Things “could not have gone weirder,” slain lawyer Steve Cozzi’s legal partner told The Daily Beast.
Pillsbury, who does not normally practice business law, said he got involved with the case last year, as “essentially a favor,” after a“And it’s like, it could not have gone weirder,” he said., who had been on the case since the beginning, defending the medical practice and the biller Kosowski blamed for his woes. It should have been straightforward, but Kosowski seemed to revel in making things as difficult as possible, just because he could, according to Pillsbury.
“I feel like I was going to be inevitably targeted by this guy, because of the way he treated us both throughout the case and how contentious it became,” Pillsbury said. “It’s very difficult for me to wrap my brain around the fact that this happened. I’m constantly retelling the story, but I can never make any sense of it.”As 2023 got underway, Kosowski’s lawsuit still hadn’t been resolved. And he appeared to be getting frustrated.
On Jan. 26, things reached a turning point, Pillsbury said, providing the most detailed insight yet into what happened.That day, the two sides were at a deposition at Cozzi’s law office that turned ugly, according to Pillsbury. Kosowski was mercilessly grilling an office worker from his old practice, spending more than three hours aggressively questioning a witness who Pillsbury said was not really central to the case.
On March 21, immediately after he allegedly killed Cozzi, Kosowski joined a scheduled 10:30 a.m. court hearing via Zoom, from the parking lot outside Cozzi’s office. He and the others, including Pillsbury, waited for more than 30 minutes but Cozzi never showed, according to the arrest affidavit.
“We would get sidetracked and go, ‘Why was this law written this way?’ ‘Why did this happen?’ He was just endlessly curious. Most people were glad to be his friend… I know I’m biased, but I think he was quite an extraordinary person.” Cozzi “honestly cared” about his clients, and was proud of the witness at the Jan. 26 deposition for handling herself so well under Kosowski’s pressure, according to Pillsbury.
Another med school pal remembered Kosowski as a “happy, kind of goofy, silly, informal guy,” describing the allegations as “completely out of left field.” And while police said Kosowski had hundreds of guns at home, the friend said Kosowski never expressed any interest in firearms at all, even though they were living in New Hampshire, where ownership rules are relatively loose.
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