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Top talent from the classes of 2026 and 2027 visiting the Nebraska campus this weekend
The Nebraska Cornhuskers are preparing for a busy recruiting weekend. This weekend, the Huskers will host almost two dozen recruits from the classes of 2026 and 2027 on campus. The top talent is visiting the campus as part of the inaugural HUDL Orientation event taking place in Lincoln this weekend. HUDL is a Lincoln-based sports tech company. They're hosting an open forum for top recruits in the classes of 2027 and 2028 on how to maximize their opportunities as top prospects. Advertisement Nebraska's class of 2026 currently has four commitments. The group is led by Dayton Raiola, a three-star quarterback and the younger brother of starting quarterback Dylan Raiola. The group also includes three-star receiver Dveyoun Bonwell Witte of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, three-star linebacker Jase Rynolds of Elkhorn, Nebraska, and four-star cornerback CJ Bronaugh of Winter Garden, Florida. The class of 2027 has one commit, quarterback Trae Taylor. Taylor visited the Huskers on numerous occasions and has been quite active on social media regarding peer recruiting. Now, Taylor and the Huskers will have a chance to put their best foot forward with some of the top high school football players in the entire country. Find an entire list of all the visitors on campus this weekend from the classes of 2026 and 2027. CJ Bronaugh - Safety (Nebraska commit) Stars: **** Advertisement School: Windermere High School City: Windermere, Florida Class: 2026 Find more coverage on this player from Cornhuskers Wire here. Kelvin Obot - Offensive Tackle Stars: **** School: Fruitland High School City: Fruitland, Idaho Class: 2026 Find more coverage on this player from Cornhuskers Wire here. Brian Bonner - Running back Stars: **** School: Valencia High School City: Valencia, California Class: 2026 Find more coverage on this player from Cornhuskers Wire here. Camren Hamiel - Cornerback Stars: **** School: Desert Edge High School City: Goodyear, Arizona Class: 2026 Find more coverage on this player from Cornhuskers Wire here. Kamron Wilson - Defensive Line (Syracuse Commit) Stars: **** Advertisement School: Miami Southridge City: Miami, Florida Class: 2026 Find more coverage on this player from Cornhuskers Wire here. Tay Ellis - Wide Receiver Stars: **** School: Crowley High School City: Fort Worth, Texas Class: 2027 Kasen Thomas - Edge Stars: **** School: Sioux City, Iowa City: Sioux City, Iowa Class: 2026 Find more coverage on this player from Cornhuskers Wire here. Ryan Miret - Interior Offensive Lineman Stars: **** School: Miami Southridge City: Miami, Florida Class: 2026 Find more coverage on this player from Cornhuskers Wire here. Hayden Ainsworth - Interior Offensive Line Stars: **** School: Biloxi High School Advertisement City: Biloxi, Mississippi Class: 2026 Find more coverage on this player from Cornhuskers Wire here. Rex Waterman - Offensive Tackle Stars: *** School: Hamilton High School City: Chandler, Arizona Class: 2026 Find more coverage on this player from Cornhuskers Wire here. Mark Matthews - Offensive Tackle Stars: ***** School: St. Thomas Aquinas City: Fort Lauderdale, Florida Class: 2027 Find more coverage on this player from Cornhuskers Wire here. Duvay Williams - Cornerback Stars: ***** School: Junipero Serra High City: Gardena, California Class: 2027 Ahmad Hudson - Tight end Stars: **** School: Ruston High School City: Ruston, Louisiana Advertisement Class: 2027 Find more coverage on this player from Cornhuskers Wire here. Albert Simien - Interior Offensive Lineman Stars: **** School: Sam Houston High City: Lake Charles, Louisiana Class: 2027 Juju Johnson - Cornerback Stars: **** School: Long Beach Poly City: Long Beach, California Class: 2027 Aaryn Washington - Cornerback Stars: **** School: Mater Dei City: Los Angeles, California Class: 2027 Trae Taylor - Quarterback (Nebraska commit) Stars: **** School: Carmel Catholic City: Lake in the Hills, Illinois Class: 2027 Find more coverage on this player from Cornhuskers Wire here. Corey Hadley - Safety Stars: **** School: Sandy Creek High Advertisement City: Tyrone, Georgia Class: 2027 Rashad Street - Edge Stars: **** School: Millbrook High City: Raleigh, North Carolina Class: 2027 Kelsey Adams - Offensive tackle Stars: **** School: Langston Hughes High City: Atlanta, Georgia Class: 2027 Find more coverage on this player from Cornhuskers Wire here. Demare Dezeurn - Athlete Stars: **** School: Bishop Alemany City: Mission Hills, California Class: 2027 Jailen Hill - Cornerback Stars: **** School: St. John Bosco City: Bellflower, California Class: 2027 Joshua Sam-Epelle - Offensive tackle Stars: **** School: Douglas County High City: Douglasville, Georgia Class: 2027 Contact/Follow us @CornhuskersWire on X (formerly Twitter), and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Nebraska news, notes, and opinions. This article originally appeared on Cornhuskers Wire: Nebraska football hosting top talent on recruiting visits this weekend
