Summary

Life imitates art.

Hargitay apparently halted production for 20 minutes to help the child locate her mother.

Hargitay has played Olivia Benson since the series' inception in 1999.

Olivia Benson played by Mariska Hargitay in ‘SVU’

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SVU was a spin-off of the courtroom procedural dramaLaw & Orderwhich began in 1990 and ran until 2010.

It was then restarted in 2021.

If theres a crisis, I just take over and lead like that.

Law and Order: SVU

Being strong and fearless."

It would seem that an incident just like that would come about only three months later.

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous.

Law and Order

These are their stories.