Media & Publicity 44 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episodes
Cases shaped by television, tabloids and talk radio, and the pressure publicity puts on a case.
- Season 2 · Episode 11
Abuse
A celebrity’s son dies chasing the tutor suspected of molesting him, and the investigation turns to his younger sister, whose string of injuries points to a home without attention or care.
- Season 6 · Episode 3
Obscene
The rape of a teenage TV star pits a decency crusader against a shock jock, until the culprit turns out to be the crusader’s own son.
- Season 7 · Episode 22
Influence
A teenager’s false rape claim and a fatal crash reveal that she quit her bipolar medication on the word of a rock star.
- Season 8 · Episode 12
Outsider
A string of rapes by a man who craves praise draws Fin into an uneasy partnership with a Brooklyn detective who links them to three murders.
- Season 8 · Episode 15
Haystack
A baby taken from his crib, a mother driven to suicide by a TV reporter, and a family DNA search that leads detectives to the boy’s real father.
- Season 8 · Episode 22
Screwed
A killer’s murder trial turns into a trial of the squad itself as Fin’s former stepson exposes the detectives’ past lapses.
- Season 9 · Episode 13
Unorthodox
The rape of a young boy turns suspicion on his Hasidic community until the trail leads to a bullied 14-year-old whose lawyer blames a sex-saturated culture.
- Season 9 · Episode 16
Closet
The murder of a gay man exposes his secret marriage to a star quarterback, who is outed, beaten and charged, while a press leak puts Benson under investigation.
- Season 11 · Episode 3
Solitary
A woman’s disappearance points SVU to an ex-con Stabler sent to prison two decades ago, and the fallout puts long-term solitary confinement on trial.
- Season 11 · Episode 10
Anchor
Fin tracks a man strangling the American-born children of undocumented immigrants, and a crusading lawyer puts an anti-immigrant TV host on trial in all but name.
- Season 12 · Episode 17
Pursuit
A TV host who exposes predators is stalked by a man the squad comes to believe killed her sister 25 years earlier, and the hunt costs Executive ADA Sonya Paxton her life.
- Season 12 · Episode 18
Bully
The death of a wine company’s timid finance chief exposes a CEO who abuses her staff and employees willing to stay silent for a fortune.
- Season 13 · Episode 1
Scorched Earth
A hotel maid accuses a powerful Italian politician of sexual assault, and the case turns on her credibility as Rollins arrives and Stabler leaves the force.
- Season 13 · Episode 19
Street Revenge
As SVU hunts a serial rapist in West Soho, costumed vigilantes and a hostile reporter take the case into the streets.
- Season 14 · Episode 3
Twenty-Five Acts
The credited author of a bestselling erotic novel accuses a talk-show host of rape, and the case turns on whether a jury will believe her once her secret comes out.
- Season 14 · Episode 16
Funny Valentine
A teenage pop star beaten by her famous boyfriend refuses to testify, and her loyalty to him draws her mentor and then herself into danger.
- Season 15 · Episode 7
Dissonant Voices
A four-year-old’s claim that his music teacher, a TV singing coach, abused him snowballs into nine accusations before SVU learns who scripted the story.
- Season 15 · Episode 11
Amaro's One-Eighty
Amaro shoots an unarmed teenager while backing up a wounded officer, and the case becomes a political test for the new mayor and IAB.
- Season 15 · Episode 15
Comic Perversion
A comedian who builds his act on rape jokes is accused of raping a college student, and SVU’s case against him becomes a fight over free speech.
- Season 15 · Episode 18
Criminal Stories
A star newspaper columnist embedded with SVU declares a Muslim woman’s rape report a hoax after her account of an attack in Central Park falls apart.
- Season 15 · Episode 22
Reasonable Doubt
In the middle of a bitter divorce, a celebrated TV producer faces charges that he abused his young daughter, and the case plays out in the press as well as in court.
- Season 16 · Episode 2
American Disgrace
A press rep accuses a beloved retired basketball star of drugging and raping her, and two more women come forward, each paid by the same sponsor.
