USC assistant arrested on bribery charge hires El Chapo and John Gotti Jr.'s lawyer
Posted Oct 3, 2017
Tony Bland, the USC assistant coach charged last week in the college basketball corruption and fraud scandal, has retained a veteran New York attorney who defended John Gotti Jr. and represents alleged drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. In his first public comments about the Bland case, Jeffrey Lichtman told The Times the matter has been “heartbreaking” for the coach.
(Los Angeles Times)
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