Trial over death at Colorado strip club delayed after key lawyer dies there too

A trial centering on the death of a retail company executive at a Colorado strip club in 2019 has been delayed after a lawyer defending the club died there too.

Listening to arguments for four hours, the presiding judge, Peter Michaelson, reportedly sighed, cradled his head in his hands and rubbed his face as he listened to a chain of events unlikely to have much precedent in American jurisprudence.

At the time, the #MeToo social justice movement aiming to hold powerful men accountable for sexual misconduct was causing headlines worldwide.