Radio City Music Hall, April 23rd
"With the first overall pick of this year's NFL Draft," the NFL commissioner started, "New York selects Jacoby Willis, quarterback from Hudson University."
Willis walked out onto the stage, with his new team's jersey and cap in hand. He had a huge grin on his face as he shook the commissioner's hand and then took photos with him.
"New York takes the hometown boy, despite all of the controversy that surrounded him during his days at Hudson. Good move, guys?" a TV analysts asked his colleagues.
"Absolutely," one former player and current analyst said, "Willis has obviously cleaned up his act, and New York knows that, otherwise they wouldn't have taken him. This guy is the future of this franchise.
SVU Precinct, later that night
"Jacoby Willis," Finn said, "Rapist-turned first overall pick. Not the kind of comeback story I'm used to hearing."
"Oh come on," Nick said, "You know he never raped that girl. That case never even made it to us before the D.A. dropped it."
"Still, I was looking forward to having that guy leave this city," Finn replied, "I guess we're stuck with him for good now."
"The guy's got a great arm," Nick shot back, "I give it two years tops before he takes us to the Super Bowl."
"Two years?" Amanda asked, "Those are some pretty lofty expectations for a guy who has never played in a pro game before."
Nick shook his head with a smirk just as his phone rang, "Detective Amaro, SVU," he answered.
"My name is Rick Reiser, I run a bar on 45th," the caller started, "I've got a girl here who claims she was just raped."
Reiser Sports Bar, twenty minutes later
"She came in about three hours ago," Rick told Nick and Olivia as they walked into the bar, "she just sat there to herself. One of my bartenders kept asking her if she wanted anything, but she didn't say nothing. Eventually, I could tell something was wrong, so I asked her if she was okay and if she needed me to call her a cab. After about five minutes of me trying to get something out of her, she finally told me she had just been raped."
"Did she say who did it?" Olivia asked.
"Nope," Rick said, "couldn't get anything out of her after that, but it was all I needed to know, so I called you guys."
"Ok, we'll take it from here," Nick told him.
They both saw the woman, sitting alone at the bar, keeping to herself when Olivia approached her.
"Hi," Olivia said to her, "I'm Sgt. Olivia Benson with the NYPD. Can we talk?"
"I-I-I was raped," she muttered.
"Do you know who it was?" Olivia asked her.
The woman looked up at the TV and started crying. Olivia looked up to see who it was she was looking at: Jacoby Willis.