Alex Rodriguez may have a new issue in his legal battle against the New York Yankees.
The New York Daily News reported Monday that Brian Cashman’s ex-mistress, Louise Meanwell, claimed that Rodriguez’s lawyer, Joe Tacopina, should not be able to represent the Yankees slugger because of a conflict of interest.
Meanwell, who reportedly had a 10-month affair with Cashman, is being represented by Stephen Turano, who is partners with Tacopina, in a separate case in New Jersey.
According to court papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court Monday, Cashman told Meanwell about “steroid use by various Yankee players by name” during pillow talk.
Cashman also allegedly told Meanwell that he “was ambivalent to the use of performance-enhancement drugs so long as nothing came back to the Yankee organization.”
“Many trade secrets come out through the intimacy of pillow talk,” said Peter Gleason, who represented Meanwell in her latest legal battle. “To me, it’s clearly a conflict of interest.”
Tacopina told the New York Daily News he did not believe there was conflict of interest in this particular case because his partner, Turano, was not representing Meanwell through their Manhattan-based firm.
“I have never spoken to Steven Turano about her,” Tacopina said.
Cashman and the Yankees have yet to comment on Meanwell’s claims.
