Plot summary
When Jonas "Trip" Slaughter III ( Alex Draper ) son of a powerful radio magnate, Jonas Slaughter ( Malcolm McDowell ), is found murdered during what appears to be a kinky sexual encounter, detectives Goren and Eames believe the crime is connected to a power struggle over the family trust. As they investigate, possible suspects include Slaughter's Chinese-born wife, Anna Slaughter ( Cindy Cheung ), her former husband Professor Larry Lewis ( Mark Blum ), Oscar Landau ( Michael Berresse ) a globetrotting private investigator and Jonas Slaughter senior himself. Finally, they have enough evidence to arraign Slaughter for arranging the murder of Trip because of his son's animosity towards his marriage to Anna and their mixed race daughter, and more importantly, ruin the family's reputation.
As Slaughter leaves the courtroom on bail, his other loyal son, Chance ( Matthew Morrison ) draws a gun to shoot Anna but is shot first by Eames. With his dying breath, Chance confesses to the murder so his father cannot be convicted for Trip's death.
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