Elton’s bulldog’ lawyer to fight sex attack case Singer hires celeb attorney to get suit thrown out
SIR Elton John has hired one of Jeffrey Wenninger’s casee dismissed by a es say Sir Elton, 69, has brought him on
judge – after the former cop claimed the board “because he means business”. America’s toughest lawyers in a
singer grabbed his crotch,h, twisted his The alleged incidents have been bid to get a sexual harassment
nipples and insisted he, “Say hello dismissed b by the entertainer’s replawsuit brought by his former to Uncle Elton”. resentative resentatives as a “baseless lawsuit bodyguard thrown out of court. But if the case goes ahead it brought b by a disgruntled former
Orin Snyder, who also represents looks set to end in a showdownhowdown security officero seeking to extract Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg, has a before a Californian jury.y. an undeservedundese payment”. reputation for being “a bulldog”. Snyder has previouslyy worked Mr WenningerWen was Sir Elton’s
New court documents reveal Snyder with stars including The Rolling bodyguard for 12 years, until has applied for a special one-off licence Stones, Bruce Springsteen, en, SeptemberSeptem 2014. He claims that to Sharon Osbourne andd during a car journey in Los durArepresent the Rocket Man star in court in California. Sir Elton still hopes to have Mariah Carey, and sourc- Angeles, the singer attempted to put his hand down his trousers “while trying to force his fingers between the plaintiff’s buttock cheeks and attempting to grab genitals”.
He claims Sir Elton also told him to “get your todger out”, and says that the songwriter’s “unwelcome touching” took place over several years.
It has since emerged that the bodyguard’s ex-wife made allegations of “intimidation and abuse” against him during their marriage, which she later dropped.