Mariska Hargitay pens open letter about her own harrowing rape

NEW YORK — Actress Mariska Hargitay has opened up about her harrowing experience being raped in a new essay. The 59-year-old star of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” — a procedural that spotlights sexual assault crimes — spoke about how she came to terms with her own rape. “A man raped me in my thirties. It wasn’t sexual at all. It was dominance and control. Overpowering control. He was a friend. Then he wasn’t. I tried all the ways I knew to get out of it,” the Emmy winner wrote in an open letter published by People. “I was terrified. I didn’t want it to escalate to violence. I now know it...