Leslie Phillips (The Closer)

Leslie Phillips (Jo Anderson) is a villainess from "Good Housekeeping," episode 1.09 of The Closer (airdate August 8, 2005). She is the wife of Hart Phillips and the mother of 17-year-old Austin Phillips.
Leslie is also the employer of the family's housekeeper, Carmen Alvarez, whose daughter, 13-year-old Marta, was the episode's murder victim. After it was uncovered that Marta was raped along with being killed, sex offender Wayne Mathers ended up being suspected, though Brenda Johnson and David Gabriel's visit to the Mathers home saw Wayne commit suicide. The investigation's progression revealed that Marta was killed by none other than Austin Phillips, who also engaged in a sexual relationship with Marta.
Marta had a crush on Austin, and when she expressed her desire to be his girlfriend, Austin accepted and showed her what it would take to be his girlfriend, which included sex. Marta became uncomfortable and threatened to tell Austin's parents, leading to an argument that ended with Austin shoving Marta down a flight of stairs and to her death. Austin found Wayne Mathers' name on a sex offenders site and set him up as the culprit after dumping Marta's body. Both Hart and Leslie had found out what their son had done and planned to cover for him. Hart went into custody and gave a false confession; meanwhile, the villainous Leslie escaped with Austin to Mexico, using her credit card to pay for a hotel for them.
However, Brenda saw Hart looking at his watch multiple times and began to realize that he was covering for someone else. It was there that Brenda learned that Austin was the true culprit, and after discovering that he and Leslie were hiding out in Mexico, she and FBI Agent Fritz Howard (Brenda's lover) went to Mexico and interrogated Austin, while Leslie was outside in the custody of the country's Federales. Desperate to close the case, and after failing to force Austin to return to the States, Brenda promised not to charge his parents and let him stay in Mexico if he gave a true confession. Austin does, and he ends up in a Mexican prison due to the fact that Marta was born in Mexico. As for Leslie, she was shown begging for answers regarding her son's fate while she was in custody. As Brenda's deal suggested, Leslie avoided charges, but her fate beyond that is unknown.
Category:2000s
Category:Callous
Category:Deceiver
Category:Live Action Villainess
Category:Mother
Category:Redhead
Category:Rich
Category:Villain's Lover
Category:Villainous Reveal
Category:Fate: Inconclusive