Roy Black, a distinguished defense attorney from Miami known for representing clients such as Jeffrey Epstein and William Kennedy Smith, has passed away at 80 years old, according to his law partner’s statement on Tuesday.
The Miami Herald reported that Black, a father of two, died on Monday at his home in Coral Gables.
Jeffrey Epstein pictured in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Sept. 8, 2004. (Rick Friedman/Rick Friedman Photography/Corbis via Getty Images)
Smith, currently a physician dedicated to an anti-land mine organization, is related to several notable figures: former President John F. Kennedy, former Attorney General and U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and former Senator Edward M. Kennedy.
In the Bieber incident, the singer faced accusations of driving a Lamborghini while under the influence and participating in drag racing. Ultimately, he entered a plea of not guilty to charges of misdemeanor careless driving and resisting arrest.
Castroneves, a winner of the Indianapolis 500, was acquitted of charges that he tried to evade more than $2 million in taxes.
Other clients Black represented included deceased conservative political commentator Rush Limbaugh; Amid Khoury, who was found not guilty of bribing a Georgetown University tennis coach to get his daughter admitted to the school and Miami police officer William Lozano, who was acquitted in the shooting death of Black motorcyclist Clement Lloyd.
The acquittal later sparked riots in Miami in 1989.
