Nicole Merrick

**Nicole Merrick** was a sex trafficking victim of Daniel Rublev and Mark Sirenko.

## History

### On OC

When Cosgrove, Benson and Stabler raid Sam Ellis' home, Cosgrove gets charged at by Nicole who is carrying a knife. Cosgrove then disarms Nicole and tells her that she is safe before arresting her and taking her into custody. (OC: "Gimme Shelter")

### On SVU

Benson and Fin attempt to question Nicole about Sam but Nicole refuses to talk. Nicole tells Benson and Fin that she doesn't want them to pretend to help her. Benson takes Nicole to see Sam being interrogated but Nicole doesn't want to see. Benson makes her watch as Cosgrove and Shaw interrogate Sam. Eventually, Benson gets Nicole to talk. Nicole tells Benson that she doesn't know any names but she knows about the yacht and a man in his 60s hitting on Ava. Nicole then tells Benson that the man thought Ava was recording him and he went crazy and got violent towards Ava. Benson then puts line-up photos in front of Nicole but Nicole doesn't want to look at them. Benson then encourages her to look at them and Nicole identifies Sirenko as one of the men. (SVU: "Gimme Shelter")

### On L&O

Price, Maroun and Benson question Nicole who denies knowing the identity of the man that Ava was recording. Nicole describes the man's appearance before Benson takes her hand. Later, when Maroun goes to see Benson, Benson tells Maroun that Nicole is at a safe house until they find someone to take her in. Benson tells Maroun that Nicole has no family and living with an aunt or foster parent didn't work out so she ran away from home. Benson tells Maroun to protect Nicole because nobody else ever has. Maroun tells Benson that she still needs Nicole to testify and Maroun tells Benson that she will try her best to protect Nicole but can't promise anything. At the safe house, Rollins tells Nicole that they have to go back to the city and Nicole asks Rollins if they can go to Delfina to try on lipsticks and beauty samples. As Rollins and Nicole leave the safe house, Nicole gets shot at but gets protected by Rollins. Rollins ends up getting shot trying to protect Nicole and starts bleeding out on the road. When Benson arrives at the scene, Benson sits down with Nicole who blames herself for Rollins' shooting. Nicole tells Benson that she kept a phone and used snapchat to communicate with someone. Nicole then breaks down crying but Benson reassures her that there are a million ways that people could have found out her location. When Price comes to see Benson, Price tries to persuade Benson to let them put Nicole on the stand but Benson doesn't want Price to. Price then encourages Benson to help him. Benson then goes to see Nicole and tells her that she can't stay with her aunt because she is not doing well. Benson then tells Nicole that they have to talk about the case but doesn't blame Nicole if she doesn't want to. When Price goes to see Benson again, Benson tells Price that Nicole went to live in Toronto with another living relative, which infuriates Price and McCoy. (L&O: "Gimme Shelter")

## Appearances

* Law & Order: Organized Crime
	+ Season 3: "Gimme Shelter"
* Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
	+ Season 24: "Gimme Shelter"
* Law & Order
	+ Season 22: "Gimme Shelter"