Disgraced ‘trial by combat’ lawyer sues NYC councilwoman over unpaid $86K bill

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Disgraced ‘trial by combat’ lawyer sues NYC councilwoman over unpaid $86K bill
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A disgraced Staten Island lawyer, Richard Luthmann, claims he hasn’t been paid for campaign work he did in 2017, including creating fake Facebook pages.

, claims City Councilwoman Kamillah Hanks and Kevin Barry Love, owe him more than $86,000 for work he did on her failed 2017 City Council campaign.

The work included creating a “fake Facebook page” against Hanks’ then-rival, Debi Rose, who won the election, according to a Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit.City Councilwoman Kamillah Hanks won her seat in 2021.Gabriella Bass Luthmann, who was eventually convicted for fraud, once proposed trial by combat as a solution to a legal dispute.“I never offered, discussed or had any knowledge nor involvement in any of Luthmann’s crimes. He has done this to many others. Missing from his lawsuit is not a single piece of evidence other then the rantings of a mentally ill man,” he said in a statement, adding, “I intend to seek damages for this fraud.

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