Reports: Famed attorney and recent Mainer F. Lee Bailey, who represented OJ Simpson, dead at 87
During the O.J. Simpson murder trial, Bailey was the lawyer who played a key role in exposing racist statements made by one of the prosecution’s key witnesses. Author: MARK PRATT Associated Press Published: 4:24 PM EDT June 3, 2021 Updated: 5:43 PM EDT June 3, 2021
WALTHAM, Mass F. Lee Bailey, the celebrity attorney who defended O.J. Simpson, Patricia Hearst and the alleged Boston Strangler, but whose legal career halted when he was disbarred in two states, has died, a former colleague said Thursday. He was 87.
The death was confirmed Thursday by Peter Horstmann, who worked with Bailey as an associate in the same law office for seven years.