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Mariska Hargitay Recalls Being Raped in Her 30s: 'I Checked Out of My Body'


Mariska Hargitay recalled being raped by ‘a friend’ in her 30s, nearly 25 years after making her debut as Olivia Benson on ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’

Mariska Hargitay.Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images“A man raped me in my thirties,” Hargitay, 60, wrote in a powerful essay for People, published on Wednesday, January 10. Through her role as fictional NYPD Captain Olivia Benson — a character she’s played since 1999 — Hargitay has been able to connect with sexual assault survivors. In fact, the only remaining original cast member from the show’s first season is Mariska Hargitay, whose character started as detective Olivia Benson and has since become the captain of […]

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