Child Perjure - Law & Order

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From Season 4, Episode 20 "Nurture" - Briscoe and Logan's investigation into the disappearance of a girl whose foster mother treated her as a slave leads the detectives to an eccentric former teacher.
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[@beccablueeyes99]

I think the kid understands more than the adults think she does. Either go back to the foster parents that abuse her, go back in a system that doesn't care or be with a lady that treats her nice but is a bit crazy. She might be making the only choice that she can see as ok. It's her only way out.

[@Neku628]

Man, it sucks.

[@u.s.s.chucklefucker1657]

Not really. The crazy lady was pretending the girl is crazy lady's dead baby. It's made clear in th episode that the lady who abducted the girl is severely mentally distressed, and real life cases like this, end up with the child dead, because the child told the crazy person that the crazy person isn't actually the child's parent. The crazy lady already gave that girl a birthday cake with crazy lady's dead baby's name on it.

[@rbswords2353]

Smart kid. She made them look stupid. Now if only more real life D.A.'s could be made to look like horse's b****. I mean, most care only about winning not the truth.

[@ethulwulf5351]

I know nothing about foster parents, but how could foster parents abuse her?

[@SjofnBM1989]

@@ethulwulf5351 .....the same way any parent abuses their kids 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

[@coltonstillwell3590]

I have a feeling Wendy knows that Ms. Fenady sees her as her dead daughter, but she doesn’t care because out of all the people she’s lived with Ms. Fenady is the only one who actually treated her right.

[@jamesfracasse8178]

So to put it simply: this lady kidnapped her from her abusive foster parents only for the soul perpouse to replace the daughter she lost some time ago.🧐🤔

[@SariennMusic73]

Kind of really heartbreaking if one thinks about it. Her pain must have been so so so brutal to cause her to see this child as her own deceased daughter. Lady was wrong as hell but if she'd gotten psych help, she could have been able to handle it. This may be a fictional show but this no doubt happens a lot in real life. Losing a child has to be one of the worst things in the world to happen. :'(

[@kerrajohnson3203]

**SOLE PURPOSE* 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@yenisoediro]

This sounds like an SVU plot

[@mesmer3780]

It's not that simple. Her main motive was to stop this girl from being abused. She ALSO happens to be suffering from the delusion that this girl is her dead daughter. But delusion or no, first and foremost she wanted to save a child from abuse.

[@Arcaryon]

I know people who lost children - it changed them dramatically. Like, you can not overstate how impactful something like losing a child can be if the parents deeply cared for their kids.

[@sunniallwein86]

Lawful and moral are not always the same thing.

[@hollydavis9683]

Exactly

[@CJack14dt]

@masakasama That's not true at all. Morals are evolutionary tendencies in social species of animals. Laws are established rules with consequences.

[@milkshake2659]

As my dad always said “there’s right, there’s wrong, and there’s legal”

[@Ranger215able]

@@milkshake2659 talk about playing in the grey area.

[@bananamilk8099]

@masakasama like when??? Which civilization in which era ever had a better legal system then we do now? There have always been flaws in legal systems. I mean today is still pretty crummy, but you can’t just say that the past was better.

[@Deborahtunes]

She lied on the stand. Regardless of what anyone thinks of Wendy's foster mother, people just can't snatch kids off the street. And she just wanted another kid to replace "Crystal". It may have seemed all good now, but wait until Wendy defies her for the first time. Will she snap, and harm Wendy down the road? I believe she would have...

[@biruss]

I don't think so

[@Deborahtunes]

@@biruss ~ I do. If you watch the other clip before this one. When Dr. Olivet was speaking to her, she gets very angry and says *"nobody hurts Crystal that way,"* (paraphrasing), you can see the rage deep down. I believe she would have harmed Wendy in some form eventually. Because she was already unstable as it was...

[@spaghetti1641]

Yeah I felt that too. She would become enraged when Wendy doesn't live up to the facade of Crystal. "Crystal wouldn't talk back, your not Crystal! Be like Crystal!" Could definitely go down. Imagine that psychological abuse she would face living up to the imagined expectations of the 'real' dead daughter that woman wanted.

