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Ralph Zessner was a teacher who was secretly moonlighting as a pedophile.

Background[]

In his personal life, Zessner worked as a teacher at school and often saw a shrink for his issues. Privately, he was a sexual deviant who was a subscriber to the child pornography site run by Teddy Winnock.

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When Winnock ran away from home after he was discovered to have been abusing his younger brother, Zessner aided Teddy in hiding along with his fellow pedophiles.

SVU discovered Zessner and TARU lieutenant Ruben Morales deceived him into believing he was a 15-year-old child on a secret chat room. They agreed to meet up later.

Upon arrival, Zessner was arrested by detective Odafin Tutuola and other officers when he was caught with incriminating evidence. In interrogation, he started to break and told the detectives that he never did anything like that but was threatened with the facts. In exchange for a lesser charge, Zessner told the detectives that Teddy was at Eagle Plaza apartments.

He was later imprisoned for trying to solicit a minor, for subscribing to child pornography, and aiding in a kidnapping. (SVU: "Web")

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