David Del Rio
Legal professionals Up with Shawn Holley After CBS ‘Matlock’ Firing
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David Del Rio has introduced in one in every of Hollywood’s strongest attorneys — Shawn Holley — within the wake of his sudden firing from CBS’ “Matlock” after his costar Leah Lewis accused him of sexual assault … TMZ has discovered.
Sources with direct information inform TMZ … Del Rio retained Holley — whose consumer listing consists of the likes of Kim Kardashian, Justin Bieber, and Lindsay Lohan — this week as he navigates the fallout from the allegation that bought him booted from the hit CBS present final month.
TMZ broke the story … Leah filed an allegation with CBS towards David on Oct. 2 for an alleged intercourse assault she claims occurred Sept. 26. We had been informed on the day of the report, he was faraway from the lot … and after an investigation, he was fired. CBS Studios confirmed his character, a lead within the sequence, can be written off.
The LAPD informed us on the time there was no file of an assault report matching the date or location of Lewis’ allegation.
Shortly after information broke, Leah posted a message to followers alongside a photograph hugging her mother, writing … “Mom is here, we’re moving forward in love and strength. I’m in good hands. Thank you to everybody for any kind of support and care. Truly, we’re moving forward in strength. Key word, strength.”
David’s spouse, Katherine Del Rio, additionally sounded off … blasting Leah as “the most disturbing human being I have ever met.”
We reached out to Holley and Deo Rio for remark … to date, no phrase again.
CBS declined remark.