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3 days ago
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Top talent from the classes of 2026 and 2027 visiting the Nebraska campus this weekend
Top talent from the classes of 2026 and 2027 visiting the Nebraska campus this weekend The Nebraska Cornhuskers are preparing for a busy recruiting weekend. This weekend, the Huskers will host almost two dozen recruits from the classes of 2026 and 2027 on campus. The top talent is visiting the campus as part of the inaugural HUDL Orientation event taking place in Lincoln this weekend. HUDL is a Lincoln-based sports tech company. They're hosting an open forum for top recruits in the classes of 2027 and 2028 on how to maximize their opportunities as top prospects. Nebraska's class of 2026 currently has four commitments. The group is led by Dayton Raiola, a three-star quarterback and the younger brother of starting quarterback Dylan Raiola. The group also includes three-star receiver Dveyoun Bonwell Witte of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, three-star linebacker Jase Rynolds of Elkhorn, Nebraska, and four-star cornerback CJ Bronaugh of Winter Garden, Florida. The class of 2027 has one commit, quarterback Trae Taylor. Taylor visited the Huskers on numerous occasions and has been quite active on social media regarding peer recruiting. Now, Taylor and the Huskers will have a chance to put their best foot forward with some of the top high school football players in the entire country. Find an entire list of all the visitors on campus this weekend from the classes of 2026 and 2027. CJ Bronaugh - Safety (Nebraska commit) Stars: **** School: Windermere High School City: Windermere, Florida Class: 2026 Find more coverage on this player from Cornhuskers Wire here. Kelvin Obot - Offensive Tackle Stars: **** School: Fruitland High School City: Fruitland, Idaho Class: 2026 Find more coverage on this player from Cornhuskers Wire here. Brian Bonner - Running back Stars: **** School: Valencia High School City: Valencia, California Class: 2026 Find more coverage on this player from Cornhuskers Wire here. Camren Hamiel - Cornerback Stars: **** School: Desert Edge High School City: Goodyear, Arizona Class: 2026 Find more coverage on this player from Cornhuskers Wire here. Kamron Wilson - Defensive Line (Syracuse Commit) Stars: **** School: Miami Southridge City: Miami, Florida Class: 2026 Find more coverage on this player from Cornhuskers Wire here. Tay Ellis - Wide Receiver Stars: **** School: Crowley High School City: Fort Worth, Texas Class: 2027 Kasen Thomas - Edge Stars: **** School: Sioux City, Iowa City: Sioux City, Iowa Class: 2026 Find more coverage on this player from Cornhuskers Wire here. Ryan Miret - Interior Offensive Lineman Stars: **** School: Miami Southridge City: Miami, Florida Class: 2026 Find more coverage on this player from Cornhuskers Wire here. Hayden Ainsworth - Interior Offensive Line Stars: **** School: Biloxi High School City: Biloxi, Mississippi Class: 2026 Find more coverage on this player from Cornhuskers Wire here. Rex Waterman - Offensive Tackle Stars: *** School: Hamilton High School City: Chandler, Arizona Class: 2026 Find more coverage on this player from Cornhuskers Wire here. Mark Matthews - Offensive Tackle Stars: ***** School: St. Thomas Aquinas City: Fort Lauderdale, Florida Class: 2027 Find more coverage on this player from Cornhuskers Wire here. Duvay Williams - Cornerback Stars: ***** School: Junipero Serra High City: Gardena, California Class: 2027 Ahmad Hudson - Tight end Stars: **** School: Ruston High School City: Ruston, Louisiana Class: 2027 Find more coverage on this player from Cornhuskers Wire here. Albert Simien - Interior Offensive Lineman Stars: **** School: Sam Houston High City: Lake Charles, Louisiana Class: 2027 Juju Johnson - Cornerback Stars: **** School: Long Beach Poly City: Long Beach, California Class: 2027 Aaryn Washington - Cornerback Stars: **** School: Mater Dei City: Los Angeles, California Class: 2027 Trae Taylor - Quarterback (Nebraska commit) Stars: **** School: Carmel Catholic City: Lake in the Hills, Illinois Class: 2027 Find more coverage on this player from Cornhuskers Wire here. Corey Hadley - Safety Stars: **** School: Sandy Creek High City: Tyrone, Georgia Class: 2027 Rashad Street - Edge Stars: **** School: Millbrook High City: Raleigh, North Carolina Class: 2027 Kelsey Adams - Offensive tackle Stars: **** School: Langston Hughes High City: Atlanta, Georgia Class: 2027 Find more coverage on this player from Cornhuskers Wire here. Demare Dezeurn - Athlete Stars: **** School: Bishop Alemany City: Mission Hills, California Class: 2027 Jailen Hill - Cornerback Stars: **** School: St. John Bosco City: Bellflower, California Class: 2027 Joshua Sam-Epelle - Offensive tackle Stars: **** School: Douglas County High City: Douglasville, Georgia Class: 2027 Contact/Follow us @CornhuskersWire on X (formerly Twitter), and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Nebraska news, notes, and opinions.
