The bold headlined article, published on Monday, June 4, 2018, entitled “Suit Against Weinstein Claims Brafman Firm Deceived Client,” was astoundingly inappropriate.

The federal complaint in question, drafted by attorneys for alleged victims of Harvey Weinstein, demonstrates how people with law degrees and access to the federal courts are able to insulate themselves from what, in any other forum, would be rank libel. The suit alleges that a “partner” of Ben Brafman misled some of the alleged victims by indicating that he was desirous of representing them in an effort to receive their  information for proposed actions against Weinstein, while at the same time—it is claimed—Brafman was in the throes of an egregious conflict of interest because he was already representing Weinstein. The attorney in question, however, was never a “partner.” Rather, he was an associate who had already left the firm at the time of his claimed misrepresentations to the alleged Weinstein victims.

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