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The Real Housewives of Potomac star Eddie Osefo hired powerhouse attorney Joseph Murtha, who previously worked on a high-profile case involving former President Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, to defend him against insurance fraud allegations, Us Weekly can exclusively report.
On Friday, October 24, Murtha filed court documents in the Bravo star’s criminal case. As Us previously reported, Osefo and his wife, Wendy Osefo, were arrested on October 9, on charges of insurance fraud, conspiracy insurance fraud and making a false statement to a police officer.
Wendy, 41, filed court docs this week asking to have her trial separate from any codefendants, including her husband. She also asked for all charges to be dropped. Eddie, 41, hired Murtha, who has quite the experience in court.
According to his law website, Murtha is a veteran trial attorney with experience in both state and federal courts.
He is well-known for two high-profile cases. He represented Linda Tripp in a case where she was accused of breaking the law when she taped her conversations with Lewinsky, 52, who was involved in a sex scandal with former President Clinton, 79, while he was in office in 1995. All charges against Tripp were dropped in 2000.
In a separate case, Murtha represented a Baltimore police officer named William Porter. Prosecutors charged Porter with manslaughter over the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray. Gray sustained fatal injuries while in police custody on charges of possession of a knife. He was taken to a trauma center and announced dead on April 19, 2015. His death led to protests and numerous investigations into the matter. (Three officers were found not guilty, two officers had charges dropped and Porter had his charges dropped after a mistrial.)
In his filing, Eddie demanded prosecutors turn over the names of all potential witnesses they plan to call to testify against him.
Eddie’s lawyer asked that all charges be dismissed due to issues with the charging document. He also asked, as did Wendy, that all evidence collected be suppressed due to it being part of an unlawful search and seizure.
In his filing, Eddie also asked that he be tried separately from any codefendant in the case. He said if he was not granted this request, it would “be clearly prejudicial to” his “right to due process, and a flagrant violation of [his] constitutional and other legal rights.”
As Us first reported, the legal drama started after Wendy and Eddie called to report a burglary at their Maryland home in April 2024. The duo said someone broke into their home and stole various expensive items while they were on vacation.
In court documents, prosecutors noted the police said Wendy and Eddie’s security cameras did not catch any motion on the night in question.
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The reality stars are accused of making misleading statements to various insurance companies and reporting items as stolen when they had either returned them or still had the items in their possession. In court documents, the prosecutors claimed that when the couple was arrested, they had at least 15 items that they claimed had been stolen.
At the time, a rep for the couple released a statement addressing the situation.
“Dr. Wendy Osefo and her husband, Edward Osefo, are back home safely with their family and in good spirits,” a rep said.“They are grateful for the outpouring of concern and support from friends, fans, and colleagues. The Osefos, alongside their legal team, look forward to their day in court. At this time, they respectfully ask for privacy as they focus on their family and the legal process ahead.”
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