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4 days ago
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Lincoln entrepreneur running for open NU Board of Regents seat in 2026
Brent Comstock of Lincoln is the first announced 2026 candidate for the District 1 seat on the University of Nebraska Board of Regents held by Regent Tim Clare of Lincoln, who says he will not seek a fourth term on the board. (Candidate photo courtesy of Comstock campaign | University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus photo by Aaron Sanderford/Nebraska Examiner) LINCOLN — A Lincoln entrepreneur born and raised in Auburn announced his 2026 candidacy Wednesday for an open seat on the University of Nebraska Board of Regents. Brent Comstock, 29, is the CEO of the Lincoln-based marketing firm BCom, which he started a decade ago, after having thought up the idea for the business while he was in school. The District 1 seat Comstock is running for is held by Regent Tim Clare of Lincoln, who told the Lincoln Journal Star in April that he would not seek a fourth six-year term next year. NU Board of Regents District 1 includes the northern half of Lincoln, as well as the surrounding communities of Emerald, Malcolm, Agnew, Raymond and Davey. Comstock said it's important to preserve Clare's legacy of being principled and that he hopes to continue Clare's ability to bring all Nebraskans to the table. 'With the current political climate and the current budget environment, I think the next decade is going to shape how future generations choose to work and live here in the state,' Comstock told the Nebraska Examiner. 'All of that future depends on a strong, forward-thinking university system that brings everyone to the table and recognizes that every Nebraskan is impacted by what happens through the university system.' Comstock said NU is the 'most important public institution in the state,' from Nebraska Extension and 4-H in rural communities to degree programs across NU campuses and world-class research at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. 'I think it touches every person in Nebraska,' Comstock said. Comstock, the son of a plumber and a former special education teacher, is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He said he made his own college decision similar to other small town Nebraska kids: on finances, dreams and aspirations. A scholarship made it more economically viable to go to school in North Carolina, Comstock said he returned home and invested in BCom, which partners with start-up companies, a bipartisan group of candidates and other causes or organizations. Comstock's campaign announcement included endorsements from Nebraskans, including Lincoln Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird, community leader and philanthropist Connie Duncan, former State Sen. Matt Williams of Gothenburg (who ran for the regents in 2022) and former U.S. Sens. Bob Kerrey and Ben Nelson, who both also served Nebraska as governor. In a statement, Gaylor Baird said Comstock 'helped put Lincoln on the map' and has played a key role in shaping Lincoln's 'growing entrepreneurial ecosystem.' He lives and works in the downtown and Haymarket space in Lincoln. 'Brent understands that the success of the university and the success of Lincoln are deeply connected. He brings people together — across politics, industries and generations — to focus on what really matters: education, opportunity and progress,' Gaylor Baird said. 'He's exactly the kind of regent we need right now.' Jeff Raikes, the former Microsoft executive and Nebraska native who co-founded the Raikes Foundation, also endorsed Comstock. The Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is named after Raikes, the former CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Raikes said in a statement that Comstock understands that NU 'is not only a world-class institution, but also a vital economic engine for our state.' 