Alleged Victim’s Bid to Represent Fiance Denied
A judge ruled that a law professor charged with assault can’t have the lawyer he wants--his fiancee and alleged victim.
Judge Salvador Rosas on Friday refused to let Jeanne Chacon represent Peter Erlinder, though she denies Erlinder assaulted her and accuses the city attorney’s office of malicious prosecution.
Erlinder, 46, was arrested Nov. 6 after Chacon, 37, called police. Officers said they found Chacon crying, with scrapes on her hand and shin. Chacon now says she suffered a flashback to childhood abuse and attacked Erlinder, who restrained her in a bearhug.
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