Post by Logan on Jul 4, 2016 3:59:50 GMT -6
YARMOUTH, Maine — F. Lee Bailey slowly knots a gold tie around his neck, a dark pinstripe suit hugging his fireplug frame as he waits to be photographed in a small office adorned with his younger image on the covers of Newsweek and Time.
Bailey has just turned 83, but the former Marine Corps pilot still projects the swagger that made him one of the most celebrated trial lawyers of the 20th century. The reminders aren’t far away: There he is, inches from O.J. Simpson, in a famous 1995 photo taken at the instant of Simpson’s acquittal on murder charges.
And there are memories of other famous clients, going back 50 years to the man who confessed to being the Boston Strangler.
But on a gloomy day in this coastal town, there are other reminders — of where he is now. Bailey arrives in a Volvo with loaner plates, he has plenty of time to talk, and the latest news from his life isn’t a sensational courtroom victory.
Bailey has filed for bankruptcy because he owes $5.2 million to the Internal Revenue Service, primarily due to his handling of assets seized by the federal government from a convicted drug smuggler two decades ago.
Read more: www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/07/03/bailey/dpeiGT8ElLV4myVJDFCeCN/story.html
Bailey has just turned 83, but the former Marine Corps pilot still projects the swagger that made him one of the most celebrated trial lawyers of the 20th century. The reminders aren’t far away: There he is, inches from O.J. Simpson, in a famous 1995 photo taken at the instant of Simpson’s acquittal on murder charges.
And there are memories of other famous clients, going back 50 years to the man who confessed to being the Boston Strangler.
But on a gloomy day in this coastal town, there are other reminders — of where he is now. Bailey arrives in a Volvo with loaner plates, he has plenty of time to talk, and the latest news from his life isn’t a sensational courtroom victory.
Bailey has filed for bankruptcy because he owes $5.2 million to the Internal Revenue Service, primarily due to his handling of assets seized by the federal government from a convicted drug smuggler two decades ago.
Read more: www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/07/03/bailey/dpeiGT8ElLV4myVJDFCeCN/story.html