In his new book “Presumed Guilty,” Scott Turow revisits one of his most famous characters: 35 years after the events of “Presumed Innocent,” Rusty Sabich is on the other side of the courtroom as he defends his fiancé Bea’s son Aaron on murder charges.
While there was speculation that the new novel might also serve as the second season for the Apple TV+ series “Presumed Innocent,” Turow told TheWrap that neither of his sequels about Rusty Sabich — including the 2010 novel “Innocent” — would have worked as a follow-up to the David E. Kelley and JJ Abrams-produced series.
“‘Innocent’ is set 20 years later, so it would be hard to do it as a follow on to the prior series,” he said.