Law & Order SVU Episodes About Rape
This is a list of all the Law and Order SVU episodes where rape is the main crime bring investigated and where at least one of the rape victims survives the assault.
This list does not include episodes where the rape is a part of another crime such as murder, incest, and pedophila.
This list starts with Season One and lists episodes in chronological order.
In Season 1, six episodes are listed.
In Season 2, five episodes are listed.
In Season 3, five episodes are listed.
In Season 4, five episodes are listed.
In Season 5, two episodes are listed.
In Season 6, four episodes are listed.
So far, only Season 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 are done.
This list does not include episodes where the rape is a part of another crime such as murder, incest, and pedophila.
This list starts with Season One and lists episodes in chronological order.
In Season 1, six episodes are listed.
In Season 2, five episodes are listed.
In Season 3, five episodes are listed.
In Season 4, five episodes are listed.
In Season 5, two episodes are listed.
In Season 6, four episodes are listed.
So far, only Season 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 are done.
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- DirectorStephen WertimerStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerStabler and Benson struggle with a sexual assault case when the shaken victim proves unable to identify the prime suspect. As time moves on, she becomes more reluctant to discuss the crime.Season 1
- DirectorConstantine MakrisStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerAt a victim's request, the police commissioner tries to convince Cragen to close a rape case whose statute of limitations is about to expire. Benson and Stabler finally realize that one of the victims knows the rapist, but she's not willing to talk.Season 1
- DirectorJud TaylorStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerTwo teenagers are arrested in connection with the assault and robbery of an elderly woman, but it soon becomes clear that someone else committed the attack.Season 1
- DirectorMichael ZinbergStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerThe squad investigates a serial rapist targeting women on subways. Meanwhile, Benson begins dating an ambitious crime reporter.Season 1
- DirectorAlexander CassiniStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerAn investigative reporter bravely airs a piece about her own rape that occurred 2 months earlier. Her description of the men that attacked her results in fresh leads and unexpected turns of events along the way.Season 1
- DirectorTed KotcheffStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerAn attorney (guest star Andrew McCarthy) suspected of keeping a Romanian immigrant as a sex slave is linked to a woman's murder.Season 1
- DirectorJean de SegonzacStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerStabler and Benson investigate a sexual assault very similar to one they worked a year and a half ago, whose first-known victim now follows her alleged attacker and reports his activities anonymously to the police, and the rapist's wife.Season 2
- DirectorDavid PlattStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerA woman accuses her husband, a cop, of raping her. When Benson and Stabler arrest him, he denies his wife's claims and claims she's unbalanced.Season 2
- DirectorMichael FieldsStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerWhen a young female reports a brutal rape during a hotel's grand opening, the police investigates the details of the attack to pin down their suspect, who has a prior conviction for statutory rape.Season 2
- DirectorJames QuinnStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerBenson and Stabler investigate the case of a college girl who is raped during a fraternity party, but who can't remember what happened. The medical investigation reveals a date rape drug in her system, which leaves the detectives with several suspects and accomplices.Season 2
- DirectorRichard DobbsStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerSVU investigates the rape and choking of a police sergeant investigating a silent alarm on a warehouse. When the victim recants, and internal affairs ends the investigation, the detectives look at the officers working with the victim.Season 2
- DirectorJuan José CampanellaStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerThe detectives search for a rapist targeting Asian women. The case becomes particularly significant for Benson when the rapist's defense is that he inherited the "violence gene" from his father, also a rapist.Season 3
- DirectorArthur W. ForneyStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerA woman is found by her car, where she had been raped and killed. Benson and Tutuola try to figure out why there were drugs in the victim's trunk but then find that a similar rape was committed. This victim says that a police officer raped her after pulling her over for a supposed driving violation. The DA now has to zero in on the corrupt cop.Season 3
