The death of legendary criminal defense lawyer Roy Black, who helped secure a controversial plea agreement for Jeffrey Epstein two decades ago, sent conspiracy theorists in a fresh spiral or outrage.The 80-year-old trial attorney and longtime University of Miami law professor represented numerous hi...
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    Black won acquittal in 1991 for Smith, a nephew of John F. Kennedy, on rape charges and later married one of the jurors in that nationally televised case, Lea Black, who later became known as a cast member on “The Real Housewives of Miami.”

    He also represented Epstein during his 2006 criminal case on charges of soliciting prostitution from underage girls, and Black helped secure his 2008 plea agreement that was challenged by two victims who said the deal violated federal law because they were never given an opportunity to object to it.