David Del Rio made an sudden return to Instagram following his firing from Matlock amid sexual assault allegations.
Del Rio, 38, was featured together with his spouse, Katherine Del Rio, and their two daughters — Lilliam Kellie Wallace, 2, and Coco, 11 months — in a late Thanksgiving tribute to the couple’s family and friends by way of Instagram on Saturday, December 6.
Together with a collage of festive photographs and movies, Katherine, 34, wrote, “Belated Thanksgiving enjoyable! Deeply grateful for my household — who at all times present up for the ladies and I.”
Us Weekly confirmed in October that Matlock would write out Del Rio’s character Billy Martinez for the remaining season 2 episodes. Deadline broke the information that the actor was “fired and escorted off the lot” on the identical day as an alleged incident with costar Leah Lewis was reported to CBS in late September.
David Del Rio in a belated Thanksgiving 2025 photograph Courtesy Instagram/ Katherine Del Rio
Katherine defended her husband within the wake of the controversy by sharing a photograph of Lewis, 28, by way of her Instagram Story, together with a caption throughout Lewis’s face which learn: “That is essentially the most disturbing human being I’ve ever met.”
David’s spouse later deleted the photograph. Lewis was following Katherine on Instagram hours earlier than her former costar’s spouse took purpose at her, however has since unfollowed Katherine.
Pals of the couple confirmed to Us in October that Katherine had chosen to “stand by” the embattled actor within the wake of his Matlock firing.
Season 2 of Matlock was off to a powerful begin earlier than an investigation into David Del Rio‘s alleged sexual assault of costar Leah Lewis led to an offscreen firing. CBS launched a gender-swapped — and really plot totally different — model of the unique Matlock sequence with Kathy Bates on the helm. Matlock adopted a fictional […]
“They’re a household and staying collectively,” an insider advised Us.
David has not but addressed his departure from Matlock. Us reached out to his representatives when information broke.
In the meantime, Lewis broke her silence on the state of affairs on October 9 by revealing that her mom had come for a go to.
“Mother is right here, we’re shifting ahead in love and energy. I’m in good palms,” she wrote alongside a photograph of her hugging her mother. “Thanks to everyone for any sort of help and care. Really, we’re shifting ahead in energy.”
Matlock went on a pre-planned hiatus following the investigation into David’s alleged conduct, because the forged had accomplished the whole thing of filming on the primary half of season 2. David’s character — Jacobson Moore junior lawyer Billy — is predicted to be written out within the again half of the season.
Lewis confirmed on Monday, December 1, that she had returned to filming Matlock for the primary time because the hiatus. (Lewis has performed Billy’s Jacobson Moore colleague Sarah Franklin on each seasons of the CBS authorized drama.)
“And we again up and operating,” the actress wrote alongside a photograph of herself on set.
Her costar Beau Bridges had beforehand confirmed throughout an interview with Entry Hollywood’s Mario Lopez that the forged of Matlock can be again at work earlier than Christmas.
“I don’t need to quit an excessive amount of. We’ve already performed half of the second season, and we’re getting again at it in a couple of week to do the second half,” Bridges, 83, revealed earlier this month. “However I’ll simply say that [my character] Senior at all times has just a few tips up his sleeve, which I’m joyful that’s true.”
Matlock — a gender-swapped authorized drama, starring Kathy Bates, which is impressed by Andy Griffith’s basic present of the identical title — airs its midseason finale on CBS Thursday, December 11, at 9 p.m. ET. The second half of the season is predicted to premiere in February 2026.