'His ability to work across sectors and across the aisle makes him exactly the kind of regent we need to lead with vision, integrity and purpose,' Raikes said. Clare ran unopposed in 2014 and 2020 and won in 2008 with 58% of the vote. New district boundaries took effect in 2021 and match those of the State Board of Education District 1, which in November elected newcomer Kristin Christensen. Races for the education boards are officially nonpartisan, and Comstock is a registered nonpartisan, while Clare is a registered Republican and Christensen is a registered Democrat. Christensen won with 58% of the vote in a highly watched election in November, succeeding former State Board of Education member Patsy Koch Johns, a Democrat first elected in 2016. Comstock said that while he would bring a 'fresh perspective,' he also brings a decade of leadership in building a company in the Cornhusker State. 'I told people, if I were ever to seek elected office, I would want it to be in a place that we can make impact that touches as many people as possible,' Comstock said. 'I think that this is the moment to do that.' The top two vote-getters in May 2026 will advance to the November 2026 election. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX
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5 days ago
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Big demand for affordable housing calls for big approach in suburban Nebraska
Hoppe Development's Tallgrass mixed-income housing site. (Courtesy of DAA, FoleyShald, Hoppe Development) PAPILLION, Nebraska — Nebraska's big demand for affordable housing calls for big ideas, and the new Tallgrass housing project in Sarpy County is one developer's novel approach to helping fill that tall order. Lincoln-based Hoppe Development started out with a blank 35-acre canvas on which it plans to grow an entire mixed-income neighborhood inside a more massive 440-acre multi-use development. The private developer with help from a nonprofit partner will plant a variety of affordable housing types among Tallgrass' 600 dwellings — a feat that required competitive applications to gain funding from multiple governmental and other sources. But perhaps the most atypical element is the location — the Tallgrass neighborhood is rising in Papillion, a suburban city in one of the fastest-growing and wealthiest per capita counties of the state, rather than in a more common inner city setting where most housing for lower income residents is concentrated. Jake Hoppe, the company's chief executive, said the venture represents a newer approach to building affordable housing in Nebraska — one that integrates affordable units at a larger scale within a specially designed mixed-income suburban neighborhood. A similar Hoppe-led development launched a couple of years ago in Lincoln. His company points to research that shows lower-income families have greater success in breaking the cycle of poverty when living in an area with broader access to jobs, schools and opportunity, and amidst a mix of peers and lifestyles. Said company principal Fred Hoppe: 'If we are going to address the affordable housing challenges of our communities, we have to build affordable housing at scale alongside market rate housing, in highly desirable areas of town with strong schools and supportive community infrastructure.' Jake Hoppe is among a lineup of state and national experts set to speak — at a two-day Reignite2Unite symposium beginning June 4 — about successes and innovative efforts aimed at growing affordable and diverse housing across Nebraska. Organized by the Omaha Municipal Land Bank, Spark CDI and Front Porch Investments, the conference at Omaha Marriott Downtown builds on the inaugural Reignite event last year, which offered tools and information to help emerging developers transform infill properties into community assets. Leah Rothstein, a housing policy expert and co-author of 'Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted under the Color of Law,' is a keynote speaker. Rothstein collaborated with her father, Richard Rothstein, on the book that is a sequel to his 'The Color of Law,' a groundbreaking history of how the U.S. government imposed racial segregation on neighborhoods nationwide. In an interview with the Nebraska Examiner, Rothstein offered examples of policies that helped other communities improve access to affordable housing. Among them: zoning reform that allows a broader range of housing sizes and types in a neighborhood; inclusionary housing policies that call for a certain percentage of new construction projects to be affordable; property tax abatements in return for affordable units, and nonprofit community land trusts that provide affordable housing in perpetuity by owning and leasing land to income-eligible people