There are many attorneys in public life who I enjoy reading and writing about. In terms of sheer hilarity, I would have to put former North Miami City Attorney Barry Kutun near the top of my list.
It's not just the shocking lack of judgment, but the details were just so much fun. Alleged pictures, hush money, the fact that Kutun himself apparently had the affidavit documenting the allegations prepared (and notarized at North Miami City Hall), the wife, etc.
Oy veh, Barry!
So it is with a touch of sadness that we bid Barry good bye and farewell:
Spoken with such understatement, Richard. But please -- say it ain't so!The Florida Bar on Thursday announced that the state Supreme Court has disciplined a former North Miami city attorney who pleaded guilty last year to charges related to having sex with a 16-year-old prostitute.
Barry Kutun, 66, will not be able to practice law until October 2009. His law license will be reinstated then, but he will be on probation with the court for three more years.
Kutun, a former state representative and candidate for Miami Beach mayor and Florida governor, was arrested in 2006 for having consensual sex with an underage prostitute at his mid-Miami Beach condo.
Hollywood authorities also took part in the investigation because some of Kutun's trysts with the teen happened in Broward County. Kutun had maintained he thought the girl was an adult.
Kutun was fired from his $170,000-a-year job as North Miami city attorney after prosecutors filed charges.
Kutun accepted an agreement with prosecutors last year in which he pleaded guilty to child abuse in exchange for house arrest and probation but no prison time. A judge withheld adjudication, which means Kutun is not a felon, but he was required to enter a sex-offender treatment program.
Kutun's attorney said in September 2007 that his client has no plans to run for public office again.
''His days of service to the community are over,'' attorney Richard Sharpstein said.
13 comments:
Spitzer and now Kutun. Wonder who is going to be next? I can't help but think of Cocaine Princess and her entries about the lawyer who had a thing for her. I'm sure she couldn't have known but it's almost as if she did know something big was going to go down in the political world and was sending out a hint. Luckily she has V's daddy protecting her.
Cocaine Princess is a beauty.
12:10, I second that.
8:24am, maybe spitzer was on v's daddy's payroll and did something do piss him off.
12:10pm & 4:59pm, i third that.
excuse the typo-
....did something TO piss him off.
8:24am- maybe eliot made a pass at the princess.
anonymous at 8:24am, Did you read her entry about The Drug Kingpin and his mistress? Replace Drug Kingpin with The Governor.
anonymous at 6:02pm, if that lustful hypocrite did make a pass at cocaine princess it'll never be made public. As you said she has V's daddy to protect her.
12:32am, holy! unbelievable! i read part 1 and it's easy to come to the conclusion she maybe referring to spitzer's wife.
8:24am, maybe she did know and was just using 'kingpin' as a cover up for the governor.
part 2.....'consume you to a point of passion where your soul becomes unhinged.....' the princess certainly isn't one to hold back on words.
12:10pm, i fourth that.
Hey, does anyone read my crappy entries?
Of course we read your entries! But her pictures are better than the ones you post. You're going to hate me for this but it's about cocaine princess. Why is it that Valentina's daddy seems more of a father to her than her own father? Or does she not have a father? I've sent her emails asking her but she never responds back.
10:35 -- you've got me there.
I read your blog pretty much everyday. Never leave a comment because sometimes I get lazy. Don't hate me either it's about Cocaine Princess. I have been hooked on her blog from day one. She does have a father but from the way she writes about him, he doesn't seem like a good guy. Check her entry, Snow in the caribbean, in the Nov. archives.
Explains a lot.
Firstly to 12:10PM on March 14, thank you for the compliment and thank you to all those who agreed.
Second, I can tell you right now Spitzer was never on Valentina's daddy's payroll nor did he make a pass at me. The entries are not about him.
Thirdly 10:35am, I do have a father but sometimes you just don't get along with people for various reasons. I am close to Valentina's daddy because...well that's a story to be told at another time.
XOXOXOXO,
Cocaine Princess
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