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British Scandal

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Scandal, Alice Levine, Great Britain, Society & Culture, Exhibit C, British, England, History, Matt Forde, Documentary

4.5 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Paul Bergrin is a hotshot criminal defense attorney in Newark, New Jersey. Seemingly unstoppable and with unorthodox methods, he’s built a reputation for getting his clients off the hook. But as Paul's legend grows, so do the suspicions swirling around him.

When FBI Agent Shawn Brokos starts investigating a major drug ring, she makes a shocking discovery: the gang's most powerful player is none other than Newark’s star attorney. Has the ex-federal prosecutor crossed the line and started committing crimes himself?

From Wondery, comes a new series about a lawyer who breaks all the rules, the FBI agent determined to take him down at all costs, and the people caught in the middle who paid the ultimate price.

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0:00.0	Hello I'm Alice and I'm Matt and we're from British scandal but today we're telling you about a different podcast.
0:06.5	Paul Bergrin was the lawyer who could get you out of any sticky situation.
0:11.2	Court selling pirated videos like Queen Latifah was in
0:14.1	1995, Better Call Paul. Accused of lying to a jury during testimony like Lil
0:19.5	Kim was in 2003, Better Call Paul. Court stabbing your spouse ten times with a steak knife.
0:26.8	No matter if you were innocent or guilty, Paul could get you off the hook.
0:31.1	We see lawyers like this in the Sopranrano's or breaking bad, but what happens
0:34.8	when those fictional lawyers cross over into the real world? At the peak of his career, Paul
0:39.6	Bergerin was undefeated, a master lawyer who knew the system inside out.
0:45.0	But when an FBI agent finds traces of Bergren's involvement in a massive drug ring,
0:50.0	questions start to arise on the length Paul went to achieve his dominance and what he would do to ensure he stayed there.
0:56.5	In Wundery's True Crime Podcast, Criminal Attorney,
0:59.8	Host Jinks Jenkins will tell you the true story of how Paul Bergeny went from representing others in court to representing himself.
1:07.0	No one is better suited to breaking the law than those who know it best.
1:11.0	We're about to play you a clip from Criminal Attorney. Follow
1:14.3	criminal attorney on the Wundry app or wherever you get your podcasts. 1. I'm going to run,
1:36.0	from the bogeyman. From Wondery, I'm Brandon Jinks Jenkins, and this is criminal attorney.
1:41.0	It was 2003, and Sean Brokos was on her way to a Newark apartment complex.
1:46.6	She had received a tip that someone in that apartment had a gun, that they shouldn't.
1:51.3	Sean was in her early 30s, blonde and white in Newark.
1:54.0	She looked like a teacher or a dentist or someone with a desk job at a bank,
2:00.0	which is actually what she'd been doing seven years earlier.
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