Ella Mendez is a middle school student who was raped by Tripp Raines.
History[]
Her mother lived a wild lifestyle and died after her birth. Ella was raised by her grandmother who forbade her father from being in her life, while he had uncertainty that he was her biological father.
She went to private school where she was a friend of Arturo Rivera, who had an crush on her but she did not reciprocate. Student socialite Tripp Raines, Arturo's secret half-brother from an affair, invited them both to a party, only for Tripp to get Ella spiked through her lemonade and rape her in his room while she was drugged. Ella was seduced, brainwashed, and even sent flowers by Tripp under the pretense of the two "being together".
Ella became pregnant from the rape and was found out when she passed out at her Catholic school. She wanted to keep her son, but Tripp paid her grandmother to get an abortion instead. When the squad stopped the abortion, Tripp had Arturo bring Ella to Central Park to try and coerce her again. Tripp was even worse then, making Ella cry from wanting to keep her baby by saying it left her a "cheap whore". Arturo called Tripp out on his irresponsibility and abuse, but Tripp just said Arturo could take care of Ella's baby and tried to give him another payoff. When Arturo refused, Tripp smeared his face in the mud and threw the wad of cash on the ground before walking away, leading Arturo to beat Tripp to death with a rock. Arturo professed his love to Ella and made her swear to not tell to protect the both of them. Arturo was eventually found out and confessed to the murder. (SVU: "Blood Brothers")