
Zapata had brutally raped and murdered an undercover NYPD officer who was working with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). All the codes are in there." When asked in a 2009 press call if Cabot and Benson were in love, March said, "I’m not saying we’re not…I’m not saying we’re not in love." Departure from SVU Īfter three seasons, Cabot made her departure from SVU in the season-five episode "Loss", in which she is prosecuting a rapist named Rafael Zapata Gaviria (Jacinto Taras Riddick), who works for drug lord Cesar Velez. We know that people are into the Alex-Olivia thing. Įxecutive producer and head writer Neal Baer has said that an unaddressed sexual tension exists between Cabot and Detective Olivia Benson ( Mariska Hargitay). She is let off with a one-month suspension. She then lies to the detectives about having a search warrant for Sam's home, which results in Barnett's conviction on a technicality, but gets her in trouble with her superiors.

Sam later attempts suicide, leaving him with severe brain damage and thus unable to testify.
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In one case, she is so determined to put serial child molester Roy Barnett (Beau Gravitte) in prison that she aggressively pressures one of his victims, Sam Cavanaugh ( Bret Harrison), to testify, going so far as to threaten the boy with legal action if he does not comply. She does occasionally bend the rules to suit her own notions of justice, but often with unpleasant results.


Her moral compass has earned her respect within the SVU squad. While Cabot has great compassion for the victims of sexual assault, child sexual abuse and domestic violence for whom she advocates, her strict code of legal ethics often forces her to make harsh decisions and judgments that go against her personal feelings. She is a graduate of Harvard Law School, and has an "uncle Bill" who is a federal judge. Cabot first appears in the SVU episode "Wrong Is Right", when she is hired to work with SVU as their permanent assistant district attorney (ADA) overseeing the legality of its arrests, following a rotating mix of ADAs, among them Abbie Carmichael ( Angie Harmon) of the original Law & Order.
