Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Swimming with the Sharks (2020)

Radha Mitchell: Luna Prasada

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• Luna Prasada : [When Olivia and Carisi talk to Luna and her lawyer in Rikers]  The other inmates held me down, and I heard somebody say, "Oh, yeah, she needs to know what it's like to be raped by another woman."

  Olivia Benson : Oh, Luna, I am... I am so sorry.

  Luna Prasada : The thing is, she was probably right. I mean, I must be guilty 'cause there is no other explanation.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Your client wants to change her plea?

  Dara Miglani : Against my advice.

  Luna Prasada : I... I can't go through the trial. I just want this to be over.

  Olivia Benson : Are you saying that you did embezzle from We-B-Well? That you did assault Tisa Chee?

  Luna Prasada : I'm saying that I can't remember. At first, I thought, "Oh, oh, they're setting me up." Someone's gotta be setting me up. " I read your emails. I read the documents. It sounds like me. It's got to be me.

  Dominick Carisi Jr. : Ms. Prasada, if you're gonna change your plea to guilty, you have to admit your guilt.

  Luna Prasada : So I've got to swear to crimes that I don't remember or I have no awareness of? Oh, my God. Have I lost my mind? I gotta be crazy! I mean, that's the only thing that makes any sense! Oh, I mean, as a woman, you know, I always thought, "I've gotta be strong. "I'm... I can I can get on top of things. I can take control of things, 'cause I'm a woman!" You know? I've always been about empowering women. Women, because we can overcome things. We can overcome anything. We can. We're women, okay? We're women! I can't overcome this. I feel like I've been betrayed by my mind. I'm going insane. I think I'm going insane!

• Bobby Frost : Luna, this IPO, going public, it's not business as usual.

  Luna Prasada : Sweetie, we just had a fantastic three days, okay? So enjoy the moment, huh? We have edibles, we have drinkables, so let's just live a little.

  Bobby Frost : Yeah.

  Luna Prasada : Uh-huh?

  Bobby Frost : I've been going through the books.

  Luna Prasada : Bobby, you do numbers. I do ideas; brilliant ideas, okay?

  Bobby Frost : Good for you, but you're CEO. You'll be signing the statements. I want you to know what's in them.

  Luna Prasada : Okay. First we drink, and then you can show me your little PowerPoint.

• Olivia Benson : [to Luna]  So Bobby took a plea. He'll do at least seven years, and Vinay does five.

  Luna Prasada : Whew. And my old friend, Melanie?

  Olivia Benson : There was no case without her.

  Luna Prasada : So she walks. Was it just about the money?

  Olivia Benson : For the men, yes, but for her...

  Luna Prasada : I could've been a better friend. I've been thinking about it. When you arrested me. I thought it was karma. I burned a lot of bridges in my time. Hell, I burned my whole house down.

  Olivia Benson : Well, you know what happens when your house burns down? You get a clear view of the sky.

  Luna Prasada : You mind if I steal that?

• Luna Prasada : [while Luna is at the hospital after her assault]  I just wanna take a long, hot shower.

  Olivia Benson : Well, we're almost done here. She's gonna get you some antibiotics.

  [hands Luna a cup of water] 

  Olivia Benson : Here's some water.

  Luna Prasada : Thank you.

  Olivia Benson : Luna, you said that Bobby came up to your room?

  Luna Prasada : Yeah, he's our CFO. I keep putting him off because he's always got bad news. I call him "Bum Me Out Bobby."

  Olivia Benson : Okay, go on.

  Luna Prasada : Well, I offered him a drink to relax him a bit. I have to admit, I was ahead of him on that front.

  Olivia Benson : That's okay.

  Luna Prasada : We never got to the financials. He took a shot of tequila. He pushed me down on the bed. I wanted to push him off, but I just froze. It was just like you said. I... I just wanted to survive.

  Olivia Benson : And your relationship with him, has it changed recently?

  Luna Prasada : It's become more tense. We were about to announce our IPO... Oh, my God. I can't do this. If this comes out, the whole thing is just gonna go poof. I can't believe he did this to me. I can't believe it. Look, you can do your investigation, but I'm not gonna press charges.

  Olivia Benson : That is your decision, but the good news is that if you change your mind, we... we got the rape kit done.

  Luna Prasada : I don't think you realize this, but my whole brand depends on women wanting to be me, and uh... rape does not fit into that picture.

• Luna Prasada : [about Bobby]  He raped me, and now he is just making stuff up, all right? It's pathological. Maybe it's neurological. Maybe his frontal lobe is shot. I don't know.

  Olivia Benson : Well, he claims that he has evidence.

  Luna Prasada : Well, he can't because there is none. I mean, We-B-Well is my child. It's my life. I just don't even know where I end and it begins.

  Olivia Benson : Luna, I hear you, but we are obligated to investigate his charge.

  Luna Prasada : Well, maybe that's a good thing because I did not do this and you will see that. And in the meantime, you will arrest him.

  Olivia Benson : Well, not yet. The DA thinks that if his defense is your claiming rape, to cover up embezzlement, then...

  Luna Prasada : Then we have to hold off. Come on, this is psychotic. He's still working for me. I mean, I gotta go. I gotta fire him.

