Peter Scanavino: Detective Dominick 'Sonny' Carisi, Jr.

The Newsroom

Detective Dominick 'Sonny' Carisi, Jr.

Olivia Benson: You all saw that, right?
Amanda Rollins: On-air disclosure?
Odafin Tutuola: We were watching you live. They couldn't cut away fast enough.
Olivia Benson: Yeah, and then she told me that Harold Coyle raped her.
Dominick Carisi Jr.: Coyle, huh? Heard a lot of rumors about that guy. He's paranoid, he's a predator.
Amanda Rollins: How well do you know Heidi?
Olivia Benson: We met at "Women in New York" panel years ago. We stayed in touch. I don't see her making this up.

Gwendolyn Gates: I turned on the TV, saw Margery Evans spouting that inane defense of Harold. I couldn't stay silent any longer.
Dominick Carisi Jr.: Thanks for coming in.
Gwendolyn Gates: I should've known it wasn't just me.
Amanda Rollins: Tell us what happened with Coyle.
Gwendolyn Gates: You're gonna need more paper.

Dominick Carisi Jr.: All right, so we got four women, all former "HNT" employees, with credible stories of harassment going back fifteen years.
Rafael Barba: Okay, good. What's the bad news?
Amanda Rollins: They're all allegations of misdemeanor assault, from over two years ago. Outside of the statute of limitations.
Rafael Barba: Except for Heidi's rape, which is a he said/she said.
Amanda Rollins: And one allegation of attempted rape. Alana Reed, twenty years old. She quit right after the incident.
Rafael Barba: Tell me she went to HR.
Dominick Carisi Jr.: No, but she was George Thanos' assistant, and he already hates Coyle.
Rafael Barba: And this gives him one more reason.

Odafin Tutuola: Coyle is a bad guy, George.
George Thanos: Why didn't Alana tell me?
Dominick Carisi Jr.: Well, maybe she thought you wouldn't believe her. Maybe she thought you wouldn't back her up.
Odafin Tutuola: Like Heidi.
George Thanos: Heidi and I have been behind a news desk, in the foxhole, for seven years. Nobody has her back more than I do.
Odafin Tutuola: Then act like it. Testify that you saw how upset she was after the rape. We need someone to back her story up.
George Thanos: I want to, I do. But I can't.
Dominick Carisi Jr.: George, you said you had a daughter, right? Well, she must have heard about this on the news. She hasn't asked you what you know? What you're doing about it?
George Thanos: This is a kamikaze career move.
Odafin Tutuola: Think of it like this: you'll go down as a hero.

Steven Turner: If you're here about Heidi, your lieutenant already knows there's nothing to talk about. And I'm sorry, but I'm late for a meeting.
Dominick Carisi Jr.: Actually, we're here about Amy James.
Steven Turner: Amy James.
Odafin Tutuola: Yeah, she worked here a few years ago. She killed herself.
Steven Turner: I did hear about that. A tragedy.
Dominick Carisi Jr.: Yeah. Did you also hear she accused Harold Coyle of assault, just like Heidi?
Steven Turner: Maybe you should talk to our lawyers.
Odafin Tutuola: Good. We can ask them to turn over the video tapes of Amy. The tapes Coyle was blackmailing her with.
Steven Turner: I think you're off base here.
Dominick Carisi Jr.: We have two allegations of assault. Now, a publicist who's mentally unstable, she's easy to discredit, but the star of the network? Not so much.

Steven Turner: The real reason Heidi had her "breakdown"? She's trying to renegotiate her contract. Then she found out Margery Evans is being groomed to replace her.
Dominick Carisi Jr.: Groomed? By who? Harold Coyle?
Steven Turner: This is a brutal business for women. There's a shelf life. No matter how much plastic surgery they get.