Tara Reade Is Dropped as Client by a Leading #MeToo Lawyer

[marble falls]

By Lisa Lerer, Jim Rutenberg and Stephanie Saul

May 21, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/21/us/politics/tara-reade-credentials.html?algo=top_conversion&fellback=false&imp_id=69717971

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The lawyer, Douglas H. Wigdor, has been a leading plaintiff’s attorney of the #MeToo era. His firm is best known for bringing discrimination cases against Fox News — and its former star host Bill O’Reilly — and Harvey Weinstein, and his presence at Ms. Reade’s side gave her claims added legal heft.

His announced departure came a day after defense lawyers in California said they were reviewing criminal cases in which Ms. Reade served as an expert witness on domestic violence, concerned that she had misrepresented her educational credentials in court.

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“Much of what has been written about Ms. Reade is not probative of whether then-Senator Biden sexually assaulted her, but rather is intended to victim-shame and attack her credibility on unrelated and irrelevant matters,” he said. “We have and will continue to represent survivors regardless of their alleged predator’s status or politics.”

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Then known as Alexandra McCabe, Ms. Reade testified as a government witness in Monterey County courts for nearly a decade, describing herself as an expert in the dynamics of domestic violence who had counseled hundreds of victims.

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[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Four seconds after I heard the allegation I knew she was lying.

Same way I knew the woman who LIED about Franken sticking his tongue down her throat...was lying.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. I found it interesting that Gloria Allred passed up this opportunity.

That was my first suspicion about Tara Reade.

[Indykatie]

3. The Only People Who Believed Tara Reade's Far Fetched Story Had an Anti-Biden Bias

Bernie world actually thought the story would force Biden to step down so Bernie could get the nomination. I'm still waiting on mea culpas from Ryan Grim, Katie Halper, that loopy Crystal Ball and that crazy communications woman on Bernie's team whose name escapes me.

[Zambero]

4. Thud...

15 seconds of fame expired.