She is highly regarded for her clear writing style and pragmatic advice.
Katie’s broad public law background extends to matters of statutory interpretation, privacy, and human rights law. She has experience in all areas of the administrative decision-making process, including advising statutory decision makers, developing guidelines, and reviewing delegations.
Katie brings a deep knowledge of administrative law to her work. In her previous role in Canada, Katie represented a provincial government in judicial review proceedings and complex constitutional litigation. She has acted for public sector clients at the federal and state level in Australia, in both an advisory and litigation capacity. While a source close to Weber told us: “Bruce has chosen to put this matter behind him and move forward with his life.Katie is a versatile public lawyer with a commercial litigation background. Krueger’s allegations.”Ĭommenting on Tuesday, Arick Fudali, partner at The Bloom Firm, told Page Six: “The parties have chosen to put this matter behind them and move forward with their lives.” The dismissal of his case was based on that timeline only, and had nothing to do with the truth of Mr. Then in September 2020, a judge dismissed Krueger’s suit against Weber because, as a source claimed, his recollection of the year that the alleged incidents occurred appeared to be murky.īloom told us at the time: “Like many sexual assault accusers, had to contend with a tough statute of limitations, which unfairly limits the time sexual assault accusers can file lawsuits, no matter how strong their case. Attorney Bloom held a press conference with models Mark Ricketson and Jason Boyce - who accused Weber of sexual misconduct - in December 2017. She then chose to reschedule, and now has to pay the fees. Upon insistence from Bloom and her team, the deposition was shut down. In June 2020, power lawyer Lisa Bloom was ordered to pay Weber over $28,000 in legal costs after her client Boyce refused to answer certain questions at a deposition. The case against Weber was not without its issues, however. He then allegedly groped him while he was in his underwear after taking him through the breathing exercises.Īfter the accusations against Weber were made public, Vogue doyenne Anna Wintour said she was putting her working relationship with him on hold. He said in the court papers: “I did witness Bruce take one of the younger models away from the scene into a private shooting, private setting … I don’t remember who it was, but somebody turned around and quoted to me oh, he’s going to get ‘Brucified.'”īaldwin claimed in the papers that while on a shoot for Abercrombie & Fitch in 2009 on Amelia Island in Florida, Weber became annoyed when he refused to pose nude. Weber settled a suit last month brought by model Jason Boyce, also for an undisclosed sum. Van Oijen claimed they even used the term getting “Brucified” as a shorthand for his inappropriate behavior on set. Weber was accused in the most recently settled suit of calling and texting models to personally to book them, going so far as to boast that he could get them high profile shoots.īut models allegedly started to warn each other of the “breathing exercises” that Weber got them to do. Last month, Weber settled a separate, similar suit brought by model Jason Boyce, also for an undisclosed sum.
The amount of the out-of-court settlement was not disclosed. The new settlement includes no admission of guilt on Weber’s part, but brings to an end a lawsuit brought jointly by models Josh Ardolf, Anthony Baldwin, Jacob Madden and Jnana Van Oijen. “I have spent my career capturing the human spirit through photographs and am confident that, in due time, the truth will prevail,” he said. Weber, who had worked with publications such as Vogue, had denied the allegations, saying he planned to “vigorously” defend himself. The 75-year-old shutterbug allegedly groped some of the men during photo shoots while pretending to assist them with what he claimed were “breathing exercises” - a process the models dubbed being “Brucified,” according to court papers. Legendary fashion photographer Bruce Weber has settled a lawsuit brought by a group of male models who accused him of sexually assaulting them, Page Six has learned. Models call Bruce Weber a ‘serial sexual predator’ in new suit
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