《法律与秩序：SVU》第28季首播呼应康奈尔案，Mariska Hargitay：剧本7月就已写好
NBC 长寿罪案剧《法律与秩序：特殊受害者》（Law & Order: SVU）第28季于10月9日首播，新一集剧情与近期引发全美关注的康奈尔大学性侵案惊人地相似。对此，主演 Mariska Hargitay 在接受《好莱坞报道者》采访时澄清，这一集早在今年7月就已写好并拍摄，远早于康奈尔案在9月登上全国头条。
据《好莱坞报道者》报道，本季首播集名为"Volition"，讲述一名叫 Emily 的年轻女子深夜在地铁上神志不清、向人求助，被送往医院后告诉 Olivia Benson 队长（Hargitay 饰），她怀疑自己在饮酒过量昏睡后遭到三名男子强奸。Emily 认识其中两人，当晚曾与他们一起参加 trivia 问答后去其中一人的住所喝酒，但她记不清当晚的具体细节，包括自己是否曾口头说"不"。
"这集是7月写好、7月拍的，远在康奈尔事件9月登上全国头条之前，"Hargitay 对《好莱坞报道者》表示，"但这确实说明这类故事有多常见。在美国，每68秒就有一人遭到性侵。太多时候，这些侵害发生在受害者醉酒无助之时，而由于体制在最需要的时候崩塌，如此之少的幸存者能得到他们寻求的正义。"
剧中，侦探们找到了三名男子并将其送上法庭，但他们承认，鉴于受害者对事发经过记忆缺失，以及纽约州一项法律规定——严重醉酒者若系自愿饮酒仍可被视为具有同意能力——这将是一场难打的官司。这一法律细节正是本集的核心。
剧集运作人 Michele Fazekas 表示，她和大多数人一样，直到9月诉讼登上全国头条才知道康奈尔案。她创作的灵感来自纽约州2025-26立法会期关于性同意法律定义的立法之争：议员们曾试图修订一项强奸法，该法未明确保护自愿严重醉酒的受害者，但提案在会期结束前未能付诸表决。据 Fazekas 介绍，现行法律下，醉酒受害者通常必须被认定为"身体无助"，或系非自愿醉酒。
"我们触及的是一个普遍的误解：自愿醉酒——即使严重醉酒——不影响人的性同意能力，"Fazekas 说，"你可以醉得非常厉害，法律却说你仍能表示同意。如果一个人'断片'了，这意味着什么？如果一个人因醉酒程度而无法做出知情决定、又被人胁迫，这又意味着什么？"
康奈尔案方面，一名前康奈尔大学学生（诉状中化名 Jane Doe）于9月16日起诉该校及七名兄弟会成员，指控2024年10月19日在 Chi Phi 兄弟会会所内，多名男子强迫她吸毒后对其实体轮奸，时年20岁。诉讼称，一名男子在名为 Chi Phi Actives 的 Snapchat 群聊中发布"楼上有免费……"，随后更多男子参与了持续至凌晨约5点45分的侵害。据《康奈尔每日太阳报》报道，七名被告为 Matthew Ingalls、Johnathan Newell、Winston Lee、Gillio Lopes、Diego Sarabia、Scott Norris 和 Scott Kretzschmar。该案调查已由 Tompkins 县地区检察官办公室重启，纽约州长 Kathy Hochul 任命总检察长 Letitia James 为特别检察官审查此案。
Hargitay 本人也在 Instagram 上多次就康奈尔案发声，并与她创立的 Joyful Heart 基金会联合发表声明："我们拒绝让这位受害者沦为又一个故事。康奈尔未能保护自己的学生。"声明还写道："幸存者值得被相信、值得知情。沉默保护不了任何人。对她，我们支持你。"
《法律与秩序：SVU》自1999年开播以来，以"取材自头条新闻"著称，长期通过虚构案件探讨性暴力、虐待、剥削及司法系统议题。本集 Benson 还请来由 J. Smith-Cameron（《继承之战》）饰演的陪审团顾问 Gwen Sharpe 协助，却因此与助理检察官 Carisi（Peter Scanavino 饰）的关系趋于紧张。
'Law & Order: SVU' Season 28 Premiere Echoes Cornell Case; Mariska Hargitay Says Script Was Written in July
The Season 28 premiere of NBC's long-running crime drama "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," which aired Oct. 9, bore a striking resemblance to the Cornell University sexual assault case that has drawn national attention in recent weeks. Star Mariska Hargitay told The Hollywood Reporter the episode was written and filmed back in July, well before the Cornell case hit national headlines in September.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the premiere episode titled "Volition" follows a young woman named Emily who ends up in the hospital after a disoriented late-night subway ride, telling Capt. Olivia Benson (Hargitay) she believes three men raped her after she passed out from drinking too much alcohol. Emily knew two of the men and had gone back to one's home for drinks after trivia, but she struggles to recall details of the night, including whether she verbally said "no."
