Dillon Danis is gonna want a brand new lawyer after the attorneys representing him in an ongoing lawsuit filed by Nina Agdal filed a movement to be withdrawn from the case.
In accordance with a report from MMA Combating, a submitting made on September 12 revealed that Danis’ lead legal professional Mark Berman filed a movement to withdraw as counsel after repeated points representing the controversial fight sports activities star. The attorneys reportedly filed to withdraw based mostly on the “defendant’s failure to adjust to the phrases of the agency’s retainer settlement” and “a breakdown in communication between defendant and counsel which has resulted in, amongst different issues, counsel’s failure to make sure compliance with court docket orders.”
Danis’ former attorneys additionally acknowledged that the ex-Bellator fighter has “did not pay the agency’s month-to-month invoices in a well timed style and has failed to take care of the required retainer settlement” based mostly on the contract to rent them and “this has been a recurring downside.”
“I personally like Mr. Danis, I discover this case to be an attention-grabbing one and I would favor to proceed representing him,” Berman wrote within the submitting. “Nevertheless, I can not achieve this successfully if he fails to answer my communications and the agency is not going to permit me to take action if he fails to adjust to the phrases of the retainer settlement.
“For these causes, counsel respectfully asks the court docket to grant counsel go away to withdraw as counsel for the defendant.”
Agdal is searching for unspecified damages and $150,000 per violation of federal revenge porn legal guidelines that dillon danis allegedly violated
The lawsuit was initially filed in September 2023 after Agdal, a Danish mannequin and the fiancée of YouTube star Logan Paul, accused Danis of posting “despicable” issues about her greater than 250 instances on social media within the months main as much as a boxing match between Danis and Paul. Agdal claims that she suffered “humiliation, emotional misery, and reputational hurt” from the repeated posts.
Agdal additionally claims that one of many photos Danis shared was a photograph of her taken throughout a personal “romantic encounter” greater than a decade in the past. Agdal alleges that by distributing the picture, Danis violated state and federal revenge porn legal guidelines.
Agdal is asking for unspecified damages as a part of the lawsuit and $150,000 per violation of federal regulation, which prohibits sharing intimate photos.
Decide Michael A. Hammer ordered an in-person convention scheduled on September 24 to handle the continuing points between Danis and his attorneys.
