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Matthew Tuohy, who represents Angela Pollina, said Saturday she maintained her innocence in the murder of 8-year-old Thomas Valva, the son of NYPD cop Michael Valva, who is also charged in the boy’s horrific death.
“She loved this child,” Tuohy said of his client’s relationship with her would-be stepson.
“She is not a part of him
tragically passing away. She is innocent. She happens to live at the house with the boy. I know that she had a very good relationship with him. I know that her family loved
the boy very much and
they were very kind to him.”
Tuohy, who spoke at the home of Pollina’s parents in Franklin Square, L.I., would not discuss the circumstances surrounding
the boy’s alleged murder.
“I don’t want to make any comments about that,” the lawyer said. ”It’s too early in the case except that
she mourns his passing and she is saying she is innocent and I believe her,” he said.
“It’s just speculation and conjecture at this point. I mean, you know, to say that she is the cause of his death, you know, it’s not true.”
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