- DirectorSteve ShillStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerCellist Cassie Germaine is attacked in her apartment. Benson & Stabler's investigation leads to discovery of hidden cameras streaming Cassie's home activities to a web site with only one discovered visitor, and a shrine.Season 3
- DirectorConstantine MakrisStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerStabler and Benson investigate two rapes that seem to have been committed by the same man, but clues that originally lead them in one direction soon point towards another perpetrator.Season 3
- DirectorJud TaylorStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerThe detectives investigate to determine whether a 22-year-old woman with Down syndrome is pregnant as a result of rape, as her mother contends.Season 3
- 1999– 1hTV-147.9 (761)TV EpisodeDirectorAlex ZakrzewskiStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerBenson and Stabler clash with an assistant U.S. attorney (Pam Grier) when their rape victim and their prime suspect disappear into witness protection.Season 4
- DirectorDonna DeitchStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerThe SVU team is put on the case of a woman who has been in a coma for 14 months and is found to be 7 weeks pregnant. After going though many suspects, they focus on the patient's doctor. They discover that he is impregnating comatose female patients with a rich donor's sperm in order to get embryonic stem cells that are biologically compatible. The problem for the ADA is that laws are not on her side in prosecuting such crimes.Season 4
- DirectorJuan José CampanellaStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerAt a party, a young woman is assaulted in the bathroom, and her assailant ends up dead. The girl leaves the ambulance before SVU can talk to her. Is this a case of self-defence, or something far more complex?Season 4
- DirectorAlex ZakrzewskiStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerAfter arresting a man accused of raping several neighborhood women, Detectives Benson and Stabler attempt to obtain an indictment for their suspect with the help of a key eyewitness--his last victim. However, the suspect's decision to handle his own defense casts some doubt over the trial's outcome as he proves to be a formidable opponent for ADA Cabot.Season 4
- DirectorChad LoweStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerDetectives suspect bored young socialites of raping a girl at a popular Manhattan nightclub, kidnapping her from a hospital, and then killing her.Season 4
- DirectorDavid PlattStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerAfter a man is arrested for attacking his pregnant wife and then seeks to have her charged with neglect for drinking during her pregnancy, Benson learns that this is not the first time a child has been exposed to the devastating repercussions of the woman's uncontrolled alcoholism.Season 5
- DirectorTed KotcheffStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerThe Detectives find themselves hunting for a person who cut off a man's genitals and left him to die.Season 5
- DirectorConstantine MakrisStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerA missing teenager found beaten and tied up in a college dormitory under construction claims that she was raped by three students, but as the investigation proceeds and information obtained by the police and the press causes her story to unravel quickly, the girl recants. Since Benson remains convinced that a rape did occur, the focus of the investigation shifts to the girl's overly-protective stepfather who has resisted the investigation from its onset. When the girl finally tells the truth about the attack, it becomes apparent that her lies were calculated to protect her innocent stepfather from physical and financial ruin, as another victim of her attacker comes forward.Season 6
- DirectorTed KotcheffStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerAn art professor's alleged rape accusation devolves into confusing battle of "he said, she said".Season 6
- DirectorDavid PlattStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerBenson enlists the help of a former cop turned psychiatrist in apprehending a serial rapist and murderer who attacks disabled women.Season 6
- DirectorMarita GrabiakStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerWhen a mom finds her 15-year-old daughter in bed with a 21-year-old man, she goes to the SVU to report rape.Season 6
- DirectorPeter LetoStarsChristopher MeloniMariska HargitayRichard BelzerAfter the wife of a police officer claims her husband raped her, Benson and Stabler arrest the man and come close to believing his version of events when he attacks his captain. When another officer murders his wife and attempts to kill himself that same night, the whole force gets involved and soon realizes that the two men both recently returned home from Afghanistan, where they were given the drug Quinium, an anti-malarial. With the reluctant help of reporter Sherm Hempell and a base doctor with an attack of conscience, Novak takes on the U.S. army. Stabler has trouble with the case because of his history in the Marines.Season 6