...These Are Their Stories: The Law & Order Podcast

SVU: Her daddy's the daddy, so she threw the baby in the trash

06.14.2023 - By Partners in Crime MediaPlay

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When a newborn baby is discovered in a garbage pile, Benson and Stabler trace the child to a college student who denies it's hers. Later, she says she was a victim of rape and didn't know she was pregnant until she went into labor. Cragen learns this wasn't the first time the woman gave birth and threw the child away. Meanwhile, Warner discovers the baby's father is his own grandfather, a politician who says he's in a consensual sexual relationship with his adult daughter. Novak can't get a conviction, but the mother reveals incriminating details about the previous child she disposed of.

We're talking about Special Victims Unit season 7 episode 14 "Taboo." Our guest is Simone Paget from the "We're Never Doing This Again" podcast.

Plot points for this episode were inspired by the 1997 case of the so-called Prom Mom, Melissa Drexler.

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