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Brian Cassidy is a fictional character in the TV series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, played by Dean Winters. He is a former SVU detective who returns as an undercover officer, a DA investigator, and a murder suspect.
Brian Cassidy is a retired NYPD detective and current DA investigator who worked with the SVU and Internal Affairs. He has a history of being molested as a child, a brief relationship with Olivia Benson, and being falsely accused of rape and murder.
Mar 1, 2018 · Brian Cassidy (Dean Winters) confesses to Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) that he was molested by his little league coach as a child. This is the reason he left the Special Victims Unit in the first season of the show.
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Sep 14, 2021 · Dean Winters played Detective Brian Cassidy on the first season of Law & Order: SVU, but left the show due to a contract dispute with HBO. He later returned to the show after a chance encounter with his co-stars.
Apr 23, 2024 · Brian Cassidy was a detective on Law & Order: SVU who left the squad in Season 1 and returned in Season 13. Learn about his relationship with Olivia Benson, his transfer to Narcotics, and his undercover mission.
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Feb 9, 2023 · Dean Winters played Brian Cassidy, a detective who left SVU for narcotics, in the first season of Law & Order: SVU. He came back in later seasons after a chance encounter with Richard Belzer and had a romance with Olivia Benson.
My all time favorite performance in the whole show comes from Brian Cassidy at the very beginning of the series. Season 1 episode 13 “disrobed”. Cragen, seeing the pain SVU has brought upon Brian’s life, tells him to switch to a different task force outside the special victims unit.