[@Deborahtunes]

@@spaghetti1641 ~ Exactly. I could see everything you said happening. Not to mention how she probably would have thrown the idea that "she saved Wendy from a terrible life", and would have thrown that in her face anytime Wendy did something she didn't like. I've seen parents like that before...

[@lucianfrostbane]

reminds me of the SVU case where this couple had a child who disapeared and they changed the appearence of the foster child so she looked just like the missing girl. even put her in her old clothes and everything

[@gahrie]

The little girl on this episode has played at least two other characters on the show. In one episode she played a woman pretending to be a teenager.

[@nanathegoat5106]

Same with Christine Brasinski, she was the sister of a mob guy in season 1. Lmao even lieutenant vanbureen was a grieving mother in season one. Law and order is crazy.

[@DukeTheRebel]

I fucking knew this was the same girl, I can’t believe they got her back

[@saryarohit2925]

I remember that episode. She was actually 26 but pretending to be 16!

[@skyew2205]

There are soooo many actors that play multiple roles in different seasons/across the different shows (l&o, svu, oc)

[@jd-no7rw]

Yes, I just saw the other clip and realized it's her, lol. Looking her up, she has played four different characters. She's a marvelous actor. That seems really common in shows to reuse bit actors. I know I've recently been re-watching the original Magnum PI and there are a lot of actors that played multiple roles.

[@OrchestrationOnline]

Jill Hennessey is such a phenomenal actress. Her work with the child actress at the beginning of the clip is Emmy-worthy.

[@roseredmayne]

She lied but she was traumatized and didn't want to go back to an abusive household.

[@UnderTheTableGremlin]

Oh my god I LOVE Christine Baranski

[@yahoochick365]

FACTS! The only reason I clicked on the video was because I saw her 😅❤️

[@thegreenmanofnorwich]

She's a brilliant actress, and has such presence. She can be both icy and cool, as well as flirty and passionate

[@mastermonarch]

Loved her in the Grinch movies

[@abigaildawn2996]

The only appropriate response

[@lilibetp]

Me, too. Have you seen her episode of Frasier? Kills me every time.

[@shaynaghkaiser1498]

Ain’t that the same actress who was in the “she hasn’t been 16 in a long time” clip

[@krystalscott7701]

yea the shows been on for 20 years

[@Winterdays01]

Loving the older version of law and order! The acting is on point👍🏻

[@thomasgustafson3956]

I’ve seen this episode and I had a bittersweet reaction to it. One, as a student studying to be a teacher, we are told and reminded to go and tell the guidance counselor, principal (higher up), and/or authorizes if we seen signs of abuse or neglect to interview and possibly remove the child from the home due to it being a toxic environment. Two, if a teacher takes a kid away from their home no matter what the reason is, that is kidnapping and if you are found guilty it shows up on your record and makes it difficult to get hired at a different school (especially if you are found not guilty) Three and this is an important one, (and in the words of Olivia Benson) no one deserves another persons child.

[@capie44]

Which is why Reality has the school industry punish you if you do what they to you as a student -- which threatens paychecks. Where were your teachers when you were/saw bullied? Reality (paychecks b4 all!) forces a rule when it comes to bullying & all forms of abuse: Don't Ask/Don't Tell. (Wait until the kids can be the scapegoats)

[@NuncNuncNuncNunc]

What judge would allow a prosecutor to talk to a child witness alone like that? "Hey little girl, let me tell you why that lady is cuckoo." Why doesn't Wendy have an advocate of some sort of her own?

[@finris1]

A person to act solely in the best interest of the child in court is only for purposes of actions regarding things like custody disputes or allegations of abuse/negligence against the parent/guardian. The trial depicted involves the criminal prosecution of a 3rd party.

[@wzelo5680]

Imagine adopting a kid and raise it like it is a slave.

[@msblessie4568]

"It"?🤔

[@wzelo5680]

Do something better in your life then worrying about somebody’s comment

[@msblessie4568]

@@wzelo5680 Imagine adopting a child and calling her/him an "it".

