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Tommy Onerato is the main antagonist of the Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode “Death Roe”. He is a celebrity chef who murders a food critic who gave him a bad review and frames his son-in-law for the crime, and who has also been sexually abusing his daughter since she was 12.
He was portrayed by the late Chris Penn, who also portrayed Eddie Cabot in Reservoir Dogs, Clive Cobb in Rush Hour, Floyd in Beethoven's 2nd, and Eddie Pulaski in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Biography[]
For years, ever since she was twelve and her mother died, Tommy has been sexually and emotionally abusing his daughter Beatrice. He would stop her from connecting with her husband with long work hours and putting soy into her food to make her unable to have children. Tommy gets angry at a female food critic and has his son-in-law unknowingly poison the critic with tainted meat, allowing Tommy to beat and kick her to death, with the critic dying from blood loss on an overpass for six hours.
To fully separate them, he frames his daughter's husband for the murder and kills him before severely mutilating his dead body after throwing it into a meat grinder. After a while, Detectives Robert Goren and Alexandra Eames of the NYPD's Major Case Squad find out that Tommy had the motive and opportunity to kill his son-in-law. At the restaurant, Goren and Eames manage to convince Beatrice that Tommy killed her husband after framing him for murder. Tommy tries to deny it by continuing to manipulate her, but she finally realizes that the detectives are telling the truth. In the end, Tommy is charged for the two murders and sexual abuse, subsequently being imprisoned for life.
External Links[]
- Tommy Onerato on the Law & Order Wiki
