start today. steve brown with the news in joliet, illinois this afternoon. steve, who is the attorney at the center of this last-ditch effort for a new trial? reporter: his name is joe brodsky. other members of the current defense team say he was the person who made the call to put harry smith on the stand. harry smith was the divorce attorney for kathleen sacrifice vo, the victim in this particular case. on the stand smith testified that he met with stacy peterson who tried to hire him as her divorce attorney in seeking a divorce from drew peterson, and during that meeting she stated that she believed or knew that drew pert son killed kathleen savio. all of this was barred from being heard by the jury by the judge in a prior motion. because the defense called smith to the stand, this testimony came out and the judge warned brodsky twice before the trial began.