Claudia Draper je prostitutka srednjih let, ki jo obtožijo umora ene od svojih strank, čeprav trdi, da ga je ubila v samoobrambi. Dobro se zaveda, da jo bodo hoteli vtakniti v umobolnico. Zato se začne boriti za to, da bi ji sodili na sodišču. Njena starša najameta dragega odvetnika, a ga Claudia napade. Njeno obrambo potem prevzame javni branilec Aaron Levinsky. Tudi njemu izkazuje sovražna čustva, naposled pa le sprevidi, da je na njeni strani.
A high-class call girl kills a customer in self-defense. To avoid scandal, her parents try to have her declared mentally incompetent. Not helping matters is that she is very distrustful of everybody, including her court-appointed attorney, and is very disruptive during her court hearings.