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Just two hours later, in a room at the Federal building, George Kazan, a successful attorney is seated next to Myra. He wears a grey Stacy Adams Sunny vested suit with black alligator cowboy boots. Kazan’s a highly skilled, bigheaded celebrity defense attorney that prosecutors fear. The prosecutors avoided trial with him if possible. George Kazan would use every trick in and out of the book. He once had an ex-wife of the presiding judge to appear as witness for the defense in a big celebrity divorce case. In the courtroom, George’s record versus the feds is an amazing, seventy-six acquittals, -- four convictions, and sixteen mistrials. The four convictions all came with the aid of a surprise last minute eye witness. George has strange ethics, …show more content…
It was mad love,” She reflects on the good times, “-- Anyway -- he had just gotten divorced from his wife Matilda. -- I landed a celebrity judge spot on ‘The Next Big Diva’ -- Garland became my financial consultant -- I earned over fifteen-million over the next three-years. About three years later, Garland, and I was sued over a deal we walked out of. We settled that one. -- We made many bad investments -- one after another -- we found ourselves nearly broke -- found ourselves in the red. You know what they say, mo money, mo problems. In our case it was because we both had a drug dependency. We were snort enough blow to get a small army buzzed.
Rubenstein said with genuineness.
“At least you had a taste of success, Mrs. Jones, not many can say that.”
“Thank you, sir. I keep reminding Garland of that. -- Then one day, I was shopping in Beverly Hills -- Rodeo Drive, I ran into Mary Jo. She looked like she had had just won a billion-dollar lottery. Last time I saw her she was wearing jogging sweats driving a beat-up hatchback with hub caps that didn’t match. Now she’s rolling in a brand-new Rolls Royce Ghost convertible -- diamonds, pearls. Her shoes were Christian Louboutin. She told me that she changed her name to Alexia Sabel, that she was married to Jerry Fabacher the investment expert living in a twenty-million-dollar crib in the Palisades.
“They were living the high life, and you and Garland needed help?” Hyun added.
“Yes, I asked her how was she making so much money, she told me that she and Al -- or should I say

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