Mr. Singer, who cooperated with the government in its investigation, has pleaded guilty to racketeering and other charges. Thirty others, including the actress Lori Loughlin and her husband, the designer Mossimo Giannulli, have pleaded not guilty. Among a contingent of white collar defense lawyers in Los Angeles and Boston, seemingly everyone either already has a client in the case or is considering taking one. The prosecutors’ steps to investigate additional parents already have moved beyond phone calls and target letters: They have issued subpoenas seeking banking records, information from accountants and phone logs, according to two defense lawyers representing families who are now targets. All the while, there is a different group of Southern California parents — people who had hired Mr. Singer but haven’t heard from the prosecutors at all — who are worried enough to have hired lawyers anyway.

Source: New York Times May 01, 2019 16:25 UTC