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Here's one popular theory: SVU offers viewers an alternate reality where sexual assault survivors are taken seriously and justice is obtainable thanks to a crack team of well-trained detectives, each one fluent in the language of sexual assault. This is especially satisfying in their ripped-from-the-headline episodes. The Jian Ghomeshi SVU stand-in is currently locked up thanks to a particularly feisty courtroom sequence where Assistant District Attorney Rafael Barba had the bad man demonstrate his bondage technique on him.
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