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Chris Meloni exits Law & Order: SVU
Chris Meloni will not be returning to Law & Order: SVU for it’s 13th season in the fall, TVLine reports. Meloni’s rep confirms this news: “It is true – 12 great years and time for the next chapter.”
The 50-year-old actor has played Detective Elliot Stabler since the NBC crime drama’s 1999 debut.
Law & Order creator Dick Wolf is reportedly searching for a known star to come on board opposite Mariska Hargitay, who was signed on for the upcoming season, but only for the first 13 episodes.
After that, her character — Detective Olivia Benson — would be promoted to a higher position and a new detective, played by Jennifer Love Hewitt, would take her place.
