What happened to the DA on Law and Order SVU?

Although he is acquitted, Barba decides that it is time to move on, after 21 years as a prosecutor. He is replaced by Peter Stone (Philip Winchester). Barba is later seen in the 21st season episode "Redemption in Her Corner", video chatting with Benson while he is investigating voter fraud in Iowa.
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What happened to the district attorney on SVU?

Barba is ultimately acquitted of murder and exonerated. However, he is too traumatized by the case and resigns from his career as an A.D.A. after 21 years of working as a prosecutor, despite McCoy saying he didn't have to leave. He later says farewell to Benson, who is both happy and saddened by the outcome.
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What happened to Da Barba on SVU?

In the episode, Barba found himself in the middle of a family's right-to-die case. In the end, Barba turned off the life support for a boy who would otherwise have needed machinery to survive for the rest of his days.
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What happened to ADA Cabot on SVU?

At the conclusion of the episode, Cabot is apparently killed in a drive-by shooting while saying goodnight to Benson and Detective Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni). In the following scene, a cold, quiet SVU squad room is shown with Stabler reading a newspaper proclaiming her death.
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What happened Casey Novak?

In 2002, Charlie attacked her in her home during a psychotic episode. She convinced the police not to press charges, but ended the relationship. He eventually became homeless, and was found dead as a "John Doe" in the spring of 2007.
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Why did Ada Novak leave SVU?

As Senior ADA, Casey Novak often played fast and loose with the rules of the justice department in pursuit of getting a conviction. On the show, the ADA's reason for leaving was that Casey Novak had knowingly violated due process and as a result, was forced to stop working with the Special Victims Unit.
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Did Olivia and Elliot ever sleep together?

He melted down in front of Benson, and it turned out the pair did sleep together when she was just 16 (in case you weren't sure).
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When did Alex Cabot come back?

(SVU: "Witness") She appears a year and a half later to resume her job as one of the A.D.A.'s assigned to the Special Victims Unit. She later returned in the Season 13 premiere "Scorched Earth", in which Cabot is the lead prosecutor in a rape case against a man who is the favorite to become Italy's next prime minister.
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Why did Jack McCoy leave law and order?

While the murderers are arrested and the corrupt agent is killed, the severely unorthodox strategies used in the case lead to McCoy being removed from the case by order of the governor of New York. He is replaced for the duration of the case with an attorney from the New York State Attorney General's Office.
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How did Barba betray Benson?

In the 23rd season episode "People vs. Richard Wheatley", Barba angers both Benson and Detective 1st Grade Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) by defending mobster Richard Wheatley (Dylan McDermott), the man who ordered the murder of Stabler's wife Kathy (Isabel Gillies).
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Is Raúl Esparza coming back to SVU?

Q&A. Rafael Barba (Raúl Esparza) returns with two goals in the Law & Order: SVU Season 23 finale. He wants to help the victim he's defending and try to fix things with Captain Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay).
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What is Raúl Esparza doing now?

After playing ADA Rafael Barba for six seasons on SVU, Esparza left the role in 2018 during season 19. He has since starred on another Hulu true-crime series, Dopesick, before returning to his roots as a lawyer on Candy. Of course, this time, Esparza is playing a defense attorney and a far wilder character than Barba.
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Why was Serena Southerlyn fired?

Branch dismissed Southerlyn because he felt that she was too sympathetic to the defendants. This self-outing is generally believed by critics and viewers alike to have been poorly handled in terms of both story continuity and character development.
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Who is the DA on SVU season 21?

Sonny Carisi (Peter Scanavino) makes the move from Benson's (Mariska Hargitay) squad to the DA's office in the Season 21 premiere, and right off the bat, he's clashing with his former teammates and stuck in the middle between them and his new boss, Vanessa Hadid (Zuleikha Robinson).
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Who is the ADA in season 10 of SVU?

Why did Michaela McManus leave Law and Order SVU as ADA Kim Greylek? Michaela made her debut on the show in the 10th season premiere as her character took on the role of ADA from Casey Novak (played by Diane Neal) and her position was permanent.
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Who shot Alex Cabot?

Agent Hammond: You should've called me before your detectives arrested Liam Connors for the murder of Alex Cabot. Captain Cragen: Connors blew up one of your agents.
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Who replaced Casey Novak on SVU?

Casey Novak (Diane Neal) — Seasons 5-9

Novak was eventually suspended for misconduct, later replaced by Kim Greylek.
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What episode does Olivia kiss Elliot?

"Law & Order: SVU" is in its 23rd season now and still going strong. The most recently aired Episode 6, aptly titled "The Five Hundredth Episode," marks a rare milestone in the show's history that not many TV programs ever get to celebrate.
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What was in the letter Stabler give Benson?

The letter in question was revealed after Stabler was drugged during his undercover op. It was Kathy's idea, he revealed to Benson, and she helped dictate. Everything about how “what we were to each other was never real and that we got in the way of each other being who and where we needed to be?” Benson asked.
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Why did Cassidy leave SVU?

However, Cassidy opens up to Stone, telling him that he was molested as a child by his Little League coach, something he never told Benson, and that one reason he left the unit was his inability to handle the recurring memories of his abuse.
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Why was Diane Neal fired from law and order?

On the foot of her abrupt departure from the hit show, rumors circulated that Diane Neal had called her "Law & Order: SVU" costars "awful people." The problems started when Neal's former partner, JB Benn, sued over claims she'd made about him being abusive to her throughout their relationship.
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Is Olivia Benson married in real life?

Olivia Benson actress Mariska and her husband Peter Hermann have the sweetest love story! The couple, who have been married since 2004, met on the set of Law and Order: SVU all the way back in 2001 when Peter, best known for his role on Younger, guest-starred on the police procedural drama.
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What is Richard Belzer doing now?

Richard Belzer

In 2016, he came back for an episode of SVU, after leaving the show in 2014, and also starred in The Comedian. Throughout his career, Belzer has released 10 books, including Hit List: An In-Depth Investigation into the Mysterious Deaths of Witnesses to the JFK Assassination.
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Who from law and order died?

Actress Mary Mara died in an apparent drowning in an Upstate New York river, state police said. The body of the 61-year-old, who appeared on multiple hit television series, including "ER", "Law & Order" and "Ray Donovan," was discovered shortly after 10 a.m.
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