[@wzelo5680]

Did I say I would call a kid it?

[@arianaajbeaverhausen8175]

@@msblessie4568 the definitions for the word it are: 1. used to refer to a thing previously mentioned or easily identified. "a room with two beds in it" 2. used to identify a person. "it's me" When someone asks "who is it?" they aren't trying to be rude, I don't think Mikey was trying to offend anyone.

[@josephbalan8384]

They acquitted her because the girl was never held against her will. She’s better off with that woman then the couple who smokes and they guy who hurt her

[@matthewforsyth284]

Joseph Balan well you know I hate to say this but for once we agree on something.

[@antmagor]

Joseph Balan you’re assuming that she doesn’t go Annie Wilkes on her when she gets older and wants to go off to college. Recall this woman seems to be of the impression that this girl is her dead daughter Crystal.

[@lindaliriel]

@@antmagor fair, however this teacher's dream was for her daughter to grow up, not to stay a child (otherwise she would have stolen a baby, not someone the "correct" age). That makes me think she would not try and slow her growth but would embrace it. It's not healthy, sure, but it's better than trying to keep her a foreverchild

[@miajohnson8755]

She’s only substituting the loss of her child she even called her Crystal that’s wrong she should’ve just went to court and got her the right way

[@Inferno144]

Even so, she still did kidnap the child.

[@jimboa20]

So, is Wendy better off in the hands of abusive foster parents, or in the hands of a literally insane woman who only treats her well because she thinks she's her (dead) daughter?

[@GorgeGeorg]

Are those the only 2 possibilities? Or are you merely creating the standard straw-man argument?

[@jimboa20]

@@GorgeGeorg I'm asking the question from Wendy's point of view. The way she sees it, she has/had those two options. She didn't want to get put back in the foster care system because in her experience she's just going to end up with people every bit as bad as her abusive foster parents - it wasn't the first time it happened to her IIRC. So if you're a child and you think those are the only two options, which one is better?

[@GorgeGeorg]

@@jimboa20 Ok, but from the form of your 'question' originally, that wasn't the case. Was Wendy thinking that the woman was 'literally insane'? Was Wendy thinking that the woman thought she was her dead daughter. I don't think that in your argument that you're looking at it from Wendy's POV. You should stop digging now before you hit China.

[@jimboa20]

@@GorgeGeorg Jesus Christ bro, why so fucking serious? You're taking this shit way too fucking seriously.

[@tvtitlechampion3238]

@@jimboa20 I think you're asking a solid hypothetical question. The segment when the girl asks the States Attorney about consequences shows that the girl is fairly bright, but does she see enough to make a good decision in deciding her future? She's trying escape a known bad situation, but is it really better to take this leap of faith into what seems a better path? Should she have the right to decide the path of her own future now? If not, when?

[@winsaner]

The Queen Baranski back in the day.

[@nicholasmaude6906]

I hated it when Jill Hennasey's character was killed off because Claire Kincaind was such a decent character. Edited to add: Having Mary-Anne as ones defence-lawyer is a bit weird.

[@MrStGeorgeIllawarra]

She got offered Crossing Jordan, so she left.

[@nicholasmaude6906]

@@MrStGeorgeIllawarra Fair enough however she should've left herself with an option for character to return to L&O, killing off Claire was stupid and short-sighted.

[@electroskates2434]

@@nicholasmaude6906 I'm still annoyed about that

[@GAshoneybear]

@masakasama I agree. Robinette was much better in his role as a defense lawyer than an ADA. Claire was a welcome addition.

[@christiangibbs8534]

This little girl has some real acting talent.

[@DWM2309]

Legend has it that the judges eye brows were his spare mustaches he was air drying after wash.

[@Alexandra-xt1vf]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Americanpatriot-zo2tk]

The lady hit the nail on the head she was coaching the child with the site and then when the child didn’t say what the prosecution wanted they wanna steer the court in another direction. I will agree this lady needs some emotional help and the child needs a good wholesome home to live in. As far as committing a crime I can’t see is that woman should be punished she needs counseling not jail.

