Lillian Rice

Lillian Rice
Name	Lillian Rice
Family	Becca Rice (daughter) Unnamed ex-husband
Pathology	Serial murder facilitator Statutory rapist Ephebophile Harasser
Status	Imprisoned
Actor	Laura Leighton
First Appearance	"Responsible"

Lillian Rice is a woman who allowed her daughter Becca to drink alcohol, provided beer for her and her friends for their parties, and started having sex with her daughter's classmate Jordan Owens.

History

When Lillian gets home from shopping, she finds Detectives Stabler and Benson questioning Becca and Jordan. When she finds out that there was a party where alcohol was served, she pretends to not know anything about the party and feigns shock and outrage. After learning that a girl named Melanie Tamkin died at the party, she asks her daughter what happened, but Becca claims to have never been at the party. Later on, when Stabler comes to question Becca again Lillian tries to flirt with him and brings him to Becca's room. Becca says she doesn't know where the kids are partying, but eventually says she heard them talking about partying at Luke's house. Later, when the detectives go looking for Jordan, they hear from his mother that he is being tutored by Becca. But when they return to Becca's house, she tells them Jordan isn't supposed to be with her that day. When they enter the house, they hear noises coming from Lillian's room and discover that she is having sex with Jordan, much to Becca's dismay. She and Jordan are then arrested.

When Benson interrogates her, Lillian tries to question Benson's love life, before explaining to Benson that she got pregnant with Becca when she was 17 and that her husband left her for his younger secretary, and that she at first was angry, but decided if he could date a younger woman, then she can date a younger boy, but Benson still reprimands her for it. When Benson says she's competing with her daughter Becca, Lillian claims that she would never hurt Becca and that she did't wan't her and Jordan to be caught, but also claims that she and Jordan care about each other. When Benson asks her why she gave him alcohol, Lillian asks for a lawyer. At trial, Lillian pleads not guilty to all charges and is released on her own recognizance, but is ordered to stay away from minors other for her daughter.

After Jordan kills himself and his classmate Reagan Michaels in a single-vehicle accident while driving drunk one night, and Stabler calls out all their fellow students at their memorial for knowing deep down about Jordan's alcoholism and failing to do anything to stop it, their friend Luke Young decides to step up to try and save another before it's too late, revealing that Becca herself is a heavy drinker. Stabler visits the Rices with a social worker and discovers Becca drinking with a breathalyzer. Lillian is arrested and Becca is taken to the hospital.

Lillian tries to claim that Becca picked up her drink by accident, but when Becca is sober at the hospital, she reveals that she started drinking when she was 12 and that when her mom caught her, she allowed Becca to drink and that they eventually started drinking together. Becca also reveals that she only became popular when her mom started giving the other kids alcohol, and that she served and supplied alcohol on the nights that Tamkin, Jordan, and Reagan died.

At trial, Lillian's attorney tries to claim that Becca is a liar, while at Novak's office, Lillian claims that Becca is a troubled girl and that she exaggerated her drinking. When Casey reminds her Becca is in rehab, Lillian rebuffs her. However, when Warner reveals on the stand how much damage Becca's brain and body suffered from the alcohol abuse, a remorseful Lillian confesses to the court that she bought the alcohol for the party Tamkin died and gave Jordan alcohol on multiple occasions, including the night he and Reagan died. She then apologizes to her daughter and explains that she only wanted to help her daughter make friends. Lillian is sentenced to five years in prison for three counts of criminally negligent homicide, while her daughter recovers in rehab. SVU: "Responsible").

Known Victims

• 2007:
  • January 7: Melanie Tamkin (choked on her own vomit after drinking too much alcohol supplied by Jordan, which he got from Lillian)
  • January 11: The car crash (two fatalities):
    • Jordan Owens (the driver; died on impact after getting behind the wheel drunk through alcohol provided by Lillian)
    • Reagan Michaels (passenger; died on impact)