Firing your lawyer of seven years a week before your trial seems ridiculous but in John Galliano’s case, it was probably the right thing to do.
John Galliano, who was fired from his own label for raciest reasons, has fired his lawyer Stephane Zerbib because of some funny stuff happening in his bank account.
According to Milloy, a London-based publicist, Stéphane Zerbib was recently dismissed as Galliano’s lawyer following the discovery of apparent irregularities in respect to his firm’s administration of Galliano’s financial affairs over a number of years.
Galliano is scheduled to start pre-trial hearings next week in Paris, where he will be accompanied by his new counsel Aurélien Hamelle of Paris-based Metzner Associés. Judges expect to set a trial date for the designer’s public insult case by May 12.