FILE — In this Jan. 25, 2019, file photo, Harvey Weinstein, left, enters court with attorneys Ron Sullivan, center, and Jose Baez, in New York. Weinstein is suing his one-time lawyer, Baez, for breach of contract and is seeking a refund on $1 million in legal fees he says he paid the high-profile attorney for a short stint on his legal team.
FILE – In this Jan. 25, 2019, file photo, attorney Jose Baez arrives at New York Supreme Court in New York. Harvey Weinstein is suing his one-time lawyer, Baez, for breach of contract and is seeking a refund on $1 million in legal fees he says he paid the high-profile attorney for a short stint on his legal team.
NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein wants his money back.
The convicted rapist is suing his one-time lawyer Jose Baez for breach of contract and is seeking a refund on $1 million in legal fees he says he paid the high-profile attorney for a short stint on his legal team.
Weinstein alleges Baez was regularly preoccupied with other matters, pawned off important work on other lawyers, was often unavailable to speak with him about his New York City rape case and later provided fraudulent billing records.
Baez, a Florida-based lawyer best known for representing Casey Anthony, joined Weinstein’s defense in January 2019 and left six months later, saying the former movie mogul had tarnished their relationship by communicating only through other lawyers and by failing to abide by a fee agreement.
Weinstein, in the lawsuit filed Tuesday, claims he agreed to pay Baez and another lawyer $2 million in $200,000 monthly payments for their defense work on the landmark #MeToo case but that Baez violated New York law by stating in his agreement that his retainer was non-refundable and non-negotiable.
Messages seeking comment were left for Baez.
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