The mother of four accused of running a high-end and highly profitable Manhattan brothel doesn't "have two nickels to rub together," one of her attorneys told a judge on Monday, according to the Wall St Journal's best.
The claim of poverty by Anna Gristina, the alleged madam, arose out of a contentious court hearing in which she sought to remove her court-appointed attorney and select a new one. Her request for a taxpayer-funded defender appeared to contradict prosecutors' portrait of Ms. Gristina as having earned millions of dollars running an Upper East Side brothel for wealthy and well-connected clients.
The judge was incredulous over claims that Ms….
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