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Criminal

Jul. 24, 2024

Girardi's attorneys attempt to exclude evidence he exaggerated dementia symptoms

Defense counsel for the disbarred attorney say prosecutors' attempts to introduce the expert testimony in Girardi's upcoming wire fraud trial amount to "sandbagging."

Weeks after Tom Girardi was granted approval to use trial testimony from a neurology expert who opined for him at his competency proceedings, his defense counsel on Monday moved to exclude what they called an "inexcusably late" notice and "sandbagging" attempt from the government for proposed rebuttal testimony from a doctor who concluded - at those same proceedings - Girardi was malingering his dementia symptoms.

Despite pushback from government prosecutors th...

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