who is paying for lawyer for tibettes accused murderer

by Carolanne Rowe 9 min read

They're A Married Couple.

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The two work in the same building in Marshalltown, but work for different firms. Chad Frese has practiced criminal law for 25 years and does criminal defense work, while Jennifer Frese has been a criminal defense lawyer for 10 years.
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This Isn't Their First Case Together.

  • Though they’ve worked together in the past, they’ve never worked a case like this. The attorneys decided it’d be best for Rivera to have two attorneys defending him since it’s a high-profile case. RELATED: Who Is Mollie Tibbetts' Boyfriend? New Details On Dalton Jack — And What He Knows About Her Death
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We Don't Know The Reason For The Withdrawal of Rivera's First Lawyer.

  • The documents obtained don’t list a reason as to why Richards was dismissed as Rivera’s lawyer, and Frese said she didn’t ask for one, either. “The family reached out to us and we met with them first, and then we met with Mr. Rivera on Friday evening and he decided to move forward with the change of counsel,” she said.
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They Withdrew A Request to Bar Media from The Courtroom.

  • Richards had initially filed the motion before being dismissed. “It’s not something Chad and I would have requested if we were on the case initially, so that’s the reason we’re withdrawing it,” Frese commented.
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from The Beginning, They Have Criticized Media Attention from The Tibbetts Case.

  • On the day Tibbetts’ body was found, Chad Frese made a public Facebook post about the case, criticizing the media attention surrounding a different suspect, Wayne Cheney, a hog farmer in the area. He was questioned by authorities and had his property searched. Frese wrote that people had already had their minds made up, even before any arrests were made. In an interview, Frese …
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