"Law & Order: SVU" fans got a healthy dose of "ripped from the headlines" last week when the long-running crime series featured a pseudo Rihanna-Chris Brown storyline, one that ended far worse than the pair's real-life saga.
The practice of taking real events and turning them into themes for the show isn't new (take the episode inspired by Dominique Strauss-Kahn for instance, or the one inspired by Jerry Sandusky), but it makes for such good television that we wish they'd do it more often
For inspiration, here are some celebrity scandals that could easily translate to the small screen: