(SVU: "Slaves" and "Wrong Is Right") On several occasions, he has used excessive force on pedophiles: ensuring the handcuffs hurt a protesting pedophile (SVU: "Wrong Is Right"), viciously beat a businessman for arranging a series of child rapes in foreign countries (SVU: "Angels"), beating a pedophile who held a teenage girl captive (SVU: "Pandora"), almost drowning a serial pedophile after being disgusted by his crimes and only stopped when Benson got him to see reason. 'And my boys were trapped in a vehicle for three hours when a tractor-trailer hit them,' Biden said. By Amy Lamare For Dailymail.Com. When he and Benson later pulled HIV-positive Gloria Palmera out of her tub after she slit her wrists in a suicide attempt, her blood soaked into Stabler's bandage, and he had to be tested for HIV and he took antivirals which made him sick. As a result, Stabler has "erased his childhood"; he rarely talks about his father and maintains little contact with his mother. This act made Stabler re-evaluate Sonya and the tension he had with her. Stabler was a detective with Manhattan's 16th Precinct, also known as the Special Victims Unit, which investigates sex crimes. When his wife Kathy (Isabel Gillies) leaves him in Season 6, Stabler's anger rises closer to the surface and, in a few episodes, threatens to boil over. Kathy eventually sent him divorce papers; (SVU: "Raw") later, Stabler realized during a case involving a divorcing couple that "when love twists into hate, there's nothing you won't do," and silently returned the signed papers to his wife. [72] The Stabler character was subsequently written out of the show. This became obvious when three women were charged with raping a male stripper; Benson and Assistant District Attorney Alexandra Cabot were quick to come to the man's aid, while Stabler took a cynical view of his claim from the start. Series creator Dick Wolf named SVU's two lead detectives after his son, Elliot, and his daughter, Olivia. [73], Stabler returned in the Special Victims Unit episode "Return of the Prodigal Son", when his wife, Kathy, is killed in a car bombing. In October 2005, Stabler encountered former partner Pete Breslin, whose son Luke was the prime suspect in an assault case. When her attention was drawn toward Elliot Jenna blindly fired and killed Sister Peg before ceasing fire. (SVU: "Alternate") Around that time, Kathy was briefly held hostage in their home by a knife-wielding perpetrator who allegedly suffered from multiple personality disorder and who appeared to be stalking Elliot. (SVU: "Pandora"). Stabler had another close call in January 2006, when he was held hostage by drug addict Daniel Hunter after a botched kidnapping, where was used as a human shield by Daniel in a bank. With this being said, Stabler never definitively cheated on his wife- but it didn't take him long to move on, either. (SVU: "Solitary"), During a case that involved eco-terrorists Stabler once again ran into FBI Agent Dana Lewis who was undercover. During the William Lewis arc, she subdued Lewis. A great example was when he told her that he loved her, during an intervention held by his kids but quickly covered it up. It is implied in Organized Crime that Stabler suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of the bombing and Kathy's death. Elliot was grateful to his partner, who asked him what name he and Kathy chose. [39] Soon afterward, however, Stabler learns from an undercover informant that Donnelly is the leader of the Brotherhood, a ring of corrupt cops working for the Marcy Street Killers, an organized crime syndicate operated by crime boss Preston Webb (Mykelti Williamson). [31] Briscu's wife Flutura (Lolita Davidovich) is attracted to Stabler, who plays along in order to get closer into the Kosta Organization. . Gindi owned up, saying, "The . While he restrained himself from hurting her further, he was frightened by his loss of control. In the episode "Smoked," Stabler was forced to shoot the daughter of a murder victim who was wreaking havoc at the precinct. [35] The District Attorney's office ultimately decides not to pursue a retrial, meaning that he will not be punished legally for ordering Kathy's murder. That's why they work so well together. He is portrayed by Christopher Meloni. After Stabler covertly helps Bell and Benson rescue a young girl that the Kosta Organization is trafficking, however, Flutura becomes suspicious that someone in the family is a traitor. After working private security for six years, he came out of retirement in 2017 to become the NYPD's liaison detective in Italy and moved his family to Rome. Elliot had been married to Kathy Stabler for over 30 years; they were married in 1984 when they were both 17 years old. [29], Stabler finds out that Briscu is closeted, and murdered his male lover to keep from being outed. At the hospital, he falls into her arms . Advertisement His wife being killed in a car bombing caused Elliot to experience PTSD as he suffered nightmares and started behaving erratically. The directors of SVU later admitted that Stabler's abrupt departure from SVU was handled rather poorly. (SVU: "A Single Life"). [51] Kathleen then steals her father's