All right, so, yeah, right, this is the deal. I think. William “Willy” Quest gave it a valiant effort as Brandon McInerney’s attorney, but he’s out. In is a gentleman by the name of Scott S. Wippert who works for an organization out of Studio City, California (Stolen Boy’s old stomping grounds) called The Law Offices of United Defense Group. Scott brings with him to court a near stable of attorneys bearing the names of Robyn Bramson and Summer McKeivier. Three attorneys and one client. So far so good.
The numbers may have seemed oddly disproportionate at first. But maybe it was some kind of a show of strength. Maybe what the new defense attorneys were saying was that, hey, we have the bodies to cover the law and motion end of what needs to be done in this case. We have the firepower to zealously represent our new juvenile client. But, the question remains as to where the money for the experts that will be needed at trial will come from. As it presently stands, it won’t be from California taxpayers, and no one has provided the answers as to from where exactly it will come.
Brandon McInerney’s three new attorneys, Summer McKeivier, Scott Wippert, and Robyn Bramson, read Guardian ad litem report before court.
When Brandon finally appeared in the cage it was about 3:17 in the afternoon. This is Ventura, and it was beach time. But, nevertheless, we hit the grind and the judge informed the court that they were going to have something called an In Camera hearing in the courtroom and we were all asked to leave.
Everyone, that is, except for the defendant, who I can only presume remained in his cage. And of course Brandon’s old attorney didn’t have to leave, and neither did his new attorneys. But we all did. So we just headed out into the corridor looking for something to do, when Maeve Fox joined us for a little impromptu gathering. It was all a nice little affair, and shortly thereafter the bailiff came out and invited us all back into court.
There, we learned Brandon had agreed knowingly and voluntarily to his new attorneys’ appointment. Brandon’s new lead counsel, Scott Wippert, then made a point of asking the judge to grant a gag order against Willy Quest. He didn’t want Brandon’s former attorney or the PD’s office talking to anyone about the case, especially the media. This didn’t really bother me since I’m a fiction writer anyway, and I can just make up what I lack in facts. But Willy Quest didn’t agree, since he felt he had first amendment protections anyway, and Wippert’s request was overbroad. Judge Kevin McGee agreed with Mr. Quest, denied Mr. Wippert’s request, and set the matter for further proceedings on October 21st, at 8:30 a.m.
Tomorrow, we’ll hear what the attorneys had to say after the hearing.
