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Salvatore Strazzullo, a New York City lawyer greatest identified for a string of salacious instances that triggered native papers to nickname him the “Night-Life Lawyer,” was discovered useless in his automotive early Saturday in Brooklyn, in accordance with police.
The 52-year-old Manhattan resident had extra not too long ago been dealing with plenty of authorized battles after allegedly bilking his personal purchasers for thousands and thousands, utilizing the cash for his personal money owed and splendid way of life, in accordance with Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez.
Police discovered him unresponsive and unconscious in his automotive round 3:30 a.m. Saturday, parked close to the intersection of sixteenth and Cropsey Avenues, an NYPD spokesperson informed Fresh News Digital.
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Milana Dravnel (L) and her lawyer Salvatore Strazzullo arrive at federal court docket Feb. 15, 2008 in New York City. Dravnel was suing boxer Oscar De La Hoya for defamation, over alleged pictures of him taken by Dravnel. Hoya claimed the photographs had been manipulated by her. They later reached a settlement within the dispute. (Brad Barket/Getty Images)
Medics pronounced him useless on the scene, however there have been no rapid indicators of criminality, police stated. The investigation is ongoing.
The New York Times dubbed Strazzullo the Big Apple’s “Night-Life Lawyer” in a 2012 profile, outlining a few of his “after-midnight” instances within the City that Never Sleeps, reporting that he’d been a nightclub supervisor within the Nineties earlier than changing into a lawyer.
Over the years he represented strippers, nightclub staff and celebrities concerned in mischief after darkish, together with a former fling of the boxer Oscar De La Hoya, who claimed she had footage of him sporting ladies’s lingerie.
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Salvatore Strazzullo and Jodie Strazullo attend JOGO by Pooneh Launches within the Hamptons at Day & Night on June 27, 2009 in Southampton, New York. (REBOH/Patrick McMullan through Getty Images)
Milana Dravnel, a former unique dancer, sued De La Hoya for $100 million in 2007. Fresh News reported on the time that one of many pictures confirmed the boxing legend sporting a black fishnet bodysuit and black heels. In one other, he was stated to be sporting a “white tutu.”
De La Hoya claimed the images had been doctored.
Olympic champion boxer Oscar De La Hoya in an image taken in Philadelphia in a Ritz-Carlton lodge room, Sept. 19, 2007. (X17)
According to the New York Post, the authorized battle between the 2 surfaced allegations that the previous champion referred to as boxing’s “Golden Boy” preferred to be known as “Goldie” whereas dressing in ladies’s undergarments. The events finally settled out of court docket, and each mentioned the incident in an HBO documentary, “The Golden Boy,” years later.
Strazzullo’s agency’s web site was down Tuesday. The Brooklyn native had an workplace in Bensonhurst, in accordance with Gonzalez.
A spokesperson for the Brooklyn DA’s workplace declined to touch upon Strazzullo’s demise Tuesday, pointing to previous press releases concerning the allegations towards him as an alternative.
Oscar De La Hoya and Wilfredo Rivera combat for the WBC and Lineal Welterweight titles on Dec. 6, 1997 on the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. De La Hoya received the combat with a TKO within the eighth spherical. (Focus on Sport/Getty Images)
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The late lawyer was due again in a Brooklyn felony court docket later this month on two separate instances involving felony fees of grand larceny and fraud in an alleged multimillion-dollar scheme that funded fancy automobiles, a luxe house in Battery Park City, fancy meals and customized fits, in accordance with prosecutors.
He had pleaded not responsible.
