Three weeks after filing a "recovered memory" lawsuit on behalf of a man who claims he was sexually assaulted by Michael Jackson in 1984, a New Orleans lawyer has asked a federal judge to allow him to withdraw from the case.
In the motion filed Monday in U.S. District Court, Stephen Murray stated that "circumstances have arisen which necessitate" him dropping Joseph Thomas Bartucci, Jr. as a client. Since the specific reasons for his withdrawal "are highly sensitive in nature," Murray requested permission to file a separate sealed motion describing those reasons.
That sealing request was approved yesterday by Judge Eldon Fallon.
Source: The Smoking Gun
In the motion filed Monday in U.S. District Court, Stephen Murray stated that "circumstances have arisen which necessitate" him dropping Joseph Thomas Bartucci, Jr. as a client. Since the specific reasons for his withdrawal "are highly sensitive in nature," Murray requested permission to file a separate sealed motion describing those reasons.
That sealing request was approved yesterday by Judge Eldon Fallon.
Source: The Smoking Gun