Mother of teen burglar who escaped to Bahamas hires well-known Seattle entertainment lawyer
By APSaturday, July 10, 2010
Mom of ‘barefoot bandit’ gets entertainment lawyer
SEATTLE — A Seattle entertainment lawyer who has represented the likes of Courtney Love and the family of Jimi Hendrix has a new client: the mother of the ‘barefoot bandit.’
O. Yale Lewis confirmed to The Seattle Times that his firm has been retained by Pamela Kohler, the mother of elusive teen burglar Colton Harris-Moore.
The 6-foot-5 19-year-old is suspected in dozens of thefts since he walked away from a halfway house two years ago, and he is believed to have made his way to the Bahamas in a plane stolen from an Indiana airport. Authorities there are scouring the islands looking for him.
Kohler says she needs an attorney to handle her “entertainment” interests, and she said a deal for a book about her son is in the works.
Information from: The Seattle Times, www.seattletimes.com
