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Back in October, David Del Rio was let go from Matlock after an investigation that he allegedly sexually assaulted his co-star, Leah Lewis, on the set.
Since then, we wanted to know how his character will be written out of the legal drama. Today, we found out.
Deadline spoke with the show’s creator, Jennie Snyder Urman, who revealed that his episode had already aired.
“I’m not going to discuss details, but what I can talk about is in terms of the show,” Snyder Urman told the site. “The last episode you see him is in 7, and then you find out how Billy’s story ends, which is in a very organic way that has to do with our whole office and how things are being shaped in this merger.”
Yesterday, TMZ reported that CBS reopened the complaint and interviewed the actor and a few others about the incident. Del Rio is said to have denied the allegations.
Matlock’s midseason finale airs at 9p tonight.
