Every time I watched Lindsay Lohan in court with her former lawyer Shawn Holley, I also felt the utmost pity for Holley. Not only did she have to put up with Lohan’s shenanigans, but she wasn’t even getting paid (or so the rumor goes about Lohan owing her a ton in legal fees). Well, karma is a bitch and Lilo has ended up with that little troll of a lawyer, the goofy Mark Heller. So there’s that.
We came upon some juicy, fun gossip here. So how would you like to hear Hollywood lawyers dishing on their nasty celebrity clients? Fun right? Well Radar was able to get some of Tinsletown’s celebrity attorneys to talk about what kind of nightmares some of their clients can be. Lawyers like Thomas Mesereau, Shawn Holley, and Blair Berk, who have been known to represent stars such as Michael Jackson, O.J. Simpson, Lindsay Lohan, and Halle Berry.
So let’s get right into it.
While attending an event called Celebrity Behind Bars: When Celebrity Clients Are Charged With Crimes, which was hosted by the Beverly Hills Bar Association earlier this week, Mesereau revealed, “You’re basically dealing with a spoiled brat.”
“You’re dealing with someone who is very narcissistic, egotistical and used to going through people, and it creates a real challenge.”
Radar points out that Mesereau, who once successfully defended Michael Jackson during his 2005 child molestation trial, says (like we didn’t already know) that celebrities are typically surrounded by ‘yes’ men and women.
Says Mesereau, “Usually these celebrities are surrounded by enablers– people who are intent and skilled at preserving their position, whatever it is.”
Shawn Holley, who we’re used to hearing has worked with Lohan, has also worked with O.J. Simpson (she was part of his original defense team in Nicole Brown Simpson’s murder trial). Holley says that she usually has no issues with cameras in the courtrooms, but with Lohan, there was one problem she had (other than Lohan, heh).
Holley said this regarding one of Lindsay’s 2010 courtroom appearances, “What happened was [Lindsay] had ‘f**k you’ [written] on her nail.”
“I sat next to her all day. I didn’t see it, the judge didn’t see, the prosecutor didn’t see it. It was really impossible to see it.”
What did see it was the video camera. I totally remember that! But Holley says it was the cameraman’s fault and said for doing so, he was “extremely irresponsible.”
Blair Berk, who worked with Ozzy Osbourne when Ozzy was accused of basically driving a teen to suicide because of his lyrics back in the 80s, and also Halle Berry, who was accused of a hit and run in 2000, says there’s one thing she won’t do, no matter how famous and powerful her client is.
“I don’t do entourage,” she said adding, “This is a very scary time. I don’t care how famous you are or how minor the criminal defense.”
“It’s a very scary situation when your liberty is at stake…”
Okay, yeah sure I get what Berk is saying, but really Holley? I’m surprised with all that she’s gone through with Lohan and what a pain in the ass she was as a client, she’s still making excuses for her. Amazing.
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