Kimberly Novak (The Defenders)

Kimberly Novak (Rebecca Rose Phillips) is a villainess from the pilot episode of The Defenders (airdate September 22, 2010). She was a friend of John Thompson and, prior to the episode's events, attended a party with him and their friends (Edward Ford, Robert Church, and Mike Wiez) at Edward's house after a football game.
The party became loud enough to where Edward's neighbors (brothers Dan and Scott Shepard) reported them to the police on a noise complaint, resulting in Edward retaliating by slashing Dan's tires. In the morning, after the group went out to breakfast, Dan and Scott confronted the group for Edward's actions, leading to a fight that escalated into Scott being viciously beaten by the four boys. All the while, the evil Kimberly stood on the sidelines and cheered for her friends to kill Scott.
In defense of his brother, Dan retrieved a gun and fired it at John as he charged at him, accidentally shooting and killing him. The episode's events had Dan facing trial for John's death, as his brother's assailants had claimed he attacked them and killed John unprovoked. After denying a deal his lawyers Nick Morelli and Pete Kaczmarek had gotten him, Dan's case went to trial, with Kimberly testifying and falsely claiming that Dan had shot John in the back as he was on his knees begging for his life, all while putting on a show of tears. Kimberly's claims were revealed as false, however, when Pete questioned Ana Mendez on the stand, as she was the live-in housekeeper for Dan and Scott's neighbor Eunice Brown and had witnessed the assault on Scott and Kimberly's complicity in the attack. Dan was ultimately acquitted of all charges, though the fates of Kimberly and her friends were left unknown.
==Trivia==
*For her role as Kimberly Novak, Rebecca Rose Phillips was simply credited as Rebecca Phillips.
*Kimberly Novak is The Defenders' first villainess.
Category:2010s
Category:Callous
Category:Conspirator
Category:Deceiver
Category:Live Action Villainess
Category:Redhead
Category:Sadist
Category:Villainous Reveal
Category:Fate: Inconclusive