Harvey Weinstein sues famous attorney who dropped his NY criminal case
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The disgraced movie mogul is looking to get a $1 million refund from his former attorney, Jose Baez, for failing to provide any “meaningful” legal services, Fox News has learned.
Jose Baez is a Florida criminal defense attorney who landed in the national spotlight when he defended Casey Anthony against charges that she murdered her daughter. He would then later also win an acquittal for Aaron Hernandez. Weinstein, who was charged with sexual assault in 2018 by New York state prosecutors, had parted ways with power attorney Ben Braffman, the former movie mogul was desperately looking for a new power team. That’s when he entered an agreement with Baez in January 2019. The lawsuit alleges that Baez agreed to be paid on a "work on a fee-for-service with co-counsel Ronald S. Sullivan Jr. through the end of all trial and post-trial basis proceedings" in exchange for $2 million in monthly payments of $200 thousand.More Related News