Top #MeToo lawyer says he is no longer representing Biden accuser Tara Reade – By Tucker Higgins (CNBC) / May 22 2020
- An attorney for Tara Reade, the woman accusing former Vice President Joe Biden of sexual assault, said on Friday that he had dropped her as a client without providing a reason.
- Doug Wigdor, a noted #MeToo lawyer whose firm has represented clients with claims against high-profile men accused of abuse such as Harvey Weinstein and Dominique Strauss-Kahn, said the decision was “by no means a reflection on whether then-Senator Biden sexually assaulted Ms. Reade.”
- Reade has alleged that Biden assaulted her in a Senate office building in 1993. She has called for Biden, the apparent Democratic presidential nominee, to drop out of the race.
An attorney for Tara Reade, the woman accusing former Vice President Joe Biden of sexual assault, said on Friday that he had dropped her as a client without providing a reason.
Doug Wigdor, a noted #MeToo lawyer whose firm has represented clients with claims against high-profile men accused of abuse like Harvey Weinstein and Dominique Strauss-Kahn, said the decision was “by no means a reflection on whether then-Senator Biden sexually assaulted Ms. Reade.” He also said he sided with the 55% of voters who believe her, citing a recent Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll.
Wigdor, who has donated thousands of dollars to President Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee, in addition to some Democratic candidates, said the decision to part ways with Reade was made on Wednesday, less than two weeks after he announced that he was representing her.
A spokesperson for Reade, Maria Villena, said in a statement that Reade “does not have a statement about Mr. Wigdor’s decision to part ways.”
“When he joined Tara’s team he was not expecting the amount of victim-shaming and attacks against her credibility as he saw over the past weeks. As he said, these storylines are ‘unrelated and irrelevant matters’. Tara is currently seeking new counsel with PR support,” Villena said.
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