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Alicia represents a stripper seeking to sue the son of a powerful family for an alleged rape.
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!!This episode provides examples of the following tropes:
* JusticeByOtherLegalMeans: Played straight, then {{inverted}}. Christy Barbosa is attempting a civil suit because the state's attorney's office declined to prosecute [=McKeon=] for raping her. The firm proves that the private crime lab that processed their client's rape kit cross-contaminated it, but this results in the judge calling the case a "he said, she said" and siding with the defense out of an abundance of caution. However, the case led to S.A. Childs deciding to have a second look at the evidence, and [=McKeon=] is arrested walking out of the courtroom because an uncontaminated sample was found.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: {{Lampshaded}} by Will, who directly compares Christy's case to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_lacrosse_case the 2006 Duke University lacrosse rape case]], likewise involving a sex worker who accused wealthy men of raping her during a paid performance.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: {{Defied}}. [=McKeon's=] attorney offers to settle for $450,000 in exchange for Christy signing an NDA. She refuses the hush money, describing it as setting a price tag on rape.
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!!This episode provides examples of the following tropes:
* JusticeByOtherLegalMeans: Played straight, then {{inverted}}. Christy Barbosa is attempting a civil suit because the state's attorney's office declined to prosecute [=McKeon=] for raping her. The firm proves that the private crime lab that processed their client's rape kit cross-contaminated it, but this results in the judge calling the case a "he said, she said" and siding with the defense out of an abundance of caution. However, the case led to S.A. Childs deciding to have a second look at the evidence, and [=McKeon=] is arrested walking out of the courtroom because an uncontaminated sample was found.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: {{Lampshaded}} by Will, who directly compares Christy's case to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_lacrosse_case the 2006 Duke University lacrosse rape case]], likewise involving a sex worker who accused wealthy men of raping her during a paid performance.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: {{Defied}}. [=McKeon's=] attorney offers to settle for $450,000 in exchange for Christy signing an NDA. She refuses the hush money, describing it as setting a price tag on rape.
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