who live in houses built on the land. This year's conference comes as officials continue to address what's been called a 'crisis' shortage of affordable housing options in Nebraska, with too many households 'cost-burdened' by spending more than 30% of their income on housing. State officials have said rising housing costs have impacted the state's competitive edge and hampered its ability to fill open jobs. A study led by the Nebraska Investment Finance Authority and released in 2023 identified a goal to create, by 2028, at least 35,000 affordable and attainable homes across the state for low- to middle-income earners, which authors said would reduce the number of needed housing units by about a third. Rothstein said she was heartened to hear of the Tallgrass project she views as an inroad to counter segregation. Building affordable housing in suburban areas often faces the NIMBY (not in my backyard) battle from people who fear such projects could lower property values, she said. In the case of Tallgrass, Hoppe said NIMBY so far has not been an issue, as the developer controls the tract on which it and partners have plotted out the mix and styles to blend as a neighborhood. He said a key was buying the large undeveloped property early on, allowing his team to design from the ground up. 'We'll be our own neighbor,' he said. If we are going to address the affordable housing challenges of our communities, we have to build affordable housing at scale alongside market rate housing, in highly desirable areas of town with strong schools and supportive community infrastructure. – Fred Hoppe, Hoppe Development Habitat for Humanity of Omaha, with a $7 million assist from Cobalt Credit Union, is partnering with Hoppe in building 30 for-sale row houses that Habitat will make available for income-eligible buyers at the Tallgrass site. Habitat's Lacey Studnicka, who also will speak at the Reignite event, said the nonprofit has a dominant presence in northeast Omaha but provides homeownership opportunities to lower income families in five counties. She said its first new-build project in Papillion came as home prices were rising and teachers, laborers and others were being priced out of the area. 'Partnering with Habitat for Humanity of Omaha to bring affordable housing to Sarpy County reflects our shared belief that everyone deserves a place to build their life and their dreams,' said Cobalt CEO Robin Larsen. Site preparation also has started at Tallgrass for 198 rental units affordable to families at 60% of the area median income and below. Those dwellings are funded through the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program administered by NIFA and the Community Development Block Grant program administered by the Nebraska Department of Economic Development. Ahead are other phases that include upscale market-rate apartments with a fitness center and swimming pool accessible to the whole development, as well as more for-sale homes funded in part by the Nebraska State Affordable Housing Trust Fund. Hoppe said his team took a page from the playbook of purpose-built mixed-income housing areas steered by Seventy Five North and Canopy South. A difference is that those are inner city infill developments in the eastern part of Omaha, whereas Tallgrass took the model to a greenfield in the suburbs. Helping get Tallgrass off the ground was an initial $2 million low-income loan from the nonprofit Front Porch's 'innovation fund.' Hoppe said the boost triggered the purchase of land at Papillion's 72nd Street and Capehart Road, inside the larger Oak Leaf subdivision. At least one challenge, Hoppe said, is ensuring that supportive services are available for families that otherwise likely would live in older, more established neighborhoods, where child care options are more familiar and public transportation is more accessible. He said his company has been exploring ways to respond to service gaps. A future elementary school 'hopefully will be responsive to the needs of the neighborhood' as well. A commercial town center and walking trails also are planned. The developer had looked at economically thriving Elkhorn as a potential site, but Hoppe said his team chose Papillion partly because of Amazon and other warehouse jobs available in the vicinity. Judging from Hoppe Development's similarly designed Lincoln Foxtail Meadows development — which is 650 units and built in a cornfield near a church — Jake Hoppe anticipates a positive response and outcome for Tallgrass. Each is expected to take five to seven years to build out. 'It's been great,' he said of the first few phases so far in the Lincoln mixed-income neighborhood, supported by various state and federal affordable housing funds and city-approved tax-increment financing. 