Christine Hartwell

Christine Hartwell is the main antagonist of the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Valentine's Day".

She was portrayed by Chloë Sevigny.

Biography

Christine Hartwell is an adulterous woman who has had several affairs with men, and when she learned that her husband Justin Geld would arrive early, she then devised a plan to extort his money. With that Christine then instructed Fahey to fake a kidnapping and a fake rape during her and Geld's chat, and when the SVU began to investigate, they soon began to suspect Christine when she took money, and made the false allegation that three black men kidnapped her, but yet the evidence shows that her kidnapper is a white man, then Christine was consensual, but Christine even with video she continued to claim she was raped.

Christine is later arrested on charges of making a false report of rape, she then at the grand jury trial knowing she would be convicted of her crimes, she then approached a juror and seduced him by crumble like her, despite the clear evidence, and Christine's seduction worked because the jury stalled, and with this even though she was not mischievous of what evil she was, and she emerges with impunity for revolt from Barba and Benson.

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