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* GoodParents: The victim's father, who's easily in the top brass of the military, immediately takes her side against the hierarchy of her unit, and even [[PapaWolf punches out her commanding officer when he speaks badly of her.]]
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* WholePlotReference: Bears similarities with Film/TheGeneralsDaughter, which also centers around the brutal gang rape of a well-respected admiral's/general's daughter by fellow officers.

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* WholePlotReference: Bears similarities with Film/TheGeneralsDaughter, which also centers around the brutal gang rape of a well-respected admiral's/general's well-respected, high-ranking officer's daughter by fellow officers.
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* ShoutOut: Bears similarities with Film/TheGeneralsDaughter, which also centers around

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* ShoutOut: WholePlotReference: Bears similarities with Film/TheGeneralsDaughter, which also centers aroundaround the brutal gang rape of a well-respected admiral's/general's daughter by fellow officers.
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* ShoutOut: Bears similarities with [Film/TheGeneralsDaughter]

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* ShoutOut: Bears similarities with [Film/TheGeneralsDaughter]Film/TheGeneralsDaughter, which also centers around
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-->'''Amelia:''' '"My grandfather was at the bataan death march, so hell yeah, I can walk in a straight line. Okay, I am a third-generation member of the United States military. My grandfather died in World War 2. My two brothers were in the marines. My father served in three wars! I am an officer in the United States coast guard! I am a U.S. citizen! You cannot arrest me!"

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-->'''Amelia:''' '"My grandfather was at the bataan death march, so hell yeah, I can walk in a straight line. Okay, I am a third-generation member of the United States military. My grandfather died in World War 2. My two brothers were in the marines. My father served in three wars! I am an officer in the United States coast guard! I am a U.S. citizen! You cannot arrest me!"me!"
* ShoutOut: Bears similarities with [Film/TheGeneralsDaughter]
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"My grandfather was at the bataan death march, so hell yeah, I can walk in a straight line. Okay, I am a third-generation member of the United States military. My grandfather died in World War 2. My two brothers were in the marines. My father served in three wars! I am an officer in the United States coast guard! I am a U.S. citizen! You cannot arrest me!"

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"My -->'''Amelia:''' '"My grandfather was at the bataan death march, so hell yeah, I can walk in a straight line. Okay, I am a third-generation member of the United States military. My grandfather died in World War 2. My two brothers were in the marines. My father served in three wars! I am an officer in the United States coast guard! I am a U.S. citizen! You cannot arrest me!"
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** The Pentagon, as part of its conspiracy to defame the victim, has her arrested for adultery (while not charging the rapists with adultery or any other crime).

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** The Pentagon, as part of its conspiracy to defame the victim, has her arrested for adultery (while not charging the rapists with adultery or any other crime).crime).
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: The victim starts the episode with an epic rant, as she is being arrested for DUI:
"My grandfather was at the bataan death march, so hell yeah, I can walk in a straight line. Okay, I am a third-generation member of the United States military. My grandfather died in World War 2. My two brothers were in the marines. My father served in three wars! I am an officer in the United States coast guard! I am a U.S. citizen! You cannot arrest me!"

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* RefugeInAudacity: The gang rapists' lawyers claim the sex was consensual even though the rape was so brutal it left the victim with severe injuries including facial lacerations, severe vaginal and rectal trauma, a swollen larynx from a chokehold, and ligament tears in her wrists.

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The gang rapists' lawyers claim the sex was consensual even though the rape was so brutal it left the victim with severe injuries including facial lacerations, severe vaginal and rectal trauma, a swollen larynx from a chokehold, and ligament tears in her wrists.wrists. Sleazy recurring lawyer John Buchanan even gets right up in the victim's face on the witness stand to tell her she enjoyed it.
** The Pentagon, as part of its conspiracy to defame the victim, has her arrested for adultery (while not charging the rapists with adultery or any other crime).
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A Coast Guard officer (Creator/ShiriAppleby) is stopped for a DUI while on leave in New York City, but the arresting officers calls SVU when her numerous injuries and ripped clothes lead them to believe that she had been recently attacked. When the other member of her unit are fingered as suspects, she and her commanding officer (Creator/TerrySerpico) hinder the investigation. Out of options, Amaro asks his ex-wife, an ex-soldier herself, to dig up information, possibly at the expense of Barba's case.

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A Coast Guard officer (Creator/ShiriAppleby) is stopped for a DUI while on leave in New York City, but the arresting officers calls SVU when her numerous injuries and ripped clothes lead them to believe that she had been recently attacked. When the other member of her unit are fingered as suspects, she and her commanding officer (Creator/TerrySerpico) hinder the investigation. Out of options, Amaro asks his ex-wife, an ex-soldier herself, to dig up information, possibly at the expense of Barba's case.case.



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* RefugeInAudacity: The gang rapists' lawyers claim the sex was consensual even though the rape was so brutal it left the victim with severe injuries including facial lacerations, severe vaginal and rectal trauma, a swollen larynx from a chokehold, and ligament tears in her wrists.
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A Coast Guard officer (Creator/ShiriAppleby) is stopped for a DUI while on leave in New York City, but the arresting officer calls SVU when she appears to have been raped. The detectives home in on a group of officers in her unit as suspects, but her commanding officer (Creator/TerrySerpico) hinders the investigation. When Amaro asks his ex-wife to dig up information, he jeopardizes Barba's case.

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A Coast Guard officer (Creator/ShiriAppleby) is stopped for a DUI while on leave in New York City, but the arresting officer officers calls SVU when her numerous injuries and ripped clothes lead them to believe that she appears to have had been raped. The detectives home in on a group recently attacked. When the other member of officers in her unit are fingered as suspects, but she and her commanding officer (Creator/TerrySerpico) hinders hinder the investigation. When Out of options, Amaro asks his ex-wife ex-wife, an ex-soldier herself, to dig up information, he jeopardizes possibly at the expense of Barba's case.
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Directed By Creator/TomDiCillo

A Coast Guard officer (Creator/ShiriAppleby) is stopped for a DUI while on leave in New York City, but the arresting officer calls SVU when she appears to have been raped. The detectives home in on a group of officers in her unit as suspects, but her commanding officer (Creator/TerrySerpico) hinders the investigation. When Amaro asks his ex-wife to dig up information, he jeopardizes Barba's case.

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