'No one can tell who lives in an affordable or market rate unit.' OMAHA — A vacant downtown Omaha hotel property with an assorted and sometimes sketchy past, is set to be demolished to make way for a $16 million mixed-income residential property. A unique element of that venture is its team: Lincoln-based Hoppe Development, seasoned in the affordable housing field, paired up with Omahan Donell Brown, who is learning the industry. Such alliances, which help increase diversity among real estate developers, is a goal of this week's Reignite2Unite symposium and related efforts by organizers Spark and Omaha's Municipal Land Bank. The conference is expected to draw 250 people over two days starting Wednesday. Brown is a participant in Spark's co-development apprenticeship that aims to set up budding developers with a project site and experienced team to give them more of a running start. Brown recently completed a single-family home project and said he was eager to absorb the expertise of developers accustomed to assembling funding sources for more complicated projects. With the 2211 Douglas St. project, Brown said he is dealing with a gamut of federal, state and city officials. He's become aware of how to raise a score on a low-income housing tax credit application and plan a 'community engagement strategy.' 'It's pushing the limits of what I know and have done before to keep me growing and learning things,' said Brown. Jake Hoppe, CEO of Hoppe Development, said the plan is for the former hotel property, once the 402 Hotel and EconoLodge, to be razed. Most recently, the structure was used by Together Inc., as a non-congregate shelter during the COVID-19 pandemic. Together Inc. and another nonprofit, Omaha-based Front Porch Investments, sought proposals to redevelop the site. Hoppe Development was selected and received the property for free. The plan is a new residential building of about 70 units, about half affordable housing for seniors and the rest units at market rate. The development team expects to apply for tax-increment financing and low-income housing tax credits. Hoppe said adding Brown to the team adds a new perspective. Brown said he appreciates learning 'method to the madness.' 'They know the path,' Brown said of Hoppe partners. 'It helps in thinking bigger in what you can perform and do.' — Cindy Gonzalez
Daily Record
03-05-2025
- Entertainment
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Manuel Garcia-Rulfo moves onto first project away from Netflix's The Lincoln Lawyer
The Lincoln Lawyer has already been confirmed for season four with actor Manuel Garcia-Rulfo set to return as the forever charming Mickey Haller WARNING: This article contains spoilers from The Lincoln Lawyer. The Lincoln Lawyer's leading man Manuel Garcia-Rulfo is temporarily leaving his days on the hit Netflix legal drama behind in favour of a mega movie franchise. With a legion of fans of the show's original books by author Michael Connelly and its impressive 90 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, it's no wonder The Lincoln Lawyer continues to be a hit on Netflix. Starring Manuel Garcia-Rulfo as the Lincoln-based lawyer himself Mickey Haller, the show has been on since 2022 and will be back for a fourth outing following that particularly shocking season three cliffhanger. So far, there has been no word on exactly when The Lincoln Lawyer will be returning, just that the new episodes could drop sometime either later this year or early 2026. But in the meantime, actor Garcia-Rulfo has found himself another high-profile project to keep him busy. Garcia-Rulfo will be jumping into the Jurassic Park franchise for the upcoming Jurassic World: Rebirth which is to be released on Wednesday, 2nd July. The film is to be the seventh in the overall franchise, fourth in the Jurassic World series and is seen as a direct sequel to Jurassic World: Dominion. He is listed to portray a new character called Reuben Delgado, 'the father of a shipwrecked civilian family', who are bound to experience the terrifying dinosaurs up close and personal. Garcia-Rulfo will be working alongside The Avengers' Scarlett Johansson, Bridgerton and Wicked star Jonathan Bailey and award-winning Moonlight actor Mahershala Ali. In the final few moments of The Lincoln Lawyer season three, police discovered the body of former client Sam Scales (Christopher Thornton) in Mickey's trunk. Completely stunned by how the body got into his car, Mickey was subsequently arrested but who is trying to frame the lawyer and how will he get out of this mess? Season four is going to be based on author Connelly's sixth book in The Lincoln Lawyer series, The Law of Innocence.
