Untouched follows a reluctant attorney as he battles personal issues while defending a teenage girl accused of murdering her child. Mitchell Thomas III is curiously impelled to defend the firm's newest client when the "Hostess City of the South" is rocked by the awful crime. Mitch and the girl become friends, and her circumstances bring back emotions that begin to overtake him. While his mother (Eleanor) fights for a speedy resolution in order to protect the girl's father's distinguished image from tabloid shame, Mitch delves further into the Tybee community to discover the girl's pregnancy's secret. The more he learns about his client's past, the more he drinks in order to avoid his own issues. Mitch knows that if he is to save this young woman, he must confront his deepest memories. He battles his mother and an unforgiving city in order to clear the young woman and cure his own crippling scars.