10-28-2011, 05:40 AM
not at all surprising. boys need Guardian ad Litem NOW.
KCStar
Today’s planned interviews of Lisa Irwin’s two brothers has been postponed.
It may never happen now, because the case took a bizarre turn late Thursday as two attorneys for the family appeared to be in open conflict.
Kansas City attorney Cyndy Short said she had heard reports that New York lawyer Joe Tacopina had fired her from the case.
“He’s not in a position to fire anyone,” Short told The Star. “I work for the client, not him.”
Police told The Star’s reporting partner, KCTV-5, that Tacopina indicated the much-anticipated interviews with the brothers might happen next week.
Tacopina declined comment to The Star.
But Short said that if she has her way, the interviews with the brothers, ages 8 and 5, would likely never happen — for the sake of the boys and the case. The brothers were interviewed earlier, and she’s worried about additional trauma to them.
here is the last person anyone besides the police give a damn about------>
![[Image: uORC9.St.81.jpg]](http://media.kansascity.com/smedia/2011/10/24/22/52/uORC9.St.81.jpg)
KCStar
Today’s planned interviews of Lisa Irwin’s two brothers has been postponed.
It may never happen now, because the case took a bizarre turn late Thursday as two attorneys for the family appeared to be in open conflict.
Kansas City attorney Cyndy Short said she had heard reports that New York lawyer Joe Tacopina had fired her from the case.
“He’s not in a position to fire anyone,” Short told The Star. “I work for the client, not him.”
Police told The Star’s reporting partner, KCTV-5, that Tacopina indicated the much-anticipated interviews with the brothers might happen next week.
Tacopina declined comment to The Star.
But Short said that if she has her way, the interviews with the brothers, ages 8 and 5, would likely never happen — for the sake of the boys and the case. The brothers were interviewed earlier, and she’s worried about additional trauma to them.
here is the last person anyone besides the police give a damn about------>
![[Image: uORC9.St.81.jpg]](http://media.kansascity.com/smedia/2011/10/24/22/52/uORC9.St.81.jpg)