[@davisspacker1585]

Isn't this girl in another episode, where she plays a 26 yr old woman pretending to be 16 over and over again?

[@beverleyann7592]

Yes. Its sure looks like her..all grown up now..

[@justinchristoph3725]

Yeah, she is the actress Stephi Lineburg according to the IMDB. She played Fiona Reid in the episode Shangri-La in 2002 and Stella in the episode Innocence in 2010. It doesn't look like she's acting anymore unless it's theater.

[@tamikamoana]

Literally clicked on this video because I thought this haha, then scrolled to find someone else who noticed

[@ComeliaO7]

Yes they brought her back like 10 years later all grown up. Playing a completely different character. Law & order does that a lot.

[@michaelfawcett9935]

@@ComeliaO7 Wasn't Lennie one of those sleazy defense lawyers in one of the early seasons?

[@deadonarrivalgirl9785]

Kids understand more than adults realize...but if adults were to admit that...they'd have to also admit that they're not the perfect parent because something bad happened to their kid...even though that isn't what that means at all. In the end, the children suffer for it.

[@davidhenderson3400]

This reminds me of a short sci-fi film about a woman the ends up choosing a monster demon over her husband because at least the demon did not beat her. Some times you have to pick the lesser of two evils.

[@PNickygamer]

This girl grew up on law and order😱

[@mmmi3844]

Law and order! Adoro a série! Queremos rever aqui no Brasil, please!

[@JohnThomas-no9hs]

Didnt know Leonard's mom was a lawyer before she became a psychologist

[@jar7840]

And before she was a lawyer she lived in who Ville and her lover was the Grinch....

[@alexshank1414]

“When did you decide to be a Lawyer?” When I found out how much money they can make.

[@MrParkFan]

I recognized that girl she played Gloria in the movie “Richie Rich” 1994

[@amrannahshal738]

moral of the video: 2 wrongs don't make a right and the system always need to be fixed on regural basis

[@leinagoldman2817]

it does here because other wise she would have gone back to a terrible abusive couple

[@AndrewsOpinion15]

christina jane baranski role so great in law & order !!!!

[@thegreatselkie6009]

She’s awesome!

[@ascensionblade]

I was valedictorian and a National Merit Scholar in high school. I got a B in art, too :) I got a C in the required college art class. lol! funny that the female lawyer said that 😂

[@elizabethwilliams5788]

Sometimes the choice you have is between awful and deadly. I would have chosen Ms Fenady and her locked room every time over those abusive parents. And the kid is making a good argument for ms. Fenady to have custody and throw the case out.

[@gabbyaviles2302]

Omg she looks like the girl who was posing as all the teenagers from different states and accusing all these different men of abusing her but they never did. And her name was like Dione

[@patrickstivers7387]

Because it is.

[@abidanielson2747]

@@patrickstivers7387 what???

[@patrickstivers7387]

@@abidanielson2747 The girl in this L&O clip is the same girl that showed up as the "Orphan" character in a later episode. Edit: The actress is the same, not the character.

[@tsukiamano5817]

Is that the same actress who plays Leonard's mother in TBBT?

[@brielleimana1408]

Tsuki Amano yes!

[@Starmadien2019]

That's were I know her from.

[@vanessagawthorne2777]

She also on a tv show called Good Wife as well

[@heatherg1706]

She has had a ton of roles. Was the mother of Gregg in darma and Gregg.

[@amysomething3370]

@@heatherg1706 No, that was Susan Sullivan. Christine Baranski was in Mamma Mia though!

[@podsmpsg1]

Perjury is a felony.

[@grf15]

Only if you can prove it.

[@podsmpsg1]

@@grf15 yeah, you do have to prove it in court.

[@DrownedInExile]

What are they going to do, arrest the kid?

[@podsmpsg1]

@@DrownedInExile if they have to. That kid is old enough to know right from wrong.

[@jengable4888]

STEVE P ...especially when a so called mother teaches her child how to lie, then the father or the court system punishes them for it. Two polar opposite parents and or a child receiving mixed messages from two different sources...

