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International Business Times
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- International Business Times
Who Is Teny Geragos? Glamorous Nepo Baby Defending Diddy is Expert in Handing Sexual Misconduct Cases as Her Famous Father's Clients Are Revealed
Sean 'Diddy' Combs has entrusted his defense to a millennial attorney, the daughter of a famous lawyer who has defended several celebrities—and who, just this week, secured a reduced sentence for the infamous Menendez brothers, Erik and Lyle. So who is this glamorous young lawyer defending Diddy, and how is she doing all that? Teny Geragos, 34, gained widespread attention in the legal world for her unconventional approach to defending Diddy's innocence, as she used TikTok and primetime television as her platforms. Last September, after the music mogul was arrested and charged with sex trafficking in New York City, she began posting a series of short, one-minute videos online. Iron Lady Inside Courtroom Geragos has said in interviews that "misinformation spreads" online, and she has used social media to challenge Diddy's accusers and what she described as a "series of false claims" made "in the hopes of trying to get a payday." Now that Diddy's trial is underway, the Loyola Law School alum is back in the spotlight. With nearly ten years of experience defending people accused of sexual assault, harassment, and other misconduct—as her firm proudly highlights—representing Diddy in one of the most high-profile trials in recent history marks a major milestone in her career. Geragos is a founding partner at Agnifilo Intrater LLP, where she works alongside seasoned defense attorney Marc Agnifilo, known for representing prominent figures. Often referred to as the "glamorous TikTok lawyer," she also shares a close bond with her father, Mark Geragos, a prominent attorney whose career likely inspired her own path in criminal defense. In 2021, she married her college sweetheart, Ashwinn Krishnaswamy, in a lavish summer wedding at her parents' Los Angeles home, styled after Paris's Jardin du Luxembourg. Geragos seems to have found her interest in the legal system early in her academic career. According to her LinkedIn profile, she earned her bachelor's degree in art history and media, culture, and communication from New York University in 2013. That same year, she began her Juris Doctor studies at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, completing the program in 2016. During law school, she gained valuable experience by serving as a judicial extern for a Supreme Court Justice in Kings County, New York. She also interned with Brooklyn Defender Services and later took on another judicial externship at a U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. In 2015, she worked as a legal intern with the Legal Aid Society in the Bronx. Star in Her own Right Geragos also worked as a law clerk for both the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office and her father's firm, Geragos & Geragos, APC, where Mark Geragos is the lead attorney. Her father has defended several celebrities over the years, including Chris Brown in his assault case involving Rihanna. He has also previously represented Sean "Diddy" Combs, Winona Ryder, Kesha, and Michael Jackson, as well as Susan McDougal during the 1990s Whitewater investigation connected to the Clintons. Geragos began her legal career as a trial attorney at Brafman & Associates PC, a law firm based in New York City, according to her LinkedIn profile. She was admitted to the bar in both New York and California in 2017. She spent nearly eight years at Brafman & Associates before becoming a founding partner at Agnifilo Intrater LLP. Her legal background includes expertise in cases involving sexual misconduct, where she has served as counsel for both alleged victims and those facing accusations.
Yahoo
05-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Luigi Mangione's free-of-charge death penalty lawyer also repped WTC bomber Ramzi Yousef
Luigi Mangione has added a free-of-charge death penalty expert to his legal team. A veteran of terror cases, Avi Moskowitz also reps a Pakistani accused in a Trump assassination plot. Moskowitz's work on behalf of Mangione will be paid for by federal taxpayer dollars. Luigi Mangione, the Ivy League grad charged in the execution-style shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has added a free-of-charge death penalty expert to his defense team. Mangione's newest attorney — appointed by the judge this week with his team's consent — is Avraham Chaim Moskowitz, a veteran death penalty attorney who also reps a Pakistani man accused of plotting to assassinate President Donald Trump and other political figures. The federal courts mandate and pay for legal experts — termed "learned counsel" — to join the defense teams of defendants charged in capitol cases. Moskowitz's most notorious case is from the 1990s, when he defended Ramzi Yousef, the Kuwaiti terrorist convicted of lighting the 20-foot fuse that set off the first World Trade Center bombing in New York. The 1993 bombing killed six people and injured more than 1,000 more. Mangione is being held without bail in a federal jail in Brooklyn, awaiting a yet-scheduled trial on murder charges that, by law, could result in the death penalty or life in prison. Prosecutors have yet to say publicly if they will seek the death penalty in the case. Mangione's lead attorneys remain Marc Agnifilo and Karen Friedman Agnifilo, the husband-wife defense team behind the Manhattan firm of Agnifilo Intrater LLP. The team "is pleased to have Avi Moskowitz lend his considerable expertise in death penalty cases as 'learned counsel,'" a spokesperson for the firm told Business Insider. "The charges could not be more serious and our client needs every resource at his disposal to fight these unprecedented charges in three jurisdictions." Moskowitz was appointed by the court from a panel of federally-approved expert attorneys. A magistrate judge approved his appointment on Tuesday, according to court papers. Moskowitz's other current high-profile client is Asif Raza Merchant, 46, a Pakistani with ties to Iran who was arrested in July and accused of paying undercover agents to assassinate Trump and other political figures. Moskowitz did not immediately return a call seeking comment on the appointment Wednesday morning. Mangione is the son of a wealthy real estate family from Maryland. A software developer and University of Pennsylvania graduate, he was arrested in Pennsylvania on December 9 after a five-day manhunt. Thompson was shot December 4 in Midtown Manhattan, on the sidewalk outside a UnitedHealthcare board meeting where the CEO was about to deliver an address. The federal charges against Mangione allege he targeted Thompson specifically at least six weeks before shooting the 50-year-old father of two from Minnesota. Federal prosecutors say they recovered writings from Mangione that implicate him in the shooting. "What do you do? You wack the C.E.O. at the annual parasitic bean-counter convention," he allegedly wrote in a spiral notebook law enforcement says he was carrying when arrested. "It's targeted, precise, and doesn't risk innocents," officials said he wrote. Mangione also faces parallel state charges out of the Manhattan District Attorney's office that allege he murdered Thompson as an act of terrorism. In Pennsylvania, he faces state forgery and firearms charges as arresting officers said they recovered a false New Jersey driver's license, a black, 3D printed pistol, a silver silencer, and seven nine-millimeter full metal jacket rounds. Read the original article on Business Insider
