Perry Mason (1957)

S7E6 The Case of the Reluctant Model

Otto Olney, a brash but affluent art collector, hosts a lavish party to showcase his latest acquisition: a painting by the renowned Gauguin. However, the celebration takes a turn when art expert Colin Durant asserts that the artwork is a forgery. Furious, Olney enlists Perry to file a libel suit against Durant. In response, Durant insists he never made such a claim, and the sole witness, art student Maxine Lindsay, backs him up. Things escalate when Perry finds Austin Durant’s lifeless body, fully dressed, in Maxine's shower. Paul Drake locates Maxine, but the police arrive just in time to arrest her for murder. Guess who she turns to for her defense?