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Turner was never convicted of rape, Chanel Miller had already graduated from college and never attended Stanford to begin with.


* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The episode retells the story of Brock Turner, the Stanford swimmer who raped an unconscious student behind a dumpster and received a sentence so short as to produce a political firestorm. Turner's father expressed rape apologist sentiments echoed by Patrick Griffin here, namely that his son's promising future should not be derailed by a few minutes of action.

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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The episode retells the story of Brock Turner, the Stanford swimmer who raped sexually assaulted an unconscious student girl behind a dumpster and received a sentence so short as to produce a political firestorm. Turner's father expressed rape apologist sentiments echoed by Patrick Griffin here, namely that his son's promising future should not be derailed by a few minutes of action.
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* YouOweMe: Patrick to Olivia.

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* YouOweMe: Patrick to Olivia.YouOweMe:

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* GreaterScopeVillain: Sgt. Ellis, a CorruptCop with toxic attitudes towards rape victims and women more generally, who has no qualms about using his connections and his position as a cop to advance his interests, willing to go to far as to suborn perjury from people unconnected to the case in order to get what he wants.
* IdiotBall: Experienced detective Sgt. Ellis chooses to suborn perjury from a conspirator so easily traced back to him that Benson tracks Ellis down to warn him off even before the perjurer has taken the witness stand. Ellis refuses to heed this warning, dooming his son's defense.

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* GreaterScopeVillain: Sgt. Ellis, Patrick Griffin, a CorruptCop with toxic attitudes towards rape victims and women more generally, who has no qualms about using his connections and his position as a cop to advance his interests, willing to go to far as to suborn perjury from people unconnected to the case in order to get what he wants.
* IdiotBall: Experienced detective Sgt. Ellis Patrick chooses to suborn perjury from a conspirator so easily traced back to him that Benson tracks Ellis Patrick down to warn him off even before the perjurer has taken the witness stand. Ellis Patrick refuses to heed this warning, dooming his son's defense.



** Sgt. Ellis, the C.I. whose perjury he suborned, and the cop buddy he conspired with get no punishment at all. Even Benson should probably have been punished for leaking to Sgt. Ellis that the prosecution knows about his perjury scheme.
** Ultimately averted with the younger Ellis, who winds up spending two years in prison for rape, unlike his RealLife counterpart Brock Turner.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Sgt. Ellis' motives are initially framed as simple [[PapaWolf nepotism]], but as Benson gets him talking it becomes clear he has toxic attitudes which he has likely passed on to his son, and which likely prompted his son's intransigence (and thus his prison sentence). In particular Sgt. Ellis is contemptuous of drunk women, of women in general [[note]]he is paranoid about the women on his son's jury[[/note]], of the idea that having sex with drunk women is rape, and of the idea that rape is a serious enough crime that it justifies derailing a young man's promising career, considering his son the victim of a vast conspiracy.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: The rapist's father, Sgt. Patrick Ellis, talks his son out of accepting a plea deal that would have saved him from any jail time, and then scuttles his son's defense by getting the confidential informant of one of his buddies at his precinct to falsely testify that he saw the incident and that it was consensual. When the perjurer's ties to Sgt. Ellis are exposed, his son's defense is so undermined (and his son is so disgusted by his behavior) that his son immediately pleads guilty (receiving 24 months in prison).
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Benson's submissive attitude toward Sgt. Ellis, her first partner when she was a rookie, especially when he expresses rape apologist sentiments that would normally be a BerserkButton for her, shows what a deep hold he has over her.
* PapaWolf: Sgt. Ellis marches into the precinct to intimidate Benson and demand that his son be released, that all his son's voluntary, legally-obtained statements be thrown out, and that charges be dropped. When this fails he orchestrates a perjury scheme to get his son off the hook.

