Beverly Tyson is the wife of Barry Freeburg, who was having an affair with mobster and high school sweetheart Frank Chess. Freeburg found out and lied to Tyson about Chess' identity being revealed by T.K. Richmond, an extortionist and tabloid reporter stalking Freeburg's film company, knowing Chess would react. Chess killed Richmond with a car bomb after Freeburg raped Richmond's sister Jeannie.
When Chess was found and arrested, he revealed he eavesdropped on Freeburg and Tyson. She was absolved since she was used as an unknowing pawn, and Freeburg was arrested after trying to bribe Detective Logan. (CI: "Contract")