[@nykkiasmith7139]

LAW AND Order Right NOW

[@samfanhellyeah]

So sad that the little girl only felt wanted by her kidnapper

[@fashionfirst_]

Is it just me or is the little girl Gloria from Richie Rich

[@gigabuster_87]

Probably is.

[@SeanMcGuire92]

Princess Rikki oh my god, I think you’re right!

[@jaredstar]

She is I just checked the IMDb

[@connierodriguez5361]

That's who she is! I was trying to figure out what movie she was from.

[@kristinagriffin8421]

So bizarre too cuz i just watched Richie Rich last night... they truly are always watching🤣

[@Americanpatriot-zo2tk]

A very smart little girl.

[@chante3419]

I hope everyone realizes that this woman is Martha May Who and Tanya

[@uniserenity1414]

I knew she looked familiar

[@kiwichild7670]

For Petes sake can we PLEASE have FULL episodes

[@michellima5280]

Where can I find the episodes of this l&o

[@lydia_3158]

Why is the girl in with the short brown hair giving me ana frank vibes and the one with the blond short hair and the bangs looks like that one camp counselor in the addams family lol

[@blueknight07]

Diane Lockhearts early days!

[@Londa1027]

YT algorithm has two Stephi Lineburg L&O clips practically on top of each other. I had to do a double take and hit imdb to verify. She was also in ep 13x2 as 'Fiona' a drama student.

[@jaylewis1383]

The premise is that the lady is nuts to think 10-year-old Wendy is someone else. By the time she gets to Season 13, we learn that Wendy has had three aliases and is 26 years old. That would make her 19 in this episode.

[@ChristinDaoud]

The actress who played Fiona (Wendy) was 21 years old at the time

[@thomasplouffe1363]

I know I’m definitely going to be a better parent or caregiver

[@xenlol]

0:32 omg steph looks so cute here

[@feodorawicked5014]

Eh, I don't think either decision was good for the child. On the one hand, there was going back to her abusive foster family, and even if she did get removed from them, she'd be in the system, which gives her a 50-50 odd on finding a decent family. On the other hand, go with a delusional kidnapper that has a strong possibility to get dangerous and violent down the line, shown by her obvious rage in another scene. If Wendy doesn't live up to Crystal's name, she's gonna be in a lot of trouble.

[@danielvanr.8681]

2:15 Holy Hannah, that's Dr. Beverly Hofstadter! 😁 (actress Christine Baranski) 😎

[@rachelgarber1423]

Where is the rest of this

[@Grace-rq8hv]

I can really see her "Dianeisms" here 😅

[@WarGrowlmon18]

How'd this one end???

[@JIF882]

Why does Peacock not have the earlier seasons?

[@mmgpa2580]

I feel so sorry for this fictional little gitl

[@v_ronyca3244]

What is the name of the child actress? She looks so familiar.

[@kaiemil6562]

Verónica Schmidt Stephi lineburg, she was on a few different episodes of Law and Order but I mostly remember her from “Richie Rich”

[@phoebeoverton7761]

Yeah, I definitely remember her from Richie Rich

[@shainabrownmedia1848]

Diane Lockhart

[@thelastroseofsummer2817]

Aww look at the baby Christine Baranski

[@stephaniebracey943]

Wasn't done these characters on commercials from the 60's

[@ToothpasteKisses6345]

Isn't she from Richie Rich?

[@ThomasFromTN]

Fun fact...this little girl later played a 26 year old posing as a 16 year old in a different episode.

[@hollydavis9683]

Mrs. Hofstetter

[@fbsiubvsitdhdhjuk]

That judge looks EXACTLY like Otto von Bismarck.

[@elshpen]

So Leonard's mother is a neuroscientist, a psychiatrist, and a defense lawyer as well. Who woulda' thunk?

[@HoldenNY22]

That is what's her name from "The Good Wife" who was young and pretty at the time probably in the 1990's when this episode was produced.

[@adinicic4259]

I believe Christine Baranski is her name.

[@HoldenNY22]

@@adinicic4259 - I believe you are correct. She was the Good Wife and now she is the Star of The Good Wife which is on CBS Pay To View- CBS All Access which I refuse to watch because I refuse to pay for it because I think Broadcast TV and Star Trek TV should be free and not have to pay a price for.

