When people are exposed to assault in Central Park, Special Victims Unit is summoned to question the accused, who tries to convince them of his innocence in vain. After the real offender is found, the man files a lawsuit against the squad, upon which the community no longer believes in the police.
The SVU is summoned to investigate a child and domestic abuse case, in which a mother and her son are assaulted by the mother's boyfriend, much to the team's surprise when the abuser is found dead. Meanwhile, Fin goes to court to give his statement in a case in which he is involved.
In the wake of the Coronavirus breakout, the Italian police seeks help from the SVU after an Italian student disappears for a whole month, whereupon suspicions begin to swirl around her roommate and her friend who deals drugs.
The squad got no chance to spend New Year's Eve, as they are called to take on the investigation of a murder case, after which Craisi is surprised by former ADA Rafael Barba defending the murderer in court. Meanwhile, Tutuola prepares himself to ask for Sergeant Phoebe's hand in marriage.
As a young photographer lady is exposed to rape, the SVU squad is called to hunt down the maniacal rapist who turns out to be working in the retirement home at which he provides aid to the photographer's father.
As Craisi grows suspicious of the judge who turned down a rape case of a young student, Craisi looks into the judge's life, only to be stunned at his sexual harassment past.
In cooperation with Bronx SVU's lieutenant Carolyn Barek, an ex-detective in MCS, the squad tries to catch an unstoppable rapist who left many victims behind.
In 2000, two teenagers sisters were exposed to an act of sexual assault. Now, the SVU tries to provide the girls with the sufficient aid and therapy to overcome what they have witnessed. Meanwhile, Kate's cousin calls her asking for help after she is sexually harassed.
After long years of being abroad, Detective Elliot Stabler is back in New York City to hunt down an offender who jeopardizes the life of his family, as he tries to seek help from Benson and the SVU team, who really don't seem to be trusting him once again.
Unaware of the truth behind a murder, SVU accuses a guy of murdering a young girl who was found dead and raped in the street next to a house of sexual abusers, but it turns out Lonnie, the guy working with the murdered girl, was framed for the case.
After her sister has gone missing, an activist seeks help from the SVU to find her whereabouts. Meanwhile, Garland and Benson ponder how to improve NYC Police Department. Kat feels she is born under a lucky star after she got a promotion.
Benson tries to intervene to rescue a real estate broker who is being held captive at a restaurant. Craisi confesses to Rollins about her father being hospitalized as a result of suffering a stroke.
Benson and the SVU try to entrap three women who lure men into their house to rob them, and then kill them, which leads Benson to look again into her brother's murder case.
After he is discharged from juvenile detention since eight years, Henry Mesner is back in town, much to SVU's distress that he might threaten New York's safety and security.
By virtue of Garland's request, Benson intervenes to investigate a domestic abuse case, in which Garland's neighbor was found with several wounds, only for Benson and the squad to be stunned when suspicions swirl around Garland's neighbor's wife.
SVU teams up with a homeless woman who seeks help, as she is being trafficked by a group of offenders who offered her a fancy house in return, while they must do whatever it takes to catch the culprits. Meanwhile, Fin and Phoebe are getting ready to tie the knot.