Stupid. First of all, Tommy's character was so constantly smart-mouthed that he was just annoying. Second, if the lawyer attempted to rape Kay, causing her to jump out of a car, and then she killed him because he was about to kill Tommy, I'm sure she wouldn't have gotten much of a prison sentence, if any. There was no reason for Tommy to take the fall—not in the real world, anyway. The movie was played for melodrama, but at the cost of making sense.