from www.nydailynews.com – For a minute there, it looked like the “bad girl” was back.
Ex-Rockland County District Attorney Ken Gribetz [pictured] briefly represented Lawrence Taylor Thursday as a criminal defense lawyer – until the Daily News reminded the world of Gribetz’s past in an online story.
Arthur Aidala abruptly replaced Gribetz as LT’s attorney.
Back in 1995, The News exposed the married Gribetz’s torrid affair with a local woman who claimed he used county money to fund their trysts.
She recounted how Gribetz would leave her voice messages referring to her as his “doll” – and calling himself a “bad girl.”
The News also revealed he pocketed secret referral fees on real estate deals.
Gribetz resigned and pleaded guilty to two federal misdemeanors. He was suspended from practicing law.
Gribetz tried to get his license back, arguing that he had suffered a mere “lapse in judgment” due to the “unrelenting demands of the district attorney’s office.”
He even cited a single epileptic incident that occurred in 1988.
It didn’t work. The court disbarred him, finding he had “abused his position of public trust.”
Years passed, and by January 2005 his license to practice law was reinstated without comment.
He declined to discuss the matter Thursday, stating, “The decision was five years ago. It speaks for itself,” before hanging up.