Manny Montero is a scholarship student from the city projects and the boyfriend of honor student Avery Capshaw.
History[]
The two continued to see each other in spite of her parents' disapproval of Manny and his force affiliation with BX9 by gang leader Carlos Hernandez, after having killed Manny's older brother Jesus and making him rob a drug store of aspirin. Hernandez led the gang-rape of Capshaw, conspiring with Rigo Heredio and Miguel Castillo, while Manny was forced to watch at gunpoint. He was horrified to see Capshaw having orgasms repeatedly while being repeatedly raped, which she never had when having sex with Manny. He wasn't horrified by the torture she went through, but from assuming she physically "enjoyed" the rapes, which broke his heart. After the gang stole some jewelry and left, Manny walked away from Capshaw, who tried to kill herself by jumping off a roof, but an air bag cushioned her fall.
After the rapists were tracked and arrested, Manny was found as well. He refused to discuss what happened even in anyone's defense, not even his own, so he was arrested on suspicion as well. Hernandez devastated and terrorized Capshaw more by arranging for her parents to be beaten and Manny's hanging in his cell with his tongue cut out as an act of posthumously silencing his testimony. But Hernandez confessed to his girlfriend Marisol Pavel regarding Capshaw' rape and Jesus' murder and was convicted on said charges. (SVU: "Betrayal's Climax")