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Things are looking up for a former Florida inmate who was cheated by his own lawyers and abandoned in prison, the Raw Story Reports.

Patrick Coulton claims he was forced to accept a 15-year plea deal for drug conspiracy charges in 2008, his attorneys, Peter Mayas and Emmanuel Roy, promising that they could get the sentence reduced. But instead, the man was ripped off and abandoned in prison.

According to Raw Story, the duo took Coulton’s last $275,000 in cash and even picked up some of the belongings he owned.

Another lawyer, Paul Petruzzi, says he took it personally to find out that lawyers were treating their client this way.

“Guys like them are the reason people hate lawyers,” Petruzzi told the Sun-Sentinel, according to the news site. “They took everything from him and his family … I took it personally because this is what I do for a living. Lawyers are supposed to help people.”

Petruzzi, a Miami lawyer, got Coulton out of prison and helped him to regain his footing in life. In addition to successfully halving Coulton's sentence, he also found out that Coulton should have never paid more than $50,000 for the original “services” that he was provided by cunning lawyers.

But now, Coulton is not only rebuilding his life but witnessing the punishment of the two men who almost ruined it. After years of hearings, a U.S. magistrate judge ruled that the two attorneys can never work the South Florida Federal Court again, calling their conduct the “most outrageous” he had ever seen in his 25 years as a judge.

Another judge made Roy and Mayas fully reimburse Coulton the stolen money plus another $100,000 to cover Petruzzi's legal fees. Coulton also got a new cushy start in Mayas’ three-bedroom house.

“Even though they threw me under the bus, there’s a certain sense of unease about acquiring a house in this fashion,” Coulton noted. “I almost feel sorry for them.”

Read more at Raw Story.

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A Florida man has moved into a home owned by his former attorney after being ripped off, and left to rot in jail.

Patrick Coulton told WFOR that he was forced to accept a 15-year plea deal after being arrested for drug conspiracy charges in 2008. His attorneys, Peter Mayas and Emmanuel Roy, vowed to get his punishment reduced.

Instead, they abandoned him, and took off with the last $275,000 in cash and belongings that Coulton owned.

Miami attorney Paul Petruzzi helped Coulton get out of prison, and get his life back on track.

“Guys like them are the reason people hate lawyers,” Petruzzi told the Sun-Sentinel. “They took everything from him and his family… I took it personally because this is what I do for a living. Lawyers are supposed to help people.”

Petruzzi was able to get the sentence cut in half, and he discovered that the case should have never cost Coulton more than $50,000.

After years of hearings, U.S. Magistrate Judge William Turnoff ruled that neither Roy or Mayas ever had permission to work in South Florida Federal Court. Turnoff said that the attorneys’ conduct was the “most outrageous” he had seen in 25 years as a judge.

Roy and Mayas took a town home, Porsche Cayenne, jewelry and a gold medal that Coulton had gotten from the Vatican. Roy even made Coulton pay for him to fly to England so he could personally remove a $23,000 wedding ring from the finger of Coulton’s then-wife.

A second judge eventually ruled that Roy and Mayas must repay Coulton the $275,000, plus another $100,000 to cover Petruzzi’s fees.

Roy was sentenced to seven years in prison in an unrelated mortgage fraud case, which he began serving in January. Coulton is now getting settled in Mayas’ three-bedroom Miramar home.

“Even though they threw me under the bus, there’s a certain sense of unease about acquiring a house in this fashion,” Coulton noted. “I almost feel sorry for them.”

Watch the video below from WFOR, broadcast Feb. 27, 2014.
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Man Ripped Off By Two Unqualified Attorneys