The attorney who famously won an acquittal in the Casey Anthony murder trial is now representing Shanna Gardner-Fernandez, who is charged with planning the fatal shooting of her ex.
Casey Anthony's lawyer, Jose Baez, has been hired to represent Shanna Gardner-Fernandez, who's charged with conspiring to murder her ex-husband, Microsoft executive Jared Bridegan. The attorney, who has handled a slew of high-profile cases, is said to charge a $200,000 monthly retainer.
Baez also represented former NFL player Aaron Hernandez in his appeal after he was convicted of fatally shooting Odin Lloyd. The case abruptly ended when Hernandez killed himself in 2017. Harvey Weinstein briefly retained Baez to defend him in his New York City rape trial before hiring another team. After axing Baez, he sued him over the $1 million in legal fees he was billed for five months of work.
third co-defendant, Henry Tenon, has admitted that he shot the father of four and is cooperating with the Jacksonville State Attorney's Office against his co-conspirators. Gardner-Fernandez shares 11-year-old twins with Bridegan. The pair split in 2016 but had an acrimonious divorce and custody battle that only ended with his death.
Gardner-Fernandez was arrested in Washington state in August and was extradited to Florida last month. She's scheduled to be arraigned Friday in a Duval County courtroom on first-degree murder and other charges, which are eligible for the death penalty. Baez didn't immediately return a request for comment.
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