PHOTOS: Gloria Allred clients
Gloria Allred escorts Nicandra Diaz Santillan, Meg Whitman’s former housekeeper, out of a news conference. Allred has denied political motive, saying she was simply helping a woman who was coldly dismissed and says she’s owed more than $6,000 in back pay. “I think she wanted to have a voice,” Allred says. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Nicandra Diaz Santillan dabs her eye during the news conference at Gloria Allred’s office. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Veronica Siwik-Daniels, the porn actress who said she was one of Tiger Woods’ mistresses, gets support from her attorney, Gloria Allred. The lawyer says Woods pursued Siwik-Daniels “until he caught her and she fell in love with him. When the scandal broke, he dropped her like a hot potato.” Her client wanted an apology, Allred says: “Any time a man breaks a woman’ss heart, he should have to say he’s sorry. Simple as that.” (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
Diane Olson, left, and her spouse, Robin Tyler, stand with Gloria Allred after the lawyer announced a lawsuit against Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in California. Allred had represented the couple in a 2004 lawsuit that was the first to legally challenge the prohibition on gay marriage in the state. (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)
Gloria Allred comforts client Laura Boyce after a news conference. Boyce, a former nanny for actor Rob Lowe, countersued Lowe and his wife, alleging sexual harassment. (Nick Ut / Associated Press)
Rhonda Miller stands beside attorneys Gloria Allred and Paul L. Hoffman as they announce the filing of a lawsuit on Miller’s behalf against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his campaign organization alleging libel. Two months earlier, Miller held a press conference alleging sexual harassment by Schwarzenegger when she was a stuntwoman on the set of “Terminator 2.” The suit said Schwarzenegger aide Sean Walsh led reporters to the criminal record of another Rhonda Miller with a history of prostitution and drug abuse. A judge later dismissed the suit, saying Miller had not shown “clear and convincing evidence” to prove the campaign knowingly provided false information. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Arlene Moorman, who alleged that boxer Mike Tyson raped her, sits beside attorney Gloria Allred. Days earlier the San Bernardino County district attorney’s office had said it would not file rape charges against Tyson because it lacked evidence to prove the case to a jury. “My suffering has been magnified by their decision,” Moorman said at the news conference at Allred’s office. Moorman accused Tyson of sexually assaulting her the month before in a home he was renting near Big Bear Lake. The former heavyweight champion had been training there for an upcoming fight. (Rick Meyer / Los Angeles Times)
