Oh, my.
The documentary was produced by
rapper 50 Cent's G -Unit Film and Television production company.
'The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets'
2016
'The curious case of Robert Macedonio'
"Macedonio’s social media posts seem to embrace the caricature of the flashy New York criminal defense attorney. There are photos of him holding a bejeweled champagne bottle in front of a Lamborghini;
thanking rapper 50 Cent for gracing his daughter’s Sweet 16 party; showing off new Gucci sneakers; sitting courtside at New York Knicks games; and passing out Thanksgiving turkeys from trucks.
Macedonio’s supporters at a 2012 hearing to regain his law license spoke of the attorney falling prey to the temptations that come with success. Macedonio testified that after his marriage collapsed in late 2001, his drinking and cocaine use became a problem that he recognized only after his law partnership with Brown dissolved in 2005. (Brown declined to be interviewed.)
Rumors circulated in the court system that Macedonio had gotten too chummy with some of his criminal defendants. Suffolk County Judge
Stephen Braslow testified during Macedonio’s license hearing that he once advised Macedonio to be wary of socializing with “50 cents and 25 cents and whatever these guys are,” presumably a reference to 50 Cent and his oft-arrested protégé Tony Yayo.
Macedonio represented Yayo when he was charged with slapping the teenage son of a rival, and Yayo ultimately pleaded to a violation.
“You can’t be hanging around with the clients, whatever they’re doing or not because they have nothing to lose,” Braslow said he told Macedonio. “You do. You’re a lawyer. You have a law license.”
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Under unusual circumstances that have been largely hidden from public view, Judge James Hudson and District Attorney Thomas Spota allowed veteran criminal defense attorney Robert Macedonio to reduce his felony cocaine possession conviction to a misdemeanor, paving the way for him to regain his...
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