"This was written and shot in July, well before the Cornell story hit national headlines in September," Hargitay told The Hollywood Reporter. "That said, it does speak to how common these stories are. Every 68 seconds someone in the U.S. is sexually assaulted. All too often these assaults are perpetrated on people who are intoxicated. So few of these survivors get the justice they seek due to the system breaking down, especially when they need it the most."
In the episode, detectives track down the three men and bring them to trial, but acknowledge it will be a tough case to win given the victim's memory gaps and a New York state law holding that severely intoxicated people can still consent if they willingly chose to drink — a legal detail at the heart of the episode.
Showrunner Michele Fazekas said she, like most people, did not know about the Cornell case until the lawsuit hit national headlines in September. Her inspiration came instead from New York's 2025-26 legislative battle over the legal definition of sexual consent: lawmakers attempted to amend a rape law that does not expressly protect voluntarily severely intoxicated victims, but the proposal never reached a vote before the session ended. Under current law, Fazekas explained, intoxicated victims generally must be deemed "physically helpless" or have been intoxicated involuntarily.
"What we were tapping into was the general misconception that being voluntarily intoxicated — even severely intoxicated — does not affect one's ability to consent to sex," Fazekas said. "You can be extremely inebriated, and the law says you can still give consent. What does that mean if you're 'black out drunk'? What does that mean if you are being coerced by others, if you are unable to make informed decisions because of your level of intoxication?"
In the Cornell case, a former Cornell student identified as Jane Doe in court filings sued the university and seven fraternity members on Sept. 16, alleging several men at the Chi Phi fraternity house forced her to consume drugs before gang-raping her on Oct. 19, 2024, when she was 20. The lawsuit alleges one man posted in a Snapchat group chat called Chi Phi Actives that there was "free" companionship upstairs, after which more men joined an assault lasting until about 5:45 a.m. According to The Cornell Daily Sun, the seven defendants are Matthew Ingalls, Johnathan Newell, Winston Lee, Gillio Lopes, Diego Sarabia, Scott Norris and Scott Kretzschmar. The investigation has been reopened by the Tompkins County District Attorney's office, and Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor to review the case.
Hargitay has also spoken out repeatedly on Instagram about the Cornell case, jointly with her Joyful Heart Foundation: "We refuse for this victim to be reduced to just another story. Cornell has failed to protect its students." The statement added: "Survivors deserve to be believed and kept informed. Silence protects no one. To her: we support you."
"Law & Order: SVU," on air since 1999 and famous for stories "ripped from the headlines," has long explored sexual violence, abuse, exploitation and the justice system through fictional cases. In this episode, Benson turns to jury consultant Gwen Sharpe (played by "Succession" star J. Smith-Cameron), a move that strains her partnership with Assistant District Attorney Dominick "Sonny" Carisi (Peter Scanavino).
图片来源：Mariska Hargitay, photo by Shannon (SMPhotography), CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
