Slog - Comments on Cody Castagna Charged http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cody_castagna_charged_with_four_felony From the Spokesman Review... Spokane County prosecutors charged a 26-year-old waiter and part-time porn model with extortion Wednesday in connection with a sexual encounter in October that ended the career of a Washington State representative. Cody Michael Castagna, of Medical Lake, faces four felony charges after he received money from then-Rep. Richard Curtis, R-La Center. According to police records, Curtis dressed in women’s lingerie and met Castagna Oct. 26 at an adult book store on East Sprague during a taxpayer-sponsored trip to Spokane. He resigned Oct. 31, due to fallout from the scandal.... Castagna’s attorney, David Partovi, said he... Copyright 2008 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:53:00 -0800 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:22:44 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by NapoleonXIV Sounds like attempted extortion, to me. ;)

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cody_castagna_charged_with_four_felony#c872999 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cody_castagna_charged_with_four_felony#c872999 News Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:01:31 -0800 Comment by mirror You are right.

I love this attorney. Threatening a witness is a felony...

]]> mirror http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cody_castagna_charged_with_four_felony#c873012 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cody_castagna_charged_with_four_felony#c873012 News Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:28:46 -0800 Comment by hmmmm Curtis might be a hypocrite re his voting record, but he stood up to extortionist Castanga and company and sacrificed his job and his reputation in the process.

]]> hmmmm http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cody_castagna_charged_with_four_felony#c873014 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cody_castagna_charged_with_four_felony#c873014 News Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:32:54 -0800 Comment by fnarf What is this, eighteen strikes and you're out?

]]> fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cody_castagna_charged_with_four_felony#c873048 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cody_castagna_charged_with_four_felony#c873048 News Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:37:17 -0800 Comment by SDA in SEA (A) Curtis is a dipshit hypocrite. He gives politicians a bad name.

(B) Castagna is a slimeball. A real piece of work. He gives hookers and/or gays a bad name.

(C) Partovi (Castagna's lawyer) sounds every bit as sleazy as his client. They deserve each other. He gives lawyers a bad name.

I fervently hope never to have dealings with any of them. Ugh!

]]> SDA in SEA http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cody_castagna_charged_with_four_felony#c873050 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cody_castagna_charged_with_four_felony#c873050 News Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:40:19 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV The Spokane County Prosecutor isn't gonna give a Great Leap Forward whether the shyster attorney wants to drag a former part-time Clark county official's name through the muck or not.

Ultimately, anything he finds is gonna be inadmissible at trial and irrelevant to whether or not his client engaged in an act (or four) of extortion.

If it wasn't already apparent that the guy's a bottom-feeder: the guy's a bottom feeder.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cody_castagna_charged_with_four_felony#c873059 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cody_castagna_charged_with_four_felony#c873059 News Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:36:11 -0800 Comment by Lake Cody quote via KING5: "He is just trying to cover his ass" heehee

]]> Lake http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cody_castagna_charged_with_four_felony#c873079 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cody_castagna_charged_with_four_felony#c873079 News Thu, 13 Dec 2007 03:28:41 -0800 Comment by RG Indicted extortionist or not, I'd still do him.

]]> RG http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cody_castagna_charged_with_four_felony#c873127 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cody_castagna_charged_with_four_felony#c873127 News Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:27:05 -0800 Comment by Brendan We need to start a Cody legal defense fund. The better-funded his defense, the more they'll be dragging Republican hypocrisy through the mud. Make it hurt!

]]> Brendan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cody_castagna_charged_with_four_felony#c873154 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cody_castagna_charged_with_four_felony#c873154 News Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:07:23 -0800 Comment by Gitai When does he get indicted for the upside down visor?

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cody_castagna_charged_with_four_felony#c873225 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/cody_castagna_charged_with_four_felony#c873225 News Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:22:44 -0800