According to a report Wednesday in the Lexington Herald-Leader, a wrongful death lawsuit brought by Amanda Ross' family could prevent London attorney Warren Scoville from receiving Steve Nunn’s house and other assets to pay for Nunn’s legal fees.
Nunn, a former state representative from Glasgow, is charged in Fayette County with the Sept. 11 murder of Ross, his former fiancee. Officers apprehended him hours later at a cemetery in Hart County. When police found Nunn, his wrists had been cut and he discharged a handgun — prompting six wanton endangerment charges in addition to the murder charge.
Nunn’s Glasgow home was sold at auction last weekend to help pay his legal bills, but the money from the sale might be tied up, at least for a while.
An agreed order for injunctive relief, filed Monday in Fayette Circuit Court, is part of a wrongful death lawsuit filed in late September by Ross' mother, Diana Ross.
Under the agreement, proceeds from the sale of Nunn's house and personal property are to be held in escrow “until further orders from the court.”
Nunn transferred the deed to his home at 136 Fairway Place in Glasgow to his defense firm, The Scoville Law Firm PLLC, on Oct. 16 as payment for “non-refundable attorney fees” to represent him in the death of Ross, the deed states.
The home, valued at $200,000, sold at auction Saturday for $170,000.
According to the agreed order, Diana Ross raised objections to that sale, including that Nunn “fraudulently conveyed real property to The Scoville Firm and/or fraudulently conveyed personal property to Mary Nunn, Robert Nunn and/or Courtney Nunn.”
The document says the Nunns and the law firm dispute the claims of fraudulent conveyance. Nonetheless, the agreement states that proceeds from the sale of the real estate and Nunn's personal property are to be held in escrow.
Scoville has refused all requests to comment on the Nunn case.
State News
November 23, 2009
Lawsuit may snag Nunn’s assets signed over to London attorney
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