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Hey there, folks. It is Monday, October 13th.

And last night was the season premiere of the hit show Matlock.

It's back for a second season just days after one of its stars was fired. Welcome everybody to this episode of Amy and

T.J. talking here about a story that's still developing, still confusing, quite frankly,

robs, but one of the lead ensemble actors in this show is out over what appears to be sexual

harassment or sexual assault claims.

Yes, David Del Rio, he's 38 years old.

He plays Billy Martinez on Matlock, a big part of the show, actually.

And part of the show coming from season one into season two was a cliffhanger with one of his love interests and a baby.

And so, yes, he's been a central part of this highly successful series on CBS.

And to hear word late last week that he was fired and escorted off the set the same day his

co-star made allegations of a sexual assault.

She claims happened a few days prior.

So, and you were just speaking on him being central to this cast and central to the plot.

And yeah, sure enough.

I mean, that just happened to be the case, but he did.

That storyline you talk about continued yesterday in the season premiere of this show.

So the word had gotten out, of course, had spread that he had been fired and what it was about.

And then to have this hit show, and it is, folks, a hit over there at CBS.

To have it on the air just days after and him playing a central

role and we're having to focus on the person that who is being accused of only at this point

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