April Troost

April Troost is a villainess appearing in the Law & Order franchise.

She is played by Estella Warren.

In the SVU episode "Design," April, heavily pregnant, is talked down from a ledge by Detective Olivia Benson. While being questioned by Benson, she tells her that she was raped by Barclay Pallister, a rich businessman. Pallister denies he's the father of April's child, but a DNA test proves otherwise; regardless, he denies raping April.

The case goes to trial, but April is apparently killed in a car crash and Pallister is suspected to be the culprit. Benson and her partner Elliot Stabler later learn that April was keeping photos of wealthy men, including Pallister, and that she was searching for the ideal man to father her child. It turns out she drugged many men so she could obtain their sperm, and she impregnated herself with Pallister's genetic material.

The detectives also find out that April used to work at the McManus Clinic, a fertility clinic run by Dr. McManus. They take McManus in for questioning and learn he was giving April money. The detectives initially suspect McManus is sleeping with April, only for McManus to reveal that April is his daughter and that she's alive and well.

Benson confronts April in her apartment and demands to know the location of her baby, which April claims was still-born. April is arrested and evaluated by Dr. George Huang, to whom she openly admits her sociopathic and manipulative tendencies.

It later turns out that April and her mother Lorraine was working a con together. Fortunately, the detectives manage to get April's daughter, Sarah, away from Lorraine and placed in Pallister's custody.