Hello and welcome to True Crime Daily's The Sidebar, taking you inside the courtrooms

of high profile and notorious cases from across the country.

I'm your host Joshua Ritter, I'm a criminal defense lawyer based here in Los Angeles,

and previously an LA County prosecutor for nearly a decade.

We are recording this on Thursday, October 20th, 2022.

In this week's episode, we have breaking news.

Paul Flores has been convicted of the 1996 murder of Kristen Smart, as well as Darryl

Brooks ongoing antics in court for the Waukeshaw Christmas Day Parade Massacre, plus we

examine the role that Scientology could play in Danny Masterson's sexual assault trial

in Los Angeles, and finally, shocking evidence to be allowed in Harvey Weinstein's trial,

where it appears one of his alleged victims reached out to the mogul for advice on handling

a public sex scandal.

Today we are excited to be joined by Richard Chowenstein, a corporate attorney with over

30 years of experience navigating corporate and employment disputes, representing clients

in state and federal courts across the country.

Rich, welcome.

Hey Josh, good to be here.

Before we jump right in, could you tell us a little bit about your background and what

your current practice is?

Sure, I'm a litigator and a trial lawyer.

I handle mostly civil disputes, as you said.

So business disputes, employment disputes are generally in my bellywick, state and federal

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