[@gggmoney77]

is this the same actress who appeared seasons later on the shangra la episode

[@harrypottersnumbrfan]

is that the little girl from richie rich? Edit, yes, yes it is

[@rhd1974]

The word in the title is actually spelled "Perjury"

[@kdphotos4691]

The start of Diane from 'The Good Wife's' career as an attorney...

[@PapaSlackerr]

How many times has this actress been in this show? I just watched a clip where she was acting as a 20+ acting as a high schooler

[@checkmate2452]

Stephi Lineberg (Wendy) played four different characters on Law and Order over the years

[@francoisscherman7140]

Wow 😯😯

[@jaydenkeith3730]

ms veniTEA

[@paigespalding3257]

It's the judges eyebrows for me...

[@GenericName007]

did she come back in a different episode? She kind of looks like a kid version of that girl from the episode where she was posing as 16 but was actually 26, killed the teacher and was sleeping with the other one.

[@girlgarde]

I'm displeased at the judge for being a jerk to Ben Stone and threatening legal action against him if he talks to Wendy again. Stone was legally required by law to prosecute the crazy lady for child kidnapping so the judge shouldn't be hostile to him because of it, he should be mad at those who made those laws while not taking into account that situations like the one Wendy was in could happen.

[@Misunao23]

Is that Beverly Hodfstater?

[@nygirl7195]

Yes

[@oliviaharden186]

Olivia and Jose caricoa are falling in love and best friends forever and ever

[@anacristalmuniz1644]

The episodes are incomplete

[@thadtheman3751]

Is that kid Alexis from Castle?

[@CaptainCapital8]

Hard to believe that's Gloria from Richie Rich.

[@dejaalston8672]

This situation is very complex to me.🤔 Sure Mrs. Fenady abduct Wendy and hid in her basement which is consider kidnapping but it was out of heartfelt and profound intentions as she genuinely and sincerely cared for Wendy's safety and well-being as Wendy dealt with child abuse mentally, emotionally, and physically due to her neglectful foster mother. It would have been better if Mrs. Fenady called the police and report child abuse about Wendy that way it wouldn't look peculiar and suspicious.

[@xepikhybridx602]

This little girl looks like the younger version of the girl who played the “margarete Sampson” in one of the other episodes

[@ArmsofSorrow80]

That is her. The actress is named Stephi Lineberg. She was in four separate law and order episodes

[@shonaghkennedy3029]

Does your mother know that you're a lawyer?

[@ajvanmarle]

Isn't there a rule for lawyers that you should never ask a question if you don't already know what the witness will answer? L&O always makes like the prosecution is the underdog. But in h end, they are just incompetent.

[@brentoesterle3186]

They're be bonded with their own lives through knost knows it

[@m3redgt]

Isn't this the girl from Richie Rich?

[@rebeccafieldhouse9271]

Yh she is

[@franklesser5655]

Agnes Van Rhijn had a career as an attorney?

[@princess1peach]

The kid looks so familiar

[@creatip123]

kincaid's face softened up in the first scene. maybe her maternal instinct kicked in involuntarily, acting with the kid....

[@electroskates2434]

I don't think Kincaid ever really clicked with kids

[@DominicNJ73]

That little girl reappears as an adult in L&O where she plays an amoral sociopath who scams parents out of money by saying she'll let the parents adopt her unborn child.

[@afrozeahmed6515]

This kid was in richie rich.

[@screwhead4life]

Is that Gloria from richie rich?

[@Canation89]

Dude wtf does The Defending lawyer look like Jimmy Neutron's Moms

[@manchild858]

Is it just me or does the judge look like the dad from cloudy with a chance of meatballs?

[@gianvarona708]

The kid looks like the girl in season 13 ep 2

[@aprilkyle431]

She is from mama mia

[@obaapaninagyekum1245]

Anyone else getting Matilda vibes?

[@ambrevigneron5911]

Isn’t she the scout lady from « Addams Family Values »?