Trump co-defendant loses lawyer after reportedly not paying him

One of former President Donald Trump's co-defendants in the sweeping Fulton County RICO case has lost legal representation after reportedly failing to pay her lawyer and listen to his legal advice.

Attorneys for Trevian Kutti, a one-time publicist for Kanye West and R. Kelly, filed a motion Monday withdrawing counsel of record. Kutti, who prosecutors are accusing of pressuring a Fulton County elections worker in January 2021, has pleaded not guilty to racketeering and witness tampering charges.

Although the court filing did not provide a reason for why her Atlanta-based attorney, Darryl Cohen, and her Chicago-based attorneys, Steven Greenberg and Joshua Herman, were dropping Kutti, Cohen told The Messenger on Tuesday, "In order to have a good lawyer-client relationship, the client has to listen, the client has to be on board and you have to be paid."