Law & Order SVU is known for ripping stories from the headlines for show ideas. A mash-up of Trayvon Martin’s story and Paula Deen’s will be coming to the small screens soon.
Confirmed guest stars are Cybil Shepard, Jeffrey Tambor, and Sonja Sohn. Shepard will play the Paula Deen type character who shoots a teen ala George Zimmerman. Tambor will play her lawyer.
Source: Soletron
The episode will have several guest stars including Cybill Shepherd, Jeffrey Tambor and Sonja Sohn. Shepherd will be playing a character that shares traits with Deen as well as Martin’s shooter, George Zimmerman, according to executive producer Warren Leight, and Tambor will play her lawyer. Leight told Entertainment Weekly, – See more at: http://soletron.com/law-order-svu-planning-a-trayvon-martinpaula-deen-episode/#sthash.GKBM2c1n.dpuf
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