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** Sgt. Ellis, Patrick , the C.I. whose perjury he suborned, and the cop buddy he conspired with get no punishment at all. Even Benson should probably have been punished for leaking to Sgt. Ellis Patrick that the prosecution knows about his perjury scheme.
** Ultimately averted with the younger Ellis, who winds up spending two years in prison for rape, unlike his RealLife counterpart Brock Turner.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Sgt. Ellis' Patrick's motives are initially framed as simple [[PapaWolf nepotism]], but as Benson gets him talking it becomes clear he has toxic attitudes which he has likely passed on to his son, and which likely prompted his son's intransigence (and thus his prison sentence). In particular Sgt. Ellis Patrick is contemptuous of drunk women, of women in general [[note]]he is paranoid about the women on his son's jury[[/note]], of the idea that having sex with drunk women is rape, and of the idea that rape is a serious enough crime that it justifies derailing a young man's promising career, considering his son the victim of a vast conspiracy.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: The rapist's father, Sgt. Patrick Ellis, Griffin, talks his son out of accepting a plea deal that would have saved him from any jail time, and then scuttles his son's defense by getting the confidential informant of one of his buddies at his precinct to falsely testify that he saw the incident and that it was consensual. When the perjurer's ties to Sgt. Ellis Patrick are exposed, his son's defense is so undermined (and his son is so disgusted by his behavior) that his son immediately pleads guilty (receiving 24 months in prison).
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Benson's submissive attitude toward Sgt. Ellis, Patrick, her first partner when she was a rookie, especially when he expresses rape apologist sentiments that would normally be a BerserkButton for her, shows what a deep hold he has over her.
* PapaWolf: Sgt. Ellis Patrick marches into the precinct to intimidate Benson and demand that his son be released, that all his son's voluntary, legally-obtained statements be thrown out, and that charges be dropped. When this fails he orchestrates a perjury scheme to get his son off the hook.



* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The episode retells the story of Brock Turner, the Stanford swimmer who raped an unconscious student behind a dumpster and received a sentence so short as to produce a political firestorm. Turner's father expressed rape apologist sentiments echoed by Sgt. Ellis here, namely that his son's promising future should not be derailed by a few minutes of action.

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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The episode retells the story of Brock Turner, the Stanford swimmer who raped an unconscious student behind a dumpster and received a sentence so short as to produce a political firestorm. Turner's father expressed rape apologist sentiments echoed by Sgt. Ellis Patrick Griffin here, namely that his son's promising future should not be derailed by a few minutes of action.



** Sgt. Ellis' toxic assistance is so offensive to his son that the latter spontaneously confesses from the gallery and tells his father to stop helping.
** When Benson was a rookie, Sgt. Ellis lied to protect her from being unjustly punished by IAB, and he suggests throughout the episode that Benson is obligated to get his son off in return. By the end of the episode Benson tells him that instead of lying to protect her, he should have just told the truth.

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** Sgt. Ellis' Griffin's toxic assistance is so offensive to his son that the latter spontaneously confesses from the gallery and tells his father to stop helping.
** When Benson was a rookie, Sgt. Ellis Griffin lied to protect her from being unjustly punished by IAB, and he suggests throughout the episode that Benson is obligated to get his son off in return. By the end of the episode Benson tells him that instead of lying to protect her, he should have just told the truth.truth.
* YouOweMe: Patrick to Olivia.
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** When Benson was a rookie, Sgt. Ellis lied to protect her from being unjustly punished by IAD, and he suggests throughout the episode that Benson is obligated to get his son off in return. By the end of the episode Benson tells him that instead of lying to protect her, he should have just told the truth.

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** When Benson was a rookie, Sgt. Ellis lied to protect her from being unjustly punished by IAD, IAB, and he suggests throughout the episode that Benson is obligated to get his son off in return. By the end of the episode Benson tells him that instead of lying to protect her, he should have just told the truth.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: the rapist's father, Sgt. Patrick Ellis, talks his son out of accepting a plea deal that would have saved him from any jail time, and then scuttles his son's defense by getting the confidential informant of one of his buddies at his precinct to falsely testify that he saw the incident and that it was consensual. When the perjurer's ties to Sgt. Ellis are exposed, his son's defense is so undermined (and his son is so disgusted by his behavior) that his son immediately pleads guilty (receiving 24 months in prison).

