Legal drama based on true-to-life situation

Sound familiar? creators and executive producers, Robert and Michelle King, confirm that last summer’s

scandal – in which contestants Corinne Olympios and DeMario Jackson were involved in a similar situation – inspired the episode.

The Kings frequently rip real life stories from the headlines for their legal dramas, and this one seemed especially timely in the #MeToo and #Time’sUp era.

“What interested us is the swirling debate around consent, both in colleges and also in a lot of areas of the world,” Robert said. “It was the idea of these kind of grey areas where it’s unclear where the line lies… especially if the woman didn’t remember what happened.”

Plus, in the unusual case of a reality TV series, Michelle said, there’s video footage – not to mention producers. “It’s a completely artificial situation, unlike life. There are other hands manipulating it, which makes it interesting when trying to figure out who’s to blame.”

The husband-wife producing team makes it clear that this episode is simply inspired by the ABC’s

and it takes a lot of liberties. In this version, the show is called

While Olympios did not take legal action after Warner Bros concluded that no misconduct took place on and her own team FIGHT: Diane Lockhart (Christine Ba Lindo) and Jay Dipersia (Nyambi Nyam