Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)
Streetwise (2008)
Mae Whitman: Cassidy Cornell, Helen Braidwell
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Quotes
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Cassidy Cornell : I went to the shelter to look for Josie. I didn't think Cole was gonna go there.
Detective Elliot Stabler : Where would he take her?
Cassidy Cornell : I don't know.
Detective Olivia Benson : Why should we believe you?
Cassidy Cornell : I wouldn't lie. My being here is putting all of my other kids at risk.
Detective Elliot Stabler : But they're not your kids.
Cassidy Cornell : I take care of them when they're sick, I listen to their problems, I tuck them in at night. I do all the things that a good mother would do, okay?
Detective Olivia Benson : A good mother doesn't let her kids rob and kill.
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Detective Olivia Benson : [to Cassidy about Cole's whereabouts] Where is he, Cassidy?
Cassidy Cornell : I don't know.
Detective Elliot Stabler : You keep telling us what a great mother you are.
[about Josie]
Detective Elliot Stabler : That's your daughter then! That's your daughter and that son of a bitch killed her.
Cassidy Cornell : I don't think you get it! Cole Roderick saved my life! Before I met him, my mom rented my body to her drug dealers for three years! It was hell!
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Detective Olivia Benson : [to Cassidy] Shelby must have seen you in the park that night. You freaked out. You knew that she was gonna blast your fantasy life to pieces.
Detective Elliot Stabler : She didn't call Cole a stupid fag, hmm? You just told him she did because you knew he'd fall for it.
Detective Olivia Benson : You had to stop her from running back to school and saying that she saw Helen wearing rags in Central Park. 'cause you knew your parents would come looking for you.
Cassidy Cornell : I didn't want to go back. My life was a living hell.
Detective Elliot Stabler : Hell? With a cook and a chauffeur?
Cassidy Cornell : You don't understand.
Detective Olivia Benson : No, I don't understand a girl who has everything lying about being raped.
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Cassidy Cornell : They never had any time for me except to boss me around. 'Don't slouch dear, eat your vegetables, call your tutor, get to your lessons, keep up your grades or you won't get into a good college!' They smothered me with their rules.
Detective Elliot Stabler : They acted like parents.
Cassidy Cornell : No! I'm a parent and I would NEVER act that way.
Detective Elliot Stabler : Right, and now six people are dead.
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Detective Elliot Stabler : Just look at her. Eyes gouged out, her cheeks split from ear to ear.
Cassidy Cornell : Please, stop!
Detective Olivia Benson : Stop? I'll bet that's what Josie said, only Cole wouldn't listen. The Medical Examiner says she was tortured for over 12 hours.
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Detective Elliot Stabler : [to Cassidy] Everything out of your mouth has been a lie. Here's the truth: you stood around while Cole busted heads. You're not responsible? You're not an uptown girl, you're not a street kid, so who the hell are you?
Cassidy Cornell : Does it make you feel like a big, tough guy? Boss people around and flash your little badge like it actually means something? Well, guess what, man? It means nothing!
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Cassidy Cornell : 6-7-8-9 Peekaboo Lane, That's a fairytale, friend.
Pawn Shop Owner : Now that you read it back to me, it does sound a tad bit suspicious.
Odafin Tutuola : Play the tape, Einstein.
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Cassidy Cornell : [to Novak] I hate your guts.