In a posh English study, detective Danny D interrogates Ella Hughes, glammed up with glittery drop earrings and a line of silver beads between each eyebrow and smoky eye. When D says, "I'm going to need to know exactly what happened on the night of chancellor Crispin Nye's murder," she flashes a sly smile and asks, "How much detail do you want, exactly?"

Cut to earlier that evening, where Hughes' solo session with a glass dildo is interrupted by Xander Corvus telling her that her guests are arriving—and yes, he would like to join her there on the bed but he must attend to the guests—and Hughes welcoming party guest chancellor Nye (Papi Kocic), who grumpily observes, "I wouldn't expect the crowd you keep to be so ... sleazy," to which she responds with, "Cheer up, Crispin. You used to be so fun. If the Prime Minister can let loose and have fun, so can you. There's no media, no civilians ... just trusted friends."

One of the "trusted friends" is Queen Vivia Elle (Valentina Nappi), who was displeased at Nye's TV commentary suggesting her monarchy be abolished and coolly recommends that he give up his chancellorship and focus on TV punditry full time—to which he suggests she do the same. The conversation ends as Nappi tells her bodyguard to keep an eye on Nye.

When Hughes debuts her latest sex toy creation—unseen, but it emits an orange light when the case holding it is opened—she takes the opportunity to spirit Corvus away to follow up on the invitation she extended earlier, giving her an alibi that she was engaged with Corvus when Nye was killed.

When it's Prime Minister Catherine Knight's turn in the interrogation hot seat, she haughtily informs D that she "wouldn't be caught dead" at that kind of party, but Hughes made her "an offer I couldn’t refuse": a three-way with Marina Maya and Juan Lucho, who will be leaving the country tonight, Hughes says, and they're right over there getting started. Lucho and Maya demonstrate Hughes' new appliances, which seem to include a remote-controlled vibe and a high powered wand, and when Maya invites Knight to join them for round two, in private, she takes them up on the invitation. Maya and Knight's cum swap at the end of the scene is ended with a piercing scream as another party guest discovers Nye's body. When Knight observes that the Queen was missing when Nye's body was discovered, he calls her in for interrogation.

After a who's-in-charge-here tug-of-war, the Queen tells D that she should be considered a witness to the murder, not a suspect. She left the sex toy demonstration to look for her escort (Corvus), finding Honour May and Sam Bourne in flagrante on a billiard table and observing Hughes dissuading Nye from leaving the party before hooking up with Corvus and catching a glimpse of Nye getting attacked in the hall outside—but Corvus ignores her concern, saying, "The chancellor has an abduction fetish," and continuing with the Queen, who uses her dalliance as an alibi that she didn’t kill Nye either. When D dismisses her and says, "We have everything we need," it's all over but for the revelations, and there are a few surprises in store.

At the 2025 AVN Awards, Scandalous received eight nominations: Best International Production; Kelly Kay & Jon Drexler for Best Screenplay – Feature/Extended Work; Eric Shaun for the color-saturated cinematography; Best International Anal Sex Scene for the Ella Hughes/Xander Corvus set-to; Best Art Direction; Best Hair & Makeup; and Danny D for Best Leading Actor and Outstanding Directing – Individual Work.