Published: Aug. 31, 2011 at 1:11 PM
CHICAGO, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- A federal judge declared a mistrial in a Chicago sex-trafficking case after a witness identified the defense attorney as one of her clients, records indicate.
Massage therapist Liudmyla Ksenych testified for just 10 minutes before she told government prosecutors she was acquainted with the defense attorney, the Chicago Tribune reported.
Ksenych said attorney Douglas Rathe had been a client at the Chicago massage parlor where she worked in 2009.
She said Rathe had given her perfume and exchanged e-mails with her.
The married attorney told U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman he had visited Ksenych four times for massages and did nothing inappropriate.
His client in the case, Alex Campbell, said he could no longer trust Rathe, prompting the judge to declare a mistrial and set a new trial for January.
A transcript of the proceedings was released on Monday.
Campbell stands accused of hiring immigrant women to work at massage parlors and forcing some of them into sex-trafficking.
Source: http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/08/31/Defense-attorney-identified-as-client/UPI-77931314810673/
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