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Recently, Matthew Galluzzo – a criminal defense attorney and former Manhattan sex crimes prosecutor – was asked by the Daily News for his expert legal opinion on the accusations by Italian model Ambra Battilana that Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein forcibly groped her against her will. The article is available here. http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/harvey-weinstein-didn-deny-groping-italian-model-source-article-1.2170579 If you or a…

Recently, Matthew Galluzzo, the French-speaking criminal defense attorney for the French Consulate of New York (and a former sex crimes prosecutor), was asked by Bloomberg News to explain the French laws relating to the “aggravated pimping” charge facing former IMF chief and French presidential hopeful Dominique Strauss-Kahn. The article is available here: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-02/the-former-head-of-the-imf-is-on-trial-for-aggravated-pimping-here-s-what-aggravated-pimping-really-is If you…

Recently, Matthew Galluzzo – a criminal defense attorney and former Manhattan prosecutor – was asked by several news outlets, including the BBC, Reuters, and the Globe and Mail, to discuss the apparent confession to murder made by Robert Durst to interviewers from an HBO television program. He spoke live to the BBC on two occasions…

On January 6, the New York Daily News published a column written by Matthew Galluzzo evaluating the decision by prosecutors at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office not to prosecute civil rights lawyer Sanford Rubenstein for an alleged rape at his apartment. The Daily News solicited Mr. Galluzzo’s opinion on the case because he is an…

Attorney Matthew Galluzzo recently appeared as a guest columnist and expert commentator in the New York Daily News on the rape and sexual assault investigation of famous civil rights attorney Sanford Rubinstein. The article is available here: here: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/case-sanford-rubenstein-hard-prove-prosecutor-article-1.1964443

Criminal defense lawyer Matt Galluzzo was recently quoted in a Village Voice article about arrests in New York City for possessing illegal gravity knives. The article is available here. The Law Office of Matthew Galluzzo has represented numerous individuals arrested for possessing gravity knives – if you or someone you love has been arrested or…

Matthew Galluzzo, a former domestic violence prosecutor and Manhattan criminal defense attorney, was recently asked by USA Today to comment on whether Ray Rice received an appropriate result in connection with his arrest for aggravated assault of his wife in Atlantic City, NJ. The article containing his quote is available here: http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/09/ray-rice-sentence Mr. Galluzzo also…

Recently, attorney and former prosecutor Matthew Galluzzo was quoted in NBC News about the NFL’s creation of a commission designed to investigate claims of domestic violence and sexual assault by its players and staff. Mr. Galluzzo, a former sex crimes and domestic violence prosecutor, spoke approvingly of one of the appiontees, Lisa Friel. The article…

Matthew Galluzzo, a former prosecutor that has served as a consultant to the National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa, recently appeared on BBC News (TV) on September 11, 2014, to discuss the verdict in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial. To read more about his thoughts on the verdict, click here for newyorkcriminaldefenseblawg.com

On July 24, 2014, Zack Johnson of The Law Office of Matthew Galluzzo was quoted as an expert in the New York Times regarding arrests in New York City for fake IDs. Mr. Johnson has successfully defended numerous underaged individuals charged with possessing fake IDs throughout the city. The text of the article is available…