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Dominique Moreau is a French national and child rape victim of Jordan Hayes, her actions being crucial into Hayes' apprehension.

Moreau was flown over on Hayes' private jet with Dahlia Jessup and Nicole Phillipe for Hayes' birthday party. When at Hayes' mansion, as a "present", Jessup lured Moreau to Hayes' spa under the lie of a "massage" for Hayes, only for Hayes to brutally rape her. She was forced to stay silent and was arranged to fly back to France in coach.

She woke up from a nightmare and accused the passenger next to her, Tom, of trying to rape her when he was closing the shade for the plane window. Another passenger, Claude, pulled him out of his seat and beat him. In her lucidity, when she recovered from her PTSD, she recanted the accusation when the plane landed, then named Hayes as the rapist.

In a video conference with Manhattan SVU, she relayed the details of being raped but refused to return to testify. The team still pursued Hayes amidst multiple social and political stonewalls. Jessup was brainwashed into slut-shaming Moreau, and Phillipe was bribed with a magazine cover photo shoot if she backed Hayes' false report on Moreau, accusing her of wanting to "get rich".

Munch broke the case wide open when he chatted with Moreau anonymously, pretending to be another girl, in hopes she'd be encouraged to publicly accuse Hayes, hoping more girls would come forward. It worked, and she courageously blogged about the raped she suffered, with more girls, mostly American, filing their reports, which led to Hayes' and Jessup's arrests. (SVU: "Flight")

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