When super model Chris McCormick (Margaux Hemingway) is brutally raped and sodomized by her sister Kathys (Mariel Hemingway) music teacher Gordon Stuart (Chris Sarandon), she presses charges against him. He is found innocent by a jury much to the chagrin of District Attorney Carla Bondi (Anne Bancroft). When Stuart rapes Kathy, Chris must avenge both horrible acts.