Inez Rivera is the housekeeper of U.S. ambassador Andrew Raines and his wife Kathleen, as well as the mother of Andrew's youngest son Arturo Rivera.
History[]
Andrew and Inez began an affair around the time Andrew's first son Tripp Raines was conceived with Kathleen. The affair conceived Arturo not long after, which Andrew responded with buying Inez's silence by continuing to financially stabilize her and Arturo as long as Kathleen never knew and the affair continued. Arturo heard Andrew's and Inez's sex once and started to suspect his heritage, which was confirmed when Arturo send Andrew's DNA on his toothbrush off for a paternity test. Andrew was up in arms and threatened the Riveras with them losing their stability if they told. Arturo still tried to connect with his family by keeping close to Tripp.
At one of Tripp's parties, Arturo brought his crush Ella Mendez, only for Tripp to drug her drink and rape her, getting her pregnant with a son. Tripp was found out but couldn't be prosecuted due to his family's legal status, which left him cocky enough to brag about raping Ella. Though Tripp kept Ella from testifying, she was stopped from getting an abortion.
Tripp was later found beaten to death with a rock in Central Park. Arturo was revealed to be Tripp's killer when Tripp met him and Ella in another failed attempted to coerce and force an abortion. Ella cried when Tripp slut-shamed her, and Arturo was smothered by the mud they ere standing on when he stood up for Ella. Losing all respect for Tripp as a half-brother, Arturo killed Tripp in a rage. Inez is shocked and consoles Arturo, Andrew and Kathleen witnessing the confession that fully revealed the affair. (SVU: "Blood Brothers")