  Olivia Benson : No, no, no, no. You can't have any contact with Bobby. Listen to me, you can't do anything to strengthen his hand.

• Luna Prasada : So, Tisa admitted I never assaulted her? Well, why would she make that up?

  Olivia Benson : Because she was having an affair with Vinay. He talked her into it. He told her that they had to force you out.

  Luna Prasada : Why would he do that?

  Amanda Rollins : He's denying all of this. He said that Tisa came to him, and he believed her.

  Luna Prasada : And do you believe him?

  Dara Miglani : What is going on here?

  Olivia Benson : We think that Bobby, Vinay, and Melanie conspired to frame you for the embezzlement and assault.

  Luna Prasada : So the e-mails, I never wrote them?

  Olivia Benson : No. We believe that Bobby did.

  Amanda Rollins : We assume it was Vinay that broke into your accounts, but we can't prove that.

  Luna Prasada : Okay, but my... my passwords would be very difficult to hack. They're very complicated.

  Amanda Rollins : First pet, street you grew up on?

  Luna Prasada : Yes, but also my home phone number from when I was a kid. It was unlisted. Only a...

  [realizing] 

  Luna Prasada : ...a few friends knew it. Pinky.

  Olivia Benson : Pinky?

  Luna Prasada : Melanie's name; her nickname from when we were kids. We used to go to summer camp together.

  Olivia Benson : Luna, you... you never mentioned that.

  Luna Prasada : It never... that was a lifetime ago. I'm not Lori from Hackensack anymore. I evolved.

  Olivia Benson : Okay, but is it possible that you evolved, but Melanie didn't?

• Luna Prasada : Tisa Chee, she was in product testing. New scents, toys...

  Olivia Benson : Vibrators.

  Luna Prasada : Well, hopefully not in the office.

  Olivia Benson : Mm. And how about on a... on a corporate retreat?

  Dara Miglani : You said new allegations have been raised. Can we get to them?

• Olivia Benson : Tisa Chee is claiming that you bondage-taped her and then used the device on her against her will.

  Luna Prasada : Wait, what? That's insane.

  Olivia Benson : Now, but she did come on the corporate retreat to Lake George?

  Luna Prasada : It was a team-building event. I-I think her whole group came.

  Olivia Benson : Okay, were you ever alone with her?

  Luna Prasada : It's possible.

  Dara Miglani : What is she claiming, exactly?

  Amanda Rollins : That Luna invited Tisa back to her cabin, offered her tequila, and then when she wouldn't test - the Vi-Brildo, is it? - bondage-taped her to the bed and forced it on her.

  Luna Prasada : Okay, this is ludicrous, because I never stepped foot in that cabin. I stayed in the main lodge in a suite with Sequoia.

  Dara Miglani : What is this, open season on my client? Anyone who wants to can make up a completely specious claim?

  Olivia Benson : We do have an apology e-mail that you wrote to Tisa. This is your e-mail account?

  Luna Prasada : I never wrote this.

  Amanda Rollins : And you didn't authorize these 11 payments? Or this NDA?

  Luna Prasada : [giving it a glance]  I've never seen this.

  Olivia Benson : That... that's not what your COO said.

  Luna Prasada : Oh, Melanie? Well, that's impossible.

  Dara Miglani : We need some time to go over these documents.

  Olivia Benson : Yeah, you do.

• Olivia Benson : Luna, we need to know everything that happened; everything that Bobby knows. And you didn't mention to us that Sequoia walked in.

  Luna Prasada : I did not mention Sequoia because I was trying to protect her. The fact is, he raped me. And now he is accusing me of making this up?

  Olivia Benson : That's what rapists do. His DNA is on the kit, so he admits what he can't deny and denies what he can't admit.

  Luna Prasada : Son of a bitch. He thinks he'll get away with this because he knows I'm not gonna jeopardize my company.

  Olivia Benson : And there's always reasons for women to stay silent. But the good news is, the world is changing. There's no stigma in coming forward. It can be empowering; heroic, even.

  Luna Prasada : Survival takes strength.

  Olivia Benson : Yes.

• Sequoia Rees : Luna didn't want to bother you, but...

  Luna Prasada : Olivia?

  Olivia Benson : Hey, Luna. What's going on? What happened?

  Luna Prasada : I was raped. Oh, god, why would he do this to me?

• Luna Prasada : You're arresting me? Are you serious? For what?

  Amanda Rollins : Embezzlement, money laundering, sexual assault.

  Luna Prasada : I didn't do any of these things. Look, they're lying. I don't know why they're lying, but they are lying, and you need to help me.

  Olivia Benson : I'm sorry. Call your lawyer and have her meet you at Central Booking.

• Luna Prasada : So when we're attacked, our brains don't process information in a linear way. We revert to our... lizard brain?

  Olivia Benson : Yes, because the frontal lobe shuts down and our body reacts in a... .

  Luna Prasada : So when lawyers or senators ask why we don't remember all the specifics, it's because...

  Olivia Benson : It's because trauma is processed in a sensory way by sounds or smells, not who, what, and when. Revisiting trauma isn't easy. Survival takes strength.

  Luna Prasada : Survival takes strength. Wow. You mind if I steal that?