Matlock

Character: Michael
Created by: Dean Hargrove
Directed by: Frank Thackery
Written by: Dean Hargrove, Brain Alan Lane
Release date: March 3, 1986
Episodes: 9x02
Original airdate: October 20, 1994
Episode title: The Scandal
Genre: Crime | Drama | Mystery
Running time: 60 min

Lisa Swift works as a paralegal for attorney Bruce Parmelee. They go out to dinner with a wealthy Japanese client. Lisa is surprised when Bruce starts fondling her knee under the table. Later, he asks her to drive the client back to his hotel. The client said that Bruce promised she'd sleep with him. Lisa turned him down. She confronted Bruce the next morning. He tells her to come to his house at 9pm that evening to discuss it. Lisa goes to his house, but finds Bruce dead. Someone stabbed him in the chest with a letter opener. Bruce's wife returns, and finds Lisa, who gets arrested. Lisa asks Ben to defend her. Ben, who had been a friend of Bruce's, has a hard time believing that his friend could sexually harass someone.

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