The episode is dedicated to Ned Eisenberg (1957-2022), who died of bile duct (in the liver and pancreas) and ocular (eye) cancer on 27 Feb 2022, five days before this episode aired. Ned had appeared in 26 episodes of SVU, 24 in the recurring role of defense attorney Roger Kressler. He also had a recurring role in seven episodes of Law & Order (1990), and appeared in two episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001).
This is the third episode of SVU that actor Jim True-Frost has appeared in. He played the role of Mitch Kaplan in this episode, Lawrence Hendricks Jr. in Decline and Fall (2017), and Thomas Banks in Hardwired (2009).
Ellen tells Captain Benson that Bob Flynn, a radio shock jockey, "grabbed her ass during a photo", reminiscent to when Taylor Swift was groped by a radio DJ at an event in 2013. Swift is a personal friend of Mariska Hargitay, and has a cat named Olivia Benson.