Mariska Hargitay to produce rape documentary

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Mariska Hargitay set to produce documentary in Detroit on rape kit backlog

Production set to begin this week

Author: Ken Haddad, Social Media Producer, @KenHLocal4, [email protected]

Published On: Mar 10 2014 12:47:56 PM EDT Updated On: Mar 10 2014

DETROIT -
"Law & Order: SVU" star Mariska Hargitay is producing a documentary set in Detroit on the rape kit backlog.

The documentary, titled "Shelved," is set to begin production this week.

Hargitay joined Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy on Monday during a press conference to discuss proposed legislation that would speed up sexual assault kit testing today...

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March 9, 2014 at 5:38 pm

'Law & Order' actress Hargitay in Detroit Monday to discuss rape kit backlog

Oralandar Brand-Williams/The Detroit News

Detroit— Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy is using some star power in her efforts to process a backlog of hundreds of untested rape kits.

Hollywood actress Mariska Hargitay, star of the popular hit show “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” is scheduled to hold a news conference Monday along with Worthy to raise awareness for the office’s rape kits issue.

Hargitay, president of the Joyful Heart Foundation, will join Worthy at an 11:30 a.m. press conference at Worthy’s office in the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice...

From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140309/METRO01/303090035#ixzz2vajGKZau

 

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Mariska Hargitay Reunites With Former Law & Order: SVU Costar Christopher
Meloni: Benson and Stabler Together Again!

Natalie Finn, eonline
10 hours ago

Mariska Hargitay ran into her former Law & Order: SVU costar Christopher Meloni at an event last week and, happily, she shared evidence of their reunion on Instagram for fans who are still holding out hope that her onetime TV-partner of 12 seasons will return to the NBC procedural for a visit. (That continues to be unlikely, we're sorry to report.)

But at least there are these pics.

"Look who I found! #Togetheragain," Hargitay captioned one selfie with her fellow thesp, who's currently shooting the upcoming Fox series Surviving Jack....

...But while Friday night was about fun and old friends, Hargitay is super-serious about her latest project. The 50-year-old actress and founder of the Joyful Heart Foundation, which provides support to victims of sexual assault and other forms of abuse, is producing a documentary about the backlog of rape kits in the Detoit area...

http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/entertainment-eonline/20140311/b519668/