Antonio Brown attends Floyd Mayweather's birthday bash at The Gabriel Miami South Beach on Feb. 24, 2022 in Miami Beach, Florida.
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March 20, 2025, 5:56 PM UTC
* Justice Department unit accused Brown of bad faith conduct
* Attorney says Brown should get time to find new counsel
Antonio Brown’s bankruptcy attorney has asked to withdraw from his representation of the former NFL wide receiver, citing an “irreconcilable dispute,” a day after a government watchdog accused Brown of lying about an illness.
Lorium PLLC attorney Joe Grant said Brown should be given reasonable time to obtain new counsel, according to a motion filed Wednesday in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.
A judge will consider the request at a hearing scheduled for March 27.
The motion comes shortly after the US Trustee, the Justice Department’s bankruptcy monitor, [alleged](https://news.bloomberglaw.com/bankruptcy-law/antonio-browns-rogan-podcast-spot-leads-to-doj-liquidation-push) Brown feigned a medical illness to ...
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