"Are you to continue with your testimony?" she asks them.
"Yes, we are," Casey tells her. "I would like to call Olivia Benson to the stand please." Olivia nervously makes her way to the stand, knowing that she is going to have to face her ex-husband, the one person who brutally attacked her. Olivia is sworn in, and takes a seat. Casey wheels herself to the front of the courtroom.
"First I would like to have permission for Kayla and Kendra Porter to be relieved of this part of the proceedings. I don't think it necessary for them to have to hear the details of their mother's attack," Casey tells the court.
Donnelly looks over at Trevor.
"Do you have any objection to the request made by the A.D.A.?" Donnelly asks him.
"No, your honor, I have objections," says Trevor.
Donnlley looks over to where Elliot and the twins are sitting.
"Mr. Stabler, could you please remove the twins from the courtroom," Donnelly tells him. Elliot nods, as he and the twins walk out of the courtroom.
"Can you explain to the jury and the courtroom, the night of May 21st.?" says Casey, as she turns away from Olivia.
"I had been invited over to Elliot Stabler's house that evening for dinner. While I was at Elliot's house, I recived a call from Melinda Warner, saying that she wanted to meet with me to go dress shopping. I hung up the phone, thinking it was kind of weird for Melinda to want to go dress shopping at nine in the evening. I grabbed my jacket and headed out the door. Melinda had mentioned that she would meet me at my uncle Don's house. I drove the 35 minutes to his house. When I got there, I saw Melinda's car sitting in the driveway. I thought it was kind of weird that the lights were off, and Melinda was no where to be seen. I went up to the front door, and noticed that the front door was unlocked. I slowly opened the door, and walked in.
When I walked in I turned on the light, and saw Melinda tied and gagged to a chair. I was dumbfounded, I wondered to myself who could have done such a thing. I started untying Melinda, when I felt a hand grab my hair, I then felt myself being lifted up, and thrown to the floor. I then felt myself being turned over. When I looked up, I saw my ex-husband, Dean Porter standing over me. I tried to get away, but he kicked me in the ribs. He then straddled me, and tells me "that if I ever had left him, that I would pay." He then put a gun to my head. He pinned my arms down to the floor, I was able to get one of my arms free, and sratch him in the face. He slapped me in the face hard. He then re pinned my arm back down. He then laid the gun back on the floor, and reached for his knife. He cut my blouse off. He then cut off my bra. I was struggling, trying to get free from him. He then took off my jeans and used the knife once again, and cut off my panties,as I tried getting away, but he is much stronger than I am. He forced my legs open with his knee. He forced himself into me. As I was screaming for him to please stop, he kept saying over and over again. "You really like that, don't you Bitch?" Olivia pauses for a moment. Donnelly hands her a kleenex.
"Are you able to go on, or do you need a break for a few moments?" Donnelly asks Olivia.
"No, I can go on, thanks." Olivia tells her.
"After he got done raping me, he threw my torn and ripped clothes back at me. He then cut my right leg. He then tied, and gagged me. He put a blindfold on me. The next thing I know I can hear him untying Melinda from her chair. I pleaded with him, not to hurt her. I tried to explain to him that Melinda was pregnant, but the Bastard has no heart, he raped her as well. I heard him leave the living room. I could hear water being run. A few moments later, Dean comes back into the living room. He unties me from the chair, and drags me into the bedroom. He threw me on the bed. He proceeded to tell me "that I should have never left him." he then cut my face, legs, and arms. Being in so much pain, I blocked it out, when he decided to rape me one more time." Olivia tells the court.
"I just have one more question for you." Casey tells Olivia. "While you were in the hospital, did you know the man that tried to kill you?"
"No, I had never seen the man before, Olivia tells her.
"I have no more questions for the witness," Casey says.
Trevor stands up from the table and slowly walks over to Olivia.
"You say, that when you got to Don Cragen's house, the lights were off, and Melinda was no where to be seen?" Trevor asks her.
"Yes," Olivia replies to his question.
"Why didn't you call for back up?" Trevor questions her. "Isn't that what a cop is suppose to do? You know call for backup."
"Leading the witness," Casey tells Donnelly.
"Sustained," says Donnelly.
"You also said that you had never met Lowell Harris before, but isn't it a fact that you had meant him once before at Dean's company picnic." Tevor asks her.
"No, I have never seen the man before." Olivia tells Trevor.
Dean stands up at the table. "She's lying, she has met Lowell Harris before." Dean yells.
"Please Mr. Langen, make your client be quiet, if I hear anymore outbursts from him. He will be escorted out of the courtroom.," Donnelly threatnes.
"Like I was saying, I had never seen or met Lowell Harris before the attack in the hospital," Olivia tells him.
"No more questions for this witness," says Trevor.
Donnelly excuses Olivia from the witness stand. Olivia goes and sits down next to Melinda and Fin. Melinda reaches over, takes Olivia's hand, and gives it a squeeze. Casey looks around.
"I would like to call Kayla Porter." Casey tells the court. Once again Trevor stands up.
"Your honor, why call Kayla and Kendra to the stand. They were not there when their mother was attacked. Their testimony would be hearsay." Trevor tells the court.
"Both Kayla and Kendra have told Detective Stabler, that their father hired Lowell Harris to come and molest them," says Casey.
"The alleged crime the twins have made up, happened in Oregon. Dean and Lowell need to face charges in Oregon, not here in New York." Trevor tells Casey. Donnelly looks over at Trevor.
"I have to agree with Trevor, the crime in question, never happened here in New York City. The twins will not testify today." Donnelly tells both Trevor and Casey,
"Thank you," says Trevor, as he and Casey take their seats.
"The state rests." Casey says.
Just as Donnelly is ready for Trevor to call his first witness to the stand. Casey slumps foward in her wheelchair, and quits breathing. Seeing this Trevor yells for somebody to get an ambulance. The baliff calls for an ambulance right away.