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Revision as of 08:22, 21 April 2021

A.D.A. Dominick "Sonny" Carisi, Jr. is a former detective at the Manhattan Special Victims Unit. He is now an assistant district attorney.

History

Carisi transferred into the precinct after Sergeant Olivia Benson put in a request for an "experienced, empathetic Detective" following the temporary demotion of Nick Amaro to patrol officer. He also took Amaro's place as the lead male of the SVU after his departure at the end of Season 16. He was in Staten Island SVU for two months, Brooklyn for almost a month and Queens for a week (before that, he was a patrol officer on Staten Island). He also worked in the Homicide unit for a couple years. Though his brash and argumentative attitude has placed him at odds with Benson and the others, he's shown a knack for interrogations, by pretending to empathize with suspects and getting them to open up to him.

He attended night classes at Fordham Law, often attempting to offer up legal suggestions on the cases at hand. He assisted ADA Rafael Barba during the trial of Lewis Hodda. (SVU: Depravity Standard)

He is an Italian-American Catholic. Two of his cousins are priests and, when he was a child, he looked up to a priest who he stated saved him. Carisi wanted to join the priesthood, as well. (SVU: Patrimonial Burden)

While on an undercover assignment, he mentioned to wanting to be a lawyer.(SVU: Sheltered Outcasts)

He passed his bar exam in 2016, but following the death of Mike Dodds, he decided to stay with the Special Victims Unit. He later served as a pallbearer at the funeral of Sergeant Mike Dodds, who was shot to death by Gary Munson, a corrupt Rikers Island corrections who held his wife, Lisa, hostage. At the bar following the service, Sonny toasts Mike as "the bravest cop we ever worked with". (SVU: Heartfelt Passages)

In one episode, Carisi told a young boy that when he was a boy, he was pushed through a glass window by a bully and stayed silent, out of fear that the bully would come back and attack him again. Several years later, Carisi found out that his bully had murdered someone in a fight and was in Rikers for it. He then said that he regrets not speaking up about the assault. (SVU: Great Expectations)

In 2019, Carisi was promoted to Assistant District Attorney for the Special Victims Unit, replacing Peter Stone, who had quit his job. Benson and Rollins both attended his first arraignment against a serial rapist who had sexually assaulted several young, aspiring actresses. Carisi said that he practiced Barba's summations in front of his mirror. (SVU: "I'm Going To Make You a Star")

Carisi told a lawyer that his mother had once fallen pregnant but the unborn baby had a heart defect, which would have resulted in death once born. He then said only him and his mother knew and both had been extremely distraught over the whole deal. (SVU: The Burden Of Our Choices)

Sexual tension has been hinted between him and Amanda Rollins. Carisi is often seen with Rollins off-duty, such as helping her with Jesse Rollins and assisting Rollins with several parenthood-related duties. The two also almost shared a kiss when traveling to pick up a a criminal, but didn't carry it out. Amongst that, Rollins and Carisi have also fought several times during certain cases, disagreeing about certain things such as domestic violence. The sexual tension seems to have grown since Carisi became an Assistant District Attorney, with Rollins claiming that she misses him. Rollins also visits her more than any of the other detectives from the precinct and also confides in him a lot more than she does with any of the other detectives.

Tension is also shown between him and Katriona Tamin. Both of them have a rocky relationship, with Tamin fighting with Carisi often, particularly during a case in which a lawyer tried to stop a rape victim from having an abortion, with them both having a heated discussion about abortion rights and laws.

His rocky relationship with Tamin became more intense during a case involving a pornographer who had been raped by one of her viewers. Carisi's outlook on the case angered Tamin, who felt sorry for the victim. When Carisi informed Tamin and Benson that the rapist had been imprisoned for seven years, Tamin was furious that it was such a short sentence, which infuriated Carisi. (SVU: Turn Me On Take Me Private)

Officer-Involved Shootings

Trivia

  • He has an ex-girlfriend with the Los Angeles Police Department ("Producer's Backend").
  • The only other people from the original squad that he has met besides Benson are Cragen and Stabler.
  • In several episodes in which Carisi finds a body, he makes the Catholic sign of a cross with his hands in respect.
  • His badge number was 0188.
  • His blood type is O-negative.
  • Carisi is the only main character in the Law & Order franchise to be promoted from detective to assistant district attorney.
  • Carisi was initially only meant to appear in the first three episodes of Season 16 as a brash cop who would shake things up in the precinct.
  • Carisi has the most known family members out of any main characters in the franchise.

Appearances


Icon SVU Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Main Characters

Senior Detectives: Elliot Stabler • John Munch • Odafin Tutuola • Olivia Benson • Amanda Rollins

Junior Detectives: Olivia Benson • Monique Jeffries • Odafin Tutuola • Chester Lake • Amanda Rollins • Nick Amaro • Dominick Carisi, Jr. • Katriona Tamin • Joe Velasco • Grace Muncy

Squad Supervisors: John Munch • Olivia Benson • Odafin Tutuola

Commanding Officers: Donald Cragen • Olivia Benson • Christian Garland

Assistant District Attorneys: Alexandra Cabot • Casey Novak • Kim Greylek • Rafael Barba • Peter Stone • Dominick Carisi, Jr.

Others: Melinda Warner • George Huang

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