Chapter 7
Court
Declan, Tony and the SVU team are in the court room, testifying against Noel and Bobby. They hope that these men will be convicted so that they can't try to rape another woman. Amanda is the first person to testify.
"Detective Rollins, what happened on the night you went to the defendant's bar with Lt. Murphy and your father?" Barba asks.
"My father, Lt. Murphy and I went to the defendant's bar and we drank some lemonade because we wanted to have a good time with each other. After my second glass, I excused myself to go to the bathroom. When I was done in the bathroom, as I prepared to go back to where my father and Lt. Murphy were at, Noel Panko and Bobby D'Amico came into the bathroom to rape me." Amanda replied.
Amanda is still shaken by the fact that she was almost gang raped in a bathroom at a bar. She didn't want Noel and Bobby to ruin her relationship with Declan. She's worrying about her father since he doesn't allow people to hurt his daughter. Barba asks Amanda to tell more of her story.
"You said that your father and Lt. Murphy were worried about you because you weren't back from the bathroom. What happened then?" Barba asks.
"They went into the bathroom and they found the three of us. Lt. Murphy told them to get off of me and my father asked what they were doing to me." Amanda replies.
Amanda worries that she might get sick and that she will have to leave the courtroom to throw up. Her nerves are a pain but she tries her best to testify.
"Your father told the defendants that you were raped once. What happened when they were told that you were raped once?" Barba asks.
"I felt sick to my stomach and I started to gag as my father explained further." Amanda says.
She explains that she started gagging when her father gave details about her previous rape in Atlanta. She hoped that the nausea wasn't coming in order to make her sick.
"And then what happened, Detective Rollins?" Barba asks.
"I threw up in one of the stalls and Lt. Murphy had to hold my hair and rubbed my back while my father had to find ginger ale and sick bags.
Amanda tells Barba that Declan had to clean Amanda's mouth for her and that when they left the bathroom, Bobby followed them and Declan told him to stay away from her. She said that he apologized about his friend but she responds that he's lucky that she didn't throw up on him and his friend.
"Once I was outside, I started throwing up again. Lt. Benson had to drop her knee next to me and comforted me." Amanda says.
Next, the rest of the witnesses testified about the night at the bar where Amanda was almost gang raped. They told their sides and then Bobby and Noel told their sides.
After that the jury needed to reach a verdict. An hour later, the jury came back with the verdict.
"Noel Panko and Bobby D'Amico please rise." The judge says.
They rise up from their seats.
"How do you find the defendants?" the judge asks.
"We find the defendants Noel Panko and Bobby D'Amico guilty of sexual misconduct, sexual harassment, sexual abuse and attempted rape." The jury says.
Bobby and Noel were found guilty of sexual misconduct, sexual harassment, sexual abuse and attempted rape. They were then sentenced to 15 years to life in prison.