The New York Daily News is reporting that a lawyer for a
notorious Guyanese gangster has been charged with conspiring to tamper with a
witness. New York City lawyer Robert Simels (famous for representing, among
others, Goodfellas' Henry Hill and the NY Jets' Mark Gastineau) was allegedly
caught on a wiretap discussing the possibility of eliminating a witness through
bribes or violence. As Simels' own lawyer put it, this was "nothing more
than a lawful effort to vigorously defend his client."
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