Although the character of attorney Sydney Kross is modeled on Leslie Abramson, the news media's fixation on her appearance strongly resembles the coverage Marcia Clark received while prosecuting O.J. Simpson for the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. The attention lavished on Sydney's new haircut, in particular, recalls the excessive amount of media commentary surrounding Clark's change in hair style during that trial in April, 1995, which is dramatized in Marcia, Marcia, Marcia (2016).