Alex Spiro, a high-powered celebrity attorney representing Mayor Adams in multiple ongoing criminal and civil cases, withdrew Wednesday from defending the mayor in a lawsuit accusing him of sexually assaulting a colleague over three decades ago.
In a motion filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, Spiro said he’s withdrawing from the civil sexual assault case because the city Conflicts of Interest Board had raised “concerns” about him representing the mayor in both that matter and the corruption indictment Manhattan federal prosecutors have brought against him.
Spiro’s filing did not elaborate in the filing on what the board’s concerns were.
The board did not immediately return a request for comment.
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