Not long after sentencing, the lawyers on both sides of the Lawrence Taylor case were back at it, but surprisingly, the former New York Giants linebacker didn't have much to do with it.
Taylor was sentenced to six years probation after pleading guilty to sexual misconduct and patronizing an underaged prostitute, but it was the two lawyers that stole the show following sentencing on Tuesday.
The problems started after star attorney Gloria Allred revealed her client, Christina Fierro, to the press following the sentencing. Fierro then proceeded to deliver a teary-eyed response to the verdict. It was the first time she had been revealed to the media, as both sides had done their best to keep her name a secret.
This move enraged Taylor's attorney, Arthur Aidala, who was appalled that Allred would reveal the girl to the public after so many precautions had been made to make the sure the minor's reputation would not be harmed. News outlets had withheld from using Fierro's name until she appeared before reporters on Tuesday, something that clearly infuriated Aidala.
"It's interesting that Gloria, with all of her good works that she's done in the past — she keeps using the word, 'She's a victim, she's a victim' — but ladies and gentlemen, this young woman is being victimized once again," he said to the press in a video captured by TMZ.com "It's just so sad that someone the caliber of Gloria would stoop so low to possibly ruin the life of this young woman.
"It saddens me as a lawyer that a fellow attorney that was sworn to do good and to do the right thing, just did what happened here. It's actually a disgrace."
Not surprisingly, Allred took heat from others as well.
"When that media hound in a Chanel suit brought the underage accuser/victim out for a press conference in front of the courthouse, the DA should have slapped the cuffs on her," wrote Linda Stasi of the New York Post. "She was the one who damaged that girl by exposing her to the media, even though her identity had been scrupulously guarded by the courts and the media ever since the incident last May."
