File - This Friday, Sept. 2, 2016 file photo shows attorney Mark Geragos talking to the media during a news conference in downtown Los Angeles. CNN has cut ties with Mark Geragos just hours after the celebrity attorney was named as a co-conspirator in a case accusing lawyer Michael Avenatti of trying to extort Nike. A CNN representative confirmed Monday, March 25, 2019, that Geragos is no longer a contributor to the network but didn't specify why. His name is no longer listed on CNN's website as a legal analyst. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, file)
Reports have it that Mark Geragos the former lawyer of late Pop icon Micheal Jackson, has been hired by arrested Nigerian fraudster Hushpuppi.
Mark Geragos would head Hushpuppi’s legal team in his international fraud case against the Department of Justice of the United States.
The news was confirmed by Nigerian singer and producer Samklef via his Instagram handle saying that Abbas Ramon Igbalode has consulted with Mark Geragos.
Mark Geragos who was the lawyer in charge of Chris Brown and Rihanna’s assault case back in 2009.
LOS ANGELES, CA – MARCH 20: Singer Chris Brown (R) and his lawyer Mark Geragos attend a progress hearing at Los Angeles Superior Court on MARCH 20, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. The judge ended Brown’s probation and closed the assault case involving then-girlfriend Rihanna after six years. Brown was first placed on probation after the 2009 domestic violence case in which he plead guilty to assaulting his then-girlfriend, singer Rihanna. (Photo by Mario Anzuoni-Pool/Getty Images)
It seems Hushpuppi is trying every means to escape jail sentence although he has been charged and extradited to the United States. News also broke in that, Hushpuppi is serious wanted by the Russians for an alleged scam of $65M.
File – This Friday, Sept. 2, 2016 file photo shows attorney Mark Geragos talking to the media during a news conference in downtown Los Angeles. CNN has cut ties with Mark Geragos just hours after the celebrity attorney was named as a co-conspirator in a case accusing lawyer Michael Avenatti of trying to extort Nike. A CNN representative confirmed Monday, March 25, 2019, that Geragos is no longer a contributor to the network but didn’t specify why. His name is no longer listed on CNN’s website as a legal analyst. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, file)
