a relationship in the past. She says she has a son by Paolo that he doesn't know about. She wanted the world to know who he was. He found out somehow about the boy. She cannot go forward or he will sue her for custody. She won't let the cops talk her out of leaving.

No Nellie means no case but Benson suspects he has raped someone before. Muncy finds out he is divorced and paid 10 million to his ex.

Muncy and Fin interview the woman. She says he paid to leave her. She thinks Nellie is another money-hungry liar. She divorced because she got bored. Her mother goes to check the menu for dinner and Muncy goes with her. The mother says Paolo was a cheater and liar. She once caught him in the poolhouse with the yoga teacher.

The yoga teacher is no longer employed. She threatened to sue a client - Simone, and Simone is a big spender at the gym.

Rollins calls Fin to see if he can get info about the case from a clerk he knows. She finds a bunch of cases against Paolo.

Paolo has been sued 12 times for sexual assault. One was filed two days ago. Benson will call Carisi and wants Fin to find the women.

The woman says she changed her mind but can't talk about it. She agrees to talk off the record.

Ebony says Paolo was aggressive and then Simone's mother followed her. Another woman didn'[t file a report because he was too powerful.

Another woman won't talk.

Fin says the women all told the same story but the NDA's are in the way. Benson hopes they will get something out of the financial statements.

McGrath shows up and says they need to talk. Anything he needs to go? Some heavy hitter in their crosshairs? Benson says they are working the case. McGrath says they are harassing his employees and Paolo is threatening to sue. He says they need to fix this.

Benson and McGrath tell Paolo and his handlers it is standard procedure. Paolo says he's being profiled. The lawyer says four women claim thaat they are feeling threatened by SVU. McGrath says these people will not be bothered anymore. Paolo tells Benson to tell Nellie he has no hard feelings. Benson says if he didn't do anything wrong, why not let them do their jobs? He says he doesn't let mosquitos bother him. Benson says she isn't afraid of him and walks off.

Benson comes back angry. Good news though, the financial records have shown a pattern of cash withdrawals equal to the settlement amount.

Valesco bothers Muncy about her chip eating habit while on a stakeout. They see Paolo with a woman. It's his business manager's wife. She may be woman number 13.

Rollins and Fin confront Antonio's wife. She says this is none of their business.  She says they are ruining her marriage and she wants them to leave her family alone.

Muncy finds that Antonio's daughter has lots of photos with Paolo but they stop in June 2021 which is when the cash withdrawals began. Benson says track the girl down.

Muncy pretends to be a fangirl and asks Ana about Paolo. Ana says that he was stalking her and was all over her. He gave her a bracelet.

The cops find Antonio looking at artifacts in what appears to be an art nuseum. Valesco and Rollins tell him what's been going on. He doesn't believe it.  They tell him it's not Ana's fault and that she had stars in her eyes. Antonio says he was Paolo's hero as a child. Paolo repaid him for making his career by raping his daughter.

Antonio wears a wire and goes to see Paolo. Paolo calls himself a safecracker and claims to crack women. Antonio accuses him of violating Ana. They get physical and Paolo claima Ana came onto him and knows what she wants. Antonio pulls a gun on him. He shoots and the cops run in.

The cops come in and tell Antonio to drop the gun. They arrest Paolo and he complains that Antonio shot at him. Antonio shows him the wire and says he took everything from him. Antonio is arrested also for the gun and he says it's Paolo's gun that he hid for him.

The lawyer says that Ana was in love with Paolo. He wants a misdemeanor charge with no jail time. Benson isn't having it. She says Paolo raped a teenager. The lawyer wants time alone with his client.

Antonio will get probation. Benson is going to go see Ana and check on her. Valesco tells Muncy he's fine, that guy was a villain. He gives Muncy a soccer ball.

Benson updates Ana on the case. Paolo will do 10 years probation. Ana says he didn't rape her. She wanted him. Benson explains that Paolo groomed her and the law says it is rape, to keep predators away from young people. Ana says she's bored to death.  The boys her age all want to party. Benson says she will see this differently as she gets older. She knows because she's been there.

 

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Law & Order: SVU Season 24 Episode 7 Quotes

Valesco: He's a giant superstar.
Muncy: Which means this case is going to be a giant pain in the ass.

Reporter: You don't remember me, do you? I wasn't quite so cocky back then.
Paolo: You interviewed me then?
Reporter: I was just a fan then.
Paolo: I have a lot of fans, but I'm sure I'd remember one as beautiful as you.