▁G lare " ▁also ▁featured ▁a ▁guest ▁appearance ▁by ▁actress ▁and ▁model ▁B ai ▁L ing , ▁a ▁student ▁and ▁apparent ▁friend ▁to ▁the ▁Chinese ▁refuge e ▁murder ed ▁in ▁the ▁episode . ▁Although ▁relatively ▁unknown ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁L ing ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁star ▁in ▁such ▁films ▁as ▁Red ▁Cor ner ▁( 1 9 9 7 ) ▁and ▁Anna ▁and ▁the ▁King ▁( 1 9 9 9 ), ▁and ▁was ▁named ▁one ▁of ▁People ▁Magazine ' s ▁" 5 0 ▁Most ▁Beautiful ▁People ▁in ▁the ▁World " ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 . ▁ ▁The ▁" P ony " ▁Johnson ▁murder ▁trial ▁is ▁based ▁on ▁a ▁real - life ▁trial ▁featured ▁in ▁Hom ic ide : ▁A ▁Year ▁on ▁the ▁K illing ▁Stre ets , ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁David ▁Simon ▁non - f iction ▁book ▁about ▁a ▁Baltimore ▁Police ▁Department , ▁which ▁was ▁adapted ▁into ▁the ▁Hom ic ide ▁series . ▁In ▁that ▁real - life ▁trial , ▁a ▁Baltimore ▁detect ive ▁miss pe aks ▁during ▁his ▁testim ony ▁and ▁nearly ▁je op ard izes ▁the ▁outcome ▁of ▁the ▁case . ▁This ▁is ▁mirror ed ▁by ▁the ▁actions ▁of ▁Kay ▁Howard , ▁who ▁accident ally ▁says ▁the ▁victim ▁was ▁dead ▁at ▁least ▁ 2 4 ▁hours ▁when ▁she ▁meant ▁to ▁say ▁ 1 2 ▁hours , ▁leaving ▁an ▁opening ▁for ▁defense ▁att orney ▁Dar in ▁Russ om ▁to ▁question ▁her ▁re collection ▁and ▁expert ise . ▁The ▁defense ▁att orney ▁in ▁the ▁real - life ▁trial ▁lost