Esperanza Morales is a woman who was raped by her father.
History[]
Esperanza was repeatedly abused by her father Santos after her mother walked out on the family. Realizing she needed to protect herself, Esperanza joined a boxing club that Detective Tamin was also a part of. After hearing that her boxing coach Romeo Solís had been accused of raping a teenage girl, Esperanza punched Romeo in the face, causing Romeo to hit his head on the floor. When Romeo died from his injury, Esperanza was arrested for murder.
While in custody, Esperanza told the Special Victims Unit that she had been raped by Santos, and that Romeo had provoked her into hitting him by taunting her about the abuse. After getting Santos to confess to molesting her, Esperanza's murder charge was downgraded to assault, and she was sentenced to two years in prison. (SVU: "Redemption In Her Corner")