‘Law & Order’ star Mariska Hargitay responds to girl, 11, who fended off kidnapper using tip from ‘SVU’

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"Law & Order" star Mariska Hargitay is applauding an 11-year-old girl who as a fan of the popular crime series managed to fend off an attempted kidnapping in Florida on Tuesday.

Identified only by her first name, Alyssa resisted the suspect who sprang from a white vehicle and tried to abduct her at knifepoint while she sat playing with "blue slime" at a grassy median that doubled as a bus stop.

The 30-year-old suspect attempted to tackle and grab Alyssa before she broke free from her would-be captor, smearing the blue slime on him in the process.

Alyssa told the "Today" show on Thursday that she had the quick presence of mind to smear the substance on the perpetrator thanks to regularly watching Hargitay’s character, Olivia Benson, on "Law.