

However, before the two could get into an argument, Cassidy turns up with his bloody clothes, to which Stone tells Fin to call Holiday to interrogate him. Eventually, Stone finds out about Cassidy and confronts Benson. Eventually, Cassidy dares Rollins to handcuff him Rollins says she wouldn't go behind Benson's back and furiously leaves.

Rollins goes to Benson's apartment to confront Cassidy, where the two get into a huge fight, insulting each other about their sexual pasts. Rollins and Benson get into a heated argument, with Rollins believing Cassidy is guilty of murder and telling her to bring him in, but Benson says to give her some time to investigate.

She confronts Benson about it, and Benson confirms they were Cassidy's and tells Rollins about him. Rollins realizes he is drawing a pair of boots, to which Noah says big black boots were at Benson's apartment, leading Rollins to believe Benson is secretly in a romantic relationship. Meanwhile, Rollins takes Noah out for breakfast and notices Noah is distractedly drawing on a piece of paper. Benson interrogates Cassidy in her apartment, and Cassidy denies murdering West, claiming that he was knocked out when he was visiting West and eventually woke up next to his dead body. They are, however, told to leave by Detective Devin Holiday. Rollins and Carisi turn up at West's house the following morning and discover his dead body with circled bruises in his chest. Afraid, she gets her gun and checks her door's peephole, where she finds Cassidy covered in blood. That night, Benson is in her bedroom asleep when there is loud, constant banging on her door. She tries to talk to Cassidy, but Cassidy yells at her and tells her to go away. Benson visits a bar after Cassidy gets into a drunken fight with a man who criticized him about the incident in court. Despite the detectives' efforts, all boys and their parents are reluctant to testify again due to the trauma. All three boys are unsettled, depressed, and tense after the mistrial, with most of the parents infuriated at Cassidy. The detectives visit the families of the three boys who testified. The lawyer immediately asks for a mistrial, which the judge grants, despite Stone's objection. The lawyer then accuses Cassidy of police brutality and being a racist, and Cassidy loses it, saying that he would love to see West in a body bag. West's lawyer brings up Cassidy's past, including his relationship with Carissa Gibson when he was undercover ( SVU: " Rhodium Nights", " Lost Reputation") and when he was accused of rape by Heather Riggs, an accusation Brian says he was cleared of ( SVU: " Undercover Blue").
#Jeff panzarella trial#
The trial is going well until Brian Cassidy testifies.
#Jeff panzarella free#
A doctor arrested for sexually abusing his patients is set free after Cassidy's testimony causes a mistrial.ĪDA Stone and the SVU are in the process of a trial, in which a doctor, Markus West, is accused of performing oral sex and molesting little boys.
