Avvo’s Lawyers in the News.
1. “There’s an expression that somebody broke every bone in his body,” said attorney Mark Manus. “Well, this is pretty close.” He was referring to a fall his client took on the set of “The Little Mermaid”. Adrian Bailey fell ‘under the sea’ through the bottom of the stage (through a trap door built in the set’s sailboat) 30-40 feet which is how he broke his back and several ribs, shattered his pelvis, fractured his sternum and foot, and broke both his wrists. It looks like Disney is trying to make him look like he is less injured. They are saying that he only suffered two broken wrists after falling only 20 feet. Bailey has filed a petition in Manhattan Supreme Court to preserve the boat scenery to make it available during his lawsuit.
2. Boy band mogul Lou Pearlman was sentenced this week to 25 years in prison for fraud. He is best known for making the Backstreet Boys and ‘NSYNC famous, which we are all so very grateful for. Pearlman allegedly stole more that $300 million dollars from investors and major U.S. banks. Judge G. Kengdall Sharp gave Pearlman the “chance to cut his prison time by offering a one-month reprieve for every $1 million in cash he helps a bankruptcy trustee recover for his victims.” This means, in theory, he could take care of his entire 300 months sentence by repaying off the $300 million debt. Look at that… he could kiss his prison time bye bye bye…
3. In Chattooga County, Georgia, Judge Carlton Vines presides over traffic violations and DUI’s. The local paper, The Summerville News, is investigating the rise in the number of DUI arrests. Ironically, Judge Vines has become a statistic in this research, as he was arrested last November for driving drunk and leaving the scene of an accident after swerving into another car. Apparently “he was trashed, slurring, and stumbling… though still cogent enough to refuse the breathalyzer.”