Playboy Payola: Jack Kershaw, Pt. 2

Decades before he sculpted a Confederate general out of old bathtubs, Jack Kershaw briefly represented his most famous client - Martin Luther King Jr's assassin, James Earl Ray. The relationship soured after Ray discovered his lawyer had pocketed a payment from Playboy magazine.

Sources:

James McKinley, "Playboy Interview: James Earl Ray," Playboy Magazine, September 1977

nytimes.com/1977/08/09/archives/polygraph-indi…
nytimes.com/1977/10/25/archives/james-earl-ray…

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