F. Lee Bailey, Broke And Working Above Hair Salon, Still Thinks O.J. Is Innocent
What has happened to the famed criminal defense attorney?
F. Lee Bailey and O.J. Simpson (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
If F. Lee Bailey’s your lawyer, you’re his friend, you’re his client, and you’re innocent. He’s the only lawyer who does that. He doesn’t play the game the rest of us play: ‘Oh, I don’t know whether he’s guilty or innocent, but I’m giving him the best possible defense.’ Bailey is totally convinced that O.J. was innocent.
— Alan Dershowitz, speaking about F. Lee Bailey in a Town & Country profile of the disbarred lawyer, who once represented recently paroled O.J. Simpson as part of his Dream Team during the double-murder trial where the athlete was acquitted, which was then known as the “trial of the century.” Bailey has declared bankruptcy twice in recent years and now runs a consulting business above his girlfriend’s salon.
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