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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: the The rapist's father, Sgt. Patrick Ellis, talks his son out of accepting a plea deal that would have saved him from any jail time, and then scuttles his son's defense by getting the confidential informant of one of his buddies at his precinct to falsely testify that he saw the incident and that it was consensual. When the perjurer's ties to Sgt. Ellis are exposed, his son's defense is so undermined (and his son is so disgusted by his behavior) that his son immediately pleads guilty (receiving 24 months in prison).



* RashomonStyle: as in the RealLife Brock Turner case the rape is interrupted by a witness, but the detectives are also shown interviewing a series of witnesses with wildly incompatible versions of what went on. [[{{Subversion}} Subverted]] in that the narrative makes clear which version of events is correct, first via a viral video and photographic evidence and later by the defendant's confession.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: the episode retells the story of Brock Turner, the Stanford swimmer who raped an unconscious student behind a dumpster and received a sentence so short as to produce a political firestorm. Turner's father expressed rape apologist sentiments echoed by Sgt. Ellis here, namely that his son's promising future should not be derailed by a few minutes of action.
* SlutShaming: by the time the victim wakes up in her hospital bed a slut-shaming video of her has already gone viral.

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* RashomonStyle: as As in the RealLife Brock Turner case the rape is interrupted by a witness, but the detectives are also shown interviewing a series of witnesses with wildly incompatible versions of what went on. [[{{Subversion}} Subverted]] in that the narrative makes clear which version of events is correct, first via a viral video and photographic evidence and later by the defendant's confession.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: the The episode retells the story of Brock Turner, the Stanford swimmer who raped an unconscious student behind a dumpster and received a sentence so short as to produce a political firestorm. Turner's father expressed rape apologist sentiments echoed by Sgt. Ellis here, namely that his son's promising future should not be derailed by a few minutes of action.
* SlutShaming: by By the time the victim wakes up in her hospital bed a slut-shaming video of her has already gone viral.



** When Benson was a rookie, Sgt. Ellis lied to protect her from being unjustly punished by IAD, and he suggests throughout the episode that Benson is obligated to get his son off in return. By the end of the episode Benson tells him that instead of lying to protect her, he had just told the truth.

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** When Benson was a rookie, Sgt. Ellis lied to protect her from being unjustly punished by IAD, and he suggests throughout the episode that Benson is obligated to get his son off in return. By the end of the episode Benson tells him that instead of lying to protect her, he had should have just told the truth.
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* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: Mariska Hargatay and Anthony Edwards were lovers in season 4 of Series/{{ER}}.

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* KarmaHoudini:
** Sgt. Ellis, the C.I. whose perjury he suborned, and the cop buddy he conspired with get no punishment at all. Even Benson should probably have been punished for leaking to Sgt. Ellis that the prosecution knows about his perjury scheme.
** Ultimately averted with the younger Ellis, who winds up spending two years in prison for rape, unlike his RealLife counterpart Brock Turner.



* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Benson's submissive attitude toward Sgt. Ellis, her first partner when she was a rookie, especially when he expresses rape apologist sentiments that would normally be a BerserkButton for her, shows what a deep hold he has over her.



* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Benson's submissive attitude toward Sgt. Ellis, her first partner when she was a rookie, especially when he expresses rape apologist sentiments that would normally be a BerserkButton for her, shows what a deep hold he has over her.
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* PapaWolf: Sgt. Ellis marches into the precinct to intimidate Benson and demand that his son be released, that all his son's voluntary, legally-obtained statements be thrown out, and that charges be dropped. When this fails he orchestrates a perjury scheme to get his son off the hook.
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* IdiotBall: Experienced detective Sgt. Ellis chooses to suborn perjury from a conspirator so easily traced back to him that Benson tracks Ellis down to warn him off even before the perjurer has taken the witness stand. Ellis refuses to heed this warning, dooming his son's defense.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: the rapist's father, Sgt. Patrick Ellis, talks his son out of accepting a plea deal that would have saved him from any jail time, and then scuttles his son's defense by getting the confidential informant of one of his buddies at his precinct to falsely testify that he saw the incident and it was one of consensual sex. When the perjurer's ties to Sgt. Ellis are exposed, his son's defense is so undermined (and his son is so disgusted by his behavior) that his son immediately pleads guilty (receiving 24 months in prison).

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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: the rapist's father, Sgt. Patrick Ellis, talks his son out of accepting a plea deal that would have saved him from any jail time, and then scuttles his son's defense by getting the confidential informant of one of his buddies at his precinct to falsely testify that he saw the incident and that it was one of consensual sex.consensual. When the perjurer's ties to Sgt. Ellis are exposed, his son's defense is so undermined (and his son is so disgusted by his behavior) that his son immediately pleads guilty (receiving 24 months in prison).
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* SlutShaming: by the time the victim wakes up in her hospital bed a slut-shaming video of her has already gone viral.
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Added DiffLines:

* RashomonStyle: as in the RealLife Brock Turner case the rape is interrupted by a witness, but the detectives are also shown interviewing a series of witnesses with wildly incompatible versions of what went on. [[{{Subversion}} Subverted]] in that the narrative makes clear which version of events is correct, first via a viral video and photographic evidence and later by the defendant's confession.
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* GreaterScopeVillain: Sgt. Ellis, a CorruptCop with toxic attitudes towards rape victims and women more generally, who has no qualms about using his connections and his position as a cop to advance his interests, willing to go to far as to suborn perjury from people unconnected to the case in order to get what he wants.
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* LikeFatherLikeSon: Sgt. Ellis' motives are initially framed as simple [[PapaWolf nepotism]], but as Benson gets him talking it becomes clear he has toxic attitudes which he has likely passed on to his son, and which likely prompted his son's intransigence (and thus his prison sentence). In particular Sgt. Ellis is contemptuous of drunk women, of women in general [[note]]he is paranoid about the women on his son's jury[[/note]], of the idea that having sex with drunk women is rape, and of the idea that rape is a serious enough crime that it justifies derailing a young man's promising career, considering his son the victim of a vast conspiracy.

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* UnwantedAssistance: Sgt. Ellis' toxic assistance is so offensive to his son that the latter spontaneously confesses from the gallery and tells his father to stop helping.

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* UnwantedAssistance: UnwantedAssistance:
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Sgt. Ellis' toxic assistance is so offensive to his son that the latter spontaneously confesses from the gallery and tells his father to stop helping.helping.
** When Benson was a rookie, Sgt. Ellis lied to protect her from being unjustly punished by IAD, and he suggests throughout the episode that Benson is obligated to get his son off in return. By the end of the episode Benson tells him that instead of lying to protect her, he had just told the truth.
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: the eposode retells the story of Brock Turner, the young man who raped an unconscious student behind a dumpster and received a sentence so short as to produce a political firestorm.

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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: the eposode episode retells the story of Brock Turner, the young man Stanford swimmer who raped an unconscious student behind a dumpster and received a sentence so short as to produce a political firestorm.firestorm. Turner's father expressed rape apologist sentiments echoed by Sgt. Ellis here, namely that his son's promising future should not be derailed by a few minutes of action.
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: the eposode retells the story of Brock Turner, the young man who raped an unconscious student behind a dumpster and received a sentence so short as to produce a political firestorm.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Benson's submissive attitude toward Sgt. Ellis, her first partner when she was a rookie, especially when he expresses rape apologist sentiments that would normally be a BerserkButton for her, shows what a deep hold he has over her.

