Houston Lawyer Who Had Damage to Art From Client

two Andy Warhol fine art pieces destroyed by allegedly drunken first date at attorney Tony Buzbee'south home

Two Andy Warhol originals amid the casualties following apparent 1st date

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A Dallas woman is facing felony charges later constabulary say she destroyed at least $300,000 worth of sculptures and original paintings - including two original Andy Warhol works - at the River Oaks home of well-known Houston trial lawyer Anthony Buzbee.

Lindy Lou Layman, 29, was charged Saturday with felony criminal mischief in the incident, Houston constabulary said in court documents. Law allege that Layman threw two abstract sculptures and destroyed three original paintings at Buzbee's mansion. She was released on $30,000 bond.

In courtroom, prosecutors said Layman was on a first appointment with Buzbee, according to KHOU-Television receiver.

Buzbee told law he called Layman an Uber later she became intoxicated, the news station reported, after which she refused to leave and hid inside the home.

The suspect allegedly tore down two original Andy Warhol paintings each worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, the news station reported. Constabulary said she also poured some sort of liquid on some of the paintings.

Layman's LinkedIn contour says she has worked equally a freelance court reporter.

Buzbee is a loftier-contour chaser who successfully dedicated erstwhile Texas Gov. Rick Perry in an abuse-of-power example.

He hosted a fundraiser at his multimillion-dollar home in June 2016 for and so-presidential candidate Donald Trump, though he afterward said he was "completely" done with Trump'south candidacy after a 2005 video of Trump bragging about groping woman surfaced that fall. Buzbee said in October 2016 that he planned to write in veteran Dan Moran on his ballot.

Buzbee afterwards donated $500,000 to Trump's inauguration committee, Police force.com reported in April.

He also raised more than than $100,000 for Houston mayoral candidate Adrian Garcia during a fundraiser at the abode in 2014.

Buzbee'southward landmark victory came in 2009, when he won $100 million for Texas Urban center residents affected by toxic discharge from the local BP plant. It was heralded as the largest verdict e'er against the oil giant, winning Buzbee much acclamation. A  federal judge cut the laurels past $99 meg months later on.

His home, which was listed for $14 meg before he bought it, "includes five wood-burning fireplaces, a 17th Century French drape, limestone floors, mahogany ceiling beams and a slate roof that was cutting in Spain."

Information technology set a record for a single-family home sale when Buzbee purchased it in 2013. Buzbee said he paid greenbacks for the house but was reluctant to disclose the final sales price.

"I'm all about setting records, just I'grand not sure this is ane I should exist proud of or not," he told the Houston Chronicle at the fourth dimension. "All I'll say is the owner wasn't budging that much."

Terminal year, approachable Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson personally dismissed a drunken-driving case confronting Buzbee, who was arrested in March 2016 for misdemeanor driving while intoxicated.

Robert Downen is a metro crime reporter at the Houston Relate. Send him news tips at robert.downen@chron.com or follow him on Twitter.

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Source: https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Dallas-woman-destroys-300K-worth-of-art-at-12456018.php

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