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Charlie Monaghan is the older, heavyset half-brother of Emma Boyd and the son of their mother, Kate Boyd, who had a fatal case of lupus.

History[]

Before Kate died, student Sean Hamill not only bullied, but threatened Emma, because Kate was in a relationship with Zoe Dunlop and Sean figured Emma was a "dyke" as well. He also insulted Charlie over his weight, even sometimes harassing Charlie's girlfriend, but Charlie could handle the bullying better. However, he had enough of Sean terrorizing his sister, as a result Charlie beat him up and it kept Sean away for a while.

But that only built up to Sean sexually harassing Emma and cutting off her ponytail, which caused Emma to lose it and stab Sean's spine with the scissors. When Charlie walked in, in a hope of protecting his sister, he drove Father Justin Miller's car, dropped Sean off at the ER, and then sped off, throwing the scissors used out in a dumpster. Sean was treated, but he was left with permanent paraplegia and couldn't walk again.

Charlie confessed to beating Sean, as well as driving Sean over to the ER in his car, but he denied involvement in Sean's attack and kept avoiding revealing details to protect Emma. But she was found out when her prints were found on the scissors, matching the size of her small fingers, along with her ponytail and the emails Sean harassed her with.

It's unspecified if Charlie was ever charged with his role in Sean's attack and stymieing the investigation. Emma, however, had a reduced sentence of a month in counseling after the truth came out in court. (SVU: "Alien")

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