credit card and gives it to her boyfriend, who rings up thousands of dollars in charges. Although Elliot saw other people while he was separated from Kathy, he and Olivia did not pursue a romantic relationship while Kathy was still alive. Whenever the SVU team is involved with FBI Agent. (SVU: "Cage", "Burned"). Stabler was mentioned in the series a few times following his departure: Benson even contemplated calling Stabler to come to deal with Lewis, though she ultimately did not. Instead, Stabler, traumatized by Jenna's death, decided to formally retire, much to the regret of Benson. However, this action would cause his relationship with his family and his old partner to become strained. (SVU: "Doubt") Though she had sole custody of their children, they frequently visited their father, once surprising him at work on his birthday. Stabler replies that he had nothing to do with Rafiq's death, and that it was in fact Wheatley, then Rafiq's stepfather, who had him killed after catching him stealing from his drug ring. [7] By 1998, Stabler held the prestigious rank of Detective First Grade and was assigned to mentor new partner Detective Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay), a police officer with six years of experience who was transferred to the SVU as a newly promoted detective. Also, in many ways, Voight could be considered to be more extreme than Stabler ever was, performing illegal acts that Stabler would never have done, such as deliberately framing innocent men for crimes such as murder, and committing cold-blooded murder himself against a defenseless man (though that man had murdered Voight's son). In "What Happens in Puglia," Elliot and Kathy were on a brief trip to New York when Kathy was killed by a bomb that was placed in the couple's rental car. Stabler is Irish American[1] and lives with his wife Kathy (Isabel Gillies) and five children (Maureen, Kathleen, Richard "Dickie", Elizabeth "Lizzie", and Elliot "Eli" Jr.). With Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Ice-T. Stabler is forced to confront his mother and the ghosts of his childhood when he learns that his daughter is in trouble with the law and in desperate need of psychiatric attention. (SVU: "Annihilated"). Due to the harsh conditions of his incarceration and, not knowing that Elliot had come to apologize, not arrest him, Donovan threw him off. (SVU: "Closet"), Season 11 Episode 21 introduced a former partner of his, Jo Marlowe, who is now an A.D.A. This was the second time that he had been hospitalized while working with Agent Lewis. [50], Of his five children, Kathleen and Dickie have most directly affected his job. Bell's main target was businessman and crime boss Richard Wheatley, who has close ties with the Mafia and is suspected to be involved in organized crime with his online pharmaceutical company Contrapos. I didn't want to put that image in his head. In January 2008, Elliot was almost most choked to death by Cole Roderick. [32] After Bogdani botches a hit on gubernatorial candidate Teddy Garcia (Elliot Villar) and kills Garcia's wife Diana (Allison Thomas Lee),[33] Stabler and Bell arrest him and get him to inform on the Kosta Organization, bringing the entire operation down. In the Organized Crime Task Force, Stabler is partnered with Sergeant Ayanna Bell (Danielle Mon Truitt). (SVU: "Return Of The Prodigal Son") Benson provided Stabler with all of the information and evidence she had on the case and Stabler, who had returned to New York partly to attend her awards ceremony, provided his old partner with the speech he had planned to give. Stabler is the fourth main character in the franchise to have been played by more than one actor who would be portrayed as a child by, Elliot lived at 72-12 Castleside Street in the Glen Oaks section of, Munch referred to Elliot as a Desert Storm veteran. When a suspected killer who stalks his victim sets his sights on Benson, the squad, particularly Stabler in Protelliot mode, goes the extra mile to keep an eye on her. He came from an Irish American Catholic family and is one of six siblings (three brothers and two sisters), though we never see them on screen. In the Season 12 episode "Merchandise," Benson and Stabler are temporarily appointed as Special Deputy U.S. When Stabler's car is bombed and his wife Kathy severely injured, Benson, now SVU's Captain, has to restrain him from getting involved in the investigation. Later that year, Stabler was put on suspension after he allegedly beat a teenage murder suspect to death. Stabler brought in Luke, who had been at his friend's house and threatening to commit suicide when Stabler explained that Pete was still alive. And that's when Olivia hears from Elliot: Kathy died. Most notably is an instance in October of 2010 when Elliot faked a hallucinogenic breakdown, leading to him being found in contempt and a subsequent visit to the hospital, in order to have a recess declared so he could relay pertinent information to the prosecution. [39], After Slootmaekers restores the city's power grid with McClane's help, Stabler calls Angela, who is on the run with Wheatley. Donovan not only had a history with Stabler (he was the arresting