How do you find a lawyer that had no offical income in past year and bunch of shady financial grifts and trust him he is your best bet option? And didn't the Lin Wood say he is doint it pro bono ?Why then 400k$ spent
Pierce, who prosecutors say had no income last year, monthly expenses of $49,581, and debt of $1.2 million, was sued in July over allegations that he failed to pay rent on a $1.3 million home in Ventura County, California.
In a motion filed Thursday morning, Kenosha County Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger cited public records and news reports as he alleged that
Pierce has “significant personal financial difficulties” and argued that he should not be allowed to represent Rittenhouse because “money that should be held in trust for the defendant may instead be used to repay attorney Pierce’s numerous creditors.”
The prosecution’s motion raised questions about the #FightBack Foundation, a group that served as the online fundraising arm for Rittenhouse’s defense. The foundation, which is now focused on challenging the presidential election results,
took credit for raising the $2 million needed to free the teen on bail last month.
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rosecutors described it as “an unregulated and unreported slush fund” with close ties to Pierce. He helped start the foundation a few weeks before the Kenosha shootings, but he has told the Tribune he stepped away from its board to avoid any conflicts related to his involvement in the Rittenhouse case. -
Chicago Tribune
Pierce's partner in the #FightBack foundation is Rittenhouse attorney Lin Wood of Georgia - who tweeted last week that the foundation had "successfully raised $2M cash bail for Kyle Rittenhouse & funded over $300K for his attorney’s fees & expenses. The foundation used approx. $400K of its general funds for Kyle."
The lawyer for Kyle Rittenhouse has already suffered two very public defeats tied to his mess of a financial situation. The Harvard Law School educated John M. Pierce
stepped down from the Board of the #FightBack Foundation months ago, which was raising funds in part for the Kenosha shooter. Now, Pierce has
stepped away from the Rittenhouse criminal defense just hours after the Wisconsin prosecutor said Pierce’s involvement with donations provided “
ample opportunity for self-dealing and fraud.” Then, the next morning, today, Pierce was on TV with Wendy Rittenhouse soliciting money yet again, stating “
we need millions of dollars more for [Kyle’s] legal defense.” .
in August 2019, a
Forbes reported Pierce had been accused of financial
self-dealing.
In addition, Pierce and his firm, Pierce Bainbridge Beck Price & Hecht LLP (“Pierce Bainbridge”), also
repeatedly pledged the same collateral in exchange for millions in cash. Repayment obligations were not fulfilled, and at least four cash advance lenders sued Pierce Bainbridge and related entities, including, in certain instances,
John Mark Pierce Enterprises.
(A 90-second video covers severe financial issues at Pierce Bainbridge. A $65 Million “Money Mystery” with Pierce Bainbridge, Virage Capital and Hecht Partners covers more odd financial activity.)
Furthermore, Pierce, in his firm’s name, essentially pilfered $2.5 million from a payday lender in Queens, New York in February. A
$4 million money judgment has been entered against the firm and related entities.
Lots of financial issues going with John Pierce. Perhaps a pattern is developing of Pierce involving himself in money raising issues and withdrawing only after troubling issues are exposed.
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