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Breaking News: Diddy hires a new lawyer who is also representing his jail roommate Sam Bankman-Fried…see more
Court filings show that Combs has hired Alexandra Shapiro, an experienced white-collar appellate lawyer who clerked for former Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
She filed a 102-page brief to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals last month, arguing the trial judge excluded evidence from the case in a way that stacked the deck against Bankman-Fried.
The two have been sharing a room in dorm-style living arrangements, a person familiar with the situation previously told Business Insider.
That person’s identity is known to BI, but they spoke on the condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to talk publicly about the situation.
It’s not clear what Bankman-Fried and Combs may have talked about or whether the former crypto wunderkind gave Combs the tip to hire Shapiro.