| “ | You think you know. But you don’t. | „ |
| ~ Emma threatening Cyrus Lupo. |
Emma Kim is the main antagonist of the Law & Order episode "Just a Girl in the World".
She was portrayed by Camille Chen.
Biography[]
When NYPD Detectives Cyrus Lupo and Kevin Bernard investigate the murder of Daisy Chao, they discover that Emma reported to another police precinct that she was assaulted by a livery driver. Lupo and Bernard question Emma, who says that she is afraid to go home and asks Lupo to let her stay the night at his precinct. Lupo agrees, over Bernard's objections.
The next day, she identifies her assailant, Nestor Maldonado, in a line-up, and appears so afraid that Lupo holds her hand to calm her down. When Maldonado's lawyer tells the trial judge that Lupo had physical contact with Emma, the judge throws out her identification. During the trial, Emma says that she suffers from chronic kidney disease.
When Lupo stays over at Emma's apartment, he discovers a red Victoria's Secret babydoll slip in her closet, which is revealed to have been purchased with Daisy Chao's gift card. When the detectives speak to Daisy's fiance, Jim Anderson, he tells them that Emma came to speak to him about her medication for her kidney disease and that he gave her money from Daisy's account.
After a secretly recorded conversation between Lupo and Emma, Bernard arrests her for obstruction. Her DNA is later found on a feminine hygiene wipe that Daisy discovered in a trash can. It is also revealed that Emma's DNA tested negative for the gene that causes chronic kidney disease.
As the investigation continues, it is revealed that Emma conned a man who worked at a realty brokerage in Boston out of $17,000, claiming it was to cover medical expenses for a heart problem. Her victim also mentions that he got a phone call from Daisy about Emma. The detectives believe that Daisy was on to Emma's crimes and that Emma murdered her to keep her quiet. Emma is later charged with murdering Daisy.
During her trial, Emma claims that Lupo pressured her into having sex and tried to make her incriminate herself in Daisy's murder. During Executive Assistant District Attorney Michael Cutter's cross-examination, Emma falsely accuses the judge of sexually assaulting her in his chambers. When Cutter questions Emma again on the stand and confronts her with her history of lying, Emma starts crying and offers to have sex with Cutter if he will get her out of trouble. When Cutter steps away from the stand, Emma yells at him not to leave. Once the jury sees her for who she is, they find her guilty of murdering Daisy Chao and imprisoned for life.
External links[]
- Emma Kim on the Law & Order Wiki
