Taking Down the Predator of Seville, Deranged Doorbell Intruder, and Representing Major Athletes, with Gabrielle Vega

About this episode

The episode discusses criminal defense law, a disturbing break-in case, and Gabrielle Vega's efforts in taking down a rapist.

Positively Legal hosts Mark Eiglarsh and Jonna Spilbor join the program to discuss what it’s really like to be practicing criminal defense lawyers, Jonna recounts how she had to think outside of the box in a client’s DWI case, Mark shared how he handles his high profile cases, including major athletes, day to day, Jonna and Mark discuss the disturbing case of Jason Nichols, the man who went viral for going insane on a neighbor’s security camera and eventually broke into a California home, how the homeowner successfully de-escalated the situation, how a defense lawyer would represent Nichols, Gabrielle Vega, subject of the Netflix docuseries, “The Predator of Seville,” joins Mark and Jonna to share how she took down Spanish rapist Manuel Blanco Vela, how speaking out on the Megyn Kelly Today show alongside Mark encouraged a wave of Manuel’s victims to come forward, how even more victims were revealed after the Netflix docuseries premiered, and more. Mark Eiglarsh: https://www.eiglarshlaw.com Jonna Spilbor: https://jonnaspilbor.com Gabrielle Vega: https://www.netflix.com/title/82090519 Brooklyn Bedding: Upgrade your sleep with Brooklyn Bedding—Visit https://brooklynbedding.com and…

People in this episode

Hosts: Mark Eiglarsh, Jonna Spilbor

Guest: Gabrielle Vega

Topics covered

• criminal defense
• high profile cases
• true crime
• DWI case
• victim advocacy
• security camera incident

Keywords

• criminal defense
• DWI
• true crime
• Gabrielle Vega
• Jason Nichols
• Netflix docuseries
• victims
• security camera

Sponsors

Brooklyn Bedding, Veracity Health, Herald Group

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Netflix

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