Ms. new counsel for Anna Gristina held out the possibility of a plea on Thursday agreement as his family scrambled to reach $200,000 in the spring of prison, she accused.
"Always consider you a plea in all cases... of murder for spitting on the sidewalk," defence lawyer criminal upstate, said Gary Greenwald.
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Greenwald has taken over the case of the Gristina, replacing the Court has appointed Defender Richard Siracusa and small civil lawyer Peter Gleason.
It also scuttled a bizarre plan by Gleason to leave Gristina bunk with him at the loft in Tribeca $ 2.5 million, which it intends to implement as a guarantee to the guarantor.
Gristina is held at Rikers, in lieu of the $ 2 million bond. She need to reach 10% of that money to get out, said Greenwald.
He said that he expected to be able to bail next week, perhaps after the sister of imprisoned women takes a loan against his home.
Prosecutors said that the mother of Monroe, New York, four ran a $ 10 million call-girl ring that catered to the rich and powerful of a brothel of the upper East Side men.
They suggested to the Court that it has "several very specific," which could reach $ 200,000, but quickly added that these Associates would not likely be approved.
Greenwald asks for bail reduced, denying that Gristina is a flight risk and alleging that prosecutors offered her freedom if she "gave them some information."
He said that investigators wanted Gristina to tell them if "Mr A, Mr. B, Mr. c used my services."
Justice of Supreme Court of Manhattan Juan Merchan said that he was not going to question prosecutors and shot at the request of Greenwald.
Greenwald is a colorful character who has been mayor of upstate Wurtsboro and writes a political column for a local newspaper.
He spent almost as much time speaking to the media the overthrow of the Knicks coach Mike of Antoni as it did on the cases of Gristina.
However, unlike Gleason, which never handled a felony, Greenwald has Court criminal chops; He represented once mobster Vincent (Chin) Gigante.
It is unclear what role Gleason, who was in the case by private eye pal Vincent Parco, will play in the case of high-profile now.
Its replacement has defended its offer to become roommates with his client.
"Motivation of Mr. Gleason was absolutely phenomenal, highest level," said Greenwald.
Prosecutors took a dimmer view.
In court documents, they described the relationship between Gleason and Gristina as "disorder" and fun of some of his public comments.
"Mr. Gleason said that he did not care if the defendant was guilty or innocent, a sense one might expect of a close friend, but less of the defence counsel," they wrote in a memorandum.
Gleason and Greenwald have at least one thing in common.
"I like the media", the new lawyer said before driving away from the courthouse with co-counsel Elise Rucker.
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