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Jason Gambel is an ex-convict who went away for seven years on embezzlement charges.

Background[]

While he was imprisoned at the Coxsackie Correctional Facility, Gambel was raped and tortured by his cellmate Walter Burlock until he eventually got out and started living a clean life. Unfortunately, Burlock was let out and forced his way into Gambel's life by moving into his basement, using his credit cards and car whenever he wanted without consulting Jason.

On SVU[]

Jason stayed silent after Burlock kidnapped, raped and killed a woman named Samantha Millerton for two days. When Detectives Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler showed up at his place to find the car Samantha was transported in Burlock shot at them and put the blame on Gambel. The detectives question him thinking he raped and killed Samantha as well as four other women because it was his female boss that turned him in for embezzlement. His lawyer showed up and tried to make a deal with SVU so they would let Jason go if he would give up Burlock. They eventually found out the truth about Burlock but the search was deemed illegal because of a technicality. When Gambel left to get groceries after being released he came home and saw Burlock had been killed. He was initially a suspect in the murder but was eventually cleared when his alibi checked out. (SVU: "Trophy")

When Burlock's killer, Sarah Hoyt, is eventually arrested and arraigned, he tries to speak with her in the parking lot to thank her. But when he gets there, he witnesses Hoyt being killed by Calvin Arliss' father, David Drecker, and runs for his life. He is again suspected of murder but cleared by DNA evidence David left after he spit on Sarah after he killed her. (SVU: "Rescue")

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