By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon
BBC - Guardian UK - Honduras - ESPN
SDNY COURTHOUSE, Sept 14 – In a Paycheck Protection Program fraud prosecution of Apocalypse Bella, Mackenzy Toussaint and others, a defense lawyer is being summoned to New York, seemingly to be fired by the judge.
On September 8 U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Paul A. Engelmayer held a proceeding. Inner City Press covered it.
Toussaint's lawyer Bret Martin, who said his Texas office is 15 minutes from where Toussaint lives, had missed the prior proceeding.
He cited a medical procedure for his daughter, but was asked why he had not contacted the court, or arranged to get the transcript of the proceeding that he missed.
Eventually he was ordered to come to New York with his client on September 15, in person, and to be prepared to discusses his retainer agreement.
Now docketed on September 14 is Martin's mea culpa declaration, including "I clearly provided my Client a disservice at the beginning of this case... We both intend to appear in front of the Honorable Judge Engelmayer to speak more directly regarding the lack of attention and prioritization of these matter and attempting to get this case back on the right track." Watch this site.
The case is US v. Bella, et al., 21-cr-247 (Engelmayer)
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