Regina Prince (Law & Order: SVU)

Regina Prince (Wendie Malick) is the villainess of "Assaulting Reality", episode 17.21 of Law & Order: SVU (airdate May 11, 2016). She was the wife of Jeffrey Prince and the two were the executive producers of popular reality dating show Heart's Desire. When contestant Melanie Connor accused male contestant Ryan Ledder of raping her after being shown video of someone having sex with her (which she had no memory of), the SVU detectives became involved in the case.
Soon after the detectives began investigating, Regina and Jeffrey arrived and spoke with them, stating that their main goal was to ensure the safety of their contestants and making claims that Melanie lied about being raped, showing them an interview she made after her night with Ryan that seemed to indicate that she consented to sex with Ryan. But later on, the Princes set Melanie and Ryan in separate hotel rooms and told their other contestants to cooperate with the police.
Later on, Regina and Jeffrey went to the SVU station along with their co-producer Lizzie Bauer, showing them security footage proving that contestant Graham Turco was Melanie's true rapist, claiming the footage had originally been mislabeled. But later that night, the Princes revealed themselves as self-serving deceivers when they aired a special episode of Heart's Desire, during which they painted themselves as having worked tirelessly to find justice for Melanie and claimed the NYPD had been negligent in the case. They also played altered footage from Graham's arrest and the hidden camera they had in Melanie's hotel room to make it appear that Lizzie had helped Graham cover up his crime, setting her up as a scapegoat.
Wanting to expose Regina and Jeffrey, lieutenant Olivia Benson brought Lizzie in, who confessed that her bosses had ordered her to cover up Melanie's rape and agreed to help get them to confess on camera. When Lizzie met with Regina and Jeffrey while wired, the villainous couple promised to help Lizzie not serve time for what they accused her of, with Regina showing callous disregard for Melanie's rape and stating that she wasn't about to let what happened destroy her and her husband's lucrative franchise. After Olivia and ADA Rafael Barba confronted Regina and Jeffrey with the evidence and charges against them, the Princes made a deal to plead guilty to evidence tampering, and while it was insinuated they wouldn't serve time due to their wealth, the felony charge guaranteed they wouldn't be able to work in television again.
== Trivia ==
* Wendie Malick previously provided the voices of the evil Beautiful Gorgeous from Jimmy Neutron and supervillainess Norma Osborn from Ultimate Spider-Man, and also appeared in the film Adventures of a Teenage Dragon Slayer as the villainous Vice Principal Metz.
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