- Season 16 · Episode 3
Producer's Backend
A troubled former child star is charged with abusing a 15-year-old, and her story leads SVU to the producer who abused her and to a girl’s drowning.
- Season 16 · Episode 8
Spousal Privilege
A leaked video shows a retired football star knocking out the mother of his son, and SVU pursues the case although she refuses to cooperate.
- Season 16 · Episode 11
Agent Provocateur
A 15-year-old fan of a movie star is found drugged in a suitcase after his hotel party, and the security video that could show what happened is in the hands of a gossip site.
- Season 17 · Episode 15
Collateral Damages
A sting on a celebrity boxer leads SVU to a child pornography ring and to the NYPD’s own deputy commissioner for public information.
- Season 17 · Episode 16
Star-Struck Victims
When a vlogger says a TV star and his friend assaulted her at his club and the DA declines to charge, Rollins goes undercover to catch the pair in the act.
- Season 17 · Episode 20
Fashionable Crimes
A teenage model accuses a celebrated fashion photographer of rape, but she backs out under pressure, and then the photographer is shot dead at his family’s runway show.
- Season 17 · Episode 21
Assaulting Reality
A reality-show contestant sees on live television that she was sexually assaulted while unconscious, and SVU finds the producers hid who did it to protect their storyline.
- Season 18 · Episode 5
Rape Interrupted
Benson’s first partner pressures her to drop the case against his son, who was found on top of an unconscious woman in a park.
- Season 18 · Episode 16
The Newsroom
A news anchor accuses her network’s powerful chief of rape on live television, and SVU struggles to find colleagues willing to risk their jobs to back her.
- Season 18 · Episode 17
Real Fake News
A conspiracy website’s false story about a congressman and a child sex ring endangers a restaurant and SVU’s own families, but the frame behind it leads to a real trafficking operation.
- Season 20 · Episode 11
Plastic
A young woman’s rape complaint against a celebrity plastic surgeon and his girlfriend leads SVU to a teenager who disappeared 14 years earlier and a body hidden in a wall.
- Season 20 · Episode 22
Diss
When a pop star is beaten in her home, suspicion falls on her rapper husband, Fin’s childhood friend, and the trail leads back to an old Harlem killing.
- Season 21 · Episode 1
I'm Going to Make You a Star
A powerful media mogul is accused of sexually assaulting a young actress during a late-night audition, and his connections reach into the DA’s office.
- Season 21 · Episode 3
Down Low in Hell's Kitchen
A closeted pop star says he was assaulted by a serial rapist who targets Black men living on the down low, but his account falls apart as the squad closes in on the real attacker.
- Season 21 · Episode 11
She Paints for Vengeance
A stripper whose rape report was thrown away paints a billboard to force SVU’s attention, and Carisi faces a ruthless former judge in his first trial.
- Season 23 · Episode 5
Fast Times @DIGGYSPENTHOUSE
A young dancer accuses two social media stars of raping her at their content house, and the case is fought online as much as in court.
- Season 23 · Episode 14
Video Killed the Radio Star
When a radio host is accused of raping a sponsor’s wife, Rollins goes undercover and uncovers his claim to a decade-old killing.
- Season 23 · Episode 16
Sorry If It Got Weird for You
A woman who panics on a date with Velasco reveals that the founder of the dating app she works for raped her.
- Season 24 · Episode 3
Mirror Effect
A pop star accuses her equally famous boyfriend of assault, then of rape, and the case plays out in court and on social media.
- Season 24 · Episode 7
Dead Ball
A reporter accuses a soccer superstar of rape and then withdraws, and the squad’s search for other victims leads to his best friend’s teenage daughter.
- Season 27 · Episode 7
False Idols
When an author’s assistant stabs the author’s husband and accuses him of rape, SVU looks at how much his celebrated wife knew and enabled.
- Season 27 · Episode 15
Thirsty
A superfan accuses a 16-year-old ballet star of rape at his fan convention, but his mother’s murder and his own account turn the case around.