Bella Zane is the wife of George Zane, a sexual predator who has repeatedly raped her niece Gia, since she was a child.
History[]
Bella was married to George and she loved him enough to not believe the accusations her niece threw at him, while telling her sister Diane that Gia was delusional. At one point, she had surgery for her gallbladder and her husband tended to her.
When the Detectives discovered George disguised himself as a doctor to rape Gia, Bella defended her husband but was stunned that he admitted to an affair with her at 17. She denied this to Diane, who was starting to become suspicious about everything.
SVU soon searched the Zane residence where they uncover child pornography that George had of Gia as a child. A horrified Diane confronted Bella on being implied of always knowing about the rapes. Despite seeing the incriminating evidence, Bella frantically called the photos fake and said George would never do that, but Diane sees through her sister and further accused that she always knew and turned a blind eye to Gia's sexual abuse while being in denial. This appeared to be the case, as Bella broke down in heavy guilt after Diane scorned her for letting her own niece suffer and ran out of the room.
George was imprisoned for life from the rapes while it is unknown what became of Bella for her implied role.(SVU: "Educated Guess")