A Fugees rapper convicted of a multimillion-dollar political scheme this spring is seeking a retrial after his defense attorney apparently relied on AI to craft his closing argument — dumbing down “the single most important part” of the trial.
Prakazrel “Pras” Michel filed a fiery motion on Monday accusing his former lawyer David Kenner of barging his closing arguments in a high-profile trial last April.
Kenner “used an experimental artificial intelligence (AI) program to craft a closing argument, ignored the best arguments and incorporated a charged scheme” before publicly boasting that the AI program “turned hours or days of legal work into seconds,” Michel’s new defense team from ArentFox Schiff said.
The rapper’s legal team continued: “It is now clear that Kenner and his co-lawyer appear to have an undisclosed financial interest in the AI program, and they experimented with it during Michel’s trial so they could issue a press release afterwards promoting the program. — conflict of interest that’s clear.”
Prakazrel “Pras” Michel of the Fugees filed a motion on Monday accusing his former attorney David Kenner of butchering his closing arguments in the trial that led to his conviction for using AI. Getty Images for Live Nation Urban
Kenner, who previously represented hip-hop artists including Snoop Dogg and Suge Knight, appears to have an undisclosed financial interest in a company called CaseFile Connect, which acts as a “technology partner” to the AI program, EyeLevel.AI.
The brief asserts that Kenner and his co-counsel Alon Israely used Michel’s trial as an opportunity to promote CaseFile Connect, which Kenner reportedly revealed to the courtroom at the end of the trial, according to a declaration accompanying the brief written by former federal prosecutor and ArentFox Partner Peter Zeidenberg.
Zeidenberg pointed to a press release from EyeLevel that included a photo of Michel and boasted that the company’s technology was “making history” by being the first use of AI in a federal trial.
Kenner apparently brags in the courtroom about the use of AI. Reuters
In the announcement, Kenner was quoted as saying the AI program “turns hours or days of legal work into seconds,” and called the use of the program a “look into the future of how cases will be conducted.”
The news release failed to mention that Michel was convicted of all 10 criminal charges he faced, including trying to persuade the Trump administration to drop its investigation into Malaysian businessman Jho Low.
Federal prosecutors allege that Michel received about $100 million from Low, dubbed the “Asian Great Gatsby,” and illegally contributed Low’s money to American political campaigns, including Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign.
Pras Michel and lawyer David Kenner outside the US federal court in Washington this April. Reuters
In addition to AI’s alleged closing arguments, the brief accuses Kenner of being inadequately prepared for complex white-collar cases — and of outsourcing trial preparation from inexperienced contract counsel at a company founded by his co-counsel, who happens to be an old friend. belongs to him.
Michel’s new attorney now says that because of Kenner’s poor representation, he “never had a chance.”
With Postal wire.
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