Subway Hero (Wesley Autrey) Sued by his former Lawyer

[Catherine Vincent]

NYC Subway Rescue Hero Sued by His Former Lawyer

NEW YORK (AP) -- The former lawyer of a commuter who became an instant hero after saving a teenager from an oncoming subway train has sued him, charging breach of contract.

Attorney Diane L. Kleiman's lawsuit also seeks financial relief for her legal fees and "damages to her reputation.'' Her filing comes nearly a month after Wesley Autrey sued her, saying she manipulated him into signing an unfair, one-sided contract.

"They're making me look like a shyster. I'm not a shyster,'' Kleiman told the New York Post in Monday's edition. "I'm not money hungry. This is not who I am.''

Autrey, speaking through his sister, declined a Post reporter's request for comment.

The 50-year-old Bronx construction worker claims in court papers filed in March that a contract signed with Kleiman is "a one-sided agreement.'' The court papers also say he was induced to sign by "fraud'' and that it gives the majority of his earnings to Kleiman and her business partner, Marco Antonio Esposito, operator of an entertainment production company.

An attorney for Kleinman, Andrew Laufer, called the allegations in Autrey's lawsuit "completely unfounded.''

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