Michael Richards won’t Attend Mock Trial

Comedian Michael Richards won’t attend a weekend mock trial with four black people he targeted during his racial rant at a comedy club because the gathering is open to the media and amounts to a publicity stunt, his lawyer said Friday. Attorney Douglas Mirell said any meeting between Richards and the three men and one woman should be private.

Lawyer and ambulance chaser Gloria Allred, who represents the people who mocked Richards during his comedy act, organized the mock trial and invited Richards. Rumors are circulating that Allred is attempting to have Richards put on public trial with a biased mock court, and was going to use the media to broadcast the event for free. It’s rumored that Allred wants a financial settlement, and believes turning the public against Richards even further will pressure him into paying her and her clients off even though he may not be legally obligated to any financial settlement.

Allred has not addressed her clients’ mutual responsibility for yelling racial slurs at Richards. Only Richards has stepped forward and apologized. This whole issue is about money now. It’s been taken too far.