officer that led to his incarceration) but during a case where Donovan is thought to be the suspect Elliot had come close to assaulting him before being stopped. Benson tells him to get help, but he angrily rejects her advice, telling her to "back off". Since his return to Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, he has made eight guest appearances to date. Traumatized, Beck decides to leave SVU while Elliot tried to plead with her to stay, as a hopeful Beck believed he may have wanted to be with her romantically by asking her to stay. [58], In the Season 22 episode "Return of the Prodigal Son", Kathy is severely injured in a car bombing, and later dies in hospital when her spleen ruptures. However, no official news regarding Elliot Gindi's suicide has circulated in the media. When he arrested the killer by finding him in Chelsea on happenstance, it took all that Stabler had to not shoot the killer, finally relenting after seeing a little girl in the car, who he did not want to traumatize. Angela's body is found in the crash, but Wheatley has disappeared. [13] He attended Bayside High School, where he played on the football team. However, Elliot couldn't convey his possible feelings, due to his family. Marshals so they can arrest the leaders of a human trafficking operation located outside their jurisdiction. Stabler is devastated, but determined to bring her killers to justice, and joins the new NYPD's Organized Crime Control Bureau.[23]. [34], Meanwhile, in a crossover between SVU and Organized Crime, Wheatley's trial begins. In the Season 12 finale, Stabler is forced to shoot Jenna Fox (Hayley McFarland), a young woman who opened fire in the Special Victims squad room on the men who raped and murdered her mother, killing them and recurring character Sister Peg (Charlayne Woodard). Detective Elliot "El" Stabler, Sr. is a detective who previously worked in the Manhattan Special Victims Unit and currently works at the Organized Crime Control Bureau since 2021. [26], Angela later tells him that Kathy's murder was revenge for her son's death, which her ex-husband told her occurred during a police raid Stabler had ordered. His first assignment is to help Bogdani and his uncle, Kosta's underboss Albi Briscu (Vinnie Jones), burn down a bar in which they have murdered the owner, who owed them money, in order to make his death look like an accident. He later ended up in a sticky situation when Schenkel stole his van and picked up a live victim. He was rushed to the hospital and Kathy and Kathleen came to the hospital to see if he was okay. With help from Bell and Slootmaekers, he soon learns that the drug dealer he and Donnelly robbed worked for Webb. After Benson concluded the Oscar Papa case, Stabler drove Noah home and attempted to kiss Benson. Following his shooting of a young girl he was completely destroyed by his actions and ultimately chose to retire from the NYPD without even saying goodbye to his colleagues who he had worked with for over a decade. She asks for a new partner after Stabler expects her to jeopardize his life to shoot a convicted sex offender (Lou Diamond Phillips) who had kidnapped two children and killed one of them. (SVU: "Scorched Earth"). He asks Benson how she knew he was in trouble and Benson tells him that Stuckey told her he went out for sushi, something she knows he doesn't like since it has raw fish. (SVU: "Class") Joseph lost his job and pension when he refused to testify about fellow police officers. When Elliot was stabbed, Dani was worried and held his hand before Elliot quickly dropped Dani's hand when Kathy and Kathleen arrived (having been called by Beck). When they finally see each other again, he tells her that he could not bear to tell her he was leaving, and did not know how to reach out to her in the intervening years. He was protective of his children and became defensive if a suspect asks about his family. Stabler shot Fox to stop. They made a full recovery, and Stabler returned to work with his arm in a sling. (OC: "What Happens in Puglia"). [29] When Bernadette accuses Eli of stealing her medication, Stabler dismisses it as paranoia until Benson discovers that Eli is indeed stealing and selling Bernadette's Valium. His actions were barely sanctioned by Cragen, and he was nearly pulled off the case after a failed attempt to bait his new "friend" with an undercover female officer. In the season 13 premiere, Cragen tells Olivia that Elliot filed for retirement. [41] Eventually, Donnelly decides to step down from the Brotherhood and names Stabler as his successor. Elliot Stabler Sr. (/steblr/) is a fictional character, played by Christopher Meloni and one of the lead characters on the NBC police procedural series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Organized Crime. [12] His father, Joseph Stabler, was a policeman who lost his pension and eventually died of cancer. What happened to Stabler's daughter? Benson arrives and is held at gunpoint by Stuckey, but she convinces Stuckey that she too hates Stabler and is in love with Stuckey. [1][8] In 2002 Stabler stated that he makes $68,000 a year.[9]. 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