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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Benson's submissive attitude toward Sgt. Ellis, her first partner when she was a rookie, especially when he expresses rape apologist sentiments that would normally be a BerserkButton for her, shows what a deep hold he has over her.her.
* UnwantedAssistance: Sgt. Ellis' toxic assistance is so offensive to his son that the latter spontaneously confesses from the gallery and tells his father to stop helping.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: the rapist's father, Sgt. Patrick Ellis, talks his son out of accepting a plea deal that would have saved him from any jail time, and then scuttles his son's defense by getting the confidential informant of one of his buddies at his precinct to falsely testify that he saw the incident and it was one of consensual sex. When the perjurer's ties to Sgt. Ellis are exposed, his son's defense is so undermined (and his son is so disgusted by his behavior) that his son immediately pleads guilty (receiving 24 months in prison).

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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: the rapist's father, Sgt. Patrick Ellis, talks his son out of accepting a plea deal that would have saved him from any jail time, and then scuttles his son's defense by getting the confidential informant of one of his buddies at his precinct to falsely testify that he saw the incident and it was one of consensual sex. When the perjurer's ties to Sgt. Ellis are exposed, his son's defense is so undermined (and his son is so disgusted by his behavior) that his son immediately pleads guilty (receiving 24 months in prison).prison).
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Benson's submissive attitude toward Sgt. Ellis, her first partner when she was a rookie, especially when he expresses rape apologist sentiments that would normally be a BerserkButton for her, shows what a deep hold he has over her.
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The son (Creator/CoreyCott) of Olivia's former partner (Creator/AnthonyEdwards), is accused of rape by a woman who attended a party with him. Olivia is faced with having to choose between loyalty or duty as her former partner tries to get her to drop the charges against his son.

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The son (Creator/CoreyCott) of Olivia's former partner (Creator/AnthonyEdwards), is accused of rape by a woman who attended a party with him. Olivia is faced with having to choose between loyalty or duty as her former partner tries to get her to drop the charges against his son.son.

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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: the rapist's father, Sgt. Patrick Ellis, talks his son out of accepting a plea deal that would have saved him from any jail time, and then scuttles his son's defense by getting the confidential informant of one of his buddies at his precinct to falsely testify that he saw the incident and it was one of consensual sex. When the perjurer's ties to Sgt. Ellis are exposed, his son's defense is so undermined (and his son is so disgusted by his behavior) that his son immediately pleads guilty (receiving 24 months in prison).
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After Ellis Griffin (Creator/CoreyCott) the son of Olivia's former partner Patrick Griffin (Creator/AnthonyEdwards), is accused of rape by a woman who attended a party with him, Olivia is faced with the tough decision to choose between loyalty or duty. With Patrick pressuring Olivia to drop the investigation, it causes tension both in the squad room and between Olivia and Patrick. Eventually, Olivia makes her decision and it leaves her saddened about the outcome that follows.

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After Ellis Griffin The son (Creator/CoreyCott) the son of Olivia's former partner Patrick Griffin (Creator/AnthonyEdwards), is accused of rape by a woman who attended a party with him, him. Olivia is faced with the tough decision having to choose between loyalty or duty. With Patrick pressuring Olivia duty as her former partner tries to get her to drop the investigation, it causes tension both in the squad room and between Olivia and Patrick. Eventually, Olivia makes her decision and it leaves her saddened about the outcome that follows.charges against his son.
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Written By Creator/JulieMartin and Creator/BriannaYellen

Directed By Creator/MichaelPressman

After Ellis Griffin (Creator/CoreyCott) the son of Olivia's former partner Patrick Griffin (Creator/AnthonyEdwards), is accused of rape by a woman who attended a party with him, Olivia is faced with the tough decision to choose between loyalty or duty. With Patrick pressuring Olivia to drop the investigation, it causes tension both in the squad room and between Olivia and Patrick. Eventually, Olivia makes her decision and it leaves her saddened about the outcome that follows.

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