kelli giddish played detective benson on law and order.
kelli giddish played detective benson on law and order.
who plays detective benson on law and order?
kelli giddish
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defense attorney bayard ellis is introduced in season 13's "true believers." he is said to be a high-powered defense attorney who has turned his attention to the underprivileged and minorities, which in turn makes him a civil rights champion. in "true believers", he defends a black man who is on trial for attacking a girl in her apartment, and cites poor police procedure and the victim's creditably to get a not guilty verdict. at the close of this episode, he has a discussion with detective benson on the steps of the courthouse. after benson blasts him for shaming the young girl on the stand, he tells her that she needs an escape and gives her his card, telling her to come by one of his daughter's softball games. in the episode "spiraling down", benson gives ellis' card to the defendant's wife, whose husband is a former football star who suffers from diminished capacity. he defends the former football star and receives a not guilty verdict. benson also calls on ellis when her half-brother is in need of legal help after his kids have been removed by the city. benson and ellis have become close, which creates conflict in the episode "justice denied", as ellis defends a man who benson coerced a confession out of eight years earlier. executive ada david haden, the prosecutor who is re-investigating the case and benson's love interest, is confronted by ellis about their relationship and threatens to expose them if they didn't do the right thing. benson asks ellis to give her some time to find the real rapist, which she does, or she will tell the district attorney about her relationship with eada haden. ellis returns in the season 14 episode, "", when detective benson asks him to look into the case of reggie rhodes (mike tyson), who is scheduled to be executed after being convicted of murder in ohio. benson is able to get rhodes to admit that he was abused when he was a child by the head of a camp in new york, which allows ellis to argue that rhodes' original defense attorney never presented that during the trial. ellis uncovers a massive cover up by the lead prosecutor in the original case, who withheld photographic evidence of rhodes being sexually assaulted by the man he murdered. ellis subsequently convinces the judge to spare rhodes from execution. ellis is next seen in the season 16 episode, "", when he comes to benson and svu asking them to reinvestigate a case he is working for project innocence. with the help of the now-retired captain cragen, ellis is able to vacate the original charge against his client for raping his daughter decades earlier.
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