I believe I've written about this case before. This is the one where the paralegal from one firm met opposing counsel in a bar and seduced him into drinking with her until he was drunk. She then played on his chivalry (yep, that's what we'll call it) to persuade him to get her car for her because she was too drunk. As soon as he headed for the parking lot, she and her supervising attorneys notified the police that he would be driving drunk.
Things didn't turn out as the paralegal and her firm had anticipated. Opposing counsel was not charged with drunken driving, but the paralegal's supervisors are facing some heavy discipline from the Florida state disciplinary commission.
To pick up on today's development--it appears that the disciplinary commission is relying on a confession by the paralegal which may have been illegally videotaped by her estranged husband. (Hardly a surprise that marriage isn't working out.) Florida law forbids videotaping persons without their consent, and while hubby says he held his cell phone in plain view, he's not positive she knew he was recording and he's sure she didn't expressly consent. Given that she was apparently quite inebriated herself that evening, it's unclear that her consent would have been valid had it been given.
Also of note: Jezebel Paralegal's firm is representing their client, a "shock jock" DJ, against a defamation claim by someone who goes by "Bubba the Love Sponge Clem."
This looks like it'll be a case that just keeps on giving.
Jezebel Paralegal and Bubba the Love Sponge
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