Dillon Danis needs a new attorney in his ongoing legal battle with Nina Adgal.
On June 9, Judge Michael Hammer granted a motion filed by Danis’ attorney Mark Berman, who represents Hartmann Doherty Rosa Berman & Bulbulia, LLC, to withdraw as his counsel. Berman initially filed a motion back in May asking to withdraw as his attorney over a multitude of issues including a lack of payment and a failure to communicate.
In the motion, Berman noted that he previously filed a motion to withdraw as Danis’ counsel over lack of payment but when his bills were finally settled, the attorney stayed on as his representatives. Now a second motion was filed after “defendant has now failed to pay the firm’s monthly invoices in a timely fashion and has failed to maintain the required retainer agreement at the agreed-upon level.”
Berman also noted in his motion that Danis “has become non-responsive to counsel’s communications” and he only responded after it was relayed to him “that I would be withdrawing as counsel.”
Danis’ now former attorney noted that he reached out to the fighter on Feb. 17, March 13 and March 30 but did not receive any response. On April 22, Berman stated that he messaged Danis about filing the motion to withdraw as his counsel if arrangments weren’t made for payment and “I did not receive a response.”
“As I have stated previously, I personally like Mr. Danis a lot, this is an interesting case and I would prefer to continue representing him,” Berman wrote. “However, I cannot do so effectively if he fails to respond to my communications and the firm will not allow me to do so if its professional fees and expenses remain unpaid”
In the order handed down from the judge, Danis had 30 days to retain new counsel or he’ll be deemed “pro se,” which means he’ll be representing himself in future hearings.
As of Wednesday, there’s no additional information that Danis has retained new counsel in his case.
The lawsuit was initially filed back in September 2023 after Agdal — a famous model who is now married to social influencer and part-time boxer Logan Paul — accused Danis of posting “despicable” things about her more than 250 times since a boxing match he booked against Paul was first announced. Agdal claimed she suffered “humiliation, emotional distress and reputational harm” from Danis’ repeated posts about her.
Agdal also claimed that at least one post Danis made involved a sexually explicit image taken from a “romantic encounter” more than 10 years ago, alleging it violated federal and state law.
Agdal asked for unspecified damages as part of the lawsuit, but she’s requesting no less than $150,000 per violation of federal law, which prohibits sharing intimate images.
