The Matlock season 2 fall finale wrote off David Del Rio‘s character, Billy, as CBS reopened their investigation into claims he allegedly sexually assaulted costar Leah Lewis.

During the Thursday, December 11, episode of the hit CBS series, Billy wasn’t seen on screen after taking the day off. Sarah (Lewis) was left to fly solo at Jacobson Moore even though she tried to contact Billy for support.

Sarah ultimately came clean to Olympia (Skye P. Marshall) about secretly spying on Julian (Jason Ritter) for Senior (Beau Bridges), which got her moved to another team. She finally got in touch with Billy, who told her his girlfriend had a miscarriage.

The reveal comes after Billy had a largely limited role in recent episodes. He was expected to be written off after news broke that Del Rio was

See Full Page