Attorney Suspended For Taking Lap Dance Payments
Official Report Says Trade-Off Was By Mutual Agreement
Illinois attorney has been suspended for accepting nude dances as partial payment for a client's legal fees.The Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission on Thursday said Scott Robert Erwin will begin serving a 15-month suspension Oct. 7.The commission's report said Erwin and his client mutually agreed that she'd perform nude dances for him in his office as a way to reduce her legal fees. The report said the DeKalb attorney credited her for $534. The client, however, contends he touched her inappropriately during those dances, and she went to police with sexual assault allegations.Erwin denied any inappropriate touching happened, and he was never charged criminally.
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Official Report Says Trade-Off Was By Mutual Agreement
Illinois attorney has been suspended for accepting nude dances as partial payment for a client's legal fees.The Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission on Thursday said Scott Robert Erwin will begin serving a 15-month suspension Oct. 7.The commission's report said Erwin and his client mutually agreed that she'd perform nude dances for him in his office as a way to reduce her legal fees. The report said the DeKalb attorney credited her for $534. The client, however, contends he touched her inappropriately during those dances, and she went to police with sexual assault allegations.Erwin denied any inappropriate touching happened, and he was never charged criminally.
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