James Colliton, a former tax lawyer at Cravath, admitted having sex with three teenage girls and pleaded guilty yesterday to charges of statutory rape and patronizing a prostitute in return for a one-year prison sentence. Having already been jailed for 19 months, he was eligible for immediate release, but Justice Thomas Farber kept him in custody, saying he wanted to see a probation report before he imposed a sentence on Oct. 11. From the New York Post:
The wife still loves him, despite his teen-girl harem. The five kids still love him. And they’re all waiting for him with open arms back home in Poughkeepsie. "Lolita Lawyer" James Colliton is heading home from jail next week after admitting in a Manhattan courtroom yesterday to repeatedly bedding a trio of underage girls in the Midtown apartment he used on weeknights. Two of the girls — sisters ages 13 and 15 – were being pimped by their own mother, prosecutors have charged in the shocking case.
- Associated Press: Former Cravath Tax Lawyer Guilty of Sex With Minors
- New York Daily News: Upstate Tax Lawyer Paid to Have Sex with Teens
- New York Law Journal: Former Cravath Associate Pleads Guilty in Underage Sex Scandal, by Anthony Lin
- New York Post: Pervy Pa Can Now Go Home; Rape Plea Will Spring "Lolita" Lawyer, by Laura Italiano
- New York Times: In Plea Deal, Lawyer Admits Having Sex With Teenagers, by Anemona Hartocollis
- WSJ Law Blog: In Plea Deal, Ex-Cravath Lawyer Admits To Sex Crimes, by Peter Lattman
Prior TaxProf Blog coverage:
- Former Cravath Tax Associate Denied Bail in Teenage Rape and Prostitution Case (9/29/06)
- NY Post: Tax Lawyer "Skunk" v. "Skank" (3/31/06)
- National Law Journal: Cravath Tax Associate’s Trouble Brings Spotlight (3/17/06)
- NY Post: "Pervert" Tax Lawyer Is Broke (3/9/06)
- Police Apprehend Former Cravath Tax Lawyer Wanted on Teenage Rape and Prostitution Charges (3/5/06)
- Former Cravath Tax Lawyer Indicted on Teenage Rape and Prostitution Charges (3/2/06)
