Finding Money for Defense – Part 4

A couple of posts ago, I mentioned that Steve’s first attorney, Roland Mathis, within his first six or seven months, had been paid $7,500 by Newbold and Vanderhoop (N&V), our mother’s lawyers, and that money was borrowed against Steve’s eventual inheritance. Within nine months that amount had risen to $27,928. Steve and Robin paid N&V …

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Finding Money for Defense – Part 2

Portions of this post also appear in Aggravated. The first I heard about Steve’s financial situation was when he contacted me during the summer of 2004 and told me, without going into any detail, that he was having a legal problem, and asked about the possibility of borrowing against his inheritance. If you’re wondering why …

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